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New Post: Alphablend function in Windows CE 5.0?

BeeMobile — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:53:00 GMT

Hello lordon.

Your issue as well as many others are solved in the third-party control pack - Bee Mobile iPack. They contain their own Windows CE PNG image decoder, AlphaBlend function, Gradient-Fill function and other functions needed for Windows CE applications to have a good looking GUI. Find out more information on the web site http://beemobile4.net/. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to write me here.

Best regards

Vladimir Gregor

New Post: Improved version of AlphaMobileControl

HyperCraKeR — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:01:59 GMT

I have added some controls like an AlphaAnimation, AlphaRadioButton and the alphaLabel can now be a link aswell. Where can I send you that changes?

New Post: Can't Create AlphaPanel

unicorn6684 — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:43:53 GMT

When I'm Trying to drag AlphaPanel From The Toolbox, I get An Exeption:

"Failed To Create component 'AlphaPanel'......

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException(0x8000000A): the data necessary to complete is not yet avaiable..

help please...

New Post: alphamobilecontrol for for .net cf 3.5

daleykd — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:33:48 GMT

Just include the source code in your project/solution and compile. It worked great for me.

New Post: Application Crashes without throwing exceptions

elmsafer — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:30:05 GMT

I was able to capture the error. Here is the stack details:

PlatformAPI.IImage.GetImageInfo()

AlphaMobileControls.AlphaImage.Draw()

AlphaMobileControls.AlphaPictureBox.Draw()

AlphaMobileControls.AlphaControl.DrawInternal()

AlphaMobileControls.AlphaContainer.OnPaint()

AlphaMobileConrols.AlphaForm.OnPaint()

System.Windows.Forms.Control.WnProc()

System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WnProc()

System.Windows.Forms.Form.WnProc()

System.WIndows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc()

Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop()

System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run()

So, this happens when I try to open a form with AlphaMobileControls on it. I believe it is a GC issue. We need to be disposing the form correctly.

New Post: Why I get an unspecified error?

elmsafer — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:09:25 GMT

I am having the same issue. Did you find a solution?

New Post: Application Crashes without throwing exceptions

elmsafer — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:20:35 GMT

Since I applied the Alpha controls to my application, it started to crash randomly while using it. The problem is that it is not displaying any error messages nor any exception is being caught. My application use to work fine before I replaced the traditional controls with the Alpha controls. This problem happens only when I am switching between forms.

I am suspecting a memory leak or something to do with the external AlphaMobileControl DLL calls.

Anyone had similar problems?

New Post: Why I get an unspecified error?

yybsqwh — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:07:00 GMT

What was worse, I just found that this exception will occur not only when the phone enter the idle status but also when I open a new window and then close it.

In fact, this exception will occur when the AlphaMobileForm repaint.

Can any one tell me how to solve this problem?

New Post: Why I get an unspecified error?

yybsqwh — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:25:25 GMT

I have used the AlphaMobileControls in my project. I have to say that those controls are really beautiful.

However, the forms generated from the AlphaMobileForm will generate an unspecified error when the phone enter the idle status while the forms generated from the Form class won't.

The stack information of this exception is:

PlatformAPI.IImage.GetImageInfo()

AlphaMobileControls.AlphaImage.Draw()

AlphaMobileControls.AlphaPictureBox.Draw()

AlphaMobileControls.AlphaControl.DrawInternal()

AlphaMobileControls.AlphaContainer.OnPaint()

AlphaMobileConrols.AlphaForm.OnPaint()

System.Windows.Forms.Control.WnProc()

System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WnProc()

System.Windows.Forms.Form.WnProc()

System.WIndows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc()

Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop()

System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run()

......

Can any one tell me how to solve this problem?

New Post: Alpha controls

vikas21081987 — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:41:09 GMT

Hi,

I am really very interesting in this and very new to mobile development. Can someone please tell me, how can i use these controls in my project.

Please reply..................

New Post: alphamobilecontrol for for .net cf 3.5

maanikmca — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:36:11 GMT

Hi,

i need this source for .net cf 3.5 can anyone give me a link regarding this ?

i cant use this dll in vs 2008 , its prompts me an error[application encountered an serious error and it must be shutdown] and it blinking once ..

Please guide me .?

New Post: NullReferenceException from AlphaImage.CreateFromResource()

INTPnerd — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:44:10 GMT

You need to call AlphaImage.CreateFromResource() from the assembly that has the required resource.

The change I made that caused this to stop working was that I moved the class that was calling AlphaImage.CreateFromResource() into a separate library from the one that had the image resource. Therefore Assembly.GetCallingAssembly() which executes from inside AlphaImage.CreateFromResource() is returning the assembly that does not have the resource.

New Post: NullReferenceException from AlphaImage.CreateFromResource()

INTPnerd — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:22:15 GMT

I have posted an updated version of this question with my updated progress at

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3983250/nullreferenceexception-from-alphaimage-createfromresource

I will post the answer here too when I find it.

New Post: NullReferenceException from AlphaImage.CreateFromResource()

INTPnerd — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:20:02 GMT

I am using AlphaImage.CreateFromResource(imageResourceName) to create an AlphaImage object. This was working fine before, and now it is not and I can't figure out why. I am passing a valid resource name. It is a resource that I added using the Resources tab of the project properties. Also in the resources folder the image file is there and the Build Action is set to Embedded Resource. I even used this code to retrieve the available resources, and the one I am using was one of the returned values:

string[] names = Assembly.GetCallingAssembly().GetManifestResourceNames();

Then I was thinking that maybe by the time the AlphaImage.CreateFromResource() method code is running the available resources might be different. So I modified the code to include the above statement and then throw an InvalidOperationException if the passed resource is not an available resource. When I run the program and step through the code with the debugger, the added code is not there anymore and an InvalidOperationException is not thrown and the code keeps running until the NullReferenceException occurs. I searched my projects to see if maybe there was a reference to another version of AlphaMobileControls other than the one with the modified code, but I could not find any.

Any help will be appreciated, thanks in advance!

New Post: SizeMode of Image

laedit — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:14:36 GMT

In order to do that, change the Draw method of AlphaImage:

// Draw the image, with alpha channel if any
IntPtr hdcDest = gx.GetHdc();
Rectangle dstRect = new Rectangle(bounds.X, bounds.Y, bounds.X + bounds.Width, bounds.Y + bounds.Height);//(int)imgInfo.Width + bounds.X, (int)imgInfo.Height + bounds.Y);
_image.Draw(hdcDest, ref dstRect, IntPtr.Zero);
gx.ReleaseHdc(hdcDest);

New Post: Enable Autoscroll for AlphaPanel

nikeshnewaskar — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:47:18 GMT

I want to enable Auto Scroll for Alpha panel.

I also set the Auto Scroll property to true, but the scrolls bars do not appear.

Any idea what needs to be done for this.???

Thanks,

Nike

New Post: Dynamically adding a AlphaPictureBox inside an AlphaPanel

nikeshnewaskar — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:56:09 GMT

This is fixed.

Do not call the show() method. That simple ! :)

Thanks and Regards,

Nike.

New Post: Dynamically adding a AlphaPictureBox inside an AlphaPanel

nikeshnewaskar — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:22:58 GMT

Hi,

I want to dynamically add a picture box to the AlphaPanel.

However when is try to do so. the picture box appears as just a white box with no image. is it because it does not get added as a conrol inside the Alpha panel.

AS given in the examples in source code, there are two images on alpha panel. i want to redesign it as - the alpha panel will have only one alpha picture box in it at design time. at run-time when the application runs, i will create another picture box and add it to the alpha panel and have the transparency effect as seen in the examples.

Please let me know a way through this. Is what i am trying to do achieveable ???/

Here is the piece of code -

AlphaPictureBox request = new AlphaPictureBox();

request.Image =

AlphaImage.CreateFromResource("Barmate.Images.Active_A.gif");

request.Image.Alpha = 200;

request.Location =

new Point(200, 200);

Size reqS = new Size();

request.Size =

new Size(50,50);

alphaPanel1.Controls.Add(request);

request.Show();

Thanks and Regards,

Nike.

New Post: Problem in appending images for AlphaImageButton and AlphaPictureBox

ray_ps — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:10:50 GMT

As yrameshrao wrote:

1) Check if pic added to resource folder

2) choose pic and see it's properties

3) find in properties "Build Action"

4) set for "Build Action" - Embedded Resources.

5) if you not sure what resources name write in this function AlphaImage.CreateFromResource("???????");

6) for testing what embedded resources you have add inside CreateFromResource("???????")

this : string[] resources = Assembly.GetCallingAssembly().GetManifestResourceNames();

in debug mode stop on this line and see what resources you have and their name.

New Post: Layers Transparency

enricova16 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:14:24 GMT

Hi all!

I'm developing a library for mobile device applications.

This library should allow to create some layers (a layer is an image) that are place on an original image, that is a basically function of gis systems. So, the problem is this: the interface of an application, in particulary the container of the original image, is not created using the AlphaMobile Controls, but with normally WinForm Controls.
The goal is to have one or more layers and see these and the original map.

Therefore, is there a way for stack one layer and achieve its transparency using AlphaMobileControls?
How make if there are more than one layers, and all of these must to be transparent?

Thanks!

E.