[Gambas-user] Image.Gradient help please

[Benoit Minisini]

On vendredi 11 janvier 2008, M0E Lnx wrote:
> On Jan 11, 2008 12:09 PM, Benoit Minisini <gambas at ...1...> 
wrote:
> > On vendredi 11 janvier 2008, M0E Lnx wrote:
> > > I'm trying to create a text label with a gradient background
> > > (white-to-blue, left to right)
> > > I've been reading abotu image.gradient in the gb.image section of the
> > > wiki, but I'm having a hard time understanding how this is supposed to
> > > work
> > >
> > > Has anyone done this before?
> > > Can anyone think of a way to do this?
> > > I'd rather try to get gambas to do this instead of drawing hard images
> > > of the text labels
> >
> > Have you read the documentation before? As written in it, Image.Gradient
> > is a static method that "creates a gradient from a source color to a
> > destination color and returns it as a new image". A gradient type can be
> > specified.
> >
> > Once created, you can paint the gradient image with the Draw.Image() or
> > Draw.Picture() methods. But you cannot use it as a brush at the moment.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
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> > Benoit Minisini
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> I've managed to create the gradient... but I had no idea how to use it
> as a background for a label or button.

This is theorically possible, but was not implemented in Gambas.

> And yes, I've read the documentation... that's how I managed to create
> it, but never could determine what to do with the thing once it was
> ceated.
> the text label backcolor property wont take an image I suppose, so I'd
> have to draw the image + text and use it as a button?

Yes. It is not really complex and you will learn how to make your custom 
widgets :-)

Regards,

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Benoit Minisini