Video Overlay Graphics

[mvallevand]

Hi again, why not use

Code:

string filename = "Wildlife.wmv";
Hashtable args = new Hashtable();
args["@message"] = "Are you sure you want to delete " + filename + " ?";
public SimpleMessageBox popup = new NUtility.Base.SimpleMessageBox(args, "OK", "Cancel", this);
PluginHelperFactory.GetPluginHelper().ActivatePopup(popup);

Then use the Plugin handler I gave a couple of days ago.

Martin

[imilne]

Sorry, I probably didn't explain myself very well.

I know how to do that sort of message box already (pretty much identically to how you've suggested); what I was after was a popup as shown in the first image, but with buttons arranged like they are in the second.

Here's a badly stitched together example using both images:

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I'd like buttons as circled in red, rather than the ones circled in blue, which is the best I can manage so far.

Iain

[mvallevand]

In another popup in SearchLite I used the code similar to what I gave you and added this in the constructor (I have more than two buttons).

Code:

PointF okOrigin = skinHelper.GetElementLocation("ScheduleRecording","okButton");
            SkinHelper globalSh = new SkinHelper("global.xml");
            SizeF okSize = globalSh.GetElementSize("PopupCenterButtonSelected");
            buttons[5] = new UiButton("PopupCenterButtonNormal", "PopupCenterButtonSelected", "OK", new Hashtable(), skinHelper);
            buttons[5].Location = new RectangleF(okOrigin.X - (okSize.Width / 2), okOrigin.Y - (okSize.Height / 2), okSize.Width, okSize.Height);
            okOrigin = skinHelper.GetElementLocation("ScheduleRecording", "cancelButton");
            buttons[6] = new UiButton("PopupCenterButtonNormal", "PopupCenterButtonSelected", "Cancel", new Hashtable(), skinHelper);
            buttons[6].Location = new RectangleF(okOrigin.X - (okSize.Width / 2), okOrigin.Y - (okSize.Height / 2), okSize.Width, okSize.Height);

Martin

[imilne]

Yep, that works, thanks!

How do you get the buttons to "work" though? Both of them are now showing up for me, but neither has the highlight or responds to user interaction. There must be something else I'm still missing?

Iain

[mvallevand]

My solution isn't very elegant since I manually maintain the index to the active button which I modify based on OnKeyDown() and OnDblClick() and OnClick() actions. Sub might have a better answer. buttons[#].Selected = true seems to control the highlighting.

Martin

[imilne]

My solution isn't very elegant

Maybe not, but again it works, and that counts for a hell of lot in my book

Iain

[sub]

How do you get the buttons to "work" though?

Its pretty manual. If you've added a UiButton to your screen, then you need to give it a chance to respond to clicks etc. So, you'd typically override events like OnClick(), and give the buttons a chance to respond. ie, something like:

Code:

public override bool OnClick(PointF location)
{
    if (myOKButton.OnClick(location))
    {
        HandleCommand("MY_OK_BUTTON_CLICKED_EVENT);
        return true;
    }
    else if (myCancelButton.OnClick(location))
    {
        HandleCommand("MY_CANCEL_BUTTON_CLICKED_EVENT);
        return true;
    }
    ....any other controls here...
    return false;
}

In the same way you'd probably override OnKeyDown to implement navigation between the controls you've got.