Show picture+Make it disapear after a Delay

[themaster1]

I need to know if it's possible to show a picture onscreen and make it disapear after a certain amount of time, let's say 10seconds.If i disable the Show Picture action the picture won't fade away so i wonder

Thank you

[Pako]

It is very simple:

Show-Close_Picture.gif (5.08 KiB) Viewed 7638 times

Maybe you did not understand what it means to use empty path to clear.
Delays 10s you can do so easily, as shown in the first macro.
It has but one drawback - EventGhost throughout the delay just waiting and can not perform any other activities (the icon is yellow).
If it matters, you need to do more complicated. This is shown in the second and third macro.
Insert the plugin SchedulGhost and create a schedule based on this picture:

And that's all.

Pako

[themaster1]

All right this is good i have found out the other day actually using Wait time but wasn't aware of the others solutions.

Now i have another issue it seems the picture is shown in a black blackground and i'd like it to be transparent.
I have tried RGB32 pictures without much luck, also tried .PNG

Also, i'd like to position the picture to a specific spot onscreen, not sure if i can do that with eventghost

[Pako]

Now i have another issue it seems the picture is shown in a black blackground and i'd like it to be transparent.
I have tried RGB32 pictures without much luck, also tried .PNG
Also, i'd like to position the picture to a specific spot onscreen, not sure if i can do that with eventghost

On so specific task has EventGhost prepared no action.
You must use the action Python script.
Here is one possible solution:

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imageFile = "D:\Data\Pictures\GreenPunkt5.png"
#imageFile = "D:\Data\Pictures\Log_7.gif"
onTop = True
#onTop = False
size = None
#size = (128,128)
pos = (400, 50)
#pos = None
delay = 10
#delay = 0
#----------------------------------------------------------------------

class ShapedFrame(wx.Frame):

    def __init__(self, imageFile, onTop, size, pos, delay):
        style = wx.FRAME_SHAPED | wx.SIMPLE_BORDER | wx.FRAME_NO_TASKBAR
        if onTop:
            style |= wx.STAY_ON_TOP
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, eg.document.frame, -1, "Shaped Window", style = style)

        self.hasShape = False
        self.delta = (0,0)
        
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_DOWN,     self.OnLeftDown)
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_UP,       self.OnLeftUp)
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MOTION,        self.OnMouseMove)
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_RIGHT_UP,      self.OnExit)
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER,         self.OnExit)
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_PAINT,         self.OnPaint)


        #self.bmp = wx.Image(imageFile, wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY).ConvertToBitmap()
        img = wx.Image(imageFile, wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY)
        if size:
            img.Rescale(size[0], size[1])
        self.bmp = img.ConvertToBitmap()
        #self.bmp = wx.BitmapFromImage(img)        
        
        
        if delay:
            self.timer = wx.Timer(self)
            self.timer.Start(1000*delay)
#            wx.CallAfter(self.timer.Start, 1000*delay)
        else:
            self.timer = None
      
        w, h = self.bmp.GetWidth(), self.bmp.GetHeight()
        self.SetClientSize((w, h))

        self.SetWindowShape()

        dc = wx.ClientDC(self)
        dc.DrawBitmap(self.bmp, 0,0, True)
        if pos:
            self.SetPosition(pos)
        else:
            self.Center()
        self.Show(True)


    def SetWindowShape(self, *evt):
        # Use the bitmap's mask to determine the region
        r = wx.RegionFromBitmap(self.bmp)
        self.hasShape = self.SetShape(r)


    def OnPaint(self, evt):
        dc = wx.PaintDC(self)
        dc.DrawBitmap(self.bmp, 0,0, True)


    def OnExit(self, evt):
        if self.timer:
            self.timer.Stop()
        del self.timer
        self.Close()


    def OnLeftDown(self, evt):
        self.CaptureMouse()
        x, y = self.ClientToScreen(evt.GetPosition())
        originx, originy = self.GetPosition()
        dx = x - originx
        dy = y - originy
        self.delta = ((dx, dy))


    def OnLeftUp(self, evt):
        if self.HasCapture():
            self.ReleaseMouse()


    def OnMouseMove(self, evt):
        if evt.Dragging() and evt.LeftIsDown():
            x, y = self.ClientToScreen(evt.GetPosition())
            fp = (x - self.delta[0], y - self.delta[1])
            self.Move(fp)
#----------------------------------------------------------------------

wx.CallAfter(ShapedFrame, imageFile, onTop, size, pos, delay)

You only need to change the path to your picture file.
Pictures PNG or GIF are correctly displayed including alpha transparency channel.
Additionally, you can choose the following parameters:
onTop (True or False)
size (if size = None, the picture is shown in its natural size)
pos (if pos = None, the picture is located in the center)
delay (if delay = 0, the picture itself not disappear and you must right-click to disappear)

To create this script, I used a modified example "ShapedWindow" from wxPython DEMO application.

Pako

[themaster1]

There is a problem with this python script i'm affraid:
error messages:

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16:58:46   wxError1: Can't load image from file 'C:\Documents and Settings\User1\Bureau	est.bmp': file does not exist.
16:58:46   Traceback (most recent call last):
16:58:46     File "wx\_core.pyc", line 14618, in <lambda>
16:58:46     File "wx\_core.pyc", line 3369, in ConvertToBitmap
16:58:46   wx._core.PyAssertionError: C++ assertion "image.Ok()" failed at ..\..\src\msw\bitmap.cpp(802) in wxBitmap::CreateFromImage(): invalid image

I have doubled checked the path to my image in the script and it's ok

I don't understand why it put C:\Documents and Settings\User1\Bureau est.bmp the path i have written is as follow: imageFile = "C:\Documents and Settings\User1\Bureau\test.bmp"
I have tried with a .png aswell ,same result

[Pako]

Try to edit it according to the following example:

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imageFile = r"C:\Documents and Settings\User1\Bureau\test.bmp"

Pako

[themaster1]

It seems to be working except the background is not transparent..

[Pako]

It seems to be working except the background is not transparent..

And that picture really has a transparent background?
You can put it here?

Pako

[themaster1]

Yes it is transparent i work with Flash Pro and photoshop

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/3383/forpako.png

Also it seems that animated .GIF are not well displayed only 1 frame not the entire animation
Gif animation:
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/1158 ... mation.gif

[Pako]

I thought so. There is not a transparent background.
Try this picture:

Pako

[Pako]

Also it seems that animated .GIF are not well displayed only 1 frame not the entire animation

Yes, it's true.
This solution does not support animated GIFs.
But I have not noticed that here was such a requirement.

Pako

[themaster1]

Sorry but it don't work with your picture, it display a gray background, take a look:

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/585/0000kc.jpg

[Pako]

Sorry but it don't work with your picture, it display a gray background, take a look:
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/585/0000kc.jpg

Yes, you're right.
Very sorry, but the picture itself has changed (during the upload / download) !
I did not know that this can happen.It should be this picture:


You can see that this time I also used an external link and not send my picture directly.
Pako

[themaster1]

Yeah it's working now, can you tell me what you did , what software you used ?

[Pako]

Yeah it's working now, can you tell me what you did , what software you used ?

PhotoFiltre V6 (free)

Pako