Interface design studio

[clueless]

Hi Guys , ive been away on a much needed holiday. Im looking to have the demo for download on Friday. :yes

http://www.indigorose.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26137

[clueless]

Hi guys,i know Ive had a few false starts with this project but it looks like I've finally managed to get everything stable and working.

Some of the new stuff ive added;

Most of the forms now contain tabs to reduce screen clutter.
There's now much more advanced options for image conversions and multi-frame gif's and tif's.
The program will now attempt to fix any broken or damaged buttons
The resizing routines now work with images of any size not just ones of even dimensions.
The media browser now has an optional file size and file type filter.
The GFX system runs 30% faster now
Added a properties page which saves as an .ini file. This allows you to control how the program first opens and which windows are displayed.
Normal 'loadfile' XP style dialog box with thumbnails.
while performing drag n drop operations the cursor switches to an icon that indicates the filetype of the file being dragged and if it contains more than one frame.
ive had to set some limits for the size of the buttons that can be used with this program. The Max size a button can be resized to is 280x280 but i will be including a commandline program that will let you resize to larger dimensions if its needed.
The resizing routines can be applied to normal images for making form backgrounds ( + the mask needed for creating iregular shaped forms). The max size an image can be resized to in the editor is 800x800.
The resizing routines will only work with png's,bmp's and jpg's. Gifs and Tif's will be automatic converted on import and any transparent pixels can be preserved by choosing the png format when prompted.
Most of the popup menus now have previews associated with whatever options are available. For example if you drag a transparent gif into the main editor insted of just getting a popup menu asking you which format you would like to convert it to you get a dialogbox showing you what the image will look like if its imported as a png,bmp or jpg (jpg has a quality value to).


A lot of work has gone into making everything as user friendly as possible. For example if you want to add an alpha layer to a bmp image you dont have to worry about converting it to a PNG first as the program will offer to do that for you. This is to reduce the amount of time spent switching between programs while building button files. The program size is just over 1mb but there's a few dll's required that push the size up to 2-3mb.

Im in the final stages of testing now and at the moment everything's working 100%. Ive still got to write the instructions (groan) and work out the best way to go about putting the program out for sale ( any advice is welcome ).
Ill be making a demo available for download that's restricted to using bmp and jpg image formats only but with no time limit.

[clueless]

Finally this is finished :D

I have to admit that was a lot more difficult that i had imagined but the end result was worth the effort. Ill be posting the download details very soon.

[Imagine Programming]

Finally this is finished :D

I have to admit that was a lot more difficult that i had imagined but the end result was worth the effort. Ill be posting the download details very soon.

Wow i can't wait, nice :D:yes