Forums Feature Suggestions Picture Window Backgrounds

Just a simple suggestion. I think it would be great if we had the ability to use backgrounds with custom windows/picture windows. Something like a /background switch or something....

Custom windows can already be given a background using /background.

E.g.
/background -f @test c:\windows\Greenstone.bmp

Picture windows are slightly different, but you can emulate a background using /drawpic.

Sorry... I meant to say without using /drawpic I need to draw stuff without the images flashing (even when cached...)

I just think if I could put a background picture in my picture window it would solve my problem

That's what the -n switch is for, see the helpfile page on /drawdot..

ok I'll give you that on the -n ... I skipped the last sentence for some reason when reading about the switch and couldn't figure out how to update it. Stupid mistake. But I would still like the ability to draw on top of the background without having to keep re-drawing the background picture... Shouldn't be so hard to implement, can't believe it hasn't been already.

it shouldnt be that much extra load if you cache the image


That in combination with the n switch.b However this suggestion does no harm and i see no reason why it shouldnt be implemented.

Could you explain what you mean by this? If you're wanting a smaller picture loaded on top of the background picture, as long as you indicate the co-ordinates for it I don't think it redraws the background. If you're looking to undo that drawing (?) or redraw the part of the background that the smaller picture loaded over, you can use the -c switch with the second set of co-ordinates in the /drawpic command for the background image.