----------------------------------- SeanWestdaleWarriors Mon Jul 05, 2004 6:12 pm Update Turing GUI ----------------------------------- Turing's GUI is fairly outdated, as it is based on windows 3.11. I'm working on a newer version of the GUI named S-Engine. Here is a comparison of the default GUI, and my new S-Engine GUI. Please note the final version will change all GUI Elements, this comparison is only of the beta version of the S-Engine. Please vote in the poll. If there is lots of interest I will release the final version to all to use. The S-Engine can now be downloaded at http://sourceforge.net/projects/s-engine ----------------------------------- Mazer Mon Jul 05, 2004 7:40 pm ----------------------------------- Very nice. I don't use GUI's much, or even Turing at all but I'd like to see that finished. Keep it up. ----------------------------------- Tony Mon Jul 05, 2004 7:50 pm ----------------------------------- looks sweet. Are those elements actually coded in turing, or is it still just a consept? ----------------------------------- Andy Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:42 am ----------------------------------- very nice ----------------------------------- sport Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:23 am ----------------------------------- It looks like the applications in Windows XP very cool. ----------------------------------- Delos Tue Jul 06, 2004 11:40 am ----------------------------------- One question (amidst all the others): Does your GUI use raw picture files, or are the graphics hardcoded or otherwise stored so that Users will have a bit of a hard time screwing them up and/or deleting them thus rendering your GUI a complete mess? ----------------------------------- SeanWestdaleWarriors Tue Jul 06, 2004 1:24 pm ----------------------------------- The elements are actually coded in turing, but they are not hardcoded due to the lack of colours (255). So all the elements are images .jpg or .bmp that turing resizes, mirrors, rotates, etc. The user could screw them up, but I'm working on a installer that will place the elements in the turing root directory, so the user will have a harder time screwing them up. ----------------------------------- Mazer Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:44 am ----------------------------------- Simply fantastic. Maybe I'm imagining things or maybe I'm just wrong again, but I do believe this could be the return of great Turing submissions. Stick around. Hey, do you plan on making the GUI skinnable? Probably wouldn't be too hard anyways. ----------------------------------- SeanWestdaleWarriors Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:55 am ----------------------------------- The GUI will be skinnable as any one can look the pictures used for the GUI and change them if they want. When I release it if you want to skin it you will have to keep the sizes of the images the exact same otherwise problems can and will occur as you use the GUI. ----------------------------------- SeanWestdaleWarriors Wed Jul 07, 2004 9:13 am ----------------------------------- I have a question for all... How many of you know or have access to your Turing root directory, default "C:\Program Files\Turing". If your using Turing at school is the directory accessible? If it is not for the majority of students then let me know, then I will code the GUI differently. ----------------------------------- sport Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:24 am ----------------------------------- In my school you don't have the direct access to drive c:, but you can work around to getting there. It is possible. 8) ----------------------------------- SeanWestdaleWarriors Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:27 am ----------------------------------- I'm posting the first release of the S-Engine on the Turing Submissions forum. Please note that currently the S-Engine has been test only on Turing 4.0.4c, it doesn't work on Turing 4.0. This is only the first release so there are likely to be bugs. The file is being released with an .exe installer to get around school network security. ----------------------------------- the_short1 Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:20 pm ----------------------------------- me want to see the ENGINE!!! wow.... would be great if u could hard code the pics into turing so u cant tamper with it.. but i REALLY like the sliders and the menu.. and button 1! *button one can EASILY be made in turing.. just use Draw.ThickLine and the same colors.. check out some of zylums programs that use color gradients and RGB values.... u can produce some really nice stuff!! GO ALL THE WAY! and Welcome To Compsci! Hopefully Youll Enjoy Yourself And Become A Full Time Member... cuz thats some good stuff! ----------------------------------- SeanWestdaleWarriors Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:26 pm ----------------------------------- In the future I may make a hardcoded version for performance and version whcih uses pictures like the current engine, for skinning. ----------------------------------- Genesis Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:42 pm ----------------------------------- Ya that's pretty awesome. It makes my GUI programs look so much more modern. Awesome work. :clap: ----------------------------------- Genesis Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:22 pm ----------------------------------- I think I found a minor glitch. Well...it's not really a glitch, more of a visual thing. When u create text boxes, the vertical scroll bar is a bit too big for the box, it overlaps the border. Check it out to see what i mean. If you have the S_Engine installed, run this code. I'm sure you could of easily done this yourself, but I did it for anyone who's too lazy. import GUI in "%oot/S_Engine/GUI" var textbox : int textbox := GUI.CreateTextBoxFull (10, 10, 200, 235, 0, 0) So, might wanna look into that. I'm sure it can't be too hard to correct.