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jkard
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Background Image

Hey Gang,

What is the best way to do a background image? I would like to put one on a Poster and Springboard screen, and am not really finding a conclusive way to do it. I keep seeing mention of the roImageCanvas, but not sure if the discussions (viewtopic.php?f=34&t=43667&p=297578&hilit=image#p297578) are doing specifically what I need.

What is the "proper" or "best" method for putting an image behind a Poster and Springboard screen? Can it be done without creating a whole customized canvas?

Thanks
Jay
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RokuChris
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Re: Background Image

"jkard" wrote:
What is the best way to do a background image? I would like to put one on a Poster and Springboard screen, and am not really finding a conclusive way to do it. I keep seeing mention of the roImageCanvas, but not sure if the discussions (viewtopic.php?f=34&t=43667&p=297578&hilit=image#p297578) are doing specifically what I need.

What is the "proper" or "best" method for putting an image behind a Poster and Springboard screen? Can it be done without creating a whole customized canvas?


It's not possible to change the background of a roPosterScreen or a roSpringboardScreen to anything other than a solid color. To accomplish something like that, you would have to build your own screen type from scratch using roImageCanvas (or roScreen on 3.0 and up).
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jkard
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Re: Background Image

Thanks Chris,

What is the roScreen? I'm not seeing it referenced in my 3.0 documentation. I looked in the Compontent Reference and the Brightscript 3.0 Reference and it's not mentioned.

Any pointers?

Thanks
J
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RokuChris
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Re: Background Image

"jkard" wrote:
What is the roScreen? I'm not seeing it referenced in my 3.0 documentation. I looked in the Compontent Reference and the Brightscript 3.0 Reference and it's not mentioned.


Assuming you have the 3.0 SDK (viewtopic.php?f=34&t=39272), it's section 11 of the BrightScript Reference.
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jkard
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Re: Background Image

Got it, thanks!
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koshermetal
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Re: Background Image

"RokuChris" wrote:
It's not possible to change the background of a roPosterScreen or a roSpringboardScreen to anything other than a solid color.


This is what I'm trying to figure out. How do I change the background(s) from gray to black? I'm used to working with HTML so my eyes are trained to look for things like <background color="000000">

Anyone know how I can change the default background color? I'm using the videoplayer example and SDK 29

Thanks!
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brocker
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Re: Background Image

To change the background color you only need to set the "BackgroundColor" of the roAppManager. For example

app = CreateObject("roAppManager")
theme = CreateObject("roAssociativeArray")
theme.BackgroundColor = "#000000"
app.SetTheme(theme)


Most of the example projects have this code set in the InitTheme or InitializeTheme methods.

Hope that helps!
Bud
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koshermetal
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Re: Background Image

Thanks Bud! I will try that out.
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