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Old 05-02-2019, 12:01 PM   #1
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Default How to hide/show an IBitmap control?

I find it curious that HideControl() and GrayOutControl() don't actually work with "controls" per se - they require a parameter Idx. If a control doesn't have an associated parameter HideControl()/GrayOutControl() has no effect.

So, if I have an IBitmap control that is only displaying a bitmap (i.e., a meter with no parameter) is there a means to Hide/Show it?
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Old 05-02-2019, 12:08 PM   #2
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IBitmapControl is derived from IControl which provides e.g. Hide(bool) and GrayOut(bool).
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IBitmapControl is derived from IControl which provides e.g. Hide(bool) and GrayOut(bool).
Yes, please read my OP. Those only work if there is a parameter attached to the control. It doesn't work if the control is simply a bitmap.
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Old 05-02-2019, 02:06 PM   #4
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I doubt this is true. I've hidden several controls without parameter binding using these methods.
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Old 05-02-2019, 02:15 PM   #5
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define a pointer to your BitmapControl (with ParamIdx -1), then: pointer->Hide()
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Old 05-02-2019, 09:07 PM   #6
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I doubt this is true. I've hidden several controls without parameter binding using these methods.
I tried lines like this:

IBitmap knob = pGraphics->LoadIBitmap(METER_ID, METER_FN, 61);
mMeterIdx = pGraphics->AttachControl(new IBitmapControl(this, 20, 10, -1, &knob));

GetGUI()->GrayOutControl(mMeterIdx, true);

and

GetGUI()->HideControl(mMeterIdx, true);


Neither of these had any effect unless there was a parameter attached to the control.
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Old 05-02-2019, 10:37 PM   #7
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As stw said, store a pointer to the control as a plug-in class member. Then:

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// in plug-in ctor:
mBitmapControl = new IBitmapControl(this, 20, 10, -1, &knob);
pGraphics->AttachControl(mBitmapControl);
And later
Code:
mBitmapControl->Hide(true);
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Old 05-03-2019, 09:30 AM   #8
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As stw said, store a pointer to the control as a plug-in class member. Then:

Code:
// in plug-in ctor:
mBitmapControl = new IBitmapControl(this, 20, 10, -1, &knob);
pGraphics->AttachControl(mBitmapControl);
And later
Code:
mBitmapControl->Hide(true);
OK, so "mBitmapControl->Hide()" and "GetGUI->Hide(mBitmapControl)" are two different things? Wow. OK, will try that. Thanks all.
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Old 05-03-2019, 09:56 AM   #9
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OK, so "mBitmapControl->Hide()" and "GetGUI->Hide(mBitmapControl)" are two different things? Wow. OK, will try that. Thanks all.
Yes, they are. First watch out the little difference "Hide()" vs. "HideControl()".

If you follow the definition from HideControl() you'll see that it crawls thru every IControl and uses Hide() for all IControls associated with the matching ParamIdx. So HideControl() would hide/unhide more than one IControl if they exist.

And BTW HideControl() takes no IControl pointer but a ParamIdx!
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Old 05-03-2019, 05:41 PM   #10
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And BTW HideControl() takes no IControl pointer but a ParamIdx!
Yes! That's what I was getting at in my OP here - it doesn't work unless there is a parameter attached to the control, i.e., it needs a "parameterIdx".

OK,great. Will try "Hide()". Thank you.
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