resize AVS editor window

TomyLobo

29th May 2004 21:02 UTC

resize AVS editor window
after writing quite a while on this i (finally) managed to make the AVS editor window kind of resizable :)

to use it, copy the attached APE into your AVS folder and run Winamp/AVS.
to actually resize the editor window you have to add the component "Misc / Enable Resize" to any preset and enter a new width and height for the window.
note that you only have to add the enable resize component to configure the window size. you don't have to keep it inside. The width and size values are not kept in a preset, but in a seperate file called "APEresize.ini".
if you ever mess up your editor window size, simply delete that file.
btw i am in no way responsible for any crashs, lost presets or whatever. you use this at your own risk. i didnt test it extensively but as of now, it works for me, so i'm posting it :)
[edit]
the default window size is 573x197 you shouldn't shrink it below that value because some dialog elements (like the SSC textboxes) might become unavailable if you do so.
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PS: i might be posting newer versions here, so scroll down to the last post before downloading.

piR

29th May 2004 22:50 UTC

Good job TomyLobo!
It works very well with the original vis_avs.dll ! :)

But I try with a modified version (ressources were translated) and it does nothing at all (fields stay empty) except a crash when stopping AVS. :(
I suppose you just read/alter these data at a given memory address ...

BTW, it could be useful to have the alert boxes in front of the other windows (on the top) ... ;)

TomyLobo

29th May 2004 22:58 UTC

the ape just relies on the correct title bar of the editor window and the correct order of the controls
hmm alert boxes? i thought i took them all out... except the write error and the could not find avs editor error

Tuggummi

30th May 2004 00:21 UTC

default window size is 573x197 you shouldn't shrink it below that value

With my 800x600 screen resolution... im off :p

TomyLobo

30th May 2004 00:32 UTC

800x600? o_O
ok then this one's not (yet) for you :)

Here's a new version that supports resizing the dialog of Misc/Comment

Happy commenting ;) more components to come, Misc/Comment was just the easiest one

Tuggummi

30th May 2004 00:49 UTC

Nice... destroy all the ASCII art or text shaping people have done. Not sure am i quite happy about that part :p

TomyLobo

30th May 2004 00:52 UTC

nope
it doesnt destroy anything
the widths of the dialogs stay the same

TomyLobo

30th May 2004 01:43 UTC

SuperScope supported!
resizing of the SuperScope Point part is now also supported!
[edit]
fixed a bug that caused the AVS Editor to always appear when AVS is started.
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piR

30th May 2004 10:04 UTC

Originally posted by TomyLobo
the ape just relies on the correct title bar of the editor window ...

Hummm ... Does this means it will never work with a translated version ?
:cry:

TomyLobo

30th May 2004 11:52 UTC

Just dont change the the title bar. leave it as "Winamp AVS Editor" and there will be no problems :)
also, dont translate component names or they will not be recognized either and will not be properly resized
the rest doesnt matter. the resizer is just relying on these 2 captions:
- editor main window and
- the frame around the dialogs of the components

btw... @APE authors: please return 0 or false in WM_INITDIALOG so that the dialog is not focused when you try to walk through a preset by pressing the arrow keys... this is quite annoying :)

piR

30th May 2004 21:06 UTC

In other words, if I don't translate anything, it would be OK ... ;)

More seriously, when I edit the ressource, each dialog seems to be identified by a number (101 for the main window, 122 for movement, 129 for comments, and so on).
Is it possible to use these ids instead of the title or other names ?

TomyLobo

31st May 2004 01:36 UTC

hmm i'll look into those resources myself as soon as i find my reshack.exe ;)

TomyLobo

1st June 2004 01:27 UTC

new version out with a nice new feature:
mouse resizing :)
note that there is an issue with it. if you set the window width between 743 and 778 (including 743 and 778) something goes wrong. i'm working on that bug already :) if it happens to you, either close AVS, delete the APEresize.ini and reopen AVS or add a "Misc / Enable Resize" to a preset and change the width (left box) to something lower than 743 or greater than 778.

also, i added control resizing support for the following components:
- Trans / Dynamic Movement
- Trans / Movement
- Effect list
more coming as soon as i fix that mouse bug :)
[edit]i think i fixed that mouse bug. if it still exists for you, please tell me some width/height values so i can check that
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TomyLobo

1st June 2004 01:58 UTC

forgot the attachment (again ^^)

fragmer

2nd June 2004 02:55 UTC

:)
you're genius! :eek::cool::D
I noticed it's impossible to resize editor from effectlists, until you resize window from smething else.
also - can you do something about the tree <|> dialog separator? ;)

TomyLobo

2nd June 2004 18:26 UTC

you mean changing the width of the dialogs?
look at tugs post and my comment on it ;)

I noticed it's impossible to resize editor from effectlists, until you resize window from smething else.

i can resize the window while viewing an effect list at most times
there is, however, an annoying bug that sometimes causes the cursor to jump into the center of the dialog, barring any resize.
An easier workaround for this than the one described above is to temporarily switch to another element (I get the best results in "Main") and change the size there. if this doesnt work, you can still close AVS, delete APEresize.ini and reopen it.

TomyLobo

3rd June 2004 18:29 UTC

new version is out...
i put it on my devart account:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/7800156/