Freeway (CCFR) Official Thread

**jazzbob** · 07-25-2006, 09:10 AM

I am hoping to use this frontend for my carpc and have no need for arrow key movement, but it should definitely be a consideration because of the huge range of inputs used by others

**MatrixPC** · 07-25-2006, 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by oeri

The way Freeway is coded, it should be very easy to implement mouseover images. Arrow key functionality shouldn't be difficult, either. Does anyone here control their car computer with arrow keys?

Personally I don't use keyboard arrow key, but I do use arrow key function from remote control input and girder to navigate the screen.
For short, yes, I do use keyboard arrows without actual holding the keyboard

**turbocad6** · 07-25-2006, 09:40 AM

yeah, major hotkeys support would be awsome.... & mouse overs...

**mercury7** · 07-25-2006, 09:40 AM

I just want to make sure that you will be supporting PNG images. BMP is old skool.

**oeri** · 07-25-2006, 09:42 AM

I haven't found a way to implement PNG images with Visual Basic 6 -- there is no support for them. Unless I find a way, it's going to be bitmaps and jpegs.

**turbocad6** · 07-25-2006, 09:43 AM

transparency!!! if transparency could be supported..... that would alow for some really sick skins... don't know what the possibilities there are though...

**oeri** · 07-25-2006, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by turbocad6

transparency!!! if transparency could be supported..... that would alow for some really sick skins... don't know what the possibilities there are though...

Yeah, really. I've looked for code, but no luck so far. I've never actually messed with transparencies in Visual Basic.

**chanman** · 07-25-2006, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by oeri

I haven't found a way to implement PNG images with Visual Basic 6 -- there is no support for them. Unless I find a way, it's going to be bitmaps and jpegs.

have you tried the GDI+ API? I haven't used it myself but it looks like its able to load/save PNG with alpha transparancy.

Or another way is to use a grey scale bitmap that matches the oringal bitmap. White areas full color, black area transparent, shades of grey, you get the idea.

**LESLIEx317537** · 07-25-2006, 10:47 AM

VB 2003 and 2005 have transparencies built in.
But for most CarPC systems, it will slow it down since the graphics card isn't that powerful.

**turbocad6** · 07-25-2006, 10:55 AM

I guess if transparencies will cause a significant performance hit, then it may not be a great thing afterall... but the skin possibilities would be awsome..