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{bmp xxx} not working?

Is there anything special you need to do in order to get bmp images showing inline in a text field?

I try having a label with labeltext like:

Code:

var myString as string

myString &= “{bmp d8_screen}” & “{bmp d4_screen}”

@text = myString

But the field displays as “{bmp d8_screen}{bmp d4_screen}” instead of the expected symbols.

Any suggestions or thoughts?

Did you ever get this fixed? my gut impulse would be that you might have a case where either d8_screen.bmp doesn't exist, or the system couldn't decode it. There's a line in the documentation which suggests it would just print the name.

Quote:

If the bitmap is not found or the output doesn't support encoding, the "name" is inserted as text.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duggan (Post 262600)

No, I haven’t. :(

The d8_screen.bmp is in the game folder, so that’s not an issue. I don’t know if maybe there is something with the bmp encoding that I need to pay attention to or what...

Quote:

Originally Posted by TCArknight (Post 262603)

No, I haven’t. :(

The d8_screen.bmp is in the game folder, so that’s not an issue. I don’t know if maybe there is something with the bmp encoding that I need to pay attention to or what...

My experience from creating the game logo on my system is that I needed to turn off the alpha channel and the embedding of the color space in the image.

Hmmmm.... I tried that, but no luck...

I'll play around and try a couple of different things. I'm trying to store this in a text field if that makes a difference..

No luck with any of my experiments so far. :(

Is there maybe a particular label style or such that need to be used to translate the {bmp portion?

Here is a finalize script that I know works:

Code:

      <finalize><![CDATA[

        if (@value <= 0) then

          @text = chr(150)

        else

          @text = "{meta bmpfull}" & @value & "{horz 2}{bmp dicepool}"

          endif

        ]]></finalize>

bmpfull adjusts the vertical position of the bitmap, relative to the text. All of the bitmaps we use in Shadowrun are designed to make use of that setting, so anywhere in Shadowrun that we use a bitmap, we also use meta bmpfull.

Thanks Mathias, I’ll give this a shot when I get home.

Nope, no luck. :(

Quote:

Originally Posted by procedure

<procedure id="BldDiceStr" scripttype="eval"><![CDATA[
~declare variables that are used to communicate with our caller
var prof as number
var abil as number
var setback as number
var boost as number
var myText as string

while (prof > 0)
myText &= "{bmp d8_screen}"
prof -= 1
loop
while (abil > 0)
myText &= "{bmp dicepool}"
abil -= 1
loop]]></procedure>

Quote:

Originally Posted by eval script on Skill trait

<eval index="7" phase="Render" priority="5000"><![CDATA[
~only access the linkage if the skill is directly on the hero; if not, it is
~likely within an advancement gizmo and no linkage will exist there
var prof as number
var abil as number
var setback as number
var boost as number
var advant as number
var myText as string

if (container.ishero <> 0) then
prof = minimum(field[trtFinal].value,linkage[attribute].field[trtFinal].value)
abil = maximum(field[trtFinal].value,linkage[attribute].field[trtFinal].value) - prof
setback = field[trtSetback].value
boost = field[trtBoost].value
advant = field[trtAdvant].value
myText = ""

Call BldDiceStr
field[sklPoolBas].text = myText

Call DicePoolEx
field[sklPool].text = myText
endif
]]></eval>

Quote:

Originally Posted by field on Skill trait

<field
id="sklPool"
name="Skill Pool"
type="derived"
maxlength="10">
</field>

Could it be the timing?

You saw the maxlength 10 on your field? {bmp dicepool} is 14 characters, so you're already 4 characters over.