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Old 07-14-2009, 04:44 AM
snoopy78 snoopy78 is offline
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Question Informationboxes with text

Hi all,

how can I create information boxes, with dynamic created text? (see attachment)

I used this for the box:

Code:
def createTextBox(self, textur):
  texture = viz.add(textur)
  texQuad = viz.addTexQuad(align = viz.TEXT_LEFT_TOP, scene=2, pos=1.5,3.3,0], scale=[3,2,0])
  texQuad.texture(texture)
and this function for the text:

Code:
def createText(self, text, name, fontsize):
  name = viz.addText( text, viz.SCREEN, scene=2)
  name.color(viz.BLACK)
  name.fontSize( fontsize ) 
  name.translate (0.6, 0.9)
  name.alignment (viz.TEXT_LEFT_TOP)
If I start my application over viz.go(), it's working. But if I use viz.go(viz.FULLSCREEN), then my boxes and the text are not at the same place.

I don't understand, why the box is at the position [1.5, 3.3] and the text at [0.6, 0.9] and in the normal view (not fullscreen), both are at the same position.

Is it possible to set the box and the text at one fixed point from the right side of the window?

The attachment shows my idea...

Thanks a lot for any help!
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Old 07-15-2009, 06:33 PM
farshizzo farshizzo is offline
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Have you considered using the vizinfo module? Many of the examples that come with Vizard uses this module to display fixed text on the screen. Search the docs for vizinfo for example code.
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Old 07-16-2009, 02:36 AM
snoopy78 snoopy78 is offline
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Oh great...

But I've got some questions and can not find information in the tutorials or vizard help.

1) Is it possible to set the textsize of the vizinfo message?

2) How can I set a fixed width and height of the vizinfo field?

3) Can I deactivate the shrink and expand function? These are automatically ON, but I do not know how to switch off.

Many thanks!
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Old 07-16-2009, 11:23 AM
farshizzo farshizzo is offline
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The vizinfo box automatically adjusts its size to fit the widht/height of the text. The following code shows how to adjust the text size and disable the expand/shrink icon:
Code:
import viz
viz.go()

MESSAGE = """This is my message.
It contains multiple lines.
This is the last line.
"""

import vizinfo
info = vizinfo.add(MESSAGE,textsize=2.0) #Double text size
info._checkbox.disable()
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