; gdi+ ahk tutorial 4 written by tic (Tariq Porter) ; Requires Gdip.ahk either in your Lib folder as standard library or using #Include ; ; Tutorial to fill the screen with randomly hatched ellipses #SingleInstance Force #NoEnv SetBatchLines -1 global hbm, hdc, obm, G, pToken ; Uncomment if Gdip.ahk is not in your standard library #Include ../Gdip_All.ahk ; Start gdi+ If !pToken := Gdip_Startup() { MsgBox "Gdiplus failed to start. Please ensure you have gdiplus on your system" ExitApp } OnExit("ExitFunc") ; Get the dimensions of the primary monitor ; these funcs are based off MDMF lib and are now included in the Gdip_All library MonitorPrimary := GetPrimaryMonitor() M := GetMonitorInfo(MonitorPrimary) WALeft := M.WALeft WATop := M.WATop WARight := M.WARight WABottom := M.WABottom WAWidth := M.WARight-M.WALeft WAHeight := M.WABottom-M.WATop ; Create a layered window (+E0x80000) that is always on top (+AlwaysOnTop), has no taskbar entry or caption Gui, 1: -Caption +E0x80000 +LastFound +AlwaysOnTop +ToolWindow +OwnDialogs Gui, 1: Show, NA ; Get a handle to this window we have created in order to update it later hwnd1 := WinExist() ; Create a gdi bitmap with width and height of the work area hbm := CreateDIBSection(WAWidth, WAHeight) ; Get a device context compatible with the screen hdc := CreateCompatibleDC() ; Select the bitmap into the device context obm := SelectObject(hdc, hbm) ; Get a pointer to the graphics of the bitmap, for use with drawing functions G := Gdip_GraphicsFromHDC(hdc) ; Set the smoothing mode to antialias = 4 to make shapes appear smother (only used for vector drawing and filling) Gdip_SetSmoothingMode(G, 4) ; Set a timer to draw a new ellipse every 200ms SetTimer DrawCircle, 200 Return ;####################################################################### DrawCircle() { global DrawCircle: ; Get a random colour for the background and foreground of hatch style used to fill the ellipse, ; as well as random brush style, x and y coordinates and width/height Random, RandBackColour, 0.0, 0xffffffff Random, RandForeColour, 0.0, 0xffffffff Random, RandBrush, 0, 53 Random, RandElipseWidth, 1, 200 Random, RandElipseHeight, 1, 200 Random, RandElipsexPos, %WALeft%, % WAWidth-RandElipseWidth Random, RandElipseyPos, %WATop%, % WAHeight-RandElipseHeight ; Create the random brush pBrush := Gdip_BrushCreateHatch(RandBackColour, RandForeColour, RandBrush) ; Fill the graphics of the bitmap with an ellipse using the brush created Gdip_FillEllipse(G, pBrush, RandElipsexPos, RandElipseyPos, RandElipseWidth, RandElipseHeight) ; Update the specified window UpdateLayeredWindow(hwnd1, hdc, WALeft, WATop, WAWidth, WAHeight) ; Delete the brush as it is no longer needed and wastes memory Gdip_DeleteBrush(pBrush) Return } ;####################################################################### ExitFunc(ExitReason, ExitCode) { ; global ; Select the object back into the hdc SelectObject(hdc, obm) ; Now the bitmap may be deleted DeleteObject(hbm) ; Also the device context related to the bitmap may be deleted DeleteDC(hdc) ; The graphics may now be deleted Gdip_DeleteGraphics(G) ; ...and gdi+ may now be shutdown Gdip_Shutdown(pToken) } ~Esc:: SetTimer, DrawCircle, Off ; ExitFunc(1, 1) ExitApp Return