pyVCP - Fancy Buttons and labels
08 Nov 2015 18:25 - 08 Nov 2015 18:30 #64976
by Askjerry
pyVCP - Fancy Buttons and labels was created by Askjerry
I was tinkering and found out you can do some really nice decorating to the labels and the buttons. 
Both buttons and labels (including multilables) support multiple lines and some special characters too.
They also support both foreground and background colors: <fg>color</fg> and <bg>color</bg>
Here is a snippet from my test pyvcp panel...
And here it is on my test pyvcp panel... 
So far I found the following characters by experimentation...
\n = new line
\a = telephone
\b = checkmark
\f = music 1/4 note
\v = music 1/8 note
\1 = left triangle
\2 = left underline triangle
\3 = right triangle
\4 = right underline triangle
\5 = three dots (therefore)
These were all the ones i found to be useful in the Helvetica font... other fonts may differ.
Both buttons and labels (including multilables) support multiple lines and some special characters too.
They also support both foreground and background colors: <fg>color</fg> and <bg>color</bg>
Here is a snippet from my test pyvcp panel...
<!-- ========================================================================= -->
<label>
<wraplength>"250"</wraplength>
<justify>"left"</justify>
<text>"Look what I found \n \a \b \f \v \1 \2 \3 \4 \5"</text>
<font>("Helvetica",10)</font>
<width>22</width>
<bg>"#000000"</bg>
<fg>"#ffffff"</fg>
</label>
<!-- ========================================================================= -->
<hbox>
<button>
<font>("Helvetica",8)</font>
<width>10</width>
<padx>29</padx>
<halpin>"btn-left"</halpin>
<text>"DIRECTION\n\1 LEFT"</text>
<bg>"#005C94"</bg>
<fg>"#ffffff"</fg>
</button>
<button>
<font>("Helvetica",8)</font>
<width>10</width>
<padx>29</padx>
<halpin>"btn-right"</halpin>
<text>"DIRECTION\nRIGHT \3"</text>
<bg>"#005C94"</bg>
<fg>"#ffffff"</fg>
</button>
</hbox>
<!-- ========================================================================= -->
So far I found the following characters by experimentation...
\n = new line
\a = telephone
\b = checkmark
\f = music 1/4 note
\v = music 1/8 note
\1 = left triangle
\2 = left underline triangle
\3 = right triangle
\4 = right underline triangle
\5 = three dots (therefore)
These were all the ones i found to be useful in the Helvetica font... other fonts may differ.
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08 Nov 2015 19:25 - 08 Nov 2015 19:44 #64984
by Askjerry
Replied by Askjerry on topic pyVCP - Fancy Buttons and labels
@ cncbasher - Yeah... me too. 
@ BigJohnT - Well... semi-annually then...
I have to get out into my shop and rewire the mill... then install the new panel. Once that's done... I'll update the MONSTER learning thread so others can follow along as well. Still trying to decide if I want to install hall-effect sensors and magnets into the spindle for speed reporting. The panel is getting pretty full. I may wait until I tackle my second 1960 Sears Craftsman Lathe and convert it to CNC.
That's going to be a whole new learning curve... programming for a lathe... I don't think my software, Vectric Aspire handles those functions. (I'm sure it doesn't.)
Here are the current panels... as of November 8, 2015
@ BigJohnT - Well... semi-annually then...
I have to get out into my shop and rewire the mill... then install the new panel. Once that's done... I'll update the MONSTER learning thread so others can follow along as well. Still trying to decide if I want to install hall-effect sensors and magnets into the spindle for speed reporting. The panel is getting pretty full. I may wait until I tackle my second 1960 Sears Craftsman Lathe and convert it to CNC.
That's going to be a whole new learning curve... programming for a lathe... I don't think my software, Vectric Aspire handles those functions. (I'm sure it doesn't.)
Here are the current panels... as of November 8, 2015
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