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Started by Ahmadi
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:19
[EQ] Office 2003 actors.
Author: Ahmadi
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:19
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:19
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Hi I want make a thing such as office 2003 actor, it must be walk on screen, do animate and more... I have all of my frames (were rendered by 3DSMax) How can i play them on screen, without latency or border ... and maybe with shadow. Maybe anyone know a good library to i do that? Thanks for your attention H.Ahmadi
Re: [EQ] Office 2003 actors.
Author: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:45
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:45
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"Ahmadi" <ahmadisolness_b@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:47e02361@newsgroups.borland.com... > I want make a thing such as office 2003 actor, it must > be walk on screen, do animate and more... Microsoft Office uses Microsoft Agent (http://www.microsoft.com/msagent) for its actors. > I have all of my frames (were rendered by 3DSMax) If you want to use MSAgent, then you will have to export the frames to individual BMP files and then composite them manually into an actor using Microsoft's Agent Character Editor (ACE), which is accessible from the above site as well. > How can i play them on screen Microsoft Agent is an ActiveX control. It can be imported and used in Delphi like any other ActiveX control. There are plenty of third-party tutorials and components available online for using MSAgent in Delphi. Gambit
Re: [EQ] Office 2003 actors.
Author: Ahmadi
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:36
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:36
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The editor don't accept high quality bitmap files.it only accept bitmap 256 color. and i can not make a high quality actor with it. what must i do? "Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in message news:47e029dc@newsgroups.borland.com... > > "Ahmadi" <ahmadisolness_b@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:47e02361@newsgroups.borland.com... > >> I want make a thing such as office 2003 actor, it must >> be walk on screen, do animate and more... > > Microsoft Office uses Microsoft Agent (http://www.microsoft.com/msagent) > for its actors. > >> I have all of my frames (were rendered by 3DSMax) > > If you want to use MSAgent, then you will have to export the frames to > individual BMP files and then composite them manually into an actor using > Microsoft's Agent Character Editor (ACE), which is accessible from the > above site as well. > >> How can i play them on screen > > Microsoft Agent is an ActiveX control. It can be imported and used in > Delphi like any other ActiveX control. There are plenty of third-party > tutorials and components available online for using MSAgent in Delphi. > > > Gambit >
Re: [EQ] Office 2003 actors.
Author: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:11
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:11
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"Ahmadi" <ahmadisolness_b@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:47e0c216@newsgroups.borland.com...
> The editor don't accept high quality bitmap files.it only
> accept bitmap 256 color.
Correct. That is a limitation of the MSAgent technology in general, not the
editor specifically.
> i can not make a high quality actor with it.
> what must i do?
You will have to find another third-party technology that does what you
need. Perhaps LivingActor would suit your needs better:
http://www.livingactor.com
Gambit
Re: [EQ] Office 2003 actors(in another view).
Author: Ahmadi
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:50
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:50
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Hi, Seems that i must do it myself. How can i make a layer over windows screen, it must be movable and without any border,also must be transparent. I can make a form with transparent brush and without any border, but when i move form, windows flick itself border with black area , and is not good. I need a canvasable region and be movable. Thanks.
Re: [EQ] Office 2003 actors.
Author: Ahmadi
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:53
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:53
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> You will have to find another third-party technology that does what you > need. Perhaps LivingActor would suit your needs better: > > http://www.livingactor.com Thanks,but Im not success to find a good solution for the situation. I want create myself engine. Please see my new post in parent thread. Thanks for your attention. H.Ahmadi
Re: [EQ] Office 2003 actors.
Author: Giorgio Vanoni
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:29
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:29
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> I want make a thing such as office 2003 actor, it must be walk on screen, do > animate and more... > I have all of my frames (were rendered by 3DSMax) > How can i play them on screen, without latency or border ... and maybe with > shadow. > Maybe anyone know a good library to i do that? > Look at this... http://www.delphiarea.com/products/assistant/ Giorgio.
Re: [EQ] Office 2003 actors(in another view).
Author: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:27
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:27
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"Ahmadi" <ahmadisolness_b@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:47e368c2@newsgroups.borland.com... > Seems that i must do it myself. What's wrong with using engines that already exist? > How can i make a layer over windows screen, it must > be movable and without any border,also must be transparent. On Windows 2000 and later, use a normal window with the WS_EX_LAYERED style applied to it. That way, the OS handles all of the transparency for you. > I can make a form with transparent brush and without any > border, but when i move form, windows flick itself border > with black area , Then you are not managing the window correctly. Gambit
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