IDEA: Make your monitor corners look round

[Coeluh]

Maybe kind of useless, but I really wonder what my pc looks like when the corners are overlay with a black image of an outer corner.

Like this.

So 4 times this image, and later on maybe multiple monitor support. Maybe with the ability to set the radius of the rounded corner?

[raybeere]

It sounds like a cool effect, although it might get annoying if it covered up the Close button on maximised windows.

[Coeluh]

It sounds like a cool effect, although it might get annoying if it covered up the Close button on maximised windows.

Well I think it wouldn't totally cover the close button.

[skrommel]

Try RoundedCorners, a quick script that shows four images in the corners of the screen.

Download the four images and save them as 1.gif, 2.gif, 3.gif and 4.gif in the same folder as the script.

Skrommel

Code

;RoundedCorners.ahk
;Skrommel @ 2009

#NoEnv
#SingleInstance,Force
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% 
SetWinDelay,0
SetBatchLines,-1

Gui,Color,FFFFFF
Gui,+AlwaysOnTop +TopMost -Caption +E0x20 +Border +ToolWindow 
x=0
y=0
Gui,Add,Picture,x%x% y%y%,1.gif
x:=A_ScreenWidth-37
y=0
Gui,Add,Picture,x%x% y%y%,2.gif
x:=A_ScreenWidth-37
y:=A_ScreenHeight-37
Gui,Add,Picture,x%x% y%y%,3.gif
x=0
y:=A_ScreenHeight-37
Gui,Add,Picture,x%x% y%y%,4.gif
Gui,+LastFound
guiid:=WinExist()
Gui,Show,x0 y0 w%A_ScreenWidth% h%A_ScreenHeight% NoActivate
WinSet,TransColor,FFFFFF,ahk_id %guiid%
WinSet,AlwaysOnTop,On,ahk_id %guiid%
SetTimer,TOP,1000
Return


TOP:
WinSet,Top,,ahk_id %guiid%
Return

[Coeluh]

Try RoundedCorners, a quick script that shows four images in the corners of the screen.

Download the four images and save them as 1.gif, 2.gif, 3.gif and 4.gif in the same folder as the script.

Skrommel

Code

;RoundedCorners.ahk
;Skrommel @ 2009

#NoEnv
#SingleInstance,Force
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% 
SetWinDelay,0
SetBatchLines,-1

Gui,Color,FFFFFF
Gui,+AlwaysOnTop +TopMost -Caption +E0x20 +Border +ToolWindow 
x=0
y=0
Gui,Add,Picture,x%x% y%y%,1.gif
x:=A_ScreenWidth-37
y=0
Gui,Add,Picture,x%x% y%y%,2.gif
x:=A_ScreenWidth-37
y:=A_ScreenHeight-37
Gui,Add,Picture,x%x% y%y%,3.gif
x=0
y:=A_ScreenHeight-37
Gui,Add,Picture,x%x% y%y%,4.gif
Gui,+LastFound
guiid:=WinExist()
Gui,Show,x0 y0 w%A_ScreenWidth% h%A_ScreenHeight% NoActivate
WinSet,TransColor,FFFFFF,ahk_id %guiid%
WinSet,AlwaysOnTop,On,ahk_id %guiid%
SetTimer,TOP,1000
Return


TOP:
WinSet,Top,,ahk_id %guiid%
Return

Alright, that looks cool! Trying to mod it to work with png files and tinier corners... It shows white .

[skrommel]

Try saving the png files with a white background, or change the lines

Code

Gui,Color,FFFFFF
WinSet,TransColor,FFFFFF,ahk_id %guiid%

to something else.
I guess you've already changed the lines with gif in them to png.

Skrommel

[Coeluh]

Try saving the png files with a white background, or change the lines

Code

Gui,Color,FFFFFF
WinSet,TransColor,FFFFFF,ahk_id %guiid%

to something else.
I guess you've already changed the lines with gif in them to png.

Skrommel

Thanks! ill check that out

[Coeluh]

Does not really work, but I learned a lot of this thing! (AHK coding regarding)

[skrommel]

The code doesn't work with transparent or alpha blended images, it just turns white color transparent.

Skrommel

[jdd]

This is pretty cool!  Would it be possible to edit the script so the .gif's can be embedded within the script, instead of the the folder?

[Coeluh]

They still look a bit white to me:(