B4J Question MainForm auto adjust size...

[Cableguy]

Hi guys,

I'm using MainForm as a Splash screen in a FadeIn/FadeOut animation and at the end of it I'm trying to resize the form to the loaded layout size...
I have tried several approaches, but nothing seems to work...
Here's the sub that clears the rootpane from its previous contents and then loads the new layout...

Sub FadeToLauncher_Tick
    Log("Launcher")
    FadeToLaunchTimer.Enabled = False
    MainForm.RootPane.RemoveAllNodes
    MainForm.RootPane.LoadLayout("Launcher")
    MainForm.Initialize("Launcher", -1, -1) 'This SHOULD resize the form automatically, but it doesn't
End Sub

I know I can use a separate form to show my splash screen, but that is not my issue.
I just want to resize Mainform to the loaded layout!

 

[eurojam]

you can use MainForm.WindowWidth, something like

Sub Process_Globals
   Private fx As JFX
   Private MainForm As Form
   Dim t As Timer
   Dim change As Boolean
End Sub

Sub AppStart (Form1 As Form, Args() As String)
   MainForm = Form1
   MainForm.SetFormStyle("UNIFIED")
   change =True
   MainForm.Show
   MainForm.WindowWidth=400
   MainForm.WindowHeight=400
   t.Initialize("Timer",1000)
   t.Enabled=True
End Sub
Sub timer_tick
   If change Then
    MainForm.WindowWidth=200
    MainForm.WindowHeight=200
    change = False
   Else
    MainForm.WindowWidth=600
    MainForm.WindowHeight=600
    change = True
   End If        
   
End Sub

which will work. I suppose, that

MainForm.Initialize("Launcher", -1, -1)

only sets the inner width and height, but don't know

 

[Cableguy]

I have tried all the size related props, from the main form itself and from the inner rootpane... Nothing seems to work...
I have found out that it is related to a previously set of the form to maximized, and maybe also of the setting of the style to "TRANSPARENT" which cannot later be changed...I guess I will have to take a different approach...

 

[jmon]

I think you need to call "getBoundsInParent" https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javafx/api/javafx/scene/Node.html#getBoundsInParent--" with javaobject on the Mainfrom.Rootpane after Mainform.show.
this way you will get the size of the rootpane after it has been computed.

sorry I cant provide an example today, I don't have acces to b4j. But Ill do it on Monday.

 

[Erel]

I'm using MainForm as a Splash screen in a FadeIn/FadeOut animation and at the end of it I'm trying to resize the form to the loaded layout size...

The layout file doesn't have a size of its own. It is sized based on its parent.

 

[Cableguy]

The layout file doesn't have a size of its own. It is sized based on its parent.

I was trying to get the same behaviour as with Form.initiaze("myForm", -1, -1)

 

[jmon]

as promised, this is the example of resizing the form to your layout. In this case I resize to the pane parent of the other nodes. (need javaObject)

Sub ResizeFormToNodeBounds(FormTarget As Form, NodeTarget As JavaObject)
    If Not(NodeTarget Is Node) Then Return
  
    'Get the scene position:
    Dim Scene As JavaObject
    Scene = NodeTarget.RunMethod("getScene",Null)

    FormTarget.WindowWidth = NodeTarget.RunMethod("getPrefWidth", Null) + Scene.RunMethod("getX", Null)
    FormTarget.WindowHeight = NodeTarget.RunMethod("getPrefHeight", Null) + Scene.RunMethod("getY", Null)
End Sub

if you wonder why is the "scene" needed, it's to take into account the window's edge width.

I hope that's what you had in mind.