Animated Background Banner

The following code is used to display an Animated Banner
using the the CmdiMainClient class. You will need to get
a set of sequenced bitmaps to show the animation. In my
example you can Right-Click to Start/Stop the animation
and Left-Click to display a child window, keeping the
background animation alive.


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#include “stdafx.h”
#include “banner.h”
#include “mainfrm.h”

#include “resource.h”

#ifdef _DEBUG
#undef THIS_FILE
static char BASED_CODE THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
#endif

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CMdiMainClient

CMdiMainClient::CMdiMainClient()
: m_sizeClient(0, 0)

{
VERIFY (m_bmpBackGround.LoadBitmap(IDB_BCKGRD));
ASSERT (m_bmpBackGround.GetSafeHandle());

VERIFY (m_bmpBackGround2.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP0));
ASSERT (m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle());

BmpLoaded = 1;
StopRotation = FALSE;
}

CMdiMainClient::~CMdiMainClient()
{
if(m_bmpBackGround.GetSafeHandle())
m_bmpBackGround.DeleteObject();

if(m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle())
m_bmpBackGround2.DeleteObject();
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CMdiMainClient, CWnd)
//{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CMdiMainClient)
// NOTE – the ClassWizard will add and remove mapping macros here.
ON_WM_TIMER()
ON_WM_ERASEBKGND()
ON_WM_RBUTTONDOWN()
ON_WM_LBUTTONDOWN()
ON_WM_SIZE()
//}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CMdiMainClient message handlers
BOOL CMdiMainClient::OnEraseBkgnd(CDC* pDC)
{
// Erase only the area needed
CRect rect;
GetClientRect(&rect) ;

SetTimer(0,300,NULL);

// Place the bitmap
BITMAP bm ;
CDC dcMem ;

BITMAP bm2 ;
CDC dcMem2;

VERIFY(m_bmpBackGround.GetObject(sizeof(bm), (LPVOID)&bm));
dcMem.CreateCompatibleDC(NULL);
CBitmap* pbmpOld = (CBitmap*)dcMem.SelectObject(&m_bmpBackGround);
ASSERT(pbmpOld) ;
// Display red background
pDC->StretchBlt(0, 0, rect.right, rect.bottom, &dcMem, 0,
0, bm.bmWidth, bm.bmHeight,SRCCOPY);

VERIFY(m_bmpBackGround2.GetObject(sizeof(bm2), (LPVOID)&bm2));
dcMem2.CreateCompatibleDC(NULL);
dcMem2.SelectObject(&m_bmpBackGround2);
// Display picture background
pDC->StretchBlt(200,100,400, 200, &dcMem2, 0,0, bm2.bmWidth, bm2.bmHeight,
SRCCOPY);

// Display Instructions
pDC->SetBkColor(RGB(255,0,0));
pDC->SetTextColor(RGB(192,192,192));
pDC->TextOut(480, 500, “Mouse Right Click to Stop/Start Special Effects”);
pDC->TextOut(480, 515, “Mouse Left-Click to Show Child Window”);

// CleanUp
dcMem.SelectObject(pbmpOld) ;

return TRUE;
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
void CMdiMainClient::OnSize(UINT nType, int cx, int cy)
{
Default() ;
// if the app is just starting up, save the window
// dimensions and get out

if ((m_sizeClient.cx == 0) && (m_sizeClient.cy==0))
{
m_sizeClient.cx = cx;
m_sizeClient.cy = cy;

return ;
}

// if the size hasn’t changed, break and pass to default

if ((m_sizeClient.cx == cx) && ( m_sizeClient.cy == cy))
{
return ;
}

// window size has changed so save new dimensions and force
// entire background to redraw, including icon backgrounds

m_sizeClient.cx = cx;
m_sizeClient.cy = cy;

RedrawWindow(NULL, NULL,
RDW_INVALIDATE|RDW_ERASE|RDW_ERASENOW|RDW_ALLCHILDREN);

return ;
}

void CMdiMainClient::OnTimer(UINT nIDEvent)
{
DisplayNextLogoFrame();
CWnd::OnTimer(nIDEvent);
}

void CMdiMainClient::DisplayNextLogoFrame()
{
CRect rect;
GetClientRect(&rect) ;

BITMAP bm2 ;
CDC dcMem2;

CDC *pDC = GetDC();

if (!StopRotation)
{
// Select next logo frame to be displayed
switch (BmpLoaded)
{
case 1: if(m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle())
m_bmpBackGround2.DeleteObject();
VERIFY (m_bmpBackGround2.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP1));
ASSERT (m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle());
break;
case 2: if(m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle())
m_bmpBackGround2.DeleteObject();
VERIFY (m_bmpBackGround2.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP2));
ASSERT (m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle());
break;
case 3: if(m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle())
m_bmpBackGround2.DeleteObject();
VERIFY (m_bmpBackGround2.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP3));
ASSERT (m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle());
break;
case 4: if(m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle())
m_bmpBackGround2.DeleteObject();
VERIFY (m_bmpBackGround2.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP4));
ASSERT (m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle());
break;
case 5: if(m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle())
m_bmpBackGround2.DeleteObject();
VERIFY (m_bmpBackGround2.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP5));
ASSERT (m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle());
break;
case 6: if(m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle())
m_bmpBackGround2.DeleteObject();
VERIFY (m_bmpBackGround2.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP6));
ASSERT (m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle());
break;
case 7: if(m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle())
m_bmpBackGround2.DeleteObject();
VERIFY (m_bmpBackGround2.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP7));
ASSERT (m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle());
break;
case 8: if(m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle())
m_bmpBackGround2.DeleteObject();
VERIFY (m_bmpBackGround2.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP8));
ASSERT (m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle());
break;
case 9: if(m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle())
m_bmpBackGround2.DeleteObject();
VERIFY (m_bmpBackGround2.LoadBitmap(IDB_BITMAP9));
ASSERT (m_bmpBackGround2.GetSafeHandle());
break;
}
// Change Bitmap index
if (BmpLoaded == 9)
BmpLoaded = 0;
else
BmpLoaded++;
}

VERIFY(m_bmpBackGround2.GetObject(sizeof(bm2), (LPVOID)&bm2));
dcMem2.CreateCompatibleDC(NULL);
dcMem2.SelectObject(&m_bmpBackGround2);
pDC->StretchBlt(200,100,400, 200, &dcMem2, 0,0, bm2.bmWidth, bm2.bmHeight,
SRCCOPY);

ReleaseDC(pDC);
}

void CMdiMainClient::OnRButtonDown(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{
if (StopRotation)
StopRotation = FALSE;
else
StopRotation = TRUE;

CWnd::OnRButtonDown(nFlags, point);
}

void CMdiMainClient::OnLButtonDown(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{
m_Hide_Logo = TRUE;
KillTimer(0);

// Display Application
((CBannerApp*)AfxGetApp())->pDocTemplate->OpenDocumentFile(NULL);

CWnd::OnLButtonDown(nFlags, point);
}

// MdiMainClient.h : header file
//

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CMdiMainClient window

extern BOOL m_Hide_Logo;

class CMdiMainClient : public CWnd
{
// Construction
public:
CMdiMainClient();

// Attributes
protected:
CBitmap m_bmpBackGround2;
CBitmap m_bmpBackGround;

int BmpLoaded;
public:
BOOL StopRotation;
CSize m_sizeClient;

// Overrides
// ClassWizard generated virtual function overrides
//{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CMdiMainClient)
//}}AFX_VIRTUAL

// Implementation
public:
void Display_Blank_Bitmap();
void DisplayNextLogoFrame();
virtual ~CMdiMainClient();
// Generated message map functions
protected:
//{{AFX_MSG(CMdiMainClient)
// NOTE – the ClassWizard will add and remove member functions here.
afx_msg BOOL OnEraseBkgnd(CDC* pDC);
afx_msg void OnSize(UINT nType, int cx, int cy);
afx_msg void OnTimer(UINT nIDEvent);
afx_msg void OnRButtonDown(UINT nFlags, CPoint point);
afx_msg void OnLButtonDown(UINT nFlags, CPoint point);
//}}AFX_MSG
DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

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