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Rafkin · 07-14-2005, 01:32 AM

I'm not sure I follow. getting the pieces of the source copied to the background isn't difficult to do. I don't like to litter my image folder with a bunch of different pictures if I can help it anyway. What I need to do, however, is generate 2, 3, and 4 digit numbers that change periodically.

Currently I just copy the numbers into place manually, editing the picture every time. But what I need to do is make it so that I can fetch the values from either mysql or from an ascii file, and copy the images of the numbers to their destination. The date, would be date last updated, or last time I edited the values.

So what I'm lookng for is the best way to setup the array, so that I can step through each skill, and feed the destination X and Y coordinate, along with the value that i'll fetch from some sort of data source.

Also, I need to figgure out how to copy the numbers transparently so that the blue background doesn't get copied alnong with the images. Same would apply for the avatar which will be randomly chosen and inserted.

07-14-2005, 01:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
Rafkin Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 20	I'm not sure I follow. getting the pieces of the source copied to the background isn't difficult to do. I don't like to litter my image folder with a bunch of different pictures if I can help it anyway. What I need to do, however, is generate 2, 3, and 4 digit numbers that change periodically. Currently I just copy the numbers into place manually, editing the picture every time. But what I need to do is make it so that I can fetch the values from either mysql or from an ascii file, and copy the images of the numbers to their destination. The date, would be date last updated, or last time I edited the values. So what I'm lookng for is the best way to setup the array, so that I can step through each skill, and feed the destination X and Y coordinate, along with the value that i'll fetch from some sort of data source. Also, I need to figgure out how to copy the numbers transparently so that the blue background doesn't get copied alnong with the images. Same would apply for the avatar which will be randomly chosen and inserted.