Draw Text with Button To show & Remove

[hfheatherfox07]

Almost ....
The Only Problem Is that Pause .... any Ideas ?

[hfheatherfox07]

It Looks A little  Better with a Base Colour 

[qWord]

hi,
you can design the program more flexible and efficiently by using tables for the colors:

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.486
.model flat, stdcall
option casemap: none

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include  \masm32\include\windows.inc
include  \masm32\include\user32.inc
include  \masm32\include\kernel32.inc
include  \masm32\include\comctl32.inc
include  \masm32\include\masm32.inc
include  \masm32\include\gdi32.inc

includelib  \masm32\lib\user32.lib
includelib  \masm32\lib\kernel32.lib
includelib  \masm32\lib\comctl32.lib
includelib  \masm32\lib\masm32.lib
includelib  \masm32\lib\gdi32.lib

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; Prototype
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DialogProc   PROTO : HWND, : UINT, : WPARAM, : LPARAM

.const

; Resource ids
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IDD_DLG1        equ 101
IDI_ICON        equ 200

.data
    szTitle          db "Flashing Colours", 0
    szText           db "TextAnim Colours!", 0
    Font            LOGFONTA    <35,0,0,0,700,0,0,0,ANSI_CHARSET,OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS,\
                            CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS,DEFAULT_QUALITY, 0,"Times New Roman">
    hFont  HANDLE 0
   
    i_state     DWORD 0
    colors      DWORD 0000FFFFh
                DWORD 000080FFh
                DWORD 000000FFh
    n_states    DWORD ($-colors)/4

.data?
    hInstance HINSTANCE ?
    hIcon     HICON     ?
.code

start:
INVOKE GetModuleHandle, NULL
mov hInstance, eax

INVOKE LoadIcon, eax, IDI_ICON
mov hIcon, eax
INVOKE InitCommonControls
INVOKE DialogBoxParam, hInstance, IDD_DLG1 , NULL, ADDR DialogProc, 0
INVOKE ExitProcess, 0

DialogProc proc uses ebx hWnd: HWND, uMsg: UINT, wParam: WPARAM, lParam: LPARAM
LOCAL ps:PAINTSTRUCT
LOCAL rc:RECT
LOCAL hdc:HDC

    .IF uMsg == WM_INITDIALOG
   
        INVOKE SetWindowText, hWnd, addr szTitle
        INVOKE SendMessage, hWnd, WM_SETICON,ICON_SMALL, hIcon
       
        ; CreateFont:
        INVOKE CreateFontIndirect,addr Font
        mov hFont,eax   
       
        invoke SetTimer,hWnd, 1, 300, NULL
       
        invoke InvalidateRect, hWnd, NULL, TRUE
        mov eax,1
        ret
    .ELSEIF uMsg == WM_TIMER
        .IF wParam ==1
            inc i_state
            mov eax,n_states
            .if i_state >= eax
                mov i_state,0
            .endif
            invoke InvalidateRect, hWnd, NULL, TRUE
            mov eax,1
            ret
        .ENDIF
    .ELSEIF uMsg ==  WM_PAINT
        invoke BeginPaint, hWnd, ADDR ps
       
        mov ebx,i_state
   
        invoke SetTextColor, ps.hdc, colors[ebx*4]
        invoke SelectObject, ps.hdc, hFont
        push eax
        invoke SetBkMode, ps.hdc, TRANSPARENT
        invoke TextOut, ps.hdc, 60, 30, ADDR szText, SIZEOF szText - 1
        pop eax
       
        invoke SelectObject, ps.hdc, eax
        invoke EndPaint, hWnd, ADDR ps
        mov eax,1
        ret
    .ELSEIF uMsg == WM_CLOSE
        INVOKE DeleteObject, hFont
        INVOKE KillTimer,hWnd,1
        INVOKE EndDialog, hWnd, 0
    .ENDIF

    xor eax,eax
    ret
   
DialogProc endp
end start

BTW:  you should indent your code proper.

[hfheatherfox07]

Thanks qWord !
Funny I was just looking at an old attachment of yours when you posted this...

Your old sintext- see if I can change the algo there to do the back and forth wavering ....
accept I need a another decade or so to understand what I am doing LOL

[hfheatherfox07]

LMAO

Well qWord .....
This Is a problem the text is falling ....

This made me laugh