LitDev Extension API

Geography	LD3DView	LDArray	LDBits	LDBlueTooth
LDCall	LDChart	LDClient	LDClipboard	LDColours
LDCommPort	LDController	LDControls	LDCursors	LDDataBase
LDDateTime	LDDebug	LDDialogs	LDDictionary	LDEffect
LDEmail	LDEncryption	LDEvents	LDFastArray	LDFastShapes
LDFigures	LDFile	LDFocus	LDftp	LDGeography
LDGraph	LDGraphicsWindow	LDHashTable	LDHID	LDIcon
LDImage	LDInline	LDIOWarrior	LDList	LDLogic
LDMath	LDMathX	LDMatrix	LDMusic	LDNetwork
LDPhysics	LDProcess	LDQueue	LDRegex	LDResources
LDScrollBars	LDSearch	LDServer	LDSettings	LDShapes
LDShell	LDSort	LDSound	LDSpeech	LDStatistics
LDStopwatch	LDText	LDTextWindow	LDTimer	LDTranslate
LDUnits	LDUtilities	LDVector	LDWaveForm	LDWebCam
LDWindows	LDxml	LDZip

LDFastShapes
Shape methods which are faster than standard Small Basic Shape operations.
This is primarily for shape movement when there are a large number of shapes updated in a game loop.
Only the main Shapes commands are supported since these are the ones that are commonly repeated many times.
The shape must first be created, then registered (ShapeIndex) and the returned integer index used with the other methods.
The visual update of the changes made does not happen until (Update) is called when all changes are processed together.
Performance improvements come from both integer indexing and batch update.

GetLeft	GetOpacity	GetTop
HideShape	Move	Rotate
SetOpacity	ShapeIndex	ShowShape
Update	Zoom

GetLeft(index)
Gets the left co-ordinate of the specified shape.
index The index (returned by ShapeIndex) of the shape.
returns The left co-ordinate of the shape.

GetOpacity(index)
Gets the opacity of a shape.
index The index (returned by ShapeIndex) of the shape.
returns The opacity of the object as a value between 0 and 100. 0 is completely transparent and 100 is completely opaque.

GetTop(index)
Gets the top co-ordinate of the specified shape.
index The index (returned by ShapeIndex) of the shape.
returns The top co-ordinate of the shape.

HideShape(index)
Hides an already added shape.
index The index (returned by ShapeIndex) of the shape.

Move(index,x,y)
Moves the shape with the specified name to a new position.
index The index (returned by ShapeIndex) of the shape to move.
x The x co-ordinate of the new position.
y The y co-ordinate of the new position.

Rotate(index,angle)
Rotates the shape with the specified name to the specified angle.
index The index (returned by ShapeIndex) of the shape.
angle The angle to rotate the shape.

SetOpacity(index,level)
Sets how opaque a shape should render.
index The index (returned by ShapeIndex) of the shape.
level The opacity level ranging from 0 to 100. 0 is completely transparent and 100 is completely opaque.

ShapeIndex(shapeName)
Register a shape for use with this object.
This command is potentially slow, so should be called before time critical visual updates occur.
i.e. Create and register all shapes before motion is simulated.
shapeName The name of the created shape.
returns An index to use in the other methods in this object.
The index is an integer starting at 1, incremented for each shape registered.
-1 for an error.

ShowShape(index)
Shows a previously hidden shape.
index The index (returned by ShapeIndex) of the shape.

Update()
Update all of the properties of shapes set by this object that have been modifed since the last update.
The shapes are not visually updated until this method is called.

Zoom(index,scaleX,scaleY)
Scales the shape using the specified zoom levels.
index The index (returned by ShapeIndex) of the shape.
scaleX The x-axis zoom level.
scaleY The y-axis zoom level.