-module(gui_functions).
-export([startGUI/0]).
-include("params.hrl").
-include_lib("wx/include/wx.hrl").


startGUI() ->
    Wx = wx:new(),
    Frame = wxFrame:new(Wx, -1, "Cars", [{size, {?Max_x, ?Max_y}}]),
    Panel = wxPanel:new(Frame),
    wxWindow:setBackgroundColour(Panel, {11,11,211}),

    GrassPanel = wxPanel:new(Panel,250,0,700,600),
    GrassPic = wxBitmap:new(wxImage:scale(wxImage:new("gui/grass.jpg"),700,600)),

    Paint = wxPaintDC:new(GrassPanel), % THIS LINE IS PROBLEMATIC, IT TERMINATES THE WX PROCESS
    wxDC:drawBitmap(Paint, GrassPic, {0,0}),
    wxPaintDC:destroy(Paint),

    wxFrame:connect(Frame, command_menu_selected),
    wxFrame:show(Frame).