MetaCard List Digest Saturday, October 21 2000 Volume 04 : Number 015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 21:17:57 +0100 From: Hugh Senior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Test Yes! Good to be back again! /H Hugh Senior The Flexible Learning Company Consultant Programming & Software Solutions Fax/Voice: +44 (0)1483.27 87 27 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.flexibleLearning.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 14:46:10 -0600 (MDT) From: Scott Raney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Reset The Cursor? On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 Scott Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When setting the lockCursor to false on Windows, is there a way to reset the > cursor so it assumes the standard Windows pointer appearance? > > This situation is in a Windows standalone. When I lock the cursor and set > it to "watch", unlocking the cursor doesn't return it to it's normal state > until the mouse is moved. This is a problem because there is no visual > feedback to indicate when the "wait" is over. I can't set the cursor to > "arrow" because this is not the same as the standard Windows pointer. > > Any way to get the cursor back to its old self via a script? Sounds like a bug to me, but I can't reproduce it at least with 2.3.2 beta. If you've got a recipe that works with that, please send in a bug report. If it only does it in earlier releases, the only workaround I can think of is pretty ugly: set the screenMouseLoc to move the mouse cursor over a pixel or two. Scott > Thanks & Regards, > > Scott > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Scott Rossi Tactile Media - Multimedia & Design > Creative Director Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************** Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metacard.com MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 14:59:47 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Taskbar button for stacks Environment: Windows 9x, NT, 2000 It appears that if you have a stack with the default decorations visible then there is a taskbar button for that stack that you can switch to by either clicking on the button or using Alt-Tab. It also appears that if you turn off all decorations so that you have a borderless stack visible (no title-bar, etc.) then you don't have a taskbar button for that stack and you can not switch to it via Alt-Tab either. Is all this by design or default? It seems like there might be some value in having a single taskbar button for an entire MetaCard application even though the stacks may not have any decorations. If I create a standalone application with decoration-less stacks then the only way to get back to it if I need to switch away is to minimize all the other applications or use the Alt-Esc key combination to toggle through all the open windows on my machine. Do I have any other options besides making a window with decorations visible? Larry Huisingh ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 08:20:26 -0500 From: "Blair Moxon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: List enquiries This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------_=_NextPart_001_01C03A98.8255E080 Content-Type: text/plain Sorry if this is off topic but I haven't received any posts for three days. If I receive this post it will assure me that the list server is still running, and I haven't descended into another MS Outlook configuration nightmare!! (its great when it works - honest!) Could we re-institute the information footer at the bottom of the mail postings that identifies: This is the MetaCard mailing list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive....... Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard..... Please send any bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list. Also, Kevin I seem to have lost the new Run Time Revolution List address .. I need to re-subscribe. Thanks, Blair Moxon - ------_=_NextPart_001_01C03A98.8255E080 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2652.35"> <TITLE>List enquiries</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT COLOR=3D"#000080" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Sorry if this is off = topic but I haven't received any posts for three days. If I receive = this post it will assure me that the list server is still running, and = I haven't descended into another MS Outlook configuration nightmare!! = (its great when it works - honest!)</FONT></P> <P><FONT COLOR=3D"#000080" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Could we = re-institute the information footer at the bottom of the mail postings = that identifies:</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">This is the MetaCard mailing = list.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Archives:<U> </U></FONT><U><FONT = COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"><A = HREF=3D"http://www.mail-archive" = TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.mail-archive</A></FONT></U><FONT = COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">.</FONT><FONT = COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">......</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Info:</FONT><U> <FONT = COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"><A = HREF=3D"http://www.xworlds.com/metacard" = TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.xworlds.com/metacard</A></FONT></U><FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">.....</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Please send any bug reports to = <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Also, Kevin I seem to have lost = the new Run Time Revolution List address .. I need to = re-subscribe.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT COLOR=3D"#000080" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks,</FONT> <BR><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Blair = Moxon</FONT></B> </P> </BODY> </HTML> - ------_=_NextPart_001_01C03A98.8255E080-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 07:05:33 +0100 From: Hugh Senior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mailto with spurious quote mark This launches the users default email program in Win32, and sets up a new email titled with the address and optionally the subject. Problem: Can anyone figure why it insists on placing a trailing quote in the address or subject field? Craig? Dave? Sjoerd? Anyone? on mailto tAddress,tSubject put word 1 to -2 of queryRegistry ("hkey_local_machine\software\classes\mailto\shell\open\command\") into tBrowserPath if tBrowserPath is not empty then if tSubject <> "" then launch "mailto:"&tAddress & "?subject=" & tSubject with tBrowserPath else launch "mailto:"&tAddress with tBrowserPath if the result <>"" then get smartAnswer("Process already open","Please close your eMail program, then try again.","OK") end if else get smartAnswer("E-mail to"&&tAddress,"Sorry, I cannot identify your default e-mail program. Please send e-mail manually.","OK") end mailto /H Hugh Senior The Flexible Learning Company Consultant Programming & Software Solutions Fax/Voice: +44 (0)1483.27 87 27 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.flexibleLearning.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:19:05 +0100 From: Hugh Senior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: mailto spurious quote problem This launches the users default email program in Win32, and sets up a new email titled with the address and optionally the subject. Problem: It places a trailing quote in the field of the last parameter (address or subject). Can anyone see why? Script: on mailto tAddress,tSubject put word 1 to -2 of queryRegistry ("hkey_local_machine\software\classes\mailto\shell\open\command\") into tBrowserPath if tBrowserPath is not empty then if tSubject <> "" then launch "mailto:"&tAddress & "?subject=" & tSubject with tBrowserPath else launch "mailto:"&tAddress with tBrowserPath if the result <>"" then get smartAnswer("Process already open","Please close your eMail program, then try again.","OK") end if else get smartAnswer("E-mail to"&&tAddress,"Sorry, I cannot identify your default e-mail program. Please send e-mail manually.","OK") end mailto /H Hugh Senior The Flexible Learning Company Consultant Programming & Software Solutions Fax/Voice: +44 (0)1483.27 87 27 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.flexibleLearning.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 20:38:24 +0200 From: Wilhelm Sanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: New game with MC - puzzle stack >Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:32:41 +0200 >From: "Jose L. Rodriguez Illera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: New game with MC >Anyone interested may download a new puzzle game from the XWorlds site. It >makes a puzzle from any image using 'import snapshot' command, with >different sizes and number of pieces. Simple but works smooth. >Regards, >Jose Luis Hi, Jose Luis, as we use a Metacard puzzle generator - also using "import snapshot" - among the examples in our multimedia courses here, I was very curious to have a look at your stack at the XWorlds site. I like the overall structure of your stack and I learned a few things. To use a "clipped" tabbed menu button (btn "Piezas") for the value imput is a really a good idea. We have so far used a pulldown menu button for input of preset values or an input field for the free choice of values. Your "slicing" button (btn "crear rompecabezas") shows the problems you may run into when trying to determine the rects of the image tiles. For the sake of comparison and for you - and anybody who is interested - to try out, here is the slicing part of my version of a puzzle generator that - - allows the input of any number for rows and columns and can thus be also adapted to various proportions of images - - is very compact because of using arrays - avoiding the need for long script lines ("select..and..and.." etc.): "on mouseUp #=="slicing" images for puzzles==computing and importing tiles== #==for any (equal or different) number of rows and columns== #== FX = horizontal number of tiles; FY = vertical number of tiles #==values for FX and FY to be transferred from an "input" handler Global FX,FY put the rect of image 1 into imagerect # image to be sliced put item 3 of imagerect - item 1 of imagerect into DiffX put item 4 of imagerect - item 2 of imagerect into DiffY #== "div" instead of "/" produces pixel-exact borderless tiles #== for all image sizes== put DiffX div FX into tilewidthX put DiffY div FY into tileheightY #==arrays: compute points of tile rects == put item 1 of imagerect into X[1] put item 2 of imagerect into Y[1] repeat with i = 1 to FX put X[1] + (tilewidthX * i) into X[i + 1] end repeat repeat with i = 1 to FY put Y[1] + (tileheightY * i) into Y[i + 1] end repeat put 0 into TileN # tile number put the windowID of this stack into StackID lock screen # ==set tile rects and do snapshots== repeat with a = 1 to FY repeat with b = 1 to FX add 1 to TileN put x[b] into item 1 of tilerect put y[a] into item 2 of tilerect put x[b+1] into item 3 of tilerect put y[a+1] into item 4 of tilerect import snapshot from rect TileRect of window StackID put "T"&TileN into Tile # to name tiles (needed later for puzzle script) set the name of last image to Tile set the topleft of image Tile to item 1 to 2 of tilerect # set tile position end repeat end repeat choose browse tool end mouseUp" - --- Maybe I should offer my puzzle package for inspection at the XWorlds site, too, but I first need to produce a externally presentable version without German terms. I'll ask Kevin Miller about that. Generally, I think, it would be helpful to exchange *more* stacks among the lists members - and for new Metacard users - as on the Metacard and XWorlds sites. By the way, there have been no new entries in the "contrib" folder of the Metacard ftp-site since April 1999. The same holds for sample scripts; what about setting up an annotated and topic-sorted script library? There are already a number around in the list-archives and surely many more that could be shared. Regards, Wilhelm Sanke Zentraler Medienbereich (University Media Center) University of Kassel / Germany ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 23:10:32 -0400 (EDT) From: andu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: html2list Did anyone spend the time to write a script which converts say a html directory listing (with tables) into a readable text form in a field? If yes will that kind person share it with me. I would go through the trouble but it looks like there is no standard among web servers (each web server has it's own template to do it) which means a lot of work. TIA Regards, Andu _______________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ End of MetaCard List Digest V4 #15 **********************************
