(whoops forgot to reply all) Troy, I caught your message after I sent mine... In situations like this, would it be better to get the "false" from the string as you suggest or from character count, or does it truly make no difference? In my simple world an "orange noodle" means "better than a red noodle". Is a "mismatch" a mismatch, and orange vs. red makes no real difference?
Thanks, George Toledo On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Troy Koelling <[email protected]> wrote: > And in addition to that, the typical thing to do would be to disable the > patch if there is no text as you mention. Just connecting the string to the > enable should cast the string into a Boolean and turn it off if the string > is nil. Placing a Boolean splitter in there will make that casting explicit > and easier for others to read. > > Additionally, the Billboard does what you want and disables if there is no > image input, but you may be using Sprite for specific reasons. > > Troy > > > On Mar 23, 2009, at 2:36 PM, Alessandro Sabatelli wrote: > > I wouldn't exactly classify this as a bug, but more of a nice to have >> feature. Feel free to file a request if you feel that it is important. >> .xX >> >> On Mar 23, 2009, at 1:01 PM, Christopher Wright wrote: >> >> Would pre-processing the string by passing it through a JS patch that >>>> made sure that it never was zero-length (ie checking for zero characters >>>> and >>>> replacing empty strings with a single space character) help/workaround the >>>> issue? >>>> >>> >>> >>> That's a workaround for some cases (where a black box/transparent box is >>> acceptable) -- however, I'm needing white text on a black box, with periods >>> of no text/box output (it's meant as an opaque overlay, where a black box is >>> strange-looking when no text is to be displayed). >>> >>> There are several other workarounds (disable the sprite if string length >>> is 0, modulate blending/depth if length is 0, etc), but I'm interested to >>> see if this is considered a bug, and if I should file a report. >>> >>> -- >>> [ christopher wright ] >>> [email protected] >>> http://kineme.net/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected] >>> ) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> >>> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/asabatelli%40apple.com >>> >>> This email sent to [email protected] >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/tkoelling%40apple.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] >> > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/gtoledo3%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [email protected] >
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