On 10/10/2006, at 4:24 AM, Dr Gerard Hammond wrote:
Hi,
Does anybody have some code/ideas on how to implement that great
old help feature in OS 9, where the system would slowly draw a
thick red pen line around a control on a window?
1) grab a snap of the screen
2) draw a rough circle around the control location
- hack the Sketcher sample from http://www.oofile.com.au/
downloads.html#DownloadREALbasic to capture the curveshape points
involved in drawing a rough loop (slowly) around a given rectangle
- draw with a different pen and just scale and offset the curveshape
- I would probably have 2 or 3 shapes with significantly different
aspect ratios, so you can get that "rough oval" vs "rough circle" look
If I recall correctly, they were called "coach marks"
regards
Andy
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