Re: private scrollbar
Bon soir Thierry Hi Klauss, Nice your Banana :-) ARGH, they did it again... How often will i have to post: Please stop talking about my banana in public! G.. :-D in fact, the stack Fun with fields doesn't manage the enable/disable property of the thumb banana ( i set the text shorter than the height of the field, but still can move your banana all the path from top to bottom ) That's an extra not covered by the invisible contract ;-) No, just kidding. I created it really for fields that have lots of text in it. I did not think of another case, that's all... So sorry. i did add these 2 lines into my card script : put the number of lines in field f * textheight of field f into n set the enabled of btn MyThumb to ( n the height of field f ) Is this way valid in any cases ? any comments ? I'll check that out, but sounds logical. (Famous last words: Not tested, but should work ;-) Nope, but this works: (Just tested :-) set the enabled of btn MyThumb to (the formattedheight of fld f = the height of fld f) get the scroll of field f, doesn't help in this context. | Before that, i may encourage you to download my cute little palette ... Sorry, i'm still with metacard 2.3 on windows ( only ) and it doesn't seem to be compatible... probably i should need to move to 2.4 one of these days ? Oooops, sorry, i think there was a change in the fileformat of MC from 2.3 to 2.4. Viele Dank, Klauss De rien Thierry ;-) Au revoir Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: private scrollbar
Hi Jaqueline, Klaus Major wrote: ARGH, they did it again... How often will i have to post: Please stop talking about my banana in public! G.. :-D There once was a programmer Klaus Whose fields could be scrolled with a mouse. But the clincher hosana Was his public banana Which always brought down the house. ROTLTD :-D Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com This is definitively a good one :-D Have a nice weekend. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. Eat more fruit ;-) ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
cute palette for win
Hi all, my cute little palette is now availlable for windows, too (Will probably work on Linux/Unix, too. I have no chance to check that...) Works with all versions of MC. Feel free to modify it to your needs... Donwload it here: www.revolutionboard.de/klaus/heim2WIN.zip Please read the dox. Won't hurt ;-) Feedback welcome. Enjoy... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: cute palette for OS X for all versions of MC
Hi all, my cute little palette is now availlable for OS X and ALL versions of MC. I just remove some 2.5 specific features like sheet dialogs (Love that ;-) Will of course work with OS 9xx, but does not look SO good on OS 9.xx as in OS X... ;-) Feel free to modify it to your needs... Donwload it here: www.revolutionboard.de/klaus/heim2osxall.sit Please read the dox. Won't hurt ;-) Feedback welcome. Enjoy... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
cute little palette
Hi all, my cute little palette is now availlable for windows, too (Will probably work on Linux/Unix, too. I have no chance to check that...) Works with all versions of MC. Feel free to modify it to your needs... Donwload it here: www.revolutionboard.de/klaus/heim2WIN.zip Please read the dox. Won't hurt ;-) Feedback welcome. Enjoy... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: answer printer
Hi NIcolas, Am Sonntag, 12.01.03 um 15:29 Uhr schrieb kweto: Hello, For the answer printer command, is there a way of capturing the user's response? Before printing a card users of my stack have the option of setting the paper-size via their particular printer's settings, and since the modal printer selection dialog includes a Cancel button (at least my printers do), I'd like to honour that option. But, as it is now, even when I click Cancel the stack still sends the job to the printer. One work around I. tried was to attempt capturing the user's Cancel response in a way similar tothat of the answer command, i.e., answer printer if it is Cancel then exit doWhatever try: ... if the result is not empty then exit... Should work in ANY language ;-) (The result would be cancel :) FWIW, I thought that, since I'm deploying on a Japanese OS (Win/Mac), the response word ought to be the Japanese equivalent for Cancel -- which I tried, but no go. Thank you. Nicolas Cueto Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: [OT] invisible files on Windows
Hi Richard, Karl Becker wrote: Right click on a file, select Properties, check the box Hidden. However, Windows users can choose to have hidden files shown quite easily, unlike the Mac where hidden files aren't even known to many people. 1. How does a Win user show the file by right-clicking on it if it's invisible? Hardly ;-) In an open window on windows :-) there is a menu: View- Folder options- Tab View There you can choose with radio-buttons (among other funny stuff) to 1. Show all files 2. Hide hidden files (sic !!! ) (I am just translating the german version of VirtualPC, so it might not be THAT funny in the original english version ;-) 3. Hide hidden and system files 2. Is there a way to set this visible bit on a Mac when burning an ISO-9660 CD? Sorry, no idea. Richard Gaskin Regards from icecold germany (-12 degree Celsius, brr...) Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Visual Basic and video
Hi Jack, Klaus Major wrote: revVideoGrabber videograbbercommand,optionalparameters :-) How do you like this line ;-) All this and more in the next version of RR. And crossplatform, of course... Okay Klaus - I'll bite! Ouch ! ;-) Do you really think that videoGrab is a part of Rev 2.0? I don't think so, i know ! Do you think it would be able to import both digital (Firewire) and analog (some kind of USB deviee or PCI card?) I don't know about details (i do not have any video device yet, although it is christmas :-(, but on a Mac you can do it with Quicktime and on windoze you have the choice of QT of Video for windoze Man - this could be very cool. Thanks - even if you are teasing - No trick, no bluff, no fooling and no shit ;-) and have a tremendous holiday season! Thank you and to you , too :-) Jack Rarick Braintree Athletic Systems Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. This is the videograbbercommands.txt file from the last alpha-build of RR. I don't think this is topsecret, so i will add it here in the PS... (Please don't shoot me if it is...) ## revVideoGrabber videograbbercommand,optionalparameters Video grabber command: a) Open - opens the video grabber using quicktime or video for windows. Specify the name of the stack, and rect of the video grabber window. examples 1 - open video grabber at rect of image 1 with video for windows revvideograbber open,short name of this stack,qt,rect of field 2 example 2 - open video grabber at rect of field 2 with quicktime Quicktime is supported on Mac and Windows b) Show - starts previewing/displaying video (but does *not save the video data to disk*). For quicktime you need to call revvideograbber idle to give QT sufficient processing time..this is not needed when using video for Windows. Stops recording if recording was in progress example - revvideograbber show repeat while recordvideo is true revvideograbber idle # give qt processing time wait for 1 millisecond with messages # handles any events end repeat c) Idle - Gives Quicktime processing time to display video input source (required to update display when previewing and recording). Does nothing when using VFW, as Windows internally opens a seperate thread to do this. d) Hide - Stops previewing/displaying video e) StartRecording - Starts recording and displaying the video and saves to specified filename on disk. example - revvideograbber startrecording,filename As stated above you need to give QT sufficent processing time while recording using revvideograbber idle f) StopRecording - stop recording video. g) Dialog - displays the standard video recording dialogs for Quicktime or Video for Windows. The types of dialogs you can specify are compression, format, display, and source. Neither QT or VFW supports all dialog types. example - revvideograbber dialog,compression revvideograbber dialog,format revvideograbber dialog,display revvideograbber dialog,source h) Close - closes the video grabber. This stop recording..if recording was in progress. Should call on closestack to release memory used by video grabber. i) revvideograbber grabimage,width of image 1, height of image 1,videoimagedata set the imagedata of image videoimage to videoimagedata The grabimage command grabs the current frame, and copies it to the specified variable (videoimagedata) as imagedata (rgb, rgb). You can then set the imagedata of an image.to display the frame. Useful if you want to take a photograph. ## Sounds promising, doesn't it ?! :-) ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Visual Basic and video
Hi Jack, I don't know about details (i do not have any video device yet, although it is christmas :-(, but on a Mac you can do it with Quicktime and on windoze you have the choice of QT of Video for windoze Wow! This sounds very cool! Now - I hate to keep bugging here - but I am actually a Metacard programmer - haven't dabbled much on the RR side. If it is going to be a part of RR should I expect it to be a part of Metacard too? I hope you are not too disappointed, but these externals are of course compatible with MC, but they are only sold with a copy of RR :-( Just like the mysql and other database-connecting externals... I think they will offer some crossgrade from MC. That's marketing... This is GREAT! Thanks for everything! Jack Rarick Braintree Athletic Systems Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Visual Basic and video
Hi Jack, I'm pretty comfortable using Applesxripts in Metacard. How easy is it to call Visual Basic program in Metacard? I need to build specific Metacard apps that will allow the user to import digital/analog video from cameras. That is presently not possible in Metacard. I can use iMovie and BTV on MacOs - but I'm thinking I'm going to need to create my own on the windows side. Any ideas? revVideoGrabber videograbbercommand,optionalparameters :-) How do you like this line ;-) All this and more in the next version of RR. And crossplatform, of course... Thanks in advance! Merry christmas :-) Jack Rarick Braintree Athletic Systems Regards from germany Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. Do we all really hang around here on the web on christmas evening ? ;-) ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: ac/dc
Hi Robert, Just curious. Why can't I have a variable named ac? I get errors about double binary operators. It must be an abbreviation for something but nothing junps on me from the documentation. ac is a reserved word which is the abbreviation of AudioClip (ac). Robert Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
b bit icon in standalones
Hi all, has anybody ever successfully installed a 8 bit icon into a standalone after building it with MC ? If yes, how did you do this ? What windows icon-editing app can so so ? (Not necessarily freeware ;-) Thanks a lot in advance. Regards from germany Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: b bit icon in standalones
Hi all, it's easier to import gifs or jpgs than icons... on windows, theres' a few nice programs but I'd recommend Iconbook. dont know the url of hand... browse and export... that easy... windows only probably... on the Mac, GifConverter (mac only, german program with a grey icon and a house?) was great... both do batch conversions i think... Hi all, has anybody ever successfully installed a 8 bit icon into a standalone after building it with MC ? If yes, how did you do this ? What windows icon-editing app can so so ? (Not necessarily freeware ;-) Thanks a lot in advance. Regards from germany Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] sorry, it looks like i was not clear enough. I meant: has someone succesfully replaced the 4 bit MC icon of a standalone with another 8 bit icon. If yes, how ? What icon-editor can do this ? Thanks in advance... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: b bit icon in standalones
Hi MrX, The easiest way (around this) is to make a shortcut and use a custom icon on it... I also asked this and it's also impossible... Then again, you can re-write the desktop in MC, launch me in startup and then use strictly any image as an icon ;)) ... launch MrX with new_desktop ... gives this error (with or without quotes): Developer not defined error description: unknown developer Too bad... Au revoir ;-) Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: MC 2.5 Script editor
Hi Shari, hi Glen, ... I think auto-complete for commands etc. would be a very good idea. Just include a preference to turn it on or off, then everyone can be happy. :-) YO :-) As it is, I frequently have to delete on mouseUp/end mouseUps that get inserted into the middle of my handlers, presumably thru some key sequence. I don't think it is a key sequence that does this, I thought that everytime you opened up a script editor window that didn't have any script a on mouseup/end mouseup would get inserted. This is still there. But the sequence cmd+m also used to insert on mouseup...end mouseup at the cursor in the scriptwindow, now it looks like Scott removed it in 2.5. Have a nice weekend. Regards from ICE-cold germany (-20 Celsius !) Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: ftp problems
Hi LiangTyan, Hi all, is anybody there mirroring the downloadable MC files (betas) on his/her server ? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/metacard_download/links Thanks a lot. Works fine. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Taking stacks from Windows to Mac: one solution
Hi Kristen, I am running mc 2.3 on Mac OS 9 and on a PC laptop. I have no problem opening stacks on the PC that were saved on the Mac, but when I try to open stacks saved on the Mac that were saved on the PC, mc does not recognize them. I really need to be able to work both ways cross-platform. Is this not possible? Thanks for all the help! Kristen Billings the problem (not really ;-) is in the different kind of files on mac and win. The windows OS recognises file-types by their extension. *.mc The mac OS looks for some (invisible) resource-fork inside the file to determine what to do with that file... If this fork is missing, and it will be missing if transferred from windows, where the OS cannot handle it so it just ignores it..., Mac-apps (including MC) will not display these files in the open-dialog. I solved this little inconvenience by adding a button to one of my custom palettes with the following script. It will try (sic! ;-) to open any file and beep, if it is not a valid MC-file. Here we go: on mouseUp answer file What stack may i open for you, dear Kristen ? if it is not empty then try toplevel it catch errornum beep end try end if end mouseUp Hope this helps... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: metacard digest, Vol 1 #382 - 8 msgs
Hi Eric, Where can I download a copy of MetaCard 2.5fl ? check this URL: ftp://ftp.metacard.com/MetaCard/2.5/ Havbe a nice weekend. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
MC 2.5a6
Hi metacarders, did anybody notice that version 2.5a6 is on the MC ftp-server ? Hurry up, download and enjoy yourselves ;-) It's woth it !!! Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: saving styled text?
Hi Eric, how do I save styled text from a field to a file so that the text formatting is retained in the saved file? I can save plain ascii just fine - I would like to save its format as well however. I have tried running through the help stacks and faq and have not found a solution. Hints pointers or ideas are appreciated! hmmm, my first (and only) thought is the htmltext-property ;-) Like: on mouseup put the htmltext of fld fld with textstyle to be saved into urlfile:savedstyle.htm end mouseup and back again with: on mouseup set the htmltext of fld fld with textstyle to be saved to urlfile:savedstyle.htm end mouseup Hope this helps... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Case problem
Bonsoir Dominique, looks like a job for a hidden button in the style of pop-up ;-) Try it, create a button, set its contents to something like: new/n first/f last/l etc... set its style to popup, group it, if necessary, to have it on all cards (dont forget to set the background behaviour of the group to true !!!) hide that button and htere you go. Oh, it has to have this script, too ;-) on menupick quoi switch quoi case nouveaux create card break ... end switch end menupick works here in germany, should work in france, too ;-) I have a little notepad made with MC. I wanted to navigate with CMD-1... as in HC That works. I want now to create a new card with CMD-n: doesn't work! ... Seems odd, because CMD-a works (the text in the field is selected), but not CMD-n... ! Because the buttons in the menubar catch this key-combinations ;-) Regards, (-8 Dominique Hope this helps. Regards 8-) Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Case problem
Bonsoir Dominique, on menupick quoi switch quoi case nouveaux create card break ... end switch end menupick I know that I could build a menu -- but, for the sake of simplicity (and elegance ;-)) I preferred not to build a menu, instaed I put some handlers at the stack level (or at the group level) in order to catch my commands... -- Regards, (-8 Dominique ok, ok, another try... For the sake of simplicity and elegance ;-) on commandkeydown thekey switch thekey case n create card break case b beep break end switch end commandkeydown I put this in a stack-script and it worked. Had new card (although i already got one...) and it beeped :) Try this at home ;-) Au revoir Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Import question from a new user
Hi Kristen, correction to my last mail. There is no entry about player in the index. Instead look for QuickTime, playing :-) Best Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Import question from a new user
Hi Kristen, I am very new to Metacard and have a (hopefully) simple but frustrating problem. I have been importing images into my programs with no problems on both Mac and PC using the import paint from file command in the message box, and they appear with no problems on my page. However, when I try to import quicktime videos using the import videoClip from file command on the PC the program acts like it is importing the clip but the clip doesn't show up on my page or anywhere, this i a bit unususal ;-) After importing a video-clip, only a copy of that clip is saved inside your stack WITH NO VISUAL REPRESENTATION ! You can assure yourself by checking stack props - Components - Videoclips To display the clip you have to do it with a script like: on mouseup play vc yourclip.mov end mouseup This will play the clip at the center of the current card. You can specify a location for the display by adding ... at x,y to that script like: on mouseup play vc yourclip.mov at 100,500 ### or ... at the loc of img videodisplayarea etc... end mouseup However it is highly recommende to use players and set their filenames to the path to that videoclip. Search the index for: player, play and Videoclips. and on the Mac when I do file-import-videoclip it says it can't open file, mask, or display and when I use the message box command it gives me an error message. Help! Works for me here. Try quitting and restarting MC. At least that helped me when i had the same troubles when importing images... Drop a line if you have further problems or questions. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: EPSImport stack
Hi Chipp, I don't think that Chipp really meant that you have to give credits to Scott Rossi, did you Chipp ? Nope, Alejandro just mentioned if anyone knew who created the code. It's always nice to be remembered for ones contributions ;-) Ooops, sorry for the misunderstanding. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: EPSImport stack
Buenos dias Alejandro, on Mon, 09 Sep 2002 23:28:00 -0700 Chipp Walters wrote ... Worked well in RunRev. I look forward to the future enhancements you mentioned. I believe the drag window code was created by Scott Rossi Then, thanks to Scott Rossi for sharing his code! I'll repost the file and credit him accordingly. I look for the name of the stack in the MetaCard Mail List archives on the web, but found nothing. Now, I'm sure that him post it in the Runrev Mail list, but for now, they don't have searchable archives on the web. I don't think that Chipp really meant that you have to give credits to Scott Rossi, did you Chipp ? If yes, then we all would be very busy to give credits to folks whose code-snippets we are using and our project would never get ready ;-) If no, everyone can use MY code-snippets without giving credits to me. (Transferring 50 US $ to the following bank-accout would be sufficient in that case: Bank of ME, accout 0815 :-) (That was just a joke !) Alejandro Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Editable field
Bon jour Domi, I made a small stack to teach the multiplication tables (a test) In fact, it is a porting of a HC stack. Translation was a breeze :-) A little problem, though: the child is given a multiplication, say 4 x 9; he must answer in a field. I can't focus on this field (nor type tab) for the *first* test of a series. I have to resort on a rather inelegant way, i.e. click at loc of field. Is there a better way? try this, maybe on opencard... select after text of fld the result ## which, in this case, will be a bit less than 40 ## but definitively more than 30... :-D Works for me, should do it for you, too ;-) Hope i understood your problem right... -- Regards, Dominique Have a nice weekend... Au revoir Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: More CGI Stuff
Hi Ruslan, on 9/1/02 17:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It exists, it just hasn't made it on the site yet. Ruslan? Yes, Brian, if Dave need it, please send to him YOUR copy of VXCMD macho Ruslan Does this mean there is a Mach-o version available now? I don't see it on your site. Cheers Dave -- Best regards, Ruslan Zasukhin [ I feel the need...the need for speed ] i have an even better idea. Just post this macho VXCMD on your site. This way even people with a license could get hold of it ;-) Thanks in advance... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: MC and openGL
Hi JB (Jim Beam James Brown Jim Bo ? ;-) Hi list, [brag mode on] I'm really proud to announce that today we managed to link MC with openGL through an external. Actually, it's still very basic : it works on Win32 only, but realtime display of 3D driven by MC scripts is already possible. Unfortunately, as I'm finishing a CD-ROM for next week, I don't have much time to discuss this issue in details right now. However, I'll keep you posted in the future (if anyone is interested, of course). JB [brag mode off] i think there will be definitively less posts if only the folks will reply that are NOT interested in this extremely interesting news ;-) Best from germany Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Naming Conventions
Hi Gregory, Hi Everyone, I have a multi-stack project with a number of information stacks that are very similar in structure, for example, a title field, text body field, and card navigation buttons. Is it a problem if these controls have the same names in the different stacks? Regards, Greg no. :-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: MetaCard 2.4.3 beta 2
Hi there, Dave Cragg wrote: I was unable to unstuff the MacOSX archive. Anyone else having the same problem, or it just at my end? Yep, me too. :( -- Richard Gaskin same here in germany... Scott, please post another version, please... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: irregular windows
Hi Richmond, How can I make irregular shaped windows / stacks/ cards in Metacard / RR ? Mathewson see windowshape in the index. I am afraid this is still MC only. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
243b2 OS X
Hi there, Scott posted a new version and it works. Thanks to Scott :-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: using variables in file names
Hi Nicholas, Is there anyway to create a file using a variable? Suppose I have a variable called sub and I want to save text to a file named sub.txt where sub is a number from 1 to 100. Normally, I would write open file sub.txt put results cr into file sub.txt at eof close file sub.txt How can I change the filename based on the current value of sub? Thanks! this is an easy one. You just have to build a string like: open file (sub .txt) put results cr into file (sub .txt) at eof close file (sub .txt) You can have it even shorter: ... put results cr into url(file: sub .txt) ... That's all, have fun :-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: set directories with spaces
Hi Simon, no quotes will do the trick ;-) ... set the directory to /Mac OS X ... et voila... MC is less restrictive than shell... How can we set the directory to a folder with spaces? In the shell I would do the following: cd Mac OS X Under MetaCard I have to do the following which I would assume should work: set the directory to /quoteMac OS Xquote But that returns can't open directory, am I missing a step? Anyone see an error in that script? Sincerely, Simon Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Editing an object script
Hi Simon, LOL, I was hoping it was. I got the contextual menu which is what I'm trying to avoid. I currently use the right mouse key to select/get menu, but I'd rather hit cmd+E. Anyway, it came up only because I did that key combo tonight. Odd that several years after using SC it would just spring up on me while I was working! The most incredibly useful feature of SuperCard that I really miss is simply using the keyboard to to edit the script of a selected object. Select and object, hold cmd+ E and you were scripting. Scott, anyway we can do this for the next release? Anyone here have time to create a keyboard mapper for MC so we can define keys in MC? Well, it's not exactly the same but control+click the object is pretty close(?)... Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director what about cmd-alt-click on the object ? Does this satisfy you more ? ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
new MC beta 1
Hi all, check out the new beta of MC. The OS X version now uses quartz to display text. Looks just beautiful :-D Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: the systemversion
Hi Ken and all, From the Revolution documentation: Windows 94 = Windows 4.0 Windows 98 = Windows 4.10 Windows ME = Windows 4.90 Windows NT4 = NT 4.0 Windows 2000 = NT 5.0 And one from me: Windows XP = NT 5.1 I have posted this on my Tips and Tricks area of the MetaCard page my site (www.sonsothunder.com/devres/metacard/metacard.htm) for reference later if people are interested. Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ thanks for your help. Regards ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
the systemversion
Hi all, can someone please supply what the systemversion returns on Win95 and Win98 systems ? Thanks in advance. Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Absolute paths for Quicktime movies?
Hi Wilhelm, Apparently, unlike to referencing images and sounds, you still cannot use relative paths with Quicktime movies. I am using relative paths for QT movies for years. (Or at least since MC supports QT on win ;-) No problems so far, and i produced several CD-Rom applications that can be launched directly from CD. I even set the relative path while developing. No idea what could be wrong with your paths. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: script limits
Hi all On Wednesday, May 15, 2002, at 02:08 PM, erik hansen wrote: according to the archives and the index there are no script limits. are there any special circumstances, or can i put 200,000 chars in a script without problems? I think the limit is 4 GB -Mark Talluto I KNOW the script limit is 4 GB ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Test, ignore.
Hi Heather, Test, please ignore. -- Heather Williams OK, ignored ,-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: pdf files
Hi Mike, How do you open a URL pdf file with Metacard? If you have a field url with several pdf file urls then... put the selectedText of fld url into ff if ff is empty then exit switch get char -4 to -1 of ff put url ff into fld urlresult How do you get the result to be opened by Acrobat reader? mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] there is a free external that you can download from Runtime. http://www.runrev.com/revolution/developers/developerdownloads/externalscollection. html It might do what you want, but it is only for MAC. Check it out. It's free, so you cant go wrong ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: picture size
Hi Robert, Robert Brenstein wrote: Is there a simple way to get the pixel sizes of images (jpeg and gif) in Metacard? In HyperCard, I use the picture command to open them invisibly (this is important), then fetch the size. The picture command does not seem to be part of MetaCard. picture (fPath fName),,,false get pictureheight of window fName get picturewidth of window fName close window fName MetaCard's syntax is arguably more self-consistent with the priciples of HyperTalk on this one. Rather than relying on an external MC has native image objects, with properties that can be querried and set like buttons and fields. In this case, the property you're looking for is the fileName of the image object: set the filename of image 1 to tMyPath get the rect of image 1 If you don't already have an image object on the card, you can also import image files into a new image object using the import command. -- Richard Gaskin Richard is right, as always ;-) But maybe these props could be of any more help to you. the formattedheight of image xxx the formattedwidth of image xxx This will return the original height and width of an image. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
new angle prop
Hi lovely list, there is this wonderful new property for images angle. Can someone eventually supply a smart script to do the following ? Supposed i have an image of an arrow (i actually do :-). What should i script in a mousemove-handler to make that arrow always point to the cursor ? I know that i have to calculate the appropriate angle from the images loc and the mouseloc. But how ? No, i wont use mouseloc but x,y that are supplied with the mousemove function ;-) A code-snippet would be heavily appreciated. Thanks in advance. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: new angle prop
Hi Phil, Try this - it works: -- card script on mouseMove -- an aim checkbox turns it on/off if the hilite of btn aim = false then exit mouseMove put (the mouseH - (item 1 of the loc of img 1)) into x put (the mouseV - (item 2 of the loc of img 1)) into y set the angle of img 1 to ((atan2(x,y) *180) / pi) - 90 end mouseMove (I forgot to use the 'mouseMove' params - if you do, that'll make it yours!) My angle test stack is at http://home.attbi.com/~phildavis/mc/angle.mc . Phil wonderful, thanks a lot, works like a charm. Exactly what i was looking for :-D That makes you definitively my dream-something of the day ;-) (Hi Shari :-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Transparent Images
Hi Shari, I often need the same thing than you, in the image properties I select Extras, Colors and then I choose Transparent. It works pretty good. I'm on MacOS 9.1 and MC 2.4 J.J.Bayle I wish I wish But I am attempting to develop cross platform, which means any option that is specific to only one platform will fail me. The transparent option, as far as I understand it, only works on Mac. (Every option below the line is Mac only, as I understand it.) I wonder why it isn't available on Windows? 'Course all the best things aren't :-) Shari C -- --Shareware Games for the Mac-- http://www.gypsyware.com Mark Talluto was right, PNG is the file-format for you. It supports (semi-)transparency and is crossplatform. The JPG-format is not supposed to have transparency at all... Has never and will never !!! ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Saving stacks
Hi Shari, Working out the final bug in my program... saving. I know that the main stack cannot save to itself. I'm under the impression that the other stacks can. I have a main stack, and several embedded stacks, saved into a standalone. The embedded stack that needs to save to itself, isn't. Can an embedded stack in a standalone save to itself? Or does the stack need to be OUTSIDE of the main stack... ie, not embedded? Shari C you cannot save stacks that are inside a standalone, not a mainstack and no substacks, sorry :-( So you must not embed the stack that you want to be saved. Just put that stack (separately) into the folder of the standalone and MC will find it anyway and you can save it :-) Hope this helps. If not, just drop another mail :-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: File listing
Hi David, Getting a list of the files in the same directory as the running standalone, via a script, is a snap (get the files). How could I get a listing of the files in a different directory? I've tried the obvious (get the files of directoryPath, get the files of directory xxx, etc.) Thanks, Dave you have to set the directory to the appropriate directory to get the files. Try this workaround: on xxx put the directory into olddir ## store the original dir set the directory to s:/ome/far/away/directory put the files into remote_files ## do your file-stuff here... set the directory to olddir end xxx Hope this helps... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: QT Effects
Hi Jaqueline, Mark Talluto wrote: ... Use the answer effect command to bring up the dialog. Create the transition you want in this window. When you hit the OK button, the effect will be stored in the it variable. The string will be quite long so do not be surprised. That was the first thing I tried, but when I copied the string into the script editor and ran the script, MC crashed (well, I'm using the latest beta, so maybe that was the problem.) Then I tried to put the string into a custom property instead and whenever I accessed it, the property returned empty. So instead of the string that is returned in it I was thinking to try the 4-character code that is mentioned in the docs. But the docs say to find the codes at Apple's web site, and I couldn't. I'd like to see a list of these codes somewhere, or else find out how others are using the it string in scripts. I don't want any user interaction, I just want to permanently store and use the effect. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay |[EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software |http://www.hyperactivesw.com I also looked at the Apple-website and did not find any hint to the famous 4-char code :-( One has to check all the available effects, choose one or more, store it/them (see below) and use it later in a script... So one can store the long string returned in it into a customprop. The long way goes here (thank you Scott ;-) 1. check answer effect 2. store set the nice_trans_coming_from_left of this stack to it ## that's the trick ## and one has to give a descriptive name to that prop !!! ## at least that helps later... ;-) 3. use visual the nice_trans_coming_from_left of this stack go next cd ##or whatever That is the long way, but it works ;-) Hope this helps. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. Anything to translate, Jaque ? :-) ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Multiple Platform Release info
Hi Shari and all, You can get the path to these folders using the specialfolderpath function. Tuv Snyder revealed on the list some time back how this function can be extended beyond the default special folders by passing an integer that corresponds to the Windows API SHGetFolderPath value/constant. The values for the Applications Data folders are: get specialFolderPath(35) -- common Application Data folder get specialFolderpath(26) -- user's Application Data folder What about the folder Program Files? There is a folder Program Files. The path to the folder Program Files, what would be the code number for this? Shari C why don't you store all available folders for later use ? ;-) on mouseup repeat with i = 1 to 100 ## should be enough put specialfolderpath(i) cr after fld your special folders end repeat end mouseup You can then frame that field and put it on the wall, right over your computer :-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: bad token: theID, iconNum, theVis, etc.
Hi Eric, bad token: theID, iconNum, theVis, etc. is what comes up alot esp. when ExplicitVariables() is true. these are close to taken words in MC, but not exactly the same. is this just something you have to deal with by naming your variables in German? not if you are really using german names for the variables ;-) = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org Best from germanski Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
MC betas
Hi Scott, if you read this: any chance to mirror the new betas somewhere, too ? As long as your ISP is doesn't support anonymous ftp ? I would love to check these new versions... (Maybe i am not alone... ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Alias on desktop
Hi JB, (Jim Beam ? ;-) andu : create alias x to file y Well, I tried that already, but sadly it doesn't work... Actually, it does create a file on the desktop, but the target of the alias / shortcut is missing, and when I doubleclick on it nothing happens (at least on Win98). What am I doing wrong ? Thanks JB Be sure to have the suffix .lnk (link) on windows for the alias, or a doubleclick will not be too satisfying... :-) Hope this helps... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Audio chopped off with player filename change
Hi Scott, Finally changing to 2.4 and 2.4.1, but am regretting it a bit. Audio and animation is an integral of my project. Here's the problem. I make use of alot of short sound clips by changing the filename, eg. set the filename of player sndeffect to sound1 But every other sound that is played the beginning of the sound clip is chopped off. This only happens with changes to the filename of the sound clip. If the Filename of the player was never changed the sound will be find each time the Play or Start command is used. ONly with changes to filename will this phenonemon occur. Buffering didn't help. Setting the filename to empty didn't help. This has to be a bug. I'm using a mac. scott I had big success on a mac after putting a tiny wait command into my handler. ... set the filename of player 1 to empty wait 5 set the filename of player 1 to ... ... give it t try, it worked for me. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Imported image
Hi Marie, Klaus Major said: ... Isn't computing fun...? ;-) I've found that for best results (i.e., display what you want), I first set the fileName of the object to empty, then set the fileName of the object, then go this card in order to force an update. Computing is fun; quirks are even more hilarious ... ;-) I have tested the same image both on MacOS 8.5.1 and on Win2000 in the way you have suggested: set the filename of img bilde to empty put img banner of cd ekstra into img bilde go this cd Still no success. Hmmm... ? My last idea: put empty into img ekstra ## try this first before putting new content into that image If it won't work, forget it and be happy with buttons :-) However, on both platforms the image is nicely displayed when I use a button and set its icon to the id of img banner (set the icon of btn bildeny to 1469). That's what counts. -- 1. amanuensis Signe Marie Sanne e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Imported image
Hi Marie, Hello, Instead of 'set the filename of image 1 to tfilepath', I need to know how to set it to an existing (imported) jpg in the stack. I seem to vaguely recall there was something about id. Any suggestions? 1. you can put the complete image into another image ... put image which is already in this stack into image 1 ... this will work, but you end with redundant data... The id-thing only works with buttons. You can display an image inside a button just by setting the buttons icon-property to the id of the desired image. Thus, no redundant data. But only works with buttons... Regards Signe Marie Sanne Hope this helps Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Imported image
Hi Marie, Hi Marie, Hello, Instead of 'set the filename of image 1 to tfilepath', I need to know how to set it to an existing (imported) jpg in the stack. I seem to vaguely recall there was something about id. Any suggestions? 1. you can put the complete image into another image ... put image which is already in this stack into image 1 ... this will work, but you end with redundant data... No, it did not work. The filename shows the id of the imported jpg, but no sign of the image. (This is on Mac 8.5.1) ??? I never had problems with this... The filename should be empty...??? on mouseup put img 2 into img 1 end mouseup just tested works on win and mac... Isn't computing fun...? ;-) The id-thing only works with buttons. You can display an image inside a button just by setting the buttons icon-property to the id of the desired image. Thus, no redundant data. Fabulous, why have I not tried this out before... Yes, why oh why ;-) Thanks a lot. You are welcome :-) Regards Signe Marie Sanne Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Externals in Carbon
Hi Jack, Hello all! I've had great success using drag and drop on the Mac using MC 2.4 and the external collection from Tuviah. Excellent stuff. However, when carbonizing it just won't work. Any ideas? Thanks in advance! Jack Rarick Braintree Athletic Systems you know, that there are 2 externals ? One for PPC and one for OS X. If you know that fact, we could need a bit more info about what you mean by carbonizing :-) At least it does not sound illegal, immoral or fattening... ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Externals in carbon on a Mac question
Hi there, Hi again! I have successfully used the MAC externals in a ppc stack. After launching Metacard in Carbon on a Mac running OS 10 - we have an error that is being thrown by the external init. Any ideas? not more than 15 minutes ago... See... : Von: Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: Mon, 25. Feb. 2002 16:01:30 Europe/Berlin An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: Externals in Carbon Hi Jack, Hello all! I've had great success using drag and drop on the Mac using MC 2.4 and the external collection from Tuviah. Excellent stuff. However, when carbonizing it just won't work. Any ideas? Thanks in advance! Jack Rarick Braintree Athletic Systems you know, that there are 2 externals ? One for PPC and one for OS X. If you know that fact, we could need a bit more info about what you mean by carbonizing :-) At least it does not sound illegal, immoral or fattening... ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards Klaus Major (who might repeat himself ;-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: OS X and tool selection
Hi Jacqueline, Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote: My brain is hard-wired to use Cmd-tab to switch tools. In Mac OS 9 I had changed the application switcher long ago to another keyboard combination so I could continue to use Cmd-tab in HC and MC. In OS X I can't find a way to change the application switching combination. How have others worked around this? I wouldn't mind turning app switching off entirely, if that's what it takes. Andu wrote: I changed the key combination to control - ~ in metacard. ___ Regards, Andu Novac same for me. I changed the shortcut to ctrl-Tab on the mac in MetaCard. Since i do real cross-platform development (i have 2 computers with 4 monitors in front of me. Don't worry, i got 4 eyes... 8-) it is now the same shortcut on both platforms for me (location-wise ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS. Any translations left ? :-) ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Programs on CD
Hi all, important correction ! Example: You want to store some highscore. In this example it is stored into a text file in the prefenrences folder on a mac. See specialfolderpath in the index for more info. on xxx get fld highscore ##or wherever you keep it put it into url(file: specialfolderpath(preferences) yourhighscore.prf) this line should be: put it into url(file: specialfolderpath(preferences) / yourhighscore.prf) end xxx That's it... Now if you want to retrieve the highscore file, try this: on xxx if there is not a file (specialfolderpath(preferences) yourhighscore.prf) then exit xxx this line should be: if there is not a file (specialfolderpath(preferences) / yourhighscore.prf) then exit xxx Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: MC2.4.2 beta 1 truncated text
Hi Eugen, Hi all When the a field has a vertical grid, text is now truncated within a cell rather than being pushed off to the next tab stop location. just tried to setup a textfield to check this new behavior but do not see any changes to the last version. Which properties do I have to set? none :-) Just check the vertical grid, define one or two tabs and start to write over the first grid line and then put a tab in there... Et voila, it's magic ;-) At least it was here... Regards and gruessen ;-) Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Programs on CD
Hi Shari, With my nifty new CD burner I can now put software on CD, not just online downloads. Which leads to a problemo... Congrats to your new toy. I gave one to me as a christmas present ;-) (Noone else did, so i had to :-D As CD's cannot write to themselves, and all of my programs write to themselves, saving user info in fields etc., I am assuming the only way to put a program on CD is to have it write all data to an external file on the user's hard disk. So if a user is playing a game with high scores, the high score data is stored in a file on the HD, even if the program itself is on a CD. But assuming anything is always a bad idea, so I'd like to know how others are handling this, if differently. Perhaps the CD would just have an installer to install the program onto their hard drive? Hmm Thoughts, anyone? Yes, me... You can manage pref-files very easily with MC/RR :-) All you need is already built-in. (Love that...) Example: You want to store some highscore. In this example it is stored into a text file in the prefenrences folder on a mac. See specialfolderpath in the index for more info. on xxx get fld highscore ##or wherever you keep it put it into url(file: specialfolderpath(preferences) yourhighscore.prf) end xxx That's it... Now if you want to retrieve the highscore file, try this: on xxx if there is not a file (specialfolderpath(preferences) yourhighscore.prf) then exit xxx ## Do not forget to ALWAYS check the existence of something ## Users really do not like to see errors or, even worse, that nothing ## is happening... ##now the file exists and we can proceed... put url(file: specialfolderpath(preferences) yourhighscore.prf) into myhscore ## now do what ever you want with it. put it into a filed or cover it with cream ## or whatever you like :-D end xxx You see, the apps dont have to be on the harddisk... On the other hand, you could create an (easy) installer with MC/RR, too. Also rather easy ;-) But it sure is a little more complex than a pref-file ;-) Hope this helps... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: How to get striped OS X background
Hi Scott, ... How do I get the OS X striped background for my windows? You need to make sure that the backColor and backPixmap for the card, stack, and all other stacks in the hierarchy (i.e., a mainstack and/or the Home stack) are set to empty. The same rule applies if you want to use the system background color on Win32 systems. Regards, Scott Is it true, that this does only apply to all window-styles but toplevel ? Looks like... Thanks in advance. Regards Klaus Major ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Timer
Hi Domi, I want to rewrite a little timer I had in HC -- without resorting to wait or idle which are not recommended in MC... ... put 10 into field temps repeat 10 times send mouseup to field temps in 1 second end repeat The field script: on mouseup subtract 1 from me end mouseup The problem: it seems that the loop send all the commands at once, and doesn't wait for the 1 second delay... That is true and the way computers work... Try this: Note that you just need this script in the starting button. No script required for the field ! on mouseup put 10 into fld temps send diminuendo to me in 1 secs end mouseup on diminuendo # ;-) if fld temps is not 0 then ## timer is not yet finished ! subtract 1 from fld temps send diminuendo to me in 1 secs end if end diminuendo This sends the message every 1 second until the content of fld temps is 0, which means the timer did his work :-) Hope this helps... Au revoir Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: wait for moves
Hi Michael, I have a script with a repeat loop that causes objects to move around the screen. Depending on user choices, sometimes there are simultaneous moving objects ( because without waiting was used for the objects move). This is the problem.. I want all the objects to finish their moves before the rest of the script executes. I need a line after the repeat loop like wait until the moves are done but that doesn't exist. Anyone have any ideas? check out the movingcontrols or movingcontrols() function. Regards Klaus Major Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: tree field redux
Hi Tereza, Hello all, I'm sure many of you were as interested as I was in José Luis Rodríguez' tree field. As it happens, I had an immediate use for it. In adapting it for my needs, I ended up modifying it extensively, although my version is for MetaCard 2.4 only. If anyone would like a copy, please email me. new features: - optional images for handles - can return full path to selected line - can uniformly expand outline to any level - can return full expansion of outline without handles - can limit clicks for expansion to handles only In addition the scripts demonstrate the use of recursion and setprop/getprop handlers. + Tereza Snyder + Senior Software Developer + Attainment Company, Inc. + www.attainmentcompany.com + 800.327.4269 sounds delicious and so i am sure EVERYONE will want it :-D So could you please post it somewhere so all can download it. If you don't know where to post it, contact me off-list and i will find a nice and warm place for that little sucker ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Export Card
Hi Larry, Is it possible, to export to a file, an image of a card. I have a printcard setup, with multiple fields and buttons formatted the way I want it to print. I need to take an image of the card as formatted, and be able to save it as an image into a file that can be imported into another application. this is of course possible in MC. (There are only very few things that are not possible in MC :-D) I have tried several ways that I could figure out, but have had no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 1. You could use the (now free) External Collection from RunRev http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/external.htm or snip Is the Externals Collection truly free or were you referring to the demo version? I went to the site and it still says that the demo version pops up reminder notices. If it is free why doesn't the page say so? How do you get the free non-demo version? yes, its free, free, free ;-) You only have to write a short mail to RunttimeRevolution and they will kindly supply a valid serial number for free, free, free ;-) Isn't life sweet with MetaCard?!!! Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Export Card
Hi Alvin, Is it possible, to export to a file, an image of a card. I have a printcard setup, with multiple fields and buttons formatted the way I want it to print. I need to take an image of the card as formatted, and be able to save it as an image into a file that can be imported into another application. this is of course possible in MC. (There are only very few things that are not possible in MC :-D) I have tried several ways that I could figure out, but have had no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 1. You could use the (now free) External Collection from RunRev http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/external.htm or 2. Take a snapshot of the desired card and export it to a jpg-file. Do this: Snapshot: (The card must be visible and NOT covered by other windows !!!) on xxx ### or type the follwing line into the msg-box import snapshot from rect (the rect of this cd) end xxx ##takes a snapshot and puts it on the actual card in the topmost layer Export that image: on xxx lock screen ##may be not necessary select last image ## the snapshot is on the topmost layer!! ## and therefore the last image ;-) export jpeg to file your_hd/your_folder/MY_image.jpg select empty unlock screen end xxx With the new MC 2.4 you can even define the jpg-quality of the exported image. Until 2.3.2 it looks like the JPGs are exported with the highest quality. Hope that helps Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Rollovers,URLs, and a Wish
Hi Christopher, Metacard is great at putting together easy elements fast but the one thing that I miss from Director 8 and others is the ability to make a reliable roll-over. Roll-overs in Director (Ooops the D-word ;-) HAVE to be scripted, too. (If you do not want to use these UGLY pre-made behaviours ;-) And it is very easy to do that in MC !!! The hilite icon feature really does not hit the spot. The hilite icon is supposed to be displayed when the mouse is down inside the button. EXAMPLE: (Images can be displayed INSIDE a button with its icon-property !!! Far more flexible than showing/hiding images !!!) Take 3 images and import them into MC: image 1 for the normal btn-state image 2 for the roll-over image 3 for the hilite Write down the IDs of these images Properties - Name Then you can even hide these images. In this example i will use these IDs: ID 1003 for image 1 ID 1004 for image 2 ID 1005 for image 3 In the Porperties-palette - Extras set the icons for the buttons: Icon 1003 HiliteIcon 1005 Now you need these 2 handlers in the button script on mouseenter set the icon of me to 1004 ##the rollover end mouseenter on mouseleave set the icon of me to 1003 ##to restore the normal icon end mouseleave That's it... I hope that helps and you get the picture. If not, feel free to mail me offlist and i will send you a tiny demo-stack or will try to explain this even more precise :-D Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: designers nightmare, and how to avoid it...
Dag Sjoerd, Klaus Major wrote/ schreef: Do i miss something, or do you really have to set it manually in the control panel Display ??? What is the value after you set it in Display? Well, that's the mistery. The value is 1, exactly as i set it in MC. Groetjes Klaus Major Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: A little troublesome script
Hi Geoff, At 8:04 AM +0200 8/22/01, MisterX wrote: on mouseUp put fld HistoryChanges into HC -- ;) put the short date into todaysdate put line 3 of HC into lastDateEntry if lastDateEntry is not todaysdate then type todaysdate return return before line 3 of fld HistoryChanges else type return before line 4 of fld HistoryChanges end if end mouseUp try put instead of type -- type doesn't support the targeted syntax you're using, but put does. Sorry, but type also does... See my last post... I tested the script and it works. Regards Klaus Major Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
designers nightmare, and how to avoid it...
Hi folks, can someone give me a clue, what i might do wrong? I am trying to set the FontSmoothing on Win with setregistry. The key is hkey_current_user\control panel\desktop\Fontsmoothing I set tit to 1, if it is something else. The result is empty, so it looks like no error occured. But even after restarting Win, the screen fonts are still jaggy as hell. (See the subject...) Do i miss something, or do you really have to set it manually in the control panel Display ??? Any enlightenments are extremely appreciated. Thanks in advance. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: gefingerpoken
Hi Jacqueline, Klaus Major wrote: But could you please explain the word gefingerpoken? Sounds german, but isn't ;-) (This is one of the cases where EVERY dictionary will fail...) I might guess what it means from its sound and context, but an explanation would be very appreciated ;-) i am still waiting for an answer... In the meantime i will keep hands in das Pockets, relax und watch das Blinkenlights. LOL! It's just a made-up word that he used as a joke. It means what you thought, from context and sound. In our American arrogance, it is sometimes common to string together various words and syllables to make a foreign-sounding word. The result is mildly amusing, though probably only to non-native speakers of the language being mimicked. Unfortunately, German lends itself well to this form of humor because it is so common to have long words that are constructed from a string of shorter ones. thanks for your selfcritical answer. (The german language is a hard one ;-) To cite Groucho Marx: I knew it all the time... :-D Merry regards from deutschenland Klaus Major metakarten programmierener ;-) Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Scrolling Fields in Windows
Bonjour Mr. X, thanks for that great tip. Good to know if you are working crossplatform. Since there are many mac-mice on the market with a scrollwheel, this might be of interest for mac-users, too. Here's a great tip for windows users. As you know there is in Windows systems the mousewheel. Normally when you make a scrooling table with multiple fields, you hide the scrolling bar from the left most fields behind the right most fields. Only the right most field has its control bar visible. Sounds like you show the scrollbar of these left fields, but hide them behind the right fields? If so, this might cause a bit of screenflickering, because the scrollbars (the hiden ones) are also updated to show the actual scroll of the fields. Set the style of these flds to rectangle and they shall be scrolled nevertheless. Praise the Scott ! Amen ;-) I hope you got a sense of humour... If you add a script like this into the right most field, you will get a multiple scrolling table of fields. on scrollbarDrag put the scroll of me into x set the scroll of fld Leftmost to x set the scroll of fld Middle to x end scrollbarDrag With windows mousewheel, you can also scroll the left fields without using the scroll bar controls. So the tip is to add the corresponding scripts ALSO into the left most fields. This way, if you scroll any of the left fields with the wheel, the right most field will also scroll like it's supposed to. Cheers! Xavier Again, thanks for the hint. Regards Klaus Major Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
windowboundingrect and stacks partly cut-off, AGAIN
Hi folks, remember my script to avoid partly cut-off stacks? on preOpenStack if Development is not in the environment then set the decorations of me to empty set the backdrop to black hide menubar if the screenrect is 0,0,1024,768 then set the windowboundingrect to 0,0,1024,768 set the loc of me to 512,384 set the rect of me to 0,0,1024,768 ### ! This does the trick, at least for me. ### It forces the stack to HAVE its original dimensions 1024*768 ###AND to use the whole available monitor-area ### AND centers it if the monitor is also set to 1024*768 else set the loc of me to the screenloc ### If the screen is bigger, it will look good anyway... end if end if set the navigationarrows to false end preOpenStack Now i noticed some other oddity in this context. The windowboundingrect is supposed to be a global property. At least the MC-help says so !!! That means (should mean) once set, it remains until it is set to some other value or MC quits. Right ?! I think so. Now my stack, the one with that script, loads another stack from the internet. You guessed it, that downloaded stack is cut off on the top AND on the bottom... This only happens on a Mac !!! On Windoze that stack is not cut-off in any way... Big fun... The close-button was not visible (and therefore not accesible) and force-quitting MC ends with a restart of the Mac in almost every case :-( I personally am no friend of the windowboundingrect ;-) Life was a bit easier before that property... Can someone give a hint or two ??? Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
gefingerpoken
Hi Robin-David, .. result had to kill the app after 3 minutes of gefingerpoken got me nowhere. what is the nice way to scan a socket stream for new data? rdh i am sorry not being able to help you with this problem. But could you please explain the word gefingerpoken? Sounds german, but isn't ;-) (This is one of the cases where EVERY dictionary will fail...) I might guess what it means from its sound and context, but an explanation would be very appreciated ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH i am still waiting for an answer... In the meantime i will keep hands in das Pockets, relax und watch das Blinkenlights. ;-) Regards from many ger, ehm... germany Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: group problem
Hi Richard, Scott Rossi wrote: ... I have also encountered problems with scrolling and have found that initializing the scroll and sometimes the locations of the nested controls is a must upon opening a card or stack that has a scrolling group. Richard Gaskin answered: I found that setting the locklocation of both the controls and the groups takes care of these issues. sounds interesting. I will try to set the lockloc of the controls, too. Thanks Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: group problem
Hi Scott, Scott Rossi wrote: ... I have also encountered problems with scrolling and have found that initializing the scroll and sometimes the locations of the nested controls is a must upon opening a card or stack that has a scrolling group. just to be sure. Do you mean something like: on opencard set the scroll of grp xxx to 0 end ... when you speak of initializing ? I will try this. I will also try what Richard Gaskin suggested, to lockloc the grp AND the controls in it. Thank you. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: marked cd number
Hi Nelson, How do I get the (marked) number of a current marked cd? the number of this marked cd --doesn't work, it just give the cd number. Nelson Zink looks like you cannot get that info directly . Take this li'l function to help you out. Performance should be OK. I only tested it with 10 cds. Was quite fast ;-) on mouseUp if the mark of this cd then get lineoffset(the num of this cd, mk_cd_num()) ###your code here put this is marked cd number it else put not marked end if end mouseUp function mk_cd_num put the num of cds into anz put empty into wie repeat with i = 1 to anz if the mark of cd i then put i CR after wie end repeat delete last char of wie return wie end mk_cd_num Hope this helps Regards Klaus Major Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Mousestilldown palette
Bonjour JB, Hi, I have a problem with preventing Mousestilldown message to be passed from a palette to the stack. Whatever I do (like putting on Mousestilldown / end Mousestilldown handlers in the buttons, cards stack scripts of the palette) the message is always passed to the stack (the one calling the palette).The strange thing is that message blocking works for other messages (mousedown, mouseup, etc.)... Any idea ? No :-( And BTW, when saving a stack as a standalone, how should palettes be saved : as substacks of the main stack within the same standalone, or as standalones of their own ? I am sure you mean to save the palettes as single main-stacks and not standalones. In that case: It doesn't matter. Maybe access-time is a tick (or two) faster when saved as substacks. Remember that MC will load the whole stack into memory, including substacks, so this might be something to consider... Thanks, as usual. You're welcome, as usual ;-) Au revoir Klaus Major Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
group problem
Hi all, maybe this has been discussed some time earlier, but i didn't find it in my archives. Anyway... Has someone noticed, just like me, a strange behaviour of nested groups? What's happening here is, that nested groups tend to lose their scroll... (Besides the fact that working with nested groups could be a bit easier...) Means even a btn with a script ... set the scroll of grp xxx to 0 does NOT work. In that case you have to select that group, set the scrollbar to true, scroll back to 0 (where it should be anyway...), hide the scrollbar again and then save the stack... That way is very unhandy, but if the script does not work... Even the messagebox doesn't tell the truth in that case... put the scroll of grp xxx returns 0, even if it OBVIOUSLY not 0. Dirty liar ;-) This mainly happens after copying a stack from a to b EVEN ON THE SAME PLATFORM !!! Makes absolutely no sense, but happens. This is extremely tricky, if you want to distribute that stack on a CD. Means you have to edit the stack, save and burn that CD immediately after that on that same machine to be sure. I know there is a curse on me and my Wintel-machines (ask Kevin ;-) but maybe someone had similar problems... If so, please drop a line. I'd like to be sure before i send a bug-report. Another thing that is happening here: If i create btns with the ink noop (no name, no border, no everything) on Windoze and open that stack on a Mac the btns ALWAYS show their names. Big fun... Did someone have the same experience? Regards aus Deutschland (van duitsland/d'allemagne/d'allemania/from germany) Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
group problem
Hi all, maybe this has been discussed some time earlier, but i didn't find it in my archives. Anyway... Has someone noticed, just like me, a strange behaviour of nested groups? What's happening here is, that nested groups tend to lose their scroll... (Besides the fact that working with nested groups could be a bit easier...) Means even a btn with a script ... set the scroll of grp xxx to 0 does NOT work. In that case you have to select that group, set the scrollbar to true, scroll back to 0 (where it should be anyway...), hide the scrollbar again and then save the stack... That way is very unhandy, but if the script does not work... Even the messagebox doesn't tell the truth in that case... put the scroll of grp xxx returns 0, even if it OBVIOUSLY not 0. Dirty liar ;-) This mainly happens after copying a stack from a to b EVEN ON THE SAME PLATFORM !!! Makes absolutely no sense, but happens. This is extremely tricky, if you want to distribute that stack on a CD. Means you have to edit the stack, save and burn that CD immediately after that on that same machine to be sure. I know there is a curse on me and my Wintel-machines (ask Kevin ;-) but maybe someone had similar problems... If so, please drop a line. I'd like to be sure before i send a bug-report. Another thing that is happening here: If i create btns with the ink noop (no name, no border, no everything) on Windoze and open that stack on a Mac the btns ALWAYS show their names. Big fun... Did someone have the same experience? Regards aus Deutschland (van duitsland/d'allemagne/d'allemania/from germany) Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: MatchText creates variables?
Hi Geoff, actually the MC-help says that variabels have to be declared before using them in matchtext(...) In the docs, it says to be sure to initialize variables before using them to store matches found with MatchText. Yet the following works: local tNeverInitialized ###!!! this is what the help means !!! on mouseUp get matchText(test this,(.*) ,tNeverInitialized) put tNeverInitialized -- puts test , not reliable, see below end mouseUp Any ideas? Sometimes some things work like not expected ;-), even in MC... (in a good or bad manner...) Fact is: NEVER rely on these anomalies I did once and the shit done hit the fan... Hope this helps. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: About movies (long), even longer ;-)
Bonjour Herve, ... datas has subfolders audios and anims playing the audios (.aif) works on the pc cd but files.mov in the anims folder don't launch on the pc cd... Take a deeper look into the index - QuickTime, playing. There you will find more informations about using and controlling QT-movies. ok, I'll take a look... Drop a line if you still do not get the picture. I will supply some examples in that case :-) a code example for a button : on MouseUp play down.aif -- the sound of the mouse click (audioClip imported) play videoClip player movie -- where 'movie' is the short name end MouseUp file name in the player movie is : datas/anims/file.mov Looks like a syntax-problem. Try the following: on mouseup start player movie ###!! ... ###that should do the trick end mouseup You can play imported (internal) videoclips with: on xxx play videoclip name of clip end xxx See the index - play command (number 3) for detailed info... Hint: I never got the following working on windows: Playing a sound with the play audioclip xxx together with a player-object. I never heard the sound of the play audioclip xxx. Looks like QuickTime overrides the play audioclip xxx handler. You should use players for the sound, too. Works very fine, even with lots of sounds simultaniously... Make a new player, set the filename to your aif-file and start that player with : on xxx start player your player's name with the aif-file here ... end xxx You can (should) hide that player, because it has no visual representation. MC will find it anyway, even if it's dark ;-) Code in the player : on MouseUp play down.aif See above... play stop videoClip player movie go to next cd end mouseUp on playStopped go to next cd end playStopped That should work... ok, that's enough for now, I have to test it and read more carefully the doc ;-) Sorry for all those 'newbie' problems. Pas de problem ;-) Feel free to ask even more questions :-) Thanks ! HMB Au revoir... Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: socket streams
Hi Robin-David, .. result had to kill the app after 3 minutes of gefingerpoken got me nowhere. what is the nice way to scan a socket stream for new data? rdh i am sorry not being able to help you with this problem. But could you please explain the word gefingerpoken? Sounds german, but isn't ;-) (This is one of the cases where EVERY dictionary will fail...) I might guess what it means from its sound and context, but an explanation would be very appreciated ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: registry, removing a key from the
Hi Klaus, Hi all, i succesfully set a key and a value in the windoze-registry. (A really exiting adventure for a long time Mac-user ;-) I will also manage to remove the value of that key. set to ... But how could i possybly delete the whole key again? Any hints will be very appreciated. Thanks in advance from germany. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH setting the value to empty for that key also removes that key from the registry. Hope that helps ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: eine Seite aus dem Internet holen
Hi Monte, hi all, Monte Goulding wrote: I've been relaxing at the beach for a few days and have only just realised I was accused of being harsh. One thing about emails is that it is very difficult to work out what tone they were written in. i just took a look into my Oxford-dictionary (i am not a native english speaker :-) and really don't know what is so offending about the word harsh, especially in the context harsh words !!?? It means: hard, severe, stern (i hope i translated these synonyms correctly...) And that's what these words are: and wastes everyone else's bandwidth with unreadable messages. These words are not really polite... And my statement was neither polite nor not polite ! C'mon folks... I remember a thread about CHEESE... Oh my god...:-) THAT was a waste of bandwidth and not the fact, that there are other languages than english and people who can speak and understand them... So, please let' stop this, calm down and go back to work. There's a lot of beta3-testing to do ;-) (...or beta4, if we hesitate 10 minutes longer ;-) I am sure noone ever wanted to offend anyone... At least i did not. ---BIG snip-- I, too, would like to have an option to turn OFF focuscolor of fields in 2.4. There are (already described) situations, where this new feature? is unbearable. Means, one has to consider using 2.3.2 for these kind of projects, which would be a real pity, considering all these lovely new features of 2.4. QT-transitions, full PNG-support etc... Regards from germany Klaus Major Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
windowboundingrect and stacks partly cut-off
Hi all, there have been some questions about stacks, that were cut off when beeing displayed. The troublemaker was/is the new property windowboundingrect, which is in fact the screenrect minus 20 pixel for the menubar/start-bar. I tested a lot and found a (quite) reliable solution, which works fine for me, especially on iMacs and Powerbooks with the monitor set to 1024*768. This works for stacks with a size of 1024*768 without decorations!!! Can be modified to fit other screen-resolutions, of course. I am working with a backdrop in this case... ## on preOpenStack scheckung1 #see below (Hi Monte, this (very bad ;-) scheckung2 #german for check ;-) scheckung3 # - check3 :-D if Development is not in the environment then ###VERY important if you tend to just open the stack ### for editing and you forgot to lock messages first, ### like i do (sometimes... :-) ### (backdrop and no menubar = annoying surprise...) ### Advantage: ### no need to delete these lines ### before you build a standalone from this stack !!! set the decorations of me to empty set the backdrop to black hide menubar if the screenrect is 0,0,1024,768 then set the windowboundingrect to 0,0,1024,768 set the loc of me to 512,384 set the rect of me to 0,0,1024,768 ### ! This does the trick, at least for me. ### It forces the stack to HAVE its original dimensions 1024*768 ###AND to use the whole available monitor-area ### AND centers it if the monitor is also set to 1024*768 else set the loc of me to the screenloc ### If the screen is bigger, it will look good anyway... end if end if set the navigationarrows to false get the effective filename of this stack set the itemdel to / delete last item of it set the directory to it ### I will never forget that again... ### Important when using relative paths... end preOpenStack ###You can make your own checking-handlers, of course... ###There are still folks out there who try to spell ###multimedia with 8 bit :-( on scheckung1 if the screendepth 16 then answer Not colorful enough... ;-) with Me??? quit end if end scheckung1 on scheckung2 if item 3 of the screenrect 1024 and item 4 of the screenrect 768 then answer Too small! with What the... quit end if end scheckung2 ### MetaCard and Quicktime is a combination that can't be beat ! on scheckung3 if the qtversion 4 then answer Too old with I am not! quit end if end scheckung3 ### Maybe this is helpful to you folks... Please don't hesitate to drop a line, if you have some questions. Regards from deutschland (this is german for germany ;-) Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Transparency
Bon soir JB, Hi again, I'm trying to find a graphic format to import in an image object in MC that doesn't mess up with transparency (in 8 bits on the alpha channel). I tried PNG and GIF, but it seems that those formats include transparency on 1 bit only. The ideal thing would be to import Photoshop files, like in Director... Oops, bad word ;-) Any idea and / or experience on that topic ? Thanks. JB up to version 2.3.2 only 1bit alpha-channels are supported GIF and PNG. In 2.4 (download the beta and love it...) the PNG-format is fully supported with 8bit alpha. Save your PS-file as PNG and you have beautiful dropshadows and everything in MC... Regards Klaus Major Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Double click problem in Windows
Hi John, Hello, all. I have a former student torture testing my MetaCard-based math puzzles package, and he has discovered a minor problem that I can't figure out how to fix. The problem involves a Windows feature which allows one to quit a window by double clicking on the icon in the upper left corner of the window. My package has several stacks open at the same time. My torture tester has discovered that if he does this Windows double click method to quit from one window, and if there is another of my stacks below this window with a button positioned below the upper left icon, of the top window, then a mouseUp message gets picked up by the button of the lower stack. Has anyone had experience with this problem? If so, have you found a good way to avoid it? I have similar experiences. My mouseenter/leave-handler are executed even if another application is in front!! I am working in e.g. Photoshop with my stack in the background and i hear my mouseenter-sounds all the time when i move the mouse... Very annoying... Sorry, i have no recipe to avoid that :-( Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Sorting a subset of lines in a field
Hi Greg, Hi everyone, How do I sort a subset of lines in a a field? I've tried the handler below, but it gives an error. on mouseUp set the itemDelimiter to tab sort lines 2 to 5 of fld merged results by item 3 of each end mouseUp I think that you cannot sort some lines of a field at all. Spontaneous thought ;-) : Try to put the desired lines into a variable, sort that variable and replace these lines with the variable. Noone will ever tell the difference :-) Regards, Greg Hope that helps... Regards Klaus Major P.S. Of course i couldn't let this mail go out unconfirmed ;-) This works (just tested): on mouseUp put line 2 to 5 of fld 1 into things_to_sort sort lines of things_to_sort by word 2 of each put things_to_sort into line 2 to 5 of fld 1 end mouseUp Luv' MC :-D Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: painting...
HI Scott, On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is something i found out today. I am sure you all knew this already, but maybe there is someone out there who doesn't. !!! You cannot paint on an image, if it is part of a group!!! !!! That's all, thanks for your interest... :-) This limitation has been removed in 2.4... Regards, Scott great!!! Will make life a bit easier ;-) Regards Klaus Major Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
painting...
Hi all, this is something i found out today. I am sure you all knew this already, but maybe there is someone out there who doesn't. !!! You cannot paint on an image, if it is part of a group!!! !!! That's all, thanks for your interest... :-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Can someone turn the light on? It ain't that dark...
Hi folks, remember the trouble of missing pixel of stacks in a certain monitor resolution? After a few hours of stress and getting grey hair too early, i found, that the following handler will do the job for me. I had trouble to display a 1024*768 stack correctly on a 1024*768 monitor (iMac and Powerbook and MAC-only!!!) without decorations and menubar but with backdrop. Now this script works for me and my needs: on preOpenStack set the windowboundingrect to 0,0,1024,768 # ugly hack, isn't it? set the decorations of me to empty set the backdrop to black hide menubar set the loc of me to 512,384 ## just to be sure set the rect of me to 0,0,1024,768 ##to see the whole stack get the effective filename of this stack set the itemdel to / delete last item of it set the directory to it #routine to make trelative paths work end preOpenStack If you are having similar trouble, check this script, modify it to your needs and be happy (hopefully...)!!! Of course you have to check if it is a bigger monitor than 1024*768, to display that stack properly... (No big fun if the stack displays in the upperleft corner of a bigger monitor ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Can someone turn the light on?
HI Richard, Richard MacLemale wrote: I'm trying to cram everything I can into this limited screen real estate, and I've got the stack size set to 621 by 427. I crammed everything in, and all is cool, until I put my screen into 640 by 480 resolution to test it. Suddenly MetaCard decides that when I open the stack it's going to resize my stack and remove about 20 pixels from the bottom of it! I had exactly the same thing happen. I posted to the list a while back and no one had a solution. Then I discovered that if I set my screen resolution to 640x480, adjusted the stack so it looked right, and then saved the stack while in that resolution -- it would open okay after that in any resolution. I think it's a bug. i had similar trouble when trying to open a 1024*768 stack on an iMac with exactly that monitor-solution. There were always about 20 px missing at the bottom. Big fun, if you placed your buttons in that area... I think it has something to do with the windowboundingrect !!! Take a look in the index. For me, it worked, when i forced the windowboundingrect to be the screenrect (although i hate to be brute... ;-) e.g in an preopenstack-handler: on preopenstack set the windowboundingrect to the screenrect###! set the navigationarrows to false set the decorations of me to empty set the backdrop to black hide menubar get the effective filename of this stack set the itemdel to / delete last item of it set the directory to it set the loc of me to the screenloc ! end . But that was a bit easier before Version 2.3.2 (where the windowboundingrect was introduced...)... Hope this helps... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Using URL to work with files
Hi Greg, Hi Everyone, I discovered the URL method of file manipulation (yes, I'm a little slow). If I put a file into a container as in put URL (file: tPath) into tVariable do I need to close the file in a subsequent statement? no :-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: visual effects speed
Hi Geoff, At 10:26 AM +0200 5/30/01, Klaus Major wrote: you have to set the effectrate property. That is a global property and is NOT reset on idle like the itemdelimiter!!! . set the effectrate to 5000 #measured in millisecs visual wipe left very slow #!!! That may be a bit difficult to understand, since the effectrate is the amout of time in millisecs that a very slow transition takes... Sounds like an oxymoron, but works extremely fine :-) Maybe effectDuration would be more descriptive? Regards, gc maybe you are right. But please don't start one of these ugly threads again ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: visual effects speed
Hi Alex, hi all finally found some time to play with mc 2.4 b1 nice.. :) questions.. With the visual effect command, is it possible to have more control over the speed, besides the current fast/slow options? For example, can you fade in (dissolve) an image over a 5 second period? regards alex you have to set the effectrate property. That is a global property and is NOT reset on idle like the itemdelimiter!!! . set the effectrate to 5000 #measured in millisecs visual wipe left very slow #!!! That may be a bit difficult to understand, since the effectrate is the amout of time in millisecs that a very slow transition takes... Sounds like an oxymoron, but works extremely fine :-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
