"Ken Norris (dialup)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'll give it a try. First, set the editmenus of the stack to true. This will force the menu group into view on a Mac.All I want is for the full 800x600 image to show in its entirety. I don't mind if some dev windows cover it, like the tool palettes, as long as I can remove them and _know_ the image is actually all there. I'm going crazy here. I'm sorry, a number of people have given some instruction about this, but nothing seems to work. I really need someone to lead me step by step [ 1), 2), 3), ], I guess, because I just don't get it...
On a Mac, when editmenus is later set to false, Rev will scroll the top part of the card window out of view and shorten the window height by the same amount as the menu group (not by the height of the menu buttons within the group, but by the height of the whole group itself.) If you are losing an inch from the image, then your menu group is probably about 72 pixels high. The menu buttons may be less, but the menu group is what matters. If necessary, resize the group so that it is only as high as the tallest button within the menu group. This is usually the larger button that sits behind and provides a base for the actual menu buttons. Use the message box or the properties palette to find out the exact height of the now-resized menu group and make a note of it.
Once that is done, calculate the height your stack needs to be. What you want is a height equal to the height of your image PLUS the height of the menu group. If your (now adjusted) menu group is 26 pixels high and the image is 600 high, then your stack height needs to be 626 pixels. Set the stack to that height. Place the menu group with its top edge at the top of the card. Place the large image with its bottom edge at the bottom of the card. Save the stack.
Now set the editmenus of the stack to false. On a Mac, the top of the card will scroll out of view by the exact amount in the menu group -- 26 pixels, in this example. What remains is the lower portion of the card below the menu group -- which is all went well, is 600 pixels, all of which should be occupied by your large image.
There used to be a problem with the engine trying to be a little too intelligent and resizing the stack if it is bigger than the monitor can display. I don't know if this was changed or not (haven't had to use it in a while.) But if you are trying to display a 600-pixel-high image on a monitor set to 640x480 you may run into some problems. In that case, you'd have to implement a script as has been suggested here, which sets the stack size dynamically on startup or openstack. That would ensure that your stack can overcome the engine's eagerness to assist you with display size.
More on managing menus is at my tutorial:
http://www.hyperactivesw.com/mctutorial/
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HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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