Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
Spaces in filepath names? Try filenames with no spaces, use underscores. > The snapshots are saved to a location such as > > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-36 > AM]/graphics/image1.png > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-39 > AM]/graphics/image2.png > > ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
On 1 Jan 2010, at 6:00 pm, Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote:
> From: "J. Landman Gay"
> Date: 1 January 2010 4:52:38 pm GMT
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
> Reply-To: How to use Revolution
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>
> Jim Ault wrote:
>> Of course this should make no difference...
>> try using parens
>> set the imageSource of last char of fld "ResultsT" to ("binfile:" & k)
>> answer ("binfile:" & k)
>
> I was about the suggest the same thing. It does make a difference. The
> parentheses are required to force evaluation.
>
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I have been busy on other stuff, so I am only just catching up with this. I
don't think I will mess with success on this one. However, the parentheses
thing is really useful to know. I always understood they organised evaluation,
but hadn't appreciated that they force it - which presumable might be what
happens with a direct reference to a line in the field.
Still don't quite grasp the platform issue though...
Thanks to all who chipped in.
David Glasgow
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Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
Jim Ault wrote:
Of course this should make no difference...
try using parens
set the imageSource of last char of fld "ResultsT" to ("binfile:" & k)
answer ("binfile:" & k)
I was about the suggest the same thing. It does make a difference. The
parentheses are required to force evaluation.
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Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
Of course this should make no difference...
try using parens
set the imageSource of last char of fld "ResultsT" to ("binfile:" & k)
answer ("binfile:" & k)
Of course, Win32 may like "\" instead of "/" in path names so try
replace "/" with "\" in k
set the imageSource of last char of fld "ResultsT" to "binfile:" & k
answer ("binfile:" & k)
On Jan 1, 2010, at 4:00 AM, David Glasgow wrote:
put the last line of field "snapshots" into k
set the imageSource of last char of fld "ResultsT" to "binfile:" & k
.. didn't.
Jim Ault
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Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
Firstly, Happy New Year. It has started well for me because with the help of the list I have solved the above. Last problem of 2009, and first solution of 2010! I tried pretty much all the suggestions. (I skipped the suggestion of saving to the standalone folder, because the Windows virtualisation dragon would eat the data.) I relabelled the path to avoid non vanilla characters... I rescripted to save by changing the defaultfolder. In fact, I rescripted several times to use different methods. All worked in OS X, and none worked in Windows. As far as I can make out, the problem is something to do with representing the path as a variable. If the path was in quotes, it worked OK both as a script and in the message box. If defined as a variable, it didn't work. The solution was simply to refer directly to the line in the field containing the full path. So, set the imageSource of last char of fld "ResultsT" to "binfile:" & the last line of field "snapshots" worked, but .. put the last line of field "snapshots" into k set the imageSource of last char of fld "ResultsT" to "binfile:" & k .. didn't. The only thing I could think of is that on Win a character in the URL which is benign on the Mac is interpreted as part of the address, but only when copied into a variable, not when read directly from the field. Anyhoo. Fixed now. Now to get going with ScreenSteps, and make a manual. Thanks again for all the suggestions. David Glasgow ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
My rule about paths on any system... -1- avoid spaces in path names -2- avoid dates in file and folder names, such as "hearth jpgs 12/25/09" An operating system can allow characters because it knows the difference between literal name characters and the control characters. -3- When accessing files and folders, do a test before using data to be sure the path exists, has correct permissions, etc. such as if there is a folder "holidayFunPictures/" if there is a file "holidayFunShots/kids/snowFight.jpg" Also put binfile:a.png" into tempVariable if tempVariable is not empty then --we have data If your solution ever gets to the point of including shell commands, this adds another level testing to be sure of valid data processing. A standalone should always assume the users computer could have changes that prohibit access, such as user account changes and authorizations, operating system reinstalls, etc. Hope this helps Jim Ault Las Vegas On Dec 29, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: Based on your test it looks like the comment about "vanilla characters" is probably correct. It works when using a string with no spaces for the directory. When you setup your string you used put "C:\Documents and Settings\zhangt\Desktop\imgFolder" into k For the real directory you wish to use change it to this. put quote & "C:\Documents and Settings\zhangt\Desktop\directory with spaces\ another with spaces" & quote into k The following script works in a standalone created on Windows XP and running on Windows XP. on mouseUp put "~" after fld "aFld" put "C:\Documents and Settings\zhangt\Desktop\imgFolder" into k set the defaultFolder to k set the imageSource of last char of fld "aFld" to "binfile:a.png" end mouseUp Perhaps something gets undone when the script travels through the wormhole from the Mac universe to the Windows universe. Does Dr. Who frequent this forum? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
I think that the "binfile:" prefix is also necessary. --- On Tue, 12/29/09, Mike Bonner wrote: > From: Mike Bonner > Subject: Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows > To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 12:09 PM > Based on your test it looks like the > comment about "vanilla characters" is > probably correct. It works when using a string with > no spaces for the > directory. When you setup your string you > used put "C:\Documents and > Settings\zhangt\Desktop\imgFolder" into k > > For the real directory you wish to use change it to this. > put quote & "C:\Documents and > Settings\zhangt\Desktop\directory with > spaces\ another with spaces" & quote into k > > > > The following script works in a standalone created on > Windows XP and > > running on Windows XP. > > > > on mouseUp > > put "~" after fld "aFld" > > put "C:\Documents and > Settings\zhangt\Desktop\imgFolder" into k > > set the defaultFolder to k > > set the imageSource of last char of > fld "aFld" to "binfile:a.png" > > end mouseUp > > > > Perhaps something gets undone when the script travels > through the wormhole > > from the Mac universe to the Windows universe. Does > Dr. Who frequent this > > forum? > > > > > > > > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
Based on your test it looks like the comment about "vanilla characters" is probably correct. It works when using a string with no spaces for the directory. When you setup your string you used put "C:\Documents and Settings\zhangt\Desktop\imgFolder" into k For the real directory you wish to use change it to this. put quote & "C:\Documents and Settings\zhangt\Desktop\directory with spaces\ another with spaces" & quote into k > The following script works in a standalone created on Windows XP and > running on Windows XP. > > on mouseUp > put "~" after fld "aFld" > put "C:\Documents and Settings\zhangt\Desktop\imgFolder" into k > set the defaultFolder to k > set the imageSource of last char of fld "aFld" to "binfile:a.png" > end mouseUp > > Perhaps something gets undone when the script travels through the wormhole > from the Mac universe to the Windows universe. Does Dr. Who frequent this > forum? > > > > ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
Leaving out the binfile: prefix on Mac might be a forgivable offense that is punished on Windows. Is that the takehome lesson? We now must defer to the seasoned veterans of both platforms. --- On Tue, 12/29/09, David Glasgow wrote: > From: David Glasgow > Subject: Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows > To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 6:18 AM > > I didn't get any on-list responses to this, but got a > good steer from Richmond Mathewson (thanks!) off-list. > > In brief, my standalone (RR 4.0) takes screenshots and > saves them to disk. They are also displayed in a field > by appending a tilde to the field each time a snapshot is > taken, and then setting the imagesource of the character to > the url to which the image was saved. > > This works under OS X, but not Windows. I have > wrestled with this and found out a little more, but still > can't get the darned thing to work. I moved the save > location to docs, just in case there was something weird > about the temporary items location. I have tested on > Vista and Win 7 with the same result. > > The snapshots are saved to a location such as > > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-36 > AM]/graphics/image1.png > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-39 > AM]/graphics/image2.png > > A field called "snapshots" holds the list of URLs and is > used like this: > > set the imageSource of char 1 of last line of field > "resultsG" to line 1 of field "snapshots" > > In each case this script runs, the tilde disappears but is > not replaced by anything. The imagesource of each > tilde is correctly reported if requested. The fixed > line height of the results field is set to false, and it has > scrollbars. However many URLs are referenced, but do > not appear, the scrollbar never becomes active, so it seems > that no 'blank' image is being displayed. Setting the > imagesource of any tilde to empty causes it to reappear, so > something is happening to hide/show the character. > > I also use the URLs stored in field "snapshots" to print > the graphics using this script to populate a printer stack > with the images: > > > put 1 into k > repeat for each line j in field > "snapshots" > set the filename of image "pikcha" of > card k of stack "grcprinter" to j > put k+1 into k > end repeat > > This works fine, so unless there is some Windows Ju-Ju I > don't know about (entirely possible) it really does look as > though something is broken in imagesource under > Windows. > > Can anyone: > > 1/ Suggest where I am going wrong (if I am) > 2/ Confirm that they do or do not have imagesource > working under Windows > 3/ Suggest a workaround > > This is a critical feature in an almost finished project , > so I would really appreciate some help > > David Glasgow > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
I think I've found the problem put C:\Documents and Settings\zhangt\Desktop\imgFolder\a.png into line 1 of fld "snapshots" Note in the script below you need a "binfile:" tacked on in front of the path. on mouseUp put line 1 of field "snapshots" into k put "binfile:" before k set the imageSource of char 1 of last line of field "resultsG" to k end mouseUp Maybe you can include all those spaces and exotic characters in your path after all. --- On Tue, 12/29/09, David Glasgow wrote: > From: David Glasgow > Subject: Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows > To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 6:18 AM > > I didn't get any on-list responses to this, but got a > good steer from Richmond Mathewson (thanks!) off-list. > > In brief, my standalone (RR 4.0) takes screenshots and > saves them to disk. They are also displayed in a field > by appending a tilde to the field each time a snapshot is > taken, and then setting the imagesource of the character to > the url to which the image was saved. > > This works under OS X, but not Windows. I have > wrestled with this and found out a little more, but still > can't get the darned thing to work. I moved the save > location to docs, just in case there was something weird > about the temporary items location. I have tested on > Vista and Win 7 with the same result. > > The snapshots are saved to a location such as > > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-36 > AM]/graphics/image1.png > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-39 > AM]/graphics/image2.png > > A field called "snapshots" holds the list of URLs and is > used like this: > > set the imageSource of char 1 of last line of field > "resultsG" to line 1 of field "snapshots" > > In each case this script runs, the tilde disappears but is > not replaced by anything. The imagesource of each > tilde is correctly reported if requested. The fixed > line height of the results field is set to false, and it has > scrollbars. However many URLs are referenced, but do > not appear, the scrollbar never becomes active, so it seems > that no 'blank' image is being displayed. Setting the > imagesource of any tilde to empty causes it to reappear, so > something is happening to hide/show the character. > > I also use the URLs stored in field "snapshots" to print > the graphics using this script to populate a printer stack > with the images: > > > put 1 into k > repeat for each line j in field > "snapshots" > set the filename of image "pikcha" of > card k of stack "grcprinter" to j > put k+1 into k > end repeat > > This works fine, so unless there is some Windows Ju-Ju I > don't know about (entirely possible) it really does look as > though something is broken in imagesource under > Windows. > > Can anyone: > > 1/ Suggest where I am going wrong (if I am) > 2/ Confirm that they do or do not have imagesource > working under Windows > 3/ Suggest a workaround > > This is a critical feature in an almost finished project , > so I would really appreciate some help > > David Glasgow > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
The following script works in a standalone created on Windows XP and running on Windows XP. on mouseUp put "~" after fld "aFld" put "C:\Documents and Settings\zhangt\Desktop\imgFolder" into k set the defaultFolder to k set the imageSource of last char of fld "aFld" to "binfile:a.png" end mouseUp Perhaps something gets undone when the script travels through the wormhole from the Mac universe to the Windows universe. Does Dr. Who frequent this forum? --- On Tue, 12/29/09, David Glasgow wrote: > From: David Glasgow > Subject: Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows > To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 6:18 AM > > I didn't get any on-list responses to this, but got a > good steer from Richmond Mathewson (thanks!) off-list. > > In brief, my standalone (RR 4.0) takes screenshots and > saves them to disk. They are also displayed in a field > by appending a tilde to the field each time a snapshot is > taken, and then setting the imagesource of the character to > the url to which the image was saved. > > This works under OS X, but not Windows. I have > wrestled with this and found out a little more, but still > can't get the darned thing to work. I moved the save > location to docs, just in case there was something weird > about the temporary items location. I have tested on > Vista and Win 7 with the same result. > > The snapshots are saved to a location such as > > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-36 > AM]/graphics/image1.png > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-39 > AM]/graphics/image2.png > > A field called "snapshots" holds the list of URLs and is > used like this: > > set the imageSource of char 1 of last line of field > "resultsG" to line 1 of field "snapshots" > > In each case this script runs, the tilde disappears but is > not replaced by anything. The imagesource of each > tilde is correctly reported if requested. The fixed > line height of the results field is set to false, and it has > scrollbars. However many URLs are referenced, but do > not appear, the scrollbar never becomes active, so it seems > that no 'blank' image is being displayed. Setting the > imagesource of any tilde to empty causes it to reappear, so > something is happening to hide/show the character. > > I also use the URLs stored in field "snapshots" to print > the graphics using this script to populate a printer stack > with the images: > > > put 1 into k > repeat for each line j in field > "snapshots" > set the filename of image "pikcha" of > card k of stack "grcprinter" to j > put k+1 into k > end repeat > > This works fine, so unless there is some Windows Ju-Ju I > don't know about (entirely possible) it really does look as > though something is broken in imagesource under > Windows. > > Can anyone: > > 1/ Suggest where I am going wrong (if I am) > 2/ Confirm that they do or do not have imagesource > working under Windows > 3/ Suggest a workaround > > This is a critical feature in an almost finished project , > so I would really appreciate some help > > David Glasgow > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
The following script works for me on Windows XP Pro in a stack. I'll build a standalone and see what happens. on mouseUp put "~" after fld "aFld" put "C:\Documents and Settings\zhangt\Desktop\imgFolder" into k set the defaultFolder to k set the imageSource of last char of fld "aFld" to "binfile:a.png" end mouseUp The image is only the height of the char it replaces. Can I assume that your first concern is to get something working rather than figuring out what might be wrong? E-mail off-list any time. I'm trying to learn RunRev and it's fun to learn together. --- On Tue, 12/29/09, David Glasgow wrote: > From: David Glasgow > Subject: Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows > To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 6:18 AM > > I didn't get any on-list responses to this, but got a > good steer from Richmond Mathewson (thanks!) off-list. > > In brief, my standalone (RR 4.0) takes screenshots and > saves them to disk. They are also displayed in a field > by appending a tilde to the field each time a snapshot is > taken, and then setting the imagesource of the character to > the url to which the image was saved. > > This works under OS X, but not Windows. I have > wrestled with this and found out a little more, but still > can't get the darned thing to work. I moved the save > location to docs, just in case there was something weird > about the temporary items location. I have tested on > Vista and Win 7 with the same result. > > The snapshots are saved to a location such as > > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-36 > AM]/graphics/image1.png > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-39 > AM]/graphics/image2.png > > A field called "snapshots" holds the list of URLs and is > used like this: > > set the imageSource of char 1 of last line of field > "resultsG" to line 1 of field "snapshots" > > In each case this script runs, the tilde disappears but is > not replaced by anything. The imagesource of each > tilde is correctly reported if requested. The fixed > line height of the results field is set to false, and it has > scrollbars. However many URLs are referenced, but do > not appear, the scrollbar never becomes active, so it seems > that no 'blank' image is being displayed. Setting the > imagesource of any tilde to empty causes it to reappear, so > something is happening to hide/show the character. > > I also use the URLs stored in field "snapshots" to print > the graphics using this script to populate a printer stack > with the images: > > > put 1 into k > repeat for each line j in field > "snapshots" > set the filename of image "pikcha" of > card k of stack "grcprinter" to j > put k+1 into k > end repeat > > This works fine, so unless there is some Windows Ju-Ju I > don't know about (entirely possible) it really does look as > though something is broken in imagesource under > Windows. > > Can anyone: > > 1/ Suggest where I am going wrong (if I am) > 2/ Confirm that they do or do not have imagesource > working under Windows > 3/ Suggest a workaround > > This is a critical feature in an almost finished project , > so I would really appreciate some help > > David Glasgow > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
David, I'm on XP Pro so I can check it out for you. Is it working in the stack on Windows before you made the standalone. Or did you create the standalone from a stack on the Mac? In other words, is the fact that it is a standalone important? First, you might be tempting fate to use anything but vanilla flavored characters in a path name. Instead of C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-36 AM]/graphics/image1.png I'd try C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/good/wonderful/graphics/image1.png Another thing to consider is the defaultFolder. You might try placing the images in the same folder as the standalone. --- On Tue, 12/29/09, David Glasgow wrote: > From: David Glasgow > Subject: Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows > To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 6:18 AM > > I didn't get any on-list responses to this, but got a > good steer from Richmond Mathewson (thanks!) off-list. > > In brief, my standalone (RR 4.0) takes screenshots and > saves them to disk. They are also displayed in a field > by appending a tilde to the field each time a snapshot is > taken, and then setting the imagesource of the character to > the url to which the image was saved. > > This works under OS X, but not Windows. I have > wrestled with this and found out a little more, but still > can't get the darned thing to work. I moved the save > location to docs, just in case there was something weird > about the temporary items location. I have tested on > Vista and Win 7 with the same result. > > The snapshots are saved to a location such as > > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-36 > AM]/graphics/image1.png > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-39 > AM]/graphics/image2.png > > A field called "snapshots" holds the list of URLs and is > used like this: > > set the imageSource of char 1 of last line of field > "resultsG" to line 1 of field "snapshots" > > In each case this script runs, the tilde disappears but is > not replaced by anything. The imagesource of each > tilde is correctly reported if requested. The fixed > line height of the results field is set to false, and it has > scrollbars. However many URLs are referenced, but do > not appear, the scrollbar never becomes active, so it seems > that no 'blank' image is being displayed. Setting the > imagesource of any tilde to empty causes it to reappear, so > something is happening to hide/show the character. > > I also use the URLs stored in field "snapshots" to print > the graphics using this script to populate a printer stack > with the images: > > > put 1 into k > repeat for each line j in field > "snapshots" > set the filename of image "pikcha" of > card k of stack "grcprinter" to j > put k+1 into k > end repeat > > This works fine, so unless there is some Windows Ju-Ju I > don't know about (entirely possible) it really does look as > though something is broken in imagesource under > Windows. > > Can anyone: > > 1/ Suggest where I am going wrong (if I am) > 2/ Confirm that they do or do not have imagesource > working under Windows > 3/ Suggest a workaround > > This is a critical feature in an almost finished project , > so I would really appreciate some help > > David Glasgow > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
Hello, I'm not sure it can help, but did you try to use an other char than a tilde? Best, ÉrIC Le 29 déc. 2009 à 13:18, David Glasgow a écrit : > > > I didn't get any on-list responses to this, but got a good steer from > Richmond Mathewson (thanks!) off-list. > > In brief, my standalone (RR 4.0) takes screenshots and saves them to disk. > They are also displayed in a field by appending a tilde to the field each > time a snapshot is taken, and then setting the imagesource of the character > to the url to which the image was saved. > > This works under OS X, but not Windows. I have wrestled with this and found > out a little more, but still can't get the darned thing to work. I moved the > save location to docs, just in case there was something weird about the > temporary items location. I have tested on Vista and Win 7 with the same > result. > > The snapshots are saved to a location such as > > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-36 > AM]/graphics/image1.png > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-39 > AM]/graphics/image2.png > > A field called "snapshots" holds the list of URLs and is used like this: > > set the imageSource of char 1 of last line of field "resultsG" to line 1 of > field "snapshots" > > In each case this script runs, the tilde disappears but is not replaced by > anything. The imagesource of each tilde is correctly reported if requested. > The fixed line height of the results field is set to false, and it has > scrollbars. However many URLs are referenced, but do not appear, the > scrollbar never becomes active, so it seems that no 'blank' image is being > displayed. Setting the imagesource of any tilde to empty causes it to > reappear, so something is happening to hide/show the character. > > I also use the URLs stored in field "snapshots" to print the graphics using > this script to populate a printer stack with the images: > > > put 1 into k > repeat for each line j in field "snapshots" > set the filename of image "pikcha" of card k of stack "grcprinter" to j > put k+1 into k > end repeat > > This works fine, so unless there is some Windows Ju-Ju I don't know about > (entirely possible) it really does look as though something is broken in > imagesource under Windows. > > Can anyone: > > 1/ Suggest where I am going wrong (if I am) > 2/ Confirm that they do or do not have imagesource working under Windows > 3/ Suggest a workaround > > This is a critical feature in an almost finished project , so I would really > appreciate some help > > David Glasgow > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- My NeXT computer will Be a Mac too! -- ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
I didn't get any on-list responses to this, but got a good steer from Richmond Mathewson (thanks!) off-list. In brief, my standalone (RR 4.0) takes screenshots and saves them to disk. They are also displayed in a field by appending a tilde to the field each time a snapshot is taken, and then setting the imagesource of the character to the url to which the image was saved. This works under OS X, but not Windows. I have wrestled with this and found out a little more, but still can't get the darned thing to work. I moved the save location to docs, just in case there was something weird about the temporary items location. I have tested on Vista and Win 7 with the same result. The snapshots are saved to a location such as C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-36 AM]/graphics/image1.png C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-39 AM]/graphics/image2.png A field called "snapshots" holds the list of URLs and is used like this: set the imageSource of char 1 of last line of field "resultsG" to line 1 of field "snapshots" In each case this script runs, the tilde disappears but is not replaced by anything. The imagesource of each tilde is correctly reported if requested. The fixed line height of the results field is set to false, and it has scrollbars. However many URLs are referenced, but do not appear, the scrollbar never becomes active, so it seems that no 'blank' image is being displayed. Setting the imagesource of any tilde to empty causes it to reappear, so something is happening to hide/show the character. I also use the URLs stored in field "snapshots" to print the graphics using this script to populate a printer stack with the images: put 1 into k repeat for each line j in field "snapshots" set the filename of image "pikcha" of card k of stack "grcprinter" to j put k+1 into k end repeat This works fine, so unless there is some Windows Ju-Ju I don't know about (entirely possible) it really does look as though something is broken in imagesource under Windows. Can anyone: 1/ Suggest where I am going wrong (if I am) 2/ Confirm that they do or do not have imagesource working under Windows 3/ Suggest a workaround This is a critical feature in an almost finished project , so I would really appreciate some help David Glasgow ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
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I capture, save and display within a scrolling field ("results") a series of
screenshots as follows:
put specialfolderpath("temporary") & "/evapics/image" & the secs & ".png" into
tdest
export snapshot from rect trect to file tdest as PNG
set the imagesource of char 1 of last line of field "results" to "binfile:/" &
tdest
The character referred to is a tilde (~ or wiggleworm, if you prefer common
usage) placed in the field a tad earlier. On OSX , this works OK. However,
testing a standalone on Vista produces a results field displaying tildes but no
images. The images are being save to the temporary folder, so the path looks
good and I am not falling into the virtualisation heffalump trap.
I have studio for Mac, so can't debug this. Any suggestions re what might be
going on?
David Glasgow
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