Re: Blank Images from Disk (Mac MC2.3g)
> > From: Peter Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Blank Images from Disk (Mac MC2.3g)? > > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 11:58:16 + > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > > > I'm trying to load various images that make up the screen design of > > my stack directly from disk files rather than have them embedded. > > However, if I use something like the following: > > > > set the fileName of image "MainTitle" to "/MacHD/Images/title.gif" > > > > I just get blank filled rectangles instead of the images themselves. > > If I select the same file from within the MetaCard development > > environment, it displays correctly. I've even looked at the source > > code in this part of the development environment and can't see where > > it's doing anything different to me, but my code simply doesn't work?! > > > > Any suggestions please, this is driving me nuts! Just call me stoopid!! I was using relative file locations and a control file to set up various folder offsets. However, I'd forgotten to declare one of the sub paths as a global and so it had an empty value at the point where it was being used to access the images! Sorry to have bothered the list with my stupidity!! Cheers Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk This is the MetaCard mailing list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm
Re: Blank Images from Disk (Mac MC2.3g)
> From: Peter Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Blank Images from Disk (Mac MC2.3g)? > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 11:58:16 + > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > I'm trying to load various images that make up the screen design of > my stack directly from disk files rather than have them embedded. > However, if I use something like the following: > > set the fileName of image "MainTitle" to "/MacHD/Images/title.gif" > > I just get blank filled rectangles instead of the images themselves. > If I select the same file from within the MetaCard development > environment, it displays correctly. I've even looked at the source > code in this part of the development environment and can't see where > it's doing anything different to me, but my code simply doesn't work?! > > Any suggestions please, this is driving me nuts! Try this: (code this into a button) on mouseUp answer file "Which file do you want to use?" put it into x set the filename of image "backgfile" to x put x into fld "graphicLink" end mouseUp This will tell you whether you have set up your link correctly. My guess is that you have a space or something missing. In any event, you should be able to solve your problem this way. > > Cheers > Peter Hope this helps. Raymond This is the MetaCard mailing list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm
RE: Blank Images from Disk (Mac MC2.3g)?
As someone who can speak with great authority on how to do all kinds of MetaCard stuff wrong (!) I can suggest a couple things. But before I do that, I can vouch for the fact that the only thing wrong with your situation is likely the current path, either because it's misspelled or some other probably really simple mistake. 1) Are these disk image files located in a subfolder of your stack? This would probably be the most desirable setup. Then you could "set the directory" (a global MetaCard variable) to whatever the stack's path is. 2) This brings up the point of spelling. Could it be that there is a hard space or invisible character of some sort in the names of part of your path? If so, and the stack is in a parental relationship (after the DNA testing) to the graphics, something like the following statement in the stack script would set the path so you could then refer to the graphics using relative syntax. Then it would be totally transportable, it wouldn't matter how you had spelled the names of your drive, folders, etc., and it would adjust itself automatically on the fly. global vgPath on preOpenStack put the effective fileName of this stack into vgPath set the itemDel to "/" delete the last item of vgPath set the directory to vgPath end preOpenStack Then if your stack's fileName was "/MacHD/Hoosis/Watsis/MyStack/MyStack.mc" and a typical graphic was "/MacHD/Hoosis/Watsis/MyStack/Images/title.gif" you could refer to it within the stack thusly: set the fileName of image "MainTitle" to "Images/title.gif" ...and you could also move the MyStack folder anywhere on any machine and it would still work. Regards, David -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1313 Border Street PBSC Computer Training Centres (an IBM company) Winnipeg MB R3H 0X4 Corporate Office Research & Development Canada This is the MetaCard mailing list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm
Re: Blank Images from Disk (Mac MC2.3g)?
I think another cause of this problem is that your stack doesn't have sufficient memory to display the image. You may have already tried this, but if not, try giving MetaCard or your standalone more memory (on the off chance that you need help with this, close the app/standalone, go to the Finder, select the MetaCard app or your standalone, choose Get Info > Memory from the file menu, and give it a higher value)... Regards, Dave Tremmel >>>Tried it, no difference! >>> >>>By the way, if I use the development environment to select the file, >>>it specifies the filename with a leading "/". So, I'm fairly sure >>>that the path should start with a leading "/" anyway! >>> >>>Thanks anyway. >>>Peter >> >>Sorry about that useless piece of help. :) >> >>If it's of any use, your script works fine on my Mac (MC 2.3g). I >>bet that makes you feel good. :) >> >>Cheers >>Dave Cragg > >Thanks for the feedback - always welcome even if it doesn't provide >a solution ;) > >I wonder what's causing things to go wrong on my system??? > >Cheers >Peter > > >Peter Reid >Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK >Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk > >This is the MetaCard mailing list. >Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ >Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm This is the MetaCard mailing list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm
Re: Blank Images from Disk (Mac MC2.3g)?
>>Tried it, no difference! >> >>By the way, if I use the development environment to select the file, >>it specifies the filename with a leading "/". So, I'm fairly sure >>that the path should start with a leading "/" anyway! >> >>Thanks anyway. >>Peter > >Sorry about that useless piece of help. :) > >If it's of any use, your script works fine on my Mac (MC 2.3g). I >bet that makes you feel good. :) > >Cheers >Dave Cragg Thanks for the feedback - always welcome even if it doesn't provide a solution ;) I wonder what's causing things to go wrong on my system??? Cheers Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk This is the MetaCard mailing list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm
Re: Blank Images from Disk (Mac MC2.3g)?
>Tried it, no difference! > >By the way, if I use the development environment to select the file, >it specifies the filename with a leading "/". So, I'm fairly sure >that the path should start with a leading "/" anyway! > >Thanks anyway. >Peter Sorry about that useless piece of help. :) If it's of any use, your script works fine on my Mac (MC 2.3g). I bet that makes you feel good. :) Cheers Dave Cragg This is the MetaCard mailing list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm
Re: Blank Images from Disk (Mac MC2.3g)?
>At 11:58 AM + 14/2/2000, Peter Reid wrote: >>I'm trying to load various images that make up the screen design of >>my stack directly from disk files rather than have them embedded. >>However, if I use something like the following: >> >> set the fileName of image "MainTitle" to "/MacHD/Images/title.gif" >> >>I just get blank filled rectangles instead of the images themselves. >>If I select the same file from within the MetaCard development >>environment, it displays correctly. I've even looked at the source >>code in this part of the development environment and can't see where >>it's doing anything different to me, but my code simply doesn't work?! > >Hi Peter > >Try the file path without the leading forward slash: > > set the fileName of image "MainTitle" to "MacHD/Images/title.gif" > >Cheers >Dave Cragg Tried it, no difference! By the way, if I use the development environment to select the file, it specifies the filename with a leading "/". So, I'm fairly sure that the path should start with a leading "/" anyway! Thanks anyway. Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk This is the MetaCard mailing list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm
Re: Blank Images from Disk (Mac MC2.3g)?
At 11:58 AM + 14/2/2000, Peter Reid wrote: >I'm trying to load various images that make up the screen design of >my stack directly from disk files rather than have them embedded. >However, if I use something like the following: > > set the fileName of image "MainTitle" to "/MacHD/Images/title.gif" > >I just get blank filled rectangles instead of the images themselves. >If I select the same file from within the MetaCard development >environment, it displays correctly. I've even looked at the source >code in this part of the development environment and can't see where >it's doing anything different to me, but my code simply doesn't work?! Hi Peter Try the file path without the leading forward slash: set the fileName of image "MainTitle" to "MacHD/Images/title.gif" Cheers Dave Cragg This is the MetaCard mailing list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm
Blank Images from Disk (Mac MC2.3g)?
I'm trying to load various images that make up the screen design of my stack directly from disk files rather than have them embedded. However, if I use something like the following: set the fileName of image "MainTitle" to "/MacHD/Images/title.gif" I just get blank filled rectangles instead of the images themselves. If I select the same file from within the MetaCard development environment, it displays correctly. I've even looked at the source code in this part of the development environment and can't see where it's doing anything different to me, but my code simply doesn't work?! Any suggestions please, this is driving me nuts! Cheers Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk This is the MetaCard mailing list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm
