Re: Windows icon SOLVED: congrats :-)
Actually, that's not entirely true: You can create icons of any custom 16 colors and have them display properly if the monitor is set to display greater than 256 colors. If the monitor is set to display 256 colors or less, the colors of the icon will get remapped to the closest matching colors in the minimal Windows palette. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director That explains why the icon looks better than I expected it to :-) I've ironed out a few very minor Windows differences. I apparently did well with the code, as I knew I was going to release it for all three platforms, so coded accordingly during creation. There were not many changes to be made. I used a cross platform font, so most fields and buttons looked about the same. A few (buttons) were off kilter, and I could not find a good cross platform solution, so I fixed those in a startup script (if the platform is "MacOS" set the textfont, size, and height, if the platform is "Win32", set the textfont... yada yada). I want to give my kudos to Scott Raney, for creating such a usable cross-platform program. Integration with Windows was almost painless. But for that pesky icon difficulty. Shari C Gypsy King Software -- --Shareware Games for the Mac-- http://www.gypsyware.com ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: OSX console mode
--On Thursday, March 20, 2003 19:14:21 +0100 Pierre Sahores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: andu a écrit : Does anyone know how to start OSX 10.2.x in console mode, that is, without the finder and all that UI. Regards, Andu Novac ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard Allo Andu, I'm not sure about that because i did'nt try this for yet on my new IBook2.2 but the best is probably to install Darwin+XFREE86+the Fink ressource (Debian packages port available for both Darwin and MacOSX). Actually I found a how-to on that in the meantime. Also found out how to make all files and directories visible in OSX. My only need for the mac is Photoshop+scanning+printing and my upgrade to OSX is only for better memory management so that I can do all 3 of the above at the same time. The price, improved patience;-). in beetwin : i'm searching for a good tutorial (aka a complete guide) in how to install both linux (simple) and XFree86 (difficult) on my just brought IBook 2.2. I was'nt for yet able to run XFREE because the ATI-Raedon 7500 not supported by the regular Debian, YellowDog or Suse distribs. After trying to compile the BenH 2.4.20-ben8 kernel (with hangs up at the pcmcia-module install) and trying to install the unstable issue of Debian (hanging again), i just got a Sony x86 Laptop for the store and removed the IBook for my prefered Linux toys ;-( Any idea ? YellowDog 3 supposedly is out and I heard a mention about the iBook. I use Debian on my cube and it's perfect. Try the vesa driver. Check out a utility read-edid for getting the correct card/monitor settings. With X one never knows. Best Regards, Pierre ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard Regards, Andu Novac ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Windows icon SOLVED: congrats :-)
Recently, "Klaus Major" wrote: >> It was not enough to create a 32x32 pixel image. >> It was not enough to limit it to 16 colors. > > Please be aware that these 16 colors have to be specific colors! > (Not just 16 different colors, that would be too easy...) > > They are the first 16 entries in the win system palette... > > Unfortunately these are the most ugly colors of that palette ;-) Actually, that's not entirely true: You can create icons of any custom 16 colors and have them display properly if the monitor is set to display greater than 256 colors. If the monitor is set to display 256 colors or less, the colors of the icon will get remapped to the closest matching colors in the minimal Windows palette. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
RE: Clipboard routines
Raymond, try: on copyToClip pImage choose select tool drag from topleft of image pImage to botright of image pImage copy choose browse tool end copyToClip -Chipp > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Raymond E. Griffith > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 11:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Clipboard routines > > > Here is a general problem which I have been dealing with. I have > too little > hair to keep pulling out over it. > > I am creating a graphic on a card. I can save that graphic with export. > Nice. > > But how do I get the graphic on the clipboard to paste into other > applications (like MS Word?). > > While I am using Mac OS 9.2, I would also appreciate solutions for OSX and > for Windows. > > Thanks! > > Raymond > > ___ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: OSX console mode
andu a écrit : > > Does anyone know how to start OSX 10.2.x in console mode, that is, without > the finder and all that UI. > > Regards, Andu Novac > ___ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard Allo Andu, I'm not sure about that because i did'nt try this for yet on my new IBook2.2 but the best is probably to install Darwin+XFREE86+the Fink ressource (Debian packages port available for both Darwin and MacOSX). in beetwin : i'm searching for a good tutorial (aka a complete guide) in how to install both linux (simple) and XFree86 (difficult) on my just brought IBook 2.2. I was'nt for yet able to run XFREE because the ATI-Raedon 7500 not supported by the regular Debian, YellowDog or Suse distribs. After trying to compile the BenH 2.4.20-ben8 kernel (with hangs up at the pcmcia-module install) and trying to install the unstable issue of Debian (hanging again), i just got a Sony x86 Laptop for the store and removed the IBook for my prefered Linux toys ;-( Any idea ? Best Regards, Pierre ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Windows icon SOLVED: congrats :-)
Hi Shari: My fella wouldn't let me give up last night, and he on the Windows computer and me on the Mac, spent hours trying to solve this. He found an icon Metacard liked, I opened it with GraphicConvertor, and did nothing except change the colors. There were 6 colors, and I simply changed black to green and grey to red, etc. Even that failed. The file size went from 766 bytes to 1022 bytes. ... It was not enough to create a 32x32 pixel image. It was not enough to limit it to 16 colors. Please be aware that these 16 colors have to be specific colors! (Not just 16 different colors, that would be too easy...) They are the first 16 entries in the win system palette... Unfortunately these are the most ugly colors of that palette ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Thank you, all!
To all who offered suggestions to fix the 766 byte icon problem, thank you! It's delightful to see so many willing helpful folks out there. This is a great list! Shari C Gypsy King Software -- --Shareware Games for the Mac-- http://www.gypsyware.com ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Windows icon SOLVED
My fella wouldn't let me give up last night, and he on the Windows computer and me on the Mac, spent hours trying to solve this. He found an icon Metacard liked, I opened it with GraphicConvertor, and did nothing except change the colors. There were 6 colors, and I simply changed black to green and grey to red, etc. Even that failed. The file size went from 766 bytes to 1022 bytes. In a last ditch attempt, I remembered Chipp Walter's suggestion, regarding the "Creating a custom icon for Windows" info at: http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/RunRev/Tutorials.htm I had read it, and followed every step, during the day long exercise in frustration, but I had ignored the final step. It was not enough to create a 32x32 pixel image. It was not enough to limit it to 16 colors. Where all the fancy programs failed to turn the image into an icon Metacard would accept, the simple little program QTam did it. The most important piece of the puzzle, was to use QTam to convert the image to the Windows icon. QTam does whatever internal voodoo is necessary, to make the image be 766 bytes. Where all the fancy schmancy programs failed... Adobe PhotoDeluxe, GraphicConvertor, Iconographer, Axialis, and several other Mac and Windows programs... where they couldn't do it, QTam could. My kudos to the creator! This software developer has definitely earned a shareware fee from me! Download QTam from: http://shareit1.element5.com/programs.html?productid=134460&language=English Shari C Gypsy King Software -- ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: metacard digest, Vol 1 #552 - 2 msgs
Sorry, small correction on previous message : put dec2Bin(i) into i must be put dec2Bin(i) into b Still have a nice day WA ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: metacard digest, Vol 1 #552 - 2 msgs
Re: metacard digest, Vol 1 #552 - 2 msgs * From: John Vokey * Subject: Re: metacard digest, Vol 1 #552 - 2 msgs * Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 09:54:55 -0800 - snip I like it: nice use of the decimal to binary conversion to implement my algorithm (i.e., 1/0 flags to indicate presence/absence of a given letter). Unfortunately, as with my version, it is not recursive, as was originally asked for. Furthermore, it requires the baseConvert function, not available in most other XTalks, including hypertalk, and it was in the hypercard list that I first saw the request. -- John R. Vokey, Ph.D. |\ _,,,---,,_ Professor /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_ Department of Psychology and Neuroscience |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' University of Lethbridge '---''(_/--' `-'\_) Ok a recursive one :^))) on mouseUp put perm(fld "orig") into fld "result" end mouseUp function perm factors, i, theresult if i <> 0 then put baseConvert(i, 10, 2) into b ### or put dec2Bin(i) into i for the other xTalk users put char 1 to (the length of factors) - the num of chars in b of (char 2 to -1 of (10 ^ (the length of factors))) & b into b repeat with j = 1 to (the length of factors) if char j of b = 1 then put char j of factors after thecollector end repeat put thecollector & cr after theresult get perm(factors, (i - 1) , theResult) else if i = "" then put 2 ^ (the length of factors) - 1 into i get perm(factors, i , theResult) else if i = "0" then sort theresult sort lines of theresult by number of chars in each return theresult end if end perm function dec2Bin x repeat with i = 0 to x if 2^i > x then exit repeat end repeat repeat with i = i - 1 down to 0 if x - 2^i >= 0 then put 1 after binNum put x - 2^i into x else put 0 after binNum end repeat return binNum end dec2Bin Have a nice day WA ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
playselection
Title: playselection I'm completely stuck, hope someone can help me... Mac 9.2.2 using MetaCard 2.5B5: In an application I display video sequences with (the script is somewhat simplified): set loc of player "visp" to -160,-250 set the filename of player "visp" to "/Signes/MetaCardMappe/IVANA-MC/xmf/alene5.mpg" set currenttime of player "visp" to 2 set the starttime of player "visp" to 2 set the endtime of player "visp" to 9 set the playselection of player "visp" to true set loc of player "visp" to 410,126 start player visp This works beatifully with QuickTime 5, but with QT 6 just a little more than1 second of the video is displayed. I need to be able to set the endtime at any point in the video. Any suggestions? -- 1. amanuensis Signe Marie Sanne e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Romansk Institutt tel: +47 55 58 21 27 Oysteins gt. 1 5007 Bergen http://www.hf.uib.no/hfolk/mlab/hjem/default.html Norway
Re: Windows icon 766 bytes
Hi Shari, GraphicConvertor failed as well. The problem is Metacard. It wants the icon to be exactly 766 bytes. I create a 32x32 pixel icon, using 16 colors, and it is NOT 766 bytes. It is 1024 bytes. I've found ways to get it less than 766 bytes, but cannot get exactly 766. And Metacard will not accept anything else. I've used at least 10 different Mac programs, and 2 different Windows programs, in editing the icon. None of them create an exact 766 byte icon. I'm lost, clueless, and frustrated as all get out. i use the Photoshop Plug-in "Icon Builder Pro", which makes icons that MC does NOT refuse (Exact 766 bytes). If you use Photoshop, this is definitively worth a try. I think there is even a demo version. Check it out at : www.iconfactory.com Hope that helps... Shari C Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Clipboard routines
Here is a general problem which I have been dealing with. I have too little hair to keep pulling out over it. I am creating a graphic on a card. I can save that graphic with export. Nice. But how do I get the graphic on the clipboard to paste into other applications (like MS Word?). While I am using Mac OS 9.2, I would also appreciate solutions for OSX and for Windows. Thanks! Raymond ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
