How make smileys work?
Hi, I installed TB's latest version yesterday and was happy to see smiley support. However, I can't get the smiley to work in my copy of TB. I checked out the various mailing list archives for instructions to switch it on but didn't find anything substantial. The Help File with TB hasn't been also updated. In the preferences of TB (for editors), the smiley support is switched ON yet when I create a message in HTML mode, neither do the smiley appear when I type nor when I save, send or receive mails. Is there anything special I must do? Please help! -- Best regards, Gaurav Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html Current version is 2.11.02 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: How make smileys work?
Hello Gaurav, On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 05:17:25 +0100 (BST) GMT (6/4/2004, 9:17 PM -0800 GMT), Gaurav Manchanda wrote: GM> Hi, GM> I installed TB's latest version yesterday and was GM> happy to see smiley GM> support. However, I can't get the smiley to work in my GM> copy of TB. I GM> do the smiley GM> appear when I type nor when I save, send or receive GM> mails. Is there GM> anything special I must do? For me it was turn on smileys in preferences plus use the html editor and most importantly make sure your short cut for TheBat "Start in" points to the directory containing the thebat.exe. -- Best regards, Dennis The Human Race proudly using The Bat! 2.11 Windows 2000 Professional 5.0.2195 Service Pack 4 Current version is 2.11.02 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: How make smileys work?
Hi, Thanks for the advice Dennis. I have been doing all that you advised in your response, however the smiley don't show up. The steps followed by me are: 1. Open TB. 2. Create a new message. 3. Change the message format to HTML only. 4. In the message area, I just type a few smiley (as per PDSF.msl) 5. Save the message and see it in the viewer. Still can't see those illusive smiley... need more advice. I have re-installed my copy of TB, so there can't be an issue with that. -- Best regards, G Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html Current version is 2.11.02 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: How make smileys work?
Dear Gaurav, @5-Jun-2004, 12:04 Gaurav Manchanda [GM] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: It would be helpful if you could post with TB - using Yahoo's webmail is breaking threads all over the place, losing context quotes and giving poor formatting. I quite understand if you are away and unable to do otherwise right now, but it's getting quite hard to follow the thread... GM> Thanks for the advice Dennis. ? for instance, the advice can't be seen here nor easily found by exploring the thread. However... GM> I have been doing all that you advised in your response, however GM> the smiley don't show up. The steps followed by me are: GM> 1. Open TB. How are you doing this? We have found that unless the "Start in" folder for the shortcut you use is the TB folder, smilies won't work. GM> 2. Create a new message. No. This is not needed. GM> 3. Change the message format to HTML only. This is certainly nothing to do with smilies. GM> 4. In the message area, I just type a few smiley (as per GM> PDSF.msl) GM> 5. Save the message and see it in the viewer. You don't need any of this. All you need is a to view any old plain text message in the RTV which contains the standard text grins and leers ... you know, ": - )" (without spaces). I don't even know if the smilies work in the HTML viewer... I suppose they do, but it's not relevant. As long as the "Start in" folder is correct, you are using the Rich Text Viewer (not plain text or HTML) and the "Smileys" option is checked in the viewer pop-up menu, you'll see them. Pick and old message -- Cheers -- //.arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator and fellow end user TB! v2.11.02 on Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 ' pgpa3oTm0fpOf.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 2.11.02 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: How make smileys work?
Gaurav Manchanda, [GM] wrote: GM> Thanks for the advice Dennis. :) It would seem that these smileys are more very popular and a welcome addition for many. Though I wasn't missing them and certainly not unhappy that they're now there. They're quite pleasant and look better than their raw text counterparts. GM> I have been doing all that you advised in your GM> response, however the GM> smiley don't show up. The steps followed by me are: GM> 1. Open TB. GM> 2. Create a new message. GM> 3. Change the message format to HTML only. You don't have to change the message format. The smileys work *only* in the rich text viewer. You need to be using the rich text viewer to see the smileys. However, you don't have to use a special editor since the viewer interprets the ordinary smiley text you're so accustomed to and changes them to the little gifs. It's purely internal to TB! GM> 4. In the message area, I just type a few smiley (as GM> per PDSF.msl) GM> 5. Save the message and see it in the viewer. Change to using the rich text viewer. If you already have, then the problem is with the shortcut you start TB! with. Right click the shortcut and bring up the properties. Go to the shortcut tab and check the 'Start in' field. This shouldn't be blank. It should contain the path to the TB! executable. You'll need to restart TB! using the new shortcut. -- -=[ Allie ]=- (List Moderator and fellow end-user) PGPKeys: http://key.ac-martin.com Running The Bat! v2.11.02 on WinXP Pro (SP1) pgpo1fvy37r72.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 2.11.02 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: How make smileys work?
Hi, Sorry, for the inconvenience I caused on the forum. I got the thing sorted out and can use the smiley icons now. :) Thanks for the support. -- Best regards, Gaurav Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html Current version is 2.11.02 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
