Gamma fade up and down

2000-05-03 Thread Sivakatirswami
Years ago, Mark Lucas produced a now defunct X called "Place Picture" that allowed importion and display of graphics into Supercard. (including, alas no longer available,. . .EPS files) Part of that X was a fade screen up and down by gamma control. Of course this only applied to the entire scree

RGB colors Across Platforms

2000-05-03 Thread Sivakatirswami
Aloha: this may be off topic since I should probably go to a "color school" with these questions wherever that may be. . . But maybe someone knows: I need to find a color system in MC that is dependable across platforms. Obviously using the system palette is not an option if you are on a MAC. . a

Re: Urgent Solution Needed: Position in File

2000-05-03 Thread Kevin Miller
On 2/5/00 6:14 pm, Peter Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Under Windows 98, I've just tried a command such as: > > put shell("dir c:\test.txt") into field "Info" > > but I get no details! If I do the following: > > put shell("dir c:\test.txt > info.txt") into theResult > > then I get the DI

Re: Lock Messages "Permanently"

2000-05-03 Thread Scott Raney
On Tue, 2 May 2000, Sivakatirswami wrote: > There are times when I want "all scripts to shut down" while I do basic > construction. But lockMessages set to true only "sticks once" i.e. if you > are in the stack components examining various cards and work to create new > card in new positions add

MetaCard Test

2000-05-03 Thread LORI FRAIND
I have run a test of functionality across HP-UNIX, UNIX SGI, Windows 98, and Windows NT. The two issues I run into that may cause the biggest headaches are resolution (both on the screen and when printing), and superimposition of screen elements. For example, the pointer on a cascading button over

Lock Messages "Permanently"

2000-05-03 Thread Sivakatirswami
There are times when I want "all scripts to shut down" while I do basic construction. But lockMessages set to true only "sticks once" i.e. if you are in the stack components examining various cards and work to create new card in new positions add graphics. . .you can lockmessages in the message bo

Re: Urgent Solution Needed: Position in File

2000-05-03 Thread Peter Reid
>What if the first data item in each record were a number whose >value is either: >- the offset of that record? > (this doesn't support record deletions unless the file is >never compressed) >- the number of that record? > (same limitation as above) > >If you can live with the stated limit

Re: Click Click Click

2000-05-03 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Scott Rossi wrote: > Recently, Kevin Miller wrote: > > > perhaps there is room for a new > > function here? How about mouseDownLoc()? > > At first I thought this was a good idea, but then it occurred > to me that it would probably be useful to make a distinction > between a "one-time" functi