Re: relative paths to media

2000-05-17 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Scott Raney wrote: > ... I've seen many stacks that change the current directory > to select different sets of images or movies (e.g., to support > multiple languages) [snip] > using separate *stacks* for the different languages isn't a > good design. Hmmm... that's the design I would have us

Re: relative paths to media

2000-05-17 Thread Phil Davis
Scott Raney wrote: > > On Wed, 17 May 2000, Phil Davis wrote: > > > Easy now... no one is going to get hurt. This is an idea, not a feature > > request. > > > > We already have: > > recentCards > > recentNames > > lockRecent > > > > Would it be useful to have any/all of these: > > rece

Re: relative paths to media

2000-05-17 Thread Scott Raney
On Wed, 17 May 2000, Kevin Miller wrote: > On 17/5/00 5:41 pm, Scott Raney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> You need to set the directory property of the stack to on preOpenStack to > >> match its fileName. I think there is a good argument for making relative > >> paths (images, players) work

Re: mouseclicks outside of windows are lost

2000-05-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
On 5/17/00 11:07 AM, Scott Raney at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> It's not another app: I have MC's backdrop showing? > > Ah, so what you're really asking for is a way to get mouse events that > are sent to the backdrop. Any suggestions on how this should be done? > The usual messages sent to so

Re: relative paths to media

2000-05-17 Thread Scott Raney
On Wed, 17 May 2000, Phil Davis wrote: > Easy now... no one is going to get hurt. This is an idea, not a feature > request. > > We already have: > recentCards > recentNames > lockRecent > > Would it be useful to have any/all of these: > recentDirectories (list of all directories that ha

Re: relative paths to media

2000-05-17 Thread Phil Davis
Easy now... no one is going to get hurt. This is an idea, not a feature request. We already have: recentCards recentNames lockRecent Would it be useful to have any/all of these: recentDirectories (list of all directories that have been "the directory") recentFiles (list of all fi

Re: mouseclicks outside of windows are lost

2000-05-17 Thread Scott Raney
On Wed, 17 May 2000, Richard Gaskin wrote: > On 5/17/00 9:52 AM, Scott Raney at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> It wouldn't be infinite if we could catch mouse clicks outside of the > >> window. > >> > >> Any way to do that, anyone? > > > > Not that I can think of, because the OS doesn't prov

Re: relative paths to media

2000-05-17 Thread Kevin Miller
On 17/5/00 2:58 pm, Mary Bull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin Miller wrote: > >> You need to set the directory property of the stack to on preOpenStack to >> match its fileName. I think there is a good argument for making relative >> paths (images, players) work like stackFiles has just been

Re: relative paths to media

2000-05-17 Thread Kevin Miller
On 17/5/00 5:41 pm, Scott Raney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You need to set the directory property of the stack to on preOpenStack to >> match its fileName. I think there is a good argument for making relative >> paths (images, players) work like stackFiles has just been changed to work: >> i.

Re: mouseclicks outside of windows are lost

2000-05-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
On 5/17/00 9:52 AM, Scott Raney at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> It wouldn't be infinite if we could catch mouse clicks outside of the >> window. >> >> Any way to do that, anyone? > > Not that I can think of, because the OS doesn't provide this feature. > I.e., what business is it of yours if th

documentation

2000-05-17 Thread Dave Jones
The readme for 2.3.1 mentions that "A larger-than-usual number of changes in behavior of the object and scripting language have been made..." Will there be any additional documentation on this? Also, I noticed by accident that if I use "null" without the quotes in a script it returns €. I hav

Re: mouseclicks outside of windows are lost

2000-05-17 Thread Scott Raney
On Wed, 17 May 2000, Richard Gaskin wrote: > On 5/16/00 12:55 AM, Hugh Senior at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> Is there any way to trap for global mouse clicks, those clicks which may > >> occur outside of MC windows, on Win OS? > >> -- > >> Richard Gaskin > >> Fourth World > > > > Are the

Re: relative paths to media

2000-05-17 Thread Scott Raney
On Wed, 17 May 2000, Richard Gaskin wrote: > On 5/17/00 5:42 AM, Kevin Miller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> 1. Why does the MC graphics importer use full paths, since we know in > >> advance those will not work in a shipping app except in the unlikely > >> occurrence that the drive letter,

Re: relative paths to media

2000-05-17 Thread Scott Raney
On Wed, 17 May 2000, Kevin Miller wrote: > On 17/5/00 5:36 am, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm working on a cross-platform app in which we need to store the media > > separate from our stack files. There will likely be one standalone and > > several separate stack files whic

Re: mouseclicks outside of windows are lost

2000-05-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
On 5/16/00 12:55 AM, Hugh Senior at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Is there any way to trap for global mouse clicks, those clicks which may >> occur outside of MC windows, on Win OS? >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World > > Are the suspendStack or focusOut messages sent during a repeat loop? >

Re: relative paths to media

2000-05-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
On 5/17/00 5:42 AM, Kevin Miller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> 1. Why does the MC graphics importer use full paths, since we know in >> advance those will not work in a shipping app except in the unlikely >> occurrence that the drive letter, volume name, and all elements of the path >> are exact

Re: about the directories function

2000-05-17 Thread Pierre Sahores
Kevin Miller wrote: > > On 17/5/00 12:42 pm, Pierre Sahores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi the list, > > > > First : If i run the script below : > > > > on mrl1 > > set the directory to "/" > > put the directories into dirsG > > answer dirsG & cr & cr & the number of lines of dirsG > > end

Re: about the directories function

2000-05-17 Thread Pierre Sahores
Dave Cragg wrote: > > At 1:42 PM +0200 5/17/00, Pierre Sahores wrote: > >Hi the list, > > > >First : If i run the script below : > > > >on mrl1 > > set the directory to "/" > > put the directories into dirsG > > answer dirsG & cr & cr & the number of lines of dirsG > >end mrl1 > > > >i get a c

Re: relative paths to media

2000-05-17 Thread Mary Bull
Kevin Miller wrote: >You need to set the directory property of the stack to on preOpenStack to >match its fileName. I think there is a good argument for making relative >paths (images, players) work like stackFiles has just been changed to work: >i.e. relative to the fileName rather than the cur

Re: Invisible images

2000-05-17 Thread Isotalo
I wrote: > an image may all of a sudden become invisble. Not "gray square" and not hidden, it is there but invisible. While reading the Readme.install before installing the latest MC I encountered Scotts advice about upgrading graphic card drivers: "Be sure that you have the absolute lat

Re: about the directories function

2000-05-17 Thread Dave Cragg
At 1:42 PM +0200 5/17/00, Pierre Sahores wrote: >Hi the list, > >First : If i run the script below : > >on mrl1 > set the directory to "/" > put the directories into dirsG > answer dirsG & cr & cr & the number of lines of dirsG >end mrl1 > >i get a clean list of the directories and files stored

Re: Invisible images

2000-05-17 Thread Isotalo
Kevin Miller wrote: > On 17/5/00 12:25 pm, Isotalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > > > We have recieved reports from some users that an image may all of a sudden > > become invisble. Not > > "gray square" and not hidden, it is there but invisible. > > > > So far it seems to b

Re: relative paths to media

2000-05-17 Thread Kevin Miller
On 17/5/00 5:36 am, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working on a cross-platform app in which we need to store the media > separate from our stack files. There will likely be one standalone and > several separate stack files which will run under it. > > Because this is a cross-pl

Re: Text menu

2000-05-17 Thread Kevin Miller
On 17/5/00 4:36 am, Karl Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, okay, here's my question: how can one get the "Text" menu > that's in the regular MetaCard program to be in a stack's toolbar? I > just don't see where you can do submenus with MetaCard... > and also, it'd be really easy if I cou

Re: about the directories function

2000-05-17 Thread Kevin Miller
On 17/5/00 12:42 pm, Pierre Sahores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi the list, > > First : If i run the script below : > > on mrl1 > set the directory to "/" > put the directories into dirsG > answer dirsG & cr & cr & the number of lines of dirsG > end mrl1 > > i get a clean list of the directo

Re: Invisible images

2000-05-17 Thread Kevin Miller
On 17/5/00 12:25 pm, Isotalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > We have recieved reports from some users that an image may all of a sudden > become invisble. Not > "gray square" and not hidden, it is there but invisible. > > So far it seems to be on PCs (Windows 95/98). Could it hav

about the directories function

2000-05-17 Thread Pierre Sahores
Hi the list, First : If i run the script below : on mrl1 set the directory to "/" put the directories into dirsG answer dirsG & cr & cr & the number of lines of dirsG end mrl1 i get a clean list of the directories and files stored in dirsG but nothing about the second part of the last lin

Invisible images

2000-05-17 Thread Isotalo
Hi everybody, We have recieved reports from some users that an image may all of a sudden become invisble. Not "gray square" and not hidden, it is there but invisible. So far it seems to be on PCs (Windows 95/98). Could it have something to do with graphic cards and their drivers? I can't repro