Re: mcEncrypt

ld no decryption then - sorry to repeat myself! Still interested in the characters generated by mcEncrypt() though! Cheers Peter -- -------- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 E-mail:

mcEncrypt

sn't an mcDecrypt (common practice with password systems is that they are one-way process only). If there is a decryption function, what is it called and what are its parameters? Cheers Peter -- -------- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughb

MC Version Testing

The above avoids problems when trying to use recent features not supported in earlier versions of MC.  IF you find it useful, then help yourself! Cheers Peter -- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Controlling QuickTime tracks

gt; >Regards, > >Kevin Thanks Kevin. I've tried it out and it does just what I want! 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]

Controlling QuickTime tracks

Player supports this, so it's clearly a feature within QuickTime movies, it's just than I can't see how to get at this control from within MetaCard. Cheers Peter -- ---- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel:

Re: A few short questions

>On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Peter Reid wrote: > >> Here are some questions that have occurred to me during my >> development work using MetaCard. I'm not sure whether I'm simply >> missing a few tricks (not unheard of!), or whether these are genuine >&g

A few short questions

that only kicks in when a named variable's value changes? 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.u

Re: Reversing Buttons?

>On 2/9/00 12:39 pm, Peter Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I develop my MC stacks using MetaCard 2.3.1 on a Mac and distribute >> them on both Mac and Windows (with tweaking under Windows as and when >> necessary). >> >> I've noticed that

Reversing Buttons?

as to whether this is a "bug" or a "feature" and how I can make it consistent across both platforms. Thanks. Peter -- ---- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576

Field I-bar Position?

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 Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglis

Re: Sluggish QuickTime Response?

>On 9/8/00 11:16 am, Peter Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm using player objects to show QuickTime movies in MC 2.3.1 for >> both Mac and Win. The movies are about 1Mb in size and include voice >> as well as animated cartoons. The movies last about 3

Sluggish QuickTime Response?

click twice to move off the player object, where they'd naturally want to click once. Any ideas what the problem is and how I can get round it?? Cheers Peter -- -------- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268

Re: Purging Open Stacks? - GOT IT!

absolute path. Even though both boiled down to the same thing, using them with the modeless command triggered the purge dialog. Once I made sure that all references were converted into absolute paths (by converting any relative to absolute at run-time), the problem went away. Once again, y

Re: Purging Open Stacks?

lders 'SafetyScreen' (containing cbt1) & 'SafetyAdmin' (containing cbt2). At the same level in the file structure, I have an additional folder called 'SafetySupport' which contains support stacks - cbtHelp.mc, formprint.mc and certprint.mc. Both cbt stacks

Re: Purging Open Stacks?

>On 8/8/00 4:01 pm, Peter Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Thanks Kevin. Can I just check what you mean by the above. The >> support stacks I'm using are all in their own separate *.mc files and >> designated as 'mainstacks', and they all ha

Re: Resend: Truncated Columnised Text?

ript assumes that the field has no tab stops that extend past its >right edge. If it does, you'll have to change the way the last column's >width is calculated. You'll also probably want to lock the screen while >this runs. > >-- >Jacqueline Landman Gay |

Re: Purging Open Stacks?

screen help. They are outside the main stacks I'm developing so they can be shared between them rather than repeat them within each main CBT stack. Cheers Peter -- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)15

Re: Resend: Truncated Columnised Text?

>On 7/8/00 11:45 pm, Peter Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I didn't get any response to this one, so I'm trying again in case it >> was overlooked! > >Check out the various table examples on our web site, including the latest >"spreads

Resend: Truncated Columnised Text?

ample if the column can accommodate 20 chars (all "0"), it will produce a maximum width of 12 characters. Any suggestions please? Cheers Peter -- -------- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 F

Purging Open Stacks?

;Save", "Purge" or "Cancel"! In fact I can get this message 6 or more times in succession, irrespective of how I tell it to go away?? Can anyone suggest a reliable way of opening supporting mainstacks repeatedly without getting this error message? Thanks for any help. Pe

Truncated Columnised Text?

12 characters. Any suggestions please? 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 Archives: http://www.mail-

Re: Metacard vs Flash

text files. I'm sure the above is a classic "grandma sucking eggs" thing, but I thought I'd throw in my own experience of combining Flash with MetaCard. Cheers Peter -- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, L

Re: Re a little mention...

tion, after checking public >disclosure dates with Kevin from CrossWorlds, in a sidebar in a >recent authoring tool review. The times they are a-changin'!) I now stand back and await the responses! Cheers Peter -- Peter

Re: MC Encryption?

> >Kevin Thanks Kevin. Is there anything else to know about the function "mcencrypt()" (as it's not documented) or just call it with a string and get a string returned?! Cheers Peter -- Peter Reid Reid-IT Li

MC Encryption?

documented function "mcencrypt()". Does anyone know the details of this function, what it produces and how secure it is? Also, is there an mcdecrypt() function or is the mechanism one-way only (a very common approach!)? Cheers Peter -- -------

Horizontal scrolling of "Tables"

d. I'm using MC2.3 (the released version not the beta) on the Mac & Win by the way. Any ideas or suggestions please?! Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 E-mail: [EM

Re: Urgent Solution Needed: Position in File

eems to be available still through Royal Software (previously known as Heizer Software) on http://www.royalsoftware.com/. Cheers Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7

Re: Urgent Solution Needed: Position in File

>On 2/5/00 3:12 pm, Peter Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I think there are a lot of MetaCard compatible Mac externals which will > >> do this inluding AppleScript via the external collection. In Windows I > >> think shell() is the best way t

Re: Urgent Solution Needed: Position in File

>Peter Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, on 5/2/00 3:56 AM: > > >write newRec to file dataFile at end > > > >HOWEVER, I can't then find out where in the file this new record is > >relative to the start of file and so I can't add an index entry i

Re: Urgent Solution Needed: Position in File

c and shell on Win, which adds more fragility to the situation! 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

Urgent Solution Needed: Position in File

ous solution is a real potential SHOW STOPPER! Thanks in advance for any help provided. 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

Re: CSV

se each line fully to track the first and second use of quotes etc. I have done this as well in the past, but I don't have a quick solution to offer here unfortunately! Cheers Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, L

Re: Position in File?

hing like as simple as being able to get the current file position! 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 Ar

Re: Position in File?

offset from the start of file so I can't tell the user they are seeing lines x to y! Any other thoughts/suggestions? Cheers Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 0

Position in File?

iven point. There doesn't seem to be any command for determining the current read or write point in an open file. Any suggestions please? Cheers Peter ---- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44

Re:

'm sure others on this list will chip in with more of even refute some of my criticisms! 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]

Re: Replacing with EOL Character

e items rather than doing it in-line. However, my testing seems to show no advantage for the extra line, so "KISS" wins (Keep It Simple Stupid!) and the extra line goes. Cheers Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough,

Re: Replacing with EOL Character

h line i in newInfo get i put item 1 to -2 of it & return after modInfo end repeat This took about 1 sec compared with the original 60 secs for data of over 6000 lines! It just goes to show that, with the right techniques, MetaCard is blindingly fast! The main problem is k

Replacing with EOL Character

ideas how I might do this or perhaps another approach completely? 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 Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com

UK Academic MC Developers/Users?

player" argument. This is a view I'm meeting in a number of quarters, not just at the local university - "can it run through a browser?". Are we likely to see a MetaCard browser plug-in in the reasonably near future? Cheers Peter -

Re: Error handling

ckErrorDialogs" to false works well even if it is considered to be a bit "naughty"! 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 Archives: ht

Multiple Access to Files?

purposes I have in mind. Any thoughts or suggestions gratefully received! 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 Archives: ht

Re: Sending E-mail from MC?

rd/mcmail.mc > >Drop me a line if you have problem using it. > >Regards, >LiangTyan Fui Thanks for the tip - I'll take a look. Cheers Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax

Sending E-mail from MC?

(2000?) system, do I need to know the details of actual e-mail/browser packages or can I send a general mail protocol message that ill use whatever e-mail system is supported? Cheers Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel

Re: Portable Mouse Movement?

was beginning to think of moving to the same approach. The main thing that stops me is inertia and effort retrofitting the approach to the developments so far! Cheers Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44

Re: Portable Mouse Movement?

ey are to be realistic, must appear to use the same controls as in the live system. In this case, I think it is legitimate to move the mouse despite Apple's thoughts on the matter! Cheers Peter ---- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough

Re: Portable Mouse Movement?

t sure it's a MacOS 9 thing, my experience is: - desktop G3/300 running MacOS 8.6 - OK - PowerBook G3/333 running MacOS 8.6 - FAIL - iMac 350 running MacOS 9 - OK - PC running Win 98 - OK So, not necessarily MacOS 9?! Cheers Peter P

Re: Portable Mouse Movement?

lem with other systems, particularly Win NT 4 systems which the relevant client is using. I was just a bit surprised to discover this problem having used this approach for some time across a range of systems! However, my future product developments are using MC 2.3g and I'm keen to ensure

Portable Mouse Movement?

put item 2 of it into stackY put item 1 of relLoc + stackX into absX put item 2 of relLoc + stackY into absY return absX & comma & absY into theLoc end absLoc Any ideas why this doesn't work on a PowerBook when it does on a variety of other systems? Cheers Peter

Re: Controlling Audio Clips?

non-Microsoft products! This uncertainty makes it easier for me to develop products that don't depend on QuickTime, even though this is an inferior technical option and more troublesome to develop. Given a free choice, then I'd be much happier sticking with QuickTime and player objects!

Re: Controlling GIF Animations?

order to produce small files, most of which >result in images that don't work right except in browser windows (no >backgrounds, no buffering, no moving, no overlaying on or under other >objects, etc.). constantMask gets around one of these hacks, although >it does mean you give up t

Re: Controlling Audio Clips?

d, I have to provide pop up caption boxes to give a textual equivalent to the voice-overs. Coordinating animation with sound and pop-up cations calls for quite fine control over the pause/resume etc! This is why I need as much control as possible from player objects, even if they are using VfW in

Re: Controlling GIF Animations?

>Recently, Peter Reid wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me ho it might be possible to run an animated GIF > > file in MC with some measure of control WITHOUT using a player object > > (which relies on having QuickTime available I believe). > >Just import it (via the f

Controlling Audio Clips?

g a sound clip or an animated GIF. Is there no way to use a "player" object without QuickTime? As ever, thanks for your patience and any help. Best regards Peter ---- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0

Controlling GIF Animations?

ards 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.co

RE: Tables/ fields

n also set the itemDelimiter to "tab" and sort by items if your >items must be able to have spaces in them. > >Blair Moxon I've used the sorting and it works well - as you say you can use tab delimited material as well. Cheers Peter ---

Re: Tables/ fields

' of a field and then convert this into the clicked column as follows: put clickH() - left of me into theClickPixel put clickColumn(theClickPixel, the tabStops of me) into theClickedColumn I wouldn't like to claim the above is the most elegant or efficient way of producing

Re: Associative Arrays?

up large amounts of data to perform text matching operations". > >Regards, > >Kevin Thanks Scott & Kevin - I'll look at both to see what I can do with associative arrays. Cheers Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loug

Associative Arrays?

orting the data. In the worse case a db file could consist of 200,000 lines of about 20 chars each! Most files will have 1000-5000 lines of 20-250 chars. Thanks for any help Peter -------- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK T

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" > >

Re: Blank Images from Disk (Mac MC2.3g)?

esn'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]

Re: MetaCard for MachTen Unix?

ve MachTen installed and running which is why I asked the question. However, taking your advice, what's the best source of Linux PPC and do I need a dedicated machine for it or can I run it from a bootable Jaz cartridge or a special partition of an existing disk for example? Cheers Peter

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 fi

Blank Images from Disk (Mac MC2.3g)?

ferent 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 PROTECT

MetaCard for MachTen Unix?

f facilities and includes the X11 window system as well). 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

MetaCard for MachTen Unix?

as well). 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%40li

Re: VfW Playback using MCISendString?

>On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Peter Reid wrote: > > > Since I don't seem to be able to playback AVI files under VfW using > > MC 2.3Gamma, can anyone tell me how I might be able to control AVI > > playing using the MCISendString function? > >Anyone else have this pr

Synchronising Animated GIF with Voice?

ime so I can pop up captions as and when needed. The GIF's would only cycle once, i.e. play from start to end with no repetition. Any thoughts, suggestions, warnings please?! Cheers Peter ---- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Le

VfW Playback using MCISendString?

Since I don't seem to be able to playback AVI files under VfW using MC 2.3Gamma, can anyone tell me how I might be able to control AVI playing using the MCISendString function? Thanks Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough,

Sound-only Playing VfW using MC2.3Gamma?

Cs for the video clips. Given my need to support "vanilla" Win users (whatever my preference for QT), this is a show-stopper! Anyone got any suggestions please! Cheers Peter ---- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel

Re: MC for databases?

ix box), is a file-based approach viable at all? 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 Meta

MC for databases?

es'), but of keeping the data in text and/or binary files and showing them through an MC interface. Anyone got any advice about this idea, what are the practical limits for this approach, am I mad to be thinking about it?? Cheers Peter

Re: Win 98 & QT Freeze?

ou might get newer drivers - with a fresh batch of bugs! 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-archi

Win 98 & QT Freeze?

E. I'm using MC2.3 Gamma release by the way. Any help/ideas/etc? Thanks 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

Re: PlayLoudness of Video Clips?

with corporate policy on workstation configuration. In some cases this will allow or already support QT, whilst in others it will effectively ban QT (or any other non-true-religion-Microsoft ware!). Thanks again for the rapid clarification of the situation. Cheers Peter --

PlayLoudness of Video Clips?

opment system (Mac), but not on my deployment system (PC)! Thanks Peter ---- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)1509 264986 UK Mobile: 0378 632533 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://

Re: Selecting VfW vs QT

>On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Peter Reid wrote: > > > I'm developing a CBT package using MC 2.3 where I'll probably have to > > use VfW (Video for Windows) instead instead of QT (QuickTime). > > However, my PC has QT installed on it, but I'd like to test the C

Selecting VfW vs QT

ny ideas please? Best regards 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:

Re: Scale Style Vertical vs Horizontal

now I haven't been stupid (on this occasion!) and missed something obvious! 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

Scale Style Vertical vs Horizontal

I end up with a vertical rectangle box that contains a slider rectangle instead?! I'd like to have a vertical scale that looks like a horizontal scale on its side - how do I do this? Thanks for any help. Peter -------- Peter Reid Reid-

Re: Support for Windows Video in MC 2.3?

' together with 'scale' to > > control the size of the playback frame. Can I set the 'currentTime' > > to effect a forward/reverse effect? > >Yes. Fine. Thanks again, Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limit

Re: Support for Windows Video in MC 2.3?

er, >but VfW doesn't support a visible controller, so you'd have to build >your own if you need one. So I can create my own controller with pause, stop and start and use the 'formattedWidth' and 'formattedHeight' together with 'scale' to control th

Support for Windows Video in MC 2.3?

SAP as it might be a show-stopper! Thanks for any help or feedback. Peter ---- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)1509 264986 UK Mobile: 0378 632533 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reid

QuickTime 4 Messages

he user to stop the playback by simply clicking anywhere in the playback frame rather than on the pause button in the control bar. Thanks for any help. Peter ---- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax:

Win NT Network MC Issues?

tacks? Can multiple workstations run the Player from a Server and similarly can multiple workstations run a standalone on a Server? Thanks for any input. Cheers Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 26884

Re: Scrollable Window/Stack?

scroll to a different part of the group. Cheers Peter ---- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)1509 264986 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk

Re: Scrollable Window/Stack?

>On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Peter Reid wrote: > >(big snip) > > > I was surprised that MC stacks/windows can't have scrollbars and the > > vScroll property. I've used this feature in SuperCard, HyperCard and > > ToolBook developments. This is why I t

Re: Scrollable Window/Stack?

the vScroll property. I've used this feature in SuperCard, HyperCard and ToolBook developments. This is why I tried to use a 'sub-window' approach initially. Thanks again for the help. Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)1509 264986 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk

Re: Scrollable Window/Stack?

cessary to get the group to scroll within a zone like this and how I can easily edit an oversize group? ---- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)1509 264986 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk

Re: Scrollable Window/Stack?

pting systems such as ToolBook since their windows were scollable. I thought it might be easier to handle in the same way with MC. Obviously I was wrong! Cheers Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel:

Re: Shared Text and Shared Scripts

7;t or shouldn't ? > >TIA > >Gary Rathbone >Hooknet I'd be tempted to have a single generic script for all the fields. If each card contains a field which has a unique card number in it (assuming I understand you correctly), then simply use this value within the field

Scrollable Window/Stack?

r. IS there some simple obvious way of doing this by turning on a "scrollable" property for the stack/card, or do I have to add a scrollbar object and script it to scroll the stack/card? Thanks Peter ---- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Lough

Re: Detecting ClickChar?

creen >end gotoLine > >Cheers >Dave Cragg Thanks for the suggestion Dave. Best regards Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)1509 264986 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk

Re: Detecting ClickChar?

>On 29/11/99 4:08 pm, Peter Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > This fails (I'm using MC 2.2.5 on a Mac) with an error message saying > > "bad text attributes, can't get object attributes" which implies that > > the function doesn't work with

Re: Detecting ClickChar?

Not very clever, but it works! Any suggestions for something more elegant would be greatly appreciated. Best regards Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)1509 264986 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk

Re: Detecting ClickChar?

pt that scrolls exactly as you want >with formattedHeight, please let me know: we've got one "somewhere".) I tried "select line theLine of field theField" and it selected it ok but didn't cause any scrolling or realignment?! Best regards Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)1509 264986 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk

Re: Detecting ClickChar?

s isn't > reliable, especially if there is a blank line as this returns an > empty textHeight. Thanks again, Best regards Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)1509 264986 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk

Detecting ClickChar?

this returns an empty textHeight. Any ideas for this? ---- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)1509 264986 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk

Re: False Licence Limit Error Message?

and lines beginning with ";". An example control file contents is as follows: ; Control Params for CBT gProgName=On-line Training Package gProgVersion=v0.1 gProgDate=23 Nov 1999 gProgAuthor=Peter Reid ; Upload directories (all relative to stack directory):

False Licence Limit Error Message?

command only allows long scripts (over 10 lines) when running in the development environment?! Anyone help here?!! Best regards Peter Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)1509 264986 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk

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