Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-27 Thread Richmond Mathewson
So, tried the exporting images of various objects to PNG files, and made the following observations: 1. A Checkbox button when exported as an image DOES NOT show the background colour of the underlying card. BUT 2. A PopUp Menu button when exported as an image DOES show the background colour o

Re: Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-27 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Le 26 mars 08 à 23:07, Eric Chatonet a écrit : Hello Peter and all, Le 26 mars 08 à 22:58, Peter Alcibiades a écrit : Its a classic example of the difference. Someone wants to know how you order dinner in Spanish. You could hand him a dictionary, and he would maybe eventually figure it ou

Eric's Tutorials [was Re: Exporting Images of Buttons ?]

2008-03-27 Thread Graham Samuel
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:18:38 +0100,Jim Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mar 26, 2008, at 11:07 PM, Eric Chatonet wrote: I'm finishing a new tutorial about drag and drop including 2.9 new features due to Easter time :-) You are heroic. Yes, he is. I for one look forward to reading this t

Re: Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-27 Thread Ian Wood
On 27 Mar 2008, at 10:25, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Yes it does! But it doesn't work in DreamCard 2.6.1. Given that the 'export snapshot from object' syntax was introduced in Rev 2.7 that's not really surprising... ;-) Ian ___ use-revolution ma

Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-27 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Ian Wood wrote: "Works fine here, both in the script editor and the message box. Rev 2.9 RC3 Ian On 27 Mar 2008, at 07:39, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > However: > > export snapshot from btn "Button" to file "Gaskin.png" > as PNG > > returns an ERROR when I put it into the script editor!" Yes i

Re: Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-27 Thread Ian Wood
Works fine here, both in the script editor and the message box. Rev 2.9 RC3 Ian On 27 Mar 2008, at 07:39, Richmond Mathewson wrote: However: export snapshot from btn "Button" to file "Gaskin.png" as PNG returns an ERROR when I put it into the script editor! ___

Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-27 Thread Richmond Mathewson
However: export snapshot from btn "Button" to file "Gaskin.png" as PNG returns an ERROR when I put it into the script editor! so does: export snapshot from btn 1003 to file "Gaskin.png" as PNG looking for another 'to' <<< sincerely, Richmond Mathewson ___

Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-27 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Richard Gaskin wrote: "export snapshot from Field 1 to file "File1.png" as PNG" and I wrote: "put the windowID of this stack into DOOR export snapshot from rect (the rect of btn "Button") of window DOOR to file "DUNNIT.png" as PNG" which, even if the documentation is a bit shakey, shows that

Re: Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-26 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Jim Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you produced a tutorial for printing that used > all the printing items > then you would be a heroic God.;-) > > sims > Hi sims, The new user guide PDF has a pretty thorough chapter on printing, including the new commands and properties. Defin

Re: Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-26 Thread Jim Sims
On Mar 26, 2008, at 11:07 PM, Eric Chatonet wrote: I'm finishing a new tutorial about drag and drop including 2.9 new features due to Easter time :-) You are heroic. When I'll have some time left (Rev counts about 1600 tokens at the moment) I'll write a kind of tutorial to know which words

Re: Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Alcibiades wrote: Its a classic example of the difference. Someone wants to know how you order dinner in Spanish. You could hand him a dictionary, and he would maybe eventually figure it out. Or you could hand him "See it and say it in Spanish". We have a great dictionary. What we a

Re: Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-26 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hello Peter and all, Le 26 mars 08 à 22:58, Peter Alcibiades a écrit : Its a classic example of the difference. Someone wants to know how you order dinner in Spanish. You could hand him a dictionary, and he would maybe eventually figure it out. Or you could hand him "See it and say it i

Re: Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-26 Thread Peter Alcibiades
.. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Exporting-Images-of-Buttons---tp16316790p16317367.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@list

Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-26 Thread Richmond Mathewson
[I am obviously going mad; answering one's own questions on a Use-List surely must qualify one for the madhouse.] the 'secret' lies in the windowID: on mouseUp put the windowID of this stack into DOOR export snapshot from rect (the rect of btn "Button") of window DOOR to file "DUNNIT.png" as

Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-26 Thread Richmond Mathewson
I would like to modify the stack I have just uploaded to revOnline so, that as well as generating a series of buttons with labels drawn from a list field it can also export images of those buttons . . . Help gratefully received. sincerely,Richmond Mathewson _

Exporting Images of Buttons ?

2008-03-26 Thread Richmond Mathewson
So, I thought I was being clever and did this:- on mouseUp export snapshot from rectangle (the rect of btn "Button") to file "DUNNIT.png" as PNG end mouseUp and . . . got an image of the section of my Desktop underneath the specified button . . . not much use! sincerely, Richmond Mathewson