Re: Interface question

2010-01-04 Thread zryip theSlug
Nicely done Jacque! Thanks for the solution ;) It inspired me another solution that I've experimented for fun. It's something combining zoom the size of the text and the Mac/Windows stack resizer available on the Object Library. When the user resize the field by drag drop, the size of the text

Re: Interface question

2010-01-03 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Bonjour, and heureuse année à tous Jacque, thanks a lot for sharing your solution. I just tried it : very nice and clever :-)) Best regards from Grenoble André Thank Le 3 janv. 10 à 05:30, J. Landman Gay a écrit : In case anyone is interested, I thought I'd let people know how we decided to

Re: Interface question

2010-01-02 Thread J. Landman Gay
In case anyone is interested, I thought I'd let people know how we decided to resolve the interface issue I was having with a client's stack. This was the problem: Because the prefs stack is much smaller than the print template stacks, the text entry fields are also not as wide. To give the

Interface question

2009-12-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
I've got another interface problem I can't decide how to solve, maybe some of you have ideas. I have an app that creates various printouts. These are all hard-coded; i.e., the end user never sees the templates and can't change them. In the app's preferences, though, they are allowed to add

Re: Interface question

2009-12-22 Thread stephen barncard
I've used a special, fixed font popup plain text field for entry. - Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev 2009/12/22 J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com I've got another interface problem I can't decide how to solve, maybe some of you

Re: Interface question

2009-12-22 Thread Devin Asay
On Dec 22, 2009, at 11:50 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: I've got another interface problem I can't decide how to solve, maybe some of you have ideas. I have an app that creates various printouts. These are all hard- coded; i.e., the end user never sees the templates and can't change them. In

Re: Interface question

2009-12-22 Thread DunbarX
I recommend asking Jacque. She always knows what to do. Craig ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Interface question

2009-12-22 Thread stephen barncard
I sense recursion on this topic. - Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev 2009/12/22 dunb...@aol.com I recommend asking Jacque. She always knows what to do. ___ use-revolution mailing list

Re: Interface question

2009-12-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
stephen barncard wrote: I sense recursion on this topic. It's true I have been known at times to be somewhat loopy. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Re: Interface question

2009-12-22 Thread Devin Asay
On Dec 22, 2009, at 1:05 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: stephen barncard wrote: I sense recursion on this topic. It's true I have been known at times to be somewhat loopy. So is Jacque. Devin Asay Humanities Technology and Research Support Center Brigham Young University

Re: Interface question

2009-12-22 Thread Mark Wieder
Devin- Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 12:17:41 PM, you wrote: On Dec 22, 2009, at 1:05 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: stephen barncard wrote: I sense recursion on this topic. It's true I have been known at times to be somewhat loopy. So is Jacque. I sense recursion on this topic. -- -Mark

Re: Interface question

2009-12-22 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Jacque Landman Gay wrote: I've got another interface problem I can't decide how to solve, maybe some of you have ideas Jacque, maybe I'm not reading the description of your situation correctly, but if the fields into which the users enter text is scaled so small that the text is

Re: Interface question

2009-12-22 Thread zryip theSlug
Hi Jacque, Why not apply a lens effect on the text, like on iphone or ipod ? By using the mouseChunck function in a mouseMove handler and linking that with a transparent picture it could result a nice effect. Just a quick attempt to evaluate the rendering: local lPreviousChunk constant

Re: Interface question

2009-12-22 Thread stephen barncard
But the problem is not just SEEING it but EDITING it. That's why another field is needed. One interface motif I am experimenting with is ONE special 'entry' field that is nearby and gets filled with the latest selected field data in the detail view listing of a record. Edit in that special field,

Re: Interface question

2009-12-22 Thread zryip theSlug
You can edit the field the better you see its content. The both are not incompatible;) 2009/12/23 stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com: But the problem is not just SEEING it but EDITING it. That's why another field is needed. One interface motif I am experimenting with is ONE

Re: Interface question

2008-06-13 Thread Chipp Walters
I'm with Ken using the waystation dialog. I typically use these for many of my apps as there's typically a number of different reports required for printing. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: Interface question

2008-06-12 Thread viktoras didziulis
I would expect user wishing to see the layout before it is printed. So would put detail view and list view as options of View e.g. View -- Detail view List view And Print would simply print the current view. Best wishes! Viktoras J. Landman Gay wrote: I'm wondering how people

Interface question

2008-06-11 Thread J. Landman Gay
I'm wondering how people would do this. I have two print layouts, detail and list, and the user needs to be able to print data using the layout of their choice. I can think of three ways to allow this: 1. Have two Print menu items in the File menu, like this: Print Detail View Print

Re: Interface question

2008-06-11 Thread Stephen Barncard
Two Main items , two sub items unter Print Default, or Default Form use checkmark to indicate the toggle Print Default ˆ Detail List Print ?? I'm wondering how people would do this. I have two print layouts, detail and list, and the user needs to be able to print data using the

Re: Interface question

2008-06-11 Thread Noel
Personally I would use the first option. It is the most straightforward for the users, and makes them do the least amount of work. - Noel At 05:08 PM 6/11/2008, you wrote: I'm wondering how people would do this. I have two print layouts, detail and list, and the user needs to be able to

Re: Interface question

2008-06-11 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:08 AM, J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm wondering how people would do this. I have two print layouts, detail and list, and the user needs to be able to print data using the layout of their choice. I can think of three ways to allow this: 1. Have two

Re: Interface question

2008-06-11 Thread Ken Ray
I have two print layouts, detail and list, and the user needs to be able to print data using the layout of their choice. I can think of three ways to allow this: Will there only ever be two print choices? Because if it might go to 3, 4 or more, I'd suggest something like a Print... menu item

Re: Interface question

2008-06-11 Thread Kay C Lan
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Ken Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, are they in one of these views in the interface when they go to choose the printing options? If so, perhaps this could just say Print... (to print the current view) and Print the other view... Agree. If any view in the

Re: Interface question

2008-06-11 Thread J. Landman Gay
Ken Ray wrote: I have two print layouts, detail and list, and the user needs to be able to print data using the layout of their choice. I can think of three ways to allow this: Will there only ever be two print choices? Good question. Last version there was only one, now we've got two. There

Re: Interface question

2008-06-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
J. Landman Gay wrote: I have two print layouts, detail and list, and the user needs to be able to print data using the layout of their choice. What is the relationship between these print views and the data view on screen? Is the data on screen in list view, detail, both, or something