Re: Odd-shaped buttons . . .

2009-02-04 Thread Peter Brigham MD
On Feb 4, 2009, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Possibly this message should be subtitled "Richmond Eats Crow." Alternatively, I might be pointing out something that should have been pointed out a long time ago . . . Just put a stack together: "ODD BUTTONS.rev" - revOnline under 'Richmond' that

Re: Odd-shaped buttons . . .

2009-02-04 Thread Chipp Walters
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > I also suppose, the good folks > who make ButtonGadget would not be overly pleased if I took their > stuff apart (i.e. reverse engineering) and ripped them off - quite apart > from an awkward feeling that I have that may not be terribly m

Re: Odd-shaped buttons . . .

2009-02-04 Thread Wilhelm Sanke
On Wed Feb 4, 2009, Richmond Mathewson geradamas at yahoo.com wrote: J. Landman Gay wrote: "Just draw the shape you want with it." Um, I've never been a great fan of the graphic tools contained within Runtime Revolution. It is really not too difficult to use the polygon tool to place irre

Odd-shaped buttons . . .

2009-02-04 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Chipp Walters wrote: "ButtonGadget has been making different shaped buttons for Rev for years." Yes, I know; but I have no money! And, I am on a never-ending quest for a cheap (preferably FREE) solution to what I regard as everyday problems in Runtime Revolution. I also suppose, the good folks wh

Re: Odd-shaped buttons . . .

2009-02-04 Thread Chipp Walters
ButtonGadget has been making different shaped buttons for Rev for years. www.buttongadget.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http:/

Re: Odd-shaped buttons . . .

2009-02-04 Thread J. Landman Gay
Richmond Mathewson wrote: J. Landman Gay wrote: "just use an opaque graphic object with the appropriate points set." Can you explain what you mean by "with the appropriate points set" ? I just meant that the graphic needs to be the correct shape for what it should represent (the "points" of

Odd-shaped buttons . . .

2009-02-04 Thread Richmond Mathewson
J. Landman Gay wrote: "just use an opaque graphic object with the appropriate points set." Can you explain what you mean by "with the appropriate points set" ? sincerely, Richmond Mathewson. A Thorn in the flesh is better than a fail

Re: Odd-shaped buttons . . .

2009-02-04 Thread J. Landman Gay
Richmond Mathewson wrote: One criticism that has been levelled against Runtime Revolution is that it seems to provide no way of making non-rectangular buttons. "Buttons" don't have to be buttons; any object can act like a button and have a script. In Rev, if you want non-rectangular buttons, j

Re: Odd-shaped buttons . . .

2009-02-04 Thread stephen barncard
;> >> Now, 12 years later, it might not be a bad idea if we could catch >> up with MacroMedia (well, at least in this respect) and find a way to >> produce odd-shaped buttons . . . >> >> Thoughts, Solutions (um?), Ideas . . . >> > > Richmond, > > I

Odd-shaped buttons . . .

2009-02-04 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Possibly this message should be subtitled "Richmond Eats Crow." Alternatively, I might be pointing out something that should have been pointed out a long time ago . . . Just put a stack together: "ODD BUTTONS.rev" - revOnline under 'Richmond' that shows that when either PNG or GIF images with

Re: Odd-shaped buttons . . .

2009-02-04 Thread Devin Asay
: and, guess what, they were country-shaped buttons. That was in 1996 (!!), and the CD had been built with MacroMedia Authorware. Now, 12 years later, it might not be a bad idea if we could catch up with MacroMedia (well, at least in this respect) and find a way to produce odd-shaped bu

Odd-shaped buttons . . .

2009-02-04 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Erm, thinking on my feet . . . This gets me wondering: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/director/faq/sect/5_9.html Oh, well, going down the road to buy a dishwasher . . . and then start cutting holes in the plasterboard for the pipes: using, oddly enough, a machine that makes round holes (i.e.

Odd-shaped buttons . . .

2009-02-04 Thread Richmond Mathewson
as in 1996 (!!), and the CD had been built with MacroMedia Authorware. Now, 12 years later, it might not be a bad idea if we could catch up with MacroMedia (well, at least in this respect) and find a way to produce odd-shaped buttons . . . Thoughts, Solutions (um?), Ideas . . . sinc