The following script works in a standalone created on Windows XP and running on Windows XP.
on mouseUp put "~" after fld "aFld" put "C:\Documents and Settings\zhangt\Desktop\imgFolder" into k set the defaultFolder to k set the imageSource of last char of fld "aFld" to "binfile:a.png" end mouseUp Perhaps something gets undone when the script travels through the wormhole from the Mac universe to the Windows universe. Does Dr. Who frequent this forum? --- On Tue, 12/29/09, David Glasgow <da...@dvglasgow.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > From: David Glasgow <da...@dvglasgow.wanadoo.co.uk> > Subject: Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows > To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 6:18 AM > > I didn't get any on-list responses to this, but got a > good steer from Richmond Mathewson (thanks!) off-list. > > In brief, my standalone (RR 4.0) takes screenshots and > saves them to disk. They are also displayed in a field > by appending a tilde to the field each time a snapshot is > taken, and then setting the imagesource of the character to > the url to which the image was saved. > > This works under OS X, but not Windows. I have > wrestled with this and found out a little more, but still > can't get the darned thing to work. I moved the save > location to docs, just in case there was something weird > about the temporary items location. I have tested on > Vista and Win 7 with the same result. > > The snapshots are saved to a location such as > > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-36 > AM]/graphics/image1.png > C:/Users/DavidG/Documents/This_Much!/Anon 12 28 08 [11-39 > AM]/graphics/image2.png > > A field called "snapshots" holds the list of URLs and is > used like this: > > set the imageSource of char 1 of last line of field > "resultsG" to line 1 of field "snapshots" > > In each case this script runs, the tilde disappears but is > not replaced by anything. The imagesource of each > tilde is correctly reported if requested. The fixed > line height of the results field is set to false, and it has > scrollbars. However many URLs are referenced, but do > not appear, the scrollbar never becomes active, so it seems > that no 'blank' image is being displayed. Setting the > imagesource of any tilde to empty causes it to reappear, so > something is happening to hide/show the character. > > I also use the URLs stored in field "snapshots" to print > the graphics using this script to populate a printer stack > with the images: > > > put 1 into k > repeat for each line j in field > "snapshots" > set the filename of image "pikcha" of > card k of stack "grcprinter" to j > put k+1 into k > end repeat > > This works fine, so unless there is some Windows Ju-Ju I > don't know about (entirely possible) it really does look as > though something is broken in imagesource under > Windows. > > Can anyone: > > 1/ Suggest where I am going wrong (if I am) > 2/ Confirm that they do or do not have imagesource > working under Windows > 3/ Suggest a workaround > > This is a critical feature in an almost finished project , > so I would really appreciate some help > > David Glasgow > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
