Jim,
Thanks for the help - I thought of this, but decided it might be
counter-productive, because I didn't want to have to create all the
cards before copying the info. I have fields, buttons, and graphics
that need to be located in a certain place on each different form, so
having the group placed on the card would mean that I would have to
run the script to each card to accomplish that, right? I really
appreciate the suggestion. And actually, I went ahead and built the
standalone and the copying process was speedy (less than a minute for
200 cards). For some reason, it was just a problem with doing it in
the revolution environment. I also worked around my printing
appearance issues by just printing to a pdf and then printing the
pdf. Not completely efficient, but I needed a quick solution and
that was the one. I'm still wondering why the problem occurs when
revolution prints...
Thanks for recommending Devin - he's actually one of main reasons
why I use revolution and why I even started programming at all! I
gave him a ring as soon as I ran into my problems - but he's out of
the office until the 22nd. I was hoping he or one of you would read
this and respond. :) And Devin, if you see this, I'd really
appreciate it if you wouldn't schedule being gone right when I need
advice :)
Thanks again!
Sharon
On Aug 18, 2006, at 8:07 AM, Jim Ault wrote:
And while we're on the subject - I am basically filling in a form and
then copying the filled in form to a new card. This should be done
over 200 times, resulting in over 200 cards. However, by the time I
reach 20-25 cards, the stack becomes VERY lethargic and even after
the script has finished (for 25 cards it takes about 1.5 minutes),
the stack is super super slow. I don't have too many cards and I
should be able to have the 200 I want, right? Any ideas on why it's
so slow? It's basically just fields and buttons.
<full post below>
Quick reply, since I have little time this morning and am not
familiar with
the printing issues in Rev.
Point 1. Design the fields and buttons on a card that you want to
use for
all 200 cards and group them. Now, while in pointer mode, select
the group,
go into the inspector and choose "Behave like a background". This
will mean
that if you are in browse mode, looking at this card and choose
"New Card"
from the menu, the new card will also have this group.
At this point, the fields will be blank, since each card can hold
different
information. You may have a field that is a set of instructions
that you
want to appear on every card and when you make a change, it will
change on
every card. To do this, go into pointer mode, select the group,
choose
'edit group', select the field, then in the inspector choose 'share
text'.
You could already know this, but when you say 'copy the filled form to
another card', this sounds like a counter-productive technique. If
you want
the field contents to be copied to the next card, I would suggest a
small
utility script such as
repeat with x = 1 to the number of fields
put field x of the previous card into field x
end repeat
To make 200 cards try
repeat 200 times
lock screen
new card
repeat with x = 1 to the number of fields
put field x of the previous card into field x
end repeat
end repeat
By the way, do know Devin Asay at BYU? He is a very accomplished
Rev guy
and does a lot to help others on this list.
Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University
Hope this helps
Jim Ault
Las Vegas
On 8/17/06 10:28 PM, "Sharon Stamps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here's my problem - I am setting up a stack and then printing all the
cards. I have been testing the printing feature to make sure it
looks right before printing over 200 cards at a time. As I have been
testing, parts of my card have gone missing - on one printout I have
a line in my table field, the next printout I don't; I have an image
on the lower right hand corner that prints every time, but the group
of buttons to the left of it doesn't print out at all. Between
printings I have changed the data I am importing, but nothing in the
stack itself. (Although I did try to move the group of buttons to
see if I could get them to show up in the printout) I didn't know I
would run into this problem and I need a solution ASAP! Can anyone
help?
And while we're on the subject - I am basically filling in a form and
then copying the filled in form to a new card. This should be done
over 200 times, resulting in over 200 cards. However, by the time I
reach 20-25 cards, the stack becomes VERY lethargic and even after
the script has finished (for 25 cards it takes about 1.5 minutes),
the stack is super super slow. I don't have too many cards and I
should be able to have the 200 I want, right? Any ideas on why it's
so slow? It's basically just fields and buttons.
Thanks a bunch in advance!
Sharon
_____________
Sharon Stamps
Testing Specialist
English Language Center
Brigham Young University
(801) 319-7907
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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