image display

[Rick Rice]

Wilhelm:
Thanks a bunch. On the Widows side I set the fill to 255,255,255 and 
the line width to 1 and the ink to srcAnd. Now it works. The outline of 
the object discloses the location of the cell it overlies.
	Rick


On Aug 9, 2005, at 1:37 PM, Wilhelm Sanke wrote:

> On Tue, 09 Aug 2005, Rick Rice <rice at cariboo.bc.ca> wrote:
>
>>  I am still using Metacard 2.5
>>     On the Mac (OS--X.3) I have images with graphic objects (curve)
>> overlaid. The object appearance is filled so that it will respond to a
>> mouse click. The ink is set to noop.
>>     Depending on the student input, I want to outline the location of 
>> the
>> object so that the student can see where it is and what it is 
>> outlining
>> on the base image. To do this I set, in a script,  the ink to admin.
>> This leaves the base image visible with a cell now outlined by the
>> graphic object.
>>     Now for the problem. When I move this to Windows XP and older, 
>> when I
>> set the ink to admin I get the entire object filled with grey which
>> obscures the underlying cell. I have tried every fill, nothing results
>> in a simple line outlining the object.
>>     How can I make the object line visible without filling it. I tried
>> unchecking the "filled" in appearance but then there is no mouse
>> response.
>>     Rick
>
>
>
> Hi Rick,
>
> with Windows I use fillcolor 255,204,102 with the ink set to srcAnd 
> (which alternates with "noop" to achieve a flashing effect).
>
> You can see the effect in my "Image and Words" stack, which you can 
> get from page "Sample Stacks" of <http://www.sanke.org/MetaMedia>
> From the description:
>
> "Learning words through pictures in five different versions: Wordshow, 
> Move and Click, Test and Learn, Test with Loop, Final Test. Basic part 
> of the stack is an image with polygon overlays corresponding to the 
> outlines of objects. Mode "Test with Loop" is an example for an 
> instructional programs that allows the repetition of unsolved 
> problems."
>
> Regards,
>
> Wilhelm Sanke
>
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