<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Ken Ray <kray@sonsothunder.com></I></B> wrote:
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<P>Hi Ken, Thanks for taking the time and effort to help me out. Here is my responses to your responses. The locked CD problem has given me the biggest headaches.</P>
<P><BR>> 1. Do you ever notice that popup menus that have more than 100 items<BR>do not <BR>> return the selected item every time? Espectially items near the bottom<BR>of the <BR>> list? Any workarounds? <BR><BR>No, actually, I hadn't. Are these menus of type 'popup' (that is, not<BR>'option' or 'pulldown')? If so, do you get no 'menuPick' message, or do<BR>you get one but the button label doesn't update?<BR></P>
<P>Response: The itemed that is returned is a different item near the beginning of the list I didn't select. </P>
<P><BR>> 2. Do you ever notice that printing a second page can sometimes<BR>interrupt the <BR>> printing of the first page? I did not see a "Wait until the printing<BR>is done "<BR>> command. Is there one?<BR><BR>Not that I'm aware of. Is this a two-card stack that you're printing<BR>(i.e. a single 2-page print job) or two separate cards (i.e. 2 separate<BR>print jobs)?<BR></P>
<P>Response: two separate cards. I had to put in a 50 second wait to insure that the first card prints out completely. Supercard has a "Wait until the printing is done" command, I believe. Metacard doesn't</P>
<P><BR>> 3. Do you ever notice that copying and pasting an icon for a file or<BR>folder <BR>> is easy on the Mac, just pasting into the "Get Info" box? Isn't there<BR>an easy <BR>> way to do it on Windows?<BR><BR>Well, it depends. If you're doing it manually, you can change the icon<BR>of an executable through the Properties window. In Windows XP, you can<BR>also do that with folders, but files get their icons from the Registry<BR>based on their file association to an executable, so you really can't<BR>change it.<BR></P>
<P>Response: So how do people usually add icons to Metacard applications? Is it easy? What and where is the registry?</P>
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<P>> 4. Do you ever notice that unlocked files on the CD turn to locked<BR>files even <BR>> after you drag them to the hard disk? (I know there is a Shell()<BR>command, <BR>> but it doesn't work on Windows ME. I just cannot find a workaround. <BR><BR>The shell command with 'attrib -r' does work in ME; perhaps you have a<BR>file path with spaces in it? For example, I have a file on the "C:"<BR>drive called "test.txt". When I do this;<BR><BR>on mouseUp<BR>set the hideConsolewindows to true<BR>get shell("attrib -r c:\test.txt")<BR>end mouseUp<BR><BR>It works to change the read only flag. However, if I move it to the "My<BR>Documents" folder, you have to use quotes around the filename because it<BR>includes spaces:<BR><BR>on mouseUp<BR>set the hideConsolewindows to true<BR>get shell("attrib -r " & quote & "c:\My Documents\test.txt" & quote)<BR>end mouseUp<BR><BR>Response: I tested both versions of the commands seperately on a Windows ME machine. The app crashed both times. I had to take out the command completely. It was difficult, because it was my last and best option for solving this problem. (Richard G recommended adding an installer program to avoid the problem, but my publisher nixed the idea as being to time consuming to beta test.)</P>
<P>Thanks again. Max</P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>