setting pointer location

[Jan Schenkel]

--- DVGlasgow at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 26/12/02 4:57:55 PM, 
> use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com writes:
> 
> << Hi David,
> 
> 
> I gather you're using a 'scale' control? In that
> case,
> 
> the last tab in its Properties is 'Scrollbar' -- as
> 
> RunRev treats scale objects as a special type of
> 
> scrollbar.
> 
> There you have the 'Start value, 'End value' and
> 
> 'Thumb position' properties.
> 
> 
> Suppose people can rate from 1 to 5, and the default
> 
> should be 3, then set these up as:
> 
>   set the startValue of scrollbar 'Foo' to 1
> 
>   set the endValue of scrollbar 'Foo' to 5
> 
>   set the thumbPosition of scrollbar 'Foo' to 3
> 
> 
> Hope this helped,
> 
> 
> Jan Schenkel. >>
> 
> Thanks Jan, but (for various reasons) I am not using
> a scale control.   I am 
> using 15 buttons arranged edge to edge in a line. 
> The middle button 
> represents 'neutral' (scored zero), and that is
> where I want the pointer to 
> appear, when the image-to-be-rated appears.   Sorry
> I wasn't clearer in the 
> original post.  I wanted something like 'show
> pointer at the loc of button 
> neutral'
> 
> Bill Vlahos'  suggested set the screenMouseLoc to
> globalLoc(the location of 
> button "one") looks the business.  The only question
> remaining is whether  I 
> should have worked it out for myself.
> 
> Thanks again to you both.
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> David Glasgow


Hi David,

Actually when I read Bill's reply, I realised I had
misread your question. At the risk of getting Rob
Cozens on me for interface guideline tiranny ;-) --
though setting the screenMouseLoc is possible, most
users find it quite confusing that the cursor is
suddenly somewhere else.

At any rate, don't feel bad about not finding it
yourself ; when I first saw this property in the docs,
I didn't expect you could 'set' it as well.
Oh, and speaking of the docs: they state it doesn't
work on MacOS X under RunRev 1.1.1

Hope this helped nonetheless,

Jan Schenkel.

=====
"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)

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