Hiliting Buttons

Rob Cozens rcozens at pon.net
Tue Jan 21 11:16:01 EST 2003


>I don't have a solution to your problem, but Chipp has a plugin that 
>can compare the properties of 2 objects, so it might reveal what is 
>going on. Here is the address: 
>http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/RunRev/Plugins.htm

Sarah, Chipp, et al:

I went right to the URL and downloaded the stack.  Now I have 
revPropList.rev.sit sitting on my desktop; but I can't open it 
because my versions of Stuffit Deluxe & Stuffit expander don't 
recognize this version of Stuffit.

Not to reflect on you, Chipp, but one of my pet peeves is Stuffit's 
"strategy" of releasing each new version in a format that cannot be 
recognized by other versions.  Some time ago I gave up on trying to 
keep every possible version of Stuffit on a disk somewhere, and 
instead I started twisting the arms of those who regularly send me 
compressed documents to buy a version of Stuffit that creates 
self-expanding archives.

Set up a .sit file for downloading, and it is likely some people who 
download it won't be able to open it without downloading a new 
version of Stuffit Expander; set up a .sea (Mac, & macbinary it to 
preserve creator & file type) or .exe (Win) file for downloading, and 
anyone who gets the file can expand it regardless of what other 
software is or is not present on their omputer.

(Please don't tell me the Windows community is so virus-shy people 
are afraid to download .exe files.  IMFO, finding a .exe attached to 
an eMail from a stranger is totally different from downloading a .exe 
from a long-standing website.)
-- 

Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company
http://www.oenolog.com/who.htm

"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)



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