setting the loc of a cloned window

Monte Goulding monte at sweattechnologies.com
Fri May 2 03:40:02 EDT 2003


What version of the engine does 2.0 B2 use because I know Raney fixed
something to do with window positions in a late beta.

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> [mailto:use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Sarah
> Sent: Friday, 2 May 2003 4:43 PM
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> Subject: Re: setting the loc of a cloned window
>
>
> Hi Monte,
>
> I have 2 stacks: Main & Sub
> rect of Main: 100,109,709,200	loc: 404,154
> rect of Sub:  99,222,430,430	loc: 264,326
>
> With Main as the top stack, I type in the message box: clone stack "Sub"
> loc of stack "Copy of Sub:	436,187
>
> Close the clone, make Sub the top stacks and try again:
> loc of stack "Copy of Sub:	296,358
>
> In each case the loc is 32 down & right of the starting stack. They
> seem to be right i.e matching what I see on the screen. It's just odd
> that a clone doesn't copy the position of it's original, becomes
> immediately visible even if the original is hidden and over-rules lock
> screen. This is causing me problems now in 2 different projects.
>
> I'm using Mac OS X 10.2.5 and Rev 2.0 B2
>
> Cheers,
> Sarah
>
>
> On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 04:55  pm, Monte Goulding wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Sarah
> >
> > Can you do me a favor and check the loc of the stack after the loc but
> > before the move. I want to see if it's reporting the wrong loc because
> > this
> > could be related to a bug I have discussed with Scott but we never
> > worked
> > out.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Monte
> >>
> >>
> >> No, that doesn't fix it. I still see the clone appearing in a
> >> different
> >> place and then moving. The place it appears varies according to the
> >> size of the original window.
> >>
> >> Sarah
> >>
> >> On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 03:53  pm, Monte Goulding wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Set the loc of the original before the clone then you won't get the
> >>> move.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>>
> >>> Monte
> >>>>
> >>>> Related to the problem of setting the loc of modal dialogs, I have a
> >>>> problem setting the loc of a cloned stack without it appearing in
> >>>> another place first.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have tried locking the screen and making the original invisible
> >>>> but
> >>>> the clone always appears above and to the right of the original
> >>>> before
> >>>> moving to where I tell it to go. Does anyone know how to do this
> >>>> invisibly?
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> Sarah
> >>>> sarahr at genesearch.com.au
> >>>> http://www.troz.net/Rev/
> >>>>
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