going nuts again

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, MisterX  wrote:

> not long ago, actually centuries ago (naturally, i couldn't find it
> anymore despite being sure i entered it - and i doubt it is easily
> replicatable - and i dont have time to rebugzilla it), i posted a problem
> with some images not refreshing correctly irrespective of where the image
> was.
> 
> In this case, im using buttons as patterned objects. And since groups can't
> be set opaque reliably either on WinXP compared to W2K, again a button for
> bg pattern. hummmm...

This is amusing, I never even knew you could set a background to be opaque.
The behavior seems a bit unusual though (here on OSX) in that even though it
looks opaque, it doesn't catch mouse clicks.


> First observation is that changing a backpattern doesn't always refresh -
> sometimes it's just black (try to flip the pattern image horizontally and
> see that happens to your buttons' patterns after).
> 
> Since these are all cloned objects, often is the case that one or the other
> button patterns start to act up on their own despite their properties. Some
> display a black 2 pixel border (no border is show though), others don't even
> show their patterns or only do so when clicked! In another case, each time i
> display this window with patterns, a patterns shows or doesn't...

Isn't it still that case that images used as repeating patterns must be
multiples of specific sizes?  "To be used on Windows and Unix systems,
height and width must be divisible by 8." Could this be the problem, that
you're using images of incorrect dimensions?

The only artifact I've noticed recently is that scaling an image vertically
with transparency on its right side will produce a single black pixel line
on the outside edge.


> All images are buffered naturally... Sometime a simple click on the button
> will restore the image! WTF?
> 
> This is a time waste each time it happens. You just can't fix anything on
> these buttons. Happens mostly on buttons but on menus too. So you have to
> redo one from scratch!
> 
> Any ideas or fixes?

Have the images been created in Rev?  If not, did you try using the "cursor
fix" technique of clicking on them with one of the paint tools to convert to
"native" Rev format?

Maybe trying another object?  Does the object in the group need to be a
button?  How about a graphic?


Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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