going nuts again

[MisterX]

Bad news Scott,

it seems to work at first... I resized all my patterns
to be sized as multiples of 8 and squared for the Square Mac patterns
handler
and the control still misbehaves!!!

grrrrr

;(

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of MisterX
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 18:57
> To: 'How to use Revolution'
> Subject: RE: going nuts again
> 
> 
> Scott, my hero!!!
> 
> Indeed my patterns was 41 pixels in height!!!!
> 
> Darn primitive earth tech! ;)
> Where's the freedom of expression in that i wonder?
> 
> so many patterns, so many that are rev or mac incompatible 
> "by design"!
> pfff - If the web was restricted so... woah...
> 
> Im sure Rev will conquer this problem soon or later but 
> meanwhile, One more error detector to write...
> 
> Thanks again Scott!
> 
> cheers
> Xavier
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com
> > [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Scott 
> > Rossi
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 18:27
> > To: x at monsieurx.com, How to use Revolution
> > Subject: Re: going nuts again
> > 
> > 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
> > -----
> > E: scott at tactilemedia.com
> > W: http://www.tactilemedia.com
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