Revolution Preferences

[Gregory Lypny]

Thank you, Ken.  Another excellent suggestion; I never knew  
templateField existed!  This discussion list rocks.

	Gregory

On 16-Jan-06, at 10:36 AM, Ken Ray responded:

> On 1/15/06 10:52 AM, "Gregory Lypny" <gregory.lypny at videotron.ca>  
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I was wonder whether there is a way to set default properties for
>> object in Revolution.  I notice in Revolution's Preference window
>> that default object sizes can be set.  It would be nice to be able to
>> set default field properties such as font and text size.  Would that
>> somehow be done through custom properties?
>
> In addition to Eric's excellent comments, you can also set "the
> templateField" with properties prior to creating fields. All  
> objects have a
> template, so you can set the template ahead of time and then from  
> that point
> forward (until you change it or quit Rev) any objects you create  
> will have
> those properties.
>
> So you could say:
>
>   set the textFont of the templateField to "Comic Sans"
>   set the textSize of the templateField to "14
>   create field
>
> Anyway, lookup the template___ entries in the Transcript Dictionary  
> for more
> info.
>
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com