File/Picture Chooser Widgets available for Windows XP

[Ken Ray]

On 1/17/06 11:41 AM, "Bob Warren" <robertum at brturbo.com> wrote:

> Dear Ken,
> 
> Thanks very much indeed for the quick feedback. My hair began to stand
> on end at the bugs you seem to have found until I read the following:
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> Ken Ray wrote:
>> For troubleshooting, I'm running WinXP Pro, SP2, and the path to the
>> folder I downloaded and executed stuff from is:
> 
>> c:\Documents and >Desttings\Ken\Desktop\RunRev_Chooser_Widgets_DEMO_PACK_2
> 
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> I suspect that you might not have read "__readme.txt".

Actually, I did, but...

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> The point is that the EXE files can be run from any folder, accompanied
> by their respective INI's. But if you run the DEMO stack, the default
> folder becomes that of Revolution itself, and the demo stack expects to
> find the widget EXEs in the same folder (i.e. that of Revolution).
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> Did you follow the instructions? If not, please try it. If so, please
> let me know as soon as you can so that I can look into the problems
> involved (somehow). Here, I am using WinXP Pro, SP1, and the widgets
> work perfectly in all respects.

Actually I was not running the Rev file, but only the EXEs, which should
work from any folder (as you identified). So unfortunately the bugs still
stand. :-(

> 
>> 5) I really think it would be great to add a "resizable" option to
> the INI
>> files, which would start at the predefined width/height, and allow
> the user
>> at runtime to resize it if they wanted to.
> 
> This is already in the pipeline for #2.
> Although the overall size of the widget can be changed through the INI
> file, the proportion of the widths of the left (folders) pane and the
> right (files) pane is fixed at 2/3:1/3. This may be more or less correct
> generically, but of course the convenience of this proportion depends
> heavily on the lengths of the user's folder names and file names!
> 
> Another way of handling it would be to maintain the fixing of the
> overall window size in the INI file, but to allow the operator to drag
> the division between the left and right panes (e.g. as in the CHM-style
> RR Help).
> 
> Or perhaps both would be better: allow the operator to re-size the
> window AND drag the division between the L-R panes.

Agreed.

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>> 6) I'd suggest making the INI files follow the real INI format
>> (param=value), that way it eliminates potential issues with people
> wanting
>> to change one param on line 5, but accidentally changing one on line
> 6. If
>> you do that, you can use "split" to easily get the data into a readable
>> form.
> 
> I thought of doing it that way, but then decided against it. But I'm not
> being dogmatic about it. If you don't mind, I think I'll hang fire on
> that one for the moment until you get the existing version working and I
> see what the opinion of other users is. OK?

Fine by me...

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> I have not received any Use_Revolution lists for over a day now, so I am
> not sure what feedback has/has not been published. I presume that you
> wrote to me off-list?

Yes.

> I am sure you will not mind if I post this reply
> to the List. Apart from stressing the importance of reading the README
> file, I think the points you have raised would be of general interest. OK?

Sure! 
 
> Once again, many thanks for your useful feedback (as always).

No problem...


Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com