<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>At 7:19 PM -0800 2/28/2002, JohnRule@aol.com wrote:<BR>
>>If I then transfer this stack to a Macintosh, the buttons<BR>
>>represent the pattern as if the pattern were the size of<BR>
>>the stack (or screen). In other words, the pattern is<BR>
>>reflected differently in every button on the Mac (the<BR>
>>pattern is not redrawn at a 0,0, coordinate for each button).<BR>
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>Do you see this same result if you set the pattern property on the Mac (in<BR>
>other words, not transferring the stack)? Or is it only when transferring<BR>
>stacks that have had their pattern set on Windows?<BR>
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Revolution Rev 1.1.1 B1<BR>
Windows 98SE<BR>
Mac OS 8.6, 9.1<BR>
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Try this:<BR>
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Create a pattern on a Windows machine (mine are 80 x 80 cells created in PhotoImpact), or any image file that would fit in a typical button will do.<BR>
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Create a new main stack, and create three new buttons.<BR>
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Import the pattern/image into Revolution.<BR>
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Assign the 'image' as a pattern to the three buttons of the same size, stacked on top of one another.<BR>
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Move the buttons around the screen (in edit mode)...the patterns remain the same.<BR>
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Now save, and export to a Mac.<BR>
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(On the Mac)<BR>
Problem number 1...the images are gone, you have to change the button type to 'Rectangle' or turn the border off for the pattern to show up.<BR>
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Problem number 2...on my computer, I can actually move the buttons around the screen (in edit mode) and the pattern will change...as if the pattern is drawn in the background, and I am just seeing a portion of the pattern. It doesn't do this on my PC.<BR>
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If I assign the pattern as an icon, it draws properly, but I lose the very important capability of having the button name appear in the middle of the button. Of course, I can import button images that have the text embedded into the image, but it increases my application by megabytes, and it is extremely tedious to maintain a database of on/off images for every single button (which could be thousands).<BR>
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>Do you see this same result if you set the pattern property on the Mac (in<BR>
>other words, not transferring the stack)? <BR>
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It makes no difference if I create this from scratch on the Macintosh...it exhibits this behavior no matter what I do.<BR>
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<U>Please</U> see if you can fix this...<BR>
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Thank You,<BR>
JR<BR>
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