More font woes :(

[Judy Perry]

Thank you, Mark!

Will Try :-D

(oddly enough, the *field* is marked as visible...)

Judy

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Mark Waddingham wrote:

> Hi Judy,
>
> Just took a quick look at your stack - the issue you are having with the
> missing text is that the group 'contents' that contains the fields
> 'Content' and 'Topic' is invisible - setting the visible property to true
> should make the text appear.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Mark.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>   Mark Waddingahm ~ 36degrees @ runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/
>        Runtime Revolution ~ User-Centric Development Tools
>
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Judy Perry wrote:
>
> > Okay... (deep breath):
> >
> > Not only do my fonts go FUBAR half-way through my stack (as witnessed by
> > folks participating in the RevChat yesterday), BUT...
> >
> > Some fields do not show up AT ALL.  (I had thought that maybe the kiddies
> > had somehow selected them and hit the delete button when I wasn't looking,
> > but no, this is not the case).
> >
> > Previously working script:
> >
> > on preOpenCard
> >   hide image "ChemProjectSm2.jpg"
> >   hide image "ChemProjectSm3.jpg"
> >   hide image "ChemProjectSm4.jpg"
> >
> >   put "Revolution cards can contain..." && return into fld "Content"
> > end preOpenCard
> > on openCard
> >   wait 1 secs
> >   put return && return && "   Text " && return after the last line of fld
> > "Content"
> >   wait 1 sec
> >   show image "ChemProjectSm2.jpg"
> >   wait 1 secs
> >   put "    Images " && return after the last line of fld "Content"
> >   wait 1 sec
> >   show image "ChemProjectSm3.jpg"
> >   wait 1 secs
> >
> >   put "    Buttons" after the last line of fld "Content"
> > wait 1 sec
> > show image "ChemProjectSm4.jpg"
> > wait 2 secs
> >
> > end openCard
> >
> > So, you see that what I'm trying to do is, on a timed basis, put lines of
> > text into a field named "Content".
> >
> > I see nothing.  I get no error messages.
> >
> > I check the application browser; sure enough, the field exists.
> > Double-clicking it from there I can access contents.  And, sure enough, in
> > the contents view, I SEE MY TEXT.  But I don't see it on screen.
> >
> > If I ask Rev to return the contents of the field using an answer command
> > in the message box, I get my contents.  BUT NOT ONSCREEN.  (reaching for
> > inhaler...)
> >
> > Why, in the name of anyone's favorite deity, is this happening?  I cannot
> > see/select the field, but the app browser reports that it's there...
> >
> > (for anybody still with me, it's card 13 of Revtour.rev.zip found at:
> > http://ecs.fullerton.edu/~jperryl/RevTour.rev.zip).
> >
> > Aaarrgggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
> >
> > (feeling like Bloat in Finding Nemo...)
> >
> > Judy
> >
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