Deep-mask feature revisited and snapshots

[MisterX]

if you try the normal shift-printscreenKey command in windows
you will be able to paste the image...

no camera needed! ;)

cheers
Xavier

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> Wilhelm Sanke
> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 22:56
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Deep-mask feature revisited and snapshots
> 
> When looking through one of my tutorial stacks using Rev 
> 2.6.5 (BN 108) I observed - when the windowshape property is 
> used and the deep-mask feature is set because of an 
> transparent image -
> 
> a) a slowing down of script execution if surface properties 
> of objects are involved, like changing the color or label
> 
> b) that it is impossible to take a snapshot of or from part 
> of a deep-masked stack, neither within Rev or the Metacard 
> IDE nor with an external graphics program like "Paintshop Pro"
> 
> A. Slowing down
> 
> The time needed to change backgroundcolors of four buttons 
> (width of button = 234;height of button = 48) without deep 
> mask is 4 milliseconds on my main computer (Windows XP, 2 GHz).
> I mention the size of the buttons because the larger the 
> objects are the more time is needed to "refresh" the objects 
> in deep-mask mode.
> Changing the labels of the four buttons takes only 1 milliseconds.
> 
> When deep mask is set the time needed increases to 190 
> milliseconds on the average for both the backcolors and the 
> labels, which results in an awkward sequential and noticeable 
> change. If "lock screen" is used script execution is still 
> about 20 times slower than without set deep mask.
> 
> B. Snapshots
> 
> One of the many differences between the Metacard and Rev IDE 
> is that in Rev all open stacks immediately disappear when you 
> choose "Import as Control" and "Snapshot". This is not that 
> way in the Metacard IDE where it is possible to take a 
> snapshot of a stack window - or part of a stack window - you 
> intend to present on your website or attach to an email. Of 
> course you can script a snapshot of a stack, this possibility 
> remains in Rev.
> 
> But if you try to take a snapshot of a stack even in the MC 
> IDE where the stacks remain visible, if you select the whole 
> or part of a visible deep-mask stack, all you get is the 
> screen background behind it.
> 
> Using an external tool like "Paintshop Pro" fails likewise, a 
> deep-mask stack seems to possess its own degree of visibility 
> that eludes the possibilities of taking snapshots, scripted 
> or via menu commands or using external tools.
> 
> The only way that remains for a deep-mask stack is to get out 
> your digital camera and take a real "screenshot" from the outside.--
> 
> I came across these problems, because a couple of weeks ago - 
> while I was sitting in the computer lab of Florida 
> International University - I had received a message from 
> Richmond Mathewson (now in Bulgaria) concerning multiple 
> choice formats. After having come home recently and after 
> necessary re-organising and resettling after a longer stay 
> abroad, I finally managed to take a second look at my 
> Multiple Choice Tutorial (which is available for inspection 
> on my website).
> I will address the issue of multiple-choice formats in one of 
> my next posts.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Wilhelm Sanke
> <http://www.sanke.org/MetaMedia>
> 
> 
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