Re: Controlling Graphic Effects in Scripts

2011-08-26 Thread Bob Sneidar
Actually try: on mouseUp put the dropshadow of me into aDropShadow put "normal" into aDropShadow["normal"] put "0,0,0" into aDropShadow["color"] put 180 into aDropShadow["opacity"] -- change any other element of the array as you see fit set the dropShadow of me to aDropShadow end

Re: Controlling Graphic Effects in Scripts

2011-08-26 Thread Bob Sneidar
The properties of anything is an array of ALL the properties. You cannot set one property to the whole array of properties! It should read: get the dropshadow of me set the dropshadow of me to empty Bob On Aug 26, 2011, at 7:31 AM, Timothy Bleiler wrote: > Hi, > > This is pretty weird. I was

Re: Controlling Graphic Effects in Scripts

2011-08-26 Thread Timothy Bleiler
Wow I'm tired! The script that doesn't work is supposed to be: on mouseUp get the Properties of me set the Dropshadow of me to EMPTY end mouseUp The other one is obviously wrong. Tim On Aug 26, 2011, at 10:31 AM, Timothy Bleiler wrote: Hi, This is pretty weird. I was having trouble set

Re: Controlling Graphic Effects in Scripts

2011-08-26 Thread Timothy Bleiler
Hi, This is pretty weird. I was having trouble setting the dropShadow to empty. It seemed not to work sometimes. I've isolated the problem to this - Create a button with the dropShadow property set from the property inspector. Put this script into the button on mouseUp get the Prope

Re: Controlling Graphic Effects in Scripts

2011-08-25 Thread Timothy Bleiler
Thanks Scott, There's something strange here. I have now seen cases where Set DropShadow of control x to empty works! It looks like that's what's supposed to happen so I'll look closer at the bad scripts. Tim On Aug 25, 2011, at 7:16 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Hi Tim: "set dropshadow of

Re: Controlling Graphic Effects in Scripts

2011-08-25 Thread Scott Rossi
Hi Tim: "set dropshadow of control x to empty" works here. This sounds goofy but are you sure dropshadow is spelled correctly in your script? On many occasions I find myself misspelling the graphic properties and then, of course, they don't work. Also check that the control number is *really*

Controlling Graphic Effects in Scripts

2011-08-25 Thread Timothy Bleiler
Hi, If I set one of the graphic effect properties like "DropShadow" to an appropriate array within a script how do I turn it back off within a script? Set DropShadow of control x to empty -- does not work Set DropShadow of control x to none -- does not work Thanks, Tim Bleiler _