Thanks for the info, folks. Frankly, the field method seems better to me. I’ll
use the “on mouse move x,y” method. I’ve already got it implemented, except
that I was putting all of the action inside a repeat while loop, which was
causing recursion limit problems occasionally. But, since the mous
dunbarx wrote
> [snip]
> A field that tracks the mouseLoc is really much nicer,
> since many "mouseMove" messages are sent in a
> short time while the cursor is on the march.
> Can you do that?
> make it appear and disappear,
> and track?
> The toolTip handles that automatically,
> but is no
can be used (unless there is some
other relationship between the mouseLoc and your desired text) to great
advantage. Do you see how to do this?
Craig
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From: William Prothero
To: Use-livecode Use-livecode
Sent: Wed, Nov 19, 2014 2:19 pm
Subject: Re: Whats the prope
On 11/19/2014, 1:18 PM, William Prothero wrote:
Ok, let me see if I’ve got it.
on mouseMove
put myText into toolTip —?? i.e. how do I get text that depends on the
mouseLoc, into the tooltip contents?
set the tooltip of me to the mouseLoc
end mouseMove
The mousemove message in
t it and go...
>
>
> Craig
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Earthednet-wp
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Sent: Wed, Nov 19, 2014 10:44 am
> Subject: Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?
>
>
> Craig,
> Thanks for that! No, I didn't know I
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Sent: Wed, Nov 19, 2014 10:44 am
Subject: Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?
Craig,
Thanks for that! No, I didn't know I could use the tooltip for that. So I could
do something like:
"Set the text of the tooltip of
Edit the tooltip
> On Nov 18, 2014, at 15:00 , William Prothero wrote:
>
> Folks:
> I have a help field that I want to pop up and follow the mouse when it’s
> within a specific rect. What I’m doing is showing the x,y values in a data
> plot region. So, I do something like:
Craig wrote:
> on mouseMove
> set the tooltip of me to the mouseLoc
> end mouseMove
> Try this in your rect. You will want
> to make sure to knock off the toolTipDelay.
Really clever! :-)
In Linux, the tooltip get stuck in
one place and does not follow
the pointer within the graphic rect.
ct. You will want to make sure to knock off the
> toolTipDelay.
>
>
> Craig
>
>
>
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> Subject: Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?
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>
-Original Message-
From: Earthednet-wp
To: How to use LiveCode
Sent: Wed, Nov 19, 2014 1:04 am
Subject: Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?
Yeah, I use the tool tips a lot. But the field I need displays the x,y values
under a data plot, as the user moves the mouse within the plot axes
1 pm
> Subject: Whats the proper way to show a help field?
>
>
> Folks:
> I have a help field that I want to pop up and follow the mouse when it’s
> within
> a specific rect. What I’m doing is showing the x,y values in a data plot
> region.
> So, I do something
Have you ever used a toolTip? They follow like a loyal dog.
Craig Newman
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From: William Prothero
To: Use-livecode Use-livecode
Sent: Tue, Nov 18, 2014 6:01 pm
Subject: Whats the proper way to show a help field?
Folks:
I have a help field that I want to pop up and
Al,
Ahah! Didn't know there was a mouse move message.
Thanks!
Bill
> On Nov 18, 2014, at 5:58 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote:
>
> Hi William,
>
> Still not well from Cold, but here is
> a very simple method:
>
> Create a small field named "cursorpos"
>
> Create an opaque rectangle graphic
> and p
Hi William,
Still not well from Cold, but here is
a very simple method:
Create a small field named "cursorpos"
Create an opaque rectangle graphic
and put this script in the graphic:
on mousemove x,y
set the layer of fld cursorpos to the layer of me + 1
put x,y into fld cursorpos
set th
Folks:
I have a help field that I want to pop up and follow the mouse when it’s within
a specific rect. What I’m doing is showing the x,y values in a data plot
region. So, I do something like:
on mouseEnter
doTheDisplay
end mouseEnter
on doTheDisplay
repeat while the mouseLoc is within
Hi Klaus,
Tried that and still no luck. When I look at the url it starts with
"file:///" (3 slashes). Is that OK?
I'm not sure what's going on here. I'm using the revBrowser sample stack
provided by runrev and it won;t access any web sites, never mind pdf files.
For instance, I tried www.googl
Hi Pete,
Am 24.03.2012 um 01:36 schrieb Pete:
> Hi Klaus,
> Haven't used revBrowser before but I got the example from runrev's web site
> at
> http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4071/l/15963-how-do-i-display-a-pdf-in-rev
>
> However, nothing displays in the browser image no matter what pdf fi
Hi Klaus,
Haven't used revBrowser before but I got the example from runrev's web site
at
http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4071/l/15963-how-do-i-display-a-pdf-in-rev
However, nothing displays in the browser image no matter what pdf file I
select. Also tried it with a straightforward http:// u
http://www.ehow.com/how_5946398_create-training-manual-word.html
On Mar 23, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Pete wrote:
> Folks,
> Still playing around with different formats for this.
>
> One possible format is the one used by the Datagrid reference manual. It's
> a pdf file including a navigation pane on t
Folks,
Still playing around with different formats for this.
One possible format is the one used by the Datagrid reference manual. It's
a pdf file including a navigation pane on the left with
expandable/collapsible entries; clicking on an entry goes directly to the
associated page. Pretty sure t
Thanks Colin and Phil for the ScreenSteps recommendation. I'll definitely
take a look.
Pete
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Colin Holgate wrote:
> You should look at ScreenSteps:
>
> http://www.bluemangolearning.com/screensteps/
>
> In addition to being a very good way to prepare documentation
There was a video I watched recently about using screen steps in exactly this
way. Users would request help, and the response would be a either a new or
existing article on how to do what the user needed to do. In this way, the help
system was a "living document" to quote an oft misused phrase.
You should look at ScreenSteps:
http://www.bluemangolearning.com/screensteps/
In addition to being a very good way to prepare documentation, the tool was
created with LiveCode.
It can export to Word, PDF, and HTML. With PDF you can use a LiveCode player
object and set the filename of the playe
Hi Pete,
I use a "squeaky wheel" approach to user docs. Instead of creating volumes of
info that only I will read, I use ScreenSteps to create very visual "how to" web
pages on issues where users ask questions. The apps I build for my clients all
use the same "Help Topics" plugin that appears
Thanks Richard, that sounds like a possibility.
I'm using iPages to create the help text but I think it is capable of
saving a file in Word format although not sure how good a job it does. I
guess I'll give it a whirl with WordLib (hopefully there's a trial
available) and see what happens.
I'm n
Check out Blue Mango's Screensteps.
Bob
On Mar 23, 2012, at 11:17 AM, Pete wrote:
> I'm trying to decide how to supply the help text for an application and
> wondering what tools people are using to creat help files.
>
> I'm finding that it is much easier to use a word processor to write the
Pete wrote:
I'm trying to decide how to supply the help text for an application and
wondering what tools people are using to creat help files.
I'm finding that it is much easier to use a word processor to write the
help text and graphics than trying to do it within the confines of LC text
fields
Hi Pete,
Am 23.03.2012 um 19:17 schrieb Pete:
> I'm trying to decide how to supply the help text for an application and
> wondering what tools people are using to creat help files.
>
> I'm finding that it is much easier to use a word processor to write the
> help text and graphics than trying to
I'm trying to decide how to supply the help text for an application and
wondering what tools people are using to creat help files.
I'm finding that it is much easier to use a word processor to write the
help text and graphics than trying to do it within the confines of LC text
fields. I can't lea
Messaggio originale
Da: davidoco...@gmail.com
Data: 15-gen-2011 17.42
A: "How to use LiveCode"
Ogg: Re: Re: a help ..
Hello,
I have uploaded a *very plain* sample stack that has little more than
A mountain of thanks DAVID
your is a great help for a beginner mario
a menu
5, 2011 at 8:37 AM, bacches...@tin.it wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Messaggio originale
> Da: jac...@hyperactivesw.com
> Data: 14-gen-2011 21.00
> A: "How to use LiveCode"
> Ogg: Re: a help ..
>
> On 1/14/11 11:38 AM, bacches...@tin.it wrote:
>> i am at
Messaggio originale
Da: jac...@hyperactivesw.com
Data: 14-gen-2011 21.00
A: "How to use LiveCode"
Ogg: Re: a help ..
On 1/14/11 11:38 AM, bacches...@tin.it wrote:
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On 1/14/11 11:38 AM, bacches...@tin.it wrote:
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