Tom, Great call! I'll check it out. Dtill on the road, so it will take a couple ofdays. Thanks, Bill
William Prothero http://ed.earthednet.org > On Jul 31, 2015, at 3:35 PM, Paul Hibbert <p...@livecode.org> wrote: > > Bill, > > I’ve just read the following explanation from RG relating to another snapshot > problem and wondered if it also relates to your student’s problems… > >> >> The "from" option renders the object into a new buffer set up just for the >> snapshot, while the older "of" syntax grabs the object's rect from the >> composite screen buffer. >> >> LiveCode renders only the content region of a window but the window itself >> is rendered by the OS, so it has no choice but to obtain that image from the >> screen buffer. >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World Systems >> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web >> ____________________________________________________________________ >> ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > When I first read your post I wondered if the problem could be due to low > grade or incompatible video cards in the affected machines, if that’s the > case then the above explanation would make sense, to me at least. > > So, the question is, does your "export snapshot" script use the “from” or > “of” option? > > If it’s the “of” option then switching to the “from” option may fix the > problem your students are seeing. > > Just a thought. > > Paul > > >> On Jul 16, 2015, at 14:07, William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> wrote: >> >> Folks: >> I have an application that is being used by a class of Earth Science >> students and get failure reports from two who use Windows 8. One lives in >> Australia and one lives in Japan. The app works fine on Macintosh. I’ve also >> tested it on my own installation of both Windows 8.1 and 7, 32 bit and 64 >> bit versions. I can’t get the reported pixellation of the map and screen. >> >> I’m wondering if it is something related to foreign installations. The >> symptom is extreme pixellation of images captured with the "export snapshot” >> command. I live in the US. >> >> So, I wonder if somebody with Windows 8 would be willing to download the app >> and try it, and perhaps give me an idea of what might be going on. If it’s a >> bug in “snapshot”, it would be important to be reported and fixed. >> Otherwise, I’m pretty stuck on figuring out what is going on. >> >> Here are links: >> Windows zip file of the app: >> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/lsn087vrhstxvg4/PT_Explorer-Windows.zip?dl=0> >> Pixellated Image sent by a student >> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/m2frv9i0dg7mxtp/Explorer%20in%20Windows%208.1.pdf?dl=0> >> >> Thanks for any help or feedback you can give me. >> >> Regards, >> Bill >> >> >> William A. Prothero >> http://es.earthednet.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > Regards, > > Paul Hibbert > p...@livecode.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
