"Message" feature in DesktopX 1.96 doesnt' work????
Sunday, June 8, 2003 by Jincuteguy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
How come the "Message" feature in DesktopX 1.96 doesn't work???
I created an object to send a message to "show" another object, but it doesn't work? is this a bug????
I created an object to send a message to "show" another object, but it doesn't work? is this a bug????
werewolf
Reply #3 Monday, June 9, 2003 10:09 AM
Reply #3 Monday, June 9, 2003 10:09 AM
I've been able to send messages to another object to activate the various mouse over states of the other object and it works. I cannot get the messages to 'show' or 'hide' the other object.
Jincuteguy
Reply #4 Monday, June 9, 2003 10:28 AM
Reply #4 Monday, June 9, 2003 10:28 AM
So the Show and HIde don't work? By the way, what version you're using?
werewolf
Reply #5 Monday, June 9, 2003 10:30 AM
Reply #5 Monday, June 9, 2003 10:30 AM
whatever the latest and greatest is..umm let me check...
the 'about' says 1.96[b].003
the 'about' says 1.96[b].003
DaWebMassa
Reply #6 Monday, June 9, 2003 10:41 AM
Reply #6 Monday, June 9, 2003 10:41 AM
Message feature works fine. I think you are confused about how it works though. The Show and Hide are not commands. Meaning by sending the "Hide" message it does not tell that object to hide. It only tells that object to use the appearance attributes of the hidden state.
To litterally hide something you have to make it a pop-up and use an object to control the pop-up status.
Someone can correct me if I am wrong.
To litterally hide something you have to make it a pop-up and use an object to control the pop-up status.
Someone can correct me if I am wrong.
Jincuteguy
Reply #8 Monday, June 9, 2003 11:48 AM
Reply #8 Monday, June 9, 2003 11:48 AM
How did you get 1.96b version? I only got 1.96 version. I check to update but only see 1.96.
Jincuteguy
Reply #9 Monday, June 9, 2003 11:49 AM
Reply #9 Monday, June 9, 2003 11:49 AM
and by the way, it would be nice if they make the "Show" and "Hide" state can be used in Message.
werewolf
Reply #10 Monday, June 9, 2003 11:52 AM
Reply #10 Monday, June 9, 2003 11:52 AM
On SDC, with 'show pre-releases' checked it's there.
DaWebMassa
Reply #11 Monday, June 9, 2003 11:52 AM
Reply #11 Monday, June 9, 2003 11:52 AM
Let me correct something.. You CAN hide an object with the Hide state. However, you would have to create a totally transparent image of the same size. Make that image the active one under the Hide state and that would work. HOWEVER, just because you can't see it doesn't mean it is not there. Anything lying under it would not be accessible because when you clicked in that area, you would be clicking on your hidden object.
To truly hide something you need to make it a pop-up.
To truly hide something you need to make it a pop-up.
Jincuteguy
Reply #12 Monday, June 9, 2003 12:46 PM
Reply #12 Monday, June 9, 2003 12:46 PM
Nevermind I just found out a way how to mimic the "show" and "hide" message lol. First you set the object that receive the message "mouse away" transparent to 0%, then "mouse over" transparent to 100% or None. Then set its Activation to None. Then create another object that sends the "mouse over" and "mouse hide" states to the receiver object. There you go , now whenever you move your mouse over the sender object, the receiver object will appear 
Jincuteguy
Reply #13 Monday, June 9, 2003 12:49 PM
Reply #13 Monday, June 9, 2003 12:49 PM
sorry for the typo above, it should be like this
"Then create another object that sends the "mouse over" and "mouse away" states to the receiver object"
"Then create another object that sends the "mouse over" and "mouse away" states to the receiver object"
Jincuteguy
Reply #14 Monday, June 9, 2003 1:53 PM
Reply #14 Monday, June 9, 2003 1:53 PM
By the way Werewolf, Im using Component Manager, how come i dont see the DesktopX 1.96b version????
werewolf
Reply #15 Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:34 AM
Reply #15 Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:34 AM
Component manager is being replaced with Stardock Central (SDC). It is entirely possible that new betas for all the apps are only being updated to SDC. You should give SDC a shot, it's a great app.
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Reply #1 Sunday, June 8, 2003 7:54 PM