Ken Cox Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 you gave the clues thksken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Beckham Posted July 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Blimey, I am almost sorry I asked the original question, my life could end before we even get close to the end of the thread.So lets put this another way. Can anyone explain to me what the Project Options > Messages tab is any good for or how it works?The answer appears to be NO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xahu34 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 ...Can anyone explain to me what the Project Options > Messages tab is any good for or how it works?You may look above, at Peter's post No. 10.Best regards,Xaver Munich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Beckham Posted July 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 XaverNo, you all seem to be missing my point. I appreciate what Peter is trying to do, but I know all that. I know exactly what the startup option does and how it works. It wasn't that I was referring to anyway. (shown below)Have a look at the other screen grab, what do the options in the messages tab actually do. I can change them and they seem to remain in place, but say you place a set of values in the startup section in the messages section. What does it do apart from sit in the messages tab.Nothing, unless I am missing something. It doesn't show in the place I expected it to in my first screen grab. The project options in my view should be the essential instructions to make our slide shows work. That messages tab does nothing towards that and should be moved to another place or deleted altogether if it serves no purpose. All it does is add more to the project options that confuse newer users of the software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 I refreshed my memory and was going to add a couple screenshots and yes Barry is right -- if you make changes to the comments tab slots, they do not change in the start up screenas a side point if you use a picture for background you do not see any of the data you may have typed in via main/customize startup windowyou just have 3 buttons at the bottomadded the screenshotsken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xahu34 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Does this example help?Best regards,XaverMunich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Beckham Posted July 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Are you saying that you put that data into the Project Options Messages Tab and it transferred automatically to the the Project Options main tab (customise startup window) 32 posts and I know nothing more than I did at post 1, I think that says rather a lot about the messages tab. well, well, well. It works with the password query Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xahu34 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Example: In the message tab I entered "Verfasser" into the author field (just a translation into German). The word "Verfasser" now replaces the word "Author" in the first line of the Startup Window (left part). The name of the Author (now called: Verfasser) in the "Startup Window", here "Xaver Huber" (my pseudonym) has been entered in the "Customize Startup Window".Best regards,XaverMunich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Beckham Posted July 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 XaverWell, it doesn't do that for me and I don't think it does it for Ken either, which makes the Messages Tab in need of attention.I still believe it has no place in the project options, it should be on the top menus tucked away for when we may need it. It would be of value of we could set the options and save them as our own defaults so they appear for every show we make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Barry,I think I see what Xaver is saying.If you alter, for instance, "AUTHOR" in "MESSAGES" to BARRY BECKHAM it will change the Author title in the start up screen to Barry Beckham.The CONTENT of the box remains untouched - blank until you put something (in "Customise Start up window").Also I think the changes only occur when the show is previewed.So if you put Barry Beckham in place of Author in Messages and write "is going to Australia" in the Customise etc Author box it will read (on preview):Barry Beckham - is going to Australia.DaveG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xahu34 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 ...I think I see what Xaver is saying...Thank you Dave!An easy way to see it is to download and open my example project and to start the preview (or generate an exe-file).Best regards,Xavermunich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 I have been looking at the wrong place all along -- have been looking at the blank spacesglad you cleared it up DaveWhen i used to use it i never changed what Xaver is changing -- as i said earlier i used to include version of program or test # etc in the blanksya learn sumthin' new every day ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Hi Xaver,I will be in Innsbruck soon - not too far away?I will look for you!Ken,I must admit that it was not easy to spot, until Xaver pointed it out.Bookmark it!!DaveG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xahu34 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 ...I will be in Innsbruck soon - not too far away? I will look for you! ...I shall use a magic hood! Have a nice time in Tirol. Xaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 A Harry Potter cloak?How's the weather?DaveG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Here's a nice use for the Start Up menuDaveG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Beckham Posted July 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 GaveGOK got it, but what a daft way of working. What possible use is that if you cannot then use the headings and they only show in a preview. They have to show in the customised startup window of the main tab, or what's the point.I thank you guys for all your help and wonder how many hours research it all adds up to ??????????????????????My point again, if something in the software taxes the experts as much as this has, it needs fixing or dumping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Agreed Barry - changes made in the MESSAGES dialogue should immediately show in the Customise dialogue.I wonder if this is the BUG?DaveG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xahu34 Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 ...I wonder if this is the BUG....Hi Dave,I do not think that there is a bug. The headlines in the two configuration windows (Messages tab and Customize Startup Window) just indicate the user which fields (for user input) in the two configuration windows correspond. These headlines are taken from the language files, and they change according to the chosen language. I think that it would be much better to have a configuration table (matrix) in a single window. Best regards,XaverMunich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Agreed - it is confusing, as Barry points out, to have to enter information in the CUSTOMISE dialogue for AUTHOR when in MESSAGES you might have set it to MODE or RESOLUTION or ASPECT RATIO.DaveG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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