DOT Files

[Blade]

Can you try 1.0.28 and see if you can cause it again

[sparkman]

Hi Bob,

The duplication issue is now gone. The only issue remaining is that it still disables on the initial save, even though the enabled checkbox is checked. Thanks for the quick response!

Cheers
Al

[Blade]

Try 1.0.30 and let me know if you can cause it happen

[sparkman]

Hi Bob,

Same issue. See screen shots below.

Thanks
Al

[sparkman]

Hi Bob,

Is there a reason why there's a minimum size of 10 pixels width in the DOT Editor? I want to create a few that are smaller (5-7 pixels) and see that your music note is 9 pixels wide, but in the editor drop down, 10 is the smallest width you can select.

Thanks
Al

[Blade]

What did you do to get it to go to disabled?
I am trying to save it is staying enabled.

Let me know the steps to reproduce it

[sparkman]

Hi Bob,

All I did was draw the line and then click on Add. No idea why it's going to disabled.

Thanks
Al

[Blade]

Try the newest build in the updater

[sparkman]

Hi Bob, works great now, and thanks for reducing the min. width as well!

Cheers
Al

[huggy_d1]

I have tried displaying a DOT image produced by the plugin by adding in the proper lines to a VB.net script.

Does someone have a sample VB.net script and some configuration and event screen shots they would share so I can get my image(s) to display.

If there were a plug-in option to do it from the event page without resorting to scripting, it would be so much better.

What I'm trying to do is get some animation by building DOT files that grow in pixel sizes to make things move. Is there a better way to animate stuff?

Trying to get a 'runner' to look like they are running across the betabrite.

[sparkman]

Hi huggy,

This is what I use for code:

Dim curSequence As String = hs.PluginFunction("BLLED", "", "GetSequence", new Object(){1})
Dim DOTPath = hs.GetAppPAth & "\Data\BLLED\DOT\" 'path to DOT files

DOT = DOTPath & "Test.bmp"
hs.PluginFunction("BLLED", "", "SetPicture", New Object(){1, "A", DOT}) 'set picture in DOT id A
If InStr(curSequence,"D") = 0 Then hs.PluginFunction("BLLED", "", "SetSequence", new Object(){1,curSequence & "D"})

The screen shot below is my message label for "D". I haven't played with animations yet, so can't help on that front.

Cheers
Al

[huggy_d1]

Sparkman,
I tried what you posted but apparently I did something wrong. I either lock up my 8K BetaBrite, or it skips over that message, or displays a blank message when the dot image should be visible.

I contacted Blade for some help and he made a new version that helps with event driven image display. However, even that did not work for me - yet at least.

I must be missing something in the BB configuration that keeps the message from displaying the DOT file.

[sparkman]

What I found is that I need to manually add the picture first using the BLLED plugin pages and then restarting the sign so that the memory gets allocated properly first. If I set messages, strings or DOTs using a script initially, then I have the same issue. If I set them using the web-pages first and then modify them using scripts, then it works fine. Hope that works for you.

Cheers
Al

[huggy_d1]

I'm trying to wrap my head around what you just wrote. Are you saying I add the image, then soft reset the sign. Then if the page sequence is set properly the callpic will work?

[sparkman]

Yes, basically. If that doesn't work, stand on one leg and try again