Tip of the Day Popup?

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 20 Sep 2007 15:33

Well, here's a screenprint of the affected area showing that I don't have any XY icon in the TOTD task:

jacky · Post by **jacky** » 20 Sep 2007 16:31

j_c_hallgren wrote:Well, here's a screenprint of the affected area showing that I don't have any XY icon in the TOTD task:

I still don't believe you, you can easily have modified this picture using Paint, PSP or something like this, or maybe it's not the XY window, who knows!?

Seriously though, could it be linked to the style used maybe, somehow? I do use the "new"/XP style (I like my controls to "react" when hovered)

jacky · Post by **jacky** » 20 Sep 2007 16:42

admin wrote:Unstable??? Not here.

Well, here's another one : it seems not to load my full user tip file, for some reason. And I have a feeling that when it "cuts" within a {:Term} tag it does not help stability.... (could be wrong though)

Here, if I use this as user file:

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<small><i>#footer#</i></small> &nbsp;&nbsp; <font color=red><b>#title#</b></font><br><br>
<div id="tip">Did you know that...? #text#</div>
####
html
user only
###
Stop a Search
You can stop an ongoing search at any time by pressing ESC.
####

Then the source code of the HTML page XY shows as tip is this:

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<small><i>Tip 1 of 1</i></small> &nbsp;&nbsp; <font color=red><b>Stop a Search</b></font><br><br>
<div id="tip">Did you know that...? 
You can stop an ongoing search at any time by press</div>

For some reason, it doesn't read it fully, it seems... What am I doing wrong?

BTW, it seems in the official file the last (tip/)term does not have a closing "#" : did you forget, is the last one optional (seeing how there's an end of data section (####), or should there never be one ?

Post by **admin** » 20 Sep 2007 18:07

jacky wrote:
admin wrote:Unstable??? Not here.
Well, here's another one : it seems not to load my full user tip file, for some reason. ..

Yes, I had that thought in the meantime. Send me your user tip file, please... so i can jump on that bug and kill it.

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 30 Sep 2007 06:34

Suggestion: When one is positioned at tip other than first, and "Shift+A" is used, set the current entry position to tip that was showing instead of going back to top of list.

Post by **admin** » 30 Sep 2007 08:49

j_c_hallgren wrote:Suggestion: When one is positioned at tip other than first, and "Shift+A" is used, set the current entry position to tip that was showing instead of going back to top of list.

Good idea, but not possible (or I don't know how). I feed HTML directly from memory, so I do not use URLs, so I cannot use local HTML anchors (...#anchorname). I think... let me try...

Post by **admin** » 30 Sep 2007 08:57

Another idea I had: since the TOTD is a full blown HTML browser, one could write the complete XYplorer Manual (aka Help) into tipoftheday.htm (or tipoftheday_user.htm) using the TOTD syntax! It would work already now!
The only problem would be the relatively small window size. That could be easily solved by me by making the window sizable... Hmmm. So XYplorer is ready to go multi-language.

So if you are bored, sit down and write an XYplorer Manual in your mother tongue and distribute it as tipoftheday_user.htm. Earns you a free license.

Sakis · Post by **Sakis** » 30 Sep 2007 09:24

BTW, why TOTD uses a separate window instance; why not just a modeless dialog?
Honestly, I never liked the child dialogs that appear on taskbar as separate windows.

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 30 Sep 2007 09:31

admin wrote:Good idea, but not possible (or I don't know how). I feed HTML directly from memory, so I do not use URLs, so I cannot use local HTML anchors (...#anchorname). I think... let me try...

That's something I didn't realize...ok...well, it was just an idea...

And about using TOTD as a non-English Help: Yea, I guess it could suffice, but it still lacks many of the features that a CHM/"Help" file system provides, such as nested Contents, a find-as-you-type index, printing, history, bookmarking, etc. I guess it's better than nothing, but that's why I still tend to prefer CHM style help vs HTML style, especially for the navigation abilities.

Update/Addendum:

Sakis wrote:BTW, why TOTD uses a separate window instance; why not just a modeless dialog?
Honestly, I never liked the child dialogs that appear on taskbar as separate windows.

I don't mind, as long as I can tell which appl they belong to...it makes it easier to keep them visible, yet hide them via task switching temporarily.

Post by **admin** » 30 Sep 2007 09:36

j_c_hallgren wrote:
admin wrote:Good idea, but not possible (or I don't know how). I feed HTML directly from memory, so I do not use URLs, so I cannot use local HTML anchors (...#anchorname). I think... let me try...
That's something I didn't realize...ok...well, it was just an idea...

And about using TOTD as a non-English Help: Yea, I guess it could suffice, but it still lacks many of the features that a CHM/"Help" file system provides, such as nested Contents, a find-as-you-type index, printing, history, bookmarking, etc. I guess it's better than nothing, but that's why I still tend to prefer CHM style help vs HTML style, especially for the navigation abilities.

Yep, there's room for refinement. I'll wait until somebody comes up with a Spanish manual, and asks me to make the window larger and add a navigation (the TOTD syntax already provides rules for adding keywords...).

jacky · Post by **jacky** » 30 Sep 2007 13:30

admin wrote:Yep, there's room for refinement. I'll wait until somebody comes up with a Spanish manual, and asks me to make the window larger and add a navigation (the TOTD syntax already provides rules for adding keywords...).

Well, sure I'm repeating myself but I just feel like a checkbox to have that window always on top would be a good idea.

Also, related or not, it might be good that one can see the TotD window while another one (Config, CKS, etc) is opened...