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Gina
I just tried copying an object to another scene and then went to that scene
and double clicked that object in the timeline editor and the properties
dialog came up as expected. So I am not sure what problems you are
experiencing.
In 6.50 we updated all our dialogs and part of it was to remove the text
editor since it was the only object that didn't go to the objects property
dialog box.when you double clicked it. Plus we heard complaints from our
users that double clicking the test object was not consistent with the other
objects. There are no plans to convert back.
Sincerely,
Gina Ormanovich
DemoShield Program Manager
Bill Brent <bi...@model.com> wrote in message
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> I'm finding DemoShield 6.5 to be very buggy. The brand new interface
> that came out with the 6.0 release last year seemed very robust, very
> well designed and tested, and very well debugged..
>
> 6.5 seems to be change for change's sake, rather than an upgrade to make
> things easier for the user. Plus, it's not very well debugged.
>
> In particular, I'm having a lot of problems selecting items in the
> timeline editor whenever I use the copy and paste function. I'll copy
> an object, then paste it into the same scene or a different scene.
> After that, I don't seem to be able to simply select an object from the
> timeline editor by double-clicking. The paste function is still waiting
> for me to paste an object (even though it's already done) and does not
> allow new selections.
>
> Does anyone know if there's a patch for this?
>
> In addition, I'm wondering why version 6.5 does not have the text editor
> that version 6.0 had. With 6.0, I could double-click a text object and
> immediately open the text editor. With 6.5, I double-click a text
> object and am taken to the text properties dialog box where I the have
> to click the Object Styles tag in order to edit text. The Object Styles
> tab does not present the text as it appears in the demo, as the Text
> Editor in version 6.0
>
> Does anyone know if the Text Editor will be put back into the DemoShield
> product? Or is it already in there and needs to be "turned on?" If so,
> how do I turn it on?
>
> Bill Brent
> Model Technology
>
>
Jason Tranter
about editing text a little while ago, it appeared and then disappeared(!?).
In summary, editing text now takes way too many steps, and having zero
control over font, bold, italics etc. on a per word basis is unacceptable -
in my opinion. You should be able to click on the text and edit it while it
is still on the page - not in a separate window. Most programs added this
capability in the mid 90's!
I think that whomever decided to remove the text editor does not use the
product! I also think that the developers should spend the hour it would
take to add a text editor. There are so many controls on the market to do
this it isn't funny (I have been developing software for some years).
I know there are many demos created that have minimal text, but large demos,
and mini-training systems need text editing capability.
Jason Tranter
Gina <suppo...@Installshield.com> wrote in message
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Gina
I don't know why your post disappeared. What we would like to add is a
wysiwyg editor but I can't promise when that will be. I just want to let
you know there are no plans as of today to go back to the text editor.
Sincerely,
Gina Ormanovich
DemoShield Program Manager
Jason Tranter <ja...@mobius-online.com> wrote in message
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