Message
Re: BCman feature request
2008-06-15 by k5kip_1999
BTW, yesterday after much trial and error I figure out how to make an indexed (bookmarked and hotlinked with table of contents) pdf file using Open Office 2.4!
Also, I was thinking this morning, that maybe a screen movie would be better for the getting started. I will experiment and get back to you. Then I could post it on youtube, along with the bcr2000 + Live demo movie I already did.
--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Mark van den Berg" wrote:
>
> --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "k5kip_1999" k5kip_1999@ wrote:
> > Two things would make this (the process of sharing presets with
> > others) work great.
> >
> > All in the BCL window.
> > 1 - A way to use the mouse wheel to scroll up and down the file. To
> > make working in the BCL editor window a bit easier.
>
> I can add a vertical (and even a horizontal) scrollbar to the "memo"
> control involved.
> (By the way, before you ask: in the past I have also tried to get the
> BCL editor's current line number on the statusbar, but stupidly the
> "memo" control doesn't notify the program when the cursor position
> changes, at least not "easily" - I'd have to dig deep into the Windows
> message system for this.)
>
> > 2 - A "save as" dialog that included saving as sysex, whatever is in
> > the BCL editor.
>
> Done! In vs. 1.3.1 (upcoming) you can export the BCL editor's content
> directly to syx/txt/bc2.
>
> Actually, BC Manager already had a txt to syx file conversion routine
> (accessible from the main window), but I admit that being able to save
> directly to syx from the BCL editor window is much easier.
Thank you!
>
> > Another thought -
> > Import preset in the Presets window.
> > So - select a preset in the Presets window. (empty or full)
> > File>(suggested new element)Import preset.
>
> This is a lot trickier than you might think: I'd have to reprogram BC
> Manager's BCL interpreter so that it does NOT accept any other data
> than a preset. And should we accept a memory preset (i.e. one with
> $store attached)?
>
Yeah, I see what you mean, yes it would have to filter out the $store and any $Global stuff and how would you define that filter? Ignore $Global to $preset and $store x to $end.
Then tack $preset back in at the front, and $end...
My only reason for the request is for building banks of presets from other separate syx or text/bc2 files. Perhaps there is already a way to do this, without opening and closing and copy pasting...
I can live without it, just a thought, they can't all be good ones or practical.
> > It sends that (imported) preset data, (.bc2 , .txt or .syx) to that
> > selected preset location.
> > Perhaps you have way to do this already.
>
> Well, this is possible from the BCL editor window: Open + Execute.
>
Yup - I discovered this. Sorry...
> > Is there a way to have the print strips actually bring up the printer
> > dialog?
>
> Why would you want this? (And which dialog exactly?)
>
If I am working on a computer without a printer or one with several attached, print strips sends the file to whatever the default printer is.
Here's an image of what I was thinking.
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> > And a way to save the print strips output to a file?
>
> Creating graphical file formats (such as metafiles (wmf/emf)) is a
> very complicated business concerning scaling, fonts etc. Which format
> are you thinking of? (If you're thinking of "prn" files: I have no
> idea how I should create those.)
First I was thinking of as a .bmp or something.
What format is it now? I mean you have to send this to print as something, right?
I think the print dialog I mentioned about has print to file (checkbox), which is, I think, a .prn.
Very well, Mark, I do get the message, you are trying to scale back from bcmanager.
I will stop giving you more work. Except for one thing - undo.
Thanks Mark!