CompuServe Thread

#Scroll Function

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#119697From: Fred BerneyAug 21, 1995 7:02 AM
Chuck, I know that there are problems with the scroll function, so I'm not sure if this is a know problem. I just finished creating five scrolls. I don't know how many lines, but the font used was Doughboy at 35 points. The speed was set to number 2 and the total length of each scroll was about 40 seconds. That should give you an idea of the size. The type was inputed from an ASCII file. I wanted the type to be centered and have drop shadows. I double clicked on a line of type in CG, got the entire page to darken and then set the above functions. I then pressed the slate to make sure that the text had these attributes. It did. I then saved it and pulled the save crouton into the project screen. When it appeared on the screen, some of the lines of copy were not centered. In some cases, only the first line had drop shadow. I had created 5 different scrolls. In each scroll, the lines that were not centered were different. IOW, on one scroll, the first line would not be centered. On another scroll the first line was centered but halfway down a line would not be centered. I am having to go into each page and set separate line to make them center. Is this a known problem or something new? Fred
#119712From: RAD Moose @ NewTek, Inc.Aug 21, 1995 9:59 AM
It is not one I've seen on the bug list, but I will pass your message to Test as a bug report, and let you know what they confirm. I've heard scrolls are pretty finicky still, but haven't seen details on this in the bug lists. Chuck.
#119762From: Fred BerneyAug 21, 1995 6:21 PM
Chuck, That was this morning and yesterday. This afternoon, I loaded a file into CG that was 5 times the size of the ones I had problems. Guess what. It saved with all proper functions the first time. Finicky is a mild discription. However, when playing any of the key or scroll frames, they need an unreasonalble amount of time to load. So, have your guys keep working on 'em. Fred
#119756From: henry tellerAug 21, 1995 4:39 PM
Hi Fred – I had the same problem several weeks ago and past the message on to tech support. The size of the file is the problem. If you rerender the scroll, you may be able to get the entire scroll to be centered, but I never succeedded in getting all the proper attributes to work throughout. Splitting the scroll, if you can, would probably solve the problem. Hank Videology, Inc Where you always get P.O.M.P. and Service under all circumstances
#119766From: Fred BerneyAug 21, 1995 6:21 PM
Thanks Hank, Read my last message to Chuck about this. Today an even longer scroll worked without a problem. Spliting up scrolls would be fine if you could put two in a row and make them work. Fred