is_bold

Another question if you please. The "is_bold = true ;" argument in .dcl
doesn't seem to have any affect on text. Am I doing something wrong? I've
given up trying to create a decent looking opening dialog box due to the
megabytes size of slides created from .gifs. and I just will settle for some
bold text on my title box. Thanks, Tom

 

Tom,

What exactly is it you're trying to do with the images and the open dialog.
I might have a better solution.

Devin

 

I'm just trying to display a nice looking opening screen with the software
title and copyright info using
the slide_image function. Thanks for the layout info.

 

Tom,
Just a suggestion. Create a VB stand-alone app with a 'nice' opening screen, and copyright info (on a standard 'form').
In startup Lisp do:
(startapp "c:\myapp_folder\myapp.exe")
- Place a 'close' button on app also.

Bob

 

I don't believe "is_bold" ever worked.

 

You should download dos_lib from Robert McNeel and Assoc's. It has a
function...

(dos_splash filename duration [T]) , which displays a splashscreen for you
from a given *.bmp file.

Here's the Link...

http://www.mcneel.com/doslib.htm

HTH,

Devin

 

From what I remember, it did work in the old DOS versions of AutoCAD. Hasn't
since R12 Windows.

 

Devin,
Yes, that would also work.
Bob

 

I use "fixed_width_font=true;" to make the text bold.
Also, this has the added benefit of making the text line up in columns
(mono-spaced).

 

I think that's a bug.
It was originally designed for list boxes and popup lists.

Bill

 

Hi Tom, the is_bold never worked.

On the other hand ObjectDCL from www.objectdcl.com fixes that bug in DCL and further provides you with the ability to draw the dialog boxes and many new controls.

Thanks Chad

 

Hi Tom, the is_bold never worked.

You sure? DCL was originally designed to be "platform independent" so
perhaps it worked in a non-flavor of Acad at one time.

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You are right, I remember now that it worked on unix systems.

Chad