Jetcam Screen Editor Issues, Comments and FixesHello Everyone,
AVAILABILITYThe latest Jetcam screen editor (and updates) can always be found at the following location :
http://files.jetcam.net/stan/mach/You may check here from time to time if your interested in updating your version.
THE HELP FILE - ScrEdit.chmSome users have been having problems with the help file not displaying topics.
This seems to be due to Microsoft Windows Security Updates.
The help file compiler seems to have added data and/or code that Windows believes is unsafe.
Information on how to fix this problem can be found here :
http://www.denisbauer.com/weblog/Default.aspxScroll down to the April 10 topic.
PNG SUPPORTSome users are unhappy about the PNG support or lack of it.
The latest update fixes a problem in the Open File dialog where there was no filter for ".png" files specified.
I have been investigating the PNG transparency issue and a future update (coming soon) will ensure that the
PNG loader automatically selects the correct transparent color property as specified inside the image files.
For now however, all you need to do is to set the "Transparent Color" property to the color that should not be showing in the image.
See the manual for further details.
Image Transparency - all image typesI saw a post on Yahoo where someone complained that the image files where showing with holes in them.
This is NOT a bug. Quite simply, the editor auto-selected a transparent color.
The manual also covers this issue in detail and how to correctly "tune" images for the effect you need.
MACH screen editor VS Jetcam Screen EditorThere are some significant differences between these 2 applications.
The Jetcam screen editor is designed to supply MACH with a single image file for each
screen. This allows the editor more flexibilty concerning the types of objects that
can be rendered and also takes better care of text label rendering.
For example, the scheme allows users to create panels and other effects which
the editor then "burns" into the final screen image. This simply isn't possible to
do directly in the MACH editor, and must usually be done in another paint program.
Additional, separate images are supplied to MACH for buttons and LEDs.
The manual explains all this in better detail than I have time to do here.
The Editor Screen Main MenuThere seems to be some confusion concerning this.
The menu is there because MACH has a menu.
So the screen editor displays one in order to better emulate the final MACH screen.
I am now however thinking about making this a fully functional menu for screen
editing tasks.
MISC.Someone posted that the Screen Editor was written in VB. This is not true.
Someone asked if the source code would be made available outside Jetcam.
The answer is no. Proprietry code that is used in Jetcam's main stream products is also used by the editor,
and so will not be released.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTI look forward to hearing more from users in order to further develop the editor.
As mentioned earlier, if you visit the download link (above) from time to time, you'll be
able to find updates as they become available.
Additional HelpI am able to create short videos for any users that need further explanation
of certain features. These would be made available at the download link
mentioned above.
Kindest Regards
Stan