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MulleDK19

Morten's ArmA Dialog Designer

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  kju said:
First of wonderful job MulleDK19!

Very useful tool and can make good use of it myself to extend my vehicle DM.

:)

  kju said:

* You may wan to consider to get a project space to manage the bug reports and feature requests / feedback in general. More: http://dev-heaven.net/

I was going to add a bug report page on my website, but haven't found a decent ASP.NET bug report system yet. Though, I'm thinking of making my own.

  kju said:

* A code repository could be helpful too, if you consider to either let other ppl look at your code for review or to make it a team effort.

I'm very strict with my sources. I don't like the thought of other's fooling around in my "car's engine". And I've had a lot of bad experiences with people claiming they own it. That's why I've never really released any mods for ArmA/Gmod

  kju said:

* Good job on those video tuts. Very useful.

Thank you :)

  kju said:

* Do not create a description.ext. Instead create a new file with the default classes and defines. Ppl using this tool will be able to set an include themselves.

Ya, I was thinking about that.

  kju said:

* Why are you using your own format? In the end using the same (not perfect) BI cpp, would save you and the tool users a lot of trouble in the end.

I had some trouble using BIS' format in some very early versions of the tool. Though, I AM gonna make a function to import "builded" dialogs

  kju said:

* This probably would allow loading data from original cpp code into your app too. This would increase the usefulness tenfold.

Making import function

  kju said:

* Project path should be anywhere (not only 'my files') (all partitions - XP 32b here).

What do you mean? You can place the projects in any empty folder.

  kju said:

* Default path to a2 install (read from reg).

Was going to :P

  kju said:

* Please do not auto hide tool tip over time (longer text are impossible to read in time). Instead mouse move should only action to remove it.

I worked desperately on this, but there seems to be a bug in the .NET Framework preventing me from changing this.

  kju said:

* Drag and drop side bar - like mentioned. Way more usable for advanced dialogs. Top bar could make sense too. Editable does not have to be full screen.

I was considering this, but thought it would be easier if there wasn't anything to overlay the working area.

  kju said:

* Option to reconfigure tool key configuration.

* Change defauft:

* Exchange RMB<-> MMB

* or LMB SC/DC to edit; LMB + LCTRL to move, LMB + LShift to resize, RMB to move

Maybe

  kju said:

* It is possible to make controls size 0, unable to find it afterwards.

http://www3.picfront.org/picture/Yh6BR5UOb/img/p001.jpg

Ya, I know. Thx anyway :P

  kju said:

* What about class inheritance?

When using the tool you're making dialogs a bit differently than you normally would. Instead of actual "classes" you make control types. You can inherit these, but you can not inherit controls. Edit Classes > NAME:INHERITS

  kju said:

* In edit control properties:

** key - value (map), display instead of list

I'm thinking of a new system for the editing, yes.
  kju said:

** new property -> autoselect value

Already working on that :)

  kju said:
SC?
  kju said:

** ability to reorder elements

Task added
  kju said:

** How do you edit items - it hardly works here with LMB SC/DC.

SC/DC? Slow-click/Double-click? Slow-click should work, works for me.
  kju said:

** Bug: possible to create a property twice:

http://www3.picfront.org/picture/dMJ3QgZ1/img/p005.jpg

Didn't think it was much of an issue, so I left it.
  kju said:

** Question: Every property always relevant? It is specific to parent classes (at times) isnt it?

http://www3.picfront.org/picture/KdBXpOO0c/img/p006.jpg

I don't want to restrict people too much.
  kju said:

* Posted about your tool in the dev heaven forum. :)

Thanks ^^

  kju said:

* Feasible to get code completion and/or error checking at some point (single man project or possible team effort in the future?)

Error checking is already on my task list.

  kju said:

* Ability to start app in window mode and resize.

Uhm?

  kju said:

* Format error for my simple test dialog: http://pastebin.com/f30cc43c3

How to reproduce?

  kju said:

* Option to resize background (to editable area size):

http://www3.picfront.org/picture/H3wVobEKtvF/img/p002.jpg

This was a bug I didn't notice until I had released the tool. I am gonna scale it to fit the working area.

  kju said:

* Possible to make a zoom mode? Otherwise the tiny grid is hardly useful:

http://www3.picfront.org/picture/Sx68rjRF/img/p008.jpg

The tiny grid is very useful. Zoom-mode is on my "Nice to have" list.

  kju said:

* Dialog should be possible to resize/fullscreen:

http://www3.picfront.org/picture/irCgg3Hz/img/p009.jpg

I am working on a new selection/move/resize system.

  kju said:

* Syntax coloring feasible at some point?

http://www3.picfront.org/picture/kMVs0fqU/img/p010.jpg

In a list box? Anyway, I am going to implement another way of editing.

  kju said:

* Edit classes

** RMB should be context sensitive - display only options for class vs values/keys:

http://www3.picfront.org/picture/f11O0UDvJ/img/p011.jpg

http://www3.picfront.org/picture/p2BuFnqi8QT/img/p012.jpg

** Insert property should also work if property is selected - just query its class its in:

http://www3.picfront.org/picture/2uVXbFgi/img/p013.jpg

Already on my task list.

  kju said:

Again great job and looking very much forward to the updates to come!

Glad you like it :)
  Nordbo said:
I noticed it generated the numbers with comma as a separator and not a period. It didn't place the dialogs on the screen until I corrected that.

Because we northern folks are using a fucked up numerical system :P

Change your numeric settings to period.

If you know any ASP.NET bug reporters, please write back.

Edited by MulleDK19
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*********YES I AM A NUTEHEAD, I EDIT THIS IN, INDEED THE , IN THE DIALOG FILE NEEDS . Just keeping my old text for others to see ******************

Ok i must be a complete nuthead then but i am totaly not able to produce any of the dialogs in Arma 2. As i just make a backgrouns, frame and one button with a text property i start to wonder what am i doing wrong? The files are all generated to a mission with one unit on it, namely me. So it cant be conflitcts. What i get is when the the "mission" starts there is a mouse indeed visible. I cant do anyting , click anything, see anyting but the normal game stuff. I can walk again as soon as i press escape. I gues that makes me leave the dialog.

So i needed to change for exampel the x=0,419047619047619;

into x=0.419047619047619;

class Dialog

{

name=Dialog;

idd=-1;

movingEnable=1;

controlsBackground[]={fr, bg};

objects[]={};

controls[]={btn};

class btn:RscButton

{

idc=-1;

text="Hallo";

x=0,419047619047619;

y=0,487619047619048;

w=0,0571428571428571;

h=0,0304761904761905;

};

class fr:RscBgFrame

{

idc=-1;

x=0,4;

y=0,457142857142857;

w=0,114285714285714;

h=0,152380952380952;

};

class bg:RscBackground

{

idc=-1;

x=0,4;

y=0,457142857142857;

w=0,114285714285714;

h=0,152380952380952;

};

};

Edited by spirit6

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  spirit6 said:
*********YES I AM A NUTEHEAD, I EDIT THIS IN, INDEED THE , IN THE DIALOG FILE NEEDS . Just keeping my old text for others to see ******************

Ok i must be a complete nuthead then but i am totaly not able to produce any of the dialogs in Arma 2. As i just make a backgrouns, frame and one button with a text property i start to wonder what am i doing wrong? The files are all generated to a mission with one unit on it, namely me. So it cant be conflitcts. What i get is when the the "mission" starts there is a mouse indeed visible. I cant do anyting , click anything, see anyting but the normal game stuff. I can walk again as soon as i press escape. I gues that makes me leave the dialog.

So i needed to change for exampel the x=0,419047619047619;

into x=0.419047619047619;

Like I said in the post right before yours. Change your numerical settings in Windows to use period as the seperator instead of comma.

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Thank you, this is realy usefull util!

But.

"Please connect to the Internet to use this program!"

Why? I don't wanna think, this is some kind of Trojan...

Edited by Dead Kennedy

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  Dead Kennedy said:
Thank you, this is realy usefull util!

But.

"Please connect to the Internet to use this program!"

Why? I don't wanna think, this is some kind of Trojan...

It's not a trojan, but it verifies your registration info online.

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i cant get it to work at all - guess it dont like Vista 64 :(

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  Junker said:
i cant get it to work at all - guess it dont like Vista 64 :(

Try to install the latest .NET Framework 3.5.

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  MulleDK19 said:
Try to install the latest .NET Framework 3.5.

got all that already :(

Windows Report

Product
Morten's ArmA Dialog Designer

Problem
Program Compatibility

Date
17/06/2009 17:46

Status
Not Reported

Problem signature
Problem Event Name:	PCA2
Problem Signature 01:	MADD.exe
Problem Signature 02:	0.0.0.6
Problem Signature 03:	Morten's ArmA Dialog Designer
Problem Signature 04:	Morten's ArmA Dialog Designer
Problem Signature 05:	Morten
Problem Signature 06:	200
Problem Signature 07:	-1
OS Version:	6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID:	2057

Files that help describe the problem
appcompat.txt
Tab8D0C.tmp

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  Junker said:
got all that already :(

Windows Report

Product
Morten's ArmA Dialog Designer

Problem
Program Compatibility

Date
17/06/2009 17:46

Status
Not Reported

Problem signature
Problem Event Name:	PCA2
Problem Signature 01:	MADD.exe
Problem Signature 02:	0.0.0.6
Problem Signature 03:	Morten's ArmA Dialog Designer
Problem Signature 04:	Morten's ArmA Dialog Designer
Problem Signature 05:	Morten
Problem Signature 06:	200
Problem Signature 07:	-1
OS Version:	6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID:	2057

Files that help describe the problem
appcompat.txt
Tab8D0C.tmp

Try to change compatibility mode to Windows XP.

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  Junker said:
i have tried all of them too :(

Have you tried running it in administrator mode?

Right click > Run as administrator...

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I updated everything in windows tried everywhich way but loose :P

Still no go :(

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  Junker said:
I updated everything in windows tried everywhich way but loose :P

Still no go :(

Did you unpack all files from the program's archive?

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everything that was in the rar file yes - as soon as i hit the MADD APPLICATION ->POW<- program stopped responding closing it down..

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I downloaded the previous verion before and registered. Now i download the new version as the other one says: expired.

Bit complicated to help beta test but the new version i cant register, the new version says immediately on start This Beta has expired.

So i cant register and i cant start the programs....... I have no clue where in the register you did hide this key setting so i need help:)

Cheers for reading

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  spirit6 said:
I downloaded the previous verion before and registered. Now i download the new version as the other one says: expired.

Bit complicated to help beta test but the new version i cant register, the new version says immediately on start This Beta has expired.

So i cant register and i cant start the programs....... I have no clue where in the register you did hide this key setting so i need help:)

Cheers for reading

The BETA expired when the 505 version was released.

The new version will come out tomorrow.

EDIT: Out now! Read first post!

Edited by MulleDK19

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Its a shame i cant use it. Stupid registration process does not work. It says there is already a user with my Nick/Emal, but retrieve key does not work either...

And what the hell is registration for in a first place? Are you trying to charge people for this program? wtf?

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  Welcome To Hell said:
Its a shame i cant use it. Stupid registration process does not work. It says there is already a user with my Nick/Emal, but retrieve key does not work either...

It's a bug. Fixed. Try to register again.

  Welcome To Hell said:
And what the hell is registration for in a first place? Are you trying to charge people for this program? wtf?

Half a page is used to tell you why you need to register.

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Hey, great tool, thanks. It seems there is a bug where the size of a control does not automatically change to fit the text, and I can't add the definitions of w and h or your program gives me an error saying that they are automatically defined. Instead, I have to manually open the .hpp file and change them in there, which gets tedious. Am I doing something wrong or is it a bug?

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  Gil Galvanti said:
Hey, great tool, thanks. It seems there is a bug where the size of a control does not automatically change to fit the text, and I can't add the definitions of w and h or your program gives me an error saying that they are automatically defined. Instead, I have to manually open the .hpp file and change them in there, which gets tedious. Am I doing something wrong or is it a bug?

You hold down the middle mouse button on a control to resize it.

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I get an error when using listbox and comboboxes.

When i get ingame i see: no entry ...missiondir\description.ext/generator/scrollbar.cc

Where cc is the reference to the name of the combobox.

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