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  • Import a border into Impression Publisher

    From Dave@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 24 21:42:02 2024
    Good day folks.
    It's a very long time since I've used Imp Publisher for anything, so my
    rust on the app is well ingrained.

    Can someone please explain how to Import a border in to Publisher?

    I have no problem doing "Menu-Frame-Border import" and up pops the "Border import" window.

    But how do I get the drawfile of a legit border into that window.

    At the moment, as soon as I go for the border drawfile, the Border import window vanishes.

    Thanks
    Dave

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to Stephen Parkin on Sun Feb 25 21:12:16 2024
    In article <ureuen$1ogl5$[email protected]>,
    Stephen Parkin <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 24/02/2024 21:42, Dave wrote:
    Good day folks.
    It's a very long time since I've used Imp Publisher for anything, so my rust on the app is well ingrained.

    Can someone please explain how to Import a border in to Publisher?

    I have no problem doing "Menu-Frame-Border import" and up pops the
    "Border import" window.

    But how do I get the drawfile of a legit border into that window.

    At the moment, as soon as I go for the border drawfile, the Border
    import window vanishes.

    Thanks
    Dave

    Border import window stays open here until I press 'OK'

    Well it sure doesn't stay open here. :-/

    VRPC RISC OS 6.20 Various installs including one that's on a Real Old
    SARPC, and nothing I can do will keep that (naughty word) window open.

    So time for some 'xperimentin' methinks.

    For testing purposes, I have a number of VRPC and RPCEmu installs with different RISC OS versions on them.

    I appears it is an artifact/failing/bug in RISC OS 6.20 regardless of what
    it's installed on.

    That Publisher window will not stay open.

    However, on a RISC OS 4.39 install, the Publisher window stay open for the
    new border insert.

    In case anyone else encounters this problem, the work around is:

    I zipped up my working copy of Publisher, took it to a 4.39 install, did
    the Border addition process, then put that Publisher back into my RISC OS
    6.20.

    Robert's my fathers brother... :-)

    Dave

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to Dave on Mon Feb 26 19:37:31 2024
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Dave <[email protected]> wrote:

    [Snip]

    VRPC RISC OS 6.20 Various installs including one that's on a Real Old
    SARPC, and nothing I can do will keep that (naughty word) window open.

    So time for some 'xperimentin' methinks.

    For testing purposes, I have a number of VRPC and RPCEmu installs with different RISC OS versions on them.

    I appears it is an artifact/failing/bug in RISC OS 6.20 regardless of
    what it's installed on.

    That Publisher window will not stay open.

    However, on a RISC OS 4.39 install, the Publisher window stay open for
    the new border insert.

    In case anyone else encounters this problem, the work around is:

    I zipped up my working copy of Publisher, took it to a 4.39 install, did
    the Border addition process, then put that Publisher back into my RISC OS 6.20.

    Robert's my fathers brother... :-)

    Dave

    Kind of footnote...

    I powered up an old little used PC today which has VRPC-Adjust SA
    installed on it, it's also running RISC OS 6.20.
    The Publisher border window would not stay open either.

    Publisher on RPCEmu 0.9.4 running RISC OS 6.20 also fails to stay open, whereas, Publisher on RPCEmu 0.9.4 running RISC OS 4.39 the Border window
    stays open.

    Not that it is important now I've worked out a work around, but I wonder
    just what in RISC OS 6.20 is causing that glitch?

    Dave

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