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Copying things in LE
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Copying things in LE // New Users
Post by PrimMac // May 15, 2007, 4:14am
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Hello all,
So I'm trying to figure out the mysteries of that much neglected (by me) tool called Link Editor. I read the first chapter of the Developer Guide, and have fooled a little around with the Link Editor, navigating the various contexts. I decide a good thing to start by doing is to make an object that reacts somehow to a mouse click (perhaps displaying a single "Hello World" messagebox, pretty easy to do with a vbScriptCommand). While I have a ways to go before learning to create widgets (tutorials are welcome, if anyone knows any), my question is much simpler. I find myself constantly placing nodes in wrong contexts. Is there a way to simply Copy/Paste a node from one context into another?
And please, someone answer! Sometimes my posts go unanswered. I really want to learn the new architecture, but without community support, I might as well give up now. |
Post by Heidi // May 15, 2007, 4:34am
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You can control-drag a node from the LE into a library and can drag an item in a library into the LE. Is that what you're asking? |
Post by PrimMac // May 15, 2007, 5:11am
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Hi Heidi,
Thanks for your reply. I tried control-dragging a node into a Library, and while I can drag it (an icon appears on the mouse cursor while I drag), when I drop it into a Library, nothing happens. What else can I try? |
Post by EyeInStein // May 15, 2007, 5:57am
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I'm not trying to be smart - but are you sure it's not there ? Sometimes they land out of site (use the little viewer in the bottom right hand corner to hunt around) or under an item that is already in there - even though you place it in an empty spot.... At least that is what I found. |
Post by trueBlue // May 15, 2007, 5:59am
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Can you give me an example of what you are wanting to do exactly?
Like from where to where. This is possible by way of a script but you
have to write in such a way that the script knows what to copy and
where to past.
What Hedi has mentioned does indeed work. You may want to change
the Library from 2D to 1D as some items do not create a thumbnail. |
Post by Heidi // May 15, 2007, 6:00am
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Check your library with your cursor. You may need to right-click and change icon to screen for it to show an icon in the library. |
Post by PrimMac // May 15, 2007, 7:41am
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Hello guys,
Thanks for your replies. You were right, I had to right click on the library in order to see the node in there, it appears with no icon. But also, I had to drag with right mouse button, left button did not drop the object into the Library. Wierd, huh? |
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