Hi Ingo,
The sample db generates a range-check error on startup (v16 R3 Windows, US),
and other errors after cancelling various menu actions: "improper file name
during export", "operation not compatible with the two arguments", "...is an
invalid name for a file", "boolean argument expected", etc.
The menus run together visually ("File Edit Display Insert..."), possibly due
to the font used for the English version(?) The menu drop-downs do not stop
displaying on a second click, which is the expected UI behavior. When I click
into a selection of text, the toolbar does not display the style of the
selection, but instead remains on the last menu item selected. I haven't found
where styles can be defined or modified. There do not appear to be options for
file types in the Import... and Export... menu items.
Regarding 4D Write Pro itself, the "4D_Write_Pro_v16.pdf" document lists a
minuscule selection of 23 available commands...compared to perhaps 100(?) in 4D
Write. And the document doesn't provide parameters or information on how to use
the commands. Surely I must be missing something, because there doesn't even
appear to be a way to procedurally insert text or define styles.
I admire the commitment of the DDD Group in beginning to address such an
obvious foible as the UI in the 4D Write Pro offering. It's a start - thank you!
But it shouldn't be left to the community to provide a usable interface for a
feature which has been touted for the past two years.
I don't want to receive scores of phone calls asking where the File menu is, or
how to export to Microsoft Word. So staying with the old plug-in is the only
option for now. I'll worry about customers with 64-bit OSs some time in the
future.
Thanks for your ideas and suggestions,
Don
>Hi,
>
>have a look at <http://dddd.mettre.de/wp/dbz_wrpromenus/>
>
>HTH
>Ingo Wolf
>
>
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