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How to write into the info panel?
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:06 pm
by stefan-tiedje
Does anybody know how to do it? I found nothing in the API overview...
I also hope there will be more in the M4L.api.xxx collection. Mainly all about the track, a device is in, is missing. (I need to know where I am to go where I need to go...) I made already a Trackname abstraction, but for example I couldn't find out how to tell in which track (index) I am. There is a M4L.api.GetSelectedTrackIndex (which I probably rarely if ever need), but no M4L.api.GetThisTrackIndex (Which I need in all my devices...)
Also the overview is opening the abstractions them self, I'd prefer real help files which seemingly don't exist (yet)...
am I dreamin' again?
Stefan
Re: How to write into the info panel?
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:17 pm
by LOFA
If you are dreaming, it is a shared dream.
Re: How to write into the info panel?
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:39 pm
by hoffman2k
You gotta use the this_device call to get the track id of which you can call the path.
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Re: How to write into the info panel?
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:25 pm
by stefan-tiedje
Thanks a lot, works like a charm...
Stefan
Re: How to write into the info panel?
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:15 am
by benbracken
To my knowledge, you cannot change the main device info view text, but you can create the text for what shows up when you mouse over most objects by setting the @annotation attribute.
-Ben
Re: How to write into the info panel?
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:42 am
by stefan-tiedje
Then I certainly have to extend my dreamin'...
This is a feature request and strange for me that it doesn't seem to be part of the API.
Every other device (except vsts) is using it intensively. We need a live.info obviously to make our devices consistent with the look and feel of Live...
Re: How to write into the info panel?
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:27 am
by steff3
Well,
I was working on a little device which I could not do due to bugs, but I think I just used the patch inspector to have the info for the device ...
All this beta expiring stuff is plain odd and stupid IMHO. It is in my own interest to download the newest beta, so why do that ....
So I am waiting for the release without stupid expiration and hope they fixed the bug for the release ...
best