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I've never used easySprite before. Now I'm using it and I wan't to create a few sprites, save them as a collection, load them into easyPTR4 and assign each one to a different loose item. Seems easy?

Here's what I did - based on not having any docs since EasyPointer 2!

• Design sprite 1
• Hit Files
• Named the sprite - sprite 1
• Do Save as Collection (_msc)
• Do Save as sprite
• Hit Ok
• Entered file name & OK to save
• ESC to close files dialogue.
• Design sprite 2
• Hit Files
• Named the sprite - sprite 2
• Do Append
• Do Save as sprite
• Hit OK
• Select previous _msc filename & OK to append
• ESC back to main screen.

Problem, when I go into easyMenu4 and hit Files, then under Load, choose _msc, navigate and select the file from easySprite and OK to load it, it does so. I then ESC back to the main design screen.

The sprites are not loaded or available for use when I go into the Loose Item, Object dialogue, hit object, and in the Sprite dialogue that appears, scroll through all the sprites -- none of my designs are to be found.

Could someone point me at the docs, or something to make it work please? Ta.


Cheers,
Norm.

I forgot to mention, if I save the sprites as a single, each one, it saves fine and loads into easyMenu and can be used quite happily.

Cheers,
Norm.

NormanDunbar wrote:Here's what I did - based on not having any docs since EasyPointer 2!

I don't know the answer, not having used it for over 10 years. And I don't know if it will help, but I think the current manual is hidden under the first link here http://letmegooglethat.com/?q=easyptr+manual

Marcel

It appears sprites are inserted into the object list, but they are wrong (show up as the mouse pointer and "text" objects). Maybe the feature is simply broken

Thanks Marcel for the manual link etc. And for confirming that it's probably broken.

I'll use individual sprites instead.


Cheers,
Norm.

Like the idiot that I am I actually tried to fix it. Any probably succeeded. And maybe broke 10 other things on the way, the dictionary definition of "unmaintainable" is "EasyPtr". I once had to increase the size of some internal heap header for another feature, but turns out there was an implicit assumption that the header is always 2 bytes smaller than the _msc header. I think I managed to solve it some other way. Anyway, new version is on my page.

Bl00dy Hell!

Thank you very much. That is seriously impressive. And on a Sunday too.

I'll grab it as soon as I can.


Cheers,
Norm.

NormanDunbar wrote:Bl00dy Hell!

Thank you very much. That is seriously impressive. And on a Sunday too.

I'll grab it as soon as I can.

Thanks Marcel for fixing EasySprite, I had not encoutered that one.

Norrman, have you tried loading the _msc file into AppMan?
That is a good way to check if the save was OK and extract the each SPR as clean sprite again.

BSJR wrote:

NormanDunbar wrote:Thanks Marcel for fixing EasySprite, I had not encoutered that one.

As did apparently nobody else in the last 16 years EasySprite is fine, it was EasyMenu that couldn't load the _msc files anymore. So nothing should have changed in regards to AppMan.

Cheers, Marcel

mk79 wrote:I don't know the answer, not having used it for over 10 years. And I don't know if it will help, but I think the current manual is hidden under the first link here http://letmegooglethat.com/?q=easyptr+manual

Oh dear, double embarrassment!

1. "let me google that for you" - touche!
2. I already had the download of the docs after all.

I'm getting too old for this stuff!

Thanks again Marcel.


Cheers,
Norm.