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Emmanuel <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:16:17 +0200
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At 2:08 PM -0500 4/21/06, John A.M. Darnell wrote:
>  >
>>  If you need help, you may find subscribing to the SUL (Smile Users List)
>a
>>  fun and low-volume resource.
>>
>
>Can someone direct me to where I can sign up for this list?

Visit the list's home page:
<http://lists.satimage-software.com:20080/mailman/listinfo/sul>

or directly send an e-mail to <[log in to unmask]>.

All information about Smile Users List is at:
<http://www.satimage-software.com/en/sul.html>

>And as my first SMILE question, on the Control Dialog, there is an edit
>field for something called a "tag" and a check box for "automatic tag."
>What is a tag, and why would I choose to use it?  What does automatic tag
>do for me?

The "tag" may not be needed in a first approach, it's documented in 
the latest release notes:
<http://www.satimage.fr/software/en/releasesmilex_30.html> (click 
"Interface and interface customization"), it proves useful when your 
dialog really gets complicated.

"auto tag" may be useful even for beginners: when checked, the 
control's value is automatically saved when you close the dialog.

>And as my second question, on the examples I looked at I would see
>controls on the dialog referred to as "item X of the dialog."  Can dialog
>items be referred to by name?  If so, what's the syntax?

(Note that, by special permission, in Smile you can say for instance 
"item X of the dialog" instead of "dialog item blah".)

You said the syntax: if you named a control "fred" in the Control 
Dialog, then you can refer it as: dialog item "fred" of theDialog 
(or, item "fred" etc.)

Or, you can refer by index (the numbers that you see when the dialog 
is in edit mode): dialog item 4 of theDialog.

This is part of the object model, that Smile implements quite 
beautifully. We document that at:
<http://www.satimage.fr/software/en/referencing_objects.html>

Dialogs themselves are documented at:
<http://www.satimage.fr/software/en/custom_dialogs.html>

Emmanuel

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