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