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"Henry Padilla" <padillah@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Richard Crowley" <richard.7.crowley@intel.com> wrote in message
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>>>> I found it a bit confusing to use. For example, It is unclear (at
>>>> least
>>>> to me) what is the function of the radio buttons vs. highlighting
>>>> the
>>>> In/Out/Dur value areas?
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>> "Henry Padilla" wrote ...
>>> How about tool tips? I'll also work out an About screen for
>>> quick notes and a Help chm for more detailed instructions.
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>> How about just removing either the radio buttons or the highlighting?
>> Still not clear why you need both? Preferable to simplify rather than
>> trying to explain away complexity.
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> Well, the difference is that the click is for what field you are
> currently inputting a value. There will be a box around the current
> field: In, Out, or Duration.
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> Te Radio button is for which field you want results for. So you can
> input any two fields and then get the "other" field.
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> This is also one reason I didn't go for the "add" or "subtract" thing,
> I'll figure out which one you want from the context.
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> Does that help? Is this an OK way to do this or would you rather have
> two input fields and a result field and you make the decision of what
> to do?
I did a very similar applet and wrote it so that it would
calculate the third value automatically given any two
inputs. Just three text boxes and automatic calculate on
the "Lose-Focus" event from the text boxes. I also used
the "Lose-Focus" event to automatically convert things
like 90 seconds to 1:30, etc.
I can think of some very good applications for multiply
and divide. I needed it a few months ago when I had
87 stills to fit into 2:48:15
And the rules are simple: A time value multiplied (or
divided) by a time value returns a scalar. A time value
multiplied (or divided) by a scalar returns a time value.
Takes longer to explain than to write the code.