[brailleblaster] Re: Unable to change the formatFor setting in BB

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:52:18 -0500

It seems to me that the user shouldn't be concerned with the formatFor 
setting. This is an internal matter for the application. Of course 
during development peopole may want to experiment, but once things are 
more advanced such experimentation should be unnecessary.

John

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 09:50:48AM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
> Brandon,
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> I didn't realize this was a combobox. I was just typing in brf or utd,
> whatever I wanted to change to. This didn't work. When I moved to the option
> I wanted with the arrow keys and hit apply, it worked. This is probably just
> user error, but shouldn't just typing in the value work? Shouldn't that
> actually scroll to the entry you want? It is an edit combobox, right?
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> Best regards from Ohio,
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> Vic
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> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brandon Roller
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 8:55 AM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Unable to change the formatFor setting in BB
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> I was able to change it without any problems.  
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> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Vic Beckley <vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Keith and Brandon,
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> I am unable to change the formatFor setting through the GUI interface in BB.
> I change it, hit apply, and as soon as I move away from it and back, the old
> setting is there. Do you see this? I experienced it both when changing from
> utd to brf and also when changing back to utd from brf. I have to edit the
> nimas.cfg file manually.
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> Best regards from Ohio,
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> Vic
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-- 
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities


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