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Re: [ECS] ACE use question Dan Hoehnen Fri, 26 Jun 1998 13:01:55 -0400 (EDT)

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> once i set a button to non/monitor/append how is the button
> initialized? if i close the client then the server then ecsw and then
> start it all up again will the client send a monitor command without
> me pressing anything ?

That is the part of this feature that is not done yet.  When ace starts 
up, it does not yet update all the button status'.  It will in a new 
version to come out next week.  I need to put all the ecs monitor info in 
a database first, then when ace starts it will read the database and 
update all button status'.

> also, seems like the button status is not refresed when i go to a
> diffent group and then come back. just tried a quick test and what you
> lose is the special color of the button based on the monitored
> value...they display in the default button colors. actually you are
> changing the color of the button at the correct position just on the
> displayed group/page not the hidden button/group/page.

This is probably a bug.  I wrote the code with the intention of updating 
all buttons, whether they are visible or not.  I could have forgotten to 
update teh colors on a button that was not on the current group and 
page.  I'll look and see.

> sorry for the long winded chat mode but i am writting as i discover.
> the extra comma works for the monitor mode. 

No problem, and I'm glad it works now.

> really would like to know what should happen on a client startup
> equence, how and when do you initialize the monitor only buttons?

The monitor only buttons get initialized when you press the OK button on 
the Button Config window.  All buttons with any type of monitoring will 
eventually be initialized every time the ace client starts.

I'll be adding the server status info you requested soon too.

Dan Hoehnen                            
dhoehnen@infinet.com                   
He who dies with the most toys, wins! 
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