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Re: [ECS] Icon-click anomolies Mark Gilmore Thu, 20 Jan 2000 10:14:39 -0500

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Correction: I meant to say "ITEMS" instead of "GROUPS"
(i.e. deleting an Item could trigger the problem, not a Group).
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026


Mark Gilmore wrote:
> 
> Kevin,
> I think I have found/corrected this problem.
> If a Group was DELETED, ECS failed to properly adjust the
> internal event-line states where ACTIVE-GROUP was referenced.
> So any ACTIVE-GROUP event-lines which referenced a group
> that was defined AFTER the one that was deleted would
> actually then be referencing the "next" Group.
> If anyone understands this torturous explanation, I would
> be impressed (the bottom line is that it's fixed) :-)
> I will be uploading shortly.
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> http://www.usit.com/omnip
> 423-745-0026
> 
> Kevin Keast wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > I use my icon click to switch between group screens:
> >
> > If icon-click1 is now Stereo
> > Then active-group set Stereo
> >
> > Where Stereo-the item, is a simple text item or button and the active-group
> > "stereo" is my stereo group.
> >
> > What is happening sometimes is that the State of icon-click1 changes in the
> > event for no reason to some other apparently random item name.  This only
> > happens after I have been changing events/items-but not necessarily the
> > item/group affected.  This has not caused any errors yet but my icon-clicks
> > get out of whack and I have to fix them when I find out which ones are
> > messed up.
> >
> > I will try to see if I can get some more definitive information for you to
> > where I can replicate what is happening.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:   Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
> > Sent:   Wednesday, January 19, 2000 12:13 PM
> > To:     ecs-list@netbloc.com
> > Subject:        Re: [ECS] Icon-click anomolies
> >
> > Kevin,
> > I use the icon-click extensively, and have notice no problems.
> > Are you saying that the Item's State changes in error ?
> > Details, please.
> > --
> > Mark Gilmore
> > Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> > http://www.usit.com/omnip
> > 423-745-0026
> >
> > Kevin Keast wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Has anyone that uses icon-click1 or icon-click2 extensively experiences
> > the
> > > state of these items inadvertently changing on you in your events.  It
> > > happens to me almost every time I change events/items.  I can't reproduce
> > > the problem yet but wanted to know if anyone else has been witness to
> > this.
> > >
> > > Ver 4.2.009
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Kevin

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