All editions When wad the drop down menu changed??

[atlarman]

I admit i havent lauch HL in quite a while(since my GM died) but i've notice a change in the interface menu....when I click on "open file" on the first dialouge box to load a previously saved hero there use to be a mini drop dow box on the screen that listed the last heros i ve worked with but now a new tab opens and takes me to the folder containing said heroes from ALL games within HL....when was this changed and can i pue things back the way it was??

 

[Duggan]

I don't think anything has changed. I still see the list at the bottom of my Files menu as can bee seen in the attached file.

 

[atlarman]

I don't think anything has changed. I still see the list at the bottom of my Files menu as can bee seen in the attached file.

I DIDNT TRY IT THEREI WAS TALKING AFTER TOU CLICK "OPEN FILE" ON THE 1ST M AND M SCREEN...??

sorry for caps was un intenfed

 

[Duggan]

Ah. {rubs ears}

Could you post a screenshot about where you're talking about? If you're talking about the Open File dialog box, that's a Windows dependent thing. I assume you haven't changed your OS in between the last time and now? I know Windows 7 looks and acts differently from XP.

 

[atlarman]

not sureowto do a screen shot but yeah ive had 7 from the brgining though and yeah i am talking about thr open filrighte dialkouge box....

tryed to right click in the configure hero box....does nada no idea how to screenshot

 

[Duggan]

There should be a PrtScn button on your computer. It will copy the screen into the clipboard. Alt Prt-Scn will copy only the active window, but may be harder to trigger in cases involving modifier keys. Once you've copied to clipboard, save it to your favorite image editing program (I use Gimp, but Paint will work too), adding annotations if you'd prefer. When writing a reply in anything but Quick Reply, you should see a paperclip icon above the next. That's the Manage Attachments dialog. You'll click on Choose File, select your file, click Open, and then click on Upload in the Manage Attachments dialog. Once it's done, close the window and it should be attached to your post.

 

[atlarman]

thanks for the info.....i hit the buttons upu listed and nothing happened

 

[Duggan]

You didn't get anything in your clipboard that you could then paste into your image editing program?

At the risk of showing my own personal details, these are the menus I have by default and when going to the Windows 7 "Recent Files" destination. They are the same as I have always seen in Windows 7:

 

[atlarman]

ywah ok thats similar to whamt i get....except the text is blue\\thanks duggan

 

[Duggan]

{nods} So, what was different on the menu that you remember?

 

[atlarman]

i rememberd getting the drop down menu from open file tab.....not file for one,,,,,plus alot of the portofolios listed as there arent lol another smaller difference where your text is black mine is now blue

 

[Duggan]

Well, what's on my computer probably isn't the same as what's on yours of course. The font color probably has to do with machine settings. That's cosmetic.

Perhaps we're separated by a common language. What do you mean by "open file tab"? As far as I know, Hero Lab has never used used tabs for file operations. Do you mean that when you accessed the file menu item, there used to be a submenu? Or that the Open File Dialog had some sort of a tab?

And just for the sake of my curiosity, what do you use for text input? You seem to be getting a lot of spurious characters.

 

[atlarman]

yeah i remembered there being a drop down menu after hitting the open file dialouge....i could be mistake....as for my text input its alaptop keyboaard....it often goes wonky....on top of that its difficult and painful for me to type... my skills are not great.