[wolfman]

I have just started using OG, and I am beginning to realize the power of this really cool tool.

I would like to create a UI prototype. I would usually do this in something like flash or dreamweaver... but it may be easier in OG. Specifically, I would like to create a screen with various tool pallets... each with tabs. I would like to be able to click to each tab and esentially show or hide the other layers during presentation. I see that there is a way for me to link to different canvases, but is is possible to stay within a canvas and show/hide layers programatically?

Thanks!

Wolfman

[Lizard]

Sure. Here's an example. With AppleScript, you can do a lot of custom actions.

[wolfman]

I don't get it. When I put it into preview mode, and I click any of the boxes, it just ends presentation mode. What am I doing wrong?

wolfman

[Lizard]

It works for me in regular mode (just choose the pointing hand from the toolbar menu), but not in presentation mode either. I think that may be a bug. I'll check with the Graffle ninja.

[wolfman]

Ah ha! OK, now we're talking! I can see the possibilities here. So, I am looking at the script you wrote, and although I know flash and was an old VB guy, I don't understand it. Can you recommend a resource for me to learn how to do this?

For example, for one of the objects, you have this code:

set c to canvas 1 of front document
set visible of layer 1 of c to true
set visible of layer 2 of c to false
set visible of layer 3 of c to false

I can't figure out how you assigned c, or what it really is? did you somehow assign Canvas 1 the name c? if so, I can't find where you did that. The rest seems self explanatory.

Thanks!

[Ed Renaud]

Hi,

the first line is the one that assigns a reference to "canvas 1" to the variable "c"; only then do the other lines make sense and work:

set c to canvas 1 of front document

Ciao!

[Joel]

Using AppleScripts to show/hide layers in Presentation Mode now works in OmniGraffle Professional 4.2 beta 2, which you can find here.

Does the show/hide only work in presentation mode?
I've been trying to export html pages, and this functionality doesn't work.

[gemello]

Originally Posted by Joel

Using AppleScripts to show/hide layers in Presentation Mode now works in OmniGraffle Professional 4.2 beta 2, which you can find here.

I've just downloaded beta 5, but the scripts don't work in Presentation mode - has something changed?