Show Cue System

Hi!

I have a favorite new feature: the Memo Cue. In this case, as the person who usually makes the opening announcements on the shows I'm involved it, it's a godsend. I just have a memo with the text of the announcement pop up when the house music goes down and close when I run the Act 1 intro music.

However, one important feature I'd love to see added to it is being able to set the dimensions of the box that opens. The current default dimensions are too small and requires scrolling. (Though I've noticed that, if you resize the box manually once, it retains those dimensions when it's opened again — but only if the you haven't closed the program in the interim.)

Would setting actual dimensions, or having SCS retain the dimensions whenever you resize the box, be difficult to implement?

You can do that now from the Editor, using the button 'Preview, and Set Memo Display Size'. When you click that button, the Memo will be displayed and you can adjust the size as as required. The dimensions are then saved with the cue. What isn't saved is the position - that is always based on the last memo cue position used.

See Memo Cues in the Help for more info.

Well, that's what I get for not paying attention. Thanks!

-N

Um, actually, I don't get the same memo cue panel in the editor that's shown in the Help file. Mine doesn't have the brown border or the display time field or the Preview/Set Memo Size button at the bottom. Is there something in the Options I need to tick?

They could be scrolled off the bottom of the window. The memo properties window should automatically adjust to allow for the height of the Editor window. Try dragging the bottom border of the Editor window to see if that brings these fields into view. Let me know how you get on, and if you still cannot see those fields could you email me a desktop screenshot? By 'desktop screenshot' I mean using Ctrl/PtrScreen to capture the entire Windows desktop, not Alt/PrtScreen as that only captures the current window. The captured screenshot can then be pasted into a document or paint program, etc.