Cannot get mouseover/pop-up layers to work with Xara 16/17

[Bunzena]

Really admire your sleuthing skills on this one. There would have been bits of keyboard spread over a 2km radius if it was my problem.

Thanks Chris. Can't afford any more keyboards!

There was a gap of 2 months where I just gave up and sulked. Came back to the problem yesterday and just stumbled on it by accident.

But isn't that how most of the world's greatest discoveries happen?

[Acorn]

Gosh, I thought everyone knew that !()£$€%^*[]{}`¬¦#;:@~\|? were all valid and &<> weren't.

Seriously, it is probably in the pocket of a long-gone developer as to why. Probably too hard to filter out with Regex unless you know what you are doing.

Anyhow, we all now know.

In passing, ! (Pling or Bang) at the beginning of a layer name ensures the assets are always published even when not set up as a Pop-up layer and the layer is hidden.

Layer with a Bang (!) prefix to the Layer Name

Even when the Layer is hidden, it gets published and the Objects are visible.

Useful in design mode to reduce screen clutter but still get the correct site published.

Acorn

[Bunzena]

Acorn. That made me laugh out loud!

Just goes to show that every is a school day. As you say - somewhere in the code...

The good news is that everything is working - and once again, thanks for your help.

[handrawn]

Gosh, I thought everyone knew that !()£$€%^*[]{}`¬¦#;:@~\|? were all valid and &<> weren't.

on an aside - I remember spitting blood years ago because windows will not let you use the file name aux

con and nul are also out [there are a couple of dozen or so in total as I recall]

[Acorn]

on an aside - I remember spitting blood years ago because windows will not let you use the file name aux
con and nul are also out [there are a couple of dozen or so in total as I recall]

All of these: CON, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, PRN, NUL.

The best site for oodles of goodies on hard-to-recall features is https://ss64.com.

Best Tip: download https://ss64.com/pass/.

1. Store locally and never publish.
2. Build up your sites array (e.g., --- ,{seed:"TG-myusername", url:"https://www.talkgraphics.com/", displayName:"Talkgraphics"}. This should go to the login page, if possible.
3. Memorise your "main password" (or phrase) and never right it down or stick to your keyboard. Let's call it The Master Password.
4. Change your passwords regularly. You decide when.
5. Keep a printout of your sites and the date you changed a password.
6. The clever bit:
   
   1. Combine your The Master Password and date of change into the 'main password' box and press Generate.
   2. If you now Ctrl+Click the Display Name, the site opens in a new Tab.
   3. You still have the page with the UserName and Password for that site.

I have changed my version's on click event to open into a new Tab but I am not offering it up as my coding may be buggy and I never want the blame should it go wrong.

For recovery:

• Write down The Master Password and keep it safe. Change some part of it if you think you can remember what you changed.
• Put The Master Password (as modified) in a random file on a USB stick.
• Just keep a paper note the year and month of a password change and use that (202009) rather than a fuller date.
• Save out your sites array to an encrypted ZIP (use The Master Password). It is security-sensitive as it list all your accounts and, possibly, your UserNames.
• Store your copy of the SS64 Password Generator file on another SB stick or add to another encrypted ZIP file you can save locally or upload to the Cloud.
• Finally, printing out the full generated list and storing that safely is actually far less of a risk than you may think.
• Use the SS64 Password Generator Custom box when you are away from everything. You go to the website, you remember your UserName, The Master Password and year-month of the website password change and you are in.

I personally use RoboForm.

Acorn