Blank Chat Screen

SoltanH

When I start up Screen Monkey as the GM and click on Chat, I get a blank screen. There are a couple of lines on the edges, and a chat command prompt, but there are no dice buttons or anything else. Is there anyway I can correct this problem. Any help would be appreciated.
I am running windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, my version of Screen Monkey is version 6g. Edited to add machine and SM information.

Ed_NBOS

Try running SM as administrator. Its possible its having trouble writing files if being run as a normal user, and thus its not generating the html file for chat. You can also try installing SM into a directory outside of the program files directory.

SoltanH

I actually did both. I installed it into another directory, a directory outside of Program Files when I first installed it, and have run it as an administrator. I still get the same result. I remember a number of years ago, this was a problem that was addressed in the older Forums, but I cannot find them anywhere. I have updated the program to the latest version, and the problem persists. I'll keep checking the security settings. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Ed_NBOS

Is there a box where you can enter in text and a 'say' button? Or just the border?

SoltanH

There is just the border, but there is a place to put in chat and a say button, but nothing else. Sorry I was so late, getting back.

SoltanH

I downloaded and installed the new 1.8 Screen Monkey Lite and I am still having the same problem. The chat screen is still blank. At this point I really don't know what to do. I know that there was a fix, but I saw that on the forums Years ago. About 2005 or earlier. Anyone have an idea on how to fix this?

SoltanH

This is just a bump to update this. I still don't have any idea on how to fix this problem.

SoltanH

I am still researching this. I haven't found anything yet.

SoltanH

Still haven't found anything to fix this.

SoltanH

I still haven't been able to resolve this issue. I even tried uninstalling Screenmonkey, deleting the directory and reinstalling ScreenMonkey Lite 1.8, and I still have the same issue.

Ed_NBOS

Honestly, I have no idea what causes that. Can you post a screen shot perhaps? I just want to make sure I understand what you are seeing.

SoltanH

This is what the screen looks like for the GM. The chat screen is totally blank. No dice or anything. The player chat screen isn't blank like this.

Ed_NBOS

That looks right. Does the chat work? Did you try adding buttons like it says?

SoltanH

Yes I did, I can create the buttons. How can I make the buttons I make stay between sessions so that I don't have to recreate them every time I start a game? I get the same blank screen every time I start ScreenMonkey.

Ed_NBOS

You'd have to edit the html template for the gm's chat to add the buttons in. Its a file called chatgm.htm, and is located in /Campaigns/default (under where SM is installed). You'd add a snippet of HTML that would look something like this:

<input type=submit value='button text' onclick="chattext.value = 'text you want to send when clicked'; submitChat()">

Place that inside the <div> called 'dicebuttons'.

SoltanH

Thank you very much for your help.