On Sunday, January 20, 2002, at 09:03 AM, improve-revolution- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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DeVoto) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 11:39:26 -0800 > Subject: 2 bugs in OSX > From: Lee Perham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Improve Revolution <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --Apple-Mail-1-949711615 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset=US-ASCII; > format=flowed > > Thanks Sarah, that is the recipe I was using on OSX10.1.2, Rev > 1.1.1B1. Even shrinking the print didn't work on my machine. I get > an endless loop and have to force quit every time. In order to > print more than one page using revPrintField or a long script I > have to go back to OS9. It works there, although it always ejects > one extra blank page. > > ~ Lee > > Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:02:21 +1000 > Subject: Re: 2 bugs in OSX > From: Sarah Reichelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have done some further tests with this printing problem and it is > definitely due to the printing extending over more than one page. > If you use > Page Setup to shrink the printing so it all fits on one page, it > works fine. > > The script I use is: > revShowPrintDialog false, true > revPrintField the name of fld "Notes" > > This is with OS X 10.1.2, Rev 1.1.1B1 > > Sarah > > > I was referring to OSX 1.1.1B1. It will not print out a long stack > script and the Menu Bar Window button does not allow selection of > the revMenuBar. > > However, in regard to revPrintField, I think I just don't > understand how it works. The Docs show what doesn't work,( i.e. a > direct field reference) but they don't show what does work. Despite > the definition in the Docs, I don't understand what a > fieldDescriptor is. If you wanted to print "My Field" using > revPrintField, how would you do it? Could you give me an example? > > --Apple-Mail-1-949711615 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Type: text/enriched; > charset=US-ASCII > > Thanks Sarah, that is the recipe I was using on OSX10.1.2, Rev > 1.1.1B1. Even shrinking the print didn't work on my machine. I get an > endless loop and have to force quit every time. In order to print more > than one page using revPrintField or a long script I have to go back > to OS9. It works there, although it always ejects one extra blank > page. > > > ~ Lee > > > Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:02:21 +1000 > > Subject: Re: 2 bugs in OSX > > From: Sarah Reichelt <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I have done some further tests with this printing problem and it is > > definitely due to the printing extending over more than one page. If > you use > > Page Setup to shrink the printing so it all fits on one page, it works > fine. > > > The script I use is: > > revShowPrintDialog false, true > > revPrintField the name of fld "Notes" > > > This is with OS X 10.1.2, Rev 1.1.1B1 > > > Sarah > > > > <color><param>8281,0000,8281</param>I was referring to OSX 1.1.1B1. It > will not print out a long stack > > script and the Menu Bar Window button does not allow selection of > > the revMenuBar. > > > However, in regard to revPrintField, I think I just don't > > understand how it works. The Docs show what doesn't work,( i.e. a > > direct field reference) but they don't show what does work. Despite > > the definition in the Docs, I don't understand what a > > fieldDescriptor is. If you wanted to print "My Field" using > > revPrintField, how would you do it? Could you give me an > example?</color> > --Apple-Mail-1-949711615-- > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 22:32:51 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: "Jeanne A. E. DeVoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: 2 bugs in OSX > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > At 3:09 PM -0800 1/17/2002, Lee Perham wrote: >> However, in regard to revPrintField, I think I just don't >> understand how it works. The Docs show what doesn't work,( i.e. a >> direct field reference) but they don't show what does work. Despite >> the definition in the Docs, I don't understand what a >> fieldDescriptor is. If you wanted to print "My Field" using >> revPrintField, how would you do it? Could you give me an example? > > Take a look at the examples (just below the syntax line) in the > documentation. > > A field reference is just one of the legal ways to describe a field: > the ID of field "Foo" > the long name of field 1 > the abbrev ID of field myField > > So you can use the command like this: > revPrintField the ID of field "Foo" > revPrintField the long name of field 1 > revPrintField the abbrev ID of field myField > > I'll add a sentence to the docs to make this a little clearer. > > -- > Jeanne A. E. DeVoto ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.runrev.com/ > Runtime Revolution Limited - Power to the Developer! > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 23:31:31 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: "Jeanne A. E. DeVoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: visual effects > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > At 11:42 AM -0800 1/17/2002, Philip Usher wrote: >> if you'll bear with me, I'd like to pursue the matter of visual >> effects in >> revolution. Using the following on a mac G3 266: >> >> lock screen >> set the filename of image "New Image 1" to pWhichFile >> unlock screen with visual iris open very slow >> >> in Rev 1.0 the effect is as smooth as silk .... way cool >> >> But in Rev 1.1.1 the effect is jerky and definitely not in the realm >> of >> elegance. The same is true whether using the built in effect or the >> QT >> answer effect. >> >> I feel that the appearance of the jerky effects greatly detracts from >> the >> quality of Revolution. Is there a property setting in 1.1.1 that >> would make >> the effects as smooth as they are in 1.0? > > The problem is that the QuickTime-based effects are more demanding of > CPU > time than the built-in effects. On slower machines, the effect may be > jerky, cause weird visual artifacts, etc. (On faster machines they look > fine, though. I've seen this same problem on a 240MHz G3, but not on a > 400MHz G4, just for example.) > > There will be a new property, the dontUseQTEffects, in 1.1.1b2. If you > set > this property to true, the built-in effect routines will always be used, > fixing this problem for slower machines. > > -- > Jeanne A. E. DeVoto ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.runrev.com/ > Runtime Revolution Limited - Power to the Developer! > > > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > improve-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/improve-revolution > > > End of improve-revolution Digest _______________________________________________ improve-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/improve-revolution
