Hi Judy,
I'd be interested to hear as well.
In the mean time PreceptorTools is still posted on my website. Its
freeware and some folks may find it useful. In fact it might be a
useful starting point for a broader discussion concerning what
educators and educational developers would find usefu
Hi Dave,
This is an interesting thought. I might consider something along these
lines. I am not all that familiar with the how to' s of such a
distribution scheme.
At present PreceptorTools is only available as freeware to teachers and
hobbyists. Offering a business class license would requ
Hi everybody,
This is just to announce the availability of a new version of
PreceptorTools. Version 1.0.6 is now available for download on the
Messimer Computing web site.
http://www.messimercomputing.com
This version contains improvements for Windows users and Linux users as
well. The downlo
Looking at the TD, it seems that to get a window to scroll, you make a
group of all the objects in it, make it the same size as the stack
(iw. the
same size as the window the user sees), and give the group a
scrollbar. The
TD and the cookbook remain silent on the question of how you get
somethin
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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 23:59:06 -0600
From: Dar Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: range error - or "How to take the factorial of a huge
number"
To: How to use Revolution <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flo
Jim
Thanks for your help. After looking at your first response I thought
that It might be possible to combine the two sets of calculations and
sum them but as it turns out the factorial of any number > 169 results
in an overflow error so it seems doing the factorials of numbers <= 169
and t
When I attempt to calculate the factorial of numbers > 169 using the
following function:
function factorial theNumber
if theNumber <= 1 then return 1
else return theNumber * factorial(theNumber -1)
end factorial
I get the following error. Anybody seen this before?
executing at 11:46:47 PM
Thanks for all your comments regarding the use of more than one row of
tabbed buttons. As usual, the list has provided lots of useful
feedback. :-)
Regards,
Steve
Stephen R. Messimer, PA
208 1st Ave. South
Escanaba, MI 49829
http://www.messimercomputing.com
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Hi,
Does anybody know a way to make a new row of tabs in a tabbed button?
Sometimes I have a button that needs to be a specific width but that
width isn't long enough to accommodate all the tabs. In both the Mac
and Windows OSs one sees examples of tabbed windows with more than one
row. Is th
Why would one want to use the suspend messages button. It obviously
must have a very important purpose or it won't occupy space on the rev
task bar.
Just curious.
Regards
Steve
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On Mar 14, 2004, at 8:17 PM, Stephen Messimer wrote:
I have noticed the some strange window behavior when using the
revChangeWindowSize command with the OSX Brushed metal appearance.
When I resize a window to a larger height the bottom of the expanding
window first turns white then the brushed
Hi
I am working with icons in OSX. I have created a series of graphics
that I store in the stack and I use them to represent the enabled
disabled and hilited states of buttons.
In OSX when I set the hilite icon of a button to a specified icon the
button shows the appropriate appearance and ev
Hi Chris,
Have you tried using a preceptorTools generic module? The generic
module allows you to roll your own instructional design. it is a stack
that contains about 25 content cards and a prebuilt navigation system.
Everything that goes on the cards is up to you. No Objectives or
lengthy i
Hi all,
I have a stack that I want windows users to be able to use. I have
checked and rechecked the code for problem characters so that is OK.
However because the stack was created on a Mac it has a resource fork,
right?. Do I need to do anything about this before I make this stack
availab
Tom,
This is a not a major problem but it is irritating. I just thought
that palette objects should all have the same set of methods when it
comes to something as fundamental as resizing.
my 2¢
Steve
On Wednesday, February 11, 2004, at 10:29 AM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Steve,
I don't thi
Hi,
I have noticed what seems to be an irregularity in how tabbed buttons
function when grouped.
recipe:
create a tabbed button
group it
click the "select grouped" icon of the Rev Task bar
now try to use the selection handles of the tabbed button to change its
size.
It doesn't work.
It works
Hi all,
PreceptorTools version 1.0.5 is now available for download.
Download v 1.0.5 here: http://www.messimercomputing.com/pTDnLoads.html
I have decided to release this version as Freeware. If you are an
educator or a trainer or a hobbyist you can now use preceptorTools free
of charge. Here'
Hi all,
PreceptorTools version 1.0.4 is currently available for download on the
Messimer Computing, Inc. Downloads page.
http://www.messimercomputing.com/pTDnLoads.html
This version is a maintenance release that includes the following bug
fixes and refinments:
• Changed name of "Begin" button
Hi all,
This is to let you know that version 1.0 of PreceptorTools courseware
development system was released today. Free 30 day downloads are
available both on the Run Rev web site and on my website as well.
PreceptorTools may be purchased online at the Runtime Revolution online
store beginn
Hi Greg,
I am not an expert but here is what I think is happening.
A grp that has been assigned a Quicktime file but is not currently
running the file is probably able to scroll in the window as expected.
Certainly a player that is a component of a grp that has not been
assigned a QT file sho
Hi,
I asked this question a while back and never had a response so I
thought I would give it another try.
What exactly are animations? They aren't objects ... at least I don't
think they are.
Are they part of a card's object layer or do they float above it.
Does anyone know if there is a wa
Klaus,
Thanks for the references.
On Thursday, November 6, 2003, at 11:16 PM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do you mean this one:
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~tfurukaw/RunRev/dbindex.html
This is a really great cgi development reference.
???
Or do you mean:
go stack "http://www.xyz.com/staxx/your
Hi,
I vaguely remember that someone was using Revolution stacks over the
web in such a way that the stack was useable but wasn't actually
downloaded to the end-user.
I would really appreciate it if someone could give me a little
direction regarding how to implement such an arrangement.
Thanks
Hi,
Is there a function in Rev that returns the name of a Player that is
currently playing a quicktime movie?
If there were such a function I could use the information returned to
stop any player under pretty much any circumstance.
movie() has this function for videoclips. I don't see a simil
Hi,
I am having a problem stopping QT movies under certain circumstances.
Is there a single message that can stop a currently playing QT movie
without specifying its player? Actually I think there is such a thing
but I can't seem to find any reference to it in the documentation.
Here's why
Dar et al
Thanks to everyone who helped with this issue. Dang I love this group.
:-)
On Friday, October 17, 2003, at 02:30 PM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This might help:
It did indeed this is a great reference. I repost it here just in
case anyone else might want to take a look.
http://www
Richard,
I think I understand what you mean by low ASCII. Not having memorized
either the Mac or PC character sets this becomes an issue when I am
using a particular character. It would be nice to have a simple list
that points out areas where the two character sets diverge.
Thanks for your r
Hi,
I am creating an application for use on both Macs and PCs.
I know that to ensure cross platform compatibility between Mac and
Windows OS the following characters need to be used when scripting.
"< > " should be used instead of "≠"
" >= " should be used instead of " ≥ "
" =< " should
Hi all,
I just downloaded 2.1 and I'm adding a statement to the preopenstack
handler that checks for the version of Rev.
If it is >= 2.1 then it sets the decorations to metal if < 2.1 it
leaves the decorations alone.
here are the statements concerned
on preOpenStack
-- other stuff
if the vers
From: Wilhelm Sanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Unstuffing Preceptor Tools
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wihelm,
Sorry you are having problems with windows. I haven't tested
preceptorTools to any degree with Windows so I am not surprised that it
is acting up. I hope to test
Hi All,
This is just to let you know that the Public Beta of PreceptorTools has
been release and is available for download. :-)
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PreceptorTools Public Beta Released
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Edinburgh, Scotland, 25th September, 200
Klaus And Alex,
Thanks for the help guys. I was able to download via ftp w/o problems.
:-) I still don't know what the problem is. I suppose I will have to
devote some effort to this in the near future. Dang!
Best regards,
Steve
Stephen R. Messimer, PA
208 1st Ave. South
Escanaba, MI 49829
Hi all,
Anyone have any tips about how to download 2.1. I have tried
downloading the Classic, OSX and Windows versions all to no avail.
Thinking it might be some sort of Safari related issue I tried IE 5.2
but that didn't work either.
Any assistance would be very much appreciated.
Thanks.
S
Hi,
I am creating a tool that includes the capability to send a field of
information to a specified email address. The script that manages this
works fine as long as the body of the message is small < 100 words
(approximate) if it is much larger than that the script executes but
doesn't send
Basically, I want to be able to place a stack in the Rev plug-ins
folder and two stacks in the Rev program folder. I've looked at
commercial installers and they all seem pretty expensive, costs being
based on the number of installs projected for a product. That is pretty
much out of the questio
Hi
Anybody know if there is a rev-based installer for sale out there?
Thanks
Steve
Stephen R. Messimer, PA
208 1st Ave. South
Escanaba, MI 49829
www.messimercomputing.com
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Hi Jacqueline,
I may be thinking about this a bit too simply but heres my 2 cents.
Copying just places the object in the clipboard for future use. I can't
really think of an instance where the copy command ever places the
copied selection, be it text or object at some other location like say
t
Hi,
Using the Application Browser, is there a way to duplicate a substack
in place? I know I can remove the substack in question duplicate it
and then make both of them substacks again. I'm just wondering if there
is a faster way to do this. :-)
Thanks,
Steve
Stephen R. Messimer, PA
208 1s
Hi,
Using the Application Browser, is there a way to duplicate a substack
in place? I know I can remove the substack from its main stack
duplicate it and then make both of them substacks again. I'm just
wondering if there is a faster way.
Thanks.
Steve
Stephen R. Messimer, PA
208 1st Ave.
Sannyasin,
I feel your pain! If I understand the problem correctly there is a
solution. :-)
FIrst copy the stack as it is and leave the original in a safe place
just incase this doesn't work.
There are two possible ways to deal with this.
1. Go to the Second deepest nested grp using the ed
Hi All,
Here's my 2 cents regarding the new pricing.
Frankly I think it is great. I have been using Rev for the last 2
years. It was difficult in the beginning to see the rationale for the
steep pricing. Now it seems their initial pricing model has been
vindicated. What a new company's need
Ubaldo.
This solution requires two fields and one button. No persistent
storage container is required to hold the gestation info other than the
button script. You could store this information in a field or custom
prop but that really isn't necessary.
Try this ...
Create a field "LMP" for th
Rick,
Thanks for the idea. That may work in some instances. However most of
the text that needs to be read is changed dynamically based upon user
supplied information. The information is placed in a variable and the
revspeak command uses the contents of the variable as its source for
speaka
Hi again,
I'd like to make a request to the list. I develop with a Mac and don't
have access to Windows XP. I need someone who uses Windows XP to issue
the "revSpeechVoices" function in the message box and post the results
to this list.
Your help is much appreciated.
Thanks
Steve
Stephen R.
Hi all,
I am building an object that requires the use of the revSetSpeechVoice
command. This is no problem for the Mac Classic and OSX platforms but
I am at a loss to find any reference to the existence of similiar
functionality on the Windows. Does windows have voices as well and are
there
On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 10:30 PM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do you have any problems with Spell Catcher X?
I have used it (and its predecessors) for many years in all sorts of
programmes. It has caused a lot of grief in Revolution. The glossary
function seems to toss in extra invisible cha
On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 11:02 AM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What would be the best way to implement a spell-checker in Rev?
Is there something I could leverage inside of Rev already?
Thanks in advance.
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Hi Dave,
I use Spell Catcher X by Cassidy & Green. It works very wel
Hi all,
How does one access substacks using b1. I have tried using the
application browser but I can't seem to any button or other way to
bring substacks to the editable mode.
I know this has to be simple . I just can't seem to figure it out.
Thanks
Steve
Stephen R. Messimer, PA
208 1st Ave
Hi,
I am attempting to send a message to a substack of a plugin. The
script doesn't work because the msg can't find the stack. Here's the
script.
on preOpenStack
send ckState to stack "xData" -- ckState is a handler in a substack
(xData) of a plugin located in the Rev plugins folder
end pr
Hi Ken,
Good question. How about making the animation into a QT movie?
Ken N. ( the _other_ Ken)
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Well I suppose I could use SnapZPro X. and make a quick time movie and
put a player in the group. This could work but I have a feeling that
the overhead would be significant. Besides
Ken,
Thanks. This tip is very useful. I will give it a try.
Steve
On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 10:53 AM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stephen, the move command is not limited to straight paths; make a
curvy
path with the Freehand tool, and do a:
move to (the points of
)
Hope this help
Hi,
I would really like to use the animation manager to make animations in
groups. This would allow me to hide the group after the animation is
shown. Thus far I have been unable to do this. The documentation
suggests that animations are creatures of cards
In the mean time I have used the m
Hi
Anyone know how to determine the state of a tool.? I want to be able
to get the state of the browse tool ie. is it enabled or not.
Thanks in advance.
Steve
Stephen R. Messimer, PA
208 1st Ave. South
Escanaba, MI 49829
www.messimercomputing.com
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