Re: Option menu question
What about setting the menuHistory to the line number of the option you want as the default, does this do the trick? e.g. set the menuHistory of button theOptions to thePreset set the label of button theOptions \ to line thePreset of the text of button theOptions Sorry, Peter... This does not seem to work. Does anyone else have any insights? /H Hugh Senior The Flexible Learning Company Consultant Programming Software Solutions Fax/Voice: +44 (0)1483.27 87 27 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.flexibleLearning.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: scroll
Recently, Monte Goulding wrote: I didn't say I don't use groups. I just don't refer to them as backgrounds (I don't see the point - Could someone enlighten me on different properties if there are any). Backgrounds and groups are the same -- I believe the use of "background" is provided for Hypercard compatibility. Regards, Scott __ Scott RossiTactile Media - Multimedia Design Creative Director Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.tactilemedia.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Option menu question
On 12/12/00 8:51 am, Hugh Senior [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about setting the menuHistory to the line number of the option you want as the default, does this do the trick? e.g. set the menuHistory of button theOptions to thePreset set the label of button theOptions \ to line thePreset of the text of button theOptions Sorry, Peter... This does not seem to work. Does anyone else have any insights? It works here. This is definately an option menu, and you are setting the menuHistory to a number? Regards, Kevin Kevin Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.runrev.com/ Runtime Revolution Limited (formerly Cross Worlds Computing). Tel: +44 (0)131 672 2909. Fax: +44 (0)1639 830 707. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
FromSocketToField
I have the following script in a btn: --- read from socket "127.0.0.1:9980" for 1024 with message "dataHasArrived" I click on the btn, then send some data from another stack to the recieving stack. How do I make the data appear in a fld in the receiving stack? From the reference: The "read from socket" command is used to read data from a socket. Sockets are always opened in binary mode and so any required data conversion must be done in scripts. Could anyone kindly supply one of the "scripts" that the reference mentions? Thank you, Michael Kann, [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: central repository for web related metacard examples
On 10/12/00 9:34 pm, michael kann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would really like to see a list of commands that can be used with the DDE external found in the wonderful set of externals by Tuviah Snyder. I have searched on the Internet for commands and syntax that I might use with this external, but haven't had any luck. This one external would sell the whole package if people knew how to use it. What are you trying to do? Perhaps someone on this list can help point you to instructions for whatever it is? Regards, Kevin Kevin Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.runrev.com/ Runtime Revolution Limited (formerly Cross Worlds Computing). Tel: +44 (0)131 672 2909. Fax: +44 (0)1639 830 707. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: central repository for web related metacard examples
On 11/12/00 1:02 pm, michael kann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've found the Metaclass tutorials at Kevin's site to be very helpful. Would it be possible to put one together on Sockets and the Use of Metacard as a Browser? Within the tutorial there might be links to working scripts. I agree heartily with Kevin that they are doing a good job of organizing contributions. More explanations for the contributions would be valuable. We do plan an article on sockets, but currently we're too busy finishing of that other product and moving our web site, so it will be a short while yet. Thanks for the suggestion! Regards, Kevin Kevin Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.runrev.com/ Runtime Revolution Limited (formerly Cross Worlds Computing). Tel: +44 (0)131 672 2909. Fax: +44 (0)1639 830 707. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: FromSocketToField
Thanks Andu, I appreciate it. ---Michael Kann wrote: I have the following script in a btn: read from socket "127.0.0.1:9980" for 1024 with message "dataHasArrived" I click on the btn, then send some data from another stack to the recieving stack. How do I make the data appear in a fld in the receiving stack? ---Andu answered almost immediately: on dataHasArrived socketOpen, tData put tData into fld 1 end dataHasArrived Also you can just do: read from socket "127.0.0.1:9980" for 1024 put it into fld 1 Remember to open the socket before reading from it and to close it when you are done reading. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
RE: central repository for web related metacard examples
This would be good. I didn't even know these things could be done. I'm very interested particularly in the excel spreadsheet munching scenario. I need a solver like there is as an add-in in excel but don't know where to start to script it. Being able to actually use the excel solver would solve heaps of problems. Best regards Monte -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of michael kann Sent: Wednesday, 13 December 2000 3:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: central repository for web related metacard examples The one function I've been able to perform with the DDE external is to make a specific web page appear in my browser. I know that it is possible to use DDE to learn what URL is currently in the browser because I can do that with webSpy and that program uses DDE. But I can't find the commands to do that with the external. Just a few other items on the wish list: 1. send some data to an Excel spreadsheet, have Excel munch on it, retrieve the data to display in Metacard 2. send an SQL string to an ACCESS database to gather some data for display in Metacard But for now I'd like to learn how to do anything at all or be pointed to some reference where I could look up the commands. Thanks, Michael Kann, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---Kevin Miller promptly replied: What are you trying to do? Perhaps someone on this list can help point you to instructions for whatever it is? ---Michael Kann originally wrote: I would really like to see a list of commands that can be used with the DDE external found in the wonderful set of externals by Tuviah Snyder. I have searched on the Internet for commands and syntax that I might use with this external, but haven't had any luck. This one external would sell the whole package if people knew how to use it. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: scroll
Monte Goulding wrote: Yes and as I feel HyperCard is redundant then I don't use the term background because all it does is confuse the situation. Backgrounds and groups are functionally the same in MetaCard, but syntactically different. When you ask for "the number of groups" you will get back the number of groups on the card. When you ask for "the number of backgrounds" you will get back the number of groups (backgrounds) in the stack as a whole. This is a nice touch for those of us who port HyperCard stacks to MetaCard. In HyperCard, "the number of backgrounds" always refers to the number in the stack. One thing that annoys me is that there are some things that are put in for HyperCard compatabilty that actualy do their job and some that don't. As far as I'm concerned take all the HyperCard stuff out unless it actually is functional. Allowing x-talk compatibility makes it much less work to perform a HyperCard port -- and I'm doing a lot of those lately. I appreciate the flexible syntax, and I hope the functionality is retained. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | 612-724-1596 Custom hypermedia solutions| http://www.hyperactivesw.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
