Re: DDE, URL helper application in Windows, how to.... SOLVED
Scott, I'm forwarding this to the list as well. The purpose of the registry settings I posted is to allow you to associate a URL protocol with an application (in this case, an application created with MC, which implements the MC External DDE server). In my case I wanted to associate a protocol emv with my application. eg: if the user clicks on a link emv://www.myserver.com/data/filetoloadinmyapplication.jpg in a page it will launch my MC helper application and pass the URL value to my app's DDE server. The MC External DDE server works fine without doing any registry alterations - all you need to remember is that the DDE server is EXT - not the name of the application you have created, see my previous post. And also, as we discuss below, to remember to include the ext.dll in the same directory as the application. If you were registering a file type (eg .mxy) with your application, rather than a protocol as was interested in doing, you might want to include the DDE details to prevent multiple instances of your application openingfor more info, see: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.best.com/msg01901.html I have created an Windows InstallerVise vct file which makes the Registry edits outlined in my previous post, if anyone is interested in a copy of this, just email me off list. Rodney >Recently, Rodney Tamblyn wrote: > >> I misunderstood the role of importing EXT.dll as a component - it seems this >> just binds the DLL to the stack/application. You must also include the DLL in >> the same directory as the application you are creating. > >Yes, I was going to run this by you in case you didn't get an answer to your >post: on Windows, the external (DLL) must be included in the same directory >as your MC app; on Mac the external is imported. > >>From your post, have you surmised that editing the registry is required to >make DDE work? Without knowing enough about the mechanics, I assumed that >any app with DDE capability would be able to send and receive messages, but >perhaps this is not possible without custom keys established in the >registry? > >Thanks for your thoughts. > >Regards, > >Scott > >_ >Scott Rossi Tactile Media - Multimedia & Design >Creative Director Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: www.tactilemedia.com -- -- Rodney Tamblyn Educational Media group Higher Education Development Centre, 75 Union Place University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand ph +64 3 479 7580 Fax +64 3 479 8362 http://hedc.otago.ac.nz ~ http://rodney.weblogs.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: MC and outside world
- Original Message - From: "slavko milekic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 5:57 PM Subject: MC and outside world > > I am trying to use MC for student projects in building innovative ways of > interacting with the outside world. I have come across serial port-based > IO card called EZIO (www.ezio.com) -- there is an example stack for > HyperCard but I need to use it on a Windows machine. Any guidelines for > converting the HyperCard stack (and external) to MC (and DLL) on Windows > platform would be greatly appreciated! It's very possible that I misunderstand what's involved here, but I'm not sure you need the DLL or anything found in the Hypercard stack. The EZIO API tells exactly what data is needed to control what EZIO functions, so... have you tried writing and reading directly to/from a Windows COM port? Examples: 1) init serial port to 57600 bps, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity bit MC: set the serialControlString to "BAUD=57600 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1" 2) get an analog to digital conversion: API instructions: send out "A" (ascii 65) send out line number as ASCII character, range= 0 through 7 read back the result, which will be an ASCII char from 0 to 255 MC: open file "COM1:" for update write "A" & tSomeLineNumber to file "COM1:" read from file "COM1:" for 1 char put it into tEZIOresponse close file "COM1:" 3) set the pulse-width-modulation duty cycle (PWM) API instructions: send out "P" (ascii 80) send out line number as ASCII character, range=0 through 1 send out the duty cycle as two chars/bytes, high byte first, then low byte, to make a 10-bit number (zero through 1023). For example: to set the duty cycle to 100% (full on), send out ascii 03 in the high byte, followed by ascii 255 in the low byte. MC: open file "COM1:" for write write "P" to file "COM1:" write tSomeLineNumber to file "COM1:" write numtochar(3) & numtochar(255) to file "COM1:" close file "COM1:" In example 3, you may wish to use the "binaryEncode" and "binaryDecode" functions to create the send string, instead of doing it the way shown here. If you pursue this, please let us know if you get it to work. I've never used EZIO, I just went to their web site and read their stuff. Phil Davis > > Slavko Milekic > - > Slavko Milekic, M.D., Ph.D. > Assoc. Prof. of Cognitive Science & Digital Design > Dept. of Art Education & Art Therapy > The University of the Arts > 320 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19102 > > tel: 215-717-6052 fax: 209-844-9704 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.uarts.edu/faculty/smilekic > - > > > 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: multiple sockets to the same address:port
Robin-David Hammond wrote: > > It looks like the close sockets function does not accept the name of the socket, > but the host:port pair. this would make opening multiple sockes to the same port > rather difficult. I'm not sure about 2.3.x but in 2.4 you can "number" each socket like: 1.2.3.4:80|1 and 1.2.3.4:80|2... > > can someone please confirm/deny? > > - > > Robin-David Hammond > 56 Hardwick RD > Ashland MASS, USA > > "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern > technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." Andu 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.
How to subscribe--again
I seem to have been unsubscribed from the list. I tried to subscribe again by putting simply subscribe digest into the subject and body of a memo to this list, but it bounced...if someone has better instructions, post them to the list and I will view from the archive. Thanks Hinduism Today Sivakatirswami Editor's Assistant/Production Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.HinduismToday.com, www.HimalayanAcademy.com, www.Gurudeva.org, www.hindu.org 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: DDE, URL helper application in Windows, how to....
The problem is that you need the EXT.dll file in the same folder as the standalone engine. This is different from MacOS where the external is actually in the resouces of the file. I had the exact same problem when I first played with standalone & externals on windows. > Further to my last email: > > I have now got this working within Metacard, but not yet within a > stand-alone MC application. > > Recap: I wished to configure a Windows computer so that a url of > emv:// would be handed off to my MC application. > > Take a look at the key for "URL:Hypertext Transfer Protocol" (you > can use Find in Regedit to search for keys if you want) to see > the basic format. > > You can set some of these values from within explorer window > ->view menu ->Folder Options:File Types tab, however I don't > believe you can create a URL protocol setting from scratch within > the File Types window. I was only able to get this working by > using Regedit. > > From System Start menu, choose open and run Regedit > - Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT create a new key "emv" > - emv should have the following values set: > Default URL:EMV > URL Protocol "" > -within emv key create a key "shell", then a key "open", then a > key "command" >command should have default value set to the path to Metacard > - within open key create a "ddeexec" key with values for: > default "Display" %1 (this is what will be passed to MC) > Application EXT (our DDE server, you need to have the > MC External installed) > Topic System (not sure if this is required or not) > > Now go to window ->view menu ->Folder Options:File Types tab and > scroll down to URL, you should should find a setting for URL:EMV. > View this... you can change values now like the application you > are linking to etc... > > Now open MC, open your stack and start the DDE server (see MC > External documentation under DDE if this is a mystery to you). > > In a Explorer type: emv://testing and press return. Message > should be displayed in MC. > > Now the problem: if I import EXT into my stack as a component, > then save the stack as an application, I cannot get windows to > pass messages to the stand alone stack in the manner described > above. Windows launches a new instance of the stack each time > (very slowely) then reports that a library is missing or > something similar. > > I think the issue is related to having a DDE server in a stand > alone MC application ... I have been having problems getting this > working (eg: make a simple stack implementing a DDE server that > puts messages received into a result field, import the external > as a component, save as a standalone stack. Try to call this > from another application ... I can't get this to work). > > Any tips or suggestions? > > R. > -- > -- > Rodney Tamblyn > Educational Media group > Higher Education Development Centre, 75 Union Place > University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand > ph +64 3 479 7580 Fax +64 3 479 8362 > http://hedc.otago.ac.nz ~ http://rodney.weblogs.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: Strange behavior (2.3.2)
- Original Message - From: "Karl Becker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 4:07 PM Subject: Strange behavior (2.3.2) > Okay, here's my problem, maybe someone can see a problem with my logic: > > I have a handler (loadFonts) that makes a list of the user's fonts, > sorts it alphabetically, and puts it into a button in the stack's > menuGroup (titled, appropriately enough, "Text" ) . > > However, I keep getting an execution error dialog when I do a few > different things (like going to a card whose function is related to > printing) in the standalone version (and only the standalone version, > not in the development environment) of the stack that usually points > to two things: a specific line of script, and the one place I call > the handler in the entire stack, which is in preOpenStack. > > I think the call to this font handler in preOpenStack may be causing > some sort of weird problem, but I'm not sure what. In preOpenStack, > I read info about a bunch of stacks from the user's hard drive (to > get every stack's name that's contained in an 'Add-ons' folder, which > is pretty much like a 'Plug-ins' folder) . > > I don't know if I'm explaining this problem very well, but anyway I > put it, I need help! Does anyone have any idea what could be causing > this problem? (When I removed this loadFonts handler from the > preOpenStack, the error points to the call of the nextHandler on the > list, a loadHelp handler. I'm sure it has something do with calling > handlers in preOpenStack, but the problem didn't pop up until > recently.) > > Any ideas as to how to fix this nasty bug? If you suspect the "preOpenStack" aspect of the situation, you could test your assumption by moving the problem-script's execution to "openStack". That might tell you if you're truly on the right path. If the code worked until recently, what changed on your machine? Software upgrades? New installs? Phil Davis > > -- > Karl Becker, KB Productions - http://www.karlbecker.com > Featuring:New Tricks, Tiger's Eye Casino, and The Fishin' Hole > > 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.
DDE, URL helper application in Windows, how to.... SOLVED
Further to my last email: I misunderstood the role of importing EXT.dll as a component - it seems this just binds the DLL to the stack/application. You must also include the DLL in the same directory as the application you are creating. Revised instructions below: I strongly recommend that you look at other examples in Regedit (eg URL:Hypertext Transfer Protocol") to get the idea of how the following example works. Create your DDE server: Open a MC stack, create a DDE server (see MC External documentation). Import the Ext.dll as a component under stack properties. Save the stack as a stand-alone application. Copy the Ext.dll to the same directory as your stand alone. >From System Start menu, choose open and run Regedit - Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT create a new key "emv" - emv should have the following values set: [right mouse button click, select from menu] Default URL:EMV EditFlags 02 00 00 00 (use a binary value for this setting) URL Protocol "" -within emv key create a key "shell", then a key "open", then a key "command" - within command, set default value to the path to your application (see above), eg C:\testdde\myapp.exe - within 'open' key create a 'ddeexec' key with values for: default "Display" %1 (this is what will be passed to MC) Application EXT (our DDE server, you need to have the MC External installed) Topic System (not sure if this is required or not) Now go to window ->view menu ->Folder Options:File Types tab and scroll down to URL, you should should find a setting for URL:EMV (if you omitted the EditFlags value under EMV above then you will not see or be able to edit the URL:EMV values from within the File Types tab). View settings... you can change values now like the application you are linking to etc... -- -- Rodney Tamblyn Educational Media group Higher Education Development Centre, 75 Union Place University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand ph +64 3 479 7580 Fax +64 3 479 8362 http://hedc.otago.ac.nz ~ http://rodney.weblogs.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: Digest metacard.v004.n303
- Original Message - From: "Robin-David Hammond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 4:37 PM Subject: Re: Digest metacard.v004.n303 > > It looks like the close sockets function does not accept the name of the socket, > but the host:port pair. this would make opening multiple sockes to the same port > rather difficult. But not impossible. Here's a snippet from the "open" card of the 2.3.2 Metatalk Reference stack: To open multiple sockets to the same host:port address, an optional connection identifier can be supplied by appending it with the | character as a delimiter (e.g., "www.metacard.com:80|1"). Phil Davis > > can someone please confirm/deny? > > - > > Robin-David Hammond > 56 Hardwick RD > Ashland MASS, USA > > "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern > technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." > > > > > > 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.
MC and outside world
I am trying to use MC for student projects in building innovative ways of interacting with the outside world. I have come across serial port-based IO card called EZIO (www.ezio.com) -- there is an example stack for HyperCard but I need to use it on a Windows machine. Any guidelines for converting the HyperCard stack (and external) to MC (and DLL) on Windows platform would be greatly appreciated! Slavko Milekic - Slavko Milekic, M.D., Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. of Cognitive Science & Digital Design Dept. of Art Education & Art Therapy The University of the Arts 320 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19102 tel: 215-717-6052 fax: 209-844-9704 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.uarts.edu/faculty/smilekic - 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.
DDE, URL helper application in Windows, how to....
Further to my last email: I have now got this working within Metacard, but not yet within a stand-alone MC application. Recap: I wished to configure a Windows computer so that a url of emv:// would be handed off to my MC application. Take a look at the key for "URL:Hypertext Transfer Protocol" (you can use Find in Regedit to search for keys if you want) to see the basic format. You can set some of these values from within explorer window ->view menu ->Folder Options:File Types tab, however I don't believe you can create a URL protocol setting from scratch within the File Types window. I was only able to get this working by using Regedit. >From System Start menu, choose open and run Regedit - Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT create a new key "emv" - emv should have the following values set: Default URL:EMV URL Protocol "" -within emv key create a key "shell", then a key "open", then a key "command" command should have default value set to the path to Metacard - within open key create a "ddeexec" key with values for: default "Display" %1 (this is what will be passed to MC) Application EXT (our DDE server, you need to have the MC External installed) Topic System (not sure if this is required or not) Now go to window ->view menu ->Folder Options:File Types tab and scroll down to URL, you should should find a setting for URL:EMV. View this... you can change values now like the application you are linking to etc... Now open MC, open your stack and start the DDE server (see MC External documentation under DDE if this is a mystery to you). In a Explorer type: emv://testing and press return. Message should be displayed in MC. Now the problem: if I import EXT into my stack as a component, then save the stack as an application, I cannot get windows to pass messages to the stand alone stack in the manner described above. Windows launches a new instance of the stack each time (very slowely) then reports that a library is missing or something similar. I think the issue is related to having a DDE server in a stand alone MC application ... I have been having problems getting this working (eg: make a simple stack implementing a DDE server that puts messages received into a result field, import the external as a component, save as a standalone stack. Try to call this from another application ... I can't get this to work). Any tips or suggestions? R. -- -- Rodney Tamblyn Educational Media group Higher Education Development Centre, 75 Union Place University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand ph +64 3 479 7580 Fax +64 3 479 8362 http://hedc.otago.ac.nz ~ http://rodney.weblogs.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: Digest metacard.v004.n303
It looks like the close sockets function does not accept the name of the socket, but the host:port pair. this would make opening multiple sockes to the same port rather difficult. can someone please confirm/deny? - Robin-David Hammond 56 Hardwick RD Ashland MASS, USA "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." 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: Digest metacard.v004.n303
It looks like the close sockets function does not accept the name of the socket, but the host:port pair. this would make opening multiple sockes to the same port rather difficult. can someone please confirm/deny? - Robin-David Hammond 56 Hardwick RD Ashland MASS, USA "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." 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.
Strange behavior (2.3.2)
Okay, here's my problem, maybe someone can see a problem with my logic: I have a handler (loadFonts) that makes a list of the user's fonts, sorts it alphabetically, and puts it into a button in the stack's menuGroup (titled, appropriately enough, "Text" ) . However, I keep getting an execution error dialog when I do a few different things (like going to a card whose function is related to printing) in the standalone version (and only the standalone version, not in the development environment) of the stack that usually points to two things: a specific line of script, and the one place I call the handler in the entire stack, which is in preOpenStack. I think the call to this font handler in preOpenStack may be causing some sort of weird problem, but I'm not sure what. In preOpenStack, I read info about a bunch of stacks from the user's hard drive (to get every stack's name that's contained in an 'Add-ons' folder, which is pretty much like a 'Plug-ins' folder) . I don't know if I'm explaining this problem very well, but anyway I put it, I need help! Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this problem? (When I removed this loadFonts handler from the preOpenStack, the error points to the call of the nextHandler on the list, a loadHelp handler. I'm sure it has something do with calling handlers in preOpenStack, but the problem didn't pop up until recently.) Any ideas as to how to fix this nasty bug? -- Karl Becker, KB Productions - http://www.karlbecker.com Featuring:New Tricks, Tiger's Eye Casino, and The Fishin' Hole 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: DDE, URL helper application in Windows, how to....
Interesting questiong Rodney I had a poke aroung the registry editor and found that under HKCR there is key for each protocol with the shell commands you need to use. The keys are very simmilar to accesing a file. Hope that helps. Cheers from Oz > I've got an image viewing Metacard program which can handle > events received from a web browser. > > On the Mac I have configured my program as a helper application > in the Internet Control Panel (Advanced tab, Helper Apps), > allowing the URL type emv to be associated with my program. > In the browser if the user clicks on a link starting emv:// > this is passed to my Metacard application as an appleevent. > > Now I want to try and do the achieve thing under Windows, namely: > associate the url type emv with my application. I see that there > is a URL file type (see: explorer window ->view menu ->Folder > Options:File Types tab) eg "URL:File Transfer Protocol". There > must be more to it than this though (where is the actual protocol > prefix specified?). > > I have made a MC application using the MC External, configured to > act as a DDE Server (ie able to receive DDE events) but haven't > yet been able to get the web browser to talk to it. > > Related question: when I make a stand-alone application which is > acting as a DDE server, does the server name becomes the name of > the application (not EXT?). Is there any way of getting a list > of all available DDE servers on the computer? > > If anyone has had any success trying to do this sort of thing or > can point me towards any relevant documentation or instructions I > would appreciate it. > > Rodney > > > > -- > -- > Rodney Tamblyn > Educational Media group > Higher Education Development Centre, 75 Union Place > University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand > ph +64 3 479 7580 Fax +64 3 479 8362 > http://hedc.otago.ac.nz ~ http://rodney.weblogs.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: mcRipper .2
Klaus Major <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've done a version of "rip and burn" for single-card stacks with XML > > markup. I picked XML for markup because Bill Gates thinks it's great ;-) > sounds interesting. > Could you please post it somewhere? I've emailed a stack that contains the major handlers from my database stack and a listing of an example database text file to Geoff and Klaus. The database stack itself is to crude for public consumption. The only function of immediate and independent use is nextTag, which can be used to parse XML text. However, by inspecting the script you can get an good idea of my approach to MC stack "rip and burn" and database markup. I would be happy to email a copy of the stack I sent to Geoff and Klaus to anyone else. Please request off-list via email. Rich Herz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
MetaCard app on a server...
OK, hypothetically speaking... Suppose you create a standalone app on the Mac. And the app has a collection of data stacks that it uses, and they are in the same directory as the app. And you set the shared flag to true (via ResEdit) and you put it on a server. Now two Mac clients both launch the app. And they both use it to open the same data stack on the server. What would happen? A. Both users would get a copy of the data stack loaded into their own RAM, and when they did a save, the save would be rewritten back to the data stack on the server, or B. The first user to get to the stack would win, and the other user would get a "stack is in use" error Furthermore, suppose you have a global variable named "myName" (not that I would do this, but just supposed.) If two people would run the app at the same time, would they both get the same global? Would it be different for each? I can test this all out at work, but was sorta hoping someone had already walked down this path. I could see some cool local network gaming possibilities for my school based on the answers to these questions... Anyone know? :) Richard MacLemale Instructional Technology Specialist James W. Mitchell High School 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: proportionalThumbs behaving strangely
Hi Craig, Wild guesses: - Could this have anything to do with the scrollbar's "style" property? (The prop value can be scrollbar, progress, or scale.) - How's the supply of available memory when it happens? That can affect the way things are drawn on the screen. Phil Davis - Original Message - From: "Craig Spooner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 8:07 AM Subject: RE: proportionalThumbs behaving strangely > I'm still having problems with this and wonder if anyone has found a > solution. Anyone? > Thanks, > Craig > > > At 2:28 PM -0400 4/10/01, MisterX wrote: > >>some kind of parent to the bug with the horizontal bar I get on windoze. > >> > >>if you resize the object it fixes itself. but it comes back once in a while! > >> > >>Xa > >> > >>> -Original Message- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Craig Spooner > >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 4:58 PM > >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Subject: proportionalThumbs behaving strangely > >>> > >>> > >>> Has anyone noticed a change in the behavior of the proportionalThumbs > >>> property? When I set the proportionalThumbs to true for the Mac, the > >>> vertical "thumb bar" expands to fill the entire height of the > >>> scrollbar, even though there is nothing to scroll up or down to. The > >>> same project built with MC ver. 2.3.1 a year ago behaves normally, > >>> i.e., the "thumb bar" disappears under these conditions. > >>> > >>> Has something changed, or is a new setting required now? I've review > >> > the current MC readme files and don't see any mention of it. > > -- > > /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ > \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ > > Craig Spooner > Instructional Technology Training and Development > WebCT Administrator > Office of Instructional Services > Colorado State University > (970) 491-2516 > > 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.
trans pixel in rectangular btns
Has anyone noticed that standard and rectangular btns in Windows (not a problem on the Mac) have what appears to be a transparent pixel in the upper-right corner. If you position such a btn over a dark background, you'll see this odd speck. This is something new since an earlier version of MC about a year ago. I'm having to rework my interface design to avoid it. Anyone know of a workaround? Thanks, Craig -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Craig Spooner Instructional Technology Training and Development WebCT Administrator Office of Instructional Services Colorado State University (970) 491-2516 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.
"library" scripts?
I tried to "start using" a .mt script without success. So, I assume MC's library functionality is intended for stacks only. Correct? It makes sense. How could a text file have the smarts to do that? It's reminiscent of the scarecrow singing "...if I only had a brain." But we've seen MC do so much... that can only mean one thing... Oz must be in Boulder. Phil Davis 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: proportionalThumbs behaving strangely
I'm still having problems with this and wonder if anyone has found a solution. Anyone? Thanks, Craig At 2:28 PM -0400 4/10/01, MisterX wrote: >>some kind of parent to the bug with the horizontal bar I get on windoze. >> >>if you resize the object it fixes itself. but it comes back once in a while! >> >>Xa >> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Craig Spooner >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 4:58 PM >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: proportionalThumbs behaving strangely >>> >>> >>> Has anyone noticed a change in the behavior of the proportionalThumbs >>> property? When I set the proportionalThumbs to true for the Mac, the >>> vertical "thumb bar" expands to fill the entire height of the >>> scrollbar, even though there is nothing to scroll up or down to. The >>> same project built with MC ver. 2.3.1 a year ago behaves normally, >>> i.e., the "thumb bar" disappears under these conditions. >>> >>> Has something changed, or is a new setting required now? I've review >> > the current MC readme files and don't see any mention of it. -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Craig Spooner Instructional Technology Training and Development WebCT Administrator Office of Instructional Services Colorado State University (970) 491-2516 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.
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--- Matthew Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> inquired from across the pond: How would you search a file for a line beginning with some id number, and then extract that line and read each item into a separate variable name? kv is just a holder variable put url "c:/windows/desktop/goodfile.txt" into kv filter kv with "#123*" set itemDelimiter to "@" -- whatever yours is put item 1 of kv into varUno put item 2 of kv into varDos the mac urls I'll let others handle good luck, Michael Kann __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.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.
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Hi Matthew,
> Hi List,
>
> I have a quick question if anyone has time to respond.
>
> I would like to know how to search a file for a line beginning with some
> id number, and then to extract that line and read each item into a
> separate variable name.
>
> Many thanks
>
here's a quick and (hopefully not too) dirty one:
##supposed your file is a text-file...
put url"file:" & "the_path/to_your/file.txt" into whatsoever
get lineoffset("your_id_number", whatsoever)
set the itemdel to xxx ## replace xxx with your itemdelimiter
put line it of whatsoever into the_line
put item 1 of the_line into etc...
...not tested, but should do the job.
If in doubt, consult your dealer or this list or me off-list ;-)
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Matthew Davies a écrit :
>
> Hi List,
>
> I have a quick question if anyone has time to respond.
>
> I would like to know how to search a file for a line beginning with some
> id number, and then to extract that line and read each item into a
> separate variable name.
open file thefile for read
read from file thefile until eof
put it into theread
get lineoffset("#" & some id number & the itemdel,theread)
close file thefile
or
get lineoffset("#" & some id number & the itemdel,url thefile)
where "#" is used as the line begining delimiter.
>
> Many thanks
>
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Hi List, I have a quick question if anyone has time to respond. I would like to know how to search a file for a line beginning with some id number, and then to extract that line and read each item into a separate variable name. Many thanks -- * Matthew L. Davies* * Nonlinear Kinetics Group * * * * School of Chemistry * * University of Leeds * * LEEDS. LS2 9JT. UK * * TEL: (0113) 233 6489 * 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.
