Re: Open a file with MC from desktop
It comes in as command line argument $0 if I remember correctly. So when your app launches, you just say: put $0 into myFilePath and you should get it. Take a look at the entry for "command line arguments" in the Help Index for more info. Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: "pascal.bau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 4:13 PM Subject: Was: Open a file with MC from desktop > It has to be X platform. > Under Windows, the filepath is the parameter of what msg??? > Many thanks Ken! > > >Is this in Mac or Windows? In Mac OS 9, you'd need to make sure that the > >type and creator codes were associated with the standalone; in OS X and > >Windows you'd need to make sure the file extension was registered with the > >standalone. Then, when the file is double-clicked and it launches the > >standalone, you get an 'odoc' appleEvent in MacOS, and you get the filepath > >of the document as a parameter to the application under WIndows. > > > >Ken Ray > > > ___ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard > ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: emailing function?
Yes, in the ReadMe for MC 2.4.3. Download a copy from ftp.metacard.com, and read the ReadMe. Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: "kweto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:27 PM Subject: Re: emailing function? > > Go here http://dark.unitz.ca/~shaosean/software/libSMTP/index.html > > > > & download Shao Sean's libSMTP > > Thank you. Downloaded it, but got some script errors, the first one of which > was at the line "put the internet date". Seems that in MC2.3 the "date" > function only supports [long | short | abbreviated] forms. Any workarounds > for this (short of upgrading to 2.4)? > > Speaking of which, is there a list somewhere of the (significant) > differences between MC2.3 and MC2.4? > > Thank you. > > Nicolas Cueto > > ___ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard > ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: New window style
Well, Simon, you can create a custom window definition with MC already (i.e. you can create a rounded corner window), and the brushed steel would just be a backgroundpattern. It won't be as easy as "set the tyle of this stack to brushed", but it is doable. See the windowShape and backgroundPattern properties. Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: "Simon Lord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MetaCard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 3:19 PM Subject: New window style > I sent an email to Scott with this question, he hasn't responded so I'm > wondering if my support ran out :^) > > My question is for MC under OSX. Is there, or *will* there be a new > window style that would allow me to create the brushed steel window > with rounded corners? The API to do this has been included in the > latest versions of OSX (I see Apple Script can make these windows now). > > So how long before we can state: set the style of this stack to brushed > > Sincerely, > Simon > > ___ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard > ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: emailing function?
> Go here http://dark.unitz.ca/~shaosean/software/libSMTP/index.html > > & download Shao Sean's libSMTP Thank you. Downloaded it, but got some script errors, the first one of which was at the line "put the internet date". Seems that in MC2.3 the "date" function only supports [long | short | abbreviated] forms. Any workarounds for this (short of upgrading to 2.4)? Speaking of which, is there a list somewhere of the (significant) differences between MC2.3 and MC2.4? Thank you. Nicolas Cueto ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
script limits in front/back scripts
I'm curious about why scriptLimits are imposed on scripts inserted in frontscripts/backscripts. The insert command requires user to specify an object script to be inserted. Surely the limits should apply to the object, in the same way as they normally do. Frontscripts/backscripts must be of limited usefulness in any standalone applications as these have scriptlimits imposed (these limits don't apply to scripts already created during authoring with a licensed home stack). Rodney -- Rodney Tamblyn 44 Melville St Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 4778606 025 2667321 http://rodney.weblogs.com ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Database Encryption
Recently, Scott Raney wrote: > Those old > things that start with a drive name and are delimited with colons are > obsolete MacOS 7/8/9 format paths. The way of the future is UNIX paths. The irony being, UNIX is a 30 year old operating system... :-) Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.tactilemedia.com ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Database Encryption
On Sat, 04 Jan 2003 Ruslan Zasukhin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then I still think that Okay, you can return UNIX paths on default., > But will be good for MC developers if you will give them built-in methods to > convert them into MAC and windows native paths. It's not a problem on Windows, you just need to change the / to a \. A conversion from MacOS X native paths to old MacOS-format paths would be trivial to script: if the path starts with "/Volumes/", just delete that part. If it doesn't, put the first line of the list returned by "the drives" before the path. > This DO NOT make any problems for development of cross-platform code. > As you know REALbasic, Director, Java, C++ all they perfectly work in > cross-platform way with Valentina, and again, developers do not have > problems with conversion of paths as you think, because paths self come from > system's Open Dialog. The problem being that paths *don't* always come from the Open dialog, in which case the way those other products handle paths are a pain in the ass because you have to handle each platform separately. > And ONLY Metacard developers, as far as I see, have headache with conversion > of paths...at least if they work with Valentina. Correct. Which is fine because the number of them doing Mac/Windows/UNIX work *without* having to write special code to handle the differences is vastly larger than the number using Valentina where you *do* have to handle paths differently (assuming of course that you don't modernize Valentina, at least on OS X, to use native paths instead of the old style). > >> I have see that you try work around this to convert manually Unix paths to > >> Mac OS paths. But this not works on my computer. > > > > You shouldn't ever need to do this. > > Scott, this is not correct. > > All other products (C++, REALbasic, Director) work in this way. > And Valentina kernel also work in this way: > native path for each platform. > > Only MetaCard habe its own special way... Because only MetaCard allows access to, e.g., the file /etc/password so that you can determine what users are configured on the current system. You have to go and buy an external package to do this with these other products, which IMHO is an inferior architecture. There are many other similar system files that people need access to. Same situation exists with the shell() function, which you would have to translate everything with if the engine used those old-style paths. > >> And Scott, again, I believe this is NOT correct, that MC 2.4.2 which is > >> CARBON, returns UNIX paths. It must return MacOS paths from Choose dialog. > > > > It can't do that and then use UNIX paths for everything else... > > Why MC Carbon can't return native MacOS paths ??? It does: what you're confused about is what "native" means. Those old things that start with a drive name and are delimited with colons are obsolete MacOS 7/8/9 format paths. The way of the future is UNIX paths. Regards, Scott > -- > Best regards, > Ruslan Zasukhin [ I feel the need...the need for speed ] > - > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: http://www.paradigmasoft.com > > To subscribe to the Valentina mail list > send a letter to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metacard.com MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that... ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: emailing function?
Go here http://dark.unitz.ca/~shaosean/software/libSMTP/index.html & download Shao Sean's libSMTP Eric Thinker Toys,Inc ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Was: Open a file with MC from desktop
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Was: Open a file with MC from desktop
It has to be X platform. Under Windows, the filepath is the parameter of what msg??? Many thanks Ken! >Is this in Mac or Windows? In Mac OS 9, you'd need to make sure that the >type and creator codes were associated with the standalone; in OS X and >Windows you'd need to make sure the file extension was registered with the >standalone. Then, when the file is double-clicked and it launches the >standalone, you get an 'odoc' appleEvent in MacOS, and you get the filepath >of the document as a parameter to the application under WIndows. > >Ken Ray ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
New window style
I sent an email to Scott with this question, he hasn't responded so I'm wondering if my support ran out :^) My question is for MC under OSX. Is there, or *will* there be a new window style that would allow me to create the brushed steel window with rounded corners? The API to do this has been included in the latest versions of OSX (I see Apple Script can make these windows now). So how long before we can state: set the style of this stack to brushed Sincerely, Simon ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
emailing function?
Hello, Vague kind of question here, about how to add an emailing capability to a standalone. What I have in mind is that "Tell a friend" button seen on some software, which, when clicked, prompts the user for their friend's (or list of friends') name and email address, after which the software sends an email to that friend stating who it's from, what the software is about, as well as an url to the software's site. If, as I imagine, such a feature is already built into MC, where in MC Help do I look? (Or, being lazy, if it requires a lengthy script, any volunteers?) Thank you. Nicolas Cueto
Re: Fwd: Shrink Image quickly
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Sannyasin Sivakatirswami wrote: > Maybe someone on the MC list will know We've had few problems with indiscriminate cross-posting between the MC and RR mailing lists, and I'm hoping this is not going to start a trend... > >> on Shrinking > >>put the width of img "shrinkTest" into x > >>if x = 20 then > >> restoreSize > >> exit Shrinking > >>end if > >>put the height of image "shrinkTest" into y > >>set the width of image "shrinkTest" to (x - 1) > >>set the height of image "shrinkTest" to (y - 1) Here's your first problem: setting the width and height separately causes the image to be rescaled *twice* instantly halving your performance. You should be setting the rect property instead. The second problem is the -1 part: the actual amount to change depends on the performance of the hardware but -1 is always going to be to small unless you're only dealing with very small images on very fast hardware. Things like the "move" command and visual effects adaptively change the delta to meet the time requirements and you'll have to do something similar using the milliseconds function, i.e., compute the size based on the ratio: currenttime - starttime / totaltime You should be able to build a usable move/scale routine using the above techniques, but for serious work in this area you should be using Flash or one of the QT-based animation tools from which you would export a QT movie that you'd play with a player control. Regards, Scott Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metacard.com MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that... ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Fwd: Shrink Image quickly
Maybe someone on the MC list will know Begin forwarded message: From: "Ken Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun Jan 5, 2003 10:44:18 PM Pacific/Honolulu To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Shrink Image quickly Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's not the "send" that's the problem. I ran your code inside a tight repeat loop and got the same results, both with the alwaysBuffer on and off for both the image and the stack. I'll bet it has something to do with the fact that for each pass at shrinking, the image needs to be redefined to be displayed, which means going through each pixel in the image determining what to do with it. I don't know how to make this any faster; perhaps Scott/Kevin can provide some suggestions? Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: "Sannyasin Sivakatirswami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:08 AM Subject: Shrink Image quickly In theory the following script should shrink an image 280 pixels wide in under 1 second... but it takes forever... 3-4 seconds. Even setting the "send in' down to 1 millisecond doesn't speed it up up... a threshold is reached at about 20 ticks where setting it any lower does not speed up the event at all... Goal is: shrink and image while is is moving along a path, smoothly, quickly. local imageRect on mouseup put the rect of image "shrinkTest" into imageRect put imageRect Shrinking end mouseup on Shrinking put the width of img "shrinkTest" into x if x = 20 then restoreSize exit Shrinking end if put the height of image "shrinkTest" into y set the width of image "shrinkTest" to (x - 1) set the height of image "shrinkTest" to (y - 1) send "Shrinking" to me in 1 milliseconds end Shrinking on restoreSize set the rect of image "Shrink Test" to imageRect end restoreSize ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Export text from tabbed field
Thanks to Eric, Robert, Andu, Phil and Richard for your replies. Your replies all seem to confirm that the columns originating from the tab stops will not be maintained when read to a file without much customizing and extra scripting. So without putting too much energy into it, I have found a solution, which is not 100% satisfactory, but it will do for me. The output file will be read by various teachers on various platforms, so there is no way to change their Word settings and I would not want to ask them to change font to a monofont either. My data in the scrolling field can be exemplified as: Date Code Student name Score Jan 02 11:30 3A1.1 Anne Lund Pedersen 37 % Jan 02 09:30 11D1.12 Randi Holt 8 % Jan 02 10:37 3A1.1 Arve Pedersen 17 % Jan 02 11:31 11D1.12 Anne Holt-Rasmussen 98 % Particularly 'Student name' will vary in length whereas 'Date' is fixed since it is read from a server. 'Code' will vary from 5 to 7 characters, so I add 2 extra spaces at the end of each code. Originally I used both1 and 2 digits for 'Score' (1,299), but at least I can add 0 in front of 1 to 9. Then as a last change in my data I place 'Score' in front of 'Student name'. What you write about not being able to change their Word settings in not quite true. If you use the RTF format for distribution instead of tabbed text, you can define the custom tab settings to be in effect when the file is opened in Word or another word processing program. These settings are file specific. In your case, producing an RTF file is quite simple. Robert Brenstein ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Export text from tabbed field
Signe Marie Sanne wrote: > Your replies all seem to confirm that the columns originating from the tab > stops will not be maintained when read to a file without much customizing and > extra scripting. I'm quite certain I missed something: if your data contains ASCII 9, why is that not evident in the other programs you read the data with? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Developer of WebMerge 2.1: Publish any database on any site ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Export text from tabbed field
Title: Re: Export text from tabbed field Signe You will have to translate the fld's text before export, inserting the correct number spaces ( based on length of the text in ea. column & the tab stops of the fld.) To display correctly, such that text aligns according to tabs, the text will need to be set to a mono font such as Monaco on Mac or Courier New on PC. Thanks to Eric, Robert, Andu, Phil and Richard for your replies. Your replies all seem to confirm that the columns originating from the tab stops will not be maintained when read to a file without much customizing and extra scripting. So without putting too much energy into it, I have found a solution, which is not 100% satisfactory, but it will do for me. The output file will be read by various teachers on various platforms, so there is no way to change their Word settings and I would not want to ask them to change font to a monofont either. My data in the scrolling field can be exemplified as: Date Code Student name Score Jan 02 11:30 3A1.1 Anne Lund Pedersen 37 % Jan 02 09:30 11D1.12 Randi Holt 8 % Jan 02 10:37 3A1.1 Arve Pedersen 17 % Jan 02 11:31 11D1.12 Anne Holt-Rasmussen 98 % Particularly 'Student name' will vary in length whereas 'Date' is fixed since it is read from a server. 'Code' will vary from 5 to 7 characters, so I add 2 extra spaces at the end of each code. Originally I used both1 and 2 digits for 'Score' (1,299), but at least I can add 0 in front of 1 to 9. Then as a last change in my data I place 'Score' in front of 'Student name'. Thanks again for all suggestions. -- 1. amanuensis Signe Marie Sanne e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Romansk Institutt tel: +47 55 58 21 27 Oysteins gt. 1 5007 Bergen http://www.hf.uib.no/hfolk/mlab/hjem/default.html Norway
transparent windows
Is there any way to apply an ink effect to a window, ie is it possible to make a stack window transparent? ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Opening stacks from variables
Further to a recent thread on the list, I've been experimenting with opening stacks from variables. One issue is how you refer to the stack after it has been opened. Does anyone know of any issues with opening stacks from variables when compared to the conventional method of opening from a file? Seems to work fine. -- -- Script example -- Binary read a stack file and create 4 example stack windows from the data -- on mouseUp local tFile,tData,tStacks,x #read a stack in (binary) answer file "Select a stack file" with filter "MSTK" put it into tFile open file tFile for binary read read from file tFile until eof put it into tData close file tFile #note stack windows open. There's no way to determine what the name of the stack #being opened is so must compare against this list. put openStacks() into tStacks open stack (tData) #find out it's name repeat for each line x in openStacks() if lineOffset(x,tStacks) = 0 then put x into tStackName exit repeat end if end repeat #rename stack set the name of stack tStackName to "Example 1" #open a few more... repeat with x = 2 to 4 open stack (tData) set the name of stack tStackName to "Example "&x end repeat end mouseUp ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
