Re: Multiple LAN cards & more..
Unfortunatly it seems that it's currently not possible to renew a subscription online. I assume if you contact Heather she will help you out though. Yeah!! I just got an email from Heather saying if I pay $300 for mc2.5.. I'll get a free upgrade to the 'Enterprise' ... > I'm still unclear about my upgrade options.. > > I have metacard 2.4.3.. develop for pc, mac & linux.. I want to upgrade.. > > If I upgrade to 2.5 for $300 do I get a free crossgrade to revolution ? If > so, which edition? > Yes, and the latest edition, with a years free updates. > There are no crossgrade options on the runrev site anymore, do I have to > buy the new full 'Enterprise' edition for $599 to maintain creative freedom > across platforms? No, you don't. We will be maintaining the subscription model for MetaCard customers. I'll put the crossgrade option back up very shortly, Looking forward to playing with both 2.5 & runrev soon :) regards alex ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Multiple LAN cards & more..
Thanks Pierre & others.. Looks like I'll have to have a closer look at your code and play around with the server firewall :) Another quick question.. I've read through some of the mailings about the 'revolution' of mc & I've sent off an enquiring email but I'm still unclear on my upgrade options.. I have mc 2.4.3.. I want to upgrade.. If I upgrade to 2.5 for $300 do I get a free crossgrade to revolution ? If so, which edition? There are no crossgrade options on the runrev site anymore so are we now supposed to just buy the new full 'Enterprise' edition for $599 to maintain the creative freedom across platforms which we previously enjoyed? Also what's happening to this mailing list? .. Is everyone moving over to the revolution one? This whole thing has been a bit exciting and frustrating at the same time :) I'm all for the revolution but just unsure of the price of entry. regards alex ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Multiple LAN cards & mc server apps
Hi, I haven't tried this yet but I'm sure someone has:) Using the metacard 'accept on port' command.. 1. Will this cause the server app to listen on all available interfaces? 2. How do you restrict metacard listening to just one interface? regards alex ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
RE: METACARD ACQUIRED BY RUN REV!!!
both IDEs run off the same engine. Your code will open right up in the Rev IDE without change. When you compile your programs, they will use Just tried loading my mc home stack into rev2 ... didn't work :) alex ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Unix commandline utilities for modifying images
Does anyone know of any Unix command line utilities for converting/adjusting images? The type of things I'm imagining are scaling, rotating and saving (probably to jpeg, if I could specify parameters such as quality, so much the better). If anyone has examples showing usage that would be a help. I'm running OSX 10.1.5 The alternative is to use Applescript and a freely available application like Graphics Converter (which I know will work). http://www.imagemagick.org alex ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: MC concurrency performance?
Thanks Andu, >Your best bet is to actually build the server and see how it works. The >performance is pretty good but not industrial grade. I wasn't really expecting to process 1000's of requests a second .. .. just needed someone to reaffirm my belief in mc :) .. my real concern was losing requests regards alex ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: MC & openGL
>The demo of an external / DLL bridging the gap >between MC and openGL is available at : >http://www.netchampagne.com/demoopengl/ Good! Can't wait to see further development. regards alex ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: MC concurrency performance?
Thanks for the info.. But what happens to other connections which try to access a server app port while it's processing a request? Does "accept on port with message" buffer those or do they get dropped and the client must "open socket" every few millisecs? The docs on "open socket" say data will buffered until the connection is made.. "socketTimeoutInterval" ? Again the docs only say this is related to read/write. Does the MC command "open socket" automatically try to connect at intervals? What about "socketError"? How different is this from how a browser tries to connect? Too many questions .. not enough time to experiment :) One idea was to have 2 server apps on the one machine.. app1 would only listen and queue requests while app2 would process the queued requests. But don't know how to transparently swap the [now open] connection from client-> server app2 to server app2 without breaking the connection & contacting the client from app2 (I don't think this will work if trying to process a request from an internet browser instead of custom app). Also the issue of transfering data from app1 to app2 ... begs a few basic questions... Can separate mc apps access a shared memory pool? Is it safe to have 2 mc apps share a substack? Now.. maybe I'm getting to ahead of myself & need to to read more about how tcp works on the various system levels but what I have discovered so far are that port number from subsequent connections from a [same] client keeps increasing after each session (opened then closed).. These are UDPs in particular I'm talking about now, is this a system thing or should I be worried that the client will run out of ports? :) I wonder if you could do something like... http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/index.html .. in mc? regards alex ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
MC concurrency performance?
Hi
I've just started playing with MC for doing a tcp server app. Few questions..
1. How well does MC handle multiple connections at once ('concurrency')?
2. Better of using shared or multiple ports?
thanks
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Re: mc 2.4.2 request (Scott Raney)
> > Wouldn't it be nice if there was a simple function which returned > > the host ip address (whichever was current or a list of valid ones) > > without having to open a socket. > >What use would this be? You'd always get a list, and wouldn't know >which one would be used until you actually opened a socket. > Regards, > Scott Hi Scott, In respect to a particular app I'm developing.. just a simple p2p mac/pc file/msg transfer program. I can't have a server involved (yet), and the users know little about ftp etc but they do understand what a phone number is, so basically the IP address of their machine becomes their 'phone number'. Instead of providing each with a piece of paper with their IP address (not helpful because the users could be anywhere) I would like them to just run the app.. if connected to the internet use the IP for that (andu suggested a check for www.yahoo.com but who can guarantee yahoo be around a year from now) else connected via LAN adpater so display the associated address (in this particular case I know the users will have either a modem or 1 LAN adapter). Once they know their IP address, that can be shared with other users etc.. & they can 'dial' & connect with each other. Just easier from a user (& programming) perspective. I think having access to available host IP addresses would also be handy when writing general server apps that would service multiple adapters & you just want to populate a combo list for choice selection. ..also any plans to support HTML tables within fields? :) regards alex ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Unique Macintosh Identification (Follow-up)
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mc 2.4.2 request
Hi all Wouldn't it be nice if there was a simple function which returned the host ip address (whichever was current or a list of valid ones) without having to open a socket. put hostnametoaddress(the hostname) - seems to work on pcs but fails on macs ( only tested on os 8.6) A list can be extracted from "ipconfig /all" on windows machines but I'm not sure about macs, unix or macosx. regards alex ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: metacard for CGI
>Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 12:28:39 -0500 >From: andu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: metacard for CGI >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I am putting together some documentation regarding the use of >metatalk/rev for CGI scripts and I wanted to ask the list for some >feedback: > >-how many of you are currently using metatalk/rev for CGI >-the context(tasks performed) it is being used as well as the >environment (production/tests/platform) >-the approximate amount of traffic handled by the CGIs >-your location (if this is sensitive in any way, please send it to me >off the list, I only need this info for statistics) >-if any of you are using other script languages for CGI (PHP, ASP, etc.) >I'd appreciate some feedback as to how does metatalk/rev compare in >terms of productivity/performance with the other language(s) >-the main disadvantage you see in using metatalk/rev for CGI scripting >*besides some difficulty with debugging* Hi Andu I've just started to develop private projects using cmc.exe & a combination of ASP so I would definately appreciate some documentation. What I have working so far (on win xp pro & iis) is working fine but I haven't tried anything tricky yet.. like calling a mc stack that accesses a valentina db regards alex ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Desktop Drag&Drop files
>Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:49:30 + >Subject: Re: Desktop Drag&Drop files >From: Ben Rubinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >on 29/11/01 2:40 AM, Alex Shaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > For windows.. it is easy .. compile your exe > > > > Dropped files are accessed via the global variables $0 - app name/path; $1 > > - dropped file 1; etc > > (see Help - Concepts & Techniques - The Outside World) > > > > So to access the full path to the first file dropped onto the app: > > put $1 into it > > > > On windows it didn't matter what sort of file was dropped.. it accepted > > everything .. files & folders. It then becomes a simple task of processing > > each variable $1 -> $n (n - the last file). > >Thanks Alex! I'll look forward to trying this out. > >Do you get any kind of message about this happening when your app is already >running? ie how do you know, apart from at startup, when to examine the >environment variables? > >PS - Jeanne, are you reading this? I couldn't find any docs in Rev about >how to read environment variables - and I guess also that this (how to make >an app respond to files dropped or launched; on all platforms; including how >to set file affiliations on the Mac) would make a useful encyclopedia topic. > > Ben Rubinstein | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cognitive Applications Ltd | Phone: +44 (0)1273-821600 > http://www.cogapp.com| Fax : +44 (0)1273-728866 On the PC another instance of the stack exe is created but I haven't tried to get round this.. yet, maybe this weekend. alex ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Desktop Drag&Drop files
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ben Rubinstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: mercredi 28 novembre 2001 13:45
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [Metacard] Desktop Drag&Drop files
> >
> >
> > on 27/11/01 6:09 AM, Alex Shaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > -Simple executable app (or its alias/shortcut) which sits
> > on the desktop.
> > > -User can drag & drop random files onto the app.
> > > -App processes files.
> > >
> > > I can easily access the list thru the environment variable
> > names $0 $1 $2
> > > etc on the pc but the same app on the mac returns empty
> > variables & will
> > > only allow me to drop metacard files onto it.
> > >
> > > Someone mentioned appleevents.. but how?
> >
> > Alex,
> >
> > I'll swap you Mac for Windows.
> >
> > To do this on the Mac, your stack needs to handle the
> > "appleEvent" message.
> >
> > Put the following handler in your stack script:
> >
> > on appleEvent eClass, eID, eSender
> >if eClass = "odoc" then
> > request appleEvent data
> > if the result = empty then
> > answer "OpenDoc AppleEvent!" & return \
> > & "id =" && eID \
> > & "sender =" && eSender \
> > & "data =" && it
> > else
> > pass appleEvent
> > end if
> >else
> > pass appleEvent
> >end if
> > end appleEvent
> >
> > Build a standalone, and try it. You should see that when you
> > drag and drop
> > a file, this handler fires, and the data for the apple event
> > is the path of
> > the file(s).
> >
> > The issue about which files you can drag-and-drop onto your app is
> > determined by the resources in the app. When the standalone
> > is built, it is
> > given the same resources as MetaCard itself - so it accepts
> > stacks. You
> > need to change these resources to identify the kind of files
> > your app should
> > accept. The resources in question are the file reference
> > ('FREF'), icon
> > list ('ICN#') and bundle ('BNDL') resources. You should be
> > able to get
> > information about these on the apple site
> > (developer.apple.com) (I'm on the
> > road at the moment, with email access only - can't give you exact
> > referencess.) You'll need a resource editor - ResEdit or
> > Resorceror. Note
> > that you can only filter by Mac type codes, not by file extensions.
> >
> > Now: can you tell me how I do this on Windows?!? I can't
> > even find out how
> > to access the environment variables.
Thanks Ben
Haven't tried it yet.. :)
For windows.. it is easy .. compile your exe
Dropped files are accessed via the global variables $0 - app name/path; $1
- dropped file 1; etc
(see Help - Concepts & Techniques - The Outside World)
So to access the full path to the first file dropped onto the app:
put $1 into it
On windows it didn't matter what sort of file was dropped.. it accepted
everything .. files & folders. It then becomes a simple task of processing
each variable $1 -> $n (n - the last file). I don't have any folders with
thousands of files so I really don't know the limit of files it will
accept. Any1 any1?
thanks
alex
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[Metacard] Desktop Drag&Drop files
Hi, what.. -Simple executable app (or its alias/shortcut) which sits on the desktop. -User can drag & drop random files onto the app. -App processes files. I can easily access the list thru the environment variable names $0 $1 $2 etc on the pc but the same app on the mac returns empty variables & will only allow me to drop metacard files onto it. Someone mentioned appleevents.. but how? thanks alex ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
andu -> http proxy username & password?
Hi Andu, I've a machine behind a firewall which consists of a http proxy server which requires authentication. I posted this question previously .. back it the mc2.3.2 days. Is a solution available with 2.4? And how does it work? regards alex 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.
easier way to open webpage?
Hi all, has mc2.4 got any easier method to open a webpage in the default browser? currently i create a 1frame quicktime file containing a URL jump which i load into a invisible player object in mc. once played it activates the default system browser the downside is.. a quicktime file needs to be created for each possible URL (unless i edit the quicktime file at the binary level) regards alex
windows me developers?
Hi What is the result of calling systemVersion() on a Windows Millenium (ME) machine? I got the following the other day at a friends.. "Windows 4.90" ??? Plus on the subject of Windoze ME.. Have you had any problems with using quicktime movies in player objects & did you find a way around it? I have a project which shows a qt 4 movie with sorenson compressed video & mp3 compressed audio that just won't work with metacard on ME.. works fine on 98, 2000 & Mac, it even works in the normal qt player but not from a normal CDROM based metacard app. Any help & ideas appreciated.. regards alex 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.
copy & copy blank & paste & crash
Hi, Using final2.4 on w2k machine the following causes a program error dialog. Any copy & paste situation where the following apply: 1. select then cut/copy 2. a 2nd copy (mostly accidental) of nothing 3. a paste then program error ouch. regards alex 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: MetaCard 2.4 release & SMTP
>Are there any new things to make SMTP programming easier in 2.4? >Noticed the new "cmc" is MetaCard 2.3.2A2. Does it support the new >functions available in 2.4? Opps spoke too soon. A 2.4 version has appeared :) Questions still apply.. regards alex 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: MetaCard 2.4 release & SMTP
Hi >* A new script-based libraries that supports FTP, HTTP, and SMTP (email) Are there any new things to make SMTP programming easier in 2.4? The only reference I have is the POP3 client 1.0b1 by LiangTyan Fui Noticed the new "cmc" is MetaCard 2.3.2A2. Does it support the new functions available in 2.4? regards alex 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: disappearing handles in 2.4
>--- MESSAGE metacard.v004.n440.6 --- > >From: David Bovill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: disappearing handles in 2.4 >Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 10:35:33 +0100 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sounds like a feature to me - often wanted to turn those handles off so I >could see where I was positioning something! Wander if it works with fields >and buttons! > > > From: Alex Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 22:56:37 +1000 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: disappearing handles in 2.4 > > > > hi gang > > > > Playing with the new mc2.4 posted 25/8/01 .. found the following bug. > > > > Changing the ink color to noop for a graphic or any onscreen object causes > > the 8 black reshape handles to disappear. > > > > I use [noop-ed] shaped graphics as invisible hotspots & it's making it hard > > to find them because even when selected they are totally invisible. > > > > Checked again & they were still there is b4. Is it possible to revert them back to their previous behaviour? At the moment I have to swap between b4 & the final. thanks alex 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.
disappearing handles in 2.4
hi gang Playing with the new mc2.4 posted 25/8/01 .. found the following bug. Changing the ink color to noop for a graphic or any onscreen object causes the 8 black reshape handles to disappear. I use [noop-ed] shaped graphics as invisible hotspots & it's making it hard to find them because even when selected they are totally invisible. Checked again & they were still there is b4. regards alex 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.
print question..
hi, slight print problem.. Is it better to use the print command within the printed stack? I had a stack print a card page from itself ok but when I needed to layout a page on another stack & print it from the first, the whole computer system freezes or crashes. The application has been tested on 3 PCs & 4 Macs.. it seems to affect certain machines.. 2 pcs failed & 2 macs failed.. finding it hard to track down the bug because it prints fine from my 2 main development machines (a blue g3 & a intel p3) Yet to try embedding the print routine within the stack to be printed.. again, should it matter? One thing that did cross my mind was the fact that my main stack closes the print stack soon after it tries to print it. thanks alex 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.
print question.. pt.2
hi, it addition... using MC2.4b4, havent tested with older version because I use the QT visual effects for other parts. thanks again alex 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.
Visual Effect without waiting..
Hi all, Maybe a feature request.. Using the show with visual, particularly using QT for effects, is great but the trouble is having to wait for the effect to finish without user interaction. eg: simple slideshow with fades .. responses to interaction is only possible between fades. Of course there a ways to get round this, depending on each situation. But it would be nice to have a "show with visual without waiting" option. regards alex 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: About movies (end - solution)
> > >--- MESSAGE metacard.v004.n413.5 --- > >From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: About movies (end - solution) >Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:05:17 -0700 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sivakatirswami wrote: > > > Well, I was the one who forwarded that solution to the mysterious HBM...off > > list. > > > > There seems to be some Windoz bug relating to the "get the effective > > directory of this stack," where, if the stack is on the root level of the > > CD, the effective directory is "messed up" for some reason... I am no > expert > > and initially thought this to be an MC problem, until a young 18 year old > > wizard with certificate for PC repair and trouble shooting told me > > "Yeah...windoz has this directory problem in many contexts, it's not your > > software...just throw everthing into a folder and it will work." I believe > > someone else on this list also gave the same answer, last year. So I tried > > it..viola, all images refs and movie file refs suddenly started to work. > > I'm no expert...but WHEW! (whatever works) and you get the job done. > >The scenario I need is one in which the standalone resides on the user's >computers, and the media is in a folder in the root of the CD. Is that at >risk? strange.. I am developing a multimedia app on 1 CD containing both mac & pc with the main executables in the root & the video/quicktime stuff in a data folder & things work fine .. except for retaining custom mac icons & memory settings (but I've solved this with a app called CDEveryWhere (www.CDEveryWhere.com). I use the standard.. on resetDir get the effective fileName of this stack set the itemDelimiter to "/" put empty into last item of it set the directory to it set the itemDelimiter to comma end resetDir & use the line... set the filename of player "introvideo" to "data/iv2.dat" "iv2.dat" is a normal flattened quicktime4 movie with 1 mp3 sound track & 1 sorenson video track I read through the mailing list archives of other peoples experience with sound only movies & I did have the stutter problem but I solved this by making the looping background soundtrack an "AIFF" (using play audioClip) and other 1 off sounds as smaller mp3s (using play videoClip).. I was concerned about the delay in loading a large .aif but managed to produce a clean 8-bit version which halved the size but it is still 20 meg compared with the 9meg mp3. I settled on this only after trying a hundred different ways of compressing the sound both sample & codec-wise & a hundred ways of setting up a player object. The play audioClip command seems to give the audio more priority or maybe it's because there is little processing involved with playback of a uncompressed .aif file.. It would be nice if either A) MC supported compressed .aif or B) the quicktime playback didnt stutter with sound only files.. or maybe even C) builtin support for mp3s using play audioclip The app is being developed using MC 2.4b3 now b4 on a w2k machine with testing done on a older Blue G3. regards alex 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.
ask file error
Hi With MC 2.4b3 & b4 on PC (works on mac) when using the following command: ask file "Save As:" with "filename.dat" If you select "save" first time then use the same command again.. the no dialog appears and the following is returned.. "Error 12290 opening dialog" help? :) -alex 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.
efficient invisible objects
hi, techinical question... out the following options which is more efficient when it comes to multiple hidden objects? 1. having them hidden with the hide command 2. having them hidden with "ink" set to noop 3. having them hidden with "blendlevel" at 100 regards alex 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.
Auto-install Desktop Wallpaper?
hi all, does anyone know the best way to auto install desktop wallpaper (mac & pc) thru mc? -alex 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: blendlevel Mac-only?
> >From: Wilhelm Sanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: blendlevel Mac-only? >Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 22:35:10 +0200 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Kevin wrote on Sun 17 Jun: > > > > > And, will "blend ink" and "blendlevel" finally be properties of all > > > objects under Windows, too? > > > > It is cross platform. Note that blendLevel is an image property that > is not > > related to the blend ink. Try setting the blendLevel of the image rather > > than setting the ink to blend. > > > > Regards, > > > > Kevin > > > > >Thanks for the information. So ink "blend" and "blendlevel" are mutually >exclusive. > >Under MacOS you can use "blend" for all controls and you can emulate >different blendlevels (from 50 upwards) by putting controls with blend >ink on top of each other. > >My second question was, will "blend ink" and "blendlevel" in the near >future be properties of all >controls under Windows and MacOS? You could easilly emulate the illusion by affecting a solid color image directly over the control... but the option would be nice :) alex 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: More Decorations.. & visual bug...
>"Sjoerd Op 't Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Alex Shaw wrote/ schreef: > > > > > >> I've just encountered this problem on the MAC with a borderless stack with > >> white background etc which works fine on PC. Black of course is fine but > >> any other colour... hmmm ... ive looked round but can you just somehow set > >> this colour? How do you hide or get rid of this border ?? any 2.4 > >> options/hacks welcome :) > > > > This can't be done from within MC itself. It's something Mac specific, and > > you have to change it in your standalone using ResEdit (search the > > Internet), but I don't know what exactly and in which resource... > > > > Anyone? Scott? > >The problem is that there is no borderless window support built into >MacOS, so developers have to create their own (as a WDEF resource). >You can't just add one to the resource fork, unless maybe you e.g. >replace the palette WDEF (which would give you borderless windows >but no palette windows), because the engine has to know about it. > >MetaCard 2.4 has such a WDEF, which means RR will get it in its >next release. >Regards, > Scott Yay ! No border in MAC MC 2.4B2 ! Luv your work guys.. but the visual effect bug is still present :( I've decided to do a MAC/PC CDROM project with 2.4 (with a deadline of mid-july) which requires a lot of nice smooth transitions for hundreds of beautiful wildlife imagery. Beta software it may be but I'm very happy that QT effects are accessible directly from MC. Blendlevel is also very handy. With access to the image buffers I'm sure it would be easy to roll your own routines to emulate all the QT effects but who has time for that?? :) It's great not having to pre-render quicktime effects for the simple display of still images... but a bug is a bug.. i'll try to explain in more detail what i'm trying to do, maybe some1 could suggest another way. the main problem seems to be when i simulate a cross-fade by either: 1. Having 2 images grouped, both the same dimensions & stacked 1 directly on top of the other. The top one is initially hidden & slowly dissolved in with a show with visual effect command. 2. Having 1 image displayed. Locking the screen while putting a 2nd image into the 1st image container with a show with visual effect command before unlocking. In both cases (mac-only, fine on pc) OCCASIONALLY while the 2nd image is coming on it flickers with askewed corruption. I'm using the crossfade for rollover images & a slideshow and it also occurs for other effects (although I havent tested all the effects). I've got round cross-fading by designing a nice fading system using blendlevel but using some of the other effects would be nice for displaying text/image panels. Any suggestions? Thanks Alex 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 2.4 b1 visual bug?
>From: andu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: MC 2.4 b1 visual bug?
>Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:00:42 -0400
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>Alex Shaw wrote:
> >
> > hi all
> >
> > I've a small problem with MC 2.4b1 on the MAC...
> >
> > using the visual command to display a image (rollover type thing)..
> >
> > quick eg
> >
> > #test1 contains a url image
> > #gfx1 is a buffered onscreen image
> > on mouseleave
> > lock screen
> > put test1 into img gfx1 with visual dissolve slow
> > unlock screen
> > end mouseleave
>
>Why do you lock the screen? Try without.
Been there, done that... I cant explain it
I can send you a demo stack if required..
Since I mainly needed to fade things... im now using blendlevels ... see below
on FadeOut imagename, fadespeed
local fadelevel
put the blendlevel of img imagename into fadelevel
if fadelevel < 100 then
add 1 to fadelevel
set the blendlevel of img imagename to fadelevel
send ("FadeOut" && imagename & comma & fadespeed) to me in fadespeed
milliseconds
end if
end FadeOut
on FadeIn imagename, fadespeed
local fadelevel
put the blendlevel of img imagename into fadelevel
if fadelevel > 0 then
subtract 1 from fadelevel
set the blendlevel of img imagename to fadelevel
send ("FadeIn" && imagename & comma & fadespeed) to me in fadespeed
milliseconds
end if
end FadeIn
this works! :)
alex
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MC 2.4 b1 visual bug?
hi all I've a small problem with MC 2.4b1 on the MAC... using the visual command to display a image (rollover type thing).. quick eg #test1 contains a url image #gfx1 is a buffered onscreen image on mouseleave lock screen put test1 into img gfx1 with visual dissolve slow unlock screen end mouseleave the stack is buffered etc there is 'occasional' corruption as the image smoothly dissolves in (it also happens with other effects & speeds)... even stranger it occurs more often with smaller images (image type jpg,gif,etc makes no difference) have qt5 installed on both pc & mac its not just mouseleave either works fine on pc... any ideas? alex 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: More Decorations..
> > The border is off, but there is still a black *outline* around the > > card. This is what I want to get rid of. > >The Monte wrote: > >> You must have the show border set to true in the card that is open. > Probably > >> without 3D if it's just black. The stack only has the window as a > border but > >> the card has this property. > >Then Simon wrote again: > >>> > >>> I know how to make decorations disappear, but I seem to forget how to > >>> get rid of that 1 pixel wide black boder which remains. Anyone > >>> remember what the command is to remove that as well? > >>> > >>> I want no decorations and no border whatsoever on this particular > stack... > >I guess you're on Mac becaause this has to do something with a platform- >particular thing. You have to change something in the resource fork, I >think. Andu? I've just encountered this problem on the MAC with a borderless stack with white background etc which works fine on PC. Black of course is fine but any other colour... hmmm ... ive looked round but can you just somehow set this colour? How do you hide or get rid of this border ?? any 2.4 options/hacks welcome :) alex 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.
visual effects speed
hi all finally found some time to play with mc 2.4 b1 nice.. :) questions.. With the visual effect command, is it possible to have more control over the speed, besides the current fast/slow options? For example, can you fade in (dissolve) an image over a 5 second period? regards alex 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 2.4 status check?
hi all I haven't had much time to play with 2.4 but am very keen to utilise some of the new gfx features on a new project. The latest seems to be mc2.4 alpha 3 - & I'm keen on some feedback... How stable has it been? I'm relatively new to this list and I'm not sure how mc development versions normally progress but are we anywhere near a beta version? -alex 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: SystemVersion of W2K
>Does anyone know the systemVersion and the platform return on Windows 2000? >Also, the default backcolor on that system (its different on ME for >example). On my W2k machine with mc 2.32 the systemVersion = NT 5.0 the platform = Win32 default backcolor = 192,192,192 -alex 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: proxy username & password etc
At 08:30 PM 17/04/2001 -0400, andu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > > now.. ;) > >I took it of the list since it's not really a metacard matter;-) i think it would be nice to see in this post more debate & discussion about the programming process, & general philosophy on the future of said matter :) >If you got to learn the language good for you it has many built in >features which in metacard would require scripting but I was unable to >learn more then basic stuff. >I found the ease of the language deceptive in the sense that simple >things are English-like but a more useful (read complex) syntax is >totally unintuitive, hard to associate with anything "language" and >relies to much on memory rather then association. Besides, no UI. it is very easy to be spoiled by mc in relation to language structure & syntax it would also be nice if mc did everything but a nice analogy to the way i see mc is the old C++ & assembly mix C++ [for its time] simplified computer programming while assembly modules added the raw speed when required times change & now high level scripting languges & higher cpu speeds have transformed the whole software engineering process i like mc, it suits my cross platform development needs well.. not perfectly.. not yet for example i wont use mc for developing 3d apps but i do like the fact that there will be a tighter integration with quicktime because it simplifies mc development.. why reinvent the wheel when you can add other wheels & bolts to create a vehicle which can do the job graphically rich application spaces are now available to developers & users mc is great as a interface development tool.. a recent project of mine consisted of a database (luv Valentina) & business system for central australian artcentres .. it was a beautiful thing.. graphically & design wise.. it doesnt frighten end users & it does the job.. multipage txt/gfx reports & all :) .. personally i like developing rich interfaces on top of graphics, QTVR & video... these things entice user interaction mc is one layer in a stack representing a fully functional system but it is the layer which should bring all the elements together & supply flexible control >But like I said, give me the info on your proxy (name, platform, >anything else meaningful) and if I can reproduce it I'll try to make the >library work with proxy authentication also. This is the big advantage >of having the web stuff in a library as opposed to built in: the >overhead for changes is minimal. at this point, all i know about this is: sample proxy txt from a mc get command on any url: Generated Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:35:39 GMT by webcache.gu.edu.au (Squid/2.3.STABLE4) the university is running: netscape enterprise server 3.5.1 i look forward to developing rich peer2peer apps with 2.4 ;) Alex Shaw Intermedia / Fine Art Dept. Queensland College of Art Griffith University Australia 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: proxy username & password?
At 05:51 PM 17/04/2001 -0400, Andu wrote: > > > also has anyone had any experience with using mc as a frontend for > rebol > (www.rebol.com)? What would rebol give you that metacard doesn't > aside from running on more platforms then they actually exist? I did try > it a while ago but didn't look like the result of 12 years of work to me > as they claim; more ego then substance. There is a bit of hype but I do like some of the parser features & the built-in crypto. I havent done much testing but the "core" is freely available.. & "seems" quite powerful in some areas where mc 2.3x isn't quite there... yet :) ... and besides, it will solve my proxy username & password problem for now.. ;) alex 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: proxy username & password?
At 07:16 PM 16/04/2001 -0400, andu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > we have a proxy server which requires a username & password. > > > > how do you tunnel thru these with mc? > >Try "http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:port" with MC 2.3.x.; 2.4 is >still in the works. nope still returns.. Proxy User Authentication Failed etc... tried various combos for httpproxy & as part of command hmmm.. will 2.4 have an option for username/password authorization? also has anyone had any experience with using mc as a frontend for rebol (www.rebol.com)? alex 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.
proxy username & password?
hi all we have a proxy server which requires a username & password. how do you tunnel thru these with mc? alex 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: EditingQuicktimeOnWindows
on 4/3/01 2:02 PM, michael kann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can recommend programs for editing quicktime movies on > Windows -- Thanks. Because there are lots of media types associated with Quicktime you can use a range of tools. For movies - you can use various video editors - including Adobe Premiere cheaper PC options: MovieXone - http://www.aist.com/products Quick Editor - http://www.wild.ch/quickeditor If you're interested in interactive movies I recommend Macromedia Flash to add one layer of interactivity & MetaCard for another ;) Also, TotallyHip are supposed to be bring out a PC version of LiveStage Pro http://www.totallyhip.com Good links - http://www.judyandrobert.com/quicktime/ Most good QT sw is MAC-based but with a bit a juggling you can produce quality QT content on the PC. Another option - buy a 2nd-hand iMac :) Most of my students own PC's but still mainly use our lab of G3's to edit digital video. Alex Shaw Intermedia / Fine Art Dept. Queensland College of Art Griffith University Australia 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.
