Open at Startup
If I want to have an app open when I turn on a Mac I can make an alias (shortcut) to the app and write it to the Startup Items folder. When the Mac is turned on, the Rev app then automatically opens. put specialFolderPath(System) /Startup Items into prefsLocation create alias prefsLocation /newApp Shortcut to file tFile How does (or can) one do this for Windows? sims ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Open at Startup - rephrased
Maybe I should rephrase the question... Can I do the following with Windows - if so, how? WITH A MAC: If I want to have an app open when I turn on a Mac I can make an alias (shortcut) to the app and write it to the Startup Items folder. When the Mac is turned on, the Rev app then automatically opens. example: put specialFolderPath(System) /Startup Items into prefsLocation create alias prefsLocation /newApp Shortcut to file tFile Can I do the above with Windows - if so, how? sims ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Array
Title: Array Hello, A few weeks ago, I posted a message without answer. So I come again : I have a custom Property Set which contains an array. the name of thz set is cName the keys content : student,1 prof,1 Student,2 prof,2 each line gives a name : example : student,1 === John prof,1 === Tom I'd like to add some data on the existing custom set so I start with a new handler I have to call the custom property, know how much lines are stored in the custom and add one line for example : Peter = student,3 How to proceed ? thanks. --
Re: Open at Startup - rephrased
Sims, For windows, do this: put specialFolderPath(7) into prefsLocation When you make your alias on Windows, make sure it has a .lnk extension, as in: create alias prefsLocation /newApp Shortcut.lnk to file tFile Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 7:27 AM Subject: Open at Startup - rephrased Maybe I should rephrase the question... Can I do the following with Windows - if so, how? WITH A MAC: If I want to have an app open when I turn on a Mac I can make an alias (shortcut) to the app and write it to the Startup Items folder. When the Mac is turned on, the Rev app then automatically opens. example: put specialFolderPath(System) /Startup Items into prefsLocation create alias prefsLocation /newApp Shortcut to file tFile Can I do the above with Windows - if so, how? sims ___ 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
Re: Array
Title: Array Yves, To know how many lines are stored in the custom propery you can reference the keys() function and get a line count, as in put the number of lines of keys(cName) into numKeys Assuming you have two keys per "index" (one is "student" and one is "prof"), you would divide 'numKeys' by 2, and then add 1 for the next index number: put (numKeys/2)+1 into nextIndexNum Then, set your array to the next element: set the cName[student,nextIndexNum] of object to "Peter" Note that variables can be used inside the array definition (nextIndexNum), but if you mistype it, it will use the string as part of the array. For example: put 2 into Fred set the cName[student,Fred] of this stack to "Ken" 'Fred' will be recognized as a variable and will be resolved to '2', which will set the cName[student,2] of this stack. However, if I do this: put 2 into Fred set the cName[student,Fredd] of this stack to "Ken" -- Mistyped 'Fred' 'Fredd' will not be recognized as a variable and will therefore not be resolved and will be used directly, setting the cName[student,Fredd] of this stack. Hope this helps, Ken RaySons of Thunder SoftwareEmail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: yves COPPE To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 10:04 AM Subject: Array Hello, A few weeks ago, I posted a message without answer. So I come again : I have a custom Property Set which contains an array. the name of thz set is "cName" the keys content : student,1prof,1Student,2prof,2each line gives a name :example :student,1 === Johnprof,1 === Tom I'd like to add some data on the existing custom set so I start with a new handler I have to call the custom property, know how much lines are stored in the custom and add one line for example : Peter = student,3 How to proceed ? thanks.--
Re: Array
Yves, Assuming you have two keys per index (one is student and one is prof), you would divide 'numKeys' by 2, and then add 1 for the next index number: put (numKeys/2)+1 into nextIndexNum Then, set your array to the next element: set the cName[student,nextIndexNum] of object to Peter This assumes the number of entries in student and prof are equal If I have 4 entries for student and 1 for prof and I don't know how much entries because this is variable ? How to proceed ? -- ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open at Startup - rephrased
Hi Sims, Maybe I should rephrase the question... Oh, sorry for the delay ;-) Can I do the following with Windows - if so, how? WITH A MAC: If I want to have an app open when I turn on a Mac I can make an alias (shortcut) to the app and write it to the Startup Items folder. When the Mac is turned on, the Rev app then automatically opens. example: put specialFolderPath(System) /Startup Items into prefsLocation create alias prefsLocation /newApp Shortcut to file tFile Can I do the above with Windows - if so, how? sims there are 2 ways. The first is to set an entry in the windows-registry, which will cause YourApp to launch after windows is started. (Everytime !) Advantage: When you place an alias of your app in the windows-startup-item-folder (there is one, but i have no PC at hand to tell you the exact name of that folder, which would be solution number 2 tehn ;-) you can prevent the launching of your app by holding the shift-key while windows is starting. (Yes, the same shortcut as on a mac, funny, isn't it ;-) With this registry-entry you cannot prevent your app to launch, except by setting this reg-entry to empty :-) The following script is ONLY tested on Win98, so no guarantees for other windows-versions !!! But should work anyway... on xxx ##put the path to YourApp.exe into the_app replace / with \ in the_app ### we have to speak windows get setregistry(HKEY_local_machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Run\YourApp, the_app) end xxx To delete that entry again, set the entry to empty. on xxx get setregistry(HKEY_local_machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Run\YourApp, ) end xxx YourApp is in this case the name of the registry-entry, which you can set to (empty). This way the entry will be deleted. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open at Startup - rephrased
Thanks Klaus! This makes me appreciate my mac even more.. ;-) sims on xxx ##put the path to YourApp.exe into the_app replace / with \ in the_app ### we have to speak windows get setregistry(HKEY_local_machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers ion\ Run\YourApp, the_app) end xxx To delete that entry again, set the entry to empty. on xxx get setregistry(HKEY_local_machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers ion\ Run\YourApp, ) end xxx YourApp is in this case the name of the registry-entry, which you can set to (empty). This way the entry will be deleted. _ ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
background behavior questions
I have some questions about background behavior: Can I apply background behavior to anything (i.e. a field, a button, etc.)? This works very well on a group, but I could not seem to apply this to a text field or button. If I delete a group (or object) that was 'common' to all cards, and then I want to put it back, is there a way to get it to 'sync' up with the other cards? Thanks, JR ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open at Startup - rephrased
Hi Sims, Thanks Klaus! This makes me appreciate my mac even more.. ;-) sims on xxx ##put the path to YourApp.exe into the_app replace / with \ in the_app ### we have to speak windows get setregistry(HKEY_local_machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers ion\ Run\YourApp, the_app) end xxx To delete that entry again, set the entry to empty. on xxx get setregistry(HKEY_local_machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers ion\ Run\YourApp, ) end xxx YourApp is in this case the name of the registry-entry, which you can set to (empty). This way the entry will be deleted. Yeah, that's ugly, isn't it ;-) Best Klaus ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: background behavior questions
Hi John, I have some questions about background behavior: Can I apply background behavior to anything (i.e. a field, a button, etc.)? This works very well on a group, but I could not seem to apply this to a text field or button. No, sorry, just groups. BUT, you can group single objects, if you like :-) If I delete a group (or object) that was 'common' to all cards, and then I want to put it back, is there a way to get it to 'sync' up with the other cards? Attention, if you delete a group, then it is gone forever. Better use this syntax to place and remove groups ... place bg name here onto card name of card here ... or ... remove bg name here from card cardname here ... But sorry, i don't understand what you mean by 'sync' up with the other cards? Anyway, hope this helps... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: setprops, which property?
If I set the customPropertySet to an array, then it seems like setProps only works with the name of this set (not the keyname but the name of the array).. so how do you know which property that was set? Message: 10 Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 20:06:17 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Jeanne A. E. DeVoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: setprops, which property? Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 1:28 PM -0700 5/4/2002, Niklas Almesj wrote: Just started looking into customproperties, so I'd appreciate a hand.. The setprops message seems interesting, but I don't get how you see which property that has changed. It's the name of the handler: setprop myCustomProperty beep end myCustomProperty The above beeps when you try to set myCustomProperty to a new value. -- Jeanne A. E. DeVoto ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Runtime Revolution Limited - The Solution for Software Development http://www.runrev.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
option-command pref not sticking
I noticed that the option-command shortcut for editing an object's script was suddenly no longer functioning, so I checked the Revolution preferences. This shortcut was enabled, but apparently was not sticking, so I reset all the prefs to the default, and it is working again. Anyone else notice this behavior? -KK _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Problems With Grouped Buttons
I have a simple stack with seven buttons, each set to arm on mouseEnter. With seven ungrouped buttons, everything works fine; however in a second copy of the stack where I have grouped the same seven buttons the behavior is much different I have done some further testing, and report the following: 1. If the button's 3D property is not checked, a border is drawn around the button on mouseLeave. That border remains until another button in the group receives mouseEnter. 2. If a button's Show Border box is checked, the button will not arm on enter. 3. Without this handler in the group script: on mouseLeave if button is not word 1 of the target then exit mouseLeave set the arm of the target to false end mouseLeave An armed button remains armed until another button in the group receives mouseEnter. -- Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company http://www.oenolog.com/who.htm And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee. from The Triple Foole by John Donne (1572-1631) ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Array
Yves, I was assuming that you were having an equal number based on the example you submitted. If there are going to be unequal divisions, I would recommend storing your index value in another custom property (like 'cName[index]') and then increment that with each record. So instead of this: put the number of lines of keys(cName) into numKeys put (numKeys/2)+1 into nextIndexNum set the cName[student,nextIndexNum] of object to Peter You'd do this: put the cName[index] of object +1 into nextIndexNum set the sName[student,nextIndexNum] of object to Peter set the cName[index] of object to nextIndexNum Just my $0.02, Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: yves COPPE [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 11:34 AM Subject: Re: Array Yves, Assuming you have two keys per index (one is student and one is prof), you would divide 'numKeys' by 2, and then add 1 for the next index number: put (numKeys/2)+1 into nextIndexNum Then, set your array to the next element: set the cName[student,nextIndexNum] of object to Peter This assumes the number of entries in student and prof are equal If I have 4 entries for student and 1 for prof and I don't know how much entries because this is variable ? How to proceed ? -- ___ 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
Re: setprops, which property?
Niklas, I don't think there is currently a way to do that. If you have: setProp myArray theValue -- stuff here pass myArray end myArray ... and you execute set the myArray[10] of this stack to 100, you will trigger the setProp handler, and 'theValue' will contain '100', but you won't be able to retrieve the '10' key. Am I wrong? I'd love it if I were... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: Niklas Almesjö [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 1:02 PM Subject: Re: setprops, which property? If I set the customPropertySet to an array, then it seems like setProps only works with the name of this set (not the keyname but the name of the array).. so how do you know which property that was set? Message: 10 Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 20:06:17 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Jeanne A. E. DeVoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: setprops, which property? Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 1:28 PM -0700 5/4/2002, Niklas Almesj- wrote: Just started looking into customproperties, so I'd appreciate a hand.. The setprops message seems interesting, but I don't get how you see which property that has changed. It's the name of the handler: setprop myCustomProperty beep end myCustomProperty The above beeps when you try to set myCustomProperty to a new value. -- Jeanne A. E. DeVoto ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Runtime Revolution Limited - The Solution for Software Development http://www.runrev.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com ___ 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
Hooking into Scripteditor
I was asking myself of how one could replace the scripteditor, and what messages one would have to send/recieve for it to function. now bevore I look myself into the Rev-development stacks, I would like to know if someone did that already (maybe with another stack in the development enviroment). I would also like to know if that would be easier to make with a plugin. Or any other related hint/comment ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Display an image, bun without import it ?
In the Transcript Dictionary we could read this : Use the import command to place a sound, movie, or image in a stack, instead of creating a referenced control that uses an external file. I want create a referenced control that uses an external file. But how ? Use the create command to create a new player object, then set the player's filename property to the desired path. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Custom Software and Web Development for All Major Platforms Developer of WebMerge 1.9: Publish any Database on Any Site ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Message Watcher
David Vaughan writes: I would like to make a message watcher, like HyperCard had. Does anyone have any ideas of how I could do this? Scott Slaugh You do it with frontscripts to catch and pass the messages. Umbrellaman probably already does what you want, and it was provided to me by um... um... Richard Gaskin of FourthWorld Media if I recall aright. Anyway, I can send a copy or the original excellent author will identify himself shortly. Thanks for the generous words. UmbrellaMan can be downloaded via anonymous FTP at: ftp://ftp.fourthworld.com/MetaCard/ -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Custom Software and Web Development for All Major Platforms Developer of WebMerge 1.9: Publish any Database on Any Site ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Array
On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 06:51 , Ken Ray wrote: Yves, I was assuming that you were having an equal number based on the example you submitted. If there are going to be unequal divisions, I would recommend storing your index value in another custom property (like 'cName[index]') and then increment that with each record. So instead of this: put the number of lines of keys(cName) into numKeys put (numKeys/2)+1 into nextIndexNum set the cName[student,nextIndexNum] of object to Peter You'd do this: put the cName[index] of object +1 into nextIndexNum set the sName[student,nextIndexNum] of object to Peter set the cName[index] of object to nextIndexNum Yves I do not know enough about your application to be sure this will work for you but have you considered reversing the index and content? Provided the names were unique, you could enter set the cname[Peter] of object to student That is, you address by name rather than by Prof/student with the content being their title. This way you do not need to know which is the next index for an entry but you are still able to recover the title for any student or in a loop the list or count of Professors or students. I thought this was one of the features of content-addressable arrays. regards David Just my $0.02, Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: yves COPPE [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 11:34 AM Subject: Re: Array Yves, Assuming you have two keys per index (one is student and one is prof), you would divide 'numKeys' by 2, and then add 1 for the next index number: put (numKeys/2)+1 into nextIndexNum Then, set your array to the next element: set the cName[student,nextIndexNum] of object to Peter This assumes the number of entries in student and prof are equal If I have 4 entries for student and 1 for prof and I don't know how much entries because this is variable ? How to proceed ? -- ___ 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 ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Is there a faster way...
on 3/5/02 5:03 PM, Bill Vlahos at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: repeat with i = 1 to the number of lines in field Directory if item 1 of line i of field Directory item 2 of line i of field Directory vName then put item 1 of line i of field Directory item 2 of line i of field Directory into tName put tName return after button names -- populate a popup button for navigation later put tName into vName -- new Group/Task name end if put i into field Records -- show progress end repeat I'm eventually going to have a hugh number of lines to process. This way will be too slow even though it only needs to go through the repeat loop once as the Group and Task names will already be sorted. Is there a faster way? In the loop, you have the expression (line i of field Directory) four times. Each time, Rev must retrieve the text of the field (much slower than retrieving contents of a variable), and walk through it counting line breaks until it finds the i'th line. So in the days of HyperCard, you would have found a considerable speedup by doing this: put empty into button names put empty into vName put field Directory into theData -- only retrieve this once repeat with i = 1 to the number of lines in theData put line i of theData into oneLine -- find the line once if item 1 of oneLine item 2 of oneLine vName then put item 1 of oneLine item 2 of oneLine into tName put tName return after button names put tName into vName end if put i into field Records end repeat Actually you don't even need to access the line four times, as you calculate the same expression twice: put empty into button names put empty into vName put field Directory into theData repeat with i = 1 to the number of lines in theData put line i of theData into oneLine put item 1 of oneLine item 2 of oneLine into tName if tName vName then put tName return after button names put tName into vName end if put i into field Records end repeat (that would have made a considerable difference, but now that the expression is only parsing the single line, it probably doesn't do much.) Because putting data into a button or field is even slower than getting it out, depending on whether you expect to find a lot of unique names, it may also be worth assembling this in a variable in the loop, so that it only gets assigned to the button once: put empty into allNames put empty into vName put field Directory into theData repeat with i = 1 to the number of lines in theData put line i of theData into oneLine put item 1 of oneLine item 2 of oneLine into tName if tName vName then put tName return after allNames -- accumulate put tName into vName end if put i into field Records end repeat put allNames into button names Finally, Rev has a brilliant speed-up available: replace the counting loop which requires Rev to locate the i'th line each time with a for each loop, which allows Rev to just move a couple of pointers through the data: put empty into allNames put empty into vName put field Directory into theData put 1 into i -- now have to maintain progress counter explicitly repeat for each line oneLine in theData put item 1 of oneLine item 2 of oneLine into tName if tName vName then put tName return after allNames put tName into vName end if put i into field Records add 1 to i -- now have to maintain progress counter explicitly end repeat put allNames into button names My guess is that by the time you've done all that, you'll be down to a second or so. If not - then remove the probably redundant progress indicator (remember that putting text into fields is quite slow) and it will be. Ben Rubinstein | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cognitive Applications Ltd | Phone: +44 (0)1273-821600 http://www.cogapp.com| Fax : +44 (0)1273-728866 ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Message Watcher (David Vaughan)
I looked at the fourthworld web site and didn't see anything about umbrellaman. I am also interested in a message-watcher type setup. Cheer, Jerry From: David Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday, May 5, 2002, at 06:39 , David Vaughan wrote: Scott You do it with frontscripts to catch and pass the messages. Umbrellaman probably already does what you want, and it was provided to me by um... um... Richard Gaskin of FourthWorld Media if I recall aright. Anyway, I can send a copy or the original excellent author will identify himself shortly. regards David On Sunday, May 5, 2002, at 12:26 , Scott Slaugh wrote: I would like to make a message watcher, like HyperCard had. Does anyone have any ideas of how I could do this? Scott Slaugh -- Cheer, Jerry J http://www.jhj.com/pbooks/ ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Two questions ...
Jeanne, I didn't follow you instructions for adding HTML and email links to textwithin a field. There are a number of these links in a single field. I can make a certain word/etc a link using the style pallete but how do you code that specific link to work? How do you specify that those words link to a web site when you can't script individual words just the field? Does this make sense? And does this apply to links of the mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] as well? All... I have a button that will need to save the content of six single line fields to a text file called saved_prefs in the same directory as the app. When the user later opens that card again the openCard script will need to read that info back in to those six fields if a text file named saved_prefs exists. Help please. Is this possible using the starter edition (e.g., the 10 line limit -- I'd but the full version but I've been out of work since November 9th with a family to support so food is more important right now than software :)). David ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Message Watcher (David Vaughan)
Jerry Richard has posted the correct address of the stack and I quote him here: UmbrellaMan can be downloaded via anonymous FTP at: ftp://ftp.fourthworld.com/MetaCard/> -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Custom Software and Web Development for All Major Platforms Developer of WebMerge 1.9: Publish any Database on Any Site regards David On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 10:24 , Jerry J wrote: I looked at the fourthworld web site and didn't see anything about umbrellaman. I am also interested in a message-watcher type setup. Cheer, Jerry From: David Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday, May 5, 2002, at 06:39 , David Vaughan wrote: Scott You do it with frontscripts to catch and pass the messages. Umbrellaman probably already does what you want, and it was provided to me by um... um... Richard Gaskin of FourthWorld Media if I recall aright. Anyway, I can send a copy or the original excellent author will identify himself shortly. regards David On Sunday, May 5, 2002, at 12:26 , Scott Slaugh wrote: I would like to make a message watcher, like HyperCard had. Does anyone have any ideas of how I could do this? Scott Slaugh -- Cheer, Jerry J http://www.jhj.com/pbooks/ ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Two questions ...
On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 10:21 , lifepaintandpassion wrote: All... I have a button that will need to save the content of six single line fields to a text file called saved_prefs in the same directory as the app. When the user later opens that card again the openCard script will need to read that info back in to those six fields if a text file named saved_prefs exists. Help please. Is this possible using the starter edition (e.g., the 10 line limit -- I'd but the full version but I've been out of work since November 9th with a family to support so food is more important right now than software :)). David I do not use the limited version so my ideas are untested against a ten line limit. A couple of ways you can limit your script lines and accomplish the task are: You know where the data is so no dialog is required (just a warning if the get fails, if it fits) Read in the data with get url rather than open, read and close. Code the six field IDs as a literal item string (1001,1007...etc) and then use a repeat loop to put the data lines into the corresponding fields. See how that goes. regards Another David David ___ 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
Playing players in sequence
Hi All This should not be difficult, but I can't just get it to work. I want to play a series of sound files (xxx.aiff) one after another. I am using Quicktime player objects (as I may need to use MP3's later on). The problem is I can't get them to play one after the other. They all want to play at once. I have tried wait until the sound is done, but this has no effect. I have found playstopped, but cannot see if and how this could assist. Any help will be greatly appreciated. regards Greg ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Playing players in sequence
on 5/5/2002 11:48 PM, Greg Wills at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All This should not be difficult, but I can't just get it to work. I want to play a series of sound files (xxx.aiff) one after another. I am using Quicktime player objects (as I may need to use MP3's later on). The problem is I can't get them to play one after the other. They all want to play at once. I have tried wait until the sound is done, but this has no effect. I have found playstopped, but cannot see if and how this could assist. Any help will be greatly appreciated. regards Greg ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution Greg, There may be a better way than this, but it should work. Time how many seconds each movie is. Use the seconds function as a timer to figure out when to stop each movie and when to start the next. Good Luck! Rick Harrison ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Screen resolution on startup?
Can you actually on openStack find out the users screen resolution (screenRect?) and if it's less than 1024x768 not open the stack (or give a warning them close it)? Thanks. david ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Screen resolution on startup?
On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 02:12 , lifepaintandpassion wrote: Can you actually on openStack find out the users screen resolution (screenRect?) Yes... you can use the screenRect() function... and if it's less than 1024x768 which returns the screen width as item 3 and height as item 4 (e.g. 0,0,1024,768) not open the stack (or give a warning them close it)? after which you can scale the window to suit or, if you prefer, prevent its use. I discovered this information by entering screenRect in the Transcript Dictionary, as one does :-) cheers David Thanks. david ___ 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
