Where'd the menubar go?
I think my PC is losing its mind. Once I've opened Revolution (in WinXP), the only visible pieces of the program I have to work with are the toolbar and the message box. No New/Open/Save/Cut/Copy.. menubar to be seen. Monitor resolutions adjustments don't seem to help. Any ideas on why my Rev came to be like this, or how I can fix it? Thanks, David ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: one dialog per stack or several
on 2/7/02 7:00 pm, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can do this either way, of course - either separate substacks, or put all the controls in a single stack and do a bit of fancy footwork in preOpenStack to hide/show/move/resize controls appropriately. But I would think in almost all cases the separate-stacks approach would be simpler. The recent case I've come to is where I've got a set of related dialogs that I want to 'think about' similarly. I made them separate cards of one stack. There wasn't very much fancy footwork required; I made the first line of the dialog data be the card name of the dialog actually required, and the preOpenStack just does this: on preOpenStack get line 1 of the dialogData if there is a cd it then go to cd it else go to cd Raw answer SNH: No card it ¹ end if end preOpenStack Then each card has it's own 'preOpenCard' handler to do whatever setup is required for that dialog, based on the dialog data; each of them also call a handler 'doResizeDialog', also defined in the stack: on doResizeDialog set the width of this window to \ 16 + (item 3 of the formattedRect of this card) set the height of this window to \ 16 + (item 4 of the formattedRect of this card) end doResizeDialog So that was the only overhead of combining them into one stack. The payoff is that I can share as much or as little code or controls between the dialogs as required (and I have eight less substacks to look at in my App Overview). But hourse for courses, of course; and in the same project I have three other dialogs each in their own substacks. 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: Fun With ImageData, MaskData and AlphaData
Ken, The image info is great, and so is the whole page --- thanks!!! Mark - Original Message - From: Ken Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 10:30 PM Subject: Fun With ImageData, MaskData and AlphaData Just wanted to let you all know that I've been working with these cool image-manipulation features of Revolution and wrapped my head around them enough to write up a treatise on how to use them along with some examples. Here's the relevant links to the Tips section of the Revolution page of my site to those who are interested : http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/revolution.htm Click on the following links: imag003 - Understanding ImageData, MaskData and AlphaData imag004 - Making a Single Color Transparent Using MaskData imag005 - Making an Image Translucent Using AlphaData Enjoy! Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.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
Re: externals with MacOS
Hi, You need to compile the external into the resource fork of the stack you want to use them in. In Codewarrior, this means choosing merge to file. You can also put the external in a stack and start using that stack (see start using in docs) to make it available. HTH, Brian ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re Manual Announcement
shipping to Switzerland is rated at $35. We count it as part of Europe, even if not part of the EU. USD 134 (total amount), or USD 114 is next to nothing, or infinitely huge, depending on the use to be made. And it is not just one item, but to be multiplied by a dozen other tools. I agree however completely that no one can do its work below cost (there might the PDF distribution be handy, which does not require a printer and a dhl). Peter ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Documentation another PDF
First thanks to Jan and Ken for pointing me to the resources. I'd like to post my other, derived version of the PDFed online docs at the address below. main difference is a bookmarked structure. http://home.tiscalinet.ch/peter.fink/ Peter ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Where'd the menubar go?
I have the same Problem, same Platform... Any ideas anyone? - Josh Dye - Original Message - From: David Kwinter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 6:18 PM Subject: Where'd the menubar go? I think my PC is losing its mind. Once I've opened Revolution (in WinXP), the only visible pieces of the program I have to work with are the toolbar and the message box. No New/Open/Save/Cut/Copy.. menubar to be seen. Monitor resolutions adjustments don't seem to help. Any ideas on why my Rev came to be like this, or how I can fix it? 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
Re: Fun With ImageData, MaskData and AlphaData
On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 01:30 AM, Ken Ray wrote: Just wanted to let you all know that I've been working with these cool image-manipulation features of Revolution and wrapped my head around them enough to write up a treatise on how to use them along with some examples. Here's the relevant links to the Tips section of the Revolution page of my site to those who are interested : http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/revolution.htm Nicely done, Ken! Thanks. -- Troy RPSystems, LTD www.rpsystems.net ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: externals with MacOS
On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 Brian Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have Revolution 1.1.1Classic, running under Mac OS 9.2.2. I built the externals project (the PPC target) using CodeWarrior, but cannot seem to get the externals to be recognized. The code resource is in the file created by CodeWarrior. I put the compiled CODE resource file in the Revolution folder, but using the External Tutorial.rev stack, it fails when I try to use the sprintf button, or any of the others. I also tried putting it in the same folder as the stack, and in the plugins folder, but to no avail. Am I putting the file in the wrong place? Does it need a special extension or name? Below is the message in the error window. The CODE resource needs to be placed *in the stack file*, not in a separate file. Note that this is only true for MacOS: all other platforms (including the Mach-O OS X engine) the external is stored as a separate file which is found using the externals property of the stack. Regards, Scott Cheers, Brian Kelly Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metacard.com MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that... ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
displaying movies in Rev
Hi All, What is the best format for displaying a video clip in Revolution on a Windows system such as XP or Win 2000? I have used .avi files in the past with mixed results an would like to know if anyone has recommendations on the best, optimized format. Thanks, Mike Brown Cyber-NY Interactive 212-475-2721 1-888-70-CYBER [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: MacWorld in NY (was: Re: Event in Italy)
On 2/7/02 7:50 pm, Chris Garaffa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, well, same question, but now about MacWorld in New York City... Anyone representing Revolution/RunRev? Yes, we will be at that too - we will have a booth and there is a Birds of a Feather Session as Bill just mentioned. A more extensive announcement to follow shortly... Kevin Kevin Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.runrev.com/ Runtime Revolution Limited - The Solution for Software Development Tel: +44 (0) 870 747 1165. Fax: +44 (0)1639 830 707. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: displaying movies in Rev
Hi Mike, Hi All, What is the best format for displaying a video clip in Revolution on a Windows system such as XP or Win 2000? I have used .avi files in the past with mixed results an would like to know if anyone has recommendations on the best, optimized format. Thanks, Mike Brown first there is nothing like a best format ;-) It depends on the situation, hardware etc... But in general i can say that i have the best results when using the QuickTIme format with its wonderful codecs. Of course this demands QT to be installed on the system. I think it is already pre-installed on XP... Is it ? With QT you will have excellent playback in RR and lots of possibilities to control the movie (more than a simple start and stop...) And QT supports lots of different file-types. So you can put avi, mpg, swf (yes, Flash !) and mov into a player and it will play. (Not to mention the sound and image formats that are supported by QT, but that is another story... :-) That's why i choose QT for playback of video-footage in RR/MC. Hope that helps... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: displaying movies in Rev
Hi Klaus, With QT you will have excellent playback in RR and lots of possibilities to control the movie (more than a simple start and stop...) I agree with you QT is the best but unfortunately is not widely supported within the Win OS world. I need a fairly dependable format for a presentation distributed to Win users. I will ask around and see if QT is pre-installed with XP OS... Thanks, Mike From: Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 18:14:50 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: displaying movies in Rev Hi Mike, Hi All, What is the best format for displaying a video clip in Revolution on a Windows system such as XP or Win 2000? I have used .avi files in the past with mixed results an would like to know if anyone has recommendations on the best, optimized format. Thanks, Mike Brown first there is nothing like a best format ;-) It depends on the situation, hardware etc... But in general i can say that i have the best results when using the QuickTIme format with its wonderful codecs. Of course this demands QT to be installed on the system. I think it is already pre-installed on XP... Is it ? With QT you will have excellent playback in RR and lots of possibilities to control the movie (more than a simple start and stop...) And QT supports lots of different file-types. So you can put avi, mpg, swf (yes, Flash !) and mov into a player and it will play. (Not to mention the sound and image formats that are supported by QT, but that is another story... :-) That's why i choose QT for playback of video-footage in RR/MC. Hope that helps... Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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
BOF?
K.M. wrote: Yes, we will be at that too - we will have a booth and there is a Birds of a Feather Session as Bill just mentioned. A more extensive announcement to follow shortly... What is a Birds of a Feather Session? ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
BOF!
Apple says: Birds-of-a-Feather Meetings (BOFs) are casual, informal discussions where attendees can meet like-minded Mac users. They are a great forum to network with other people, discuss resources for doing your job, and get answers to tough questions. -just in case anyone besides myself did not know :-) ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Passing parameters to a handler
I can't seem to get passing parameters correctly. When I execute this cascade button script: on menuPick graphMe plotChart graph2 end menuPick to the handler in the Card script: on graphClicked n, x, y set the bottomLeft of field graphpoint to the mouseLoc put (x - trunc(x)) * 60 into mTime put trunc(y) ms @ trunc(x) : trunc(mTime) into field graphpoint show field graphpoint end graphClicked on plotChart whichGraph --,chartDimentions hide field graphpoint hide group whichGraph snip I get an error relating to the on graphClicked handler. Why does it go there instead of the plotChart handler? Bill Vlahos ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Passing parameters to a handler
Bill, what error are you getting? Also, note that in the menuPick handler, 'graphMe' isn't being used (should it have been plotChart graphMe ?). Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: Bill Vlahos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 4:13 PM Subject: Passing parameters to a handler I can't seem to get passing parameters correctly. When I execute this cascade button script: on menuPick graphMe plotChart graph2 end menuPick to the handler in the Card script: on graphClicked n, x, y set the bottomLeft of field graphpoint to the mouseLoc put (x - trunc(x)) * 60 into mTime put trunc(y) ms @ trunc(x) : trunc(mTime) into field graphpoint show field graphpoint end graphClicked on plotChart whichGraph --,chartDimentions hide field graphpoint hide group whichGraph snip I get an error relating to the on graphClicked handler. Why does it go there instead of the plotChart handler? Bill Vlahos ___ 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: Passing parameters to a handler
Ken, That was it. I actually wanted to pass several parameters and forgot to include graphMe. It works now. Thanks. Bill Vlahos On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 02:31 PM, Ken Ray wrote: Bill, what error are you getting? Also, note that in the menuPick handler, 'graphMe' isn't being used (should it have been plotChart graphMe ?). Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: Bill Vlahos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 4:13 PM Subject: Passing parameters to a handler I can't seem to get passing parameters correctly. When I execute this cascade button script: on menuPick graphMe plotChart graph2 end menuPick to the handler in the Card script: on graphClicked n, x, y set the bottomLeft of field graphpoint to the mouseLoc put (x - trunc(x)) * 60 into mTime put trunc(y) ms @ trunc(x) : trunc(mTime) into field graphpoint show field graphpoint end graphClicked on plotChart whichGraph --,chartDimentions hide field graphpoint hide group whichGraph snip I get an error relating to the on graphClicked handler. Why does it go there instead of the plotChart handler? Bill Vlahos ___ 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
swf control?
Is there a way to embed an .swf (flash) file into a Rev program as a control? Linking a player to an external flash movie works fine, but importing an .swf file doesn't seem to work. Thanks! Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Fun With ImageData, MaskData and AlphaData
Excellent tips Ken. Thanks very much. One small point: they could probably be made quite a bit faster by using repeat for each loops rather for repeat with. Cheers, Sarah On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 03:37 PM, Ken Ray wrote: Just wanted to let you all know that I've been working with these cool image-manipulation features of Revolution and wrapped my head around them enough to write up a treatise on how to use them along with some examples. Here's the relevant links to the Tips section of the Revolution page of my site to those who are interested : http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/revolution.htm Click on the following links: imag003 - Understanding ImageData, MaskData and AlphaData imag004 - Making a Single Color Transparent Using MaskData imag005 - Making an Image Translucent Using AlphaData Enjoy! Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.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
Re: Fun With ImageData, MaskData and AlphaData
True. I forget about that some times... I'll update the tips and repost them with revised code. Thanks, Sarah! Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 5:31 PM Subject: Re: Fun With ImageData, MaskData and AlphaData Excellent tips Ken. Thanks very much. One small point: they could probably be made quite a bit faster by using repeat for each loops rather for repeat with. Cheers, Sarah On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 03:37 PM, Ken Ray wrote: Just wanted to let you all know that I've been working with these cool image-manipulation features of Revolution and wrapped my head around them enough to write up a treatise on how to use them along with some examples. Here's the relevant links to the Tips section of the Revolution page of my site to those who are interested : http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/revolution.htm Click on the following links: imag003 - Understanding ImageData, MaskData and AlphaData imag004 - Making a Single Color Transparent Using MaskData imag005 - Making an Image Translucent Using AlphaData Enjoy! Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.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 ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Export to QT movie (the edge between on- and off-topic)
Is there a way to capture what RunRev displays on screen in a QuickTime movie? I'm planning to make a (kind of a) presentation using RR and put it on a SVCD or DVD. Video-data will not be used by the application; only artwork, sound and text. If the sound brings up problems, it can be handled separately. Any suggestions? Maybe a prog that captures to QT anything displayed on screen? Or maybe there is a build-in Revolutionary way that I am not aware of. Terry ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Running CGI's locally on OSX
I have moved up to OSX (it's wonderful) and want to develop CGI's on my own machine. The mail lists have snippets, but not enough to put it all together. I put a copy of the darwin engine into /Library/WebServe/CGI-Executables/ But, that's as far as I can get, the terminal.app on -ls returns only my user directory. / returns permission denied...so OSX won't let me deeper than my own user directory to CHMOD 755 to make the engine executable. Anyone figure this out yet? If so, suggest you would help us all to write a small FAQ on the subject. Now, I am wondering if we need to use that library at all, really, if one just made a cgi-bin directory in one's own Sites folder, then one could set permissions from the terminal.app. But, I don't want to re-invent the wheel just now. This has got to be simple. Hinduism Today Sivakatirswami Editor's Assistant/Production Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.HinduismToday.com, www.HimalayanAcademy.com, www.Gurudeva.org, www.hindu.org Read The Master Course Lesson of the Day at http://www.gurudeva.org/lesson.shtml ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Announcement: Plugins and Libraries
Hi All I've just updated my site (http://www.sweattechnologies.com/rev/) to include the following: - A new plugin called Happy Snap (revHappySnap.rev) that will aid you in taking screenshots to be used in user manual's and promotions etc. You can use it to take, store and export snapshots of all, the current or specific cards of any open stack. You can also choose to hide Rev during the snapshot and select from screen rect, stack rect, estimated window rect and the window bounding rect. - A bug fixed version of Script Library - Two new script libraries (one for browser style cursor management and the other to give buttons and text links sound) Note: if anyone has some better user interface sounds for different button styles I'd love some cooperative work on libSound.rev - I've also changed a couple of things in libXMLText. I found out you can actually access the index of the customProperty set you handle in a setProp message so I've changed the style setting API. I've also posted the html docs that Script Library generates for each library so you can check them out more before you download. Sometime in the next few weeks I plan to post a plugin to give a simple user interface for the StyleXML custom property set. Eventually I'll build a parser to parse CSS documents into the custom property set but that will need to wait for a bit. Cheers Monte Goulding B.App.Sc. (Hons.) Executive Director Sweat Technologies email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.sweattechnologies.com mobile: (+61) 0421 138 274 ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Running CGI's locally on OSX
You can use sudo in Terminal to do things which normally require root permission. You should be able to navigate to the folder OK. I make great use of the tab key to auto-complete path names, so type cd /L then press tab. It should fill in Library. Then type Web and press tab, then CG tab again. This should have filled in the complete path for you to navigate to. Then if you try chmod 755 myTest.cgi you will probably get permission denied. If so, try sudo chmod 755 myTest.cgi. When it asks for a password enter your normal login password and it all should happen OK. Use ls -la to list all the files with their permissions visible so you can check that it has worked. Cheers, Sarah On Thursday, July 4, 2002, at 02:15 PM, Sivakatirswami wrote: I have moved up to OSX (it's wonderful) and want to develop CGI's on my own machine. The mail lists have snippets, but not enough to put it all together. I put a copy of the darwin engine into /Library/WebServe/CGI-Executables/ But, that's as far as I can get, the terminal.app on -ls returns only my user directory. / returns permission denied...so OSX won't let me deeper than my own user directory to CHMOD 755 to make the engine executable. Anyone figure this out yet? If so, suggest you would help us all to write a small FAQ on the subject. Now, I am wondering if we need to use that library at all, really, if one just made a cgi-bin directory in one's own Sites folder, then one could set permissions from the terminal.app. But, I don't want to re-invent the wheel just now. This has got to be simple. Hinduism Today Sivakatirswami Editor's Assistant/Production Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.HinduismToday.com, www.HimalayanAcademy.com, www.Gurudeva.org, www.hindu.org Read The Master Course Lesson of the Day at http://www.gurudeva.org/lesson.shtml ___ 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
Running CGI's locally on OSX
OK, see previous post... I hit the books and was able to do the following Put the Darwin engine in the two places /Users/katir/Sites/cgi-bin/ And also in the /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/ I figured out how to use the terminal.app on OSX and went in and CHMOD everything to 755 (both engines in both places, the cgi-bin in my own Sites folder and my test script below.) #! /mc On startUp Put hello End startUP If I invoke the cgi from my browser http:/my.machine.ip/~katir/cgi-bin/test-mc.cgi It just returns the ascii text of the cgi... I.e. Nothing is executed... Same thing happens if I change the path to the engine to: #! /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/mc Still no go... Any clues? Hinduism Today Sivakatirswami Editor's Assistant/Production Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.HinduismToday.com, www.HimalayanAcademy.com, www.Gurudeva.org, www.hindu.org Read The Master Course Lesson of the Day at http://www.gurudeva.org/lesson.shtml ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
