Re: [OT] Article on Shareware Professionalism
Those of you using Rev to develop products may appreciate this excellent article I stumbled across the other day: Shareware Amateurs vs. Shareware Professionals http://www.dexterity.com/articles/shareware-amateurs-vs-shareware-professio nals.htm Thanks, Richard. The article contains lots of good advice for those who include making a profit as a major goal. Try as I might, I cannot. I think the article should be retitled Shareware artists vs shareware professionals. It is, to me, a question of the primacy of software development as an expression of creativity or a job. (Although I don't see secrecy and lack of sharing as an artistic trait, but directly related to profit motives.) I have a job: customizing FlexWare accounting systems. OenoLog is my statement to the world as one with nearly 30 years in the business as to what I think 21st century business applications should look like. If the wine making world agrees, I stand to make a comfortable profit; if it doesn't, I have still have had the opportunity to indulge my creative muses. Can you imagine an art teacher telling students they should paint what the public wants and spend as much time selling their work as they do creating it? BTW, in today's economic society a certain level of profit motive is understandable. I'm not knocking it, if manifested in moderation: I just can't enjoy programming done for profit to someone else's specifications nearly as much as seeing my mental design concepts manifested on the computer. Cheers! -- 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: Merry Christmas!
An e-greeting is waiting for all of you at: http://www.expertediting.com/xmas.html Thanks, Debdoot. The same wishes back at you many times over. -- 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
ping command in Revolution?
Is there a "ping"-type command in Revolution? I'm not finding it in the Revolution dictionary, but I realize it might be called something else. As an example of what I need to do, I need to do a "ping" to www.aol.com to make sure the connection is there.
Track which button a user clicks?
I have a design question. I am trying to implement an activity log or event tracking piece to my stack. I want the program to record in a file all of the user's interactions. It is simple to record each key a user types, but more difficult to record where a user clicks the mouse. In short, I need to know if there is a way to capture which button or field a user clicked on. So far, all I can do is get the control's control number which is not good enough because it is not unique throughout the program. Any ideas? My current scripts are below... -- the following scripts are for the logging function of the Event Recorder, will record all user actions. on keyUp pressedKey put pressedKey amp; tab amp; the short system date amp; tab amp; the long system time amp; cr after fld "sessionLog" of wd "UserLogStack" end keyUp on mouseDown answer the mouseControl end mouseDownDo you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now
Re: ping command in Revolution?
What platform do you want this in? In Windows (and probably OS X), you could use the shell() command to do a ping probably... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 10:29 AM Subject: ping command in Revolution? Is there a ping-type command in Revolution? I'm not finding it in the Revolution dictionary, but I realize it might be called something else. As an example of what I need to do, I need to do a ping to www.aol.com to make sure the connection is there. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: What is this programming style called?
On Monday, December 23, 2002, at 03:17 PM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote: At 1:20 PM -0800 12/23/02, Dar Scott wrote: I'm looking for a name for that Revolution programming style that involves using send...in ... and/or callbacks, such as the socket callbacks. I've sometimes referred to the technique as delayed sends. Thanks Jan, Jeanee and Alex! I think there are ideas in all that I can use. I can use messaging, advanced task scheduling and delayed sends. One of the problems is that simply calling handlers also uses the word message. Dar Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: ping command in Revolution?
On Tuesday, December 24, 2002, at 09:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a ping-type command in Revolution? I'm not finding it in the Revolution dictionary, but I realize it might be called something else. As an example of what I need to do, I need to do a ping to www.aol.com to make sure the connection is there. You can use the shell command (or the shell workaround for Revolution 1.1.1 on OS X). The command line syntax and the response is not quite the same for the different platforms. However, in your case, it may be sufficient to try to open an http tcp link. (The shell workaround is at Ken Ray's site: http://www.sonsothunder.com. I don't know if it has the quoted parameter update, but I don't think you need that.) Dar Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Merry Christmas!
Happy holidays Rev and list folk-- thank you for a great program and helpful conversations. Sandy ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
if (this stack is a standalone) then ...
Is there a way to determine in a script if the stack is a standalone? -- D ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: if (this stack is a standalone) then ...
Is there a way to determine in a script if the stack is a standalone? Yes, just use the environment function. See the docs for details. Terry ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
button
Being lazy, I'm looking for a source for button images. Dar Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Special Folder Path Codes
Just a quick note to let you all know that I have uploaded to my site the comprehensive listing of special folder path codes used in Mac OS, OS X and Windows. Here you go: http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/revolution.htm?_file010 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
button
Dar, You of course have investigated the options in the included Image Library, right? Development -- Image Library -KK ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
button
Oh sorry; you probably mean images of the buttons themselves... Here's a suggestion: There are many applications which can produce all sorts of buttons; select your platform of choice and search for button at versiontracker.com -KK ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: button
On Tuesday, December 24, 2002, at 06:54 PM, Kurt Kaufman wrote: You of course have investigated the options in the included Image Library, right? You can never tell how I might be blind to the obvious, but in this case I have. Dar Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
