repeat loops, efficiency
I have a repeat loop within a button script that runs constantly: on mouseup set the name of me to STOP repeat until the mouseclick --do specific stuff here wait ten seconds --I need this delay end repeat set the name of me to START end mouseup Is there perhaps a more efficient way of doing this? Thanks, Kurt PS/ If the answer to my question is in the Rev docs, I could not easily find it. How should I have searched? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: repeat loops, efficiency
On Jan 1, 2005, at 7:11 AM, Kurt Kaufman wrote: on mouseup set the name of me to STOP repeat until the mouseclick --do specific stuff here wait ten seconds --I need this delay end repeat set the name of me to START end mouseup Is there perhaps a more efficient way of doing this? One of the flasher examples from the Message Mechanics Primer might help: http://www.swcp.com/dsc/revstacks.html Look also at the relay change lockout example in that stack, if you want to cut the last delay short, but still keep specific stuff from happening too soon. That stack describes some techniques in using send and cancel. (It needs a little updating.) Dar ** DSC (Dar Scott Consulting Dar's Lab) http://www.swcp.com/dsc/ Programming Services and Software ** ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: repeat loops, efficiency
...One of the flasher examples from the Message Mechanics Primer might help... Thank you, Dar. I'll have a look later today! -Kurt ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Line Numbers
On Sat Jan 1 10:23:47, D.Rothe drothe at optusnet.com.au wrote: G'Day and Happy New Year to all I am hoping someone could guide me with the following prob. I have two fields (field 1 field 2), field 2 is for loading and displaying a txt file and field 1 is for displaying each corresponding line number of field 2. The line numbers must be in a seperate field otherwise they will show when printing field 2. Obviously field 2 is a scrolling field so the problem is getting field 1 to scroll in unison with field 2 so the line numbers match the correct line. Any ideas on the code or maybe a different solution Thanx to all. Cheers Dwayne... Put this into the script of the scrolling field 2: on scrollbardrag set the scroll of fld 1 to the scroll of me end scrollbardrag Regards and Happy New Year! Wilhelm Sanke www.sanke.org/MetaMedia ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Graphic Objects Memory Use
Dear Revolutionaries I have a question or two about rev's graphic objects ... Since the rev graphic objects such as lines and shapes are objects that can have their own properties, styles etc., is there a big memory overhead in using them to create complicated graphics? What would be the best way in rev to do the equivalent of double-buffering the graphics i.e. invisibly drawing the next frame of a complex graphic in background and then displaying it? Happy New Year to you and yours. Gordon ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Rev2.5 exe error with garbage
Has anyon else experienced .exe errors when using sockets in a password protected stack with Rev2.5 (engine 2.6.1) that do not happen with other engines or when the password of the stack is empty? I wish I could supply a formula, but the error (or a system freeze) is temperamental and inconsistent but nevertheless guaranteed. The situation is when receiving ascii socket data that is placed in a field... After a while, there is what looks like an encrypted text dump of the stack in the field instead of the text data, then poof! and we have either an exe error or a system freeze. The 'text of fld tFld' does not match the displayed garbage, so I am assuming this is the cause of the failure, but the question is where is this garbage coming from and why? Anyone had similar? /H ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Using QT Transitions
On Saturday, January 1, 2005, at 07:41 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When you use the answer effect command, an encooded description for the effect is returned in the it variable. You can store this somewhere (variable, custom property, etc.) and use it in a later script: answer effect if it is not empty then set the myCustomEffect of this stack to it -- in a later script... visual effect (the myCustomEffect of this stack) go card My Card Okay, but wouldn't that bring up a dialog box for the user of my stack? I would like Card A to gradient wipe to Card B without asking the user. I'm still not getting it. Mark G. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: getting the Real name of CDs from RR
on Thu, 30 Dec 2004 Ken Ray wrote: Did you try the Win98 version I'd posted this morning? If not, here it is again: function GetCDName pLetter set the hideConsoleWindows to true if the shellCommand is cmd then put shell(pLetterdir) into temp if line 1 of temp is empty then delete line 1 of temp return last word of line 1 of temp else -- Win98, etc. put pLetter cr dir into url(file:c:/temp.bat) put shell(c:\temp.bat) into tResult delete file c:/temp.bat return last word of line 6 of temp end if end GetCDName Hi, Ken Thanks a lot for posting this revised version! :-)) Your new version now works fine in my side: function GetCDName pLetter set the hideConsoleWindows to true put pLetter cr dir into url(file:c:/temp.bat) put shell(c:\temp.bat) into tResult delete file c:/temp.bat return line 6 of tResult end GetCDName From the resulting line, i could get the full CD name even if the name has spaces like 30 OCT 03 But still, i do not understand why the engine executed always the first part of the IF statement: if the shellCommand is cmd... when in fact the shellCommand is command.com Thanks again and... Happy New Year for every Developer of every platform in every programming language in this earth!!! :-) al = Visit my site: http://www.geocities.com/capellan2000/ __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1
Message: 15 Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 10:23:47 +1000 From: D.Rothe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Line Numbers To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 G'Day and Happy New Year to all I am hoping someone could guide me with the following prob. I have two fields (field 1 field 2), field 2 is for loading and displaying a txt file and field 1 is for displaying each corresponding line number of field 2. The line numbers must be in a seperate field otherwise they will show when printing field 2. Obviously field 2 is a scrolling field so the problem is getting field 1 to scroll in unison with field 2 so the line numbers match the correct line. Any ideas on the code or maybe a different solution Thanx to all. Cheers Dwayne... Hi Dwayne, If all you need to do is eliminate the line numbering in the printed text, you might just do this via script and then print the results. Put something like the following handler in a print button: on mouseUP put field 1 into tData repeat for each line tLine in tData --Assuming the lines are numbered as follows: --1 This is the first line, including its number. --Or whatever you might choose. repeat put char 1 of tLine into tChar if tChar is a number or tChar is space then --or whatever delete char 1 of tLine else put tLine return after results exit repeat end if end repeat end repeat revprinttext results end mouseUP Jim ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
File info
Hello Revolution Wizards, I was wondering if there's some way to retrieve the Created or Modified dates from a file. I'm using Windows XP. I have a feeling this data isn't stored in the file itself, but then where could it be? -Ben ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Using QT Transitions
Hi Mark, On Saturday, January 1, 2005, at 07:41 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When you use the answer effect command, an encooded description for the effect is returned in the it variable. You can store this somewhere (variable, custom property, etc.) and use it in a later script: answer effect if it is not empty then set the myCustomEffect of this stack to it -- in a later script... visual effect (the myCustomEffect of this stack) go card My Card Okay, but wouldn't that bring up a dialog box for the user of my stack? I would like Card A to gradient wipe to Card B without asking the user. I'm still not getting it. :-) The dialog will NOT pop up in that case! It is the EFFECT itself that is being stored in the custom property. This way you can create a library of QT transitions in your stack(s) and use it whenever you like and the user will never! see the dialog, honestly! :-) Mark G. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.major-k.de ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Writing
Ok this is a stupid question none the less. However I
am just not sure how to do it. All I am trying to
figure out is how to get something to print in a
field. I have seen the reply, answer and put commands
and I dont think those are what I am looking for. I
could be wrong however. However I know using pascal I
would do the following
writeln('Hello');
and that would print hello to the screen. I am not
sure what the equivalent is here and I am hoping you
guys could help me with that. Oh and is there a way to
do it without having it pop up in a different box all
the time? Like I just want it to print in a field and
not pop up in a different box.
Thanks,
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RE: Writing
Robert,
Just one line to qay: RR is an object oriented programming environment.
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Objet : Writing
Ok this is a stupid question none the less. However I
am just not sure how to do it. All I am trying to
figure out is how to get something to print in a
field. I have seen the reply, answer and put commands
and I dont think those are what I am looking for. I
could be wrong however. However I know using pascal I
would do the following
writeln('Hello');
and that would print hello to the screen. I am not
sure what the equivalent is here and I am hoping you
guys could help me with that. Oh and is there a way to
do it without having it pop up in a different box all
the time? Like I just want it to print in a field and
not pop up in a different box.
Thanks,
Robert
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Re: Writing
put is what you want.
it seems you already have a field, if not create one, and give it a
unique name. Then use the put command like this:
put hello into field YourUniqueName
On Jan 01 2005, at 18:32, Robert Sabo wrote:
Ok this is a stupid question none the less. However I
am just not sure how to do it. All I am trying to
figure out is how to get something to print in a
field. I have seen the reply, answer and put commands
and I dont think those are what I am looking for. I
could be wrong however. However I know using pascal I
would do the following
writeln('Hello');
and that would print hello to the screen. I am not
sure what the equivalent is here and I am hoping you
guys could help me with that. Oh and is there a way to
do it without having it pop up in a different box all
the time? Like I just want it to print in a field and
not pop up in a different box.
Thanks,
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Re: Writing
Here's an example of how you would do this as part of a button handler,
assuming the field you wanted the text to appear in was named Field:
on mouseUp
put This is a test into field Field
end mouseUp
If you wanted the text to display on a line other than the first line
of the field the statekment would read:
put This is a test into line 2 of field Field
And, if you wanted the text to display as soon as the card is
displayed, then you would place the put statement into an on OpenCard
handler either at card level or stack level (latter if it were to
appear in this field on every card in the stack).
HTH
Marian
On Jan 1, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Robert Sabo wrote:
Ok this is a stupid question none the less. However I
am just not sure how to do it. All I am trying to
figure out is how to get something to print in a
field. I have seen the reply, answer and put commands
and I dont think those are what I am looking for. I
could be wrong however. However I know using pascal I
would do the following
writeln('Hello');
and that would print hello to the screen. I am not
sure what the equivalent is here and I am hoping you
guys could help me with that. Oh and is there a way to
do it without having it pop up in a different box all
the time? Like I just want it to print in a field and
not pop up in a different box.
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Re: Writing
Yes that is what I was looking for thanks man! --- Marian Petrides [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's an example of how you would do this as part of a button handler, assuming the field you wanted the text to appear in was named Field: on mouseUp put This is a test into field Field end mouseUp If you wanted the text to display on a line other than the first line of the field the statekment would read: put This is a test into line 2 of field Field And, if you wanted the text to display as soon as the card is displayed, then you would place the put statement into an on OpenCard handler either at card level or stack level (latter if it were to appear in this field on every card in the stack). HTH Marian On Jan 1, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Robert Sabo wrote: __ Do you Yahoo!? Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs. Learn more. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Writing
On Jan 1, 2005, at 12:41 PM, Marian Petrides wrote: Here's an example of how you would do this as part of a button handler, assuming the field you wanted the text to appear in was named Field: on mouseUp put This is a test into field Field end mouseUp OOOPS... incorrect use of terminology--concept is correct. Sentence should read as part of a mouseUp handler in a button script. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: File info
On 1/1/05 10:44 AM, Ben Fisher wrote: Hello Revolution Wizards, I was wondering if there's some way to retrieve the Created or Modified dates from a file. I'm using Windows XP. I have a feeling this data isn't stored in the file itself, but then where could it be? Yup. See the files function in the dictionary, particularly the detailed files option. That gives this info. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Graphic Objects Memory Use
Gordon Webster wrote: Dear Revolutionaries I have a question or two about rev's graphic objects ... Since the rev graphic objects such as lines and shapes are objects that can have their own properties, styles etc., is there a big memory overhead in using them to create complicated graphics? I'm sure there is some overhead - but not too much. (Note - this is speculation on my part - I have no inside knowledge.) I'd be concerned about storing a million objects each of which is a single line - but not about a few thousand of them (though it can be expensive in time to create many graphics - or even worse to delete them ) Note that there are some very clever things you can do with polygon objects that in some cases allow you to achieve the drawing effects you want with many fewer graphic objects (and much more speed). For instance, you can put a marker on each vertex of a polygon (this is a quick way to draw many similar shapes - set the marker of a polygon to the shape you want to draw, and then simply adding a vertex to the polygon gives you a whole extra shape. This is often used in combination with the other unusual feature - a blank line in the list of vertices results in a non-visible edge; so a list of points like 100,100 100,200 200,200 400,400 400,500 will result in two disjoint line line segments. What would be the best way in rev to do the equivalent of double-buffering the graphics i.e. invisibly drawing the next frame of a complex graphic in background and then displaying it? The simple answer is that you probably don't need to double-buffer it. Of course there are cases where the simple answer is wrong :-) If you have a few thousand graphic shapes, and want to redraw them, then you may need to. On the other hand, if you can use the clever features of polygons above, then you can get very smooth animation effects at very high speed without double-buffering. If you need to double-buffer, you can do set lockscreen to true -- draw the next screen now set lockscreen to false If you haven't already, take a look at Malte's libRMC (latest version announced on the list within the last few weeks) -- Alex. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 30/12/2004 ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Using QT Transitions
Okay, but wouldn't that bring up a dialog box for the user of my stack? I would like Card A to gradient wipe to Card B without asking the user. I'm still not getting it. Mark G. You don't have to put the answer effect in your script that runs every time. Just put it in the message box, because it only needs to be run once. answer effect if it is not empty then set the myCustomEffect of this stack to it Once you have the effect data, it can be placed in a custom property and can be retrieved w/o having to use answer effect. No one needs to see the dialog again, the data is stored in myCustomEffect. Then, put this into the script you want. visual effect (the myCustomEffect of this stack) go card My Card -Ben ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
OT: Scripting the UI in Windows
Is there an application in Windows such as FaceSpan http://www.facespan.com/facespan/pagespeed/url//Home/ I want to be able to click some buttons, window items; etc programatically in a program I think was written with VisualBasic. Michael ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Setting more than 1 textStyle
A number of setting multiple text-styles at once solutions have been posted to the list, but there's a problem in all of them. Namely, text-styles are supposed to be a toggleable thing. If you select Bold for plain text, it gets bolded; but if you select Bold for text that *is* bold, it turns plain again! And there's the whole problem of when the text-style of the selected text is 'mixed', what do I do?... on ChangeStyle SelText,NuStyle # SelText is the selected text -- char 5 to 29 of field Fred or whatever # NuStyle is the newly-selected text style that the user wants to put on that text if NuStyle = plain then # nuke it all set the textStyle of SelText to plain exit to top end if put the textStyle of SelText into OldStyle if OldStyle = mixed then # this bit will work, but its obvious goal is problematic... set the textStyle of SelText to NuStyle else if the number of items in OldStyle = 1 then # only one text-style, huzzah! switch OldStyle case NuStyle # user has selected the existing style -- toggle it set the textStyle of SelText to plain break case plain # it's virgin text set the textStyle of SelText to NuStyle break default # the user has selected a different style than is there -- toggle it! set the textStyle of SelText to (OldStyle , NuStyle) end switch else # okay, multiple text-styles # is NuStyle one of the text-styles that's already on the selected text? put 0 into Kounter repeat for each item II in OldStyle add 1 to Kounter if II = NuStyle then exit repeat end repeat if Kounter 0 then # the newly-selected style is already there -- turn it off! delete item Kounter of OldStyle set the textStyle of SelText to OldStyle else # the newly-selected style is, well, NEW -- turn it on set the textStyle of SelText to (OldStyle , NuStyle) end if end if end if end ChangeStyle I am not happy with the bit that handles mixed text-style; it just plows everything under, burying it all beneath the newly-selected style. Sure, it works and it's obvious, but... it's not what you'd call elegant, okay? What should happen in situations like when *all* of the selected text is Italic, but some of the selected text has Bold *in addition to* Italic? At minimum, it should check to see what styles apply to *all* the selected text, and not eliminate any whole-selection styles that the user didn't select... (pause to let readers parse that sentence) ...but what happens when the user selects Italic, and (let us say) 15% of the selected text is Italic? Do you make every character Italic (in addition to whatever other text-styles whichever character might have), do you remove Italic from whichever characters have it, or what? My own first impulse is to go with a 50% rule -- count the text-styles of individual characters, and if more than 50% of the selected text has a given style, treat it as tho the whole thing has it; otherwise, treat it as tho the whole thing doesn't have that style. What do the rest of you think? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Setting more than 1 textStyle
Cubist wondered... ...but what happens when the user selects Italic, and (let us say) 15% of the selected text is Italic? Do you make every character Italic (in addition to whatever other text-styles whichever character might have), do you remove Italic from whichever characters have it, or what? My own first impulse is to go with a 50% rule -- count the text-styles of individual characters, and if more than 50% of the selected text has a given style, treat it as tho the whole thing has it; otherwise, treat it as tho the whole thing doesn't have that style. What do the rest of you think? Good question, In the past I've implemented the same sort of brute force fudge as yours. I just ckecked my old copy of MSWord to see what that does and the behaviour is quite sensible IMO. If only some of the characters have the style you are applying, The style you are applying is applied to all the selected characters, and any other existing styles are preserved. If all of the characters have the style you are applying, the style you are applying is removed from the selected characters, and any other styles are preserved. So if for example some of the characters selected have italic, and your intention is to remove that while retaining other styling, you can apply italic twice to achieve that effect. From a user perspective I think the straightforwardness of that recommends it to me. Martin Baxter ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Resizing stack to any screen size!
Hi all, Have seen a few posts about how to rezize a stack to suit your screen size, here's how I did it! Resizing the main stack to suit any screen size is quite simple really, the challenge comes when trying to keep all your fields in a relative size position. To resize a stack to any screen size I use the following code; on preOpenStack -- get users screen size -- left,top,width,height put the screenrect into tScreenSize -- *Note: screenrect is the working size of the window NOT including borders. -- For this reason we set the parameters as follows. set itemDel to , put item 3 of tScreenSize into tWidth put item 4 of tScreenSize into tHeight set the rect of this stack to 2,28,tWidth-2,tHeight-4 end preOpenStack 2 puts the window 2 pixels from the left 28 puts the window 28 pixels from the top, this allows the window title bar to show. tWidth-2 sets the overall window width to the screen size -2 pixels to allow the border to fit. tHeight-4 sets the overall window height to the screen size -4 pixels to allow the border to fit. This setting works well using windows XP but I haven't tested it on other OS'. To manipulate fields etc. use; set the rect of fld fieldname to ?,?,tWidth-?,tHeight-? Happy New Year!! . Dwayne ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
changing object's location causing long delays
Hello,
(B
(BAny ideas why there would be a long processing delay (about 15 seconds)
(Bwhenever I use the mouse to move any non-hidden object on a card? By
(Bcontrast, there is no significant delay if I use keyboard arrow-keys instead
(Bto move the same object, nor if I do any other types of changes to the same
(Bcard, such as to the scripts, properties or adding objects.
(B
(BOf possible significance:
(B
(B- the card has 388 objects
(B
(B- almost all objects are hidden, and grouped as smaller groups into eight
(Blarger groups. About half of the objects in each of these eight groups are
(Bbuttons and a third are images. Out of those grouped images, about 35 in
(Btotal are referenced by fileName to the same gif image, 2 images in each of
(Bthe eight groups together have a total size of about 13,000, and the
(BalwaysBuffer ("Preload in memory") is "false
(B
(B- bufferHiddenImages is set to "false". I also tried setting it to "true",
(Bbut no effect. Similarly, I also set the alwaysBuffer of all images to
(B"true", but with no improvement
(B
(B- the computer is Win2k, 400Mb RAM, 900Mghz
(B
(B- the stack itself has three other cards, each of which has under 30
(Bobjects, and none of which show the same delay when objects are moved by
(Bmouse
(B
(BThank you.
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Inter-process communication
Dear Revolutionaries Is it sensible/feasible to use the clipboard for communicating between rev and other processes? e.g. suppose I want to pass control to another process that does a large, numerically intensive calculation and then passes the result back to the rev app by writing to the clipboard. This assumes that the overhead of parsing the result on the clipboard is more than offset by the time saved by doing the calculation in a separate, natively compiled process. Would this be quicker than communicating using files? Is there a way in rev to get a message when the clipboard's contents change? - something like on clipboardUpdated Of course, using the externals SDK to access a DLL would be optimal - is there a tutorial somewhere on how to access the functions in a DLL from within rev? Would I have to write a C program to do this? Best Gordon ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Can't build a standalone
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Re: changing object's location causing long delays
On 1/1/05 6:17 PM, Nicolas Cueto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Any ideas why there would be a long processing delay (about 15 seconds) whenever I use the mouse to move any non-hidden object on a card? By contrast, there is no significant delay if I use keyboard arrow-keys instead to move the same object, nor if I do any other types of changes to the same card, such as to the scripts, properties or adding objects. Can I assume this is in the IDE and not in a standalone? If so, I'd recommend attempting the same action in a standalone and if it is very fast, then the reason is the IDE's attempt to keep track of all the objects. Just my 2 cents, Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Graphic Objects Memory Use
On 1/1/05 9:16 AM, Gordon Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Revolutionaries I have a question or two about rev's graphic objects ... Since the rev graphic objects such as lines and shapes are objects that can have their own properties, styles etc., is there a big memory overhead in using them to create complicated graphics? I would doubt it... the reason I say this is that Geoff Canyon created an entire Asteroids-like *game* using a *single* polygon that has its points calculated and adjusted on the fly. If you can imagine dozens/hundreds of individual points that need to be adjusted in real time, you get the idea that even if there *was* some overhead, it would be minimal. Just my 2 cents, Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: getting the Real name of CDs from RR
On 1/1/05 10:02 AM, Alejandro Tejada [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on Thu, 30 Dec 2004 But still, i do not understand why the engine executed always the first part of the IF statement: if the shellCommand is cmd... when in fact the shellCommand is command.com and actually, it should have been: if the shellCommand is cmd.exe then but I don't know why the if statement would go awry... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: changing object's location causing long delays
Ken Ray wrote: (B (B Can I assume this is in the IDE and not in a standalone? If so, I'd (B recommend attempting the same action in a standalone (B (BIt is indeed in the IDE. As for trying it on a standalone (a.k.a., (B"distribution"?), do you mean to add a "grab" command to an object, then (Bbuild a distribution, and see if there's a delay? And even if that's not it, (Bwell, given that once finished my stack will not require users to move (Bobjects, why would I nonetheless want to discover now whether a distribution (Bversion of an incomplete stack is faster than the present version I'm now (Bwhittling away -- and sometimes painfully slow at that! -- on the IDE? (B (BThanks all the same, though. (B (BCheers, (BNicolas Cueto (B___ (Buse-revolution mailing list (Buse-revolution@lists.runrev.com (Bhttp://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: changing object's location causing long delays
On 1/1/05 11:34 PM, Nicolas Cueto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken Ray wrote: Can I assume this is in the IDE and not in a standalone? If so, I'd recommend attempting the same action in a standalone It is indeed in the IDE. As for trying it on a standalone (a.k.a., distribution?), do you mean to add a grab command to an object, then build a distribution, and see if there's a delay? No, I mean add a button to your standalone that says: on mouseUp choose pointer tool end mouseUp And then click it, which will change the tool to a pointer tool, select all of your objects by dragging out a selection rectangle and try moving them. WHen you're done, just quit your standalone (since you won't have an easy way to switch back to browse tool). well, given that once finished my stack will not require users to move objects, why would I nonetheless want to discover now whether a distribution version of an incomplete stack is faster than the present version I'm now whittling away -- and sometimes painfully slow at that! -- on the IDE? Is the inspector palette open? Perhaps if you cloe it, it will speed things up (no need to keep track of multiple objects if you don't have the Application Browser or Properties palettes open AFAIK. Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: changing object's location causing long delays
No, I mean add a button to your standalone that says: (B (B on mouseUp (B choose pointer tool (B end mouseUp (B (BOh. I didn't know objects could be moved even on a standalone. Wow! (B (BOk, I added that button and built a distribution. However, relocating an (Bobject using the pointer-tool is still as slow on the standalone as when on (Bthe IDE. (B (B Is the inspector palette open? (B (BAlright, let me try that... (B (BNo luck. I closed the Properties palettes and the Application Browser, but (Bstill there's a long pause as soon as I release an object that has been just (Brelocated with the pointer tool. (B (BIs there a way of trapping Rev events themselves so I can see what's (Bhappening in the background immediately after I release an object? (B (BWhat continues to especially baffle me is not understanding why the object (Bpost-movement delay doesn't also occur after I use the keyboard-arrows. (B (BOh well. Thanks. (B (BCheers, (BNicolas Cueto (B___ (Buse-revolution mailing list (Buse-revolution@lists.runrev.com (Bhttp://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
