Re: printing quality

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Nicolas,

I expect printing quality to have slightly improved, but not where  
GIFs are concerned. If you haven't done so yet, you might want to set  
the dontDither of the image to true and see if that helps.


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Op 7-apr-2008, om 8:25 heeft Nicolas Cueto het volgende geschreven:

Just a general question.

Do newer versions of Rev provide better print-out quality?

I ask because, comparing a printout of the same gif made
by a browser with that made by my Rev 2.6, the browser's
is definitely clearer. (My print command uses setMargins
too, but could that be affecting clarity?)

Thanks.

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printing quality

[Nicolas Cueto]

Just a general question.

Do newer versions of Rev provide better print-out quality?

I ask because, comparing a printout of the same gif made
by a browser with that made by my Rev 2.6, the browser's
is definitely clearer. (My print command uses setMargins
too, but could that be affecting clarity?)

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Re: Launched application invisible

[J. Landman Gay]

Ralf Bitter wrote:

Does anyone know under what circumstances  the launch command
launches an application in an invisible state?

Is there a Windows shell command to make the launched application 
visible again?


I have a windows standalone (runs on XP) with a launch command like:

put "C:/folder/folder/folder/folder/myApplication.exe" into tAppPath
do "launch" && quote & tAppPath & quote

This launches the application, but it is not visible. I can see the 
entry in the task manager.

There is no problem with the Mac standalone.

Did a quick test with another standalone, which does nothing but launch 
the said application.

It uses the same handler and it works as expected.
So, this must have to do with something specific to my standalone.

This is in version 2.8.1. Any idea, anyone?


Does it work if you leave off the quotes? For example:

  launch tAppPath

The variable is automatically treated as though it is quoted, so you 
don't need the extra ones. I don't really think that's the problem but 
it is easy to try.


I'm interested in knowing if you figure this out. Someone wrote to tech 
support and said the launch command wasn't working, but after seeing 
your post I wonder if it is launching invisibly instead. He is running 
XP like you are.


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Re: Interesting error

[Paul Gabel]

Hi Hershel:

Look to the error that occurred and is listed in the error window just  
before the "error in statement" error. That's usually the one that's  
really causing the problem.


Paul Gabel
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On Apr 6, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Hershel Fisch wrote:


On 4/2/08 7:04 PM, "Hershel Fisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Let me recap, I have an interesting error,
"
executing at 6:08:50 PM
TypeHandler: error in statement
ObjectContact List
Linego to stack "contact list"
HintmouseUp
"
On mouseUp it goes to the stack, then the above error comes up. Also  
the

"openStack" message does not trap?
Hershel

Hi all, I have an interesting situation, my stack when its in brows  
mode it
runs fine but when I suspend the development tools it throws an  
error and an
interesting one "go to stack" and only on one stack, ho do I go  
about it?


Hershel

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WMV bug

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi,

I have entered a WMV bug in the QCC. If you want to add similar  
issues to the same bug, please go ahead. You can find the bug report  
here: 


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Block comment 2.9

[Hershel Fisch]

Did some body check out the block comment and colorization?
Hershel

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Re: Interesting error

[Hershel Fisch]

On 4/2/08 7:04 PM, "Hershel Fisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Let me recap, I have an interesting error,
"
 executing at 6:08:50 PM
TypeHandler: error in statement
ObjectContact List
Linego to stack "contact list"
HintmouseUp
"
On mouseUp it goes to the stack, then the above error comes up. Also the
"openStack" message does not trap?
Hershel

> Hi all, I have an interesting situation, my stack when its in brows mode it
> runs fine but when I suspend the development tools it throws an error and an
> interesting one "go to stack" and only on one stack, ho do I go about it?
> 
> Hershel
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Re: « Colors and Patterns » works once then freezes Rev.

[Eric Chatonet]

Bonsoir André,

Le 6 avr. 08 à 18:46, Andre.Bisseret a écrit :

Hi All,

Create a new stack

Choose « Colors and Patterns in the Inspector

Choose any item (backgroundColor for example) ; the Colors palette  
shows up and it is possible to get a color for the stack background  
("OK" in the colors palette)


But then, if I try to use again « Colors and Patterns » in  
Inspector, the Colors palette does not show up again and Rev  
freezes ; (Clicking any where I get a beep).


Command + Maj + « . » unfreeze Rev, (not always) but it is  
impossible to use again Colors and Patterns without freezing Rev  
again.


To be able to get a new color, or a color for a new object in the  
stack, I have to quit Rev and restart it  :-((.


It is the first time I meet this issue (I used Colors and Patterns  
a lot of times before without any problem).


At first,  I thought it could be because I was using 2.9.0 but I  
just tried with 2.8.1 and I get the same issue.


What am I doing wrong ? Is there some setting I would have change  
inadvertently ?


Any help very much appreciated

Best regards from Grenoble


As you say that you encountered such an issue I can't reproduce here  
with Rev 2.8.1 and 2.9, I would be inclined to think it's a system  
issue.

Have you tried to use the color palette in Mail or TextEdit?

Best regards from Paris,
Eric Chatonet.

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Re-2: ODBC MS SQL Problem with 2.9

[runrev260805]

Hi Robert,

thanks for letting me know.

I ran into a similar problem with 2.9beta in January. I reported that and got a 
reply from Runrev with new db externals.

I tested with that externals at that time without problems. Therefore i saw no 
need to do further tests. Now this takes revenge on me

I voted for that bug and i am hoping they will fix that asap.

In the meantime i will use 2.8.1 for odbc things.

Regards,

Matthias Rebbe

 Original Message 
Subject: Re: ODBC MS SQL Problem with 2.9 (06-Apr-2008 16:46)
From:Robert Eppich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

> Hi Matthias,
> 
> Check out this bugzilla:
> 
> http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=5967
> 
> Please vote for it or add extra comments.
> 
> Thanks
> Robert Eppich
> 
> > I am having a problem with a stack, which runs under 2.81 without  
> > problem, but not under 2.9.
> >
> > I connect to a MS SQL Server via ODBC.
> > My select-expression normally retunrs about 20 lines. With 2.9 i  
> > only get one (incomplete) line.
> >
> > I added "forward only" to the revopendatabase command, as this  
> > is ,according to the dictionary, compatible with 2.8.1.
> >
> > I also tried the 2 other cursor types, also without success.
> >
> > My revopendatabase command looks like this:
> > get revopendatabase("ODBC",odbc_name,,db_user,db_user_pass,  
> > "forward only")
> >
> > Has anyone an idea what could be wrong here?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Matthias Rebbe
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Re: minimize a palette stack?

[Richard Gaskin]

Mark Swindell wrote:

What I'm after is a stack that behaves as a palette (floats above  
everything else in my application), but can still be minimized.


Unfortunately that's not supported by the OS X HIG.

Is this important enough to write a few lines of script?  If so, you 
could make the window borderless and then add your own title bar and 
buttons for any behavior you like.


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Re: « Colors and Patterns » works once then freezes Rev.

[Andre.Bisseret]

Le 6 avr. 08 à 19:30, Bill Marriott a écrit :

Hi Andre,




[...]if I try to use again « Colors and Patterns » in Inspector,
the Colors palette does not show up again and Rev freezes ; (Clicking
any where I get a beep).
<<<

Couldn't reproduce this one.


Thanks Bill for your trial .

I am assuming that  it could be a problem from a change in my Mac  
system setting but I don't know what it could be :-((


Has someone any idea ?

Best regards from Grenoble
André


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Re: « Colors and Patterns » works once then freezes Rev.

[Bill Marriott]

Hi Andre,

>>>
[...]if I try to use again « Colors and Patterns » in Inspector,
the Colors palette does not show up again and Rev freezes ; (Clicking
any where I get a beep).
<<<

Couldn't reproduce this one. 



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Re: Win Style Stack Resizer broken?

[Bill Marriott]

Yup, happens on Windows (but not Mac). Go ahead and file a report in RQCC :)

> New Mainstack
> Development -> Object Library -> "Win Style Stack Resizer" -> Place Object
>
> (move mouse over placed graphic)
>
> error:
> executing at 2:20:59 PM
> Type cursor: can't find image
> Object Win Style Stack Resizer
> Line set cursor to the cWinCursor of me
> Hint 200308



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Re: minimize a palette stack?

[Mark Swindell]

Thanks Sarah and Eric,

I also observed that the decorations didn't stick when the window was  
set to palette.  "Float over everything" sets the  style of the stack  
to palette.


What I'm after is a stack that behaves as a palette (floats above  
everything else in my application), but can still be minimized.  This  
navigation stack controls multiple other stacks in the application.   
When any one of these other stacks is open and visible, I don't want  
the user to be able to close the navigation stack, as then they are  
locked out of further movement in the program.  The ability to  
minimize it would be good, though.  I'd actually like it to have  
_only_ the minimize option.  I can set this "decoration" scheme for a  
regular stack, but not a floating stack.


Does this make sense?

Any suggestions or solutions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Mark


On Apr 6, 2008, at 2:24 AM, Eric Chatonet wrote:


Hi Mark and Sarah,

Le 6 avr. 08 à 08:41, Sarah Reichelt a écrit :
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Mark Swindell  
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The default setup for a palette stack is a red close button for OS  
X.  Is it

possible to include a minimize button in a palette stack?


If the decorations of a palette stack are set to "default", then you
get a close button and that's all. However you can set them to other
combinations but I have found that choosing "minimize" as one of the
options does nothing. I'm not sure why this should be - is it a bug  
or

a design decision?


I think that minimize box absence is consistent with the fact that  
palettes are automatically hidden in non frontmost apps.

Just my two cents.

Best regards from Paris,
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Re: Frame Animation Method (repeat of subjectless message)

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, Mark Greenberg wrote:

> My students are animating three characters on a card by hiding and
> showing .png images against a background.  Each character has a dozen
> moves or so, and each move has between 5 and ten frames.  Each figure
> is approximately 400 x 600 pixels in size.  My question is which
> would be faster, having the frames be separate image objects and
> using hide/show; or having just three image objects that draw their
> contents from images on another card with a repeat loop and something
> like...
> 
> Put image "p1punch" & frameNo of Card 2 into image "Player1Main"?


IMO, hide/show (2 actions) will not be as fast as using a single object (one
action) to display the animation.

As a test option, you might want to try using a borderless button as the
display object and setting its icon to the frame images:

  set icon of btn "player1main" to id of img ("p1punch" & frameNo)

Regardless, 400x600 is a somewhat large image size for Revolution and you
will likely face some speed limitations getting these to display quickly.

Regards,

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Re: Frame Animation Method (repeat of subjectless message)

[J. Landman Gay]

Mark Greenberg wrote:
Oops!  Sorry for the previous message without a subject.  Below is a 
repeat.


My students are animating three characters on a card by hiding and 
showing .png images against a background.  Each character has a dozen 
moves or so, and each move has between 5 and ten frames.  Each figure is 
approximately 400 x 600 pixels in size.  My question is which would be 
faster, having the frames be separate image objects and using hide/show; 
or having just three image objects that draw their contents from images 
on another card with a repeat loop and something like...


Put image "p1punch" & frameNo of Card 2 into image "Player1Main"?

Speed is important because we are starting to reach the limit of the 
computers' ability to display the images.


I think the fastest thing would be to combine all the images into a 
single animated gif. You can control which frame is displayed in a gif, 
and with a little scripting, you can also show only a range of frames. 
Using this method, the engine only needs to load the image once (instead 
of loading each frame from a remote location) and you avoid the overhead 
of hiding and showing images.


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« Colors and Patterns » works once then freez es Rev.

[Andre.Bisseret]

Hi All,



Create a new stack

Choose « Colors and Patterns in the Inspector

Choose any item (backgroundColor for example) ; the Colors palette  
shows up and it is possible to get a color for the stack background  
("OK" in the colors palette)


But then, if I try to use again « Colors and Patterns » in Inspector,  
the Colors palette does not show up again and Rev freezes ; (Clicking  
any where I get a beep).


Command + Maj + « . » unfreeze Rev, (not always) but it is impossible  
to use again Colors and Patterns without freezing Rev again.


To be able to get a new color, or a color for a new object in the  
stack, I have to quit Rev and restart it  :-((.


It is the first time I meet this issue (I used Colors and Patterns a  
lot of times before without any problem).


At first,  I thought it could be because I was using 2.9.0 but I just  
tried with 2.8.1 and I get the same issue.


What am I doing wrong ? Is there some setting I would have change  
inadvertently ?


Any help very much appreciated



Best regards from Grenoble

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Re: (no subject)

[Eric Chatonet]

Hi Mark

At first sight, but I may be wrong, hiding and showing just involves  
a screen refresh but does not set any data and does not make the  
engine sending close/open messages, etc. so it could appear faster.

The best could be to test?
And share your results :-)

Le 6 avr. 08 à 17:58, Mark Greenberg a écrit :
My students are animating three characters on a card by hiding and  
showing .png images against a background.  Each character has a  
dozen moves or so, and each move has between 5 and ten frames.   
Each figure is approximately 400 x 600 pixels in size.  My question  
is which would be faster, having the frames be separate image  
objects and using hide/show; or having just three image objects  
that draw their contents from images on another card with a repeat  
loop and something like...


Put image "p1punch" & frameNo of Card 2 into image "Player1Main"?

Speed is important because we are starting to reach the limit of  
the computers' ability to display the images.


Thanks in advance,

Mark Greenberg



Best regards from Paris,
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Frame Animation Method (repeat of subjectless message)

[Mark Greenberg]

Oops!  Sorry for the previous message without a subject.  Below is a  
repeat.


My students are animating three characters on a card by hiding and  
showing .png images against a background.  Each character has a dozen  
moves or so, and each move has between 5 and ten frames.  Each figure  
is approximately 400 x 600 pixels in size.  My question is which  
would be faster, having the frames be separate image objects and  
using hide/show; or having just three image objects that draw their  
contents from images on another card with a repeat loop and something  
like...


Put image "p1punch" & frameNo of Card 2 into image "Player1Main"?

Speed is important because we are starting to reach the limit of the  
computers' ability to display the images.


Thanks in advance,

Mark Greenberg
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(no subject)

[Mark Greenberg]

My students are animating three characters on a card by hiding and  
showing .png images against a background.  Each character has a dozen  
moves or so, and each move has between 5 and ten frames.  Each figure  
is approximately 400 x 600 pixels in size.  My question is which  
would be faster, having the frames be separate image objects and  
using hide/show; or having just three image objects that draw their  
contents from images on another card with a repeat loop and something  
like...


Put image "p1punch" & frameNo of Card 2 into image "Player1Main"?

Speed is important because we are starting to reach the limit of the  
computers' ability to display the images.


Thanks in advance,

Mark Greenberg
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Re: ODBC MS SQL Problem with 2.9

[Robert Eppich]

Hi Matthias,

Check out this bugzilla:

http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=5967

Please vote for it or add extra comments.

Thanks
Robert Eppich

I am having a problem with a stack, which runs under 2.81 without  
problem, but not under 2.9.


I connect to a MS SQL Server via ODBC.
My select-expression normally retunrs about 20 lines. With 2.9 i  
only get one (incomplete) line.


I added "forward only" to the revopendatabase command, as this  
is ,according to the dictionary, compatible with 2.8.1.


I also tried the 2 other cursor types, also without success.

My revopendatabase command looks like this:
get revopendatabase("ODBC",odbc_name,,db_user,db_user_pass,  
"forward only")


Has anyone an idea what could be wrong here?

Regards,

Matthias Rebbe


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Win Style Stack Resizer broken?

[Claus Dreischer]

Hi,

can someone please try the following:

New Mainstack
Development -> Object Library -> "Win Style Stack Resizer" -> Place Object

(move mouse over placed graphic)

error:
executing at 2:20:59 PM
Typecursor: can't find image
Object  Win Style Stack Resizer
Lineset cursor to the cWinCursor of me
Hint200308


I don't think this is supposed to happen, right?


Win XP
Rev 2.9.0

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Re: minimize a palette stack?

[Eric Chatonet]

Hi Mark and Sarah,

Le 6 avr. 08 à 08:41, Sarah Reichelt a écrit :
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Mark Swindell  
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The default setup for a palette stack is a red close button for OS  
X.  Is it

possible to include a minimize button in a palette stack?


If the decorations of a palette stack are set to "default", then you
get a close button and that's all. However you can set them to other
combinations but I have found that choosing "minimize" as one of the
options does nothing. I'm not sure why this should be - is it a bug or
a design decision?


I think that minimize box absence is consistent with the fact that  
palettes are automatically hidden in non frontmost apps.

Just my two cents.

Best regards from Paris,
Eric Chatonet.

Plugins and tutorials for Revolution: http://www.sosmartsoftware.com/
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/



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