[BETA] ChartMaker v2
If you would like to review and assess the ChartMaker update to v2, specifically the built-in Library, let me know at admin(at)FlexibleLearning.com. Chart samples are available at www.flexibleLearning.com/xtalk/chartmaker/v2beta/ChartMaker2_Samples.zip /H Hugh Senior The Flexible Learning Company ABOUT... ChartMaker version 2 by www.FlexibleLearning.com ChartMaker is a cross-platform solution for Mac OS and Windows, designed to create clear, uncluttered pie, bar, column and line charts for data presentation. It comes as a point and click Utility palette with a built-in library if you wish to implement the functionality in your own stack. The syntax is straightforward, default settings are applied if you omit anything or it cannot understand, and it will always try to correctly interpret the data you supply. If you need detailed programatic control over a wide range of complex charting elements, ChartMaker is probably not for you. Try ChartsEngine, an excellent Revolution charting library by DerBrill Software (http://www.runrev.com/products/related-software/chartsengine/), or use Excel instead. If you need unambiguous charts, quickly implemented and easily modified, ChartMaker may be an appropriate solution. Requirements Revolution version 2.7 (version 3.5 GM2 or later preferred) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev 4 beta status
The recent Showtime edition? Oh, dear god no! Judy On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, Andre Garzia wrote: As for the Scotland tales, I learned everything from waching the tudors... ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Problem: stack title reverting to stack name on go stack
Hi I created a new stack, named zCar and for its title put zoom cars are really better and in its stack script put the following script On PreOpenStack toplevel this stack if the blendlevel of this stack 0 then set the blendLevel of this stack to 0 send DissolveSplash to me in 2 seconds end PreOpenStack command DissolveSplash repeat while the blendlevel of this stack 100 set the blendLevel of this stack to the blendLevel of this stack + 1 end repeat go stack subStackA end DissolveSplash I created a new substack, named it substackA and put the following script into a button in this stack on mouseUp send preOpenStack to stack zCar end mouseUp Click the button and the main stack appears with the window title zoom cars are really better - as expected. However click the button again, the stack reappears but this time the window title is zCar. This remains as the window title until I edit the title in the Inspector (even pressing enter at the end of the entry does) which restores the correct title when the button is clicked. But click the button again and zCar reappears. This reproduces an effect I got in another stack where I was creating a splash screen and allowing it to be accessed from a menu. I'm using Rev Enterprise 3.5.0 on Windows Has anyone else noticed this? Is this a bug or am I missing something? -- Regards Ian McKnight iangmckni...@googlemail.com === ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Printting DataGrid
On Jul 13, 2009, at 10:42 PM, Nhan, Tran Thi Thanh wrote: Hi all, Is there any way to print data grid like other field? There are no helper routines for printing a field (like revPrintField). You have to role your own printing routines. Regards, -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Systems www.bluemangolearning.com-www.screensteps.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [DataGrid] replacing the values of a selected Line with new ones
On Jul 13, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Andre.Bisseret wrote: This works but QUESTION 1: Is it possible to simplify this script ? and, could it be a simpler way to get the values of a line of the datagrid ? (I mean something like get the dgTextOfLine[theLine] of group dataGrid) dgDataOfIndex/dgDataOfLine and GetDataOfIndex are the only ways to get data from a particular row. ... This works but QUESTION 2 : is this the simpler way to repopulate the selected line ? or is it possible to directly change (or replace) the content of the selected line ? Again, my first idea would be something like set the dgTextOfLine[theLine] You can set the dgDataOfIndex/dgDataOfLine. Here are lessons that discuss getting/setting data for a row: How Do I Get Data Associated With a Row?: http://revolution.screenstepslive.com/spaces/revolution_tools/manuals/datagrid/lessons/3641-How-Do-I-Get-Data-Associated-With-a-Row- How Do I Update Data In a Row?: http://revolution.screenstepslive.com/spaces/revolution_tools/manuals/datagrid/lessons/5434-How-Do-I-Update-Data-In-a-Row- I am learning the use of the dataGrid (that I like a lot :-)) and, in the same time, the use of arrays (that I do not like so much yet ;-))) Even if arrays are a little confusing at first they are your friend :-) Regards, -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Systems www.bluemangolearning.com-www.screensteps.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [DataGrid] replacing the values of a selected Line with new ones
Le 14 juil. 09 à 14:22, Trevor DeVore a écrit : On Jul 13, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Andre.Bisseret wrote: This works but QUESTION 1: Is it possible to simplify this script ? and, could it be a simpler way to get the values of a line of the datagrid ? (I mean something like get the dgTextOfLine[theLine] of group dataGrid) dgDataOfIndex/dgDataOfLine and GetDataOfIndex are the only ways to get data from a particular row. ... This works but QUESTION 2 : is this the simpler way to repopulate the selected line ? or is it possible to directly change (or replace) the content of the selected line ? Again, my first idea would be something like set the dgTextOfLine[theLine] You can set the dgDataOfIndex/dgDataOfLine. Here are lessons that discuss getting/setting data for a row: How Do I Get Data Associated With a Row?: http://revolution.screenstepslive.com/spaces/revolution_tools/manuals/datagrid/lessons/3641-How-Do-I-Get-Data-Associated-With-a-Row- How Do I Update Data In a Row?: http://revolution.screenstepslive.com/spaces/revolution_tools/manuals/datagrid/lessons/5434-How-Do-I-Update-Data-In-a-Row- I am learning the use of the dataGrid (that I like a lot :-)) and, in the same time, the use of arrays (that I do not like so much yet ;-))) Even if arrays are a little confusing at first they are your friend :-) Regards, -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Systems www.bluemangolearning.com-www.screensteps.com ___ Thanks a lot Trevor for your answers ; they help me to get more confident in my (still uncertain) knowledge about dataGrid and also for your encouragement about arrays :-)) Best regards from Grenoble André ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev 4 beta status
On Jul 14, 2009, at 4:05 AM, Judy Perry wrote: The recent Showtime edition? Oh, dear god no! It's completely authentic, Henry VIII had a strong resemblance to Elvis Presley. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev 4 beta status
Colin Holgate wrote: snip It's completely authentic, Henry VIII had a strong resemblance to Elvis Presley. Dear, dear, dearie me . . . that's because they were related, both composers and both had a tendency to overindulge in narcotic substances. And if the good folks in Edinburgh don't realise how desperate we are getting waiting for the 4.0 beta from the level to which these postings have sunk then . . . err . . . we'll just have to go on about how Jane Austen invented the Mini Cooper and Bryn Terfel is a mountain that emits singing noises next to Cader Idris! -- Hey, just came upstairs from a class where some kids were making graphic objects wander round a stack and change shapes and colours as they did so: boy - Oh - boy: it never ceases to amaze me how quickly Runtime Revolution can empower people! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Printting DataGrid
Hi Trevor, Thanks for your response. To make clear what I mean : to print a field, there is a function revPrintField, but this function can't apply for data grid ? Thanks Nhan -- From: Trevor DeVore li...@mangomultimedia.com Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 6:21 PM To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Printting DataGrid On Jul 13, 2009, at 10:42 PM, Nhan, Tran Thi Thanh wrote: Hi all, Is there any way to print data grid like other field? There are no helper routines for printing a field (like revPrintField). You have to role your own printing routines. Regards, -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Systems www.bluemangolearning.com-www.screensteps.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [DataGrid] replacing the values of a selected Line with new ones
Le 14 juil. 09 à 14:22, Trevor DeVore a écrit ... How Do I Update Data In a Row?: http://revolution.screenstepslive.com/spaces/revolution_tools/manuals/datagrid/lessons/5434-How-Do-I-Update-Data-In-a-Row- Trevor, My dataGrid has 6 columns (Désignation, Px achat, Coef, Quantité, Val. stock, PU vente) I am trying to follow this lesson to replace a selected line with this handler : ON mouseUp local theDataA, put Mercurey into theDataA[Désignation] put 22 into theDataA[Px achat] put 3.2 into theDataA[coef] put 100 into theDataA[quantité] put 2300 into theDataA[Val. stock] put 66 into theDataA[PU vente] set the dgDataOfIndex[the dgHilitedIndex of group dataGrid] of group dataGrid to theDataA END mouseUp -- (Sorry for the french words) That only clear out the selected line ; I don't get the new values (Mercurey, 22 etc) in the columns of that line which remains empty. What am I doing wrong ? thanks in advance for your advices Best regards from Grenoble André ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Printting DataGrid
On Jul 14, 2009, at 10:38 AM, tranthithanhn...@hotmail.com tranthithanhn...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Trevor, Thanks for your response. To make clear what I mean : to print a field, there is a function revPrintField, but this function can't apply for data grid ? No, it does not apply to the data grid as the data grid is a group with multiple controls within it. Regards, -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Systems www.bluemangolearning.com-www.screensteps.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [DataGrid] replacing the values of a selected Line with new ones
On Jul 14, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Andre.Bisseret wrote: My dataGrid has 6 columns (Désignation, Px achat, Coef, Quantité, Val. stock, PU vente) ... ON mouseUp local theDataA, put Mercurey into theDataA[Désignation] put 22 into theDataA[Px achat] put 3.2 into theDataA[coef] put 100 into theDataA[quantité] put 2300 into theDataA[Val. stock] put 66 into theDataA[PU vente] set the dgDataOfIndex[the dgHilitedIndex of group dataGrid] of group dataGrid to theDataA END mouseUp -- (Sorry for the french words) Ça va. Je lit français. That only clear out the selected line ; I don't get the new values (Mercurey, 22 etc) in the columns of that line which remains empty. Are your columns named Désignation, Px achat, etc. or are those the column labels. My guess is that they are the column labels and the name is actually something else. Regards, -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Systems www.bluemangolearning.com- www.screensteps.com___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Sort Command in 3.5 is adding lines to a variable
Timothy Bleiler blei...@buffalo.edu wrote: The sort command in 3.5 seems to be adding lines to a variable. I have a lot of old code that creates lists using a method like this and I don't believe the problem occurs in earlier versions of rev. I have seen something like this with a On-Rev procedure... I have a folder with numbered images (1.jpg 2.jpg and so on) Sorting adds an empty line: ==CODE== function listThumbs put ls Thumbnails into tCmd put shell(tCmd) into tPhotoList sort numeric tPhotoList delete line 1 of tPhotoList -- sorting adds an empty line!? return tPhotoList end listThumbs == Wonder if the on-line version of Rev is a sister of the desktop version ;-) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Sort Command in 3.5 is adding lines to a variable
Try using 'filter' instead, just in case 'line 1' is no longer empty... function listThumbs put ls Thumbnails into tCmd put shell(tCmd) into tPhotoList sort numeric tPhotoList filter tPhotoList without empty return tPhotoList end listThumbs /H ==CODE== function listThumbs put ls Thumbnails into tCmd put shell(tCmd) into tPhotoList sort numeric tPhotoList delete line 1 of tPhotoList -- sorting adds an empty line!? return tPhotoList end listThumbs ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [DataGrid] replacing the values of a selected Line with new ones
Le 14 juil. 09 à 16:57, Trevor DeVore a écrit : On Jul 14, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Andre.Bisseret wrote: My dataGrid has 6 columns (Désignation, Px achat, Coef, Quantité, Val. stock, PU vente) ... ON mouseUp local theDataA, put Mercurey into theDataA[Désignation] put 22 into theDataA[Px achat] put 3.2 into theDataA[coef] put 100 into theDataA[quantité] put 2300 into theDataA[Val. stock] put 66 into theDataA[PU vente] set the dgDataOfIndex[the dgHilitedIndex of group dataGrid] of group dataGrid to theDataA END mouseUp -- (Sorry for the french words) Ça va. Je lit français. That only clear out the selected line ; I don't get the new values (Mercurey, 22 etc) in the columns of that line which remains empty. Are your columns named Désignation, Px achat, etc. or are those the column labels. My guess is that they are the column labels and the name is actually something else. Yesss ! that was that ! (the names kept beeing col 1, col 2 etc ! (I did not notice yet that columns had both name and label !! My handler is working like charm now ;-)) Merci beaucoup, Trevor, Amitiés de Grenoble André ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [DataGrid] replacing the values of a selected Line with new ones
On Jul 14, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Andre.Bisseret wrote: Merci beaucoup, Trevor, de rien. Regards, -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Systems www.bluemangolearning.com-www.screensteps.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Webinar questions
Message: 6 Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:35:25 +0200 From: Malte Brill revolut...@derbrill.de Subject: Re: Webinar questions To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Message-ID: a9a5bbcc-5204-48fb-a24a-19685c28e...@derbrill.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Hi Jim, FIrst, how does one implement vertical text? The implementation was done the following way. Set up the text in transparent buttons. Fiddle with the margins. Import snapshot from button. Set the resizeQuality of snapshot to best. Rotate the image. For speed reasons do all this with messages locked. Obviously, this only works for relatively small portions of text and an engine version =3 is recommended. This is far from ideal, as it does not print too well. For printing purposes a bit more work is required and I still look into that area. I would love to see real vector text in Rev at some point. This would be so useful. Hope that helps, Malte Malte, Thanks. Very clever. But as you say, the real solution is vector text built into Rev. Jim ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev Player?
James Hurley wrote: Richard wrote: I believe RunRev still makes a Player, so there should be one available for the latest engine version. But if you're using Studio or Enterprise it's only a few minutes' work to make your own, allowing you to tailor the user experience and branding for your specific audience while retaining all the conveniences of being able to deliver tiny stack files. Richard, This sound intriguing, but I wouldn't know where to begin. How about a hint? At the heart of it is the popular syntax for downloading and opening a stack which Rev provides in one simple line: go url url e.g.: go url http://www.fourthworld.net/channels/Revel.rev; Just include the Internet library when building a standalone, and any standalone can do that. And of course standalones can open stack files locally too, so a custom player can run files from anywhere and provide a convenient offline mode if desired. Stack files can be pretty small, but with Rev's built-in compress and decompress functions you can make them even smaller. Just run them through compress before uploading them to your server like this: put compress( url binfile:/hd/folder/stack.rev ) \ into url ftp://user|passw...@ftp.domain.com/stack.rev.gz ...and then your standalone can decompress them on the fly with: go decompress( url http://domain.com/stack.rev.gz;) The compress/decompress functions use the gzip algorithm, which is very efficient for textual patterns like scripts, so it's not uncommon to see compressed stacks save between 30% and 50% in size, sometimes more. On the user interface side, like everything else in Rev the sky's the limit. You could, for example, provide a sort of Library window which presents a list of stacks already downloaded and new ones available on the server, letting the user download those to a local cache folder you can maintain locally. If you don't want to bother your user with keeping track of their stack files you can store them all in one place and provide a UI to list and open them. Good places to store such a cache of stack files are the Application Data folder -- specialFolderPath(26) -- on Win or the Application Support folder -- specialFolderPath(asup) -- on Mac. See Ken Ray's site for a complete listing of codes supported by Rev's specialFolderPath function: http://sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/file010.htm Managing the list of available files can be done easily by just posting a small text file to your server which contains info about the stacks there. If the file is tab-delimited you can just drop it into a list field for display without modification. At a minimum this file could have fields for the stack name, a brief description, and the url, but of course you can add any other info that would be useful for your app. All this is fun, but then consider what you can do by tossing the Rev CGI into the mix. You can build forms in stacks used by your standalone which use the post command to send data to a CGI, where the data can use your mail server to send you mail, or log posts to a message board, or submit test results for courseware for instructor review, or anything else you can dream up. While you're at it you can make whatever tools you need to manage all this in just a few minutes in Rev, such as tools for compressing and uploading your stacks and updating your stack info list file. Various forms of all this are used by RevNet, included in the Rev install - in Rev, see Development-Plugins-GoRevNet On my ever-growing To Do list is turning RevNet into a more flexible library for broader use across multiple stack-sharing apps, but if you can make sense of the code in RevNet you're welcome to borrow from it if it's helpful. These two examples of distributed stackware are also worth looking at, inspiring real-world uses of go url: The Reactor Lab http://www.revjournal.com/features/reactorlab.html Dynamic Digital Maps http://ddm.geo.umass.edu/ IMO, sharing stacks over the Internet within standalones is one of the most underutilized capabilities of Rev. There's a bit of irony with that as well, given that we've had this capability for more than a decade with Rev and Rev makes it so easy to do. The new Rev web plugin is way cool and there are a great many uses for it, but there's also a universe of opportunities for delivering stacks and other media with all the benefits of Internet connectivity in an application environment dedicated for specific tasks. If Web 2.0 is Google Maps, perhaps Web 3.0 is Google Earth. With OS X's Widgets and Vista's Gadgets, older technologies like Rebol and new ones like Adobe AIR, there seems to be an infinite variety of ways one can use the Internet in specialized applications. With all the talk about The End of the Desktop, people sometimes forget that the Desktop is where the Browser lives too. :)
Re: A problem I am having with large images
I just downloaded the trial version of 3.5, to make sure it cured the problem before buying it. So far, this problem has not shown up at all - makes me very happy. I think I will enjoy playing with all the other stuff that has been added since 2.6.1 as well. Cheers, J On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Jonathan Lynch jonathandly...@gmail.comwrote: Thank you, Jacqueline :) I will invest in a new version of RunRev. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 1:53 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote: Jonathan Lynch wrote: I am using Revolution 2.6.1, on a PC. The images I am loading up are fairly large, but not huge. When I import them into the stack, they appear to work just fine. However, some of the images will eventually turn transparent. They are there, and I can click on them, but they are transparent. The only way to fix this is to restart RunRev. ... My question is this - does this sound like anything that any of you have ever encountered? If I upgrade to a newer version of RunRev, will this cease to be a problem? Thanks, There has been quite a bit of work on images in newer versions. The best way to know is to try it with the trial version. I haven't seen what you describe except when importing some HyperCard stacks, where occasionally background images become transparent, but this is a bug that has been around since the beginning. I haven't seen it when working directly with images in native Rev stacks, which makes me think a newer version will correct the problem. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution -- Do all things with love -- Do all things with love ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev 4 beta status
Hi from Paris, There is such a word as precursor It's completely authentic, Henry VIII had a strong resemblance to Elvis Presley. What you mean is that Elvis Presley had a strong resemblence to Henry VIII (poor bastard !). -Francis ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev 4 beta status
On Jul 14, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: What you mean is that Elvis Presley had a strong resemblence to Henry VIII (poor bastard !). Yes, that would be more correct. And here's the evidence: http://images.allmoviephoto.com/2005_Elvis/2005_elvis_010.jpg http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl2/1/13839/07_2009/e1dc2fa8ac6f1f4f_jrmtudors.jpg ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Sort Command in 3.5 is adding lines to a variable
Hugh Senior h...@flexiblelearning.com wrote: Try using 'filter' instead, just in case 'line 1' is no longer empty... A good cautiousness, indeed :-) Thanks! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Hexagonal Image Frame?
Hi, I'm trying to create a game, and I wanted to use hexagonal image frames put tightly together to make a kind of game board where the images can change. Is this possible to do with Revolution? You comments, and ideas are greatly appreciated! Thanks, Rick ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Hexagonal Image Frame?
Rick Harrison wrote: I'm trying to create a game, and I wanted to use hexagonal image frames put tightly together to make a kind of game board where the images can change. Is this possible to do with Revolution? You could use a hexagonal graphic, setting the graphic's backgroundPattern property to the ID of an image you want shown within it. Not only will that give you what you're looking for but for game tiles it's a more efficient use of memory, since there's only one actual image object which is copied as the backgroundPattern of any graphic objects that use it. For a few tiles this may not matter much, but if your game space has dozens or hundreds of tiles this can be quite a savings. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Revolution training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Hexagonal Image Frame?
Hi, Image objects (not to be confused with images) can only be quadrilaterals. So the only solutions seem to be either use a drawing application to reshape your image files into hexagons, or, place a mask over the image object to create the illusion of a hexagon. The mask can be made out of Rev graphic objects (put a triangle in each corder of the image object), or drawn with graphic software and then imported. Of course, if you rely on rev image objects for displaying images (i.e.,by setting its filename property), the mask will cover up portions of the image. -- Nicolas Cueto ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Hexagonal Image Frame?
On Jul 15, 2009, at 4:47 AM, Rick Harrison wrote: Hi, I'm trying to create a game, and I wanted to use hexagonal image frames put tightly together to make a kind of game board where the images can change. Is this possible to do with Revolution? Don't know if this applies to what you want but go to: http://www.tactilemedia.com/ click on Software click on all tutorials (wish the URL was displayed in my browser, but it was worth the trip) Look Tangram sims ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Hexagonal Image Frame?
Richard, Whether you or Nicolas are correct, I found no way to set the backgroundPattern property for a graphic object. Where is that Property to be found? Joe Wilkins On Jul 14, 2009, at 8:41 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Rick Harrison wrote: I'm trying to create a game, and I wanted to use hexagonal image frames put tightly together to make a kind of game board where the images can change. Is this possible to do with Revolution? You could use a hexagonal graphic, setting the graphic's backgroundPattern property to the ID of an image you want shown within it. Not only will that give you what you're looking for but for game tiles it's a more efficient use of memory, since there's only one actual image object which is copied as the backgroundPattern of any graphic objects that use it. For a few tiles this may not matter much, but if your game space has dozens or hundreds of tiles this can be quite a savings. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Revolution training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Hexagonal Image Frame?
In the Inspector palete, switch to the ColorsPatterns panel - the right-hand column of buttons is for setting colors, the left-hand column is for setting patterns. Jan Schenkel = Quartam Reports PDF Library for Revolution http://www.quartam.com = As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time. (La Rochefoucauld) --- On Tue, 7/14/09, Joe Lewis Wilkins pepe...@cox.net wrote: From: Joe Lewis Wilkins pepe...@cox.net Subject: Re: Hexagonal Image Frame? To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 9:50 PM Richard, Whether you or Nicolas are correct, I found no way to set the backgroundPattern property for a graphic object. Where is that Property to be found? Joe Wilkins On Jul 14, 2009, at 8:41 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Rick Harrison wrote: I'm trying to create a game, and I wanted to use hexagonal image frames put tightly together to make a kind of game board where the images can change. Is this possible to do with Revolution? You could use a hexagonal graphic, setting the graphic's backgroundPattern property to the ID of an image you want shown within it. Not only will that give you what you're looking for but for game tiles it's a more efficient use of memory, since there's only one actual image object which is copied as the backgroundPattern of any graphic objects that use it. For a few tiles this may not matter much, but if your game space has dozens or hundreds of tiles this can be quite a savings. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Revolution training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
