Re: Having two Rev exes talking to each other...
Hello. I think sockets would be the way to go too. I believe the windows firewall only watches incoming and outgoing traffic on your network interface. Loopback (IP address 127.0.0.1 or hostname localhost) shouldn't be filtered at all and would be perfect for what you're talking about. Thanks, Brent Anderson Fiery Ferret http://www.fieryferret.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: Running in a full screen mode
Hello.
Yes it can be. I use the following script.
on goFullScreen -- To go full screen, even in development mode
if exists(stack "revmenubar") then
send ("menupick" && quote & "Suspend Development Tools" & quote)
to btn "development" of stack "revmenubar"
hide stack "revrestore"
end if
repeat for each line x in the openStacks
if x contains "revOnline" then hide stack x
end repeat
hide menubar
hide msg
set the decorations of this stack to empty
set the backdrop to black
set the rect of this stack to "0,0,800,600" -- Adjust to suit the
size of your stack
set the loc of this stack to the screenloc
toplevel this stack
end goFullScreen
on stopFullScreen -- Return from Full Screen
show menubar
set the decorations of the topstack to default
set the backdrop to none
toplevel this stack
end stopFullScreen
This doesn't resize the screen however you could use the binary
cscreen (Scour the internet for it, it is out there) to accomplish
that. Beware that calling goFullScreen twice in the Development
Environment has strange results (Usually you can't use the
development environment until you restart Revolution).
Thanks,
Brent Anderson
Fiery Ferret
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Re: [semi-OT] Parallels
Hello. As far as windows/mac integration goes, Parallels and VMWare are equivalent (I know that VMWare supports better 3D rendering, however Parallels is bound to catch up). The best selling points for VMWare boil down to the years of experience in VM's that VMWare has, the more graceful integration with OS X (Launchd and background processes rather than background processes and system core modifications), and a few extra features that are nice beyond windows (Appliances, lighter footprint, integrates flawlessly with VM Player and other industry standard VMWare products). Thanks, Brent Anderson Fiery Ferret ___ 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: [semi-OT] Parallels
Hello. Although Parallels is a great product and I know many people who like it a lot, have you looked into using VMWare instead? Apart from being the well-established experts in the industry, VMWare Fusion uses more acceptable means for hooking into your Mac from a behind the scenes perspective whereas Parallels integrates in a less than graceful fashion. I use VMWare with Revolution and it doesn't have a problem, either. Thanks, Brent Anderson Fiery Ferret On Sep 4, 2007, at 5:21 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: Hi All, I'm about to get Parallels and use it for Windows on my Mac. I seem to remember there were problems earlier with Rev windows not drawing properly. Is that still the case or is it fixed now? Are there any other tricks I should know about before I start? What about using libURL, revBrowser, Trevor's Quicktime external and other Windows externals? I just don't want to waste my time trying to track bugs that are not my fault and will not appear on a full Windows system. I'll be running XP I think. I have XP Pro already and don't want to shell out for a Vista license for my limited use. Thanks, Sarah ___ 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: Half-OT: Lumen on MacUpdate Promo Site.
Thanks Andre! We've been very impressed with the reception of Lumen. Although Revolution may not be as accepted as other tools, it certainly is capable enough to compete with everyone else. Incidentally, when we published it to Apple.com/downloads, there was an option to choose Runtime Revolution as the development environment it was built in, right up there with XCode, RealBasic, and Macromedia. I was pleasantly surprised to see it in that list. Thanks, Brent Anderson www.fieryferret.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: revExecuteSQL?
Hello. Check "the result" for any error messages. Thanks, Brent Anderson Fiery Ferret www.fieryferret.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
Lumen 1.2
Hello. I'd like to announce that Lumen version 1.2 has been released by Fiery Ferret. Under it's new Shareware license, Lumen sports larger board sizes (up to 14x14 grids) and puzzle status indicators! Best of all, over 500 puzzles are available! Visit http://www.fieryferret.com/ lumen/lumen.html to download or purchase this new version today! Thanks, Brent Anderson Fiery Ferret [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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: Smoothest Way To Play Video
Hello. Since you're probably using QuickTime for playback, you could look into running it through a more appropriate compressor,perhaps reducing the keyframe rate and/or adjusting the compressor itself to motion graphics on medium quality. If the callbacks are on an even frequency, you could try using a send-to loop and convert the movie to a GIF. Thanks, Brent Anderson On Aug 8, 2007, at 10:20 PM, Bridger Maxwell wrote: Hey, I have a short video (3 seconds?) that plays very choppy, that I need to run smoothly on an old computer (500 MHz). Right now, it is playing from a player object with the movie file referenced. It is layered, so its alwaysBuffer must be set to true. It also has a few callbacks that must be included. All of this added up makes the movie play extremely choppy, and it really looks quite terrible. I am looking for any tips to make a video play smoothly. Is there a magic setting I can use, a way to pre- load the video in memory, or a certain compression format to use that works well with Revolution? I think the setting that really makes it run slow is the alwaysBuffer, but without it, I can't have the player underneath other objects. Is there an alternative to this? Thank You, Bridger Maxwell ___ 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: Rev CGI Post
The basic command would be built somewhat like...
get shell("wget http://mysite.com/cgi-bin/somescript?
param1=Foo¶m2=Bar")
Look up the documentation for wget or cURL for the myriad of options.
Thanks,
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Fiery Ferret
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Re: What I did with Rev last night
Hello. A simple PGP Encrypt/Decrypt program that uses GPG for it's backend. It's not worthy of publishing, but it certainly gets the job done. Thanks, Brent Anderson Fiery Ferret ___ 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: [OT] iPhone anyone?
The vanishing images is Google Maps, not the iPhone. It will work if you find an area with high-res satellite coverage. On Jun 30, 2007, at 8:58 PM, Marian Petrides wrote: Actually, I'm able to type quite fast with a single finger on my iPhone, but my hands are quite small. It'll take a while for me to be able to type with two thumbs, but I rarely do that anyway. One trick that really does work is to just type and depend on the predictive typing to actually work--most of the time it does quite well, although I bet it wouldn't do as well with esoteric words (like medical terms). As for zooming with the map, I found tapping to work well, but it was possible to tap to a zoom level for which there were no images-- which at first looked like the map application had hung up. Then I tried used the finger-squeeze technique to zoom back out a little and poof the satellite map came back. M On Jun 30, 2007, at 8:39 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: Well, I finally went down to the Apple store to check it out. Of course the place was packed. They had about 30 iPhones there people could play with. Some observations: - Most definitely 'perfectly sized' form factor. Beautiful finish. - Software and interface extremely intuitive. All of it works well (except Map*) - When operating it, there really is a WOW factor. It really is beautiful software. Reminds me of a futuristic demonstration video prepared by Hollywood. - Very surprised at the data rate. I was able to see YouTube vids quickly. The browser seemed a little slow, but not bad. Not until later when Chris reminded me I was on a WAN did I realize it. I imagine the Edge network would be slow. If it's like the Sidekick, it's too slow to really surf the net. - Tried using the Map application, but it kept crashing. The two finger 'zoom in' and 'zoom out', while cool, is very confusing to the Map application. Much better would be a zoom slider switch you could drag with one finger. - Absolutely could not type on the keyboard. Very difficult. Perhaps my fingers are too large. Where's the stylus when you need one? (Side note: there WILL be a huge market in 3rd party styluses for this thing.) My guess is they'll have to fix the keyboard input. AFAICT, it's just not usable. I know I'll wait for them to get the kinks out. ___ 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 ___ 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: Astrology and Art
Hello. I've never seen an astrology stack or plugin made with Revolution, however if you're handy with making such calculations I wouldn't be surprised if you could make one pretty quickly. As for print resolution, Revolution can export graphics in most major formats (PNG, JPEG, GIF, EPS). Each of these go into Photoshop without worry. Thanks, Brent Anderson Fiery Ferret http://www.fieryferret.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: What is the Mac app signature?
Sarah et al. You can avoid these files unless you need a custom plist file (Say, you want to have your application run transparently without a dock icon - That would need a custom plist entry either inserted after build or built in with a custom plist file). You are right that it doesn't need any help to get right most of the time, however they aren't something you need to ignore all the time. Thanks, Brent Anderson Fiery Ferret http://www.fieryferret.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: What is the Mac app signature?
Hello. The PkgInfo and Info.plist files are for identifying a few things. PkgInfo is a file read by the system when you start your app. It registers your app (and I believe filetypes associated to it as well) telling the system that your application is just that - an application. All bundles require one of these (FYI - a bundle on a mac is basically a folder but it is treated like something else - an application is a bundle, a framework is a bundle, and Revolution externals are a bundle - all resources for the bundle are inside it to keep things tidy). The Info.plist is another identifier that tells the system where the application came from, what it's icon is, what languages it supports, and a ton of other runtime parameters. You can read the technical document on it here: http://developer.apple.com/ documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPRuntimeConfig/Articles/ ConfigFiles.html. Thanks, Brent Anderson Fiery Ferret http://www.fieryferret.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: Impressed: it has been years since I've been hacked this well :(
Hello. I'm surprised no one has mentioned disconnecting your computer from the internet. If you happen to have a ghost, then chances very good are he won't be able to do anything if you unplug from the internet. From there, close down all applications running, crack open activity monitor, and anything that you don't recognize should be investigated and probably switched off. General security practice on the Mac - Make sure your firewall is on, unless you are using a port keep it closed. UDP Blocking/Firewall Logging/Stealth Mode should be on too. The most important thing is that you don't visit anything questionable and that you know where your internet is coming from. If your ghost has any Mac sense at all and if your problem is recurring when you boot up, crack open a terminal and take a look at the file in /etc/crontab. Download Lingon from Peter Borg to investigate what Launchd processes are running. If you have anything that looks like it shouldn't belong, it probably doesn't. There's more, but I have to go to work. Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ 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: Ripple
Hello. For perhaps an even better effect, you could have a slight gradient on the rings themselves. By Doing so, the rings would achieve a slight amount of depth making them even more realistic. Either way, very well done. Very cool effect. Thanks, Brent Anderson On Jun 12, 2007, at 2:09 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: Just for fun, here's a little experiment that duplicates an old Flash trick of creating a simple ripple effect in an image, like random drops hitting a water surface and expanding outward. The effect is accomplished by using two images, one in front, one in back which is slightly enlarged, and three oval graphics which act as masks to show the underlying image. I've always wanted to do this in Rev but was unable to accomplish the effect until the ink effects were updated in the engine (requires Rev 2.7 or later). In your message box: go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/ripple.rev"; Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design ___ 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: ZFS in OS X 10.5 - Implementation in RunRev?
Hello. From what I understand, ZFS is an under the hood improvement. If it does become the drive of choice for Leopard, it shouldn't affect the way we handle files and folders now. Basically, the drive pool and the logistics necessary for it to function will be handled by software lower than Revolution. When it comes to interfacing with the filesystem, it should be business as usual. Thanks, Brent Anderson http://www.fieryferret.com http://www.spacecamputah.org ___ 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: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)
Hello. Another option could be having a gap between the "Latest and Greatest" version of Revolution and an older version opened under open source say, for instance, 2.5. As upgrades are made to the cutting edge version (Which you would pay for), older versions would be open sourced as well. That way, there would be the Open Source community supporting legacy Revolution and Runrev supporting the cutting edge development of Revolution as we know it. Thanks, Brent Anderson http://www.spacecamputah.org http://www.fieryferret.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: OT: Dreamhost FTP passwords compromissed.
Where did you see this? I have a DH account and obviously I'm concerned about any potential compromise of my data. On 6/6/07, Andre Garzia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Friends, I just saw that about 3500 passwords for Dreamhost company FTP accounts were compromissed. I know some folks here have accounts there so this is a note to them to check and maybe switch to a new password for there may be hackers coming upon their accounts. andre ___ 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: embedding a large number of copyrighted images
Hello. Another option would be to zip up your folder full of images, set it as a custom property, and at runtime decompress it to a temporary folder (specialFolderPath will help here), access your images, and then delete the folder when you're done. As an extra precaution, you should encrypt the stack before compiling it so that the custom properties aren't accessible within the stack. It is important to note that the images themselves can be accessed since they are being displayed on the screen. A quick Apple + Shift + 4 and then a mouse drag over the area is enough to get any image off the screen. A watermark is your best bet for protecting your images. Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ 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
LSUIElement
Hello. On Mac OS X you can insert a plist entry for LSUIElement with a string value of 1 to make it not have a dock icon. Revolution, however, doesn't seem to respect this plist entry and it shows up on the dock anyway. Any thoughts on keeping Revolution from showing up in the dock or application switcher? Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ 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: Revolution Menulets anyone?
Hello. Looks like it's Obj-C and xCode for the next couple days. Sidenote: the link Richard posted is referring to the NSMenuExtra object in Cocoa. This object is reserved for use by Apple only, however they do have a publicly documented NSStatusItem which is accepted and supported by Apple (Otherwise, we wouldn't have things like Quicksilver, SMCFanControl, or my menulet project). Thanks, Brent Anderson http://www.fieryferret.com http://www.spacecamputah.org ___ 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
Revolution Menulets anyone?
Hello. Does anyone know if it is possible to create a menulet (Icon in the menu bar that you can interact with) in Revolution? I'm getting through the Objective-C part of this project just fine, however Revolution is definitely preferable to compiler fighting. Thanks, Brent Anderson http://www.fieryferret.com http://www.spacecamputah.org ___ 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: Revolution - Graphing
Hello. Unfortunately, no. However, you can create such functionality yourself using a line graphic object. Your function will need to have it's output converted from whatever data you're working with to points, of course, but that usually isn't that difficult. Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ 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
Shell and rsync
Hello. I'm looking into a way to execute rsync on Mac OS X from Revolution via shell. One of the rsync targets will be a remote server. The problem I'm facing here is that I can't pass a password to access the server from rsync. Although I could use public key authentication, I don't want to have to worry about handling the certificates outside of Revolution. In short, how does one pass a password into rsync so that Revolution can properly use it? Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ 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: External Writing Help
Hello. Here is a quick followup to this message, in case anyone is interested. After digging through Apple and Revolution Mailing lists and learning Objective-C basics, we discovered that the only way to link an Objective-C framework to a Revolution application is through the use of C++ (A footnote in a newsletter found here: http:// www.runrev.com/newsletter/november/issue13/newsletter5.php). Fortunately, Objective-C interoperates rather well with C++, so this won't be too difficult to achieve. A great article on this can be found here: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/ Articles/chapter_4_section_10.html Although we haven't tested it (yet) we have been able to successfully build the Revolution external when compiled using the Objective-C++ compiler. From there, all we have to do is link the Framework in question with our xcode project, write up the "glue" interface from Revolution to C++ to Objective C, and then start interfacing with the Framework from within Revolution. In a nutshell, use .mm as the extension to glue Objective C to C++, include your referencing code inside that, and build your external as you would normally. I think it might be possible to write up an Objective-C Framework to External maker since the process seems relatively straightforward, however I'm not up to that challenge at the moment. Thanks, Brent Anderson www.FieryFerret.com www.SpaceCampUtah.org ___ 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: Vector illustrations in Revolution
Hello. I'm not entirely sure how one would go about working with layered vector graphics in Revolution. The claim to Vector graphics is referring to graphic objects created in revolution - You can custom draw lines and shapes, but it's nowhere near as powerful as a *real* vector graphic. You can import EPS files, however, and those do support vector graphics. You might have more luck with those. Thanks, Brent Anderson Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center ___ 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: Obtaining the hardware MacAddress ON WINDOWS
Hello. Based on the details you've provied, you could compare the MAC address of the real computer (found by typing "ifconfig en0" for Ethernet and "ifconfig en1" into terminal or using "get shell([command here])" in Revolution) to the MAC addresses in your guest OS from parallels (shell command "net config rdr"). If any of the MAC Addresses match, then that will take you a step closer to figuring out the "real" MAC address. Thanks, Brent Anderson Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center ___ 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: Getting Icon out of ResEdit doc
Hello. Sorry, for some reason I was thinking images. You're right that it doesn't touch icons, however images and sounds come out just fine (Assuming you use the full version). Mark's method should work just as well. Thanks, Brent Anderson Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center ___ 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: Getting Icon out of ResEdit doc
Hello. File Juicer might be your best bet. It's very handy for extracting files from any kind of file, and it doesn't have a problem with resource forks. http://echoone.com/filejuicer/ Thanks, Brent Anderson Christa McAulffe Space Education Center ___ 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: repeat until the mouseClick
Hello. There are no properties or messages that I know of that could be intercepted in the middle of a repeat loop. The desired functionality could be reached through a local or global variable being flagged in a keyDown handler and in the middle of the loop having an exit statement, like so... local keyFlag on keyDown put true into keyFlag pass keydown -- Unless you don't want to pass the message, of course end keyDown on myHandler ... put false into keyFlag repeat until the mouseclick if keyFlag is true then exit repeat end repeat ... end myHandler Thanks, Brent Anderson Fiery Ferret www.fieryferret.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: Automatically setting screen resolution
Hello. First of all, adjusting screen resolution can make your user annoyed and can cause unforeseeable issues on their computer. The ReadMe would be good, but a dialog asking them if they want the software to change their resolution or to adjust it themselves and then relaunch would be preferable. To change it yourself, you have to use a little external help. There was a way to accomplish this using a tool called CScreen. It was a command line executable invoked via the shell and it did the job very well. Unfortunately, the author has dropped the code from his website. The internet is a great thing, however, and an executable version has resurfaced at the following address: http://forums.macosxhints.com/attachment.php? attachmentid=1416&d=1156306718 This executable will work for Mac OS X and should work for Unix/ Linux. I do not know of a solution for Windows, however it is very possible that you could achieve the same effect with VBScript. Thanks, Brent Anderson Fiery Ferret ___ 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: go to stack question
Hello. To go from anywhere (Even if a stack isn't open yet) to another stack, issue the go command as in... go to stack "B" I would recommend including stack B in stack A so that you don't have to deal with locating stack B when you want to go to it. To add stack B as a substack, open up stack A, open the inspector palette for Stack B and choose stack A as the mainstack of stack B (There is a dialog box for doing this). Finally, to close stack A, you can just hide the stack using the hide command... hide stack "A" Thanks, Brent Anderson The Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center www.spacecamputah.org ___ 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: A string doesn't equal itself
Hello. I would imagine that it is making a false detection of your string as a number. I replaced the Es with Fs and it worked fine. Until Revolution comes out with a correction, you'll have to make the comparison using a function to process the data. A sure-fire way to get this to work would be to compare the base64 versions of the strings. It's very odd that revolution doesn't interpret the two strings the same (and, therefore, as equal). It makes you wonder what's going on under the hood. Thanks, Brent Anderson The Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center www.spacecamputah.org ___ 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: Simple Speech Recognition
Hello. You've got a few options with Speech Recognition, unless you want to get down and dirty with the Speech Recognition frameworks (read: a revolution external). AppleScript does support speech recognition, however I have never tried it out in Revolution. Another option would be to "define a keyboard command" for every action you want to complete (Revolution does detect the keyboard "input" so you can handle messages via keydown type messages). Another option might be to use a third party Speech framework MakeItSo (http:// homepage.mac.com/bonura/Professional/). I've never worked very hard with it, nor have I tried to run it with Revolution. It might be what you're looking for, however. Thanks, Brent Anderson The Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center www.spacecamputah.org On Apr 5, 2007, at 5:01 PM, Mike Hughes wrote: Is there any way to use speech recognition in Rev via AppleScript? Cheers, Mike From: "Mike Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: How to use Revolution To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Subject: Simple Speech Recognition Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:57:50 + What is the story with Speech Recognition and Rev? Let's say you have a Rev stack open, and perhaps a button called "Steve". Is there a way for the stack to listen for you to say "Steve" and then click the button for you? (Something similar to the built-in speech recognition controls in Apple's Chess) TIA, Mike _ Mortgage refinance is Hot. *Terms. Get a 5.375%* fix rate. Check savings https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=10035&url=% 2fst.jsp&tm=y&search=mortgage_text_links_88_h2bbb&disc=y&vers=925&s=4 056&p=5117 ___ 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 _ The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by Experian. http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx? sc=660600&bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERAGE ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Do You Ubuntu?
Hello. I primarily use Mac, but my Linux distro of choice is Ubuntu. Last fall I researched all the major distros (Suse, Red Hat, FreeBSD) and it fell at the top (Although Red Hat did come close behind). Thanks, Brent Anderson Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Windows Vista Free!
Parallels does support Vista, however M$'s EULA restricts virtualizing to only the Business and Ultimate versions. Ah, the wonders of confusing software version structures. Isn't it amazing that pretty much every other vendor (At least, anyone worth speaking of) offers one version of their Operating System? That doesn't include Server Versions, of course, but anyone interested in actually buying a computer for day to day use isn't going to look at that as an option, are they? On Mar 14, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Gosh! Wow! Jolly-Hockey-Sticks! And, Windows Vista comes with lots of hidden extras that crop up just when you need them; they're called Viruses, Torojans, Malware and Spyware. For some 'funny' reason none of my Pentium IIIs 700 MHz "warhorses" can cope with Windows Vista - and, oddly enough, that doesn't matter because they do a wonderful job running Ubuntu. Guess I'll just stick with my Dear "old" (i.e. 4 years) G4 Dual Mirror Door Wind-Tunnel (Hey, now that's a groovy moniker for a computer), the PPC Mac-Mini (I had to move quickly!) and the warhorses - minimal maintenance both in terms of time and money. When Apple stop support for PPC I will, either continue with the last PPC version of the Mac OS or swap over to a PPC version of Linux. Here, in Bulgaria, folks are either sticking with their pirate versions of Win 98, 2000, 2003 or XP, or (when the police start breathing down their necks) stumping up the $$$ for a legal version fo XP. Nobody, but nobody, has the money to buy a PC capable of coping with the high demands of Vista. A very few have changed over to Linux; no doubt more will. Please do not think I am belittling Runtime Revolution (the company); but I am belittling the baby that spent far too long in the womb and now suffers from all the faults of its ancestors, plus a few more. Certainly, were I the owner of an Intel Mac (which I suppose I will become one of these days - not for a while though) I would be interested in the Parallels offer. As it is at the moment I am fairly well off with the last Connectix version of Virtual PC running Win98. I believe that PARALLELS WILL NOT RUN VISTA although I would not swear to it. While I'm on a "rant" I will sound off about N***le breakfast cereals: The other day I bought a box of 'chocolate balls' (I can't remember what they are called) that my children eat to guarantee hyper-activity, and noticed it came with a CD computer-game which would only function on Windows (3 hours later, puffing and blowing, I got it running on WINE!) Luckily my children are as daft as their father so did not start the inevitable "I wanna Windows box" whine - but the manipulative intent of this kind of "freebie" is clear to anybody but the Epsilon semi-morons. Its been a long day and its "my time of the month" (i.e. when I grow hairs on the palms of my hands). . . :) sincerely, Richmond Mathewson A Thorn in the flesh is better than a failed Systems Development Life Cycle. ___ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk ___ 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: Reading OSX mail attachments
Hello. I've done something similar with audio clips and those were in base 64 format. A quick base64decode function call should do the trick. Thanks, Brent Anderson Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center On Mar 9, 2007, at 9:51 AM, Ken Ray wrote: On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 09:55:32 -0500, Tim Ponn wrote: Hello all, I have a situation where customer orders come to me via email with a photo attachment. It occurred to me that I could use rev to create a db front end that could be pointed at the appropriate mailbox folder and then have it extract each message. Then, each message becomes a record in my db. Extracting the data is a piece o cake. Then I come to the attachment. Apple apparently uses a compression technique to store the image (jpg, bmp, whatever) within each individual message. Has anybody fiddled with reading and displaying these attachments? Any thoughts? Ideas? Laughs? ;=) Well, as a last resort you could leave it in Mail, and then use AppleScript to get at the message and its attachments. Barring that, I haven't had to read embedded mail attachments directly, but I'd assume they are either BinHexed or AppleDouble encoded... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.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: Simulated mouse messages
Hello. Sorry I didn't clarify: I've got the mouseDown and mouseUp messages taken care of, but I need to be able to simulate mouseStillDown as a message constantly sent between those messages. Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ 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
Simulated mouse messages
Hello. I'm working on simulating mouse messages and am hung up on how to simulate mouseDown, mouseStillDown, and mouseUp messages from script (specifically, network messages). Any thoughts? Thanks, Brent Anderson Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center ___ 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: BinaryDecode
Hello. Thanks for the reply. I put the data in the email in base 64 since I don't trust email to carry binary values very well. I also solved the problem: The bytes were in reverse order. Once I had flipped each four byte chunk, binaryDecode worked perfectly. Thanks, Brent Anderson On Mar 6, 2007, at 1:24 AM, Mark Smith wrote: Brent, you need to use the base64Decode function: put base64Decode(tData) into tBinaryData then the binaryDecode functions should do what you need. Best, Mark On 6 Mar 2007, at 01:35, Brent Anderson wrote: Correction: The base 64 version of the data is this: Aj9b6Lo+qptlQJfA8wAAHA== On Mar 5, 2007, at 5:57 PM, Brent Anderson wrote: Hello. I'm working with a helper application to process some video data. It's passing in int32 and float32 parameters as binary data and I need to convert them into actual integers and floating point values. I've been trying to use BinaryDecode to accomplish this, however it just isn't working. If anyone can spare a minute, here is the base64encoded version of my data. AAE+uaSzPyPAv0CVBg== According to their API, there are two int32's at the front and eight floating point values on the end. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Brent Anderson The Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center ___ 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 ___ 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: BinaryDecode
Correction: The base 64 version of the data is this: Aj9b6Lo+qptlQJfA8wAAHA== On Mar 5, 2007, at 5:57 PM, Brent Anderson wrote: Hello. I'm working with a helper application to process some video data. It's passing in int32 and float32 parameters as binary data and I need to convert them into actual integers and floating point values. I've been trying to use BinaryDecode to accomplish this, however it just isn't working. If anyone can spare a minute, here is the base64encoded version of my data. AAE+uaSzPyPAv0CVBg== According to their API, there are two int32's at the front and eight floating point values on the end. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Brent Anderson The Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center ___ 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
BinaryDecode
Hello. I'm working with a helper application to process some video data. It's passing in int32 and float32 parameters as binary data and I need to convert them into actual integers and floating point values. I've been trying to use BinaryDecode to accomplish this, however it just isn't working. If anyone can spare a minute, here is the base64encoded version of my data. AAE+uaSzPyPAv0CVBg== According to their API, there are two int32's at the front and eight floating point values on the end. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Brent Anderson The Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center ___ 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: Moving a File
Hello. I don't think there is a native move file command. You will probably get more mileage calling a shell command to move what you need to (such as "mv" on *nix). Thanks, Brent Anderson Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center On Mar 5, 2007, at 7:47 AM, Dave wrote: Hi Marielle, The files are in excess of 3 GB and some can be be as large as 200 GB! I don't think that will work very well!!! I need a native "move" command! Don't tell me there isn't one!?!? All the Best Dave On 5 Mar 2007, at 14:44, Marielle Lange wrote: Hi Dave, Have a try with "revCopyFile" Examples from the doc: revCopyFile "/Disk/myfile","/Disk/Folder/" revCopyFile "data/settings.txt","olddata" revCopyFile the sourceFile of this card, it Best, Marielle Hi, How do I move a File from one folder to another? I found revMoveFolder, but no Move File command. ___ 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 ___ 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: RSS Feeds (Really Simple Syndication)
Hello. Considering that 67.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot, about 2% of your visitors will use your feed. =) Seriously, the number of people subscribing to your feed will vary directly with who your audience is. Slashdot or Engadget are going to have a lot more subscribers than a site that provides content to the more technology-illiterate. RSS, however simple, is not something that a typical email/browser/word-processor user is going to know about, let alone use. It's like asking how many people subscribe to a newspaper? Responsible adults that want to be informed are your audience, not younger children or teenagers. If you want to get a message out to one of these audiences, then you need to change your delivery medium. That being said, it would be wise to make your RSS feeds more intuitive than "RSS 2.0" or "ATOM 0.3" by labeling them "Subscribe to our news" or "Stay up to date on our latest products" and then, for the more technically savvy, labeling them with the feed type. Thanks, Brent Anderson Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center On Mar 1, 2007, at 2:14 PM, Viktoras Didziulis wrote: does anybody know what fraction of web surfers care to subscribe to rss feeds ? Viktoras ___ 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: Opening terminal aps. from Rev
Another option would be to open a process, as in
open process "/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app"
or to use AppleScript
tell application "Terminal"
launch
end tell
In this way, you can have more control over quitting the app when
finished. Applescript would probably be best since it doesn't leave a
process open in Revolution and it is more dynamic (Although doubtful,
what if a user moved the terminal from the Utillities folder?)
Thanks,
Brent Anderson
On 2/26/07, Hershel Fisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 2/26/07 11:30 AM, "Bernard Devlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> Hi, is there a way to open a terminal app from within Rev
>> Not a shell command
>> Thanks, Hershel
>
> put shell("open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app")
>
> I assume you don't mind Terminal.app being opened by the Shell
> command - as long as the Terminal window is displayed :-)
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Re: Tri-state checkboxes
Another option would be to use a Custom Property set to keep track of which image to display. On openstack, determine the system type and set the custom prop set appropriately. Thanks, Brent Anderson Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center On Feb 23, 2007, at 11:37 AM, Ken Ray wrote: On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:22:33 -0800, Mark Powell wrote: Thanks to all for your suggestions, but they do not precisely fit what I need. The image solutions assume one look-and-feel...if the standalone were to be run on Vista, for example, the image would have the wrong motif when compared to the neighboring conventional checkboxes. And Stephen's solution uses disabled as the third state, which is not what I need. I need an enabled third state. I am guessing this is not possible, but any other ideas are greatly appreciated. Well, the closest you can get is to have a single image that shows the equivocal state that is put on top of a real checkbox, and is hidden. When the user clicks on the checkbox, you check the current state of the hilite and if it is true (checked), you show the equivocal image on top and allow the mouseup to continue (which will change the checkbox to cleared (unchecked), but beneath the equivocal image. Then when the user clicks on the image, you have script that simply hides the image. Then to find out the "state" of the checkbox, you'd just check the visible of the image - if it's showing, you're in an equivocal state; if not, you take the hilite of the checkbox. HTH, Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.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: Old bug still in Rev 2.8 :(
I've had that problem too, and it isn't Revolution, it's the application you have set to launch your stacks. Select your stack in finder, get info from the File menu, and choose "Open with..." and find Revolution 2.8. You can't apply it to all files of type .rev, however, but you can do them individually. On 2/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyone, I downloaded v 2.8 for the Mac OS. So far the most glaring problem I had with the previous version still wasn't addressed. That is, I have to open a stack after opening Revolution rather than opening Revolution by opening a stack. The reason is if I don't, Revolution doesn't see the openStack handler. I'm disappointed that wasn't fixed. Joe, Orlando ___ 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: Parallels Desktop
Hello. Marian, you're right about boot camp and testing your product in the environment it will be running in, however Virtualization (especially with Parallels) has some very strong benefits. I like it since I'm able to work between Mac and Windows almost seamlessly, creating photoshop documents on the Mac and then programming a project with those files on the PC. If I were using Boot camp, I wouldn't have the luxury of dragging from Mac OS X and dropping into my windows development. I've also used my virtual machines when needing to run an app in OS X but also having to use a Windows only application simultaneously. The real question you need to answer when choosing betwen virtualization and boot camp is do you need to interoperate? If you can live with just Windows running, then Boot camp will work just fine. If, however, you need to interoperate or you may need to create several machines, Virtualization is your solution. Revolution should function identically between the two, since the only serious shortcoming of Virtualization is the lack of GPU access and Revolution doesn't need such control. Do remember, however, that Vista can only run under virtualization if you are running the higher- end licenses (Business and Ultimate, I think), so unless you have one of those licenses, you won't be able to do Vista testing within any virtual environment. Thanks, Brent Anderson Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center On Feb 19, 2007, at 7:27 PM, Marian Petrides wrote: Mark If you're going to fork over $$ to get Windows, why run it in Parallels. Why not just use Boot Camp? My thinking is that I'd like to have a full Windows install identical (except for Mac drivers) to what my customers will be using, rather than testing in a virtualized environment. But that's just my 2 cents worth. Marian On Feb 19, 2007, at 7:52 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: Mark, I'm about to do the same and am looking at "Cross Over Mac" at: <http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/? ad=22&gclid=CKu7o5OJuIoCFTQkGAodpHTCug> It appears that it's still quite THERE, but I like the idea of not having to have Windows. Joe Wilkins On Feb 19, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Mark Swindell wrote: I'm about to bite on an Intel MacBook, I think. Anybody using Parallels with Rev? Comments? Suggestions? Thanks Mark ___ 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 ___ 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
IPv6
Hello. Does anyone has any experience with using Revolution and IPv6? The school I'm working at has offered to provide my organization with it's own range of IPv6, and since we use Revolution very extensively over the network, we would definitely need compatibility. Thanks, Brent Anderson Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center ___ 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: [OT] Decompiling SWF on a Mac
On the Mac there is File Juicer. It's shareware, but the limitations are open enough that you can extract everything within the trial period. Beyond that, I think it starts watermarking random images, but if you're only dealing in sound that shouldn't be a problem. On 2/12/07, Richmond Mathewson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Somebody just dumped a load of shockwave files of phonetic materials they want me to pop together into a RR thing for a Free English pronunciation guide. That is all jolly well and good . . . but need to extract the sound components of the swf files so I can turn them into aiff files - help, advice gratefully recieved, sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Save the last dance for me, and don't slip in the dogs mess on the way over to take my hand. ___ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk ___ 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: game navigation: some advice
Hello. Although the Revolution mailing list is a fantastic resource for Revolution questions, I would recommend you look elsewhere for anything related to Game development or Game theory. I am a member of the Garage Games community (www.garagegames.com) and although the forums there are about the Torque game engine, you can find tons of articles on how certain problems are solved when developing a game (Like your networking question or how to draw on a map). A Google search should link you to plenty of game development communities that can better address your problem. Thanks, Brent Anderson The Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center On Feb 9, 2007, at 2:51 PM, Henk van der Velden wrote: Good day all, we have started development of a small game in which players move through a historical map of a city (the Dutch city of Delft, actually). The player has to be able to 'walk' through the streets as they are drawn on the map. The map is drawn in a projective view, much alike this map of Blaeu: http://essentialvermeer.20m.com/maps/delft/blaeu_xl.htm Does anyone have any general advice on how to move a character around this map? One question has to do with how the roads are represented. Should I use some kind of collision detection? For example, I have drawn a couple of polygons to represent the areas between the streets, and whenever a character moves I detect whether it collides with one of these polygons. If that happens, the movement is stopped. I've also tried a different approach with paths, where every segment of a road - that is every part of it between two crosspoints - consists of a path. The character moves along the points of that path. On a crosspoint a player has to choose a direction, a new road that one wants to enter. Are there any other options to consider? Is there perhaps a proven approach that one should take? The other question - of course related to the previous one - is to how the movement of the character is to be controlled. Should one use keys? I have tried to use two keys for forward / backward movement, and two other keys for left / right rotation of the direction of movement. This approach can be used in combination with collision detection the way I described before. But it turns out that the player needs a lot of attention to choose the right direction, otherwise one bumps into areas outside the street and the movement is stopped. Another option, in combination with the aforementioned paths, is to use simple start / stop keys, and whenever one is on a crosspoint of paths, one can use the arrow keys to choose a direction. Again my question: which approach would people suggest? Should I consider using the mouse for navigation? Any insights welcome! Kind regards, Henk -- Henk v.d. Velden iGlow Media Magda Janssenslaan 36 3584 GR UTRECHT Netherlands 0031 (0)6 16 024 337 www.iglow-media.nl ___ 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: Re-2: $279 Sale Price on Studio
All the newsletter's I've received on the matter have read "JANSALE1" so maybe it was a typo on the part of Matthias? On Jan 30, 2007, at 12:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems, that the coupon code provided by Runrev does not work for whatever reason. Tried JANSALE30 - didn´t work. Tried JANSALE1 - and it worked. Using JANSALE1 gives a discount of 30%. Very funny. Did no one before find out, that the coupon code does not work? Matthias Original Message Subject: Re: $279 Sale Price on Studio (30-Jan-2007 20:07) From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you enter the coupon code JANSALE3 ? Cheers, Matthias Original Message Subject: $279 Sale Price on Studio (30-Jan-2007 19:09) From:Steven Axtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I got an e-mail indicating that Studio is on sale for $279 until Jan. 31. When I went to purchase it, it was indicated to be $399. Where do we get the 30% discount? Steve Axtell ___ 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 To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.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 To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.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: Control Webcam from rev
True, I just re-read Jinjenator's idea and initially I thought he just wanted to capture images, not stream them. RevVideoGrabber isn't built for streaming images from your webcam. If you're just looking for recording video clips, it's perfect. Streaming will require either your own external or if you aren't needing a good framerate, you could setup your stack to screenshot the camera view and stream those images. I'm not familiar enough with Quartz, but you *might* be able to create something that can accomplish this task from there. Your milage may vary with Quartz on Windows deployments. Thanks, Brent Anderson CMSEC On Jan 26, 2007, at 6:27 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: Brent, but by using quartz composer you can't record it right? Andre On Jan 25, 2007, at 9:20 PM, Brent Anderson wrote: Hello. Look in your Revolution Installation Folder (2.7.4-gm-1) and in the Resources/Sample Projects folder you'll find the "Video Capture" stack that leverages the VideoGrabber external. That should get you started. If you're on a mac, you can also use Quartz Composer to directly access the camera from a Quicktime Player. Thanks, Brent Anderson CMSEC On Jan 25, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Jinjenator wrote: Hi all Is it possible to control a webcam from revolution - with a view to streaming the captured images? Not sure where to start with this one :/ J ___ 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 ___ 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: Control Webcam from rev
Hello. Look in your Revolution Installation Folder (2.7.4-gm-1) and in the Resources/Sample Projects folder you'll find the "Video Capture" stack that leverages the VideoGrabber external. That should get you started. If you're on a mac, you can also use Quartz Composer to directly access the camera from a Quicktime Player. Thanks, Brent Anderson CMSEC On Jan 25, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Jinjenator wrote: Hi all Is it possible to control a webcam from revolution - with a view to streaming the captured images? Not sure where to start with this one :/ J ___ 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: [fun] Valid rev syntax. The silly scripts thread.
I actually intro my students to the idea of other handlers besides "mouseUp" with the basic psuedo-code for... on makeToast Put "bread" into toaster start toaster get Jam get Knife butter "toast" end makeToast Brent Anderson CMESC ___ 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: Is it possible with rev
Sarah, you're right that it would be accessible through AppleScript, but I believe the question was if it was possible or not. Touch-Tone dialing via speaker is definitely possible and you could probably do it in a few minutes. Modem dialing, however, is a different story. Revolution does have full driver support, so I'd assume that you could, but I don't know where you'd begin in sending touch-tone messages across the modem. Thanks, Brent Anderson On Jan 18, 2007, at 7:31 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: On 1/19/07, Hershel Fisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all I'v an beautiful phone dialer and wroks, written in real basic, is it possible to do it with RR? http://www.macronsoft.com/pages/en/products.html Thanks,Hershel It looks like it is AppleScriptable, so it should be possible, so long as they have put all the necessary commands in their AppleScript library. Cheers, Sarah ___ 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: small lesson in using database wanted
Hello. Although there are many database functions provided with Revolution, I prefer opening a connection and making SQL calls using revDataFromQuery. A full tutorial on SQL can be found at www.w3schools.com/sql/ that goes over everything you need to know to work with any SQL database. Thanks, Brent Anderson CMSEC On Jan 18, 2007, at 5:32 PM, Reinhold Venzl-Schubert wrote: Hi, I need a small lesson in using database: 1. I created a db (using SQLite3) with several fields. One of them is a boolean field. It is corresponding to a checkbox button in the card of my stack. Only one record of the database is displayed on the card. 2. I built a query that selects some of the records of my db and sorts them by some fields. 3. With a forward and backward button >revdb_movenext(recordSetID)< and >revdb_moveprev(recordSetID)< I navigate through the records of the recordSet. 4. With a script >set the hilite of btn "checkbox" to revdb_columnbynumber(recordSetID,5)< I display the database fields of the actual record in the fields of my card. 5. Then I wrote a script for the checkbox button >revdb_execute (recordSetID,tSQL)< with tSQL like: >UPDATE my_db SET checkbox = "true" < and so on. I tested it with the SQLite Database Browser: the changes have been saved. 6. When I use my forward and backward button, to switch to the next record and then back to the changed record I do not see the change in my field or in my special case, the checkbox is not hilited. 7. When I close the current cursor (recordSet) and make a new query the checkbox is hilited. I learned that the UPDATE-script changes the database but it do not change the cursor (recordSet). But the forward/backward button do not display the content of the database but the content of the current cursor (recordSet). - How can I get the content of the database? - Do I have to make a new query after every change of fields? - Or is it better to use the revdb_query funktion only to get a sorted list of primary keys of the wanted records and to use the revdb_querylist funktion to display the content of the db fields on the card? I am rather confused. Reinhold ___ 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: OT: SSH on OS X
Hello. They say that it doesn't work yet with Intel Macs, which is what I'd want to use, but they are working on it. Taken from the ReadMe for HamachiX Intel macs are not working very well to date since not all of the underlying components are in universal binary format already. This is interesting, as Hamachi is marked as Universal on Hamachi.cc and I haven't had any troubles with it (Apart from dealing with getting my firewall configured appropriately). I'm going to test out Hamachi under parallels and see if it really is zero-configuration or if it does need a few firewall tweaks. Thanks, Brent Anderson CMSEC ___ 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: OT: SSH on OS X
Hello. I'd assume that it would only port forward on incoming WAN traffic since the router is performing network address translation. The forwarding lets the router know where incoming traffic should go since you could have hundreds of computers behind the same router. What kind of denial messages are you getting, as that could hint at what is causing the problem. Also, Hamachi's GUI is Windows only IF you go through just Hamachi. There is a graphical client called HamachiX (http://hamachix.com) that does lack some of the functionality of the Windows version since it is not officially supported by the Hamachi team (Chatting, pings from in application, premium accounts, "magic ports") but does just as well and even lets you set up quick-connect options for FTP, AFP, SFTP, and other services. HamachiX is nice if you want the GUI, but the command line version (Which, I believe, is installed by HamachiX) is very functional and is sometimes preferable to the GUI if you're trying to troubleshoot your Hamachi connection. Type "hamachi -h" from the command line for usage information once it's installed on your system. If you're just looking for the command line, the source compilation instructions are rather lightweight and can be found in the included README file. It doesn't tell you that to do something as root you prepend the command with the command "sudo " and enter your administrator password. Thanks, Brent Anderson CMSEC On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:36 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Brent Anderson wrote: Hello, Using either Hamachi or a VPN should be all you need to connect any group of computers across the internet for any service, including VNC. I was just looking at Hamachi but it is pretty much Windows-only. They say you can compile it for Linux and OS X but that's beyond me. Meanwhile, I am finding that I can ssh over the local network only to one machine. Attempts to connect to any other local machine are denied (they all have port 22 open on their firewalls.) I thought that if I was using local IPs (for example, ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED]) that the router would allow traffic to pass anywhere inside the LAN. But it isn't working that way. I can ssh only to the computer that is receiving the port forward from the router. Is that correct behavior? Is it supposed to forward all traffic on port 22 from both the LAN and the WAN? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 ___ 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: OT: SSH on OS X
Hello, Using either Hamachi or a VPN should be all you need to connect any group of computers across the internet for any service, including VNC. Thanks, Brent Anderson CMSEC On Jan 16, 2007, at 12:42 PM, Josh Mellicker wrote: FWIW, I consider this very on topic since, if a Rev coder could enable VNC screen sharing/control with a client or other coder on the team, this could make certain remote workflows flow much more smoothly! Has anyone VNCed between two remote firewalled locations using port forwarding or hamachi? On Jan 15, 2007, at 5:58 PM, Brent Anderson wrote: Hello, Before finishing this thread, it is important to note that this technique applies to any service that you are trying to serve to the internet (www, ftp, ssh, my-favorite-internet-game) etc. Thanks, Brent Anderson CMSEC ___ 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 ___ 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: OT: lost everything, macbook and its HD broken.
Hello. There are data recovery specialists that can take even a dead drive and extract the data off of it. Their services usually are aimed for corporations with hefty bankrolls, but you may be able to find someone who can do it within your budget. A google for "Data Recovery" will point you to a handful of these services. Some of them range from using specialized utility docks for the drive itself that interfaces with specific drive manufacturers and models while the extreme is the disassembly of the hard drive in a clean-room environment and reading the data off of the platters from another device. It's safe to say that this spectrum of simple to extreme is mirrored by cost, but there are options yet for your dead MacBook. A (very) brief exploration of services available indicates that the cost of recovery may be from $380 and up. If you have AppleCare (Or another insurance program), however, you may be in luck. I'm not too familiar with how much coverage AppleCare will give you, but it may cover data recovery in the event of defective hardware. Thanks, Brent Anderson CMSEC On Jan 15, 2007, at 9:33 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: Friends, I was here coding some AJAX programs and developing libraries, my macbook just made a strange mechanical noise and then it was dead... when tried to boot, it made lots of mechanical noises and it never booted again. The noises are comming from the hard drive. I am assuming I lost everything. all my source code for the last year and everything I was working. I don't know what is broken... but I can't make it boot even from CDs... I don't know what I am to do now. I am writting from my old G4. I was doing some contract work and then it broke. The machine is now bricked. Can't boot from HD, Firewire, Network or CD, I've tried them all. The screen goes white, lot's of bad noises and the famous question mark of "no system folder". I can't even erase the PRAM... never chimes. sorry for this annoucement but it will be a while till I set everything up again. Tomorrow I'll go to apple repair service but they are making a fool of me for more than three months already. I was waiting for a replacement main board for this same machine. Now it appears, I'll need a new machine. My backup machine was broken some months ago, I had no money to buy the parts to build it up again. The G4 had no space for hosting the macbooks backup. I think I just lost all my revolution source code which was maybe 5 or 6 gb worth of code. andre ___ 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: OT: SSH on OS X
Hello, Before finishing this thread, it is important to note that this technique applies to any service that you are trying to serve to the internet (www, ftp, ssh, my-favorite-internet-game) etc. Thanks, Brent Anderson CMSEC ___ 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: OT: SSH on OS X
Hello. Since it was off topic, we transferred the conversation to a private email thread. Here are the emails that were exchanged following the last public post. It's fine if you contact me privately. If your router is claiming to be forwarding correctly, then I'm not sure where the hang-up would be. Assuming you used Sharing to enable SSH, the firewall on your mac automatically opens the port it needs. Do you have Stealth Mode enabled, perhaps? On Tiger if you click the Advanced button on the Firewall tab you can access the firewall log. That may provide a little more insight into your problem. If the log is kept on previous versions of OS X, it should be located at /var/log/ipfw.log and is accessible using the application /Applications/Utillities/ Console.app. I hope that works for you. Thanks, Brent Anderson Hi. I hope it is okay to contact you offlist. I need to get SSH working from outside my local network. I've tried just about everything with no success. If you don't have time to help, I really do understand. Please don't feel obligated. Here is what I've done so far. I want my desktop Mac to receive the SSH requests. On that Mac, I have: Enabled Remote Login in the Sharing prefs Added ports 5900-5902 to the open ports in the firewall (for eventual VNC later on) Set my network router to forward port 22 to the local IP address of my Mac Then I get on my Powerbook. If I am on the local network and use the local IP for SSH, it works fine. I can SSH to the desktop Mac, and see everything in Terminal. If I turn on Remote Desktop on the desktop Mac, I can use a VNC viewer to see and work with the desktop Mac. Then I took my Powerbook to a nearby internet cafe. I issused this command from Terminal: ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] where "user" is a non-priveleged account on the desktop Mac and "75.72.193.146" is the current IP of the WAN address on my router. Terminal is completely unresponsvie for about a minute, and then I get the message "Could not connect to 75.72.193.146. Operation timed out." There is no other info and I am never asked for a password. I tried this several times. Sometimes I used this command instead: ssh -L 5900:127.0.0.1:5900 [EMAIL PROTECTED] just to see if I could map ports for VNC, but that failed the same way, no connection with a timeout. When I got back home, I looked at the router logs. It showed that a connection request was received and forwarded to my desktop Mac: Sun, 01/14/2007 12:10:07 - SSH forwarded - Source:71.210.170.117, 52180, WAN - Destination:75.72.193.146, 22, LAN Sun, 01/14/2007 12:10:07 - SSH forwarded - Source:71.210.170.117, 52180, WAN - Destination:198.162.0.2, 22, WAN I'm not sure why there are two entries, but each attempt I made has the same 2 lines. Maybe there is something wrong with the port forwarding? The desktop Mac is correctly assigned at 198.162.0.2, which is a static local IP. Do you have any ideas? I know very little about this, but it looks to me like everything is going fine until the request hits my desktop Mac, which then never responds. There is a "stealth" checkbox in the "advanced" settings in the firewall pane in Sharing prefs, but I did not turn that on. Again, if you don't have time for any of this, I really do understand. Please don't feel obligated. But if you do have time, I'd really appreciate any advice you can offer. Thanks much. Jacque -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com Brent Anderson wrote: It's fine if you contact me privately. If your router is claiming to be forwarding correctly, then I'm not sure where the hang-up would be. Assuming you used Sharing to enable SSH, the firewall on your mac automatically opens the port it needs. Do you have Stealth Mode enabled, perhaps? On Tiger if you click the Advanced button on the Firewall tab you can access the firewall log. That may provide a little more insight into your problem. If the log is kept on previous versions of OS X, it should be located at /var/log/ ipfw.log and is accessible using the application /Applications/ Utillities/Console.app. I hope that works for you. I have fixed it -- all because of you. :) Sometimes when you write it all down, you start to see things you didn't before. I had my router pointing to an incorrect local IP. I'd swapped a couple of numbers by mistake. When I fixed that and forwarded to the correct IP -- that is, 192.168.0.2 -- by george, it works. I feel both relieved and stupid. But I thank you for making me write it all down. :) I'm happy now. Jacque -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com Hello. Gl
Re: OT: SSH on OS X
Hello. It's very easy to set up SSH on your Mac (System Preferences > Sharing > Check "Remote Login" box) but you may have a few pitfalls in the way if you're trying to connect from anywhere other than your local network. You didn't specify too much detail, but I would assume you're trying to connect to your mac from outside your home network (From work, perhaps) and your problem is probably any firewall you have between your desktop Mac and your "remote location." The firewall at the remote location (if any) shouldn't be a problem as most firewalls only lock out outgoing connections rather than incoming ones. Since this is the case, you'll need to open port 22 on your firewall (Probably using port forwarding, but port triggering may work as well). I would highly recommend using Hamachi (http://www.hamachi.cc) if you're trying to make connections between remote computers. Hamachi sets up a virtual private network that effectively connects computers as if on a local area network. The free version works, but the premium version will overcome any firewall or NAT problems you may have. There is a client for Mac OS X Called HamachiX (http:// hamachix.spaceants.net/) that, although not officially supported by the Hamachi team, works great and does everything I've needed it too. I've tested using hamachi without any firewall settings and it works most of the time. If you have trouble with it, you can open a command line, type "hamachi logout" "hamachi stop" and "hamachi start debug" in one window to switch it all off and then turn on a window to monitor it's progress. From there open another window and type "hamachi login" to watch for any problems in the startup process. It will tell you where it is connecting (Including the port) and if it is successful or not. That way you can tune your firewall settings to fit any problems you may be having with Hamachi. Thanks, Brent Anderson CMSEC ___ 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
AltBrowser licensing/documentation
Hello. As we all know, RunRev has published the plugins from Altuit (altBrowser/Font/SQLite) to current Studio license holders via their newsletter. I downloaded the plugin pack and, after scouring Google caches for the documentation for altBrowser, I'm trying to get it online for testing. I've brought it to a point where it is requesting a registration code and email address in the error "error: could not validate regcode" when trying to fire the plugin up. I'm assuming this means that altBrowser needs an activation key of some sort. Has a generic username/code been released, is this a bug and it will be patched soon, do I use my Studio license to unlock it somehow, or am I up a creek for the time being. Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ 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: Broadcasts On OS X - Oops!
Hello. I think that the point was to use broadcasts not to use another address. I've found the same problem on OS X where when you write packets to a .255 address they don't get routed across the network, as if it were a regular address. In looking back on other threads on this subject, it's been noted that this is a bug in Mac OS X, so it may not be possible. Am I mistaken in this, or is that just the sad truth of it all? Although this is more of a hack than anything, you could use a loop from 1 to 254 and use the current hosts IP address to emulate the effect of a broadcast. Thanks, Brent Anderson CMSEC ___ 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: Where rev could be going...
Hello. I've been reading the responses on this topic, and I can see great things for both a browser extension of Revolution as well as a 3D Version of Revolution. Briefly touching on the 3D Rev: If done correctly (ie. relatively easy to use, interact with, etc) this has the potential to propel Revolution into a more mainstream position. My list of Revolution shortcomings is limited to the lack of 3D capabilities. If, perhaps, there were a GUI widget that gave you a GL Canvas to paint on, it would open up a world of potential, not only for new apps, but for people outside the Revolution community to take Rev more seriously (In my dealings with fellow programmers, I've oft been written off as an amateur or a hobby programmer since Revolution is almost too easy). My real interest perks with the potential for a browser plugin. Much speculation has been raised about what the internet would be like today had HyperCard been pursued by Apple. Would the Web be based on HyperCard stacks? Instead of hand-coding HTML, could we create stacks and then drop in a quick tag? Perhaps this is what the Java Applet was supposed to be (Even though Applets are all but extinct in day-to- day browsing). I'm not suggesting that the Internet can be completely revolutionized (no pun intended) like it could have been in the early 90's. The internet is starting to cool down and it's basic building blocks (PHP, AJAX, RSS, etc) are here to stay for the time being. I do believe, however, that were there a Browser plugin capable of loading a stack into a web page, it would do a number of things, not only giving programmers another way to get content onto the world wide web, but it would unlock the floodgates of web programmers for Runtime Revolution. Were there a browser plugin, Developers would flock to Revolution in droves since it is secure, robust, powerful, but still user-centric AND web-enabled. As a result, we'd also see a bigger presence of Revolution in the regular development community. Combining this with the perk of 3D capability in Rev, and Revolution would be completely irresistible. Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ 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: Quartz Composer and Revolution
Hello. Sorry for not elaborating, Andre. You're right that you can't record your compositions for playback. I was merely providing an example on how to incorporate compositions into Revolution. Being able to do this would make it really easy to, for example, make your own Photo Booth application, access RSS feeds, or any other part of Quartz Composer without having to do any revolution coding. This is an advantage because you can create visually stunning content very quickly and add it to your stacks very easily. Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ 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
Quartz Composer and Revolution
Hello. I've had this on the back burner for a while, but I haven't done anything about it until now. If you have a Mac and Apple's Developer tools, you can create a .mov file that will access your iSight camera (Or anything else that can be made in Quartz Composer, for that matter). Note that I have only tested the .mov file on my Mac. If you can get a hold of one and move it to a PC, let everybody know how it works. I'm not going to go over quartz entirely, here is the simple way to make the iSight movie. Go to Quartz Composer (/Developer/Applications/Graphics Tools/Quartz Composer) and create a new composition. It should be blank, so if it fills it in with a template, just delete all the components with a quick Apple + A and delete. From there, add a Billboard component and a Video Input. Drag from the Image output on the Video Input module to the Image input on the Billboard module. Save this if you like or make your own tweaks to it. Once you're ready to move into Revolution, go to File > Export as QuickTime Movie (Cmd + E) and save it to your disk. It really doesn't matter how long you make it, since it is all rendered on the fly anyway (My five minute clip was 8 kb). Now for the easy part: Go to Revolution, create a new stack (if you don't have one up already), create a Player control, and set the fileName (Media to use) of it to the filepath of your movie. It will bring it up in your stack, but it will not be live. To make it live content, all you have to do is start your player going using "start player "player"" in the message box. From here, it's very easy to create complex animations and effects all from the comfort of Quartz Composer. If anyone finds any really great effects, post them here! Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ 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
Voip via Revolution
Hello. I'm looking into experimenting with Voip using Revolution and am curious how others would implement it. I've been doing some research on the mailing lists, forums, and documentation, and have concluded that the only way this would be possible is through the use of an external. Is there any other way this could be accomplished, as I'm not too keen on trying to piece something together at a lower level, let alone porting it to different architectures. If I will have to bite the bullet and use externals, are there any on the mailing lists who could point me in the right direction on where to get started, particularly on Mac OS X? Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ 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
Flashing the screen
Hello. In HyperCard there is a command for "Flashing" the screen (Inverting it x amount of times). I've gotten a script to work that creates a button with an inverted ink, and then shows it and hides it x amount of times. The only problem with it is that on many computers i've tried it on, it is too slow to look cool. On Mac OS X (The platform I need this script for), there is a key stroke you can use if you have issues seeing things on the screen. You press Command + Option + Control + 8, it will invert the screen. Would there be any way that you could pass that to the system, or is it impossible? Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ 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
Details on the read/write issue
Hello. I'm using the open/read/write file commands, not the put data into url method. When it loads stack it gets the effective filename of the stack and narrows it down to the directory the stack is located in. It then appends "/data" to that path and sets the defaultFolder to it. From here on out, whenever the stack needs to work with files in directories, it puts together the file path it will be using and then does whatever reading or writing it needs to do. The files themselves are just regular text, but the files themselves are read as binary because eventually I may choose to compress or encrypt them so users can't mess with them from the outside. Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
File Read/Write in a built app
Hello. I'm having trouble getting my built stack to read and write files. It works fine in the regular development environment, but it won't work when built. Am I missing some setting, or is it designed to do this? Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Creating bulletin boards, chat rooms, and mail messages wiht RR/MC and CGI
Hello. I haven't exactly tried out the BB's or mail with this, but I am experimenting with a way to do chatting. It would require a dedicated server for more than two people, but is fine for this project that I'm working on (why screen resolution is such an issue...). You would have one field with the screen names, and one with the addresses (note: this would only work on a mac network til I can work out a few things). Then, when a new message was sent out, it would be sent to the server, placed into the servers session field, and then would go down the list of addresses and forward that message to everybody in the addresses list. There's my bit on that. Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
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On the whole screen resolution topic
Hello. I don't think I included enough details. The project it would be for is going to be a game that, if it weren't made for full screen, would be really terrible. It pretty much requires having the screen resolution changed. It would be changed back to the users previous setting when they quit. Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Screen Resolution
Hello. Is there any way that you can change the monitor resolution when you run a stack (For example, you run the stack in a 1280X1024 resolution and when it runs the preOpenStack handler, it sets the monitor resolution to 800X600) Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Network and communications questions
Hello. I am writing a group of programs designed to communicate with each other over a network and wanted to know specifics on the best way to have one program send and receive over a network connection, how to set it up in Revolution, and any other tips and commands that I can't seem to find in the documentation. Another question I have is how Revolution communicates over a network in the first place (does it use peer to peer or does it need a computer to act as a server, or some other form of connection?) Thanks, Brent Anderson ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
