Wouldn't a forum be a far better idea?
Dear Mailing List Participants, I have been using the runrev mailing list for a few weeks now and OK I'm a newbie to revolution. But, because I am a developer who uses several different software packages I belong to several different use groups and I'm not a newbie to multimedia or support. I believe(with much experience behind it)that the user mailing list is a very poor way to assist users and that FORUMS are by far the better idea. Yes, I know, most Rev users are so used to this system that change may be resisted but the long term best interests of everybody would be served by the changeover to a forum method. WHY A FORUM METHOD? First topics are defined by the header and replies go directly underneath that header so when a user responds to a given thread it can easily be understood. With the mailing list, unless you republish the question the reply just hangs there in space with no context. With the forum method the next replier can reply to the reply and to the general topic and be well understood. There is so much repeated,republished text in the mailing list method that just wastes time and space but without which the list would be incomprehensible. Second forums provide continuity, with a search function you can quickly determine whether someone asked your same question months or even years ago with out searching archives. Third, forums can provide a way to separate topics so that one doesn't have to read many,many posts that are unrelated or irelevant to your project or topic. Everytime I go to read the Runrev mailing list I come away needing eye drops and aspirin for my head. The interesting thing is that you already have a forum but have relegated it to newbies. The truth is that newbies can't teach newbies very well. The best thing for learning is a mix of a pool of experienced users who are willing to help and newbies willing to learn. I think both your experienced users and your newbies (if you intend for the company and community to grow) would be far better off moving over to the existing forum and the company Runtime Revolution would be better off if it had easier to understand support. Check out a high quality forum for Multimedia Builder at www.mediachance.com (web boards from the menu on the home page) Like Run rev this is a real COMMUNITY of users. The forum method means that you can follow the conversations and learn from topics and threads that can go back months and even in one case years. Right now as it stands you have a very difficult to understand mailing list and a sorely treated, almost competely unused forum. Thanks for listening. I'm just trying to help you build a better company and user community. What do people think about moving this user group over into the existing forum? Any Comments or suggestions? Thanks again Jerry _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
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Dear Folks, Are additional pattern backgrounds avaiable for Revolution? There are backgrounds available in the color pallete but they are from the days when 16/256 color was all that was available. I'm looking for something kinder and gentler -- Clouds, a pale off white soft texture, something easier on the eyes and brain. Any suggestions, And if I can get something else, how do I get it into Revolution. I have some great tiled bitmaps that work well in other programs. Thanks for your suggestions _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
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I am a new user of Revolution. I noticed that both Videos and Images are not embedded and need to connect with external files. This is easy when I'm building, the images and videos are right there on my hard drive. But when I build to CD I need relative paths so that the images and videos I burned to disc will play in anyones CD drive regardless of the Drive letter. How do you create/insert relative paths in Revolution? I am resending this for publication in full on the list. I was advised by a kind gentleman on the users mail list that Import as Control would work. Well, Yes and No. I was able to import as control images, text and snapshot but not video or audio files. Is there a secret to this? Video files work great from the toolbar. Then there is the question of whether you would want embedded video files sized 387mb as anything but external files. I am running Rev version 1.1.1 on a PC running Windows 98SE. Thanks for your reply _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
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Dear Dr. miscdas, Unfortunately, your suspicions are incorrect. If there were a straight mathematical relationship in the table I would be in high clover. The table is graduated with a formula only known to an outfit in Colorado. It comes from a computer run with six or seven variables that massage the numbers with an unseen hand. As I indicated the data are discrete numbers and have no easily discernible math relationship. I have to enter the data in the table by hand. The data are used in a simple arithmetic formula to calculate the rest of the numbers in my project. The user will see the intersection data that has been brought forth by this "lookup" table and it will be printed in a form. They will not see the table it came from . This is a database or an array, albeit a very simple one and I need to know how to program it in revolution. Thanks for your help though. _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
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I am a new user of Revolution. I noticed that both Videos and Images are not embedded and need to connect with external files. This is easy when I'm building, the images and videos are right there on my hard drive. But when I build to CD I need relative paths so that the images and videos I burned to disc will play in anyones CD drive regardless of the Drive letter. How do you create/insert relative paths in Revolution? _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
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Dear Richard Gaskin, This is a simple array type data base. The row is income $650 to 20,000 in $50 increments The column is number of children is one child through six children. Each intersection (like $2,250 and three children) is a discrete number. All totaled there are 2,400 intersections. My best guess is that this comes in well under 1 mb. But you know databases better than I do. What is available in Revolution to handle this minor database? My concern is that I have never worked with programing interfaces with databases. My specialty is video and graphics. So with respect to this area I am a newbie. Thanks for your help. >From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: (no subject) >Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 01:41:47 -0700 > >Jerry Thomas wrote: > > > What would you recommend to use with Revolution as a database method? > > These databases are only two dimensional. ROWS are Income in graduated steps > > and COLUMNS are Number of Children. > > All of your suggestions are welcome > >What is the acticipated total size of the dataset (db only, not any of the >media or UI elements)? > >If it's under 5MBs you have a lot of choices, perhaps the easiest of which >would be a simple tab-delimited file or an array. > >If it's much larger than that you may want to consider using the db >externals provided with Rev. > >-- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Media Corporation > Custom Software and Web Development for All Major Platforms > Developer of WebMerge 2.0: Publish any database on any site > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com > Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc > >___ >use-revolution mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
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Dear Group, I am a newbie to Revolution but not a newbie to multimedia development. I need to build a project like TurboTax Deluxe or Taxcut Deluxe. This program interviews, then informs by numerous videos, then leads people down a decision making trail, then asks for user input, Then calculates, then fills out all the correct forms which the user then prints out. Much like the tax programs I mentioned. In fact EXACTLY like the functionality of those programs. One of the elements of this is the use of two databases (I haven't selected any databases or database programs yet) This is a self contained CD. All the data in the databases will be stored on the CD and the data will be accessed to do calculations within the program. There will be no internet access This is a commercial program. What would you recommend to use with Revolution as a database method? These databases are only two dimensional. ROWS are Income in graduated steps and COLUMNS are Number of Children. All of your suggestions are welcome Thanks in advance for your replies. Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: Click Here ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
