Re: Record Audio for only 10 seconds?
Hi John, > Hi All... > > I'm attempting to create a little stack that will allow the user to record > audio, their voice, for a specific amount of time. > > I have the recording scripts down: try this: > put the long name of current stack into theTargetPath > put the itemDel into tOrigItemDel > set the itemDel to "/" > delete last item of theTargetPath > delete first item of theTargetPath > put "/" & theTargetPath & "/Recordings/" into theRecordingTarget > --create a unique name for the audio file > convert the date && the long time to seconds > put it into tFileName >hide me > show button "Stop Recording" send "mouseup" to btn "Stop Recording" in 10 secs >record sound file theRecordingTarget&tFilename >put theRecordingTarget&tFileName into cd fld "recording name" > set the itemDel to tOrigItemDel > > However I'm not sure how to add the timer component. I'm thinking I will need > to use a "send" statement, something like, send "stop recording" after 10 > seconds to current stack??? > > Thank you! > > John Patten Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Old CGI engine and POST
Bonjour Jacqueline, > Klaus Major wrote: >> Hi all, >> maybe someone happens know this? >> We are using an old Rev engine as a CGI engine on our server. >> Is it possible to "POST" something to an url with this old CGI engine? > If you mean, the cgi needs to catch POST requests and process them then yes, > I catch those all the time. If you mean the cgi needs to *generate* POST > requests then you'll probably need to do what Bjornke said. the latter one, thanks :-) We will use probably CURL, since we have a Mac server. > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Old CGI engine and POST
Hi Andre, > Klaus, > > I think it is easier to shell() to CURL than to load libURL on old CGI > engines. CURL can POST, GET and pretty much anything you want. ah, yes, I see! Good idea, since we have a Mac server (an old eMac, but what the heck :-) CURL shoould already avialble on that machine. Thanks! > Cheers > andre Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Old CGI engine and POST
Hi Björnke, > should work, but you need to load liburl yourself, as it's (for obvious > reasons) not included directly in the engine. Note that some colocation and > shared servers will not allow any outgoing sockets. thanks for the fast answer! Since this is our server, there won't be any problems I think, we'll check this :-) Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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
Old CGI engine and POST
Hi all, maybe someone happens know this? We are using an old Rev engine as a CGI engine on our server. Is it possible to "POST" something to an url with this old CGI engine? Know what I mean? I do not have the chance to test this in the moment. Thanks for all answers :-) Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Animated graphics ?
Am 09.03.2010 um 14:01 schrieb Richmond Mathewson: > Will RunRev display animated PNG images correctly? No, Rev does not support animated PNGs at all! > http://animatedpng.com/ Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: when saving as standalone get a text file; SOLVED
Am 18.02.2010 um 14:32 schrieb Richard Gaskin: > Andre.Bisseret wrote: >> This morning I succedeed to save my app. as standalone normally! (Mac >> OSX 10.5.8 ; Rev 4.0) >> >> The only difference that I noticed was that, a couple of days ago, I >> saved it successfully in a "default built folder" whose name did not >> had accented characters >> while yesterday, I was trying to make my standalone in a folder whose >> name had one accented character !!! >> >> Removing the accent solved my problem >> I got a normal "executable Linux file" (can't try it) and a Mac >> application which is working well. >> >> poor people who inherited a native language with accents ;-o))) > > Good sleuthing, Andre. > > Seems related, possibly worthy of a vote: > Files with high-ASCII characters are not recognized by Revolution > <http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=6394> I just added my votes and a comment. Hopefully this real BLOCKER will get fixed in 4.5 :-/ > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > Rev training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com > revJournal blog: http://revjournal.com/blog.irv Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: survey
Mikey, with all due respect, but Alex wrote "... WERE well known..." which means this has been the case at some arbitrary point in the past :-) m 17.02.2010 um 15:14 schrieb Mikey: > Alex, > With all due respect, even HP doesn't use DEC systems any more. >> ... >> VMS (i.e. DEC systems, based in Mass) were well known for the joke of >> having timings defined in microfortnights (pretty close to one second). >> >> -- Alex. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Calling handlers on different stacks.
Hi Andre, > Another silly question that I don't quite get. > Calling handlers located on Stack1 from Stack2. > Code in stack 2: > start using stack "Stack1" > PopulateListOnFilter --Handler on Stack1 > stop using stack "Stack1" > How do I call PopulateListOnFilter on stack1 from stack 2? Check "call" in the docs (Rev Dictionary) :-) Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Stack open?
Hi Andrew, > > I need to check to see if a stack is open. Not sure of the syntax or even if > that can be done. > if stack "Stack" is open then >blah blah > end if you're almost there :-) ... if "Name of your stack" is in the openstacks then ## Stack is open end if ... > Thanks, > > Andrew Kluthe Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: AW: open substack flickering despite lockscreen
Hi Tiemo, > Hi Klaus, > > there is a saying "don't halloo, before you are out of the wood" ??? I only understand "station" :-D > When using just: > > set the left of stack "lizenzinfo" to tLocX > set the top of stack "lizenzinfo" to tLocY > modal stack "lizenzinfo" > > the setting of the loc seems to be ineffective, The stack just opens at the > default center position. When opening the stack, before setting the loc, as > in my first approach, the positioning works, but the flickering. > Any idea what's wrong? Oops, my fault! I thought this behaviour only applies to the "Ask" and "Answer" dialogs, but a look into the docs proved me wrong. This is obviously managed by the engine. No other idea, sorry. > Thanks > Tiemo Best -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: open substack flickering despite lockscreen
Hi Tiemo, > Hello, > > I want to open a substack modal at the loc of the mouse. Everything works, > beside there is a flickering, when opening the substack and positioning it > at the mouse loc despide of having a lockscreen. For a moment of a second > the stack appears at his default loc and then it appears at my wanted > position. So there must be a fault in my following approach: > > set the lockscreen to true > open stack "lizenzinfo" > set the left of stack " lizenzinfo" to tLocX > set the top of stack " lizenzinfo" to tLocY > modal stack "lizenzinfo" > set the lockscreen to false > > The reason for using first "open" and afterwords "modal" was, that I > couldn't change the position, when opening it with modal, as far as I > remember my code. Try this, since you can set these props even BEFOE you open your stack! ... set the left of stack "lizenzinfo" to tLocX set the top of stack "lizenzinfo" to tLocY modal stack "lizenzinfo" ... > Why does the lockscreen doesn't seem to be affective? What am I doing wrong? "lock screen" only works inside of a stack, not on the screen unfortunately! > Thanks for any hint > > Tiemo Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Flash & mouseclicks in Revbrowser
Hi Colin, > The same issue comes up when using Director that has Flash elements, when > used on a touch screen. For those cases I've had to modify the Flash code to > work around the problem. I imagine that Flash in RevBrowser is a similar kind > of embedding, where it's taking the first click to get the Flash piece into > focus, then the second click registers. OK, may be in Director. But in a Revbrowser you really have to doubleclick (clickclick)! Click..* 1001 mississippi...Click does NOT work! * Right now the Flash element SHOULD have the focus according to your theory :-) Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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
Flash & mouseclicks in Revbrowser
Hi all, I found that most of the time you need to doubleclick(!) Flash elements (e.g. the movie controls in Youtube videos) when in a Revbrowser, but the intended single clicks in a "normal" Browser like Safari or FireFox. Know what I mean? Anyone else experienced this? I'm on OS X 10.6.2, Intel. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Export locations
Hi Richmond, > Having exported a file from my merry Sanskrit Typewriter standalone to my > location of choice, > I find, on attempting to save a second file the standalone has not remembered > my previous choice > so I have to click around all over again, and again, and again to find my > location. > > Not Good. > > Any bright ideas? I am sure there are many free memory training apps around on the net :-D Sorry, never can resist... Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: [ANN] ssMacWindows 1.6.0
Bonjour René, > What is CAD ? = Computer Aided Design! But in this case it is more likely CAnadian Dollars :-) Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Modal dialog not modal... any hints?
Hi all, I also had some troubles in the past with a script NOT halting while a modal stack was displayed. ... ## After downloading some files from the internet... answer "Update complete! The app will be shut down..." quit ... I saw the "Answer dialog" flashing and the app quit, without leaving time to click the "OK" button! NOTHING else involved that could have caused this anomaly! Unfortunately this is not reproducable, but it happens, which makes it difficult to stay mentally sane :-D Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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
Bug?: SPACES in RevBrowser, platform differences!
Hi all, I use a RevBrowser object to display SWF files. Before I set the RevBrwoser URL to the filepath, I usually replace SPACE with "%20" Works fine on a Mac! On windows (XP and greater) i end with "%2520" instead of "%20" in the url. This is obviously "normal" (HA! :-) behaviour on windows as Google told me So again I have to use: ... if the platform <> "Win32" then replace SPACEW with "%20" in tUrl end if ... when I shouldn't... What dou you think? "Bug" or "the joy of crossplatform development"? I think the Browserobject should take care of this. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Windows 7 & "launch app.exe"
Hi Richmond, > On 13/01/2010 16:10, Klaus Major wrote: >> Dag Mark, >> Am 13.01.2010 um 15:05 schrieb Mark Schonewille >>> Hi Klaus, >>> I often have the same problem with other versions of Windows. It is not >>> limited to Windows 7. Quite some time ago, I decided not to bother anymore >>> and to use the shell whenever I have to launch an application or file. >> Ah, good to know, thanks! >> Are you sure that this hasn't been reported yet? >>> No idea :-) >> ... > > Well, I have had no problems with any versions of Windows up to an including > XP * 3. > Mind you, that is majorly outdated except in Bulgaria . . . :) Not only in Bulgaria :-) > Mind you, I wonder why people would prefer Vista? Mind YOU, they wouldn't! > I wonder if "7" is better than Vista, or just a fudge rather like Millennium > was? Yes, this is better, just like a little cold is better than a mature influenza :-D Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: BLOBs to files - works great but...
Hi Alex, Am 13.01.2010 um 15:29 schrieb zryip theSlug: > 2010/1/13 Alex Adams : > > Hello Alex, > >> What isn¹t working for me yet is a lack of autonomy of the files restored to >> a Mac OS X. The files work just fine, if opened by a program that uses the >> file type, but the finder always opens them in a text editor. > >> What am I missing? >> Thanks, > > On Mac OS X try to restore the file with the command: ask file... with type... > It means that when you store a file in the dataBase, you need to keep > its type somewhere in the record. Add this line: ... set the filetype to "" ... before you write your file(s) to disk. This way the Finder will be forced to check the file suffix and to open that file with the associated app when doubleclicked. I do this all the time and works fine. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Windows 7 & "launch app.exe"
Dag Mark, Am 13.01.2010 um 15:05 schrieb Mark Schonewille: > Hi Klaus, > > I often have the same problem with other versions of Windows. It is not > limited to Windows 7. Quite some time ago, I decided not to bother anymore > and to use the shell whenever I have to launch an application or file. Ah, good to know, thanks! > Are you sure that this hasn't been reported yet? No idea :-) > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > > We make software, websites and webware. We are always looking for new > projects. Feel free to contact us and ask for a quote without any further > obligations > http://economy-x-talk.com/contact.html Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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
Winmdows 7 & "launch app.exe"
Hi all,
looks like Rev is not (yet) working with Windows 7.
I have a valid pathname to a valid EXE file in "the_app".
This does not work:
...
launch the_app
answer the result
## I get "not opened"
## A good laugh, but not really useful :-D
...
This does work:
...
set the hideconsolewindows to true
get shell("start" && QUOTE & QUOTE && QUOTE & the_app & QUOTE=
...
So looks like "launch" is broken on Windows 7!?
Could someone check this please before I file this as a bugreport?
Thanks!
Best
Klaus
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Test
Hi all, just a test, since I did not receive any posting since yesterday evening. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: VideoGrabber on Windows
Hi friends, no other win user that work with the RevVideoGrabber and wants to share her/his experiences? Oh, c'mon folks! :-) Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: VideoGrabber on Windows
Buongiorno Paolo, > Klaus Major writes: > >> Believe it or not, its official: >> The videograbber is also supposed to work in Revlets >> Isn't this amazing? Anyone dared this yet? :-D > > Hello Klaus, > where did you get this piece of information? > I had a look at runrev.com web site but I could not find it. You can see the "revvideograbber.bundle" inside of the "RevWebPlayer.app" On OS X you can find it here: ../Library/Application Support/RunRev/revwebplayer/ And Kevin Miller mentioned it a couple of weeks before when the first version of the plugin was published. > Do you know if the issue about audio compression in video grabber has been > solved? Nothing has been solved concerning the VideoGrabber unfortunately! > Referring to RQCC it is still unconfirmed. See.. > http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=3712 > Command RevSetVideoGrabAudio does not work in MacOSX. I know, I reported a lot of bugs concerning the videograbber external > It is not possible to set compression of the audio and files recorded using > the Video Capture stack are too big. Yep, one can alos not switch audio recording off, if you only wnat the video. > I tryed to set recording audio using command: > RevSetVideoGrabAudio true, "1", "8", "11025" > What I get, regardless of any setting, is a big file with audio set to: > 16-bit Intero (Endian grande), Mono, 48,000 kHz > I think this is a bug of the revvideograbber external for MacOSx See above, obviously the mothership has other priorities (gradients, display of CMYK jpegs etc...) > Best regards > > Paolo Mazza Ciao amico Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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
VideoGrabber on Windows
Hi friends, I am currently trying to make the videograbber work on Windows 7. I have a brandnew "Cheapnis" PC with Windows 7 Premium Home to test this. The only other newly installed software is Rev 4 and QuickTime 7x, latest version for Windows. What I found so far is extremely disappointing. All tests were made with the "Video Capture.rev" test stack from Rev. 1. QuickTime: When trying to: ... revInitializeVideoGrabber the short name of this stack, "QT",the rect of img "video" of cd 1 answer the result ## = Cannot load video component ... I already bugzillaed this: <http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=8465> 2. Video for Windows: This works in general, but I found that one cannot save the current settings, which works fine on a Mac: ... local myVar revVideoGrabSettings "myVar" answer (myVar = empty) ## Gives me TRUE!!! ... So this way I cannot save/load settings :-/ Anyone working with the videograbber successfully on Windows 7? If yes, with QuickTime or VfW? Any opinions, hints or comfort? ;-) Believe it or not, its official: The videograbber is also supposed to work in Revlets Isn't this amazing? Anyone dared this yet? :-D Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Path name to CD drive
Hi Tiemo, > Hello, > > if I want to get the path to an inserted CD, with name "foo" I can check on > Mac "the drives", if my disk is inserted. But actually the full path is > "/Volumes/foo/myfile" > > Not having so much experience on Mac I would like to know, if I can always > set "/Volumes/" as a prefix before my disk name Yes. > or is the name "Volumes" customizable on different Macs? No. > Or is there another straight way to get the path to a known file on a known > CD? Not that I knew :-) > Thanks > > Tiemo Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: storing a stack as a customprop
Hi Ron, > As a follow up to this - > I am storing my prefs in a stack that starts as a custprop and is spit out > when the application starts. The resulting stack is referenced throughout the > application and data saved to it. It is not outputted each time the app > starts (unless the user deletes the file), but it is written to and saved > each time a preference is changed. When a stack is included in the standalone > build there is an option to encrypt the stack. > > However, the file that results (is outputted?) from the method above is > readable by any text editor. Is there a way to encrypt this stack created > from a custprop? set a password for that stack before you save it to disk/import as CP. > Thanks for your help, > Ron > > > BTW another approach to the problem below is to two step it: > > put "binfile:" & filepath into filepath > set the storedStack of stack "updateList" to URL filepath Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: right click on a list field
Bonjour Thierry, > Le 18 nov. 09 à 12:44, Klaus Major a écrit : >> Bonjour Thierry, > Halo Klaus, > Du hast mir den Tag gerettet ! A votre service, monsieur :-) > Ich danke dir. De rien... > Thierry Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: right click on a list field
Bonjour Thierry, > Hi all, > > Can someone confirm that we can't select a line in a list field > when right clicking on any line ? > > Rev4 - MacOsx > > And any quick workaround ? add this to the field script: on mouseUp what if what = 3 then select line (word 2 of the mouseline) of me end if end mouseUp > Regards, > Thierry Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Centering revlet in browser
Hi Richard, > Solved it. could you please tell us how you solved this? Thanks! > Richard Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Pasting formatted text into Rev fields not possible on OS X
Hi Jacques, > Klaus, > > I just checked it... and it works perfectly well both from TextEdit to Rev > and from Rev to TextEdit, both with drag and drop and copy/paste (MacOS 10.6) > Should I add it to your report ? Well, that might be a good idea. > Some computers have their idiosyncrasies... You bet! :-) > Jacques Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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
Pasting formatted text into Rev fields not possible on OS X
Hi all, FYI: I just reported this very nasty bug: <http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=8428> Hope this gets fixed until this evening* :-D *Or whenever Rev 4 is officially released. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: QUIT in Revlets -> Bugreport
Buenos dias Alejandro, Hi Klaus, On Quit, the web plug-in should unload the stack from the window revlet area and download a small stack from Runrev website, with a custom message with Runrev logo and a button that a) reload the stack from Hard Disk or b)download again from web. This should be the default behavior for Runrev web plugin. In this way, everytime that a revlet fails to load from some unreliable server, the web plug-in loads a stack from Runrev site and shows that Web plugin works fine when served from a reliable website. My two cents. Alejandro thanks for the info! Maybe that it SHOULD load a small stack from the Rev website after the user has "quit" but it DOESN'T :-D, so I filed this enhancement request. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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
QUIT in Revlets -> Bugreport
Hi all, I just made an enhancement request to disable the QUIT command in the web plug in. Check this for three reasonable reasons :-) <http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=8404> Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: How do I check which field has the focus on / is active?
Hi William, Hi Jan & Klaus, None of your answers works for me :-) Aha, but nevertheless you should change your script(s) to using "short name of ..." ;-) Must be something else then that is bugging me. Could be the dentist! Got to go there within the hour because of an awful toothache. Ouch! Good luck! to be continued Greetings, William Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: How do I check which field has the focus on / is active?
Hi William, Hi there all, How do I check which has the focus on / is the active one? When I use: 'answer the selectedField' it shows me the correct field but when I put the next code into a button it doesn't work anymore: -- on mouseUp put the name of the selectedField into tData if tData = "number1" then send mouseup to btn "check" ... end mouseUp ... put the name of the selectedField into tData ... If you look at the content of the variable "tDate" you will see something like this: FIELD "Name of field here..." !!! So if you change the line to: ... put the SHORT name of the selectedField into tData ... your script will run as exspected :-) -- Thanks! Greetings, William Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Placing objects manually
Hi Richmond, Klaus Major wrote: Hi Richmond, I have recently noticed that one cannot place objects manually where their positions involve odd numbers. Too bad! For example: 123,123 One can drag an object to 122,122 or 124,124 The rest has to be done by adjusting values via the Preferences palette. What a pity! When one has to place some 2500 objects (as I have with my Sanskrit Typewriter) this can slow things down considerably. Oh well! On the other hand one could open the Rev Preferences -> Appearance and set the value of "Grid spacing (pixels)" to 0 or 1 :-D Best Klaus -- You sarcastic *&%$£)( ! I do my best :-) Thank you for pointing out something that suddenly makes a lot of things look brighter. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Placing objects manually
Hi Richmond, I have recently noticed that one cannot place objects manually where their positions involve odd numbers. Too bad! For example: 123,123 One can drag an object to 122,122 or 124,124 The rest has to be done by adjusting values via the Preferences palette. What a pity! When one has to place some 2500 objects (as I have with my Sanskrit Typewriter) this can slow things down considerably. Oh well! On the other hand one could open the Rev Preferences -> Appearance and set the value of "Grid spacing (pixels)" to 0 or 1 :-D Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Using a player instead of an image
Hi Sarah, Formattedheight and -width don't work correctly if the player is hidden or if a stack is being opened and the players is being loaded before the stack window is visible. Not a problem for my app. There are problems with visual effects. Again, not a problem for my app. There are lots of problems with putting objects over player objects. I don't need to do this. If you set the "alwaysbuffer" of these players to true, everything should be fine. I have been doing this for years and never had problems, not even with mouseclicks! MouseClicks may not work. This could be a real problem. See above! ... Sarah Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: [ANN] MacWindows external 1.0.0 (005)
Hi Sean, Could you please add a "PkgInfo" -> BNDL file to the bundle so it will appear as one file on the Mac? It does appear as a single file here but not here :-) but I will look into this issue further. After adding the file it immedaitely appeared as one file here. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: [ANN] MacWindows external 1.0.0 (005)
Hi Sean, I have decided to release this now due to the feedback received in regards to the "dirty" document flag.. MacWindows 1.0.0 (005) External to give Revolution applications a more Mac-like experience. The name comes from the Carbon header file that the majority of the features are called from. ... Way cool, hope I will find the time to play with it a bit. Could you please add a "PkgInfo" -> BNDL file to the bundle so it will appear as one file on the Mac? Thanks. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Where to place (sub)stacks?
Hi David, On 16 Sep 2009, at 6:00 pm, Klaus wrote: If I would ever need to let the users modify and save STACK files, I would go this way: ... 5. Pro: If a user deletes one of your stacks (c'mon, we all know how they are :-D) you can quickly replace it with a fresh copy! ... Klaus, This issue has caused me considerable pain in the past, but I have sorted most of it out since Vista flounced onto the OS stage with such ill placed confidence. I have just had a results stack in the installation folder, and copied it to the users documents folder if it isn't already there. (This is a little unsatisfactory in that the results file isn't exactly a user's document in the simplest sense, but it does work.) However, I have never come across the stack as a custom property in this context. What is the advantage of doing it that way? The advantage is that you do not have "files" anymore that you need to manage somehow. Is it that you set the property in the IDE, and so don't actually need the stack to be anywhere else in the installation once you build? Yes, since you store the "binary" (tha actual "your_stack.rev" file) in a custom property! I also do this insted of cloning a stack if necessary, since you can also do: ... put the cStack01 of this stack into tStack go stack tStack ... Kinda "virtual stack" :-) Intrigued.. David Glasgow Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Where to place (sub)stacks?
Hi Beat,
I am completing my first commercial standalone and I am unsure of
where to place the (sub)stacks on the user's machine.
The stack consists of a splash (main stack) with about 30 substacks.
Some of the substacks display data which is changed by the user and
needs to be saved.
Now, where do I put my stacks on the users machine? Until now I put
the whole package (main stack + all substacks) into the Application
Folder.
But I heard that this might cause problems (i.e. in Vista) because
some setups do not allow to write to files in the Application Folder.
Is it a good way to place those substacks that need writing to, into
the Application Support Folder? If so, how do I do that with the
installer? I got help from Lars Bremer with the Inno Setup
Installer, which works great, but places all (sub)stacks into the
Application Folder. How will I solve this?
If I would ever need to let the users modify and save STACK files, I
would go this way:
1. Create all the stacks that will be modified and saved by the end
user as MAIN stacks!
2. Import each of these stacks into a custom porperty of your SPLASH/
main stack
...
set the cStack01 of stack "splash or whatever" to url("binfile:" &
path_to_your_stack)
...
3. When the app starts, I would check if these stacks have already
been "outputted" into the users "preferences folder:
Mas OS X: specialfolderpath("preferences")
## Current user only
Windows: specialfolderpath(26)
## Current user only
Might be good style to create a subfolder for your app there!
If the stacks are not yet there, I would output all the stacks from
your CPs:
...
put specialfolderpath("preferences") into tFolder
put the cStack01 of stack "splash or whatever" into url("binfile:" &
tFolder & "/" & "name of original stack here...")
## NO suffix necessary!
...
4. Now the user (your app) can open any of these stack, modify them
and save them again without permission problems.
5. Pro: If a user deletes one of your stacks (c'mon, we all know how
they are :-D) you can quickly replace it with a fresh copy!
Know what I mean?
Drop a line if not :-)
,,,
Beat Cornaz
Best
Klaus
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Re: Datagrid speed problem
Hi all and Beat and Trevor :-) On Sep 16, 2009, at 5:30 AM, Beat Cornaz wrote: ... Another problem which might be associated with it is the following : I have originally started this project in rev 2.9 and only when the datagrids came along I upgraded to rev. 3.5 (because I totally dislike the new editor :-( ) and implemented the datagrids. I noticed that my datagrids only work if I separately include the revdatagridLib as a substack. So it is there twice (once in the engine and once as a substack). If I don't do that, the datagrids show, but have no functionality. Also, the revdatagridLib as a substeacks tends to 'escape' from my mainstack, meaning that all of a sudden it is still there, but as a mainstack, and not as a substack. I don't think that bringing a 2.9 project into 3.5 would cause these sorts of problems. There are problems when you open a stack (with behaviors) with a version < 3.5 and save this stack. After opening this stack again with version >= 3.5, all behaviors are gone! Just a hint, has probably nothing to do with your current problems! ... -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Systems ScreenSteps: http://www.screensteps.com Developer Resources: http://revolution.bluemangolearning.com Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: [ANN] tRev release
Hi all, Kay C Lan wrote: On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Sarah Reichelt gmail.com>wrote: P.S. Jerry is having trouble posting to the list, so I am sending this for him. Please contact Jerry directly with any questions at . ___ Glad you explained that. I started reading the announcement and immediately thought to myself. Wait a minute... Sarah's now working for Jerry??. First it was Trevor, now Sarah..., Jacque will be next, followed by Richard; the coup would then be complete ;-) Now that would be a Revolution ;-) But Jacque and I already work for Andre, who's in discussions to be acquired by Ken Ray, who is already a subsidiary of Klaus Major. Klaus may be soft-spoken, but he's secretly the kingpin of the entire Rev universe. :) Someone called my name? Are you makig fun at me, you MORTALS? Know that this might lead to eternal damnation via a never escapable "Answer Dialog" within a "repeat loop"! You don't want that! :-D -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Revolution training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: popup-/contextmenu in Editor field of DataGrid?
Hi Trevor, On Sep 11, 2009, at 5:12 AM, Klaus Major wrote: Hi all (and Trevor :-) Hi Klaus :-) Any hints on how to popup a menu in the "Editor field" of a DataGrid? I want to let the user choose pre-made text to insert into that column, know what I mean? This lesson shows how to trigger the data grid mousedown code before displaying a contextual: How Do I Show a Contextual Menu?: <http://revolution.screenstepslive.com/spaces/revolution/manuals/datagrid/lessons/2962 > Although the example script would be placed in the data grid group script itself you could just as easily place the code in the behavior for a custom column template: How Do I Customize A Table's Columns?: <http://revolution.screenstepslive.com/spaces/revolution/manuals/datagrid/lessons/3436-How-Do-I-Customize-A-Table-s-Columns- > Or if that is not possible, I could also need this when right- clicking on any column, so I can insert the chosen text into the clicked column. The popup button will NOT be part of the DataGrid. As long as the popup menu button is on the card you won't have any problems. What you do need to do, however, is have the popup send a message back to the custom column control so that you can update the data grid value. I usually do this by setting a custom property on the button before displaying it. So below you will find one way to approach this. -- Column behavior script on mouseDown pMouseBtnNum dgMouseDown pMouseBtnNum if pMouseBtnNum is 3 then set the uTarget of button "MyContextualMenu" to the long id of me popup button "MyContextualMenu" end if end mouseDown Then in the menuPick handler of "MyContextualMenu" I would do something like this: -- button "MyContextualMenu" script on menuPick pChosen dispatch "UpdateColumnValue" to the uTarget of me with pChosen end menuPick Now you just add the UpdateColumnValue command to the column behavior script. The code will look just like any other code in the docs that update data grid values. -- Column behavior script command UpdateColumnValue pValue put the dgIndex of the me into theIndex put the dgDataOfIndex[theIndex] of the dgControl of me into theDataA put pValue into theDataA[the dgColumn of me] set the dgDataOfIndex[theIndex] of the dgControl of me to theDataA end UpdateColumnValue -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Systems ScreenSteps: http://www.screensteps.com Developer Resources: http://revolution.bluemangolearning.com thanks a LOT for this! Will try later at home. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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
popup-/contextmenu in Editor field of DataGrid?
Hi all (and Trevor :-) Any hints on how to popup a menu in the "Editor field" of a DataGrid? I want to let the user choose pre-made text to insert into that column, know what I mean? Or if that is not possible, I could also need this when right-clicking on any column, so I can insert the chosen text into the clicked column. The popup button will NOT be part of the DataGrid. Thanks a lot in advance! Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: closefield/exitfield
Hi Jan, Hi Klaus, The 'traversalOn' property has no effect for buttons on MacOSX. The safest way is to 'select empty' just before doing your auto-saving stuff; for the best user experience, save 'the selectedChunk' and select it again afterwards. thank you, I already came to this conclusion after the replies to my post about three hours ago ;-) HTH, Jan Schenkel Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: closefield/exitfield
Hi sims, On Sep 9, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Klaus Major wrote: Should a "closefield/exitfield" handler of a field be executed if one clicks a button that has its "traversalon" property set to TRUE (on the same card of course)? closeField message is generally not sent when another control (such as a button) is clicked. This is because clicked buttons do not receive the focus on Mac OS systems, and therefore the selection remains active. That help you? YES, SIR! :-) How embarrassing, looks like I totally overlooked this in the docs :-/ Thanks again! sims Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: closefield/exitfield
Hi Mark, Hi Klaus, Your proposal I did not propose anything. would break projects that rely on the ability to copy selected text from a field by clicking on a button or selecting an item from a menu. I was talking about a button/menubutton/whatever with its "traversalon" prop set to TRUE. If one does not want to lose a selection this MUST be FALSE. So unfortunately you did not really answer my first question: Should a "closefield/exitfield" handler of a field be executed if one clicks a button that has its "traversalon" property set to TRUE (on the same card of course)? There are sufficient ways to implement an autosave feature. Think of closefield, exitfield, See above that's what this is all about! This does NOT work! resumestack, suspendstack, et cetera. Yes, we are using this because of the problems described above. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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
closefield/exitfield
Hi freinds, I have a question thats on my mind for a long time: should a "closefield/exitfield" of a field be executed if one clicks a button that has its "traversalon" property set to true (on the same card of course)? I think yes, but it doesn't, Rev 3.4, OS X 10.5xxx. According to the docs, "traversalon" will "catch" the focus which implies that the focus will be taken away from other objects, like fields in this case and should thus fire a "closefield/exitfield" handler!? I also found that sometimes a "mouseenter" of an object in another NOT active stack (sic!), when you move the mouse on the monitor, gets fired, but a "closefield/exitfield" in the active stack does not. This makes it alsmost impossible to implement a reliable "autosave" feature... Any insights and opinions welcome. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Quicktime and the Snow Leopard
Hi sims, On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:19 AM, Klaus Major wrote: for your interest: Trevors wonderful Enhanced QuickTime external works fine on OS X 10.6, so does my freeware "The Exporter", which was made with Rev 3.5 and this external :-) When you upgraded to 10.6 did you have to elect to re-install QT 7? If so, was it obvious where or how to do so? Did you need to re-register QT 7 to make it QT Pro (assuming you had QT Pro)? Actually I did not yet update to 10.6, but could check test this on another machine ;-) I hope to be able to update in the next weeks... sims Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Quicktime and the Snow Leopard
Hi all, for your interest: Trevors wonderful Enhanced QuickTime external works fine on OS X 10.6, so does my freeware "The Exporter", which was made with Rev 3.5 and this external :-) Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Launch another app from my standalone
Hi Adrian, ... Adrian Williams wrote: Phil, Now have slightly different error: TypeCommands: missing ',' ObjectOK LineFUNCION getPathToFile pFile There is a T missing in funcTion! But maybe this is just a typo in your post? Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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 does "menu" do in the decorations property
Hi Tim, Thanks for the reply Bjoernke. I was probably too brief in my question. When I set the decorations of a stack to menu, nothing happens. The only way I know of to create a "menubar" on Windows or Linux is to create a group and make it look like a menubar. Once that's done setting the decorations property still has no effect. Setting the menubar is supposed to be a Mac only property. So, my question remains, what is the menu keyword supposed to do when used with the decorations property? On my system it does not appear to do anything. the decoration "menu" will only enable the context menu (right click) on the window title bar on windows. Not more, but also not less :-) Tim Bleiler Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Drop destination path
Hi Tariel, HI, I guess it's something obvious, but I'm not very familiar yet with new drag / drop syntax. if I drop some text or image from Revolution into some arbitrary folder on hard disk, how do I get the path to this folder? I also would like to get this, but I'm afraid there is no way to get the "dropdestination" from oustside of Rev/MC. Hopefully someone will proof me wrong :-) Thanks in advance Tariel Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: Detecting UTF-8 Encoded Files
Hi Ken, I do not see any problem (and wouldn't if there were ;-) but Mark Waddingham once helped me out with a working function exactly for determining how a VCARD is encoded! Here it is including Marks (very helpful)comments: # vCards are stored as a text file, however, the text encoding used varies depending on the program that exported them. # We use the following heuristic to detect encoding: # 1) If there is the byte order mark 0xFEFF then we assume UTF-16BE # 2) If there is the byte order mark 0xFFFE then we assume UTF-16LE # 3) If the first byte is 0x00 then we assume UTF-16BE (compatibility with Tiger Address Book) # 4) Otherwise we assume UTF-8 function vcf_convert3format tBinaryVCard # First load the vCard as binary data - at this stage we don't know the text encoding of the file and loading # as text would cause inappropriate line ending conversion. # This variable will hold the vCard encoded in MacRoman (the default text encoding Revolution uses on Mac OS X) local tNativeVCard # We now do our checks to detect text encoding switch case charToNum(char 1 of tBinaryVCard) = 0 put "UTF16BE" into tTextEncoding break case charToNum(char 1 of tBinaryVCard) = 0xFE and charToNum(char 2 of tBinaryVCard) = 0xFF delete char 1 to 2 of tBinaryVCard put "UTF16BE" into tTextEncoding break case charToNum(char 1 of tBinaryVCard) = 0xFF and charToNum(char 2 of tBinaryVCard) = 0xFE delete char 1 to 2 of tBinaryVCard put "UTF16LE" into tTextEncoding break default put "UTF8" into tTextEncoding break end switch if tTextEncoding begins with "UTF16" then # Work out the processors byte order local tHostByteOrder if the processor is "x86" then put "LE" into tHostByteOrder else put "BE" into tHostByteOrder end if # If the byte orders don't match, switch the order of pairs of bytes if char -2 to -1 of tTextEncoding <> tHostByteOrder then put swapbytes(tBinaryVCard) into tBinaryVCard end if # Decode the UTF-16 to native put uniDecode(tBinaryVCard) into tNativeVCard else # Use the standard uniDecode/uniEncode pair to decode the UTF-8 encoding put uniDecode(uniEncode(tBinaryVCard, "UTF8")) into tNativeVCard end if # We now need to normalize line endings to make sure all lines terminate in 'return' (numToChar(10)). put tNativeVCard into tTextVCard # First replace Windows CR-LF style endings replace numToChar(13) & numToChar(10) with return in tTextVCard # Now replace Mac OS CR style endings replace numToChar(13) with return in tTextVCard return mac2win(tTextVCard) end vcf_convert3format *** Here is my function "mac2win" that we use in our crossplatform project werhe we store EVERYTHING in ISO format! function mac2win was if the platform = "MacOS" then return mactoiso(was) else return was end if end mac2win Hope that helps! Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: revweb and videos (quicktime and youtube)
Hi Richard, Hi Klaus, Yes, I know FLV is not directly playable in Quicktime. I am looking for a workaround... some way to play a YouTube video in a revlet, other than directly through a Quicktime player. Could be impossible. Yep, I'm afraid it is impossible, since the only crossplatform way to play an FLV without QT is via the FLASH browser plug-in, and using "RevBrowser" inside a revlet is not supported, as far as I know. Perian looks to be Mac only. Yes. Thanks. Richard Best Klaus ___ 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: revweb and videos (quicktime and youtube)
Hi Richard, Solved the first item. In other versions of Rev, it works fine to set the filename of a quicktime player to something of the form, "ftp://";. Doing so in a revlet will lock everything up. But when I switched to "http://... ", all worked fine. Streaming begins and the video plays fine. I'd still like to hear thoughts on the YouTube item, though. videos on YOUTUBE are most of the time in FLV format, which cannot be displayed "per se" with QuickTime except PERIAN is installed! On the other hand the HQ versions of the videos are in MP4 format that you can display in a player as long as you provide the correct URL. Thanks. Richard Best Klaus ___ 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: Problem with answer file(s)
Hi Graham, This seems extremely simple, but I can't get the following example to work (the example comes from the Rev dictionary for Rev 3.5.0 build 870): For example, to specify that only Revolution files should appear in the dialog box, use this statement. The description "Revolution files" is visible to the user at the bottom of the dialog, and only files with the extension ".rev" are shown: answer file myPrompt with filter "Revolution files,*.rev" this is the old Windows-only filter method. When I do this on an Intel Mac running Mac OS 10.5.7, the file selection box appears but all the files (not just non- .rev files) in the directory are dimmed and can't be selected. Same if I use the "answer files" version, and also if I substitute "type" for "filter". OTOH if I leave out the type/filter part of the statement, I get the directory shown with all types of files (of course) and the individual files are selectable and the expected list appears in the "it" variable. I just want to see one type of file (not really .rev, but if that example works then clearly I can do what I want). What am I doing wrong? Answer file has existed for a long time, so I imagine it's my mistake rather than a bug. I found some some correspondence about this in the list archives way back in 2002, but nothing I can see more recent. The crossplatform way is: ... answer file myPrompt with TYPE "Revolution Stacks|rev|RSTK" ... Check the docs answer file with TYPE" for more info. TIA Graham Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.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: [ANN] First On-Rev based CMS and Blog system available.
Am 23.04.2009 um 10:31 schrieb Klaus Major: Hi all, Andre strikes again! Like a few others, I've already downloaded this so that I can have a poke through the code. Fantastic work again... Hmm, I missed this announcement somehow, could someone please post the URL again? Thanks! Nevermind, found it in the archives! Great work, Andre and an invaluable example/tutorial of the power of "irev"! Or ist "iRev" ;-) Ian Best Klaus Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: [ANN] First On-Rev based CMS and Blog system available.
Hi all, Andre strikes again! Like a few others, I've already downloaded this so that I can have a poke through the code. Fantastic work again... Hmm, I missed this announcement somehow, could someone please post the URL again? Thanks! Ian Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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] Deciding about On-Rev
Hi George, I had a couple of questions that Heather answered, and others may be interested: 1. On-Rev will ultimately include domain registration services, as many other hosts do. That'ws very good news! I must confess I am a bit lost in my switch... Any timeframe for this service? Or should I also write a mail to Heather? ... George Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: sample data grid code
Hi Sarah, On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Trevor DeVore wrote: On Apr 11, 2009, at 7:02 PM, sadhu wrote: Yes! Makes sense. I'm out and about at the moment, we are on holiday, but can't wait to get back to the cabin to try it. Except, my wife is shopping so I guess I'll be waiting for a bit, if you know what I mean. :) I have no idea what you are talking about. I have never had to wait for my wife while shopping :-) You guys need wives who's idea of shopping is checking out the latest Macs & iPhones, then rushing home to play on her computer :-) Yep, but all these hot aussie chicks are already spoken for! :-D Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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
DataGrid sort by column
Hi all, am I overlooking something or does the DataGrid not remember the "sort by column" settings in 3.5 GM1? Whenever I uncheck this in the inspector, the columns are still sorting when clicked...?! Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: The name of a group
Bonjour René, Hello, I have a button within a group, when I click the button I want the name of the group. I script : "put the name of the group of the target into x" but it is wrong. What is the good syntax ? Try: "put the name of the OWNER of the target into x" See the the docs -> "owner" for more info. Thank You René from Paris Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: silly text editing question
Hi Mark, How do you find out where the current "insertion point" in an editable field is? I mean, if you have: This is line 1 This is line 2 This is line 3 in an editable field, if the user has placed the caret after the 'n' in line 2 and then hit return for example, how do you know where in the field you are? (either in terms of chars, or char n of line n, or whatever). This is probably really simple, but I can't for the life of me figure it out! check "the selectedchunk" :-) Best, Mark Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: HC Music that should be on Runtime Revolution
Hi Colin, On Mar 17, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Klaus Major wrote: If I can get those to play, would that count as a new trick? YOU BET! :-D The "those" I was referring to would have been external files that are in the standalone bundle. I'm not sure how a file player can play media if you're not allowed to make the media be a file as part of the solution. What's the downside of playing it as a file? That's not the point, this is more of an academic question ;-) On the other hand, many folks don't like to put media on the users harddisk, maybe for copyright reasons or whatever... Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: HC Music that should be on Runtime Revolution
Hi Colin, On Mar 17, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Klaus Major wrote: This VERY old trick does not count as "playing internal files in a player object"! Sorry you're out :-D I don't feel bad, having worked it all out for myself, without knowing that it was an old trick! Sorry, did not mean to offend you at all! But what counts as an internal file? If it's really internal data, it's not a file. Do you mean files that you include when making a standalone? I mean everything that is INSIDE of your stack(s) like imported images or imported sounds/movies or even movies or sound stored into custom props or fields. That's the problem, you cannot play any internal sound or movie in a player object, without "spitting" it out to a file first... Are those really not playable? You can "play" internal sonds/movies but we are talking about using a player object! If I can get those to play, would that count as a new trick? YOU BET! :-D Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: HC Music that should be on Runtime Revolution
Hi Colin, On Mar 17, 2009, at 9:45 AM, Klaus Major wrote: MIDI, with QuickTime in a player object. Yep! Alas, if we just could use internal/imported files within a player object... Well, I wasn't fully sure this would work, but it seems to (the first two lines just clear out the previous midi file): set the filename of player 1 to "" stop player 1 answer file "pick midi file" put it into f open file f for binary read read from file f until eof close file f put it into field 1 open file "mymidi.mid" for binary write write field 1 to file "mymidi.mid" close file "mymidi.mid" set the filename of player 1 to "mymidi.mid" play player 1 I could quit Rev and reopen it, and just do the last lines: open file "somethingnew.mid" for binary write write field 1 to file "somethingnew.mid" close file "somethingnew.mid" set the filename of player 1 to "somethingnew.mid" play player 1 and the tune played. So, although the tunes are played from an external file, it was internal data just before then. This VERY old trick does not count as "playing internal files in a player object"! Sorry you're out :-D Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: HC Music that should be on Runtime Revolution
Hi Richard, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Embedding music files in RunRev / MetaCard stacks comes at quite a hit, both in terms of file size, and RAM requirements; the HyperCard method would be considerably 'cheaper' in both of these respects. MIDI, with QuickTime in a player object. Yep! Alas, if we just could use internal/imported files within a player object... -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Revolution training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com Best Klaus (who does NOT want the complete Rev language to be translated to german ;-) -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: My BBC Master - - - getting Beeped-off.
Hi Scott and all, Recently, J. Landman Gay wrote: If you don't have a Mac, you're kinda out of luck AFAIK because while there is a Windows version, I've never actually come across anyone who was able to make it work under Windows. So maybe it's harder than we think to implement sound channels on Windows after all. No "dis" intended Jacque, but I seriously doubt this. From Adobe's Flash tech notes, published at the end of 2005: "Macromedia Flash Player 8 now supports 32 simultaneous sound channels, increased from the 8 sound channel limit previously in Flash Player 7." Better audio in Rev is long overdue. If the Rev guys don't want to build it themselves, they could license from somebody else. I have the old "External Collection Windows" somewhere on my (Mac) HD. That 60 KB DLL also supports (4?) soundchannels and has been programmed by Mr. Tuv Snyder. If I remember right the copyrights belong to "CrossWorld Computing" :-) So why not take this as a base for further implementations? UserBase to Scotland! Got the message? "Gradients" are nice, but soundchannels are even nicer! :-D Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: problem with brackets in script editor
Bonjour Andre, Bonjour, In order to keep trying Data Grid, I have to learn about « arrays » (that I did not use up to now ). Well, I am reading the article from Tom Healy « Arrays Examined » in revUp, 57, sept 26 2008. First trial : first example from Tom : - local tShoppingList, put "Apple" into tShoppingList[Fruit] put "Cornflakes" into tShoppingList[Cereal] put "Carrot" into tShoppingList[Veg] put "Lemonade" into tShoppingList[Drink] put tShoppingList[Fruit] --- In the message box, it works well (I get "Apple" ;-)) Exactly the same in the script of a button, I can’t compile ; get an error : first line with hint : ] Thanks in advance for any explanation and solution you need to QUOTE teh keys of an array! ... put "Apple" into tShoppingList["Fruit"] ... That should do the trick. Best regards from Grenoble André Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: Another hole in the Ozone laye
Hi Richmond, Tried a button: on mouseUp set the style of the templateGraphic to circle choose graphic tool create grc "CIRC" end mouseUp and I got a rectangle called "CIRC" so . . . must be missing something . . . Here your missing link... From the docs "style"(Rev 3.0): ... The style of a graphic determines its shape and is one of the following: * curve: a curved line * line: a straight line * oval: an oval or circle shape * polygon: an irregular polygon shape * rectangle: a rectangle or square shape * regular: a regular polygon shape * roundRect: a rectangle or square shape with rounded corners ... sincerely, Richmond Mathewson. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: doMenu, alas
Hi Craig, ... I will send "menuPick", and like it. But I never got a simple straight answer from the community. Is this how everyone does it? No, I always create handlers in the mainstack or lib-stacks and will just call these handlers "on menupick". This way these handlers can be called from anywhere without using the menu :-) Is that what you meant? Craig Newman Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: strange interaction with message box
Hi Andre, Thank you Devin ! so I am not alone ;-)) Thanks also to Jacque for informing that it is a bug Anyway, that's not a huge trouble ; waiting quietly for a next version There are some issues with he message box, see also: http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=6434 But although the msg is a very important developer tool, this does not seem to have high priority... :-/ André Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: ANN: Draw kaleidoscopic effects
Hi James, I failed in my attempt to find a way to use the pen tool to paint kaleidoscopic effects. This stack (see below) draws the effects instead. Painting would be better. More options. Well, except for the fact that I can't do it. Every time I try to drag the pen in a mouseMove handler, RR locks up on me. If you can find a way, let me know. To see the stack run this in the message box: go url "http://www.jamesphurley.com/Kaleidoscope.rev"; That's pretty cool! Chapeau! It runs a lot smoother when you add a "lock screen" and "unlock screen" at the beginning/end of the "mousemove" handler! At least it does her on my MacMini 1.66. Jim Hurley Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: AW: OT: How to zip two program bundles in one zip?
Hi Tiemo, I should have known that, Klaus! EXACTLY! :-D Thank you, you saved my day! You're welcome! Tiemo Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: How to zip two program bundles in one zip?
Hi Tiemo, Hello, I have an update routine, where I put my updates in a zip file, download the zip, unzip it and copy the content files to the different target dirs. This works fine with single files and also with one program bundle. But if I put two program bundles in one zip, the update gets messed up, probably, because the content of the two bundles get mixed up in the zip file and don't keep their structure. That's how I see it so far. Handling program bundles is so complicated for me, coming from windows. Is there any chance to keep two program bundles separate in one zip - without zipping or imaging every single bundle before zipping them together? Are there any Mac-Zip tools, how can do that job? DITTO! :-D I use to copy all my app bundles into an extra folder (maybe in the temporary directory) ZIP that folder, and UNZIP that folder on the target machine again in the temp folder and then copy the app bundles to the correct target folders. ALL done with DITTO :-) Thanks for any hint Tiemo Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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 timeout with load URL
Hi Tiemo, Hello, I am experiencing sometimes timeouts with a load URL at a beta tester. Testing the same download from same server at the same time, runs smooth. Obviously the bottleneck seems to be the internet connection or provider of the tester, though he is supposed to have a 2000 kBit line. On the other hand he can surf the net and downloads mails without a problem - beside of slow performance some times. Are there any options to tweak the load URL / internet connection from within Rev, like setting the timeout, retrying or anything else? Or do I just have to live with that behaviour and have to tell my customers to retry? Thanks for any experience you can get and set "the socketTimeOutInterval" like: ... put the socketTimeOutInterval into alt_interval set the socketTimeOutInterval to 2 ## Do your internet stuff... set the socketTimeOutInterval to alt_interval ... that's the way we do it and it works fine so far :-) Tiemo Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: [ANN] chartsEngine - now on revSelect
Hi Malte, alles fit soweit? :-) Richard wrote: One small note for us MC users: the initialization of the demo stack makes a call to something in the Rev libraries, so when running in any other IDEs it throws an error and doesn't load the library. That would be the call to revLoadedStacks in the stack script of the example stack. Any effective way to test, which IDE is being used? Otherwise I would just wrap a try / catch around it and react accordingly. You could check "revAppVersion()" which will return 0 in MetaCard. Cheers, Malte Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: AW: Any chance to identify if the title of a stack is corrupted byQT?
Hi Tiemo, Hi Joe, hmmm, I've thought about that, but I still think it is a known bug in the QCC and there are many others encountering the same phenomenon. Check this: http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=7290 I tried a little test, created a test button with just one line "set the title of this stack to "foo". Once the title is corrupted I even can't regenerate it with this one-liner. The only thing what happens, is that the hieroglyphs disappear and there is only the first char (f) of "foo" in the title. So I think, even if I would mess up the memory of the title, I should be able to regenerate it with this statement, but it doesn't works. Or don't you think so? You can't workaound this, but sure you can waste you time trying :-D Thanks for your two cents Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-revolution-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution- boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Joe Lewis Wilkins Gesendet: Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2009 17:22 An: How to use Revolution Betreff: Re: Any chance to identify if the title of a stack is corrupted byQT? Hi Tiemo, I had this sort of problem many years ago using other development systems. In every case it was an indication of a more ominous problem with my coding; usually, as I recall, a memory problem wherein something I was doing was overwriting the titlebar data. Consequently, I would not suggest that you do as you are indicating you might do: just providing an empty name for the titlebar. Instead, you must continue to debug your coding to locate your "true" problem, the "disease" and not the "symptom. Sorry I can't be more help. Joe Wilkins Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: Title gets corrupted when opening a substack
Hi Tiemo, Hello, I have a really wired phenomenon at one of my beta testers, Win XP. Opening my mainstack, it has his title icon and title text, just normal. When opening a substack (with toplevel) the title of the mainstack gets completely corrupted. The title of the maintack shows only special chars, as if it wouldn't find the font or language anymore. In the stack properties\text of all of my stacks I have choosen no font, the property is empty. Which font is choosen? Standard Rev font? Is it a godd idea, not to choose a special font? But nevertheless, what font I have choosen, why does it only happens after opening a substack and why does it only happens at one of ten PCs? Has anybody seen this behaviour or has any idea, what is going on there? Any hint appreciated Is there any (QuickTime) player in the substack with the corrupted title? If yes, then this is a known bug, at least it is in Bugzilla, as far as I know. We have the same behaviour here on XP and Windows Server 2008 (or whatever this thing is called). If there is no player envolved, no idea... Tiemo Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: Dynamic labels for buttons with (oddshaped) icon images?
Bonsoir Mark, C'était une blague. Well, I guessed, but the lack of "smileys" always perplexes me a bit :-) :) m Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: Dynamic labels for buttons with (oddshaped) icon images?
Hi Jaqueline, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, J. Landman Gay wrote: I suppose it would be possible to write a little script that would calculate the font size, compare it to the button height, and adjust the margins. It's possible, but it's not a little script. :-) I demoed a customizable button object at the last RevLive conference in Vegas. One can set the font of the text, the orientation of the text, margins, and include an icon (which orients itself as expected, as opposed to the current behavior). But this all needs to be handled as a group of objects. Features in the upcoming version of Rev will make this type of control much more practical for end users. I was thinking of something much simpler, just as a work-around. Something like this: put (the height of btn 1 - the textheight of btn 1) div 2 into tMargin set the margins of btn 1 to 0,tMargin,0,tMargin No bells and whistles though, it just mashes the name into the center. The math may need some jiggl...um, adjustments. :-) Tested a bit and did some finetuning: ... put (the height of btn 1 - the textheight of btn 1 - the effective textsize of btn 1) div 2 into tMargin set the margins of btn 1 to 0,tMargin,0,tMargin ... Yours is much prettier. Everything you do is much prettier. No doubt, but he's a graphics guy, you know?! ;-) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: Dynamic labels for buttons with (oddshaped) icon images?
Am 05.02.2009 um 22:50 schrieb Mark Swindell: On Feb 5, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Klaus Major wrote: Maybe I'm thinking a bit naive, but why shouldn't it then be possible (for the engine) to combine these two "states" and the result would be "the label on top of the icon" :-) Troublemaker. Monsieur? Regards Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: Dynamic labels for buttons with (oddshaped) icon images?
Hi Jacqueline, Klaus Major wrote: Hi Jaquelin, Wilhelm Sanke wrote: - The name or label of a button can be displayed on the right or the left side of an icon or *beneath* the icon, but not directly *on top* of an icon. Actually, if you jiggle the top and bottom margin settings of the button, you can achieve this. Hmm, "jiggling" does not sound too professional to me :-D Actually one has to visually check the results for each different image, which make this "option" quite useless. True. But if the engine calculated and provided for a vertically centered name, you'd get the same results. So you'd have to "jiggle" some more anyway. :) Maybe, but when you habve a button with no icon, that name/labe is exactly in the center of the button. And it stays there whenever you resize the button. If you have a button with an icon and "showname" = false, the icon is also exactly in the center of the button. And it also stays there whenever you resize the button. Maybe I'm thinking a bit naive, but why shouldn't it then be possible (for the engine) to combine these two "states" and the result would be "the label on top of the icon" :-) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: Dynamic labels for buttons with (oddshaped) icon images?
Hi Jaquelin, Wilhelm Sanke wrote: - The name or label of a button can be displayed on the right or the left side of an icon or *beneath* the icon, but not directly *on top* of an icon. Actually, if you jiggle the top and bottom margin settings of the button, you can achieve this. Hmm, "jiggling" does not sound too professional to me :-D Actually one has to visually check the results for each different image, which make this "option" quite useless. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: Dynamic labels for buttons with (oddshaped) icon images?
Hi Wilhelm, Both Chipp's "ButtonGadget" and Richmond's "Button Basher" automate the process of glueing together images with text - and other properties - and finally produce buttons with 2 or 4 icon states. Chipp's application possesses a number of nice and useful features, which otherwise you may find only in other commercial or open-source Photo tools. Richmond will probably develop his stack in a similar direction. It is good to know that there are quite a number of possibilities inside Revolution. Of course one could also use low-priced or free photo tools for such tasks, like "RealDraw Pro" (which I use a lot), "PaintShopPro", or "Gimp". The result of all these approaches are buttons or images with "static" text, i.e. text that needs not and cannot be changed - with the exception that you could produce different texts, colors etc. for the different icon states. This is probably sufficient for the majority of applications in which buttons are being used. However, in some cases, especially for certain types of educational software, you need the feature to be able to *dynamically* change the text/label of buttons at runtime. As an example, imagine a Matching Exercise for second-language learning where you have got two columns of 10 buttons each - one columns of buttons with words of the first language, the other column for the second language - in which you have to drag the matching button near to the foreign language equivalent. Then after all pairs have been correctly matched, a new set of 10x2 words or expressions are being displayed in the labels of the 20 buttons etc. etc. We use quite a variety of such exercises for the students studying in our Language Department that rely on assigning new labels dynamically from an attached database or a hidden vocabulary field inside the stack itself. If you just use normal buttons - without icon images - there is of course no problem to achieve such dynamic setting of labels, but if you choose to be creative with presumeably more appealing buttons with icon images and transparent shapes then you run into difficulties: - The name or label of a button can be displayed on the right or the left side of an icon or *beneath* the icon, but not directly *on top* of an icon. If the latter would be the case, this would be very convenient for dynamic label setting. About 10 years ago - or maybe even earlier - I had asked Scott Raney to introduce such a feature for Metacard, but apparently it was of limited priority on his agenda. - The other possibility to place text directly over icon images is to set an icon as a backpattern of the button. This works fine as long as the icons are rectangular, when they are oddshaped, however, the transparent parts of the image show as black. I assume that this basically could be changed in a future version of Revolution so that the transparent parts of backpattern really would remain as transparent. Lacking such features at present, one workaround would be to take a labelles/nameless button with several icon states and to combine the button with a graphic/field, grouped together with the button or just as an overlay to the button. This is one way to achieve dynamic setting of labels at runtime.- I have put together a very small stack that just shows four different icon images and four dynamic button entities which replaceable text; this is not an educational exercise, just demonstrating in which ways buttons and graphics could be combined. <http://www.sanke.org/Software/DynamicImageButtons.zip> (I will be out of home and office for the next three days.) Regards, Wilhelm Sanke See also my "enhancement request" from about two years ago: http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=3265 I do not think this is too difficult for a man like Mark W., but... ;-) Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: regex/matchtext question
Hi Jim,
looks like you missed my second post, I already found the solution to
my problem.
Difficulty one is that '[' is a special character in regular
expressions and
escaping can make using them even more confusing. This is also true
of the
filter command.
Anyway, thanks for you post, will take a deeper look in a quiet
moment ;-)
--this function seems to work
--the catch is that the "[" and "]" are special chars
--recall the merge("") function
function getList dertext, derdelimiter, derdelimiter2
put "<<,>>,{,},[,],{{,}},[[,]]" into oppositeDelm
if not(derdelimiter is among the items of oppositeDelm)
then put "::" into derdelimiter
if not(derdelimiter2 is among the items of oppositeDelm)
thenput "::" into derdelimiter2
replace cr with numtochar(3) in dertext --all on one line now
if ( derdelimiter <> derdelimiter2 ) is true then
replace derdelimiter with (cr & derdelimiter) in dertext
replace derdelimiter2 with ( derdelimiter2 & cr ) in dertext
if "]" is in dertext then -- we are using brackets
replace ( derdelimiter2 & cr ) with ("^^" & cr) in dertext
filter dertext with ( "*^^" )
replace "^^" with ( derdelimiter2 ) in dertext --we are done
else
filter dertext with ( "*" & derdelimiter 2 )--we are done
end if
else --using "::" symetrical double-delimiters
replace ":" with (":" & cr & ":") in dertext
replace "::" with empty in dertext
filter dertext with (":*:")
replace ":" with "::" in dertext--we are done
end if
return dertext
end getList
Hope this helps.
Jim Ault
Las Vegas
Best
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Re: regex/matchtext question SOLVED
Hi all,
after carefully reading my own post, I found the answer :-)
Now it works with "[" and "[["!
See below for the solution.
Hi all,
I have a nice matchtext script that extract "placeholders" from a
text.
Like everything between "<<" and ">>" or "::" or "{" and "}"
This is the function I use, it#s a little script of Ken Ray (thanks
Ken!)
that I could understand, at least a bit to modify it:-)
## extract placeholder tText,tdelimiter,delimiter2
## tdelimiter = the delimiter of the returned list of placeholders
## derdelimiter2 = the actual "borders" of the placeholders to extract
function platzhalterextrahieren dertext,derdelimiter,derdelimiter2
if derdelimiter = empty then
put TAB into derdelimiter
end if
if derdelimiter2 = empty then
put "::" into derdelimiter2
end if
switch derdelimiter2
case "::"
put "::" into derdelimiter3
break
case "<<"
put ">>" into derdelimiter3
break
case "{"
put "}" into derdelimiter3
break
case "["
put "\[" into derdelimiter2
put "\]" into derdelimiter3
break
end switch
end switch
repeat
get matchText(dertext,"(?s)" & derdelimiter2 & "(.*?)" &
derdelimiter3,wert)
if it = false then
exit repeat
end if
put derdelimiter2 & wert & derdelimiter3 into neu
## !!!
replace "\" with "" in neu
put neu & derdelimiter after neueliste
## Otherwise there was no matching text to replace which ended in an
eternal repeat loop!
replace neu with empty in dertext
end repeat
delete char -1 of neueliste
return neueliste
end platzhalterextrahieren
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regex/matchtext question
Hi all,
I have a nice matchtext script that extract "placeholders" from a text.
Like everything between "<<" and ">>" or "::" or "{" and "}"
This is the function I use, it#s a little script of Ken Ray (thanks
Ken!)
that I could understand, at least a bit to modify it:-)
## extract placeholder tText,tdelimiter,delimiter2
## tdelimiter = the delimiter of the returned list of placeholders
## derdelimiter2 = the actual "borders" of the placeholders to extract
function platzhalterextrahieren dertext,derdelimiter,derdelimiter2
if derdelimiter = empty then
put TAB into derdelimiter
end if
if derdelimiter2 = empty then
put "::" into derdelimiter2
end if
switch derdelimiter2
case "::"
put "::" into derdelimiter3
break
case "<<"
put ">>" into derdelimiter3
break
case "{"
put "}" into derdelimiter3
break
end switch
repeat
get matchText(dertext,"(?s)" & derdelimiter2 & "(.*?)" &
derdelimiter3,wert)
if it = false then
exit repeat
end if
put derdelimiter2 & wert & derdelimiter3 into neu
put neu & derdelimiter after neueliste
replace neu with empty in dertext
end repeat
delete char -1 of neueliste
return neueliste
end platzhalterextrahieren
This results in a list like:
::Anrede_90001::
::Titel_90001::
::Nachname_90001::
Or:
<>
<>
Or:
{Anrede_90001}
{Titel_90001}
You get the picture.
Works fine so far, but now I also wanted to use "[" and "]" and even
"[[" and "]]"
but I cannot get the script to work. I tried to escape these
characters like:
...
case "["
put "\[" into derdelimiter2
put "\]" into derdelimiter3
break
...
I need to replace the german decimal delimiter COMMA with a dot before
I can
finally MERGE the content of the text, and replace it with a COMMA
after the MERGE.
Know what I mean?
But then I get stuck in an endless repeat loop?!
Is this possible at all with matchtext?
Any hints are highly appreciated!
Thanks a lot in advance!
Best
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Re: [ANN] RevDoc home page launched
Hi all, Hi Chipp and all, Andre, http://andregarzia.com/RevDoc.rev gives me a corrupt file??? guys, you are spoiled! Believe it or not, this is infact a REAL website URL and no online stack :-D Point your browser to: http://andregarzia.com/revdoc/ DAMN! So embarrassing! Sorry, I mixed this up somehow... Of course that is an online stack: http://andregarzia.com/RevDoc.rev And this is the website: http://andregarzia.com/revdoc/ Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: [ANN] RevDoc home page launched
Hi Chipp and all, Andre, http://andregarzia.com/RevDoc.rev gives me a corrupt file??? guys, you are spoiled! Believe it or not, this is infact a REAL website URL and no online stack :-D Point your browser to: http://andregarzia.com/revdoc/ Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: How to test if a field does not contain anything else than returns or tab ?
Bonjour Andre, Bonjour, I need to test if a given list field in a stack contains some values or if it is empty. Well, by "empty" I mean that the field contains not any word or number. But it happens that it may include carriage returns and/or tabs. In such cases : field "thisField" is empty return false. If there were only carriage returns, I could test if each line of the field is empty; indeed : line x of fld "thisField" is empty returns true if the only character in the line is cr but returns false if there is at least one tab in the line. I just tried : if last char of fld "thisField" is empty ;-)) that seems working well ! but a bit strange and might be not reliable ? Is there a better trick ? I would go like this: ... put fld "Your field here" into Field_content replace CR with "" in Field_content replace TAB with "" in Field_content ## replace anything else that might be necessary if Field_content = empty then ## do your stuff... end if ... Hope that helps. Thanks for any idea Best regards from Grenoble André Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: Big issue with Rev
Hi Craig, In a message dated 2/2/09 6:32:57 PM, mwie...@ahsoftware.net writes: By "its stack script is in use" do you mean you're using it as a library stack, frontscript or backscript? In that case you're probably getting duelling openCard handlers. I have not put any scripts "into back". Or front. I only start using the utility stack, so I guess that makes it a library. My Rev world is not very big; I have only four stacks. But before I become more conversant with these, why would they conflict? Can you not send messages all over the hierarchy at will? And what is writing that cryptic message to a field, the same each session? Thanks Jacque, but my stacks are named "home" and "wizard", just like in HC. I thought I would learn rev by reproducing my HC development tools. I am stopped dead at the very earliest stages... Sorry, missed your original post, but "home" is already used by Rev for the stack that keeps you registration serial number etc.! You should rename your stack to avoid any possible conflicts. Craig newman Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: what are the components of a standard Mac install?
Hi Tiemo, Hello, coming from the windows world, I am not really aware, what a "standard" setup on a Mac has to do. I know, there are tools like PackageMaker, but I would like to know, what a Mac User usually expects, when he inserts a CD - and what of that PackerMacker would provide and what not. What does a installer like PackageMaker do anything else, than just copying the whole CD on HD? How does a Mac User deinstalls his progs, I havn't seen yet a deinstall of any prog? Perhaps someone could point me to a link to the necessaries of a Mac install /deinstall. Thanks for any hint the average Mac user exspects a ZIP file or a DMG file with just the application bundle in it, then she/he will copy this app into the "Applications" folder all by himself :-) That's the meaning of an application bundle, which is indeed a folder: Everything that is necessary for the app to run, like images, videos, audio files etc. resides INSIDE of this folder, so it appears just like one (big) file to the user. Same for "de-installing", she/he will just put the application bundle to the trash, that's it. If you really have to install lots of files somewhere on the users hard-disk or even into the system folder, then a dedicated "installer" application might be necessary. In that case you should take a look at the Apple Developer tools, that also include an installer: http://developer.apple.com/mac/ You will have to create a free account and then you can load the free developer tools there. Watch out, that's about 1 GB ;-) Tiemo Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: How to recognize a double layer drive?
Hi Tiemo, ... I'm not an expert, but I guess all DVD drives can do this since the "beginning". All of the DVD drives I have met (Mac and Win) in the last 5 years were able to playback Video DVDs and these are in fact double-layer disc without exception :-) I forgot the important conclusion: If the drive can playback Video DVDs then its a DL drive! Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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: How to recognize a double layer drive?
Hi Tiemo, Hello, I am to publish an app on a double layer DVD-ROM. Now I came to the question of the system requirements. Does anybody know how to recognize, if my DVD-drive can play DL discs? Or can all DVD-drives play DL discs since the "beginning". I really don't know, but would like to tell my customers if not and how they can check, if they have a compatible drive. Any experiences with this? Win/Mac I'm not an expert, but I guess all DVD drives can do this since the "beginning". All of the DVD drives I have met (Mac and Win) in the last 5 years were able to playback Video DVDs and these are in fact double-layer disc without exception :-) Thanks for any idea Tiemo Best Klaus -- Klaus Major kl...@major-k.de http://www.major-k.de ___ 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
