Can't get to first base with 'do as VBScript'
I am on Windows, Rev 2.9, and trying to use VBScript to do some Outlook stuff. I know almost no Visual Basic and have never invoked VBScript from Rev, so please consider me a simpleton. I've put sample code into a field and used the basic call get fld "Statements" replace CR with (quote & " & vbCrLf & " & quote) in it do it as VBScript In all the samples I have tried I get the result "execution error". Question 1: can anyone tell what I might be doing wrong, based on what I have described? Question 2: Is there is an extremely elementary "Hello World" type validation code snippet that I could use to test basic execution? By the way, the alternateLanguages returns this: XML VBScript VBScript.Encode JScript JScript.Encode "SignedJavaScript" "SignedVBScript" Thanks! Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: launch URL not working with a # character in the URL string
Here is a literal example. Can anyone paste this into msg and see if it resolves without escaping the # character. Thanks. launch URL "http://www.wordscapes.com/aTest.html#foo"; ___ 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 URL not working with a # character in the URL string
Sorry...reposting. My real URL is an internal one and in making it a generic example, I left out the page part of the URL. There is, of course, a page and it has an anchor statement. But the problem is that the hash symbol gets escaped to a %23. So, I still have the problem. Here is my revised pseudo example: The call launch URL "http://www.example.com/blah.html#foo"; brings up a browser window, but with the URL http://www.example.com/blah.html%23foo which yields a File Not Found error. How do I force Rev not to URLEncode the URL< It does seem to escape question marks or other delimiters, but does with the hash mark. Or in fact is this a browser issue solely? Thanks in advance Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
launch URL not working with a # character in the URL string
The call launch URL "http://www.example.com#foo"; brings up a browser window, but with the URL http://www.example.com%23foo which yields a File Not Found error. How do I force Rev not to URLEncode the URL? It does seem to escape question marks or other delimiters, but does with the hash mark. Or in fact is this a browser issue solely? Thanks in advance Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Cannot close process after calling 'launch' to browser path
I am using 'launch' to open HTML reports from my standalone:
put word 1 of
queryRegistry("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\http\shell\open\command\")
into tBrowserPath
launch vLongFileName with tBrowserPath
This works for the first report of a standalone session. It works if the
browser window for report 1 is closed before doing subsequent reports.
However, it returns 'process is already open' in all other cases.
I have explicitly tried closing the tBrowserPath process, and have tried
closing all open processes, but it does not prevent the return of 'process
already open'.
What am I missing?
Thanks
Mark
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How do I maximize script editor window in 3.0
Just upgraded to 3.0 on XP. The script editor winodw won't resize to screen size, either on my large second monitor or on the 1280x768 startup monitor. The maximize button wont show more than 35 lines, and nothing is resizable. Am I missing something obvious? ___ 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
pinging Intranet using Active Directory credentials
I can see the corporate intranet through browsers and other tools. However, when I use 'load URL' type calls within Rev to the intranet location I get HTTP Error 401.1 Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials. I am sure this is because the corporate image is set up to read Active Directory credentials transparently. How do I do the same from a Rev standalone? Is there standard syntax for passing these parameters? TIA for any life raft you have to spare. Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: launch URL with mailto yields inconsistent 'can't open file' error
Should also say that exactly the same thing happens with revMail. Once total character count gets upward of 1700, it returns the error 'can't open file' ___ 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 URL with mailto yields inconsistent 'can't open file' error
Nope. I did testing by writing letter A's multiple times, with same result. Mark >Hi Mark, > >Is it possible that your text contains diacritics? I have posted a bug >about it to the QCC, but this concerns Mac OS X. > > >Best regards, > >Mark Schonewille ___ 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
launch URL with mailto yields inconsistent 'can't open file' error
Could use some wisdom and a Scotch on this one. I am having problems with launch URL failing as the content string gets long. In my tests, when the total mailto argument resolves to between 1645 and 1980 characters, the launch fails with 'can't open file'. The character count varies, and no discernible pattern to anything that I can see. Any ideas? Is it an OS thing? I am on Windows XP, Rev 2.9.0. Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Microsoft Outlook web mail not recognizing mailto calls
The following returns a system error for a person here who is using Microsoft Outlook web mail. This particular user also gets errors when clicking mailto HREFs in a web page. put "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" into tMessage revGoURL tMessage if the result is not empty then end if My error checking never kicks in, so the result is empty. Any ideas on how to determine in advance if a mailto is going to work for a given user? Thanks Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Bug 6394...Cannot handle some non-ASCII characters in file names
Did you write an external in C to do this? >-Original Message- >From: Mark Schonewille >I made a libary to solve this, but I'm not sure yet whether and how >to distribute that. ___ 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 6394...Cannot handle some non-ASCII characters in file names
Popping back in to see if anyone running beta 3 can tell me if bug 6394 has been fixed there. This is the bug where certain non-ASCII characters in files cannot be read, e.g. answer file foo answer (there is a file it) returns false is foo contains a character such as Č (C with caron) or ů (u with ring above) appears in the file name. Any help or leads are greatly appreciated. I am off Rev until this can get fixed. Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: More on 'there is a file it' returning false for files w/ non-Western European chars
Sarah Reichelt wrote > If I look at the file name returned by the answer command, I get > "/Users/sarah/Desktop/cˇu˚.txt" > so the dual keystroke characters are effectively being split > into their constituents. That is interesting. On Windows XP when I look at the file name returned by the answer command, I get C:/Documents and Settings/mark/Desktop/cu.txt The keystrokes are *not* being split as on Mac, but *are* being 'flattened' to low-ASCII. But with same end result. ___ 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: More on 'there is a file it' returning false for files w/ non-Western European chars
> What key sequences do you use to produce those characters? I got several test files from a Czech beta tester, but you can use the Windows Character Map utility to grab others at will. I used c caron and u with circle as examples, but the same issue arises with other high-ASCII characters (though not with all). Here are some others that are known to be squashed by Rev U+0141 Latin L with stroke U+0158 Latin R with caron U+011B Latin e with caron U+0165 Latin t with caron ___ 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: More on 'there is a file it' returning false for files w/ non-Western European chars
Font encoding is a challenge everywhere, from email clients to web pages to OSes. It can be unpredictable. The problem with Rev is that we never even get a chance to predict! As you say, the string is already wrecked after the get and there is nothing native in Rev that can do anything about it. >You'll see that what is put is "ãÛ.txt". Stranger >still, the text that is still showing in the >message box entry field has now changed to match >what it put. ___ 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
More on 'there is a file it' returning false for files w/ non-Western European chars
I have not gotten any workarounds to my previously-posted file name bug, and wanted to let everyone know that I have entered it into the bug system as #6394. As the candidates are saying in Pennsylvania USA: I would appreciate your vote. This is an absolute deal-breaker for me. SOAPBOX: I cannot possibly believe that others on this list have not been stopped in their tracks by this apparent failure within the Rev engine. What I am trying to do is not so far out of the mainstream, is it? But my only solution while staying within the Revolution environment is to establish system requirements with customers that say, "All your files and folders must contain only low-ASCII characters". Fine for systems governed by Western European character sets, but a show stopper for Czech, Polish, and (it seems) many other charsets in the world. Tell me it ain't so, Joe. What a shame. Here is the body of the report for additional detail. How to Reproduce === Name a dummy file čů.txt In case this does not render correctly in the QC Center system, those first two characters in the example name are č : small c with caron ů : small u with ring above Then in Rev, use the answer file line below to point to this new file. answer file "The prompt..." answer (there is a file it) put it The second will return false. The 'put' will put cu.txt (unaccented c and u), which explains why line 2 returns false. Rev flattens many high-ASCII characters to their unaccented equivalents. in addition, the following answer file "The prompt..." answer the shortFilePath of it returns empty. Why This is a Blocker I am writing a reporting application that hinges on Rev's ability to faithfully read file names. This bug prevents me from even addressing such files, even if the 'offending' character occurs in the long path name. It stops me cold. I must hire a specialist to write an external in C or I must move to another SDE entirely. Therefore, this is for me a blocker and I am rating it as such. This is (I believe) similar to enhancement request 674. ___ 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: 'answer (there is a file it)' returns false after selecting a file
Hi Mark S.: Also just discovered that I cannot even *address* the file with shortFilePath. answer file "prompt" answer the shortFilePath of it returns empty if the file name has those high ASCII characters like the Czech soft R and the Polish bar L. This is stopping me in my tracks and will probably have to hire someone to write this in another language. Certainly, someone must have encountered this problem with non-Roman file systems? Is Rev really so English-centric? Mark P. ___ 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: 'answer (there is a file it)' returns false after selecting a file
Appreciate the response. How do I get the real file name using shortFilePath()? I understand I can address the given file that way, but I need to report its actual file name. > >This is no reason the give up on a project. You could use AppleScript >on Mac OS X and shortFilePath() on Windows. > ___ 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
'answer (there is a file it)' returns false after selecting a file
Had to give up a project a couple months ago that was being derailed by a Rev bug that had no workaround. Was wondering if anyone can tell me if this is fixed in 2.9. In the message window, I type the following answer file "The prompt..." answer (there is a file it) This returns false if the file name contains certain extended ASCII characters, such as the Czech Ř (R with caron) or Ů (U with ring above) or Polish Ł (L with stroke). Can anyone confirm that this bug still exists in 2.9? It is a deal-breaker. Thanks. Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: First answer gets an Amazon gift certificate (seriously)
Here is one example of a folder name ?tená?i_v?? Rev reduces this to ctenári_vu/ I don't know if these chars are coming through in everyone's mail client, but it is from the Central European charset. c with caron becomes normal c t e n a acute is preserved r with caron becomes normal r i v u with ring above becomes normal u z with caron is preserved The characters you gave are apparently supported, while these and others are not? Mark > >Would love to help you but when I create a folder named, > >"lalala àÀáÁãà çÇ éÉêÊ ÍíóÓúÚüÜ lalala" > >Rev seems to handle it just fine ... What trouble are you experiencing? > >- Bill > ___ 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
First answer gets an Amazon gift certificate (seriously)
Gotten no responses to my last couple of posts, so I am resorting to shameless bribery. First one who can tell me how to get this to work without using anything external to Rev gets a $25 gift certificate to Amazon. In the event of no workable solution, I'll be using the gift certificate myself to purchase the new best-seller "Character Encoding and You" by Tomás de Torquemada... Is there any way to get Rev to intelligently handle (i.e. respect and preserve) Windows file and folder names that have diacriticals, when using 'the files' and 'the folders' functions? I am still on Rev 2.8.0 Windows. Standalone should run on W2K and later. This lack of diacritical support is a deal-breaker to me. Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
'the files' and 'the folders' and diacriticals
Want to give this one last swag before throwing in the towel. If I want to use shell() to point a command line application to the folder below. C:\říkáme\ How do I do it? I am currently running 2.8.0. Perhaps something has changed in later versions that improves Rev's ability to preserve diacriticals in file and folder names when using 'the files' and 'the folders'? Thanks in advance. Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
How do I express specialFolderPath(28)in DOS syntax
For compatibility with non-English operating systems (who can have DOS-breaking diacriticals in path names), I need to write a BAT file that points to the equivalent of specialFolderPath(28). For example, in the same way that cd %TEMP% changes to the temporary directory, I need a DOS command that points to what is typically C:/Users/John/AppData/Local I cannot write the literal "specialFolderPath(28)" to the BAT file, of course, and cannot find any documentation of how to write its DOS-variable in a command prompt. Ken Ray has it cross-referenced to the Microsoft constant CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA, but I cannot figure out the synatax of format. Ideas? Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Using shell & BAT with /B, problems across volumes
On XP, Rev. 2.8.0:
Am using shell to run the command line utility jhead, which extracts Exif data
from JPEG files. I am using a non-blocking BAT file approach, which works
beautifully with JPEGs on the startup drive, but not on any other drive. From
Rev the call boils down to this:
set the shellCommand to "cmd.exe"
set the hideConsoleWindows to true
get shell("C:/test.bat")
This BAT file works:
cd "C:\jheadTEST"
start /B jhead.exe
jhead "C:\DSC_0008.JPG" > "C:\Test.txt"
This BAT file doesn't ("Windows can't find jhead" error):
cd "C:\jheadTEST"
start /B jhead.exe
jhead "E:\DSC_0008.JPG" > "C:\Test.txt"
The only difference between the two examples is the first volume indicator on
the third line. Identical JPEGs exist at root of both drives.
Note: Both BAT files work if the /B argument is excluded. But if the /B
argument is excluded, the console window flashes, despite having set the
hideConsoleWindows to true (a bug in 2.8.0, maybe?).
Any ideas on how I make this work across volumes, but without the console
window flashing?
Mark
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Re: Is there such thing as a univeral abort command
Hi Mark: The command-period would be sufficient, however it does not work in my standalones, and I have not set any cantAbort to true. Are you saying that command-period works in yours? > >Hi Mark, > >If you set the cantAbort to false (which it is by default) you can >press command-period to stop all runing handlers. > > >> Maybe a very simpleton question: Is there a universal abort >> command that will stop (in a standalone) any running handler? Or >> must each handler that I want to be abortable have some polling? >> >> TIA >> >> Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Is there such thing as a univeral abort command
Maybe a very simpleton question: Is there a universal abort command that will stop (in a standalone) any running handler? Or must each handler that I want to be abortable have some polling? TIA Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
specialFolderPath rendered in HTML...localization and encoding problems
I write gifs to specialFolderPath(26) and create HTML reports that use those gifs. On English OS and browser, no problem: the HTML respects the path and shows the gifs. However when testing on non-English systems (Czech for example), the pathing fails because part of the literal path written to HTML contains high-ASCII characters. The HTML pages declares charset of UTF-8, but only when I manually choose a different encoding in the browser do the gifs show. Has anyone encountered this? There certainly has to be a straightforward solution to making literal file paths accurate across languages. I am just not seeing it. Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: breakpoint is suddenly being ignored in IDE
Follow-up: After kicking the tires and performing rain dances, the problem cleared up, but without explanation. By the way, I wasn't clear in my original post, but I *was* using the breakpoint command, as illustrated in the test button script below on mouseup breakpoint answer "foo" end mouseup I would get the answer dialog without a break. JOOTT (just one of those things) > >The subject line says it all: breakpoint is failing to break script in the >IDE (2.8.0 Windows XP). As clean test, I create a new button with breakpoint >followed by an answer dialog inside a mouseup handler. The answer dialog >appears without interruption. > >Have rebooted. Have searched docs for some mystery property that disables >breakpoint. No luck. > >Any ideas? > >Mark > > ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
breakpoint is suddenly being ignored in IDE
The subject line says it all: breakpoint is failing to break script in the IDE (2.8.0 Windows XP). As clean test, I create a new button with breakpoint followed by an answer dialog inside a mouseup handler. The answer dialog appears without interruption. Have rebooted. Have searched docs for some mystery property that disables breakpoint. No luck. Any ideas? Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Shell commands on Windows XP Home Edition
I just learned the hard way that there are many shell commands that run under XP Pro that don't exist in XP Home (systeminfo and tasklist are my failures du jour). Three questions, please: First, (systemVersion = "NT 5.1") tells me only XP. Is there someway I can further distinguish Pro from Home? Second, if anyone has dealt with this phenomenon before I would like to know how you succeeded in infusing an XP Home client with XP Pro command line capability. Third, does a master cross-reference exist somewhere that enumerates what shell commands are compatible from Win 2000 through to Vista? Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: mercy...Control-A and text selection revisited
Hello Eric It does not work for me. For testing, I created a simple stack with one field and the script you suggested in the card script: www.aboutmyfiles.com/controlKeyDownTest.rev With the cursor in the field, control-A does nothing. If I choose Select All from the Rev IDE Edit menu, same thing (i.e. nothing). Does it work for you? If yes, then it has to be an effect of the loss-of-focus bug that is in 2.8.0, which is what I am running. Please let me know when you have a moment. Thanks! Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
mercy...Control-A and text selection revisited
Sorry, the archives are not solving this for me and I need to throw myself on the mercy of the list. After a user enters cursor in a fld (its traversalOn property is true), I want control-A to select the text of that fld. How do I do it? The focusedObject is the fld, but the controlkeydown message is never received by the field. Clicking outside the field makes the focusedObject the card, but when pressing control-A then the controlKeyDown message is not received by the card either. A test button that says on mouseUp select text of fld "dump" end mouseUp does select the text of the field successfully. All the foregoing in both IDE and standalone. Rev 2.8 Build 360. What am I doing wrong? Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Isolating a pixel pattern in an image
I have a small handler I am trying to chart out and I am stumped as to even how to begin, or if it is even feasible in Rev. In simplified terms: suppose I have a gif, all black except for one or more plus symbols that are white. The plus symbol's horizontal stroke being three pixels wide by one high, and the vertical three pixels high by one wide. How could I go about determining the x and y location of the plus symbols? Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Borders and Icons
Hello Bridger: If you must have the image encapsulated in a button as you have described, you can do something like the button script here: http://www.aboutmyfiles.com/IconInit.txt Essentially, it clones the master image, crops it, and sets the icon of the button to the new image. The button "panorama" is the one showing the image (assuming borderwidth = 1), and the id is the hard coded id of your master image. You might need more error checking and housekeeping depending on your situation. Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Opening an untitled and unsaved NotePad file via shell
VBS is probably a no-go for this...I may just have to do faux NotePad substack and force the user to save or close. Thank you once again all for your ideas. Mark P >Is it possible to put data into a text file that is *not* >saved to disk and has no name? i.e. as if Note Pad were >launched and text were pasted into the document? ___ 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
Opening an untitled and unsaved NotePad file via shell
I can put data into a text file and open it via shell, but this method tends to leave a flotsam of files on disk, unless I recycle the file name and overwrite (which I don't want to do). Is it possible to put data into a text file that is *not* saved to disk and has no name? i.e. as if Note Pad were launched and text were pasted into the document? Thanks in advance Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [SPAM?]: How to extract non-stack files from a standalone
The custom property approach worked. I was trying to figure a way of manually installing revzip.dll before calling the Rev Zip library and this worked perfectly (in the standalone's startup handler, as suggested earlier by Jacque). My own ignorance of Rev once again revealed. Thanks for your help. Mark >-Original Message- >From: Ian Wood > >On 24 Jul 2007, at 00:47, Mark E. Powell wrote: > >> If I copy non-stack files into the application prior to building >> the standalone, how do I then extract the files from the >> standalone? I figure it would something similar to how "export" >> works for images? > >How are you copying them in? If you put them in a custom prop you can >write the contents of the custom prop back into a file (put the >storedFile of this stack into URL "binfile:thefilename.xxx"). > >If it's copied by adding the file in the standalone settings then >it's sitting next to the application after building. Note that in the >case of OS X it will be inside the application package. > >Ian >___ ___ 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
How to extract non-stack files from a standalone
I am sure there is a simple answer, but I cannot find any documentation or mention of it in the archives. If I copy non-stack files into the application prior to building the standalone, how do I then extract the files from the standalone? I figure it would something similar to how "export" works for images? ___ 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
Firefox equivalents for specialfolderpath(6) et. al.
Ken Ray has a dynamite resource that cross references Microsoft CSIDL constants to specialFolderPath equivalents. http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/file010.htm A few of these are folders where IE stores favorites, cookies, history, cached files, etc. My question is, is there something analagous for the counterpart folders that Firefox creates? For example, if I wanted to fetch Firefox bookmarks, is there a path statement that works across all localized Windows OS'es? Thanks very much for your help Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Accessing IE history for 'Last Week'
specialfolderpath(34) is the folder where Microsoft stores browser history. Going to that directory in Explorer, you can click through 'Last Week' and see the folder equivalents of what you see in the History pane in Internet Explorer. My question is how can I set the defaultfolder to see inside this 'Last Week' entity, so that I can collect history data and do something with it. Thanks in advance Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
How to tell if out-of-memory condition is approaching
I have an app that walks directories and stores data in variables. For extreme trees, available memory can peter out and the app becomes unresponsive. Firstly, how can I tell that such an out-of-memory condition is approaching? Secondly, can anyone point me to a white paper, documentation topic, or best practices document that talks generally about how to handle memory issues on Windows? Many thanks in advance Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Auto-update architecture on Windows...dealing with bulk
Hi Andre: Good information. Couple of more questions: -1- On first use, do you require connectivity in order to cache the main stack? I assume yes, right? -2- In the BOM stack approach, how do you control versioning and dependency? (i.e. resource stack X must be downloaded with widget Y, otherwise the app doesn't operate). Is there a best practice on how to avoid mismatches with 'modularized' main stacks? Thanks, Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Auto-update architecture on Windows...dealing with bulk
On Windows, and am using the auto-update architecture, i.e. a compiled auto-loader app that pulls non-compiled main stack updates from the network. I have two questions that I would like advice on. -1- How to optimize the bulk: Given that the auto-loader should avoid having to update itself, and given then that the main stack constitutes the baggage that has to be schlepped around, does it not make sense to remove hefty and unlikely-to-change elements from the main stack and put them into the auto-loader? For example, UI image elements that add a lot to the file size of the main stack could instead be anchored in the auto-loader. In other words, what are the ramifications to me saying: "If element X will not change, put it into the auto-loader half." -2- How do I distribute this architecture on CD, without requiring that the user be connected to the network. In the non-CD delivery, I state that first use requires connectivity. But I would like the ability to provide the entire thing on disk as well. Do I need an installer that wraps everything? Thanks. Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Delimiting thousandths..converting 12345678 to 12, 345, 678 for example
Thank you, Ken. Works like a charm.
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Here you go - this is based on a function that Mark Wieder created:
function formatThousands pNum,pSeparator
repeat with x = length(pNum)-3 to 3 step -3
put pSeparator before char x+1 of pNum
end repeat
return pNum
end formatThousands
To call it:
put formatThousands("1000",",")
--> 10,000,000
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Delimiting thousandths..converting 12345678 to 12,345,678 for example
If there a built-in "thousandths delimit" function that takes a number and inserts the appropriate delimiter (e.g. commas for USA). Alternately, does someone have an idea for a really fast and efficient custom function that does it? I have maybe a hundred thousand numbers at a time to convert and cannot think of how to do it reliably in less than a dozen lines of code. Corollary to this question is, any way to read user's system preferences about which delimiter to use? Thanks Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: special folders
Two follow-ups... -1- Is it then an absolute that specialFolderPath(26) is writeable on Windows, regardless of personal vs. corporate configuration? Even if the user has 'hide system folders' on? -2- Does the ability to download a file to a particular folder not also mean that that folder is writeable? For example, in the two-part autoloader architecture, if the user places the loader is put into folder x, is it not guaranteed that I can write the operational stack to that same folder? Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Hidden 'Application Data' folder on XP
Using the altsplash auto-load architecture, I have one user for whom the loader hangs. His specialFolderPath(35) returns as C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data but he says he has no such folder, which leads me guess is that it is hidden and that its invisibility is preventing the write to or the read from the directory. Is there something special I must do to make this directory usable if hidden? Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Metadata from Office documents
Anyone have a tried and true method of extracting metadata from Microsoft Office documents (Windows). Microsoft's site is a bit confusing in this area. Thanks Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
