netbook crashes?
Hello folks, It's been a very long time since I've posted here. I've got a fellow using one of my programs and he says it won't work on one of his computers. To rule out any fault of my scripts, I sent him a simple standalone with one button on it that just did some text stuff. This also crashed on his computer. System: Samsung N310 running Windows XP Home edition. I tried searching the archives, but didn't come up with anything. T. McCarthy - Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam. Sigismund I (obit 1437) - -Original Message- From: use-revolution-requ...@lists.runrev.com Date: 11/16/2010 03:00 AM To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Subject: use-revolution Digest, Vol 86, Issue 27 Note: Original message sent as attachment ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: testing CGI help?
>How do I find out if in the following theBuffer is empty? --read info put $QUERY_STRING into theBuffer if theBuffer is empty then --do stuff here --for example, put "Hey! The buffer is empty!" into tresult --later, you can print tresult to a log file or display it. end if ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
PayPal tutorial
Robert, I'll check my site (when I have time!) but in the meantime you should just make your own LibUrl.rev stack. It's a stack that handles internet protocols. Look in the archives for where to get it. David Cragg maintains it. My tutorial mentions that it must be set up for your version of rev. I first got this working over at iPowerWeb (i think) using a Unix server (and hence Unix rev). The LibUrl stack worked fine as is. When I moved to Dreamhost and Linux, I had trouble and David Cragg helped me out by telling me which lines I had to comment out from the LibURL stack script. I've been meaning to update this for a while. I actually made a stack that will take care of a lot of this for you Now where did I put it! From: "Robert Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Mac Icon problem Tom, Thank for a great tutorial on how to get paypal to work with rev. I am attempting to get it working with my new app, but looking over the files you have posted the http://www.discamus.com/nunc/how/myLibUrl.rev returns a file not found, and you say you need this to POST, what is in this file? Thanks Robert Mann ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Mac Icon problem
building a standalone with Rev 2.8.1 on my Mac 10.3.9 My apps are not displaying the icon I've assigned to themit worked before. Anyone else have this problem? ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Vista and Mac Universal backward compatibility
Sorry if this has been discussed already. I've been off the list for a while...doing my day job...blah. Will apps built with Rev 2.6 be useable with the new operating systems by Mirosoft and Apple? I'm assuming they will be! Many thanks, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
alt Browser: Get selected text cross platform issue
On my Mac this function works well:
set the htmltext of fld _selected to XBrowser_Get ("selected")
But on my Windows XP box, unusual characters don't get displayed. (Japanese
worked in the demo stack)
Here is one such character: hodiê (the last char should have a circumflex over
it)
When the selected text is returned from alt browser, it's "normalized" and the
special details (circumflex, etc.) are removed.
Again, this is only an issue with Windows XP. Any thoughts?
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RE: OT: Low cost Internet Payment Gateways?
Wouldn't PayPal do? ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: SFW conversion
Mark, My mistake. I was converting from mp3 to wav in order to make sound clips. To go the other way, converting batch to mp3, I use Audacity. It takes slightly more mouse movements (importing the files into a project) but then you can use the "Export Multiple" function from the file menu. Select "mp3" as the format, use the track labels as names and choose an output folder, then Bob's your uncle, you're done. -- How do you get QTamateur to convert to mp3? best, Mark ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
SFW conversion
I'm not sure this will do flash, but it will do a lot. I've used it for a while, mainly to convert various audio files to mp3. It has a batch convert function that made it a breeze. The price can't be beat either. http://www.mikeash.com/software/qtamateur/ ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Decompiling SWF on a Mac
About a year ago, I posted a link to a freeware program that would batch convert movie files (and I think swf ones) it was called Q something. I'll check it at work tomorrow. In the meantime, this is another interesting bit of freeware: http://www.tucows.com/preview/319320 ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: HyperCard Flash effect
How about placing a graphic object on your card. Set the ink of it to something funky and then when you want to flash, show, hide, show, hide t. mccarthy ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: playing and recording at the same time
Just rethinking this... Your goal is to play both the student's recording and the original simultaneously. I don't see the need for a single file. 1. play sound, student records 2. on playback just play both files. files could be organized like this: [prompt] prmt_1.mp3 [student] std_9_1.wav "std" = "student" "9" = the student's id number "1" = the prompt file example recording script: function recordSetup tprompt tstd global soundmediapath --the path to where you save these files put soundmediapath &"prmt_" & tprompt & ".mp3" into tfileA put soundmediapath & "std_" & tstd & "_" & tprompt & ".wav" into tfileB --now you have your files named set the filename of player "prompt" to tfileA start player "prompt" --you might want a separate function for recording get myRecodingFunc tfileB end recordSetup For Playback, just use the same but have two players. just a thought from outside the box. cheers, t mccarthy ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this
Yes, that is cool. It reminds me of a concordancer built with HyperCard [can't recall the name off-hand]. This concordancer put the target word in the middle of the screen and then surrounded it with common associated words discovered in a text. The more common the assosiation, the thicker the line connecting the words on the screen. cheers, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
[OT] smalltalk video
This is, uhmancient. And yet, it looks very useable even now. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4365247885921962429&q=environment&hl=en ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Audio question
On windows you can use mciSendString, I'm pretty sure about that. Don't know about Mac, though. Possibly with Applescript? tom > Is it possible to tell a player which speaker to play out of? If I > wanted certain sounds to come out of certain speakers, can this be > done? If so, how? ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Get Poser 5 Free During Labor Day Weekend
>E-frontier and CP are a long time partner of yours truly. Lynn, I need you to develop a partnership with the US mint so we can start downloading cash... US bonds would also work for me. Thanks for this opportunity! tom mccathy ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Dreamhost?
Stephen Barncard gave me the heads up on Dreamhost. Do it. I've had rev cgi running from the get go (begining of this year) It was one of the conditions I gave for signing up--the human (actual humman) in support told me "If rev doesn't work, we'll give you a full refund". It worked (Linux engine--there has been some issues with the Rev corporation allowing the Linux engine to be distributed. Check the archives) I've also had instant success with rev cgi on iPowerweb (unix). However, Dreamhost wins handsdown for simple interface (minimal) and real human beings (often humorous) in support. cheers, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Revolution Media Presentation Viewable on Web?
Greg, I also was looking for this feature--first in SuperCard. But if you think about it, something like Flash requires a multi-megabyte download and install plugin for your browser. You can accomplish the same by having your users run web-based stacks from a rev app on their hard-drive. You can also use Rev for cgi's to deliver dynamic html pages, such presenting information from a database or using a javascript templates to create on the fly interactive pages... I guess the point is instead of worrying what Rev can't do, try looking at what it can accomplish. If you need a flashy animation web app, try flash. cheers, tm OOOh, before I forget. OpenOffice has a decent presentation component that can save as flash files (no audio, though) ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
[ANN] Language Software Developed in Rev
Just thought I'd toot my horn. My publisher decided to start selling the software I'd developed for my book. You can check it out here (I also taught myself some CSS while making the site.) It's all rev from start to finish--well actually some parts were done in MetaCard. http://www.discamus.com/nunc/index.html The software uses my rev PayPal system--which I've improved and will post soonish. It seems to be working. cheers, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Ubuntu 6.0.6 and AIFF files
Richmond, Just a suggestion, why not have a custom command/function to handle playing audio in your stack script. That way when you run into trouble, you just have to adapt the routine in your stack and not 200 buttons. button: get myPlay(the label of me) --e.g. "Suspicious minds" stack: function myPlay tfile global gSoundPath --path to the sound folder put gSoundPath & tfile & ".aif" into tfile set the filename of player 1 to tfile start player 1 etc. end myPlay As for converting 200 soundfiles, I did it very quickly using QTAmateur. See this post: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2005-December/072853.html QTAmateur has a batch convert function that's really easy to use. cheers, tm >I am completely unable to get Ubuntu 6.0.6 to play AIFF files, whether 'by >themselves' or via a Runtime Revolution stack. >Now 'downgrading' and upgraded computer as will take less time than converting >260 sound files and editing 200 'play' commands. ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Random(3) often returns 1
Has anyone noticed this? I have two games that sort a container (three lines, one line is the answer) by random the number of lines. The "answer" should be in any one of the three resulting lines, but is overwhelmingly in the first any thoughts? tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: No Ask/Answer dialogs with 2.7.1 on XP
Dar, I've been experiencing stacks and answer/ask dialogs opening up _behind_ my front window. Even a button opening my browser, opened the browser behind the stack and clicking on the browser window wouldn't bring it forward. Only minimizing the front window helped. Could this be related? I have a feeling it has something to do with the backdrop. tm >I've been using 2.7.1 on XP for a while and am now wrapping up a project. Just need to do some file I/O. Only ask and answer do not work. I get a flicker on the screen I think. Otherwise nothing. They work on 2.7.1 on OS X. ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Linux and AudioClips
Richmond, Interesting and useful. Thanks. I'm interested that you use AIFF files. I thought these were more Mac specific. Have you tried AU files? >I run a small EFL school in Bulgaria with Pentium 3s running Ubuntu and using >RR programs made by myself. These programs use externally referenced AIFF >files which were slowed down (!!!) to half-speed on MAC so that they play >'normally' with RR in Ubuntu. This was the final situation I arrived at after a hell of a lot of false starts with sound, RR and Linux: not least the quite considerable abuse I recieved on the Ubuntu use-lists when I suggested that AIFF files had to be slowed down to half speed. Embedded AIFF files also have to be slowed down. ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
updating a standalone app via internet
I download and use revert to update my stacks-- and it's made my life sooo much better. Sometimes I update just because I can! Now, because I've updated my player app [the standalone I use to run my stacks] to 2.7, I'm sure I'll need to be able to get users to update that as well. Is it possible to download an update to the running standalone? I'd have to delete/replace the file...should be ok, right? standalones can't save themselvesthoughts? Tom McCarthy - Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam. Sigismund I (obit 1437) ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Linux and AudioClips
Am I right in assuming that Rev on Linux systems can play audioclips if they're in au format? ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: revGoURL and Firefox and Windows
Chris, I sorry to say [actually happy] that I've not experienced this. Just tried it with both 2.6 and 2.7 tm >Has anyone had problems with this combination? ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: 2.7.1 annoying window thing
I'm glad I'm not dreaming this. [sad that it's happening] Also this happens: The stack has a link to open the browswer. The browser opens behind the stack. Clicking on the visible portion of the browser window doesn't bring it to the front. Only minimizing the stack's window works. (WinXP...maybe mac, too) Tom McCarthy - Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam. Sigismund I (obit 1437) --- On Mon 05/22, Sivakatirswami < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: Sivakatirswami [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 16:38:39 -1000 Subject: Re: 2.7.1 annoying window thing This has happened to me just today... 20 minutes ago in fact... I had to blink... I used the "Open" file menu in the IDE, because the stack was not on my recent list... I got the usual open file dialog box.. .clicked on my stack and nothing appeared... hmmm. where is it?Something told me that it *had* to be there.. so I moved the top stack to the side, and Viola (Big Violin)! There it was.Indeed, it opened behind the top stack..2.7.1 OSXSivakatirswamiOn May 20, 2006, at 3:51 AM, Thomas McCarthy wrote:> Has anyone noticed this? I have a window, not a pallet, but it's > decoration is set to minimize and close box. Now in 2.7.1, other > stacks open up _behind_ this window-- even the answer dialogue! I > was able to overcome regular stacks opening up behind it by using a > kluge (open the stack and then go to it), but the ask/answer > dialogue I ask you! Is there some property I need to set or may > have set inadvertently (this did happen in 2.6) ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: 2.7.1 annoying window thing
Rob, I'm wondering if this occurred because I opened a stack built in 2.6 and then tried saving it as a legacy stack, rather than starting fresh [shouldn't matter, I know.] It was also on Mac [heavily used and disc packed to overflow]. I'll look into it more later. Thanks PS: I love the J. Donne quote in your signature. > 2.7.1 was _supposed_ to be backward compatible, but the one stack that > I tried to save in a compatable format couldn't be opened in 2.6.1 (in > fact, it caused a crash, I believe). Just yesterday I saved a v2.7.1 stack on Windows in "legacy" format and had no trouble opening it on a Mac running v2.1.2. Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company "And I, which was two fooles, do so grow th ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
2.7.1 annoying window thing
I decided to start using 2.7.1 because the ".1" number at the end hinted that most of the bugs were out. Has anyone noticed this? I have a window, not a pallet, but it's decoration is set to minimize and close box. Now in 2.7.1, other stacks open up _behind_ this window-- even the answer dialogue! I was able to overcome regular stacks opening up behind it by using a kluge (open the stack and then go to it), but the ask/answer dialogue I ask you! Is there some property I need to set or may have set inadvertently (this did happen in 2.6) Also, 2.7.1 was _supposed_ to be backward compatible, but the one stack that I tried to save in a compatable format couldn't be opened in 2.6.1 (in fact, it caused a crash, I believe). This wouldn't bother me, BUT we can't at the moment build Mac classic apps in 2.7--since I'm targeting educational markets, I assume there are still a lot of labs running in classic mode. [not to mention that my app doesn't do anything that an older machine can't handle!] argh. ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Playing mp3 on Windows (XP Embedded)
Ben, My gut is telling me that it three things: 1. could be a filepath issue. 2. Is the file extention ok? 3. I'm hungry. Skip number 3. Could you put a button on your stack to manually direct your stack to the mp3 file (and display the filename for you to copy and check later.)? Also, somewhere in my memory it seems that if the file doesn't have the proper extention it might not load. I know I had this problem with some Mac wave files moved from my PC. I had to set the filetype in the program. To see if it really is an issue of not playing mp3, you could import one as a videoclip and play it. cheers, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: RecordInput from USB Microphones not available?
Katir, I use my USB adapter for recording with rev all the time. (OSX). Just go to the system preferences -> sound -> input and select your USB device (needs to be plugged in, of course.) I haven't tried selecting it via rev, though. You _may_ have to do this before starting rev. I'm pretty sure I had to restart Audacity before it would recognize it...or was that Win98? Anyhow, it's very doable. ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: teach me to fish...
Also QuickTime needn't be installed on Windows machines for the player object to playback Mp3 (Windows Media Player can do it) --also there was a bug with the player on windows. If it was not visible, it would cut off. The solution for hiding the player is to place it off screen. cheers, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Win 95
A mother of a disabled child asked me if I could adapt some stuff for her computer. Apparently the stuff i have now doesn't work on Win95. Is this true? tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Proposal for a moratorium
Let's use the rest of this month in a purposeful way. I propose that for the next few weeks everyone excercise personal will-power and choose the "delete" button rather than the "reply" button to any post they find less than pleasing. Let's also extend this exercise to our minds by deleting negative thoughts. The negative can be very powerful. As Mark Twain said, "Friends come and go, but enemies tend to accumulate." The positive is much more subtle and needs freedom to flurish. Freedom from abuse, inuendo, attack, suspicion...etc. So for the next few weeks let's confine our posts to rev and coding. There's plenty to talk about here. Lynn's not too subtle hint about things in the works has gotten my ears perked. Transcript is now Revolution? Possibly confusing, no? To my small mind: Revolution = IDE Transcript = code If you need a stronger product-identification, why not "RevScript"? Cheers, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: dreamhost and Rev CGI?
I started using Dreamhost and rev cgi about a month or two ago. No problem. 1. create a folder named "cgi-bin" 2. get the linux rev engine from runrev 3. upload it and set the permission to 755 "fiat accompli" Note 1: you will need the libURL stack if you want your cgi scripts to post. Also, the latest libURL won't work because of an incapatability with the Linux engine. It's easy enough to fix. Two lines need to be commented out. I can't remember which they were. You might want to search the revlist. Dave Cragg helped with this. Note 2: I just looked at the rev site and the linux engine doesn't seem to be there or I'm looking in the wrong place. If you need it, I can email it to you. or better... I just zipped a copy (using mac OSX) and put on my dreamhost site: http://www.discamus.com/revolution.zip Hope that helps, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
MonsterCommerce & Rev
I just finished integrating my rev project with Paypal very nicely (details comming soon). Then my publisher says, "I'd like to do this with MonsterCommerce"argh! is someone pulling my fingernails out? As an added bonus, I see on their website that they're a NetworkSolutions company- the same group that refused to do anything to get revolution cgi's working. Ouch! there goes another nail! I just sent an email politely telling my publisher it's not in our best interests to abandon the PayPal method just as I got it going. But on the off chance: Has anyone had any experience integrating rev with MonsterCommerce? http://www.monstercommerce.com/ (at first glance they seem to be more geared to physical products.) thanks, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Distributor Agreements--suggestions please
I'm about to finish a huge (for me) project. I need to work out the percentages with my publisher before I hand over the keys to the car. What is a reasonable price sharing equation? Pertinent facts: 1. I wrote the program and took care of all the media involved. 2. I created the web site (and am mantaining it, I guess) 3. He will place the software on CD's both in the jacket of my book and as a standalone product. So basically, he will market the product and I will create/support it. Is a 50/50 split of gross usual? Also, are there some ready-to use boiler plate agreements I could use? (note to rev: This would be a great resource, and you could put a reference to RunTime Revolution in it.) many thanks in advance, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Encryption library & CGI
Is there a way to include the ecryption library in a stack (like when one makes a libURL stack)? I would like to use the encrypt command from my cgi. thanks. tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
AltBrowser--wow.
Last summer I wrote a message airing publicly my complaints about this product. It was a bit of vitrol after frustrating attempts to get it to work (yes, I had read the manuals!) I shot off an angry letter to the Altuit team about what I found as shortcommings: 1. the demo on the site was not the latest (bug-free) version 2. the obvious pit-fall (which even Dan Shafer fell into)--not ensuring the plug-in was installed was not properly covered. 3. the demo stack tried to cram every type of function onto one card making it rather daunting to a newbie. Well, somebody over there was listening! Each and every one of those concerns has been so well addressed you wouldn't know it was the same product that caused me heart-burn. Downloading and installing is a breeze, updating couldn't be easier and the demo stack gracefully guides you through the features. Bravo! BTW. I decided to take a look at AltBrowser again after happening across AltFont (which similarly is a joy to install). AltFont is an answer to a lot of my dreams. I need some special characters which unicode can do, but rev doesn't handle unicode very well. AltFont will enable me to use the special fonts I already have and I can kiss unicode good-bye for now! Was this announced on the list? I don't recall seeing it. tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
PayPal and Rev update
In my haste to bed the other night, I accidently put up some old [and nasty] cgi scripts. I've updated them. --and in the reg_stack.rev Scott Rossi's PayPal button worked well in development mode, but not under my standalone. I changed it to a revGoURL call and now it works. Also prettied up the auto-code fill-in feature. Now customers don't have to copy and paste the registration code. all the scripts and the reg_stack.rev are available here: http://www.discamus.com/nunc/how/PayPal_setup2.html cheers, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
PayPal and Rev Integration -- completed
Some exciting developments occurred this week. 1. fixed the windows xp problem 2. adapted Scott Rossi's PayPal button script http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2005-May/058039.html This button allowed me (after about 2+ hours of fiddling with it between classes) to launch the browser directly into the PayPal system without having the user click a button generated dynamically. A much smoother experience. Also, I've adapted my reg.rev window to detect if the payment was completed and offer to fill-in all the registration info for the user --again making it much smoother. Now, I'm off to a hot Japanese bath and bed...exhausted. http://www.discamus.com/nunc/how/ tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: I Can't download 2.7 for OS X
You're not alone. I also haven't been able to upgrade my mac to OSX either. --yes I am connected to the Internet. I've been too busy to try very hard and I am in no rush (always let others find the problems and upgrade to x.1 version ;-) Still, I'm feeling ready to move up. 2.7 (on XP --no bugs on my system) looks really neat.) Could it be a java issue? Is this a java installer thing? tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Frustration: put after URL...
Thanks Dave and Bruce for the info... This (below) was very interesting; >(By the way, the engine makes two calls to the url to do this. First it retrieves the entire url from the server, then writes back the retrieved data with the new data appended. So this may not offer the efficiency you expected.) Yes, I was looking for efficiency as well as privacy (not to mention simplicity!). I didn't want to do this via getting a cgi; as I understand it, those calls can be read. (is this still true if one does it through rev and not with the user's browser?) However, if there is a question of some users' system settings blocking this, as Bruce said, then I will rework it into a cgi call. There are some other parts of the program that use 'put...after url' for updating records, so I'll rework those as well. very useful info. Thanks. tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Frustration: put after URL...
Testing out my PayPal thing and running into a few walls: My brand new Windows XP (home edition) is not allowing my stack to put some text into my remote file server. put cr & theText after URL "ftp://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/revproject/reg/key_log.txt" This has worked on every other computer, even on the same network.. Could there be some XP setting I need to...uhm, set? this is running in rev 2.7, by the wayhmmm. could that be it? the other machines I tested it on were running 2.6.interesting tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Small bug in video capture sample stack
I just tried the video capture sample stack. It worked but there was a small bug. The revVideo displayed relative to my screen's top left corner. So if I moved the stack anywhere but that corner, the image displayed incorrectly. The problem was in in the image "video" Before: --put globalLoc(the topLeft of me),globalLoc(the bottomRight of me) into tRect After: put the topLeft of me,the bottomRight of me into tRect FYI tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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 SMIL still alive?
I've been looking into smil file format recently, but 1. most things on the net look a little dated. 2. QuickTime doesn't seem to like smil files. 3. Firefox dosen't seem to like smil pages Is this format losing support? thanks ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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 does a stack know it's been opened from a cgi?
Ken, could you have the library check for something that would only return a value when running from a desktop? how about quicktime verstion, screenrec? tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: liburl cgi linux
Dave, Wouldn't it be nice if rev had a stack running which we could post to and it would post back so we could test this stuff? Anyhow thanks for all your useful comments. >A local "test server" is useful for this, but not always practical. Putting >the script in a try handler can help, with the "catch" element returning some useful diagnostic information. Tom McCarthy - Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam. Sigismund I (obit 1437) ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
PayPal and Rev update
http://www.discamus.com/nunc/how/ Thanks to David Cragg,, I was able to get the POST function working...and now I can say with much confidence that this thing works! The How To web page is also almost done --not pretty, but 90% of the scripts are up there. Enough for anyone to get started. My Registration window rev stack is also there. caveat: Never run outside of Paypal's sandbox (yet!) Future: should interact with a database rather than a flat text file. May all your users pay you, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: liburl cgi linux
>I just did the latter, and I can post from the cgi script on a Linux server. I forgot to ask, how did you test it? Do you have an easy way to test that anyone could use? It would be very helpful in debugging. thanks tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: liburl cgi linux
>After making the myliburl.rev stack, edit the stack script and search for lines that contain "open secure socket" (there should be 2) and comment them out. >I just did the latter, and I can post from the cgi script on a Linux server. BINGO! many, many thanks! tom ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: liburl cgi linux
>I'm assuming you want to post *from* the cgi (and not to it). Yes >In that case, you'll need to have the libUrl library loaded somehow. That's how I got it working before (Unix host, bsd rev engine). Now with a Linux server, it doesn't appear to be working...hmm anyway of checking? is there a site I can post to to check? Could be a useful tool. thanks tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Integrating PayPal into rev project demo
My experience was mixed-- I had problems, paypal had problems and rev had problems my problems-- misstyping, missunderstanding paypal-- sometimes unclear documentation (it's the little things they leave out!) rev-- same (especially the fact that the cgi engine doesn't have the POST command built in!) (note to rev: if your going to promote this for cgi, you should really have a downloadable ready to go package with all the libraries there!) Paypal support: can't complain too much. They helped. I _had_ this working at iPowerweb in Dec. Then my publisher moved to Networksolutions (where nothing worked!) Now I'm at Dreamhost...but am running into the old problem of POST not working anyhow new stuff here: http://www.discamus.com/nunc/how/PayPal_setup1.html >Did you manage to work with the paypal sandbox ? >A few months ago I tried to set up an online payment page using paypal for a >website using Rev cgi, but ran into uncomplete docs, poor tech support and >lots of heaadches... and finally gave up... Did the paypal sandbox improve recently ? ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
liburl cgi linux
I'm running rev's Linux engine on my ISP. Is there a problem with the POST command? (checking in the mac finder, the engine seems to have been built in 2003) thanks tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Integrating PayPal into rev project demo
I got my registration project working with PayPal and ran into a bunch of problems along the way (see bottom of the page for pitfalls). I wipped up a howto web page [embarrassingly incomplete] today between classes. I hope it will encourage newbies to take advantage of rev as serious tool--it's very doable. Here is the [very] preliminary page: http://www.discamus.com/nunc/how/howTo.html I hope others will find this useful. I'll update it when I can with actual cgi scripts and such. cheers, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Linux CGI --Networksolutions
Ken, I think they got the "RevZilla" thing from my cgi script. I had adapted a cgi from somewhere and "RevZilla" was in the comments. I had emailed them again about this, but they pretty much said, "We're not touching our configuration so forget it!" Meanwhile I followed up on Stephen's suggestion to look into Dreamhost. Stephen, I can confirm that rev [linux] will run on their system. Ken wrote: Thomas, is there any way that you could get him to send you the error logs? I'd really like to see if there's a way you can get this going; I'd even talk to the ISP myself for you if that would help (unless they only speak Japanese - then I'm at a loss :-). ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Linux CGI --Networksolutions
Took a look and it was good. Immediately sent an email asking about rev support. Also, I think you're absolutely right about being firm and instisting on changing hosts. In fact I'll offer to pay the first year. many thanks tm >>From: Stephen Barncard My own choice is Dreamhost - big bang for the buck - ever expanding bandwidth and storage - and great support. ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Linux CGI --Networksolutions
Ken, I just don't know. I asked them to run my [extremely simple] hello.cgi and then check the error logs [which I can't access] to see what's missing. I'm really upset about this. I had _just_ got my rev cgi's working at another ISP. All set to interface with PayPal. Was going to write a little how to for the benefit of the list here. Then the fellow I'm working with decided (for good reasons) to change ISPs. It's his site...arg! Now I'm looking at PHP and pulling my hair out, "How can I get the itemoffset? or lineoffset?" I need my rev. I might try to convice him to change back. I really need a language that's usable: "put item x of line i of tstring into myinfo" Ken wrote: "Custom CGI add-in called RevZilla." Huh Thomas, can you clarify why the ISP would have even *mentioned* RevZilla? Or how it could be in "your CGI scripts" ? ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Linux CGI --Networksolutions
I would gladly change, but this site I'm working on isn't mine. I think I'll try picking up a little php to cover the basics and get a better host to run my rev scripts from. thnks Tom McCarthy - Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam. Sigismund I (obit 1437) --- On Sat 01/28, Stephen Barncard < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: Stephen Barncard [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:23:34 -0800 Subject: Re: Linux CGI --Networksolutions Why on earth can't you change your host? That's why we have domain names - so we can FIRE bad web hosts!! ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Linux CGI --Networksolutions
Below is the reply I got from Networksolutions. I had asked them to check the error logs (I don't have access) to see which libraries are missing for rev to work. >>> We have reviewed your CGI scripts and it appears you are attempting to use a custom CGI add-in called RevZilla. This is not a standard library for CGI and we can not install this library to the server at this time. <<< I can't change my hosting service. So, I'm more or less stuck. Aggg. tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Phomenes
I remember that SuperCard had a text to speech phomene editor. Does Rev have that capability he asks hopefully tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Text in imageSource
Sarah, I just glanced at this, so if it's resolved already, forgive me. I had a field that would allow users to record their voices when they pressed on a "0" and play their recording when the pressed on a ">" [I did this because there were varying numbers of lines...long story] Later I wanted to put an image there to make it more understandable to the user--I set the imagesource of that character. Here's the part that's interesting for you. When I moved my cursor over the image, the script reacted as though the characters were still there. So... for your ranking field, put numbers for rank and then run a script that sets the imagedata of those characters. You should still be able to sort the field because the numbers still exist. hope that helps tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Linux cgi
I've learned that my provider is running Linux 1.1.3 with glibc 2.3.1 my scripts (which worked at another provider [unix]) are no longer working. Checking Ken Ray's site, I found some clues to what needs to be done. However, my provider doesn't allow telnet connections, so I can't do the diagnostics. What should I ask my provider to do? install some libraries? Judging from Ken's site I might need: libXext.so.6 libX11.so.6 anything else? are most providers open to installing libraries? thanks tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Linux CGI
I've learned that my hosting service is using Linux 1.1.3 I've asked about the libC (as per Andre's suggestion), no word yet. I downloaded the Linux distro (linux.tgz), unstuffed and uploaded the engine (revolution.x86) to my cgi-bin. Renamed it "revolution" and changed the permissions to 755 (and later, 555). Still no good. any thoughts? tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Networksolutions.com & Revolution cgi
Happy New Year! Just getting back to work My publisher has moved to networksolutions.com for hosting (not my choice!) I know the revolution site was located there at some time. We have the Unix plan and I'm trying to get my cgi's working. Need to know what flavor of Unix engine to upload. (called their tech people and was told, "It's Apache", which isn't very helpful.) I'm waiting for their "deep tech" people to answer, but thought I'd ask here as well. many thanks tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Great Audio / Video tool --and free
If you need to batch convert a bunch of files from mp3 to .mov (as I recently did) YOU NEED THIS! I haven't tried it for the video side of things, but it worked great for me so far--and you dont't need QuickTime Pro either! requires QuickTime 7 and Mac OS 10.3.9 http://www.mikeash.com/?page=software/qtamateur/index.html cheers, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
CGI Sendmail function and spam
I used my rev cgi to call the UNIX sendmail process last summer. My site was shut down by the provider shortly after on account of the enormous amout of emails being generated. I thought I'd fixed the problem but I'm afraid it might have happened again. Are there any suggestions for securely using sendmail in a rev script? thanks, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
'sound is done' equivalent for videoclips?
is there a convenient 'done' property for videoclips? I want to import my mp3 sound files as quicktime movieclips (thanks for the great suggestion by Marty Billingsley!) I want to do something like this [but with videoclips]: play audioclip whatever wait until the sound is done Also these files will be in a different stack from the script that calls them. So it seems my only way to make a script wait until a videoclip is finished is: start using x stack set the isPlaying of stack x to true play video clip mp3_parading_as_movie.mov put the ticks + 1000 into tmax repeat if not the isPlaying of stack x or the ticks > tmax then exit repeat end repeat [stack x will have a handler to catch 'playStopped'] This seems a little complicated--and that invites problems. Is there a more elegant solution? thanks tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Put something into URL returns no error
I'm updating a file on the web using a formula like this: put x into url ftp://name:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/folder/the_file.txt It's working great. But when I tried it see what would happen if there was no internet connection--hoping there would be an error message-- the result was empty. How can we know if a "put" fails? tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Changing input keyboard
What is a problem for me may be a solution for you. I have a dictation program for language learners. Some of the vowels have macrons (long marks) and are in unicode. My program checks each letter the students have typed (checking for unicode letters along the way) and when it reaches a mistake, it stops and hilights the mistake. On my mac osX, the input will sometimes change from English to Greek. So you might want to try putting a unicode letter of the target language into the field and selecting it... just a thought. I'll look closer at my code later to see what's up with it. tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Accessing protected folders on a web server
Yes, that works. I guess having the root adminstration name and password will get you into any folder on the site. Now, how could I go to a stack in a protected folder? i.e.: go stack URL "http://www.mysite.com/safebox/sensitive.rev"; thanks Tom McCarthy - Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam. Sigismund I (obit 1437) --- On Wed 12/07, Alex Tweedly < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: Alex Tweedly [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 08:42:31 + Subject: Re: Accessing protected folders on a web server Thomas McCarthy wrote:>I update a file on my server using a script like this:>>put x & cr after URL "ftp://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/secretroom/somefile.txt">>I also retrieve info by getting the URL. Some of this info is of a sensitive nature (my daily body-mass-index). So I would like to protect it. I've already put in a file named "index.html" to keep casual browsing away. If I add password protection to the folder how would I be able to access files in it through Rev?> >Simply doput URL "ftp://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/secretroom/somefile.txt" into myVarThe file will can be left not be accessible through http, and ftp requires the password, so you should be protected.-- Alex Tweedly http://www.tweedly.net-- No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.11/191 - Release Date: 02/12/2005 ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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 protected folders on a web server
I update a file on my server using a script like this: put x & cr after URL "ftp://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/secretroom/somefile.txt" I also retrieve info by getting the URL. Some of this info is of a sensitive nature (my daily body-mass-index). So I would like to protect it. I've already put in a file named "index.html" to keep casual browsing away. If I add password protection to the folder how would I be able to access files in it through Rev? many thanks, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Rev CGI and encrypt/decrypt
>From the docs: The decrypt command is part of the SSL & Encryption library. Does this mean I have to create a library stack and start using it before my cgi can use this command? If so, where is the library? thanks tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Pricing / entry cost for this tool
I'm a high school teacher and support my family single-income-style. I pay for my software/hardware out of pocket [not even tax credit.] I'm also the world's cheapest man; to wit we have had marital difficulties because I will not let love stand in the way of conserving cash. The background is to let you know you can buy this software and sleep well because the world's cheapest man did it without batting an eye. He even upgraded once or twice without wincing [but he did wait until the last minute]. Now the world's cheapest man can justify his extravagence to his wife because one or two of his creations have brought in enough cash to compensate it. But the real reason you will put that money down is because this product will deliver what you need in the least painful way. Don't need to declare variables as strings or integers. Don't need to use all those dots. You can change the code ON THE FLY and ON ANY PLATFORM. Most of all, the software thinks like a human thinks. e.g. Want the time of day? -> put the time Want the word your user has clicked? -> put the clicktext Want the first word that pops into my head? -> put the first word in TomsHead. [assuming it's a valid container!] Want to know what I think? ->ask "What do you think" with "Rev's a great buy." ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Mp3 recording stack available
I've put my mp3 recording rev stack on my site for download. It's the file titled, "Mp3Recording_stack.zip" http://homepage.mac.com/speakup/BasicChristian/FileSharing17.html It contains everything you need, including the LAME encoders for both Windows and Mac. [I should probably include a GNU license for them!] Users click on a word in one field and it is recorded in wave format and then encoded into mp3. See the script of the field for more info. cheers, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Netware
My program saves student's usage data in a stack (which also serves to display/evaluate it). Some teachers wanted to have this info available from anywhere. My original solution (worked on my home machine) was to store the data stack on a web server and ftp it down to the local machine to update and then ftp it back up. Apparently this didn't work for them (firewall?). I got the following info from the tech guy: >We would like your software to run from the client and multiple workstations >to be able to simultaneously access your program's data on a UNC path such as >\\e145eves-ins\data\apps\your_program. [Netware 6.5] Any thoughts? Right now, I'm thinking that teachers just want the basic info, so why not have my rev app send an email to the teacher? The teacher could put his email address in a simple text file in the program's directory and the app would look for it and send off an email if it existed. thanks tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: MP3 sound files in Rev
Aloha Sivakatirswami! >Do you know now many secs are dropped? not sure, but it seemed to me about 1 or less. >>then run a shell program to convert it to mp3. >what program? will it run on OSX? Not only will it run on OSX (and windows) but it will run from within rev! It's a unix exe. You have your stack record a sound to a file and then call this exe with the proper parameters and presto--mp3. I made this in January, so I can't recall right away where I got the unix file [somewhere in the back of my head it seems I had to build it]--might have been www.finkproject.org >I'm still depending on Audion to take WMP or WAV into mp3... Peak only does >AIFF...and Audion is "dead" Drop everything and get Audacity! It's free and will do mp3 (although it, too, requires you to look for the .dll/.exe and put it in the program's folder). If you search the archives for mp3 and my name, you should be able to find the script I used. tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
One Laptop Per Child project
Have you folks heard about this? Especially you ed people. http://laptop.media.mit.edu/laptop-contact.html Runs on Linux. Let's make some great freeware for it! ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: MP3 sound files in Rev
Paul, This keeps popping up now and then. Perhaps it should be mentioned in the documentation. MP3 files can be played with the player control on either Windows or Mac. Just set the filename of the player to the mp3 file you wish to play. (your Windows system will need Microsoft Media Player version 6 or above installed--it shouldn't be a problem) Also keep in mind the bug where the player's sound drops out towards the end. I think setting the player to visible solves it (move it off the viewable area to hide it) Finally, you cannot record in mp3 or mp4 format--even though some interesting possiblities are presented to you when you look at the "Recording Formats" window. But you can record in wave format and then run a shell program to convert it to mp3. cheers, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: LibPop3 Help!!!
Hi Cameron,
I've placed some thoughts in your code:
on startup
//the rev cgi engine doesn't know these commands
//you need to open a stack that does.
//Maybe you need to start using Liburl.rev as well?
pop3Open "IP.ADDRESS.GOES.HERE", "110", "AUTO",
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]",
"password"
put the result into theResult
if theResult is "true" then
pop3GetTranscript
put it into theResult
put "/volumes/tiger/users/cam/desktop/messages.txt" into path
put theResult into url ("file:"&path)
end if
pop3Close
//You might need to "put" something, even if it doesn't seem useful
//"put foo"
end startup
cheers,
tm
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Re: Phishy Paypal
The Other T.M. wrote: >Obviously it is not PayPal doing it BUT someone IS gaining access to either PayPal and/or eBay and their mailing lists 'when someone does a transaction'. This started for me right after an eBay sale and PayPal transaction. I sent the email on to both and got a response very quickly. The emails stopped soon after. This T.M.'s experience: Eerily similar. I've been testing my Instant Payment Notification cgi--having it email me when payments are completed, and lo and behold every time I tested it I got a piece of spam right next to my PayPal one. Could be on my side, though...h. tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Paypal not responding to rev cgi post
Scott Rossi wrote: >Since your students are first going through your system and storing a unique >key, your CGI could also generate an HTML download page with that key (or some >other unique identifier) as part of the Web address (ie >http://www.mydomain.com/download/user72635463.html). There's no need for a unique web page. The return address I've supplied to paypal points to a cgi and that generates a page based on the variables passed (including the "custom" variable which I use for tracking). >And since PayPal allows you to specify a "thank you" page URL among the cart >parameters it receives, you could include the URL of the download page as the >thank you page. So when a transaction is completed, the user will be >automatically routed to the download page created by your CGI. I don't think this is recommended because the payment might not be complete or verified (it could be a cheque). So a "Thank you" cgi generator is better than a static page--you can test whether the payment is completed and generate an appropriate response; 'Thank you, here's your key' or 'Thank you, your key will be emailed to you when your payment clears.' To sum up: everything is working dandy. It's just that my post to PayPal at the validation point is not returning any value. Thanks anyhow. tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Paypal not responding to rev cgi post
I'm trying to implement a PayPal solution to registering my software. Here's the flow: 1. students/users start up my app and click 'register' 2. A "register_window" rev stack is downloaded and the user chooses some basic options. 3. They click send and my stack generates a key (thanks to Ken Ray for the MACaddress code!) this key and a large random number are sent to a cgi which stores them in my key_database.rev on the server. 4. the button checks for success of this and then takes a preformatted PayPal button and replaces certain items (important: the 'custom' item is pass-through, so I put the large random number there as reference to the generated key) revGoURL opens the browswer with the button info. 5. User (hopefully) completes paying and PayPal contacts my "IPN.cgi" (instant payment notification"). My cgi reads the info, attaches a "cmd=verify" (or something like that) and posts it back for verification. TROUBLE: nothing comes back 6. Paypal also contacts my "PDT.cgi" which will generate the "Thank you" page. Again, initial info is recieved all right, but posting back for verification fails. Right now, testing with the PayPal sandbox system, I have to say it's good enough without verification, and my app isn't something folks are likely to spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to steal. Also the initial info I read from the PayPal server is probably enough for me to verify on my own--and decide if I should withold the key or display it/email it out. Still, loose ends make me nervous. Anyone have experience with PayPal? multas gratias agam, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Sound volume unexpectedly decreasing
This is a little off the top of my head (extremely busy now)... I was testing out an app of mine on Windows. It plays sound--both audioclips and files. (some of the clips have had their volumes reduced in the Application Browser) Things were going well, then the sound volume dropped noticeably. I then recalled an email I got from a friend who also used the app saying something like this had happened to him as well. Are there any issues I should be aware of? Should I be resetting the volume after playing clips? many thanks, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
revGoUrl & POST
I've already got a (clumsy) work around, but I thought it was an interesting question, so I ask the group: I've used revGoUrl to open user's browers to some particular cgi: revGoURL "http://someplace.com/something.cgi?parameters=whatever"; This seems to be a "GET" command (the '?' indicates that, right?) Would it be possiple to "POST" some cgi with revGoURL? cheers, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: AltBrower= crash dummy? Mea Culpa!
yes, it was very bad style to bring my complaint to this forum first. I apologize--the folks at Altuit have been helping me a lot on this issue. I had searched the list archives for help with the bug and then just fired off a message without thinking. (note to self, "Think less") tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
AltBrower= crash dummy?
I'm trying to make a worksheet generator for teachers, thinking through various ways of doing it. I though I might use a .css template to get it to form-up nicely. So I thinks to meself, "Great! we can have a little preview window with altBrowser!" Is it just me, or does this thing crash like nobody's business? Mac OS 10.3.9 Rev 2.5.1 control + click the altuit sample stack =crash on startup Start Rev and open the stack = crash (internet connection wasn't up) Open internet connection, Open stack from within Rev--works great. Crash later (resumestack?) (the creation date of the Alt stack is Dec, 2004) I would really like to implement this (esspecially since I paid for it), but will it take hours of fine-tuning? tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Protecting Media files in distribution
Specifically, Audio files. I have a bunch of files which my program uses. I would like to keep these from being removed, changed, etc by students. Any ideas? In the past, I've used AudioClips, importing the files into a number of stacks and that worked ok, but...it seems to make it difficult to do something like this: start player 1 wait (the duration of player 1/the timeScale of player 1) seconds I could calculate the length of all the files and have a lookup table of wait times... any other ideas for protecting media files? multas gratias ago, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Sound formats
This thread got off a little, I think. The original question was can you play Mp3 sounds in your Rev stack. The answer is 'Yes'--use a player object and set it's file name property your Mp3 file. It doesn't require QuickTime. Windows computers will use their own technology. I have played Mp3 files with player objects on Win98 boxes without QuickTime even in the same building. No problem. The screetching noise you heard is a problem with AudioClip objects. They don't do compression well. You can also record Mp3 on both platforms. You first record in wave format (easy to do-quicktime on mac and mcisendstring on windows) then you use a shell script to compress it. There is a short delay, but usually not more than a second. cheers, tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
OT--Apples Pages outputs CSS
Completely off-topic but... I've been investigating cascading style sheets and noticed that on the surface, a lot of css sites resembled Pages templates. I exported a Pages file to html and looked at it. Sure enough it used css. It might be a good way to start using css. I haven't checked KeyNote, yet. FWIW tom ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Cell phones
1: I imagine most students check their email via cell phones. Don't laugh, but I don't have one (and yes, I'm in Japan--even my toilet has one). Can cell phones accept / respond to html mail? (my doubt-meter is in the red zone) 2: What are the basic pixel dimentions of a cell display? Should I concern myself? 3: What kind of media can the newer phones handle. I've heard mpeg4. many thanks tom ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Sending mail via libSMTP on cgi
There is egg on my cgi face. 1. form mail is only used for recieving submissions--not for sending out emails to various address. 2. I tried plan B (use rev) I uploaded Andre's Raw SMTP stack (after adapting it for testing) Failed. Then I remembered my host won't allow sockets to be opened. 3. Plan C: Ask the RevList. I've already given up on the idea of running a rev chat program from my host server (socket problem, again). I may have to give up this idea as well. tom ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Sending mail via libSMTP on cgi
1. Will libSMTP work from a rev cgi? 2. Any reason to use it instead of my host's built-in mail cgi? Yes, Andre, 'cron' is my new friend. Actually more of an acquaintance. Where is this going? I thought it would be nice to send my students emails automatically--homework reminders, thoughts of the day, etc. many thanks tom ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Couple CGI questions--timed events
Question 1: Can my rev cgi engine do things (such as send out emails) at predetermined intervals? Question 2: This is related to question 1. If my cgi script starts up the Rev engine. When does the rev engine shut down? thanks tom ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Recording Sound on the Mac
Sivakatirswami, Wouldn't you know it? I just hooked up my iBook yesterday to a usb sound-thing (not Griffith) Results: Hugely better sound quality. I tried with a number of mikes: 1. Karaoke-style mike (works well with my tape-deck): so-so, muffled 78 rpm sound. 2. Headset--a little buzz (could be because my rabbit chomped throuh the cord and I fixed it myself.) 3. ancient Fujitsu desktop mike which I'd picked up for a buck. Great sound. After choosing the USB thing in the Sound control panel, I used Rev to record. No problem. The only big difference I could see with your script is that I don't use mpeg4. I set the format to wave. I have had some success encoding into mp3, if you're interested. That needs a wave file. Tom McCarthy Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam. Sigismund I (obit 1437) ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Keeping my app topmost
I'm making a language lab version of my program and thought it would be helpful for teachers if I could make it stay on top. I've searched the archives but nothing so far. many thanks tom ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
OT iBook DVD can play internat'l movies?
Sorry for the completely off topic nature of this...but Can my iBook's DVD play DVDs from any world zone? I have a Japanese issued iBook (English system). So before I order any DVDs from Amazon, I thought I'd better check. thanks tom ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev CGI argumets for ISP
>Depends on the distro. FreeBSD, for example, apparently does not yet support >this Funny, I just started doing CGI and it was on FreeBSD. No problems! I just went to the rev site and got the proper Unix version. (I did this about 3 weeks ago) tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Unicode frustration
Hear hear! frustration! Here are some of the problems (in addition to yours) that I've encountered. Words are not wrapped properly. This may be that the space char is not being properly read as the word delimiter. I was going to type more, but gotta run! tm ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Alert: Reading stdIn from POST in CGI's
Sivakatirswami, Thanks for the enlightenment. I'm just starting to work with cgi and I can see that this heads up will save me a lot of headaches. Thanks tom ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
