Re: Had Revolution for over a year and I still can't run a stack file
Recently, J. Landman Gay wrote: I know the answer to that one, I think. It happens when you use the message box to show a file dialog (or when you have been typing into a field) and hit the return key to execute the command. When typing, the mouse pointer normally is hidden (replaced by the insertion point). If you open a file dialog while the insertion point is present, the mouse pointer doesn't reappear when the file dialog opens. I bugzillaed it some time ago. And just to follow up, it appears to have been fixed in 2.7. Bugzilla pays off. ;) Well, it still happens here intermittently here (looking for a recipe). Just tried it in Rev 2.7, OSX 10.3.9. In a new Rev session, the first time I executed the following in the message box: answer file Locate: The cursor disappeared. I went off to start writing email, came back to double check, and now the cursor remains visible during the above. May be sunspots or something else, but I'll see if I can get some kind of recipe. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia Design - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Had Revolution for over a year and I still can't run a stack file
Chipp Walters wrote: Hi Len, Sorry to hear you're having problems. I've been running all versions of Rev since 1.0 and haven't seen it on XP, though I have no doubt it exists. Here's a suggestion you might try. It has to do with your video drivers. Turns out the Rev engine is very sensitive to outdated drivers. Now launch Rev and see if the cursor problem still exists. If it's fixed, then it means you have a conflict with the grapchics drivers. My suggestion is to go get the latest version of the drivers. That usually fixes things. I tried this - and it seemed to work !! Wonderful, I thought. Switched back to full acceleration - and it still worked. Turns out I don't have this problem at all with Rev 2.6.1 on my new laptop. Don't know whether it was the Rev version or the newer hardware (probably with newer drivers) that made the difference. -- Alex Tweedly http://www.tweedly.net -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.0/305 - Release Date: 08/04/2006 ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Had Revolution for over a year and I still can't run a stack file
I have had Rev for over a year now (Studio version) and I STILL cannot run a stack file (by double clicking on it OR using Open With...) and have a cursor show up. As soon as the pointer enters anywhere in the stack window, it disappears. I't's still there because if I carefully move it, I can press buttons and enter text and such but I just can't see the cursor. Surely not everyone has this problem because it tends to make the product useless. I asked this question over a year ago and never got the problem fixed. I'm running 2.7.1 on WinXP (and I've tried every version from 2.5 on and DreamCard) always with the same result. I'd really like to use this product but it you can only see a cursor when you have the IDE running, it would be pointless to develop anything for a customer. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong Len Morgan. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Had Revolution for over a year and I still can't run a stack file
Len Morgan wrote: I have had Rev for over a year now (Studio version) and I STILL cannot run a stack file (by double clicking on it OR using Open With...) and have a cursor show up. As soon as the pointer enters anywhere in the stack window, it disappears. I't's still there because if I carefully move it, I can press buttons and enter text and such but I just can't see the cursor. It's a bug, in the Win version (BZ 2138 which I entered in September 2004). Unfortunately, that BZ was against Dreamcard Player - and was therefore entered as an enhancement request. I think (according to the comments added by Mark W.) that it has not been dealt with because of possible conflict it would cause in the Mac OS9 version. If so, that's an astonishingly poor prioritization between OS9 and Windows. Around that time (September through December 2004) I had pretty much concluded that anything I did in Bugzilla was a waste of time, so I didn't bother pushing this problem. I now know that, in general, Bugzilla entries will eventually be looked at - but I've not had any reason to focus on this one and go back and push it. If it's a major hassle for you (see below), then you should add your experience / feelings as an additional comment to BZ 2138, and change the status/priority to represent the impact it is having on you. Surely not everyone has this problem because it tends to make the product useless. I asked this question over a year ago and never got the problem fixed. I'm running 2.7.1 on WinXP (and I've tried every version from 2.5 on and DreamCard) always with the same result. I'd really like to use this product but it you can only see a cursor when you have the IDE running, it would be pointless to develop anything for a customer. If you are developing for a customer, I believe you should build and distribute standalones - and this problem does not happen in a standalone. (I guess I should say - I always see this problem when double-clicking a stack file, and have never seen it in a standalone :-) It would be nice if you could distribute stacks and an adequate Player - but Dreamcard Player was never, IMO, adequate. I haven't tried Ken's Stackrunner because by the time that appeared, I was in the habit of building standalones, and decided to stick with that. -- Alex Tweedly http://www.tweedly.net -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.0/304 - Release Date: 07/04/2006 ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Had Revolution for over a year and I still can't run a stack file
Recently, Len Morgan wrote: I have had Rev for over a year now (Studio version) and I STILL cannot run a stack file (by double clicking on it OR using Open With...) and have a cursor show up. As soon as the pointer enters anywhere in the stack window, it disappears. I't's still there because if I carefully move it, I can press buttons and enter text and such but I just can't see the cursor. You know, this occurs in the MetaCard IDE as well when a the 'open file' dialog is present and I've never been able to figure out why. With enough jostling of the cursor into and out of the dialog's rect, I can usually get the cursor to reappear again, but I have no formula as of yet. Sorry no solution, just a confirmation of (intermittent) behavior. Chipp Walters and I batted around solution to the stuck cursor issue that arises with text entry fields but I'm not sure this would work in a situation where a modal dialog is present. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia Design - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Had Revolution for over a year and I still can't run a stack file
Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Len Morgan wrote: I have had Rev for over a year now (Studio version) and I STILL cannot run a stack file (by double clicking on it OR using Open With...) and have a cursor show up. As soon as the pointer enters anywhere in the stack window, it disappears. I't's still there because if I carefully move it, I can press buttons and enter text and such but I just can't see the cursor. You know, this occurs in the MetaCard IDE as well when a the 'open file' dialog is present and I've never been able to figure out why. I know the answer to that one, I think. It happens when you use the message box to show a file dialog (or when you have been typing into a field) and hit the return key to execute the command. When typing, the mouse pointer normally is hidden (replaced by the insertion point). If you open a file dialog while the insertion point is present, the mouse pointer doesn't reappear when the file dialog opens. I bugzillaed it some time ago. The workaround for now is to jiggle the mouse before executing the command from the message box. I always forget to do that, of course. This is different from the disappearing Windows cursor, which I thought got fixed before the last release. Does it still happen in 2.7? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Had Revolution for over a year and I still can't run a stack file
J. Landman Gay wrote: I know the answer to that one, I think. It happens when you use the message box to show a file dialog (or when you have been typing into a field) and hit the return key to execute the command. When typing, the mouse pointer normally is hidden (replaced by the insertion point). If you open a file dialog while the insertion point is present, the mouse pointer doesn't reappear when the file dialog opens. I bugzillaed it some time ago. And just to follow up, it appears to have been fixed in 2.7. Bugzilla pays off. ;) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Had Revolution for over a year and I still can't run a stack file
J. Landman Gay wrote: This is different from the disappearing Windows cursor, which I thought got fixed before the last release. Does it still happen in 2.7? Haven't yet upgraded to 2.7 (and probably won't until 2.7.1), so I can't answer that directly. But I would have to guess not, since the BZ entry for it hasn't been updated. -- Alex Tweedly http://www.tweedly.net -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.0/304 - Release Date: 07/04/2006 ___ use-revolution mailing list use-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: Had Revolution for over a year and I still can't run a stack file
Hi Len, Sorry to hear you're having problems. I've been running all versions of Rev since 1.0 and haven't seen it on XP, though I have no doubt it exists. Here's a suggestion you might try. It has to do with your video drivers. Turns out the Rev engine is very sensitive to outdated drivers. To check it, do the following: Right-click on the desktop and choose Properties Go to the Settings Tab and click on the Advanced button there. Click the Troubleshoot tab. Slide the Hardware Acceleration slider fully to the left (None). Click Apply, then OK. Now launch Rev and see if the cursor problem still exists. If it's fixed, then it means you have a conflict with the grapchics drivers. My suggestion is to go get the latest version of the drivers. That usually fixes things. Hope this helps. best, Chipp Len Morgan wrote: Please tell me what I'm doing wrong ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
