Re: Problems setting a player object to an alias in a script
Howard Bornstein wrote: I want to set a player object to an alias of an MP3 file. If I do it in a script, the player returns the message could not create movie reference. However, if I set the player manually (i.e. by clicking the folder icon on property palette's source field) it takes the alias as a valid file. That's because the OS re-interprets the alias to point to a valid file reference, and returns that instead of the alias path. You'd need to do that yourself if you want to script it, otherwise you won't get a valid file name. However, when selecting a file for the player manually, using the built-in dialog box, there is an Enable popup that defaults to Quicktime Movies. When this is selected, it is impossible to select an MP3 file. But if I change the popup to All Files, then I can choose the MP3. Apparently, when trying to do this via script, the MP3s are not available because All Files (or its equivalent) is not selected. How can I get access to all files using the set filename of player n to [filename] in Transcript? The dimming of certain file types is just a selector filter within the Open File dialog, it has no bearing on what files can be chosen or opened by script. I think the problem you are having is that the alias is interpreted by Rev as an actual file instead of a pointer to a file. Since the alias file itself isn't an mpg, you get the error. Try using the aliasReference function to get the real file name and set your player to that instead. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com 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: Problems setting a player object to an alias in a script
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:36 AM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote: Try using the aliasReference function to get the real file name and set your player to that instead. Thank you thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for and solves my problem nicely. Since I may have a mix of aliases and normal files, this function makes it easy to tell if the file is an alias as well as providing the valid reference to the actual file. This was one of the multitude of Rev functions I didn't even know existed. -- Regards, Howard Bornstein --- www.designeq.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: Problems setting a player object to an alias in a script
Howard Bornstein wrote: On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:36 AM, J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.comwrote: Try using the aliasReference function to get the real file name and set your player to that instead. Thank you thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for and solves my problem nicely. Since I may have a mix of aliases and normal files, this function makes it easy to tell if the file is an alias as well as providing the valid reference to the actual file. This was one of the multitude of Rev functions I didn't even know existed. Another example of the value of the Rev Dictionary's See Also section. :) Sometimes in my spare time I just browse around in the Dictionary clicking See Also links, and almost always learn something new. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Rev training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com revJournal blog: http://revjournal.com/blog.irv ___ 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: Problems setting a player object to an alias in a script
On 31/05/2010 22:04, Howard Bornstein wrote: On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:36 AM, J. Landman Gayjac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote: Try using the aliasReference function to get the real file name and set your player to that instead. Thank you thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for and solves my problem nicely. Since I may have a mix of aliases and normal files, this function makes it easy to tell if the file is an alias as well as providing the valid reference to the actual file. This was one of the multitude of Rev functions I didn't even know existed. Join the club! I've been messing around with RunRev for 9 years and I have now reached the conclusion that I know about 25% of the functions - and that's having developed quite a number of applications with the thing! ___ 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: Problems setting a player object to an alias in a script
On 31/05/2010 22:14, Richard Gaskin wrote: Howard Bornstein wrote: On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:36 AM, J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.comwrote: Try using the aliasReference function to get the real file name and set your player to that instead. Thank you thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for and solves my problem nicely. Since I may have a mix of aliases and normal files, this function makes it easy to tell if the file is an alias as well as providing the valid reference to the actual file. This was one of the multitude of Rev functions I didn't even know existed. Another example of the value of the Rev Dictionary's See Also section. :) Mmm, mmm, mmm, merr, merr, merr, so there! Really? I found aliasReference by typing in 'alias' into the search box in the top right-hand corner. --- The problem is not with the dictionary, Ding An Sich; but knowing exactly what term to type in the search box: Let's consider the word 'alias' (quite apart from the fact that in the context of WIMP GUIs on computers it has been radically resemanticised from its prototypical meaning in the non-computer world): Macintosh: Alias (actually 'alias' with the meaning of a graphic object which opens a pathway to a directory elsewhere is a Mac-specific term that I remember learning when I cracked open my first Mac with OS 7 - a bit confusing, having only worked with BBC-MOS and UNIX before that). Windows: Shortcut / reparse point (whacked-out or what?) Linux: symbolic link [I see that UBUNTU 10.04 has Make Link in its menu system - that's not going to help what Steve Jobs calls the switchers that the South African Astronaut obviously envisages converting from Windows to Ubuntu in droves.] UNIX: Symbolic Link / Soft Link / symlink and they don't all behave in the same way . . . :) --- Now, let's suppose I am a Windows-only sort of chap (I'm not); so on Iooking up Shortcut (not knowing the term 'alias' or 'symbolic link'; I will get: short Specifies a format for the date and time functions, the convert command, and the name, ID, and owner properties. and shortFilePath neither of which equate to 'alias'. Similarly with Linux; on looking up 'symbolic' the dictionary draws a complete blank. This means that, while the IDE may be, moderately, cross-platform; the dictionary is not. - There are other things one can do with aliases, I see. Sometimes in my spare time I just browse around in the Dictionary clicking See Also links, and almost always learn something new. Nice to have spare time . . . :) Personally I prefer my Sanskrit dictionary; it has, among other things, the advantage that it can be propped up next to the chopping board in the kitchen when I'm getting supper organised; no real problem with splashing ghee on the keyboard either! Mathewson. ___ 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: Problems setting a player object to an alias in a script
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: Howard Bornstein wrote: On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:36 AM, J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.comwrote: Try using the aliasReference function to get the real file name and set your player to that instead. Thank you thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for and solves my problem nicely. Since I may have a mix of aliases and normal files, this function makes it easy to tell if the file is an alias as well as providing the valid reference to the actual file. This was one of the multitude of Rev functions I didn't even know existed. Another example of the value of the Rev Dictionary's See Also section. :) Sometimes in my spare time I just browse around in the Dictionary clicking See Also links, and almost always learn something new. Yes, I smacked myself upside the head after I saw Jackie's answer. Why I didn't think to search the dictionary for 'alias' is beyond me, although I did search for it in the User's Guide (just found stuff on anti-aliasing). That's why this list is so valuable. -- Regards, Howard Bornstein --- www.designeq.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
Problems setting a player object to an alias in a script
I want to set a player object to an alias of an MP3 file. If I do it in a script, the player returns the message could not create movie reference. However, if I set the player manually (i.e. by clicking the folder icon on property palette's source field) it takes the alias as a valid file. However, when selecting a file for the player manually, using the built-in dialog box, there is an Enable popup that defaults to Quicktime Movies. When this is selected, it is impossible to select an MP3 file. But if I change the popup to All Files, then I can choose the MP3. Apparently, when trying to do this via script, the MP3s are not available because All Files (or its equivalent) is not selected. How can I get access to all files using the set filename of player n to [filename] in Transcript? -- Regards, Howard Bornstein --- www.designeq.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: Problems setting a player object to an alias in a script
I was able to get an alias that pointed to an mp3 player to load in the player. I used the following script. on mouseUp answer file Select the MP3 file. with type MP3 files|mp3|Mp3 set the filename of player player to it end mouseUp This allowed me to select the alias but when I checked the player with the property inspector the path was the path to the original. One thing I found was that if the alias has the word 'alias' at the end it would not work I had to make sure it ended with .mp3. If you want to make sure the open file dialog allows you to open mp3 files you have to put with type MP3 files|mp3|Mp3 Note there is a space before the final quote. Martin -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Problems-setting-a-player-object-to-an-alias-in-a-script-tp2236683p2236746.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.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
