Re: Startup question
The easy way to do this in Leopard is just drag any item to the Dock, right click on it and choose Open at Login... from the popup. To make it open in a specific (non default) application: select the file in a window or on the desktop; press command-I or right-click Get Info. Set Open with to whatever you like. You can also choose a new default app to open all documents of that file type there. Joe F. On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: Colin, we thank you. Joe Wilkins On Aug 10, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: On Aug 10, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: However, this still doesn't allow me to stipulate a document as in the past; just the application. Bummer. Thats not true. Click the +, add in a document, and away you go. Now, having it open a document using an application that is not the normal application for that document type, can't be expressed in one line, but you could add in an AppleScript standalone instead, and that could do whatever you want it to do. ___ 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 ___ 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
Startup question
Hi everyone, There used to be a method whereby you could designate a specific document be opened upon startup. In Leopard, I find no such possibility. Any one know where it is hidden? TIA, Joe Wilkins ___ 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: Startup question
Sorry, I should have asked Finder Help the same question. Joe Wilkins ___ 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: Startup question
On Aug 10, 2009, at 1:28 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: Sorry, I should have asked Finder Help the same question. Indeed. And for anyone who wanted to know the answer: System Preferences/Accounts/Your Account/Login Items. ___ 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: Startup question
Thanks, Colin, However, this still doesn't allow me to stipulate a document as in the past; just the application. Bummer. Joe Wilkins On Aug 10, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: On Aug 10, 2009, at 1:28 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: Sorry, I should have asked Finder Help the same question. Indeed. And for anyone who wanted to know the answer: System Preferences/Accounts/Your Account/Login Items. ___ 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: Startup question
Thanks for posting this, Colin. I am a relatively new Mac user and love these knowledge bites. Ed On Aug 10, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: On Aug 10, 2009, at 1:28 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: Sorry, I should have asked Finder Help the same question. Indeed. And for anyone who wanted to know the answer: System Preferences/Accounts/Your Account/Login Items. ___ 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 ___ 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: Startup question
Colin, we thank you. Joe Wilkins On Aug 10, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: On Aug 10, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: However, this still doesn't allow me to stipulate a document as in the past; just the application. Bummer. Thats not true. Click the +, add in a document, and away you go. Now, having it open a document using an application that is not the normal application for that document type, can't be expressed in one line, but you could add in an AppleScript standalone instead, and that could do whatever you want it to do. ___ 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: Startup question
On Aug 10, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: However, this still doesn't allow me to stipulate a document as in the past; just the application. Bummer. Thats not true. Click the +, add in a document, and away you go. Now, having it open a document using an application that is not the normal application for that document type, can't be expressed in one line, but you could add in an AppleScript standalone instead, and that could do whatever you want it to do. ___ 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: startup question
Hi Stephen, I just used preOpenStack for all the stuff that has to happen on startup... works like a champ. Nothing can even see or touch the stack until everything is loaded. Just so you and anyone else who might go this route knows: Any reference to menus and menuItems in preOpenStack will not produce the desired result. One can reference a menu button by name, id, or number, and change the menuItems by changing the button's text. But references to menu 'File' or menuItem 'Save', etc. made prior to preOpenCard will fail. Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee. from The Triple Foole by John Donne (1572-1631) ___ 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: startup question
A word of thanks goes out to all who suggested solutions to my startup problem; Jim Ault, Chipp Walters, David Burgun, Dave Cragg, and Rob Cozens. I just used preOpenStack for all the stuff that has to happen on startup... works like a champ. Nothing can even see or touch the stack until everything is loaded. All I can say is duh... and thanks. sqb -- stephen barncard s a n f r a n c i s c o - - - - - - - - - - - - ___ 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: startup question
Hi, One way of doing it is like this: put stack quote myStackFilePath LibStack.rev quote into myTempStackFilePathName get value(LibStartUsing( theParam1 , theParam2 ),myTempStackFilePathName) Then in LibStack: function LibStartUsing theParam1, theParam2 start using me end LibStartUsing That way the Stack is loaded before the start using is actually run. Hope this helps All the Best Dave On 13 Apr 2006, at 02:32, Stephen Barncard wrote: I have a chicken-and-egg situation.. I have a stack startup handler that works fine until it does a 'start using' for a library stack, and then immediately needs to use a handler in that stack just included. What happens is that the code keeps marching along, the lib isn't active yet... and --- error. I've put a 'wait 30 ticks' then a 'wait 60 ticks' before continuing. Not long enough? I know, I know, cheesy too. What's the best way to allow the lib to load.. and how do I wait or hold for it? I know there's an 'librarystack' message.. thanks. sqb -- stephen barncard s a n f r a n c i s c o - - - - - - - - - - - - ___ 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 ___ 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: startup question
On 13 Apr 2006, at 02:32, Stephen Barncard wrote: I have a chicken-and-egg situation.. I have a stack startup handler that works fine until it does a 'start using' for a library stack, and then immediately needs to use a handler in that stack just included. What happens is that the code keeps marching along, the lib isn't active yet... and --- error. I've put a 'wait 30 ticks' then a 'wait 60 ticks' before continuing. Not long enough? I know, I know, cheesy too. What's the best way to allow the lib to load.. and how do I wait or hold for it? I know there's an 'librarystack' message.. I don't have a solution, but I'm surprised at the behavior. Generally, libraries called in this way are available immediately. (I'm thinking of cgi scripts that start using a library in the startup handler.) Do you know of anything in the library itself that might be causing this? Right now, the only thing I can think of is the library calling one of the Rev library handlers (commands beginning with rev, or a url request requiring liburl), as the Rev libraries don't load until after startup. Cheers Dave ___ 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: startup question
Hi Stephen, I have a chicken-and-egg situation.. I have a stack startup handler that works fine until it does a 'start using' for a library stack, and then immediately needs to use a handler in that stack just included. What happens is that the code keeps marching along, the lib isn't active yet... and --- error. I've put a 'wait 30 ticks' then a 'wait 60 ticks' before continuing. Not long enough? I know, I know, cheesy too. What's the best way to allow the lib to load.. and how do I wait or hold for it? I know there's an 'librarystack' message.. If this is the standard response from Revolution, my Foole's luck has kept me from experiencing it: I have not checked all my stacks this morning; however all but one I checked starts using the Library on preOpenStack but doesn't call a Library handler until openStack. Suppose you started using the library stack in preOpenStack and transferred the library calls to the preOpenCard handler for the first card opened in your main stack? I said all but one because sdbTools plugIn contains: on preopenStack startLibrary Serendipity_Library.rev if the result then beep answer warning sdbNoLibraryWarning close this stack exit preopenStack end if put field Source Database of card Translation into translationSource get the sdbFile of this stack put it into savedDatabase put char 1 to -5 of item -1 it into referenceSource if referenceSource translationSource then put referenceSource into field Source Database of card Translation put empty into field Destination Database of card Translation get empty -- trigger db save end if if it is not savedDatabase then save this stack set the icon of button Serendipity of card 1 to 103010 try revGoToFramePaused GrowBook,1 catch anyError set the rect of image Closed book.gif to 380,45,765,508 end try getSDBClientId mainStackClientId -- library call getSDBDbId mainStackDbId -- library call logInSDBClient (the platform),(the rIPCMode of this stack) -- library call checkSDBResult (the result) -- library call get the result if word 1 of it then close this stack exit preopenStack end if put word 2 of it into referenceClientId put the sdbFile of this stack into savedDatabase openSDBFile sdbBuffer,false,true,,None,false,empty -- library call checkSDBResult (the result) -- library call get the result if word 1 of it then close this stack exit preopenStack end if if the sdbFile of this stack is not savedDatabase then save this stack put word 2 of it into referenceDbId put referenceDbId into field Source Db Id of card Translation loadToolTips end preopenStack This logic has always worked for moi. Perhaps because it isn't preOpenStack that contains the start using statement, but rather the startLibrary handler called by preOpenStack. So you might try: on preOpenStack ... ... startLibrary My Library callLibraryHandler ... ... end preOpenStack startLibrary could be as simple as... on startLibrary libraryName start using stack libraryName return the result end startLibrary Mine is more complex: on startLibrary libraryName set the itemDelimiter to / put the effective fileName of this stack into libraryPath put libraryName into item -1 of libraryPath if there is a stack libraryPath then start using stack libraryPath return empty end if put PlugIns into item -1 of libraryPath put /libraryName after libraryPath if there is a stack libraryPath then start using stack libraryPath return empty end if switch (the platform) case Win32 get specialFolderPath(Documents)/libraryName if there is a stack it then start using stack it return empty end if break case MacOS if char 1 of the systemVersion 7 then delete item -5 to -3 of libraryPath if there is a stack libraryPath then start using stack libraryPath return empty end if delete item -2 of libraryPath if there is a stack libraryPath then start using stack libraryPath return empty end if end if break end switch return true -- = error end startLibrary This is because I want developers who use Serendipity Library to have multiple optional locations for library placement when bundling it with their apps. Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee. from The Triple Foole by John Donne (1572-1631) ___ 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
startup question
I have a chicken-and-egg situation.. I have a stack startup handler that works fine until it does a 'start using' for a library stack, and then immediately needs to use a handler in that stack just included. What happens is that the code keeps marching along, the lib isn't active yet... and --- error. I've put a 'wait 30 ticks' then a 'wait 60 ticks' before continuing. Not long enough? I know, I know, cheesy too. What's the best way to allow the lib to load.. and how do I wait or hold for it? I know there's an 'librarystack' message.. thanks. sqb -- stephen barncard s a n f r a n c i s c o - - - - - - - - - - - - ___ 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: startup question
I have not done this kind of event looping yet, but couldn't you add a handler in the library that would call back that it was ready? Then in your code, do a repeat until it echoed a response? HTH Jim Ault Las Vegas On 4/12/06 6:32 PM, Stephen Barncard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a chicken-and-egg situation.. I have a stack startup handler that works fine until it does a 'start using' for a library stack, and then immediately needs to use a handler in that stack just included. What happens is that the code keeps marching along, the lib isn't active yet... and --- error. I've put a 'wait 30 ticks' then a 'wait 60 ticks' before continuing. Not long enough? I know, I know, cheesy too. What's the best way to allow the lib to load.. and how do I wait or hold for it? I know there's an 'librarystack' message.. thanks. sqb ___ 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: startup question
Stephen Barncard wrote: I have a stack startup handler that works fine until it does a 'start using' for a library stack, and then immediately needs to use a handler in that stack just included. What's the best way to allow the lib to load.. and how do I wait or hold for it? Stephen, I use preOpenStack and openStack handlers in THE CARD SCRIPT of the stack to effectively handle startup stuff. If you put your start using code there it should work fine. Startup, for me, is only a necessary handler when setting the externals of a stack BEFORE the stack loads..as they can't be set (and used) AFTER the stack loads. best, Chipp ___ 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: startup question
I did not say this, but of course, in the repeat loop you need to get tEchoFromLib() wait 60 ticks with messages if tEchoFromLib then exit repeat to allow the call back from the library handler to take effect. function echoFromLib return true end echoFromLib Jim Ault Las Vegas On 4/12/06 7:16 PM, Jim Ault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have not done this kind of event looping yet, but couldn't you add a handler in the library that would call back that it was ready? Then in your code, do a repeat until it echoed a response? HTH Jim Ault Las Vegas On 4/12/06 6:32 PM, Stephen Barncard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a chicken-and-egg situation.. I have a stack startup handler that works fine until it does a 'start using' for a library stack, and then immediately needs to use a handler in that stack just included. What happens is that the code keeps marching along, the lib isn't active yet... and --- error. I've put a 'wait 30 ticks' then a 'wait 60 ticks' before continuing. Not long enough? I know, I know, cheesy too. What's the best way to allow the lib to load.. and how do I wait or hold for it? I know there's an 'librarystack' message.. thanks. sqb ___ 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 ___ 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: startup question
Stephen, Regarding my last comment, I may have addressed a problem you didn't have. You could have a callback message sent after the library has loaded, and trap it in the stack, then resume your startup code there, of course your openStack and other handlers would've already run. You might try 'wait 30 ticks with messages' and see if it doesn't help. Just an idea. best, Chipp Stephen Barncard wrote: I have a chicken-and-egg situation.. I have a stack startup handler that works fine until it does a 'start using' for a library stack, and then immediately needs to use a handler in that stack just included. What happens is that the code keeps marching along, the lib isn't active yet... and --- error. I've put a 'wait 30 ticks' then a 'wait 60 ticks' before continuing. Not long enough? I know, I know, cheesy too. What's the best way to allow the lib to load.. and how do I wait or hold for it? I know there's an 'librarystack' message.. thanks. sqb ___ 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
