Re: "Process is already open."

2000-04-09 Thread Scott Raney
On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Craig Spooner wrote: > Thanks Scott, but I'm afraid I lost you almost immediately. You said: > > >You can't have two processes with exactly the same name open at the > >same time. If one exits, though, you can start another one up with > >the same name. > > This sounds con

Re: Answer File Title?

2000-04-09 Thread Scott Raney
On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Scott Rossi wrote: > >> Is there a way to change the title that appears at the top of the answer > >> file dialog? Currently it shows up as "Metacard - Open" and setting the > >> title of the answer dialog via script doesn't seem to have any effect. > > > >Have you tried: > >

Re: Answer File Title?

2000-04-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
On 4/9/00 3:26 PM, Scott Rossi at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Is there a way to change the title that appears at the top of the answer >>> file dialog? Currently it shows up as "Metacard - Open" and setting the >>> title of the answer dialog via script doesn't seem to have any effect. >> >> Ha

Re: "Process is already open."

2000-04-09 Thread Craig Spooner
Thanks Scott, but I'm afraid I lost you almost immediately. You said: >You can't have two processes with exactly the same name open at the >same time. If one exits, though, you can start another one up with >the same name. This sounds contradictory, but I'm sure I'm missing something. And whe

Re: CrossPlatform CD deployment

2000-04-09 Thread Scott Rossi
>does the PC engine have to be in the ISO part or can one >simply put EVERYTHING in as shared files? If you use Toast, the recommended file arrangement is to place *shared* files and Mac-only files in the Mac partition, and Windows-only files in the Windows partition. >Then will the stack aut

Re: Answer File Title?

2000-04-09 Thread Scott Rossi
>> Is there a way to change the title that appears at the top of the answer >> file dialog? Currently it shows up as "Metacard - Open" and setting the >> title of the answer dialog via script doesn't seem to have any effect. > >Have you tried: > > answer file > >e.g., > > answer file "Select

Re: ask file in Linux-standalone

2000-04-09 Thread Scott Raney
On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Christoph Wollek wrote: > I have a problem with ask file in Linux-standalone. > > My script: > > ask file "Namen?" with "Zitate" > put it into tpath > open file tpath for write > write fld 1 to file tpath > put return & the result after fld 2 >

Re: "Process is already open."

2000-04-09 Thread Scott Raney
On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Craig Spooner wrote: > I'm getting inconsistent results (literally) from the "open process" > command. I'm using it to launch the default web browser and it seems > to handle multiple instances of the browser better than the "launch" > command. That is, until -- seemingly

Re: CrossPlatform CD deployment

2000-04-09 Thread Mark Talluto
What I do is create a stand-alone for the Macintosh version and a stand-alone for the Windows version. All external graphics and sounds can be shared between the two different versions provided you followed the basic guidelines of what is cross platform compatible. Create your CD-ROM in Mac OS/IS

open url

2000-04-09 Thread Till
Probably a very simple question: I tried several solutions but none did work - is there a similar command as <> in Hypercard. I imported a Hypercard stack but it did not work. What I would like is that the URL-adress is opend in Netscape. thanks Till Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metaca

Re: player object and Quicktime

2000-04-09 Thread Nicolas R Cueto
Hello, Now that I've downloaded Quicktime 4 (nifty look!), all my player-object/player-stopped woes are gone--thanks Mark and Claude. Cheers. -- Nicolas R Cueto Takakura JHS/SHS Nagoya, Japan Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metac

"Process is already open."

2000-04-09 Thread Craig Spooner
Greetings, I'm getting inconsistent results (literally) from the "open process" command. I'm using it to launch the default web browser and it seems to handle multiple instances of the browser better than the "launch" command. That is, until -- seemingly at random -- it returns an error mes

Tips on (bg)sound

2000-04-09 Thread k_major
Hi folks, a practical solution i tried when using player-objects for kind of bg-music is the following: A bit less complicated than putting sounds into bgs ;-) Make a palette-window! far off-screen. -5000,-5000 will do. Put one (or more) players onto the first (and only cd) and write this, or a

Re: stopping advance typing

2000-04-09 Thread Phil Davis
When you have a "keyDown" event: - lock messages - do your tasks - use the "flush" function to remove all keyboard events from the queue - unlock messages I haven't tried the above, but it seems like it would work. If it doesn't, you might try: - stop passing "keydown" messages - do your tasks -

Re: stopping advance typing

2000-04-09 Thread diskot123
> My problem is I can't figure out how to abort multiple > keydowns. Any solutions. I had this problem in Hypercard also... Try put flushevents("keydown") into dummy regards, Tuviah Snyder Diskotek Custom Application Development & SuperCard/HyperCard Conversion at a low price Web: http://m

stopping advance typing

2000-04-09 Thread ScottYang
In the stack I've been designing for 12 mo to 18 mo old toddlers, I utilize "KeyDown" often since most children can succesfully manage pressing anykey on the keyboard to navigagte a computer, even as early as 10-12 mo of life. My problem is I can't figure out how to abort multiple keydown

ask file in Linux-standalone

2000-04-09 Thread Christoph Wollek
I have a problem with ask file in Linux-standalone. My script: ask file "Namen?" with "Zitate" put it into tpath open file tpath for write write fld 1 to file tpath put return & the result after fld 2 close file line 1 of the openFiles answer "Der expor