Re: bad token: theID, iconNum, theVis, etc.

2002-03-17 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Eric, > > bad token: theID, iconNum, theVis, etc. is what > comes up alot esp. when ExplicitVariables() is > true. > > these are close to "taken" words in MC, but not > exactly the same. > > is this just something you have to deal with by > naming your variables in German? not if you are real

bad token: theID, iconNum, theVis, etc.

2002-03-17 Thread erik hansen
bad token: theID, iconNum, theVis, etc. is what comes up alot esp. when ExplicitVariables() is true. these are close to "taken" words in MC, but not exactly the same. is this just something you have to deal with by naming your variables in German? = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/

Perl compatible Regular Expressions

2002-03-17 Thread Sivakatirswami
on 3/17/02 5:43 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What's this do? How would we use Perl in our scripts? Can anyone give an > example of when this feature would be handy? Yes, one very important example is email verification: Previously it was not so easy to do this in MC, presu

Directory puzzle

2002-03-17 Thread Tereza Snyder
hi all, I have made a file selector dialog for my application which has developed a problem in Windows 2000 which puzzles me: I have a path "//hostnt/library/tereza/gotalk" (which is an existing directory), and I type in the msg box: put there is a directory "//hostnt/library/tereza/gotalk" Met

Re: Arrays and Matrix Algebra

2002-03-17 Thread crob
original message: >Arrays and Matrix Algebra >Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:51:31 -0500 >From: Gregory Lypny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "MetaCard List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Hi Everyone, > > Just wanted to confirm the correct way to set up arrays to be able >to do matr

Re: URLs

2002-03-17 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Shari wrote: > This is the final result of a universal handler for URLs. > ... > Improvement suggestions are welcome. And if anybody knows a way to > avoid using Applescript (without reverting to XCMDs), that would be > most welcome! Shari: I think you'll find you can't rely on GURLG

Re: MetaCard 2.4.2 beta 3

2002-03-17 Thread Shari
>Our thanks for your continued patience during this process, and for >the curious, I'll post a note with the complete dump on what happened >and why as soon as the transfer to the new service is complete. > >See you on the other side ;-) > Regards, > Scott May your transition be smooth, Sco

URLs

2002-03-17 Thread Shari
This is the final result of a universal handler for URLs. Has not been tested on OSX or Windows yet, and won't be till I release the program to my beta testers. I know that I could use Applescript even for non-OSX Macs, but truthfully, I prefer not to use Applescript at all in any of my scri

Re: Jeanne's book

2002-03-17 Thread Shari
>I'd snap up a MetaCard book in a second! I haven't read Jeanne's >HyperTalk book, but anything with examples that extends the original >HyperCard Reference by Apple to the realm of MetaCard would be great. > > Greg I can tell you... the docs that came with Hypercard 2.3 were good, but

Re: if/then with and/or

2002-03-17 Thread Shari
>>if var1 is "goody" and var2 is "nope" and var3 is "hello" then >>doSomething >>end if >> >>That fails. > >It works here, without any parentheses. (v 2.4.1 on Mac OS X) > >Cheers >Dave Cragg I never thought to try parenthesis. As for it working as is on OS X, that's odd to me. It works in

Re: MetaCard 2.4.2 beta 3

2002-03-17 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 9:08 PM -0800 3/16/2002, J. Landman Gay wrote: >> This release uses a new Perl-compatible regular expression library. >> This library includes new support for Perl pattern characters and >> non-greedy matches. > >What's this do? How would we use Perl in our scripts? Can anyone give an >example