Re: Launch Not work on OSX/OSX Rotate image trick

2002-11-28 Thread Ken Ray
Sannyasin, > Problems with Launch command: > Bug: > 1) Rev will not "forget' that the application is no longer running. > > a) set an application path to BBEdit in a preference field. > b) Launch a file using > > launch "some/File/path" with "/Applications/BBedit 6.5/BBEdit 6.5 > > First time (BBe

Re: Scaling an Image

2002-11-28 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 7:36 PM -0800 11/28/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I wish to: Show an image (file in the same folder) that has its rect set to >the rect of a fld, visible for 3 seconds then hidden. > >I would like to have this image scaled to the fld's rect. > >I do not want this image incorporated into the sta

Re: using Find in the Script Editor

2002-11-28 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 5:13 PM -0800 11/27/02, erik hansen wrote: >is there a way to Find only complete words in the >Script Editor? Check the "Whole Word Searching" item in the View menu. (The option is also available in the Preferences dialog, in the "Script Editor" pane.) -- Jeanne A. E. DeVoto ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: send and long names

2002-11-28 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 11:36 AM -0800 11/28/02, Dar Scott wrote: >Is the long name of an object always sufficient to uniquely identify it >for a send? Not in all cases. (For example, you might have two buttons on the same card that have the same name. Their long names will be the same.) You can use the name safely on

Bug: Launch Not work on OSX/OSX Rotate image trick

2002-11-28 Thread Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
Though my license does not expire until January 18, 2003 I was unsubscribed from the Improve list, so will send bug reports here in the hope they are not bugs but only what I don't know. OSX 10.2.2 Rev 1.5 Problems with Launch command: Bug: 1) Rev will not "forget' that the application is no l

Re: Cursor Disappearing Problem then Solution

2002-11-28 Thread David Vaughan
On Friday, Nov 29, 2002, at 04:59 Australia/Sydney, Matt Denton wrote: Viola - cursor back. Matt Did you mean the strings of your heart were singing (at a fifth below the violin), or were you looking for Voila? Perhaps it was a woman nearby to whom you exclaimed: "Gosh Viola. The cursor's ba

Scaling an Image

2002-11-28 Thread JamesHBeckmann
I'm new. I am seeking some advice. I wish to: Show an image (file in the same folder) that has its rect set to the rect of a fld, visible for 3 seconds then hidden. I would like to have this image scaled to the fld's rect. I do not want this image incorporated into the stack. I've tried diff

Re: combining cards from stacks

2002-11-28 Thread Björnke von Gierke
On Freitag, Nov 29, 2002, at 01:53 Europe/Zurich, Bernard Devlin wrote: I want to have an application where the users can store multiple stacks (with the same structure), and each stack would represent some way in which the user chooses to categorize the stacks. (I'm envisioning situations in

Re: Set Multiple Filters

2002-11-28 Thread Sarah
I think you need to use a loop for multiple filters. You will have to filter for each of the file extensions and then merge the results into a single list. Is filter case-sensitive? You might not need to use 6 filters if it isn't. Sarah On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 01:52 am, Sannyasin Si

Re: Printing a portion of a card

2002-11-28 Thread Sarah
Thanks for the idea but that didn't work either. The only thing that works is setting ridiculous values for the print into rect. e.g. print this card from 4,157 to 719,554 into 68,-50,942,695 One other word of warning, I was using the printPaperSize to adjust my printout to fit the paper. After

RE: combining cards from stacks

2002-11-28 Thread Monte Goulding
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Re: Extract ImageSource URL from a char in a field?

2002-11-28 Thread Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
duh (smile) I wasn't thinking in terms of properties... indeed i get binfile:/Users/katir/Graphics/Test manage files 1/12-14-07.jpg Thanks... On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 07:56 AM, Ken Ray wrote: Have you tried: get the imageSource of char 1 of fld "browser" ??? If so, what did you

combining cards from stacks

2002-11-28 Thread Bernard Devlin
I want to have an application where the users can store multiple stacks (with the same structure), and each stack would represent some way in which the user chooses to categorize the stacks. (I'm envisioning situations in which the stacks may contain many thousands of cards, and the cards may be s

Re: Moving images around randomly

2002-11-28 Thread Michael J. Lew
I've made a pharmacology teaching tool that has buttons moving around in a box randomly and bouncing off the walls. They also stick to a button when they get close enough. I'm sure you will be able to get some goodnees out of the code. I'll send it to you off-list. Regards, -- Michael J. Lew S

send and long names

2002-11-28 Thread Dar Scott
Is the long name of an object always sufficient to uniquely identify it for a send? Is there a better way to uniquely identify an object that is suitable for send? Dar Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/ma

Re: Background

2002-11-28 Thread miscdas
Mark Swindell writes: Also, when one is used to a certain paradigm (like HyperCard), it can shape your thinking and constrain your ability to grasp a different way of doing things, especially from within an environment and scripting language so overwhelmingly similar to what you're used to. -M

Re: Basic Questions (was RE: Background)

2002-11-28 Thread Wolfgang M. Bereuter
On Donnerstag, November 28, 2002, at 07:15 Uhr, Rob Cozens wrote: I suggest that new users are not critisised but encouraged to participate, I am not so arrogant as to realise I may learn something new myself. Well put, Gary. I couldn't agree more. Me tooo! And let me point out, at leas

Re: Basic Questions (was RE: Background)

2002-11-28 Thread Rob Cozens
I suggest that new users are not critisised but encouraged to participate, I am not so arrogant as to realise I may learn something new myself. Well put, Gary. I couldn't agree more. And let me point out, at least for business applications programmers such as moi, the broader one's knowledge,

Re: Cursor Disappearing Problem then Solution

2002-11-28 Thread Howard Bornstein
>I tried lots of things, then I duplicated the field. Viola - cursor back. >But why? I ran into the same problem and came up with the same solution. >I actually found the REAL culprit: the rect of a locked field above >overlapped by a bit the rect of the editable field. Motto: check the rects >

Basic Questions (was RE: Background)

2002-11-28 Thread Gary Rathbone
I whole heartedly disagree ! I'm happy to see anyone to ask any RR related question on this list and am constantly surprised by how others put a new angle on an aspect I considered I was familiar with. The list helped me a great deal when I first started with MC and RR and now I'm in a position to

Re: Re-ordering substacks?

2002-11-28 Thread Rob Cozens
Is there any way to change the order of substacks? Ben, et al: The one time I tried to do this, I set the mainstack property to remove a substack from the mainstack and then add it back...which put it at the bottom of the list. You might try something like: get the substacks of this stack so

Re: File Open Error: Illegal File Name Character " " in xyz.rev

2002-11-28 Thread Rob Cozens
I still don't use spaces; but then I still use punched cards. Thanks for checking further, David. I went through the Library yesterday and replaced " " with "_" in all external stack, folder, and file name references. I want to test this for a day or two, because the changes were throughout

Set Multiple Filters

2002-11-28 Thread Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
I tried filter gFileList with "*JPG,*.GIF,*.JPEG,*.jpg,*.jpeg,.*gif" But it doesn't work... only one parameter is accepted: filter gFileList with "*.JPG" How to filter for multiple strings? I must be missing something simple. TIA Sannyasin Sivakatirswami Himalayan Academy Publications [EMAIL

More Applescript Power

2002-11-28 Thread Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
In Supercard you could Compile an applescript, check it's syntax, add it as a resource, run it as complied script etc. How can you run a compiled Applescript from Revolution? A text field is a poor applescript dev environment. I want to be able to run a compiled Applescript from an external f

Re: not getting digests

2002-11-28 Thread Heather Williams
> Maybe we should think about how to put SPEWS in their proper place > and inform people about their techniques! I totally agree with you, it's appalling. Unfortunately most of my "copious spare time" (TM Jeanne DeVoto, thank you Jeanne) is already being taken up with the fallout from this occurre

Re-ordering substacks?

2002-11-28 Thread Ben Rubinstein
Is there any way to change the order of substacks? I'm not really sure what impact - if any - the order of substacks has - so in effect I'm really just trying to re-order them in the App Overview, to help me keep track. But given that this is the use- list, is there anything I can do which will c

Re: Cursor Disappearing Problem then Solution

2002-11-28 Thread Matt Denton
Hello dear List, Matt again. > I also found by simply moving the field over to the right side of the screen > Flashy came back too. I then moved it back to the old position and the > cursor with the correct cursor still waving at me. This didn't always work, > seemed like you needed a big move.

Re: File Open Error: Illegal File Name Character " " in xyz.rev

2002-11-28 Thread David Wilkinson
Rob I did a few experiments and it appears that the restriction is more to do with RevDev under Linux: 1: Rename a standalone to include a space - runs fine from term window or file browser. Build a standalone with spaces in name - Distribution builder replaces them with underscores. 2: Cha

Cursor Disappearing Problem then Solution

2002-11-28 Thread Matt Denton
Hi List, this is Matt here. Today I had a problem with the cursor disappearing when entering a field. Very annoying. Now I had a quick check on the list, not sure if anyone has found the solution or dealt with this, apologies if it has been covered. Here's what I found and the solution: PROBLEM A

Re: Background

2002-11-28 Thread miscdas
David Vaughan writes: [snip] True, miscdas, but the list exists in part to help people discover the documentation as well as the product, or the use-list would hardly need to exist at all. A pointer to using the documentation (as you have done here) as well as to the answer helps people get up