Re: Menu manager/switch problem

2003-03-11 Thread Ken Norris
** > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 17:24:08 -0800 > Subject: Re: Menu manager/switch problem > From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Ken Norris wrote: > >> What's going on? Has this been discussed before? (not sure what to search on >> in the archives for it). > > If you're on a Mac, the A

RE: Menu manager/switch problem

2003-03-11 Thread Ken Norris
** > From: "Monte Goulding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Menu manager/switch problem > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:45:20 +1030 > > >> What's going on? Has this been discussed before? (not sure what >> to search on >> in the archives for it). > > The About menu gets moved to it's corr

Re: Variable uninitialized variable values (or unexpected declarations)

2003-03-11 Thread Bob Rasmussen
David Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You may have misapprehended what is happening here. I suppose if I misapprehended anything it was thinking of "var" as having been declared a local variable by simply referring to it in any context whatsoever. By this thinking "var" appears to be an i

Re: [ANN] New web page

2003-03-11 Thread yves COPPE
Hello everyone, I have now established my own Revolution web site with links to my freely available Revolution projects and utilities. Please drop by and have a look :-) The address is: http://www.troz.net/Rev/ Very good ! Cheers -- Greetings. Yves COPPE Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

VS: [ANN] New web page

2003-03-11 Thread Esa Kivelä
> -Alkuperäinen viesti- > Lähettäjä: Sarah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lähetetty: 12. maaliskuuta 2003 6:41 > Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aihe: [ANN] New web page > > > Hello everyone, Greetings > > I have now established my own Revolution web site with links to my > freely av

Re: license issues (was mystery exception)

2003-03-11 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/11/03 8:00 PM, Alex Rice wrote: Clearly the feature-limited Starter Kit IDE is a good thing. I just don't fully understand why the need to cripple standalone apps. Just to provide active insurance for what the license permits- so nobody will go out and create a Transcript interpreter with

[ANN] New web page

2003-03-11 Thread Sarah
Hello everyone, I have now established my own Revolution web site with links to my freely available Revolution projects and utilities. Please drop by and have a look :-) The address is: http://www.troz.net/Rev/ Cheers, Sarah ___ use-revolution mailing

Rev as CGI

2003-03-11 Thread Ken Norris
Hello list. I'll bet this was discussed before, but I can't find anything with CGI in the archives. Actually what I want to do is build a simplified browser and emailer to accommodate people with severe physical and perhaps some mental deficits. Can it be done in Rev? I will also accept any ans

RE: license issues (was mystery exception)

2003-03-11 Thread Monte Goulding
Hi Alex The thing you need to remember is that when you distribute a standalone you are actually distributing the engine. If rev removes thes restrictions then who's to stop someone building a standalone that starts the rev IDE and allows script editing. Just be thankful you don't have to pay a r

Re: start using [stack name]

2003-03-11 Thread switchedon
> Well, I don't know how you could have missed it, but it's right there > in the Transcript Dictionary under "start using". Well I'll be damned! There it is right there. I must have had a major brain fart. Cheers... Bill Lynn Simtech Publications www.hsj.com _

Re: license issues (was mystery exception)

2003-03-11 Thread Alex Rice
On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 06:49 AM, Ben Rubinstein wrote: So... if you use 'do', or change the script of objects on the fly, be aware that code which works fine in the IDE will be subject to limitations in a standalone. Ack! I did not know this. Just to see if I am understanding correctly:

Re: Finding and sorting by diacriticals again

2003-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
Wouter Abraham wrote: > Put the desired sort order into it. Use the following format as this is > easier to edit (the script will make one long string of it). > For example: > > 0123456789 > AaÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãÅåÆæ > Bb > CcÇç > Dd > EeÉéÊêËëÈè > Ff > Gg > Hh > IiÍíÎîÏïÌì > Jj > Kk > Ll > Mm > NnÑñ > Oo

Re: Menu manager/switch problem

2003-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
Ken Norris wrote: > ** >> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 21:44:43 -0800 >> Subject: Re: Multiple background group hierarchy (was Goofy button >> behavior) >> From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> I think the "case" approach may give you a useful mix of some common >> functionality and som

RE: Menu manager/switch problem

2003-03-11 Thread Monte Goulding
> What's going on? Has this been discussed before? (not sure what > to search on > in the archives for it). The About menu gets moved to it's correct spot under the apple menu (application menu in OS X). Cheers Monte ___ use-revolution mailing list [

Script Debugger default line selection

2003-03-11 Thread erik hansen
in MC i was able to set the Script Debugger to select the stack (top line), not the card (second line) as a default. most of my handlers are in stack scripts, not card scripts. despite a good script searcher, jqSearchScripts.mc, i could not figure it out. has anyone made this adjustment? TIA ===

Finding and sorting by diacriticals again

2003-03-11 Thread Wouter Abraham
Re: Finding and sorting by diacriticals * From: Ben Rubinstein * Subject: Re: Finding and sorting by diacriticals * Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 06:46:09 -0800 on 3/5/03 11:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > I wrote a HyperTalk handler to perform an offset function that's sensitive > to both di

Menu manager/switch problem

2003-03-11 Thread Ken Norris
** > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 21:44:43 -0800 > Subject: Re: Multiple background group hierarchy (was Goofy button > behavior) > From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I think the "case" approach may give you a useful mix of some common > functionality and some shared functionality, with

Re: using arrays in custom properties

2003-03-11 Thread Tariel Gogoberidze
Message: 3 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:27:37 + Subject: Re: using arrays in custom properties From: Ben Rubinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:27:37, Ben Rubinstein wrote >>on 10/3/03 11:51 pm, Tariel Gogoberidze wrote >> >> or

Re: Saving data stacks

2003-03-11 Thread Ken Norris
** > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:09:19 +1000 > Subject: Saving data stacks > From: Sarah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --SNIP > From some recent posts, I gather that if I did the equivalent on a > Windows system, there is a chance (depending on who is logged in) that > the Applications (or equi

Editing a SWF file?

2003-03-11 Thread Trevor DeVore
I am playing around with editing parts of SWF files that I have created. Eventually I would like to be able to change the size of the SWF file from within a Revolution program. Right now I'm just trying to change the version number. If I open the SWF file in a hex editor I can change the 4th

Re: Multiple background group hierarchy

2003-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
Ken Norris wrote: >> Take a look at the long ID of a grouped control: >> >> button id 10041 of group id 10042 of card id 10001 of stack "whatever.mc" >> >> The owner of an object is the containing object, so getting the owner of a >> grouped control is equivalent to getting the target and then d

Re: start using [stack name]

2003-03-11 Thread Ken Norris
** > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:28:07 -0500 > Subject: start using [stack name] > From: Simtech Publications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Greetings: > > I'm trying to find a Rev equivalent to HyperCard's "start using [stack > name]" statement so I can store all the sounds for my current project

Re: Multiple background group hierarchy

2003-03-11 Thread Ken Norris
** Thanks Richard, -- > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 21:44:43 -0800 > Subject: Re: Multiple background group hierarchy (was Goofy button > behavior) > From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > FWIW, I almost never use "background" scripts these days. They're useful > for the subset of

RE: lost icons

2003-03-11 Thread Ken Ray
Title: Message Albert,   If you assigned icons from the icon library, you'll need to go to the Resources tab in the Distribution Builder and check the box for "Icon Libraries", and then select the library(ies) you need to build into your standalone. (I'm assuming you're using Rev 1.1.1)   K

Re: Re: Read From locked files under WinNT

2003-03-11 Thread R. Hillen
Hello, Richard I opened, but not opened for read. That was the fault. Thank you! Richard Hillen. Message: 5 Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 13:08:27 -0800 Subject: Re: Read From locked files under WinNT From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] R. Hillen w

Re: using arrays in custom properties

2003-03-11 Thread Ben Rubinstein
on 11/3/03 12:22 am, David Epstein wrote > The first comments on this question puzzled me, as they involved setting > custom property SETS, whereas the question seems only to deal with custom > properties themselves. I think this reflected on a confusion I had. My understanding was that one coul

Pre-beta 4:-Mac OS PPC engine doesn't download

2003-03-11 Thread Howard Bornstein
>This is the last pre-beta before beta. We have Mac Classic / The distribution builder fails when trying to download the engine for Mac OS PPC (not included with the pre-beta). I copied over the engine from the pre-beta 2 build and it worked, but I don't know if there are any changes in the (m

Re: Does Send To Program Work?

2003-03-11 Thread Rob Cozens
Is send to program supposed to work with other applications? I know many other apps are AppleEvent aware, so surely it should work. And if so, how do you get it to work over a network? Sarah, You answered question 1 yourself. Once I find the root of my problem, I'll have an answer to question 2

Re: Pre-beta 4

2003-03-11 Thread Rob Cozens
Is up at http://www.runrev.com/revolution/previews/ Hi Kevin, A heads up, FWIW: I purposely use older versions of Web browsers so that I have an idea what my html looks like to people using older versions. When I visit the URL & follow the links in Netscape 4.6, I get nothing but a header when

Re: Does Send To Program Work?

2003-03-11 Thread Rob Cozens
Thanks to Sarah & Ken for their input. I'll keep playing with this and let you know if & when I find a solution. -- Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company http://www.oenolog.com/who.htm "And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee." from "The Tri

Re: using arrays in custom properties

2003-03-11 Thread Ben Rubinstein
on 10/3/03 11:51 pm, Tariel Gogoberidze wrote > or as alternative you can use > > set the customkeys["x"] of object to empty > or > set the customkeys["x"] of object to NewArray I've tested this - it has no apparent effect. Has it worked for you? TIA, Ben Rubinstein | Email:

Re: start using [stack name]

2003-03-11 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/11/03 8:28 AM, Simtech Publications wrote: Greetings: I'm trying to find a Rev equivalent to HyperCard's "start using [stack name]" statement so I can store all the sounds for my current project in a single stack. I've searched through the online docs and can't seem to come up with anything.

Re: can't import from file in OSX?

2003-03-11 Thread Michael Hasak
From: Björnke von Gierke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> get the fifth line of URL "file:/Users/guest/Desktop/radmindgui/ps_output" put it into field theOutput hmm... this should work as far as I see it... maybe there are no five lines in that file? maybe wanna quote the field name (for excluding all possib

Limiting stand-alone use to a certain amount of trials/time

2003-03-11 Thread Simtech Publications
Greetings: I'm developing demos of my stackware for download from my web site. Since these are commercial products I want to either limit the number of times or the number of days the demos will run. I'm sure this topic has come up in the past. I don't want to rekindle a debate about whether or n

start using [stack name]

2003-03-11 Thread Simtech Publications
Greetings: I'm trying to find a Rev equivalent to HyperCard's "start using [stack name]" statement so I can store all the sounds for my current project in a single stack. I've searched through the online docs and can't seem to come up with anything. Does Rev support this feature? Cheers... Bill L

Re: mystery exception

2003-03-11 Thread Ben Rubinstein
on 10/3/03 9:31 pm, Alex Rice wrote > On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 05:13 AM, Ben Rubinstein wrote: >> And in so far as Alex's problem was happening in the standalone, not >> the IDE, it's most >> likely to be one of two things: >> - a "do" statement exceeding the 'starter kit' limitation >> - a

Pre-beta 4

2003-03-11 Thread Kevin Miller
Is up at http://www.runrev.com/revolution/previews/ This is the last pre-beta before beta. We have Mac Classic / X and Windows built, Linux to follow. Kevin Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Runtime Revolution Limited: Software at the Speed of Thought Tel: +44 (0) 870 74

Re: Displaying lists of numbers in a field, Column handling,Externals in OS X

2003-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> put 0 into myOutput > repeat with i = 1 to 4000 > put space & i after myOutput > end repeat > put myOutput into cd fld "new field 1" > > Why isn¹t all numbers displayed? The field stops wrap around at number 1887Š Here are some more strange observations that I'm getting when I try out that sc

Re: Saving data stacks

2003-03-11 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Sarah wrote: > I normally build standalones with separate sub-stacks so my data can be > saved in the stacks rather than having to mess around with separate > files. The sub-stacks appear in a folder inside my application folder > and being a Mac user, I just throw the whole thing into m

Re: release date

2003-03-11 Thread Wolfgang M. Bereuter
On Monday, Mar 10, 2003, at 19:09 Europe/Vienna, Peter Fink wrote: I did not follow the RR discussion for a while, therefore: When will Runtime revolution 2.0 be released ?  Could it be in March 2003? If you start praying now... - maybee! Bitte keine html mails an diese liste. Danke ;) regards

Re: Lock screen position of a stack or window

2003-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
Don Pederson wrote: > How do I keep users from moving the window around on the monitor screen. I > would like to lock the position centered on the monitor screen. You can remove the drag bar by setting the decorations of the stack to none. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation D

Lock screen position of a stack or window

2003-03-11 Thread Don Pederson
How do I keep users from moving the window around on the monitor screen. I would like to lock the position centered on the monitor screen. Thanks, Don -- Dr. Donald Pederson School of Music University of Tennessee 1741 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville, TN 37996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (865) 974-7550

release date

2003-03-11 Thread Peter Fink
I did not follow the RR discussion for a while, therefore: When will Runtime revolution 2.0 be released ?  Could it be in March 2003?   Peter Fink

lost icons

2003-03-11 Thread Albert Herremans
I am a brand new, not sophisticated Revolution user, using the Starter Kit   I developped my first, very simple, application and built a standalone one. Everything works fine, including my buttons, but the icons have not been included in the building up of the standalone application! the but

Rép : Sort, Find, RawKeyDown ... / diacritical problems.

2003-03-11 Thread Pierre Bernaert
Thanks to the readers who already gave me some guide lines. Of course I didn't went though all of them yet, but they gave me the feeling that I have to give a more precise idea of what I'm looking for. I'm not an language specialist but I can give a more precise description of what I'm expecting

Displaying lists of numbers in a field, Column handling,Externals in OS X

2003-03-11 Thread Pär Lindgren
Hi, this simple script raises two questions: put 0 into myOutput repeat with i = 1 to 4000 put space & i after myOutput end repeat put myOutput into cd fld "new field 1" Why isn¹t all numbers displayed? The field stops wrap around at number 1887Š Why is wrap around only possible when ther