Re: Standalone UI's, data stacks, image files

2003-03-16 Thread Ken Norris
** > Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 21:18:41 -0500 > From: "John J. Theobald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Standalone UI's, data stacks, image files > > Well, I can't answer all of your questions because as I used to tell my > students, "You retain more by doing it yourself than by me telling

Re: Standalone UI's, data stacks, image files

2003-03-16 Thread Ken Norris
** > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 03:04:29 +0100 > Subject: Re: Standalone UI's, data stacks, image files > From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rnke_von_Gierke?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > There is an option in the distribution builder to make all substacks > into separate files. -- I saw that, but I

Re: Animation freeze

2003-03-16 Thread erik hansen
--- Scott Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When moving many individual objects, I've found > it's effective to give the > objects their own "intelligence": give each > object it's own script (based on > a master script) that allows it to determine > where it is at all times and > how it should

subject: digest, Vol 1 #1203 13 msgs

2003-03-16 Thread erik hansen
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RE: Can't add file extension in Windows

2003-03-16 Thread Howard Bornstein
>Yes, as does MacOS X under certain circumstances. You can change this by >opening an explorer window and choosing tools > folder options.. from the >menu then going to the view tab Thanks Monte. I just found this after Scott suggested something similar. Regards, Howard Bornstein ___

Re: Can't add file extension in Windows

2003-03-16 Thread Howard Bornstein
>Windows typically requires file extensions. So it sounds like you might >have a file display preference enabled on your system: something like "hide >file extensions" or similar (it could also be the opposite: a disabled >button that reads "show file extensions"). Bingo! You hit it. I found a sw

Re: Can't add file extension in Windows

2003-03-16 Thread David Kwinter
On 3/16/03 11:01 PM, "Monte Goulding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm a Mac guy so I'm not up on Windows extensions, but does XP remove (at >> least from the user's view) file extensions > > Yes, as does MacOS X under certain circumstances. You can change this by > opening an explorer window

ext_sayString - done handling

2003-03-16 Thread David Kwinter
Hello List, I'm sure this is an easy one for many, the problem being whether or not there is a "with message" or "wait until the speaking is over" technique for handling speaking one thing after another using the external. I have a repeat with the general design: repeat until stopRunning=true r

RE: Can't add file extension in Windows

2003-03-16 Thread Monte Goulding
> I'm a Mac guy so I'm not up on Windows extensions, but does XP remove (at > least from the user's view) file extensions Yes, as does MacOS X under certain circumstances. You can change this by opening an explorer window and choosing tools > folder options.. from the menu then going to the view

Re: Can't add file extension in Windows

2003-03-16 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Howard Bornstein wrote: > I'm a Mac guy so I'm not up on Windows extensions, but does XP remove (at > least from the user's view) file extensions, even though it knows > internally what the file type is? Windows typically requires file extensions. So it sounds like you might have a fil

RE: Can't add file extension in Windows

2003-03-16 Thread Howard Bornstein
>Good question... I ran your code below (using "the directory" for >gGraphDefaultFolder) and it worked fine for me. Perhaps it's an OS >issue? What Windows version are you experiencing this on? I'm running this under Windows XP. What version did you run under? Apparently, under XP, even if you ex

Re: Unwanted tool switch

2003-03-16 Thread Ken Norris
** > Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 15:58:36 -0800 > From: Jim Hurley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Unwanted tool switch > Ken, > > The only time I have had this problem and had to resort to "send > in 10 millisecond" was after a "create" command (create field,or > button or graphic or

RE: Launch Command

2003-03-16 Thread Ken Ray
Hang on, hang on... if you're running under OS X, applications are really bundles, which are seen as "folders" to Rev; in fact, if you do a simple: answer file "Pick TextEdit";put it you get: /Applications/TextEdit.app/ pass that to the launch command: launch "/Applications/TextEdit.app/

Re: use-revolution digest, Vol 1 #1205 - 6 msgs

2003-03-16 Thread Revinfo1155
In a message dated 3/16/03 6:40:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also, the Pan recently uploaded a bunch of sounds, but they're for Macs and may need to be converted: Ken N. Good Question -Can sounds for hypercard be used in Rev.? Jack

Re: [SC] Re: Supercard vs. Rev

2003-03-16 Thread Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
Ditto that from a veteran SC (a decade or so? still got projects running, waiting to be ported to rev) user now using Rev. Oh, and Apple's own "mail.app' unexpectedly quits a lot more under Jaguar than Rev ever does even in its latest beta. We're doin' just fine! On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at

Re: Standalone UI's, data stacks, image files

2003-03-16 Thread John J. Theobald
Ken Norris wrote: Howdy, Note: I didn't get any response so I'll repost (same with the last time I tried to find answers about this problem). BTW, it seems that others who have questions on these types of subjects don't get answers either. The problems with external file referencing, data stacks,

Re: Launch command

2003-03-16 Thread Richard Gaskin
Roger Guay wrote: > Thanks for your reply, Richard. I get a false when I type "put > exists("/Hard Disk/Applications/GetIt/TextEdit")" into the message box, > yet I know that It's in there. I also tried "put exists("/Macintosh > HD/Applications/GetIt/TextEdit")" since that is the tittle of my

Re: Standalone UI's, data stacks, image files

2003-03-16 Thread Björnke von Gierke
There is an option in the distribution builder to make all substacks into separate files. One can put preferences into a textfile with the various text handling capabilities. There are many ressources on that topic online available : the first tip of the week: http://runrev.com/revolution/deve

Re: Launch Command

2003-03-16 Thread Victor Eijkhout
Thanks to all for your prompt reply, but nothing works! I've tried: Launch "/Hard Disk/Applications/TextEdit.app" Launch "/HD/Applications/TextEdit.app" Launch "/Macintosh HD/Applications/TextEdit.app" What's the name of your drive? "Hard Disk", "HD", or "Macintosh HD"?

Bug or feature? or: Don't I love the mechanics of expansion

2003-03-16 Thread Victor Eijkhout
This bug took me an hour or two to find. I don't think I like it. on tt arg put arg end tt on t set the aaa of me to "a" put 1 into a send "tt" && the aaa of me to me end t Guess what the outcome of `send "t" to field "whatever" is... Reading the man page for "send". It says (I couldn't m

Re: Launch Command

2003-03-16 Thread Björnke von Gierke
launch "/applications/textedit.app" this works for me On Montag, Mär 17, 2003, at 02:26 Europe/Zurich, Roger Guay wrote: Thanks to all for your prompt reply, but nothing works! I've tried: Launch "/Hard Disk/Applications/TextEdit.app" Launch "/HD/Applications/TextEdit.app"

Re: Launch Command

2003-03-16 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks to all for your prompt reply, but nothing works! I've tried: Launch "/Hard Disk/Applications/TextEdit.app" Launch "/HD/Applications/TextEdit.app" Launch "/Macintosh HD/Applications/TextEdit.app" Launch "/Macintosh HD/Applications/GetIt/TextEdit.app"

Standalone UI's, data stacks, image files

2003-03-16 Thread Ken Norris
Howdy, Note: I didn't get any response so I'll repost (same with the last time I tried to find answers about this problem). BTW, it seems that others who have questions on these types of subjects don't get answers either. The problems with external file referencing, data stacks, images, etc., with

Re: Unwanted tool switch

2003-03-16 Thread Jim Hurley
At 11:02 AM -0800 3/16/03, Ken Norris wrote: send "choose browse tool" to me in 20 milliseconds -- OK, thanks. Yes it works, but I need to understand it. Why must I use this command, and why 20 milliseconds as opposed to 5 millisecionds or 40 mmilliseconds? 20 milliseconds is arbitrary. (T

Re: use-revolution digest, Vol 1 #1205 - 6 msgs

2003-03-16 Thread Ken Norris
** > Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 08:55:16 -0500 > Subject: Re: Sounds > From: Mike Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Jack, > > If you are looking for sound files to use for testing, go to this search > site: > > http://www.findsounds.com/ -- Also, the Pan recently uploaded a bunch of soun

Re: Unwanted tool switch

2003-03-16 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 11:02 AM -0800 3/16/03, Ken Norris wrote: >> send "choose browse tool" to me in 20 milliseconds >-- >OK, thanks. Yes it works, but I need to understand it. > >Why must I use this command, and why 20 milliseconds as opposed to 5 >millisecionds or 40 mmilliseconds? 20 milliseconds is arbi

Re: Unwanted tool switch

2003-03-16 Thread Ken Norris
** > Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 00:11:30 -0800 > From: "Jeanne A. E. DeVoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Unwanted tool switch > > At 4:54 PM -0800 3/15/03, Ken Norris wrote: >> The following is a handler which loads an image, but causes the tool to >> switch from Browse tool to Pointer

Re: [SC] Re: Supercard vs. Rev

2003-03-16 Thread David Vaughan
On Sunday, Mar 16, 2003, at 23:27 Australia/Sydney, Chilton Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And no, expecting Mac users using Jaguar to set Revolution's UI to use OS9's appearance, is NOT acceptable. Chilton, I presume you were not attempting to be a little deceptive so I take it the above simp

Re: Unwanted tool switch

2003-03-16 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Victor Eijkhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > send "choose browse tool" to me in 20 > milliseconds > > Actually, right now I have a stack where I put this > after a "clone" > command, and it still switches to point mode in the > sense the arrow > becomes active in the tools palet, however

RE: Can't add file extension in Windows

2003-03-16 Thread Ken Ray
Good question... I ran your code below (using "the directory" for gGraphDefaultFolder) and it worked fine for me. Perhaps it's an OS issue? What Windows version are you experiencing this on? Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > -O

Re: [SC] Re: Supercard vs. Rev

2003-03-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chilton, I was a SuperCard beta tester for version 1.0. I knew all those guys, Charlie Jackson, Chris Watson, Bill Applegate, Stuart Henigson and really enjoyed using the program. Unfortunately, in 96, because of client demands, we started using PC's (the MAC CD-ROM market was too small) and had t

Re: [SC] Re: Supercard vs. Rev

2003-03-16 Thread Scott Raney
On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 Chilton Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (snip) > Once Rev 2.0 actually ships, then this will be a valid discussion. At least on the RR mailing list. As for the SC mailing list, posts that mention competing products are specifically prohibited by the list owner (who has censo

Re: Launch command

2003-03-16 Thread Toma Tasovac
on my system: launch "/HD/Applications/TextEdit" will result in error -43 launch "/HD/Application/TextEdit.app" will launch it correctly but put exists will result in false with both TextEdit and TextEdit.app strange, eh? in any case, if your goal is to launch TextEdit, just add .app (I miss

Re: Launch command

2003-03-16 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks for your reply, Richard. I get a false when I type "put exists("/Hard Disk/Applications/GetIt/TextEdit")" into the message box, yet I know that It's in there. I also tried "put exists("/Macintosh HD/Applications/GetIt/TextEdit")" since that is the tittle of my hard drive, but to no a

[X post]Re: Does Send To Program Work?

2003-03-16 Thread Rob Cozens
send to program does NOT work correctly. In addition to "program does not exist" errors, I occasionally get errors -1702 (data in an Apple event could not be read) or -1708 (event wasn't handled by an Apple event handler). Perhaps RR or the MC engine (or moi?) isn't formatting the AEs correctly?

Re: Rev math

2003-03-16 Thread Dar Scott
On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 10:54 PM, curry wrote: From trying it out with some operations, it looks like about 16 digits (whole or decimal) can be trusted. Using the 16th digit as a rounder, that would mean 15 digits usable answer. My question is, can we trust about that number of digits f

Re: Does Send To Program Work?

2003-03-16 Thread Rob Cozens
It took me a while to test various combinations, but here are my conclusions for RunRev 1.1.1: Jan, et al: I have not tested this extensively in 2.0b4; but send to program from the message box still gives errors. So we seem to have reached the same conclusion: send to program does NOT work corr

Re: RGB triplet for color names

2003-03-16 Thread Jim Hurley
Much thanks to Jeanne, Wilhelm, and Monte for their solutions to my "Color name" to "RGB" numbers, question. I am especially grateful that you went the extra mile to provide specific code, and even an entire library! An ounce of code is worth a pound of narrative. Jim ___

Re: Sounds

2003-03-16 Thread Mike Brown
Jack, If you are looking for sound files to use for testing, go to this search site: http://www.findsounds.com/ You can search for free sound files in several formats including AIFF and WAV. Best, Mike Mike Brown Cyber-NY Interactive 212-475-2721 1-888-70-CYBER [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 3/15/03 9:

Re: Does Send To Program Work?

2003-03-16 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Rob Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'd like to hear from one person who can confirm > that "send .. to > program" works. > > Scenario: > > I start a RunRev standalone, "IPC_Server". > > I start RunRev on the same computer. > > From the message box I type 'send "Quit" to

Re: Supercard vs. Rev

2003-03-16 Thread Wolfgang M. Bereuter
On Friday, Mar 14, 2003, at 21:09 Europe/Vienna, Richard Gaskin wrote: My Rev-based product also got a 4.5-mouse review in that magazine just a month earlier, so I read it with great enthusiasm. If its existing product, what I know becaus its really great... than it must have been build with 1.1

Re: Supercard vs. Rev

2003-03-16 Thread Wolfgang M. Bereuter
On Friday, Mar 14, 2003, at 21:09 Europe/Vienna, Richard Gaskin wrote: My Rev-based product also got a 4.5-mouse review in that magazine just a month earlier, so I read it with great enthusiasm. If its existing product, what I know becaus its really great... than it must have been build with 1.1

Re: use-revolution digest, Vol 1 #1203 - 13 msgs

2003-03-16 Thread Domi
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Re: use-revolution digest, Vol 1 #1203 - 13 msgs

2003-03-16 Thread Pierre-Marie CARETTE
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Re: Unwanted tool switch

2003-03-16 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 4:54 PM -0800 3/15/03, Ken Norris wrote: >The following is a handler which loads an image, but causes the tool to >switch from Browse tool to Pointer tool. As you see I even put in a command >to switch it to the Browse tool, but it fails to execute, and the thing >switches to the Pointer tool an