Re: Fastest way to delete non-contiguous lines in list field

2003-06-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
Jan Schenkel wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> What's the fastest way to delete non-contiguous >> lines in a list field? These >> lines would be listed in the "hilitedLines". ... > Your problem would be that you have to either keep > track of the lines you have already deleted, or go > from the bottom to t

Re: More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread Ken Norris
Helloah, First I want to thank eveyone for the help with 'send in time'. I took the basic premise I started from, then sliced off bits and pieces of the posted scripts, reassembled them, refactored and hopefully reduced it. What I came up with is this base to work from. It works great and seems

Re: Fastest way to delete non-contiguous lines in list field

2003-06-30 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > What's the fastest way to delete non-contiguous > lines in a list field? These > lines would be listed in the "hilitedLines". > > TIA, > Valetia > > Hi Valetia, Your problem would be that you have to either keep track of the lin

Fastest way to delete non-contiguous lines in list field

2003-06-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all, What's the fastest way to delete non-contiguous lines in a list field? These lines would be listed in the "hilitedLines". TIA, Valetia ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Re: More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/30/03 11:02 PM, curry wrote: While learning more about "send in" scripts, here's a general suggestion, not for every situation where "send in" is used, but something that can be useful: Unlike the good old "idle" message, you have to make sure that your custom handler doesn't fire and cau

Re: : More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/30/03 10:22 PM, Dar Scott wrote: So maybe the mouseLoc is discouraged, or maybe it has just been running with the wrong crowd. A brief history: Long ago and once upon a time, Scott Raney used to admonish us not to tie up the CPU with unnecessary mouse polling. It came up often enough that

Re: More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread Geoff Canyon
On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 08:21 AM, Ken Norris wrote: on mouseDown repeat until the mouse is up if the mouse is within graphic 1 then set the vScroll of fld 1 to (the vScroll of fld 1) - 1 else beep end repeat end mouseDown Use the mouseStillDown message, which is custom con

Re: Changing properties won't work

2003-06-30 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Ken Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jan, > > > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:54:22 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Jan Schenkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Changing properties won't work > > > > --- Ken Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > snip > >> Rev ignores > >> the changes I make. > sni

Re: More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread Dar Scott
On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 10:02 PM, curry wrote: Unlike the good old "idle" message, you have to make sure that your custom handler doesn't fire and cause an error when the user has moved to a new card and the script tries to do something or refer to something that isn't there any more. And

Re: newbies

2003-06-30 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- erik hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Igor Couto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Dar, > > > > On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 02:58 AM, Dar > > Scott wrote: > > > > >> Any suggestions for alternative ways to > > approach the problem? > > > > > > Instead of a pulldown button, execu

Re: Changing properties won't work

2003-06-30 Thread Ken Norris
Hi Jan, > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:54:22 -0700 (PDT) > From: Jan Schenkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Changing properties won't work > > --- Ken Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip >> Rev ignores >> the changes I make. snip > Are you making these changes through the property > inspecto

Re: More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread curry
While learning more about "send in" scripts, here's a general suggestion, not for every situation where "send in" is used, but something that can be useful: Unlike the good old "idle" message, you have to make sure that your custom handler doesn't fire and cause an error when the user has move

Re: Text snafu

2003-06-30 Thread Ken Norris
Hi Curry, > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 15:43:36 -0500 > From: curry > Subject: Re: Text snafu > >> I made a field then changed the textStyle and textSize, but nothing >> happened. The inspector shows the change, but typing is still the default. >> Nothing I do changes it. > > Probably there is alrea

: More send in time (also Point Inside PolyGon)

2003-06-30 Thread Ken Norris
Back to Dar, > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:03:28 -0600 > Subject: Re: More send in time (also Point Inside PolyGon) > From: Dar Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Comments: >> The expression >> point is within the rect of object >> is equivalent to >> within(object,point) > > It may have contributed to

Re: : More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread Dar Scott
On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 05:58 PM, Ken Norris wrote: OK, all the other scripts I've seen, including mine (except for the screwup of putting 'the mouse' instead of 'the mouseLoc' which is what I meant to say) all use 'the mouseLoc'. I'm not familiar with all the concerns. I do know that ther

Re: : More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Ken Norris wrote: > OK, all the other scripts I've seen, including mine (except for the screwup > of putting 'the mouse' instead of 'the mouseLoc' which is what I meant to > say) all use 'the mouseLoc'. > > So what is so bad about using it then, except for using it in a loop? There's n

: More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread Ken Norris
Hi Dar, > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:35:57 -0600 > Subject: Re: More send in time > From: Dar Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If you need to avoid mouseLoc(), then you may have to try something > else. --- OK, all the other scripts I've seen, including mine (except for the screwup of putting '

Re: More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread Ken Norris
Hi Jan, > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:50:42 -0700 (PDT) > From: Jan Schenkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: More send in time This line is what I'd like to avoid: > if the mouseLoc is within graphic 1 then ...because it contains a 'the mouse' construct. Or is that a legitimate statement in t

Re: More send in time (also Point Inside PolyGon)

2003-06-30 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/30/03 7:38 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 01:35 PM, Dar Scott wrote: if the mouseLoc is within the rectangle of graphic "Test" then I just read Monte's mail on testing whether a point is within a polygon and realized that 'within()' and 'is within' are not the sa

Re: More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread Ken Norris
Hi Rob, > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:41:51 -0700 > From: Rob Cozens > Subject: Re: More send in time These two lines of your script defeat my purpose for using the 'send in time' construct, because they still use 'the mouse', which I'm trying to avoid: -- > if the mouse is up then exit che

RE: More send in time (also Point Inside PolyGon)

2003-06-30 Thread Monte Goulding
> > > > On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 01:35 PM, Dar Scott wrote: > > > >> if the mouseLoc is within the rectangle of graphic "Test" then > > > > > > I just read Monte's mail on testing whether a point is within a polygon > > and realized that 'within()' and 'is within' are not the same function.

Re: debugger

2003-06-30 Thread erik hansen
--- Edwin Gore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've found the "clicking in the white spcae" > method of setting breakpoints to be a little > unreliable - the debugger will sometimes stop > at point where I had a breakpoint earlier, and > since cleared it. > > I have found that it's completely relia

Re: use-revolution digest, Vol 1 #1549 - 17 msgs

2003-06-30 Thread Stephen Messimer
Rick, Thanks for the idea. That may work in some instances. However most of the text that needs to be read is changed dynamically based upon user supplied information. The information is placed in a variable and the revspeak command uses the contents of the variable as its source for speaka

newbies

2003-06-30 Thread erik hansen
--- Igor Couto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Dar, > > On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 02:58 AM, Dar > Scott wrote: > > >> Any suggestions for alternative ways to > approach the problem? > > > > Instead of a pulldown button, execute a popup > in a field. > > > > DOH! Just how dumb do I feel no

Re: More send in time (also Point Inside PolyGon)

2003-06-30 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/30/03 3:03 PM, Dar Scott wrote: On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 01:35 PM, Dar Scott wrote: if the mouseLoc is within the rectangle of graphic "Test" then I just read Monte's mail on testing whether a point is within a polygon and realized that 'within()' and 'is within' are not the same f

Re: debugger

2003-06-30 Thread Edwin Gore
I've found the "clicking in the white spcae" method of setting breakpoints to be a little unreliable - the debugger will sometimes stop at point where I had a breakpoint earlier, and since cleared it. I have found that it's completely reliable to actually insert the command "breakpoint" into t

Re: Combobox Value/Display Members

2003-06-30 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Jan Schenkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > - assuming you've made first/prev/next/last buttons > with database 'actions' linked to the same query, we > can do it quite easily : > + group the buttons > + set the group script to > on mouseUp >set the menuHistory of btn "Val

Re: Combobox Value/Display Members

2003-06-30 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Jez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can see that works but still dont see how I can > "get at" the underlying > numeric value of the combobox. Does this mechanism > only work for values > 1,2,3,4,etc or will it also work for any values > (1,10,55,80, etc) > To get the actual value, read the '

Re: Combobox Value/Display Members

2003-06-30 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Jez: I can see that works but still dont see how I can "get at" the underlying numeric value of the combobox. Does this mechanism only work for values 1,2,3,4,etc or will it also work for any values (1,10,55,80, etc) maybe you are looking for "the menuhistory"? This will return the (line-)n

XML and Encoded Archival Description

2003-06-30 Thread James Lewes
HI y'all I am new to xml and while I have a little better than newbie understanding of Runtime Revolution scripting commands, I have decided to try and tackle xml, first, and once I have a rudimentary understanding of xml dive into Encoded Archival Description. There is a gig going a Swarthmor

Re: More send in time (also Point Inside PolyGon)

2003-06-30 Thread Dar Scott
On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 01:35 PM, Dar Scott wrote: if the mouseLoc is within the rectangle of graphic "Test" then I just read Monte's mail on testing whether a point is within a polygon and realized that 'within()' and 'is within' are not the same function. The within() function looks p

Re: More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread Dar Scott
On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 09:21 AM, Ken Norris wrote: I'm still having problems understanding 'send in time' I want to send continuous messages to scroll a field while the cursor is within a graphic while the mouse is down. It's been reiterated a number of times that it's not a good idea to

Re: Changing properties won't work

2003-06-30 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Ken Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm having a tough time here. I change properties, > like a field font, or > setting a graphic border to clear, and nothing > happens, i.e., Rev ignores > the changes I make. > > Why is this? > > Ken N. > > Hi Ken, Are you making these c

Re: More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Ken Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm still having problems understanding 'send in > time' > > I want to send continuous messages to scroll a field > while the cursor is > within a graphic while the mouse is down. It's been > reiterated a number of > times that it's not a goo

Re: More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread Rob Cozens
As an example, here's how I would write it in a normal HyperTalk structure: on mouseDown repeat until the mouse is up if the mouse is within graphic 1 then set the vScroll of fld 1 to (the vScroll of fld 1) - 1 else beep end repeat end mouseDown How should I rewrite this to get

Changing properties won't work

2003-06-30 Thread Ken Norris
Howdy, I'm having a tough time here. I change properties, like a field font, or setting a graphic border to clear, and nothing happens, i.e., Rev ignores the changes I make. Why is this? Ken N. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://

More send in time

2003-06-30 Thread Ken Norris
Howdy, I'm still having problems understanding 'send in time' I want to send continuous messages to scroll a field while the cursor is within a graphic while the mouse is down. It's been reiterated a number of times that it's not a good idea to use 'mouseWithin' or 'mouseStillDown' or 'while the

Re: Combobox Value/Display Members

2003-06-30 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Jez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In "most" development environments comboboxes have > separate value and > display elements, eg. some descriptive text is > displayed but underneath the > hood it has a value of some numeric ID. In rev it > only seems to have one > element used for both value and

Re: Point Inside Polygon

2003-06-30 Thread thinkertoys
Thanks Monte! That's a much better way - "...only if the graphic¹s filled property is true or the graphic is selected." All of my testing was done using unfilled polys & I'd missed that in the docs. ewh ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Voices

2003-06-30 Thread Rick Harrison
If your voices are going to say the same things all the time. That is: Not having to read text before pronouncing the words. You could make up some pre-recorded voices from the Mac to use in your Windows application as .wav files or .aif sound files. Just a suggested work around. Good Luck! Rick

Combobox Value/Display Members

2003-06-30 Thread Jez
In "most" development environments comboboxes have separate value and display elements, eg. some descriptive text is displayed but underneath the hood it has a value of some numeric ID. In rev it only seems to have one element used for both value and display, or am I missing something ? Also, in a

blendLevel.....EPS

2003-06-30 Thread Mathewson
Hey, Richmond has just invented the wheel Read something about 'blendLevel' on the MetaCard list and did my usual thing: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html BLENDER.REV HOWEVER: the most odd thing is that on Mac OS X the option to import an EPS file is greyed out, and in MC

Re: email addresses in list

2003-06-30 Thread Heather Williams
Goodness me. I take a weekend off and what do I find when I get back? Gentlemen please. Play nice. I am aware of the issue, and I just moved the email protection for the archives up a notch on my priority list. Sigh. Tolerance, sweetness and light... My warm regards to you all, Heather This lis

Re: 4 and a bit mice......missing the point

2003-06-30 Thread Heather Williams
what we need is an > article that siezes one by the cough-cough-coughs and makes > us really inspired. The MacUser review does not do that. > > It should be realised by Software reviewers that computers > are no longer wierd, arcane machines that are tended by > alchemists in pointy hats with 25

Re: 4 and a bit mice......missing the point

2003-06-30 Thread James Richards
on Sun, 29 Jun 2003 07:06:01 -0400, "Mathewson" at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hey Ho! > > The central point of my attack on the MacUser review of RR > 2 was that it failed to convey the sense of passion and > creative possibility that Runtime Revolution has on many > users. Why don't a few pas

Importing Snapshots: download my bit of fluff

2003-06-30 Thread Mathewson
Dear Runtime Revolution Afficionados, I have just uploaded a fairly crude stack called MOVIE-SNAPPER.REV to my website: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html It lets you import a movie file and then snap a frame which then 'magically' materialises as an image in an awkward place

RE: Point Inside Polygon

2003-06-30 Thread Monte Goulding
> > There is no way to test via script if a point is inside or outside a poly > - 'within' will return if the point is within the rect of the poly, but > that's about it. Hi Eric I can see you've done some work here but the statement above is not correct. >From the docs: "If the point is within