Re: Animation with Sliding or Walking figures

On 11/5/03 6:48 PM, "Alejandro Tejada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I uploaded a file to my website, that shows > an animated walking figure. > > I'm trying to simulate that this figure is > moving on the space, but my best results > just shows a sliding effect. > > If you could help with a solu

Re: using stacks online

Stephen Messimer wrote: > I vaguely remember that someone was using Revolution stacks over the > web in such a way that the stack was useable but wasn't actually > downloaded to the end-user. > > I would really appreciate it if someone could give me a little > direction regarding how to implement

using stacks online

Hi, I vaguely remember that someone was using Revolution stacks over the web in such a way that the stack was useable but wasn't actually downloaded to the end-user. I would really appreciate it if someone could give me a little direction regarding how to implement such an arrangement. Thanks

Hand in the script editior

Hello, Hmmm. I was just now fiddling with scripts, and I got a hand cursor in the editor and couldn't place the blinking I-beam in the middle of a line where I wanted it. But the hand disappeared as I moved out of the middle of the line, and I could place the cursor at the end. Very strange. I had

Re: How to implement min/max functions

Hi Scott, > Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 12:12:47 -0800 > From: Scott Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: How to impolement min/max functions > AFAIK, you constrain the same way in Rev. Why do you want to do this > without max/min functions? -- I don't. I meant I couldn't find them. Befor

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac

Having worked in print media for over 30 years, we tend to find over and over again that "grey areas" are often areas that are simply undocumented, which which have, on investigation, fairly precise parameters. e.g. "the top border should be exactly 24 points wide and sit on the 5 baseline from

[REQ] Please Show Support For Rev Linux PPC

Dear Revolutionaries, Some of us, Macintosh users, are trying to make the Runtime team interested in developing Revolution for the Linux PPC platform again (to be compatible with the Red-Hat based, 'YellowDog' distribution - http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/). To do this, we must show the Runtime

Re: Converting times

Thanks Sarah, Jacque and Monte for your investigations. So, it looks like Daylight saving is the culprit! I'm still puzzled as to why I get the 2-hour discrepancy with dateItems: ask "Enter a time:" with "8:17 am" convert it to dateItems convert it to short time put it => 10:17 am Also, since

RE: Can cards in a stack be of different sizes

> > DROP DEAD > Would you like all list members to die or one in particular? At the moment I'm having trouble fulfilling your request due to it's ambiguous nature. Please let me know who kill and your preferred method. Are there any other people that are trying to help you that you would also

Animation with Sliding or Walking figures

Hi Revolutionaries, I uploaded a file to my website, that shows an animated walking figure. http://www.geocities.com/capellan2000/walkingMan.zip I was testing this link in the web browser Opera and I got these three different results: 1) if you click in the link to download the file, you are re

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

Well, I only have one thing to say on this thread. I will need to produce apps for Windows with Rev on my Mac; I like Rev's ability to do cross-platform builds. I expect problems from time to time, but that's part of what this list is for, and I appreciate the skills of those working in Windows.

Re: Can cards in a stack be of different sizes

OUCH! On Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at 09:44 PM, Russell wrote: DROP DEAD ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution

Re: Converting times

OK, it looks like it definitely is a daylight-saving problem. My system worked fine until I told it I was in Sydney instead of Brisbane. Then I get the one hour discrepancy. BUT, if you set useSystemDate, you get the correct hour - then the date goes a bit funny: With my clock set to Brisbane (

Re: Who owns the elements of the interface?

I for one used to work for Xerox many years ago and they indeed did invent some of the early GUI aspects, but the world was different back then. They did not realize what it was they had done. They just wanted to make money using the interface in anyway they could. I then went to work for Genig

Animation with Sliding or Walking figures

Hi Revolutionaries, I uploaded a file to my website, that shows an animated walking figure. I'm trying to simulate that this figure is moving on the space, but my best results just shows a sliding effect. If you could help with a solution, download the file: http://www.geocities.com/capellan2000

Re: Converting times

On 11/5/03 7:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Currently on daylight saving time (getting desperate to find an explanation! :-) ) What happens if you add the "system" keyword, like this: convert it to system time or: convert it to system dateitems -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EM

Re: Can cards in a stack be of different sizes

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RE: Converting times

> I get the correct answers using OS X 10.2.8 and set to Australian time > BUT I am in Queensland so I'm not on daylight saving. I wonder is that > a factor. Could you try converting to "the internet date"? Using your > 8:17 am example, I get: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:17:00 +1000 Hmmm... I'm in Adelaid

Re: Converting times

Hi Jonathon, I get the correct answers using OS X 10.2.8 and set to Australian time BUT I am in Queensland so I'm not on daylight saving. I wonder is that a factor. Could you try converting to "the internet date"? Using your 8:17 am example, I get: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:17:00 +1000 Another test y

Re: Converting times

I wrote: > I tried this is the multi-line message box: > > ask "Enter a time:" with "8:17 am" > convert it to secs > convert it to short time > answer it > > ... and the result was "9:17 am" > > [snip] > > What's going on here? "J. Landman Gay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied: > Do your scripts ha

Re: using Distribution Builder's "Save Distribution As..." option

On Nov 5, 2003, at 5:21 PM, Graham Samuel wrote: I've already had a grumble about the DB on this list, which does indeed seem thrown together to me - it has many rough edges. The one I hate most is that DB 'files' (they are really just versions of the DB stack AFAIKS) are not cross-platform, bec

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac

On Nov 5, 2003, at 4:47 PM, Thomas Cole wrote: I'm rather a neophyte and I don't even know which standalone for Mac to distribute or what the difference is: Fat. PPC. or 68. (I'll certainly want to distribute the OSX version.) If someone could set me straight on this, I'd be grateful. That is we

Re: using Distribution Builder's "Save Distribution As..." option

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 12:16:21 -0700, Alex Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Who is using the DB "Save Distribution As..." option? How do you deal with Revolution upgrades? Just toss all of your saved distribution builder stacks and start over? Keep using the old distribution builder stacks? It seems li

Re: Converting times

On 11/5/03 5:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Firstly, thanks Sarah<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for your answers about plugins and modes etc. ("Re: Pointer tool not working"). My Launcher stack was set to open at startup as a palette, not a modeless window. It's starting to make sense.] Anyway, I've go

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac

I'm working on my first big project with Revolution and I'm using OSX to develop in. I want the software to run on any mac and any windows machine. It's working surprisingly well. Revolution is a great piece of software. My experience so far -- as limited as it is -- is different from what I am

Converting times

[Firstly, thanks Sarah<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for your answers about plugins and modes etc. ("Re: Pointer tool not working"). My Launcher stack was set to open at startup as a palette, not a modeless window. It's starting to make sense.] Anyway, I've got another question now: I have written a stac

Re: How to impolement min/max functions

According to my copy of the Transcript Dictionary, there are max & min functions :-) They return the max or min of a comma-delimited list, just the same as the HyperCard equivalent. Cheers, Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.troz.net/Rev/ On Thursday, November 6, 2003, at 06:09 am, Ken Norris w

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

Hi Paul, I develop entirely using Mac OS X, but mostly FOR Macs (OS X & OS 9). I have built a couple of apps for Windows and apart from the look & feel which you just have to check on a Windows machine, the only problem I have had was due to using Mac-only characters in scripts. For me, this w

Re: Who owns the elements of the interface?

Alejandro, > Recently, I become aware of the > dispute of the tabbed interface > between Adobe and Macromedia. > > Before, I learned that Apple is the > legal owner of the Aqua look... > > My questions is: > > Who owns the elements of the interface? > > buttons, menus, hypertext, visual effects

Who owns the elements of the interface?

Recently, I become aware of the dispute of the tabbed interface between Adobe and Macromedia. Before, I learned that Apple is the legal owner of the Aqua look... My questions is: Who owns the elements of the interface? buttons, menus, hypertext, visual effects transitions, scroll fields, checkb

Re: Losing the amateur

Can't wait to see that one... Judy On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > Scott wrote in his pages that they were going to > publish another course using a RPG game to teach > more advanced concepts of Programming. ___ use-revolution mailing

Re: How to impolement min/max functions

Recently, "Ken Norris" wrote: > In HC we could constrain proportions (for example) by specifying max and min > numbers in a comma delimited list. > > How would we do this in Transcript (no max/min functions)? AFAIK, you constrain the same way in Rev. Why do you want to do this without max/min

How to impolement min/max functions

Howdy, In HC we could constrain proportions (for example) by specifying max and min numbers in a comma delimited list. How would we do this in Transcript (no max/min functions)? TIA, Ken N. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list

Re: Can cards in a stack be of different sizes

> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:45:17 -0500 > From: "Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Can cards in a stack be of different sizes > > Oh Im sorry Ken I didn't realize youi ment this in reference to: > : >> How can an application be constrained to one 5x8 or whatever size window. ? --

OT: Panther and Sorenson3

Has anyone who's upgraded to Mac OS Panther had any difficulty with Sorenson3 no longer showing up as a compression option in Quicktime Pro or Cleaner? I just downloaded the patch from www.sorenson.com to Sorenson 3.3, but that doesn't seem to help. Curious if anyone else is having this probl

Re: [OT] Rev on Linux PPC - Would you use it?

Judy Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks With a ratio signal/noise = 1/113 ;-> -- Digital photos (nature, garden) : http://cooldomi.free.fr/ Scripting : http://domiscript.free.fr/ ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ru

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

> On Nov 5, 2003, at 10:43 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: > >> On 11/5/03 9:33 AM, "Alex Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> someone's manner of productivity can be different. >> >> Excellent point. So let's not start a "my is >> better than >> your " thread. > > Yeah! I was getting a little defens

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

On Nov 5, 2003, at 10:43 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: On 11/5/03 9:33 AM, "Alex Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: someone's manner of productivity can be different. Excellent point. So let's not start a "my is better than your " thread. Yeah! I was getting a little defensive in my response and I apol

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

On Nov 5, 2003, at 10:33 AM, Alex Rice wrote: Yes, the Mac OS Finder truly was slow from 10.2 - 10.2.8. Oops, obviously Finder sucked from 10.0 public beta -> 10.2.8, although did get better along the way before being rewritten for 10.3 Alex Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Mindlube Software |

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

On 11/5/03 9:33 AM, "Alex Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > someone's manner of productivity can be different. Excellent point. So let's not start a "my is better than your " thread. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http:

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

On Nov 5, 2003, at 9:17 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More productive, and faster? Oh come on. Step acting incredulous that someone's manner of productivity can be different. I'm way, way, way! more productive on OS X than on my Windows 2000 machine. There are many aspects to productivity. For y

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

More productive, and faster? I work in a mixed environment of PC's and Mac's, and that is not the situation here at all. On OS X, put about 10,000 files of any kind into a folder (write a repeat loop to create them as a test), then open the folder in the finder. Put a stop-watch on that pretty c

RE: Develop on Windows or Mac?

A very interesting thread topic. I develop on Windows for Windows. I've tried developing on a Mac and things just didn't seem to work as well, though in fairness to RR, I was using 1.1.1 at the time on a System 9 machine. It crashed much more than Windows. Ray mentions garbage collection and cras

Re: Can cards in a stack be of different sizes

Oh Im sorry Ken I didn't realize youi ment this in reference to: : > How can an application be constrained to one 5x8 or whatever size window. ? But the above is only one line of a larger paragraph and in that context it was saying "How can a developer work an application with numerous different

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

> Paul, > > I've developed projects for both machines. You will be more > productive, and faster on the Mac than > in the Windows environment - fewer quirks, crashes, etc. Then move > your project over to the Windows > environment to work out the bugs there for that operating system. > > That's

Re: Making Windows application icons on Mac

Romain, I have just tried Iconographer and it looks awesome! Thanks. This is exactly the solution I needed. At 11:03 AM +0100 11/5/03, Romain Lafourcade wrote: Iconographer is the best Icon creation tool (for Mac at least) available. The IconBuilder Photoshop plugin is very buggy and needs a

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

Thank you all for your insights into this topic. I found it all very useful and have made the decision to stay with the Mac for the majority of the development, incrementally checking my stacks on the PC. This means eventually purchasing two version of Studio. When nearing completion, I will s

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

On Nov 4, 2003, at 7:51 PM, Paul Stary wrote: I have used Mac since 1984, but have developed some reasonable PC skills in the last 10 years. I still work on Mac for personal productivity, but find myself moving lots of my engineering stuff to PC just because that's the world view. Since I am s

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

The Revolution team has done an excellent job of providing a truly cross-platform development tool with very little differences! I have developed Revolution applications on both a Mac G4 and Windows 2000 & XP machines and have not run into any platform related bugs. From my experience, Revoluti

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 09:43 PM, Ray Bennett wrote: Hi Paul. I'm sure you'll get lots of opinions on this one. I've lived on Macs and Unix boxes for years and years. We've developed, over the past year, a product that is cross platform - meaning AND I think you should spend most of

Re: Making Windows application icons on Mac

Oops ! do not edit the 16x16 slots, it's not used by windows ! Hope it's of some kind of help... -- Romain lafourcade http://www.100mo.net/ ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Re: Making Windows application icons on Mac

Hi everyone ! I didn't try to build anything for Windows with the latest version of Revolution but it worked really good with Rev 1.1.1. Iconographer is the best Icon creation tool (for Mac at least) available. The IconBuilder Photoshop plugin is very buggy and needs a lot of tweaking. You can get

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

You may also expect font alignment problems and some innevitable pixel offsets between both GUIs... -=- Xavier Bury Visit us at http://www.clearstream.com IMPORTANT MESSAGE Internet communicati

are there other tutorials for Revolution?

Hi, I have to create some applications using databases, files, text controls and others. Are there other tutorials to improve myself? thanks ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

On Nov 4, 2003, at 5:51 PM, Paul Stary wrote: Which will machine will run Revolution faster? (I'm guessing the PC as much as it pains me to say) The Rev IDE is fast in general, so both machines are plenty powerful. The only areas where you will see a noticeable speed differences may be startup,

Re: Develop on Windows or Mac?

On Nov 4, 2003, at 7:43 PM, Ray Bennett wrote: * Some VERY critical functionality is NOT well-behaved on Windows. Specifically, you can't rely on memory management to work the way you'd expect. The inability of Windows (or the rev engine on windows) to perform garbage collection of what has

Re: Diff algorithm

Le mardi, 4 nov 2003, à 17:56 Europe/Brussels, Bill Vlahos a écrit : If I understand well what you want, here is a very fast script to compare two flds and return the lines in fld "one" that are not in fld "two" function DiffLines pList1, pList2 repeat for each line tLine in pList1 put