On Dec 21, 2003, at 11:30 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
Sorry - I thought you were having problems getting the it variable
from your external, so I figured the easiest thing to do was to put
the answer in a global variable and retrieve it that way. Maybe I'm
misunderstanding your question.
Obviously I
On Sunday, December 21, 2003, at 08:08 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
On 12/21/03 11:54 AM, Dar Scott wrote:
On Sunday, December 21, 2003, at 02:50 AM, Alex Rice wrote:
But the it variable contents disappears before I get fetch it. I've
tried GetVariable, GetGlobal, EvalExpr, put it into
Mark,
jbv-
Well, I didn't say this is necessarily how *I* would choose to get
user input, but for the record...
The ask dialog is called *from* the external. That's the function of
the SendCardMessage() call. I don't like the idea of hardcoding the
result variable, but that of course
At 22:05 21/12/2003, you wrote:
Revolution has a progress bar object - it is a variation of the scrollbar
so you can get to it in the Tools palette by holding down the mouse button
on the scrollbar button until the sub-menu pops out and offers you the
progress bar.
Cheers
Sarah AGAIN :-
John,
I am new to Revolution but spent years developing in SuperCard. I
started using REV in late October and have creates a marketing CD for a
third party that is cross platform in just two months. I can say that
REV seems solid on both WIN and Mac as far as system differences go.
The only
FWIW,
800x600 on my G4 15 laptop does that bottom cut off thing and is fine
in XP and 2000. I adjusted my stack to fix this at startup to handle
this on 800x600 screens BUT now on XP I have too much space at top and
bottom. It appears 800x600 is not the same in all worlds to me.
I wonder if
OH and the most important thing I left out is:
This is the best list I have ever been apart of !!! The people are
helpful and suggestive and just generally good people. If you have
problems come here and you WILL find an answer or a direction to look
in.
Everyone here has helped me with my
Hello all,
I created a stack and then later decided that I needed a Splash Screen.
So during Build I choose the Splash Screen stack and add it and in DB
make it main stack. OK. it seems to work.
Two questions:
Since the engine is in the Splash Screen what happens when I close it
to allow my
Thanks very much for that. After further testing, the problem is easily
reproducible. If you write apps that run on Windows 2003 and run in Terminal
server RDP sessions you will probably come across this. As you are a
developer, and took the time to reply to a newbie I thought I would update
It appears 800x600 is not the same in all worlds to me.
I wonder if OSX has issues with 800x600 screen sizes???
You're right, Tom...it's not the same in all worlds because the 600
pixel height includes the menubar in Unix Windows but not Mac OS.
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is there anyone who worked out a working solution
between foreign databases (encodings) and International Rev-apps?
Hi Ton,
For cross-platform high-order character handling, look at the
macToIso and isoToMac Transcript functions.
For date formatting, one can work backwards using the system
On Sunday, December 21, 2003, at 08:55 PM, Ken Ray wrote:
2. Is there any way to dock all of the toolbars in the development
environment to make it more of a one-window application. Im trying
the program out in Windows, but will also try it out in OSX soon. I
understand I can edit the
is there anyone who worked out a working solution
between foreign databases (encodings) and International Rev-apps?
Hi again Ton,
I don't know that much about FM. Is it possible that it stores
numbers in binary and/or real format? If so, you need a means of
converting those values to strings
Hello all,
I created a stack and then later decided that I needed a Splash Screen. So
during Build I choose the Splash Screen stack and add it and in DB make it
main stack. OK. it seems to work.
When I've created splash screens for my programs, all I've put in the script
of the splash screen
Rodney,
I didn't see a response to your post. Try the 'editMenus' property. I
think that'll accomplish what you want.
Chris Sheffield
Software Development
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You can get an ask dialog during the exectution of your C external, and examine
user's input by :
retstr = EvalExpr(merge(\?ask info \quote\your input\quote\;return
it?\), retvalue);
Now the result of your ask dialog is in the variable char *retstr, not in it.
Regards,
Jan
On Dec 22, 2003, at 9:17 AM, Jan Decroos wrote:
retstr = EvalExpr(merge(\?ask info \quote\your
input\quote\;return
it?\), retvalue);
Now the result of your ask dialog is in the variable char *retstr,
not in it.
Thanks Jan, I'll give it a try! This will make things more simple and
reliable
Rodney,
I didn't see a response to your post. Try the 'editMenus' property.
I didn't read your post, Rodney; but from the subject alone I would
point you to the Suspend Development Tools menuItem of the Dev UI
Development menu.
Apologies if I'm off base here.
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On 12/22/03 6:56 AM, Thomas J McGrath III wrote:
P.S. if you don't
make the group first before you make new cards then it won't be included
on each new card after the fact. I just right a button to repeat for
number of cards and paste. Then before I hit the button I do a copy of
the grouped
Jan-
Whew! Ugly syntax, but it *does* nicely decouple the external from
having to use Transcript variables. And it works.
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On 12/22/03 12:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I finally pinned part of my stack height problem down to a repeatable behavior:
set stack size to 750 X 550.
build standalone for OSX
open stack inside screen that is set to 1440 X 900
now change display to 800 X 600,
drag stack into center of
Alex-
Right. I've been through your posted clips code. It just wasn't clear
to me where in the process you wanted to get user input. I think Jan's
solution is a good working one, although I'm appalled at the syntax
you have to use to get there. (No reflection on you, Jan)
And I'm still a bit
On Dec 22, 2003, at 9:17 AM, Jan Decroos wrote:
retstr = EvalExpr(merge(\?ask info \quote\your
input\quote\;return
it?\), retvalue);
Now the result of your ask dialog is in the variable char *retstr,
not in it.
Jan- I verified this works. Thanks again.
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Rob,
Thanks for your response, but the macToIso and isoToMac Transcript functions
don't apply... We are using FileMaker on the PC...
It is just the text showing as garbage... We tried everything, I think there
is a problem exporting the files from FileMaker.
That's why I was hoping there was a
Just a question that someone may be able to point me to the literature. I
would like to put a Rev stack on a server and allow multiple users access to
it. How is this done? Jim
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Thanks for your response, but the macToIso and isoToMac Transcript functions
don't apply... We are using FileMaker on the PC...
It is just the text showing as garbage... We tried everything, I think there
is a problem exporting the files from FileMaker.
Here are two things you could try:
1)
How can I determine one's user name? I have been using the address property
to extract it, but have just learned that this is the computer name, which
IST changes when a computer is upgraded. Ergo, one user can no longer
launch the standalone. On a related note, I see through the debugger that
You can't really dock windows in Rev; you can open and close
palettes and move them around, but they don't lock together or snap
to a location.
I do it all the time:
go stack tools
put the topLeft of stack noteBook into vamp
add 29 to item 2 of vamp
set the topLeft of stack
On 12/22/03 3:13 PM, Mark Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How can I determine one's user name?
What platform(s), Mark?
Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
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I got that button icon to work, now I want to show the original picture in a
floating palette that the user can move around. I chose the palette format
so they can navigate to different stacks and the picture will still float
with them. Is the palette a good strategy for that?
I'm still
Hi,
I'm trying out Revolution, to see how it stacks up against RealBasic,
and I'm having trouble understanding whether it's possible to create a
scrolling thumbnail gallery.
I'd like to select a folder, read all the jpegs into images (creating
thumbnails along the way), and place them in a
Windows, please.
What platform(s), Mark?
How can I determine one's user name?
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Hi,
I'm trying out Revolution, to see how it stacks up against RealBasic,
and I'm having trouble understanding whether it's possible to create a
scrolling thumbnail gallery.
I'd like to select a folder, read all the jpegs into images (creating
thumbnails along the way), and place them
You can also try
set the unicodetext of field 1 to uniencode(fmrussiandata,russian)
Now this may work..but like Scott Rossi said Windows is fickle in that
conversions from multibyte to unicode and vice versa will sometimes fail if
the regional settings are not set right.
Tuviah
On Dec 22, 2003, at 1:26 PM, Jim Carwardine wrote:
Just a question that someone may be able to point me to the
literature. I
would like to put a Rev stack on a server and allow multiple users
access to
it. How is this done? Jim
Jim, when this subject came up before it was the consensus that
Without re-discussing that thread, it sounds like the best approach is to
have a Rev client front-ending a real database app (Oracle, etc.) on the
server. Is that true? Jim
on 12/22/03 7:47 PM, Alex Rice wrote:
On Dec 22, 2003, at 1:26 PM, Jim Carwardine wrote:
Just a question that
I have a PNG I import that keeps loosing transparency (or even editing)
after a go to another card and back. What might I be doing wrong?
Dar Scott
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on preOpenStack
set the decorations of this stack to none
end preOpenStack
on openStack
open stack My Program.rev
hide this stack
end openStack
thanks Scott, this is very clear and basic.
is there a way to close the splash stack
and
Now I'm getting unpredictable results and I'm not sure why. Sometimes my
picture is 40 pixels too wide in all 4 dimensions, sometimes my picture is
offset to the top left by 40 pixels and sometimes it's right on. I'm
getting an error (can't set that property) on the line set the rect of card
1
Jac,
I was talking about after a whole bunch of cards was already created
and then you decide you need a background group. If Place group places
an existing group to an already existing card then that would be what I
want. However can that be scripted for say 30 or 40 cards?
Tom
P.S. I
Hello frank,
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:28:35 +
From: Frank Leahy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Scrolling thumbnail gallery
Unfortunately
the drop event doesn't get triggered in the group script when the drop
happens in the space between two images, only when you drop on a group
image.
On 12/22/03 3:35 PM, Mark Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How can I determine one's user name?
What platform(s), Mark?
Windows, please.
Well, I just checked in WinXP, and $USERNAME returned Ken, my user name on
the system. So can anyone who is *not* on WinXP verify that $USERNAME works
Ken Ray wrote:
On 12/22/03 3:35 PM, Mark Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How can I determine one's user name?
What platform(s), Mark?
Windows, please.
Well, I just checked in WinXP, and $USERNAME returned Ken, my user name on
the system. So can anyone who is *not* on WinXP
on Sun, 21 Dec 2003 19:12:21 -0700
Rob Cozens wrote:
La actualización de la Biblioteca Serendipity
20031220 está disponible para su descarga en
http://www.oenolog.net/ftp/serendipity_downloader.htm
Esta actualización incluye la primera
versión de la versión Cliente/servidor
de la Base de
on Mon, 22 Dec 2003
erik hansen wrote:
is there a way to close the splash stack
and delete it from memory (like the file menu
option) after My Program.rev
is up and running?
Hi Eric,
Chipp Walters of Altuit have in his website
an example of Splash Screen at:
Jim Carwardine wrote:
Just a question that someone may be able to point me to the literature. I
would like to put a Rev stack on a server and allow multiple users access to
it. How is this done?
It depends on what you need. If you are using the stack only for storage you
might find the most
I may have a need for creating Tar files in Transcript -- have any of you
already published code that does that?
Also, if I read the spec correctly it seems there isn't a slot in the format
for tucking away extras like Mac metadata (at a minimum type and creator
codes, but it would be nice to
Hello all,
I have been experiencing a few buggy behaviors. For one I have a few
buttons in a background group and can not select one of them using the
Pointer Tool. It acts like a regular button being selected. I have to
hold control down to select it. This scares me since I have a January 5
Thomas J McGrath III wrote:
I have a few buttons in a background group and can not select one
of them using the Pointer Tool. It acts like a regular button being
selected.
Could the cantSelect of that object have been accidentally set to true?
Such a setting would exhibit the behavior you
I'm wondering if there's any single repository for all the details of
getting a project ready to release on Windows, OSX, and MacOS? Things
like icons, installers, compatible fonts, inclusion of fonts, etc. It
seems like it would make for a very nice resource if one doesn't exist.
I've got
That did it.
Three comments (well two and a question)
One: Using 4W Props it said that cantSelect is True.
Two: Changed it in 4w Props and it now works. I love that tool - Thank
you
Three: How did it get set in the first place? I mean where was it set?
How could I accidentally do it? I
Hello all,
Is there anyway to find out Simply what the font is set to of all
buttons and fields in a rather large stack with many substacks?
You know Like the 4W Props tool that I just found out about. Way cool
that tool.
Thanks and happy holidays.
Tom
Macintosh PowerBook G-4 OSX 10.3.1, OS
Ken-
$USERNAME returns my user name, not computer name, under Win2k.
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Sorry,
The reason I need this is that REV likes to set the font to Lucida
Grande which just doesn't work for me at all. Is there a way to change
the default font forever and ever?? I even thought of deleting Lucida
from my system to see what REV would choose then.
Thanks
Tom
On Dec 23,
This works (almost perfectly). Thank you very much. The updated
application is on
http://www.gla.ac.uk/~rh82p/index.html
Now there is one slight problem (well not a problem)
the progress bar is visible on startup and onthe first search,
hoewever if you do a second file-transfer the progress
Hi Tom,
This won't set the default for your development environment, however it might help:
http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2001-November/24.html
It talks about buttons and fields inherit the text formatting of the card they are on
if their values are left empty. So it
On Dec 22, 2003, at 5:10 PM, Jim Carwardine wrote:
Without re-discussing that thread, it sounds like the best approach is
to
have a Rev client front-ending a real database app (Oracle, etc.) on
the
server. Is that true? Jim
Yes definitely. PostgreSQL is a good one to look at. Of course MySQL
On 12/22/03 6:50 PM, Jim Carwardine wrote:
Now I'm getting unpredictable results and I'm not sure why. Sometimes my
picture is 40 pixels too wide in all 4 dimensions, sometimes my picture is
offset to the top left by 40 pixels and sometimes it's right on. I'm
getting an error (can't set that
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