On Dec 22, 2003, at 10:43 PM, Thomas J McGrath III wrote:
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
Alex Rice wrote:
In the worst case Lucida Grande is hard-coded in Revolution as the OS X
default font. Then I don't know what you could do.
You should be able to override any default settings by setting the textFont
of your stack to 0 or any other string that does not match the name of a
On Dec 23, 2003, at 12:35 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
You should be able to override any default settings by setting the
textFont
of your stack to 0 or any other string that does not match the name
of a
currently installed font. In such cases the engine should then use the
system's default font.
In the worst case Lucida Grande is hard-coded in Revolution as the OS X
default font. Then I don't know what you could do.
You should be able to override any default settings by setting
the textFont
of your stack to 0 or any other string that does not match the name of a
currently
Monte Goulding wrote:
In the worst case Lucida Grande is hard-coded in Revolution as the OS X
default font. Then I don't know what you could do.
You should be able to override any default settings by setting
the textFont
of your stack to 0 or any other string that does not match the name
Howdy,
I open a mainstack splash which does some visual antics (wiil eventually
setup everything), sends itself to an offscreen location, then opens the GUI
project substack.
If I don't open the substack (comment out the last line), it works fine, but
if I open the substack, I get an error:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I may have a need for creating Tar files in Transcript -- have any of you
already published code that does that?
We're using the UNIX tar command called by Shell on Mac OS X :
Shell(tar -cf theArchivePath.tar -C theSourcepath lFile1 lFile2 ...)
lFile1, lFile2,
:
Hi Ken,
Howdy,
I open a mainstack splash which does some visual antics (wiil
eventually
setup everything), sends itself to an offscreen location, then opens
the GUI
project substack.
If I don't open the substack (comment out the last line), it works
fine, but
if I open the substack, I get an
Hi Erik,
--- Scott Slaugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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
Oooo... Thanks, Jacque... Jim
on 12/23/03 2:49 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
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
Hi Jacque... The window seemed to frame correctly but I got this message
when I executed the modified script. Looks fine to me...
executing at 8:53:05 AM
TypeObject: can't set object property
ObjectPicture
Lineset the width of cd 1 to the width of img Palette Picture Graphic
This is the same problem I was having. I couldn't figure out why the
splash stack was doing the open stack again and again. I have a lot of
substacks. Well, I was using open stack handlers in my substacks and
passing the openstack message myself. I was doing that to be safe
since I wasn't 100%
If you set the destroystack and destroywindow properties of your
splash screen to TRUE, you can use close stack myStack instead of
delete stack. I _think_ it accomplishes the same thing -doesn't it?
You can use the message box to set these properties for your splash
screen
set the
Does anyone know any more about these image formats? Rev seems to
support them and I was having trouble tracking any more info about
them.
XWD
XBM - some kind of bitmap
XPM
PBM
PGM
PPM
PBM FORMATS
Thank you,
TOm
Macintosh PowerBook G-4 OSX 10.3.1, OS 9.2.2, 1.25 GHz, 512MB RAM, Rev
2.1.2
Hello all, it's a great day. I've learned a lot today.
I have a question about the DB.
I am new and so include a bunch of libraries just in case. I am not yet
comfortable with this aspect yet.
That's OK because it's on CD and there is room for the extra overhead.
Eventually I want to trim up
Hi Thomas J McGrath III,
Does anyone know any more about these image formats? Rev seems to
support
them and I was having trouble tracking any more info about them.
XWD
x (10,11)-window
XBM - some kind of bitmap
xbitmap
XPM
xpixmap
PBM
portable-bitmap
PGM
portable-graymap
PPM
portable-pixmap
Hello all,
Does anyone know if I need to include the .DS_Store file from OSX on my
CD or is that specific to the folder it was built in. The CD is meant
for WIN XP, 2000 and OSX.
Thanks guys
Tom
Macintosh PowerBook G-4 OSX 10.3.1, OS 9.2.2, 1.25 GHz, 512MB RAM, Rev
2.1.2
Advanced Media
Rob, does Client/Server = multi-user?
Aloha Sannyasin,
Yes.
SDB supports two types of record locking. 1. A database can be set
to auto lock mode, in which case the record flagged as the user's
current position is locked to other users until the user changes
current position or logs off.
Hi Alejandro,
Did you use Serendipity to translate all the
announcements in different languages?
Serendipity Library includes a Translate Message file menuItem which
displays the help text, labels, prompts, etc. one line at a time
above a field where the user can type the text in any
the announcement was created by humans: my volunteer translators,
Jose L. Rodriguez Illera, Terry Vogelaar, Yves Copp, and Klaus Major.
Apologies to Yves Coppe: I was cutting pasting and lost the ultimate e.
--
Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company
http://www.oenolog.net/who.htm
And I,
Le 23 déc. 03, à 16:31, Rob Cozens a écrit :
the announcement was created by humans: my volunteer translators,
Jose L. Rodriguez Illera, Terry Vogelaar, Yves Copp, and Klaus Major.
Apologies to Yves Coppe: I was cutting pasting and lost the ultimate
e.
--
thank you Rob !
Greetings.
On 12/22/03 7:14 PM, Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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
to retrieve the user's name?
$USERNAME is not listed in the globalNames in
Scott Rossi wrote:
On 12/22/03 7:14 PM, Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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
to retrieve the user's name?
$USERNAME is not listed in
On 12/23/03 6:57 AM, Jim Carwardine wrote:
Hi Jacque... The window seemed to frame correctly but I got this message
when I executed the modified script. Looks fine to me...
executing at 8:53:05 AM
TypeObject: can't set object property
ObjectPicture
Lineset the width of cd 1
On 12/23/03 7:51 AM, Klaus Major wrote:
Even the internal image format is one of the above mentioned, but don't
know
which one exactly...
Actually, I heard that the engine stores images internally in RLE format.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HyperActive Software
Hi Klaus,
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:50:16 +0100
From: Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Splash snafu
Why is opening the substack trying to rerun the script of the
mainstack?
The substack has no scripts.
...and thats the point!
Since it has no script of its own, it
Hello folks,
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:54:20 +0100
From: Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Splash Screen closing
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?
...
delete stack your
I thought Revolution 1.x was a Carbon app but Revolution 2.x is MachO
based.
Bill Vlahos
On Dec 22, 2003, at 11:01 PM, Alex Rice wrote:
Lucida Grande is the Mac OS X system font. TinkerTool
http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html can change the System
font, but only for Cocoa applications.
does Client/Server = multi-user?
Yes.
If you want it to:
There is a single stack property, rIPCMode, that determines whether
the db calls are sent to a server app or run locally in single user
mode [see the Library subStack, sdbIPCMode]. One mouse click ( an
IP Address if switching to
On Dec 23, 2003, at 11:31 AM, Bill Vlahos wrote:
I thought Revolution 1.x was a Carbon app but Revolution 2.x is MachO
based.
Revolution is both Carbon and Mach-O. Mach-O is the binary code format
(vs the old PEF,CFM formats). Carbon and Cocoa refer to the programming
API (libraries) used, not
I need to find a way to trap and stop anyone from deleting selected text.
For example, in a text field, if one selects text and hits any key
(including delete, return, fwd delete or enter), I need the the keypress
to be ignored and the selection disappear.
IE, I only want people to be able to hit
Dear Revolutionaries,
We've got some exciting news about the Macworld SF seminar (9 and 10th
January). We've just announced the programme for it which is a
veritable RevFest of the latest news, how-to's and discussion! If you
are in the San Francisco area during Macworld 2004 then this is
OK. I guess I haven't seen it before because there has been a handler in the
substack. I suppose RR first looks to find an openCard handler and runs to
the parent to find one if none exists. I've seen this before in other
xTalks, so I should have recognized that it would fall through.
I had thought special effects scroll right and scroll left were
working on my XP system, but now they are not. I am not sure whether I
misremember or what.
For these effects the card switches to the next card--the image is
displayed--and then the scroll of the new card is seen over the new
On Tuesday, December 23, 2003, at 01:31 PM, Dar Scott wrote:
I had thought special effects scroll right and scroll left were
working on my XP system, but now they are not.
And now dissolve does not work at all.
Dar Scott
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On 12/23/03 12:31 PM, Dar Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had thought special effects scroll right and scroll left were
working on my XP system, but now they are not. I am not sure whether I
misremember or what.
For these effects the card switches to the next card--the image is
--- Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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
If a text field is not Focusable (check box unchecked) then you can
select and copy any text that is there but not cut or delete it. This
combined with a keyUp for the delete key would let you programatically
make changes.
Bill Vlahos
On Dec 23, 2003, at 11:49 AM, Stewart Lynch wrote:
I need
PROBLEM: Putting a handler in a mainstack makes it triggerable by messages
passed or not handled in substacks. While a useful feature, if
unanticipated it can have undesired consequences.
ONE SOLUTION: Put a stub handler in every substack to trap those messages,
e.g.:
on openStack
end
erik hansen wrote:
--- Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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
On Tuesday, December 23, 2003, at 01:57 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
Maybe your stack is relying on QuickTime. Set the dontUseQTEffects to
true
Thanks!
I suspected something like that. I didn't look too close at the
property, because I was sure I had seen this working.
Dar
Hi All,
Wow, what a response! Thanks to everyone who answered my questions. You gave
me some valuable and time-saving information.
I see this is a great community of developers and I'm looking forward to
learning and being a part of it.
Sincerely,
John Ballard
Hi Trevor,
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:02:15 -0700
From: Trevor DeVore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Splash snafu
I believe if you close the splash stack, as opposed to just hiding it,
it will remain in memory but will not receive messages. That might be
easier then having to worry about
Hi Ken,
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:22:30 -0600
From: Ken Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Splash snafu
One other solution is to put into the mainstack the handler that says:
on openStack
if the owner of the target is me then
-- it's running the openStack for the mainstack
else
--
Hello everyone,
I have been building a rather large project and have a series of
substacks for individual sections that are like slide presentations.
Anyway, I have a card that has all the code I want to use with the
buttons etc. on it. So I have been cloning the substack about 12 times
and
On Dec 23, 2003, at 9:07 PM, Thomas J McGrath III wrote:
HAS anyone had the clone stack do this to them
I need to clone about another 50 substacks of the master substack and
don't want to corrupt my app again.
Any help is going to really make me calm down.
Not exactly- but here are some
On Dec 24, 2003, at 1:58 AM, Ken Ray wrote:
Andre,
You can try my all-Transcript XML Library:
http://www.sonsothunder.com/products/metacard/xmllib.htm
It's got full documentation as well.
Hi Ken,
I am checking you lib. Since I need only parsing now, I think the basic
version suits well.
OK,
I think you are right on the money. And I would add Don't ever name a
substack with just numbers I have tried it now twice and it has
corrupted my whole stack and I hope not REV.
I did do archives this time and lost no work but have learned a
horrible lesson.
Thanks for the response
Tom
How do you turn on transcript terminology?
I would prefer that.
Thanks
Tom
On Dec 23, 2003, at 8:27 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
On 12/23/03 6:16 PM, Jim Carwardine wrote:
Thanks, again, Jacque. One more niggling little thing I can't figure
out...
When I shut down Rev and reopen it, the button
Thanks Ken
On Dec 23, 2003, at 7:59 PM, Ken Ray wrote:
Does anyone know if I need to include the .DS_Store file from
OSX on my
CD or is that specific to the folder it was built in. The CD is meant
for WIN XP, 2000 and OSX.
No, you don't need it.
Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: [EMAIL
Thomas J McGrath III wrote:
How do you turn on transcript terminology?
I would prefer that.
See Preferences.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
Developer of WebMerge: Publish any database on any Web site
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On Dec 24, 2003, at 6:55 AM, Andre Garzia wrote:
did anyone here worked with xml parsing (with no external)? Can
someone send me a sample stack or point me to some resource?
revxml is extremely fast and has a good variety for both SAX and DOM
type of uses. Have you looked at these stacks?
I want to know if I can distribute the basic version of the
lib with my
software... and also, soon I'll need to be able to generate
xml, so if
you can accept paypal it would be plain easy to send money to you.
You can certainly distribute the basic version of the XML Library with
your
On 12/23/03 11:12 PM, Thomas J McGrath III wrote:
How do you turn on transcript terminology?
Preferences - General - Property labels
Choose name of transcript property.
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HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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