RE: graph functions

Sannyasin check out Ken Simons Graph and Table stack http://www2.rhul.ac.uk/~uhss021/technical.html cheers Xavier > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sannyasin > Sivakatirswami > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 07:01 > To: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Building C ++ Plug ins

I have created externals that glue to C++ libraries with Visual C++ (Windows). So, it can be done. An alternative to externals might be to run the C++ app from the Revolution shell() and use files as the I/O. Dar Scott ___ use-revolution mailing lis

Building C ++ Plug ins

Well, we may have converted a high end financial analyst who is helping us with educational materials, to xTalk... He was told that to advance in his field he now needed to learn C++ to write his own financial analysis programs. 1 hour with Revolution and he was blown away. "That would have ta

graph functions

Anyone have any xTalk visual graphing functions already cooked up? I'm looked for something where you set up a visual object that has numeric values on the y axis (vertical- numerical values) and dates on the x axis (horizontal - dates). and then from a given set of integer pairs it will create

Re: Hello from a Filemaker renegade

On Apr 6, 2004, at 2:12 PM, Bruce Robertson wrote: Those are all very basic database terms. The fact that they are unfamiliar and do not appear much in Rev database discussions suggests that the state of affairs in Rev database management is not very robust. oops, let me explain, first, I am a

CGI failure Intermittent -- "Can't Open File"

This one is a hair pullerpossibly OT because it may have nothing to do with REV, but I can't diagnose if the issue is Rev CGI that is receiving the POST, the Rev Application that is sending the POST, a permissions problem on the server, an Apache config problem or an OSX Server file sy

Shading in Windows

Hi, I've been looking at a project which I want to release for Windows (developed with OS X) using the windows look and feel. There are several scrolling fields on one card which are empty or partially so part of the time. The scroll bar area under windows is a rather dark grey, though it looks q

RE: new standalone application builder

> I have a similar problem. My stack now has two substacks called "ask > dialog" . I didn't put them there and I don't even use an "ask" dialog > in my stack. I can remove them but they just come back. One time I got > the 'can't remove the main stack'. > > It must be a bug. That doesn't sound li

RE: new standalone application builder

> I need help. I'm not sure if I'm just not doing something correctly or > what, but I can't get this to work. I had it working with the > last release > candidate of version 2.2, but it's not working now. I open my mainstack > (which is a login screen) and then select Standalone Application Se

Re: new standalone application builder

I have a similar problem. My stack now has two substacks called "ask dialog" . I didn't put them there and I don't even use an "ask" dialog in my stack. I can remove them but they just come back. One time I got the 'can't remove the main stack'. It must be a bug. Tom On Apr 6, 2004, at 11:30

Re: Hello from a Filemaker renegade

Le 6 avr. 04, à 19:12, Bruce Robertson a écrit : 3. Are there functions, plug-ins, tool-sets to handle complex relationships, entity diagrams, data validation? Can't help on that for I do not understand what you're meaning... =/ Those are all very basic database terms. The fact that they are unfa

Re: Getting server time from a client stack accessing it

Hi Andre, Neat tip from Frank and a good script to implement it, but your script always returns GMT. This may have been what you were after, but here is a version that gives local time and also checks that the headers contain a date. function getServerTime serverURL -- get the URL & read the

Re: directing a function call

You're right. It does work. Somehow I didn't test it properly. Thanks again. --Leston At 03:29 PM 4/6/2004, you wrote: On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 03:19 PM, Leston Drake wrote: I tried send "myEvent" to this stack put the result into myResult in the myEvent handler, I had something like return

Re: Hello from a Filemaker renegade

On 6 Apr 2004, at 6:12 pm, Norman Winn wrote: 2. I don't see much written on building front-ends to SQL in RR. Are they out there? Are there any tutorials on this? Is there a connection tutorial? Hi Norman, At my web site , you can download the stack I created while

Re: Another Area For Document Development

In reply to the post of Dave Calkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 7 Apr 2003: Hello Dave, found your detailed replies to my lengthy post - if only under subject "use-revolution Digest" and quoting me as "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Although I sympathize with Revolution from a critical distance and def

Re: Hello from a Filemaker renegade

Those are all very basic database terms. The fact that they are unfamiliar and do not appear much in Rev database discussions suggests that the state of affairs in Rev database management is not very robust. Bruce, There are scores of tools for managing your database schema and relationships in

Re: directing a function call

On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 03:19 PM, Leston Drake wrote: I tried send "myEvent" to this stack put the result into myResult in the myEvent handler, I had something like return "myValue" but the result is empty. So I probably misunderstood. That looks right. I tried this Button "tester" script:

Re: directing a function call

Dar, Thanks for the tips. What do you mean by a "command handler"? I tried send "myEvent" to this stack put the result into myResult in the myEvent handler, I had something like return "myValue" but the result is empty. So I probably misunderstood. Thanks. --Leston At 02:38 PM 4/6/2004, Dar Scott

Re: directing a function call

On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 02:19 PM, Leston Drake wrote: I need to call a function. And I want to target the main stack, The value() function allows you to specify an object. Read the fine print. You might also consider whether a property is the right model. If so, you might want to use a

directing a function call

Hi all, In a "stacksInUse" stack script, I need to call a function. And I want to target the main stack, so that it first looks for the handler for the function in the main stack, then in the stacksInUse, in order as normal. I tried something like put the myFunction() of this stack into myVar b

Re: Hello from a Filemaker renegade

On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 10:12 AM, Bruce Robertson wrote: 3. Are there functions, plug-ins, tool-sets to handle complex relationships, entity diagrams, data validation? Can't help on that for I do not understand what you're meaning... =/ Those are all very basic database terms. The fact that

Re: wait for 1.2 seconds with messages -- twice hangs

On Friday, April 2, 2004, at 08:15 PM, Steven Zins wrote: Speculation: "wait for N seconds with messages" allows other handlers to respond to messages but does not allow a handler to resume after a wait. Many of us have had to do the same test when we first tried to do several things at once with

Re: OK, I'm still not entirely sure...!

On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 11:23 AM, Mark O'Neill wrote: I have only really "played" with the two - Rev and RB, so can anyone give me an unbiased account of the pros and cons of both? Thanks for your help, Mark Hi Mark, I can't give you an unbiased account of RB because they blew away all t

REPORTS USING PDF FORMAT

Has anyone built an application that imports PDF's that can be used as backgrounds for reports and printed in the same quality? It would need to be easy to make a new report using a new or modified PDF. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] h

Re: OK, I'm still not entirely sure...!

I have only really "played" with the two - Rev and RB, so can anyone give me an unbiased account of the pros and cons of both? Hi Mark, I am totally ignorant of RB's capabilities & how productive a developer can be using them; howver I have over a decade of experience with the basic xTalks forma

Re: [ANN] EnhancedQT 0.5.4 - Now OS 9 compatible

Many, many thanks for all of this so usefull code, Trevor ! Best Regards, Pierre Le 6 avr. 04, à 16:57, Trevor DeVore a écrit : Version 0.5.4 of the EnhancedQT external is now available. New features: * OS 9 compatible * qtQTVRGetHotSpotComment - get the comment associated with a Hot Spot. *

OK, I'm still not entirely sure...!

Hi Guys, Further to my recent post, (Subject: I'm thinking of using Rev, can anyone advise?) I have taken a look at RealBasic. Now, in my mind, they both offer a cross-platform solution, although RB seems to allow you to get "closer to the code" so to speak. I have only really "played" with the

wait for 1.2 seconds with messages -- twice hangs

It appears that when two "wait for N seconds with messages" statements are used, one handler blocks the other. The following code is in a card script: on test0 -- cause other two handlers to start after this one ends send test1 to me in 0 seconds send test2 to me in 0 seconds end test0 on te

OT Backup Storage

I am about to start a project that will have massive amounts of video, stills, sound, etc. I need to reexamine my storage and backup systems because these projects go well beyond my current storage abilities. There are going to be terabytes of data. Currently I am thinking a RAID system with redund

Re: Hello from a Filemaker renegade

Hello Norman ! Take all the responses you got there together and just gohead ! In about "n-tier" apps, on both the client and server sides, Rev can feet all what we can need in about CGI, critical-state Web applications servers, ERP or Media streaming solutions. At this point, my below proposa

Re: Hello from a Filemaker renegade

>> 3. Are there functions, plug-ins, tool-sets to handle complex >> relationships, entity diagrams, data validation? > > Can't help on that for I do not understand what you're meaning... =/ Those are all very basic database terms. The fact that they are unfamiliar and do not appear much in Rev da

new standalone application builder

I need help. I'm not sure if I'm just not doing something correctly or what, but I can't get this to work. I had it working with the last release candidate of version 2.2, but it's not working now. I open my mainstack (which is a login screen) and then select Standalone Application Settings from

Re: RunRev IDE Controls are weird??!!

I Press the "New" button, an line appears that says "Item 1", I select this and type "Open", I then hit press the "New" button again and it changes the item I have just entered ("Open") back into "Item 1" again? Why is this? How do I tell the IDE that I want what I just typed entered into the f

[ANN] EnhancedQT 0.5.4 - Now OS 9 compatible

Version 0.5.4 of the EnhancedQT external is now available. New features: * OS 9 compatible * qtQTVRGetHotSpotComment - get the comment associated with a Hot Spot. * qtGetMovieDimensions - get dimensions of a QT compatible file without opening it in a player object. The CodeWarrior 9 project fi

RE: Geometry FIX Version 2 - back to how it was...

Got to love backups! Here's how to restore your controls to their previous size. A backup is required... Now is the time to enter the bug in bugzilla... on mouseup put the short name of this stack into cstack repeat with x = 1 to the number of controls in this stack set cursor to busy

RunRev IDE Controls are weird??!!

Hi, I have noticed this before, but now it is really bugging me! I am using the Menu Builder, I create a new Menubar and then start to populate the file menu: I Press the "New" button, an line appears that says "Item 1", I select this and type "Open", I then hit press the "New" button again a

RE: I'm thinking of using Rev, can anyone advise?

Hi There!, | RR users are revolutionary in terms of being helpful! ;) I see! Thanks again for your feedback. Mark. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.651 / Virus Database: 417 - Release Date: 05/04/2004 ___

RE: I'm thinking of using Rev, can anyone advise?

On 06.04.2004 14:17:47 use-revolution-bounces wrote: >Hi Xavier, > >Thanks for your response. RR users are revolutionary in terms of being helpful! ;) >| Other than the preview and the pdf export which can >| be coded separately and included in your app, it's all >| possible. > >By "coded yoursel

Re: Another Area For Document Development

Jacque wrote: > > Or that the Object Inspector's labels are inconsistent with the property > > names? > > At least for this one, you can fix it by changing a setting in the > preferences. Thanks for that illumination. This is true for "Basic Properties" and some of the others. However it is not

RunRev and SourceSafe

Hi, Has anyone had any experience of using RunRev and SourceSafe? My company uses SourceSafe and I have to check my work into the database, but before I do I would like to know if there are any problems with this. Also what form of CheckOut behavour should I use? Does RR use CKID resources, d

RE: I'm thinking of using Rev, can anyone advise?

| Let me know if and when you get there and I'd be happy to help. Wow, thanks Dave! That's extremely kind of you. Mark. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.651 / Virus Database: 417 - Release Date: 05/04/2004 _

RE: Getting server time from a client stack accessing it

Great tip Frank, indeed! Thanks. It is working fine... Here is the script I made. The mouseUp is a button handler being invoked after typing a server URL under the form www.name.domain. The server headers contain the Internet time but without the UTC + offset, thus the function adds + to set it

RE: I'm thinking of using Rev, can anyone advise?

| Other than the preview and the pdf export which can | be coded separately and included in your app, it's all | possible. By "coded yourself", do you mean code in the Rev Language, or write a C++ dll to handle the calls? They are called Shared Libraries on the Mac and as far as I am aware you wil

RE: I'm thinking of using Rev, can anyone advise?

Hi Xavier, Thanks for your response. | Other than the preview and the pdf export which can | be coded separately and included in your app, it's all | possible. By "coded yourself", do you mean code in the Rev Language, or write a C++ dll to handle the calls? | You would have to implement mult

Re: I'm thinking of using Rev, can anyone advise?

Mark, Other than the preview and the pdf export which can be coded separately and included in your app, it's all possible. You would have to implement multple undo's yourself but it's easy. My ClipperX application does already most of the features you want... http://monsieurx.com/modules.php?name

RunRev 2.2 and 2.1.2 Printing Crash

Hi, Whenever I try to print a Stack Script using RunRev 2.1.2 or 2.2, I get an: "Application has unexpectedly quit - Error type 2" This happens under MacOS 9.2 and 10.2.8. Does anyone have any idea of what the problem is and how to get around/fix it? Other App print just fine. Thanks Dave ___

A Newbie's Feedback on Documentation and

Hi, Just got a couple of spare minutes so I thought I'd share my thoughts on my RunRev experience so far I have read the thread on "Document Development" with interest and basically I think that there is a need for some documentation on how to put things together in RunRev. For instan

I'm thinking of using Rev, can anyone advise?

Hi There, I am a Delphi programmer, and due to user pressure I'm forced(!) to port my Windows application to the Mac platform. I have looked at various alternatives, including CodeWarrior, Python and Java, but Rev seems the most logical as it produces stand-alone executables "out of the box". Ho

[OT] - Peter Gabriel as a Programmer!!!!!

The answer can be found on Peter Gabriel's first solo album: "When things get so big, I don't trust them at all. You want some control, you gotta keep it small. D.I.Y." Good Grief! I didn't realize that PG was a Programmer! Amazing - off the buy the album! All the Best Dave _

Re: CGI Engine doc

Andre Rombauts wrote: I can hardly find any info on using Revolution as a CGI engine... Is it such a secret? :-) Shhh.. if you promise not to tell anyone, here's the secret formula: 1. Put a copy of the engine in your cgi-bin. 2. Set the permissions to 755. 3. Your scripts will need to

Re: Hello from a Filemaker renegade

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rather the plug-in architecture is giving me trouble... The reveditscript and revselectedobjectchange to be specific... ... Trying to replace the revexample scripts with mine had limited success but RR started crashing non-stop... Hard crashes are extremely rare in my expe

CGI Engine doc

I can hardly find any info on using Revolution as a CGI engine... Is it sucjh a secret? :-) I would need info about installing on a W2K server. Thanks! André ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-

Re: Hello from a Filemaker renegade

Hi Norman! First of all, welcome to our User Group. I hope you find the answers you are looking for. I run a company which makes enterprise web apps for Fortune 1000 companies. We pretty much use RR exclusively for our client-side web app development, be it Microsoft or Linux. You might want

Re: Hello from a Filemaker renegade

Richard, Rather the plug-in architecture is giving me trouble... The reveditscript and revselectedobjectchange to be specific... Creating a stack with those messages and putting them into the plug-ins folder, setting up the messages if not detected by the PI settings works OK. But having them

Re: Hello from a Filemaker renegade

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: plug-ins are somewhat obscure and can or not work - RR technical problem. Which plugins are giving you trouble? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.

Re: Hello from a Filemaker renegade

Norman Winn wrote: Downloaded RR and worked through the tutorial. ...I like concise languages. If they are verbose then they should need no, or little, commenting. The examples have so many comments I can't follow the logic. That's good feedback, thank you. The original version was more sparsel

Re: Hello from a Filemaker renegade

Norman, >1. The RR v RB comparison article is way out of date but suggests RB >may be the best choice for heavy db work. Is this so? I've done some really heavy db work with HC, FMP, php sql. RR is up to par... Naturally, it's not FMP but given the events that FMP doesn't have it should be far m

Hello from a Filemaker renegade

Hello, I've just joined your list. I was one of those people hoping for great things from Filemaker 7. We got them - but it got slower. My main work is on a solution that represents data graphically. Already too slow so I am looking for alternatives. Tried Servoy a bit. Looks promising but sti