Re: any good starter tutorials for using Rev's built in XML?

2004-06-17 Thread Frank Leahy
On Jun 17, 2004, at 1:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: kee nethery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: any good starter tutorials for using Rev's built in XML? To: How to use Revolution <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed

Re: SQL

2004-06-17 Thread Pierre Sahores
The best is to let the targeted database's build-in transactions manager handle this part of the job, as long as you are using an ACID-compliant SQL server (Sybase, Oracle, Interbase, Firebird, SAPDB, PostgreSQL). In this way, you will get the best from both your Rev front-end app and your back

Re: SQL

2004-06-17 Thread Pierre Sahores
Hello again, First, congratulations for using PostgreSQL ! It's, today, the more suitable, secure and powerfull ACID SQL server available, Sybase ASE, as the next one. Second, i don't know how to do that available under RevDB, as long as my Rev's applications servers are directly targeting psql

Players & .swf files

2004-06-17 Thread sims
Rev 2.2 on Mac 10.2.8 Made a Rev file with player, loaded a .swf file into player and it works fine. The .swf is a little game where I can input a number into a text field which is built into the .swf and then click to see if my numer (guess) is correct. Works very well. When I make this into a

Players & .swf files

2004-06-17 Thread sims
Rev 2.2 on Mac 10.2.8 Made a Rev file with player, loaded a .swf file into player and it works fine. The .swf is a little game where I can input a number into a text field which is built into the .swf and then click to see if my numer (guess) is correct. Works very well. When I make this into a

Re: revdb_init

2004-06-17 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actally, I contacted RR support attempted that exact > fix and I still experence the same error (I already > triesed this sine I found it ina posting). Here is > my last respsonse to RR support. They requested I > send the stacksInUse to then and add that s

Re: Displaying Foreign Web Pages

2004-06-17 Thread revolution
Just in case it helps anyone else, I have made some progress with this (thanks to Tuviah). To be able to display Roman and non-Roman characters in a field do this: set the unicodetext of field 1 to uniencode(url "http://ww.google.co.th","thai";) Now that I can get hold of this mixed text, I ne

Re: revdb_init (answer)

2004-06-17 Thread K
My users on *nix/OSX tend to run the application from the command line. I seems that when RR builds stand-alone it configures a path to the OSX externals XXX.app/Contents/MacOS/externals/XXX.bundle. It does not seem to also look in the current directory. This meant that since my user was la

Re: any good starter tutorials for using Rev's built in XML?

2004-06-17 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Jun 17, 2004, at 1:21 AM, Frank Leahy wrote: On Jun 17, 2004, at 1:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you find a tutorial, please let me know. Me too. I think the problem is that XML is a new set of knowledge and the XML functions are a new set of functions. If I already understood XML, chances

Re: Why the Save dialogue in OS X

2004-06-17 Thread Jim Hurley
The engine doesn't provide a "changed since last save" flag, so the IDE takes a belt-and-suspenders approach to deciding whether the stack might have been changed. -- jeanne a. e. devoto ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jaedworks.com Jeanne, Little known fact: The belt and suspenders are not redunda

Menu Builder tutorial

2004-06-17 Thread K
Are there any good tutorials on build cross-platform menus using menu builder. For that manner and good menu tutorials at all. Kevin -==-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=- Disclaimer: Any resemblance between the above views and those of my employer, my terminal, or the view out my win

Re: Happy Bloomsday

2004-06-17 Thread Mark Wieder
Marian- Wednesday, June 16, 2004, 5:54:24 PM, you wrote: MP> Alas, there appear to be images on each card in the OSX version MP> (haven't tried the WinTel version) but all I get is a gray space where MP> the image should be :-( Any idea what the problem is? Images not MP> embedded in the stack

Re: Can't set a card to the screenrect (sort of)

2004-06-17 Thread Raymond E. Griffith
- Original Message - From: "Howard Bornstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "How to use Revolution" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:26 PM Subject: Can't set a card to the screenrect (sort of) > These are the kind of problems that just drive me batty. > > I create a stack

Re: socket and serial port

2004-06-17 Thread Mark Wieder
Dar- You're correct about the way the handshaking normally works. And that the dtr/rts lines are used to supply power. But for some reason the x10 serial programmers decided to create a whole new standard which ignores the data lines. Don't ask me why. My guess is that it's so that x10 communicat

Jiggling the autoHilite handle

2004-06-17 Thread Troy Rollins
I have some rectangle buttons in my project which don't behave too nicely in OSX. They seem to like to retain the "down state". The hilite value is set sometimes programmatically, other times via mouse interaction. In either case, they can hold not the hilite state, but whatever the autohilite

SUPPORTED USER

2004-06-17 Thread hershbp
Hi , What is the point of an varArray[] or how do they work that a var won't do ? If I need more then 1 var use 2 var's or more wouldn't do it ? Or set itemDelimiter to tab get item 1 of line 1 of myVar if I need to explicitly create the array's and put every thing separately ? Also the array's

A Bit Much to Ask, but . . .

2004-06-17 Thread Roger Guay
I know this is asking a lot but here goes anyway. In my little Rev application, I call a "document" a field grouped with a couple of buttons to save and export as the user chooses. No problem with this. And, I know how to move this around. What I would like to do is essentially recreate the h

Re: SUPPORTED USER

2004-06-17 Thread Troy Rollins
On Jun 17, 2004, at 2:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen this posted several times, and you've probably seen no answers because your questions are a bit "unstructured." Perhaps some of them should actually be separate topics. What is the point of an varArray[] or how do they work that a v

Re: A Bit Much to Ask, but . . .

2004-06-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
Roger Guay wrote: I know this is asking a lot but here goes anyway. In my little Rev application, I call a "document" a field grouped with a couple of buttons to save and export as the user chooses. No problem with this. And, I know how to move this around. What I would like to do is essentia

Rev Apps List

2004-06-17 Thread Jim Carwardine
A few days ago I sent a request to the list wondering if anyone has seen or built an accounting system in Rev (or MC). DidnĀ¹t get any answers yet, but in talking to Jacque through the Rev info email link, I suggested that RunRev put together a list of apps developed using Rev. I see lots of cool

Re: SUPPORTED USER

2004-06-17 Thread hershbp
First of all , Thanks. Accidently I sent this to the wrong place but if I got an answer I'll accept it and appreciate it. On Thursday, June 17, 2004, at 02:54 PM, Troy Rollins wrote: On Jun 17, 2004, at 2:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen this posted several times, and you've probably see

RE: Rev Apps List

2004-06-17 Thread Ken Ray
Well, there's a short list here: http://www.runrev.com/revolution/showcase.shtml Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jim Carwardine >

Re: Why the Save dialogue in OS X

2004-06-17 Thread Gregory Lypny
Hello Jeane, Thanks for responding. If by "belt-and-suspenders" you mean unpredictable, then you're right. It seems to happen to a couple of the stacks in my project but not all. And for those couple of stacks, not all the time. I've got other projects where this does not happen at all. I'

disable enable

2004-06-17 Thread hershbp
Hi , is there a way to disable a whole stack or all objects of a stack and enable them after that ? Thanks ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

RE: Jiggling the autoHilite handle

2004-06-17 Thread MisterX
Troy, There is a difference with hilitecolor between OSX and Windows/Linx http://www.runrev.com/revolution/developers/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=1518 cheers Xavier > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Troy > Rollins > Sent: Thursday, June

Missing languages...

2004-06-17 Thread MisterX
Dear list, Bill, Kevin, >From a recent entry in Slashdot.org (/.) I searched the links and tried to find our favorite languages... to no avail... the only mention is of HyperTalk in ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/doc/misc/lang-list.txt No transcript or Metatalk... So, here, to the concerned people a

Scrollbar question

2004-06-17 Thread Howard Bornstein
The scrollbarDrag message is sent whenever a scrollbar is moved. Is there a way to distinguish which scrollbar is actually being moved in a group where both the horizontal and vertical scrollbars are enabled? Regards, Howard Bornstein --- D E S I G N E Q www.designeq.com _

Message parameters

2004-06-17 Thread Troy Rollins
I'm not overly thrilled with the format of "send" (including "send in time"), especially when there is a parameter list. It seems that the parameter list gets evaluated, even if it is sent as a string... and of course, in the case of "synonym keywords" they don't get colorized since the have qu

Pending messages

2004-06-17 Thread Troy Rollins
Sort of the part 2 of my issues with "send"... When "send in time" is used, the PendingMessages stores all the current messages waiting to be sent. However, if those messages have parameters, you don't seem to be able to access those when reviewing the PendingMessages, either with your own code,

Re: Why the Save dialogue in OS X

2004-06-17 Thread Chipp Walters
Gregory, Not to worry, the standalone will not prompt for such action. It's only a function of the IDE. -Chipp Gregory Lypny wrote: I'm a little concerned that this will create confusion and be an annoyance to my users when I build a stand alone. Many different stacks are opened and closed as

Re: Scrollbar question

2004-06-17 Thread Chipp Walters
Howard, I, too, would like to be able to do this, but alas, I think it currently *not* possible. Perhaps a feature enhancement in Bugzilla? -Chipp Howard Bornstein wrote: The scrollbarDrag message is sent whenever a scrollbar is moved. Is there a way to distinguish which scrollbar is actually be

Re: any good starter tutorials for using Rev's built in XML?

2004-06-17 Thread Sarah Reichelt
I have written one (at least part one of what will be a two part series) and it is going to be included in the next release of Revolution (I think). Sarah On 17 Jun 2004, at 9:56 am, Chipp Walters wrote: I was wondering if there is an overview or any good starter tips for using Rev's built in X

Re: Message parameters

2004-06-17 Thread Dar Scott
On Jun 17, 2004, at 3:31 PM, Troy Rollins wrote: send "startFileOperation Directory" to myFileManager in 0 Perhaps this is what you are looking for: put "Directory" into op send "startFileOperation op" to myFileManager in 0 My habit is to use variables for non-numeral parameters in send. I

RE: Scrollbar question

2004-06-17 Thread Ken Ray
Can't you check the hScroll and vScroll property and see which one has changed? Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Chipp Walters > Sen

Re: Pending messages

2004-06-17 Thread Dar Scott
On Jun 17, 2004, at 3:44 PM, Troy Rollins wrote: If I have multiple scripts, calling the same handler, but with different parameters, this can be difficult to sort one from the next. Is the "typical" technique for this to catch the message ID when sent, then register that with a "manager object"

RE: Pending messages

2004-06-17 Thread Ken Ray
As Dar said, when you "send in time" and get the result, you get the message ID number (I believe), so you could store that ID number along with the parameters passed in a separate custom property or global variable and then use the ID number in pendingMessages as a lookup. HTH, Ken Ray Sons of T

send "message"

2004-06-17 Thread hershbp
Hi , I'm trying to figure out why when I have a "send "message" e.g. send "mesage a" to btn "a" of stack "a" to a handler which is not in the path it does NOT run in a standAlone app. when in the IDE it Does ? Thanks ___ use-revolution mailing list [EM

Re: socket and serial port

2004-06-17 Thread Mark Wieder
(correcting myself) It turns out that you can call set the serialControlString to "dtr=off rts=on" open driver thePort for binary write to toggle dtr/rts even if the port is already open. No need to close the port before the call to serialControlString. Serves me right for reading (and believi

Re: Happy Bloomsday

2004-06-17 Thread Mark Wieder
Marian set me straight on importing animated GIFs properly and I have now uploaded the properly-working stack. -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

New column header plugin...

2004-06-17 Thread Chipp Walters
This one's a dandy.. It automatically creates buttons at the top of fields corresponding to the tabStops in the field-- which allow you to resize them and do all kinds of interesting things... It's a 90% rewrite of some code I did earlier for RunRev and their column headers for the Application B

Re: Scrollbar question

2004-06-17 Thread Howard Bornstein
On Jun 17, 2004, at 6:36 PM, Ken Ray wrote: Can't you check the hScroll and vScroll property and see which one has changed? Duh. Thank you Ken. That did the trick. And thanks Michael for your suggestion. That was my next idea. Regards, Howard Bornstein --- D E S I G N E Q ww

Re: Can't set a card to the screenrect (sort of)

2004-06-17 Thread Howard Bornstein
On Jun 17, 2004, at 1:21 PM, Raymond E. Griffith wrote: There is no "rect" of a card, simply the rect of the stack. Set the rect of your group to the rect of the stack, and you should be good to go. Actually typing "put the rect of this card" works fine (I assume the engine just uses the rect of

Re: Jiggling the autoHilite handle

2004-06-17 Thread Howard Bornstein
On Jun 17, 2004, at 11:30 AM, Troy Rollins wrote: I have some rectangle buttons in my project which don't behave too nicely in OSX. They seem to like to retain the "down state". I've seen this occasionally under OS X, but only when I click the button with the mouse. The button stays highlighted.

Re: Can't set a card to the screenrect (sort of)

2004-06-17 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/17/04 12:21 PM, Raymond E. Griffith wrote: - Original Message - From: "Howard Bornstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "How to use Revolution" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:26 PM Subject: Can't set a card to the screenrect (sort of) These are the kind of problems th

Re: Jiggling the autoHilite handle

2004-06-17 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/17/04 10:30 AM, Troy Rollins wrote: I have some rectangle buttons in my project which don't behave too nicely in OSX. They seem to like to retain the "down state". The hilite value is set sometimes programmatically, other times via mouse interaction. In either case, they can hold not the hi

Re: disable enable

2004-06-17 Thread Howard Bornstein
On Jun 17, 2004, at 3:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi , is there a way to disable a whole stack or all objects of a stack and enable them after that ? I don't know off-hand if every object has a disabled state but you could try something like this: on disableAll repeat with i = 1 to the num

Re: Jiggling the autoHilite handle

2004-06-17 Thread Troy Rollins
On Jun 18, 2004, at 12:28 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: This can happen if you have auto-hilite set to true for a button while a script tries to manipulate the hilite as well. It's usually best to choose one way or the other; either let the autohiliting be in charge, or write scripts to manage thing

Re: disable enable

2004-06-17 Thread Troy Rollins
On Jun 18, 2004, at 12:33 AM, Howard Bornstein wrote: Hi , is there a way to disable a whole stack or all objects of a stack and enable them after that ? I don't know off-hand if every object has a disabled state but you could try something like this: I do basically what Howard suggested in my p

Re: socket and serial port

2004-06-17 Thread Mark Wieder
Dar- Thursday, June 17, 2004, 5:55:43 PM, you wrote: DS> This is a great tip! DS> On what OS/platform have you seen it work? DS> Dar Scott Well, I have it for sure on Win2k. I haven't had the opportunity to experiment any further. I'm quite curious as to what my beige G3 is going to do, but it

Re: Jiggling the autoHilite handle

2004-06-17 Thread FlexibleLearning
>> I have some rectangle buttons in my project which don't behave too >> nicely in OSX. They seem to like to retain the "down state". The hilite >> value is set sometimes programmatically, other times via mouse >> interaction. In either case, they can hold not the hilite state, but >> wh

RE: Pending messages

2004-06-17 Thread Ken Ray
> Thanks again Dar, probably just what I'm looking for. I come from > languages (Director mostly, but also Flash and Quicktime) which are > very "time driven." Revolution's user event model is > powerful, but when > _time_ is the primary event, and the program needs to operate > completely ind