RE: Standalone builder 2.2

Thanks Sarah >The startup handler never gets called in the IDE, because Revolution >has already started up by the time I load the stack file, but it does >get called in the built application. In the build or the IDE, a mouse >click will go to the substacks anyway, but when I want to build the >st

Standalone builder 2.2

Hi All, Having had some time to get used to the new Standalone Builder and come to appreciate it, I thought I would share some of my methods: Splash screen builds: A splash screen app is one where the main stack is the engine and a splash screen, which then opens another stack or series of stack

OT: Intereresting linux distro for us

on Thu, 1 Jul 2004 Andre Garzia wrote: > So while looking for a decent distribution to > install here so > that I could test my Rev apps on Linux, I came > across a very inteligent > and elegant linux distribution called Cobind > Desktop. Have you seen Slackware? It's small and run nicely.

Re: OT: Intereresting linux distro for us (was Re: altBrowser for Mac)

On Jul 1, 2004, at 4:37 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Count me among them. I'm accustomed to the easy of DMGs and installer-making tools like Wise Install, and have been looking for a tool that'll handle proper installation and icon assignments in most popular window managers easily. Know of one? H

Re: Alternate to videoGrabber?

On Jul 1, 2004, at 3:30 PM, Troy Rollins wrote: I had thought of Trevor's external, but it sounded like a lot to ask. I even went back to it looking for any related methods in the docs, in hopeful desperation, but no, it doesn't do that at this point. Adding video capture to the external is beyon

Re: Alternate to videoGrabber?

On Jul 1, 2004, at 5:35 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: It seems to me a good idea to always do a 'test-bed' app before spending too many hours only to find a feature lacking. I had. Unfortunately it was in Director. ;-) I shifted the program from Director to Rev for some much needed features. After fi

Re: Another Revolution Success Story

Alex Tweedly wrote: At 00:25 01/07/2004 -0700, Richard Gaskin wrote: My post from 14 June 2002 with my own CSV2Tab function is at . Hats off to anyone who can improve it's speed, and a bottle of 12-year-old single malt to anyone who

Re: Alternate to videoGrabber?

Hi Troy, It seems to me a good idea to always do a 'test-bed' app before spending too many hours only to find a feature lacking. Course, this lesson is a hard one, and one I've had to learn through experience;-). In fact, I wanted to use text-to-speech in an app awhile back, but found Rev suppo

Re: altBrowser for Mac

On Jul 1, 2004, at 5:21 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: Troy, you should be able to play Flash w/ no problems in altBrowser as it's using the standard IE ActiveX component. If you can run flash within IE, then you can run it in altBrowser Thanks. I'll be sure to test again - especially once the webk

Re: altBrowser for Mac

Edwin, Yes, I'm pretty sure you can add a file to a zip, but I believe it takes some time as the zip must first be uncompressed before adding to. Of course you can zip and unZip folders --with or without their hierarchy maintained. You can also zip and unzip to files which don't end with .zip..

Re: altBrowser for Mac

Troy, you should be able to play Flash w/ no problems in altBrowser as it's using the standard IE ActiveX component. If you can run flash within IE, then you can run it in altBrowser best, Chipp Troy Rollins wrote: Is it plug in compatible? Doesn't seem to be?? Couldn't get Flash to displ

Re: populating stack with field

On Jul 1, 2004, at 12:12 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Trevor- Thursday, July 1, 2004, 11:35:58 AM, you wrote: TD> What Revolution probably needs are some functions for getting/setting TD> preferences that would do the right thing on each platform (Registry on TD> Windows, pList on Mac, etc.). You of c

How to use database-linked controls

On 6/29/04 11:50 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can use the same query for a table to show a list > of records, and individual fields to display details > -- though you'll have to turn on the Record set > caching option. > As for the update problem, I'm sure we'll find

Re: OT: Intereresting linux distro for us (was Re: altBrowser for Mac)

Andre Garzia wrote: > I see that most developers here are deploying basically to Win32 > and Mac platforms. Some here feel that linux is to complicated > and the like. Count me among them. I'm accustomed to the easy of DMGs and installer-making tools like Wise Install, and have been looking for a

Re: populating stack with field

Trevor- Thursday, July 1, 2004, 11:35:58 AM, you wrote: TD> What Revolution probably needs are some functions for getting/setting TD> preferences that would do the right thing on each platform (Registry on TD> Windows, pList on Mac, etc.). You of course can roll your own that TD> just stores pre

Re: altBrowser for Mac

Recently, "Richard Gaskin" wrote: > With RevNet already in public use for more than a year and a half, the > idea of net-delivered mini-apps is old hat to us Rev developers. So the > only remaining element is eye-candy: how to use special effects to show > and hide these mini-app windows. Two a

Re: populating stack with field

On Jul 1, 2004, at 11:12 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... If you jump thru this particular hoop, the benefit is that your real app is "merely" a document, *not* an executable file -- and that means you *can* save any & all changes that are made to your real app. Hope this helps... Just an a

Re: Alternate to videoGrabber?

Troy: We rely heavily on Videograbber running under Windows for our video based product. It works very well on both PC and Mac platforms. But you will probably need to select a good, compatible. We use the Unibrain Fire-I cameras. Inexpensive, but a high quality image. Richard On Jul 1, 2004, a

RE: 21 years ahead in math and blocked by a stupid field displaybug?

Anyway, files are friendlier to handle 100 mbs of text... Even pdf would choke lamely. Even DOS shells can wrap long lines! Even simpletext or notepad so why cant a 999$ application? Scott is an excellent programmer but it's the same problem with Scott's definition of a word... not exactly standa

Re: altBrowser for Mac

Fantastic !!! I need it, for both the MacOSX, the Win32 and the Linux platforms. See the form filled at Altruit :) Best Regards, Le 1 juil. 04, à 03:55, Chipp Walters a écrit : Well, Chris decided to jump in the MacOSX development environment (pls don't tell anyone or else he loses his card car

Re: populating stack with field

sez [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > sez me: >>*E*V*E*R*Y*T*H*I*N*G* can be moved and/or resized at *A*N*Y* time. > >I was looking for a way to have the size an location changed after >compilling ot a .exe. > >Does your system below work? The commands "set the location of ThisThing to ThisPoint", and "

Higher Ed Lab Purchases?

Hi, Well, now that I've convinced my department to buy Rev licenses, I can't get any info on exactly *what* it is to buy and for how much. The website lists only K-12 multi-user packs. Anybody out there actually using it in higher ed know what they did to buy it? It's the end of the fiscal year

Alternate to videoGrabber?

It is looking as though I need to find an alternate to the videoGrabber external for Windows. I've logged bug #1767, regarding the fact that the Windows version of that external relies on outdated technology and in fact, virtually does not work. While it may be possible to get it to work locall

Re: 21 years ahead in math and blocked by a stupid field display bug?

The other limit you will hit is a prime of 64k length (then you'll have to add a space ;-) I meant you'll have to add a return. W. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Re: 21 years ahead in math and blocked by a stupid field display bug?

On Jul 1, 2004, at 1:38 PM, Dar Scott wrote: There is a bugzilla entry on this topic. Revolution requires white space to wrap. Perhaps there will be a change. To complicate things, if the width of the line is greater than 32K pixels, the field is not displayed correctly. However, if you are s

Re: 21 years ahead in math and blocked by a stupid field display bug?

On Jul 1, 2004, at 9:23 AM, MisterX wrote: if I display a just a 100 digits number the field which has its dontwrap set to false persist in not wrapping this number! EVERY other program I can paste this number into will wrap the number correctly but not RunRev... There is a bugzilla entry on this t

OT: Intereresting linux distro for us (was Re: altBrowser for Mac)

On Jul 1, 2004, at 1:03 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Fortunately for us, by choosing to develop with Rev we're uniquely immune to such things. While OS X may arguably be the "best" Unix platform, Linux is the fastest-growing desktop platform, with more than a few analysts predicting it will eclipse

RE: Can Rev Telnet?

have you tried answer shell("telnet /?") I dont know if the shell will be blocked though because the nature of telnet (like ftp or nslookup). Otherwise there is a stack that does FTP for metacard (google it) which does a similar thing. There was this one nice telnet applescriptable tool on the m

Re: altBrowser for Mac

Hi Richard, ... Since the "import snapshot" command grabs from the screen buffer, it doesn't have the smarts to be able to grab a composite without the topmost window layer. One can get it by hiding the window for a brief moment to grab it, but the flash is disturbing and doesn't satisfy the goal

Re: 21 years ahead in math and blocked by a stupid field display bug?

Hi Xav, Sorry to say but is no bug. It is the way Scott Raney implemented the wrap in metacard. Wrap on words. Nothing else. His way of saying (in a mail years ago) was something like: "No spaces, no words, no wraps". May be a featurerequest to something as a new windowwrap property? The other li

Re: exe blocking

On Jul 1, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Dan Shafer wrote: My guess is that the blocker would allow a ZIPped version of the exe file through just fine. At least that's been the case every time I've run into this problem. Mail filters at Universities and large institutions can be smarter than that. It is no

Re: altBrowser for Mac

Sarah Reichelt wrote: btw, funny thing. Richard Gaskin and I are here at WWDC representing RR. Richard saw the new dashboard presentation and decided that instead of waiting until 2005, he'd whip up a version inside RR here at the show. He just about completed it before time ran out..today. Wow

Re: exe blocking

My guess is that the blocker would allow a ZIPped version of the exe file through just fine. At least that's been the case every time I've run into this problem. Dan On Jul 1, 2004, at 12:50 AM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote: At 1:01 AM -0500 7/1/2004, Ken Ray wrote: You could try changing the exten

Re: Another Revolution Success Story

Richard- Thursday, July 1, 2004, 12:25:54 AM, you wrote: RG> [Semi-OT link - US Gov. warns against MS Explorer: RG> ] Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen that one. Not that I use IE unless I absolutely *have* to, anyway... RG> My post from 14 June 2002 with

RE: Can Rev Telnet?

Are you wanting to remotely execute console/command prompt commands from one Windows NT/2000/XP machine to another? If so, take a look at PsExec www.sysinternals.com (part of the PsTools suite) - and it's free. If your needs are different, then please ignore this. Jay Madren -Original Messa

21 years ahead in math and blocked by a stupid field display bug?

Hi everyone, Im about to bring RR 21 years ahead of history: Apparently it will take until 2025 to discover a prime number with 1,000,000,000 digits. http://www.utm.edu/research/primes/notes/by_year.html I found a way to generate this BUT... if I display a just a 100 digits number the field w

Re: Another Revolution Success Story

At 00:25 01/07/2004 -0700, Richard Gaskin wrote: I asked around on this some time ago, including quite a few programmers far smarter than me. The best algorithm we could come up with was one which walks through the data char by char, keeping track of when it's in field data and when it leaves t

Re: altBrowser for Mac

Hi [EMAIL PROTECTED], On Thursday, July 1, 2004, at 06:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the point of this browser ? well, you can have an internet browser INSIDE your Rev app :-) And you have TOTAL control over it! Isn't this something?! ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www

Re: altBrowser for Mac

On Thursday, July 1, 2004, at 06:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the point of this browser ? ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution __

Re: VideoGrabber

On Thursday, Jul 1, 2004, at 15:35 Europe/Paris, Troy Rollins wrote: Do you happen to know any Win compatible AtoD converters that will actually work with videoGrabber. I'm totally in a corner on this. No. Sorry. Thierry ___ use-revolution mailing list

Flow in channels

I have just posted an application which allows one to determine the flow rate in water channels. I realize this is of almost no interest to Run Revers, but it is a good illustration of the use of Bezier curves in Run Rev, allowing one to predict the velocity and flow rates in channels of arbitr

Re: populating stack with field

Bob; Sunny Scotland So Bob, you're into oxymorons or what? :{`) -- Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company "And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee." from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)

Re: VideoGrabber

On Jul 1, 2004, at 5:22 AM, Thierry Arbellot wrote: Actually, the videoGrabber provided by RunRev is quite limited under Windows, as it doesn't support DirectShow. I hope RunRev will improve it. VFW is an old MS technology, some USB webcam are provided with such drivers. Ouch. So, it is all but

RE: exe blocking

At 1:01 AM -0500 7/1/2004, Ken Ray wrote: You could try changing the extension from .exe to .bbb or something and tell them to change the extension after they've retrieved it. I'd suggest zipping That's one possiblity, but if John's phrase "brought out the sledgehammer" implies what I think it doe

Re: altBrowser for Mac

>> Chris wants to create a Linux altBrowser as well. << Yes, yes, yes.please, Chipp and Chris.. I really, really want that! >> Richard saw the new dashboard presentation and decided that instead of waiting until 2005, he'd whip up a version inside RR here at the show. He just about complete

Re: VideoGrabber

Hi Troy, Actually, the videoGrabber provided by RunRev is quite limited under Windows, as it doesn't support DirectShow. I hope RunRev will improve it. VFW is an old MS technology, some USB webcam are provided with such drivers. Very few video cards are supplied with QT for Windows drivers, I

Re: altBrowser for Mac

Hi Chipp, Well, Chris decided to jump in the MacOSX development environment (pls don't tell anyone or else he loses his card carrying Linux privledges) and has crafted a first version of altBrowser for MacOSX. It's not yet completed, but it is working (or so he tells me...I'm at WWDC right now

Re: altBrowser for Mac

Edwin Gore wrote: This Zip things sounds vry interesting. Is it strictly a "compress this folder, compress this file" thing, or can I add a file to an existing zip? If so, this could be the file format I have been looking for my Amazon affiliate program...I need something that can hold a data f

Re: Another Revolution Success Story

Mark Wieder wrote: I really wish the csv format had never been invented. Separating fields with tabs works much better, and separating them with non-printing characters is better yet. Amen to that, brother. I guess the clue train doesn't stop in Redmond. ;) [Semi-OT link - US Gov. warns against MS