Re: Well, which licence do I need ?

2004-09-08 Thread Bruce Robertson
On 9/7/04 8:25 PM, Bruce Robertson wrote: Rev Support seem to be a bit behind, I asked a few days ago and still have heard no reply. We don't work over the weekend generally, but I answered you yesterday. Sorry, I don't see anything from you. Check your spam box. My what?

RE: Scrollbars and LittleArrows

2004-09-08 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 6:22 PM -0600 9/5/2004, Arthur Urban wrote: If the style of the scrollbar is scrollbar or progress, the maximum value of the thumbPosition is the scrollbar's endValue minus the thumbSize. Well that sounds like what I would have wanted, but it appears that the docs aren't entirely accurate.

Re: Mac Classic Apps Run Under OS X but Not On Native Classic

2004-09-08 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 9:50 PM -0700 9/5/2004, Richard Gaskin wrote: What's needed is a function added to the engine to let us know whether we're native or under OS X when running OS 9 and earlier. What should it be called, and who wants to add it to Bugzilla? My vote is to modify the platform function so it

Re: Removing sub-stacks

2004-09-08 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 5:19 AM -0700 9/7/2004, kee nethery wrote: Perhaps my question was not well formed. I have sub-stack inside a main stack and I want to extract it from the main stack and make it a separate main stack, separate from the current main stack it is in. How to move a stack to another file should do

Re: Well, which licence do I need ?

2004-09-08 Thread Bruce Robertson
On 9/7/04 8:25 PM, Bruce Robertson wrote: Rev Support seem to be a bit behind, I asked a few days ago and still have heard no reply. We don't work over the weekend generally, but I answered you yesterday. OK, I see the message. It started with a case number and then a quote from my

Re: DreamCard : Protected Stacks and Custom properties

2004-09-08 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 7:57 AM +0200 9/8/2004, Ludovic Thébault wrote: With Dreamcard we cannot make standalone. We need to share the stack as .rev file, no ? So, if we protect the stack with a password, it is possible to modify custom properties to save prefs in the stack ? As far as I know, you can just use the

Re: It's Time to Fix This Installation Stuff, Guys

2004-09-08 Thread Kevin Miller
On 8/9/04 1:15 am, Dan Shafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I realize RunRev has limited resources. I realize that there are probably higher priorities. But, really, guys, how hard would it be to finally fix the installation process so it was smooth? I am so tired of downloading a new version

Re: Mac Classic Apps Run Under OS X but Not On Native Classic

2004-09-08 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Jeanne A. E. DeVoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 9:50 PM -0700 9/5/2004, Richard Gaskin wrote: What's needed is a function added to the engine to let us know whether we're native or under OS X when running OS 9 and earlier. What should it be called, and who wants to add it to

Re: Externals in OS X

2004-09-08 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Hershel Fisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes , I feel the pain because have the same problem . In the IDE no problem ,not after compilation, but no problem on win. 2k except for Oracle I'm still wondering how somebody succeeded to connect to postgres on X 10.2 because that is the db

GraphMaker???

2004-09-08 Thread Jim Carwardine
Has anyone converted the HC GraphMaker stack to Rev? Is there a better Rev solution? Jim -- OYF is... Highly resourceful people working together. http://www.OwnYourFuture-net.com Own Your Future Consulting Services Limited, 1959 Upper Water Street, Suite 407, Halifax, Nova Scotia. B3J 3N2

RE: GraphMaker???

2004-09-08 Thread MisterX
Jim, http://www.rpi.edu/~simonk/technical.html from Kenneth Simons is an excellent tool to make line graphs. and I made a pie chart stack myself which is available at http://monsieurx.com/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=162 cheers Xavier -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: Menu maddness

2004-09-08 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Andrew, I also like to put this in an on startup handler and check if we are in the IDE and act on that. So that if we are still in the IDE then don't set the menus and on build then set the menus. (after testing them of course in the IDE) Tom On Sep 7, 2004, at 3:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems with closeField

2004-09-08 Thread JonathanC
In response to my message of 07/09/2004 07:41:17 PM, which went, in part: The Auto-complete field contains a closeField handler, which checks its contents against another field (Auto-complete list) and offers to add a new line, if required. However, the closeField handler seems to only be

Revolution 2.5 (build2) publically available

2004-09-08 Thread Mark Chia
Hi, I have now updated the files on the main downloads site (http://downloads.runrev.com). The previous URLs given (eg http://www.runrev.com/~mark/9753181/...) have now been removed. Thanks. Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Externals in OS X

2004-09-08 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
Are you using the library, not the database query builder? Then right, the ID number is only valid after a connection is opened with that running instance of the program. A new connection needs to be reopened by *each* *instance* of your IDE or standalone, and the ID number may or may not be

Re: menu maddness, a reply

2004-09-08 Thread Meitnik
Tom: I also like to put this in an on startup handler and check if we are in the IDE and act on that. So that if we are still in the IDE then don't set the menus and on build then set the menus. (after testing them of course in the IDE) -- please explain more and with some code. I want to

Re: Why 10 hours for a newbie and 30 days for a programmer

2004-09-08 Thread Peter T. Evensen
How about a graduate research project comparing the development productivity with Revolution over Java (let's say). This could get Revolution noticed in the academic circles and perhaps spawn more interested and research. At 11:03 PM 9/7/2004, you wrote: Still, I think that the educators on

Re: menu maddness, a reply

2004-09-08 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Andrew, I had problems with the default folder path during development and final distribution so I learned to put things in my preOpenStack and then to check for development as the environment. This works for menus as well. I kept this in the standalone build since it doesn't 'hurt' anything.

Re: ANN: FTP Commander (the ftp browser Frank asked for...)

2004-09-08 Thread Mark Wieder
Frank- Wednesday, September 8, 2004, 7:24:36 AM, you wrote: FDEJ This can be a useful feature, though. You can directly transfer files FDEJ from one server to another by setting one to active and the other to FDEJ passive mode, and taking the port number and IP address of one and I don't think

Re: It's Time to Fix This Installation Stuff, Guys

2004-09-08 Thread Dan Shafer
Kevin That is indeed awesome news. Should have known you guys would be ahead of me on this. Way to go. Dan On Sep 8, 2004, at 12:06 AM, Kevin Miller wrote: On 8/9/04 1:15 am, Dan Shafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I realize RunRev has limited resources. I realize that there are probably higher

Re: ANN: FTP Commander (the ftp browser Frank asked for...)

2004-09-08 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
Not true. You simply wait for the port number to be handed to you by the passive mode server, then tell the active mode server to connect to that port number, with the server's IP address (which the server also gives you as part of the transaction process). The passive mode server provides an

the texstyle of the clickline

2004-09-08 Thread doupsy
Hello, I have a card with a locked field and many lines of text inside. The script of this field is : on mouseup if the textstyle of the clickline is plain then set the textstyle of the clickline to bold else set the textstyle of the clickline to plain end mouseup I used this script under

RE: It's Time to Fix This Installation Stuff, Guys

2004-09-08 Thread MisterX
Looks like my complaining about it did some good too ;) I wasn't expecting the network updates though ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Shafer Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 18:50 To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re: It's

Re: the texstyle of the clickline

2004-09-08 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, [snip] When the textstyle is plain, I saw than sometimes the textstyle of the clickline can be plain and sometimes can be empty. With others textstyles (bold, italic, underline, etc...) there is no problem. I rectified this script like this :

Re: Mac Classic Apps Run Under OS X but Not On Native Classic

2004-09-08 Thread Mark Talluto
On Sep 8, 2004, at 12:13 AM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote: At 9:50 PM -0700 9/5/2004, Richard Gaskin wrote: What's needed is a function added to the engine to let us know whether we're native or under OS X when running OS 9 and earlier. What should it be called, and who wants to add it to Bugzilla?

RE: Revolution 2.5 (build2) publically available

2004-09-08 Thread Chris Sheffield
Has anything changed since build 2 was originally uploaded? Do I need to download and install again? Thanks, Chris Sheffield Read Naturally -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Chia Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 8:50 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: Externals in OS X

2004-09-08 Thread Hershel Fisch
Hi Jan, Hi Hershel, I'm looking into that particular problem for you, but am having some other difficulties with my PostgreSQL computer at the moment -- but I'll get back to you as soon as possible if I could be of help , very gladly . http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/ Out of curiosity,

Re: Mac Classic Apps Run Under OS X but Not On Native Classic

2004-09-08 Thread James . Cass
So when LongHorn comes out, will the Win32 designation change to Win64 when LongHorn is detected? I realize this is a trivial question, I'm just curious how much detail the platform should generate. In tcsh on MacOSX Panther you can do a sw_vers and get some quick useful platform info. I do

Re: Externals in OS X

2004-09-08 Thread Hershel Fisch
On Wednesday, September 8, 2004, at 10:06 AM, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: Are you using the library, not the database query builder? Then right, the ID number is only valid after a connection is opened with that running instance of the program. A new connection needs to be reopened by *each*

Re: Rev cgi, PostgreSQL and standalones

2004-09-08 Thread jbv
Pierre, This solution is very attractive. I guess it is related to the PHP code you posted to this list a few times during the past couple of years... If yes, it must still be in my archives... The problem is that AFAIR (and as Alejandro pointed out) it's been split across several successive

More on Revolution as a CGI Server on OS X

2004-09-08 Thread Gregory Lypny
Hello again, Well, it works marvellously. But as always, questions arise. 1. Extracting information from individual cards. I just want to confirm that in using stack handlers, we can refer to objects but we cannot go to them. So, for example, I have found that go to card 2

Re: the texstyle of the clickline

2004-09-08 Thread Björnke von Gierke
maybe this is what you need? if the textstyle of the clickline contains bold is false then set the textstyle of the clickline to bold else set the textstyle of the clickline to plain end if On Sep 08 2004, at 18:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have a card with a locked field and many

Re: PostgreSQL and MacOS 9

2004-09-08 Thread Pierre Sahores
Le 8 sept. 04, à 20:23, jbv a écrit : I first asked the question to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but am still awaiting their answer... so I thought someone help me make things clearer... Does the new Rev 2.5 Enterprise include PostgreSQL support for MacOS 9 ? Just a supposition : It will, at least, be a way

help, missing mail

2004-09-08 Thread Meitnik
Hi, List mom, I am not getting my use or improve RR list mail. Please tell me what is going on, or how I can help fix the problem. Thank you. Andrew ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Rev cgi, PostgreSQL and standalones

2004-09-08 Thread Pierre Sahores
Hello Alejandro, I'm a little confused about a so kindly congratulations. Thank you ;) I plan to write 80 pages about the subject in the first quarter of 2005, freely available to the MC/Rev community and, if possible, to find a fench publisher interested in printing a paper issue dedicated to

Re: Why 10 hours for a newbie and 30 days for a programmer

2004-09-08 Thread Richard Davey
On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 11:04:12 -0500, Peter T. Evensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about a graduate research project comparing the development productivity with Revolution over Java (let's say). This could get Revolution noticed in the academic circles and perhaps spawn more interested and

Re: Why 10 hours for a newbie and 30 days for a programmer

2004-09-08 Thread Pierre Sahores
Le 8 sept. 04, à 18:04, Peter T. Evensen a écrit : How about a graduate research project comparing the development productivity with Revolution over Java (let's say). This could get Revolution noticed in the academic circles and perhaps spawn more interested and research. Rev and Tomcat are

Re: ANN: FTP Commander (the ftp browser Frank asked for...)

2004-09-08 Thread Mark Wieder
Frank- Wednesday, September 8, 2004, 9:55:53 AM, you wrote: I stand corrected. You're quite right - the server's job is just to send out an IP address and port number. From there on it's easy to hijack the connection if it's allowed by the server software. -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Question About Documentation

2004-09-08 Thread Arthur Urban
I'm still using the 30-day trial (love it!), but I'm wondering what else do I get when I actually buy the real thing? Are there more tutorials, is there some kind of offical User Guide in PDF? I like the built-in docs but only as a means of refreshing my mind on syntax. As a means of learning all

Re: Why 10 hours for a newbie and 30 days for a programmer

2004-09-08 Thread Dan Shafer
Yeah, I'm wrting the Masterclass series. First one is in the hopper, second one is for the following issue. They're semi-monthly. Glad to hear they sold at least one copy already! dan On Sep 8, 2004, at 9:26 AM, Richard Davey wrote: On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 11:04:12 -0500, Peter T. Evensen [EMAIL

Re: problems with ftp

2004-09-08 Thread Dave Cragg
On 7 Sep 2004, at 03:33, rand valentine wrote: Hi, everyone. I'm having a vexing problem with ftp-downloading a series of files in a repeat loop. I need to download three files. The loop is very simple, something akin to: repeat with counter = 1 to 3 put decompress(url

Why 10 hours for a newbie and 30 days for a programmer

2004-09-08 Thread Kurt Kaufman
JP wrote: ...Ever since Rev announced the first HC cross-grade pricing, I've paid for my annual license despite the fact that I don't sell a dime's worth of software, only use it in-class, and am not reimbursed by my department I also am currently employed in another field and am not at the

Re: More on Revolution as a CGI Server on OS X

2004-09-08 Thread Dave Cragg
On 8 Sep 2004, at 20:38, Gregory Lypny wrote: 2. File locations. I would like to be able to keep by cgi script files and stacks in a folder nested within the CGI-Executables folder, but I can't seem to get the paths right in my cgi scripts. If I put the stack and the cgi script in a subfolder

Re: Mac Classic Apps Run Under OS X but Not On Native Classic

2004-09-08 Thread Troy Rollins
On Sep 8, 2004, at 3:55 AM, Jan Schenkel wrote: Allow me to agree wiht you in priciple but propose sightly diferent contents : - MacOS : the good old pre-OS X thing - MacOS Classic : the compatibility environment - MacOS X : the operating system of the future - ... This way, if you want to check

Re: Question About Documentation

2004-09-08 Thread Marian Petrides
You can purchase the documentation in printed form and if you do so at the time you purchase Rev, you will receive a significant discount on the dox (?30%). However, I don't believe printed dox for Rev 2.5 are available yet--only for 2.0/2.1. In the past some enterprising lister converted the

selectedText from a palette?

2004-09-08 Thread Rich Lague
Im still having problems with using the selectedText from a palette. I trying to make an application that has most of its functionality on a palette-- a bunch of different buttons that will do different stuff to the main data stack. Most things work, but handlers that involve the selectedText

Re: Externals in OS X

2004-09-08 Thread Ray Stace
The following script works fine when in Revolution [2.1.2], but does nothing when saved in a standalone [OS X 10.3.3]. Anyone any idea why? on mouseUp answer Are you sure you want to quit? with Cancel or Yes if it is yes then quit end mouseUp ___

Quit command NOT Externals in OS X

2004-09-08 Thread Ray Stace
The following script works fine when in Revolution [2.1.2], but does nothing when saved in a standalone [OS X 10.3.3]. Anyone any idea why? on mouseUp answer Are you sure you want to quit? with Cancel or Yes if it is yes then quit end mouseUp ___

Audio w/o Quicktime on PCs

2004-09-08 Thread cteno4
I have been having some problems trying to play audio files (wav files) in a player w/o quicktime on windows. the players in mc, rev 2.1 or 2.5 will play wav files fine with quicktime on windows, but if i set dontuseqt to true on preopenstack or dont have quicktime installed on the machine,

Concept Problem with Backgrounds?

2004-09-08 Thread Arthur Urban
I hope I can convey this correctly... Is there a way to refer to an object of a card that contains a background not containing the object referenced? I need to loop over all the cards that possess a particular background and get at a field that also happens to be on every card of that background

Re: Concept Problem with Backgrounds?

2004-09-08 Thread Troy Rollins
On Sep 8, 2004, at 10:04 PM, Arthur Urban wrote: Repeat with x = 1 to number of cds of bg BG1 put fld F1 of cd x of bg BG1 into tVar End Repeat Perhaps the background reference implies too much? Repeat with x = 1 to number of cds of bg BG1 put the long name of cd x of bg BG1 into tName

Re: selectedText from a palette?

2004-09-08 Thread PaulBuzzy
I think the problem might be the this card reference. It probably should be set the name of the current card to the selectedText - this card is refering to the card containing the script. Paul ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Externals in OS X

2004-09-08 Thread Ken Ray
On 9/8/04 8:29 PM, Ray Stace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The following script works fine when in Revolution [2.1.2], but does nothing when saved in a standalone [OS X 10.3.3]. Anyone any idea why? on mouseUp answer Are you sure you want to quit? with Cancel or Yes if it is yes then quit

Re: Externals in OS X

2004-09-08 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Ray Stace wrote: The following script works fine when in Revolution [2.1.2], but does nothing when saved in a standalone [OS X 10.3.3]. Anyone any idea why? on mouseUp answer Are you sure you want to quit? with Cancel or Yes if it is yes then quit end mouseUp Did you include

Re: Standalone failure for Mac PPC 9.2

2004-09-08 Thread Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
OK initial problem solved: I had this in the open stack handler: which, if commented out, lets the stand alone boot just fine on OS 9... --on openstack -- put url http://www.himalayanAcademy.com/runrev/versionControl.txt; into tCheckVersion -- -- If item 1 of line 1 of tCheckVersion = HA Stack

Answer folder fails on OS9.2?

2004-09-08 Thread Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
I have a dialog that prompts the user to choose a folder and the result is save to a path pref that is used by the app for saving and reading files later... standard stuff.. Problem though on mouseUp answer folder Choose a directory if it is cancel then exit mouseUp put it into fld

RE: Concept Problem with Backgrounds?

2004-09-08 Thread Arthur Urban
Perhaps the background reference implies too much? Repeat with x = 1 to number of cds of bg BG1 put the long name of cd x of bg BG1 into tName put fld F1 of cd tName into tVar end repeat That worked like a charm! Thank you so much! ~~~ Arthur Never interrupt your enemy while

Re: selectedText from a palette?

2004-09-08 Thread Rich Lague
Thanks Paul-- But I can't seem to make that work either. I put this handler in the stack script of my main stack, (which is also the topStack): on testQ put the selectedText into field card-name of the current card set the name of the current card to the selectedText end testQ It works