Re: terminal emulator & telnet/ssh

Björnke- Monday, September 13, 2004, 1:26:22 PM, you wrote: BvG> meanwhile check out these commands: BvG> shell function BvG> launch command BvG> do command and the libUrl functions. ...and note that you'll have to handle all the VT220 escape sequences yourself... other than that, setting up a

RE: Inheritance in Revolution?

That's more the XOS way than going nuts trying to parse a tree of class properties in an object to act on a script that you can't debug or maintain easily! > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Frank Leahy > Sent: Monday, September 13, 200

Re: How could i install RR/MC in Linspire OS (Debian Linux)?

Alejandro Tejada wrote: on Mon, 13 Sep 2004 Mark Talluto wrote: Just download the linux.tgz version. Lindows will decompress the file right there on your desktop. Place it where you want. That is it! Thanks a lot for your clear instructions, Mark. :-)) I just will like that most of the Linux

Re: How could i install RR/MC in Linspire OS (Debian Linux)?

on Mon, 13 Sep 2004 Mark Talluto wrote: > Just download the linux.tgz version. Lindows will > decompress the file > right there on your desktop. Place it where you > want. That is it! Thanks a lot for your clear instructions, Mark. :-)) I just will like that most of the Linux programs were t

Re: arrow keys in a text field?

On 13/09/2004, at 22:12, Geoff Canyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm using 2.5 and I have a palette where the arrow keys aren't working in a field. I've already checked that the appropriate properties are set, and the arrow keys work if I move the field out of the group it's in. I remember ther

Re: metal, palette and empty decorations

Bill Vlahos wrote: A Mac metal standalone can be resized normally but a Windows standalone can't be resized dynamically (i.e. by grabbing the edge or corner of the window) although it does support zooming to maximum and back. I'm not sure if these are bugs which is why I haven't buzilla'd them.

Re: metal, palette and empty decorations

I noticed a couple of issues with metal in 2.5: 1. You can still only drag a metal window by the title area on a Mac. Other applications will let you grab anywhere you see metal. 2. A Mac metal standalone can be resized normally but a Windows standalone can't be resized dynamically (i.e. by grab

Re: odd directory behaviour in DreamCard

Dr.John R.Vokey wrote: The following code works (and has always worked) in Metacard (MC), and Revolution (RR), both as a stack and as a standalone (and even over OSs), but not in DreamCard: In the card script of the first card: global thePath on openCard -- -- Get/Set Paths -- put the f

odd directory behaviour in DreamCard

The following code works (and has always worked) in Metacard (MC), and Revolution (RR), both as a stack and as a standalone (and even over OSs), but not in DreamCard: In the card script of the first card: global thePath on openCard -- -- Get/Set Paths -- put the filename of this stack i

Re: engines? -- substacks

Erik Hansen wrote: at the risk of sounding like a pokomon collector, when my stack is saved as a .exe distribution file, the substacks are also saved, but refuse to open when summoned in the script of a 'startup' button that is on the mainstack. putting the substacks in the same folder didn't hel

Re: The creation of custom properties is incoherent

this may be incidental, but a naming convention that uses: the uTot of stack (the mainstack of this stack) the uFlag, the uHeight etc. for all custom props might help. (see Richard Gaskin's site). Erik Hansen --- "Dr.John R.Vokey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As many of you who use custom prop

RE: engines? -- substacks

--- Monte Goulding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's the engine that the standalone > builder downloads. It's not > intended for download via any other method > and uses a customstack based compress function. at the risk of sounding like a pokomon collector, when my stack is saved as a .exe di

Re: printRotated on Mac?

On Sep 13, 2004, at 3:24 PM, Trevor DeVore wrote: I have a a bunch of cards that I need to print that always needs to be printed in landscape mode. The docs say (and I've confirmed) that printRotated has no affect on Mac and that the only way to set landscape mode on the mac is through the prin

printRotated on Mac?

I have a a bunch of cards that I need to print that always needs to be printed in landscape mode. The docs say (and I've confirmed) that printRotated has no affect on Mac and that the only way to set landscape mode on the mac is through the print dialog. It doesn't seem right to prompt the en

Re: clearing table fields ?

On Mon, Sep 13, jbv jbv.silences at Club-Internet.fr wrote: Wilhelm , Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't work... actually it clears all cells, but when I click on a cell to edit its content, I always retrieve the same old content... This does not happen here, on Windows XP, when I c

Lindows - defaultfolder on startup

From the docs: When you start up the application, the defaultFolder is set to the folder containing the application. If you're using the development environment, this is the folder containing Revolution; if you're using a standalone application, this is the folder containing that standalone. (O

regex

Thanks for those who helped with my regex problem and apologies for reposting this msg but it appears to have gotten mixed into another one in the digest. Can anyone enlighten me about using a field name in a matchtext expressiuon? I want to find an expression in a field of a stack, ("text") a

Re: terminal emulator & telnet/ssh

you might want to specify more exactly what you want to do... meanwhile check out these commands: shell function launch command do command On Sep 13 2004, at 16:56, Dave Langley wrote: I have just found Revolution and am very new to GUI. Can Revolution be used to write a terminal emulator using te

Re: How could i install RR/MC in Linspire OS (Debian Linux)?

I'm awaiting my Linspire box, too. I've been working with the folks there (the VP Marketing is the former head of marketing for SuperCard!) and they're interested in getting with RunRev to add the product to their Software Warehouse. I expect that now that 2.5 is out and stable, the RR folks ma

Cascade Menu Item Behavior Depends on How Created

Well, here's a weird one for you. I'm not going to BZ this because I'm not sure if it's a bug or an annoying feature. :-) Try this. From the Object menu, place a new Cascade Menu Item. (Yeah, I know. Doesn't seem to make sense outside the context of a menu. There are reasons for doing this in m

Re: clearing table fields ?

Wilhelm , Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't work... actually it clears all cells, but when I click on a cell to edit its content, I always retrieve the same old content... only the text that I type when editing a cell does actually change the content of that cell; but when I try to chang

[ANN] New Features for Inspector Gadget

If you want to inspect objects in Revolution 2.5 by holding down command & option WITHOUT clicking, check out... INSPECTOR GADGET v2.13 - a hovering inspection tool for Revolution 2.5 users: Click this link to download it now: http://www.daniels-mara.com/inspector/inspectorGadget.zip CHANGES

Re: clearing table fields ?

On Mon Sep 13, jbv jbv.silences at Club-Internet.fr wrote: I'm trying to clear the content of some table fields using revEmptyTable, but it doesn't seem to work for all table fields on the card... for instance I have 3 table fields, but it works only for the first 2, and not for the 3rd... is any s

Re: Inheritance in Revolution?

Dave LeYanna wrote: Is there a way (perhaps using externals?) to add new, custom object "templates" on the Tools palette? If this were possible then one could make a "special" button that had script already attached, certain properties already set and so on. These scripts and properties would be "i

Re: Find and the diacritic characters (Transcript versus Hypertalk)

On 9/12/04 3:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I used an HyperCard stack with the find command to find for example names and first names. I translate this stack from Hypertalk to Transcript and I am using this new stack now. But, when I use the find command, the find command is sensible to

RE: Inheritance in Revolution?

Is there a way (perhaps using externals?) to add new, custom object "templates" on the Tools palette? If this were possible then one could make a "special" button that had script already attached, certain properties already set and so on. These scripts and properties would be "inherited" from the o

Re: Lock Screen and Modal Window?

On 9/13/04 1:47 PM, Arthur Urban wrote: >>It works here okay. I do notice an anomaly when I first set >>the stack to >>modal, clicking a button doesn't run its script. Clicking a >>second time >>and all subsequent times does. However, that's a different thing than >>the lockscreen problem. When the

Re: Inheritance in Revolution?

On Sep 11, 2004, at 11:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Inheritance in Revolution? To: How to use Revolution <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Arthur Urban wrote: The

Re: Why wait for Inheritance in Revolution? Want 1000 more features now?

Xavier, XOS sounds interesting to me. If you release XOS, and it is all that you say it is, I would certainly donate to help keep it going. The non-object oriented nature of RunRev is one of the things about it that bothers me a bit, so anything that pushes it in that direction is a plus for me

Re: Rev cgi, PostgreSQL and standalones

on Mon, 13 Sep 2004 Pierre Sahores wrote: > First part available (example app)... > > To get it, just type > from > within your prefered Web browser. > Have fun, Thanks a lot, Pierre :-)) al = Visit my site: http://www.geocities.com/capella

RE: Why wait for Inheritance in Revolution? Want 1000 more features now?

Rob, you and those who have helped me before will get a new kind of ebook soon ;) MonsieurX.com > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob Cozens > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 17:58 > To: How to use Revolution > Subject: RE: Why wait fo

Re: Https

>I'm no SSL expert, and am only transplanting the new secure socket >syntax into libUrl. So your question serves as a good note of >caution, >and I'll get confirmation from the Rev SSL man (Tuviah) before adding >this. without verification will enable just that socket to connect without verific

Re: arrow keys in a text field?

On 9/13/04 2:58 AM, Geoff Canyon wrote: On Sep 12, 2004, at 5:52 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Geoff Canyon wrote: I'm using 2.5 and I have a palette where the arrow keys aren't working in a field. I've already checked that the appropriate properties are set, and the arrow keys work if I move the fie

Re: How could i install RR/MC in Linspire OS (Debian Linux)?

On Sep 13, 2004, at 6:33 AM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Hi Developers, I've installed Linspire in a secondary Hard Disk. Seems that the "Click and Run" application is the easiest way to install a package in Linspire. But RR is not in their Software Warehouse. How could i install Revolution AND MetaCar

Re: Https

At 16:40 13/09/2004 +0100, Dave Cragg wrote: On 13 Sep 2004, at 14:59, Frank Leahy wrote: What about the switch being on a per request basis, i.e. not a global? If it could be set as a parameter to a "get url" call then it would probably be a good idea. But the "get" syntax is fixed by the engine

Re: Lock Screen and Modal Window?

On 9/12/04 5:59 PM, Arthur Urban wrote: >>>Lock screen/unlock screen does not seem to work with stacks >> >>opened as >> >>>modal. Is this a known bug by any chance? >> >>I'm not sure I'm clear on what you are asking, but a common >>misperception is that "lock screen" means "lock the whole >>screen

RE: Why wait for Inheritance in Revolution? Want 1000 more features now?

Xavier, et al: One of my continuing unfulfilled promises to myself during my HyperCard years was to learn the intricacies of XOS. I still remain interested...whether I'm any more likely to find the time now than I was previously remains to be seen. :{`) Cheers! -- Rob Cozens, Staff Conserv

CGI - web form variables

Hello everyone, Where can I learn about $QUERY_STRING and other variables that are relevant to processing web forms? I noticed that Jacqueline uses this in her Fiction Search example, and my guess is that it returns the values of form fields that have been typed in by users. Regards,

Re: Https

On 13 Sep 2004, at 15:41, Troy Rollins wrote: On Sep 13, 2004, at 6:52 AM, Dave Cragg wrote: However, it shouldn't be too hard to add something to libUrl which allows you to use "without verification". perhaps a "switch command" such as libUrlSetSSLVerification with the default being true. We a

Re: Https

On 13 Sep 2004, at 14:59, Frank Leahy wrote: What about the switch being on a per request basis, i.e. not a global? If it could be set as a parameter to a "get url" call then it would probably be a good idea. But the "get" syntax is fixed by the engine, so there's not much I can do about that. S

Re: Https

I would suggest that you use the openssl tool and make yourself a self signed root certificate. Then use that for your website, and set the sslcertificates to that. Best, Tuviah Get your name as your email address. Includes spam p

Re: simplePrint

Hi Ryno, Baie dankie, Maestro, dit werk goed! Glad to hear this :-) Actually i try to print as little as possible from REV, since printing is DEFINITIVELY the "cheapest" part of REV :-D One more question arises: I am getting my card clipped bottom and right, I suppose simply because it is bigger t

Re: Copy a group to another stack

Michael J. Lew wrote: I probably should know this by now, but how can I copy a group of controls from one stack to another? I can't find anything useful in the docs. The "Place group" stuff doesn't mention a case where the group is part of a different stack :-( The entry for the "copy" command i

terminal emulator & telnet/ssh

I have just found Revolution and am very new to GUI. Can Revolution be used to write a terminal emulator using telnet and ssh preferably with vt220 emulation? Dave Langley ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailma

Re: Https

On Sep 13, 2004, at 6:52 AM, Dave Cragg wrote: However, it shouldn't be too hard to add something to libUrl which allows you to use "without verification". perhaps a "switch command" such as libUrlSetSSLVerification with the default being true. We are talking about shutting it off for the purpo

Re: metal, palette and empty decorations

Hi Tuviah, won't work. metal is technically a decoration. setting the metal of a stack sets this decoration for you. you can try setting the decorations to empty and then setting the metal of the stack to true. Tried that, but then the whole card turns white, means all objects disappear, but are

Re: metal, palette and empty decorations

won't work. metal is technically a decoration. setting the metal of a stack sets this decoration for you. you can try setting the decorations to empty and then setting the metal of the stack to true. best, Tuviah Get your name as

Re: Https

On Sep 13, 2004, at 1:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Dave Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Https To: How to use Revolution <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On 9 Sep 2004, at 17:12, Frank Leahy wrote: Interes

RE: Why wait for Inheritance in Revolution? Want 1000 more features now?

> Count me in for PayPal cheeseburger sized donation AND > sponsor sized kick in the butt donation. Let me know how big > that would be so I can decide if I need to retract the > sponsor sized statement ;) > > Dave Unfortunately the second part is not very clear in terms of what Is sized - th

How could i install RR/MC in Linspire OS (Debian Linux)?

Hi Developers, I've installed Linspire in a secondary Hard Disk. Seems that the "Click and Run" application is the easiest way to install a package in Linspire. But RR is not in their Software Warehouse. How could i install Revolution AND MetaCard in this Debian Linux distribution? Any comments

Re: Display a simple stack.

560 pixels works fine for stack heights in OS 9, but the OS X menubar is a bit taller. I'd recommend 556 for the stack height. Paul Looney ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Re: simplePrint

The default printMargins are "72,72,72,72" try setting them to "15,15,15,15" Paul Looney ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Linux & Rev

I am looking for some examples of apps made with Rev but for Linux. Any kind of stack or application (simple or complex) which runs on Linux will do. Web pages which contain information about using Rev with Linux are also needed. Help! I need these examples for use in convincing some Linux users to

RE: Why wait for Inheritance in Revolution? Want 1000 more features now?

Count me in for PayPal cheeseburger sized donation AND sponsor sized kick in the butt donation. Let me know how big that would be so I can decide if I need to retract the sponsor sized statement ;) Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mis

Rép : Rev cgi, PostgreSQL and standalones

Hello There, First part available (example app)... To get it, just type from within your prefered Web browser. Have fun, Best, Pierre Le 10 sept. 04, à 10:30, Robert Brenstein a écrit : Hello Jan, Alejandro, Robert, JB, I couldn't upload the rev's web

Re: more problems with ftp

At 10:08 13/09/2004 +0100, Dave Cragg wrote: On 13 Sep 2004, at 00:32, Alex Tweedly wrote: I don't know if this is a bug, or if this difference between http:// and ftp:// forms is intentional. Looks like a bug. There should be no difference between http and ftp downloads to file, but it seems I m

RE: Revolution feature set - some questions

Frank, Andre, Xav: Thanks for your input. More experimentation is in order but it looks promising. Steve -Original Message- From: Frank Leahy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 1:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Revolution feature set - some questions On

metal, palette and empty decorations

Hi all, has someone successfully used this combination for a stack? Metal, palette AND empty decorations... No hint in the docs that this is NOT possible... I have no success so far, when i try it, ALL objects on the card disappear, but are still present but NO metal look...??? The object do appear

Re: Https

On 9 Sep 2004, at 17:12, Frank Leahy wrote: Interesting. Anyone know if getting this error will preclude data being returned from the https connection? For example, I can imagine having a web server where I didn't bother getting a Verisign (or other) certificate, but I still wanted to get and

Re: more problems with ftp

On 13 Sep 2004, at 00:32, Alex Tweedly wrote: 3. When you do the same with an ftp format URL, the local file will have been created - but it will still be open. (Don't know if this is always the case, but it has been in all my testing in the last hour or so). I have had to add the line if ca

Re: Display a simple stack.

Thanks Gordy, and Graham, for you very helpful advice. If they are not already there, these could go into "Helpful Tips". For the monitor "real estate", I shall work on the premise that parents stick to the simple taskbar in Windows. For Mac parents, if they have a dock problem, I can communica

Re: simplePrint

Baie dankie, Maestro, dit werk goed! One more question arises: I am getting my card clipped bottom and right, I suppose simply because it is bigger then A4. Can I print it centered into the "pageRect" or something, and to the maximum printing area? I am getting a fat white border at the top and

Re: arrow keys in a text field?

On Sep 12, 2004, at 5:52 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Geoff Canyon wrote: I'm using 2.5 and I have a palette where the arrow keys aren't working in a field. I've already checked that the appropriate properties are set, and the arrow keys work if I move the field out of the group it's in. I remember