Re: Are you using Rev/DC in Education?

2004-10-18 Thread Signe Marie Sanne
At 14:19 17.10.2004 +0100, you wrote: Hi, I am currently looking into the use of Revolution and Dreamcard in education. If you are currently using either product in the classroom I'd like to hear from you. Being a former senior lecturer in Italian, I now develop educational software for

Re: Lindows, video, and Rev

2004-10-18 Thread Pierre Sahores
Le 18 oct. 04, à 05:53, Mark Talluto a écrit : Anyone get Lindows to play any video in Rev 2.5? I have set the vcplayer to /usr/bin/MPlayer and to /user/bin/mplayer. I have yet to get video to play. I know I have mplayer installed because if I double-click on the test video, it plays in

RE: Little #%$*! Arrows

2004-10-18 Thread xbury . cs
Jim, Did you find the right stack with scripts unlocked? Cheers Xavier - Visit us at http://www.clearstream.com IMPORTANT MESSAGEInternet communications are not secure and therefore Clearstream International does not accept legal responsibility for

Can't connect to MySQL server using revOpenDatabase

2004-10-18 Thread jbv
Hi list, Still fighting with databases connections... I'm trying to open a connection to MySQL using revOpenDatabase in the IDE and I get this error : Can't connect to MySQL server on 'www.example.com:5432' (61) ALTHOUGH IT WORKS WITH the DB Query Builder (connection status : connected)

use-revolution Digest, Vol 13, Issue 38

2004-10-18 Thread Malte Brill
Hi, I guess it´s all saied about the current state. But if anyone on this list who´s speaking C has a few moments of spare time it could be a nice idea to wrap an external around libMikMod. I can´t do it, as I don´t speak C. http://freshmeat.net/projects/libmikmod/ http://mikmod.raphnet.net/

printRotated in Windows XP

2004-10-18 Thread John Miller
Greetings, I am trying to use the printRotated command in a Windows XP program, and I can't get it to work. I have a Dell laptop connected to an Epson printer. Can anybody help? Thanks, John ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can't connect to MySQL server using revOpenDatabase

2004-10-18 Thread James Cass
JB - I would suggest trying Sarah's MySQL Rev code. It really helped me get a jump start on connecting Rev to MySQL (running on MacOSX Panther). Here's Sarah's MySQL stacks: http://www.troz.net/Rev/RevProjects/MySQL.rev.gz http://www.troz.net/Rev/RevProjects/MySQLtests.rev.gz Be sure to check

Re: Can't connect to MySQL server using revOpenDatabase

2004-10-18 Thread jbv
James, Yes, I know these stacks. But the MySQL.tests stack doesn't include the situation where MySQL isn't configured on port 3306... Thanks anyway, JB JB - I would suggest trying Sarah's MySQL Rev code. It really helped me get a jump start on connecting Rev to MySQL (running on MacOSX

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 13, Issue 38

2004-10-18 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
Someone suggested using multitrack quicktime files; could the audio to be played back be combined into such a file prior to playback? Can the EnhancedQT external do this? Just a thought. On Oct 17, 2004, at 10:40 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Richard Gaskin wrote: Variance among PC sound

Re: Lindows, video, and Rev

2004-10-18 Thread Mark Talluto
On Oct 18, 2004, at 1:07 AM, Pierre Sahores wrote: Le 18 oct. 04, à 05:53, Mark Talluto a écrit : Anyone get Lindows to play any video in Rev 2.5? I have set the vcplayer to /usr/bin/MPlayer and to /user/bin/mplayer. I have yet to get video to play. I know I have mplayer installed because if I

Changing Image FileName Based on QT Time...?

2004-10-18 Thread John Patten
Hi All! Is it possible to change the FileName of an image depending on the time in a QuickTime movie. I have a bunch of slides I'm trying to synch up with an audio only movie. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks in Advance!! John Patten Tech Dept SBCUSD

Re: Changing Image FileName Based on QT Time...?

2004-10-18 Thread Klaus Major
Hi John, Hi All! Is it possible to change the FileName of an image depending on the time in a QuickTime movie. Do you mean naming the images after the currenttime of player xyz - 12345.jpg? Sure, why not, should not be a problem :-) If you would like to automate this task, then you need 2

Re: Detecting unexpectedly closed sockets

2004-10-18 Thread Tomas Franzén
On 2004-10-17, at 23.29, Alex Tweedly wrote: Can you define many and MANY ? (i.e. 50 v 500 v 5,000 v 50,000 ) Sorry for not being more clear. I'd like to support a few hundred clients, but more if possible, of course. Let's say 300. 1. are you using TCP (open socket) or UDP (open datagram

Re: remote control of rr app via network, ii

2004-10-18 Thread Mark Wieder
Andrew- Sunday, October 17, 2004, 9:41:16 PM, you wrote: -- cool so tell me more what are these tools and where to get them? Thanks! Mac mac, 10.3.5 Mac pc, 2000 pro, latest service packs installed. http://www.redstonesoftware.com/vnc.html http://www.tightvnc.com/ -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL

Re: Are you using Rev/DC in Education?

2004-10-18 Thread Marty Billingsley
Must have missed the original post Somebody wrote: I am currently looking into the use of Revolution and Dreamcard in education. If you are currently using either product in the classroom I'd like to hear from you. I'm using Revolution to teach beginning programming to 8th grade students (US

Call for requests - the xos documentation is coming out!

2004-10-18 Thread MisterX
Hi everyone, I posted a draft and intro story on http://monsieurx.com for XOS. Those interested in a little peek and more information are welcome to browse... Your comments are welcome as usual. I'd like to get a general impression what you think so far... Not for newbies - please - this is a

Re: Are you using Rev/DC in Education?

2004-10-18 Thread Bill Vlahos
I'm looking for course material to do a similar class. Did you develop the material yourself or buy it? Is it available for others to use? I'm also interested in teaching a 1 hour for 4 weeks class to employees where I am the IT Manager. Bill Vlahos On Oct 18, 2004, at 10:17 AM, Marty

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 13, Issue 38

2004-10-18 Thread Judy Perry
So, then it's not that it's IMPOSSIBLE as we've previously been led to believe but rather that it's not a priority? Judy On Sun, 17 Oct 2004, Troy Rollins wrote: Yeah, you're pretty much spot-on, as usual. Director and Flash are both aimed at this sort of thing. Flash in a slightly less

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 13, Issue 38

2004-10-18 Thread Judy Perry
Thank you! Judy On Sun, 17 Oct 2004, Troy Rollins wrote: On Oct 17, 2004, at 9:28 PM, Judy Perry wrote: Is it possible in Director or Flash, anyone? Both. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___ use-revolution mailing list

Re: Are you using Rev/DC in Education?

2004-10-18 Thread Judy Perry
I have some handouts that I developed for my class in PDF format if you want them... They're not really comprehensive 'intro to programming' per se but they are aimed at the novice/non-programmer. Judy On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Bill Vlahos wrote: I'm looking for course material to do a similar

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 13, Issue 38

2004-10-18 Thread Richard Gaskin
Judy Perry wrote: On Sun, 17 Oct 2004, Troy Rollins wrote: Yeah, you're pretty much spot-on, as usual. Director and Flash are both aimed at this sort of thing. Flash in a slightly less powerful, but still effective way... and well, managing media is Director's bailiwick, after all. So, then

Re: Are you using Rev/DC in Education?

2004-10-18 Thread Darby Lee Darrow
I have some handouts that I developed for my class in PDF format if you want them... They're not really comprehensive 'intro to programming' per se but they are aimed at the novice/non-programmer. I would like a copy if possible. -- Darby Lee Darrow [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Changing image fileName Based on QT Time...?

2004-10-18 Thread John Patten
Hi All! Is it possible to change the FileName of an image depending on the time in a QuickTime movie. I have a bunch of slides I'm trying to synch up with an audio only movie. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks in Advance!! John Patten Tech Dept SBCUSD

Re: Changing image fileName Based on QT Time...?

2004-10-18 Thread Klaus Major
Hi John, maybe you missed this one from 3 hours ago :-) Hi John, Hi All! Is it possible to change the FileName of an image depending on the time in a QuickTime movie. Do you mean naming the images after the currenttime of player xyz - 12345.jpg? Sure, why not, should not be a problem :-) If you

Re: Can't connect to MySQL server using revOpenDatabase

2004-10-18 Thread Hershel Fisch
What happens when you spell it out ? on handler put revOpenDatabase(MySQL,www.example.com:5432,myDB,myUSR,myPWD,(m ake sure the last comma)) into tR answer tR end handler Hershel Fisch On Monday, October 18, 2004, at 07:05 AM, jbv wrote: Hi list, Still fighting with databases

Re: Can't connect to MySQL server using revOpenDatabase

2004-10-18 Thread jbv
Hershel, I actually tried every possible combination, but nothing works... I still get that error 61 (or 10061 on Windows)... My problem is that I can't decide if it's a configuration problem on my server, or a Rev problem... Here's why : I was also trying to get a connection to MySQL with

Re: Can't connect to MySQL server using revOpenDatabase

2004-10-18 Thread Hershel Fisch
if you want you could contact me direct . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hershel On Monday, October 18, 2004, at 04:41 PM, jbv wrote: Hershel, I actually tried every possible combination, but nothing works... I still get that error 61 (or 10061 on Windows)... My problem is that I can't decide if it's a

Re: Lindows, video, and Rev

2004-10-18 Thread Pierre Sahores
Hello Mark, Because curiosity, i will have a look on what my old Suse 8.2 laptop can hold about Rev 2.5 video playback and let you know how it goes. Best, Pierre On Oct 18, 2004, at 1:07 AM, Pierre Sahores wrote: Le 18 oct. 04, à 05:53, Mark Talluto a écrit : Anyone get Lindows to play any video

Re: Lindows, video, and Rev

2004-10-18 Thread Mark Talluto
On Oct 18, 2004, at 2:13 PM, Pierre Sahores wrote: Hello Mark, Because curiosity, i will have a look on what my old Suse 8.2 laptop can hold about Rev 2.5 video playback and let you know how it goes. Best, Pierre Hi Pierre, I look forward to your results. I am currently going through the steps

OS X Externals

2004-10-18 Thread Mark Wieder
Frank- I got curious about your externals problem and cobbled together a test stack and external library from your sources. Works fine for me (at least once I get my head wrapped around reading octal again). I can't explain why you're seeing different results. -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OS X Externals

2004-10-18 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
My C function for dbBLOB is giving different results for some input values than is the Transcript function. I am handing image data to the function (dbBLOB(image name)). My C function for dbUNBLOB gives the same results as the Transcript function; if I take the results from the C version of

Re: Can't connect to MySQL server using revOpenDatabase

2004-10-18 Thread Sarah Reichelt
It should work if you enter 'www.example.com:5432' in the address field, instead of just 'www.example.com' although I have never tried that. One other possibility: see what happens if you translate 'www.example.com' to a numeric IP address before connecting. You can do this using the

Are you using Rev/DC in Education?

2004-10-18 Thread Marty Billingsley
Bill Vlahos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 18, 2004, at 10:17 AM, Marty Billingsley wrote: I'm using Revolution to teach beginning programming to 8th grade students (US 8th grade, that is; kids are 13-14 years old). The course is a carryover from an old HyperCard course. We miss HC's

Re: OS X Externals

2004-10-18 Thread Mark Wieder
Frank- Monday, October 18, 2004, 4:16:06 PM, you wrote: FDEJ Note that passing simple text strings into either function yields the FDEJ same results, it is only when I use binary data, such as an image, that FDEJ I am seeing the problem. !!! Are you sure you're passing the same data to each

What's this thread about? - Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 13, Issue 41

2004-10-18 Thread Ken Norris
Hi Richard, Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:23:17 -0700 From: Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 13, Issue 38 I think GarageBand (and dozens of other similar specialized packages) shows that tightly synchronized sound is not impossible. In not sure where the

Re: What's this thread about? - Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 13, Issue 41

2004-10-18 Thread Erik Hansen
--- Ken Norris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the chances of giving this thread a real name? thank you = [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish.

Are you using Rev/DC in Education? / sound capabilities

2004-10-18 Thread Erik Hansen
On Oct 18, 2004, at 10:17 AM, Marty Billingsley wrote: We miss HC's sound capabilities, but are using Shakobox to compensate. a Windows Shakobox would be great. Erik Hansen = [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.erikhansen.org ___ Do you

Re: Are you using Rev/DC in Education? / sound capabilities

2004-10-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 10/18/04 8:39 PM, Erik Hansen wrote: On Oct 18, 2004, at 10:17 AM, Marty Billingsley wrote: We miss HC's sound capabilities, but are using Shakobox to compensate. a Windows Shakobox would be great. I just put it online. Shakobox for Windows: http://www.hyperactivesw.com/shakobox.html --

Re: Are you using Rev/DC in Education? / sound capabilities

2004-10-18 Thread Erik Hansen
--- J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just put it online. Shakobox for Windows: http://www.hyperactivesw.com/shakobox.html Thank You! no apologies for being a pest either. Erik Hansen = [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.erikhansen.org

Re: Are you using Rev/DC in Education? / sound capabilities

2004-10-18 Thread Judy Perry
There is one -- it's been announced/discussed now for the third time on thie list: go to Jacque's site; I believe she just redid that page to include a d/l link for the PC Shakobox. http://www.hyperactivesw.com -- Resources (I think) and look for Shakobox. Judy On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Erik Hansen

Re: Are you using Rev/DC in Education? / sound capabilities

2004-10-18 Thread Judy Perry
Same here ;-) Judy On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Erik Hansen wrote: no apologies for being a pest either. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Re: Thread With No Name

2004-10-18 Thread Richard Gaskin
Ken Norris wrote: From: Richard Gaskin I think GarageBand (and dozens of other similar specialized packages) shows that tightly synchronized sound is not impossible. In not sure where the notion of impossible started in this thread. The question for RunRev is how important is it to provide the

Re: Synch My Audio Please

2004-10-18 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Oct 18, 2004, at 7:53 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Ken Norris wrote: From: Richard Gaskin I think GarageBand (and dozens of other similar specialized packages) shows that tightly synchronized sound is not impossible. In not sure where the notion of impossible started in this thread. The question

Question about resizing stacks

2004-10-18 Thread KS
My name is Ken Suzuki. I am relatively new user for Revolution, and I am not English native speaker. My problem is that when I turned OFF Live Resizing of stack properties, the stack always becomes unrealizable. How can I make the stack resizable again? The symptom is that, the default

Re: Changing Image FileName Based on QT Time...?

2004-10-18 Thread John Patten
Thanks Klaus! I'll check out the currenttime of player call in the morning. I was not aware of currentTime of player. Would this be used on an idle script? Something like: If currentTime is 2 then set fileName of image xyz to slides/slide1.jpg else if currentTime is 25000 then set