Re: monks demo error -- atten: Mark Waddingham

Brian Thomas wrote: Then Richard Gaskin re-wrote the script he wrote for Monks to create a path. This is the script: on preOpenStack put the filename of this stack into tPath set the itemdel to "/" delete last item of tPath set the defaultfolder to tPath end preOpenStack So now you'r

Re: AirSync graphics issue

I agree with Richard, Please check the Hardware acceleration. To do this do the following on your WinXP computer: right-click the desktop and select properties click the settings tab click the advanced button lower right click the troubleshoot tab drag the slider to the complete left side Apply a

Re: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

Webmailman, Do you have a URL for this review, or is it as anonymous as you are? -Chipp webmailman wrote: Dreamcard2.5 slammed hard by PCPLUS! Rating: 4 of 10 Time to wake up and smell the coffee, Revolutionaries! In issue 224 (Christmas 2004), Paul Hudson gives readers his insights into Dreamcard

Re: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

I was using VB before I started with Rev. -Chipp Lynch, Jonathan wrote: So - there are obviously VB to rev converts - are there any Rev to VB converts? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinf

Database Tutorial

Hi folks, I'm a brand new user to Dreamcard that needs to access MySQL databases, and I need a tutorial to guide me thru the steps of building an example application. I've looked at Sarah's "MySQLTests.rev" example, and it's great, but it's not want I want to do. BTW: I'm a software develo

Re: Sample Source Code

J. Landman Gay wrote: On 12/22/04 5:11 PM, Paul Salyers wrote: Does anyone know of any web sites with sample source code that is free. I been through all the code that comes with Revolution and would like to see more. If you know of any web sites or have any code you would like to share please d

Re: Sample Source Code

On 12/22/04 5:11 PM, Paul Salyers wrote: Does anyone know of any web sites with sample source code that is free. I been through all the code that comes with Revolution and would like to see more. If you know of any web sites or have any code you would like to share please do so. What you need is

Re: Keys pressed

try this If 105 = the keysdown then go to card "instruction" of stack "whatever" On Dec 22, 2004, at 9:00 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Alex Tweedly wrote: Richard Gaskin wrote: Paul Salyers wrote: I need to know how to do a keypressed function: EX: press the "I" and it will goto the Information c

monks demo error -- atten: Mark Waddingham

Message: 14 Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:22:55 + From: Alex Tweedly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: the secrets of Monks Looks pretty good - but I had rather mixed success trying to run it on Win XP. 1. If you run it from the Dreamcard Player, it fails pretty thoroughly. NO images are shown - so

Re: AirSync graphics issue

John Rule wrote: It takes some cajones to say that the engine is "very good at exposing bugs in the drivers for graphics cards", but damned if it isn't true. And it's logical enough, even if other apps don't trip over the same wires*: specs for Windows drivers are a bizarre hodge-podge from mu

Re: Keys pressed

Alex Tweedly wrote: Richard Gaskin wrote: Paul Salyers wrote: I need to know how to do a keypressed function: EX: press the "I" and it will goto the Information card Case Asc("I"), Asc("i") Open instruction card End case This is an VB example and I have the painful job of convertin

Re: AirSync graphics issue

It's not just a graphics problem, stand alone apps compiled with any engine later than 2.5 will crash when in the 'remote' mode. JR > It takes some cajones to say that the engine is "very good at exposing > bugs in the drivers for graphics cards", but damned if it isn't true. > And it's logica

Re: Keys pressed

please stop the e-mails ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Re: Keys pressed

Richard Gaskin wrote: Paul Salyers wrote: I need to know how to do a keypressed function: EX: press the "I" and it will goto the Information card Case Asc("I"), Asc("i") Open instruction card End case This is an VB example and I have the painful job of converting without much help

Re: Keys pressed

This is an VB example and I have the painful job of converting without much help in doc bollocks! The docs aren't that bad! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Re: Keys pressed

Paul Salyers wrote: I need to know how to do a keypressed function: EX: press the "I" and it will goto the Information card Case Asc("I"), Asc("i") Open instruction card End case This is an VB example and I have the painful job of converting without much help in doc See docs under

Re: Keys pressed

Paul Salyers wrote: I need to know how to do a keypressed function: EX: press the "I" and it will goto the Information card Case Asc("I"), Asc("i") Open instruction card End case This is an VB example and I have the painful job of converting without much help in doc There must be

Keys pressed

I need to know how to do a keypressed function: EX: press the "I" and it will goto the Information card Case Asc("I"), Asc("i") Open instruction card End case This is an VB example and I have the painful job of converting without much help in doc Paul Salyers PS1 - Senior Rep. [E

Re: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

On Dec 22, 2004, at 5:57 PM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: So - there are obviously VB to rev converts - are there any Rev to VB converts? For the most part they wouldn't be hanging around here. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___ use-revolution

Re: htmlText help

On Dec 22, 2004, at 4:05 PM, Paul Salyers wrote: On OS X I tried using Unicode in Revolution by putting the combining diaeresis (0308) after an n. The font was Lucinda Grande. It didn't render as I expected; I only saw the n. Here is a way to get Revolution to render correctly: set the htmlTe

Re: Sample Source Code

There are plenty of sites around with stacks that you can look at. First, try checking revOnline, where you will fine a bunch of stuff. Next stop would be the Revolution web ring - my internet connection is down at the moment and I am emailing through shared dial-up so I can't check the address

Re: the secrets of Monks

Alex Tweedly wrote: Looks pretty good - but I had rather mixed success trying to run it on Win XP. *(&*^%! Sorry - that was supposed to go direct to Brian at rivertext, not to the list. I'm trying out Thunderbird for my email (replacing Eudora) and have made a good variety of mistakes in the

Re: the secrets of Monks

Brian Thomas wrote: At last, the conclusion to the longest running project in the history of interactive media. Thanks again to everyone who helped build the If Monks had Macs (or Windows) library. Runtime Revolution has just released a stack of scripts and tips as to using Revolution/Dreamcard

Sample Source Code

Does anyone know of any web sites with sample source code that is free. I been through all the code that comes with Revolution and would like to see more. If you know of any web sites or have any code you would like to share please do so. Paul Salyers PS1 - Senior Rep. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

htmlText help

At 02:38 PM 12/22/2004, you wrote: On Dec 22, 2004, at 12:42 PM, Dar Scott wrote: On OS X I tried using Unicode in Revolution by putting the combining diaeresis (0308) after an n. The font was Lucinda Grande. It didn't render as I expected; I only saw the n. Here is a way to get Revolution to r

RE: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

So - there are obviously VB to rev converts - are there any Rev to VB converts? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gordon Webster Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 5:55 PM To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS I have

Re: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

I have used both VB and rev and while they both effectively do the same thing, I have to say that VB is rather gray and uninspiring by comparison. I find that the so called "cosmetic details" of a language or a development platform are in reality way more than merely cosmetic - it's like a car yo

RE: 3D Rev Cards...

That would make sense - and each object could have a custom property defining it's Z location, which the parallax scrolling technique use. I was also thinking about using like 400 cards (which would obviously be a memory hog), each card representing a single layer in a 3-D box. An object would app

Re: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

Hi frank, From: "Frank D. Engel, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS To: How to use Revolution <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's a Windows magazine, probably written by Windows fans. What do they know? ;-) Seriously, they are both correct, and lacking. Rev is by far an easier env

Re: A little help needed please ;?(

If the data is in a text file, and this is an infrequent change, why not just edit it directly in a text editor (any word processor should work)? Paul Looney ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-r

RE: 3D Rev Cards...

I can think of some ways to make card objects behave in a "3-D" fashion using parallax scrolling techniques based on object number. That is, when the user scrolls the view of the card, the objects move up or down, left or right in different increments with low numbered object moving more than hi

Re: the secrets of Monks

Congratulations on "If Monks" Brian .. I have already spent several happy hours engrossed in its cloister - and newly annointed to the rev order, I will definitely download the demo stacks and try to learn from them. Gordon --- Brian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At last, the conclusion

the secrets of Monks

At last, the conclusion to the longest running project in the history of interactive media. Thanks again to everyone who helped build the If Monks had Macs (or Windows) library. Runtime Revolution has just released a stack of scripts and tips as to using Revolution/Dreamcard for multimedia. The

Re: open printing with dialog -- Windows equiv?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Okay, I finally got around to trying this, but it doesn't work. I followed these steps as closely as I possibly could, but I still get strange printouts from Windows (XP is bad, 2000 is pathetic), and OS X printouts still look great. The biggest is

External to run dc camera and deck?

Aloha, Does anyone know of an external that controls (and perhaps receives input) via firewire a mini dv deck and camera? Thanks, Tom Speitel ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Re: Can't build a standalone

n'Abend Malte > ...Was your stack Password protected? I checked if the stack was password protected: it was not. To be sure, I typed "set the password of this stack to empty" and tried again building a standalone with "Search for required inclusions..." but the result was the same as before: "T

Re: Umlaut on a consonant letter

On Dec 22, 2004, at 1:07 PM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: I have a stack I use to figure out Unicode numbers for various symbols - the one thing I found was that any use of Unicode in a field really requires that the whole field be in Unicode. Otherwise, it gets confused. Have others found this? I was j

3D Rev Cards...

Would 3D Rev Cards/stacks be possible? That is, all objects in 3-D, the card possessing X,Y,Z dimensions, and some sort of intuitive means of navigating within the card, including the ability to change perspective in all the ways that a person change the direction in which the look. The files wou

Re: Umlaut on a consonant letter

On Dec 22, 2004, at 12:42 PM, Dar Scott wrote: On OS X I tried using Unicode in Revolution by putting the combining diaeresis (0308) after an n. The font was Lucinda Grande. It didn't render as I expected; I only saw the n. Here is a way to get Revolution to render correctly: set the htmlText

Re: Viewing the video tutorials

J. Landman Gay wrote: On 12/4/04 1:48 AM, rletson wrote: What gives, it seemed to load, but nothing happens when you click on the training windows Did you allow the Ensharpen codec to be installed when you first started up Revolution? Ensharpen's cool, but since it currently has a small insta

Re: Viewing the video tutorials

On 12/4/04 1:48 AM, rletson wrote: What gives, it seemed to load, but nothing happens when you click on the training windows Did you allow the Ensharpen codec to be installed when you first started up Revolution? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software

Re: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

> to make a program web interactive it will cost another $79 > > Please explain. What $79 are you talking about? I have a feeling he means the $79 combo of altBrowser and MagicCarpet. I really wish that altBrowser would be built into Rev, but with users (like me) who will pay for it, then

RE: Umlaut on a consonant letter

I have a stack I use to figure out Unicode numbers for various symbols - the one thing I found was that any use of Unicode in a field really requires that the whole field be in Unicode. Otherwise, it gets confused. Have others found this? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:

Re: Internal web browser

Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: On Dec 22, 2004, at 11:54 AM, Derek Bump wrote: I would like to know how to make a card that will let me have an internal browser for a web site, where I want it to show my web site with the click of a button. Purchase altBrowser from RunRev. $99. Depending on the comple

Re: Viewing the video tutorials

Once the video has finished downloading a new screen should appear showing a "Play" button, which in turn will launch your default AVI player. Works quite well on my end at least. :) HTH, -Doc- On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 21:48:01 -1000, rletson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What gives, it seemed to load

Re: Umlaut on a consonant letter

On Dec 22, 2004, at 9:21 AM, Signe Marie Sanne wrote: I'm going to develop a language learning course in the Indian dialect Boruca (used in Costa Rica). In their written language they use an umlaut on top of the letter n. Any clues to how to generate this letter either in Word or in Revolution?

Re: chasing the -1701 ae error

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You pass the value "convertOSX", is this either true or false, as per the docs? On Dec 18, 2004, at 1:28 PM, doug rogers wrote: executing at 1:24:38 PM TypeHandler: can't find handler Object Button LinerevMacFromUnixPath(it,convertOSX

Re: A little help needed please ;?(

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is the entire file read in to the stack, and then rewritten? If so, just figure out the line number you wish to delete and try this: delete line lineNumber of fileContents So in other words: put URL "file:/Users/Me/datafile.txt" into fileContents del

Re: A little help needed please ;?(

D.Rothe wrote: Hi, I am playing with a small program for storing friends contact info. I am using a data.txt file delimited by "|" for saving info to. The problem I have hit is HOW TO DELETE THE SELECTED CONTACT from the txt file properly? I am trying to delete the selected info from the txt file

Re: RevOnLine

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Download the Dreamcard player from Rev's web site. It's free, and you can use it to access RevOnline, including user spaces. On Dec 6, 2004, at 2:32 PM, David Squance wrote: Unfortunately, it appears RevOnline is restricted to those with 2.5 which I

Re: help with screen resolution problems

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have been developing software for testing in schools - built as a windows standalone. The program is made for a 1024 x 768 screen size (the card filling about 2/3rds of the screen with a backdrop) - the stack is quite complex, it contains lots script, lots of card

Re: AirSync graphics issue

John Rule wrote: So you are saying that the graphics are always displayed as garbage? Regardless of whether this Viewsonic Airsync wireless monitor is used? Or is it only when you use the"Remote Desktop" Feature of this monitor? Or is the Remote Desktop a part of another software? This has to do

Re: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

Paul Salyers said: to make a program web interactive it will cost another $79 Please explain. What $79 are you talking about? And how does one make a Rev app web interactive? The last time I tried to do this, the only way it worked was if the app got downloaded to the user's HD which makes l

RE: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

I'm a formal VB user and will most likely switch to Revolution. The main problem I'm having is to make a program web interactive it will cost another $79. I wish Revolution would make a web page object like VB has. Oh-well so far all else is better. I like the more English commands here. Paul

re: chasing the -1701 ae error

executing at 1:24:38 PM TypeHandler: can't find handler Object Button LinerevMacFromUnixPath(it,convertOSX) HintrevMacFromUnixPath Thinking that I am not sending the file path correctly, I am trying this Rev function. So Rev can't find a built in function ? huh? What's up?

Disabled submenu items on Win XP

Hi all, Some weeks ago, I asked for a question about disabled menu items but I probably was not clear enough and I got no answer. So: Imagine a menu with submenus. For somes reasons depending on the context, the first item in a submenu has to be disabled but the following ones in the submenu are

help with screen resolution problems

Hi, I have been developing software for testing in schools - built as a windows standalone. The program is made for a 1024 x 768 screen size (the card filling about 2/3rds of the screen with a backdrop) - the stack is quite complex, it contains lots script, lots of cards, each with different fo

A little help needed please ;?(

Hi, I am playing with a small program for storing friends contact info. I am using a data.txt file delimited by "|" for saving info to. The problem I have hit is HOW TO DELETE THE SELECTED CONTACT from the txt file properly? I am trying to delete the selected info from the txt file via another st

Re: RevOnLine

Unfortunately, it appears RevOnline is restricted to those with 2.5 which I can't afford, so your user name is of no use to me. Thanks, anyhow. Dave Hello again, David Squance just made me aware of the fact that I had forgotten to mention my user name: sms (which is my initials), under which y

Viewing the video tutorials

What gives, it seemed to load, but nothing happens when you click on the training windows ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Re: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

Well, which of us is going to write a rebuttal letter to the editor of the yellow rag that published this article? I can't compare Rev to VB, only to Applesoft BASIC or maybe (gag, sputter) GW BASIC. On Dec 22, 2004, at 12:50 PM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: I went from using Visual Basic for Applicat

RE: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

I went from using Visual Basic for Applications to using RunRev specifically because VBA is torture. Used in MS Word, it cannot do half what RunRev can do, and RunRev is like 1000 times more intuitive. The person who wrote this article obviously did not spend any real time working with RunRev, or

RE: AirSync graphics issue

-Original Message- From: John Rule [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 9:40 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: use-revolution Digest, Vol 15, Issue 62 > I would never allow myself to be embarrassed by a computer problem. I understand your point, but mayb

RE: use-revolution Digest, Vol 15, Issue 62

> I would never allow myself to be embarrassed by a computer problem. I understand your point, but maybe we would have less problems if we took this more seriously. > So you are saying that the graphics are always displayed as garbage? > Regardless of whether this Viewsonic Airsync wireless m

Re: Is the problem Micro$oft or its customers?

Richard, Always, always, always keep the customers happy. Accommodate reviewers if you can. Paul Looney ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Re: Is the problem Micro$oft or its customers?

Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: > On Dec 22, 2004, at 11:52 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> I've been updating WebMerge to take advantage of Rev 2.5's improved >> support for native XP appearances -- so far not bad: >> >> >> As you can see in that image, WebMerg

Re: Internal web browser

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Depending on the complexity of the site: on mouseUp set the htmlText of field "Web Display" to URL "http://www.google.com"; end mouseUp With the obvious substitution. However, Rev's fields can only handle a tiny subset of HTML, so it is more likely

Re: Is the problem Micro$oft or its customers?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Why not do both? By default use the M$-specified colors, but provide an option for users to specify the color they want, overriding the specs provided by Microsoft? That should keep both groups reasonably happy. On Dec 22, 2004, at 11:52 AM, Richar

Re: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

The article is nothing more than a "traditional" programmer ripping on Revolution. It's unfortunate when close-minded people write articles in Magazines. Derek Bump Dreamscape Software Compress Images Easily with JPEGCompress http://www.dreamscapes

Re: Is the problem Micro$oft or its customers?

I think you should compair the number of customer's who have complained to the number who havn't. If there's not even a staggering difference, then I wouldn't even worry about it. When it comes to software, there's always 10% of users who are Never happy with changes. Derek Bump Dreamscape

Re: Internal web browser

> I would like to know how to make a card that will let me have an internal > browser for a web site, where I want it to show my web site with the click > of a button. > > Can anyone help? Purchase altBrowser from RunRev. $99. http://secure.runrev.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Produc

Is the problem Micro$oft or its customers?

I've been updating WebMerge to take advantage of Rev 2.5's improved support for native XP appearances -- so far not bad: As you can see in that image, WebMerge's background color is the same as XP's background for the Display control panel and other UIs

Re: Umlaut on a consonant letter

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Character Map should be included with Windows, if that is what you are using (based on your ref to Word). For OS X, open International in System Preferences and turn on "Character Palette" and "Show input menu in menu bar". Then a flag icon shows u

Re: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It's a Windows magazine, probably written by Windows fans. What do they know? ;-) Seriously, they are both correct, and lacking. Rev is by far an easier environment to work with than Visual Studio, and personally I hate Microsoft stuff. OTOH, the

Internal web browser

I would like to know how to make a card that will let me have an internal browser for a web site, where I want it to show my web site with the click of a button. Can anyone help? Paul Salyers PS1 - Senior Rep. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution m

Umlaut on a consonant letter

Hello, I'm going to develop a language learning course in the Indian dialect Boruca (used in Costa Rica). In their written language they use an umlaut on top of the letter n. Any clues to how to generate this letter either in Word or in Revolution? Regards Signe Marie Sanne

Re: Standalone and Valentina

On Dec 22, 2004, at 3:18 AM, Jean-Claude SERRANO wrote: I have an application developed in revolution. This application works with a database Valentina. The Connection to the database is good by using Revolution on Mac OS X. But, I can’t connect to the database in the standalone version. Can somebo

testing https - roots.pem file

On 9 Sep 2004, at 10:28 Dave Cragg wrote: I'd guess the problem is with the sslCertificates property. In the alpha or beta releases, there was a file named "roots.pem" that the sslCertificates property had to be set to for connections to work. (I think this file contains the basic certificates need

DreamCard Review-PCPLUS

Dreamcard2.5 slammed hard by PCPLUS! Rating: 4 of 10 Time to wake up and smell the coffee, Revolutionaries! In issue 224 (Christmas 2004), Paul Hudson gives readers his insights into Dreamcard 2.5. Here are a few excerpts: "An integrated development environment designed to allow non-programmer

Re: AirSync graphics issue

John, I would never allow myself to be embarrassed by a computer problem. You just have to be ready for weird things like this as always being a possibility. So you are saying that the graphics are always displayed as garbage? Regardless of whether this Viewsonic Airsync wireless monitor is use

Standalone and Valentina

I have an application developed in revolution. This application works with a database Valentina. The Connection to the database is good by using Revolution on Mac OS X. But, I can¹t connect to the database in the standalone version. Can somebody help me? PS : I am a French user, want to excuse

WIKI

Hi list, somebody terrorized the WIKI I´ve set up at http://www.derbrill.com/faq/revolution That funny guy/gal deleted all the files containing information and posted calendars from 2003-2006. I´ve restored that pages now. If you have posted any info to the WIKI please check if the pages still h