Re: Title bar on the side

I also thought I'd seen this before but I could be wrong. I **could** fake it like Jacque's suggestion but dealing with the look and feel on both Mac & Win systems would be a real pain and perhaps not very convincing. I'd really prefer to have a programmed solution. Thanks Var On Mar 31, 2005,

newbie database help

I'm trying to create a database that has a form that is filled out from either a contained library of data or with new unknown data. The hardest part is I want the user to be able to see a larger ( higher resolution ) image of the car if they do some action (hover?) over the image that the lib

Re: Title bar on the side

Recently, J. Landman Gay wrote: >> I'm trying to create a small palette window that has a title bar on the >> left side (rather than the top) and I can't figure out how. I didn't see >> any mention of this anywhere in the instructions. Does anyone have info >> on whether this is possible? > > It

Re: Title bar on the side

On 3/31/05 8:50 PM, Varen Swaab wrote: Hi I'm trying to create a small palette window that has a title bar on the left side (rather than the top) and I can't figure out how. I didn't see any mention of this anywhere in the instructions. Does anyone have info on whether this is possible? It isn't

Re: UNICODE Update....fyi

Version 4.1 of the Unicode(R) Standard Released MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Unicode(R) Consortium announced today the release of the latest version of the Unicode Standard, Version 4.1.0. This version adds 1,273 new characters, including those necessary to complete roundt

Re: Printing is driving me crazy

Also, Don't forget: Important! If you have used the answer printer command during the current session, the paper size is set to the size selected in the dialog box, and it is not possible to change the printPaperSize property's value for the remainder of the current session. To use a different

Re: Speech in standalone - help!

I need some advice on how to get speech working in a standalone app. I'm working on a (for me) big video script-writing utility that I want to feature a preview facility using text-to-speech. (OS X only) Now... speech works easily in development version running with Rev, but when I build a st

Re: [off]altBrowser users

I'm not using it at the moment, but I plan to embed it in another app to provide strictly controlled access to selected web sites only. This is for use in a kiosk situation, where the customers would like access to certain information on the web, but cannot be allowed to use the kiosk for rando

Re: Printing is driving me crazy

1. I arranged for the initialisation routine in my app to read the paper size and the margins and to make my stack the same size as the printPaperSize and my print area the same size as the page minus the margins. Make the card the same size as the print area i.e. the printPaperSize less the pr

Title bar on the side

Hi I'm trying to create a small palette window that has a title bar on the left side (rather than the top) and I can't figure out how. I didn't see any mention of this anywhere in the instructions. Does anyone have info on whether this is possible? Thanks Var ___

Re: Printing examples?

Hi Graham, Recently, I bit the bullet and created my own print routines which print a field of htmlText of any size. It also has a nifty feature in that it creates preview imgs on the fly. Basically, it's pretty simple. Here's how I did it. I create two separate stacks: Print and OffScreenPrint

Problem solving methods in software development

Hi Developers, Long time ago, surfing the net i found a forum, where the administrator supervised the threads and when a question was responded correctly or a problem was solved, he (or she) closed the message thread and added a message after the thread that identified the problem solving approach

Re: Printing examples?

Dwayne- Thursday, March 31, 2005, 4:49:07 PM, you wrote: DR> Type res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\shdoclc.dll/preview.dlg into the address bar DR> of your webbrowser to I get: Alert: "res is not a registered protocol" -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

Re: lazy newbie

On 3/31/05 2:35 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: I might add -- I'm getting too old for this, and it isn't my hobby, and I have too many other things I must do. It is my sincere wish that I will never explore the possibilities of Rev. I just want my stacks and reports to work, and not to become danger

Re: Printing examples?

Hi Graham, I think RunRev is definately limited in it's print functions especially when using win os. I have been trying to find a way to have the default Windows print preview window appear from runrev. Type res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\shdoclc.dll/preview.dlg into the address bar of your webbrowser

Re: lazy newbie

On 3/31/05 2:35 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: > I might add -- I'm getting too old for this, and it isn't my hobby, and > I have too many other things I must do. It is my sincere wish that I > will never explore the possibilities of Rev. I just want my stacks and > reports to work, and not to become

Re:

On 3/31/05 3:11 PM, graham samuel wrote: Well, I did that - I was already using the printMargins settings (72 all round) to calculate where on the card to put the field that contains the print content, but at your suggestion at the last minute, just before the actual print statement, I set them

Re: More Image problems

sez [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >On Mar 31, 2005, at 11:04 AM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: >> Couldn't you just have an invisible cursor, and an image that kept >> itself at the exact location of the cursor at all times? That way, the >> "cursor" could be anything you want. >The problem with this approach is tha

Re: lazy newbie

On 3/31/05 2:35 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: > I might add -- I'm getting too old for this, and it isn't my hobby, and > I have too many other things I must do. It is my sincere wish that I > will never explore the possibilities of Rev. I just want my stacks and > reports to work, and not to become da

Re: Quicktime with Rev

On Mar 31, 2005, at 1:29 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: It isn't necessarily a bug. Revolution uses the old method of opening files with the QuickTime API which uses the FSSpec. This has file name as well as path name length limitations (255 for the full path). As of QT 6.4 (I think) QuickTime added

Re: final, final word on weird checkbox behavior

>> It's the same in Rev... I do this all the time: click at loc of btn "OK" to >> get it to highlight as well as get a mouseUp. > > If I may clarify -- > > In Rev, if a script sends a mouseUp to a checkbox, the hilite of the > checkbox is unaffected? Is that what you mean to say? Yes, that's exa

Re: About variable.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I generally use the stack for that sort of thing... Saves me the trouble of creating an extra object, and it's readily visible from every control on card. On Mar 31, 2005, at 4:25 PM, Marty Billingsley wrote: Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: When would you

Re:

On 3/31/05 3:11 PM, "graham samuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:16:10 -0600, Ken Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> On 3/31/05 1:05 PM, "graham samuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I'm developing some simple printing routines using RR 2.5.1 and OSX >>> 10.3.8. I h

Re: Quicktime with Rev

>>> Shortening the name of the file and removing spaces >>> worked. >>> >>> I had shortened the file name once already, but I shortened it further >>> and removed all spaces and voilá, it shows and plays as it should. I >>> guess I should go back and find the criminal element in the original >>>

Re: About variable.

Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: > When would you have to use a global variable, in so far as something > cannot be accomplished with a custom property? When you don't want to create an object simply to hold a custom property. For example, if I'm making a quiz to use with students, I keep their score

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On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:16:10 -0600, Ken Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/31/05 1:05 PM, "graham samuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm developing some simple printing routines using RR 2.5.1 and OSX 10.3.8. I have a little Epson inkjet printer that works very happily with all my purchased apps

Re: About variable.

> >When would you have to use a global variable, in so far as something >cannot be accomplished with a custom property? > >On Mar 31, 2005, at 12:41 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Well, I don't find custom properties are very convenient for storing arrays. Is everyone else using custom property sets for

Re: About variable.

Thomas- Thursday, March 31, 2005, 12:16:35 PM, you wrote: TMI> This is my experience too. I use globals when I am passing info from TMI> one action to another but I use CPs when an object is involved in the TMI> action. Wherever possible I pass parameters as arguments to functions in order to el

Re: Best way to ask the user to wait?

On Mar 31, 2005, at 1:14 AM, graham samuel wrote: I'd like to put up a kind of advisory note to the user saying something like "Please wait while we process your request" I don't want any reaction from the user, such as clicking on "OK" or "Cancel" - I just want to warn her/him that it may take

Re: About variable.

On Mar 31, 2005, at 11:29 AM, Ken Ray wrote: However with that said, I use a mixture of globals and custom properties and I'm migrating more of my "global use" to custom properties as time goes on... Another method that you can use rather than globals or custom props is a "state" library stack.

Re: More Image problems

Recently, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: > you mean you know how to make transparent 8 bit-color cursors? > Been searching for 18 months! :) >>> No i mean a correct looking and WORKING 1 bit cursor! Only 1bit cursors are currently supported by Rev. >>> >>> Couldn't you just have an in

Re: lazy newbie

On 3/30/05 6:28 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: When I'm done with all this stuff, do I need to convert my backgrounds to sub-stacks? No, substacks are a different thing. Backgrounds are backgrounds, just like in HC, only they have additional behaviors in Rev, so they are also called "groups". The di

Re: Question: anyone here for a vObject lib?

Yes, Andre...I'm interested. Where do we go to see it, etc.? -Jerry On Mar 30, 2005, at 9:25 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: Hi Folks, I finished a library which I think is pretty usefull, I did it to use on a groupware contract of mine but I think it has more uses. It's a vObject library that supports g

Re: final, final word on weird checkbox behavior

On 3/30/05 6:42 PM, "Timothy Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A minitago, I wrote: When another script sends a mouseup to a radio button or checkbox in HC, the script works in every way, except the hilite of the button is not affected. To get the hilite to change, you have to set hilite to t

Re: Quicktime with Rev... vertical controller

On Mar 31, 2005, at 12:09 PM, Mark Swindell wrote: On Mar 31, 2005, at 8:08 AM, Trevor DeVore wrote: Do you want the actual image to flip or just the movie controller? If you want the image then you can use the EnhnacedQT external. If you want to position the controller along the side rather th

Re: About variable.

Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: When would you have to use a global variable, in so far as something cannot be accomplished with a custom property? You wouldn't have to use a global, but you may choose to for performance. Simple operation on a global : 20 ms Same thing on a custom prop : 3324 ms Also,

Re: About variable.

This is my experience too. I use globals when I am passing info from one action to another but I use CPs when an object is involved in the action. On Mar 31, 2005, at 2:29 PM, Ken Ray wrote: However with that said, I use a mixture of globals and custom properties and I'm migrating more of my "g

Re: drag n drop

Thanks Ken, I can now compare some approaches and get to the actual work part. Thanks again, Tom On Mar 31, 2005, at 2:24 PM, Ken Ray wrote: On 3/31/05 12:44 PM, "Thomas McGrath III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: much appreciated. How can I open a folder on the users desktop??? Here's a way I us

Re: Quicktime with Rev... vertical controller

On Mar 31, 2005, at 8:08 AM, Trevor DeVore wrote: Do you want the actual image to flip or just the movie controller? If you want the image then you can use the EnhnacedQT external. If you want to position the controller along the side rather than the bottom of the movie then it is possible usi

Re: clones and scripts

Ok, 1 and 2 makes sense to me. Now 3 is an actual stack file and not a part of a standalone - i.e. it can be saved with changes etc. Then can the separate file on disk be opened with the main stack - right? etc. Then the main stack will keep a list of these cloned project files. to be opened w

Re: drag n drop

Klaus, That was more than I expected and now I must go play awhile with it. Thank you so much. Tom On Mar 31, 2005, at 2:17 PM, Klaus Major wrote: Hi Thomas, much appreciated. How can I open a folder on the users desktop??? On a mac use Applescript: on apfelschreib pPath Hope that helps... Klau

Re: [off]altBrowser users

> I got an email from RR today stating that with the purchase of Studio, > they're tossing in altBrowser. Makes me feel like I purchased both of them at the wrong time. > What are all of you using altBrowser for? I can think of several uses > off the top of my head, but I didn't know who is using

Re: drag n drop

Thanks I believe I can figure out what it is I want now using your examples. Do you know how to open a folder on a users desktop? An alias? thanks tom On Mar 31, 2005, at 2:07 PM, Éric Chatonet wrote: HowTo stack #010 Thomas J. McGrath III SCS 1000 Killarney Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15234 412-885-8541

RE: More Image problems

I was going to say elegant solution ;) The engine would be the easy way to handle this. Vintage Mac and hyperCard users will externals and inits devoted to that subject. It's not without merit, it makes RR loose a bit of appeal - but it's not as important as other things I guess... cheers Xavier

Re: More Image problems

On Mar 31, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: I agree it should be handled by the engine. However - if you want your cursor stay the same, then you can have a stack shaped to a particular image, and have that stack move around with the cursor. This method works pretty well for most things b

RE: More Image problems

Now that I think about it, however... Even if this works, it would create a big headache. Mouseclicks would always be intercepted by the mouse image - meaning one would have to go through great amounts of trouble to script around that. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[E

RE: More Image problems

I agree it should be handled by the engine. However - if you want your cursor stay the same, then you can have a stack shaped to a particular image, and have that stack move around with the cursor. Or, the script can reset the cursor to normal when it moves out of the window - whichever behavior

Re: About variable.

On 3/31/05 1:12 PM, "Dan Shafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Other than that, I can't think of any reason not to use custom > properties exclusively. Well, one is that custom properties can be saved with stacks, and therfore hold persistent data, whereas globals disappear as soon as the applicat

Re: About variable.

On 3/31/05 12:55 PM, "Thomas McGrath III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The variable watcher works with globals and locals but not with custom > props. And not with contstants either, I'm afraid... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: drag n drop

On 3/31/05 12:44 PM, "Thomas McGrath III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > much appreciated. > > How can I open a folder on the users desktop??? Here's a way I use: on stsOpenFolder pPath switch (the platform) case "Win32" set the hideConsoleWindows to true if the shellCommand is "c

Re: clones and scripts

At 12:01 PM -0500 3/31/05, Thomas McGrath III wrote: I have a standalone that will offer a window based upon a project. In other words if the user wants to have two projects open then the standalone will offer a second window for the second project. What I want to decide is the best way to share

Re: Greek text in Rev fields under Linux

On Mar 31, 2005, at 11:55 AM, Richard K. Herz wrote: For scientific notation, I need to display Greek text characters in Rev fields in Linux using a font in a standard Linux distribution. On Win and Mac, one simply uses Symbol font in a Rev field. This doesn't display properly in Rev under Linux

Re: drag n drop

Hi Thomas, much appreciated. How can I open a folder on the users desktop??? On a mac use Applescript: on apfelschreib pPath ## apfelschreib = applescript literally translated into german :-) ## WIll open any file or folder (pPath) in the finder... put pPath into pfad set the itemdel to "/"

Re: Printing is driving me crazy

On 3/31/05 1:05 PM, "graham samuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm developing some simple printing routines using RR 2.5.1 and OSX > 10.3.8. I have a little Epson inkjet printer that works very happily > with all my purchased apps such as word processors, graphic programs > etc. But with Rev I'm

Re: About variable.

I don't think one ever *has to* use a global. Custom properties will, as far as I can tell, always do the job just fine. But: (a) custom properties take a bit more work to set up (longer syntax and/or through the inspector) (b) put "hello" into gVariableName is shorter and therefore less error-

Re: More Image problems

On Mar 31, 2005, at 11:04 AM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: Couldn't you just have an invisible cursor, and an image that kept itself at the exact location of the cursor at all times? That way, the "cursor" could be anything you want. The image dragging scripts that I have used (adapted from scripts post

Re: About variable.

Good point, Thomas. I hadn't considered that. On Mar 31, 2005, at 10:55 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: The variable watcher works with globals and locals but not with custom props. ~~ Dan Shafer, Co-Chair RevConWest '05 June 17-18, 2005, Monterey, California

RE: More Image problems

Hi Jonathan, The image is fine (if it doesn't flicker or drag around some things). It's just too unatural when the mouse exits the window so it's only ok for stacks covering the full screen to look ok... cheers Xav > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: More Image problems

Recently, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: >>> you mean you know how to make transparent 8 bit-color cursors? >>> Been searching for 18 months! :) > >> No i mean a correct looking and WORKING 1 bit cursor! >> Only 1bit cursors are currently supported by Rev. > > Couldn't you just have an invisible cursor

Re: 3 questions from a newbie

Bedankt Klaus, 1. gelukt. 2. Robert zegt : Create a listfield (scrollabel or not) and CHECK "autohilite" in the inspector, maar beide adviezen kloppen niet, want kennerlijk zit fillfield in de weg. (zie de email aan Robert) 3. Jouw script krijg ik niet aan de praat. Dat van Robert wekt. Nu nog een

Re: 3 questions from a newbie

Robert, Thanks. If now you can find the cause why the line is not hilited permanently... I don't see it Rob At 17:03 31/3/2005, Robert Brenstein wrote: At 17:07 +0200 31.03.2005, Rob Meijer wrote: I am in my second trial period, still trying to complete a application. For this time I cannot find a

Printing is driving me crazy

I'm developing some simple printing routines using RR 2.5.1 and OSX 10.3.8. I have a little Epson inkjet printer that works very happily with all my purchased apps such as word processors, graphic programs etc. But with Rev I'm having a bad time. 1. I arranged for the initialisation routine in

Re: set a prop after get url a stackfile

This is a bit confusing to me, but perhaps only to me. If you've done a "get url" you either know the file name because you explicitly supplied it or it is stored in a variable that you set or the user chose it from some dialog or something, right? Grab the name at the time that you know it and

Re: drag n drop

Hi Thomas, You might be interested by my HowTo stack #010 "How to drag and drop files and folders" which shows how to manage multiple files and/or folders drag and drop, how to know the right kind of data for each file and how to display the corresponding data into a field, an image or a pl

RE: More Image problems

>> you mean you know how to make transparent 8 bit-color cursors? >> Been searching for 18 months! :) >No i mean a correct looking and WORKING 1 bit cursor! >Only 1bit cursors are currently supported by Rev. Couldn't you just have an invisible cursor, and an image that kept itself at the exact lo

[off]altBrowser users

I got an email from RR today stating that with the purchase of Studio, they're tossing in altBrowser. What are all of you using altBrowser for? I can think of several uses off the top of my head, but I didn't know who is using it and what they think of it. -- On the first day, God created the he

RE: The Campain Trail

If you want to see a full working demo and want to help me finish it, let me know... cheers Xavier > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Derek Bump > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 19:08 > To: How to use Revolution > Subject: The Camp

Re: About variable.

The variable watcher works with globals and locals but not with custom props. Now if I had a multi custom prop viewer (not the inspector single view upon selection type) that also worked with globals and variables. Tom On Mar 31, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNE

Greek text in Rev fields under Linux

For scientific notation, I need to display Greek text characters in Rev fields in Linux using a font in a standard Linux distribution. On Win and Mac, one simply uses Symbol font in a Rev field. This doesn't display properly in Rev under Linux (Redhat Core distribution). The Rev docs suggest th

Re: drag n drop

much appreciated. How can I open a folder on the users desktop??? thanks tom On Mar 31, 2005, at 1:23 PM, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Older apps which run under Mac OS 9 (Classic apps), and possibly some Carbon apps (which are not always bundles), d

Re: set a prop after get url a stackfile

Bon sour Thierry, Hi all, after doing: get url http://aStackFile i want to to set a customProp of this stack and save it on my disk... So, how can i get the Id of the stack or the name just after the get url ? i know i can do an OPEN IT, but i want to do this on

Re: About variable.

> When would you have to use a global variable, in so far as something > cannot be accomplished with a custom property? Obviously you don't have to since you can use custom properties, but you also don't really need to use custom properties because there are globals...err...commons (I know, I know

Re: More Image problems

Bon soir Xavier, Grusse Klaus ;)) I didn't think I could answer this today or in 2 weeks time - I tried upgrading my PC's cpu from 1.8 to 3GHz and 99% compatible Mobo wouldn't compute or start! PCs are horrible right? BIOS tests a gogo to make the 400/533MHZ FSB eat the 800MHz FSB of the new cpu +

set a prop after get url a stackfile

Hi all, after doing: get url http://aStackFile i want to to set a customProp of this stack and save it on my disk... So, how can i get the Id of the stack or the name just after the get url ? i know i can do an OPEN IT, but i want to do this on the background,

Re: drag n drop

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Older apps which run under Mac OS 9 (Classic apps), and possibly some Carbon apps (which are not always bundles), do not have the .app extension. Under Windows, Windows apps should all be .exe, but some older DOS programs may have an extension of .c

Re: About variable.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 When would you have to use a global variable, in so far as something cannot be accomplished with a custom property? On Mar 31, 2005, at 12:41 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Mikey- Thursday, March 31, 2005, 6:00:06 AM, you wrote: M> The thing about "globals" i

Re: About variable.

I think the solution is always to define globals at the script level rather than the handler. There are good arguments for avoiding them altogether and I'm finding custom properties more flexible and useful in many cases where globals used to be my knee-jerk reaction, but one need not avoid the

The Campain Trail

Imagine if you could create your own "lookAndFeel" types (otherwise known as Skins). This would be a HUGE advantage. You could make your own buttons, fields, menus, whatever. All in all, giving you the ability to make a user experience that much more interesting. And since many programs are

RE: More Image problems

> Xavier Bury wrote: > > > Has anyone got some references regarding the imagedata > format to find > > out how to parse it best? > > Sure! visit Ken Ray's site. He has a very detailed > explanation of the imagedata format. I'll check it out! Thanks! > > Anyone interested in a hex viewer addo

Re: Quicktime with Rev

On Mar 31, 2005, at 8:18 AM, Klaus Major wrote: BTW, are the problems with Umlauts and accents in filenames COMPLETELY gone now on OS X? Any info is very appreciated. I'm not sure what the Umlauts problem is. I just tried inserting a ü (u) into a filename and it opened fine in Rev using the prop

Re: drag n drop

Klaus, Thank you and for the sample stack. Is this always the case with .exe and .app ??? Can I rely on it? Thanks again, Tom On Mar 31, 2005, at 12:07 PM, Klaus Major wrote: Apps do have an "*.exe" suffix on windows and an "*.app" suffix on the mac (OS X)... _

RE: More Image problems

Grusse Klaus ;)) I didn't think I could answer this today or in 2 weeks time - I tried upgrading my PC's cpu from 1.8 to 3GHz and 99% compatible Mobo wouldn't compute or start! PCs are horrible right? BIOS tests a gogo to make the 400/533MHZ FSB eat the 800MHz FSB of the new cpu + web searches

[ANN] BezierLine 2L

Hi Developers, Download the stack Bezier Line 2L from: This is another small step in the direction of creating and maintain fully editable bezier curves in RR/MC. Now , i understand why the code of bezier lines use only 3 coordinates po

Re: Speech in standalone - help!

This is a long shot, but: What version of Rev are you using? In 2.1.2 there was a bug that didn't allow speech commands anywhere in a StandAlone app except in the stackfile glued to the Rev engine - speech commands in the scripts of other stacks used by the SA wouldn't work. Phil Davis Thomas

Re: About variable.

Mikey- Thursday, March 31, 2005, 6:00:06 AM, you wrote: M> The thing about "globals" in rev is that they're not really "globals" M> but, in old basic parlance "commons". If it was "global" you would M> define it as global and it would be everywhere in Rev without further M> "global" statements i

Re: play player -- Never MInd!

Okay, chalk it up to advancing years, memory leaks in my brain, or whatever. I just checked my lecture notes, and indeed I did teach the 'start player' form, which is correct. The erroneous 'play player' form always gives the result indicated in my original post--the phantom "text track" thingy

Re: drag n drop

Hi all, i just uploaded a little example stack that demonstrates how to script drag'n'drop. Including checking if the dropped item is a file, a folder and or an application (Mac OS X/Win) Name: Drag and drop Lite My Revonline username: klausimausi :-) Check the script of the only card and have f

Re: drag n drop

Hi Thomas, Hello to the list, I need a little advice here. I want to make a standalone that will except drag n drop. I need to know how to tell the difference between a folder, file, and application on both Macintosh and Windows based computers. i use to check the dropped items: on dragdrop put

clones and scripts

Hello to the list, I need a little help in figuring out the best way to do something. I have a standalone that will offer a window based upon a project. In other words if the user wants to have two projects open then the standalone will offer a second window for the second project. What I want t

Re: Invisible files in OS 9

On 3/30/05 9:05 PM, Robert Brenstein wrote: Is it possible to make a file in Mac OS 9 invisible without a special applescript addition? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com Have you tried SetFileFlag xcmd f

drag n drop

Hello to the list, I need a little advice here. I want to make a standalone that will except drag n drop. I need to know how to tell the difference between a folder, file, and application on both Macintosh and Windows based computers. I want the user to be able to drag anything to a standalone w

Re: Speech in standalone - help!

That's odd. It works here for me. Any help from the list??? I did run into a problem with standalones for CDs where filepaths was an issue. maybe. On Mar 31, 2005, at 11:23 AM, Chris Carroll-Davis wrote: I did. On windows side it created "externals/revspeech.dll", in application root, but

Re: 3 questions from a newbie

Hi Robert, At 17:07 +0200 31.03.2005, Rob Meijer wrote: I am in my second trial period, still trying to complete a application. For this time I cannot find a solution for: 1. how to import an icon from elswhere? I cannot find the good one in the build-in iconlist Import image or copy-paste should d

Re: Searchdocs XML 2.3 - final

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Jerry Balzano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote Wilhelm - This is awesome! FYI, however, on my Mac (OS 10.3), I am getting clipping of the text of the XML files in the right-hand pane. It only happens for some of the queries (usually FAQ but I haven't tested thoroughly), and it

Re: Quicktime with Rev... New Question

Yes, I just want the controller flipped. It is for audio only, where spoken text will accompany written text on screen. I think manipulating the QT API is above my current ability level. :( Mark On Mar 31, 2005, at 8:08 AM, Trevor DeVore wrote: On Mar 31, 2005, at 7:28 AM, Mark Swindell wrote

Re: Speech in standalone - help!

I did. On windows side it created "externals/revspeech.dll", in application root, but for OS X, nothing. On 31 Mar 2005, at 17:10, Thomas McGrath III wrote: You must include the speech library in the standalone when building it. It is an option. Tom On Mar 31, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Chris Carroll

Re: Quicktime with Rev

Hi Trevor, On Mar 31, 2005, at 7:28 AM, Klaus Major wrote: Aha! Now the big question: Bug or feature? If bug: Rev or OS X bug? It isn't necessarily a bug. Revolution uses the old method of opening files with the QuickTime API which uses the FSSpec. This has file name as well as path name length

Re: Invisible files in OS 9

On 3/30/05 9:05 PM, Robert Brenstein wrote: >> Is it possible to make a file in Mac OS 9 invisible without a special >> applescript addition? >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> > > Have you tried

play player -- why does this work?

Okay, yesterday was a reality check for me. Since time immemorial, I have believed that 'play player "myPlayer"' and 'start player "myPlayer"' were synonymous. It may be a relic of using the old HC QuickTime external, when you used 'play movie' to start playing an external movie file. Regardles

Re: 3 questions from a newbie

At 17:07 +0200 31.03.2005, Rob Meijer wrote: I am in my second trial period, still trying to complete a application. For this time I cannot find a solution for: 1. how to import an icon from elswhere? I cannot find the good one in the build-in iconlist Import image or copy-paste should do. An icon

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