Re: Image Library question

Thanks for the info but I'm not sure what to do from here. You say to set the image IDs above 1 billion but how do I do that? I'm importing a folder full of images, I'm not even sure how to do that with one image. Import all your images and then make a button with this script: on mouseUp repea

Re: OT: 10.4 "Automator" = Applescript?

Todd Higgins wrote: On Apr 25, 2005, at 2:40 PM, Kurt Kaufman wrote: Anyone know if Mac 10.4's "Automator" is a collection of customizable pre-fab Applescripts? As the author of a few Rev utilities that use Applescript, I'm wondering if Applescript will continue as before? ... Applescript will co

Re: another multi-user "solution"?

sims wrote: At 10:10 PM -0700 4/25/05, Richard Gaskin wrote: I'm not sure if this will work for you, but lately I've been using tab-delimited text for the sorts of things I used to use cards for. I maintain a one-card window for display, pouring data into the fields as needed, but the data itsel

Re: [ANN] ChatRev with Kevin Miller

Hmm, somehow it is unable to connect right away, but I can't find the problem right now. Try to first click connect and disconnect, then register and enter at least a password and a nickname, then connect again. If it says "that nick is already taken", chances are that your nick got registered

Re: another multi-user "solution"?

At 10:10 PM -0700 4/25/05, Richard Gaskin wrote: I'm not sure if this will work for you, but lately I've been using tab-delimited text for the sorts of things I used to use cards for. I maintain a one-card window for display, pouring data into the fields as needed, but the data itself is maintai

Re: counting keystrokes

What if you make the window a systemWindow so that it is always at the front? Interesting idea...and if I don't want that window to show I could hide it somehow. I'll give that a try, thanks. Actually, I am surprised that it works in any system. I would have assumed that keystrokes only got pass

Re: Well done runrev. valentina

Bob Hartley wrote: Hi All. Well.. I moaned about marketing of runrev in the past. Specifically that there was no mention of runrev on the valentina web page but there was a version for real basic etc being sold. Well runrev has a slot on the new valentina page. Well done all at runrev for ad

Re: Recovery of a corrupted stack -- actual case study

David, i used your ideas on my bad stack "songsDB" with the most amazing results! backgroundbehavior = true for both stacks 1. make a fresh stack 2. copy the bad stack script, 3. copy the bad stack group(s), one in this case containing all controls 4. copy all 400 pages of the bad stack all

Re: counting keystrokes

What if you make the window a systemWindow so that it is always at the front? Actually, I am surprised that it works in any system. I would have assumed that keystrokes only got passed to the front application no matter what OS you were using :-) Sarah On 26 Apr 2005, at 2:48 PM, sims wrote: Th

Re: another multi-user "solution"?

Kurt Kaufman wrote: I'm actually concerned about two things here. The first is that the single (standalone) stack being used now contains about 900 record cards, and is about 13 MB in size. I'm concerned that it might gradually become unwieldy during saves. It already takes an unacceptable amo

Re: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

Ben Rubinstein wrote: As far as I can tell, it is not possible to make a really effective simulation on Windows of the MacOS X 'drawer' behaviour using transcript. I think I missed the original post, so please forgive me if this has been addressed: The Win HIG recommends using a disclosure triang

Re: Scripting conference stack available

On 4/25/05 11:08 PM, Varen Swaab wrote: Jacque, This sounds great, I'll be there! Errr, just one question. I was trying to read the time table but got confused, it is 8:30 AM or PM pacific time? Thanks It's morning on the US east coast -- doors open at 8:30 AM for you and the formal presentation s

Re: counting keystrokes

Thanks for the reply Jacque, The issue is that the keystrokes *are* passed to my application even when Rev is *not* in front BUT this only occurs on OS X. I need to be able to count keystrokes on Windows machines also. [This is for an application which provides therapy and prevention for musculos

Re: Scripting conference stack available

Jacque, This sounds great, I'll be there! Errr, just one question. I was trying to read the time table but got confused, it is 8:30 AM or PM pacific time? Thanks Var On 4/25/05 8:16 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The topic stack for the first Revolution Scripting Conference

RE: Starting from Shell

Hi Derek Just make sure the path to the jpegcompress.exe application is in the path of windows. To change the path, check window's help. (my computer properties -> tab "advanced", environment variables... find the path and add your application's path to it. or drop your application in the winnt

RE: another multi-user "solution"?

Dan said... > Rob > > Ah, good point. It would appear that there is not a simple > way to solve this problem using text files as locking semaphores. > > Back to the ol' drawing board! I just wrote the solution and you didn't get it or understand me... In a server-client - the client do

Starting from Shell

How could I setup a rev standalone to launch on the following shell command? click "start" choose "run" type "jpegcompress" ==> Boom, it loads! I have no idea on how to set this up and I'd really like to add this functionality without having to type the full path. Derek Bump Dreamscape Software

Re: [ANN] ChatRev with Kevin Miller

Bjoernke, I tried to sign on with ChatRev last week and couldn't connect. Is there more we should know about connecting, or was the server down? On 4/25/05 5:21 PM, Björnke von Gierke wrote: Dear Revolutionaries On Friday the 6th May 17.00 GMT, there will be a chat session with Kevin Miller and

Scripting conference stack available

The topic stack for the first Revolution Scripting Conference this Saturday, April 30, is now available for download at . Scripting conferences are both online teaching sessions for newcomers and an opportunity for you to ask questions of the pro

Re: counting keystrokes

On 4/25/05 1:18 PM, sims wrote: I am using Rev 2.5.1 on Mac OS X to count keystrokes that are typed in any application that I have running - it keeps a running total of how many keys I hit no matter what applications I use (MS Word, Eudora, etc.). I use one btn with the script shown below and on

Re: Recovery of a corrupted stack

On 23 Apr 2005, at 10:49 AM, Paul Salyers wrote: Maybe this answer will also help me, not a "reinitialized" I try to load it in my rev editor and it closes down not even asking if I wish to save. I can't even load in edit mode. Any suggestion. This script isn't some great program I was just mak

Re: To MySQL or Not SQL

On 4/25/05, Dan Shafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pierre. > > I think you meant to refer to Trevor's libDB libraries here. Just in > case someone gets confused. > > I really agree with you about SQL being the perfect Rev sister ship, > though, and I like the analogy. > > One thing I've bee

[ANN] ChatRev with Kevin Miller

Dear Revolutionaries On Friday the 6th May 17.00 GMT, there will be a chat session with Kevin Miller and Ro Nagey. Everyone is invited to ask polite questions and we hope for a civilised discussion about RunRev in general. If you have a special topic that you want to ask the CEO of RunRev then t

Re: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Ben Rubinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As far as I can tell, it is not possible to make a really effective simulation on Windows of the MacOS X 'drawer' behaviour using transcript. The essential aspect is that the 'drawer' window is always at the same level in the window st

Re: another multi-user "solution"?

RC wrote: Question: How do changes on individual cards in different copies of a stack in each user's RAM get made to the copy resident on disk? There is not, to my knowledge, a way to save changes on one card of a stack without overwriting the entire stack. So if I open a stack before you, Jacq

Re: To MySQL or Not SQL

Hello Dan, Trevor and All, Pierre. I think you meant to refer to Trevor's libDB libraries here. Just in case someone gets confused. All my apologies, Trevor. As you are remembering, Dan, i just wants to speak from your libDatabase client-server dedicated usefull framework, Trevor and from th

Re: Draw over existing objects

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yes, I'm aware of both of those requests, and have commented on (and I think voted for) both of them a while back. The first would be particularly nice for me, but in the meantime I'm trying to work around that limitation by doing this. I guess thi

Re: OT: 10.4 "Automator" = Applescript?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 For details: http://developer.apple.com/macosx/tiger/automator.html On Apr 25, 2005, at 2:46 PM, Todd Higgins wrote: Applescript will continue on strong as ever. Automator is just a tool that will help people harness the power of Applescript without h

Re: another multi-user "solution"?

Rob Ah, good point. It would appear that there is not a simple way to solve this problem using text files as locking semaphores. Back to the ol' drawing board! On Apr 25, 2005, at 11:59 AM, Rob Cozens wrote: Hi Dan, Second, using the semaphore file approach that Jacque suggested is eminently

Re: someone noticed this one?

Hmmm. Show of hands-- anyone who has lost a client to RR? I really don't see it as a threat, especially since they're in Scotland, and I don't know of any clients who wouldn't rather work with customers in their own country. My guess, is the main point here is they're offering to become a resou

Re: Simple Scoping Question

Al, I'm not going to argue with you at length on this one. The reason there is a Revolution Documentation Project is because... -- http://taoofrunrev.blogspot.com http://taoof4d.blogspot.com http://4dwishlist.blogspot.com On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day,

Re: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

Recently, Ben Rubinstein wrote: >> Thus far from my testing I've been able to successfully create a drawer >> that slides open and close on either side of the window. The only thing >> it can't do is keep the "focus" on the main window. But if that's the >> only side effect, I can live with tha

RE: another multi-user "solution"?

Hi guys, here's what I can share about "multi"-user solutions... Sorry for the complexity but it should cover a maximum of cases and situations in a simple way... I work in a multi-user - multi-server - multi-domain - multi-network evironment, an enterprise. The multi-domain part is a Moft Acti

RE: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

> My knee-jerk reaction is "don't do that" - Windows users > expect their applications to look and act like Windows > applications, and OSX users expect their applications to look > and act like OSX applications. I do the snapping technique on > Windows apps myself sometimes, but nothing I hope

Well done runrev. valentina

Hi All. Well.. I moaned about marketing of runrev in the past. Specifically that there was no mention of runrev on the valentina web page but there was a version for real basic etc being sold. Well runrev has a slot on the new valentina page. Well done all at runrev for addressing this... :-

Re: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

Mark Wieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My knee-jerk reaction is "don't do that" - Windows users expect their > applications to look and act like Windows applications, and OSX users > expect their applications to look and act like OSX applications. I do > the snapping technique on Windows apps my

RE: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

have you tried opening one stack #1 (layer x) before stack 2 (layer X+1) so as to layer them? when you go to a stack it becomes #1, to make it layer 2, open a stack after it (even offscreen)... works like charm using the "defaultstack"... cheers Xavier > -Original Message- > From: [EMA

Re: another multi-user "solution"?

Hi Dan, Second, using the semaphore file approach that Jacque suggested is eminently doable and quite simple to implement. It would be pretty easy, e.g., to have a single file that just contained a list of all the card numbers currently open for editing and checking it before allowing a user to

Re: To MySQL or Not SQL

Yes I agree that SQL is the way to go. I can't wait until the MySQL to SQLite utility is released so that I can try SQLite. I think it will be faster at connecting. On 4/25/05 2:17 PM, "Dan Shafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyone else thinking along these lines? |||

Re: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

Scott Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Maybe something like this could help (enter in msg box): > > go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/slider.rev"; Hi Scott, I found this in archives, and checked it out (indeed I namechecked you in my Bugzilla entry). This solution looks great;

Re: OT: 10.4 "Automator" = Applescript?

Applescript will continue on strong as ever. Automator is just a tool that will help people harness the power of Applescript without having to learn how to program. Or so the marketing speak goes. ; > ) On Apr 25, 2005, at 2:40 PM, Kurt Kaufman wrote: Anyone know if Mac 10.4's "Automator" is

OT: 10.4 "Automator" = Applescript?

Anyone know if Mac 10.4's "Automator" is a collection of customizable pre-fab Applescripts? As the author of a few Rev utilities that use Applescript, I'm wondering if Applescript will continue as before? KK ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revoluti

Re: Simple Scoping Question

on Thu, 21 Apr 2005 Mikey wrote: > d) The lack of manuals means that most of the > issues are from noobs,who don't know about the > archives, or aren't used to using them before > asking questions first. Hi Mikey, Could you explain what you mean when you said: "The lack of manuals"? You coul

Re: another multi-user "solution"?

Two comments. First, check the total number of "records" you need. I think that there are (at least used to be) upper limits on the total number of files in a directory in some OSes. (That may have only applied to Mac Classic, but it's worth being sure about up front.) Second, using the semapho

Re: Draw over existing objects

Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: Anyone know of a way to convince Rev to start the new graphic rather than just sit there when I try to draw with such a group underneath? Not reliably in all cases. Anyone working on drawing apps may find these requests useful:

RE: Draw over existing objects

look at how ResizeN2O does it... http://www.monsieurx.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=78 Another example (but in browse mode) is how i make palettes draggeable... just intercept (or pass) the mousedown except where you shouldn't (or should)... cheers Xavier http://monsieurx.com - T

counting keystrokes

I am using Rev 2.5.1 on Mac OS X to count keystrokes that are typed in any application that I have running - it keeps a running total of how many keys I hit no matter what applications I use (MS Word, Eudora, etc.). I use one btn with the script shown below and one fld which I lock so I don't acci

Re: To MySQL or Not SQL

Pierre. I think you meant to refer to Trevor's libDB libraries here. Just in case someone gets confused. I really agree with you about SQL being the perfect Rev sister ship, though, and I like the analogy. One thing I've been thinking about a lot lately in conjunction with a set of apps I'

Re: Printing Transparent Bitmap Images

Hi Fred, Sorry so late to the party, I've been away the last week and am just now catching up. A couple of things you might try: 1) On PC (don't know if it works on Macs) you can overlap text with a single image below it, the text will print with the image underneath correctly. 2) You can use

Draw over existing objects

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am trying to set up an environment where I can use the standard drawing tools (graphic, field, pointer) and draw over top of a group, so that I can catch the new objects and add them to the group myself. I set the cantSelect of the group, etc., an

Re: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

Ben- My knee-jerk reaction is "don't do that" - Windows users expect their applications to look and act like Windows applications, and OSX users expect their applications to look and act like OSX applications. I do the snapping technique on Windows apps myself sometimes, but nothing I hope that ca

RE: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

you get a much smoother fx from HotKeyN2O or the breakpointsN2O stacks with a few more effects when you click the diskette icon! ;) But that's the general idea... I dont dare the open url link but here's the links to the stacks... http://www.monsieurx.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&

Re: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

Recently, Ben Rubinstein wrote: > As far as I can tell, it is not possible to make a really effective > simulation on Windows of the MacOS X 'drawer' behaviour using transcript. Maybe something like this could help (enter in msg box): go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/slider.rev";

Re: Profiling? Odd delay on windows

On 4/25/05 11:03 AM, Peter T. Evensen wrote: No, I'm not using any visual effects. I'm just using "go to card CardName" I basically have 3 tabs, and when you click on one of the tabs, it goes to one of 3 cards. The 3rd card is what takes so long (and it has less on it than the first two). I j

Re: Profiling? Odd delay on windows

No, I'm not using any visual effects. I'm just using "go to card CardName" I basically have 3 tabs, and when you click on one of the tabs, it goes to one of 3 cards. The 3rd card is what takes so long (and it has less on it than the first two). At 10:53 AM 4/25/2005, Dave Cragg wrote: On 25

Re: Profiling? Odd delay on windows

On 25 Apr 2005, at 15:48, Peter T. Evensen wrote: Is there any way to do application profiling (to find out what Revolution is doing)? I am experiencing an odd delay of 1-2 seconds when going to a card on Windows in a stand-alone (which doesn't happen on the Mac). It appears it is something t

RE: Profiling? Odd delay on windows

It only seems to have the delay in the standalone, unfortunately. At 09:58 AM 4/25/2005, MisterX wrote: Hi Peter, Use the message watcher from the development menu... cheers Xavier http://monsieurx.com > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >

RE: Profiling? Odd delay on windows

Hi Peter, Use the message watcher from the development menu... cheers Xavier http://monsieurx.com > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Peter T. Evensen > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 16:48 > To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Su

Profiling? Odd delay on windows

Is there any way to do application profiling (to find out what Revolution is doing)? I am experiencing an odd delay of 1-2 seconds when going to a card on Windows in a stand-alone (which doesn't happen on the Mac). It appears it is something that is happening between preOpenCard and OpenCard.

Re: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

I would honestly say for aesthetic reasons, don't make the drawer a palette. Make it a normal stack with no window decorations and create your own simulated border. That way if someone drags your main stack, the drawer will not "raise" above other windows while your main stack does not. Thus

Last Menubar Problem - or The Incredible Shrinking Stack!

I still can't get this to work * I have tried doing this: set the locksScreen to true set the lockMenus to true put the rect of this stack into myStackRect set the menubar of this stack to "x" set the rect of this stack to myStackRect set the lockmenus to false set the lockscreen to fa

RE: Table Formatting

Hi Len, >tabstops only gets me the width of the columns. I want to end up with >something more like a spreadsheet. I need to be able to right align the >numbers but left align the text fields (or maybe center them) and it appears >that this is not possible with the table control. Is there s

RE: Table Formatting

Le 24-avr.-05, à 20:27, Len Morgan a écrit : This may seem like a simple question but how do I format a table field with different widths for the columns and a header? What I want is a three column table with a single digit in the first column, a dollar amount in the second, and a (fairly) long

Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

As far as I can tell, it is not possible to make a really effective simulation on Windows of the MacOS X 'drawer' behaviour using transcript. The essential aspect is that the 'drawer' window is always at the same level in the window stack as its parent, and always moves attached to it. It is possi

Problem with "convert it to seconds"

Hi list, When using the convert function in Rev cgi Linux and in Rev Mac OS9 (or Win XP) I get different results : - Rev cgi : 1114427491 - Rev Win XP : 1114423891 There's a 3600 seconds difference, and I vaguely remember a discussion (in the old MC days) about the fact that the cgi engine callin

Re: 'Blessed' plugins

Sorry, I didn't see the date on that post. I assumed my email client would keep things sorted the way it was last time - but it being lotus not... it doesn't... And I keep messing it up :) sorry Xav On 25.04.2005 14:19:28 use-revolution-bounces wrote: >Hi Hugh, > >Just a question if you have s

Re: 'Blessed' plugins

Hi Hugh, Just a question if you have seen a similar problem I have: When I drag'n'Drop a control over stack b and ControlsN2O is in the "path" of the drag, ControslN2O intercepts the control (even in palette mode), hides my stack ControlsN2O and the best is that it's still visible, in the rect

Last Menubar Problem - or The Incredible Shrinking Stack!

Hi, I've got my menu bar handling working except I have one annoying problem. This is how my app work: I have a Stack (call it StackA) that may be called from the MainMenu (in which case the MainMenu stack sends an event to the target stack with the long name of the MainMenu Group. This works f

Re: Little questions on Rev as a game plataform (related to: myst)

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Apr 22, 2005 12:31 AM To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Subject: Little questions on Rev as a game plataform (related to: myst) i wont to create my own game but i dont know how could you please send me some infomation on how to create sc

Re: Little questions on Rev as a game plataform (related to: myst)

Hi Violet, Have a look at the Latest News section on RevOnline: As part of Runtime Revolution's Christmas Coding Campaign, Brian Thomas of Rivertext has put together a demo of the premiere title 'If Monks had Macs...' complete with commentary on the design and scripting. This is available as a

Little questions on Rev as a game plataform (related to: myst)

i wont to create my own game but i dont know how could you please send me some infomation on how to create scenes, characters and missions yours thankfully violet parr ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revo

Re: Unicode Displaying in Runtime Revolution #2

Hello Trevor, Thank you so much for your reply. I had tried on your suggestion(using cursors) but it didn't work with me, still. While, English texts can be displayed just fine, Thai's texts cannot. Well, I connect to the database through ODBC. Do you think this is where the problem is? Every