Re: IDE Grouping Woes! Help!

2005-04-26 Thread Sarah Reichelt
Hi Dave, Could you post a copy of your stack in RevOnline or email it to me off-list? I have never come across a problem like this before, so would be interested to see if I could work out what causes it. Have a Stack that used to comtain: GroupX (layer order) Graphic rect Bo

Re: [ANN] ChatRev with Kevin Miller

2005-04-26 Thread Mark Wieder
Jacque- Monday, April 25, 2005, 8:21:19 PM, you wrote: JLG> Bjoernke, I tried to sign on with ChatRev last week and couldn't JLG> connect. Is there more we should know about connecting, or was the JLG> server down? Which client are you using? I had trouble until I grabbed the latest client from

Re: OT: 10.4 "Automator" = Applescript?

2005-04-26 Thread Pierre Sahores
In addition to what you are saying, Richard, i have the feeling that there is some of the good old "KeyQuencer" ground code behind Automator... 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 Appl

Re: someone noticed this one?

2005-04-26 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Chipp, 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

Re: counting keystrokes

2005-04-26 Thread Frank Leahy
Sims, The keymap was originally a Macintosh toolbox data structure that sat in low-memory, specifying which keys were currently down. It was intended primarily to let the front-most app see if the user had multiple keys down simultaneously (e.g. ctrl-option-shift-delete), but like others befor

Some kind of incompatibility issue

2005-04-26 Thread Richard Miller
Ran into an interesting little bug. Discovered there is an incompatibility between OS 10.3.9 (the most recent OSX update), RR's Quicktime video capture functions, and our USB-based touch screen drivers. Enabling the video grabber functions disables our touch screen. Switching back to 10.3.8 elim

Re: counting keystrokes

2005-04-26 Thread sims
At 10:19 AM +0100 4/26/05, Frank Leahy wrote: 1) It's possible that RunRev is merely simulating the Mac effect for Windows, by providing a keymap function that only works when RunRev is frontmost. If this is the case, then your app will never see other app keystrokes on Windows. 2) I assume yo

Re: another multi-user "solution"?

2005-04-26 Thread Kurt Kaufman
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 itself

Re: Starting from Shell

2005-04-26 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 set the hideConsoleWindows to true -- optional, prevents "ugly" black windows from being displayed get shell("jpegcompress")-- required On Apr 26, 2005, at 12:05 AM, MisterX wrote: Hi Derek Just make sure the path to the jpegcompre

Re: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

2005-04-26 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hmm... I think M$ could stand to hire more capable web designers, as their web site is a disaster (particularly the developer sections). Where can I find the Windows HIG? I was starting to wonder if they even existed. Thank you! On Apr 26, 2005, a

MySQL Database Query Builder Question

2005-04-26 Thread Martin
Hi, I'm trying to connect to my database which is hosted by oneandone.co.uk. I'm using the database query builder in RR. I set the name (Contact), host (db141.oneandone.co.uk) - this is the actual server name Database (db), User (dbo) Password () When I try to press

Re: To MySQL or Not SQL

2005-04-26 Thread Jim Carwardine
What about the differences between MySQL and MSSQL. The proponents of MSSQL are adamant that it is far better. Is it really? Of course, it's not x-platform, which is a mark against it in my books... Jim on 4/25/05 3:58 PM, Bill wrote: > Yes I agree that SQL is the way to go. I can't wait until

Re: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

2005-04-26 Thread xbury . cs
Frank, 5 seconds search... http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?view=en-us&st=b&na=82&qu=human+interface+guidelines&s=4 Knowing how to use a website reduces the amount of non-sense ranting that is required to prove that Apple's web designers are better ;) Besides, Win GUIs are the

RE: another multi-user "solution"?

2005-04-26 Thread Lynch, Jonathan
Not sure if this has already been mentioned... But you will need a mechanism for handling a situation where a user opens a file, then his computer crashes. At that point, he won't really have it open, but the index will say he has it open. A possible solution for this is for the index to not only

Re: To MySQL or Not SQL

2005-04-26 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It's one of the few databases I'd consider inferior to MySql, not because it lacks cross-platform compatibility, but because it is a Microsoft product ;-) Realistically, any of the major database servers will have advantages and disadvantages compar

Re: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

2005-04-26 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Apr 26, 2005, at 9:06 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?view=en- us&st=b&na=82&qu=human+interface+guidelines&s=4 Knowing how to use a website reduces the amount of non-sense ranting that is required to p

Working with animated gifs

2005-04-26 Thread Glen Bojsza
I was wondering if there are some general guidelines on how to use animated gifs in Rev on the XP platform? Turning the animation on and off would be my first question. I understand that I can set the repeat and direction properties in the property inspector and that actually shows the animation b

Re: Draw over existing objects

2005-04-26 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Maybe I'm just missing something here, but that stack doesn't seem relevant. There is lots of code in there for a number of things, but I am looking for a way to, for example: set the tool to "graphic" set the style of the templateGraphic to "rectan

Re: Working with animated gifs

2005-04-26 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Glen, I was wondering if there are some general guidelines on how to use animated gifs in Rev on the XP platform? Turning the animation on and off would be my first question. I understand that I can set the repeat and direction properties in the property inspector and that actually shows the ani

RE: Draw over existing objects

2005-04-26 Thread MisterX
Frank > Maybe I'm just missing something here, but that stack doesn't > seem relevant. > > set the tool to "graphic" > set the style of the templateGraphic to "rectangle" you're not obliged to be in drawing mode... You can simulate it with a cursor and a moving/resizing rect or graphic (with a

RE: Well done runrev. valentina

2005-04-26 Thread Lynn Fredricks
> And a tip of the hat to the good folks at Valentina, as I > suspect they had a hand in their web site too. :) > > They've been very helpful to Rev folks using their DB, and it > is indeed nice to see them get more public about the great > support they've been providing the Rev community for y

RE: another multi-user "solution"?

2005-04-26 Thread Rob Cozens
Xavier, et al: In a server-client - the client doesn't touch the database. Only sends updates to the server to queue up changes. This way, you have no locks, no problems. Everyone accesses it. A server-client system eliminates the potential for data collision; but you still need record locking so

Re: [ANN] ChatRev with Kevin Miller

2005-04-26 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/26/05 2:45 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: Jacque- Monday, April 25, 2005, 8:21:19 PM, you wrote: JLG> Bjoernke, I tried to sign on with ChatRev last week and couldn't JLG> connect. Is there more we should know about connecting, or was the JLG> server down? Which client are you using? I had trouble u

Re: Simulating 'drawer' behaviour on Windows

2005-04-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: Hmm... I think M$ could stand to hire more capable web designers, as their web site is a disaster (particularly the developer sections). Agreed. MSDN's search facility would benefit from being thrown away in favor of Google's. Where can I find the Windows HIG? I was s

Re: [ANN] ChatRev with Kevin Miller

2005-04-26 Thread sims
I had downloaded the latest 1.3 and it had the right port number. I didn't get any errors, it just wouldn't connect. It just sort of sat there. Did you click the middle btn which reads "Chat"? sims ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.ru

Re: Draw over existing objects

2005-04-26 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Apr 26, 2005, at 10:19 AM, MisterX wrote: you're not obliged to be in drawing mode... You can simulate it with a cursor and a moving/resizing rect or graphic (with a marquee pattern). Except that I want to support nearly all of the graphics shapes --

Re: Some kind of incompatibility issue

2005-04-26 Thread James Richards
Hmm! Of all the 10.3 updates, 10.3.9 is the only one to have given me problems, and this seems true for quite a few others (as you are probably aware). For me, fixing permissions with Disk Utility and using MacJanitor sorted things out but I felt like the motorist at a break down who has just

Re: Draw over existing objects

2005-04-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
MisterX wrote: Frank Maybe I'm just missing something here, but that stack doesn't seem relevant. set the tool to "graphic" set the style of the templateGraphic to "rectangle" you're not obliged to be in drawing mode... You can simulate it with a cursor and a moving/resizing rect or graphic (w

OT: 10.4 "Automator" = Applescript?

2005-04-26 Thread Kurt Kaufman
RG wrote: "...From the session I attended at WWDC last year on Automator, it appears to be merely a point-and-click way to write AppleScript, just like interface for making scripts that you can use with Flash in leiu of directly typing, or the point-and-click scripting found in FileMaker Pro for ye

RE: another multi-user "solution"?

2005-04-26 Thread MisterX
Rob, i dont disagree... But it should be visible to the browsing or searching user. If he wants to edit it, then a query should be done to see if possible or delay+update+allow... cheers X > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Rob Co

cut & paste error

2005-04-26 Thread Paul Salyers
Dear Rev Programmer This may be already discussed, but if so I missed it, so please help. when I copy text and try to paste into a text field in a program it will not paste, I can copy using paste if the clipboard is "text" then paste Thats what I found from Rev help. is it correct? Paul Salye

Re: To MySQL or Not SQL

2005-04-26 Thread Stephen Barncard
I'd get a copy of the SQL Pocket Guide, via Oreilly press. They might even list out the differences at the www.oreilly.com site. However, to answer the question, I feel MySQL is very adequate, even robust, for most of the Rev applications I see discussed here. And with the aforementioned librari

Re: OT: 10.4 "Automator" = Applescript?

2005-04-26 Thread Howard Bornstein
This is from an email correspondence I had with the Engineering Manager of Automator at Apple in September of 2004: - There have been some discussions about the various ways to interact with Applescript on the Revolution listserv. Since Automator is a high-level interface for Applescrip

Re: OT: 10.4 "Automator" = Applescript?

2005-04-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Howard Bornstein wrote: This is from an email correspondence I had with the Engineering Manager of Automator at Apple in September of 2004: - There have been some discussions about the various ways to interact with Applescript on the Revolution listserv. Since Automator is a high-level

Re: Image Library question

2005-04-26 Thread Varen Swaab
Thanks everyone for your help. Thanks to your suggestions I got this problem licked! Var On 4/25/05 11:54 PM, "Sarah Reichelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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 impo

click-words

2005-04-26 Thread Stephen Barncard
I'm working with a horizontal field with tab-delimited text in columns serving as column headings fed from an SQL database. I want to "word click" those headers to select the sort. However when importing data and creating the database (from a hypercard card-background data set) that I had to do

RE: Draw over existing objects (and can'tselect script for Richard!!)

2005-04-26 Thread MisterX
for bz 624, coz i think it's a good cause! [Sorry if i go off the subject. ed.] Many things where suggested for graphic handling in runrev to Scott and Kevin but apparently neither has used or use Freehand... ;) Best drawing interface in a clever GUI i've ever seen! Some prefer illustrator, but F

Re: click-words

2005-04-26 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Stephen, You could use numToChar(202) (option space with Mac OS) which is the "indivisible space" (I don't know if it is the right word :-) Le 26 avr. 05, à 21:29, Stephen Barncard a écrit : I'm working with a horizontal field with tab-delimited text in columns serving as column headings fed

Re: click-words

2005-04-26 Thread Stephen Barncard
That would be a 'non-breaking' space, right? Excellent. Thanks. At 9:53 PM +0200 4/26/05, Eric Chatonet wrote: Hi Stephen, You could use numToChar(202) (option space with Mac OS) which is the "indivisible space" (I don't know if it is the right word :-) Le 26 avr. 05, à 21:29, Stephen Barncard a

Re: [ANN] ChatRev with Kevin Miller

2005-04-26 Thread Dan Shafer
I got in just fine last night and happened to find Bjornke himself in the chat room. We had a nice conversation. On Apr 26, 2005, at 8:02 AM, sims wrote: I had downloaded the latest 1.3 and it had the right port number. I didn't get any errors, it just wouldn't connect. It just sort of sat ther

greater than

2005-04-26 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Hello to all, I put 3 into gSeqLength in an openCard handler: put 3 into gSeqLength Then I want to do stuff in a switch statement based on gSeqNum, but not more than 3 if gSeqLength = 3, or 4 if 4 ,etc. Anyway, the statement " if gSeqLength is > 3 then " generates a double binary error. Now I kn

RE: greater than

2005-04-26 Thread Chris Sheffield
Try removing the word "is". Just use ">". :-) Chris Sheffield Read Naturally The Fluency Company www.readnaturally.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas McGrath III Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 3:45 PM To: How to use Revolution Sub

OT: text editors? (was Re: click-words)

2005-04-26 Thread Nicolas Cueto
Speaking of "non-breaking spaces" and other characters that just ain't on my (Bkeyboard, does any one have recommendations for Windows text editors that (Ballow non-standard characters such as these to be directly inputted and even (Bdisplayable on-screen? (B (BAnd I just got to add a note of

Recovery of a corrupted stack

2005-04-26 Thread Mario Leonti
Hi Dave, thanks for your offer to help directly. Would it be ok if I sent you the offending stack by attachment? I really cannot make any sense of it. If I try to open the stack in Rev it simply says it's not a stack. The funny thing is I recovered a .sit with the same file inside. Stuffit uncompr

Re: Making Revolution faster with really big arrays

2005-04-26 Thread Dennis Brown
On Apr 14, 2005, at 10:09 AM, Dennis Brown wrote: Dick, Thanks for your various tips and help online and offline. I need to take a week to digest and incorporate the ideas into a real piece of code that I hope will fly like the wind --then I will share my code and a data generator for you and e

Re: Making Revolution faster with really big arrays

2005-04-26 Thread Stephen Barncard
MySQL can do math on columns like you want. Very Fast. No loops in transcript. Check out the GROUP BY (Aggregate) Functions. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/group-by-functions.html At 8:06 PM -0400 4/26/05, Dennis Brown wrote: Can anyone think of another way to do this that would be faster (for