Is there anybody who knows a way to place a menu as system menu, i.e. a
global menu that you may access by every open application in the right side
of menubar, as those managed by the SystemUIServer?
I'd like to create an app that became invisible, letting only a little menu
icon on the right
My first thought was that the whole thing could be reduced to
periodic move to the points of... task. That doesn't work out very
well. I tried:
move image sBall to the points of grc _ball in 60 seconds
That gave me a good second hand, but CPU usages was up at 70 percent.
Not good. So I
Recently, Geoff Canyon wrote:
My first thought was that the whole thing could be reduced to
periodic move to the points of... task. That doesn't work out very
well. I tried:
move image sBall to the points of grc _ball in 60 seconds
That gave me a good second hand, but CPU usages was up
Amongst the debris of springs, gears and coils that have resulted from
clocks being beaten into the ground, you will see the oh-so-creatively named
ballclock II is now available. In your message box:
go url http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/ballclock2.rev;
Many many thanks to Geoff Canyon
Dar Scott wrote:
I couldn't find any reference to transmit window or slow start in
rfc 793. I don't see how it's part of TCP, proper.
transmit window came into common usage sometime around the early 90s -
to refer to the sender's view of the congestion window. An application
trying to
On 31 May 2005, at 21:11, Eric Chatonet wrote:
Hi Andre,
Shall we name 31 of may the spooky Rev day?
I am afraid yes :-(
In addition, I noticed that when you repeat a get Url (the same
one) many times, you may have an empty result (1/50).
There are workarounds for this issue but when
Hi Mark and Alex,
Thanks for replying. Are you saying that really only the regex
rules as described in the little regex syntax window of the docs
in Revolution are valid in Transcript? The docs clearly say to
have a look at some Perl website for further info on regex.
Perhaps this reference
Hi Dave,
I did it :-)
After many tests (writing a log file to understand), I can tell:
Yes it seems to work fine when you only get a sequence of urls even
if sometimes the returned data are empty when you know they are not.
But that's not a problem :-)
The problem comes in unpredictably when
1st JUNE 2005
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On Jun 1, 2005, at 4:06 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote:
transmit window came into common usage sometime around the early 90s
- to refer to the sender's view of the congestion window. An
application trying to figure out if it is near to congestion (and
perhaps vary the info it is sending accordingly)
I also wanted something similar to this, so I allowed all the balls to
assume their positions at any point in between the points that were
previously being used. This is probably the least efficient of any of
the scripts that have been posted but is also probably the smoothest
in terms of the
Hello everyone,
I'm revisiting the problem related to the one described below. I'm
trying to import a JPEG of Mac OS X's striped background to use as a
background for a stack. I need to import it into a group (background),
so that it will appear on every card created, but the menu item
Since I'm contributing to clutter on this list, I should say that I've
realized that transmit window is a parameter in sender TCP flow
control used in some implementations and is implied in implementation
standards.
Dar
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Eric,
Thanks for your encouragement. I have already set up a Dialog Box Study
folder to gather my info, experiments, examples, and experiences for a
potential tutorial. We'll see how it goes.
Thanks Again for all you help and TAKE CARE,
Ralph
Hi Ralph,
Always
actually, there's lots more than just that...
TTLs (time to life), frame sizes, packet fragmentation, packet resends,
routing, firewall configs (yes!), proxys (cache problems?), etc...
Knowledge of IP protocols can be a nightmare. But usually these are not set
wrong on your computer unless you
Recently, Levi Kendall wrote:
I also wanted something similar to this, so I allowed all the balls to
assume their positions at any point in between the points that were
previously being used. This is probably the least efficient of any of
the scripts that have been posted but is also
On Jun 1, 2005, at 1:40 AM, Scott Rossi wrote:
Well, with the stack I originally posted, CPU usage runs between 1
and 2
percent here. But the move you added is so nice it easily warrants
the
extra usage. Nice Geoff. :-)
Movado, eat your heart out.
Boy was I tired last night -- given
Thanks to all contributors for this very helpful tutorial - I've learnt a
lot by working through the ideas, and playing with the different types of
menu button.
Could I suggest, Tom, that it might be an idea to add an opencard handler
that simply sets the menuHistory of the tab menu to (the
cpu usage?
are you actually saying.that your simple clock face programwhen you
first started out.was taking 70% of a windowsPC's cpu's power?. as it
merrilly ticked along?
thank
Ben
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you know something...
it is very interesting comments you make therecoils, springs, needles..bits
and bobs
how long.. and how much resources does it actually take the world's
clockmakers...to make a real clock?...
.labour,parts,time,design,marketing,testing,standards,
Hi,
http://www.iemulator.com/
this is good one...it allows you to put windows operating system onto your
MAC..and use any normal windows software...(not just 'Msoft only' software)
$23.95
Ben
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I am running into this quite frequently. I have a stack window that when I
try to drag a field onto it, the stack window disappears. It isn't
invisible, I have to close the stack file and open it again to get it back.
This is on Windows XP. It is very annoying.
Peter T. Evensen
I have had a stack dissappear on me before, even though it was not
invisible.
I had to create a new stack, and copy the cards from the original stack
to the new stack. This cleared up the problem, but I cannot tell you
what the actual problem was.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL
I have had this occur several times also, one time even closing and
reopening the stack would not unhide it, had to go to application
browser and clicking on the stack there made it visible. I could never
determine what the problem was. Occurred On Windows XP SP2. I am
speculating that Windows is
MisterX wrote:
actually, there's lots more than just that...
TTLs (time to life), frame sizes, packet fragmentation, packet resends,
routing, firewall configs (yes!), proxys (cache problems?), etc...
Hey - you missed packet schedulers (Packeteer, etc.), VPN frame
overhead, ATM cell tax,
Mark-
Wednesday, June 1, 2005, 3:52:10 AM, you wrote:
MS Thanks for replying. Are you saying that really only the regex
MS rules as described in the little regex syntax window of the docs
MS in Revolution are valid in Transcript? The docs clearly say to
Yes.
MS have a look at some Perl
For that matter...
Does anyone know how to make this happen on purpose? Perfectly locking
and synching up different stacks could be useful, and attempts at doing
this have been discussed here before.
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This software install did a nasty thing.
the version of the Scripter's scrapbook I had was offered for FREE,
as are most of the programming aids mentioned on the list.
This 'upgrade' is actually a 'Trial VERSION', and I unknowingly
overwrote the version 4 with this install. This was never
Sorry, this feels like a really dumb question, but I've already wasted
my required two hours searching through the docs .
How do I create an audio clip within a stack ?
I have a wav file - but I want to include it as a clip within the stack.
I can find all kinds of ways to change it, to
On Jun 01 2005, at 19:32, Alex Tweedly wrote:
How do I create an audio clip within a stack ?
Try import
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Sorry, this feels like a really dumb question, but I've already
wasted my required two hours searching through the docs .
How do I create an audio clip within a stack ?
I have a wav file - but I want to include it as a clip within the
stack. I can find all kinds of ways to change it, to
On Jun 1, 2005, at 9:23 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote:
rfc1122 is a full IETF standard, and so the requirements it places on
host implementations of TCP are part or the official definition of TCP
...
A TCP MUST implement this algorithm.
That is an interesting interpretation.
I read that
Sorry, this feels like a really dumb question, but I've already
wasted my required two hours searching through the docs .
How do I create an audio clip within a stack ?
Orlook up 'import'
import audioClip from file /sounds/temp/bugsounds.wav
ciao,
sims
I think this request is for real-time recording from an input, not
importing. I'd like to know myself, would this require Trevor's
Quicktime external?
At 7:40 PM +0200 6/1/05, sims wrote:
Sorry, this feels like a really dumb question, but I've already
wasted my required two hours searching
I think this request is for real-time recording from an input, not
importing. I'd like to know myself, would this require Trevor's
Quicktime external?
Look up: 'record sound'
ciao,
sims
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On Jun 1, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote:
Sorry, this feels like a really dumb question, but I've already wasted
my required two hours searching through the docs .
How do I create an audio clip within a stack ?
I have a wav file - but I want to include it as a clip within the
Dar Scott wrote:
On Jun 1, 2005, at 9:23 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote:
rfc1122 is a full IETF standard, and so the requirements it places on
host implementations of TCP are part or the official definition of TCP
...
A TCP MUST implement this algorithm.
That is an interesting
Björnke von Gierke wrote:
On Jun 01 2005, at 19:32, Alex Tweedly wrote:
How do I create an audio clip within a stack ?
Try import
Duh !
Thanks Bjornke and sims
What would I do without this list to help when I get caffeine-deprived
:-)
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Stephen Barncard wrote:
I think this request is for real-time recording from an input, not
importing. I'd like to know myself, would this require Trevor's
Quicktime external?
Stephen - it's very generous of you to assume I was asking a harder
question :-) :-)
But no - I really did mean the
At 12:52 PM +0200 6/1/2005, Mark Schonewille wrote:
Thanks for replying. Are you saying that really only the regex rules
as described in the little regex syntax window of the docs in
Revolution are valid in Transcript? The docs clearly say to have a
look at some Perl website for further info
hi,
.this is the principles of REV isn't it...the mainstack, substacks in that
main stack...and cards in the sub stacks of that mainstack...
i have only got as far as using a single 'TOP level' MAINSTACK and going down
from there
i am not sure how you USE several mainstack in the same
On Jun 1, 2005, at 12:24 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote:
But compliance with current standards or with named standards (e.g.
UDP, TCP) changes over time.
Does this mean that new standards can and do change the meaning of the
term TCP? I didn't realize that.
I try to be hip but I'm just an old
hello,
if you are having those problems...may i surgest ShadowUser Pro v2.5 for
windows...
you can get it free...at ...www.phazeddl.com...(10's of thousands of dollars
worth of free software (serials for TRIALS etc)
also, if you are using a MAC computertryi-emulator
so that you can
The questions are:
What is causing the level 1 stacks to lock together and move as one
window?
How do I unlock the level 1 stacks ( without having to relaunch
revolution or the stand alone)?
The anomaly of locked level 1 windows happens in both the
development environment and in a file
Hi list,
Is there a (detailed) stack / tutorial about the
wait with messages command ?
especially when associated with a POST, and
a script waiting for the server to respond ?
Thanks,
JB (waiting for messages)
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Doug,
Sounds weird. Are you manually telling the second stack where to open (e.g.
setting its location or rect when you first open it?).
My though is that one of the stacks is being positioned relative to the
other in an openCard handler or the like that is getting called when you
don't expect it
Is there any way to specify the magnification ratio of the image (the
ratio between the native/intrinsic size and the displayed size)? One
might want to alter this ratio in order to zoom or unzoom an
image. Note that I do NOT want a separate zoom window or magnifier.
I want to take a image
If I enter the following handler with ccw or cw, it works
perfectly. When I enter with flip or mirror, the requested
operation is performed perfectly, but afterwards the cursor turns into a
plus sign, and I have to switch from run mode to design mode and back to
run mode before I can run the
As I understand the Scripter's Scrapbook from my brief use of it a year ago
is that it is like Adobe Acrobat Viewer or UnStuff or UnSit utilities which
become useful when lots of people use them.
I was waiting to install Scripter's Scrapbook after there was lots of
libraries of scripts on the
Unlike programming languages like Delphi, C, or Java, methods are not
explicitly associated with objects in Revolution. This means that it is
very difficult to use the Rev documentation to find all of the methods
(commands) for images, or for string manipulation. Am I the only one
who finds
Hi Jon,
If I enter the following handler with ccw or cw, it works
perfectly. When I enter with flip or mirror, the requested
operation is performed perfectly, but afterwards the cursor turns
into a plus sign, and I have to switch from run mode to design mode
and back to run mode before
Hi Jon,
The formattedHeight and formattedWidth of an image gives you its
actual size.
So you can deduce or set the current height and width (zoom in/off)
from this value.
You can group an image in order to set the boundaries of the part
that can be seen by the user (group limits) and
I have no problem with paying for software tools, I have bought or
donated for software created by several on this list. My problem was
that there was a major switch in the distribution method of SSb that
caught me unawares and I overwrote the old .rev file with 5.x.
Luckily, I had a .zip file
Hi Jon again,
As usual Klaus is right :-)
But another thing might interest you...
When you place many if/end if statements, the engine has to explore
all of them even though it's not necessary.
So you might prefer something like:
on menuPick s
if s = ccw then
get angle of image image
add
Well, just as soon as I thought I had everything finalized on this
stack, Eric Chatonet (the guy who got me going with some script ideas
in the first place) took my stack and made major improvements to it
for his own use. It has been quite an education for me to work on
this stack, and
Hi Stephen,
I don't think ssBk has actually done a 'nasty thing'. The new version does
not over-write anything. All upgrades are saved to a separate folder, and the
original is left untouched. Do try the new version... You may like it, and
the price is not really very high especially at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
if you are having those problems...may i surgest ShadowUser
Pro v2.5 for windows...
you can get it free...at ...[RANDOM CRACK SITE DELETED]...
(10's of thousands of dollars worth of free software
(serials for TRIALS etc)
Dude, you're really batting 1000.
Thanks, Klaus, but can you explain what is going on (in addition to
fixing it!)
:)
Jon
Klaus Major wrote:
Hi Jon,
If I enter the following handler with ccw or cw, it works
perfectly. When I enter with flip or mirror, the requested
operation is performed perfectly, but afterwards the
Hi Jon,
Thanks, Klaus, but can you explain what is going on (in addition to
fixing it!)
sure :-)
The IDE is switching to the pointer tool (but i don't know why...?
Maybe because it needs the right tool for the job ;-) and the line
will reset the tool to the browse tool.
:)
Jon
Regards
I agree, at least in large part, Jon.
It might be possible for one of the Rev gurus hereabouts to create a
stack similar to the properties table stack just released that lists
all the commands/functions and the objects for which they are relevant.
I'm using Dreamcard but it should be the same in Revolution:
1. Go to File and drag down to Import as Control. Select Audio file.
2. Navigate to the sound file you wish to import into your stack and
select Open.
The sound file is now imported into your stack.
If you imported a sound file named
On 6/1/05 2:24 PM, Jon wrote:
Unlike programming languages like Delphi, C, or Java, methods are not
explicitly associated with objects in Revolution. This means that it is
very difficult to use the Rev documentation to find all of the methods
(commands) for images, or for string
On 6/1/05 2:20 PM, Jon wrote:
Is there any way to specify the magnification ratio of the image (the
ratio between the native/intrinsic size and the displayed size)? One
might want to alter this ratio in order to zoom or unzoom an
image. Note that I do NOT want a separate zoom window or
RunRev 2.5.1
Mac OS X 10.3.9
I've created a stack is used to create multi-page documents (hundreds and
thousands) and
whenever I try to print it makes it up to Processing Page: 129 and then
crashes. This is
happening in standalones, as well as in the IDE (stopped and running).
Anyone else
Hello Sean,
Could it be something like 129 = 2*2*2*2*2*2*2... + 1 :-)
Just a thought...
Le 1 juin 05 à 23:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
RunRev 2.5.1
Mac OS X 10.3.9
I've created a stack is used to create multi-page documents
(hundreds and thousands) and
whenever I try to print it makes
For this reason, version 5 allows you to define your own monospaced font and
size.
/H
like version 4 just fine, with the exception of the 'code' font
which is a variation of Courier, I think, that for some reason on the
Mac shows up as being very grey and hard to read.(Has anyone else
Not that it's any help, but I, too, have seen the 'crashing printing
large docuements' bug before. I ended up batching the print jobs, but
never traced it down to a repeatable bug, so didn't file it.
best,
Chipp
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RunRev 2.5.1
Mac OS X 10.3.9
I've created a stack is
Jaqueline:
What I find under Objects is a list of properties and messages, but no
commands. Do you see something different?
:)
Jon
J. Landman Gay wrote:
On 6/1/05 2:24 PM, Jon wrote:
Unlike programming languages like Delphi, C, or Java, methods are not
explicitly associated with
Hi Jacque and everyone,
Lists of commands, properties, functions, etc. related to objects are
very useful for advanced users.
The same lists but related to actions, work with text strings,
images, internet, windows, etc. would be more efficient for beginners.
When you begin, you don't know
Hi all,
I want to create a simple screen that allows a user to drag a button
from the center of the screen to one of three hotspots and then run
some function.
The problem I am having is the interaction between object that I use
to define the hotspot (an image) and the button I want the
I have the Size and Position tab set so that Resizable is checked, but
still the window/stack cannot be resized by the user at run-time. What
is the secret?
:)
Jon
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Hi Emilio,
About snap an object to a predefined position, just set the loc (or
another property as the topLeft, the bottom, etc.) of this object
when the user releases the mouse.
As for drag and drop, you might be interested by my How-To stack #010
How to drag and drop files and folders.
Jon wrote:
I have the Size and Position tab set so that Resizable is checked, but
still the window/stack cannot be resized by the user at run-time. What
is the secret?
Which platform?
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I want to write some utility routines that can be used by lots of
message handlers. Where do I put those utility routines so that the
event handlers can see the utility routines? Do I have to declare
them as Global, or just put them in a particular place?
Thanks!
Jon
I thought this was a platform independent development environment...
Windoze ... for the time being sick grin
Jon
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Jon wrote:
I have the Size and Position tab set so that Resizable is checked,
but still the window/stack cannot be resized by the user at
run-time.
Jon,
Revolution objects generally _are_ manipulated by setting properties
and sending or processing messages.
For the most part, you:
1) Write handlers to respond to messages -- this is like a Java
listener, except that Revolution is always listening.
So if you want something to happen
Every so often, when I try to click on Files, to do a Save, the IDE just
disappears, and all is lost. Pretty frustrating and anxiety provoking.
So now I'm saving (using the Application Browser, which does not blow
up) all of the time. But whenever I forget, I'm screwed.
Anyone else seeing
Brian:
Thanks for your comments. My problem was spending hours trying to write
a Flip routine, only to come across it by accident. There was no clue
that it existed from looking at the Image properties or events. After
this accidental encounter, I now feel as if I have to learn every
On Jun 1, 2005, at 3:26 PM, Jon wrote:
I have the Size and Position tab set so that Resizable is checked, but
still the window/stack cannot be resized by the user at run-time.
What is the secret?
What are the minWidth/maxWidth and minHeight/maxHeight properties set
to on that tab?
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Jon wrote (re-arranged in standard top-to-bottom reading order):
Jon wrote:
I have the Size and Position tab set so that Resizable is checked,
but still the window/stack cannot be resized by the user at
run-time. What is the secret?
Which platform?
I thought this was a platform
Hi everyone,
I know how to make keep a stack on top of others using the Palette
Command. What I want is a way to send a stack to the back of several
other open stacks. Any such thing??
TIA, Roger
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32 and 65K
:)
Trevor DeVore wrote:
On Jun 1, 2005, at 3:26 PM, Jon wrote:
I have the Size and Position tab set so that Resizable is checked,
but still the window/stack cannot be resized by the user at
run-time. What is the secret?
What are the minWidth/maxWidth and minHeight/maxHeight
Jon wrote:
I want to write some utility routines that can be used by lots of
message handlers. Where do I put those utility routines so that the
event handlers can see the utility routines? Do I have to declare
them as Global, or just put them in a particular place?
This may help:
LiveResizing is off. Still won't resize...
:)
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Jon wrote (re-arranged in standard top-to-bottom reading order):
Jon wrote:
I have the Size and Position tab set so that Resizable is checked,
but still the window/stack cannot be resized by the user at
run-time.
Calm down Richard
it is just your version of life...that works for you.
..people who make software for computers.may never ever get that entity
outside of their four bedroom wallsyou know...
.and often is the case...thatcommercial software developers
I work on OS X 10.4, Rev 2.5.1, and I haven't seen this problem at
all in weeks and weeks. When I did, I think I recall deciding it was
something I'd done anyway.
But I can certainly see how this would be disconcerting, to say the
least.
~~
Dan
It *is* platform-independent *development*. It's just platform
*dependent* debugging.
:-D
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RevConWest '05
June 17-18, 2005, Monterey, California
http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit/RevConWest
On Jun 1, 2005, at 3:32 PM, Jon wrote:
And then I tried to do some string manipulations (change the string
FRED to the string FRED, that is, remove the quotes), and simply
gave up: there is no section on how to manage strings.
FWIW:
replace quote with empty in tString
or
replace (quoteFREDquote) with FRED in tString
or use
You raise an important issue. To program effectively in Revolution,
you really need to understand the message-passing hierarchy. Nobody
has explained it better than Richard Gaskin at:
http://www.fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/revolution_message_path.html
There is no concept of global
Hi Jon,
This is probably happening because you've entered breakpoints in your
stack scripts and have changed either the filename or the name of the stack.
To fix this, just remove all the breakpoints of your stack or..
enter in the msg box:
set the breakpoints to empty
Then you won't have
Jon wrote:
Brian:
Thanks for your comments. My problem was spending hours trying to
write a Flip routine, only to come across it by accident. There was
no clue that it existed from looking at the Image properties or
events. After this accidental encounter, I now feel as if I have to
Jon wrote (re-arranged in standard top-to-bottom reading order):
Jon wrote:
I have the Size and Position tab set so that Resizable is checked,
but still the window/stack cannot be resized by the user at
run-time. What is the secret?
Check the liveResizing property, and makes sure it's
WOW! A *SERIOUS* bug!!
I created a windows stack, set the live resizing to true, and for
certain, could not resize it. So, I set it to false, and it STILL could
not resize. I had to change the decorations in order to 'reset' the
resizing flag.
Good catch Richard,
Chipp
Richard Gaskin
Ben,
We are hardly going to reach the bottom of any debate over ethics,
morality, copyright, patents, etc here so let's not try.
With that said, I would simply suggest not promoting software piracy on
a list populated by people who make their living off of software. It's
a bit like walking
Hm,
I'm betting this guy's using an illegal copy of Rev too. I, for one,
won't miss his presence on this list(even more periods)
..
-Chipp
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(occurs in standalones, development is not affected)
I'm exeriencing consistant crashes after using (without Quicktime) the player
in windows in a repeat loop. The loop playes Mp3 files. First time through the
loop is no problem. the second time I enter the loop, it freezes after the
Hi Thomas,
You might try using QT callbacks instead of 'wait while', just a suggestion.
-Chipp
Thomas McCarthy wrote:
Help
(occurs in standalones, development is not affected)
I'm exeriencing consistant crashes after using (without Quicktime) the player
in windows in a repeat loop. The
Richard-
Wednesday, June 1, 2005, 3:55:13 PM, you wrote:
RG I think there's a Bugzilla report on this
BZ#2178
Apparently setting the decorations to default will get things going
again.
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it's like that a lot
You know a programmer must return to basicslike basic...Beginners all
purpose instruction languagebasic...that is globally dominant
today...Visual Basic
there are also issues...of why people want to make inroads..in--too--deap...at
early stages
Tough
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