Re: [ANN] Shafer Media Offers Dan's Books in New Form, Upgrades Vol. 1

2005-08-26 Thread Judy Perry
Dan, Awesome!!! Judy On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Dan Shafer wrote: Fellow Revolutionaries: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF ANNOUNCEMENT I know you're busy like me so I don't want to force you to wade through six paragraphs to get to the bottom-line message. Here are the highlights of this announcement:

Re: Where to put the ( ) ?

2005-08-26 Thread Jason Vickers
Mark, I'll write this one down in case I need it in the future. I didn't use it, though. I rewrote the code for my other buttons changing some of the IF statement orders and it works. It is kind of strange, really, because I tested the application a few days ago and it all worked fine. I

Re: Two very simple questions

2005-08-26 Thread Jason Vickers
Chip, I was using /* */ for the comments in the script. I've changed back to -- to make the comments. I liked that /**/ because it was so much simpler... I'll check out your suggestion. I do like easy... Thanks for the response, Jason - Original Message - From: Chipp Walters

Re: Saluting the Menu Maven

2005-08-26 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 11:11 PM -0500 8/25/2005, Ken Ray wrote: BTW: The only addition I'd make to what Jeanne said is that when you want to find out what the currently selected menu item is for a menu button, you should probably check the 'selectedText' property of the button instead of the 'label' property. The

Re: Saluting the Menu Maven

2005-08-26 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 10:55 PM -0400 8/25/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was out of town last Saturday when Jeanne DeVoto presented the menu tutorial and have just finished reading the chat log and reviewing the demos. My first impression was WOW! Thanks blush. Jacque really deserves 90% or better of the

Re: Saluting the Menu Maven

2005-08-26 Thread Dick Kriesel
On 8/26/05 12:42 AM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there are a lot of tips and tricks that I didn't include in order to make sure the basic information got through without overloading people Tantalizing! Please, Jeanne, would you share the rest of tips and tricks too? -- Dick

Dan's new ebook

2005-08-26 Thread Pat Trendler
I think I must have been the first to try out the new way to buy Dan's book and had a slight prob, so if you have been reading the prev emails this is to let you know that everything now is working fine. But, more importantly, to tell you if you don't have this book yet - then buy it now. I

RE: Dan's new ebook

2005-08-26 Thread Scott Kane
G'day Pat, A very happy customer. (normally a grumpy old woman - bitching about everything) Looks like I'll have to save some pocket money then... g Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: Two very simple questions

2005-08-26 Thread Gajo Csaba
Btw. while we're at the subject of bugs, I took a screenshot of another one: http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfolders/upload9/screenshot_65812.gif That text box and the revDocLibrary button appears after some time. I don't know how to reproduce it, but it happenned to me on more than just

label : set a string as the label of a label

2005-08-26 Thread Revolution
Friday, August 26, 2005 1:08:22 PM (GMT +02:00) Hi, how do I set a string as a label of a label? 10x I'm a newbie, so, sorry. regards, Adrian C. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: Two very simple questions

2005-08-26 Thread Klaus Major
Jó napot Gajo, Btw. while we're at the subject of bugs, I took a screenshot of another one: http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfolders/upload9/screenshot_65812.gif That text box and the revDocLibrary button appears after some time. I don't know how to reproduce it, but it happenned to me on

Re: label : set a string as the label of a label

2005-08-26 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Adrian Friday, August 26, 2005 1:08:22 PM (GMT +02:00) Hi, how do I set a string as a label of a label? 10x set the label of fld your label field here to New label set the label of fld your label field here to New label set the label of fld your label field here to New label set the

Re: Two very simple questions

2005-08-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Csaba, unfortunately I can't help you, I have no experience whit those tools. Thanks, Jose Btw. while we're at the subject of bugs, I took a screenshot of another one: http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfolders/upload9/screenshot_65812.gif That text box and the revDocLibrary button

Re: Where to put the ( ) ?

2005-08-26 Thread Alex Tweedly
Jason Vickers wrote: Alex, I now have the code correct, but it is not returning the line number of the field - it returns the text in that line. I thought clickLine was supposed to return the line number. Did I misread that part in the help section? But this happens when I run it from

Re: Two very simple questions

2005-08-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry, previous message, was a mistake. Jose ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Waddingham
repeat while(x+1) 10 put word(x+1) of This is a test Although this is consistent, it still *looks* wrong to me... it looks like while and word are functions in the example above. Is it just me, or is this a bug that has been in the engine for a long time? Well, it's been in the

Re: Disclosure Triangles in Fields

2005-08-26 Thread Marielle Lange
Hello Everyone, How do you provide disclosure triangles in a field? Have a look at: http://revolution.lexicall.org/stacks_education.php (the education stacks gallery) Last item in the list: treeview. or go to stack url (http://revolution.lexicall.org/stacks/education/

Re: label : set a string as the label of a label

2005-08-26 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Adrian and all, Hi Adrian Friday, August 26, 2005 1:08:22 PM (GMT +02:00) Hi, how do I set a string as a label of a label? 10x set the label of fld your label field here to New label set the label of fld your label field here to New label set the label of fld your label field here to

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 23, Issue 49

2005-08-26 Thread Marielle Lange
1. Have any of you done an implementation of the Prisoner's Dilemma in Rev? Richard, There is a web-based version of it: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/playground/pd.html And some reference material: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/playground/pdref.html Marielle

Transparent Images

2005-08-26 Thread Scott Kane
Hi folks, I've tried in vain to get image transparency on buttons in Rev. The pink color used in other IDE's are not transparent in Rev. Nor is a white background. Can anybody suggest a way to set the transparency color in images imported into Rev? Kind Regards, Scott

Re: Transparent Images

2005-08-26 Thread Malte Brill
Hi Scott, the best way is to import images that have an alpha channel. e.g. png or .gif files. I prefer png files, as gif has many disadvantages. You might be interested in this small tutorial: http://www.derbrill.de/revstack/pngvsgif.rev.zip or in the messagebox: go stack URL

parse a line into fields

2005-08-26 Thread rev
Hi All. I've read a binary file containing entries in a database and put each record on a line in a field. I dont know how to write in a wee square so imagine the 9 is a square. The fields has records in it like this 999oppndatelocarsltfltrnoterec1999rec2

Re: parse a line into fields

2005-08-26 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Bob, I would first check that the squares mean all the same char: In the message box: put charToNum(9) with some 9 picked here and there. If it's the same char (I think so): it's the delimiter (when you have 1, 2 or 3 9, it probably means that the data are empty): replace 9 with tab in

Re: parse a line into fields

2005-08-26 Thread rev
Quoting Eric Chatonet [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Bob, Hi Eric I would first check that the squares mean all the same char: Yes I'm certain it is the same char. In the message box: put charToNum(9) with some 9 picked here and there. If it's the same char (I think so): it's the delimiter

Re: parse a line into fields

2005-08-26 Thread rev
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How do you copy the text of a field to the clipboard. I can then paste it into the next mail and show you the text. Only 6 lines long. Cheers Bob Quoting Eric Chatonet [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Bob, Hi Eric I would first check that the squares mean all the same

Setting the Border Color

2005-08-26 Thread David Burgun
Hi, How do I set the Border Color for a Field? I have the following code on a field: on dragEnter set the dropAccept to true set the borderColor of the target to green pass dragEnter end dragEnter But the color doesn't change! I have tried this from the IDE and the only Color I seem to be

Re: parse a line into fields

2005-08-26 Thread Ken Ray
On 8/26/05 8:31 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All. I've read a binary file containing entries in a database and put each record on a line in a field. I dont know how to write in a wee square so imagine the 9 is a square. The fields has records in it like this

Re: Setting the Border Color

2005-08-26 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Dave, The borderColor feature is only available when the threeD property of the field is set to false :-) Le 26 août 05 à 15:59, David Burgun a écrit : How do I set the Border Color for a Field? I have the following code on a field: on dragEnter set the dropAccept to true set the

Re: Setting the Border Color

2005-08-26 Thread Ken Ray
On 8/26/05 8:59 AM, David Burgun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, How do I set the Border Color for a Field? I have the following code on a field: on dragEnter set the dropAccept to true Uh, this is acceptDrop. That should fix it... BTW: Don't forget to reset the borderColor on

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Ken Ray
On 8/26/05 6:02 AM, Mark Waddingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Indeed, the engine is a little too forgiving in places but there are actually two separate issues here - one related to tokenisation and one related to parsing. Thanks for the clarification, Mark... it really helps me understand

Re: parse a line into fields

2005-08-26 Thread rev
Quoting Ken Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Eric and Ken (and other of course) have blank spaces in it (not in amongst the squares) Here is a gif of the field http://www.armbase.com/squares.gif All the best Bob You can use a variation of the code I mentioned a few days ago... at that time, I

RE: Transparent Images

2005-08-26 Thread Scott Kane
Hi Malte Hi Scott, the best way is to import images that have an alpha channel. e.g. png or .gif files. I prefer png files, as gif has many disadvantages. You might be interested in this small tutorial: Thanks for this I'll check it out in the morning (it's 12:18 am Saturday here). :-)

Re: Spell Checker

2005-08-26 Thread Marielle Lange
BTW, where do you guys get the words list ? You can try this: http://lexicall.org/repository/listing.php? material=datacategory=wordslanguage=english (make sure it is in one line) And, for instance select the MRC database. Marielle

Re: Spell Checker

2005-08-26 Thread Marielle Lange
well, that's very kind; but I guess it's english words only... actually I'm looking for the same kind of thing in french... any clue ? Easy enough: http://lexicall.org/repository/listing.php? material=datacategory=wordslanguage=french (yes, same line but with french defined as language rather

Mac Classic standalones

2005-08-26 Thread Jeffrey Reynolds
Is the Mac Classic Rev2.5 engine still functional to build standalone apps from Rev2.6 (osx)? Is there going to be a rev2.6 mac classic engine? thanks jeff reyonlds ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Re: Debugger Trouble!

2005-08-26 Thread Geoff Canyon
On Aug 25, 2005, at 1:28 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: on test put abc into myString add 1 to mystring -- error condition get doSomething(myString) end test Someone has to say it -- this is where static typing would come in handy... That or a smarter compiler that can see the (somewhat

Re: parse a line into fields

2005-08-26 Thread Robert Brenstein
Quoting Ken Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Eric and Ken (and other of course) have blank spaces in it (not in amongst the squares) Here is a gif of the field http://www.armbase.com/squares.gif All the best Bob Bob, to make sure what's going on make a button with a following script put

Profiles

2005-08-26 Thread Peter T. Evensen
Is anyone here using profiles? The htmlText in my fields keeps getting blown away (set to p/p) when I switch profiles. It is very annoying. I'm not sure if it is a bug or if I'm doing something wrong. I have a field with 3 profiles: Master, LevelA, and LevelB. The htmlText is different

Re: parse a line into fields

2005-08-26 Thread rev
Quoting Robert Brenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi there Bob, to make sure what's going on make a button with a following script put theNameOfYourField into f -- insert your field name here put empty into v get line (the hilitedlines of fld f) of fld f -- or just get line 1 repeat for each char i

Re: Mac Classic standalones

2005-08-26 Thread Dan Shafer
Yes and I don't know. On Aug 26, 2005, at 8:07 AM, Jeffrey Reynolds wrote: Is the Mac Classic Rev2.5 engine still functional to build standalone apps from Rev2.6 (osx)? Is there going to be a rev2.6 mac classic engine? ~~ Dan Shafer, Information

Re: parse a line into fields

2005-08-26 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Bob, That's not completely true: all accentuated vowels, ligatures, some signs like the copyright symbol and many other ones have an ASCII code greater than 126. Le 26 août 05 à 17:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : OK it is now clearer The lines look like

Re: Saluting the Menu Maven

2005-08-26 Thread simplsol
JAED, brilliant, talented.and gracious! Of course Jacque is the patron saint of xCarding. A measure of how good she is, is the way we all take her for granted. Paul Looney PS What do you think of adding an Addenda page to the scripting conference stacks? This could serve for all those

Re: parse a line into fields

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Wieder
Ken- Friday, August 26, 2005, 7:04:02 AM, you wrote: Something likes this (assuming your boxes are something like numToChar(1)): put replaceText(tData,numToChar(1) +,tab) into tData Even if it's not numToChar(1), how about put char 1 of tData into tDelimiter put replaceText(tData,

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Wieder
Ken- Friday, August 26, 2005, 7:13:32 AM, you wrote: How about the opposite? Stop using the *long* form... it means less typing and you get the same effect (see your subject line)... (he said, dodging fruit) ;-) ...in that case *all* my stacks would stop working... fruit A Modest

Dan's books -- where can I get chapters 13 - 20, 22-24, etc ?

2005-08-26 Thread Harvey Toyama
Hi List, I bought Software the Speed of Thought a while ago. I just downloaded the two smartbooks from the ShaferMedia site. The book contains chapters 1-12, and the two smartbooks cover chapters 21 and 25. Anyone have a release schedule for the other chapters? -- Harvey -- Harvey

Re: Two very simple questions

2005-08-26 Thread Jason Vickers
Gajo, I get that one a lot. I'm pretty sure that happens because you have Show Invisible Objects enabled under view. Go into the menu -- view and make sure Show Invisible Objects is not selected. That will hide that field and button in the Reference Document. When you exit the ref

Re: parse a line into fields

2005-08-26 Thread Robert Brenstein
Quoting Robert Brenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi there Bob, to make sure what's going on make a button with a following script put theNameOfYourField into f -- insert your field name here put empty into v get line (the hilitedlines of fld f) of fld f -- or just get line 1 repeat for each char i

Re: Saluting the Menu Maven

2005-08-26 Thread Dennis Brown
This is a good idea. One item that comes to mind for every conference is that the author usually has a prepared monologue of what they are going to present at the conference. I find it very choppy and hard to read in the broken up conference format. I have taken to editing the conference

Re: Help with webdesign (was: I need help!!!)

2005-08-26 Thread Marielle Lange
first of all Im new to html but I like learning it.I sometimes stay on my website looking for ways to improve it.but i don't make the things that are in my site.I want to make the template,the pictures,everything so I can truly say that I did my very own site.but I need help,because I only

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread J. Landman Gay
Mark Wieder wrote: Ken- Friday, August 26, 2005, 7:13:32 AM, you wrote: How about the opposite? Stop using the *long* form... it means less typing and you get the same effect (see your subject line)... (he said, dodging fruit) ;-) ...in that case *all* my stacks would stop working...

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Ken Ray
On 8/26/05 11:36 AM, Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken- Friday, August 26, 2005, 7:13:32 AM, you wrote: How about the opposite? Stop using the *long* form... it means less typing and you get the same effect (see your subject line)... (he said, dodging fruit) ;-) ...in that

Re: [FR] [EN] Arcade engine

2005-08-26 Thread Dom
Marielle Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Il y qqes liens dans le revolution-education wiki vers du code pour détection de collision / A few links on code for collision détection at: http://revolution.lexicall.org/wiki/tiki-index.php? page=TechniquesGamesPhysics Not really related, the

Re: Saluting the Menu Maven

2005-08-26 Thread J. Landman Gay
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JAED, brilliant, talented.and gracious! Of course Jacque is the patron saint of xCarding. A measure of how good she is, is the way we all take her for granted. Thank you. I will frame this and look at it on bad days. :) Paul Looney PS What do you think of

Re: Disclosure Triangles in Fields

2005-08-26 Thread Stephen Barncard
There is a ready to use example in the Objects library Hello Everyone, How do you provide disclosure triangles in a field? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Stephen Barncard
Thanks, Mark for those insights on the engine - the more we know how it works, the more we can get out of rev! sqb repeat while(x+1) 10 put word(x+1) of This is a test Although this is consistent, it still *looks* wrong to me... it looks like while and word are functions in the

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Mark, f3 c7? Sunk! ;-) Le 26 août 05 à 18:36, Mark Wieder a écrit : A Modest Proposal: How about if we eliminate both and enforce just a single-character typing convention for objects and numeric values only for object identification? That way field 3 of card 7 would come out to f3c7 for

How to pass a message to a substack (or back)?

2005-08-26 Thread Gajo Csaba
Hi, I have the main stack, and when I want to add a new item to a list a new dialog/substack is opened. Here the user can enter some information, and when he clicks on the OK button I want to send that information back to the main stack, so it would appear in the list. How can I do it? I

Re: Dan's books -- where can I get chapters 13 - 20, 22-24, etc ?

2005-08-26 Thread Dan Shafer
The chapter numbering is an artifact of the old publishing model, Harvey. I am not planning to release full volumes 2 3, but rather individual topic discussions like the two you downloaded. The chapter numbers on those will go away at some point; I kept them this way for now to avoid more

Re: How to pass a message to a substack (or back)?

2005-08-26 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Gabo, You could check the following entries in the docs: modal - command dialogData - property This combination will let you to run a handler displaying a custom window (using the modal command) where the user will have to make a choice to go on, then get back his choice (using the

terms... (Re: Dan's books -- where can I get chapters 13 - 20, 22-24, etc ?)

2005-08-26 Thread Andre Garzia
On Aug 26, 2005, at 2:32 PM, Dan Shafer wrote: The printing SmartEBook is in final editing now and should be released Real Soon Now (ancient software term meaning when the programmer finally releases the damn stuff). More will follow every 1-3 weeks thereafter as long as demand keeps up

RE: How to pass a message to a substack (or back)?

2005-08-26 Thread Lynch, Jonathan
Also - if you were to use global variables, they should work. Just remember that they need to be delcared for each script. Button in Substack: On Mousedown Global myGlobalVar Put 5 into myGlobalVar End Mousedown Button in mainstack: On mousedown Global myGlobalVar Answer myGlobalvar

Re: How to pass a message to a substack (or back)?

2005-08-26 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Gajo, Hi, I have the main stack, and when I want to add a new item to a list a new dialog/substack is opened. Here the user can enter some information, and when he clicks on the OK button I want to send that information back to the main stack, so it would appear in the list. this is a

Conference Stacks (was menu maven)

2005-08-26 Thread simplsol
Jacque, You wrote: Since I kind of doubt that people are using the Notes card at the end, I was thinking of putting additions in there. Of course, then folks have to remember to go look there. But it seems like a logical place to put it, and the card already exists. I agree. Another

RE: Dan's books -- where can I get chapters 13 - 20, 22-24, etc ?

2005-08-26 Thread Harvey Toyama
Hi Dan, Thanks for the clarification. Please do exagerate any sense of demand. I look forward to other chapters. -- Harvey -- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Shafer Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 10:32 AM To: How to use Revolution

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Stephen Barncard
Don't like that. Looks like APL to me. A major point of Transcript is to be easily HUMAN readable. Consider a rotten apple thrown. A Modest Proposal: How about if we eliminate both and enforce just a single-character typing convention for objects and numeric values only for object

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: I want more ways of addressing an object. I could really use an altname property. Put 8 into field altname myField This way I can address a field by either its name or its altname. I have a definite use for that. Currently you can address a field by its

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Stephen Barncard wrote: Thanks, Mark for those insights on the engine - the more we know how it works, the more we can get out of rev! sqb repeat while(x+1) 10 put word(x+1) of This is a test Although this is consistent, it still *looks* wrong to me... it looks like while

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Lynch, Jonathan wrote: I want more ways of addressing an object. I could really use an altname property. Put 8 into field altname myField This way I can address a field by either its name or its altname. I have a definite use for that. I'll bite: How? -- Richard Gaskin Managing Editor,

RE: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cdc2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Lynch, Jonathan
I have a table object that consists of fields which serve as cells, inside of groups which serve as rows, inside of a group which is the table. Each Row is named group mRow_1, mRow_2, mRow_3 etc... When you drag a row so that it is moved in between two other rows, its name is changed. Each row

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
J. Landman Gay wrote: Mark Wieder wrote: How about the opposite? Stop using the *long* form... it means less typing and you get the same effect (see your subject line)... A Modest Proposal: How about if we eliminate both and enforce just a single-character typing convention for objects and

RE: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Lynch, Jonathan
I want more ways of addressing an object. I could really use an altname property. Put 8 into field altname myField This way I can address a field by either its name or its altname. I have a definite use for that. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cdc2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Lynch, Jonathan wrote: I have a table object that consists of fields which serve as cells, inside of groups which serve as rows, inside of a group which is the table. Each Row is named group mRow_1, mRow_2, mRow_3 etc... When you drag a row so that it is moved in between two other rows, its

RE: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cdc2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Lynch, Jonathan
My software creates and deletes tons of objects on the fly. I just looked at a new field's prop inspector, and its id was 97807 Oh dear... What happens if I hit the limit on id length? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Gaskin

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cdc2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Lynch, Jonathan wrote: My software creates and deletes tons of objects on the fly. I just looked at a new field's prop inspector, and its id was 97807 Watch out! Only 999,902,193 IDs left to go. :) I'm not sure what happens if the engine runs out of IDs. Mr. Waddingham, what's the word?

RE: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cdc2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Lynch, Jonathan
No way to re-use - the data is stored in custom props and displayed in tables. The tables are constantly deleted and created as needed. If I did not do this, the program could easily wind up occupying gigabites of ram when it is running. How does the program keep track of id counts? I would think

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cdc2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Dick Kriesel
On 8/26/05 11:49 AM, Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think altID is the way to go because it also lets you reference things numerically snip b) Valid ID numbers go up to 2 billion Valid altID numbers go up to only 65535. create button repeat with i = 65535 to 65537 set the altID

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cdc2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Dick Kriesel wrote: On 8/26/05 11:49 AM, Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think altID is the way to go because it also lets you reference things numerically snip b) Valid ID numbers go up to 2 billion Valid altID numbers go up to only 65535. create button repeat with i =

Dan Shafer's E-books

2005-08-26 Thread CHARLES W SZASZ
Have anybody heard what is propose for those of us who originally paid for three volumes of Dan's Revolution book? I have the first book as PDF and the two chapters. I am hoping that the original purchasers of all three volumes of Dan's books do not have to pay again for these books.

RE: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cdc2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Lynch, Jonathan
Why does the alt id need to be an integer? And it should be addressed in this form: Field altID xyz not file ID xyz Would you guys agree? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Gaskin Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 4:25 PM To: How to

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cdc2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Lynch, Jonathan wrote: No way to re-use - the data is stored in custom props and displayed in tables. The tables are constantly deleted and created as needed. If I did not do this, the program could easily wind up occupying gigabites of ram when it is running. If you reuse the objects there

Re: Installers for Mac / Linux?

2005-08-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Derek Bump wrote: My suggestion would be to follow what is traditional for the platform. A setup from for Windows. A DMG for MacOS X. Amen, brother. I love DMGs for many reasons, not the least of which is that it liberates us from the strange pricing practices of so many installer vendors:

Re: Mac Classic standalones

2005-08-26 Thread Jeffrey Reynolds
hmm, well i have tried using the rev2.5 engine installed in my rev2.6 osx authoring system (using rev to uncompress the os92.5 rev as jacque advised and installed in the engines folder) and when i build apps with the os9 engine they appear to be pretty much non functional. openstack scripts

Re: Conference Stacks (was menu maven)

2005-08-26 Thread J. Landman Gay
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jacque, You wrote: Since I kind of doubt that people are using the Notes card at the end, I was thinking of putting additions in there. Of course, then folks have to remember to go look there. But it seems like a logical place to put it, and the card already exists.

Re: Mac Classic standalones

2005-08-26 Thread Dan Shafer
Hmmm. This may explain why my SmartEBooks don't work in OS9 either. I'm going to go build those standalones in Rev 2.5 and see if they work then. I'll report back. On Aug 26, 2005, at 1:49 PM, Jeffrey Reynolds wrote: hmm, well i have tried using the rev2.5 engine installed in my

Re: Dan Shafer's E-books

2005-08-26 Thread Dan Shafer
Charles. Having sent me a private email on this subject, I wish you had waited for me to reply before posting this in the general forum. Back when the decision was jointly made by me and RunRev to abandon the idea of producing Vol 2 3 of the series as printed books, I wrote every

Re: Mac Classic standalones

2005-08-26 Thread Malte Brill
the os9 standalones build fine from osx 2.6 authoring system, they just dont function properly after booting. not sure what i am doing wrong... thanks jeff Hi Jeff, there is nothing you do wrong. I can confirm this behaviour. I only was able to build for 9 under 2.5. In 2.6 builts my

Re: Mac Classic standalones

2005-08-26 Thread Dan Shafer
Confirmed. I can build this application under Rev 2.5.1 for OS9 and it works exactly as expected. If I build the same app under 2.6, it comes up with a blank window and stares at me. Huge problem, obviously, but glad I kept 2.5.1 around. On Aug 26, 2005, at 2:45 PM, Dan Shafer wrote:

What Just got Clicked

2005-08-26 Thread Todd Geist
Hello, I have been playing around with ChartMaker from Flexible Learning. It is a very cool little tool! -- Todd Geist __ G e i s t i n t e r a c t i v e Once my chart is created, I would like to be able to drill down on the graph elements. So I need to

Re: when do you use a hard space today? / Text Handling Features

2005-08-26 Thread Dave Calkins
On Aug 16, 2005, at 8:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Re: when do you use a hard space today? Reply-To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com At 4:29 PM -0700 8/15/2005, Erik Hansen wrote: --- Ken Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hardly ever... the only times I've

Re: What Just got Clicked

2005-08-26 Thread Dick Kriesel
On 8/26/05 8:37 PM, Todd Geist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or is there some way for the card to know which slice of the pie was clicked On? Is there some property that is set with each object that a message passes through? I am flailing about here :( If you knew the ChartMaker controls,

Re: when do you use a hard space today? / Text Handling Features

2005-08-26 Thread J. Landman Gay
Dave Calkins wrote: I believe that there are a couple of text handling features that would greatly enhance Rev and many types of applications that we work with. I know it would make a big difference to me. A. An indent paragraph textStyle property. See the firstIndent property in the

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cdc2 of wd w2

2005-08-26 Thread Dick Kriesel
BugZilla 3089: make the range of altIDs match the range of object IDs And it already has a vote! (One vote was all I had left.) -- Dick On 8/26/05 1:25 PM, Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dick Kriesel wrote: On 8/26/05 11:49 AM, Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think

Re: What Just got Clicked

2005-08-26 Thread Todd Geist
Thanks Dick I am trying another approach, but I am stuck again. Isn't there a way to iterate through the controls in a group? Repeat for Control in group ID ? do some stuff End repeat Or some thing like that Thanks Todd On 8/26/05 8:37 PM, Todd Geist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello,

help on open file

2005-08-26 Thread Paul Salyers
Dear RunRev programmers I have the need to open a word file from the app. I have the word file on my same path as my rev app. but using the suggested command it do not work, any reason why? This is the programming line I'm using: on mouseUp launch textfile.doc end mouseUp the textfile.doc

Re: help on open file

2005-08-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Paul Salyers wrote: Dear RunRev programmers I have the need to open a word file from the app. I have the word file on my same path as my rev app. but using the suggested command it do not work, any reason why? This is the programming line I'm using: on mouseUp launch textfile.doc end