Re: OT: Apple at 30 - My Piece of the Big Fruit

Similar story, I was beta testing a Lisa at Chevron Research and we justified the purchase ($10K as I recall) solely on on the project management software app on the Lisa. Kee Nethery On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Jim Carwardine wrote: A year or so later, Apple came out with MacProject and I use

Re: ODBC connection to MS SQL 2000 help needed

Ruslan- Friday, March 31, 2006, 12:48:58 PM, you wrote: > Mark, I am not big expert of ODBC, but I remember that ODBC have few levels > of implementations. Some levels of ODBC do support only forward cursors. > This is issue of particular ODBC driver. No, it isn't. The odbc dll that ships with R

RE: Rev Media and the product line gap

Damn... that's my favorite category :-) Judy "he that knows little oft repeats it..." On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Lynn Fredricks wrote: > Its okay if we have one inventive user, but invective users have to go :-) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolutio

RE: ODBC connection to MS SQL 2000 help needed

--- Lynn Fredricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you were to prioritize improvements to database > access in Revolution, > what would you want? > > Best regards, > > > Lynn Fredricks > Worldwide Business Operations > Runtime Revolution, Ltd > Ooh, where shall I start? *grins as he cracks

Re: Rev Media and the product line gap

Here, here! It IS the sweet spot.. and relegating it to the "none of the above" spot in my view at least, damns us to the "fuhgettabuddit" spot of never-neverLand. I mean, I DO use the "none of the above' in multiple-guess exams... and only rarely is it used to support an intelligent guess. I su

Re: Insert into back script logic

Ah, Sarah & Richard, Thanks for the responses. I will test one or two configurations, and probably go with a field and place useage the notes in the field. This is in-house software that will get very complicated over the next 6 months, but there cannot be a good blue print now since the project

Re: OT: Apple at 30 - My Piece of the Big Fruit

Wow. Cool story! Judy On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Jim Carwardine wrote: > A friend and I were responsible for the introduction of Macs to Saudi > Arabia. In about 1985, he came to me with this article on the Mac Plus and > said, hey look at this. Want to get one? We went to the local Apple dealer

Re: How do I remotely change the selectedText of a button and then save it?

--- William de Smet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Klaus, > > This does what I want but then I lose al the > available options in the > 'options' btn. > I am making an educational stack with levels. In the > teacher part the > teacher can choose the right startinglevel (1.1 to > 1.5). After m

Re: How do I remotely change the selectedText of a button and then save it?

Thanks Klaus, This does what I want but then I lose al the available options in the 'options' btn. I am making an educational stack with levels. In the teacher part the teacher can choose the right startinglevel (1.1 to 1.5). After making the exercise the script needs to update the level automatic

Re: login

liamlambert wrote from the beautiful nation of Ireland: I was wondering what is the best way to go about building a login for an app or is there an example out there I could have a look at. Can you tell us a bit more about what you're looking for? One of the common trouble spots in my early

Re: Can't pass array function result as parameter

On Mar 31, 2006, at 8:59 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: If all else fails, you can always declare a local script variable to hold the array and then just use that. No passing of anything required. Or you could try passing the variable by reference (add an @ sign in front of the parameter) which

Re: Insert into back script logic

Jim Ault wrote: The question: Does the following insert the script of this card into back mean that the card script at the card level will also be in the hierarchy trapping messages as well as in the back, or by inserting it into the back, this becomes its one-and-only position? It shou

Re: Can't pass array function result as parameter

James Spencer wrote: Basically, sometimes you can pass an array and sometimes you can't. Thanks Jacque. This helped and I believe it has to be describing the source of my problem although I haven't completely worked out the semantics for my particular case. Bottom line, it is not a bug per

RE: Rev Media and the product line gap

> Maybe I'm just stubborn. (Naw, couldn't be!) :-) > > But, dammit Lynn, I believe I'm not being too immodest when I > say that I'm the inventor of the term "inventive user" and > that that gives me *some* standing in defining it. Its okay if we have one inventive user, but invective users have

Re: Insert into back script logic

> I am asking this time since I don't have a moment to spare before Sat AM. > > I want to implement a design change into a rather complex program that uses > one card in one stack. > > The question: > Does the following > insert the script of this card into back > > mean that the card script at

Re: Can't pass array function result as parameter

On Mar 30, 2006, at 10:44 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: James Spencer wrote: My problem is that while the debugger shows tArray in my mouseUp handler to be valid and shows it to have been correctly modified, when I step into the library code for LibUseDifferentArray, it shows pArray as em

login

I was wondering what is the best way to go about building a login for an app or is there an example out there I could have a look at. thanks Liam Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRELAND ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: screen flicker after a CR is typed - v2.7.1-dp-1

Stephen While I am not yet using 2.7, I do have 2.7-rc2 here and I just ran it up and tested this. No prob. Since your 2.7 is at the very first release, my guess is that this problem, if it ever existed, is fixed. On 3/31/06, Stephen Barncard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just started to

Re: Rev Media and the product line gap

Then I stand corrected. And it's nice to know that there are some trained professional programmers out there in RevolutionLand! On 3/31/06, Jerry Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dan, > > I wish I was an inventive user. It sounds fun. But I do this for a > living and was trained--initially

Re: How do I remotely change the selectedText of a button and then save it?

HI William, Hi there, I have a btn "options" on card "test" of stack 'B' with 5 options from 1.1 to 1.5 . On stack 'A' I have a 'check' button and I remotely try to change one of the options and then save it. On the 'check' button I use: on mouseUp if field "score" = 5 then set the label of btn

Re: Rev Media and the product line gap

Dan, I wish I was an inventive user. It sounds fun. But I do this for a living and was trained--initially by a small Chinese woman from Southern Illinois University with a very high voice and a love of punch cards--in 1968. I use Revolution because I like it and can make a living at it.

screen flicker after a CR is typed - v2.7.1-dp-1

I just started to notice this... there is an inordinate amount of screen flicker after a CR is typed that I didn't see before in fields in Rev. This is compared to a field in TextEdit. It gets worse if the field is enlarged. This is especially noticeable if there is something dark behind the

Insert into back script logic

Hi, all, I am asking this time since I don't have a moment to spare before Sat AM. I want to implement a design change into a rather complex program that uses one card in one stack. The question: Does the following insert the script of this card into back mean that the card script at the c

Change the order of stacks in Application Browser?

Rev 2.6.1 Greetings, Is it possible to change the order that stacks show up in the "Application Browser" of Rev Studio? I have sheets and drawers and want to sort them so the drawers are listed first and then the sheets. I just need some organization to the list, it helps me keep track of

Re: Rev Media and the product line gap

Maybe I'm just stubborn. (Naw, couldn't be!) :-) But, dammit Lynn, I believe I'm not being too immodest when I say that I'm the inventor of the term "inventive user" and that that gives me *some* standing in defining it. Chipp and I talked about this a bit on the phone earlier. My view is that if

How do I remotely change the selectedText of a button and then save it?

Hi there, I have a btn "options" on card "test" of stack 'B' with 5 options from 1.1 to 1.5 . On stack 'A' I have a 'check' button and I remotely try to change one of the options and then save it. On the 'check' button I use: on mouseUp if field "score" = 5 then set the label of btn "options" of c

Re: Text Processing

On 3/28/06, Dave Calkins 1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried to email Tuviah, to find out the status of these elements, but > the message was bounced back as undelivered. Is Tuviah still part of > the Rev team? > > Not for quite some time, Dave. > --

Re: Making the move...

I agree. Useful discussion for things I'm thinking hard about these days as I move away from Ruby on Rails and look for Rev-centric approaches to the software projects I want to build. On 3/28/06, Sivakatirswami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I mean if the SSI returns data to the HTML page instea

Re: OT: Apple at 30 - My Piece of the Big Fruit

As Lynn said as he started this thread, he imagined that I and other long-time MacZealots might have some thoughts to share on this topic. I decided my thoughts were too long (and perhaps too personal) to post in this forum, but you can read them at my blog over at http://www.danshafer.com/onemind

OT HELP! qMAIL-->Sendmail not working from Rev CGI's

We migrated our content to a new server and Rev is running well, very little reconfig, everything is working almost perfectly, right out of the box. but i cannot get Rev to open the mail process. The box is running Fedora CORE 3 and managed by the PLESK control panel which uses qMail Su

Re: ODBC connection to MS SQL 2000 help needed

I would'nt say anything else Kevin and All. Thanks Stephen to let us know about your experience of Trevor's DB lib ;-) Best Regards, Incorporate Trevor's DB Library into RevDB. I found working with RevDB incomprehensible. Nice to have the primitives there, but I as a designer am more inte

Re: ODBC connection to MS SQL 2000 help needed

On 3/31/06 10:26 PM, "Mark Wieder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If you were to prioritize improvements to database access in Revolution, >> what would you want? > > Well, it's hard to find fault with stephen's response, but also... > to put it in a nutshell, I think the functionality should mat

Re: OT: Apple at 30 - My Piece of the Big Fruit

A friend and I were responsible for the introduction of Macs to Saudi Arabia. In about 1985, he came to me with this article on the Mac Plus and said, hey look at this. Want to get one? We went to the local Apple dealer - yes, there were Apple IIs in Saudi. The dealer told he wouldn't order any

Re: preOpenStack, openStack in Card 1?? Rules conformation.

Hi Jeanne, This complements and clarifies Jims comments. Thanks " and the Lord said - Let there be light - and there was light ! and you could see for miles and miles !" -Francis ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.

preOpenStack, openStack in Card 1?? Rules conformation.

Hi Jim, Thanks for coding up in a logical way something I should have done myself, if I could have got my head around it !. After absorbing your scripts and playing around a little, I think I will end up finally understanding message paths (after more than 10 years on HC) ! Best from Paris -Fra

Re: ODBC connection to MS SQL 2000 help needed

Lynn- Friday, March 31, 2006, 8:40:19 AM, you wrote: > If you were to prioritize improvements to database access in Revolution, > what would you want? Well, it's hard to find fault with stephen's response, but also... to put it in a nutshell, I think the functionality should match the marketing

Re: OT: Apple at 30 - My Piece of the Big Fruit

those dev cds are great! I always waited each month to see what clever title and cool graphics were going to be on them (as well as all the goodies they contained!). certainly more creative and entertaining than all the other tech cds i had on the shelf... cheers, Jeffrey Reynolds On Ma

ODBC connection to MS SQL 2000 help needed

Ahhh, you pose THE question for me to feast on :) Lynn Fredricks wrote: >If you were to prioritize improvements to database access >in Revolution, what >would you want? You mention improvements. I would first request that you apply fixes to all outstanding bugs related to the database libraries

Re: Menu Item Question

At 5:16 AM -0500 3/31/2006, John Miller wrote: Is there a way to designate a keyboard shortcut in the menubar that requires the user to use "shift-ctrl" or "shift-cmd"? The short answer is "no". (The request has been bugzilla'd - - i

RE: ODBC connection to MS SQL 2000 help needed

Incorporate Trevor's DB Library into RevDB. I found working with RevDB incomprehensible. Nice to have the primitives there, but I as a designer am more interested in writing code for getting data in and out of a database, not having to keep track of the cursor. If you were to prioritize

Re: OT: Apple at 30 - My Piece of the Big Fruit

Richard- Friday, March 31, 2006, 12:07:36 AM, you wrote: > OpenDoc evangelism ...is that another oxymoron?... -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsu

Re: ODBC connection to MS SQL 2000 help needed

ODBC has always SUCKED, and still sucks the big one. It's like getting your data through a straw with a bunch of tape to plug the leaks. Don't blame RunRev for that. I'm writing a complex MySQL based project with Rev and Trevor's externals. In a word - it rocks! sqb -- stephen barncard s a n

RE: ODBC connection to MS SQL 2000 help needed

> All that is true. I built a test harness for the database > functions and MySQL comes through fine. If you don't > absolutely *need* odbc functionality you might consider going > with MySQL or SQLite. Or Valentina (I had to beat Ruslan to > the draw here...). If you have real clients with exi

RE: OT: Apple at 30 - My Piece of the Big Fruit

Hi Mark, > > Ive been watching the nostalgia building over the last week for the > > Apple 30th anniversary (this Saturday on April 1) and > starting to feel > > a little nostalgic myself (digging out my much loved PowerCD). It > > wouldn't surprise > > Thanks for an enjoyable read. I still h

Re: Image Contrast

Hi David, Guess you could use a black background to darken the image - is there any difference between this effect and adjusting the velocity of the pixels? Image manipulation is not my strong suit; so I can't answer that for you. I was looking for a simple way to adjust contrast to hel

Re: What happen with function screenloc() and screenrect()?

Jeanne DeVoto, thank you very much. You have a great idea, that maybe solve this problem for me. I think about this solution. Best regards, Gilberto Cuba - Original Message - From: "Jeanne A. E. DeVoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "How to use Revolution" Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 200

Re: What happen with function screenloc() and screenrect()?

Ken Ray, thank you very much for your answer. I using 2.6.1 version and now I know to bind with this detail, because many many people that work with me in the national project use the 2.6.1 version and the version 2.7 have the incompatibilities with older versions. Best regards, Gilberto Cub

Can't save as

I keep two copies of the stack I'm working on and save frequently because I'm running 2.7 under Windows XP. From time to time the "Save as..." menu item stops working. Only re-start seems to fix the problem. Has anyone else experienced this undocumented feature? _

Re: How I can show image on stack by script and insert or update or delete or select image on stack into Database?

Salaam Supote, Hi everybody Why I can't to show image on stack by script? maybe you didn't try hard enough? ,-) I want to know syntax that use to show image? If you already have an image object in your stack: 1. reference an image: ... set the filename of img "your image here" to

Re: Question about text cgis

Jim, apologies - when I tried this last night, I just kept getting errors, but this morning, it seems to work just fine. Best, Mark On 30 Mar 2006, at 21:24, Jim Ault wrote: Try these steps : put "script01"&".txt" into FN put "c:/my documents/" into pathh set the script of this card to url

Re: Projection Question

OK, multiple monitor basics: Mirroring In mirroring mode, what you see on the second monitor (in this case a projector) will be identical to what you see on your laptop. This is what most people use when plugging in a projector, in some cases becuase their hardware can't do anything else. I

Re: OT: Apple at 30 - My Piece of the Big Fruit

jeffrey reynolds wrote: does anyone remember the Sinclair Z80? my first computer to own. whopping 32mb or ram and a micro tape drive (audio dictation tape) for its storage! what fun! Jeffrey, I wonder if maybe you mean the ZX81? - The ZX80 came with something like maybe 1K of ram as I rec

Re: Apple at 30 - My Piece of the Big Fruit

Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi, I'm woking on an ftp client for the Mac, exactly because the Finder doesn't deal with FTP too well. I thought Windows users wouldn't have much of an interest in a simple and easy-to-use yet feature-stuffed and good-looking FTP client ;-) If there is a market for i

How I can show image on stack by script and insert or update or delete or select image on stack into Database?

Hi everybody Why I can't to show image on stack by script? I want to know syntax that use to show image? In addition, how to insert or update or delete or select image on stack into Database(Sybase)? Please suggest me. Thank you very much. Best Regard, Supote Songthammawat __

Menu Item Question

Hello All, Is there a way to designate a keyboard shortcut in the menubar that requires the user to use "shift-ctrl" or "shift-cmd"? I'm not asking how to write a script to do this. What I am interested in knowing is if you can get Revoltution to display the shortcut to the right of the

How to use Character Encoding in Runrev V. 2.5.1 in order to swap or translate multilanguage (same as on menu bar in Explorer or Mozilla)

Help me, please I want to know how to use Character Encoding in Runrev V. 2.5.1 in order to swap or translate multilanguage (same as on menu bar in Explorer or Mozilla). If you know please suggest me. Thank you very much. Best Regard, Supote Songthammawat ___

Projection Question

Ian, Thanks for taking time to respond. I'm not sure I understand. I am using a laptop that only has one screen. Is there a way to send just a portion of the screen to the projector while continuing work on the rest of the screen? Thanks, John __

Re: How to use Character Encoding in Runrev V. 2.5.1 (same as no menu bar in Explorer or Mozilla)

Salaam Supote, Help me, please I want to know how to use Character Encoding in Runrev V. 2.5.1 (same as no menu bar in Explorer or Mozilla). If you know please suggest me. you probably mean "...as ON menu bar..." :-) Please check this in the docs: mactoiso isotomac uniencode unidecod

How to use Character Encoding in Runrev V. 2.5.1 (same as no menu bar in Explorer or Mozilla)

Help me, please I want to know how to use Character Encoding in Runrev V. 2.5.1 (same as no menu bar in Explorer or Mozilla). If you know please suggest me. Thank you very much. Best Regard, Supote Songthammawat ___ use-revolution mailing list us

How to use Character Encoding in Runrev V. 2.5.1 (same as no menu bar in Explorer or Mozilla)

Help me, please I want to know how to use Character Encoding in Runrev V. 2.5.1 (same as no menu bar in Explorer or Mozilla). If you know please suggest me. Thank you very much. Best Regard, Supote Songthammawat ___ use-revolution mailing list u

Re: Apple at 30 - My Piece of the Big Fruit

Hi, I'm woking on an ftp client for the Mac, exactly because the Finder doesn't deal with FTP too well. I thought Windows users wouldn't have much of an interest in a simple and easy-to-use yet feature-stuffed and good-looking FTP client ;-) If there is a market for it, I'll adjust the client

Re: Question about text cgis

Hi Jaqueline, Jim Ault wrote: I can't make this work - from a text cgi, anyway, I assume because in a text cgi, there is no 'this card' or 'this stack'. I also tried having an empty stack in the cgi-bin directory, and setting it's script to a text file from the original text cgi, and then put

Re: OT: Apple at 30 - My Piece of the Big Fruit

Mark Wieder wrote: I still haven't been able to bring myself to throw away my OpenDoc dev cds... sigh... I still have Apple's OpenDoc evangelism video -- sometimes I pull it out and it occurs to me, "Hey, that's Rev". :) -- Richard Gaskin Managing Editor, revJournal _

Re: OT: Apple at 30 - My Piece of the Big Fruit

Lynn- Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 7:20:54 PM, you wrote: > Ive been watching the nostalgia building over the last week for the Apple > 30th anniversary (this Saturday on April 1) and starting to feel a little > nostalgic myself (digging out my much loved PowerCD). It wouldn't surprise Thanks for