Re: Installerless installation on OSX?

2006-04-16 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On 4/14/06, Peter T. Evensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A large number of .dmg files that I have downloaded lately have two icons: the app and a folder shortcut to the user's Applications folder, which a background graphic (don't ask me how they do that.. I haven't looked into it) directing them

[ANN] STS/MLXEditor 2.0 Available

2006-04-16 Thread Ken Ray
Hey everyone - Alex Rice and I have collaborated in upgrading his 1.0 verison of the MLXEditor, the Revolution plugin that lets you use an external text editor for script editing, to 2.0. The new version provides Transcript modules for BBEdit, SubEthaEdit, and TextMate; these modules provide

problems with find command

2006-04-16 Thread Martin Meili
Hi Paul and Jeanne Is the don't search property set to true for this field? --No, it isn't set to true. Is it a sharedText set to true? --No, it isn't set to true, either. Paul Looney Have you previously used the find command on the same card, finding the same thing? --Yes, I did so. The

Re: videograbber sound encoding preferences

2006-04-16 Thread Richard Miller
Paolo, Try the following command just before starting to record: RevSetVideoGrabAudio true, audiochannels, audiobits, audiofrequeny audiochannels = 1 or 2 audiobits = 8 or 16 audiofrequency = 11025, 22050 or 44100 I tend to use: RevSetVideoGrabAudio true, 1, 8, 11025 Hope that helps.

Re: Installerless installation on OSX?

2006-04-16 Thread Scott Morrow
In order to get a background picture the image file must reside on the disk image itself. Create the image (a JPEG will work) and copy it to the disk image. In the Finder choose Show View Options from under the View menu and set the background to Picture After setting the background

Re: Product Feedback

2006-04-16 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Jerry, I understood exactly what you meant the first time and this just verifies it to me. I don't think a recant was necessary but the update and clarification is good. I think this is very relative to this list as it refers to a developer (REV is a developer, and some of us are

RE: Product Feedback

2006-04-16 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Interesting - I think you might have your comments set up in an odd way - they all say that they are coming from Jerry, whom I assume hasn't acquired a fractured personality since viewing the Easter Bunny video :-) Hi Lynn, All three comments were in fact form Jerry. I think it

Re: Product Feedback

2006-04-16 Thread Jerry Daniels
Thanks for the ack (acknowledgement), Tom. I do, like everyone else here, have my opinions on what I'd do or not do if I were in Kevin or Mark's shoes. And I've expressed some of them in my blog (http://daniels-mara.com/galaxy_blog/?p=6), but I also know that I only have non-participant's

[ANN] Galaxy Free - Coming Soon!

2006-04-16 Thread Jerry Daniels
Colleagues, Our company (http://daniels-mara.com), in conjunction with Trevor DeVore from Blue Mango Learning Systems (http://mangomultimedia.com) is putting together a Revolution IDE framework called Galaxy(http:// daniels-mara.com/galaxy_blog/?page_id=4) and we've started a blog called

Re: Product Feedback

2006-04-16 Thread Jerry Daniels
Lynn, I was breaking my blog (http://daniels-mara.com/galaxy_blog/?p=6) into bite-sized chunks by commenting on my own comments! Jerry Voice: 512.879.6286 Skype: jerry.daniels 42.7 PERCENT OF ALL STATISTICS ARE MADE UP ON THE SPOT. On Apr 16, 2006, at 9:28 AM, Lynn Fredricks wrote:

Sendkey

2006-04-16 Thread Richard Miller
I'm looking for a simple way, under XP, to send a key combination to the OS from within Rev. I have a program running in the background under Windows that I need to send Ctrl-4 or Ctrl-5 to from inside my Rev app. Can I do this using the shell command and vbscript or is there another or

Re: [ANN] Galaxy Free - Coming Soon!

2006-04-16 Thread Troy Rollins
On Apr 16, 2006, at 11:25 AM, Jerry Daniels wrote: We've laid out a product road map (http://daniels-mara.com/ galaxy_blog/?page_id=3) so you can see where we're headed and offer feedback. We've, of course, shared our thoughts with Kevin and he expressed enthusiasm for our direction and

Re: Product Feedback

2006-04-16 Thread Rob Cozens
Hi Jerry, I've written a blog that covers some of my feelings about this stuff... Is Comment #3 (What would happen if the folks at Runtime Revolution read “Getting Real” by 37signals a second time and decided to revamp their company?) your proposed answer to comment #1 (If I were Kevin and

Re: [ANN] Galaxy Free - Coming Soon!

2006-04-16 Thread Jerry Daniels
Troy, We now have a FAQ on the blog that answers this question: http:// daniels-mara.com/galaxy_blog/?page_id=8 Short answer: good news...Galaxy Free works with Rev IDE components OR Constellation components. As Galaxy Lite and Studio get released you can switch to that and get credit for

Re: Product Feedback

2006-04-16 Thread Richard Gaskin
Rob Cozens wrote: In this “brave new world” there would be no: - menu manager - geometry manager - debugger - var watcher - message watcher - standalone builder - pseudo table objects - application browser - database access manager Sounds quite a bit like MetaCard, no?

Re: Product Feedback

2006-04-16 Thread Jerry Daniels
Rob, I didn't want to get into this on the list...i'm not sure if falls under the category of helping people use Revolution. I'd prefer to take this on the blog (http://daniels-mara.com/galaxy_blog) and not add to the glog here. Disclaimer: my semi-radical thoughts about a revamped Rev

Re: Product Feedback

2006-04-16 Thread Jerry Daniels
I think the existing channels are great. No complaint. I only said I wouldn't read the list if I were the dev team. Should the tone become more helpful, or the consensus of opinion become less fractionated, then I'd view it more. Bugzilla, list, forums - all good in my opinion. Best,

Re: Product Feedback

2006-04-16 Thread Jerry Muelver
Richard Gaskin wrote: Rob Cozens wrote: In this “brave new world” there would be no: - menu manager - geometry manager - debugger - var watcher - message watcher - standalone builder - pseudo table objects - application browser - database access manager Sounds quite a bit

Re: Product Feedback

2006-04-16 Thread Bob Warren
Richard Gaskin wrote: Maybe a fresh coat of paint and a one-click installer would be all that's needed to share the tried-and-true nearly-zero-defect simplicity of MC with more people Do it. I'd be your first customer if it could be run on Linux. At the moment I'm choking on bloat and

Help with custom properties (or something like that)

2006-04-16 Thread Cubist
I've run into a weird problem which I can*not*, for the life of me, understand or solve. Let me explain, in hopes that *somebody* out there can clue me in... I'm working with MetaCard 2.4.1, running under MacOS 9.0.2 (it serves my needs, what can I say?). I have a stack with a custom

Re: Help with custom properties (or something like that)

2006-04-16 Thread Sarah Reichelt
I'm working with MetaCard 2.4.1, running under MacOS 9.0.2 (it serves my needs, what can I say?). I have a stack with a custom property called AdMailTemplate. This property contains a file. I know it's *in* there, because the statement answer the length of (the AdMailTemplate of this

Re: Product Feedback

2006-04-16 Thread Dan Shafer
For some reason, I felt compelled to say this. Old saw in the software biz. If you ask your customers to design the next release for you, you'll get Version 1.1 but never 2.0. On 4/16/06, Bob Warren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard Gaskin wrote: Maybe a fresh coat of paint and a one-click

Re: Help with custom properties (or something like that)

2006-04-16 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 6:22 PM -0400 4/16/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working with MetaCard 2.4.1, running under MacOS 9.0.2 (it serves my needs, what can I say?). I have a stack with a custom property called AdMailTemplate. This property contains a file. I know it's *in* there, because the statement

Re: [ANN] Galaxy Free - Coming Soon!

2006-04-16 Thread Jerry Daniels
For those who have tried to view the Galaxy Product Roadmap and were unable to view it properly in your browser or if it was too small try it again now. http://daniels-mara.com/galaxy_blog/?page_id=3 If you click the small roadmap, it will appear in a separate window full sized. Best,

[ANN] RevZilla 2.0.6 Available

2006-04-16 Thread Ken Ray
Just a quick note to let you all know that RevZilla 2.0.6 is now available, and fixes a bug where the components option button in Windows did not have its menuLines set properly so you couldn't select from all of the available components. It also provides a more graceful error dialog when it

Re: Help with custom properties (or something like that)

2006-04-16 Thread Raymond Griffith
On 4/16/06 6:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've run into a weird problem which I can*not*, for the life of me, understand or solve. Let me explain, in hopes that *somebody* out there can clue me in... I'm working with MetaCard 2.4.1, running under MacOS 9.0.2

Re: [ANN] Galaxy Free - Coming Soon!

2006-04-16 Thread Jerry Daniels
Troy, Let me clarify this a little more...my previous response was poorly worded. You own Constellation and the Gadgets. You get a year of free upgrades with your purchase. If you choose to switch to Galaxy Lite, Studio, Professional or Enterprise, you will be given free months of

OT: backups

2006-04-16 Thread Mark Wieder
All- Off topic, but there are some smart and savvy people on this list so I thought I'd ask... Does anyone have any recommendations for backup systems? What I'm currently using: a mixed OSX and Windows 2k system running Retrospect Server 6.5 on a Win2k server box, backing up four computers to a

Re: OT: backups

2006-04-16 Thread Stephen Barncard
This one works for me FoldersSynchronizer - 3.5.4 http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/1682 backing up large disks over networks sucks. I'd suggest getting a moveable firewire for each workstation if the data is important at all. sqb All- Off topic, but there are some

Re: OT: backups

2006-04-16 Thread James Z
This isn't quite what you want but... I keep all my documents in one directory (containing many sub directories.) when I backup to a DVD I only need to copy the one directory. The benefit: everything gets copied to the backup and you don't have to worry that anything isn't backed up.. The

Anyone know how many revolution users there are?

2006-04-16 Thread James Z
I'm curious as to how many licensed revolution users there are.support features (list, forum, conference, downloaded videos, etc.) there must be a fairly large number of users to fund all this. James Z. ___ use-revolution mailing list

What happens to a field dragged off the card

2006-04-16 Thread James Z
I accidentally dragged a field off of my card (off the edge of the card) and its gone. Can I get it back or is it gone forever? James Z. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: What happens to a field dragged off the card

2006-04-16 Thread Marty Knapp
James, It's probably just out of view - expand the stack window and you should find it. In the event that you dragged it quite far, you may need to type into the message box set the loc of field the name of the field to 100,100. If you didn't give it a name check for its ID in the stack

Re: OT: backups

2006-04-16 Thread Chipp Walters
Mark, Please check out www.foldershare.com It's an Austin company recently purchased by MicroSoft. And the software rocks on both Macs and PC's. I use it on 4 of my computers. You of course already know about MagicCarpet, Altuit's own version control/archival software. Altuit also has

Re: What happens to a field dragged off the card

2006-04-16 Thread James Z
Thanks Marty, I got my field back, appreciate the help. James Z. Ps any idea how to get the field back in supercard? I dragged the window there as a test. On 4/16/06 9:55 PM, Marty Knapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James, It's probably just out of view - expand the stack window and you should