Legacy format from code.

2006-06-09 Thread Alex Shaw
hi Started my first serious project with the 2.7.x series last week have to say 2.7.2 seems almost as stable as 2.6.1 :) The project is a simple 6-card CMS which dynamically creates the static files for the clients site from HTML templates.. great, easy stuff to do in rev... in fact, the

Re: libURLDownloadToFile noob problem

2006-06-09 Thread Dave Cragg
On 9 Jun 2006, at 03:18, Josh Mellicker wrote: I have never used libURLDownloadToFile, my first attempt was unsuccessful :( My code: ON mouseUp libURLSetFTPMode passive -- I tried active also answer folder where? libURLDownloadToFile ftp://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/

Re: ToolTip Staying Power

2006-06-09 Thread Kay C Lan
On 6/9/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to force ToolTips to STAY VISIBLE until the mouse pointer is moved off of the object? By default they disappear after a few seconds of inactivity. I don't think so. You may need to roll your own. Just a field whose

Re: Linux installation

2006-06-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Bob- Thursday, June 8, 2006, 12:43:20 AM, you wrote: So that neither of us need to repeat ourselves: I have run into an RB problem! It is not a Rev problem! Point taken. I think we're arguing the same issue from the same point of view, just in different words, so I'll back out. I don't feel

Re: CloseField

2006-06-09 Thread Kay C Lan
On 6/9/06, Hershel Fisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all its very interesting why in a situation like this the next fld selected would be the first fld in the card and not the next one in order? on closeField answer a with b or c if it is c then beep end if end closeField

RevConWest

2006-06-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Thinking about coming to RevConWest but haven't made plans yet? Here's the deal: I arranged a room for two at the Travelodge, a short walk from the Convention Center, and it appears that my partner for the conference won't be able to make it after all. So I've got a room to share available

Re: Legacy format from code.

2006-06-09 Thread Kay C Lan
On 6/9/06, Alex Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Had a quick look for a flag or command to control this from code (which would be handy) but haven't found anything. Any ideas? Using a technique recently explained by Jacque, I went into the Help Docs, selected the Dictionary, with the ctrl key

Re: Associating Icons with Standalone Applications. (For Mark Schonewille)

2006-06-09 Thread DAHIYA Nitesh
Hi Mark!! Thanks for the reply. But what do you mean by complete icon family with 18 members and how can I make it and use it also? Please explain. Regards, Nitesh -- DAHIYA Nitesh, If I make a complete icon family with 18 members, it works

[ANN] New URL for Rev tools

2006-06-09 Thread Paul Claude
Dear Revolution users, please find the updated links of my Rev tools. http://www.ziggy-soft.com/z_progs/Revolution_Quick_Reference.zip (a little language reference of Revolution 2.0.2, including syntax, examples and a short summary) http://www.ziggy-soft.com/z_progs/revSmartSaveMod_1.rev (a

Compound ListFields Example

2006-06-09 Thread gaich software service
Hi all, I have uploaded an example of a compound list object (4 list fields in a group). It shows how to manage the dividers, to sync the fields, to fill and empty the fields and to sort them. I now there is much more to do, but I think it could be an example for beginners (from a beginner

Re: item random() (was Random(3) often returns 1)

2006-06-09 Thread Rob Cozens
Geoff, et al: Even stranger, making this slight adjustment fixes it: on mouseUp repeat 1000 put random(3) into z add 1 to x[z] There is something problematic involved in referencing a function result as a variable inline in a statement. I have encountered instances in other

Re: item random() (was Random(3) often returns 1)

2006-06-09 Thread Rob Cozens
Moi: add 1 to x[value(random(3)) Forgot trailing ] add 1 to x[(value(random(3))) Forgot trailing ] add 1 to item (random(3)) of myCounter] There it iswhere it shouldn't be. :{`) Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company And I,

Re: Legacy format from code.

2006-06-09 Thread Stephen Barncard
stackfileversion = 2.4 old format stackfileversion = 2.7 new format hi Started my first serious project with the 2.7.x series last week have to say 2.7.2 seems almost as stable as 2.6.1 :) The project is a simple 6-card CMS which dynamically creates the static files for the clients

Re: libURLDownloadToFile noob problem

2006-06-09 Thread Josh Mellicker
Dave, that was it! Thanks! On Jun 8, 2006, at 11:42 PM, Dave Cragg wrote: On 9 Jun 2006, at 03:18, Josh Mellicker wrote: I have never used libURLDownloadToFile, my first attempt was unsuccessful :( My code: ON mouseUp libURLSetFTPMode passive -- I tried active also

Re: Limitations of email (was Re: Linux installaton)

2006-06-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Bob- Thursday, June 8, 2006, 11:51:51 AM, you wrote: But who knows, another year you lot might considering holding RevCon in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, where I live. The south is let's say the more European part of Brazil, not quite so intense as the life in Sao Paulo or Rio upwards.

Re: Limitations of email (was Re: Linux installaton)

2006-06-09 Thread Andre Garzia
Guys I must say, I am from Rio and in 2003 I've been to Brazilian south, to Garopaba, Praia do Rosa e Guarda do Embaú which are some popular beach destinations there. I must honestly say that I don't have the slightest clue why people preffer Ipanema. Those places rocks!!! I we ever make

Re: Problem with Variable watcher

2006-06-09 Thread Hershel Fisch
On 6/8/06 10:51 PM, J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, That's exactly what I see, but the problem is that I have 2 panes on the bottom without having array variable's and when I click on the top right pane to get the value I don¹t see anything. I did realize that there is something in

OT: Geek poetry

2006-06-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
Happened across this in my archives. I'd never heard of a waka before. *** The following poem appeared in INFOCUS magazine. The original authors were Fred Bremmer and Steve Kroese of Calvin College Seminary of Grand Rapids, MI. A poll conducted among INFOCUS readers had established waka as

Re: Problem with Variable watcher

2006-06-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
Hershel Fisch wrote: On 6/8/06 10:51 PM, J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, That's exactly what I see, but the problem is that I have 2 panes on the bottom without having array variable's and when I click on the top right pane to get the value I don¹t see anything. I did realize

Re: Problem with declaring local variables

2006-06-09 Thread Erik Hansen
--- Rob Cozens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there is absolutely nothing to be gained by declaring a handler local variable unless one uses explicitVariables. you can set the order in which they appear in VW. you can see at a glance what to look for. Erik Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

text parsing question

2006-06-09 Thread Josh Mellicker
You have a series of lines, like this: div id=go style=position:absolute; left:468px; top:43px;width: 112px; height:110px;z-index:1; visibility:visibleimg src=images/ go.png width=112 height=110 border=0/div All you want out of this line is: 468 43 112 110 images/go.png What is the cool

database query

2006-06-09 Thread Robert Mann
Is there a way to pass a global variable to a mysql query? here is what I would like to do display a query in a list (which I can do this) select from the list (store it in a variable) then pass that selection to a new query any thoughts on how to do this? Robert Mann President GP Racing LLC

Re: text parsing question

2006-06-09 Thread Stephen Barncard
Let the games begin!! I know how I would do this - use offset( to find the words 'left:' 'top:' 'width:' 'height:' and then read char by char until I hit a p. Then I would have a start and end char to add to a line. 'img src=' - whatever word follows this is the quoted file path - strip

Re: text parsing question

2006-06-09 Thread Phil Davis
Don't know about *the* cool way, but here's one way that works, Josh: -- assumptions: -- fld 1 = unparsed text -- fld 2 = parsed text on mouseUp put fld 1 into tList put empty into tNewList repeat for each line tLine in tList set the itemDelimiter to ; put pixelCount(item 2 of

Re: text parsing question

2006-06-09 Thread Jim Ault
One solution is below: Assumption you are referring to the first instances of 112 110 without checking for a match to the image size attributes (they may not always be present) Caution: your email version word wraps such that the string images/go.png has a space and cr inserted. I am assuming

Re: text parsing question

2006-06-09 Thread Mark Smith
I'd do something like: function getValues tLine replace left: with ± in tLine replace top: with ± in tLine replace width: with ± in tLine replace height: with ± in tLine replace px; with ± in tLine return item 2 to 5 of tLine end getValues Mark On 9 Jun 2006, at 21:51, Josh Mellicker wrote:

Re: text parsing question

2006-06-09 Thread Mark Smith
sorry, that should have included a line set the itemdelimiter to ± Mark On 9 Jun 2006, at 23:35, Mark Smith wrote: I'd do something like: function getValues tLine replace left: with ± in tLine replace top: with ± in tLine replace width: with ± in tLine replace height: with ± in tLine replace

A new definition of libraries (was: Linux Installation)

2006-06-09 Thread Bob Warren
Some people might think I am flogging a dead horse. In my opinion, the horse is still very much alive, and this fact has enormous consequences for Rev Linux users, not only in theoretical terms but also in terms of practices. According to what has been discussed under the thread Linux

Re: A new definition of libraries (was: Linux Installation)

2006-06-09 Thread Mark Smith
Bob, I think you may be getting hung up on the face-value meaning of the word 'standalone'. As Jacque pointed out, there really is no such thing in the world of modern personal computers. Maybe it would be helpful to consider a rev-made 'standalone' as simply a stack that does not require

Making a treeview using a table

2006-06-09 Thread Jack Tsu
I'm a very new Rev user and I'd like to make a treeview in the simplest way possible. I thought I'd try making a table so everything lines up nicely. However, when I want to add something to the tree, I need to move all the table contents below it down one line. Is there an easy command to do

database connect/query id's

2006-06-09 Thread Robert Mann
can some one send me a complete example of how to connect to database then find the database id number to use in the query, then how to find the record set id number to use to display the data I think these are the four library items that need to be used? revOpenDatabase revDataBaseID

Re: text parsing question

2006-06-09 Thread Josh Mellicker
Thanks for all the suggestions, I have learned a lot! On Jun 9, 2006, at 3:43 PM, Mark Smith wrote: sorry, that should have included a line set the itemdelimiter to ± Mark On 9 Jun 2006, at 23:35, Mark Smith wrote: I'd do something like: function getValues tLine replace left: with ± in

Re: database connect/query id's

2006-06-09 Thread Josh Mellicker
I learned these things from Sarah's excellent MySQL stacks on this page: http://www.troz.net/Rev/tutorials.php On Jun 9, 2006, at 5:38 PM, Robert Mann wrote: can some one send me a complete example of how to connect to database then find the database id number to use in the query, then how

Re: Legacy format from code.

2006-06-09 Thread Alex Shaw
aha thanks stephen found heaps of info on it once i knew what to search for :) but.. Chipp Walters said on Thu, 20 Apr 2006.. I had contacted Mark a bit ago about the stackFileVersion property and he said it's ok to mention it, but it might be renamed or go away later, so it's not officially

Re: Making a treeview using a table

2006-06-09 Thread Jim Ault
On 6/9/06 5:35 PM, Jack Tsu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a very new Rev user and I'd like to make a treeview in the simplest way possible. I thought I'd try making a table so everything lines up nicely. However, when I want to add something to the tree, I need to move all the table contents

Re: text parsing question

2006-06-09 Thread Jim Ault
On 6/9/06 6:23 PM, Josh Mellicker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for all the suggestions, I have learned a lot! The one caution I would give about parsing HTML code is that you need to consider the source and variations of 'legal' code. As a rule, white space is ignored and used by the

Re: database connect/query id's

2006-06-09 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Robert Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can some one send me a complete example of how to connect to database then find the database id number to use in the query, then how to find the record set id number to use to display the data I think these are the four library items that need to

Re: database query

2006-06-09 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Robert Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to pass a global variable to a mysql query? here is what I would like to do display a query in a list (which I can do this) select from the list (store it in a variable) then pass that selection to a new query any thoughts on how