The "Tab on Return" check box was checked. Any other suggestions?
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A little bit out of the box but:
PMwiki is marvelous. www.pmwiki.org
"Radical flexibility-extensibility" comes to mind
Would do all this and more.
Some set up required of course, but the community there
is really super supportive, all kinds of cookbooks, recipes
code snippets.
Sivakatirswami
Dan Shafer wrote:
Jerry,
On 12/9/06, Jerry Muelver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The ultimate cost of NOT having
the proper learning tools has to be staggeringly higher than the cost of
developing them.
Jerry Muelver
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Apparently RR disagrees. Although I think they have be
Amazon stocks The Complete HyperCard Handbbook, vols 1 and 2. You have to
compare the order numbers to discern that you have the two different books
James Z.
On 12/9/06 5:43 PM, "Jerry Muelver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think I would also rely on
> Danny Goodman's HyperCard works as well
Jerry,
On 12/9/06, Jerry Muelver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The ultimate cost of NOT having
the proper learning tools has to be staggeringly higher than the cost of
developing them.
Jerry Muelver
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Apparently RR disagrees. Although I think they have been trying really ha
Adrian Williams wrote:
Beginners and old hands would benefit if code they seek is more
clearly emphasised. All words are important, but in programming,
surely, it is the code itself that should take pride of place. Some
books use a grey background patch for passages of code.
This is not ideal ei
On Dec 9, 2006, at 4:23 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
How does this work?
It is just the built-in xtalk system for sending and receiving
appleEvents between scriptable apps. Like I mentioned in another
post, you use "send" to send an appleEvent to any scriptable app.
If the app is a Rev sta
I agree, AppleEvents are easier and faster than AppleScript.
However, in my particular case, it was UDP I used.
-1- I need both Win and Mac
-2- the Rev 'do script' was broken until 2.7 When I was using 2.6 I could
not be sure when this would be fixed and could not wait
-3- the data service us
I have uploaded 'Steam Roller' to user space Jock_McTartan. This plugin
is for creating paths for sprites to follow in games, etc. I'll update
the molLibSprite library shortly with some routines for using paths
created with this plugin. Feedback welcome.
Enjoy!
JC
On 12/9/06 7:58 AM, "Mark Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Er, from the dictionary:
> Syntax: save stack [as filePath]
> Examples:
> save stack "Targets"
> save this stack as "Backup"
> save stack "Treats" as "/Disk/Folder/File
>
> This works on my system: Rev 2.7.4, Mac OS 10.4.7
> On 8 Dec
Dar Scott wrote:
On Dec 9, 2006, at 10:37 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Glad you found and explored an easy 'send' method.
I did not know that you could simply 'send' between two standalones.
Does this really work on both Mac and Windows? or just Mac?
Just Mac. It's a HyperCard compatibility com
Richard Gaskin wrote:
jacque wrote:
>> Jim Ault wrote:
>>
>> Glad you found and explored an easy 'send' method.
>> I did not know that you could simply 'send' between
>> two standalones. Does this really work on both Mac
>> and Windows? or just Mac?
>
> Just Mac. It's a HyperCard compati
I've been approached by someone who desires a specially branded
version of my software, Blackjack Gold. Are any of you doing this,
and if so, how are you handling all the ins, outs, and monies?
Blackjack Gold is currently shareware, which in itself creates an
issue, as his version would need
Hi Bridger,
You don't need to lock moves and set the lockMoves as well. They do
the same.
I ran the following script:
on mouseUp
set the loc of graphic "Green" to 20,20
set the loc of graphic "Red" to 20,60
lock moves
move graphic "Green" to 200,2 in 2 secs
move graphic "Red" to 20
Hi Adrian,
Klaus has given useful advice already, but I want to add the
following. You might want to set the filetype before saving a text file:
set the filetype to "ttxtTEXT"
put fld 1 into url "file:/~folder/file.txt"
If you are making a small application or a stack of which you don't
kn
jacque wrote:
>> Jim Ault wrote:
>>
>> Glad you found and explored an easy 'send' method.
>> I did not know that you could simply 'send' between
>> two standalones. Does this really work on both Mac
>> and Windows? or just Mac?
>
> Just Mac. It's a HyperCard compatibility command,
> and sends an
Yes, doing shell("set foo") works, but this is a shell command , not the Rev
.
Viktoras
---Original Message---
From: J. Landman Gay
Date: 12/9/2006 11:12:32 PM
To: How to use Revolution
Subject: Re: Multi-standalone communication
Viktoras Didziulis wrote:
> Unfortunately this
I tried put "test_foo" into $FOO from within one instance of Revolution,
then answer $FOO from within another. Answer is empty. Documentation also
says that on Windows $ can be used to read parameters passed in a command
line... While on Unix and MacOS this should modify environment variable...
Viktoras Didziulis wrote:
Unfortunately this does not work on Windows :-( only on MacOS and Unixes...
I just tried a shell test on WinXP and it looks like you need to do this
for the shell command:
put shell("set foo")
So, what I did first was this:
put "test string" into $foo
That cr
Viktoras Didziulis wrote:
Unfortunately this does not work on Windows :-( only on MacOS and Unixes...
I just tried it on WinXP and it worked here. From the message box:
put "test string" into $foo
When I look in the variable watcher, I see the variable and its
contents. I didn't try a shel
Unfortunately this does not work on Windows :-( only on MacOS and Unixes...
Viktoras
>You can already set environment variables. Here is a quote from one of
>Mark Waddingham's posts:
> You can both read and write to shell variables in Revolution. So the
> following:
> put foo into $
On 12/9/06, Adrian Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I hope you do get chance to revisit the 'Speed..' book.
Many page layout apps. InDesign and Quark XPress included
have automatic Index makers. Yes, they catch-all instances,
but judicial editing solves this. Perhaps an IndexOnly-eBook?
Mi
On Dec 9, 2006, at 10:37 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Glad you found and explored an easy 'send' method.
I did not know that you could simply 'send' between two standalones.
Does this really work on both Mac and Windows? or just Mac?
Just Mac. It's a HyperCard compatibility command, and sends an
Dan,
I completely understand your circumstances and you already did a
great job and its easy for others to be critical. Please don't beat
yourself up about it. This rant is directed at any would-be training
books authors out there. As a Type Designer its just so annoying to
me that in general when
On 12/9/06 9:37 AM, "J. Landman Gay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jim Ault wrote:
>
>> Glad you found and explored an easy 'send' method.
>> I did not know that you could simply 'send' between two standalones.
>> Does this really work on both Mac and Windows? or just Mac?
>
> Just Mac. It's a Hyp
Jim-
Saturday, December 9, 2006, 8:48:30 AM, you wrote:
> How do I get RunRev to be multi-user? (w/o using a DB)
Not easy. RunRev launches a new instance of a stack for each user, and
everything's in memory until you quit. You'd need a real client-server
configuration to do this. Rob Cozens has
Thanks to both of you for your comments on my book. I'm aware of the
problems a lack of index can cause. All I can say by way of (admittedly
somewhat weak) defense is that: (a) doing a proper index is a huge amount of
work and requires skills I lack and couldn't afford to hire; and (b) I
(perhaps
Hey, Jim,
I've had many false starts with client/server databases in Xtalks
since the early 90's. All of them had to talk through ODBC which was
horrible. We bought an SQL database called Butler that almost worked,
but crashed all the time. Eventually we (like everyone else) ended up
with Fil
Jim Ault wrote:
Glad you found and explored an easy 'send' method.
I did not know that you could simply 'send' between two standalones.
Does this really work on both Mac and Windows? or just Mac?
Just Mac. It's a HyperCard compatibility command, and sends an appleEvent.
--
Jacqueline Landman
On 12/9/06 2:47 AM, "Jesse Sng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wasn't talking about AppleScript, but AppleEvents. These are far
> simpler and much faster to send/receive and decode than AS.
>
> 6 to 10 per second is probably not a problem for AppleEvents given
> that back in the 90s, AppleEvents
Viktoras Didziulis wrote:
Just wondering whether it would be possible/feasible to construct a feature
(or maybe to bugzillae a feature request) of revolution engine, (or maybe a
module or external), that would make different instances of rev engine
running on same machine seeing each other and sh
Jesse Sng wrote:
I wasn't talking about AppleScript, but AppleEvents. These are far
simpler and much faster to send/receive and decode than AS.
6 to 10 per second is probably not a problem for AppleEvents
Yes, AE is MUCH faster than AS, but I wonder how they benchmark against
checking fo
Mark,
Thanks for responding!
How do I get RunRev to be multi-user? (w/o using a DB)
I started using mysql with Navicat to test and I found myself putting hours
into figuring it out. If I could right a 100% RunRev app for everyone on my
team that would be great. But, if I have to use a databa
Hi Adrian,
On the subject of Saving... can anyone give me some pointers about
how to Save text from a field into a file with the extension .txt
for example?
The docs don't explicitly have anything about 'Save'.
on mouseup
put fld "your field here" into url("file:path/to/text_file.txt")
On the subject of Saving... can anyone give me some pointers about
how to Save text from a field into a file with the extension .txt for
example?
The docs don't explicitly have anything about 'Save'.
Thanks,
Adrian
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Er, from the dictionary:
Syntax: save stack [as filePath]
Examples:
save stack "Targets"
save this stack as "Backup"
save stack "Treats" as "/Disk/Folder/File"
This works on my system: Rev 2.7.4, Mac OS 10.4.7
Best,
Mark
On 8 Dec 2006, at 22:32, Ken Ray wrote:
On 12/8/06 1:17 PM, "jhonke
No. This is not the case.
When in doubt, turn Galaxy off and try it.
Best,
Jerry Daniels
Makers of Galaxy 1.5
http://www.daniels-mara.com/new_in_galaxy_1_5.htm
On Dec 9, 2006, at 1:39 AM, Ken Ray wrote:
On 12/8/06 10:39 PM, "Charles Szasz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I appreciate Ken and
Peter,
As a new user of Revolution I agree with your analysis of Dummies.
Small things can make a huge difference to beginners!
For me 'Software At The Speed Of Thought' lacks an Index at the back
which would make zeroing in on snippets *much* easier to locate.
To counter this lack, I found mysel
Hi Bridger,
Have you tried to lock moves, move WITHOUT WAITING" and unlock moves.
Not tested.
Just a guess.
Le 9 déc. 06 à 08:51, Bridger Maxwell a écrit :
Hey,
From the way the documentation reads, I would think that setting
the lock
moves to true, issuing a few move commands, and setting
Hi Jim,
In my case, Applescript would be far too slow, since my messaging can be as
many as 6-10 packets per second between the data service provider, 4 Rev
apps local, and 6 Rev apps remote (and 3 of the remote apps are running on
Windows)
Two of the apps are running on the other side of the A
Dear Friends... I got a problem importing images with a transparent
background... can you help me on this?
1-I imported a picture (png file made by another program) into revolution
2-I modifyed the image with the eraser tool and I got an area with a
trasparent backgroung (as expected)
3- I expo
Well, based on the mentions here I popped over to Amazon and had a copy
shipped over.
Don't hold your breath for this to do any good for Revolution. Or
Programming. Or even Computing. What we have is a series of topics, with
the most sketchy illustrations imaginable, for each of the follow
Just wondering whether it would be possible/feasible to construct a feature
(or maybe to bugzillae a feature request) of revolution engine, (or maybe a
module or external), that would make different instances of rev engine
running on same machine seeing each other and sharing their global variables
Hi Jaqueline and William,
William de Smet wrote:
Hi Jim,
I don't want drag and drop but copy/paste.
And why does Rev (2.7.4 on OSX) quit on me while executing the code
(put the clipboarddata["image"] into image "X") ?
I've noticed a lot of crashes regarding images in 2.7.4. It's a bug.
mabe
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