Re: shell() in a separate thread with callback message at exit?

2007-03-11 Thread David Bovill
This is an important feature request - no? I am not sure how to do this - I have suspected you may be able to do this with some clever shell scripting - but not cracked it for things that you need results from. You can put a shell into the background using "&" ie think, and you could look into th

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Joe, OK, Phil. I wasted about an hour fiddling with this. It just wouldn't compile. The result was always lineNumH instead of "1H" for the first line when it is clicked on. -- I have a scrolling field with a bunch of numbered phrases.on mouseup put word one of the value of the clickl

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Thanks Klaus. Even though one of the suggestions that Jim made worked "once", it didn't continue to work and I've reverted back to my less "eloquent" workaround, which I may eventually need anyway to implement a more varied response based on the specific fields to which the mouseup is sent.

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Joe, Thanks Klaus. Even though one of the suggestions that Jim made worked "once", it didn't continue to work and I've reverted back to my less "eloquent" workaround, which I may eventually need anyway to implement a more varied response based on the specific fields to which the mouseu

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Which raises another point of interest: it appears that Rev has no "Home" stack. My earlier experiences with this have just caused the stack to quit. Am I missing something here? Joe Wilkins On Mar 11, 2007, at 9:59 AM, Klaus Major wrote: Yep, for compatibility reasons you can also: exit t

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Joe. Which raises another point of interest: it appears that Rev has no "Home" stack. My earlier experiences with this have just caused the stack to quit. Am I missing something here? Rev does have in fact a protected HOME stack. Check the Application Browser! (You may have to select "R

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Thanks for the added info, Klaus, but I don't see how checking that item in the View Menu does anything. It was already checked. I tried go home at that point from the msg and it just closed the current stack. Except for the scripting that was possible in the HC home stack, I can see that t

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread J. Landman Gay
Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: Thanks for the added info, Klaus, but I don't see how checking that item in the View Menu does anything. It was already checked. It allows Rev's IDE stacks to appear in the Application Browser. You'll need to open the app browser to see the stacks. However: I tried g

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Hi Jacque, I'm sure all of this is located somewhere in the documentation, but I'm sure the newbies are profiting from these Gems as much as I am. I just wish I had more time to spend. Another problem is my eyes. The really small font sizes on some of Rev's stuff that appears as if it can

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Jim Ault
On 3/11/07 9:46 AM, "Joe Lewis Wilkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the added info, Klaus, but I don't see how checking that > item in the View Menu does anything. It was already checked. I tried > go home at that point from the msg and it just closed the current > stack. Except for t

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Gee Whiz, Jim. I can't imagine who might help you out with this! Actually, that might be something that we can collaborate on. It'd make a great article(s) for my column too. If you want to send me your thoughts, I'd be more than happy to put some time in on it - if I ever get any of that f

Re: [OT] Moving a checkbox

2007-03-11 Thread Lynn Marie Peterson
Charles Szasz wrote: > > The following script works: > set the location of button "check6" to the location of this card > > But when I add a condition such as a if statement it does not work. > > Does anybody have a suggestion? > > > Charles Szasz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi Charles ~ Eith

Copy and paste in altBrowser

2007-03-11 Thread David Bovill
A quick question: anyone know how to copy and paste from Rev to an html form field in an altBrowser window? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription pref

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread john
Hi, I haven't read all the replies on this one but did notice in your script fragment >> put quote & "lineNum"&"H""e into fldName -- creates a field that lineNum is quoted eg "lineNum". That will always put the literal string lineNum into the container rather than the value of lineNum. Just

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Hi John, Thanks. Jim observed the same thing a little earlier; but, as I mentioned then, I'm pretty sure I had tried it "correctly" earlier on, and just messed up while diddling around. Though there may have been some other problems, since my touch typing doesn't always produce exactly wh

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread john
Hi Joe, Mind reading would be a useful skill, but it is my own mind that is causing most of the problems (sigh). I did see an earlier comment about using brackets to delineate the concatenated string and I have found that cuts most of my problems in this area. Maybe because I have to be cleare

Re: Copy and paste in altBrowser

2007-03-11 Thread David Bovill
OK - i have been experimenting and am stuck. On OSX if I try to copy text from an altBrowser window I cannot. If I use XBrowser_Get("selected", browserID)" I can if I am lucky get some text onto the clipboard but ony if there is a div tag - and this wont hep with pasting. Is it possible? I want t

Re: Having a Dialog Spoken

2007-03-11 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On 3/11/07, Joe Lewis Wilkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Everyone, I should imagine there is a special way of having the contents of a Dialog spoken, though I don't readily find it. If you are just using a Mac, then you can just turn this on in the Speech section of the System Prefs. Che

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Stephen Barncard
I would use the term 'parentheses'get shmengie(200+56) not 'brackets'. Yes, very useful for clarity, defining order of execution, and reducing confusion for the compiler. Brackets [ ] are used to define array keysshmengie[item1] array keys cannot be evaluated inside the b

Re: how to get a list fleld whithout any hilitedLine (before user chooses one)

2007-03-11 Thread Sarah Reichelt
If you set the traversalOn of the field to false, this avoids the problem Phil mentions. It will also stop the field getting a hilite if the stack is resumed with no other clickable field available. Cheers, Sarah On 3/11/07, Phil Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi André, Try something like

Re: Having a Dialog Spoken

2007-03-11 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
No such luck with Windows? I was aware of the Mac feature and this is for both. Thanks, Joe On Mar 11, 2007, at 2:59 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: On 3/11/07, Joe Lewis Wilkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Everyone, I should imagine there is a special way of having the contents of a Dialog sp

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Thanks, Stephen. I assumed he probably meant parenthesis, but under most contexts you may use them interchangeably; certainly in mathematical calculations. Doing so makes these even more readable as well. Joe On Mar 11, 2007, at 2:59 PM, Stephen Barncard wrote: I would use the term 'pare

Re: shell() in a separate thread with callback message at exit?

2007-03-11 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On 3/8/07, Joel Guillod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How can I implement the following features: - invoque a shell command in a separate thread, i.e. a non blocking shell during execution of the command; - receive a callback message with the output and the error result when the thread exits? This

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread john
hi guys, I meant these thingies ( ) : ) if I had a local or temp variable called tLocalCount which currently had the value 4, I would do this put ("Label_" & tLocalCount) into gSaveObject Then the variable gSaveObject would contain Label_4 I have also observed that I get more consistent resu

How to deinstall rev 2.8.0 on a mac?

2007-03-11 Thread Reinhold Venzl-Schubert
Hi! With rev 2.8.0 my learningprogram do not connect to the SQLite Datebase. Therefore I deleted rev 2.8.0 to use rev 2.7.4 again. But when I start my program (it is not a standalone) I get a error. I think my mac is looking for the deleted rev 2.8.0. How can I tell my mac to start my program wit

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Mark Smith
On 11 Mar 2007, at 22:59, Stephen Barncard wrote: I would use the term 'parentheses'get shmengie(200+56) not 'brackets'. Well, to be pedantic, "parentheses" refers to any kind of brackets, while "brackets" usually means round brackets for Brits and square brackets for North

Re: How to deinstall rev 2.8.0 on a mac?

2007-03-11 Thread Bill
Hi Reinhold I had some problems when I upgraded maybe you have the same? Did you move your SQLite database to the new folder which is named 2.8.0-gm-2 and put it beside the new copy of runrev there? Did you also change the file path for the connect scripts?? put "/Applications/Revolution Stu

Re: How to deinstall rev 2.8.0 on a mac?

2007-03-11 Thread Sarah Reichelt
With rev 2.8.0 my learningprogram do not connect to the SQLite Datebase. Therefore I deleted rev 2.8.0 to use rev 2.7.4 again. But when I start my program (it is not a standalone) I get a error. I think my mac is looking for the deleted rev 2.8.0. How can I tell my mac to start my program with rev

Re: XP and Vista question

2007-03-11 Thread Mark Wieder
Bob- Saturday, March 10, 2007, 9:30:11 PM, you wrote: > Perhaps in the end, though, this is a healthier situation for > Linux. People need to migrate because Linux is a better system than > Windows, not only because it is cheaper. So now the Linux people > have to try even harder to prove its sup

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Kay C Lan
On 3/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: put word 1 of the clickLine into tWhichLine put ( tWhichField & "_" & tWhichLine) into gStartedHere rather than put (the short name of the target & "_" & word 1 of the clickLine) into gStartedHere Jim put me onto the 'merge()' functio

[DOCs] Missing Definition for backslash

2007-03-11 Thread Kay C Lan
Hi, before I write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and indicate that there is no entry for '\' I just want to confirm that I'm not missing anything. There are plenty of code examples that run on to the second line but I just can't see anywhere where it spells out that that is what \ is used for. Also in th

Re: [DOCs] Missing Definition for backslash

2007-03-11 Thread Mark Wieder
Kay- Sunday, March 11, 2007, 5:37:34 PM, you wrote: > If someone else can confirm, I'll submit. This is already BZ #3065. I just updated the version info - you might want to add a comment. -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailin

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Hi Kay, Jim, etc., Would something like the following work? I find the one liner very confusing; Hard to see exactly what is being merged. The brackets (square) seem to melt everything into a confusing mess, but separating each item that is being merged onto a separate line makes it very

Re: [DOCs] Missing Definition for backslash

2007-03-11 Thread Kay C Lan
On 3/12/07, Mark Wieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is already BZ #3065. I just updated the version info - you might want to add a comment. Thanks Mark. I tried using RevZilla 2.0.8 to search for appropriate bugs, but had some problems. Even when I enter 3065, I get and answer dialog:The

Re: [DOCs] Missing Definition for backslash

2007-03-11 Thread Ken Ray
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:27:44 +0800, Kay C Lan wrote: > On 3/12/07, Mark Wieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> This is already BZ #3065. I just updated the version info - you might >> want to add a comment. > > > Thanks Mark. I tried using RevZilla 2.0.8 to search for appropriate bugs, > b

Re: [DOCs] Missing Definition for backslash

2007-03-11 Thread Kay C Lan
On 3/12/07, Kay C Lan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I went to the STS website but it's titled RevZilla 1.1.2.??? Just to clarify, in RevZilla, I clicked on the 'About RevZilla' tab and then clicked on the little ? question mark icon. That took me to: http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolutio

Re: [DOCs] Missing Definition for backslash

2007-03-11 Thread Kay C Lan
On 3/12/07, Ken Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The latest release version is 2.08, but it only worked with the old Rev Bugzilla site, so no one is currently using RevZilla to log bugs. Ah, that would explain it:-) Thanks, look forward to 2.1. ___ u

Re: Having a Dialog Spoken

2007-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
Sarah Reichelt wrote: On 3/11/07, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: I should imagine there is a special way of having the contents of a Dialog spoken, though I don't readily find it. If you are just using a Mac, then you can just turn this on in the Speech section of the System Prefs. I haven't bee

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Kay C Lan
On 3/12/07, Joe Lewis Wilkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Kay, Jim, etc., Would something like the following work? put merge("\ [[the short name of the target]]_\ [[word 1 of the clickline]]\ ")\ --end merge into gStartHere --The destination of the string Looks good to me:-) It would als

Re: concatenating with the ampersand

2007-03-11 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Kay, That's encouraging. Maybe a little research will help me know what I'm trying to do. (smile) Joe Wilkins On Mar 11, 2007, at 8:15 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: On 3/12/07, Joe Lewis Wilkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Kay, Jim, etc., Would something like the following work? put merge("\ [[

Re: Having a Dialog Spoken

2007-03-11 Thread J. Landman Gay
Richard Gaskin wrote: Sarah Reichelt wrote: On 3/11/07, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: I should imagine there is a special way of having the contents of a Dialog spoken, though I don't readily find it. If you are just using a Mac, then you can just turn this on in the Speech section of the System

Re: [DOCs] Missing Definition for backslash

2007-03-11 Thread Ken Ray
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:45:26 +0800, Kay C Lan wrote: > On 3/12/07, Kay C Lan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I went to the STS website but it's titled RevZilla 1.1.2.??? >> > > Just to clarify, in RevZilla, I clicked on the 'About RevZilla' tab and then > clicked on the little ? question mark i

Re: XP and Vista question

2007-03-11 Thread Bob Warren
Mark Wieder wrote: >The end may draweth nigh: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197700789 http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800480 http://gyaku.jp/en/index.php?cmd=contentview&pid=000112 http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS4958455863.h

Re: Having a Dialog Spoken

2007-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
J. Landman Gay wrote: Richard Gaskin wrote: Sarah Reichelt wrote: On 3/11/07, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: I should imagine there is a special way of having the contents of a Dialog spoken, though I don't readily find it. If you are just using a Mac, then you can just turn this on in the Spee

Re: Having a Dialog Spoken

2007-03-11 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Richard, Even though my earlier questions to the list about Externals has been pretty much: "with Rev's features you just don't need them"; perhaps this is a case in which we do need some externals. So, if we have compiled commands which would handle this, how would we call them from Rev?

Re: Having a Dialog Spoken

2007-03-11 Thread Stephen Barncard
surely an external package could be written to use toolbox calls for standard ask, answer, and others like the TEXT/font dialog many apps use. At least for MacOSX. My blind customers have had to walk from my wares in favor of competing products that use normal OS operations. :( -- Richard

Re: Having a Dialog Spoken

2007-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
Stephen Barncard wrote: >> Richard wrote: >> My blind customers have had to walk from my wares in favor >> of competing products that use normal OS operations. :( > > surely an external package could be written to use toolbox calls for > standard ask, answer, and others like the TEXT/font dialog

Compiling externals: strcasestr etc.

2007-03-11 Thread Thomas Fischer
Hello, while compiling one external using Mac OS 10.4.8, XCode 2.4.1 and the "ExternalsEnvironmentV2" provided by the newsletter I obtained the error: error: `strcasestr' undeclared (first use this function) Can anybody explain this? strstr works without a problem, and the external compiles