Re: Curious QT playback problem

Recently, J. Landman Gay wrote: > This has been working fine on both Mac and Windows machines for several > hundred customers over the last 3 years until today, when one customer > says there is a playback problem. She's running XP Pro on a fast machine > with lots of RAM. When she chooses to play

WMV files on WIndows XP using Rev 2.8.1

Can anyone here play WMV files on WIndows XP using Rev 2.8.1? I made sure the "Load QuickTime on startUp" box in preferences is not ticked. I then built my 'Splash screen' as I have done many times on 2.6.1 with success. [tested builds made on OS X and Windows XP with Rev 2.8.1] I then u

Re: Launching Visual C++ 2005 Applications

I know it sounds like a contradiction, but yes I can get Revolution to launch my program, but I does not run as if I double-cliced it in Windows. Let me explain. It is a command line program, so when I double-click the exe, it "runs" meaning that a black window pops up and a welcome message and

Re: There's no place like Home

Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: > On Jun 6, 2007, at 8:23 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: >> Any stack which launches everytime Rev does, goes into the >> memory footprint and possibly adds frontscripts, backscripts >> providing more opportunity to mess with the fragile IDE. > > I agree completely with Chipp.

Re: There's no place like Home

On 6/6/07, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As for any new Home stack, at the moment this is just a thought experiment so the definition of Home stack for the 21st century is in flux, to be determined by whatever people here express. :) Here's the backstory: OK, I understand it n

Re: There's no place like Home

Chipp Walters wrote: You can turn RevOnline off...In fact it's the first thing I do when I launch a new version of Rev. If you could turn the 'Home' stack off..would it still be a Home stack? One could close the HC's Home stack, at least if some other stack was open. As for any new Home stack,

Re: There's no place like Home

I agree completely with Chipp. Good readily and obviously available template stacks much as Judy outlined them would be far more useful and much less dangerous. Joe Wilkins On Jun 6, 2007, at 8:23 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: Nothing. Absolutely Nothing. Any stack which launches everytime Rev

Re: Problem with Browser Sampler Stack in Rev/Mac 2.8.1

Bob Warren wrote: Report #5121 > Attachment #794 > > > I've included the whole log (not very long since it's a new computer). Jacque wrote: Thanks for doing t

Re: There's no place like Home

You can turn RevOnline off...In fact it's the first thing I do when I launch a new version of Rev. If you could turn the 'Home' stack off..would it still be a Home stack? On 6/6/07, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Would that include RevOnline? __

Re: There's no place like Home

Depending upon the audience, RevOnline is too disorganized and unintuitive. Plus, you have to hunt for it. Judy On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Chipp Walters wrote: > > > There certainly must be a better way to create a strong first time user > > experience? > > Would that include R

Re: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

Samuel M. Smith wrote: The problem I have with runrev is not open source per se but that with a paid model the incentive is for the developer to release "feature" updates that sound good to justify paying upgrade fees but that for the most part are not nearly as valuable to a developer as mai

XCode 2

If I have some code written in C that was used in HyperCard and want to rewrite it for Revolution is the best program to use for the job Apple XCode 2. Where can I find the best examples of XCode 2 being used in Revolution. Are there versions of Codewarrior that work in OS X and will do the job.

Re: There's no place like Home

Chipp Walters wrote: Nothing. Absolutely Nothing. Any stack which launches everytime Rev does, goes into the memory footprint and possibly adds frontscripts, backscripts providing more opportunity to mess with the fragile IDE. ... There certainly must be a better way to create a strong first t

Re: Center text within a field?

On 6/6/07, J. Landman Gay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: > I realize it would take a lot of initial work, but you guys seem up for > it: why not just use a lookup table with the exact values you need for > each font "condition" listed? Geek rule #26: It isn't cool unless yo

Re: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

On 6/6/07, Samuel M. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem I have with runrev is not open source per se but that with a paid model the incentive is for the developer to release "feature" updates that sound good to justify paying upgrade fees but that for the most part are not nearly as va

Re: There's no place like Home

Nothing. Absolutely Nothing. Any stack which launches everytime Rev does, goes into the memory footprint and possibly adds frontscripts, backscripts providing more opportunity to mess with the fragile IDE. Until the IDE runs in it's own thread, I'd rather see some good demo stacks than a Home stac

Re: There's no place like Home

Funny you should ask, Richard ;-) I've been pondering this very thing for the ED-MEDIA attendees. I'd personally like to see an "intro" to the product, that used commented scripts that the user could 'take apart' too see how strategically-employed basics worked. I'd like to see an updated versio

Re: OT: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

On 6/6/07, Luis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It does not mean that whatever changes are made are forced upon you, as for that same reason, you can change it. GPL has given us Linux, Firefox, etc. OOPS, not so fast...have you seen the stir GPL 3 is causing? Turns out if you plan on using GPL 3

Re: Curious QT playback problem

Jacque, Sounds as if the same sort of thing is occuring as when we call multiple beeps and only hear one unless we build in a delay. Why not try playing several from the message box with a built in delay when one ends? I'm probably being a bit naive, but sometimes the simplest things are

Re: Would someone be so kind?

I did, but that archive contains the Classic version of Revolution, not the OS X version. All in all it doesn't matter. It turns out that Revolution 2.6.1 is NOT compatible with Mac OS X 10.0. My information that it was came from the listing on VersionTracker.com, but it must have been an error.

Curious QT playback problem

I'm hoping someone has a clue to this: I wrote an app for a client 3 years ago which has the ability to loop through a list of .mov files, playing one after another in sequence. The .mov files are audio-only, played via a player object, and require QuickTime. In the Rev version I compiled it w

Re: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

The problem I have with runrev is not open source per se but that with a paid model the incentive is for the developer to release "feature" updates that sound good to justify paying upgrade fees but that for the most part are not nearly as valuable to a developer as maintaining stable quality

Re: Launching Visual C++ 2005 Applications

Doug- Wednesday, June 6, 2007, 8:44:10 AM, you wrote: > I agree that the program is launching but I don't know why it's > not running. It runs fine when I double click it in windows and even > when I launch it from the command prompt manually > (Start>Run>"cmd">exe path). Well, it's a little ha

Re: Would someone be so kind?

Derek Bump wrote: I did a little research and Revolution 2.6.1 will run on Mac OS X 10.0.4, but the download from RunRev is in the new form of DMG that is not openable on Mac OS X 10.0. I just tried converting the DMG and even opening it with MacDrive (on Windows) and burning it to a CD and noth

Re: Center text within a field?

Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: I realize it would take a lot of initial work, but you guys seem up for it: why not just use a lookup table with the exact values you need for each font "condition" listed? Geek rule #26: It isn't cool unless you can build an algorithm to do it. ;) -- Jacqueline Landm

Re: There's no place like Home

Would be nice to have a list of Rev installed components, where, and what they are used for. Rev is so different, why not give new users a picture (and a tour) of the Rev neighborhood. Little descriptions about the included plugins, how do you get them to work, put them away, make your own, add s

Re: There's no place like Home

some quick demo of the features: 1) couple casual games such as the ones Malte builds :D 2) couple network related desktop apps, that are better than web browsers based apps. 3) quick PIM just so that people know it's easy. 4) some video testimonial by us! :D where the user could browse categorie

Re: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

David Bovill wrote: On 06/06/07, Randy Will wrote: What I see as an optimal model for RR isn't far at all from what we have now. I believe that the engine should stay closed as the core team seems pretty well able to handle that. I think the plugin structure and SDK needs to be developed int

There's no place like Home

If you had a Home stack in Rev like there was in HyperCard, what would you use it for? Keep in mind that Rev is a different beast than HC, so let your imagination run wild: What would you expect to see in a Rev Home stack? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation __

Re: Center text within a field?

I realize it would take a lot of initial work, but you guys seem up for it: why not just use a lookup table with the exact values you need for each font "condition" listed? Of course, you can limit the amount of preparation by just limiting the acceptable fonts and perhaps some of the other

Re: Center text within a field?

Trevor DeVore wrote: On Jun 6, 2007, at 4:01 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Version 2: on mouseUp set the width of fld 1 to the width of grc 1 get the textsize of fld 1 if it < 20 then add 5 to it set the textheight of fld 1 to it set the height of fld 1 to it set the loc of fld 1 to th

Re: Center text within a field?

On Jun 6, 2007, at 4:01 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Version 2: on mouseUp set the width of fld 1 to the width of grc 1 get the textsize of fld 1 if it < 20 then add 5 to it set the textheight of fld 1 to it set the height of fld 1 to it set the loc of fld 1 to the loc of grc 1 end mou

Re: OT: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

Jim Carwardine wrote: Wasn't HyperCard "semi-open-source" way back because of XCMDs and XFCN?... A tool like CompilIt made it easier for non-C coders to develop an extension for HC for their own purpose. I don't think Rev has that facility that same way, but couldn't Rev become "semi-open-source

Re: Center text within a field?

Trevor DeVore wrote: Unfortunately it won't work in all cases. Using a field with the text set to "1" and the textfont set to "webdings" is a good test case. The problem is that even though you may have the textsize set to 100, the vertical space taken up by the character is only 70 pixels (on

Re: Resize Script Editor Panes?

On 6/6/07 12:21 PM, "Scott Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi List: > > Stupid Question... > Is it possible to resize the handler list pane in the script editor? > Of course, one workaround is to use the handler menu instead of the handler list. Jim Ault Las Vegas _

Re: embedding a large number of copyrighted images

>> An application I've made works with 1000's of images (and sounds). Up >> to now, I've used: >> >>set the filename of [image object] to [file path] >> >> However, the copyright holder of the images advises me that, should I >> wish to share/sell my application, all the images need to be e

Re: OT: Dreamhost FTP passwords compromissed.

I read a copy of the entire letter (that was posted online, I didn't get one). They informed those on the servers affected, but didn't create a panic. I think they handled it professionally. If you weren't notified by Dreamhost themselves, you may not have cause for alarm. According to post

Re: Center text within a field?

On Jun 6, 2007, at 1:07 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Does this work? : on mouseUp set the width of fld 1 to the width of grc 1 -- the circle get the textsize of fld 1 set the textheight of fld 1 to it + (it div 3) set the height of fld 1 to the formattedheight of fld 1 set the margins of

Re: OT: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

Wasn't HyperCard "semi-open-source" way back because of XCMDs and XFCN?... A tool like CompilIt made it easier for non-C coders to develop an extension for HC for their own purpose. I don't think Rev has that facility that same way, but couldn't Rev become "semi-open-source" by providing a tool li

Re: Resize Script Editor Panes?

On 6/6/07 12:21 PM, "Scott Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stupid Question... > Is it possible to resize the handler list pane in the script editor? Short answer is 'yes'. Long answer is what manner to get the solution. One way is to do the following This will affect all currently open edito

Re: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

On 06/06/07, Randy Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What I see as an optimal model for RR isn't far at all from what we have now. I believe that the engine should stay closed as the core team seems pretty well able to handle that. I think the plugin structure and SDK needs to be developed into

Re: Problem with Browser Sampler Stack in Rev/Mac 2.8.1

Bob Warren wrote: Report #5121 Attachment #794 I've included the whole log (not very long since it's a new computer). Thanks for doing that, Bob. An update on the

Re: Resize Script Editor Panes?

On Jun 6, 2007, at 1:21 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Hi List: Stupid Question... Is it possible to resize the handler list pane in the script editor? Doesn't work here. But it's needed Sounds like an enhancement request. Devin Devin Asay Humanities Technology and Research Support Center B

Re: Center text within a field?

Trevor DeVore wrote: On Jun 6, 2007, at 3:43 AM, Trevor DeVore wrote: I'm trying to center text in a field within a graphic (circle). The text can be any font and any size. Update - I haven't been able to find a reliable means of calculating the center of text using any field properties so I

Re: Center text within a field?

On Jun 6, 2007, at 3:43 AM, Trevor DeVore wrote: I'm trying to center text in a field within a graphic (circle). The text can be any font and any size. Update - I haven't been able to find a reliable means of calculating the center of text using any field properties so I resorted to expor

Resize Script Editor Panes?

Hi List: Stupid Question... Is it possible to resize the handler list pane in the script editor? Thanks & Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: A glimpse of the future

Andre Garzia wrote: Hello Bob, RevBrowser works with WebKit on the mac and IE engine on windows. It needs an embedable engine to work, on linux it could use Gecko. Right now Opera doesn't ship an embedable engine that I know of. You have opera running on all kinds of machines such as Game B

Re: Don't you just wish Rev would do this?

The really terrible part of this is that the common interfaces that we know and love aren't all that usable. There are substantially better (or should I say "well founded and researched") methods of interfacing, but they require a learning curve due to insimilarity with what we know already kno

Re: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

What I see as an optimal model for RR isn't far at all from what we have now. I believe that the engine should stay closed as the core team seems pretty well able to handle that. I think the plugin structure and SDK needs to be developed into more of a FOSS community (by this, I mean that Rev

Would someone be so kind?

I did a little research and Revolution 2.6.1 will run on Mac OS X 10.0.4, but the download from RunRev is in the new form of DMG that is not openable on Mac OS X 10.0. I just tried converting the DMG and even opening it with MacDrive (on Windows) and burning it to a CD and nothing is working. Wou

[ANN] "Thumbs and Slides"

I have "revved up" an older "thumbs" stack since we started the discussion about creation and modification dates of images and have added a "slides page" to the stack where the images can be displayed full-screen either step-by-step or as a slide show. (

Re: OT: QuickTime in web pages

Not forgetting that any time an object/embed tag appears in the HTML you'll get activex warnings in IE, :-( Ian On 6 Jun 2007, at 18:04, Jim Ault wrote: Quick tip: For some, this might be preferable. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolutio

Re: OT: Dreamhost FTP passwords compromissed.

Jim Sims wrote: On Jun 6, 2007, at 7:31 PM, Brent Anderson wrote: Where did you see this? I have a DH account and obviously I'm concerned about any potential compromise of my data. http://daringfireball.net/ http://www.extrapepperoni.com/2007/06/06/dreamhost-screwed-the-pooch/ Quote from th

Re: OT: Dreamhost FTP passwords compromissed.

On Jun 6, 2007, at 7:31 PM, Brent Anderson wrote: Where did you see this? I have a DH account and obviously I'm concerned about any potential compromise of my data. http://daringfireball.net/ http://www.extrapepperoni.com/2007/06/06/dreamhost-screwed-the-pooch/ Quote from the web site abo

Re: OT: Dreamhost FTP passwords compromissed.

Where did you see this? I have a DH account and obviously I'm concerned about any potential compromise of my data. On 6/6/07, Andre Garzia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Friends, I just saw that about 3500 passwords for Dreamhost company FTP accounts were compromissed. I know some folks here

Re: Legacy stack woes

Rob Cozens wrote: Go to preferences, "Files and memory" pane, and turn off the option that automatically adds the ".rev" extension. Also turn on the option in the same pane that preserves the stack file type when saving a legacy stack. Thanks. I guess this is broken, as per a recent list p

OT: Dreamhost FTP passwords compromissed.

Hello Friends, I just saw that about 3500 passwords for Dreamhost company FTP accounts were compromissed. I know some folks here have accounts there so this is a note to them to check and maybe switch to a new password for there may be hackers coming upon their accounts. andre __

Re: OT: QuickTime in web pages

Quick tip: For some, this might be preferable. put quote into q put "" into h1 put "" into h2 put ""&fsn&"" into h3 put "" into h4 put "" into h5 put cr & "

Re: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

From: "Andre Garzia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> So again, except for the fact that there might be a tsunami that sinks Scotland and RunRev with it, why do we need open source? We have engineers and developers working full time in the product. They are paying their bills and we're paying ours. Well..

Re: OT: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

From: "Luis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There's a little of everyone in each of us. Human nature. Well I can't argue with that. :-) Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and m

Re: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

I see many threads on the list about open source but no one is talking what this move would bring to RunRev... I don't want to talk about the philosophy of the thing, I like sharing stuff, everyone here knows that, I just want to make this thread productive and not some eternal thread about opini

Re: Launching Visual C++ 2005 Applications

Hi Mark, I agree that the program is launching but I don't know why it's not running. It runs fine when I double click it in windows and even when I launch it from the command prompt manually (Start>Run>"cmd">exe path). There must be some other hidden variable that I don't know about, like a

Re: OT: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

Isn't Open Source about the same as creating freeware? Lots of people enjoy the benefits, one or few people do all the work, without ever getting paid for it. Open-source products mustn't necessarily be free. And even if the software is available to use for free, in many instances, the people

Re: OT: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

On 6 Jun 2007, at 16:32, Shari wrote: A lot of coders I know are moving to the Open Source world for the simple fact that they can fix it. One case: Seeing RunRev lacking certain 'facilities' (3D was high on his list, and yes, I am aware of the plugin from igame3D) he couldn't believe t

Re: OT: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

There's a little of everyone in each of us. Human nature. Cheers, Luis. On 6 Jun 2007, at 16:18, Scott Kane wrote: From: "Luis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There is great misconception in the commercial world regarding Open Source, principally due to the heavy coating of FUD. And there's absolu

Re: OT: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

A lot of coders I know are moving to the Open Source world for the simple fact that they can fix it. One case: Seeing RunRev lacking certain 'facilities' (3D was high on his list, and yes, I am aware of the plugin from igame3D) he couldn't believe that a modern 'language' didn't have it buil

Re: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

From: "Shari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Think of the battle that authors of shareware wage against the very perception of shareware being the equivalent of freeware in the minds of many. How do you convince someone to buy it, when everybody is telling your consumers that it's supposed to be free?

Re: OT: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

From: "Luis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There is great misconception in the commercial world regarding Open Source, principally due to the heavy coating of FUD. And there's absolutely, positively no FUD in the Open Souce community.? ;-) Scott ___

Re: Don't you just wish Rev would do this?

On 6 Jun 2007, at 15:53, Lynn Fredricks wrote: NDAs are all required when you get that close to the bone of a company. But you don't think its obvious that actual business size/structure and strength within its market space have a direct impact on its strategy? That's where I'd prefer Ru

Re: OT: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

Shari wrote: I wouldn't want an Open Source Revolution. Where nobody is ultimately responsible for the bugs they create. It is hard to beat the incentive of having your daily bread provided by product revenue. It keeps the food chain simple and direct, and provides perhaps the ultimate acco

Re: OT: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

Open Source is not how software is written, it's the philosophy behind it: If what you're given doesn't work for you, you can change it (yourself, someone else, contracted, free or whatever). It does not mean that whatever changes are made are forced upon you, as for that same reason, you c

RE: Don't you just wish Rev would do this?

> > Adobe "owns" all of the best selling commercial tools for > > producing/supporting content for the Flex platform. > > > And how did they get there - not by selling software but > giving away an easy to install and useful piece of software? They got there by the acquisition of Macromedia :-

Re: Don't you just wish Rev would do this?

Randy Will wrote: > What all this comes down to is that "ease of use" is in the eye > of the beholder. In many areas I would have to agree, but this need not be the case. There was a time when usability was more the result of research findings than marketing slogans. While it's true than even

Re: Legacy stack woes

Bless you, Jacque! I don't think there is such a property, but you can read the binary file to see the format. If it starts with "REVO" then it is the new format. But for what you are doing, I don't think you'll have to resort to this. Thanks to you it was simple for me to create a menuItem

OT: Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

I've heard for years that open source is going to overcome closed source. I've listened to various people espousing it, heard examples of where this is said to be taking place - yet it isn't. Open Source is no more logical than "Open Supermarkets" where food is given away. Neither work in wha

Re: strange (german) system date

Yes I confirm here in France... Rev says we are Thursday 6 :-( In French... Le 6 juin 07 à 16:18, Klaus Major a écrit : Looks like this affects all non english systems. Mark S. reported this bug first (#5035) with a dutch system. Best regards from Paris, Eric Chatonet. ---

Re: strange (german) system date

Hi Richard, Klaus Major wrote: ... Rev 2.8.1, WIN XP Home SP2. In the msg: put the long date -> Tuesday, June 5, 2007 which is correct. put the long system date -> Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2007 which tells me it is wednesday (Mittwoch), NOT correct Verified here. This is an engine bug introduced wit

Re: A glimpse of the future

Hello Bob, RevBrowser works with WebKit on the mac and IE engine on windows. It needs an embedable engine to work, on linux it could use Gecko. Right now Opera doesn't ship an embedable engine that I know of. You have opera running on all kinds of machines such as Game Boy Advance and PCs but yo

Re: strange (german) system date

Klaus Major wrote: ... Rev 2.8.1, WIN XP Home SP2. In the msg: put the long date -> Tuesday, June 5, 2007 which is correct. put the long system date -> Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2007 which tells me it is wednesday (Mittwoch), NOT correct Verified here. This is an engine bug introduced with version 2.8.

Re: embedding a large number of copyrighted images

Hello. Another option would be to zip up your folder full of images, set it as a custom property, and at runtime decompress it to a temporary folder (specialFolderPath will help here), access your images, and then delete the folder when you're done. As an extra precaution, you should encr

Re: Don't you just wish Rev would do this?

The issue with this is that "easier to use" is a very subjective area. Generally, in the tech sector, "easier to use" actually means "easier to use for someone who has been entrenched in the MS Windows world for the last 10 years." This is how MS gets all of their Cost of Ownership studies to

A glimpse of the future

It's 17th October, 2007. Bob goes into his studio and turns on his Ubuntu computer. As soon as Ubuntu is up and running, a little yellow icon appears in the top right-hand corner of his screen. He clicks on it, and Ubuntu tell him that there are some software updates for him to download. He gla

Re: base64encode and jpg problem

Hi Nicolas, Images are binaries: use 'binfile' instead of 'file'. Le 6 juin 07 à 14:13, Nicolas Cueto a écrit : I can't figure out why the following doesn't work: put (base64encode(URL "file:img/000.jpg")) into URL "file:img/000.if5" ... put (base64decode(URL "file:img/000.if5")) into URL "fi

base64encode and jpg problem

I can't figure out why the following doesn't work: put (base64encode(URL "file:img/000.jpg")) into URL "file:img/000.if5" ... put (base64decode(URL "file:img/000.if5")) into URL "file:img/000new.jpg" The files "000.if5" and "000new.jpg" are created, and "000.jpg" and "000new.jpg" are the same siz

Re: Don't you just wish Rev would do this?

From: "Andre Garzia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Also if we have a better way to create externals I agree with this. The method to create externals in C++ is a total PITA. That certainly should be improved and IMHO to the point where a standard dll (etc) can be referenced without out the hoop ju

Re: Don't you just wish Rev would do this?

From: "David Bovill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Google seems to be doing better with a business strategy based around open source software. Eh? That is not backed up by installed base and respective profits of the two companies. MS has the lead in both. I've heard for years that open source is g

Re: Don't you just wish Rev would do this?

I see only three reasons for anything to go open source: 1) To attract more users - For example, Revolution Enterprise costs about 600 USD which in turn costs about 1,030 of my Brazilian Reals, the minimum wage is 404 BRL, students such as me earns less than that per month. For example, my univer

Re: Don't you just wish Rev would do this?

On 06/06/07, Scott Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: "Peter T. Evensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Microsoft seems to be doing very well without open-sourcing its > development tools. Google seems to be doing better with a business strategy based around open source software. On 05/06/07, Ran

Re: Don't you just wish Rev would do this?

On 05/06/07, Lynn Fredricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Adobe "owns" all of the best selling commercial tools for producing/supporting content for the Flex platform. And how did they get there - not by selling software but giving away an easy to install and useful piece of software? By open

Center text within a field?

I'm trying to center text in a field within a graphic (circle). The text can be any font and any size. I've been experimenting with code to center text within the field and then set the loc of the circle to the loc of the field. I have yet to find a method that perfectly centers text of any

Re: Don't you just wish Rev would do this?

On 05/06/07, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are these young minds concerned about cost, or do they need to modify the C++ source? Cost makes little difference to the students I know - if they need a piece of software in their studies they "know" how to get it :) Access to the sourc

Re: Don't you just wish Rev would do this?

From: "Peter T. Evensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Microsoft seems to be doing very well without open-sourcing its development tools. Indeed and while I'm 100% resistent to the trend for calling for open source (not talking about people here on this list, but has it ever struck anyone that when yo

Re: strange (german) system date

Hi all, ... Rev 2.8.1, WIN XP Home SP2. In the msg: put the long date -> Tuesday, June 5, 2007 which is correct. put the long system date -> Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2007 which tells me it is wednesday (Mittwoch), NOT correct Verified here. This is an engine bug introduced with version 2.8.1, meaning

Re: Checking if a file has copied completly

Hi, I tried this but it doesn't work, RunRev doesn't return an error. I then used the external module that I wrote to get around the 2 GB File Size Limit and that works *if* I open it with permissions set to "fsRdDenyPerm". All the Best Dave On 30 May 2007, at 19:46, J. Landman Gay wrot

Re: strange (german) system date

Hi Wilhelm, On Tue Jun 5, 2007 Klaus Major klaus at major-k.de wrote: Hi friends, I just discoverd strange things here on my PC: Rev 2.8.1, WIN XP Home SP2. In the msg: put the long date -> Tuesday, June 5, 2007 which is correct. put the long system date -> Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2007 which tells m

Re: Legacy stack woes

This preference doesn't seem to get applied, here. I've had it set since the feature appeared in the ope-beta, and now in 2.8.1 gm-1 Studio, but all stacks get saved as 2.7, anyway. It's bugzilla'd as bug 4695 "pending". Mac PB G4, OS 10.4.9 Mark On 5 Jun 2007, at 18:59, J. Landman Gay wrot

Re: strange (german) system date

On Tue Jun 5, 2007 Klaus Major klaus at major-k.de wrote: Hi friends, I just discoverd strange things here on my PC: Rev 2.8.1, WIN XP Home SP2. In the msg: put the long date -> Tuesday, June 5, 2007 which is correct. put the long system date -> Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2007 which tells me it is w

puzzeld with database path Was: invalid database path

Hello all, I got SQLite to run in my XP standalone, but I don't understand why - but I would like to for the next time :-) perhaps someone likes to correct my approach: - In Standalone App Settings I selected: Script Library: Database and Database Support: SQLite - I don't use "revSetDatabaseDri

Re: embedding a large number of copyrighted images

Hi Nicolas, Any Rev stack is fully loaded in RAM then 1000 embedded images might mean too much RAM involved: you have to calculate this first. If it is not too much, store the images into a specific custom property set: set the uImage[x] of this stack to url("binfile:" & ) then: set the te

Re: embedding a large number of copyrighted images

Recently, Nicolas Cueto wrote: > An application I've made works with 1000's of images (and sounds). Up > to now, I've used: > >set the filename of [image object] to [file path] > > However, the copyright holder of the images advises me that, should I > wish to share/sell my application, all

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