Re: Filemaker through ODBC

2007-10-04 Thread Mark Wieder
Bruce- Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 8:57:43 PM, you wrote: > Variables were introduced in several different ways beginning with FileMaker > 7 over 2 years ago. Can you display a variable on a layout? I seem to remember trying this and not being able to do it without creating a new calculated fiel

Re: How to tell is an "answer file" dialog is up?

2007-10-04 Thread John Tregea
Hi Richard, Would it be possible to have the stack that is opened in either modal or sheet mode to send a message to your mainstack when it is opened (as part of the preopen handler) and another when it closes. That way your main stack does not have to "discover" at a point in time whether ther

Re: How to tell is an "answer file" dialog is up?

2007-10-04 Thread Richard Gaskin
Michael Binder wrote: In one of my apps I'm taking advantage of Rev 2.8.1's improved menu updating to revise how I handle menu enabling and disabling. It's all working swell, with one exception: What do I do when a file selection dialog is up, such as with "answer file" and "ask file"? This i

How to tell is an "answer file" dialog is up?

2007-10-04 Thread Michael Binder
Hi Richard, I just reread your post and realized you were asking about SYSTEM dialogs. My answer (a few minutes ago) was based on rev's ask and answer dialogs which are stacks. Sorry about the confusion... I can't think of a solution for you. --Michael Binder __

How to tell is an "answer file" dialog is up?

2007-10-04 Thread Michael Binder
In one of my apps I'm taking advantage of Rev 2.8.1's improved menu updating to revise how I handle menu enabling and disabling. It's all working swell, with one exception: What do I do when a file selection dialog is up, such as with "answer file" and "ask file"? Hi Richard, This is a proble

Re: does setting the angle of an image make its size unchangeable?

2007-10-04 Thread Josh Mellicker
Eric, You have solved the problem! Brilliant! Thanks! On Oct 4, 2007, at 3:02 AM, Eric Chatonet wrote: Hi Josh, Le 4 oct. 07 à 11:20, Josh Mellicker a écrit : Can anyone tell me if this is a bug that should be bugzilla'd? I don't think so: From the docs: Unlike the rotate command, the a

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2007-10-04 Thread Stephen Barncard
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How to tell is an "answer file" dialog is up?

2007-10-04 Thread Richard Gaskin
In one of my apps I'm taking advantage of Rev 2.8.1's improved menu updating to revise how I handle menu enabling and disabling. I now have a generalized routine which takes care of the menu updates based on the type of window which is front most: one of my documents, or a modal, or a sheet.

Re: connect to MS SQL Server via ODBC

2007-10-04 Thread mfstuart
Hi Robert, Typically when requesting 'user' table information from MS SQL Server, you want define the SELECT statement as: SELECT * FROM sysobjects WHERE (xtype = 'U') Look at the 'syscolumns' table for the column names and their "properties" - length, type, etc. Mark Stuart Robert Eppich wrote

Re: Getting MAC Addresses

2007-10-04 Thread Ken Ray
On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 15:32:34 +0100, David Burgun wrote: > Hi, > > How can I get the MAC addresses of all appropriate devices on a > system? e.g. if a system has Ethernet and BlueTooth, I want the MAC > address of both devices. This has to work on Mac OS X and Windows. Well, there's a tip about

Re: Getting MAC Addresses

2007-10-04 Thread Mark Smith
Dave, the shell commands 'ifconfig -a' on Mac and Linux, and 'ipconfig /all' on windows should give you the hardware addresses of all the computer's network interfaces. I don't know how reliably this will show bluetooth interfaces... Best, Mark On 4 Oct 2007, at 15:32, David Burgun wrote:

Getting MAC Addresses

2007-10-04 Thread David Burgun
Hi, How can I get the MAC addresses of all appropriate devices on a system? e.g. if a system has Ethernet and BlueTooth, I want the MAC address of both devices. This has to work on Mac OS X and Windows. Thanks in Advance All the Best Dave ___ use

COM support in RunRev

2007-10-04 Thread David Burgun
Hi All, I am looking at the viability of moving a RealBasic application over to the RunRev. The application communicates with various other applications. To do this it uses AppleScript on the Mac and COM under Windows. I know I can achieve the same on the Mac from past experience of usi

Re: does setting the angle of an image make its size unchangeable?

2007-10-04 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Josh, Le 4 oct. 07 à 11:20, Josh Mellicker a écrit : Can anyone tell me if this is a bug that should be bugzilla'd? I don't think so: From the docs: Unlike the rotate command, the angle property affects only the screen display of the image, not the actual picture data in it. In addition

Re: does setting the angle of an image make its size unchangeable?

2007-10-04 Thread Josh Mellicker
Can anyone tell me if this is a bug that should be bugzilla'd? create a stack add an image set the filename of the image verify that it resizes as expected (change width, height or rect, with property inspector or script) now: set the angle of the image to 270 try to resize the image what ha

Re: OpenBase - WAS: Re: Filemaker through ODBC

2007-10-04 Thread Luis
True, I should have clarified. FMP pushes it through your OS mail client, the mail.it plugin (among others) will email from within FMP (the mail.it plugin is excellent btw). Cheers, Luis. On 4 Oct 2007, at 05:03, Bruce Robertson wrote: Hiya, Anyone tried OpenBase (http://www.openbase.co