Re: Passing variables between Flash and Rev

2008-05-19 Thread Henk van der Velden
OK, thanks a lot. Flash versions have different capabilities. Early versions (MX MX2004) could read files, send and receive packets from servers, and listen for packets from servers (variable strings or XML format) using GET or POST methods. ... and later versions can just use a local soc

Re: some images from RevLive

2008-05-19 Thread Ben Rubinstein
On 17/5/08 15:29, Wilhelm Sanke wrote: What about adding some text to your pictures, so we are able to at least match some heads and names? How about those with images upload them to flickr with a suitable tag, eg "RunRevLive" - then there's provision for tagging and hotspotting images. - Be

Re: ANN: StackRunner 1.8 Is Now Available

2008-05-19 Thread Ben Rubinstein
On 17/5/08 22:01, Ken Ray wrote: Just wanted to let you know that a new release of StackRunner, version 1.8, has been uploaded to my site. This version has the 2.9.0 engine in it, includes full support for Linux, and has actually pre-bundled the database drivers in to make it easier to deploy. I

Re: Passing variables between Flash and Rev

2008-05-19 Thread Dave Cragg
On 19 May 2008, at 08:48, Henk van der Velden wrote: I'm new to the socket stuff. Can I ask a few questions about it? 1. So I can have a Flash file played through revBrowser in a Rev application, and have that Flash file communicate with the very same Rev application through a local socket

PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Malte Brill
Hey Colin, > Well, I got to 2nd best score for the last 20 days during my trial > play time, but sadly I can't buy it, as I've had bad spam experiences > from using PayPal, and so won't use them anymore. Actually this is a very interesting topic. Is there any Web payment method you would trust

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Colin Holgate
On May 19, 2008, at 8:23 AM, Malte Brill wrote: How do others handle this? Usually there is an ordinary secure payment option. When I have had an active PayPal account it has been accompanied with endless emails telling me to go here or there to confirm a fictitious payment of some sort

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Petrides, M.D. Marian
As a buyer, I have used PayPal only twice but have not gotten an undue number of spam emails. In general my method for dealing with spam is to just go through my emails selecting anything that appears to be uninteresting and deleting these messages. Takes but a second each time and I tend

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Shari
As a buyer, I have used PayPal only twice but have not gotten an undue number of spam emails. In general my method for dealing with spam is to just go through my emails selecting anything that appears to be uninteresting and deleting these messages. Takes but a second each time and I tend to d

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Colin Holgate
On May 19, 2008, at 8:55 AM, Petrides, M.D. Marian wrote: As a buyer, I have used PayPal only twice but have not gotten an undue number of spam emails. But if you suddenly got lots and could figure out what it was that you had done to deserve them, you might stop doing the action that caus

andLinux: Running Linux in W2K/XP/Vista (32bit only atm)

2008-05-19 Thread Luis
For those wanting to test Rev on Linux, you could try this if you're not used to dual booting or want to fork out for VMWare or Parallels: http://www.andlinux.org/ Cheers, Luis. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Pleas

Re: [somewhat OT] Text processing question (sort of)

2008-05-19 Thread jbv
Hi, Finally I implemented the option quoted below... As the content of the data to process are in french, I had to consider more characters (éèê etc) for the letter counts. As data is organized as lines with 3 items in each, I ended up with 4 lines, each featuring also 3 items, each item cont

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread jbv
Hi list, > > > As a buyer, I have used PayPal only twice but have not gotten an > > undue number of spam emails. > > But if you suddenly got lots and could figure out what it was that you > had done to deserve them, you might stop doing the action that caused > the spam. > I don't think there's a

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
>>>still cannot confirm the card details. FWIW, I solved that one by getting a PayPal credit card. I use it ONLY for PayPal transactions, making it easy to figure out if it has been misused and also giving me the same consumer protections that any other credit card affords. I DID, howeve

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Jim Sims
On May 19, 2008, at 2:23 PM, Malte Brill wrote: Actually this is a very interesting topic. Is there any Web payment method you would trust? The reason why we use PAYPAl is that it was pretty easy to integrate with our Key generator. Also PAYPAL does charge the lowest fees for a transaction

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Ian Wood
On 19 May 2008, at 13:23, Malte Brill wrote: Hey Colin, > Well, I got to 2nd best score for the last 20 days during my trial > play time, but sadly I can't buy it, as I've had bad spam experiences > from using PayPal, and so won't use them anymore. Actually this is a very interesting topic

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Neal Campbell
I use Esellerate for my stuff (none of it is Revolution-based so need to find/write an Esellerate external) but I have been very happy with them. Neal On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Malte Brill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Colin, > >> Well, I got to 2nd best score for the last 20 days durin

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Neal Campbell
We do paypal for our publishing business and have had no problems but I have had one horrendous experience using them personally for an ebay sell and I will try to avoid them in the future if at all possible. Do a google search on people hating paypal and you will get a taste of it (has nothing to

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Trevor DeVore
On May 19, 2008, at 10:33 AM, Neal Campbell wrote: I use Esellerate for my stuff (none of it is Revolution-based so need to find/write an Esellerate external) but I have been very happy with them. Neal, We have an esellerate external we use. You can ping me off-list if you would like to tak

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Colin Holgate
At 9:15 AM -0500 5/19/08, Marian Petrides, M.D. wrote: No problem when I switched to Firefox and attempted the same transaction. Maybe you have a browser issue? Of course, you mean THEY have a browser issue. I have no problem using Safari, I enjoy it. But I will try Firefox when I work out th

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
On May 19, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: At 9:15 AM -0500 5/19/08, Marian Petrides, M.D. wrote: No problem when I switched to Firefox and attempted the same transaction. Maybe you have a browser issue? Of course, you mean THEY have a browser issue. I have no problem using Safar

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Richard Gaskin
Neal Campbell wrote: I use Esellerate for my stuff (none of it is Revolution-based so need to find/write an Esellerate external) but I have been very happy with them. What is the benefit of replicating the web payment form in the software? It's easy enough to just pop open a browser to the pay

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Ian Wood
On 19 May 2008, at 16:24, Colin Holgate wrote: About PayPal and just using a credit card, yes, that's how a lot of sites are, but this one (wherever it is) only has options for signing into, or signing up for PayPal. There doesn't appear to be a way to do just credit card payment. Like oth

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Colin Holgate
At 8:33 AM -0700 5/19/08, Richard Gaskin wrote: What is the benefit of replicating the web payment form in the software? That side of eSellerate is cute, but it wouldn't matter if you had to go to a web page. It's just the not having to sign up for something part that I like. __

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Richard Miller
I had to create a store inside my Rev software which did not use a browser. Unlike with others, my software has requirements which made use of a browser difficult (for example, the software is driven by a touch screen and any given user may need to use the store often). I found it to be fai

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Trevor DeVore
On May 19, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Neal Campbell wrote: I use Esellerate for my stuff (none of it is Revolution-based so need to find/write an Esellerate external) but I have been very happy with them. What is the benefit of replicating the web payment form in the software?

Re: Passing variables between Flash and Rev

2008-05-19 Thread Troy Rollins
On May 19, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Henk van der Velden wrote: 1. So I can have a Flash file played through revBrowser in a Rev application, and have that Flash file communicate with the very same Rev application through a local socket connection? Right. 2. A local socket, is that something l

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Neal Campbell
Thats the reason! Most of my customers do end up using the traditional browser but its nice having the serial number/key managed outside of cut/pasting the info in. I also own a Kagi account but I felt that once you cost in the factor of everything that ESellerate is cheaper. Would be interested i

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Colin Holgate
I found the Buy Now page, but alas it won't work in Firefox either. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailma

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Bummer :-( On May 19, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: I found the Buy Now page, but alas it won't work in Firefox either. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manag

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread viktoras didziulis
check this alternative: http://webstore.amazon.com Any number of web stores for $59 per month + 7% commission. Hmmm... Seems a little too expensive, but maybe their service is great... All the best! Viktoras ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revo

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
Richard Miller wrote: I had to create a store inside my Rev software which did not use a browser. We did something similar with TeachMac, an app that provides tutorials and teaching materials for (often very new) computer users. We originally started by using a browser for purchases, but give

[OT] Fast Typing

2008-05-19 Thread Hugh Senior
Try this in MSWord. Empty document, type... =rand() or =rand(10,20) where the first number is paragraphs, second param is number of sentence repeats. Neat, huh? /H ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit th

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Ben Rubinstein
On 19/5/08 13:55, Petrides, M.D. Marian wrote: As a buyer, I have used PayPal only twice but have not gotten an undue number of spam emails. In general my method for dealing with spam is to just go through my emails selecting anything that appears to be uninteresting and deleting these message

Re: PAYPAL

2008-05-19 Thread Dale Pond
I have used PayPal for years both as seller and buyer. I can report no adverse effects of any kind. I have never seen any spam originating from PayPal or from my use of PayPal. There was a time when entering data into my account seemed a bit weird but eventually it all worked ok. PayPal h

Re: integrating rsync with Rev

2008-05-19 Thread Josh Mellicker
Sarah, Once again, you have enlightened the world with your brilliance and left a trail of happiness behind you :-) Thanks so much for your brilliant script!!! "Expect" was the key! I am going to try to convert this to a "send tCmd to me in 30 ticks" type callback... And, I don't mind c

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Richard Gaskin
Ben Rubinstein wrote: But I do get a ton of PayPal phishing spam (7-10/day that gets past my spam filters) and find it very convenient to know without looking that any message about my PayPal account is spam. I think that's a positive reason to avoid setting up a PayPal account. There is no

Re: Passing variables between Flash and Rev

2008-05-19 Thread Henk van der Velden
Thanks a lot; I'll dive into this. Henk On 19-mei-2008, at 19:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the end, it works like this... you have Rev start listening for a socket connection, you have Flash connect to it, and you start communicating back and forth. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rp

Re: exclude

2008-05-19 Thread Paul Foraker
Thank you-all. I'm so happy to be 'without' ! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolutio

Re: Passing variables between Flash and Rev

2008-05-19 Thread Dave Cragg
On 19 May 2008, at 19:11, Henk van der Velden wrote: Thanks a lot; I'll dive into this. Henk I got intrigued, and managed to get something working. (It needs Flash Player 9.) You can try this in the Rev message box. go url "http://www.lacscentre.co.uk/flex/socketTest/FlashSocketTest.rev";

OT: Open Port to PostGreSQL -- Security issues?

2008-05-19 Thread Sivakatirswami
Aloha, I hope all you had fun at the conference. Andre is here with us on Kauai. I'm taking good care of him. What a brain! Day off here so he's off kayaking...then tomorrow we are all off for a trip to the dry side: Salt Pond, then up the mountain to Kokee and Kalalau Valley look out and th

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Ben Rubinstein
On 19/5/08 18:21, Richard Gaskin wrote: Ben Rubinstein wrote: But I do get a ton of PayPal phishing spam (7-10/day that gets past my spam filters) and find it very convenient to know without looking that any message about my PayPal account is spam. I think that's a positive reason to avoid se

Re: OT: Web Gallerie for windows? and privacy

2008-05-19 Thread Richard Gaskin
tech1 wrote: So, did anyone get pictures of the kingsnake and kangaroo rat? :^) That sounded like a great adventure. It was a great time. But sadly, such moments with animals are fleeting, and both were gone long before we got the cameras out. But if you're jonesing for a kangaroo rat pic,

Re: PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

2008-05-19 Thread Stephen Barncard
I've done literally HUNDREDS of Paypal/Ebay transactions, always in Safari (I don't like Firefox -ugly) and never had problems, except with a couple of sellers - not a browser issue. sqb I DID, however, find it impossible to pay for an eBay item (couldn't log into PayPal from eBay) with Sa

Re: [somewhat OT] Text processing question (sort of)

2008-05-19 Thread Robert Brenstein
On 18/05/08 at 23:03 -0700 Kee Nethery apparently wrote: Interesting problem. if you are looking for typos, here are my thoughts. What are the probable errors? Seems to me you have: 1. Typos in individual words 2. Extra spaces in individual words (so that you end up with two words instead of o

mysql and cgi, or why the engine outputs: Attempting to load driver: /opt/web/lib/dbdrivers/dbmysql.so ???

2008-05-19 Thread Andre Garzia
Aloha Friends, is there any way to prevent the engine from outputing: Attempting to load driver: /opt/web/lib/dbdrivers/dbmysql.so When loading a database in a CGI? This line is disrupting my http headers, can we say to the engine like "keep your voice down while you load your modules"... Any h

kiosk sample stack

2008-05-19 Thread Jim Lambert
After years, I'm finally trying Rev's database capabilities for the first time. Using the supplied example kiosk.rev, I instantly get a connection error "Access denied for user 'example'@'74.7.66.226' (Using password: YES)" No changes were made to the default info in the Database Query Bu

Re: mysql and cgi, or why the engine outputs: Attempting to load driver: /opt/web/lib/dbdrivers/dbmysql.so ???

2008-05-19 Thread Phil Davis
Hi Andre, How about sending stdout to /dev/null until you're ready to write the result back to the caller? (e.g. tell the engine "talk to my hand" until you're ready to hear from it) Or maybe it's not that simple - I've never had this problem. Phil Andre Garzia wrote: Aloha Friends, is t

Re: kiosk sample stack

2008-05-19 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Jim Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After years, I'm finally trying Rev's database capabilities for the first > time. > > Using the supplied example kiosk.rev, I instantly get a connection error > "Access denied for user 'example'@'74.7.66.226' (Using password:

Re: Passing variables between Flash and Rev

2008-05-19 Thread Troy Rollins
On May 19, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Dave Cragg wrote: But if you also want to accept data from the Flash element, doesn't the Flash script need to reset the connection prior to sending data otherwise Rev doesn't know when to read from the socket. In the example above, Rev closes the socket each t

Re: integrating rsync with Rev

2008-05-19 Thread Sarah Reichelt
> Once again, you have enlightened the world with your brilliance and left a > trail of happiness behind you :-) LOL > Thanks so much for your brilliant > script!!! "Expect" was the key! > > I am going to try to convert this to a "send tCmd to me in 30 ticks" type > callback... > > And, I don't m

Re: kiosk sample stack

2008-05-19 Thread Jim Lambert
Sarah wrote: I expect that Rev just gave example details and that they have not actually opened a database connection to anyone called "example". Thanks, Sarah. I foolishly took this sentence from the tutorial's PDF literally: "The database itself is located on the Runtime Revolution web ser

Re: kiosk sample stack

2008-05-19 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Jim Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sarah wrote: >> I expect that Rev just gave example details and that they have not >> actually opened a database connection to anyone called "example". >> >> > Thanks, Sarah. > > I foolishly took this sentence from the tutor

Re: integrating rsync with Rev

2008-05-19 Thread David Bovill
Sarah - thanks for this work! Just one thing... for general use it would be really great to use these techniques to interactively generate the ssh key pairs from within Rev and then ftp or scp them to the server. This convenience option would make it easy for users to set up secure connections, and

Re: integrating rsync with Rev

2008-05-19 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 4:15 PM, David Bovill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sarah - thanks for this work! Just one thing... for general use it would be > really great to use these techniques to interactively generate the ssh key > pairs from within Rev and then ftp or scp them to the server. This >

Re: kiosk sample stack

2008-05-19 Thread Heather Nagey
Oops. I expect we broke it in the server move. I'll pass this on to the webmaster and he can try and relocate this sample somewhere it will be able to connect. Regards, Heather On May 20, 2008, at 4:39 AM, Jim Lambert wrote: Sarah wrote: I expect that Rev just gave example details and tha