Hi Joe - do you mean that the file is invisible to the user and the stack is
visible or vice versa?
If it's the former then the filename should begin with a period (.)
If it's the latter then just use...
open inv stack "myStack"
HTH,
Terry...
On 22/9/08 4:23 PM, "Joe Lewis Wilkins" <[EMAIL PRO
Yeah, I'm a nuisance! (smile) Now that I have a Splash Screen stack as
a standalone, I'd like to make the "real stack" that it will open
invisible so the user is not even aware that there is one. I know
there used to be a way to may files invisible from the Finder, but I
no longer find this
> So the number of lines in the KEYS of myArray is not a good test to see if
> an array has data or even how many lines of data are in the array.
True. Here's some basic tests (-> means "returns"):
Is a Variable an Array?
--
Rev 2.x:
the keys of
--> If em
Hi Gang,
It just dawned on me, as I start finalizing things, that my Studio Rev
3.0 will produce a Windows XP compatible standalone of the Splash
screen stack, but then I have a problem with having a Windows
compatible "stack" to use with it. How do I get that except by using
the Enterpri
Joe,
I feel for you. I just started having problems with my eyesight.
apparently twenty years of computer use has it's price.
An idea:
Why not write/design your own palette with larger icons? It would take
some work but then you would always be able to quickly see them. Just
a thought
Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
Sarah,
I should have said "Line Paint Tool".That's the one that Devin showed me
how to find by pressing down on the curve tool until a small popup that
allows you to select Line Tool or Freehand Tool. Second icon from the
left in the middle row of the Paint Tools.
T
Finally found the paint line size popup. It is so small and hard to
see; and I thought Devin meant it was higher up, right under and not
separate from the Curve Line Tool popup. Works too. They really need
to make the tools on this palette larger, but I guess that won't
happen. Guess I need
Both the Line tool and the Line Paint tool both work with there own
separate Line size popups here for me in 3.0
Tom McGrath
On Sep 21, 2008, at 10:46 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sarah,
I should have said "Line
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sarah,
>
> I should have said "Line Paint Tool".That's the one that Devin showed me how
> to find by pressing down on the curve tool until a small popup that allows
> you to select Line Tool or Freehand Tool. Second ic
Sarah,
I should have said "Line Paint Tool".That's the one that Devin showed
me how to find by pressing down on the curve tool until a small popup
that allows you to select Line Tool or Freehand Tool. Second icon from
the left in the middle row of the Paint Tools.
Sorry for the mistake in
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Sarah, Tom and Dave,
>
> I saw that and had tried it, but it only works with the object line tool;
> not the line paste tool. I'm sure it should, so that it doesn't IS A BUG!
>
You've lost me now :-) Where is the "
Hi Sarah, Tom and Dave,
I saw that and had tried it, but it only works with the object line
tool; not the line paste tool. I'm sure it should, so that it doesn't
IS A BUG!
Joe Wilkins
On Sep 21, 2008, at 7:01 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:
It's on my version (3.0.0 build 750, Mac OS X 10.5.5)
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Devin, apparently they hid this so well that they forgot to implement it in
> 3.0. It's just not there; period!
> And if it were, I'd have trouble finding it with my poor vision. (smile) But
> thanks. Maybe the lack of
Joe,
It is here in 3.0 for me. if you select either line tool it there for
you to select any line size. It looks like a gray thin line with
increasingly thicker lines below it and it is very small.
Tom
On Sep 21, 2008, at 9:46 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
Devin, apparently they hid this so
Devin, apparently they hid this so well that they forgot to implement
it in 3.0. It's just not there; period!
And if it were, I'd have trouble finding it with my poor vision.
(smile) But thanks. Maybe the lack of it
should be reported as a bug?
Joe Wilkins
On Sep 21, 2008, at 6:19 PM, Devin
On Sep 21, 2008, at 1:04 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
And, if they would also allow you to make the lines wider than a
single pixel; that would help greatly.
Well, they hide that, too. :-) When you select the line painting tool
a line thickness tool appears just to the right and beneath the
Does not work for me, either.
OS X 10.4.11.
Paul Looney
On Sep 21, 2008, at 4:01 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
Doesn't work for me using 3.0 and Leopard, either. I suspect it has
to do with them using the underline character AND Command/Shift
rather than the minus sign and Command/Shift, whic
I know I can always view things larger using Command/Option +, but
doing so all the time is a bit much. Incidentally, one of the side
advantages of using the splash screen approach is that you can build
the standalone and continue to make changes in the "real stack"
forever. That's good. (s
Hi Jacque,
Well, my intuition about not closing the stack was correct, but it
wasn't working before because of a failure of my eyesight to pick up a
space I had put in the stacks name. Once I discovered that and
backtracked to remove the "close this stack", things work as they
should. Thi
Doesn't work for me using 3.0 and Leopard, either. I suspect it has to
do with them using the underline character AND Command/Shift rather
than the minus sign and Command/Shift, which is what it is.
Joe Wilkins
On Sep 21, 2008, at 3:53 PM, James Hurley wrote:
Jim,
I have only had this pro
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AND... Even when I did a build, the very same thing occurred; the
Splash screen stack opens and just sits there, finally closing.
Interestingly enough, the Stackrunner, which is nearby, opens
"myRealStack" and it works just fine; or appears to with limited
testing. Sometimes I wonder if you
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James Hurley wrote:
I tried your suggestion, but I o
And once I did, it closed the "Splash screen" stack, but didn't open
"myRealStack" - different name of course. So...?
Joe Wilkins
On Sep 21, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
Jacque, (my guardian angel!)
Thanks for the support. Actually, I'm doing exactly what you've
suggested, b
Jacque, (my guardian angel!)
Thanks for the support. Actually, I'm doing exactly what you've
suggested, but it's not opening "myRealStack" (smile). The only
difference is that I didn't include the statement "close this stack",
since I thought that probably wouldn't work; and I never got bac
Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
Good to know, Ken. this time I think I'll go with the Splash screen once
I figure out exactly how to tie it to my original stack; I assume it has
to do with making my stack a substack of a new mainstack (the Splash
screen stack); not quite as easily done as I thought, b
Good to know, Ken. this time I think I'll go with the Splash screen
once I figure out exactly how to tie it to my original stack; I assume
it has to do with making my stack a substack of a new mainstack (the
Splash screen stack); not quite as easily done as I thought, but...!
Thanks for you
> Hi gang,
> I am trying to make a repeat structure that deals with an unknown number of
> images located along a given line.
> The line is the diagonal of a currently selected group.
> How can I define that line and does it have to be actually be drawn before
> referring to it?
If you only care a
> Thank you for your input. If, as I probably will, I continue to hit a
> stonewall with my current approach - since the standalone already
> works quite well - I will either try the splash screen approach, or
> utilize the Stackrunner and just keep everything as stacks. The latter
> not being a t
> Would it then be possible from a standalone to save it as a stack and
> then use StackRunner to open that stack? I'm assuming that the
> Standalone would not be able to open a stack file? I've never tried
> StackRunner, so I don't know what its capabilities are. And it may be
> distributed along
Far cash-strapped types like me the following was a really lovely discovery:
http://www.buttonbuilderapp.com/
( Mac OS )
sincerely, Richmond Mathewson
A Thorn in the flesh is better than a failed Systems Development Life Cycle.
_
Here is a stack using "answer" which fails to build on rev 3.0.0 for
windows.
Regards
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From: "J. Landman Gay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "How to use Revolution"
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: Rev 3.0.0 Bulid Standalone fails
> Camm29 wrote:
> >
Camm29 wrote:
Cannot delete the "answer dialog" and "ask dialog" stacks that appears from
no where ?
Ok, try this instead in the message box:
put there is a stack "answer dialog" of stack "myStack"
If it returns false, then there is a significant bug somewhere and you
should run to the dat
Yes , it builds with 2.9
Regards
Camm
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From: "Joe Lewis Wilkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "How to use Revolution"
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: Rev 3.0.0 Bulid Standalone fails
> You're saying that it DOES build with rev. 2.9?
>
> Joe Wilkins
>
Bill Vlahos wrote:
I remember seeing tutorials to printing features in 2.9 but I can't find
them now.
Can someone enlighten me please?
Documentation -> Getting Started -> In Depth -> Printing: the basics
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HyperActive Software
Thanks again. I've got it now. I've noticed that the put number of lines in
the keys of myarray -- returns a number that is the same whether or not an
element in the array contains data.
So the number of lines in the KEYS of myArray is not a good test to see if
an array has data or even how many l
You're saying that it DOES build with rev. 2.9?
Joe Wilkins
On Sep 21, 2008, at 10:19 AM, Camm29 wrote:
Joe ,
I have tried most things , but it only fails to build in rev 3.0.0
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Hi Tom,
Thanks for your fine, detailed explanation. I always understood the
problem, but the splash screen solution seemed so convoluted that I
have, stubbornly, refused to go in that direction. It would seem this
old dog needs to learn a new trick - or two. (smile) I still like the
idea
Joe ,
I have tried most things , but it only fails to build in rev 3.0.0
Regards
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To: "How to use Revolution"
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: Rev 3.0.0 Bulid Standalone fails
> Hi Camm,
>
> I'm no
Bonsoir Eric,
Désolé !!! My english is so poor !
Bon courage
René
Le 21 sept. 08 à 18:52, Eric Chatonet a écrit :
As I said, as soon as I get a chance, I'll release version 2.3 that
will take into account GLX2 users:
Not got this chance yet :-)
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Robert,
Thank you for your input. If, as I probably will, I continue to hit a
stonewall with my current approach - since the standalone already
works quite well - I will either try the splash screen approach, or
utilize the Stackrunner and just keep everything as stacks. The latter
not be
Bonsoir René,
As I said, as soon as I get a chance, I'll release version 2.3 that
will take into account GLX2 users:
Not got this chance yet :-)
Le 21 sept. 08 à 18:49, René Micout a écrit :
Bonjour Eric,
When I go on http://www.sosmartsoftware.com I can upload 2.2
version, but where is 2
I remember seeing tutorials to printing features in 2.9 but I can't
find them now.
Can someone enlighten me please?
Bill Vlahos
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Bonjour Eric,
When I go on http://www.sosmartsoftware.com I can upload 2.2 version,
but where is 2.3 version ?
Merci
René
Le 21 sept. 08 à 13:16, Eric Chatonet a écrit :
Bonjour à tous,
I got some emails from René or Stephen telling me that my Guides
Picker plugin (last 2.2 version) no lo
On 21/09/08 at 08:30 -0700 Joe Lewis Wilkins apparently wrote:
I guess this is my day for confusion. (smile) I'm not using a player
for any of this.
I have a fairly simple stack consisting of some 50 cards, each of
which has one or more images and some fields and/or buttons. Using
the bucket
The results in examples 1 and 2 were incorrect.
put myArray [1] & return into toadMeatList
put myArray [2] & return after toadMeatList
put myArray [5] after toadMeatList
RESULTS-->
Jefferson
Washington
Elvis
or in a "regular" loop
put "1,2,5" into orderList
repeat with n = 1 to numLines
put
Hey Joe,
I got confused by this at first in building standalones. You're not
alone. ;-)
You may already know some of this but for anyone following this thread
it might help.
OK, So you want to build an application that can save 'apparent'
document files. Why, because on most Operating s
It's not a list! It's an array.
It's not THE NUMBER OF LINES in myArray.
it's the number of lines in the KEYS of myArray. Big difference.
I'll build a silly array here:
set the itemdelimiter to comma
put "Jefferson,Washington,Lincoln,Bush,Elvis" into historyList
repeat with n = 1 to number of i
On Sep 21, 2008, at 8:37 AM, Colin Holgate wrote:
On Sep 21, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
Actually, I'm using several calls that utilize rightBottom as the
second parameter; along with topLeft as the first one, though there
seems to be some confusion as to the arguments one p
Mark, thanks for the guidance. I'll see if I can finally get this to
work. I can see there are several concepts that I have yet to master.
(smile)
Joe Wilkins
On Sep 21, 2008, at 8:42 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
Hi Joe,
I would start with a template stack. When your standalone starts up,
Hi Joe,
I would start with a template stack. When your standalone starts up,
it should immediately clone the template and give it a name. For
example "Untitled 1".
When the user quits or chooses the Save menu item from the File menu,
you can show the prompt, asking whether to save or not,
On Sep 21, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
Actually, I'm using several calls that utilize rightBottom as the
second parameter; along with topLeft as the first one, though there
seems to be some confusion as to the arguments one provides in order
to get everything to do what you
I guess this is my day for confusion. (smile) I'm not using a player
for any of this.
I have a fairly simple stack consisting of some 50 cards, each of
which has one or more images and some fields and/or buttons. Using the
bucket tool, a user may color inside the lines of the images as they
Thanks, Eric!
Best,
Jerry Daniels
Daniels & Mara, Inc.
Makers of GLX2
http://www.glx2.com
On Sep 21, 2008, at 6:16 AM, Eric Chatonet wrote:
Bonjour à tous,
I got some emails from René or Stephen telling me that my Guides
Picker plugin (last 2.2 version) no longer worked for them.
I dug in
Actually, I'm using several calls that utilize rightBottom as the
second parameter; along with topLeft as the first one, though there
seems to be some confusion as to the arguments one provides in order
to get everything to do what you expect. Either I'm confused - a
distinct possibility -
Hi Camm,
I'm no expert with 3.0, but I'm doing a lot of work using it, so maybe
I'll have some ideas for you:
On Sep 21, 2008, at 6:23 AM, Camm29 wrote:
Cannot delete the "answer dialog" and "ask dialog" stacks that
appears from
no where ?
This confuses me a bit, but I suspect it may be
Bonjour Barry,
If I understand the problem (not sure), you want to deal with all
images that are more or less inside a group boundaries:
repeat with i = 1 to the number of images
if intersect(image i,group ) then select image i
end repeat
BTW, and letting apart your syntax error when using
My mistake. Please ignore last post. Brain works better in morning. The
array is returning correctly. I was just testing the results wrong. It looks
like this is going to work and I think that it is much better to use the
array as the key is generated by the data identifier and will thus be
exactly
On Sep 21, 2008, at 10:31 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For some reason the script Editor does not colour rightBottom red
unless the words are separated but then the error is Expression: bad
factor - so I am leaving it black.
If topleft works you would expect to need bottomright, not rightb
Hi gang,
I am trying to make a repeat structure that deals with an unknown number of
images located along a given line.
The line is the diagonal of a currently selected group.
How can I define that line and does it have to be actually be drawn before
referring to it?
My attempts so far include:
Cannot delete the "answer dialog" and "ask dialog" stacks that appears from
no where ?
It happens after "Checking Directories" in the standalone build process.
Other strange things happen , like it adds the Stack name to the file
description in the
standalone settings.
The message on failure app
Thanks again. I'm still curious about the array. When I use the "number of
lines in myArray" I get the correct answer "1" before I send it out of the
function as "myArray" but when I do the same "number of lines in myArray"
after it is called then the answer is "0".
If I ask for one key in the arra
Bonjour à tous,
I got some emails from René or Stephen telling me that my Guides
Picker plugin (last 2.2 version) no longer worked for them.
I dug in and found that this plugin is not compatible with GLX2
because GLX2 replaces revmenubar by its own window.
As soon as I get a chance, I'll rele
Hi Joe,
You can save and open stacks with the same standalone. There is no
need for a player. As Richard states, you can use these stacks as
documents, in case you need to save custom properties and objects for
instance. You can even give these stacks their own extension or file
type and,
Hi Richard,
Would it then be possible from a standalone to save it as a stack and
then use StackRunner to open that stack? I'm assuming that the
Standalone would not be able to open a stack file? I've never tried
StackRunner, so I don't know what its capabilities are. And it may be
distri
Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
I've got most all of my problems resolved. Except
Saving doesn't work as I'd like it to - for the standalones. The user
is allowed to color pictures with the paint bucket, and they can print
it, but haven't figured out a way that they can save what they've
done. I
Good catch, Stephen. Old habits, but cross-platform is the way to go.
Correction made :-)
Thanks,
Jim Ault
Las Vegas
On 9/21/08 12:10 AM, "Stephen Barncard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Actually the "¬" (which I myself have used for
> centuries) has been diminished in favor of "\".
> The "¬"
Actually the "¬" (which I myself have used for
centuries) has been diminished in favor of "\".
The "¬" is not cross-platform it's there for
backward compatibility with imported HC scripts.
It's not even in the dictionary anymore.
Two more ways
... easier readability to use the continuatio
And, if they would also allow you to make the lines wider than a
single pixel; that would help greatly.
Joe Wilkins
On Sep 20, 2008, at 10:51 PM, Devin Asay wrote:
Actually, Joe, there is a line tool on the paint tools palette. It
may not be obvious because it shares a button with the freeh
Hey Devin, thanks but I needed that yesterday. (smile) They sure hid
that one away.
Really, thanks. I've got most all of my problems resolved. Except
Saving doesn't work as I'd like it to - for the standalones. The user
is allowed to color pictures with the paint bucket, and they can print
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