icon conversion tool

2009-01-19 Thread Chipp Walters
http://www.eisbox.net/iconvert/ Just thought some of you might want to bookmark this. It converts images and icons from one format to another. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: externals

2009-01-19 Thread Mark Wieder
Randall- Monday, January 19, 2009, 12:49:36 PM, you wrote: > QuickKeys is cool... but it doesn't offer finder events as triggers > for the execution of macros. FWIW, I've had to do this exactly once in a Windows rev external. Since dlls are essentially Windows applications with a special interfa

RE: externals

2009-01-19 Thread Randall Reetz
Sorry, my phone thinks "tammie" is a synonym of "tap". -Original Message- From: "Randall Reetz" To: "How to use Revolution" Sent: 1/19/2009 6:55 PM Subject: RE: externals Well there is the rub. Apple, hates the idea that somone would tammie into the file level event loop. I think the

Re: any way to detect condition "connected to ISP but not internet"?

2009-01-19 Thread Brian Yennie
This is by no means foolproof, and just based on my own anecdotal connection issues, but you might consider checking your computer's local IP address. If it is in one of the "self-assigned" ranges, often that means you are connected to your router, but not to the larger network. Of course t

Re: externals

2009-01-19 Thread Brian Yennie
They may have a good argument there =). There is something to be said for not exposing low level OS routines to a high level API. It prevents very messy things from happening to your machine, even at the hands of the "good" people. With that said, perhaps there are other ways of approaching

any way to detect condition "connected to ISP but not internet"?

2009-01-19 Thread Josh Mellicker
I just thought I'd ask the many networking gurus here: It seems easy with Revolution to check if connected to the internet, if not connected, after a timeOutInterval, an error is returned and it can be dealt with, no problem. However... Here at our office, we got Time Warner cable internet

RE: externals

2009-01-19 Thread Randall Reetz
Well there is the rub. Apple, hates the idea that somone would tammie into the file level event loop. I think the security issues are scarry to a company that tells people that says its OS doesnt attract malware. I have talked to top apple OS people who act as if i am hitler for even asking.

Re: externals

2009-01-19 Thread Brian Yennie
I think it's probably two of those things - the OS doesn't like to expose certain things as much as others, and also programs like Rev have to pick and choose what they support. Why not do the OS level research, and find out how hard it would be to create an external? Yes, I want it all! A

Re: externals

2009-01-19 Thread Brian Yennie
I believe CompileIt! contained its own 68k compiler (think: before Intel there was PPC, before PPC there was 68k). It did some basic compiling for things like chunk expressions, and then it basically tapped into the "symbol table" which was a series of traps in MacOS that correlated to OS A

Re: externals

2009-01-19 Thread Randall Lee Reetz
Yes, I want it all! And I want it easy. Things like this can be attacked at the application level... which would help ME... but it will only help the whole rev community when it is an integral part of the rev native event and command loop. This is why I talk of these things on this and o

RE: externals

2009-01-19 Thread Randall Reetz
I would really like to know how compileit wored. My guess was that it did some form of xtalk to c sourse translation and then compiled it. But maybe i am wrong... Maybe ti went out to some public smalltalk compiler. Anyone know? The kinds of system events - to messages thingsm i have been as

Re: Sounds

2009-01-19 Thread Scott Morrow
Hello Ton, Scott Rossi has a package of sounds (tm | audio) which I've used on several projects. (I don't recall card shuffling as one of the sounds, though.) You can find it here: http://tactilemedia.com/ Scott Morrow Elementary Software On Jan 19, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Phil Davis wrote:

Re: La communaut é Revolution est en deuil

2009-01-19 Thread Mark Swindell
Though I try to read this list as much as I can, there was one person whose every post I read, and that was Eric Chatonet. I never met him, never emailed with him privately, didn't even know what he looked like. But his responses to my usually elementary queries, and to those of others at

Re: externals

2009-01-19 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Hi everyone, I just got back from an out of town trip and, belatedly, learned of Eric's demise. Wow! And he was 14 years younger than I am. Such a pity. Everyone looses so very much when one is taken in their prime; and Eric, based on his command of just about everything he did, WAS in hi

Re: externals

2009-01-19 Thread Brian Yennie
Randall, Unfortunately it seems you are looking for a high-level API to take care of a very low level job. There simply isn't an API for everything. You are probably going to have to get your hands dirty in C if this is your goal. If you know the OS APIs you want to tap into, you could wo

Daft Graphic Idea 2

2009-01-19 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Acting on Sarah Reichelt's impeccable advice I have just uploaded a fourth version that delivers JPEGs that will open in the default application. Thanks, Sarah! sincerely, Richmond Mathewson. A Thorn in the flesh is better than a fail

Re: externals

2009-01-19 Thread Randall Lee Reetz
QuickKeys is cool... but it doesn't offer finder events as triggers for the execution of macros. There is no way, for instance, to tell it: When a user saves any file, from any application, and the name contains "Entropy", then save an alias at "Hard Drive: My Entropy Docs:" On Jan 19, 200

Re: Daft Graphic Idea 2

2009-01-19 Thread Sarah Reichelt
> Also, on OS X when I double-clicked on the saved image, TextEdit tried to > open it. There used to be a way to indicate the default application which > would open the image. Is that still available? Yes, it's still there. Before any file is saved, use: set the fileType to empty This will ma

Re: Daft Graphic Idea 2

2009-01-19 Thread Randall Lee Reetz
Is there a way to view and run RevOnline stacks if you don't have Rev? Randall On Jan 19, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: "Aye, yon loon's gang clean gyte!" Just uploaded version 2 of "PicTrix" to revOnline. I am sorry I did not make it clear in the previous version that the 'SA

Daft Graphic Idea 2

2009-01-19 Thread Richmond Mathewson
The stack imports your image; makes a mirrored image; "squishes" the mirrored image; and then you can export the pair (i.e. the angled image and its 'reflection' as a JPEG image. third version (just uploaded) sorts out naming conventions in a slightly odd way. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson. __

Daft Graphic Idea 2

2009-01-19 Thread Kurt Kaufman
One other thing: From an angle of 0 to 24 I see a second mirrored image. Is this intentional? (Mac OS 10.5.6 and Rev 3.0.0) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage yo

Daft Graphic Idea 2

2009-01-19 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Fun idea. I like the slider operation Two suggestions as pseudo-script: if exists "JAZZ.jpg" then save as JAZZ001.jpg" -or- have user select place to save new image and have the OS deal with duplicate names. Also, on OS X when I double-clicked on the saved image, TextEdit tried to open it.

Daft Graphic Idea 2

2009-01-19 Thread Richmond Mathewson
"Aye, yon loon's gang clean gyte!" Just uploaded version 2 of "PicTrix" to revOnline. I am sorry I did not make it clear in the previous version that the 'SAVE IMAGE' button saves the image in the default folder (i.e. the one where your copy of Runtime Revolution resides). sincerely, Richmond Ma

Re: My First Revolution Product

2009-01-19 Thread Generic Email
HA! That was only for the screen shot. It will be sent to the email you register with. On Jan 19, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: I'm curious to know how the guys at widget.com will react when being notified about all those screen shots being posted. _

Re: My First Revolution Product

2009-01-19 Thread Colin Holgate
I'm curious to know how the guys at widget.com will react when being notified about all those screen shots being posted. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your s

My First Revolution Product

2009-01-19 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Mr. Email, Nice, simple operation; no user setup involved. When you offer the product publicly, I would suggest offering more information about where the picture is posted (rather than simply "the internet"), as some people might be a little uneasy about having screen-shots sent to who-kn

Re: Sounds

2009-01-19 Thread Phil Davis
Hi Ton, Here is another source for sound effects - they seem to always have what I need: http://www.soundrangers.com/ Phil Davis Melitón Cardona Torres wrote: I wonder whether there are typical simple sounds like card shuffling, chimes etc. one can get or buy somewhere. Thanks in adva

Re: Sounds

2009-01-19 Thread Malte Brill
Hi Ton, quite some sounds are available through revSelect. These sounds are high quality and royalty free. Might be worth checking out. Also there is one site which used to offer a vast amount of free sounds. they seem to have changed there business modell to a subscription service though.

Re: externals

2009-01-19 Thread Bob Sneidar
I should mention that CE Software has a product called QuicKeys that runs on both Windows and Mac that seems to do exactly what you are building. As I understand it, this is strong voodoo stuff requiring much mojo. ;-) QuicKeys has had to really jump through hoops to make their product work

Re: Help? linkfunction to Inetbrowser detail

2009-01-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
Kresten Bjerg wrote: With Inetbrowser as one substack I designed a button, which creates Url-link-buttons in another substack. They work fine, when the InetBrowser stack has been opened before, and when it has'nt, they also work fine in debugging-mode, -but the moment I leave

My First Revolution Product

2009-01-19 Thread Generic Email
OK, I started with Runtime Revolution 2 weeks ago or so, and I believe I am narrowing in on a finished product. I am so stoked I purchased the mega bundle last week! I received great feedback last time I posted here, so I wanted to see if anyone wanted to look at the new product. The free

Re: Can anybody HELP !!

2009-01-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
Colin Holgate wrote: I just read over the previous messages in this thread (harder to do than you would think, if you've already deleted the messages!). There's one point of confusion that might be worth asking about. In the original message 'camm' said that the problem only happened when setti

Sounds

2009-01-19 Thread Melitón Cardona Torres
I wonder whether there are typical simple sounds like card shuffling, chimes etc. one can get or buy somewhere. Thanks in advance, Ton ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: La communaut é Revolution est en deuil

2009-01-19 Thread Jim Sims
On Jan 19, 2009, at 6:52 PM, Klaus Major wrote: I found another picture of Eric from the dev conference in Malta 2006 (with you and me). In loving memory: http://www.major-k.de/staxx/andre_eric_klaus.jpg Cloe went through all her photos from the ERC, looking for one that had Eric with

Re: La communaut é Revolution est en deuil

2009-01-19 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Andre and all, I've been fortunate to meet Eric in Malta, he was such a wonderful guy. I learned much from him and always enjoyed our email exchanges, when I finally met him, I though he was just one of those guys that you simply need to meet. I remember we talking about Brazil and cheese...

Re: externals

2009-01-19 Thread Randall Lee Reetz
On Jan 19, 2009, at 3:04 AM, Jan Schenkel wrote: It would be a brilliant project, but not to be undertaken without a thorough knowledge of C and file systems on multiple platforms, with some assembly required. Thanks Jan, This particular project is to do what Apple's "Automator" should have

Re: my first Revolution Online piece

2009-01-19 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Oh yes, I remember that stack. I played with redrawing the track and such. I thought it was a good start. Thanks Colin, Tom McGrath III Lazy River Software 3mcgr...@comcast.net iTunes Library Suite - libITS Information and download can be found on this page: http://www.lazyriversoftware.com/

Re: Sad News...

2009-01-19 Thread Jérôme Rosat
Bonjour, Voici un message du fils d'Eric: Here a message of the son of Eric: Dear Eric collegues and friends, As many of you asked me, you will find here below the information: The ceremony will take place at the Church St Jacques du Haut-Pas. 252 rue St Jacques 75005 Paris France Tomorow on

Re: La communaut é Revolution est en deuil

2009-01-19 Thread Andre Garzia
I've been fortunate to meet Eric in Malta, he was such a wonderful guy. I learned much from him and always enjoyed our email exchanges, when I finally met him, I though he was just one of those guys that you simply need to meet. I remember we talking about Brazil and cheese... I am still stunned an

Re: externals

2009-01-19 Thread stephen barncard
Jiro, Your application is beautiful, a work of art. are you going to make your java external available in some way? stephen barncard (OSX) 2009/1/18 Jiro Harada > Randall, > > Java provides a lot of methods for File IO, which are abstracted and > platform-dependent. My external enables them to

Re: Daft Graphic Idea

2009-01-19 Thread Colin Holgate
On Jan 19, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Randall Lee Reetz wrote: I am not familiar with this "revOnLine" place... how do I get there to view your project??? Can you post a link or URL? Open Revolution, and select the first item in the Development Menu (Revolution Online). Click on User Spaces, Brow

my first Revolution Online piece

2009-01-19 Thread Colin Holgate
While browsing the rev online thing, I decided to get my own space going. I've shared the first Rev stack I made, which was just under a year ago. I took the user name of Colin, and the one and only entry is called Track. ___ use-revolution maili

Re: Can anybody HELP !!

2009-01-19 Thread Colin Holgate
I just read over the previous messages in this thread (harder to do than you would think, if you've already deleted the messages!). There's one point of confusion that might be worth asking about. In the original message 'camm' said that the problem only happened when setting a password in

Re: Isn't it time

2009-01-19 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Mark, Thanks, this was a frustrated quick shout out. I will post this to the E list. Actually, I have been an Enterprise license holder for six years running. Thanks again, Tom McGrath III Lazy River Software 3mcgr...@comcast.net iTunes Library Suite - libITS Information and download c

Re: Isn't it time

2009-01-19 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Tom, Sure, it is time ;-) I believe that topics like these are discussed on the Enterprise list. Perhaps a good reason to buy an Enterprise license? -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Dutch

Re: Daft Graphic Idea

2009-01-19 Thread Randall Lee Reetz
On Jan 19, 2009, at 3:45 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: The end result is "PicTrix.rev" at revOnline under 'Richmond' I am not familiar with this "revOnLine" place... how do I get there to view your project??? Can you post a link or URL? Randall __

Isn't it time

2009-01-19 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Isn't it time for a rework of the RevOnline space! What I would like to see are: Date added. Date Updated. A better visual experience using RevOnline. Screenshots, thumbnails, user pics, etc. (in memory of Eric) A Five Star rating system. Users also downloaded this. Comments. This would make

Re: Printing multiple pages

2009-01-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
Graham Samuel wrote: Jacque - I'm very interested in your approach because I'm just going to tackle the same thing (including the preview), the first time I've tried anything like this in Rev 3. One issue that has bothered me in earlier versions of Rev is the formatForPrinting thing - the probl

Re: La communaut? Revolution est en deuil

2009-01-19 Thread SparkOut
I'm not very active on this list, but know of Eric as a pillar of the community, and would like I add myself to the list of people expressing sadness at Eric's passing, and sympathy and condolences to his family. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-La-communaut--Revolut

Re: Can anybody HELP !!

2009-01-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
cam...@tesco.net wrote: Will it explain why it only happens with Rev 3.0 and not previous versions ? Also it only happens if "ANSWER" is used in the script ! If anyone can figure this out, Steve won't be the only one who's happy. He wrote to tech support and even sent a stack that failed on h

Re: Printing multiple pages

2009-01-19 Thread Graham Samuel
Jacque - I'm very interested in your approach because I'm just going to tackle the same thing (including the preview), the first time I've tried anything like this in Rev 3. One issue that has bothered me in earlier versions of Rev is the formatForPrinting thing - the problem of working out

Re: How to use Icons/Images in a List?

2009-01-19 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Dave, Just make a group of images and set the hScrollbar and vScrollbar of the group to true. Now you can make the group smaller, set the lockLoc to true and scroll the list. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com

How to use Icons/Images in a List?

2009-01-19 Thread Dave
Hi All, I'd like to build a list of images or icons and be able to scroll through them and select etc. like a list. The end result I would like is something like the list of volumes in the Startup Disk from System Preferences on MacOS X. Is there some sample code that shows how to achieve

Re: Can anybody HELP !!

2009-01-19 Thread Dave
Hi, cRevStandaloneSettings should be in the stack you use to build the project, it's the same file that you use when you select "Standalone Application Setting" from the file menu. However to see it, you must have enabled "Revolution UI Element in Lists" from the View Menu *before* you op

Daft Graphic Idea

2009-01-19 Thread Richmond Mathewson
I had a funny dream last night . . . The end result is "PicTrix.rev" at revOnline under 'Richmond' well, even if for no other reason I hope it will cheer some people up after the recent sad news. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson. A Thor

Re: Can anybody HELP !!

2009-01-19 Thread camm29
cRevStandaloneSettings do not appear in the Mainsatck ? Makes no difference searching for inclusions manually or auto. Regards Camm cam...@tesco.net wrote: > Mark , > > Thanks I will look into that ! > Will it explain why it only happens with Rev 3.0 and not previous versions ? > Also it

RE: externals

2009-01-19 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Randall Reetz wrote: > On Jan 18, 2009, at 10:53 PM, Jiro Harada wrote: > > > What dose "OS level system wide file IO event" > mean concretely? > > Example... user saves a file... at the moment it is > saved... I want > notification of this file IO event sent as a message > to a rev stack.

Help? linkfunction to Inetbrowser detail

2009-01-19 Thread Kresten Bjerg
With Inetbrowser as one substack I designed a button, which creates Url-link-buttons in another substack. They work fine, when the InetBrowser stack has been opened before, and when it has'nt, they also work fine in debugging-mode, -but the moment I leave debugging mode, (and

Re: Can anybody HELP !!

2009-01-19 Thread camm29
Mark , Thanks I will look into that ! Will it explain why it only happens with Rev 3.0 and not previous versions ? Also it only happens if "ANSWER" is used in the script ! Steve Mark Schonewille wrote: > Hi Camm, > > Have you tried deleting the property cRevStandaloneSettings from your

Re: Can anybody HELP !!

2009-01-19 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Camm, Have you tried deleting the property cRevStandaloneSettings from your mainstack? Turn on Revolution UI Elements in Lists in the View menu to see this property in the property inspector. Have you set the standalone settings to search for inclusions manually? If a stack already has

Re: Can anybody HELP !!

2009-01-19 Thread camm29
Sorry , Only if "Answer" is used in the script ! cam...@tesco.net wrote: > I have raised a few posts on this. > > It's a show stopper for me ! I need to use Rev 3.0 to use it's increased > serial port access. > > I have used Rev for 4 years now , but with Rev 3.0 it fails to bulid a > s

Can anybody HELP !!

2009-01-19 Thread camm29
I have raised a few posts on this. It's a show stopper for me ! I need to use Rev 3.0 to use it's increased serial port access. I have used Rev for 4 years now , but with Rev 3.0 it fails to bulid a standalone for Windows XP. This happens ONLY if I set a password for the stack in the standalon

Re:Externals

2009-01-19 Thread Beat Cornaz
>Randall wrote : >In rev, are externals written to a reference VM so that they are only written once and can run on any platform? Or, do they have to be written >separately to each platform? I am also very interested in externals in Rev. From little I know so far you need a different exte