Re: interesting conundrum...

Chipp Walters wrote: Funny story. All of a sudden my fields in my Matrix project quit reacting to the mouse scroll wheel. The thing is, this particular project has tons of scrolling fields, but none of the vscrollbars are shown, as they use my custom color schemed implementation of scroll bars--

Re: Sound file compatibility and Linux

On 4/28/09, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > The loveliest bit of that article was this: > > "I think the Ubuntu people spoke sincerely and accurately, but perhaps > ambiguously." > > I didn't know that one could be accurate and ambiguous at the same time :) > Apart from the linguistic game play that y

Re: How to store a stack in a custom property

Jim, I don't know in what circumstances Eric was testing. However, I'm someone who's traditionally relied on customproperties instead of globals. But when profiling applications I found that storing/accessing large amounts of data that way _was_ slower than using globals. I would still always op

Re: Sound file compatibility and Linux

There does seem to be a difference between Ubuntu and Debian with regard to distribution upgrades. It seems that when you go from one Ubuntu release to the next release, while you can do it in place, and everything including the apps does get upgraded, which is also what happens with Debian, the

Page turning . . .again

I know this was discussed earlier on this month; but notice that Oxford don't really worry about the image on the new page until after the page-turn effect has finished: http://www.oup.com:80/elt/global/products/incredibleenglish/level2/stories/unit1 and wonder if this could not be effected real

Re: interesting conundrum...

Lets get some more votes for it - Robert you enhancement request is the same as: - http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=5888 I've voted for both :) 2009/4/28 Robert Brenstein > On 27.04.09 at 19:02 -0500 Chipp Walters apparently wrote: > >> I'm working on my custom scroller l

Re: interesting conundrum...

On 27.04.09 at 19:02 -0500 Chipp Walters apparently wrote: I'm working on my custom scroller library. I want to trap a message anytime the text in a field is changed via script. To my knowledge, there is no way to do this using a built-in Rev message. In otherwords, of course openField, closeFie

RE: How to store a stack in a custom property

Bernard Devlin wrote: > Jim, I don't know in what circumstances Eric was testing. However, > I'm someone who's traditionally relied on customproperties instead of > globals. But when profiling applications I found that > storing/accessing large amounts of data that way _was_ slower than > using

Re: How to store a stack in a custom property

Hi from Paris OK Jacqueline, you have convinced me. I just bought the $5 Dan Shafer Chapter to complement what I've seen about Custom Properties here for the last few days. When I have got my head around this principle, I will probably spend some nights (I sleep little) thinking : "I could have

Re: interesting conundrum...

David Bovill wrote: Lets get some more votes for it - Robert you enhancement request is the same as: - http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=5888 I've voted for both :) A message providing notification of a single property is a subset of the one I'd suggested: getProp and

DataGrid: mouseup stops working after setting dgProp["default column behavior"]

Hi all, as the subject states, mouseup stopped working in my DataGrid. Using the arrowkeys to navigate still works fine. I added this custom behaviour via a new button, which works as exspected (converts the data to Mac encoding if necessary and urldecodes the data): on FillInData pData set

Re: Sending fonts with distributed software

Hey Mark, Thank you for the font info! It's exactly what I needed and saved me a lot of time! Sincerely, Paul Murray On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Store the font file in a cusom property. Save it to the temp folder

Closing a splash stack (by script) get « qu itted unexpectedly »

Bonjour, I have an app. with a splash stack (standalone) which opens a main stack and dissolves. From the stack « mainStk » it is possible to open a substack « subStk » of it. I would like that when the user close the stack « mainstk » both the substack « substk » and the splash stack a

Page turning . . .again

Hello Richmond, I took a look at the link, cute stories and application. They've taken the less elaborate path. If you haven't already, check out this link: http://www.acrylicapps.com/times/ Scroll to the bottom and look at the middle image for a very elaborate page-curl. Not only is the image a pa

Tooltips with datagrids?

Hi everyone, There is a lot of things to get familiar with concerning datagrids, that's for sure. My latest question is can a tooltip be set by a script for a datagrid? I'd like it even better if there were a way to set a tooltip to a single column of a datagrid. Thanks in advance. Joe in Orl

ambiguities in the development process

Kay- Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 12:37:12 AM, you wrote: > I would suggest that a small portion of the alpha/beta/post release > patch cycle is destined to discover the ambiguities that the creators > of the original extremely accurate tech specs never envisaged. ...with a change of topic... I wor

Re: OT: NIIT - Playground Learning Stations

Aloha Swami, that was a wonderful TED talk. So many ideas and oportunities there. I live in a third world country (whatever that means these days) and I can see that happening here. Except that here the computer would be stolen if on an urban area (people steal ATM machines here, the whole machine

Re: ambiguities in the development process

I am a single man team, I write my specs and when I meet them, I give myself chocolate... it's a self-pavlov thing but it works. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Kay- > > Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 12:37:12 AM, you wrote: > > > I would suggest that a small portion of the alph

Re: ambiguities in the development process

Andre Garzia wrote: I am a single man team, I write my specs and when I meet them, I give myself chocolate... You mean we aren't supposed to write the specs after the software is done? :) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | ht

Re: ambiguities in the development process

Jacque, You need to be consistent. If you're going to write the spec after the software is done, then you need to eat the chocolate before coding. :D andre On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:22 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > Andre Garzia wrote: > >> I am a single man team, I write my specs and when I meet

Re: ambiguities in the development process

On Apr 28, 2009, at 6:29 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: You need to be consistent. If you're going to write the spec after the software is done, then you need to eat the chocolate before coding. Remember now, Kinnie is after coding. sims ___ use-revol

Answer and ask text

Hello, Has anyone run into the issue that if you use html format for text, i.e Text in an answer and ask dialog that the text is formated just fine in the answer dialog but but putting the identical string in an ask dialog doesn't look right? This is on PC. Aloha from Hawaii, Jim Bufalini ___

Re: ambiguities in the development process

Specs? ** Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown0003) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Pl

Re: Answer and ask text

Dear Jim, This is a known, very old bug. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Dutch forum: http://runrev.info/rrforum New: Snapper Screen R

Re: ambiguities in the development process

DunbarX- Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 9:39:19 AM, you wrote: > Specs? Short for spectacles, which is what you need to read the fine print. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please vis

Re: ambiguities in the development process

Jacque- Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 9:22:49 AM, you wrote: > You mean we aren't supposed to write the specs after the software is > done? :) Methinks "software is done" is an oxymoron... -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-revolution mailin

Re: ambiguities in the development process

If that's the case, then Jacque is in full self-compliance. Bob Sneidar IT Manager Logos Management Calvary Chapel CM On Apr 28, 2009, at 9:29 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: Jacque, You need to be consistent. If you're going to write the spec after the software is done, then you need to eat the choc

Re: ambiguities in the development process

one year I told Dan Shafer that software is NEVER done... that became a joke but it is more closer to the truth than I though during that time... On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Jacque- > > Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 9:22:49 AM, you wrote: > > > You mean we aren't supposed

RE: Answer and ask text

Hey Mark, > This is a known, very old bug. > I figured because I tried it on several versions of Rev. I guess I haven't used Ask for a very long time. ;-) And the bug report had 0 votes! Well now it has 5. Aloha from Hawaii, Jim Bufalini

Re: Initializing local properties

Ah, c'mon Mark... we haven't had a good globals rant on this list in quite some time! And as long as it doesn't degrade into a religious war, we might learn something - especially the newer folks. Phil Davis Mark Wieder wrote: Why are globals so unloved? ...don't get me started...

Re: Unable to change color for Data Grid alternate rows

Is datagrid almost the same as listmagic? I've been using listmagic and very happy with it except for the lack of support but I haven't tried the datagrid object at all yet and am wondering if the datagrid is really almost a replacement to the concepts introduced in listmagic. _

RE: Unable to change color for Data Grid alternate rows

William Humphrey wrote: > Is datagrid almost the same as listmagic? I've been using listmagic and > very > happy with it except for the lack of support but I haven't tried the > datagrid object at all yet and am wondering if the datagrid is really > almost > a replacement to the concepts introduce

Re: Page turning . . .again

Very, very sexy indeed. Actually, I was thinking about how to do "the less elaborate path" in Runtime Revolution. After all, one only really would need one animation of the background image . . . The sexy stuff seems a bit out of reach, at present. :) Although, all that it would really mean i

Variable hiding (was Initializing local properties)

Because they take up so much space in the debugger's variable tab. It would be nice to be able to hide certain variables, or at least rearrange them. Anyone think this is a good idea, to be able to see only the variables you want to while debugging? This in the actual tab. I know and love the

Re: ambiguities in the development process

Ha! You guys know me too well. To be honest, I don't even need a software project, I eat the chocolate in advance to ensure I'm prepared for one. Bob Sneidar wrote: If that's the case, then Jacque is in full self-compliance. Bob Sneidar IT Manager Logos Management Calvary Chapel CM On Apr 28

Re: ambiguities in the development process

Mark Wieder wrote: Jacque- Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 9:22:49 AM, you wrote: You mean we aren't supposed to write the specs after the software is done? :) Methinks "software is done" is an oxymoron... It's done when I say it is. Then I write the specs to prove it. Saves time. -- Jacqueline

Re: How to store a stack in a custom property

Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: When I have got my head around this principle, I will probably spend some nights (I sleep little) thinking : "I could have used a Custom Property to do this !" or even "How convenient, Custom Properties are !" . I guarantee that will happen. My crystal ball says

Re: ambiguities in the development process

Perhaps did Sisyphe have to choose some chocolate too, to the beginings... -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.com Le 28 avr. 09 à 19:13, Andre Garzia a écrit : one year I told Dan Shafer that software is NEVER done... that became a joke but it is more closer to

Re: Unable to change color for Data Grid alternate rows

You're in Hawaii. That's got to be almost eight hours different time zone from here in Puerto Rico so that would explain it. My garden is filled with Hawaiian heliconias. So should ListMagic users be confident that they have it all over DataGrid users? Bill On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Jim Bu

Page turning . . .again

Hi Richmond, I've been told by Mac users that the page-curling can be done on a Mac, that it is possibly an AppleScript command? To what extent, I'm not sure. I don't have a Mac to investigate that more thoroughly. Regards, Mark Stuart Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' ema

Re: Closing a splash stack (by script) ge t « quitted unexpectedly »

Bonsoir, Sorry for this question ; I got the solution from the archives ;-))) Best regards from Grenoble André Le 28 avr. 09 à 17:02, Andre.Bisseret a écrit : Bonjour, I have an app. with a splash stack (standalone) which opens a main stack and dissolves. From the stack « mainStk » it is

Re: Closing a splash stack (by script) ge t « quitted unexpectedly »

On Apr 28, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Andre.Bisseret wrote: Bonjour, I have an app. with a splash stack (standalone) which opens a main stack and dissolves. From the stack « mainStk » it is possible to open a substack « subStk » of it. I would like that when the user close the stack « mainstk » both

Re: Closing a splash stack (by script) get « quitted unexpectedly »

Thank you very much Devin for your answer ; when I receive you post, I was just trying this kind of solution I had found in the archives ;-))) And, yes, your solution is working nicely ;-)) Best regards from Grenoble André Le 28 avr. 09 à 22:09, Devin Asay a écrit : On Apr 28, 2009, at 9

Re: Page turning . . .again

May be. However, I am a one-trick pony in terms of programming as haven't bothered to look at much except xTalk in the last 7 years (well, unless I count my 'love-in' with Visual Basic 5 and VBA at Abertay). My Applescript book is 8 years old, so probably not up to much as far as page-curling is

RE: Unable to change color for Data Grid alternate rows

Dear Bill, > You're in Hawaii. That's got to be almost eight hours different time > zone > from here in Puerto Rico so that would explain it. My garden is filled > with Hawaiian heliconias. > So should ListMagic users be confident that they have it all over > DataGrid > users? The Data Grid and L

Re: Page turning . . .again

For Mac users there is this: http://www.imovieplugins.com/trans/turnpage.html which could be used with iMovie to create movies or animated GIF images to embed in Runtime Revolution. For Adobe Photoshop owners there is this: http://www.avbros.com/english/pagecurlpro/index.html For GIMP there

Proper Location for Linux Builds

Hello All, I've been experimenting with my Enterprise License on Linux and I've run into a mystery (to me, anyways). Where is the default location for programs? On Windows it's the "Program Files" directory. On the Mac it's the "Applications" folder. Does Linux have such a default folder? Tha

Re: Proper Location for Linux Builds

I know that Ubuntu doesn't care: you can then put a link to your program on the task bar. Derek Bump - Dreamscape Software wrote: Hello All, I've been experimenting with my Enterprise License on Linux and I've run into a mystery (to me, anyways). Where is the default location for programs? O

Re: ambiguities in the development process

'Done' is extremely polysemantic; and does not consist of a cluster of clearly defined, distinct meanings; more like a congeries of closely related meaning, a "cloud of unknowing" leading to such a high level of ambiguity I tend to eschew it altogether. Pierre Sahores wrote: Perhaps did Sisyphe h

Re: Page turning . . .again

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Mark Stuart wrote: > Hi Richmond, > I've been told by Mac users that the page-curling can be done on a Mac, > that it is possibly an AppleScript command? > To what extent, I'm not sure. > I don't have a Mac to investigate that more thoroughly. No AppleScript neede

Re: Page turning . . .again

Richmond, if you are on your mac and it runs MacOS => 10.4 then there is a stack in the /resources/examples/core image sampler.rev in your Revolution folder in the application folder. It is in every Revolution package at least since 2.7.4 and up to the current 3.5 Playing around with the CIPageC

Re: ambiguities in the development process

Thanks Richmond. I need to learn some more about this. Seems that "to do" is not exactly the "faire" french verb translation ! -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.com Le 28 avr. 09 à 23:17, Richmond Mathewson a écrit : 'Done' is extremely polysemantic; and does not

Behaviors & Image References

I understand that with the new behaviors, image ids are automatically resolved beginning with the stack containing the behavior button, but how do we reference an image in the same behavior stack by name? If one doesn't know the id of an image located in the behavior stack, how is the image refere

time for kudos

Greetings, This message is to thank several people who were kind enough to help me with a current project. Thank you, thank you, thank you! That includes Trevor, Sarah, Mark, Shao, Andre, and probably others so my apologies. Trevor Devore was especially patient with my noob questions, and S

Re: ambiguities in the development process

Well I think you've all proved the point that you can speak very accurately but still be ambiguous. Everyone here has spoken quite accurately about the software but left chocolate completely ambiguous. I mean, how much and what kind are we talking? ;-) Tending towards >77% cacao (particularly fond

Re: Behaviors & Image References

Scott Rossi wrote: I understand that with the new behaviors, image ids are automatically resolved beginning with the stack containing the behavior button, but how do we reference an image in the same behavior stack by name? If one doesn't know the id of an image located in the behavior stack, ho

apple events and non-rev apps

Thank you Mark Schonewille for providing this: on appleEvent theClass,theEvent,theSender put theClass & cr & theEvent & cr & theSender & cr & cr into myData request appleEvent data put it after myData put myData into fld 1 end appleEvent Now for an example of my complete ignoranc