Re: property inspector poll

Check out the plug-in included with Rev called SmartProperties. I've noticed it is generating a script error probably due to some change in Rev but it should be pretty easy to fix I would think 2009/5/2 Josh Mellicker : > Thanks Craig, does it work with all objects, or just fields and buttons? > >

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

On May 1, 2009, at 1:50 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: You can think of custom properties as global variables that are tied to objects, instead of variables that float around in space. That's exactly how I think of them. Just containers. Except variables float around in space (local space or g

Re: On-Rev scripting

>> I have been playing around with on-rev, testing various things, >> learning how to write these scripts and having heaps of fun. Since we >> are all learning, I thought it would be useful to share what I have >> done, so I made a page that looks for all the irev files on my site >> and lists them

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

Kay- Friday, May 1, 2009, 6:25:38 PM, you wrote: > My analogy for custom properties is they are like properties that you don't > know exist. Exactly. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

Kay, You assume I know more than I do ;-) And you know what happens when you assume... :-P Still, points well taken. Judy On Sat, 2 May 2009, Kay C Lan wrote: You can't see the raw htmlText of a field, but if you can get your head around how that magic works you should find custom proper

Re: On-Rev scripting

On May 1, 2009, at 8:07 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: Check it out here and feel free to copy whatever you find useful (at your own risk). Thanks for those. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Ple

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Mark Swindell wrote: > While "property" might not be the best name, I can't think of a name better > suited, since custom properties are persistent across sessions, > proprietary to an object, and the syntax is consistent with other object > properties... the he

Re: On-Rev scripting

On May 1, 2009, at 7:07 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: Hi All, I have been playing around with on-rev, testing various things, learning how to write these scripts and having heaps of fun. Since we are all learning, I thought it would be useful to share what I have done, so I made a page that looks

On-Rev scripting

Hi All, I have been playing around with on-rev, testing various things, learning how to write these scripts and having heaps of fun. Since we are all learning, I thought it would be useful to share what I have done, so I made a page that looks for all the irev files on my site and lists them out a

Re: Must be a way: escaping filter patterns

OK - thanks! 2009/5/1 Sarah Reichelt > On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 6:11 AM, David Bovill wrote: > > Still trying to figure this out - my hack ends up failing - I've returned > a > > list of child names from XML, and wish to filter out all the "" > elements > > which appear like tr[1], tr[2]. So I wa

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

On Fri, 1 May 2009, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Of course, once one abandons the standard metaphor and views custom properties as pointers to drawers in a filing cabinet (or, even, maybe, the drawers themselves) everything becomes clearer. The term 'custom property' is misleading; it is like a

Re: mime type for revolution stack? (for "go stack URL")

Weird, it just started working. On May 1, 2009, at 3:06 PM, Josh Mellicker wrote: When trying "go stack URL" with our main server (Apache), we get either: stack is too new or stack is corrupted, check for ~ backup file Yet when we try our test server (Dreamhost) with the same stack it

Re: Unknown Term

Sarah- Friday, May 1, 2009, 2:34:12 PM, you wrote: > Open the script, right-click on dropFile and you're there. > It's one of the most fantastic features of GLX2 . To be fair, I was trying to show the long-division way of getting there rather than flaunt how much easie

mime type for revolution stack? (for "go stack URL")

When trying "go stack URL" with our main server (Apache), we get either: stack is too new or stack is corrupted, check for ~ backup file Yet when we try our test server (Dreamhost) with the same stack it works fine. I assume this is because Dreamhost has a mime type configured for files w

Re: data grid code (what is wrong with this?)

Not sure what is up here, but suddenly a bunch of messages I posted weeks ago (circa April 7th) have just shown up? The problems were all solved. The beta app is up and running and users are testing and utilizing it. The demo Wednesday of the working product went very well (and it was a chuc

Re: property inspector poll

Thanks Craig, does it work with all objects, or just fields and buttons? Are you all working with the stock property inspector where you have to access a menu to get to all the different property groups??!? Hard to believe! On May 1, 2009, at 6:46 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: My gadget is

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 2 of N

I remember when a button in HC was first (v.2.2) embellished into a container. This seemed silly, though the possibilities were intriguing. You might say that a new custom property, theContainerNess, was now built into this familiar object, and it could hold text. So you then could "get btn my

Re: Must be a way: escaping filter patterns

On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 6:11 AM, David Bovill wrote: > Still trying to figure this out - my hack ends up failing - I've returned a > list of child names from XML, and wish to filter out all the "" elements > which appear like tr[1], tr[2]. So I want to filter using "tr[*]", but as > "[" is a specia

Re: Unknown Term

Richmond- Friday, May 1, 2009, 10:28:43 AM, you wrote: > a fair old lot of excavation involved there to locate that. Not really. Here's the drill: Open stack "Core Image Sampler" from the samples directory open the Application Browser Look at the objects in card 1 (the one that's currently disp

Re: Switch or if

> I think there may be some sort of mail server hiccup going on today, because > I just got several messages from on or about that date. Anybody else? Yes, I've got lots dated around April 15. Sarah ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.r

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 2 of N

I remember when a button in HC was first (v.2.2) embellished into a container. This seemed silly, though the possibilities were intriguing. You might say that a new custom property, theContainerNess, was now built into this familiar object, and it could hold text. So you then could "get btn my

Re: Unknown Term

On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 3:28 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > Wow, Mark, > > a fair old lot of excavation involved there to locate that. No if using GLX2 :-) Open the script, right-click on dropFile and you're there. It's one of the most fantastic features of GLX2 . Che

Blue Mango Data Grid Webinar Recording Posted

We've posted the recording of the data grid webinar that my company did yesterday: Regards, -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Systems www.bluemangolearning.com-www.screensteps.com Email has been scanned for virus

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

Thank you. I needed that. ;-) Judy On Fri, 1 May 2009, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Presumably the 'termite eradicator' is the secret code name for the alpha version of the new debugger being built into Runtime Revolution 4. :) ___ use-revolution mai

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

Presumably the 'termite eradicator' is the secret code name for the alpha version of the new debugger being built into Runtime Revolution 4. :) Judy Perry wrote: Peter, I had to run some errands and am now attending upon the termite eradicator ;-) Which is to say I'm still reading these mai

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

Maybe my problem comes from taking the computer programming metaphor a bit too literally. I think of properties as things that inhere in objects, some being necessary and some being contingent; rather like people with functioning lungs (necessary) and ideas (contingent). Now it seems that wi

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

Peter, I had to run some errands and am now attending upon the termite eradicator ;-) Which is to say I'm still reading these mails. Many kind thanks to all who have responded! Judy On Fri, 1 May 2009, Peter Alcibiades wrote: It would be nice to hear from Judy again. Did any of these ex

Must be a way: escaping filter patterns

Still trying to figure this out - my hack ends up failing - I've returned a list of child names from XML, and wish to filter out all the "" elements which appear like tr[1], tr[2]. So I want to filter using "tr[*]", but as "[" is a special char... andthe usual "\[" does not work for escaping? Any i

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

Thank you, Scott. Your explanation looks helpful :-) Judy On Fri, 1 May 2009, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Judy Perry wrote: I'm trying to figure out what new (to me) things are worth spending time on this summer (worth = useful for me) and which are not. I honestly do not see myself doing

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

While "property" might not be the best name, I can't think of a name better suited, since custom properties are persistent across sessions, proprietary to an object, and the syntax is consistent with other object properties... the height, the width, the visible, the cpWhatEver of button

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

Yes. You just refer to your custom property as 'the xxx of yyy' where xxx is the name you gave it, and yyy is either the stack or the card it is a property of. The script in which you do this can be associated with any object or event in the stack. For instance, say you had a POS system and you

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

Richmond, I may be all wet, but it seems to me that this custom Property thing is just Rev's way of saying you are able to provide a pointer/handle to some address in memory where all of the stuff you've put into it may be accessed, and do so rather easily. I said I didn't like the name,

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

Maybe I'm having conceptual problems, but a custom property looks awfully like another container (such as a variable or a field) rather than a property as such. I realise that a custom property can be used as a data-source more rapidly than a field because it doesn't come with all the 'trappings'

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

It would be nice to hear from Judy again. Did any of these explanations help? And did you try using a custom property, and did it work? Peter -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/rev-dictionary-blocked-tp23316218p23337886.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list ar

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

Recently, Kay C Lan wrote: >> Scott Rossi wrote: >> >> You can think of custom properties as global variables that are tied to >> objects, instead of variables that float around in space. >> > > With all due respect gentlemen, why is that for something so simple and > already understood, an ana

Re: Switch or if

On May 1, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: That's funny, I 'm sure this topic was discussed fairly exhaustively in April; the topic being raised exactly by you "Camm" on Monday April 20. So . . . what is the point of this? I think there may be some sort of mail server hiccup go

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Peter Alcibiades < palcibiades-fi...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Judy, maybe the issue with custom properties is that they are so simple? > There is almost nothing there to get your head around. > Right! > > The way to think of them is just fields. Except. Exce

Re: Switch or if

That's funny, I 'm sure this topic was discussed fairly exhaustively in April; the topic being raised exactly by you "Camm" on Monday April 20. So . . . what is the point of this? customerserv...@easyobdii.com wrote: Dear all , Which is faster in execution SWITCH OR IF ? Regards Camm __

Re: Unknown Term

Wow, Mark, a fair old lot of excavation involved there to locate that. Mark Wieder wrote: Richmond- Friday, May 1, 2009, 1:37:15 AM, you wrote: dropFile group "Destination Drop Zone" of group "Background" of card "CIRippleTransition" of stack "Core Image Visual Effects" _

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More 2.8 woes..

Chipp wrote: Check this out... create a new stack in new stack script: on controKeyDown pKey beep pass controKeyDown end controKeyDown now with the mouse over the stack, press down the Ctrl key. Nothing, no beep. but this does generate a beep: on commandKeyDown pKey beep pass comman

Switch or if

Dear all , Which is faster in execution SWITCH OR IF ? Regards Camm ___ 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/mailm

Breaking Oaths

Here I am, you horrible people :) Now at a gmail address through Mozilla ThunderBird. Do hope this does not result in my continuing to generate multiple threads with the same names. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson. ___ use-revolution mailing list use

Re: data grid code (color)

3rd try - Trevor, Your help is requested once more .. I'm stuck. I've been trying to find a way to apply color to a single cell (or even to one line) of a data grid, with your example and every other combination or syntax variation or other thing I can think of, no luck so far. Can you suggest

Re: data grid code (color)

Hi Trevor, More info: I am using the default template and not overriding the default column behavior, and I am not using a custom column template as far as I know. All I am doing is using a default data grid (with 9 columns, the only thing I set was the column labels) and filling in the data in

Re: data grid code (color)

Trevor, Your help is requested once more .. I'm stuck. I've been trying to find a way to apply color to a single cell (or even to one line) of a data grid, with your example and every other combination or syntax variation or other thing I can think of, no luck so far. Can you supply a line of co

shopping

> In my house there are a couple of unwritten rules: Devin, Good rules! They say you should always get it in writing. I failed on that one before getting married, and now in my house we have a plaque in the kitchen (obviously my written instructions) which reads "Yes Dear" Happily marri

shopping

> That's me. :) And what about all those husbands who couldn't extract > themselves from a hardware store if it were on fire? I have stood in the > wrenches and screwdriver aisle for hours while my husband examines band > saws and jig saws, even though he has no use for one. Jacqueline, You

shopping

> Now I'm like Trevor, I have no idea what you are talking about; holiday + > wife are mutually exclusive to computer! From what I can gather you are > suggesting some form of self induced mariticide? Kay, you could be right. I see more explanation is in order. I get up about 5am and my dear wi

OT, shopping

> You guys need wives who's idea of shopping is checking out the latest > Macs & iPhones, then rushing home to play on her computer :-) So Sarah, are you single? :-) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this ur

Re: sample data grid code

> I have no idea what you are talking about. I have never had to wait > for my wife while shopping :-) > > Regards, . Trevor, Ha ha! Your wife must read this email list. Ok, if you say so. :-) Trevor, I think the above was the last from you after what I had responded to,

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Re: data grid code (what is wrong with this?)

Hello Mark, Thanks very much for the suggestions, that works. I wasn't too sure for opening a file over a VPN connection across the Internet but it's fine! Since you have been so kind as to reply, wondering if you (or anyone) see what is wrong with this code? on mouseUp put the dgHilitedLines

data grid continued

Aloha, I'm struggling to get at the data once it is in the grid. The examples in the docs do not seem to work (page 59 of the PDF). Trying something very simple like this message in the message box put the dgHilitedLines of group "DataGrid 1" Yields: Message execution error: Er

Re: First look at Service USB gadget

Recently, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Don Rossi, is this not the thing you need to take CyberRave into the > 21st century? Dude, you have no idea... Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design ___ use-revolution mailing li

Re: First look at Service USB gadget

Sure. It's: http://www.bkohg.com/index_e.html Craig Newman ** 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-revo

Re: First look at Service USB gadget

DunbarX wrote: I got one of these, a general purpose I/O device. It simply plugs into a USB port on a Mac. It is a stronger, though very similar version of the old Beehive "ADB I/O" device. Stronger mainly in that USB is much faster than Apple's ADB bus. It is completely self contained. Plug an

Re: Unknown Term

Richmond- Friday, May 1, 2009, 1:37:15 AM, you wrote: > dropFile group "Destination Drop Zone" of group "Background" of card "CIRippleTransition" of stack "Core Image Visual Effects" -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-revolution mailing

Re: First look at Service USB gadget

Craig, I'm interested. Can you post a URL for the supplier? I'm amazed that there are Rev externals for it. Thanks, Bernard On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 3:09 PM, wrote: > I got one of these, a general purpose I/O device. It simply plugs into a > USB port on a Mac. It is a stronger, though very simi

Re: Proper Location for Linux Builds

Peter, I have tried InstallJammer. The end result is an installer that looks exactly like a "Windows" styled install Wizard. It does work, but it's kinda ugly and a little bit more difficult to tweak. In the end I would prefer some sort of Installer for Linux, but it apparent now that it would

First look at Service USB gadget

I got one of these, a general purpose I/O device. It simply plugs into a USB port on a Mac. It is a stronger, though very similar version of the old Beehive "ADB I/O" device. Stronger mainly in that USB is much faster than Apple's ADB bus. It is completely self contained. Plug and play. It comes

Re: property inspector poll

My gadget is a rewrite of my HC development tool, though much smaller, since rev does many things it did, either better or natively. It is useful, for me at least, especially in the early authoring stage. In HC it was implemented as an external window (Dan Gelder's "MegaWindow"). In rev it is, o

Re: applescript - shell and Quick Look

Jim, found out that double clicking in the quick look view opens the document in its native application. regards Bernd Jim Sims wrote: > > > I tried it with iWorks Numbers using the Hawaiian Vacation template > and could click through the navigation links on the left side. So, > some bi

Re: Unknown Term

I don't know the stack you are referring to, and don't have access to Rev at the moment. But I'd say that if it is not in the dictionary it must be a handler defined in the script somewhere. Bernard On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > dropFile > > as in: > > on mouseUp >

Re: applescript - shell and Quick Look

On May 1, 2009, at 12:30 PM, BNig wrote: I tried the -t option. Then it shows in a white window instead of the black one. Since it is a thumb you can not scroll through multipage pdfs for example. It shows only the first page. For images this is quite ok. One can get the up to the original

Re: applescript - shell and Quick Look

Jim, thanks for this. I tried the -t option. Then it shows in a white window instead of the black one. Since it is a thumb you can not scroll through multipage pdfs for example. It shows only the first page. For images this is quite ok. One can get the up to the original size by fiddling with th

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

Recently, Judy Perry wrote: > I'm trying to figure out what new (to me) things are worth spending time > on this summer (worth = useful for me) and which are not. I honestly do > not see myself doing 32,000 card stacks anytime soon as my little things > are just educational aids for my kids, so I

Unknown Term

dropFile as in: on mouseUp answer file "Please choose an image:" if it is not empty then dropFile it end if end mouseUp in the 'Core Image Visual Effects' stack. Could find no reference to this term in either the built-in documentation or the PDF. As this code appears exactly the same i

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

Judy, maybe the issue with custom properties is that they are so simple? There is almost nothing there to get your head around. The thing I found completely blocking at first was, I kept asking myself, if they are properties, they must be properties of something, so what is it they are propert

Re: applescript - shell and Quick Look

On May 1, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Terry Judd wrote: Ooh - and PowerPoint presentations as well! Yes, useful. Maybe the -t option is useful, no idea about these others however. I'm a little timid mucking about in terminal. The man page has: NAME qlmanage -- Quick Look Server debug and m

Re: applescript - shell and Quick Look

Ooh - and PowerPoint presentations as well! On 1/05/09 5:25 PM, "Terry Judd" wrote: > On 1/05/09 5:15 PM, "jim sims" wrote: > >>> When I searched for Applescript Quick Look Leopard I came across >>> the following way to get Quick Look into my Rev app (the app >>> requires Leopard anyway, so

Re: applescript - shell and Quick Look

On 1/05/09 5:15 PM, "jim sims" wrote: >> When I searched for Applescript Quick Look Leopard I came across >> the following way to get Quick Look into my Rev app (the app >> requires Leopard anyway, so it fits well). >> >> I'm wondering if anyone else is using Quick Look in a Rev app? >> >> See

RE: applescript - shell and Quick Look

When I searched for Applescript Quick Look Leopard I came across the following way to get Quick Look into my Rev app (the app requires Leopard anyway, so it fits well). I'm wondering if anyone else is using Quick Look in a Rev app? Seems cool so far. Work well, I've tested it with iWorks, i