Re: Repeat Process To Check Contents of File on HTTP Server?

2009-05-07 Thread Phil Davis
John Patten wrote: Hi All! I'm making a little web browser client that needs to check the contents of a file on a web server. It needs to be able to do this every 5 seconds or so in the background, and then if the contents changes in the last line of the file it is checking, it starts

Re: App on Linux - really slow... any ideas why?

2009-05-07 Thread Ken Ray
ok, it should be very easy to test this. Boot Puppy and pick the VESA option. Won't that tell you at least if its down to Xorg? I DL'ed puppy, but I can't get Rev to run in it - it looks like it's launching but never does; what do I need to do? Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email:

Re: App on Linux - really slow... any ideas why?

2009-05-07 Thread viktoras d.
Hi, Ken, same here.. When I did tests of my app on Puppy, it launches the splashscreen window and then crashes. Similarly on Slax, it starts and then crashes when the dropdown menu is being called. Both these Linuxes are based on slackware. However the recent Ubuntu liveCD also prompts to

On-Rev links

2009-05-07 Thread Sarah Reichelt
Hi All, I am collecting a page of links to On-Rev sites, so we can all see what other people are doing and get ideas. I have listed any pages I could find that have been announced here or on the on-rev forum. Here is a link to the page: http://troz.on-rev.com/links.irev If you would like to add

Re: App on Linux - really slow... any ideas why?

2009-05-07 Thread Luis
Hiya, Could be a CPU architecture problem? Any info in the logs? Cheers, Luis. On 7 May 2009, at 07:35, Ken Ray wrote: ok, it should be very easy to test this. Boot Puppy and pick the VESA option. Won't that tell you at least if its down to Xorg? I DL'ed puppy, but I can't get Rev to

DataGrid: setting dgProps[column widths]

2009-05-07 Thread kl...@major.on-rev.com
Hi Trevor, using 3.5 gm 2: From the docs: ... column widths - Allows you to set all column widths at once. Line delimited list of integers. ... A couple of qustions: 1. I checked the 10,000,000 lines of script of btn DataGrid in your library :-) and it looks like this should be a COMMA

Re: DataGrid: setting dgProps[column widths]

2009-05-07 Thread Trevor DeVore
On May 7, 2009, at 8:45 AM, kl...@major.on-rev.com wrote: From the docs: ... column widths - Allows you to set all column widths at once. Line delimited list of integers. ... A couple of qustions: 1. I checked the 10,000,000 lines of script of btn DataGrid in your library :-) and it

Re: Repeat Process To Check Contents of File on HTTP Server?

2009-05-07 Thread Björnke von Gierke
I suggest to use the put command with the url keyword, using a send in time structure: on mouseUp checkWebsite end mouseUp on checkWebsite thePrev put line -1 of url http://yoursite.com/yourfile; into theCurrent if thePrev theCurrent then --do your stuff here, it changed! end if

Re: DataGrid: setting dgProps[column widths]

2009-05-07 Thread kl...@major.on-rev.com
Hi Trevor, On May 7, 2009, at 8:45 AM, kl...@major.on-rev.com wrote: From the docs: ... column widths - Allows you to set all column widths at once. Line delimited list of integers. ... A couple of qustions: 1. I checked the 10,000,000 lines of script of btn DataGrid in your library :-)

Re: Stack updater

2009-05-07 Thread Marty Knapp
I tried it with Rev 3 with the same error. It happens when I first open the stack, before I try to use it, so protected stacks aren't an issue. I tried opening it directly and as a plugin (didn't know if that would make a difference) - same result. Thanks Jim, Marty Hi Marty, :-( It's been

DataGrid question simple?

2009-05-07 Thread RevList
I have just started a project that is going to use data grids. I am using a Table and not a Form This should be a simple answer, but I am struggling. I have a Data Grid table and I can load the data in just fine. The table has three columns name as follows Field Name, Field Type and Field ID The

Re: Stack updater

2009-05-07 Thread stephen barncard
I just tried CCP with a G5, Leopard 10 5 6, rev 3.5 rc-2, GLX2 used as a plugin ... seemed to work fine for me. More than just fine wonderful... works great. Bravo to the late Eric; the guy could really code responsibly and creatively. The two stacks were identical and it reported that

Re: Stack updater

2009-05-07 Thread Marty Knapp
I'm on an Intel iMac if that could possibly make a difference. Eric was an amazing guy. Not only did he create great software, but his code was even beautiful to look at! Marty I just tried CCP with a G5, Leopard 10 5 6, rev 3.5 rc-2, GLX2 used as a plugin ... seemed to work fine for me.

Re: App on Linux - really slow... any ideas why?

2009-05-07 Thread Ken Ray
Could be a CPU architecture problem? Any info in the logs? Which logs are you talking about - where would I look? Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: k...@sonsothunder.com Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ___ use-revolution mailing

Re: On-Rev links

2009-05-07 Thread Dom
Sarah Reichelt sarah.reich...@gmail.com wrote: I am collecting a page of links to On-Rev sites, so we can all see what other people are doing and get ideas. Thanks, Sarah! By the way, I took the plunge, and made a folly, to try a founder on-rev hosting ;-) I noted, though, that the mail

Re: App on Linux - really slow... any ideas why?

2009-05-07 Thread Ken Ray
OK, I was able to test under Mandriva Live One 2009 running KDE 4.04, and the performance was a little better, but still *very* slow. For example, in Stykz you can click on a node (or handle) to one of the segments of a stick figure to pivot it around the point on the other side of the segment.

RE: Stack updater

2009-05-07 Thread Jim Bufalini
Hi Marty, Yes, Eric was an amazing man and a good friend. I miss him dearly. As to Changed Code Picker, I didn't understand. I thought the issue was on a compare. It shouldn't break on launch under any version of Rev 2.8.1 and on any platform. I was thinking I hadn't tested it with 3.5

Re: Stack updater

2009-05-07 Thread stephen barncard
No, it doesn't make a difference. Works fine on my Macbook Pro, too. Must be something else. - Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://barncard.com 2009/5/7 Marty Knapp martykn...@comcast.net I'm on an Intel iMac if that could possibly make a difference. Eric was an

answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread Derek Bump - Dreamscape Software
All of a sudden the answer as sheet is drawing the sheet on the wrong stack. Anyone have any idea on how to fix this? I tried setting the defaultStack and that didn't work. Derek Bump Dreamscape Software http://www.dreamscapesoftware.com

Re: DataGrid question simple?

2009-05-07 Thread Shao Sean
I included this type of code in the group script of the data grid object (group Schema in your case) on mouseUp local theLine local theDataA put the dgHilitedLines of group Schema into theLine put the dgDataOfLine[theLine] of group Schema into theDataA put theDataA[Field Name] into

RE: Stack updater

2009-05-07 Thread Jim Bufalini
Thanks for the testing, Stephen. :-) -Original Message- From: use-revolution-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution- boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of stephen barncard Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 8:02 AM To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re: Stack updater No, it

Re: Stack updater

2009-05-07 Thread Marty Knapp
Jim, Here's the offending line: put the effective textfont of fld script of stack revNewScriptEditor into tFont and the error it's throwing: stack Changed Code Picker: execution error at line 140 (Chunk: no such object) near script, char 34 I commented this line (and line 141- effecting

Re: Stack updater

2009-05-07 Thread stephen barncard
Yes and on my Macbook Pro, I did notice that the font was a strange serif type, about 9 point... kinda small. The IDE says the text is Using Owner's Font but clearly this is not the default font and size of Rev. Hope this is a clue. - Stephen Barncard San Francisco

WOW Scott Rossi!

2009-05-07 Thread Jim Bufalini
Hey Scott, GREAT article and demo stack in the latest revUP! Fantastic work, Scott. :-) Aloha from Hawaii, Jim Bufalini ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread stephen barncard
try sheet stack [in parentStack] - Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://barncard.com 2009/5/7 Derek Bump - Dreamscape Software userevolut...@dreamscapesoftware.com All of a sudden the answer as sheet is drawing the sheet on the wrong stack. Anyone have any idea on

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread stephen barncard
sorry, I'm thinking of how I sheet my custom answer dialogs. Perhaps you could set the defaultstack first before calling answer... - Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://barncard.com 2009/5/7 Derek Bump - Dreamscape Software userevolut...@dreamscapesoftware.com All

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread stephen barncard
I reread your first post. I didn't see that you'd already tried setting the defaultstack. Are you using the latest version of Rev (rc-2) ? - Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://barncard.com ___ use-revolution mailing list

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread Derek Bump - Dreamscape Software
I tried the following tests (one at a time of course) and they all produced the same result... -- Test 1 answer testing with OK as sheet -- Test 2 set the defaultStack to jcSetup answer testing with OK as sheet -- Test 3 set the defaultStack to jcSetup answer testing with OK as sheet in

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread Derek Bump - Dreamscape Software
Stephen, The error occured, and then I remembered the update posted last night so I tried updating. Same thing on both versions. This is driving me crazy because I could have sworn that it worked this morning with no problems at all. I'm racking my brains trying to think of what code I changed

Re: On-Rev links

2009-05-07 Thread François Chaplais
Le 7 mai 09 à 19:21, Dom a écrit : Sarah Reichelt sarah.reich...@gmail.com wrote: I am collecting a page of links to On-Rev sites, so we can all see what other people are doing and get ideas. Thanks, Sarah! By the way, I took the plunge, and made a folly, to try a founder on- rev

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread stephen barncard
yes and this has and still works with my just finished project, with stock answer and ask dialogs. Curious, I made two test stacks with ask and answer used in handlers in buttons. I also tried it with a substack. Everything worked as expected. Sheets aren't totally modal, one can navigate to

Re: WOW Scott Rossi!

2009-05-07 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Jim Bufalini wrote: GREAT article and demo stack in the latest revUP! Fantastic work, Scott. :-) Thanks -- hope you found something of use in there. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia Design ___

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread Richmond Mathewson
At the risk of over-simplifying things, getting them wrong, and missing the point: I just ran up a stack QUESTION.rev (and its now on revOnline under 'Richmond'); it has 2 substacks; one is a 'normal' substack, and one is set up as an answer dialogue. The answer dialogue substack pops up

RE: Stack updater

2009-05-07 Thread Jim Bufalini
Hi Marty, Ahh... OK, well that explains everything! ;-) revTemplateScriptEditor is a rev stack and only seems to exist in Rev 3.0. Prior there was a revTemplateScriptEditor. Neither exist in 3.5. The intention here is to set to the font that the user prefers for editing. So, this raised the

Re: [ANN] RevTwitter on RevOnline

2009-05-07 Thread Jim Ault
Sounds interesting, Andre but when I go to RevOnline and SoapDog user name, I don't see the stack. Is there another user name to try? Jim Ault Las Vegas On May 6, 2009, at 8:15 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: Folks, I've built sometime ago a little toy called RevTwitter. It has a simple twitter

RE: Stack updater

2009-05-07 Thread Jim Bufalini
Obviously I meant to say revNewScriptEditor is a rev stack... ;-) Hi Marty, Ahh... OK, well that explains everything! ;-) revTemplateScriptEditor is a rev stack and only seems to exist in Rev 3.0. Prior there was a revTemplateScriptEditor. Neither exist in 3.5. The intention here is to set to

Re: WOW Scott Rossi!

2009-05-07 Thread Phil Davis
Scott, your examples combine visual realism and surprise digital capabilities in ways that make me sit here and laugh out loud as I interact with them! Beautifully done - as always. Phil Davis Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Jim Bufalini wrote: GREAT article and demo stack in the latest

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread Derek Bump - Dreamscape Software
I'm trying to get your stack to appear on RevOnline, but I can't seem to find it, or you. Since they changed it, I can't seem to find anything. What do I need to do to get to the stack? Derek Bump Dreamscape Software http://www.dreamscapesoftware.com

Re: Rev 3.5.0-gm-2

2009-05-07 Thread DunbarX
Sure does. I never heard that this fix was reported. Thanks loads. Craig Newman In a message dated 5/6/09 6:43:34 PM, shaos...@wehostmacs.com writes: Quit Rev Delete your preference file Restart Rev See if that works for you.. I used to have the same issue but seems  to be working

RE: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread Jim Bufalini
Hi Derek, Try : topLevel stack jcSetup answer This should work with OK as sheet Or, are you calling answer from a modal window? Aloha from Hawaii Jim Bufalini -Original Message- From: use-revolution-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution- boun...@lists.runrev.com] On

Re: WOW Scott Rossi!

2009-05-07 Thread viktoras d.
Thanks Scot, extremely useful information and well done! Best regards Viktoras Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Jim Bufalini wrote: GREAT article and demo stack in the latest revUP! Fantastic work, Scott. :-) Thanks -- hope you found something of use in there. Regards, Scott Rossi

Re: WOW Scott Rossi!

2009-05-07 Thread viktoras d.
Thanks Scott, extremely useful information and well done! Best regards Viktoras Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Jim Bufalini wrote: GREAT article and demo stack in the latest revUP! Fantastic work, Scott. :-) Thanks -- hope you found something of use in there. Regards, Scott Rossi

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread stephen barncard
RevOnline is really pretty now, but still hard to find stuff. No 'by author' search. I searched for QUESTION.rev and got 'Times Table Tester a a result. - Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://barncard.com 2009/5/7 Derek Bump - Dreamscape Software

Re: App on Linux - really slow... any ideas why?

2009-05-07 Thread Peter Alcibiades
Ken Its very strange. I have now tried both Puppy and Slax. One of my own apps which has a splash and then the stack proper starts up and works fine in Puppy in Vesa. In fact its very fast indeed. The color scheme and theme is a little garish and the fonts don't fit quite perfectly, but it

Re-2: [ANN] RevTwitter on RevOnline

2009-05-07 Thread runrev260805
Hi Jim, under Revonline (Rev 3.5) search for andre garzia or revtwitter . Regards, Matthias Original Message Subject: Re: [ANN] RevTwitter on RevOnline (07-Mai-2009 22:12) From:Jim Ault jimaultw...@yahoo.com To: runrev260...@m-r-d.de Sounds interesting, Andre

Re: WOW Scott Rossi!

2009-05-07 Thread Stephen Cox
Add my praise to this chorus. I can't believe some of the things you've down with Revolution. Amazing. Thanks. -Stephen Cox On 5/7/09 4:56 PM, viktoras d. vikto...@ekoinf.net wrote: Thanks Scott, extremely useful information and well done! Best regards Viktoras Scott Rossi wrote:

Re: Re-2: [ANN] RevTwitter on RevOnline

2009-05-07 Thread Jim Ault
Ah, since I am using Rev 2.9 I don't get to see the same RevOnline library. Jim Ault Las Vegas On May 7, 2009, at 2:22 PM, runrev260...@m-r-d.de wrote: Hi Jim, under Revonline (Rev 3.5) search for andre garzia or revtwitter . Regards, Matthias

Something wrong with revOnLine?

2009-05-07 Thread DunbarX
I cannot upload a stack, though I have before. Just me? Craig Newman ** Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find a florist near you now. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=floristamp; ncid=emlcntusyelp0006) ___ use-revolution

Re: Stack updater

2009-05-07 Thread Marty Knapp
Thanks Jim - will do. Obviously I meant to say revNewScriptEditor is a rev stack... ;-) Hi Marty, Ahh... OK, well that explains everything! ;-) revTemplateScriptEditor is a rev stack and only seems to exist in Rev 3.0. Prior there was a revTemplateScriptEditor. Neither exist in 3.5. The

Re: Re-2: [ANN] RevTwitter on RevOnline

2009-05-07 Thread Mark Wieder
Jim- Thursday, May 7, 2009, 2:33:50 PM, you wrote: Ah, since I am using Rev 2.9 I don't get to see the same RevOnline library. You should definitely think about upgrading then. The new revOnline doesn't have the old revOnline contents, and there's no way to move stacks from the old to the

Something wrong with revOnLine?

2009-05-07 Thread Mark Stuart
Written by DunbarX at aol.com on Thu May 7, 2009 - 4:37 PM CDT I cannot upload a stack, though I have before. Just me? Craig... since the new RevOnline (and this weeks patch), I can't even login to it. Mark Stuart Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email management

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread Derek Bump - Dreamscape Software
Hello Jim, Yes, I tried that as well, but I'm calling the answer from a modal window, so that didn't work. I've resorted to removing the as sheet from the syntax and the answer box is at least showing up in front of the parent stack (and with the focus as well). Derek Bump Dreamscape Software

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread Derek Bump - Dreamscape Software
LOL... my search for the same thing returned nothing at all. RevOnline does look a lot better now, but still needs a lot of improvement. Derek Bump Dreamscape Software http://www.dreamscapesoftware.com ___ Compress your photos

RE: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread Jim Bufalini
Hi Derek, Yes, I tried that as well, but I'm calling the answer from a modal window, so that didn't work. I may be wrong, but I think this is the real issue. Maybe somebody else can chime in, but I think there are certain parent loc values that are ignored when calling a modal (answer) or

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread stephen barncard
Whoa, I didn't know you were calling from a modal window. Modals are supposed to be... well.. modal and as such don't really attach to any stack. I put together a custom answer or ask dialog and used the 'sheet stack' command. That should work, but it didn't; the custom sheeted stack didn't

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread Derek Bump - Dreamscape Software
Thank you Stephen! I took what you said and did a test. I created a stack with 1 sub-stack. In the substack I created a button that answers Hello World as a sheet. In the mainstack I created a button that modals the substack. The result is that the sheet appears behind the modal stack's very

Re: Re-2: [ANN] RevTwitter on RevOnline

2009-05-07 Thread Jim Ault
On May 7, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Jim- Thursday, May 7, 2009, 2:33:50 PM, you wrote: Ah, since I am using Rev 2.9 I don't get to see the same RevOnline library. You should definitely think about upgrading then. My plan is to do this in the next few weeks. Jim Ault Las Vegas

Kiosk App In Rev?

2009-05-07 Thread Scott Rossi
I'm wondering if anyone has built a kiosk-style app in Rev that works with other apps on the system. I've been messing around with backdrops and trying to figure out if it's possible to keep non-Rev apps in front of the backdrop (ie Word, etc). The mouse-Down/Up-InBackdrop message appears to be

Re: Kiosk App In Rev?

2009-05-07 Thread stephen barncard
I could be wrong but I think Andre Garzia made an extension for that purpose. - Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://barncard.com 2009/5/7 Scott Rossi sc...@tactilemedia.com I'm wondering if anyone has built a kiosk-style app in Rev that works with other apps on

Re: set the externals question

2009-05-07 Thread Richard Miller
Jim, Thierry: I did my additional testing with this. For whatever reason, the process works fine on XP but not Vista. Identical code on both units. One works; one doesn't. Any thoughts? I have a standalone... that opens an initial stack... which in turn opens an invisible substack (which

Re: WOW Scott Rossi!

2009-05-07 Thread Nicolas Cueto
GREAT article and demo stack in the latest revUP! Fantastic work, Scott. :-) I can't find a link to this. Anyone, please? Thanks. -- Nicolas Cueto ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: set the externals question

2009-05-07 Thread Terry Judd
Hi Richard, I use a loadExternals handler in the preopenstack handler of my app that looks like this (hmm, now that I look at it I'm not sure if the go stack bit is necessary) and seems to work reliably (I think this approach was originally suggested by Trevor). ON loadExternals put the

Re: WOW Scott Rossi!

2009-05-07 Thread Terry Judd
http://www.runrev.com/newsletter/may/issue70/newsletter3.php?id=NW70S34559 On 8/05/09 11:05 AM, Nicolas Cueto nicon...@gmail.com wrote: GREAT article and demo stack in the latest revUP! Fantastic work, Scott. :-) I can't find a link to this. Anyone, please? Thanks. -- Nicolas Cueto

Re: set the externals question

2009-05-07 Thread Richard Miller
Thanks, Terry. Two questions: 1) Have you tried using this in a stack that is opened by a standalone, rather than in the standalone itself? 2) And if so, have you tried this under Vista? Thanks. Richard Terry Judd wrote: Hi Richard, I use a loadExternals handler in the preopenstack

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread J. Landman Gay
stephen barncard wrote: RevOnline is really pretty now, but still hard to find stuff. No 'by author' search. I searched for QUESTION.rev and got 'Times Table Tester a a result. You can put the author name into the search box. I just typed in Jacque and got all my game stacks. -- Jacqueline

Re: set the externals question

2009-05-07 Thread Terry Judd
On 8/05/09 11:24 AM, Richard Miller w...@together.net wrote: Thanks, Terry. Two questions: 1) Have you tried using this in a stack that is opened by a standalone, rather than in the standalone itself? Yep/probably/maybe/don't remember. It should work either way. 2) And if so, have you

Re: Kiosk App In Rev?

2009-05-07 Thread Shao Sean
Do not know if this still works on the newer Windows versions, but you can always make one small change to the source code and recompile so that it has the reverse of systemWindow.. replace HWND_TOPMOST with HWND_BOTTOM http://dark.unitz.ca/~shaosean/downloads/alwaysontop102.zip

Data Grid Sorts

2009-05-07 Thread RevList
I would like to call a subroutine each time someone clicks on a column on one of my data grid tables. Where do I find the sorting routines? Stewart This message and any

RE: set the externals question

2009-05-07 Thread Jim Bufalini
Hi Richard, I did my additional testing with this. For whatever reason, the process works fine on XP but not Vista. Identical code on both units. One works; one doesn't. Any thoughts? I can tell you the simple process of setting the externals in one stack, which is then put in use either

Re: Something wrong with revOnLine?

2009-05-07 Thread Richmond Mathewson
As I am going from zero to hero, or, more prosaically. from 2.6.1 to 4.0 (although I do own a copy of RevMedia 2.9), I uploaded, entirely successfully, to what shows up as revOnline from 2.6.1. dunb...@aol.com wrote: I cannot upload a stack, though I have before. Just me? Craig Newman

Re: answer as sheet showing on wrong stack

2009-05-07 Thread Richmond Mathewson
So, the proable reason no one found my QUESTION.rev stack is that nobody wanted to type a taboo name. :) Funny, though, not having a 'by author' search: I suppose the RR folks WILL put that back for 4.0. J. Landman Gay wrote: stephen barncard wrote: RevOnline is really pretty now, but still