Re: "Activity" message ?

2009-05-18 Thread Jacques Hausser
Thanks, Kay I was one day out and I missed your message... Finally I did something simpler, with a command called in the scripts of every control: "resetTimer", which reinitialize the counter to GTimeLag seconds, and a "setTimeLag nseconds", called where necessary. It's not really elegant

Re: On-Rev Signup

2009-05-18 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Le 18 mai 09 à 16:51, Rick Harrison a écrit : Hi Jim, Texas is at least much closer than then UK! That's a matter of "cognitive coordinate system" ;-O Best regards from Grenoble André ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runre

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Kay C Lan wrote: Again, I can see what you are attempting to do will only result in current customers who are completely happy, know exactly why they are photographing the Harry Winston with the SuperFine setting on their 6 megapixel camera, and scanning their Title Deeds at 300 dpi, and wisely

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Jim Bufalini wrote: FUNCTION ReduceImage pData local tWidth,tHeight constant kMaxSize = 800 constant kJpegQuality = 60 - put the jpegquality into tJpegQuality create invisible image "Temp" set the text of image "Temp" to pData put the formattedwidth of image "Temp" into tWidt

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:26 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > > The software works fine, it's the customers that are the problem. :) They > are taking digital photos that weigh in at 3-4 megs apiece, and scanning > documents even larger, and creating hundreds of images. My client gets > complaints tha

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread Terry Judd
If you're using GraphicConverter then you probably want to use the scale option under the size item of the picture menu. This will let you specify both an output width and/or height and resolution. If the images are for screen display then obviously 72 dpi is all you need. If you want print output

Re: Arrays instead of Sql

2009-05-18 Thread Paul Looney
Tom, As Phil said, we get acceptable speed using Custom Properties - even on databases with 100,000+ records - usually served by a Mac Mini. Compliments to Richard Gaskin who originally suggested the approach. By the way: no SQL, no C, no extensions! Paul Looney On May 18, 2009, at 6:02 PM,

RE: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread Jim Bufalini
Hi again Jacque, > I have a customer project that displays scanned images and photos of > varying dimensions. These files are usually huge, with formatted sizes > in thousands of pixels. I need a way to change the image resolution, or > otherwise reduce the file size, so that the images can be rew

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Brian Yennie wrote: This is just off-the-cusp, so it may be off, but what about: 1) Set the fileName of image 1 to the JPG 2) Copy the imageData of image 1 into image 2 3) Export from image 2 as JPEG 4) Scale the final image to the desired size (if necessary) That's real close to what I was th

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread Brian Yennie
This is just off-the-cusp, so it may be off, but what about: 1) Set the fileName of image 1 to the JPG 2) Copy the imageData of image 1 into image 2 3) Export from image 2 as JPEG 4) Scale the final image to the desired size (if necessary) The reason why I'm hoping this would work -- imageData i

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Brian Yennie wrote: If you're up for the programming headaches involved, one way to deal with very large images is to cut them up into tiles. For example, cutting each image into 4 tiles can saving them in JPEG format can be considerably smaller than the original image. I believe the effective

RE: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread Jim Bufalini
Hi Jacque, > I have a customer project that displays scanned images and photos of > varying dimensions. These files are usually huge, with formatted sizes > in thousands of pixels. I need a way to change the image resolution, or > otherwise reduce the file size, so that the images can be rewritten

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Terry Judd wrote: There are two possible ways to go... 1. resample the images to reduce the resolution 2. recompress the images Method one will probably only be of use if the images are already at or greater than 300 dpi. You could probably resample them to as low as 200 dpi while still retaini

Data Grid Comment

2009-05-18 Thread RevList
The Data Grid is fantastic. I just used two data grid tables in my recent project and it worked like a charm. I created Stand Alone versions for Mac and Win and have made them available one of my web sites four our customer access. If you are interested, see http://www.firstclass.com/~slynch/FOV13

Re: Arrays instead of Sql

2009-05-18 Thread Phil Davis
Sarah Reichelt wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Tom Cole wrote: I've heard that instead of using a backend like sql to manage a database, I could stay in Revolution and use arrays. I know nothing of arrays. I've written here before about a bird database I have. Several times. Forgiv

Re: Data grid

2009-05-18 Thread Trevor DeVore
On May 18, 2009, at 10:03 PM, Hershel Fisch wrote: Hi, what causes the names of the header to appear or not? Because in a few the names appear and a few not and the code is the same I'm wordering. There is no setting that affects whether individual headers show or not. Perhaps you have the

Re: Arrays instead of Sql

2009-05-18 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Tom Cole wrote: > I've heard that instead of using a backend like sql to manage a database, I > could stay in Revolution and use arrays. I know nothing of arrays. > > I've written here before about a bird database I have. Several times. > Forgive. > > I just have

Re: Zip files

2009-05-18 Thread Phil Davis
Hi John, I don't believe there's anything built into Rev's zip code* to support password protection on either end of the process. Of course if you're writing the apps on both ends, you can encrypt your data before zipping it, then decrypt it after unzipping it on the receiving end. But I reali

Arrays instead of Sql

2009-05-18 Thread Tom Cole
I've heard that instead of using a backend like sql to manage a database, I could stay in Revolution and use arrays. I know nothing of arrays. I've written here before about a bird database I have. Several times. Forgive. I just have a few items in a record: birdname,birdnotes,place,pla

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread Brian Yennie
If you're up for the programming headaches involved, one way to deal with very large images is to cut them up into tiles. For example, cutting each image into 4 tiles can saving them in JPEG format can be considerably smaller than the original image. I believe the effectiveness would depend

Re: Data grid

2009-05-18 Thread Hershel Fisch
Hi, what causes the names of the header to appear or not? Because in a few the names appear and a few not and the code is the same I'm wordering. Thanks, Hershel On 5/18/09 4:51 PM, "Hershel Fisch" wrote: > Hi, I really appreciate it looks like I got it. > Again thanks a million, Hershel > >

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread Terry Judd
There are two possible ways to go... 1. resample the images to reduce the resolution 2. recompress the images Method one will probably only be of use if the images are already at or greater than 300 dpi. You could probably resample them to as low as 200 dpi while still retaining sufficient print

Re: On-Rev Signup

2009-05-18 Thread Neal Campbell
I use Pingdom.com to monitor all of my website accounts (as well as my home connection) and the on-rev service is actually pretty speedy. Its got an average access time of 135 ms versus my main business account's 587ms and on the other extreme is my home connection which is 87ms. Except for the 40

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
m...@marksmith.on-rev.com wrote: Will increasing the jpeg compression do it? ie. set the jpegQuality to 1 -> export imgas jpeg Maybe... I'll have to see if using such a low quality would destroy the image entirely. The docs indicate anything under 50 isn't going to look too great, but I'l

Re: On-Rev Signup

2009-05-18 Thread Andre Garzia
Hello Folks, >> What about the delay going from the U.S. and back? >> What's the latency? > > Hah! Try being in Australia before complaining about latency!!! In one colorful word... BRAZIL. now, let us not talk about latency when my ISP had the worst latency in the world and because of DEBTS had

Re: Data grid

2009-05-18 Thread Hershel Fisch
Hi, I really appreciate it looks like I got it. Again thanks a million, Hershel On 5/18/09 1:17 PM, "Trevor DeVore" wrote: > On May 18, 2009, at 6:40 PM, Hershel Fisch wrote: > >> Thanks, didn't get it. > > Do you mean you don't understand how dgText[pFirstLineContainsHeaders] > works? > >>

Re: On-Rev Signup

2009-05-18 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Rick Harrison wrote: > Hi Guys, Not a guy, but having my say anyway :-) > So, I take it that the On-Rev servers are located in the UK? As Jim said, they are in the US. I know the RunRev servers have been hosted in the US for ages, so I presume that was where th

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread m...@marksmith.on-rev.com
Will increasing the jpeg compression do it? ie. set the jpegQuality to 1 -> export imgas jpeg Best, Mark On 18 May 2009, at 19:47, J. Landman Gay wrote: I have a customer project that displays scanned images and photos of varying dimensions. These files are usually huge, with formatted

Re: ODBC - Can use file DSN in Rev?

2009-05-18 Thread Ben Rubinstein
I would also be interested if this was possible - and even more so, if it was possible to use a DSN-less connection for an ODBC database. I distribute several apps for which I have to send people detailed instructions on setting up a DSN; it would be far more convenient if I could handle this

Re: Data grid

2009-05-18 Thread Trevor DeVore
On May 18, 2009, at 6:40 PM, Hershel Fisch wrote: Thanks, didn't get it. Do you mean you don't understand how dgText[pFirstLineContainsHeaders] works? After all done already, when I need data from col 1 row 2 how do I do that? DgHilitedLine gives me the hilitedLine put the dgDataOfLine

Re: Data grid

2009-05-18 Thread Hershel Fisch
Thanks, didn't get it. After all done already, when I need data from col 1 row 2 how do I do that? DgHilitedLine gives me the hilitedLine put the dgDataOfLine doesn't display any thing. Thanks, in advanced On 5/18/09 8:02 AM, "Trevor DeVore" wrote: > On May 17, 2009, at 7:49 PM, Hershel Fisch

Re: Repeat loop test

2009-05-18 Thread Colin Holgate
On May 18, 2009, at 3:31 PM, bar...@libero.it wrote: I would like to know, for future reference, why there are these inconsistencies in, what appear to me, identical objects. (? implied ;-) I When you change the layer of an object, and then still refer to a particular numbered object, th

Re: Repeat loop test

2009-05-18 Thread bar...@libero.it
Thank you Colin and Bern for the further suggestions, I think I'm nearly there - no, not the mental hospital. It has been said several times on this list that just sending a query helps you think it out yourself. Following Colins' original comments I went back to stage 1 and built a stack with

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
dunb...@aol.com wrote: Shouldn't be a problem; just ask Jacques. I did, but she hasn't a clue. ;) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution ma

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Klaus on-rev wrote: But simply reducing the resolution does not change the filesize! ;-) Oh. Seems like it should, but I'm no expert; I usually let Graphic Converter do it. :) Any idea how to reduce the file size while retaining the original dimensions then? And how will I know what those di

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Jacqueline, I have a customer project that displays scanned images and photos of varying dimensions. These files are usually huge, with formatted sizes in thousands of pixels. I need a way to change the image resolution, or otherwise reduce the file size, so that the images can be rewr

Re: Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread DunbarX
Shouldn't be a problem; just ask Jacques. In a message dated 5/18/09 2:48:12 PM, jac...@hyperactivesw.com writes: > I have a customer project that displays scanned images and photos of > varying dimensions. These files are usually huge, with formatted sizes > in thousands of pixels. I need a way

Reducing image file sizes

2009-05-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
I have a customer project that displays scanned images and photos of varying dimensions. These files are usually huge, with formatted sizes in thousands of pixels. I need a way to change the image resolution, or otherwise reduce the file size, so that the images can be rewritten to disk with a

Zip files

2009-05-18 Thread John Hunter
Hi, Does anybody know if it's possible to password protect winzip compatible zip files using Revolution?. Thx, John ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your s

Re: ODBC - Can use file DSN in Rev?

2009-05-18 Thread Scott Pepperdine
Bernard, Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what a fileDSN is, but I don't believe so. A DSN is a collection of connection parms used to connect to an ODBC compliant data source. A System DSN and User DSN store that information in the Windows Registry. A file DSN stores that information in a file

Recover deleted REV files

2009-05-18 Thread -= JB =-
First off let me explain I am NOT in any way connected to the business mentioned below. I accidentally deleted some files a few months ago and the recovery software I already had would not recover them so after looking around I found Stellar Phoenix and gave it a try. Some of my files were

Re: ODBC - Can use file DSN in Rev?

2009-05-18 Thread Bernard Devlin
Scott, are you sure you want a fileDSN? The issue in the forum thread you refer to is about connecting to Access i.e. connecting to a database as a local file, not a database server. The person who had the problem in that initial thread then posts a subsequent thread where he talks about connecti

Re: ODBC - Can use file DSN in Rev?

2009-05-18 Thread Scott Pepperdine
Thanks Victoras, The data is in a DB2 database, as are a number of stored procedures I need to call, so ODBC still seems like the best fit. I'm also a little cautious when it comes to SQLite when the database is reaching the many millions of records size. I know SQLite proponents will swear

Re: Re" Rev suport user defined events?

2009-05-18 Thread Trevor DeVore
On May 18, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Can anyone here think of other messages not normally sent by default? The new messages that groups can receive: preOpenControl, openControl, closeControl and resizeControl. See the ParentScriptNotes.txt under NEW GROUP MESSAGES. Regards,

Re" Rev suport user defined events?

2009-05-18 Thread Richard Gaskin
DunbarX wrote: In HC, and I would bet in Rev, messages are sent regardless of whether there is a handler to trap them. If none, the message passes right through the engine into the ether. I don't know if there would be a savings in overhead to discard such messages at the outset; I suppose it w

Re: Data grid

2009-05-18 Thread Trevor DeVore
On May 17, 2009, at 7:49 PM, Hershel Fisch wrote: First of all Thanks, I realize that if the dgText is set when a columns visibility is set to false then I can NOT get the text of that cell or column, is that the way it supposed to be? In other words I have to.. set the dgColumnIsVisible[colum

Re: Sort by a column in a form DataGrid

2009-05-18 Thread Trevor DeVore
On May 17, 2009, at 4:46 PM, Yves COPPE wrote: Le 17-mai-09 à 17:29, Yves COPPE a écrit : I meet a strange behavior I have a substack with a form datagrid I call the substack from a main stack in the main stack I have a btn which takes info from a text file thne convert it to a multidimenti

Re: On-Rev Signup

2009-05-18 Thread Rick Harrison
Hi Jim, Texas is at least much closer than then UK! Why Texas? Thanks, Rick On May 18, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Jim Bufalini wrote: They are in Texas, USA. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subsc

RE: On-Rev Signup

2009-05-18 Thread Jim Bufalini
They are in Texas, USA. > -Original Message- > From: use-revolution-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution- > boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Rick Harrison > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 4:20 AM > To: How to use Revolution > Subject: Re: On-Rev Signup > > Hi Guys, > > So,

Re: On-Rev Signup

2009-05-18 Thread Rick Harrison
Hi Guys, So, I take it that the On-Rev servers are located in the UK? What about the delay going from the U.S. and back? What's the latency? I run my own servers already, and I'd like to put together my own Rev Server too. Should I wait for version 4.0 of Rev to do this so that the bugs are ou

Re: OT: Increasing the volume in a movie clip

2009-05-18 Thread Richard Miller
Thanks, Martin! All my years of playing with Quicktime, I never knew this little feature was in there. Very cool. Any more hidden tricks like this? Best, Richard Miller Martin Koob wrote: Mark Schonewille writes: Hi Ryno, In QT there is something like movie properties, which lets you

Re: OT: Increasing the volume in a movie clip

2009-05-18 Thread Martin Koob
Mark Schonewille writes: > > Hi Ryno, > > In QT there is something like movie properties, which lets you change > balance and volume among other things. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > http://economy-x-talk.com > http://w

Re: On-Rev links

2009-05-18 Thread Dom
François Chaplais wrote: > > I noted, though, that the mail hosting was less than satisfactory > > -- but I am not sure whether it's on-rev's fault, or Orange's fault! > > (I live in France, and Orange ex-France Telecom is my ISP) > > > Then you should use smtp-msa.orange.fr with password identif

Re: On-Rev Signup

2009-05-18 Thread Bill Marriott
Bob, Most hosting services require you to bring a domain to the table and then set you up under that. For example, you have "mydomain.com" and your login becomes mydomaincom. The hosting service defaults to hosting that domain. On-Rev asks you for a "Desired Username/Subdomain" which is explain

Re: OT: Increasing the volume in a movie clip

2009-05-18 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Ryno, In QT there is something like movie properties, which lets you change balance and volume among other things. -- 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