Re: Writing to the resource fork

2010-05-30 Thread Joe F.
Thanks Stephen. Tried it and it asked me to install Rosetta- so I found HexEdit 2.2. Looks pretty good. On May 29, 2010, at 12:46 AM, stephen barncard wrote: Joe, here's a good Mac Hex editor http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Developer-Tools/HexEditor.shtml (free)

revMobile and SDK

2010-05-30 Thread Mark Smith
I have a question for the group. I've been reading about the recent changes to the Apple SDK for the last couple of hours (here and on Appleinsider) and one thing I don't understand is how Apple can actually do this? Is it only for products that are intended to be marketed through the app

Re: Writing to the resource fork

2010-05-30 Thread Joe F.
Right, empties all. Also interesting, I could only getResources from the files I created with Rev. I was pretty sure I had seen all those working in someone else's stack. I thought maybe open for binary read might work, but no. Could this be something that was once working and is now broken in

Re: revMobile and SDK

2010-05-30 Thread Ian Wood
On 30 May 2010, at 07:37, Mark Smith wrote: I have a question for the group. I've been reading about the recent changes to the Apple SDK for the last couple of hours (here and on Appleinsider) and one thing I don't understand is how Apple can actually do this? Is it only for products that

Re: revMobile and SDK

2010-05-30 Thread Mark Schonewille
Ian and Mark, I expect the European Commission to discover that keeping competitors' apps out of the app store (e.g. http://qurl.tk/be ) solely because they're competitors' apps is illegal, but that may take another decade. Whether the EC will recognise Apple's technical reasons to block

RevMobile Android

2010-05-30 Thread tkuyp...@telenet.be
Maybe I've missed it, but due to the decision of Apple and the result for RevMobile, what is the e.t.a. of RevMobile for Android? I just received my Sony Xperia X10 and I really want to start development for it... Met vriendelijke groeten, Warm Regards, Ton Kuypers +32 (0) 477 739 530

Re: Behavior changing layer

2010-05-30 Thread Shao Sean
If you have a known number of buttons in the group you can set the layer to the layer of the group + the number of controls group - layer 10 - button 1 - layer 11 - button 2 - layer 12 - button 3 - layer 13 button script on mouseUp set the relayerGroupedControls to TRUE set the layer of

Printing Assistance

2010-05-30 Thread Graham Pearson
List: Due to our budget cuts in our industry that we have had for the past 2 years and looks to continue for the next few years, I have been learning RunRev to enhance my skill set and have been creating applications for use in K-12 Education. My question is what are some ways I can print a

rev stacks on the iPad

2010-05-30 Thread Bill Ziegler
I have tried to follow all the threads on revMobile and running rev apps on the iPad. My question may have already been answered but I missed it. I am an assistive technology consultant in Pennsylvania and use runRev stacks to support students with disabilities. Apple's locking out revMobile

Clone + group question

2010-05-30 Thread Jeff Massung
Sorry, I've been searching the forums and this list (and the docs) and while I know I've come across it before, I just can't seem to find it at the moment... I have an existing group. And, I'm cloning some objects that I want to programmatically add to that group. How do I do this? Thanks! Jeff

Re: rev stacks on the iPad

2010-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
On May 30, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Bill Ziegler wrote: Is it possible to tether the iPad to a Mac or PC, using Bluetooth or Wifi (not Internet), located in the same room. Essentially the iPad would act as a touch interface AND display for the host computer, respond with little delay and

Re: Clone + group question

2010-05-30 Thread Jeff Massung
Nevermind, just found it... start editing [group] and stop editing [group]. Next question, though, as a follow-up: Once I say start editing group, I get errors about not being able to find the group I want to clone (can't find background group, or something of that nature). Any hints? Jeff M.

Re: rev stacks on the iPad

2010-05-30 Thread Roger . E . Eller
On 05/30/2010 at 10:49 AM, Bill Ziegler billzieg...@mac.com wrote: I have tried to follow all the threads on revMobile and running rev apps on the iPad. My question may have already been answered but I missed it. I am an assistive technology consultant in Pennsylvania and use runRev stacks to

Re: Clone + group question

2010-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
On May 30, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Jeff Massung wrote: Nevermind, just found it... start editing [group] and stop editing [group]. Next question, though, as a follow-up: Do you know that you can directly clone something that is in a group, and the clone is also in that group? Without needing to

Re: rev stacks on the iPad

2010-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
On May 30, 2010, at 11:22 AM, roger.e.el...@sealedair.com wrote: It is too bad that developers may have to tip-toe around Apple LAW to help children, but this is what I see... Rev has stated that Enterprise customers can develop apps for internal use within their own company. Just to make

Re: Clone + group question

2010-05-30 Thread Jeff Massung
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: On May 30, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Jeff Massung wrote: Nevermind, just found it... start editing [group] and stop editing [group]. Next question, though, as a follow-up: Do you know that you can directly clone something

Re: rev stacks on the iPad

2010-05-30 Thread Roger . E . Eller
Colin Holgate wrote: Here's an info page on that program: http://developer.apple.com/programs/iphone/enterprise/ Thanks for clarifying whos enterprise they refer to. ~Roger Eller ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com

Re: rev stacks on the iPad [SOLVED]

2010-05-30 Thread Roger . E . Eller
On 05/30/2010 at 10:49 AM, Bill Ziegler billzieg...@mac.com wrote: My question is this; Is it possible to tether the iPad to a Mac or PC, using Bluetooth or Wifi (not Internet), located in the same room. Essentially the iPad would act as a touch interface AND display for the host computer,

Re: Rev Stacks on the iPad

2010-05-30 Thread William Ziegler
I don't think the Enterprise route will go over well. I write the software at home at night, weekends and summer as more of a hobby than as part of my job. I have more control over giving it away this way. I have some posted on my on-Rev page so any school or parents can download them for free.

Re: Survey Caution

2010-05-30 Thread Björnke von Gierke
The see also links are the single most important part of the documentation. they beat the description itself. It's a shame that RunRev somewhen decided to put them inline into the field (i think it was in rev 2.2), where they're hard to find (variable positioning below other, less important

Re: Rev Stacks on the iPad

2010-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
I just did a test with Desktop Connect. Bad news - sure enough, audio isn't sent over the network. Good news - you can do a direct WiFi network from the computer to the iPad, and connect to the machine that way. Unfortunately BlueTooth doesn't work out, the computer thinks that the iPad is a

Re: Rev Stacks on the iPad

2010-05-30 Thread Roger . E . Eller
Colin Holgate wrote: I just did a test with Desktop Connect. Bad news - sure enough, audio isn't sent over the network. Good news - you can do a direct WiFi network from the computer to the iPad, and connect to the machine that way. Unfortunately BlueTooth doesn't work out, the computer

Re: Rev Stacks on the iPad

2010-05-30 Thread Peter Alcibiades
I was hoping to directly connect to a computer physically located in the same classroom. Does it have any wired connections? The reviews seemed to say that it had neither ethernet nor usb. So this sounds fairly hopeless. First there is no supported version of Rev. Second, there is no way of

Re: Rev Stacks on the iPad

2010-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
On May 30, 2010, at 1:26 PM, roger.e.el...@sealedair.com wrote: Too bad he said wi-fi may not be an optioin either. Does the iPad have a wired ethernet port? I took his direct connect comment to mean a direct connect to the computer, but not strictly specifying a cable. I'm sure he knows

Re: Rev Stacks on the iPad

2010-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
On the Linux/MP3/iPod front, you could have a Rev stack in Linux that creates the MP3s, and then you play those on the mobile device via the url of the file, if it's web shared. That works for iPad for iPhone, and probably iPod Touch. It even continues to play the audio if you have pressed the

Re: rev stacks on the iPad

2010-05-30 Thread Robert Mann
I just asked precisions from runrev Sorry to bother, but.. would it be possible to precise what the actual revIphone license does allow and does not! It could interest all parties member of the revMobile beta program. WHat I understood was : - prototyping, testing and expanding

Re: rev stacks on the iPad

2010-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
On May 30, 2010, at 1:45 PM, Robert Mann wrote: - is it ok to try as an individual to propose such an app for the apple store?? - is it ok te privately distribute outside the iphone app (eg several iphones in an enterprise, not member of the iphone enterprise program It'll be interesting

Re: Writing to the resource fork

2010-05-30 Thread stephen barncard
Perhaps the problem is Snow Leopard - We should assume the old resource fork is officially unsupported and not working in SN. They've been planning on removing resource forks from files for a decade. Back in the hypercard days, one could use the resource fork like today's custom properties in Rev.

Re: Writing to the resource fork

2010-05-30 Thread Mark Schonewille
Stephen, From my first e-mail on this topic: I am trying to use the setResource function, but it doesn't work. I tried it with Rev 4.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 and Rev 2.6.1 on Mac OS 9.2.2. With both systems, I get the same result: the resource is created (including ID, name and flags, but the

Re: Behavior changing layer

2010-05-30 Thread stephen barncard
Chipp Walters has an intuitive tool that makes sense and allows safe changing of layers, especially within groups. I can't find the individual plugin online today, but I assume it's included in his alt plugins toolbar download http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/altPluginCover/about.htm. On 30 May

Re rev stacks on the ipad

2010-05-30 Thread Bill Ziegler
Sorry gang, I should have written wirelessly though Bluetooth or wifi directly to a classroom computer, not over the Internet. Bill Sent from my iPhone ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: Re rev stacks on the ipad

2010-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
On May 30, 2010, at 3:40 PM, Bill Ziegler wrote: Sorry gang, I should have written wirelessly though Bluetooth or wifi directly to a classroom computer, not over the Internet. Yes, and that was what I tested, and it works with a wifi connection but not the bluetooth one.

Re: Writing to the resource fork

2010-05-30 Thread stephen barncard
How odd. I remember using the Rev resource calls to try and recover and convert some audio resources in old stack. I think I ended up using SoundEdit to recover the audio resources, so it must have not been successful in rev. I noticed you want to write as well as read resources. May I ask why

Re: revMobile and SDK

2010-05-30 Thread François Chaplais
In France, the Competition council stated that it was illegal for Orange to be the sole distributor of the iPhone. If I recall correctly, the complaint was issued by Bouygues Telecom, whose CEO, incidentally, is a close friend of Nicolas Sarkozy. The consequence was a sharp increase in the

[OT] revMobile and SDK

2010-05-30 Thread François Chaplais
I have reread my last post and, while I do think what I have said in it, I regret having posted it. there has been enough trolling on this. Very best François ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Re: RevMobile Android

2010-05-30 Thread viktoras d.
I am not interested in iPhones or iPads anymore ;-) so I am about to buy Sony-Ericsson Xperia or one of the Android powered HTC phones that now are sold throughout the Europe (preferably the one with GPS). It would be really interesting and useful to know what point we are at with the

Re: Writing to the resource fork

2010-05-30 Thread Mark Schonewille
Stephen, I'm dealing with files that contain resource forks, not with stacks. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer Economy-x-Talk is always looking for new

Re: Writing to the resource fork

2010-05-30 Thread stephen barncard
Right. My question was framed improperly I guess. If you were just trying to recover data in old Mac files, then one would only need to READ the resources, but you were talking about *writing*resources, and I was curious why one would want to sustain a discontinued (and broken) technology in a

Re: Writing to the resource fork

2010-05-30 Thread stephen barncard
Found it, Mark... It does work. One must CREATE a resource fork FIRST. I was working with Sarah's *Resource Copier* stack, but it had no facility to create a new fork in a virgin file, and in fact could not put resources into a blank text file.. (many) years ago I remember running into

Re: Writing to the resource fork

2010-05-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
stephen barncard wrote: One must CREATE a resource fork FIRST. Does resfile work for that?: put empty into url (resfile: tFilePath) -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Rev training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com revJournal

Re: Writing to the resource fork

2010-05-30 Thread stephen barncard
Perhaps copyresource is not working right. setresource seems to be working for me. On 30 May 2010 14:02, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: stephen barncard wrote: One must CREATE a resource fork FIRST. Does resfile work for that?: put empty into url (resfile: tFilePath)

Re: Writing to the resource fork

2010-05-30 Thread stephen barncard
Perhaps setting the flags have something to do with these resources. RL seems to work. I'm not sure exactly what's going on here - I think it's possible to make this work, but we may have to dance among the specs to find out. On 30 May 2010 13:54, stephen barncard

Re: RevMobile Android

2010-05-30 Thread tkuyp...@telenet.be
I bought the same one, the Sony-Ericsson Xperia X10... I like it and I want to start developing for it... Met vriendelijke groeten, Ton Kuypers On 30-mei-2010, at 22:12, viktoras d. wrote: I am not interested in iPhones or iPads anymore ;-) so I am about to buy Sony-Ericsson Xperia or

Problems setting a player object to an alias in a script

2010-05-30 Thread Howard Bornstein
I want to set a player object to an alias of an MP3 file. If I do it in a script, the player returns the message could not create movie reference. However, if I set the player manually (i.e. by clicking the folder icon on property palette's source field) it takes the alias as a valid file.

Re: Re rev stacks on the ipad

2010-05-30 Thread Roger . E . Eller
Bill Ziegler wrote: Sorry gang, I should have written wirelessly though Bluetooth or wifi directly to a classroom computer, not over the Internet. Bill Check out the video 1/3 down the page. When/if this ships, there will be no problem making Rev Apps for it.

Re: Problems setting a player object to an alias in a script

2010-05-30 Thread Martin Koob
I was able to get an alias that pointed to an mp3 player to load in the player. I used the following script. on mouseUp answer file Select the MP3 file. with type MP3 files|mp3|Mp3 set the filename of player player to it end mouseUp This allowed me to select the alias but when I

Re: RevMobile Android

2010-05-30 Thread chris livermore
I finally gave up my trusty mobile for a smartphone, Nexus One... iPhone just didn't cut it. On 31/05/2010, at 7:31 AM, tkuyp...@telenet.be wrote: I bought the same one, the Sony-Ericsson Xperia X10... I like it and I want to start developing for it... Met vriendelijke groeten, Ton