Re: Stop automatic actions in editing mode

2005-08-18 Thread Douglas Gilliland
The same thing happens to me when I select Show Invisible, forget that I have it on and am dumbfounded on why my invisible object are showing. Doug Gilliland Sarasota, FL On 8/18/05, Jim Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan offered the tip: Before you open the stack, click on the Messages

Stop automatic actions in editing mode

2005-08-17 Thread Douglas Gilliland
Is it possible to stop an automatic action once you have placed the on opencard script into the card. I have a stack that has a curtain (card 1) open automatically to the title (card 2). I used the card script on card 1: on opencard visual effect barn door open slow go next end opencard I want

Re: Stop automatic actions in editing mode

2005-08-17 Thread Douglas Gilliland
in the application browser - this will give you an option to edit the card script. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas Gilliland Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:36 AM To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Subject: Stop

Re: Stop automatic actions in editing mode

2005-08-17 Thread Douglas Gilliland
Thanks Dan. Together with Jonathan's method (Option-click on the card icon in the application browser - allows you to edit the script) I now have two ways to stop and edit an opencard script. I appreciate the help. Doug Gilliland Sarasota, FL On 8/17/05, Robert Brenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Stop automatic actions in editing mode

2005-08-17 Thread Douglas Gilliland
of a few more ways ;) cheers Xav -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas Gilliland Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 16:36 To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Subject: Stop automatic actions in editing mode Is it possible

Re: running the Player

2005-08-15 Thread Douglas Gilliland
, Ken Norris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OOPS sorry, forgot to change the RE header before Hi Douglas, Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:08:24 -0400 From: Douglas Gilliland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: running the Player When I finish a stack on my Powerbook (running Tiger), I: 1. Control

Re: running the Player

2005-08-14 Thread Douglas Gilliland
Charles, When I click on the DC Player (on my PowerBook running Tiger) I get the revOnline Viewer which enables one to navigate to the stack. Instead of opening the player, I hide the player and have my students double-click on the stack to open it. Control-click on the stack and drag down to Open

Re: running the Player

2005-08-14 Thread Douglas Gilliland
When I finish a stack on my Powerbook (running Tiger), I: 1. Control-click on the stack and drag down to Open With 2. Navigate to the Dream Card Player. After that any time the stack is double-clicked it automatically launches the DC Player and plays the stack. No Player window or having to

Disable the Home and End keys on a Mac

2005-08-11 Thread Douglas Gilliland
Is there a way to disable the Home and End keys on a Mac? I have authored stacks for my high school students and don't want them to bypass my questions by hitting these keys to go forward or backward in the stack. Searched the Documentation (use the disable command?) and Shafer's book but none of

Re: Disable the Home and End keys on a Mac

2005-08-11 Thread Douglas Gilliland
bypass the questions I had written into my stack. Thanks to Klaus, I now have that problem solved. Doug Gilliland Sarasota, FL On 8/11/05, Ken Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/11/05 5:01 AM, Douglas Gilliland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to disable the Home and End keys on a Mac? I

Hide menubar problem

2005-08-04 Thread Douglas Gilliland
Is there a way to have my stack move up and occupy the area of the menubar when I hide it with the hide menubar command (using MacOSX)? I assumed (my first problem) that when I hid the menubar my 800x600 stack would fill the screen. Instead the menubar is replaced with the desktop and the bottom

Re: Flashing numbers added to Number Picker stack.

2005-08-02 Thread Douglas Gilliland
Thanks for the script but I can't get it to work. I get the error: TypeHandler: error in command Object Button Lineon MakeList DerNumber Hinton I'm too new at this to figure it out. Any ideas? Thanks, Doug Gilliland Sarasota, FL On 7/31/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Flashing numbers added to Number Picker stack.

2005-07-31 Thread Douglas Gilliland
Sarasota, FL On 7/27/05, Douglas Gilliland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jan, It works even better than I thought it would. Thanks for the quick script - it is greatly appreciated. Doug Gilliland Sarasota, FL On 7/27/05, Jan Schenkel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Douglas Gilliland [EMAIL PROTECTED

Flashing numbers added to Number Picker stack.

2005-07-27 Thread Douglas Gilliland
I just finished a small stack to select my 9th grade chemistry students (sitting at numbered lab tables) at random. I have 25 students and used the following script to select one at random, then speak that number: on mouseUp put random (25) into field field1 revsetspeechvoice ralph revspeak

Re: Flashing numbers added to Number Picker stack.

2005-07-27 Thread Douglas Gilliland
Jan, It works even better than I thought it would. Thanks for the quick script - it is greatly appreciated. Doug Gilliland Sarasota, FL On 7/27/05, Jan Schenkel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Douglas Gilliland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just finished a small stack to select my 9th grade

Newbe Drag Drop Question

2005-07-20 Thread Douglas Gilliland
I am writing a stack on Density for my students. I want them to drag a cube of iron on to an electronic balance to mass it. The script would change the display of the balance from 0.00 grams to thel mass of the iron sample. I have made the cube draggable by assigning it the following scipt: on

Re: Newbe Drag Drop Question

2005-07-20 Thread Douglas Gilliland
Online - user: So Smart Software. Best Regards from Paris, Eric Chatonet. Le 20 juil. 05 à 12:46, Douglas Gilliland a écrit : I am writing a stack on Density for my students. I want them to drag a cube of iron on to an electronic balance to mass it. The script would change

Re: Text Hyperlink

2005-07-15 Thread Douglas Gilliland
If exists(card tLink of this stack) = true then go card tLink End selectionchanged -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas Gilliland Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:04 PM To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Subject: Text Hyperlink

Text Hyperlink

2005-07-14 Thread Douglas Gilliland
How can I select a word in a scrolling text field and assign it actions? I have been placing transparent buttons over text in non-scrolling fields- works great but won't work for scrolling fields. Searched the documentation and Dan's book but no answers. Tried selecting the text and using link

Making an image draggable

2005-07-09 Thread Douglas Gilliland
I know it must be easy but I cannot figure out the script to make an image of a metric ruler draggable so my students can drag it around the screen to measure items in a quiz stack I am writing. Tried several variations of the following script: on mousedown make image ruler.jpg draggable end

Re: Making an image draggable

2005-07-09 Thread Douglas Gilliland
:) On 7/9/05, Derek Bump [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Douglas Gilliland wrote: I know it must be easy but I cannot figure out the script to make an image of a metric ruler draggable so my students can drag it around the screen to measure items in a quiz stack I am writing. You could try

Dreamcard Spell Check

2005-07-01 Thread Douglas Gilliland
I'm new to Revolution and can't find a spell check built into the program. Any suggestions other than purchasing a spell check program? I'm working on a G4 PowerBook, and Tiger's built-in spell check doesn't work. Thanks, Doug Gilliland ___

Re: Dreamcard, am I missing something?

2005-06-10 Thread Douglas Gilliland
I agree. I am a high school physical science educator that has used HyperStudio for ten years to author programs for my students. When they double clicked on a program, a splash screen told them they were running a HyperStudio program but that was it - they didn't have to navigate to it. The

Re: audioClip

2005-06-01 Thread Douglas Gilliland
I'm using Dreamcard but it should be the same in Revolution: 1. Go to File and drag down to Import as Control. Select Audio file. 2. Navigate to the sound file you wish to import into your stack and select Open. The sound file is now imported into your stack. If you imported a sound file named

Dreamcard script problem

2005-05-31 Thread Douglas Gilliland
the result. Managing errors is one of the most important things in any software ,-) Best regards from Paris, Eric Chatonet. Le 28 mai 05 à 15:52, Douglas Gilliland a écrit : I am an educator that just recently switched from HyperStudio (using some HyperLogo scripting) to Dreamcard. I have

Dreamcard script problem

2005-05-28 Thread Douglas Gilliland
I am an educator that just recently switched from HyperStudio (using some HyperLogo scripting) to Dreamcard. I have created a stack to use in my science class that has the following script: on mouseUp revSetSpeechVoice Victoria revSetSpeechSpeed 130 revSpeak That is not correct. Try again

Re: Dreamcard script problem

2005-05-28 Thread Douglas Gilliland
! else etc. or revSpeak All is well. if the result empty then answer the result. Managing errors is one of the most important things in any software ,-) Best regards from Paris, Eric Chatonet. Le 28 mai 05 à 15:52, Douglas Gilliland a écrit : I am an educator that just