Severe crash with Rev 2.8.1 under MacOSX 10.4.9 (was: How to find amazing stuff)

2007-05-24 Thread Joel Guillod
May be the crash Joe reported is NOT due to the RR Search engine!!! Read more... This afternoon I have experienced two unexpectedly exits from Revolution and I restarted my machine. And then I had a very severe crash during a normal development session. I had no problem under Rev 2.7.4 fo

exporting snapshot with cursor visible?

2007-05-19 Thread Joel Guillod
is there a way to make the cursor visible on the image with the command? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.co

Revolution 2.8.1: a 240+ bug fixes/improvements! What about the remaining 1879?

2007-05-17 Thread Joel Guillod
Dear Revolutionists, A warm thank you very much to Runrev for having fixed more than 240 bugs. I would like to know how successfull is the open beta and what criterion have been defined at the beginning of the quality way last November. It would be interested to get the results of the las

Re: Python Samples stack

2007-05-12 Thread Joel Guillod
I can view it but not go to it. Is this due to being on 2.6.1 Linux? Hi Peter, Is Python installed on your machine? To check that python is installed and to know the command folder path of the python tool type «which python». Also, try a "python -V»" command (with uppercase for "V") in a

Python Samples with Tkinter from within Rev

2007-05-11 Thread Joel Guillod
I have shared my stack "Python Samples with Tkinter" in the Programming category. This stack demonstrates some use of the Python tool called from Revolution with two examples of the Tkinter GUI toolkit. Set the folder for Python tool to the correct one (e.g. under MacOSX: /usr/bin or /usr/l

How to POST an image file?

2007-05-07 Thread Joel Guillod
Given the following form in an html page from url like "http:/ myserver/mydir/mypage": File: I try to "POST tData to URL "http:/myserver/mydir/mypage/myaction" where tData contains the following data: --> (this line is not included in data) Content-type: multipart/form-data, boundary=AaB03

Re: XML Tree and spaces

2007-05-02 Thread Joel Guillod
Hello Nic, Of course you'll get an answer but please, give an exemple of the xml data and node content you have problem with and the function you use to retrieve its content. Neither in my own use of xml nor by using the Sarah's XML Demo stack (http://www.troz.net/Rev/tutorials/ XMLdemo1.r

is that a bug?

2007-04-03 Thread Joel Guillod
This expression returns the expected result: selectedNode() is the cEditedNodeID of grp "grClassEditor" But when exchanging the two operands the following expressions do always return TRUE even with (): the cEditedNodeID of grp "grClassEditor" is selectedNode() (the cEd

Re: shell() in a separate thread with callback message at exit?

2007-03-12 Thread Joel Guillod
Here is an example script that does a ping. The handler includes the post-processing of the result, but you can just ignore that. function checkPing pIP ... put "ping -c1 -n " & pIP into tShellCmd put " > " & tFileName & " 2>&1 &" after tShellCmd Thank you a lot Sarah. Your code let me d

Re: shell() in a separate thread with callback message at exit?

2007-03-10 Thread Joel Guillod
s but let us start with the Mac solution. Thanks a lot, Joel All the Best Dave On 8 Mar 2007, at 11:20, Joel Guillod wrote: How can I implement the following features: - invoque a shell command in a separate thread, i.e. a non blocking shell during execution of the command; - rece

shell() in a separate thread with callback message at exit?

2007-03-08 Thread Joel Guillod
How can I implement the following features: - invoque a shell command in a separate thread, i.e. a non blocking shell during execution of the command; - receive a callback message with the output and the error result when the thread exits? This would be some function similar to the load com

Re: An effective way to Localize my Revolution Projects for Multiple Languages

2007-02-17 Thread Joel Guillod
- Property profiles are nice, but it means that I have to store all of the language data for each object within a profile, making it harder to make changes to the text. Many replies but none commenting about profiles. As the gandfather of Richard used to say, "When a designer is faced with

Re: SQLite and multiuser

2007-01-31 Thread Joel Guillod
I.e. You want invent a bike? :-) ... Use existed bikes? :-) -- Best regards, Ruslan Zasukhin VP Engineering and New Technology Paradigma Software, Inc Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information http://www.paradigmasoft.com Of course the question was not targeted to a DBMS vendor. And dont be

SQLite and multiuser

2007-01-30 Thread Joel Guillod
The SQLite documentation under topic «File Locking And Concurrency» states: «SQLite uses POSIX advisory locks to implement locking on Unix. On windows it uses the LockFile(), LockFileEx(), and UnlockFile () system calls. SQLite assumes that these system calls all work as advertised. If that

Re: Tree

2006-11-18 Thread Joel Guillod
I am very very happy with Tree Manager & Tree Field control from http://www.imed-edition.net. At first there are many commands but it is very powerfull and you can develop with only 3 or 4 commands. Since I use Tree Manager I couldn't work without it. The examples stack is also very helpful

Re: Open Letter to Rev: Quality Is Job #1

2006-10-20 Thread Joel Guillod
Alas I think you are true, Bill, I am afraid! I have to agree with you although my work is not as impossible as you report yours. Obviously there is some serious management issue in Runrev which is not a new one... And this is a pity because Revolution concept drives a very productive develo

Re: Cgi function

2006-08-31 Thread Joel Guillod
revSetDatabaseDriverPath... The rev documentation states that : «The revSetDatabaseDriverPath command is part of the Database library. To ensure that the command works in a standalone application, you must include this custom library when you create your standalone.» I have no idea but a

How to find which applications for this file?

2006-08-18 Thread Joel Guillod
From a file path or a file extension or a MIME type, how can we get a list of the applications which can open the corresponding file? The "launch document " can open the corresponding application like a double-click in the Finder/Windows Explorer. But has anyone some tricks to get a list of

Re: Shells - non-blocking?

2006-08-14 Thread Joel Guillod
On Aug 13, 2006, at 3:30 AM, David Bovill wrote: I want to call the shell command and let the user get on with other gui stuff... wouldn't it be nice to have: put shell("something really slow") with message "doneIT" ? Very good idea! Do you fill an enhancement in Revzilla? If not I'll do it,

Re: Why do group ID's change when cloning a stack

2006-08-12 Thread Joel Guillod
I agree that in most instances using the name of controls is the best way. BUT there is a **semantic** issue with the current behavior of the clone command because we expect a clone to be an exact copy of the original. Also, the problem of changing the ID especially for images is a nasty

How to save as a 'Legacy Revolution Stack'

2006-08-11 Thread Joel Guillod
How can I force to save as a 'Legacy Revolution Stack' with the save command, i.e. without passing by the save dialog? And how to know if the saved format is 'Legacy Revolution Stack' or 'Revolution Stack'? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolut

Re: Why is the imagedata value different from Win32 to MacOS

2006-07-26 Thread Joel Guillod
I don't think the imagedata has changed, and my thought would be to check and make sure the images are set to their respective formattedHeight and formattedWidth BEFORE checking the imageData. ... I hope this helps. -Chipp Not of help... Actually before submitting the question I checked that: -

Why is the imagedata value different from Win32 to MacOS platforms?

2006-07-25 Thread Joel Guillod
For image processing I have to extract the RGB values from an imagedata of an image but I got different results under MacOSX and Win32. I found that the imagedata values is different between the two platform: every color component of pixels is slighty changed. I have not found in the docume

System messages order in list field

2006-04-26 Thread Joel Guillod
I notice that the system messages order for list field differs depending on the hilited state of the clickline: case 1: when clicking on a *unhilited* line: mousedown -> selectionChanged -> mouseUp case 2: when clicking on a *hilited* line: selectionChanged -> mousedown -> mouseUp Is i

Re: revXMLfindNodecontent

2006-03-22 Thread Joel Guillod
Throw some votes on it if you like :-) Also do it for features request/bug ID 1893: revInsertXMLNode and XSLT routines ID 2809. Thanks! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: revXMLfindNodecontent

2006-03-21 Thread Joel Guillod
Hi Ken, On 3/21/06 10:21 AM, "Klaus Major" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I am currently working through the XML docs and am desparately looking for something llike -> "revXMLfindNodeBycontent" ... Sorry, Klaus, AFAIK you can't find data information with the revXML DLL. Damn!!! What a pi

revInsertXMLNode : Please vote for #1893!

2006-02-03 Thread Joel Guillod
On 2004-07-26 I requested the revInsertXMLNode feature. This enhancement has been assigned to runrev component owner the same day but since >18 months no activity happens! If you work with xml you know that this is a must feature! So please support this feature by voting for «bug» #1893. T

Applescript execution error under Rev but not Script Editor

2006-01-05 Thread Joel Guillod
The following Applescript does work successfully when run in the Script Editor but return an execution error when run with «do fld "theScript" as Applescript»: THE SCRIPT: try tell application "Address Book" activate set theCard to person id "808C7253-74EA-4619- BC2

XML Database synchronization

2005-12-07 Thread Joel Guillod
I would like to hear about advices how to address this problem in Revolution: Postulates: - data of my system is based on a number of sets of xml documents; - a set is a repository of xml documents; - there is a registry of the sets which references the address of each set; - to avoid complic

Re: Constrain Within Circle?

2005-11-05 Thread Joel Guillod
Hi Malte, My test with the 2 different versions of the function shows a 25% faster with the one using atan2 (test with 1000 and 1 loops, 200 runs)... on a G4/1.67 GHz/RAM 2 Go/Mac OS X 10.4.2. Probably you loose time with testing x1=>x2... But you are right one loop was less than one

Re: Constrain Within Circle?

2005-11-05 Thread Joel Guillod
Should the ArcadeEngine be optimized for speed from ... Function findAngle ... put abs(x1-x2) into oppositeLeg put abs(y1-y2) into adjacentLeg if adjacentLeg<>0 then put atan(oppositeleg/adjacentLeg) into alpha put alpha*180/pi into alpha else put 90 into alpha

Re: Magnifying a shrunken image --- without using imageData

2005-08-30 Thread Joel Guillod
Roger, There is a simple solution which is to have a group containing an image. The lockloc of this group should be true, then you dimension the image according to the scale you choose and you set the image location according to the rect of the image you want to display. The container gro

Re: Convert ColorNames to RGB

2005-08-29 Thread Joel Guillod
The other way around is harder - you have to script / use a lookup table. Not so hard to build a map between ColorNames and RGB: create a field and name it "fColors", then put the following script in the card script and type build in the message box: now the field display for each color a

Re: Uncomplete Externals SDK Documentation

2005-08-22 Thread Joel Guillod
external plugins available for other competitors IDE and their success. Today let us know the delay, please! Sincerely, Joel Guillod Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 09:27:31 -0700 From: Mark Wieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Joel- Sunday, August 21, 2005, 12:19:31 AM, you wrote: feedback, did I miss som

Re: [ANN] Animated gif for OSX progress

2005-08-22 Thread Joel Guillod
You are most welcome, Joel. And Howard, you are not actually stopping the animation which continues in the background. As in the original posting and repeated when uploaded to ssBk Online, set the repeatCount of the image ID to -1 to start the animation and 0 to stop it. On what plat

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 23, Issue 74

2005-08-22 Thread Joel Guillod
external plugins available for other competitors IDE and their success. Today let us know the delay, please! Sincerely, Joel Guillod Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 09:27:31 -0700 From: Mark Wieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Joel- Sunday, August 21, 2005, 12:19:31 AM, you wrote: feedback, did

Re: [ANN] Animated gif for OSX progress

2005-08-21 Thread Joel Guillod
Thanks for the nice 16x16 24-frame animated gif ! I wonder to know if there is a way in Revolution that animated gif are going to be automatically animated during the execution of a script. This is in fact the reason of your new 'chasing arrows' to show the user that a process is currently

Uncomplete Externals SDK Documentation

2005-08-21 Thread Joel Guillod
In the RunRevExternalSDK found at: http://downloads.runrev.com/resources/externals/revexternalssdk.zip many features remain undocumented in the "Externals" stack and the other files. I know this has been a recurring and annoying problem for many years and that a great step has been made last y

Re: Revolution filepath to Applescript file: how to?

2005-08-02 Thread Joel Guillod
Ken , Yes, I would be pleased to get your conversion routine. My problem is that I dont know exactly know how to convert in MacOSX (MacOS9?) from: "/Users/toto/Desktop/Image 6.png" to: "Main HD:Users:toto:Desktop:Image 6.png" or from: "/Volumes/My Device/toto/Image 6.png" to ...? Thanks very

Revolution filepath to Applescript file: how to?

2005-08-02 Thread Joel Guillod
I am looking for a script to convert a filepath to an Applescript file statement. For example: "/Users/toto/Desktop/Image 6.png" => file "Image 6.png" in the folder "Desktop" in home My current version is as below but it does not deal with files outside the /Users directory. Who can help

Spotlight indexing: feature request proposal

2005-07-31 Thread Joel Guillod
As far as I understand the indexing of stacks by Spotlight (MacOSX), scripts only are used as the text to index. Of course this is of very high value for developers and I am willing this feature. But on the other side it could impair security if the password of the stack has not been set (w

Re: Getting the type code of a file under OSX

2005-07-31 Thread Joel Guillod
Ken, Why do you bother with the second parameter pType? Just drop it and change the following from: put urlEncode(last item of pFilePath) into tItem delete last item of pFilePath put the directory into tOldDir set the directory to pFilePath if pType = "file" then put the detaile

Re: Getting the type code of a file under OSX

2005-07-30 Thread Joel Guillod
and type are not set for the OS plateform. @version 30.7.2005 - Modified by Joel Guillod from a proposal by Eric Chatonnet. */ function file_getCreatorAndType pFilePath,@pCreator,@pType local tDefaultFolder,tFile, put the defaultFolder into tDefaultFolder set the itemdel to slash set th

Re: empty ask result + ok = result:cancel

2005-07-26 Thread Joel Guillod
Dear Mister X, I mentioned such a bug (#3019) in build 91 and it has been wonderfully fixed for the current downloable build. In the msg box, "put version(), buildnumber()" should reply "2.6.5,108". Otherwise download and reinstall Rev 2.6 again. Also I agree with Eric, you should place

[bug reason found] Re: Failing building Standalone on MacOSX 10.3.9 and Tiger 10.4.1

2005-06-28 Thread Joel Guillod
Thanks all folks for the advices. I have now been able to build a standalone by commenting the "savingStandalone" in the main stack. In the IDE this handler works properly without error but when executed by the standalone builder it unexpected quits Rev. I am going to update the bug in this

Failing building Standalone on MacOSX 10.3.9 and Tiger 10.4.1

2005-06-27 Thread Joel Guillod
Since Rev 2.6 I have not been able to build any standalone: after setting the Application Setting, then chosen the Save as Standalone Application menu Revolution unexpectedly quits after less than 1-2 secs. I have tried to change settings but could not fix myself. For such a very very annoy

Re: compileIt for revolution?

2005-06-24 Thread Joel Guillod
From: Dan Shafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...] Then my second favorite language was Python. The GUI-building tools for Python are pathetic to non-existent. But the language is powerful and elegant and extends naturally. If the PythonCard project I was engaged in before I discovered Revolution had been

Re: A hint of the Future

2005-06-21 Thread Joel Guillod
TMI> Will someone that was at the conference please tell me the hint of the TMI> future for rev. please It will all be revealed in the RevCon 2006 keynote. 2006? What a smart future for Rev! I'm still dreaming about some REALly Rapid Release Plans. Maybe we as developers are not fill

Rapid Release Plans

2005-06-11 Thread Joel Guillod
I had a dream that Runrev also has «Rapid Release Plans» for Revolution. Constructive ideas can be found at: http://www.realsoftware.com/company/pressreleases/pr_rapidrelease.html :) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com ht

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 20, Issue 96

2005-06-11 Thread Joel Guillod
I had a dream that Runrev also has «Rapid Release Plans» for Revolution. Constructive ideas can be found at: http://www.realsoftware.com/company/pressreleases/pr_rapidrelease.html :) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com htt

Re: altSQLite versus Valentina for Rev

2005-05-16 Thread Joel Guillod
Le 16 mai 05, à 18:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I'm not sure if you are on the Valentina mailing list or not but Ruslan is one of the most helpful developers I have ever come across. True there is not example stack and Chipp has created an *excellent* example stack but to say that Ruslan has pr

altSQLite versus Valentina for Rev

2005-05-16 Thread Joel Guillod
Russlan, What a good opportunity to explain you some of the reasons why you probably miss so many users. My own experience of Valentina has been a failure because I have never been able to easily operate Valentina with Hypercard/Supercard and more recently with Revolution. Dont reply that I sho

Re: Python and Rev

2005-04-04 Thread Joel Guillod
Anybody familiar with Ruby or WideStudio? Personnaly I use Eclipse + PyDev + Ant + wxDesigner for GUI (I am trying it currently) + wxPython (i.e. a wrapper for the wxWidgets as the multiplatform GUI). At first a bit more complex than Revolution or RealBasic IDE but opensource, much more reliable

Access to the Mac OS X Address Book

2005-02-21 Thread Joel Guillod
Is there a way to access to the Mac OS X Address Book from Revolution? I found that RealBasic provides classes to do this so you can read from or write to the Address Book. JG ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.

SuspendStack on CloseStack

2005-02-01 Thread Joel Guillod
Having problem in understand a strange behavior for a stack of mine, I realised that the doc explains that the suspendStack message is also send when closing a stack. But I need to distinguish two situations: (1) when user click on another window than the default stack (which is that the curren

RE: Of standalones, bundles and files

2005-01-28 Thread Joel Guillod
he plugins folder is placed inside the bundle folder. This is just a summary. If many are interested, I will take some hours to polish my own stacks and put them as a complete sample downloadable from the net. I wrote some usefull utility scripts to manage the application settings. Let me know! Joel Guillod - www.imed.ch ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Responsivness of Runtime Revolution Ltd.?

2003-06-27 Thread joel . guillod
Dear Revolution Developers, As far as I have been enable to test it these last weeks, Revolution appears as a very mature and advanced product. Being a first days Hyper- and Supercard user, I am convinced that Runtime Revolution Ltd should be very proud of their product because they have done

Responsivness of Runtime Revolution Ltd.?

2003-06-27 Thread joel . guillod
Dear Revolution Developers, As far as I have been enable to test it these last weeks, Revolution appears as a very mature and advanced product. Being a first days Hyper- and Supercard user, I am convinced that Runtime Revolution Ltd should be very proud of their product because they have done