So, a lot a problem, I will report these bug, if somebody have got
linux, and can confirm these bug, thanks.
Yes, all of these issues and more! More annoying to me than anything is the
way the native file dialog opens incrementally at a different location until
it is off the screen entirely
If some are interested, i can send you a blog i just wrote but never would
send to the list
I would be interested!
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' users) does not make me want to upgrade...it makes
me want to look somewhere else for solutions.
Thanks for any info,
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Thank you for the detailed responses everyone!
To make my task even more difficult, I was trying to do a UDP broadcast, and
accept a variable number of responses (unspecified number of devices).
What became confusing was 'when' to parse the data parameter and when to use
the 'with function'
Have 'hostName' and 'hostNameToAddress' always been non-functional in OS9?
I can get these using Applescript, but that is defeating the purpose...
Thanks,
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Please check the Hardware acceleration.
I did all of this before posting to this group. The consistent
problem that I find (and the reason I am posting) is that the only
application that is giving me problems is -anything- RunRev. Again, I
reiterate, everything else works, RR doesn't.
referenced?
Hopefully you just overlooked one of these and can fix it.
If you still can't find a solution then is the project small enough to
download off the web? I can look it over. I usually can find solutions
for issues like this.
Tom
On Dec 22, 2004, at 1:21 AM, John Rule wrote:
I have run
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I would never allow myself to be embarrassed by a computer problem.
I understand your point
It's not just a graphics problem, stand alone apps compiled with any engine
later than 2.5 will crash when in the 'remote' mode.
JR
It takes some cajones to say that the engine is very good at exposing
bugs in the drivers for graphics cards, but damned if it isn't true.
And it's logical
I have run into a very embarrassing problem with a customer.
When using the remote desktop feature of the Viewsonic Airsync wireless
monitor, most graphics in my stand-alone are displayed as garbage. This
happens in either the IDE, stand-alone, or any version of the engine. I also
tried this
3. For your try-before-you-buy software, think addiction.
Sort of like a drug dealer...
Can we expect these same 'models' are going to be applied to your service?
Let us 'try it' (or you give it away for free), and we will pay for it if we
'feel' like it.
I find it amazing that there are so
This is a doctoral thesis?
JR
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Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:52:35 -0500
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Dear xTalkers,
I am discovering that open/write/close to a file can be a problem if the
original file size is larger than the new data size...it simply overwrites
data in the file, leaving the extra data in tact. Using 'put into URL' does
not do this (it overwrites the entire file). Is this correct behavior, or
How about a Rev component with no interactive features that could be used
simply as a container for scripts and custom properties.
Are you talking about Template Objects? You can set the props (including
scripts and custom props) of 'the template button' (for example) and all new
buttons will
Why have we heard nothing from RunRev about new features?
JR
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Is anyone familiar with the way Visual Basic works (or worked) as far as
'using' the controls you create? I was under the impression that you had to
'run' your project in VB (which basically meant compiling it) before you
could actually use anything.
I am trying to make a case for using
I had the impression that WinCE and .NET were two different things.
Richard Gaskin
Hey, I'm just the messenger ;-)
Windows CE .NET 4.2 is the current 'embedded' OS used in many of the tablet
PC devices. Here is a link with more info about CE .NET 4.2 (watch the
wrapping on this link):
Is there any possibility that RunRev could become compatible with 21st
Century technologies, like Windows CE .NET?
JR
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Even if the screen resolution is 16 bit, 'import snapshot' is always at 24
bit...correct? Anyway to change that?
Thanks,
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I get the same behavior in RedHat 9...it's a Linux issue I believe.
I am parsing the long id of the mainStack for the current application path.
This is actually a more reliable practice than defaultFolder IMO.
JR
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:30:29 -0700
From: Mark Talluto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But there is some difference of opinion on whether this is a bug or a
feature.
OK, here is one example off the top of my head that should decide this...an
HTML editor.
Bug.
It should at least be an option...
JR
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:17:13 -0500
From: J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(RTF for fields)
Is there a way to get rid of this please...I don't want RTF at all, ever! I
want my fields to stay at the font they are assigned...this is a development
environment, not a text editor!!
JR
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Actually, it was something else entirely...and it wasn't the engines fault!
JR
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 20:53:09 -0400
From: Troy Rollins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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stack,
and save as a new file...they are slightly modified to work in stand-alone
mode of course.
JR
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:21:44 -0400
From: Frank D. Engel, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Forcing full compiling of a stack
To: John Rule [EMAIL PROTECTED], How to use Revolution
Is there a way to force full compiling of a stack?
I haven't seen a response to this, so I will give it a try...
My assumption is that ALL scripts are interpreted 'on the fly' no matter
what (meaning they are 'uncompiled'), so there is no way to make a 'true'
binary executable (optimized
Hello everyone,
Is there a routine to convert a color constant name (i.e. 'black') to the
triple RGB value? I can't seem to find anything in the docs, and I have
tried all of the tricks I know...
Thanks,
JR
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I am trying to calculate the number of chars in each line of a wrapped
field...there doesn't seem to be any property value that helps either. Any
ideas?
Thanks,
JR
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put the number of chars in Line 1 of the formattedText of fld myText into
myChars
:-)
JR
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Subject: How many chars in each wrapped line?
I am trying to calculate
Are there any plans to improve on the built-in graphic objects? They are
pretty antiquated compared to 'other' environments...
I would like to (at least) see threeD roundRect buttons soon .
Thanks,
JR
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I am trying to track down some new 'contention' I seem to be having in my
stacks, and I believe it has something to do with some new .png files I have
imported. Is anyone else having problems with .png files? The symptom is
that all actions start to get 'sluggish' in the IDE...
Windows XP
Engine
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On 7/2/04 4:49 PM, John Rule wrote:
Is there a way to 'permanently' make a field text only? I am finding
that no
matter what I do, when I paste text into a field from (example) NotePad
Is there a way to 'permanently' make a field text only? I am finding that no
matter what I do, when I paste text into a field from (example) NotePad or
WordPad (and the document is text only), the field in my stack contains RTF
text!
This is also a problem in the reverse...all text coming from my
Thanks for the tip Dar...this definitely needed to be reversed for my Mac!
JR
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:39:59 -0600
From: Dar Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I've played around with converting a 16 bit integer to binary (and back)
using the combination of numToChar() and binaryEncode(), and I have come to
the conclusion that I cannot 'directly' do this with numToChar()...which is
limited to 8 bits (binaryEncode seems to NOT have this limitation). Has
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John Rule wrote:
I am finding that the fastest I can get my splash screen to show
is about 8 seconds...that seems a little long compared to any
'real' app.
Unless it's made by Adobe or Macromedia, where
I am finding that the fastest I can get my splash screen to show is about 8
seconds...that seems a little long compared to any 'real' app. I know the
RunRev engine has to load, and do it's internal stuff, but this is just on
the border of being annoying to the user (me) in my opionion.
Are there
Does this feature actually benefit anyone? In all of the years I have used
MC or RR I have been fighting this 'Purge' annoyance (and I have lost some
work because of it). I now just make sure that the 'Destroy' attributes are
set (destroy window and destroy stack)...this works 'mostly', but not
WinZip complains about a corrupt archive.
I vaguely remember that being the case now. Use the 'sit' file instead:
ftp://ftp.runrev.com/pub/revolution/downloads/distributions/sdk/ExternalSDK.sit
JR
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 15:30:31 -0700
From: Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re:
does anyone have a shell sample project or something I can use to build
the external?
It's on the RunRev website:
ftp://ftp.runrev.com/pub/revolution/downloads/distributions/sdk/ExternalSDK.zip
works great...using an old version of CodeWarrior in XP too! The example is
actually in a 'Visual'
If RunRev wants to make some money, they should develop a Pocket PC version
of the engine. They bought the embedded technology, so why not put it to
use? At least on Linux embedded PDAs!
By the way, can anyone from RunRev comment on the state of the embedded
offerings? I may be interested...
JR
Is compress/decompress broken in OSX? I have been using this on a project in
XP, but the 'decompress' function (on OSX 10.2.8) comes to a screaching halt
with an error. I am simply compressing a 32 char text string, and
decompressing it back...works in Windows XP just fine.
JR
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 16:10:35 -0400
From: Marian Petrides [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Two distribution questions
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I think I may have found the answer
Maybe this has been discussed before, but I just noticed that the
information about the new 2.2 Rev engine (Windows XP) is bad:
File Version = 2.4.2.1
Description = MetaCard Engine for Win32
Copyright = 1992-2002
(Other version Information)
Company = MetaCard Corporation
File Version = 2.4.3.1
at least!
John Rule
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:15:13 -0700
From: Ken Norris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: emulating the keyboard - Application control
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Hi John,
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:41:19
have looked at this...they say it would just take a recompile.
John Rule
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On 13 Apr 2004, at 04:41, John Rule wrote:
Is there a native way to emulate the keyboard in another application?
For
example, 'launching' another app, and then somehow sending commands to
that
application? Specifically, I had a customer ask me
I am wondering why the 'Survey' example (or ANY cgi example) is hard to
find! This is a good example of doing forms from a cgi. Is it just me or
does it seem like little tidbits like this are disappearing to the 'revpros'
list? I have yet to see anything positive come out of this purchase
Is there a native way to emulate the keyboard in another application? For
example, 'launching' another app, and then somehow sending commands to that
application? Specifically, I had a customer ask me if they can control their
Powerpoint presentation from Rev. I looked through the shell command
I know this was probably covered many many times...but its my turn!
My ISP no longer allows cfFile (coldfusion file manipulation) on my server
(for security reasons), and I need a way to write a text file to the server
disk. It would also work if I can save a stack with custom propeties set, so
Marc,
I have not used the Revolution builder, but I have used the latest MetaCard
builder (same under the hood though). I am using RedHat 9 and Mandrake 9,
and I have had very good success (not excellent however). Building the
'.bin' file should result in a double clickable stand-alone, although
I don't know why this subject has taken a 'card' bashing tone...I simply
asked if we could please implement the use of 'page' IN ADDITION TO
'card'...get it?
:-(
JR
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Since we can refer to a 'stack' as a 'window', it would be nice to use
'page' to refer to a 'card'. Besides, didn't the whole 'stack of cards'
reference start because the screen size was so small, that your window (and
it's pages) were ususally about the size of a stack index cards? That was a
Is there a safe location within a standalone to write a few bytes of data? I
would like to store just a few bytes (6). Without going into too much
detail, it's data that changes, and I do not want to have an external file
that holds this data.
Thanks,
JR
Actually, it does not do this in the new beta Rev engine (2.2)...
JR
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I am getting a consistent problem when I have open
Is there a way to change the color (RGB) of an image in RunRev? Not a
graphic, but an imported gif, jpeg, png, etc. I have looked at some of the
'painting' methods, but that will not work (it would be nice to be able to
use all of those ink methods though)...I think I need to actually change the
I thought I read somewhere that you can either use an icon in a menu, or in
a text field, or both...was I dreaming? It was something like putting the
/ char or before the item or line.
Thanks,
JR
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Count me in
I really wish the folks at RunRev would take Linux a little more seriously.
There are several important things that do not work on Linux that I
need...but I am glad for what does work!
;-)
John Rule
RCS Programming
I was wondering if there are many Revolution Linux developers
I was using shell on Linux (RedHat 9) to copy files and open a URL location
using MetaCard 2.4.3 (I am using 2.5 right now). I will check the next time
I am on that computer ;-)
I am looking for a fix to the font issues with ANY version of MetaCard on
Linux...only 'some' fonts will work :-(
JR
How does the RunRev engine handle fonts in Linux? Does it look to a specific
folder? Does it only use PostScript Type 1 fonts? I am trying to get some
TrueType fonts recognized by the engine, and I am not getting very good
results...all other apps see the fonts just fine.
If the answer is
(From Ken Ray)
No, it works just fine so long as there is whitespace (spaces, etc.) to
allow it to wrap
My mistake...I was testing by just typing a bunch of chars in the field.
That would be 'Char Wrap' wouldn't it!
;-)
Thanks Ken,
JR
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How exactly does RunRev look for fonts in Linux? It seems like it is not
using the X11 folders, and TrueType fonts hardly work (there is a trick, but
it is rediculous). It also seems like the RunRev engine only likes
PostScript Type 1 fonts...
Thanks for any info,
JR
I can't seem to get word wrap to work...even in older version of the engine.
Has this been broken for a while?
This is in Windows XP...
JR
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At 2:36 AM -0700 6/18/2002, John Rule wrote:
I haven't been able to figure out my problem with 'load URL', and I am
sure it is something easy (but not easy enough apparently!). Whenever I
load
a URL to a cached URL, and then save the data to my hard drive, the file
is
somewhat corrupted
I haven't been able to figure out my problem with 'load URL', and I am
sure it is something easy (but not easy enough apparently!). Whenever I load
a URL to a cached URL, and then save the data to my hard drive, the file is
somewhat corrupted. It is a zip file from a web-site, and I can
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