Re: Functionkey

2002-07-10 Thread Karl Petersen
At 4:11 PM -0700 7/9/02, Larry Litton wrote: >I have a simple script that doesn't seem to work in OSX! I'm using >the "Functionkey" function to intercept the function keys. I use a >group of 60 cards to allow outputting up to 32000+ characters >depending on the function key pushed. If the F1

Re: Editing Menu Groups

2002-07-09 Thread Karl Petersen
At 5:44 PM -0700 7/8/02, Dan Shafer wrote: >I open the Menu Tool, click "edit" select the menubar in the >resulting list, and it shows up in the editor, but its name is >grayed out and none of its buttons appears in the list. The *only* >way I've been able to find to edit this sucker is to remo

Re: Component Model

2002-07-08 Thread Karl Petersen
At 11:42 PM -0700 7/7/02, Dan Shafer wrote: >Does RR have a true component model? One that would allow me, e.g., >to create a new *type* of component either by aggregating existing >ones or by starting with an existing component, changing default >properties and then saving it in a way that I c

Re: printing problem

2002-07-04 Thread Karl Petersen
Yves, For the script #1, is the stack "mi_print" actually open? It must be, I believe, for Rev to print a card from the stack. it's my experience (which is NOT considerable) that locking the screen can cause unpredictable results. Perhaps script #2 works because the screen isn't actually lock

Re: Strange Goings On

2002-06-26 Thread Karl Petersen
At 11:38 AM -0700 6/26/02, Rob Cozens wrote: >I'm pretty sure the "got there" was a message I placed in a handler >when debugging that somehow ended up in some Rev stack that is >referenced when Rev opens. I have the same "Output" file here, Rob. But instead of "got there", mine contains "got

Re: Reassurance re: crashing

2002-06-13 Thread Karl Petersen
At 4:18 PM +0100 6/12/02, Ben Rubinstein wrote: >I'm sure the biggest factor is that I'm avoiding the things that >crash, unconsciously >walking around the bear traps. My guess is Rev 1.1.1 disarmed most bear traps. Before I had time to learn where the bear traps were, Rev 1.1.1 was released. S

Re: exit a repeat-handler

2002-06-01 Thread Karl Petersen
At 9:21 PM +0200 6/1/02, meili wrote: >Why is it not possible to exit the following repeat-forever-handler by >using the mouseclick-function? [snip] > repeat forever > if the mouseclick then > break > end if > end repeat Your script works okay here, meili. But the Transcript Dic

Re: How to switch to another running app?

2002-05-24 Thread Karl Petersen
At 10:24 PM -0600 5/23/02, Barry Levine wrote: >I've seen a few postings about how to launch an app from within Rev. >If I know I have another program running (let's say "Internet >Explorer") and I want to have IE open a particular HTML file whose >path I know, how do I do it? I believe "revGo

Re: Text manipulation - underlying data structures

2002-05-17 Thread Karl Petersen
At 1:46 PM -0700 5/16/02, Rob Cozens wrote: >Karl Petersen wrote a HyperTalk script or external that indexed >strings in some fashion. Perhaps he'll respond in more detail. Rob probably refers to an external I wrote that uses an index file to store the start-of-line positions of t

Re: Capturing video (or at least one frame) inside Rev

2002-05-16 Thread Karl Petersen
At 4:54 PM +0100 5/16/02, Ben Rubinstein wrote: >Or potentially (but less neatly) an app running in the background, which >could be invisibly instructed to save the image, would do the job. I'll try >to dig up Hack TV and see if it can fill this role. If you can't find a Rev-only solution, one a

Re: Capturing video (or at least one frame) inside Rev

2002-05-16 Thread Karl Petersen
At 8:33 AM -0700 5/16/02, Karl Petersen wrote: >Unfortunately, when that script exports the captured frame to a JPEG >file, Rev refuses to relinquish the temporary memory it grabs, >eventually causing your program to crash. If you can find a >workaround for that problem, &quo

Re: Capturing video (or at least one frame) inside Rev

2002-05-16 Thread Karl Petersen
At 1:25 PM +0100 5/16/02, Ben Rubinstein wrote: >Given a QuickTime-recognised video source, is there a built-in way in Rev to >capture a frame and save it out as a file, named under program control? This will capture any portion of the stack window: import snapshot from rect of window As i

Re: Application Path?

2002-05-10 Thread Karl Petersen
At 10:40 PM -0600 5/9/02, Dave wrote: >I think for newbies like myself, having the ability to search the >descriptions in the Transcript Dictionary would be a useful new feature. :-) Beginning with Rev 1.1.1, you can search for words in the text of the dictionary instead of just Transcript comma

Re: tab order

2002-04-26 Thread Karl Petersen
At 11:41 AM -0400 4/26/02, Steve Messimer wrote: >I would like to set a new tab order within the grp that supercedes >the creation order of the fields. Steve, try an "on tabKey" handler. It can be placed in field script or if it makes better sense, at some other scripting level. The handler ca

Re: revCopyFile

2002-04-24 Thread Karl Petersen
David, After the revCopyFile call, try looking at the result. If it is "execution error" then something went wrong with the AppleScript. (In the Mac OS, revCopyFile uses AppleScript to "tell" the Finder to copy the file to the destination folder. Presumably revCopyFile uses the Finder's "dupl

Re: Rev Classic Crashing

2002-04-16 Thread Karl Petersen
At 9:58 PM -0700 4/15/02, Geoff Canyon wrote: >I wrote a routine that did the above 200 times in a row, and saw no >increase over time. So I wonder if some resource/buffer is being >allocated for the command that isn't being given up, but that >doesn't get _re_allocated, meaning that it's not a

Re: Rev Classic Crashing

2002-04-15 Thread Karl Petersen
Karl At 8:31 AM -0700 4/14/02, John wrote: >This sounds more like a bug than a "feature". It is also a bit >disturbing to have your built application leaking memory. Perhaps >you should consider posting this bug on the "improve" list to make >sure the problem is

Re: Rev Classic Crashing

2002-04-13 Thread Karl Petersen
At 6:15 PM -0700 4/12/02, Geoff Canyon wrote: >If you run out of memory, Revolution will allocate until there is >practically none left. What I see at that point is that the desktop >takes forever to update. If I move a window, I'll see the desktop >picture redraw bit by bit, and the icons on t

Re: Hilite Color disobeyed

2002-04-07 Thread Karl Petersen
At 6:33 AM -0700 4/7/02, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote: >I've seen this too, intermittently, and it's a known problem (which I >should have put in the release notes). I think it was determined that this >is an engine buglet. I'm not sure when it will be addressed. Thanks for your reply, Jeanne. I'm

Hilite Color disobeyed

2002-04-06 Thread Karl Petersen
It's not uncommon for the Mac's text-selection Hilite Color to be disobeyed in stacks, standalones and development windows (e.g. the script editor.) Instead, Rev uses a very dark grey color when selecting text, which makes the selected text almost impossible to read. Is there a workaround? Is

Re: capturing video

2002-03-28 Thread Karl Petersen
At 6:02 PM +0900 3/28/02, cowhead wrote: >Alternatively, I will soon be buying a fire-wire ready video camera. >Would it be easier to just record from video's to the digital camera, >then use the camera as the video input device to the computer? Yes, the video camera may be the better solution. I

Re: Something strange in the tutorial "The Animation Manager"

2002-03-25 Thread Karl Petersen
pretty interesting too. Glad to see some old faces here who can help me unwrap the package, if I need it. Karl -- ** * Karl Petersen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Watchin' the eagles on Bainbridge Island, WA ** _

Re: Something strange in the tutorial "The Animation Manager"

2002-03-24 Thread Karl Petersen
At 4:19 PM +0100 3/16/02, Alexander Liden wrote: >I've just downloaded version 1.1.1 of Revolution on my Mac (OS 9.1). I >thought I start out with the tutorials. As I started with the tutorial >"The Animation Manager" all went well until I came to card 10 of 11. >The instruction says Same problem