Rev- for renaming files according to folder name

2010-06-24 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Thanks, Alex I will look at your script and see how much it resembles the one I put together this afternoon. Kurt___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Rev- for renaming files according to folder name

2010-06-24 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I think that the following sounds like a good task for Rev; just want to make sure: OS: WinXP SP3 About 1300 folders at same level; each folder with 10-200 files of type jpg,png,bmp,doc. Would rename every file within folder to the name of that folder plus incremented number, i.e. name_of_fold

[OT] Google Drops Windows

2010-06-02 Thread Kurt Kaufman
"The late Grant Schempel?" That was him. Ivan and all. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/u

[OT] Google Drops Windows

2010-06-02 Thread Kurt Kaufman
S.R.: "One hundred rubles says an army of Russian virus writers is working in the office next door to Kasparsky, and they all take cigarette breaks together every morning. :-)" LOL! Wasn't there someone who, years ago on the SC list, would occasionally spin fanciful tales of KGB and Stasi

Using xTalk in place of Javascript

2010-05-31 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Thanks to Andre and Colin for their suggestions re/ Javascript. I will look for both of your references. Kurt___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription p

Using xTalk in place of Javascript

2010-05-31 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I may have mentioned this on the list before, but concussions as a result of falls during epileptic seizures tend to make my memory somewhat porous at times…. I have used a CDMA (Verizon) cell phone in the USA, but had to look for an alternative while traveling in the UK and Belgium. I decided

MidiBuilder stack

2010-05-21 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I think the point is that probably to be very useful, a MIDI-based program should have ready access to an external MIDI device (keyboard, sequencer, etc.). It should be able to open up multiple channels so that one could record a new MIDI track whilst hearing previously-recorded MIDI tracks. I

OT: Very Strict In Many Ways

2010-05-17 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Another developer restriction; a very tight ship: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-20005000-233.html ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription prefere

Stuck with Revlets :-(

2010-05-12 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Scott Rossi: "...Perhaps Jacque G or Sarah R knows. They're knowledgeable dudes" That would be "dudettes". :-) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscrip

How exactly does runrev for ipad/iphone work?

2010-05-07 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Again, who would bet on making an end-run around a moving target, especially if that target bites so fiercely to protect its perceived turf?___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe a

How exactly does runrev for ipad/iphone work?

2010-05-06 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Chipp Walters: "...So, while Rev (and Flash and many other dev platforms for iPhone) compile directly to a binary, they are still in violation of the NEW SDK 4.0 recently released license..." Thanks for the summary, Chipp. I was unaware that Apple had changed the rules **after essentially promis

US Fed Trade Commission Investigation

2010-05-06 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Richard Gaskin: > Randall Reetz wrote: > >> > What about HTML 5 and web content as a runRev stack publication >> > option? What does HTML 5 say about mobile devise specific input >> > like orientation, acceleration, position, multi-touch? > > Yes, HTML5/JavaScript/WebKit is pretty much what P

sound volume - sound engineering

2010-05-06 Thread Kurt Kaufman
"... What I'm attempting to do is to alter one copy of a sound file, then do a fade in/out from an original to the altered version. ..." I would agree with the person who suggested that you're perhaps best off doing that by ear, if possible. "If it sounds good, it IS good." Kurt_

sound volume - sound engineering

2010-05-06 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Identical, slightly out-of-sync signals used to be known as the "poor man's 'stereo' remix". It creates a very unconvincing false stereo "spread" that really just succeeds in blurring the sound. I have some really old originally-mono LPs that were so "enhanced". -Terrible! Kurt__

In vitro

2010-05-05 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Clever! She might consider adding lemmings (for their supposed mass behaviors) and rabbits (for their jumping motion as well as for their reproductive proclivities). Kurt___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Apples actual response to the Flash issue

2010-05-03 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I think that the combination of portability/touchscreen opens up a few new tricks; an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHiEqf5wb3g&NR=1&feature=fvwp It seems to me that Apple has its own versions of technologies that accept a greater variety of user inputs, perhaps mitigating the need fo

Apples actual response to the Flash issue

2010-05-03 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Colin Holgate: > "Aha! Hence the new Apple slogan: Sink Different." Please forgive me, but for those who haven't seen it, this clip is right on the mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMhICbFn2JI___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.r

Rev and the iPad

2010-05-02 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Peter Alcibiades: > ...It does seem increasingly likely that cross platform in this > industry doesn't any more mean Linux Mac and Windows, it means mobile and > desktop and network Too bad we don't have a "crystal ball" we could use to predict the future. Kurt __

OT: iPhone as "tricorder"

2009-12-04 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Perhaps of interest: http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/11/the-iphone-tricorder-version-1.html ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lis

Challenge: to do something like this in a revlet #2

2009-09-30 Thread Kurt Kaufman
When I encounter a splash screen on a web site, typically the first thing that I do is search for the "Skip Intro" link, usually at the bottom of the page. However, I think that the original post referred to the feasibility of designing an equivalent "presentation" using Rev. Kurt ___

OT-Interesting article on new QuickTime on Mac 10.6

2009-09-29 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Just when we thought that using QT was complicated enough: http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2009/08/mac-os-x-10-6.ars/6 Now I know why Quicktime Player X has such limited editing capabilities! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.ru

Edu Ware Revlets

2009-08-10 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Those are interesting demonstrations, George. I'll recommend them to some teachers, if that's OK. Kurt http://gcb.luceatlux.com/teachablemoments/teachablemoments.irev ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

[OT] Project Canvas!

2009-08-08 Thread Kurt Kaufman
sounds like a Revlet thang. Really? I don't see an option to display within a web browser. Am I missing something? Kurt ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

downloading revlets to local computer

2009-08-06 Thread Kurt Kaufman
In Firefox, as I imagine to be the case with other browsers, a web page can be saved with all of its supporting files: images, audio, video, revlets, etc. If a revlet is downloaded in such a manner, and it requires access to data not included on the web page (but referenced by the revlet), th

RevMedia 4 does not like my animated gifs (constantMask problem)

2009-07-30 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Alejandro, I do not see the black trails you mention on Rev 4, Mac OS 10.5.7 (although since I do not know Japanese characters it took a while to "earn" an animation!). Kurt ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please vis

Green screen on Rev video tutorials

2009-07-28 Thread Kurt Kaufman
The newest version of Perian (1.1.4) seems to correct this conflict: http://perian.org/ ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://list

Future Trends For Media Delivery - Where will RunRev Be?

2009-07-23 Thread Kurt Kaufman
RG wrote: In the short term offline modes for applications will remain important,[...] Thanks for a very well-thought-out post, Richard. Kurt ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscr

I'm going to Mars...

2009-07-18 Thread Kurt Kaufman
That's nothing; I have kids who make trips to all the planets on a regular basis in my school. How is this done? I just use the "magic phrase": 'Come on, let's do a spot of Grammar." and they are OFF. :) LOL ___ use-revolution mailing list use-r

Green screen on Rev video tutorials

2009-07-13 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I think that the Ensharpen decoder does not play well with either Perian or Flip-4-Mac; I've forgotten which. KK ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscript

Documentation for web plugin?

2009-07-13 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Are any docs/tutorials going to be made available on the use of the forthcoming preview of the Rev web plugin? If so, will preliminary versions of the docs be released along with the preview? Thank, KK ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution

use-revolution Digest, Vol 70, Issue 8

2009-07-04 Thread Kurt Kaufman
He says he'll be away for the week from July 6th through 12th; if you have pressing questions, you can during this time submit them to his colleagues at ICADS. ;-) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this u

Webinar Invite - some unanswered questions...

2009-06-23 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I look forward to information as to how data can be saved and retrieved using "revlets". I'm assuming for the moment that, unless the end-user agrees to security modifications in the web browser, one has to save any data to the server of the domain from which the revlets originate. KK __

Resource center videos problem

2009-04-09 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Perian has been known to cause playback issues and DivX to a lesser degree. Thanks; I'll experiment with their removal and see what happens. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscrib

Resource center videos problem

2009-04-08 Thread Kurt Kaufman
> Run any of the tutorial videos available through the Rev Resource Center, > hear sound but video is blank (green). > Mac OS X 10.5.6 on 2.4 gHz Intel iMac, QT 7.6, ensharpen codec v1.1 supplied > with Rev installation. > What to do? Did you restart the computer after installing the codec

Resource center videos problem

2009-04-08 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Run any of the tutorial videos available through the Rev Resource Center, hear sound but video is blank (green). Mac OS X 10.5.6 on 2.4 gHz Intel iMac, QT 7.6, ensharpen codec v1.1 supplied with Rev installation. What to do? Thanks, Kurt ___ use-rev

OT: MacHeist 3

2009-04-05 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I bought the bundle earlier today. If another thousand people buy the bundle another package gets added to it, making the $40 bundle include about $900 of software. Of course, you would want to be sure of using at least $40 worth of value of the apps, but World of Goo alone is nearly that worthw

OT: MacHeist 3

2009-04-04 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Seems like a excellent deal and a good cause, and the offer ends soon: http://www.macheist.com/ Disclaimer: I have no connection with the MacHeist organization other than having purchased the current bundle. Kurt ___ use-revolution mailing list use

HC Music that should be on Runtime Revolution

2009-03-18 Thread Kurt Kaufman
But i think that midi is a totally different sort of animal than sounds. Midi are just instructions and the sounds you'll be hearing are dependend on the soundmodule, syntheziser, midi instrument or whatever thing that will receive your midi commands. As sounds, well everybody knows what sounds ar

Player and Midifile

2009-03-18 Thread Kurt Kaufman
When I load a standard midi file into the player, the player does play but gives no sound. The player does have a track and it is enabled If you mean opening up a midi file in a Rev player object, then: Reference the mid file as a video clip rather than as an audio clip and see what happens.

HC Music that should be on Runtime Revolution

2009-03-17 Thread Kurt Kaufman
...Custom properties can store whole files or applications, images, arrays, SSL-encoded data, fonts, entire databases, almost anything you can think of But we still need to create an actual file to be referenced by the QT player, right? We cannot, for instance: set the filename of play

HC Music that should be on Runtime Revolution

2009-03-17 Thread Kurt Kaufman
According to the 3.0 User Guide, audio/video QT players must always reference a discreet file. Actually, even if it's not so discreet, it still has to be discrete! :-) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this u

HC Music that should be on Runtime Revolution

2009-03-17 Thread Kurt Kaufman
MIDI can contain any binary value, but the technique does work, the saved out MIDI file plays fine. So presumably fields cope with null values just like variables do. Is there a chance that the field-stored data might run into trouble if you, say, saved the data on a Mac and reopened it on a P

HC Music that should be on Runtime Revolution

2009-03-17 Thread Kurt Kaufman
How about storing MIDI data as a custom property in a substack? Even if this is done, you still need to copy the binary data contained in the custom property to a temporary MIDI file (invisible if desired), to which the the player's filename is assigned. According to the 3.0 User Guide,

HC Music that should be on Runtime Revolution

2009-03-17 Thread Kurt Kaufman
How about storing MIDI data as a custom property in a substack? I don't know about storing custom properties, but whatever that is, would it have any advantage over storing the data in a field? From the Rev User Guide: A custom property is a property that you define. You can create as m

HC Music that should be on Runtime Revolution

2009-03-17 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Re: MIDI as external file... Just thinking... How about storing MIDI data as a custom property in a substack? Kurt _ Windows Live™ Groups: Create an online spot for your favorite groups to meet. http://windowslive.com/online

ANN: Kaleidoscopes for all seasons

2009-03-15 Thread Kurt Kaufman
What a neat device! It's fascinating to try and predict which movement will produce a certain effect. Spirograph revisited. Thanks! Kurt ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

RevUp 3.5 offer

2009-03-15 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I think it means that you would be charged the amount indicated for your "early software assurance pack" on a yearly basis (for 5 years?), although whether on the same terms as the current year- I'm not sure. I personally did not choose that option, since I'm never sure these days whether a

My BBC Master - - - getting Beeped-off

2009-03-11 Thread Kurt Kaufman
"...I do agree that the sound people have been neglected. I think if Kurt could get his MIDI stack to interpret HC-sytle notation it would be a big hit. The support queue periodically gets questions about MIDI support, and I usually point them to Kurt's work, but having notation options in th

Mac sound channels/MIDI

2009-03-11 Thread Kurt Kaufman
"...My need is to send DIRECTLY Midi orders to QT synthesizer rather than creating a Midi file and play with the QT player. Is this way possible ?..." **I'm not sure**, but my guess is: not without an external (which would mean a separate external for every platform on which you wish to ru

makeSMF

2009-03-11 Thread Kurt Kaufman
But first review "makeSMF", because maybe it does what you request: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2003-February/013077.html _ Windows Live™: Life without walls. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_

Mac sound channels/MIDI

2009-03-11 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Two things I want to mention: Scott Raney was EXTREMELY helpful to me while I was working with MIDI, providing me with examples of basic MIDI routines in other languages, and clarifying how I should use binary encoding methods from within Rev. He was an excellent teacher in the sense that h

My BBC Master - - - getting Beeped-off.

2009-03-10 Thread Kurt Kaufman
...It is Shakobox on Jacque's site developed by Rebecca Bettancourt that utilizes the QT library. If you've got a Mac, great. No sound channels but you kinda fake them. It requires an external player that has been opensourced and so, if you know RB, you might be able to fiddle with it fur

onion skin animation

2009-03-10 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Well, I have implemented onionskinning in Stykz, my stickfigure animation tool (http://www.stykz.net). The way I ended up doing it was to set up a separate group for holiding all the onionskins for each stick figure on a card, and in that group was a copy of the figures with the blendLevel

onion skin animation

2009-03-10 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Looks like the following will work pretty well: newly imported images (as control): set the ink of image "newImport" to transparent to onionskin a previous image: set the blendlevel of image "previousImport" to 80 (Place previous image behind new image) for a new image frame for painting

onion skin animation

2009-03-09 Thread Kurt Kaufman
A couple of years ago there was a discussion concerning methods for producing an "onion-skin" image for creating animation. http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2007-November/104731.html I'm wondering which of the proposed methods was best suited to the task? I built an onion-skin

MIDI (was: Music duration)

2009-02-18 Thread Kurt Kaufman
*This is the MIDI file format reference I used when first learning about MIDI: http://jedi.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/links/music/midifile.htm *This also seems useful, especially in describing the MIDI byte structure: http://music.nuim.ie/music/sites/cpaneltest.nuim.ie.music/files/images/documents/S

Music duration

2009-02-17 Thread Kurt Kaufman
René, You need first of all to understand what you are seeing in the Hex Editor. All of the MIDI data (including the data that is not printable in ascii text) is represented in Hexadecimal notation. It would be a good idea to practice a some conversions from Decimal to Hexadecimal (and t

Re: Music duration

2009-02-17 Thread Kurt Kaufman
René, I'll reply to you either later today or tomorrow (I have a long music rehearsal this evening). I can also cc to the list if anyone else expresses an interest in the subject (anyone?). -Kurt --- On Tue, 2/17/09, René Micout <[]> wrote: > From: René Micout [] > Bonjour Kurt, > I hardly

Music duration

2009-02-15 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Judy Perry wrote: While looking for info on HC's old way of doing scripted musical generation, I came across this page: http://www.kenjikojima.com/pi/htmlFiles/program.html Apparently, it's some sort of Rev port of an earlier HC work If I remember correctly, didn't HC use a scriptable sy

Music duration

2009-02-11 Thread Kurt Kaufman
"...I know your work and I appreciate it, but but... It is a little bit complex for me :-( I dont understand binaryEncode(etc...) and also the bridge between Revolution (code) and Midi..." René, I know it looks complicated. I think it would take me a while to figure it out again, even tho

Music duration

2009-02-11 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Location of MIDI Builder stack: www.shopperturnpike.com/usefulsoftware/MidiBuilderStack.zip Note: If you see a problem with the re-drawing of QT player controls, let me know and I'll send you a version that I wrote specifically to address the problem. It's unlikely, though, since I think tha

recording events in time

2009-02-11 Thread Kurt Kaufman
"...As for the programming, that too is "simple". I can tell you there is nothing more fun than watching a circuit respond to your own software." In this case, it would be my own neural circuit! :-) Thanks for your quick reply. It is the time/event aware aspects of the programming that conc

Music duration

2009-02-11 Thread Kurt Kaufman
If I understand you correctly, you are trying to generate and then play and/or mix various music sequences using the QT musical synthesizers. The synthesizers can be instructed using MIDI. I have worked with MIDI tracks, and what you are attempting can be done wherever QT is available. MI

recording events in time

2009-02-11 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I'm interested in developing an application by which external events (that is, external to the computer) of different types can be recorded by the user. The application does not have to keep track of intervals smaller than one minute, and would normally be running for sessions of about 6-1

Director-like multi-image "sprite" animation

2009-01-28 Thread Kurt Kaufman
"...on a 867 gHz G4, at the time.." Uh, make that mHz. :-) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listi

Director-like multi-image "sprite" animation

2009-01-28 Thread Kurt Kaufman
"...the fastest animating method I found was opening up a separate empty predefined "Player" stack window, and then rapidly copying the "Stage" group to the Player window, deleting it, copying the next one, etc" A number of years ago I was working with MIDI files, trying to provide cross

externals

2009-01-21 Thread Kurt Kaufman
"...Have you checked out Eggplant?..." Thanks, Eggplant does look interesting. I will look it over. -Kurt ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription pre

externals

2009-01-21 Thread Kurt Kaufman
"...I mentioned before that even a long lived and pretty well polished app like Quickeys has had over the years to develop some very "innovative" ways to catch certain events. They have a recorder that records everything you do and makes a macro out of it so intercepting virtually EVERYTHING a u

externals

2009-01-20 Thread Kurt Kaufman
"...An intermediate application that would launch at startup and listen to the flile system event loop... Waiting for user defined events and sending them out to my reactor app. (or any other stack or app so inclined)..." I take it the "Activity Monitor" is not specific enough and/or does

Daft Graphic Idea 2

2009-01-19 Thread Kurt Kaufman
One other thing: From an angle of 0 to 24 I see a second mirrored image. Is this intentional? (Mac OS 10.5.6 and Rev 3.0.0) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage yo

Daft Graphic Idea 2

2009-01-19 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Fun idea. I like the slider operation Two suggestions as pseudo-script: if exists "JAZZ.jpg" then save as JAZZ001.jpg" -or- have user select place to save new image and have the OS deal with duplicate names. Also, on OS X when I double-clicked on the saved image, TextEdit tried to open it.

My First Revolution Product

2009-01-19 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Mr. Email, Nice, simple operation; no user setup involved. When you offer the product publicly, I would suggest offering more information about where the picture is posted (rather than simply "the internet"), as some people might be a little uneasy about having screen-shots sent to who-kn

How to sppress an audioclip

2009-01-17 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I don't know if the following has any bearing on your situation, but I find that I have to import/play certain sound files as videoclips (without a video track, obviously) for the sound to be played properly. I think doing so also gives you more control over playback options. Kurt __

store persistent variables

2009-01-11 Thread Kurt Kaufman
The answer to my question: In standalone, custom stack properties must be saved in substack which is a (separate) individual stackfile within the OS X application package (set in "stacks" pane of standalone application settings). Kurt ___ use-revol

store persistent variables

2009-01-11 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I suppose it would be easiest to store the data as custom **stack** properties for simplicity in referring to them. This will work so long as your stack remains a stack file: if saved as a standalone, when the application starts up the properties will always reflect the values in place when the

store persistent variables

2009-01-11 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Thanks, Mark. I suppose it would be easiest to store the data as custom **stack** properties for simplicity in referring to them. I wouldn't have to be concerned about which card-object/card was current (i.e. button x of card y, etc.). Kurt ___

store persistent variables

2009-01-10 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I just realized that I can probably just access the data as (stack) custom properties, rather than having to move it into globals at runtime. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscr

store persistent variables

2009-01-10 Thread Kurt Kaufman
We're using about 100 global (single word) variables that need to be stored between sessions. Can I store them as custom properties of the stack, and then re-populate the globals with the saved values at the next startup? Is this the best method? Thanks, Kurt __

Application Browser problem?

2009-01-03 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Scott and Mark, Thanks for your replies. So as not to confuse my daughter (and myself!), we will use script-based commands rather than the application browser. There is also the added pedagogic benefit of reinforcing use of the message box! RunRev really should fix this when they get arou

Application Browser problem?

2009-01-02 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I'm helping my 12-year-old daughter learn to program with RunRev, and I couldn't really figure this one out: Could someone point me to a reference on how to move cards reliably between stacks in the Application Browser? I find I can't predict exactly how it will work, between "selecting" th

[ANN] Merry Stykzmas! Stykz Public Beta for Mac is Released

2008-12-25 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Thanks, Ken. It looks like lots of fun, and my daughter (12) will be putting it through its paces! Kurt ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription pref

OT3: loudness wars

2008-12-23 Thread Kurt Kaufman
"...Loud CDs use 'hypercompression' - not data compression but audio compression in the digital realm, which is at first interesting but eventually tedious to listen to" I remember volunteering at an NPR-affiliate station in South Dakota twenty years ago, and I convinced the powers-that-be

Core Midi

2008-12-13 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Here's some speculation: If the appropriate port can be selected, then I would think that Revolution is capable of streaming the data. The real challenge might be the synchronization methods, such as MTC (MIDI Time Code) and SMPTE. A more recent development: How about RTP-MIDI? This looks p

Announcing Revolution - The Canine Edition

2008-12-09 Thread Kurt Kaufman
www.shopperturnpike.com/usefulsoftware/birds/revolution.jpg ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinf

sending midi data

2008-11-29 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I have worked with MIDI files from within Rev: http://www.shopperturnpike.com/usefulsoftware/midibuilder.html The MIDI Builder in stack form: http://www.shopperturnpike.com/usefulsoftware/MIDI_builder.zip As you can see, it is possible to create, edit and play MIDI **files** using Rev and Qu

Anyone create a "paint" app using Rev?

2008-10-26 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I'm looking for a standalone "painting" application made with Revolution. Has anyone created such an application, and if so, is it freely available? Thanks, Kurt ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

A bit OT: handling multiple users in DB

2008-09-22 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Bob Sneidar wrote: ...Sorry for the lengthy post. Not at all! This is a fascinating discussion. I was under the false impression that the automatic record-locking mechanisms would handle everything for me. Thanks for setting me straight! Looks like I have a lot more to learn before I

Database Query Builder

2008-08-05 Thread Kurt Kaufman
"...To start, I'll read the manual, do the tutorials, etc. before I ask additional questions." My printed user manual arrived, and the information I needed is right there at sections 8.5.1 and 8.5.2. I don't know how I missed the first sentence at 8.5.1! Maybe there's something special abou

Database Query Builder

2008-08-01 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Thanks, Jan. I'm looking into the possibility of redesigning an accounts-receivable program that currently is written entirely in Revolution. I have it designed to allow a limited form of multi-user access, but it's cumbersome, and a switch to a SQL database would leverage that arrangemen

Database Query Builder

2008-07-31 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Is the Database Query Builder designed to be used only within the IDE, or can its functionality be exported into a standalone application (as a sort of "core" for a stack --> standalone)? Sorry if this is a FAQ; I haven't fully explored this area of Revolution yet. -Kurt ___

Special codec for RunRev training videos?

2008-07-13 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Thanks, Jacqueline. That did the trick! Kurt JLG wrote: Yes, you need the Ensharpen codec. Rev offers to install it when you install Rev. You can either re-install Rev and agree to have the codec installed (it asks at the very end of the installation) or pick up an independent copy here: <

Special codec for RunRev training videos?

2008-07-12 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I'm trying to view a tutorial video from within the Revolution 2.9 video viewer (the "Getting Started" Tab). The soundtrack plays but there is no video. Is there a special codec that I have to (re-)install? How would I do so? (Mac OS 10.5.4) Thanks, Kurt ___

Using multiple instances of [Rev] app w/ SQLite db

2008-04-26 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Of interest to me, perhaps to others as well: http://www.sqlite.org/faq.html#q5 Kurt ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists

detecting malformed or invalid symbols in MusicXML file

2008-03-25 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Thanks for the link, Mark. I've written to Recordare. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use

detecting malformed or invalid symbols in MusicXML file

2008-03-25 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Is there a way of detecting, within a Rev field object, an invalid MusicXML character? Maybe a loop with: is in ([list of ascii chars]) I'm assuming that all valid MusicXML characters are ascii, anyone know if this is true? Thanks, Kurt ___ use-re

Look and Learn . . .

2008-01-19 Thread Kurt Kaufman
...Back in ancient times, there were several engines that sat atop HyperCard (can't remember their names, sorry) and provided simplified functionality for this kind of thing. ... Reminds me of a product called "Digital Chisel" which, if I remember correctly, sat atop Supercard. __

TWAIN and RunRev

2007-12-18 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Thanks, Derek. I'll investigate the links you provided. Kurt ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/list

TWAIN and RunRev

2007-12-18 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Is it possible to access scanners, etc. via TWAIN from Revolution? Thanks, Kurt ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runre

Standalone issue with Windows network file server

2007-04-30 Thread Kurt Kaufman
>> I'm new to Revolution, although I'm a Hypercard addict from years and >> years ago. I'm writing an application for a company that needs the >> application to be stored on their file server (standard Windows >> TCP/IP networking environment, Windows NT 2000). The problem: the >> application

audio file volume levels

2006-05-28 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Richmond, Been away for a few days; came back and saw (all) your messages. Thanks for your leg work! -Kurt ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

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