CD's, new drives, labels

I'd like to hear thoughts on attaching labels to CD's. I know there used to be no particular problem printing out CD labels and attaching them to CD's (for commercial distribution), but now with the really fast CD readers (20+ speed), I've heard it may be a bigger issue because of tighter toleranc

Re: spreadsheets, or at least tables?

I'll throw in my support for this feature as well. The OMO table object was great. It lends itself to many different applications. Rev should have it as well. Richard Miller >> I think this may have been discussed before, so I appologize if this is a >> worn-out thread... >> >> When will Rev ha

Window positions

In the runtime mode (i.e. when starting up and running with a standalone stack and associated stacks), will Rev automatically update and save the topleft position of stacks under Windows, or must this be updated by script? I thought saving was automatic. We have users telling us they believe they

Commercial success with Rev

Just thought we'd let folks know we're having considerable success with our Rev program. We started distributing it about two weeks ago and have now shipped about 600 CD's to customers in 50 countries. We've had less than 10 technical support calls with no significant issues arising. Our customer

Re: Commercial success with Rev

Sorry. Late at night. Here's the correct URL: http://www.thewoodexchange.info/woodexplorer.html -- Richard Miller The Wood Exchange.info http://www.thewoodexchange.info 802-238-5355 802-951-2534 fax ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Commercial success with Rev

ev could become a truly revolutionary tool for us all. -- Richard Miller The Wood Exchange.info http://www.thewoodexchange.info 802-238-5355 802-951-2534 fax > > On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 01:26 AM, Richard D. Miller wrote: > >> Just thought we'd let folks know we

Re: Commercial Examples? Training?

We continue to have great success with our Rev CD, having shipped over 600 copies in the past 6 weeks with no returns and many congratulations from our customers. It's working fine on Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP/XP Pro and Mac OS9/OSX. Our program is rather graphic intensive, so we've had a few minor

Is there a new Windows engine?

It seems there are new build engines for Mac OS PPC and OSX, but I can't find one for Windows. Has one been released? In creating the latest build of our project, we used the engines that came with the new beta111 postings. When we did a build, it needed to download the windows engine. It appears

Re: Is there a new Windows engine?

I couldn't find a new build engine in that release...only new development engines. I don't believe one has been posted yet, but perhaps Kevin can explain. Richard >> It seems there are new build engines for Mac OS PPC and OSX, but I can't >> find one for Windows. Has one been released? > > Hi R

Rev and Flamethrower

I suppose I've worked with Rev enough now to say I prefer it over Supercard (even though Supercard is a very good product). Now if there was just some way to combine Rev with Flamethrower, that would produce an incredible web CGI development environment. I know Rev has CGI commands, but they seem

Re: Rev 1.1.1 Release

I posted a question regarding this almost two weeks ago, but haven't received a response from the Rev folks. It's a matter that needs to be addressed. What IS the story with the distribution engine for Windows? -- Richard Miller The Wood Exchange.info http://www.thewoodexchange.info 802-238-535

Re: Rev 1.1.1 Release

I don't think you guys are really paying careful attention to this matter, though I could be wrong. Yes...the newest release installs fine on Windows. And yes, you can develop applications fine in Windows with the new release. The issue is in the DISTRIBUTION area...when you're building an app for

Linux and the defaultfolder

We're running into a problem with our first Linux customer for our Rev software and haven't a clue what is going on. Our software starts up from a Rev executable. The first thing it does is look for a small text file containing a valid serial number. It looks in the same folder from which the exe

Volume names

I need to find out whether a particular CD is currently loaded on a Windows machine. The volumes() function works fine on a Mac, but on a PC it only gives me the drive letters...not the full names of the volumes. How can I get that info? Thanks. Richard Miller ___

Re: Volume names

Terry: Thanks for your comment, though I knew that routine. I was hoping for something more elegant and simple. Richard >> I need to find out whether a particular CD is currently loaded on a Windows >> machine. The volumes() function works fine on a Mac, but on a PC it only >> gives me the driv

Re: Real-time video capture and analysis

someone on this board who could (quickly) write a DDL or external to address this issue so that we can use Rev as the main development environment? Thanks. Richard Miller > on 6/25/02 4:03 PM, Richard D. Miller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> First, is there a way to display video real

Video recording

Has anybody been working with the videograbber functionality in Rev? We've just started playing around with this and are encountering a number of issues. In particular, any mousedown action of any kind seems to stop the video recording. Anyone had experience with this? Thanks. Richard Miller Advan

Screenmouseloc

Can't get the screenmouseloc() command to work under OS 9.2, even enclosing the coordinates in quotes. Does this work for others? -- Best regards, Richard Miller, CEO Advanced Training Systems, Inc. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] ht

Recording sound

Being Mac people...we're in the process of moving a project over to Windows XP and are having problems recording sound. The sound is coming in through the Firewire port on our Sony VAIO laptop (via an analog video camera hooked up through an analog-to-digital converter). When we try using the Sound

Two questions

I'm just looking at Revolution, as someone who has worked extensively with Supercard, OMO and Hypercard. I need a cross-platform environment and Rev could be it. One basic question: I've looked everywhere for an explanation of the tools in the tool palette, but I can't find it. Can someone point

Re: Two questions

st extends down beyond the bottom of my screen. I see no function in Rev to change the window type to a zoom, for example. So how do I work with a card/stack deeper than screen depth? Thanks. Richard > At 6:43 PM -0500 12/28/01, Richard D. Miller wrote: >> A more difficult question: >

Re: Two questions

st extends down beyond the bottom of my screen. I see no function in Rev to change the window type to a zoom, for example. So how do I work with a card/stack deeper than screen depth? Thanks. Richard > At 6:43 PM -0500 12/28/01, Richard D. Miller wrote: >> A more difficult question: >

Re: 2 questions

Mark: It looks like that is how I have to go, as Geoff's suggestion was a good one (i.e. a scrolling group of objects), but the system will only print the visible items on the card...not all the items included in the group. I suppose I could scroll the objects a set amount during each Print batch

A memory management issue

I'm building a project that will have a total of 1,650 cards, with each card containing one field holding approximately 20k of formatted text. I was thinking of splitting this into 4-5 separate substacks, each being about 4-5 MB in size. The main stack would contain an index to all 1,650 cards,

Finding

Two search questions (I hope I've missed something in Rev...): 1. I've got a list field. It's sorted alphabetically. I want to scroll the list to the first line beginning with "k". I can't find any command that will identify that line. Normally, one would use lineoffset(). But it doesn't seem to

Re: Finding

> Recently, Richard D. Miller wrote: > >> 2. I have a field with 500 lines, each line containing a number. How do I >> find all the lines which equal one particular value? Is there anything >> easier and faster than using something like the offset command in a loop? > >

Re: Finding

Bill: > > "Richard D. Miller" wrote: > >> Two search questions (I hope I've missed something in Rev...): >> >> 1. I've got a list field. It's sorted alphabetically. I want to scroll the >> list to the first line beginning with &qu

Re: Finding

Geoff: Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try this out. When I said, "way too slow" before, that was because I need to perform (on average) ten such searches per user request...since the user is often searching on ten different variables per request. So if it took 1 second per search, that would to

Is Rev ready for commercial applications?

As someone who has worked extensively with Hypercard, Supercard, OMO, and Toolbook, I'm impressed with Rev so far. It seems to have lots of potential. 1.1.1 appears much more stable. We're considering coming out with a CD based on Rev very shortly. Our product is mostly data, so the interface wor

Re: Is Rev ready for commercial applications?

Remaining questions: 1) Will 1.1.1 time out or is it viable for a product? 2) Does that version work fine under Unix? Can it be sold as something that will work under all Unix systems or does this need to be limited? Any other issues to be careful of in coming out with a cross-platform commerci

Some kind of memory/purge error

I'm encountering several problems with proper purging of stacks. Here's the simplest example: I have several stacks open (some are substacks). I close one stack (which has the destroystack and destroywindow commands in it) I check the revloadedstacks function and the Application Overview...both s

Displaying a table

Since Rev doesn't have a table object (like OMO did...a GREAT feature I'd recommend for Rev), how are people dealing with the display of tabular data? I know I can use a proportional font like Courier, but I'm hoping there's a better solution. I also played around a bit with tabstops, but that onl

Impressive

I'm sure this has been said before, but I had to share my opinion as well. As someone who has used many Hypercard-like programs over the years, Revolution continues to impress me beyond my expectations. Yes...it definitely has its quirks and bugs, though I'm sure most of those will be worked out

Installing a CD on Windows, Unix

I'd appreciate suggestions on setting up a CD in Windows. Last time I did this (more than 5 years ago), our program required the user to enter the drive letter of their CD drive, so the part of the program loaded onto their hard drive would know where the CD portion was. What's the best way to han

Creating a networkable version

A related question to my last one... Suggestions on how to create a networkable version of a CD on Windows, where most of the program stays on a central server, but portions of it (that need to be modified by the user) are held on various local hard drives. Our software is educational in nature a

Testing under Unix, installing under Windows

Is there a reliable way to test a Rev project on a Mac in a simulated Unix environment? I use virtual PC and that seems to do a good job of emulating the Windows environment. Is there something similar for Unix on Max OSX? Secondly...since I don't work much under Windows, I'm not familiar with CD

Re: Testing under Unix, installing under Windows

? Which UNIX system will we most likely encounter out there...in other words, which UNIX environments would most likely be accessing multimedia-based CD's? Thanks. Richard > Richard D. Miller wrote: > >> Is there a reliable way to test a Rev project on a Mac in a simulated Unix

Stack size

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Stack size

Curious to know what size folks are building their stacks to be, particularly under Windows. It looks like one has to allocate room for the title and any menus at the top (40 pixels?) and the task bar at the bottom (30 pixels or so?). So shooting for 800x600 display, that leaves about 730 for the

Displaying menus beyond the first card

I must be missing something simple, but I can't figure it out. I've get the standard set of menus (File, Edit, Help) showing on the first card of my stack. Works fine on Mac and Windows. I go to the second card (and every other card) and the menus are not there. What have I missed? Richard Miller

Re: Displaying menus beyond the first card

OK. I see that I actually have to copy and paste the menubar group onto each card. I suppose that makes sense...just different from other programs I've worked with. Richard > I must be missing something simple, but I can't figure it out. I've get the > standard set of menus (File, Edit, Help) sh

Doesn't operate properly in Windows, answer command

Well, I guess this is how it often goes. Almost all set on the Mac side, send it over to Windows, and it's a mess. First problem. I created it in Mac OS 9.1. Using 1.1.1b. Dragged the Rev file over to my VirtualPC window. Opened the 1.1.1 Rev beta in Windows. Opened the stack (actually tried it w

Re: Doesn't operate properly in Windows, answer command

the stack first and test it that way without going through the Distribution build process. But maybe that's the only way with Rev. Richard > Recently, Richard D. Miller wrote: > >> Secondly, I can't get the Answer command to work at all during runtime on >> Mac or

Re: Doesn't operate properly in Windows

I'd really like to know if others are running it this. Is it possible to build a stack on the MacOS side and then edit the same stack on the Windows side? Perhaps I'm encountering a problem exclusive to VirtualPC? Thanks. Richard > First problem. I created it in Mac OS 9.1. Using 1.1.1b. Dragge

Does destroystack work?

I'd like to know the verdict on destroystack. I simply cannot get it to work in the development environment in OS9. Does it work during Runtime on a Mac? Does it work properly in Windows...during development and runtime? I've got several thousand images I prefer to imbed in relatively small stack

Building in serial number scheme

I'd appreciate hearing any thoughts on ways to build in serial number protection...at least into one main opening stack. I'm not concerned with a "foolproof" system (should one even exist!)...just something that will stop most folks from running my program without a correct serial number. Is there

Font menu

Do we really have to writing the coding to include a Font menu in our program? Anyone done that yet? Sure would appreciate the best coding for that... Thanks. Richard Miller ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mail

Re: Font menu

Never mind that last request. I just went ahead and did it. Certainly not very difficult. But it seems like it would be helpful to have some of the basic menus already coded...maybe available inside the Menu Manager. It's still taking me time to think of menus as just buttons! It's an interesting

Re: Font menu

Thanks, but I wish it were just that simple. It's text font, size, style, and alignment...and then creating the appropriate buttons to accommodate those four under one menu. Takes a bit of time that is better spent elsewhere... So be it. Richard > Richard D. Miller wrote: >> Do

Recommended Windows location for a text file

Where is the recommended location to place a very small "preferences" text file on a Windows box? I'd prefer not to ask the user about it. It contains only their CD drive letter and a serial number. Richard Miller ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL

Re: Re Hiding Data

John: > Do you need to save and access the data file. I need to read it into memory at startup. I don't need to write to it. >You could put the data file > into another rev stack.That way it can not be access by other. Place a field > on one card then put the data in that field. If the data is t

Re: Re Hiding Data

Scott: > Another option is continue using the source file externally but either > 1) encoding it, such as using base 64 or some other encoding scheme How would I do that? And would it be possible to un-encode it in, say, 10 seconds when the program is starting up? > and/or compression It seems i

Re: hiding Data

I believe the limit per field is 64k, but I'd like to know if that's not the case. If I was to put the 7 mb of data into the custom property of a stack, for example, I suppose I could open it as invisible at startup. The question is, would accessing a particular item in that data be any slower th

Re: hiding Data

Kevin: > Indeed - there is no such limit. Fields can handle as much as you have RAM > for, and you can store the data off screen as binary in a custom property. How does one transform data into binary? Will it be possible to decode the 6 mb of binary data in a few seconds on startup? I looked at

Password protecting to hide data

I'm interested in this idea of password protecting the stack, but it's not clear from the documentation how this is done. The documentation says it's best to do the password protecting during distribution build. But the builder just gives on option to Encrypt With Password, indicating that that pr

Closestack and destroystack

Let's say I've got a stack with one field in it holding data. When another stack starts up, I want that stack to just grab the data from the first stack and that's it. I don't want the first stack to stay in memory. Here's what I've done: created a closestack routine in the data stack. It contain

Re: Password protecting to hide data

Scott: I have no success with this process. I create a new stack, with one field. I put some data in it. I set its password from the message box. I save it. Nothing happens. I can open the stack later and see everything in it. I can freely access the content of the field. If I ask for its passwor

Rev/Windows performance

I'd like to hear some definitive feedback on runtime performance of Rev under Windows...XP in particular. I've only been running my project on Mac's so far, including Windows through Virtual PC (which is certainly not a fair indicator of Windows performance). I'll be testing it soon on a number of

Re: Rev/Windows performance

Hi Ludovic: Does reactive mean faster? Richard > Richard D. Miller wrote: >> but I'd like to hear what others are experiencing. > > A stack which manipulate lot of text seem to be more reactive on a > Pentium celeron 666 MHz with Windows Me than a iMac 600 MH