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
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
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
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
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> On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 01:26 AM, Richard D. Miller wrote:
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>> Just thought we'd let folks know we
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
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
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
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
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?
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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
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
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
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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
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
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>> First, is there a way to display video real
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
Can't get the screenmouseloc() command to work under OS 9.2, even enclosing
the coordinates in quotes. Does this work for others?
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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
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
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:
>
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:
>
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
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,
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
> Recently, Richard D. Miller wrote:
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>> 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?
>
>
Bill:
>
> "Richard D. Miller" wrote:
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>> 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
?
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:
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>> Is there a reliable way to test a Rev project on a Mac in a simulated Unix
Sorrymeant 530 for the height.
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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
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
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
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
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
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>> Secondly, I can't get the Answer command to work at all during runtime on
>> Mac or
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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.
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> 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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