Re: How do tables work?

| > | >You can find the answers to these questions in the topic "How to format | >numbers in a table field". (This topic is listed under "User Interaction" | >on the Development Guide page of the main documentation window. A search in | >the How To window for "table" will also turn it up.)

Re: Listee of the year award

| a great place to be ; let's keep it that way, with a | little nudge from our listmom every once in a while -- | we love to hear from you, Heather, and not just when | you're sending out bottles ;-) That is good. "listmom". MUCH better than listmistress. 3 cheers for H

Bug Report - unable to compile database applications for Windows

IMHO, bug reports should contain a minimum of 3 elements: * *How to duplicate this problem* * *What you expected* * *What you got instead* Here is more! _*Context:*_ I have developed Windows database applications on previous versions of Revolution, so imagine my surprise after spend

RE: Bug Report - unable to compile database applications for Windows

Who-hoo! I found a work around. I compiled a test app under 2.6.1. It worked. It also included a lot of files in the stand alone directory and the subdirectory externals. I copied those to the same places where the 2.7 app was. Then, it worked. So the problem is: REV is not putting the d

Can REV create Excel files?

Context: Windows XP. Microsoft Office environment. I'm creating a desktop REV app for customer self service. The customer needs info currently housed in a database (to which they have no direct access) in MS Excel format on an on going basis. Right now this has to be done manually for them ea

Re: When they ask, what is this written in?

> Personally I like "xTalk", (snip) > > sincerely, Richmond Mathewson. I vote for xTalk or X-talk. Part of the reason is that I use it mainly just as a stand alone scripting language without the IDE, for the kinds of tasks I might use Bash shell script for - (or Perl if I felt more affinity for

using open office to open CSV files (was launch document problems)

Hi OpenOffice works great on CSV. You have to use the CSV file choice though or it doesn't bring up the wizard. I will send a screen shot direct (this mailing list doesn't support that) so you can see what I mean. I just scroll down until I see the SLK which is easy to spot amidst the huge ple

Eclipse or Visual Studio on the road map?

Just a curiosity question, On the *nix side, Eclipse has pretty much commoditized the IDE market, and companies like Borland have jumped on the bandwagon (e.g, JBuilder went the Eclipse route). Same with open source projects like Ruby on Rails. On the Windows side, Eclipse is there too, and Visua

where to put handlers?

Deep bows to Sarah, who wrote: > My general rule is to place each handler or function as low in the > hierarchy as practical. If a button has a single use, then it contains > it's own handler. With true respect, I would like to suggest an alternative approach, the reverse. Place handlers as high

Re: Cgi and Database (stick to standards)

FYI PostgreSQL is free. Sadhu > >From: Hershel Fisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Cgi and Database (stick to standards) >To: How to use Revolution > >> > Bernard Devlin wrote: >>> >> I'm not sure what kind of database requirements you have. >SQL rdbms, and I was thinking to

thought regarding import and export of data (was Many Cards vs. Lists vs. XML)

Regarding Swami's comment of exporting to tab delimited (or delimited in general) - see code snippet below - Reason: in working with many customers and external agencies or authorities over the years (a lot of years), this has proven to be the lowest common denominator and something almost ever

Split is Behaves Unexpectedly?

chris bohnert wrote: > Important! You cannot change the labelVariable in a statement inside > the loop. Doing so will cause a script error. You can change the content > of the container, but doing so will probably produce unexpected results. It's true, that fixes the

mac emulator

Thanks to those who responded about emulation. We have decided that our user requirement is a stand alone MAC version which doesn't require them to load anything but our software, and works on all recent MAC OS versions. In our industry, 30-35% are MAC users. We will have a separate product for

question regarding print out of objects listing from the application browser

Apologies in advance if this information is something easy to find in the on line help or list archives, but here goes anyway. I think it relates somewhat to the discussion recently about distributed development, keeping things in text files, etc. Context: As part of the set of technical design

Re: question regarding print out of objects listing from the application browser

Joe, Thank you for responding! > Would this need to be cross platform, or would a Mac solution be > acceptable? 65-70% PC users, 30-35% MAC, we need both, but prefer one code base. I use a PC. > > Regardless, I think I would lay everything out using Rev stacks, take > scre

Re: Export card IMAGE (Re: question regarding print out of objects)

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San Diego?

Someone told me a Revolution consulting company was in San Diego (they thought it was Sons of Thunder, but apparently not) - anyone know? Mahalo, -- Sadhu ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscrib

copyright infringement question

Greetings, venerable collegues, Would you have a few minutes to give me your brief opinion on a copyright/intellectual property infringement question? There is a difference of opinion at our company and I'm seeking some outside perspective. Or maybe, refer me to some URL? Any help gratefully ac

copyright thing

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copyright thing, plus, attachments

Dr. J, Ok, mahalo for the link! I will check it out. Ah, on your signature, it says Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See Is that boiler plate, or meant for me? I sent plain text so hopefully it didn't ca

copyright etc.

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OT: Open Port to PostGreSQL -- Security issues?

> OK my question is: how serious a security risk is opening a port to > PostGreSQL (or MySQL) for remote transactions. Aloha, Swami, Disclaimer: not my area of expertise so these are merely opinions - Note that it is possible to restrict remote connections to specific IP addresses. So, if you

Re: Help with basic CGI project?

Re: > The cgi does not run as you, it runs as another user ("nobody" I think, > but I'm not certain.) At any rate, the permissions for the stack are set > to only allow you, the admin, to write to the file. You need to change > that to allow anyone to write to the file. > .

Re: Help with basic CGI project?

I just ran this CGI: (please pardon the lack of comments, and credits, this was shamefully borrowed a long long time ago) cut here. That should say "shamelessly", grin. And the author was Scott Raney as I recall?

Re: Help with basic CGI project?

> Thanks for the useful info, that was great. The author of the bulk of > the echo.mt script was Scott Raney, but the bit at the end that adds > the shell call wasn't part of the original. Not sure where that came from. .. You are most welcome. The add on lines came from yours truly, :

Re: Help with basic CGI project?

| J. Landman Gay wrote: | I think you can place the file wherever you like. The engine is secure | when used as a cgi, provided your scripts don't do anything to breach | that security. Here is a repost of a similar question and the reply from | Scott Raney, back when the engine was still MetaC

Re: off topic... ATT outgoing server problem?

Randall, Yes, they have several servers by the way, you may call their support and try a different one, but I have been using cwmx.com on my iPhone, and it could not send email all of yesterday. I had 17 outgoing messages queued up when I 'rebooted' (atcually it's more of a restart rather than a c

rev apps on iPhone?

Pardon if this has been discussed ... As I understood Steve Jobs from his keynote, an enterprise customer will now (as of iPhone 2.0) be able load their own apps to the iPhone, using iTunes. Does this mean we could put a Rev application on the iPhone? And have it available at the new app store?

Re: rev apps on iPhone?

Yet ..! Yes, I guess I should have said, isn't it technically feasible? The iPhone O/S is basically a BSD Unix, right? Is it in the RunRev strategic plans, _yet_ ? On the other hand, wow, that Xcode environment looks really powerful. ___ use-revolut

SSL and PostgreSQL

Context: We want to implement a client server application (2 tier) over the net, a Rev client on Mac/PC, using the Rev database library functions, to talk directly to a PostgreSQL database on a remote server. For security purposes, PostgreSQL has the right stuff such as SSL and it's own firewall.

changing file permissions, question please

Help! Greetings, a question please, Summary ... Can we change file permissions on a file located on a server across the network, from a rev client? Details ... Suppose I have a few lines of code in my Rev windoz program like this: put "//file.ourdomain.com/tmp/mydata.txt" into tempF

replacing perl cgi with rev

For those on a Mac, I highly recommend BBEdit and Fetch for cgi work. Fetch allows you to edit a file directly on the server; it opens the file with BBEdit and when you save your changes in BBEdit, they become live immediately. It avoids the whole download/ edit/re-upload cycle. There ma

special folders

Greetings, After reading the post below about the admin issues possible with specialFolderPath, I'd like to hear anyone expound on the justification for the use of 'special folders', if we have any pontiffs out there who advocate it. Must be a good reason for it, yes? Anyone care to enlight

Re: special folders

-2- Does the ability to install an executable file to a particular folder not also mean that files in that folder are writeable? For example, in a two-part executable plus writable stack architecture, if the install program places the loader (executable) into folder x, is it not guaranteed th

Re: special folders - and Install Gadget

There's also the issue of what app's doing the installation - it is very common (esp. on Windows) for an installer to request authorization or have a built-in method of elevating its permission level for the purpose of the installation - but that's different than when the installed program i

Is Connecting to a Database still broken?

I've got an app that connects with Postgresql database just fine as long as I'm using the IDE. When I tried to make either a stand-alone or use stackRunner to launch the finished app, I get an "invalid Database type" error. I have the revdb.dll in the same folder as the stack, and the Exte

Problem building stand alone database application using database query builder

Greetings, Wondering if anyone can shed some light on this problem? Context In the past building database apps I have coded everything, meaning, scripted the database connection, the queries to add, modify, delete, search, etc. They work. Problem This time I'm trying to build a simple app

Moving Rev apps to the web (why isn't this on the horizon?)

I think the thread subject on this is actually about Flash, but here is the snippet I'm responding to, from Mikey, > Ajax, AIR, Flash. All are ways to make rich internet apps, and all > are being accepted as reasonable ways and standards. So, if RR was > going to develop a way to

Re: Moving Rev apps to the web (why isn't this on the horizon?)

I would like to add that while Richard has sort of pre-answered my question, with a very thoughtful post, I still wish I could run a rev app in a browser. So basically, my comment is, I wish it _were_ on the horizon. ___ use-revolution mailing

getting those pesky spaces out of a PostgreSQL select

Swami It appears that the -A option to psql does what you want. It's right at the beginning of the man entry for psql. To see this in action log in to vel and cd to /tmp, then run psql htde -f event.sql It looks like this user_id | event_code | event_time | description

Is this off topic? Enterprise 3 script editor issues

Aloha, I admit to basically only lurking on this list and not reading every post, so my apologies if this doesn't belong here, and I should be pointed elsewhere. I'm an occasional user of Revolution as opposed to a full time developer, for about 9 years or so. Context: I've been using Studio for

grateful thanks for the editor hints

Aloha, The previous subject was "Is this off topic? Enterprise 3 script editor issues". There were very useful and informative responses from Viktoras, Craig Newman, Tom McGrath, and Jerry Daniels. Thank you very much gentlemen! There was immediate benefit. :-) Sadhu

data grid continued

Aloha, I'm struggling to get at the data once it is in the grid. The examples in the docs do not seem to work (page 59 of the PDF). Trying something very simple like this message in the message box put the dgHilitedLines of group "DataGrid 1" Yields: Message execution error: Er

Re: data grid code (what is wrong with this?)

Hello Mark, Thanks very much for the suggestions, that works. I wasn't too sure for opening a file over a VPN connection across the Internet but it's fine! Since you have been so kind as to reply, wondering if you (or anyone) see what is wrong with this code? on mouseUp put the dgHilitedLines

Re: sample data grid code

> I have no idea what you are talking about. I have never had to wait > for my wife while shopping :-) > > Regards, . Trevor, Ha ha! Your wife must read this email list. Ok, if you say so. :-) Trevor, I think the above was the last from you after what I had responded to,

OT, shopping

> You guys need wives who's idea of shopping is checking out the latest > Macs & iPhones, then rushing home to play on her computer :-) So Sarah, are you single? :-) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this ur

shopping

> Now I'm like Trevor, I have no idea what you are talking about; holiday + > wife are mutually exclusive to computer! From what I can gather you are > suggesting some form of self induced mariticide? Kay, you could be right. I see more explanation is in order. I get up about 5am and my dear wi

shopping

> That's me. :) And what about all those husbands who couldn't extract > themselves from a hardware store if it were on fire? I have stood in the > wrenches and screwdriver aisle for hours while my husband examines band > saws and jig saws, even though he has no use for one. Jacqueline, You

shopping

> In my house there are a couple of unwritten rules: Devin, Good rules! They say you should always get it in writing. I failed on that one before getting married, and now in my house we have a plaque in the kitchen (obviously my written instructions) which reads "Yes Dear" Happily marri

Re: data grid code (color)

Trevor, Your help is requested once more .. I'm stuck. I've been trying to find a way to apply color to a single cell (or even to one line) of a data grid, with your example and every other combination or syntax variation or other thing I can think of, no luck so far. Can you supply a line of co

Re: data grid code (color)

3rd try - Trevor, Your help is requested once more .. I'm stuck. I've been trying to find a way to apply color to a single cell (or even to one line) of a data grid, with your example and every other combination or syntax variation or other thing I can think of, no luck so far. Can you suggest

Re: data grid code (color)

Hi Trevor, More info: I am using the default template and not overriding the default column behavior, and I am not using a custom column template as far as I know. All I am doing is using a default data grid (with 9 columns, the only thing I set was the column labels) and filling in the data in

in defense of Pascal

> Here in Plovdiv they teach High School kids PASCAL, which is, unless you > are some sort of retro-geek, a major turn-off. I shall, very shortly, > become a "pusher" for RR, and be trotting round the school giving demos > of just what can be done. Alternate point of view: I love Pascal. Just