updater seems to stall

2010-09-01 Thread rand valentine
nothing happens, it just says Updating. and the progress bar makes no progress. What's going on? I checked to make sure my registration allowed me to update, and indeed it does (good till August 15, 2011). rand valentine ___ use-revolut

Rev and the iPad

2010-05-02 Thread rand valentine
ess to the vaunted App Store. They have a wiki discussing various programming/implementation issues and talk about something called Application Provisioning, here http://www.fmwebschool.com/reference/FMTouch_Reference#Application_Provision ing It seems that this would be relevant to just about anyt

Question about RevMobile

2010-04-10 Thread rand valentine
Hi, all. I'm somewhat dismayed by Apple's new agreement that seems to me to quite clearly lock out RevMobile at present. I have purchased it but not even received it yet! And it's not cheap, as you know. I've got a question about implementing anything on an iDevice-- say I write a cute little progr

very strange rev behavior

2010-03-04 Thread rand valentine
ev, I hadn't realized how important it is to my daily workflow! Rand Valentine University of Wisconsin-Madison ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your su

Unicode issues ad infinitum

2008-09-15 Thread rand valentine
r Japanese), so it substitutes another Unicode font, which has no syllabics. Could this be the problem? And is anyone aware of any way around this? All I want is for the field to respect the font that its been assigned, instead of over-riding with the wrong Unicode font. Am I missing some

mousebutton 1 and 3

2008-04-23 Thread rand valentine
> On 23 Apr 2008, at 01:50, rand valentine wrote: > >> So the problem is that I can't seem to >> right-click, then left-click. Lots of other fields I have seem to >> work fine >> doing this, so it must be something in the script?! What should I be >> lo

Re: mouseUp 1 and 3 problems

2008-04-23 Thread rand valentine
> On 23 Apr 2008, at 01:50, rand valentine wrote: > >> So the problem is that I can't seem to >> right-click, then left-click. Lots of other fields I have seem to >> work fine >> doing this, so it must be something in the script?! What should I be >> lo

mouseUp 1 and 3 problems

2008-04-22 Thread rand valentine
g for, i.e., what could be causing this? Thanks rand valentine ___ 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/li

Re: no defaultstack

2008-02-26 Thread rand valentine
) properly. I think the problem might be related to "group" behavior. But what is odd is that I've been programming with Revolution for years and don't recall having this problem, even though I've written things equivalent to what I'm working on now (a dictionary dis

no defaultstack

2008-02-24 Thread rand valentine
signate: fld "whichField" rather it must be fld "whichField" of cd "whichCard" of stack "whichStack" I've been playing with setting the defaultstack to the toplevel stack, but that doesn't seem to help. Any way to fix this? Thanks. rand valenti

can't find object messages

2008-02-24 Thread rand valentine
properly, because some of its instructions are not being carried out (this is what led me to investigate it). Any ideas on what's going on and how to fix it? Thanks. rand valentine ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runre

re: weird behavior

2008-02-24 Thread rand valentine
>> Yes, if I remove the answer dialogue, then the script runs just fine. How >> does one get around this bug? > > For now: > > put the defaultStack into tSaveStack > answer "Really clear?" with "Cancel" OR "Yes" > put it into tVal > set the defaultStack to tSaveStack > I

re; weird behavior

2008-02-24 Thread rand valentine
> I'm using Studio version 2.8.1 on an intel Mac running Leopard (10.5.2). > Also running Galaxy and GL2. I'm getting weird behavior that I don't > understand. An object is recognized for some things but not others. For > example, in the following script, which simply clears a field: > > ON mouse

Weird Behavior

2008-02-24 Thread rand valentine
wer "The note field is already empty." END IF END mouseUp In running the script, field "notes_note" is recognized in the IF statement, but I get an error message "Chunk: no such object" when I run the script, at the line that says "put empty into fld "note

problems displaying descenders

2006-09-21 Thread rand valentine
g are chopped off, until I finish typing. What setting will allow me to display the descenders as I type? I've tried adjusting the textHeight and margins, but neither seems to do anything. Thanks. rand valentine ___ use-revolution mailing list use-

more on sound recording

2006-09-11 Thread rand valentine
but for ordinary mortals, it isn't. Since RunRev is so clearly a cross-platform system, we need docs that specify what restrictions there are cross-platformwise -- maybe they exist and I just haven't found them. I hope this doesn't sound like a complaint about runrev -- I absolu

runrev player, stackrunner in windows xp home

2006-09-10 Thread rand valentine
well as my Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop running windows xp pro sp 2. rand valentine ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev

Protecting a StackRunner (or Player) stack

2006-09-06 Thread rand valentine
otect that preopenstack from prying eyes? Note that the students interact with the stacks _a lot_, so I need the stacks to be totally "editable" in the sense of being able to add data to text fields, click on buttons and change settings, etc. So is there any easy way to protect a script? Tha

Subject: Re: more on the recorder

2006-08-31 Thread rand valentine
e language materials, this capacity to record in the program is quite important, since it provides a means for students to compare their pronunciations with those of native speakers (by just recording the student and then a&b-ing the student's sound and the native speaker's) rand

more on the recorder

2006-08-29 Thread rand valentine
might be any variables there to play with. Too many variables in the world. Please let me know if you've written up some notes on these sorts of things, or even could point me to a well-coded stack. Thanks so much. rand valentine ___ use-re

mics and sound recording

2006-08-29 Thread rand valentine
al mike and choose "emic," _no_ recording is made. If I plug in an external with "imic" chosen, I get a recording, but it's noticeably hissy. Does anyone have any idea of what's going on here? I mean, what I am doing wrong, or what do I not understand. 2. Is

revolution player vs. stackrunner & launching documents

2006-08-27 Thread rand valentine
ypical student community of Windows users will be able to use it to play my stacks (the only real demand is that they use lots of sound, but I've no problem with sounds testing with StackRunner on Windows? 2. Is there some other way to launch documents that _is_ likel

simple textheight question

2006-07-16 Thread rand valentine
nders (e.g., in the letters 'g' and 'p') do not show up as I type them, but only when I type a return in the field -- and changing the textheight property doesn't seem to remedy this. What can I do to have the field display descenders for large font sizes as I type chara

StackFormat and Stack Reversion

2006-03-06 Thread Rand Valentine
StackFormat? C. What happened to StackFormat on update? By the way I use a Mac with the latest version of OS X. Thanks. Rand Valentine University of Wisconsin-Madison ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit t

trouble downloading dreamcard

2006-02-25 Thread Rand Valentine
roblem, so I downloaded the most recent version of (free) StuffIt Expander, at: http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/download.html This solved my problem. I'm using the latest version of Mac OS X. Rand Valentine University of Wisconsin-Madison Linguistics 1168 Van Hise Hall (608) 262

Re: DreamCard Player and possible problems

2006-02-04 Thread Rand Valentine
king this program, too, Ken, your outfit is a real blessing for us DreamCard users. rand valentine ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription prefere

dreamcard player and memory

2006-02-03 Thread Rand Valentine
emory, and if I could remove it from memory (does simply closing it do that?). Anyway, any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Rand Valentine University of Wisconsin-Madison Linguistics 1168 Van Hise Hall (608) 262-2292 American Indian Studies 317 Ingraham Hall

Unable to initialise message installing DreamCard Player

2006-01-21 Thread Rand Valentine
initialise - insufficient system resources 65536 Does anyone have a clue as to what this is about? DreamCard itself installs fine. Rand Valentine University of Wisconsin-Madison ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com

problems with ftp

2004-09-06 Thread rand valentine
Hi, everyone. I'm having a vexing problem with ftp-downloading a series of files in a repeat loop. I need to download three files. The loop is very simple, something akin to: repeat with counter = 1 to 3 put decompress(url ftpPath/file&counter&".gz") into temp put temp into fld counter end re

counting empty items

2004-05-24 Thread rand valentine
If I do this: set the itemDelimiter to tab put the number of items of tab & tab & tab & tab 1 is returned. why not 4? I don't get it. -- if I do this: set the itemDelimiter to tab put empty into item 4 of testVariable put the number of items of testVariable 3 is retu

deleting lines from a text file

2004-05-21 Thread rand valentine
d. Could someone else verify this, so that I know it's a bug and not bad karma :-)? Thanks. rand valentine ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

delete and put empty in url "file:" structures

2004-05-20 Thread rand valentine
here are no other errors with this script (ie, the problem isn't about finding files or anything like that, it's _strictly_ about deleting a line), though I'm not sure if the error occurs with every call to delete a line in every url "file" structure. this

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 8, Issue 31

2004-05-19 Thread rand valentine
> Welcome to Panther :-) > This is the new look for tabbed buttons in Panther, you haven't done > anything and there is no fix. > > Cheers, > Sarah Oy, these tabs are so ugly compared to the pre-panther tabs )-:. But thanks to all you dear gurus who took the time to reply to my question, that is

ugly tabbed buttons

2004-05-19 Thread rand valentine
abbed buttons. and when i create a new tabbed button, it has the same hideous appearance. is this a bug in 2.2? or did i wreck rev somehow? i'm using latest panther mac os x. thanks. rand valentine ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTE

uglification of tabbed buttons

2004-05-18 Thread rand valentine
i for tabbed buttons. and when i create a new tabbed button, it has the same hideous appearance. is this a bug in 2.2? or did i wreck rev somehow? i'm using latest panther mac os x. thanks. rand valentine p.s. i sent this note previously from a different email address and it bounced. forgive me i

simulating a mouseclick on a certain line in a list field

2003-12-20 Thread rand valentine
line, so that the mouseUp script, which needs the clickLine to function, works properly? I hope this is clear. Thanks. rand valentine ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

referencing arrays

2003-11-02 Thread rand valentine
uot; & "N" into theArrayName put theArrayName["@"] this does not work -- using a variable for the name of the array causes the array not to be properly referenced. What am I doing wrong, or what can one do to actually build an array reference of

saves and shutdowns

2003-10-26 Thread rand valentine
come, even when I use a closeStack handler and successfully save the information to textFiles, I have to click on the filenames in the Finder in order for the proper (new) modification time of the saved textfile to show up in the Finder? thanks. rand valentine ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

memory dimensions in stacks and standalones

2003-10-18 Thread rand valentine
Hi, all. 1. I'm working on a set of stacks which will provide quite a bit of information, representing a kind of encyclopedic dictionary of an American Indian language. I'm manipulating a lot of this info with various global arrays, and I'm wondering what sorts of limits on memory I need to think

problems with google and list archive

2003-10-18 Thread rand valentine
Hi, all. I noticed a problem when I tried to google the list archive in my normal fashion, e.g., entering into the google search field: icons site:lists.runrev.com Well, google produces a nice list, but when you click on the link google provide, it doesn't link to the appropriate message. Now t

additional icons

2003-10-18 Thread rand valentine
Hi, all. I'm wondering if there is anywhere where I can easily get more icons to add to a kind of "general" store of them for standard Revolution development. For example, there are only a couple of "next" and "previous" navigational icons in the standard set, and they ain't that pretty, nor are

copying text from lists.runrev.com

2003-10-01 Thread rand valentine
hi, all. i have a really basic question. often, when i have a question about runrev, instead of bugging/bothering the list, i open my browser and do a google search on the list archive for relevant info, e.g. if i were wondering about how arrays work (which I am!), then I would type: array site:li

opaque fields not scrolling correctly

2003-09-30 Thread rand valentine
rand valentine wrote: > I am using mac os x.2.6, and have a problem with opaque fields when i > scroll them. if i scroll a field back to the top, there are seeming fine > horizontal white lines in the field's contents that render the contents > unreadable until i click in the f

opaque fields scrolling problem

2003-09-29 Thread rand valentine
n the field's "opaque" setting off, the field doesn't have this problem. But I don't want all of my fields transparent. Is there some field setting that corrects this? I checked the archive but could not find comment on this, it must be a common comp

arrays as custom properties or custom property sets

2003-08-27 Thread rand valentine
array a differnt custom property set, don't i always have to be setting the custom property set to the appropriate one in order to access that array's data? Thanks so much. rand valentine ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTE

updating databases

2003-06-24 Thread rand valentine
using a revCommitDatabase instruction following the attempted update, but again, when i go to the database query builder and "refresh" the * query, the record i'm trying to change is unchanged. Any help would be great appreciated. rand valentine __

cloning a sub-stack

2003-06-21 Thread rand valentine
is there an easy way to clone a substack _within_ a main stack? i can't seem to find one. thanks! rand valentine ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

tabbing into combo boxes

2003-06-21 Thread rand valentine
Is there a way to open a combo box's menu when the user tabs into it, so that they can then just choose from the list of menu choices without having to pop the menu manually? Thanks. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev

Re: installing valentina vxcmd

2003-06-15 Thread rand valentine
I am still struggling to install the valentina database xcmd on my mac 10.2.6 system (with revolution 2.0.1). Has anyone done this successfully? According to the author of Valentina, it's a simple matter of dragging the macho version of the xcmd into the Revolution 2.0.1 folder -- but this does n

Using Valentina

2003-06-13 Thread rand valentine
have to do this? (I tried). And if we do, what is the form of the externals command? Is it: set the externals of this stack to "./VXCMD_Macho"? (this is the example given in the Valentina docs for an external named "VXCMD_Macho_MC".

using database query builder

2003-06-12 Thread rand valentine
27;t do a join in this way, how _do_ I do one? Thanks so much. rand valentine ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

sql joins and the revDataFromQuery function

2003-06-11 Thread rand valentine
rsList]) So how can this join succeed, since it's looking up two distinct queries as defined by the Database Query Builder, and I only passed it the index of one (1)? Is this a bug soon to be corrected, or am I missing something? Thanks. rand valentine _

substack behavior

2003-06-11 Thread rand valentine
goes -- pretend this isn't a stack but just a popup window? Thanks. rand valentine ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

arrow keys in fields

2002-03-08 Thread Rand Valentine
field-- pressing an arrow key causes a jump to another field (or a jump _somewhere_), but does move the cursor within the field. What am I doing wrong? rand valentine ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/lis

Various questions

2002-01-29 Thread rand valentine
d of loyalty/devotion that the mac does- something about aesthetics and the quality of life. I _love_ this program. It will help Ojibwe to survive. Okay, enough for now. Thanks for your help, dear fellow programmers. rand valentine u of wisconsin-madison __