Re: Can one manually resize an object proportionately?

I have a very crude way of addressing the problem of trying to reduce an object manually proportionately. One takes the vector line tool and draws a line starting just inside the upper left hand border of the image and dragging it to just inside the lower right border of the image. Then

Can one manually resize an object proportionately?

Although one can go into the Revolution property inspector and do some calculation to resize an object proportionately, e.g. to say 1/3 the size, when trying to do this manually I do not see a way to control the resizing proportionately. In Photoshop, for instance, holding down the Shift key

Which uses more memory - Import as Control vs Referenced Control?

I am trying to decide whether or not to use Import as Control or Referenced Control for importing jpegs into a Revolution program. On the one hand, I'd like to avoid putting out a standalone program with a separate folder containing all of the pictures (Referenced Control), but I'd also

Is there a tutorial for Property Inspector, Standalone window and message box menubar?

Back in the first days of HyperCard, for those who remember it in the late '80s, the very first manual contained very little about scripting, but contained a very useful walkthrough of HyperCard's other features. This was followed by the excellent books by Danny Goodman and Dan Shafer

Is there a tutorial for Property Inspector, Standalone window and message box menubar?

Whoops! In referring to Danny Goodman and Dan Shafer's excellent Hypercard books some years ago, I inadvertently then referred to Danny Goodman's new book on Revolution. Of course, this should be Dan Shafer, who has put so much fine effort into the project. Steve Goldberg

Is there a tutorial for Property Inspector, Standalone window and message box menubar?

I am a new user of Revolution. Can anyone suggest a tutorial that provides a step-by-step explanation of: 1. The property inspector. While certain features are obvious and intuitive, there are others that I find baffling (Database? Inks?) and I did not find in the User Guide. 2. The

Can Revolution create a large, colored cursor?

As a beginner I'm really finding this forum extremely helpful. Perhaps someone can help with this question: Although the instructions say that a cursor has to be in black and white and not larger than 16x16, I'm wondering if there is a way around this. Many games, for instance, have large

Can a Revolution standalone application save data?

Please excuse a beginner's question: I am working with Revolution on a Macintosh and would like to create an application that can be used on Windows, one in which the user puts some information into a field. I would like enable the user to save that information when the program closes.

Can one change a mainstack so that it is a substack of another mainstack?

I'm a new user with a basic question: I have created two separate mainstacks, but would like to combine them so that one mainstack is the substack of the other. Can I do that within Revolution? Thanks. Steve Goldberg ___ use-revolution mailing list

Can Revolution communicate with Excel?

Wow! I'm a new user and really impressed with how quick (and accurate) my first question was answered. I thank everyone who answered. Perhaps someone can also answer the following: Is there any way in which data (e.g. a number) calculated at in a Revolution stack can be automatically

Question about Google search

I wonder if anyone can help me with this question: I have created a field in Revolution which is programmed to continually change its content. At anytime the user can click on a Google button in the program, in which case Revolution copies the contents of the field and goes to Google using the

open file versus launch commands

Thanks to James for the advice to try to use the launch command rather than the open file command to open a file in the same folder as the Revolution application. The launch command does work on opening an application but only after the Revolution program has been built as a standalone. Am

Problem with open file command

I have been trying to get the open file command to work on my G5 mac, e.g. trying to open a .txt file in the same folder as the application, but nothing happens. Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong, and also what sort of files one should expect Revolution to be able to open with

Parent-child relationship in Revolution

I am a new user of Revolution and apologize for missing many of the past discussions. I hope someone can help with the following question, which I could not immediately find addressed in the documentation: Can I establish a parent-child relationship within Revolution in the following 2

Re: Adventure Games with Revolution

If I understand correctly, the recent adventure game Alida was written in Revolution by a single author who did all the programming and art. Stephen Goldberg In a message dated 12/24/04 2:04:35 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am mainly interested in point-and-click adventure games (such as

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