[ANN]: Kaleidoscope Gallery (and a corrupted stack)

2009-04-01 Thread Wilhelm Sanke
I have uploaded a Kaleidoscope Gallery - about 30 images on 5 cards - to http://www.sanke.org/Software/KaleidoscopeGallery.zip. While putting the examples together using a number of differing techniques, the working stack suddenly became totally corrupt the day before yesterday, this having

Re: [ANN]: Kaleidoscope Gallery (and a corrupted stack)

2009-04-01 Thread Judy Perry
Nice... I like! Judy http://revined.blogspot.com On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Wilhelm Sanke sa...@hrz.uni-kassel.dewrote: I have uploaded a Kaleidoscope Gallery - about 30 images on 5 cards - to http://www.sanke.org/Software/KaleidoscopeGallery.zip. While putting the examples together

How to check, if QT has corrupted stack title

2009-03-12 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hello, Rev 3.0 I have asked this topic once without result. Now 3 days before getting my new app CD shipped to the factory I wanted to give it another try, perhaps today other list members are online or perhaps anybody has found any workaround. It is the bug, that the stack title gets corrupted,

Re: How to check, if QT has corrupted stack title

2009-03-12 Thread Bill Marriott
Tiemo, I am not looking for a workaround, to get the tile back, but I am still looking for a solution, if it is possible to analyze, IF the title is broken or not. Comparing the title with a string, doesn't works, because the title property is still ok, it is just an issue of the title

AW: How to check, if QT has corrupted stack title

2009-03-12 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Betreff: Re: How to check, if QT has corrupted stack title Tiemo, I am not looking for a workaround, to get the tile back, but I am still looking for a solution, if it is possible to analyze, IF the title is broken or not. Comparing the title with a string, doesn't works, because

AW: How to check, if QT has corrupted stack title

2009-03-12 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
von Tiemo Hollmann TB Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. März 2009 13:17 An: 'How to use Revolution' Betreff: AW: How to check, if QT has corrupted stack title Hi Bill Nice approach :) but I think on Win it won't work, because the title is left aligned, so comparing the left and right rect would

Re: How to check, if QT has corrupted stack title

2009-03-12 Thread Bill Marriott
Tiemo , I think on Win it won't work, because the title is left aligned, so comparing the left and right rect would always be false. I wrote this on Win... do you mean Mac, which is center-aligned? Either way, it's the only approach I can think of. You just have to check the proper region,

Re: How to check, if QT has corrupted stack title

2009-03-12 Thread Bill Marriott
You should not store it as a custom property, but rather always take both snapshots at runtime. Just choose the correct spots: - On Windows, compare the left side and right side, offset away from standard window chrome, as in my example. - On Mac, compare just left of center and far right of

Corrupted Stack!

2009-01-08 Thread Tim Bleiler
Hi, I've used Rev/Metacard for years and I've never had this happen before. I've got a corrupted stack. When I try to open the stack I get the following message Unable to open stack: stack is corrupted, check for ~backup file. I do have a backup but I've been through that once

Re: Corrupted Stack!

2009-01-08 Thread J. Landman Gay
Tim Bleiler wrote: Hi, I've used Rev/Metacard for years and I've never had this happen before. I've got a corrupted stack. When I try to open the stack I get the following message Unable to open stack: stack is corrupted, check for ~backup file. I do have a backup but I've been through

Re: Corrupted Stack!

2009-01-08 Thread Tim Bleiler
. Maybe a bug somewhere using this very new feature? Tim Bleiler University at Buffalo On Jan 8, 2009, at 5:45 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Tim Bleiler wrote: Hi, I've used Rev/Metacard for years and I've never had this happen before. I've got a corrupted stack. When I try to open the stack I

Re: Corrupted Stack

2005-05-04 Thread David Burgun
Is the Structure of a Stack File published anywhere? Thanks Dave KOPP Ed wrote: I searched the archives, but didn't find the silver bullet I was looking for. I've distributed a standalone stack (Windows) that calls another in the splash screen style. The second stack is my data stack and it's

Re: Corrupted Stack

2005-05-04 Thread Richard Gaskin
David Burgun wrote: Is the Structure of a Stack File published anywhere? Not to my knowledge, as with most commercial formats it's considered proprietary. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation __ Rev tools and more:

RE: Corrupted Stack

2005-05-04 Thread MisterX
Gaskin Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 17:41 To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re: Corrupted Stack David Burgun wrote: Is the Structure of a Stack File published anywhere? Not to my knowledge, as with most commercial formats it's considered proprietary. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth

Corrupted Stack

2005-05-03 Thread KOPP Ed
I searched the archives, but didn't find the silver bullet I was looking for. I've distributed a standalone stack (Windows) that calls another in the splash screen style. The second stack is my data stack and it's corrupted. It can no longer be opened by my standalone app. When I try to open this

Re: Corrupted Stack

2005-05-03 Thread Erik Hansen
--- KOPP Ed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course, there's no backup file. Is there any way to ignore the scripting and just retrieve the data that's stored in the various fields on the cards? see if this works: put the text of field 1 of cd 1 of stack myCorruption into msg if it works, make

RE: Corrupted Stack

2005-05-03 Thread KOPP Ed
stack?; put the text of fld 1 of cd 1 of stack it into msg. The code works fine if I select a good stack. It doesn't recognize my corrupted stack. :-( -Original Message- From: Erik Hansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:07 PM To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re

Re: Corrupted Stack

2005-05-03 Thread Sarah Reichelt
Try opening the stack in a text editor. You might see the scripts field text there and be able to rescue most of it. Sarah On 4 May 2005, at 1:03 PM, KOPP Ed wrote: I searched the archives, but didn't find the silver bullet I was looking for. I've distributed a standalone stack (Windows) that

Re: Corrupted Stack

2005-05-03 Thread Richard Gaskin
KOPP Ed wrote: I searched the archives, but didn't find the silver bullet I was looking for. I've distributed a standalone stack (Windows) that calls another in the splash screen style. The second stack is my data stack and it's corrupted. It can no longer be opened by my standalone app. When I

Recovery of a corrupted stack

2005-04-26 Thread Mario Leonti
Hi Dave, thanks for your offer to help directly. Would it be ok if I sent you the offending stack by attachment? I really cannot make any sense of it. If I try to open the stack in Rev it simply says it's not a stack. The funny thing is I recovered a .sit with the same file inside. Stuffit

Re: Recovery of a corrupted stack

2005-04-25 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On 23 Apr 2005, at 10:49 AM, Paul Salyers wrote: Maybe this answer will also help me, not a reinitialized I try to load it in my rev editor and it closes down not even asking if I wish to save. I can't even load in edit mode. Any suggestion. This script isn't some great program I was just

Re: Recovery of a corrupted stack -- actual case study

2005-04-25 Thread Erik Hansen
David, i used your ideas on my bad stack songsDB with the most amazing results! backgroundbehavior = true for both stacks 1. make a fresh stack 2. copy the bad stack script, 3. copy the bad stack group(s), one in this case containing all controls 4. copy all 400 pages of the bad stack all

Re: Recovery of a corrupted stack

2005-04-23 Thread David Burgun
Hi, If you need to save the scripts then try this: With a fresh load of RunRev (making sure there are no Stacks in memory), open the message box and type: answer file Which Stack?;edit script script of stack it. This will prompt you for a file, select the Stack in question. Which will open the

Re: Recovery of a corrupted stack

2005-04-23 Thread David Burgun
Hi, If you need to save the scripts then try this: With a fresh load of RunRev (making sure there are no Stacks in memory), open the message box and type: answer file Which Stack?;edit script script of stack it. This will prompt you for a file, select the Stack in question. Which will open the

Re: Recovery of a corrupted stack

2005-04-23 Thread David Burgun
Opps! Typeo, that should be: open the message box and type: answer file Which Stack?;edit script of stack it. All the Best Dave Hi, If you need to save the scripts then try this: With a fresh load of RunRev (making sure there are no Stacks in memory), open the message box and type: answer file

Re: Recovery of a corrupted stack

2005-04-22 Thread Paul Salyers
At 07:30 PM 4/22/2005, you wrote: Hi to all, I wander if anybody can help me. I had a stack that got deleted (hd was reinitialized). I managed to recover it but revolution does not want to open it. It says it's corrupted. I wander if there is a tool in revolution to recover corrupted stacks (all

Re: Recovery of a corrupted stack

2005-04-22 Thread Richard Gaskin
Paul Salyers wrote: Maybe this answer will also help me, not a reinitialized I try to load it in my rev editor and it closes down not even asking if I wish to save. I can't even load in edit mode. Any suggestion. This script isn't some great program I was just making scripts to see how they

Re: Recovery of a corrupted stack

2005-04-22 Thread Paul Salyers
At 08:04 PM 4/22/2005, you wrote: Paul Salyers wrote: Maybe this answer will also help me, not a reinitialized I try to load it in my rev editor and it closes down not even asking if I wish to save. I can't even load in edit mode. Any suggestion. This script isn't some great program I was just

RE: Corrupted stack

2004-11-22 Thread MisterX
: Corrupted stack Hi, I have a stack I worked on for several days, but appears to be corrupted. According to RR, I should try to open the backup file. I have several from different stages of development, but all give the same error. It contains a lot of lay-outed text and a few small PNGs

Re: corrupted stack

2003-11-21 Thread Frans Schoffelen
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:49:31 -0700 From: Alex Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: corrupted stack I've run into a couple more instances of my project getting corrupted recently. Hi Alex, I may have missed the original posting here but the word corrupted anywhere within a mile of project

Re: corrupted stack

2003-11-21 Thread Alex Rice
On Nov 21, 2003, at 12:43 AM, Frans Schoffelen wrote: Hi Alex, I may have missed the original posting here but the word corrupted anywhere within a mile of project or stack brings back nightmare nights of yonder SC and HC years. If you have already covered this could you please let me know some

Re: corrupted stack

2003-11-20 Thread Alex Rice
On Oct 30, 2003, at 10:27 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I would bug it. The engine itself seems generally reliable in this regard, so it may be something in the interactions with the IDE. As an additional data point, since 1997 I've only had one corrupted stack with MC, and in all cases where

Re: corrupted stack

2003-10-30 Thread Alex Rice
On Oct 23, 2003, at 6:50 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Is there a copy of the stack in the same directory with a tidle after its name? (e.g., MtStack.rv~) if so, that's a backup created bythe engine as a temp file when doing saves -- if you have such a file you should be able to just remove the

Re: corrupted stack

2003-10-30 Thread Alex Rice
On Oct 30, 2003, at 10:03 AM, Alex Rice wrote: This ~ file is starting to take on mythic proportions for me. I've had stacks get corrupted several times, and not once have I been able to see a ~ backup file. continuing that thought... So is there, or should there be a bugzilla bug for stacks

Re: corrupted stack

2003-10-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
there be a bugzilla bug for stacks being corrupted with no ~ backup stack existing for recovery? I would bug it. The engine itself seems generally reliable in this regard, so it may be something in the interactions with the IDE. As an additional data point, since 1997 I've only had one corrupted stack

RE: corrupted stack

2003-10-30 Thread Chipp Walters
Hi Alex, I've similar experiences as Richard with this. Since using Rev, I've (knock on wood) *never* experienced a corrupted stack --and I've crashed Rev a bunch ;-) On those rare occasions when I couldn't get a stack to open, I lock messages and open the stack, then comment out all

Re: corrupted stack

2003-10-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
Chipp Walters wrote: I've similar experiences as Richard with this. Since using Rev, I've (knock on wood) *never* experienced a corrupted stack --and I've crashed Rev a bunch ;-) That raises a good question: could there be anything unique to the stack file in question or its scripts

Re: corrupted stack

2003-10-30 Thread Alex Rice
On Oct 30, 2003, at 11:00 AM, Chipp Walters wrote: Hi Alex, I've similar experiences as Richard with this. Since using Rev, I've (knock on wood) *never* experienced a corrupted stack --and I've crashed Rev a bunch ;-) I figured Richard is still using Metacard most of the time hence the good

Re: corrupted stack

2003-10-30 Thread Alex Rice
On Oct 30, 2003, at 10:27 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I would bug it. OK folks it's bug# 857. Please add your observations to it. summary: corrupted stacks are never accompanied by a ~ backup file. http://runrev.com/revolution/developers/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi? id=857 Alex Rice [EMAIL

Re: corrupted stack

2003-10-30 Thread Alex Rice
On Oct 30, 2003, at 11:06 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: That raises a good question: could there be anything unique to the stack file in question or its scripts that makes it more prone to corruption? Yes and no. It's my project stack I've been working on for 18 months. I work on the project every

corrupted stack

2003-10-23 Thread John mnic
Hi, I use Rev 2.1.1 and XP Pro. Last night I was using Rev and had a stack open. Another program running at the same time crashed and the whole system hung, including Rev. I forced a restart and upon trying to reopen my stack I received the following error message. There was a problem

Re: corrupted stack

2003-10-23 Thread Richard Gaskin
John mnic wrote: There was a problem opening that stack. file is not a stack I am not able to go to the stack. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to retrieve my data lost in this stack? Is there a copy of the stack in the same directory with a tidle after its name? (e.g.,

Re: Corrupted stack

2003-08-02 Thread miscdas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello, I tryed to open a Revolution Stack with BBEdit Lite. Then, when I want to open this stack with Revolution, I have the message : this is a corrupted stack file. Is there a possibility to repair corrupted stack file ? Thank you. Edouard

Corrupted stack

2003-08-01 Thread doupsy
Hello, I tryed to open a Revolution Stack with BBEdit Lite. Then, when I want to open this stack with Revolution, I have the message : this is a corrupted stack file. Is there a possibility to repair corrupted stack file ? Thank you. Edouard

Re: Corrupted stack

2003-07-23 Thread Jim Hurley
__-- Message: 9 Subject: Re: Corrupted stack From: Pierre Sahores [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Date: 22 Jul 2003 23:43:05 +0200 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 23:12, Jim Hurley wrote: Ouch! I lost a stack while working in 2.0

Re: Corrupted stack

2003-07-23 Thread Pierre Sahores
On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 17:06, Jim Hurley wrote: __-- Message: 9 Subject: Re: Corrupted stack From: Pierre Sahores [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Date: 22 Jul 2003 23:43:05 +0200 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 23:12, Jim Hurley

Re: Corrupted stack

2003-07-23 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Pierre Sahores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 17:06, Jim Hurley wrote: [snip] I am pessimistic however. I did something profoundly stupid. (I am a recovering Catholic; hence this need for confession.) I lost the stack in question while I was working on it. It

Re: Corrupted stack

2003-07-23 Thread Jim Hurley
Message: 2 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:08:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Jan Schenkel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Corrupted stack To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Pierre Sahores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 17:06, Jim Hurley wrote: [snip] I am pessimistic

Corrupted stack

2003-07-22 Thread Jim Hurley
Ouch! I lost a stack while working in 2.0 The stack still appears on my hard drive and is 572 K in size. So there is something there. I tried to open it in RR 1.1.1 and I got a message Stack corrupted; check for ~ backup. I searched my drive for a tilde file and found nothing. I'm afraid

Re: Corrupted stack

2003-07-22 Thread Pierre Sahores
/listinfo/use-revolution Try to see if a temporary backup issue of the corrupted stack is still available on the hard disk. If yes, save a copy of this stack and try to reopen it, directly. Test the revert command too of the corrupted stack. Both this methods have only chance to work if you did'nt