Re: New user just introducing myself...

2005-02-23 Thread Kevin Miller
On 23/2/05 4:00 am, Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I was evaluating Revolution previously, I remember seeing a tutorial section under help. I couldn't seem to find it in the 2.5 version, so I just ordered Dan's book : ) Somehow the Getting Started stuff fell out of v2.5 --

Re: New user just introducing myself...

2005-02-23 Thread Mikey
Whenever I learn a new language I read the Language Guide cover to cover. Well, that's a lie -- what I really do is skim it. But even just skimming will give you the lay of the land, and you'd be surprised how much you'll retain from that. Wait - there's a Language Guide? Where the heck is

Re: New user just introducing myself...

2005-02-23 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mikey wrote: Whenever I learn a new language I read the Language Guide cover to cover. Well, that's a lie -- what I really do is skim it. But even just skimming will give you the lay of the land, and you'd be surprised how much you'll retain from that. Wait - there's a Language Guide? Where the

Re: New user just introducing myself...

2005-02-23 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/23/05 8:42 AM, Mikey wrote: Whenever I learn a new language I read the Language Guide cover to cover. Well, that's a lie -- what I really do is skim it. But even just skimming will give you the lay of the land, and you'd be surprised how much you'll retain from that. Wait - there's a

Re: New user just introducing myself...

2005-02-23 Thread Andre Garzia
On Feb 23, 2005, at 3:08 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: The printed manuals, which are available for purchase separately, are just printouts of the same material for those who prefer hard copy they can read in the bathroom. ;) The printed version is not entirely up to date at this point, so the

Re: New user just introducing myself...

2005-02-23 Thread Chipp Walters
Mikey, You can download an RTF version of the documentation, but it's from RR 2.1 at my site: bottom of page: http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/RunRev/Links.htm Or, if you send a real nice message to Jerry Daniels he may let you beta test his 'Transcript Gadget' which is an incredibly helpful

Re: New user just introducing myself...

2005-02-23 Thread Todd Higgins
Thanks everyone for the suggestions and comments. I most certainly will not hesitate to ask a questions as I journey down the road to becoming a Revolution builder ;-) Kevin, I agree that there is a lot of high quality introductory material included with 2.5. Its just that right now I can

Re: New user just introducing myself...

2005-02-22 Thread Richard Gaskin
Todd Higgins wrote: Like Len Morgan (another Revolution beginner on the list - Hi Len) I am having a hard time grokking Revolution. It seems like most people who come to Revolution have had previous experience with Hypercard Personally, I feel that absolutely must change for Rev to become

re: New user just introducing myself...

2005-02-20 Thread Martin Blackman
What other good habits would I do well to develop? Also, what plugins or externals do people consider essential to the Revolution development experience? I am a relative newbie to Revolution, and had previously used good ol' Pascal so a new way of thinking was required. I found a good way of

Re: New user just introducing myself...

2005-02-20 Thread Andre Garzia
Be Welcome Todd, First, be warned, after Revolution you will never want to code again in any other enviroment ever. :-D You did the best thing ever to a newbie which is ordering Dan's Book, if I'd had such book when I was starting rev, man, I would be very very very happy, I think I'll take my

New user just introducing myself...

2005-02-19 Thread Todd Higgins
Hi Everyone, I purchased Dreamcard last fall and I upgraded to Revolution last month just in time to take advantage of the AltBrowser/MagicCarpet Xmas combo (Thanks Kevin and Chipp for the generous offer!) I have learned quite a lot about Revolution by reading the list (though I don't know how

Re: New user just introducing myself...

2005-02-19 Thread James Cass
Hey, Todd. Welcome to the Revolution!! -James On Feb 19, 2005, at 4:55 PM, Todd Higgins wrote: Hi Everyone, I purchased Dreamcard last fall and I upgraded to Revolution last month just in time to take advantage of the AltBrowser/MagicCarpet Xmas combo (Thanks Kevin and Chipp for the generous

Re: New user just introducing myself...

2005-02-19 Thread Bill Vlahos
On Feb 19, 2005, at 1:55 PM, Todd Higgins wrote: Like Len Morgan (another Revolution beginner on the list - Hi Len) I am having a hard time grokking Revolution. It seems like most people who come to Revolution have had previous experience with Hypercard (alas I was not so lucky, the first Mac