Re: Setting the 'Open With'

2009-09-25 Thread stephen barncard
;> Ray Horsley >>> LinkIt! Software >>> >>> On Sep 24, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Marty Knapp wrote: >>> >>>> You can open a specific document with a specific application like this: >>>> >>>> launch "/MyDocumentsFolder/TheDocu

Re: Setting the 'Open With'

2009-09-24 Thread Ray Horsley
"/Applications/ MyApp.app" using the path of each. and assuming the the application is capable of opening it. Marty Knapp On kind of a related note, anybody know how to set a file to open with a certain application? This is manually done with the Get Info w

Re: Setting the 'Open With'

2009-09-24 Thread stephen barncard
wrote: > >> You can open a specific document with a specific application like this: >> >> launch "/MyDocumentsFolder/TheDocument.doc" with "/Applications/MyApp.app" >> >> using the path of each. and assuming the the application is capable of >>

Re: Setting the 'Open With'

2009-09-24 Thread Ian Wood
I'm pretty sure they are both the default names and locations, but for different copies of OS X. Ian On 24 Sep 2009, at 21:22, Ray Horsley wrote: I'd like to decompress it automatically from the same script but I don't know where "Archive Utility" is or what it's named on the end users ma

Re: Setting the 'Open With'

2009-09-24 Thread Ray Horsley
apable of opening it. Marty Knapp On kind of a related note, anybody know how to set a file to open with a certain application? This is manually done with the Get Info window on the Mac but I need to do this from within a script. Thanks, Ray Horsley LinkIt! Software _

Re: Setting the 'Open With'

2009-09-24 Thread Marty Knapp
body know how to set a file to open with a certain application? This is manually done with the Get Info window on the Mac but I need to do this from within a script. Thanks, Ray Horsley LinkIt! Software ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolut

Setting the 'Open With'

2009-09-24 Thread Ray Horsley
On kind of a related note, anybody know how to set a file to open with a certain application? This is manually done with the Get Info window on the Mac but I need to do this from within a script. Thanks, Ray Horsley LinkIt! Software ___ use

RE: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread MisterX
> Now you are adding a new instruction. Where do I do this > magical double-click that will solve everything? > > Sarah > (who gets the all the list emails singly but still finds long > sigs to be an annoyance). ah, the doubleclick command you got me there! Sarah, sorry for completely us

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread Sarah Reichelt
> > > it's actually much simpler than what's been described... > > > open a command box and type the following > > > assoc .rev ! this outputs the current association > > > Sorry, but to someone who is not familiar with DOS/Windows, there is > > no way this could possibly be simpler than the previo

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bob Hartley wrote: I'm toying with linux anyway, since I'm fed up buying thingds like diskeeper, regmachanic etc etc etc etc just so the thing doesn't grind to a halt. I'm posting in hopes that someone will tell me I'm wrong, but last time I looked into the same issues on Linux I found a horri

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread Bob Hartley
ied going to the individual properties and diong it that way but > > > still no luck. Windows does not recognise revolution as an app to > > > associate fieltypes with. > >> > >> > >> > > > > I can't help, but I can confirm this exce

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread xavier . bury
Hi Sarah, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 17/11/2005 12:09:13: > On 11/17/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it's actually much simpler than what's been described... > > > > open a command box and type the following > > > > assoc .rev ! this outputs the current association > Sorry,

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On 11/17/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it's actually much simpler than what's been described... > > open a command box and type the following > > assoc .rev ! this outputs the current association > > ASSOC .rev=RunRevFile > FTYPE RunRevFile=D:\Metacard\mc.exe "%1" > > assoc

AW: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread Thomas Fischer
Hello Bob, > Anyone got any idea what I should do (appart from using a mac. :-) > I'm thinking along the lines of my first forray into the registry. O! If you don't like the DOS based advice already given and don't want to venture into the Registry (although this is not as bad as its reputa

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread xavier . bury
Alex > Somewhere or somehow you need to tell it that you want to use C:\Program > Files\Revolution 2.6.1\revolution.exe (or local equivalent) to run these > files. (Don't you ?) that's why first you associate the file type assoc .rev=RunRevFile -- you create the association to runrevfile for

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread Alex Tweedly
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's good if you already have the filetype info for "RunRevFile" set up - but you probably won't. ASSOC .rev=RunRevFile This line sets up your file type... as seen in "Ftype /?" It sets up the filetype - but it doesn't provide the needed info on how to ru

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread xavier . bury
thanks for the corrections Alex! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 17/11/2005 09:54:24: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >it's actually much simpler than what's been described... > > > >open a command box and type the following > > > >assoc .rev ! this outputs the current association > > > > ASSOC .rev=

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread Alex Tweedly
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it's actually much simpler than what's been described... open a command box and type the following assoc .rev ! this outputs the current association ASSOC .rev=RunRevFile FTYPE RunRevFile=D:\Metacard\mc.exe "%1" assoc .rev=RunRevFile assoc mc=RunRevFile assoc hc=Ru

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread xavier . bury
it's actually much simpler than what's been described... open a command box and type the following assoc .rev ! this outputs the current association ASSOC .rev=RunRevFile FTYPE RunRevFile=D:\Metacard\mc.exe "%1" assoc .rev=RunRevFile assoc mc=RunRevFile assoc hc=RunRevFile double click a r

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-16 Thread Alex Tweedly
ion as an app to associate fieltypes with. I can't help, but I can confirm this except that in my case, Windows insists on using WinRAR to boot my .rev stacks. When I choose "Open with..." I get a list that does not include Revolution, so I choose Browse and go and find the Revol

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-16 Thread Alex Tweedly
this except that in my case, Windows insists on using WinRAR to boot my .rev stacks. When I choose "Open with..." I get a list that does not include Revolution, so I choose Browse and go and find the Revolution.exe. After finding it, it still doesn't appear in the list, so I can

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-16 Thread Ken Ray
l >> no luck. Windows does not recognise revolution as an app to associate >> fieltypes with. >> > > I can't help, but I can confirm this except that in my case, Windows > insists on using WinRAR to boot my .rev stacks. When I choose "Open > with..."

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-16 Thread Sarah Reichelt
lp, but I can confirm this except that in my case, Windows insists on using WinRAR to boot my .rev stacks. When I choose "Open with..." I get a list that does not include Revolution, so I choose Browse and go and find the Revolution.exe. After finding it, it still doesn't appear in th

open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-14 Thread Bob Hartley
Hi All. I was wanting to launch a rev plugin to check for updates. (I won't mention the plugin because it is not the fault of the plugin). I deleted rev 2.5 because I use 2.6 and the old rev version kept launching. So I doubleclicked on the plugin (has a .rev extension) and windows asked me what

Re: Open with?

2005-07-25 Thread Sarah Reichelt
I just downloaded 2.6 for a test drive, but now all of my rev files try to open with 2.6, even when it's in the trash. On the open with contextual menu, 2.5 isn't one of the options even though it is installed and has been for a while, and when I click "get info" it is

Open with?

2005-07-25 Thread Lars Brehmer
I just downloaded 2.6 for a test drive, but now all of my rev files try to open with 2.6, even when it's in the trash. On the open with contextual menu, 2.5 isn't one of the options even though it is installed and has been for a while, and when I click "get info" it is

Re: File Associations & Auto-Open with OS X

2005-05-11 Thread Peter Reid
Hi Thierry Thanks very much for an excellent solution - just the job! With best regards Peter Add the following handler to the main stack script: on appleEvent pClass, pID, pSender switch pClass & pID case "aevtodoc" request appleEvent data -- extract the path of the file to open -- put he

Re: File Associations & Auto-Open with OS X

2005-05-11 Thread Thierry Arbellot
Hi Peter, Add the following handler to the main stack script: on appleEvent pClass, pID, pSender switch pClass & pID case "aevtodoc" request appleEvent data -- extract the path of the file to open -- put here the code to process the file break default pass appleEvent end switch

File Associations & Auto-Open with OS X

2005-05-10 Thread Peter Reid
I've got a standalone developed with Rev 2.5.1 that I want to associate with a particular file extension for both OS X and Windows. On both platforms I can specify that all files with the extension ".xyz" is to be opened by a particular program. This works fine with Windows, but not with OS X

Re: Why doesn't a stack open with the UI

2003-02-21 Thread John
Jacqueline, You said: The behavior is intentional and useful. To see how your stack will run without the development environment, you can double-click it in the Finder and it will run exactly as it would if you had compiled it as an app. I have found this to be not true. I rarely use this techniq

Re: Why doesn't a stack open with the UI

2003-02-21 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/21/03 3:04 PM, Ken Norris (dialup) wrote: Command-clicking a stack in the Finder will open the stack with the development environment loaded, which allows you to choose how it will open. -- I thought I tried that. Maybe it's exclusive to MC? It may be, for now. I think it was added af

Re: Why doesn't a stack open with the UI

2003-02-21 Thread Ken Norris (dialup)
** > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:57:53 -0600 > From: "J. Landman Gay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Why doesn't a stack open with the UI > Command-clicking a stack in the Finder > will open the stack with the development environment loaded, which >

Re: Why doesn't a stack open with the UI

2003-02-21 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/21/03 12:24 PM, Ken Norris (dialup) wrote: That's right. Why is it like that? If I open a stack out of a folder which is _not_ a standalone, the UI does not open with it. Even if I close , or even if I leave it open and click on the Rev app in Rev's own folder, the UI refus

Re: Why doesn't a stack open with the UI

2003-02-21 Thread Ken Norris (dialup)
** > Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 22:47:04 -0800 > Subject: Re: Why doesn't a stack open with the UI > From: Scott Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It sounds like you're running your stack under the Rev engine only (not the > development environment). In MetaCar

Re: Why doesn't a stack open with the UI

2003-02-20 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Ken Norris (dialup) wrote: > I don't know where the thread went, but someone asked why a stack won't open > with the UI. > > I hadn't really run into that because I don't have a completed stack yet, > but it's true: If you open a stack from a fol

Why doesn't a stack open with the UI

2003-02-20 Thread Ken Norris (dialup)
Hi all, I don't know where the thread went, but someone asked why a stack won't open with the UI. I hadn't really run into that because I don't have a completed stack yet, but it's true: If you open a stack from a folder, Rev is opened, but there is no UI and no appare