It was clear to me the first time. I read the Jerry's site and I thought the process was explained perfectly. Anyway, this is an app for developers.... not 'users' and one might expect the installation to be a bit more technical . The installation is a little weird because the way it works is not like an ordinary application.
------------------------- Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev 2009/11/30 Generic Email <generic.email.30...@gmail.com> > Sarah: > > There are a limited number of locations Revolution can be installed by > default. > The idea that you can not iterate through them in reverse order to find the > current default location.... I prefer to speak in the positive, let's try > again... > > I believe you should either: > 1: Clearly explain your requirements so that the user can move the file for > you > or > 2: Use logic and your understanding of the normal Revolution installation > process to figure out the installation location. > > > > > On Nov 30, 2009, at 8:01 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: > > > The problem is that the folder containing your Rev application has > > different names depending on which version of Rev you have. Also, you > > may have installed it in various places, and you may have several > > versions installed. SO it is next to impossible for tRev to work out > > where your Rev application is. > > > > But tRev must know which Rev app to use, since it has to be able to > > communicate back to the main Revolution application, whether it is > > revEnterprise, revStudio or revMedia. > > > > Anyway, as you have discovered, tRev has to be in EXACTLY the same > > folder as the Revolution application you are using, so you have it > > know. > > > > For any newcomers to tRev, I strongly recommend going to the > > <http://reveditor.com/> site and going back through the movies that > > Jerry has produced, especially the early ones so you can watch as the > > features developed. > > > > Cheers, > > Sarah > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Generic Email > > <generic.email.30...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You are not at the same directory level with Revolution! > >> Quit and Re-situate t-Rev > >> > >> Are you telling me to Quit and Re-situate, or are you telling me that by > clicking this button YOU will quit and Re-situate? > >> Well, when I first ran tRev, it was at /Applications/tRev.app, which is > a completely reasonable place for a OS X application to be. > >> I clicked the "Quit and Re-situate t-Rev" ... I waited for it to fix > itself and reload. Nothing happened. > >> So I ran it again. It asked for my registration code again, and did a > network update again... and complained with the error again. > >> > >> You are not at the same directory level with Revolution! > >> Quit and Re-situate t-Rev > >> > >> So, I figure directory level.... could it mean that it needs to be in > the same directory as Revolution, or just any directory that is the same > level.... > >> Well Revolution is installed at /Applications/Revolution\ Enterprise/, > which is a completely reasonable place to have Revolution installed. > >> So I would say that is level 2, /Applications would be level 1. So maybe > it needs to be in /Applications/tRev/tRev.app, that way it will be at the > same level. > >> > >> So I ran it again. It asked for my registration code again, and did a > network update again... and complained with the error again. > >> > >> You are not at the same directory level with Revolution! > >> Quit and Re-situate t-Rev > >> > >> I am obviously getting hung up on the "level" thing. Maybe he just wants > to be in the same directory as Revolution, so I put it into > /Applications/Revolution\ Enterprise/tRev.app > >> > >> So I ran it again. It asked for my registration code again, and did a > network update again... and complained with the error again. > >> > >> You are not at the same directory level with Revolution! > >> Quit and Re-situate t-Rev > >> > >> Then I started typing this email. As I typed I thought.... maybe it > needs to be in /Applications/Revolution\ Enterprise/4.0.0-rc-1/tRev.app > >> > >> This seems to work. Please accept my heartfelt recommendation to make > this process simpler by distributing an installer if you need to be in a > very specific place, and include a link from /Applications/tRev, as it in > fairly standard. Or include a README.txt in the zip with the .app. Or > something. > >> > >> Thanks_______________________________________________ > >> 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/listinfo/use-revolution > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/listinfo/use-revolution > > _______________________________________________ > 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/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ 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/listinfo/use-revolution