RE: Way to determine if button is pressed in browser
You could use sockets in Rev to 'listen' to requests on say port 81. In the page the Javascript could refer to 127.0.0.1:81 which is port 81 on the local machine. Rev could then parse any arguments and act accordingly. I've done it this way for a couple of projects and it works fine. Regards Gary Rathbone -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 January 2003 18:52 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Way to determine if button is pressed in browser I've been asked to see if it's possible to write a Revolution app that reacts when a button in pressed on a web-page within Internet Explorer. This Rev app would be running the same time that Internet Explorer is running and would just be sniffing the browser to see if the user pressed a button on the web-page. I know how to write a Rev app that sniffs the page title of whatever web-page is showing in IE, but I don't know if there's a way to react to a Javascript call from a button on the web-page. Is there a way? ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Way to determine if button is pressed in browser
Ok, I've stripped out my 'extra' bits for simplicity, so here goes...
I've got a stack with a single button 'Start' and a field 'tfld'.
In the start button the script is...
on mouseup
put into fld tfld
--kill any existing sockets (can be used for a stop button)
get the OpenSockets
repeat with c=1 to the number of lines in it
close socket (line c of it)
end repeat
--start to accept connections
accept connections on port 8181 with message wRequest
end mouseup
on wRequest skt
set the socketTimeoutInterval to 2
read from socket skt for 1 line
put it into fld tfld
close socket skt
end wRequest
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I've then got a web page at http://www.garyrathbone.net/revclick.htm
Which consists of
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html
head
titleClickRev/title
script language=JavaScript
function fClick(tStr){
tReq=http://127.0.0.1:8181/$+tStr+$;
document.tfake.src=tReq}
/script
/head
body
pnbsp;/p
pnbsp;/p
p align=center
img src= height=0 width=0 border=0 name=tfake
img src=http://www.GaryRathbone.net/images/pics/prop.gif;
onClick=fClick('Hello World') /p /body /html
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Click 'Start' on the stack. When the button (in this case an image) is
clicked on the web page the Javascript tries to load a 'fake' image from ip
127.0.0.1 on port 8181. This is the stack on your local machine. The stack
takes the 'request' in this case the string 'Hello World' (so you can
actually pass parameters) and puts it in the field tfld (Obviously you can
parse this etc) The socket is then killed so the browser doesn't end up
waiting.
It's a bit of a cheat, but it works fine. It can be improved in just about
every direction possible, but I hope it provides a start.
Regards
Gary Rathbone
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RE: Line Tracing
This would require that I prevent the screen from updating while the graphic is in motion... Check out 'lockscreen' in the Rev help. Sounds like it'll do the job. Regards Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: FAQs from this list...
This resource should be one of the first things newbees should be made aware of... ...as well as the searchable list archive available at... http://www.fourthworld.com/rev/ or http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:lists.runrev.com Regards Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
OT: FooBar (was Bad Factor)
Now, if he would have said foobar --- another programmers term whose meaning i have been looking for for years. Can you enlighten me? --- Simply a universal variable used to represent a generic contextual item... --- When I was a student (a good few years ago) I was told the term originated from the military, just as we us 'Snafu' now. Basically, its a distorted version of 'F***ed Up Beyound All Recognition' - or am I just being naïve ? Regards Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Line Tracing
http://www.runrev.com/revolution/education/usercontributions.html so, how do you download this? Click on the title Turtle Graphics Demo v1.0 Regards Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Phone Dialer
Looking in the archives I found the following... -- How can I make Revolution dial?, I mean make a phone call!!! if you have the phone number stored in a variable, (let's get radical and call this variable lPhoneNumber), then you can call it in a handler with the following: open file modem: --open modem port write ATS0=0S7=1D lPhoneNumber cr to file modem: close file modem: --close it so you don't wonder why you can't use the modem in another app. -- Hope this helps. Regards Gary Rathbone -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of wortboiler FITZ Sent: 02 February 2003 13:57 To: Revolution List Subject: Phone Dialer I take it that simply dialing a phone number with RR isn't as simple as in HC, where one could simply type into the message boxdial ###. I have nearly finished a stack that requires the program to to alert me when a condition is met. I had not even checked on dialing, (as I was evidently a little spoiled with the ease of HC) and therefore am caught short again.. All I can see in the docs are related to actual communications with servers and covers more technical information than I need to know at this time(I hope). My aspirations do not rise to that level as of yet, as I would simply like my phone to ring a few times and hang up, alerting me to get to a computer and check the website. Thanks in advance, mike ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use- revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Where to download Pre-Beta?
I'm sorry, I've lost the instructions for downlaoding the Pre-Beta and I can't find it at RunRev.com. Help? http://www.runrev.com/revolution/previews/downloads.html Regards Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Finding the CD Drive
The method I've used in the past is to get a volume list - volumes() and use a repeat loop to search for a 'unique' file eg x:\monte456 which would only exist on the CD. When you've found the file, you've found your 'active' CD volume. I've searched the archives for a better solution but can't find one. Regards Gary Rathbone Does anyone have a function to find the name or names of the CD drives on a users system. My app won't be on the CD but it needs to read a file from the CD without user intervention. Thanks Monte Goulding B.App.Sc. (Hons.) Executive Director Sweat Technologies email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.sweattechnologies.com mobile (International): +61 421 138 274 (Australia): 0421 138 274 ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use- revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Flash integration
Flash is capable of sending messages to other programs using two commands: getURL and FScommand. I've gotten both of these to work within JavaScript and Director using Lingo. Any idea how to send commands from Flash to Rev? You can run RR on a server as CGI engine and let Flash send its commands to that CGI script. I'm afraid tighter integration between Flash and RunRev is just as impossible as a relationship between miscdas and Judy Perry :-) Terry If Flash can send a getURL command then I don't see why Flash and Rev can't talk quite happily. I'm no Flash expert will will have a play around and get back to you... Regards Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Flash integration - An Answer
OK. When I click on a button in Flash I get a HelloRev message in my Rev
stack. Rev then returns a HelloFlash message. So the two can talk to each
other and pass parameters for parsing and other actions. When I said I was
no Flash expert I actually meant I'd never used the program, so I'm sure
there's much more on the Flash side that can be done rather that just
displaying the Rev response in a browser.
In Flash I created a button with the following script...
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on (press) {
getURL(http://127.0.0.1:8181/$HelloRev$;, _blank);
}
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I then created a stack with a single button 'Start' and a field 'tfld'. The
'Start' button has the following script. This is very similar to the
Javascript/WebForm/Browser 'integrator' stack previously published.
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on mouseup
put into fld tfld
get the OpenSockets
repeat with c=1 to the number of lines in it
close socket (line c of it)
end repeat
accept connections on port 8181 with message wRequest
end mouseup
on wRequest skt
set the itemdel to $
set the socketTimeoutInterval to 2
read from socket skt for 1 line
put item 2 of it into fld tfld
write HelloFlash to socket skt
close socket skt
end wRequest
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So, Rev is 'listening' for a request on port 8181 of IP 127.0.0.1 (which is
the local machine - you don't need to change this IP address as every (?)
computer uses this IP address as its own reference - the loopback IP). When
the Flash button is pressed it sends a request to the Rev stack which parses
the parameter and puts the result into the field. Rev then returns a string
which currently appears in a browser window, but I'm sure someone more
competant in flash could do more with this...
Hope this helps.
Regards
Gary Rathbone
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Filemaker Pro, Web and Rev
I've been playing with Filemaker and Rev for a project I'm working on. Basically there's an existing Filemaker database and I want Rev to sit on the server and periodically query it. When I type http://127.0.0.1:68/FMPro?-DB=requests.fp5-Format=qeds/results.htmStatus=C urrent-Find into my web browser I get exactly the data returned that I would expect. If I use Rev error Previous request not completed ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Filemaker Pro, Web and Rev - Correction
Sorry for the incomplete earlier post...Too early in the morning... Anyway... I've been playing with Filemaker and Rev for a project I'm working on. Basically there's an existing Filemaker database and I want Rev to sit on the server and periodically query it. When I type http://127.0.0.1:68/FMPro?-DB=requests.fp5-Format=qeds/results.htmStatus=C urrent-Find into my web browser I get exactly the data returned that I would expect. If I use a button in Rev with a script as below... put http://127.0.0.1:68/FMPro?-DB=requests.fp5-Format=qeds/results.htmStatus= Current-Find into tURL put URL tURL into fld tout put the result into tres The first click works (great!), if I click again it produces nothing, if I click again the result is... error Previous request not completed At this stage I can still type the URL into a browser and get the data returned, which leads me to think that its Rev that's 'stalling'. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Filemaker Pro, Web and Rev - Correction
How long did you wait after the second click before clicking again? To know if something has gone wrong, you'll have to wait until at least as long as the socketTimeout interval. I've tried different socketTimeout intervals but the results are the same. If you still think something is wrong (i.e. there is no result however long you wait), make sure you are using the latest version of liburl (currently 1.0.9). It's available at: Thanks, I'll check this. Regards Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Filemaker Pro, Web and Rev - More Experiments
Thought I'd continue posting my experiments / problems as they may be useful to others as well as hoping to find someone to shed some light on whats actually happening. I've got Filemaker running on the same XP box with a Rev query app. I've also got a separate Mac on OSX running the same Rev app. The Rev app is very simple, it consists of a button and two fields. The button script is on mouseup put http://10.0.0.14:68/FMPro?-DB=requests.fp5-Format=qeds/results.htmStatus= Current-Find into tURL put URL tURL into fld tRep put the resultcr into fld tError put seconds()cr after fld tError end mouseup When I use the Rev app on the Mac it works great. The expected results are returned time and time again - no problem. When I use the same code on the XP box it works the first time then seems to get 'clogged'. The error returned from the result is error timeout or if I click twice quickly then error Previous request not completed (this is when clicked within the SocketTimeoutInterval and is what I'd expect). When this happens the Mac app still works fine, which seems to point to FileMaker being OK. OK, now what happens if I put the Filemaker database on the Mac. Changing the IP address in the URL line to the IP address of the Mac results in the following... The Mac app (now on the same box as the Filemaker database) works great - everytime. The XP app (now looking at the FM database across the network) also works - everytime. So, to summarise... FM on Mac FM on XP Rev on Mac OK OK Rev on XPOK BROKEN So three out of the four scenarios work OK, the fourth, which is the combination I need (I'm sure this must be somebody's law, murphy's, sods...) is the one that doesn't work. Any ideas why ? Thanks - and apologies for the long post. Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Filemaker Pro, Web and Rev - Solved !
There have been reported problems on Windows when connecting to a server on the localhost from a Rev app. The symptoms are just as you describe. My own experience shows this now works with the current preBeta of version 2.0 (on XP SP1 at least). I've downloaded the latest preBeta from http://www.runrev.com/revolution/previews/downloads.html and the code now works great !!! Many thanks for this Dave. This is going to make a big difference ! So three out of the four scenarios work OK, the fourth, which is the combination I need (I'm sure this must be somebody's law, murphy's, sods...) is the one that doesn't work. [OT] And as far as the laws go I haven't found one that exactly fits, but there are many to choose from at http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-technology.html So take your pick... regards Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: RR and FileMaker
The recent discussion on interfacing FileMaker and Rev has aroused my curiosity. I have occasion, especially at election time, to work with FileMaker. Since I have never been able to decipher the arcane scripting language in FileMaker... I really like FileMaker. Although its not as powerful or as cheap as other products on the market you really can produce great results very quickly. Filemaker seemed to get a foothold with my customers many years ago (early 1990's) as a cross platform solution. I still have many existing users with FileMaker databases. I do agree that the scripting is limited and very contrived. But, as it comes 'web ready' then its ideal to use Rev either as a front end or as I'm doing a query tool. Currently I'm using Filemaker for a 'Fault Call Logging System'. Rev will sit on the same (or a separate server) and query the 'call-log' database. The data is then analysed, turned into web pages and uploaded onto my co-located server for users to track the progress of their call and see the stats on response times etc... The calls made to Filemaker seen in previous posts are HTTP (web) requests using CDML (Claris Dynamic Markup Language) and are returned in a predefined text or HTML template. A great resource for CDML is : http://www.webmastermac.com/tips/filemaker/ Especially the Filemaker CDML resources at : http://www.spinnerworld.com/cdmltags.html ...my alternative has been to export the FileMaker file as a text file, make my changes using Transcript in RR and then import the altered text file back into FileMaker. Can I assume that this is not a really dumb way to work with FileMaker? As ever, there are other ways. Often when I look at how I can 'streamline' tasks like this then I take a look at how long the task takes me over a given period, say a year. I then take a guess at how long it would take me to write an app to do it 'automatically', if its significantly longer then generally I don't bother. Unless of course I've got some spare time and can see how learning such a system would be benefical for other projects. Hope this helps. Regards Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: altBrowser Question
Where are you/they clicking the button? On a Rev app? On a website? On your website? This is important, you can deal with it ! Although I appreciatate the benefits of LEO I'm more into the integration of application environments into the user defined system. Why reinvent the wheel? We've all got a web browser, so why fight to force user requirements into a single development environment? Eg. No matter how you manipulate tables in Rev it will never beat Excel. Chipp and Tuviah, I take my hat/cap off to you for providing a fantastic DLL which does a great job for certain requirements. As I know you're aware, it will never beat full browser capabilitiles. There's a great mix of opportunities out there to achieve true cross platform and cross product integration... As I've said before, just think sidewards... Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:use-revolution- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edwin Gore Sent: 14 June 2003 19:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: altBrowser Question Chipp, Figured the answer to this might be valuable to others, so I decded to put it on the list. When using the altBrowser plug-in, is it possible to access the data in the browser? I'm wondering because for something I am woking on it would be really neat to let users browse through a particular website and then, if they see something they like, click a button which would cause my app to grab some data off the site and do stuff with it. altBrowser gets fed the URL to go to by RunRev, is that correct? If so I suppose that even if I can't directly pull the data out of the browser plug-in, I could still grab and parse the url Anyway, look forward to hearing the answers on this. Thanks, Edwin Gore ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: altBrowser Question
Sounds interesting... And sounds like you've got a reasonable amount of control... Without any further info, I'd approach it as follows... It sounds like the user will already have your Rev app? In which case you could launch a split frame browser. The frame 'A' as normal on port 80 and frame 'B' from your Rev app. This means the user can surf the web in frame 'A'. When a button in frame 'B' is pressed this can be passed to your Rev app on a local port. With a bit of Javascript/VBScript you've got total control of the web content which can be passed to Rev for parsing, processing and if necessary results returned to the browser, or your Rev app. I've got a mish mash of routines that I really should put together in a stack or few to demonstrate this stuff... Its at least worth a chapter in a book ;-) Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:use-revolution- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edwin Gore Sent: 15 June 2003 00:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: altBrowser Question Chipp and Gary, Basically, what I want to be able to do is pop up a browser window, and then let the user navigate around through a 3rd party site - Amazon.com - then, when they get to a page that has a product of interest to them, press a Rev button and grab the URL and parse through it for some info that I need to make XML calls to Amazon Web Services and get some data back that I pop into a database stack. So all I really care about is whether or not Rev can find out the URL that is currently being displayed in the browser window. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: altBrowser Question
Where are you/they clicking the button? On a Rev app? On a website? On your website? This is important, you can deal with it ! Although I appreciatate the benefits of LEO I'm more into the integration of application environments into the user defined system. Why reinvent the wheel? We've all got a web browser, so why fight to force user requirements into a single development environment? Eg. No matter how you manipulate tables in Rev it will never beat Excel. Chipp and Tuviah, I take my hat/cap off to you for providing a fantastic DLL which does a great job for certain requirements. As I know you're aware, it will never beat full browser capabilitiles. There's a great mix of opportunities out there to achieve true cross platform and cross product integration... As I've said before, just think sidewards... Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:use-revolution- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edwin Gore Sent: 14 June 2003 19:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: altBrowser Question Chipp, Figured the answer to this might be valuable to others, so I decded to put it on the list. When using the altBrowser plug-in, is it possible to access the data in the browser? I'm wondering because for something I am woking on it would be really neat to let users browse through a particular website and then, if they see something they like, click a button which would cause my app to grab some data off the site and do stuff with it. altBrowser gets fed the URL to go to by RunRev, is that correct? If so I suppose that even if I can't directly pull the data out of the browser plug-in, I could still grab and parse the url Anyway, look forward to hearing the answers on this. Thanks, Edwin Gore ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
FW: Rev 2.02/New pricing/Currency - Dollars Sterling Euro Yen
-Original Message- From: Gary Rathbone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 July 2003 23:57 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Rev 2.02/New pricing/Currency - Dollars Sterling Euro Yen I'm not 'upgrading' yet...I'll 'upgrade' when I need to...depending on the new features available...and after the bug fixes...and when the global currency markets dictate :-) Can we please have options to pay in fixed prices and not have to translate US dollars according to current market trends? It appears Rev users are highly and widely geographically diverse, and to find the purchase price from a Scottish company is solely based in USD is perhaps 'single minded', and not to everyone's taste. Just my 2p. Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner Leeds, UK ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Future Revolution Support...
And one of the greatest guru's replies in record time... Richard, To answer your question would be difficult. As ever, it depends. If I was sat at a clients site and needed a 'quick' fix asap then it maybe near priceless. However, messing around at home with a relatively minor annoyance response time and cost would not be a factor. As per my previous post Rev is now global. And I don't expect charity to expand my development or financial prospects. A group support program of this kind would need careful thought and planning... Thanks Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS I'd support a pay-as-you-go guru list or other reliable service - suggestions / comments ?. And I'd happily provide such a service with convenient online payment options. What sort of costs and commitments would do you think would be ideal? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Developer of WebMerge 2.2: Publish any database on any site ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Rev 2.02/New pricing/Currency - Dollars Sterling Euro Yen
I'm not 'upgrading' yet...I'll 'upgrade' when I need to...depending on the new features available...and after the bug fixes...and when the global currency markets dictate :-) Can we please have options to pay in fixed prices and not have to translate US dollars according to current market trends? It appears Rev users are highly and widely geographically diverse, and to find the purchase price from a Scottish company is solely based in USD is perhaps 'single minded', and not to everyone's taste. Just my 2p. Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner Leeds, UK ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
.rev file association issues
This in an annoying distraction which I'm sure will have an easy answer. When I save a rev stack I use (the suggested) .rev extension. However I also use WinRAR which according to filext.com uses the .rev extension (with a few other packages) as its own. This means WinRAR 'own' my Rev stacks, when I double click it tries to open WinRAR. Using XP I can usually change this file association. However a right click on the stack and a click on the Change... button doesn't allow me to select revolution; its not listed. My first question is How to I associate .rev to revolution? As there is only a fixed number of three letter file extensions. How does a developer, considering cross platform data files for their owns stacks, provide or register/'own' a unique or non conflicting filetype. Thanks in advance, Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: .rev file association issues
Alex, Thanks for your prompt response. I can associate the Mac stuff, it's the Win stuff that causes problems. Mac OS X uses BOTH filename extensions and application creator codes. You can search a database here http://tcdb2000.tripod.com/ and for no charge you can reserve your own unique creator code at apple.com Thanks for that. Although I guess I can't reserve a windows extension. Regards Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE .rev file association issues
When you go into properties and click Change the dialog that shows up with the list of Apps should have an Other... button. Click on this, navigate to the location you installed Revolution, and select Revolution.exe as the appliaction to open .rev files. Done this, and selecting revolution doesn't change the association. As far as figuring out what extensions are in use by who, I've found http://filext.com/ to be a valuable resource. For my windows work I have usually settled on something that's descriptive, and not in use by anything too common. This is also suggested by XP in the properties dialog box, and leads me to believe that .rev is 'owned' more by WinRAR, than runrev. Many Thanks Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: .rev file association issues
Miscdas, Thanks for this, unfortunately after step 7 nothing changes. I can select Revolution, but Rev is not added to any list or options. I can follow this process for other file types eg .html and it works great. Meanwhile .rev is now associated with wordpad, which is proving quite interesting. Cheers Gary On WIN XP pro, in less than 10 steps: 1. In the directory list, right click the stack name the context menu is displayed. 2. On the context menu, select open with the sub-menu is displayed 3. on the sub-menu, click choose program the Open with dialog is displayed 4. on the Open with dialog, click the Browse button a scondary Open With... dialog is displayed 5. Browse through the directory to find the Revolution.exe file and select it. (Probably c:\Program Files\Revolution x.x.x\Revoluton.exe ) 6. click Open the Open with dialog is dispalyed with Revolution blah-blah selected in the list of applications. 7. select always use the selected program to open this kind of file 8. click OK the dialog closes and your stack is launched Now .rev will be associated with Revoluton. miscdas ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: .rev file association issues
Miscdas wrote, Are you sure you've done it correctly? I just checked Rev2.0.1 on Win 2000 Pro. Followed the instructions exactly. As I said I can get it to work with .html and other extensions but not .rev Also tried it on my Win 2000 Server (which doesn't have WinRAR) and your suggestion works fine ! The association works, and the icon changes! Revolution did NOT appear in the list of files at step 3. (This appears to be a registration problem at installation--well-behaved Win apps are supposed to register when they install, as well as add an entry for the file-type association.) Checking the registry on my XP machine there is a .rev entry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes Which refers only to WinRAR. I'll have a play around with installation orders and hacking the registry. As I said it's more of an annoyance than a major issue. I guess I could just live with it... Thanks for your help. Regards Gary ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Creating Shared Directories
I want to automatically create a series of directories each names P100 to P999. Each directory should be individually shared with the owner ideally being the name of the directory. ie P456 is created, shared and owned by User P456 I know Rev can create directories but can it apply the necessary settings I need ? TIA Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Creating Shared Directories
Its for Windows 2000 server... As there's no specific Transcript commands then I'll go down the shell route. Many Thanks Gary Rathbone -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:use-revolution- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeanne A. E. DeVoto Sent: 27 July 2003 20:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Creating Shared Directories At 10:57 AM -0700 7/27/03, Gary Rathbone wrote: I want to automatically create a series of directories each names P100 to P999. Each directory should be individually shared with the owner ideally being the name of the directory. ie P456 is created, shared and owned by User P456 I know Rev can create directories but can it apply the necessary settings I need ? Which platform do you need this for? There's no specific Transcript command to do this, but my guess is you can easily use do as AppleScript (Mac OS or OS X) or the shell function (OS X, Unix, Windows) for this. -- Jeanne A. E. DeVoto ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Runtime Revolution Limited - Software at the Speed of Thought http://www.runrev.com/ ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
'Spreadsheet' Woes...
I've got my field looking (well nearly) pretty much how I want. It's a field/table with Cell Formatting and Cell Editing. Looks like a spreadsheet... I'm looking for commands such as On EnterCell, On CloseCell, On ExitCell to initiate calculations on other cells And specific cell commands... Eg Assign a script to field tdata On CloseCell tcol,trow --the cell has been changed if tcol=7 then --calculate the sales tax put trow*0.175 into Cell(7,trow) end if end Close Cell Also I'd like to format column 7 to rightalign... Eg Set the ColumnAlign of Column 7 of fld tdata to right Am I expecting too much of this new feature? If so how do I trap changes in 'Cells' so I can write these procedures myself. Any pointers would be gratefully appreciated. Regards Gary Rathbone ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Repost: ODBC -- Excel .. Excel -- Rev
Hey up Sjoerd, Nice to hear from you on the Rev list. Not sure if this is of any help to your problem, but take a look at: http://www.garyrathbone.net/repgen/ It may provide a different perspective on the issue. Cheers Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sjoerd Op 't Land Sent: 21 September 2002 19:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Repost: ODBC -- Excel Hello all, I've been here some while, bit mainly working with MetaCard, so thats why you didn't hear very much from me... My question: Did anyone succeed making an ODBC connection with an Excel sheet? I configured the control panel ODBC 32-bin (Win98) for a System-DSN using the Excel driver... but I can't seem to make a connection from within RunRev. Any hints/ suggestions? Thanks in advance, Sjoerd ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Anyone know how to set to use DHCP with Revolution?
I've done something similar for a (how should I put this) 'techically challenged' client. They had Apple iBooks and wanted to access the internet from three different locations i) at home through their airport ii) in a UK hotel through a UK ISP iii) in a USA hotel Normally one would use 'Location Manager'. However they seemed to have difficulty with this. So I took the laptops and generated each scenario, copying the relevant preference files to a separate directory. Then, I wrote a small Rev app (with BIG buttons) which said Where are you ? and gave the three choices. Based on this, the relevant pref files were copied into the correct places and the iBook restarted. Maybe a similar approach would work for you, but be *very* careful you don't overwrite user settings. I've found they can get *very* upset. Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 October 2002 21:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Anyone know how to set to use DHCP with Revolution? Thanks for this information about how to get the network settings. I'm still at a loss as to how one goes about making the setting to DHCP. I've tried all kinds of techniques from: set configuration method of TCP v4 configuration 1 to DHCP --CUT OFF-- ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Looking for Shao Sean's libSMTP
I'm looking for the libSMTP stack also. The link on the Rev site points to the 'removed site'. Can anyone email me a copy, or tell me where I might be able to download it ? Thanks Gary Rathbone mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Hi everyone on the list, I try to download libSMTP from the Shao Sean site: http://www.shaosean.tk/ but the site seems removed. There's just a message from his personal writings... --CLIP-- Thanks in advance. Alejandro ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: How real is the embedded web-page technique?
Jim Biancolo wrote: I agree that an embedded rendering engine would be a killer feature. Embedded or higly integrated ? --snip-- Dan Shafer wrote : I see lots of opportunity out there to create apps like this that display rendered and interactive HTML in a pane with supplemental controls and an improved UI embodied in the desktop app. In fact, I think this represents an important direction for software development. Agreed, however we use multiple integrated applications on a daily basis eg spreadsheet in excel, create a graph, copy paste to word, type a few words, picture of the web and there's your report! There's no reason why you can't currently use rev as your control panel and a browser as your display mechanism with the users monitor as the pane. Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Search and Replace
In this case can you not consider spaces to be part of the 'word' ? In which
case a direct replace would work.
ie HE - SHE
HIS - HER
This would avoid HELP - SHELP and THIS - THER
Regards
Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS
Chartered Information Systems Practioner
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Friedman
Sent: 15 October 2002 23:41
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Search and Replace
Greetings!
I need to switch the gender of some text. But, I'm having a hard time
figuring out a way to do it. Obviously I can't do a simple replace because
Replace HE with SHE in someText
Would turn HELP into SHELP
I've written this function about a dozen times and it still isn't working
perfectly. Here's what I have to date:
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function searchAndReplaceMaleToFemale TextToSearchNReplace
set the caseSensitive to true
set the itemDel to ,
put He,he,him,Him,himself,HimSelf,his,His,boy,Boy,he's,He's into
SearchWordsMale
put She,she,her,Her,herself,Herself,her,Her,girl,Girl,she's,She's into
SearchWordsFemale
put TextToSearchNReplace into TextToSearchNReplace2
put quote!?,.:;[]{}()£$¢%^¾÷=+-³²¡#§¶*ªº\/ into tList
repeat for each char tChar in tList
replace tChar with space in TextToSearchNReplace2
end repeat
repeat with i = the number of words in TextToSearchNReplace2 down to 1
if word i of TextToSearchNReplace2 is among the items of SearchWordsMale
then
replace (word i of TextToSearchNReplace2) with (item (itemOffset(word
i of TextToSearchNReplace2,SearchWordsMale)) of SearchWordsFemale) in word i
of TextToSearchNReplace
end if
end repeat
set the caseSensitive to false
return TextToSearchNReplace
end searchAndReplaceMaleToFemale
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Anyone got any ideas?
Thank you in advance,
-Dan
If you feel like taking a stab at it... Here's some text to test with:
The Reading goals for Becky are building comprehension using specific
strategies of [ answering questions, summarizing, and describing (beginning,
middle, end)]. He will be able to use phonics to decode words, show an
increasing his vocabulary, and gain fluency in oral reading. Becky will
strive to be able to read at grade level or above by the end of the year.
The Mathematics goals for Becky is to know the addition/subtraction
facts, be able to solve word problems, gain a deeper understanding of place
value, and demonstrate a basic understanding of time and money.
The writing goal for Becky is to write a paragraph using clear and
coherent sentences. Correct use of grammar, capitalization, and punctuation
should increase as the year progresses for him.
Personal Goals for Becky are to stay focused and on task to
complete his work without adult supervision. Becky needs to make more
productive use of class time. He is easily distracted and is often unable
to finish his assignments in class. I am confident, with practice, Becky
will learn how to use his time wisely.
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RE: Revolution 2.0 to ship in November
As far as I'm concerned my Small Businesss Rev Licence (purchased in July) will allow me to upgrade for free quote (snip)... It includes all updates or upgrades for one year after date of purchase. As with all other license types, the software does not expire after one year but you do have to pay again to get further updates. I assume that the statement regarding purchases from October 24th to the release date is to reasssure potential purchasers that they can buy Rev NOW and won't have to pay for the upgrade. This means the Rev team aren't cutting off their revenue source by making people wait until November. Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner on 10/24/02 3:34 PM, Kevin Miller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holders of a Revolution Professional Edition license can download the 2.0 test release immediately. Members of the press will shortly be able to obtain a preview version. Anyone who buys the Revolution 1.1.1 between October 24th, 2002 and the release date for version 2.0 will be entitled to a free upgrade to version 2.0 when it becomes available in November. What does that mean for holders of the small business dev edition? Will we have to purchase a new 2.0 copy? I though our license entitled us to one year of upgrades. Tony Tony Moller - Network Admin DRCS 6849 Old Dominion Drive - Suite 320 McLean, VA 22101 Tel: 703-749-3118 Fax: 703-749-0967 Pgr: 703-719-5324 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: How real is the embedded web-page technique?
Jim, Clicking on a message in the subjects pane and having it fire up an external browser would be too kludgey, IMO. Personally, as long as it did what I wanted it to do, however complex, then I wouldn't really mind if it involved a number of integrated seemless apps. But maybe this is a Windows bias . . . I'm a bit more used to having my apps self-contained. Those few times I've had the opportunity to work on Macs I've found it disconcerting to have the menu floating off detached from the working area of its application. So that fact that the functional units are contained within a single window/frame/pane gives the comforting perception/illusion of an integration application ? Windows-conditioning aside, I stand by my wish: I'd love to see a cross-platform control in RR that can render any well-formed HTML thrown at it. Must admit, it would be nice ;-) Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: How real is the embedded web-page technique?
At 09:36 PM 10/11/2002 +0100, Gary Rathbone wrote: So that fact that the functional units are contained within a single window/frame/pane gives the comforting perception/illusion of an integration application ? I fear we're starting to stray off-topic for the list... Fair point. But when many people on this list ask for features to be included in Rev there is often another way of doing the same task. We don't request spreadsheet capability in word, cos we've got excel, and the two are compatible. It often seems to me that cos a user can't do something then they request a feature, all I'm trying to do is suggest 'reasonable alternatives'(look sidewards). I see my computer as a working unit, not each individual application. I mean, just trying to visually distinguish which panes belong to which apps when there are other panes/apps in the background would be icky. If I'm running three apps and toggling between them I'd much rather deal with three total panes than six (two each) or nine (three each). Again, fair point. But this also relates to the recent 'Conforming UI' thread on the list, so its relevant. A badly designed GUI makes even the simplist application difficult to use. So what defines a good GUI ? (rhetotical question OK !) I'd love to see a cross-platform control in RR that can render any well-formed HTML thrown at it. Must admit, it would be nice ;-) :-) A guy can dream, right? Oh yeah ! Thanks Jim, as you suggested we're straying off-topic, so I'll leave you to have the last word (if you wish...) Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: How real is the embedded web-page technique?
Dan, There's no reason why you can't currently use rev as your control panel and a browser as your display mechanism with the users monitor as the pane. I understand the use of multiple interacting applications. I just don't think the solution is elegant. Rather it seems to me have emerged from the absence of truly integrated *solutions*. Elegant, no. But powerful yes! Why reinvent the wheel when we have powerful purpose built applications which can and will interact ? If incorporating an HTML rendering engine were hard, I wouldn't even suggest it. But it's only a moderately difficult task and we'll be seeing tons more apps which replace the general-purpose Web Browser with specialized browsers by this very mechanism. But what else to include for other users with other specific tasks; image manipulations tools similar to photoshop; page layout tools similar to Quark; 3D rendering tools, the list goes on... I'd prefer Rev to be able to *talk* to these specialist tools rather than be a poor relation in an attempt to replicate and keep up with current specialist trends. I'd just like to see Rev be one of the tools that allows that so I can keep using it for my applications! I don't doubt that everyone on the list agrees with you ! Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Way to ensure Rev app stays on top?
Its difficult to suggest a full solution as I don't know the full picture. However, A slightly contrived solution is as follows using Web Pages and a bit of Javascript. It doesn't keep Rev on top, as such, but places the web browser in a position away from the Rev app, so its visible (as Rob suggested - I think). I assuming the following is happening (?) 1. A rev app is launched - positioned top left of screen 2. This rev app sends an HTML file to the browser 3. The browser opens the web page 4. There is some interaction between Rev and the Web Page Click here (the equivalent of Rev launching a URL - RevGoURL(tURL)- ) http://www.GaryRathbone.net/win5.html It may be polite to return the Browser to the users location and size after use. This has been tested on W2k with IE6. Look at the source of the HTML page to see how its done. NOTES i) Whilst this is a 'live' web solution I don't see any reason why the web pages can't be held and passed locally ii) Using Rev as a 'Web Capture' application see http://www.GaryRathbone.net/RevServ also presents other options. Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Poke the IPTC annotation data space of images?
There's a lot of information at http://www.iptc.org/site/standards.html including ...some sample software written in C++ to provide a guide to programmers wishing to extract IPTC DataSets from JPEG image files... You might also want to take a look at http://www.breezesys.com/BreezeBrowser/iptc.htm Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:use-revolution-admin;lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Sannyasin Sivakatirswami Sent: 09 November 2002 02:44 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Poke the IPTC annotation data space of images? Platform is MAC OSX: Does anyone know how to access/write to the IPTC annotation data space of a jpg or image file? I don't even really know what the proper nomenclature is, but some programs like Photoshop are able to add a caption to a photo that can be read later. Goal: to be able to write captions for photos and have that data live in the jpg file itself. Read and write that data from within Rev. Using a Rev interface I could then delegate photo captioning to other team players anywhere in the world where they download a photo, write a caption and upload the photo to our server and I can read the caption... or, they take photos locally ( as for instance our correspondent in New Delhi) then we make a Rev interface for him to view his hi-res digital files, generate low res thumbnails, caption these and upload to the managing editors space on our server. we read the jpg and its caption from one and the same file, send him back a list of files we want, he hits another button and uploads the original hi-res photos we have selected for the article. One could of course load photos into images and then use a customProperty for the caption and that would be highly facile script wise, but the problem is that the caption no longer lives with the image. and then re-ordering these on an interface (for output to and html page) becomes another snaky game (move the image objects around or re-order the files on disk and reload them into the same series of image objects) and means a single stack holds data for multiple images and the collaboration options diminish--someone else has the file open (LAN scenario), multiple copies of the stack to reconcile (global team scenario if working on the same photo set) better if the caption data lives in the image file itself. Om shanti, Hinduism Today Himalayan Academy Publications Sannyasin Sivakatirswami [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.HinduismToday.com, www.HimalayanAcademy.com, www.Gurudeva.org, www.hindu.org ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Constraining the pointer within a group
I've had a similar problem with 'Adult returners', who, in the act of clicking, moved the mouse outside the boundary of the button. Depending on the layout of the screen constraining the mouse might not solve the problem as the 'mousedown' may be in one button area and the 'mouseup' (after moving) occur in another. For our 'tests' we scripted the buttons to respond on a 'Mousedown'? This means any movement after the 'click' is irrelevant. Hope this helped. Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner - I have been working on assessment tools for people with learning disabilities. Sometimes they also have motor skills problems. I ask them to rate something using a scale made up of adjacent buttons which behave like radio buttons, but offers a bigger target. Sometimes the act of clicking by users nudges the pointer off the button group so the mouseup is not registered. Since I am timing responses, this is a real pain, to say nothing of the frustration caused to the user. I am thinking of trying to constrain the pointer so it cannot move out of the rating scale area until a rating has been made. Before I start to experiment, has anyone any suggestions or advice? Thanks Best wishes, David Glasgow Home/ forensic assessments -- A HREF=http://members.aol.com/dvglasgow/; DVGlasgow /A Courses -- A HREF=http://www.i-Psych.co.uk;i-Psych/A ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Sockets
Perhaps a slightly different slant but I beleive the IP address of any computer is 127.0.0.1 as well as the given IP number (either statically or dynamically assigned). This is what I use in development (for Rev, Dreamweaver, IIS etc) and it works fine. I guess it depends on what your trying to do, if you can expand a little then more suggestions may be offered. Personally, I use multiple Rev stacks on the same IP number but different HTTP ports. This works fine for what I want to do. eg Rev (server) loads a web page to Explorer (client) on 127.0.0.1:8181 and reply is then captured by Rev listening on this port. In this case there's no reason why the client can't be Rev. Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:use-revolution-admin;lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of FreakyPhoenix Sent: 10 November 2002 19:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Sockets I don't believe that is possible. Your computer just won't find your own IP. FreakyPhoenix From: Manolo Garrido Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Subject: Sockets Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 17:01:00 +0100 Does anyone knows if it's possible to develop a synchronous TCP/IP communication with Revolution that works when client and server applications runs on a single machine over a Mac OS 9? Thanks Manuel ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. Get 2 months FREE*. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Project Management Software (OffTopic?)
I still think a program written in Rev that did both GANTT and PERT charts could be killer. Only if it could handle the four types of float calculations, milestone slippage (preferably graphical) and resource levelling (with applicable re-analysis of the critical path). Also a client server based model would be ideal so task/resource allocation can be updated by the delegated stakeholder etc... As you'll know Project Manangement is much more than MSProject or GANTT and PERT charts. However these are vital planning and monitoring tools. Where there is a HUGE gap in the market is modelling an effective computer based communications structure around the PRINCE2 (http://www.prince2.com/whatisp2.html#intro) framework... (Prince (PRojects IN Controlled Environments) is a structured method for effective project management. It is a de facto standard used extensively by the UK Government and is widely recognised and used in the private sector, both in the UK and internationally...) ... whilst integrating those components which PRINCE2 deems to be outside its scope such as GANTT, PERT, WBS, NPV etc... A mamoth task, but what a product ! Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Background
Take a look at http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/metaclass.htm Although its Metacard based the principal is the same. Lesson 6 deals with Groups and Backgrounds. Or take a look at http://www.runrev.com/revolution/developers/articles/tipoftheweek/5.html Which is aimed mainly at developers coming from HyperCard - thanks to Sarah Reichelt. Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Adrian L'Armand Sent: 24 November 2002 12:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Background I must have missed something but how does one put buttons and fields in the background so that they appear on every card. I am coming from HyperCard where it was very easy. Adrian ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Basic Questions (was RE: Background)
I whole heartedly disagree ! I'm happy to see anyone to ask any RR related question on this list and am constantly surprised by how others put a new angle on an aspect I considered I was familiar with. The list helped me a great deal when I first started with MC and RR and now I'm in a position to return the favour. Fortunately I appreciate that a 'basic question' is purely subjective. What is 'basic' for one person is 'difficult' for another. True, the list could exist without ever touching these basic areas, but it would be a much poorer resource for it. As a matter of courtesty to others I suggest that new users are not critisised but encouraged to participate, I am not so arrogant as to realise I may learn something new myself. Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner -- I see on this list (as well as on other forums to which I belong) that many new users ask basic questions that are well documented either in the documentation that was supplied with the app (tutorials, example stacks, code snippets, etc.), or in the discussion archives. The list does and can exist without ever touching these basic areas, except in the instances where the documentation is poorly written (or even in error), or to reveal new-found properties or uses for some basic documented functions. A little thought on the subject reveals this can be seen as matter of courtesy to others. miscdas ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Faceless Revolution for CGI's
Jan Schenkel Sent: 07 January 2003 20:08 Another interesting download in this respect is the sample stack fellow lister Gary Rathbone provided on the Revolution Newbie Board. http://mailping.net/WebProcess.zip Thanks Jan for filling in, unfortunately I couldn't post a reply as quickly as I'd like. I've use Metcard and more recently Rev for 'CGI' development successfully as stacks in conjunction with standard Web Server apps (on Mac, Linux and Win). Through the MC and Rev list I've collected many suggestions and am in the process of creating a generic 'CGI' product, tutorial and instructions. I'm not willing to give time scales, it'll be ready when its ready. Thanks Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: 1.1.1 Demo
I guess your using a Mac in which case Appearance Manager is usually the problem. Just for your info the list has a searchable archive at http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:lists.runrev.com Which is *very* useful but not widely advertised. Regards Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered Information Systems Practitioner I downloaded 1.1.1 from the site, made a new Main Stack, and chose Standard Button from the Objects menu. Revolution crashed. Any ideas? :) ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
[OT] - Off Topic - RE: Starting Lindows
Any chance we can use an Off Topic tab so I can skip all this non-Rev stuff? Thanks Gary Rathbone -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:use-revolution- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Slaugh Sent: 26 September 2003 21:59 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Starting Lindows Alex is correct. If you've run into problems (I've heard this happens with some onboard display controllers), it will automatically stay in Diagnostics mode. If you want an answer, please consult the Lindows forum and use the Guest message board. I've found it to be most helpful. I'll look at that. I was trying to run the CD in VMWare, rather than on a real machine. I'll have to go home and try the CD on my actual PC. Scott Slaugh _ Get McAfee virus scanning and cleaning of incoming attachments. Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Outsourcing / Writing dll's for Revolution...
Due to time constraints on a number of projects we are now outsourcing 'core functionality' to other agencies. We've had great success with RentACoder.com ; the 'ebay' of the coding world. We've commissioned projects which have been delivered within time, to specification (and often added extra's) and *well* within budget. However, we wish to retain 'overall' control so have designed a framework in Rev to deal with registration, serial numbers, preference saving and opening and a number of other user activities. This means we can also keep our applications visually pleasing and maintain branding. Although I appreciate this will cut down our market (I haven't used my Mac in months!) I wish to use a series of outsourced dll's. Does anyone have any advice / recommendations on using dll's with revolution? How do dll's 'integrate' with revolution? How do I pass parameters and receive 'it' or 'the result'? What do I instruct the outsourcers to build? I'd be happy to pay for a dll 'framework' for use with Rev ... and hey why not dust off the Mac...what about an XCMD/XCFN framework as well? Thanks in advance, Gary Rathbone BSc MBCS Chartered IT Professional ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
