Re: Background

2002-11-28 Thread miscdas
David Vaughan writes: [snip] True, miscdas, but the list exists in part to help people discover the documentation as well as the product, or the use-list would hardly need to exist at all. A pointer to using the documentation (as you have done here) as well as to the answer helps people get up

Cursor Disappearing Problem then Solution

2002-11-28 Thread Matt Denton
Hi List, this is Matt here. Today I had a problem with the cursor disappearing when entering a field. Very annoying. Now I had a quick check on the list, not sure if anyone has found the solution or dealt with this, apologies if it has been covered. Here's what I found and the solution: PROBLEM

Re: not getting digests

2002-11-28 Thread Heather Williams
Maybe we should think about how to put SPEWS in their proper place and inform people about their techniques! I totally agree with you, it's appalling. Unfortunately most of my copious spare time (TM Jeanne DeVoto, thank you Jeanne) is already being taken up with the fallout from this

More Applescript Power

2002-11-28 Thread Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
In Supercard you could Compile an applescript, check it's syntax, add it as a resource, run it as complied script etc. How can you run a compiled Applescript from Revolution? A text field is a poor applescript dev environment. I want to be able to run a compiled Applescript from an external

Set Multiple Filters

2002-11-28 Thread Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
I tried filter gFileList with *JPG,*.GIF,*.JPEG,*.jpg,*.jpeg,.*gif But it doesn't work... only one parameter is accepted: filter gFileList with *.JPG How to filter for multiple strings? I must be missing something simple. TIA Sannyasin Sivakatirswami Himalayan Academy Publications [EMAIL

Basic Questions (was RE: Background)

2002-11-28 Thread Gary Rathbone
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

Re: Printing a portion of a card

2002-11-28 Thread Sarah
Thanks for the idea but that didn't work either. The only thing that works is setting ridiculous values for the print into rect. e.g. print this card from 4,157 to 719,554 into 68,-50,942,695 One other word of warning, I was using the printPaperSize to adjust my printout to fit the paper. After

Re: Set Multiple Filters

2002-11-28 Thread Sarah
I think you need to use a loop for multiple filters. You will have to filter for each of the file extensions and then merge the results into a single list. Is filter case-sensitive? You might not need to use 6 filters if it isn't. Sarah On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 01:52 am, Sannyasin

Re: combining cards from stacks

2002-11-28 Thread Björnke von Gierke
On Freitag, Nov 29, 2002, at 01:53 Europe/Zurich, Bernard Devlin wrote: I want to have an application where the users can store multiple stacks (with the same structure), and each stack would represent some way in which the user chooses to categorize the stacks. (I'm envisioning situations

Scaling an Image

2002-11-28 Thread JamesHBeckmann
I'm new. I am seeking some advice. I wish to: Show an image (file in the same folder) that has its rect set to the rect of a fld, visible for 3 seconds then hidden. I would like to have this image scaled to the fld's rect. I do not want this image incorporated into the stack. I've tried

Re: Cursor Disappearing Problem then Solution

2002-11-28 Thread David Vaughan
On Friday, Nov 29, 2002, at 04:59 Australia/Sydney, Matt Denton wrote: Viola - cursor back. Matt Did you mean the strings of your heart were singing (at a fifth below the violin), or were you looking for Voila? Perhaps it was a woman nearby to whom you exclaimed: Gosh Viola. The cursor's

Bug: Launch Not work on OSX/OSX Rotate image trick

2002-11-28 Thread Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
Though my license does not expire until January 18, 2003 I was unsubscribed from the Improve list, so will send bug reports here in the hope they are not bugs but only what I don't know. OSX 10.2.2 Rev 1.5 Problems with Launch command: Bug: 1) Rev will not forget' that the application is no

Re: send and long names

2002-11-28 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 11:36 AM -0800 11/28/02, Dar Scott wrote: Is the long name of an object always sufficient to uniquely identify it for a send? Not in all cases. (For example, you might have two buttons on the same card that have the same name. Their long names will be the same.) You can use the name safely

Re: using Find in the Script Editor

2002-11-28 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 5:13 PM -0800 11/27/02, erik hansen wrote: is there a way to Find only complete words in the Script Editor? Check the Whole Word Searching item in the View menu. (The option is also available in the Preferences dialog, in the Script Editor pane.) -- Jeanne A. E. DeVoto ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Scaling an Image

2002-11-28 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 7:36 PM -0800 11/28/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wish to: Show an image (file in the same folder) that has its rect set to the rect of a fld, visible for 3 seconds then hidden. I would like to have this image scaled to the fld's rect. I do not want this image incorporated into the stack.

Re: Launch Not work on OSX/OSX Rotate image trick

2002-11-28 Thread Ken Ray
Sannyasin, Problems with Launch command: Bug: 1) Rev will not forget' that the application is no longer running. a) set an application path to BBEdit in a preference field. b) Launch a file using launch some/File/path with /Applications/BBedit 6.5/BBEdit 6.5 First time (BBedit is not