Re: How Do I Select Text in a Field?

2004-03-12 Thread Gardner, Joseph A
Ken, the field is a plain scrolling field with a vertical scroll bar. The following Basic Properties are checked: Visible, Don't wrap, Opaque, Focusable, Show border (Border width 2), Hilites: Autohilite text Text is Courier 12 point left justified The field displays the contents of a file

Re: Saving snapshots to files

2004-03-12 Thread Robert Brenstein
Marc, Moin, Wilhelm, I am trying to learn Transcript and I still seem to learn better by looking at working code, if the documentation is as incompatible to my brain as Revolution's doc is. put char (LastSlash + 1) to Laenge of LongDateiName into Dateiname put char 1 to (LastSlash - 1)

Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread Klaus Major
Hi all, please excuse me if i may get a bit cynical, but i cannot stand these lame excuses anymore... Actually since a long time, but this mail forced me to respond. Am 11.03.2004 um 22:54 schrieb Kevin Miller: We have included some bug fixes for 2.2 and scheduled the majority of the rest of

Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread Richard Gaskin
Klaus Major wrote: please excuse me if i may get a bit cynical, but i cannot stand these lame excuses anymore... Patience, Grasshopper. Ivan Aufulich sends a message that good things are afoot -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation

Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread xbury . cs
Hallo Klaus! good word! I wish I could rant with you but Im doing a proposal to RR to help them out... So Im stuck waiting for KM's answer and DAMN if he seems to take his sweet time! There is definitively an information-deficiency, too! Their customer communication is definitely weak at

Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Richard, Klaus Major wrote: please excuse me if i may get a bit cynical, but i cannot stand these lame excuses anymore... Patience, Grasshopper. I am patient, but no grasshopper :-) This is from an english/american fairy tale/poem, isn't it? Ivan Aufulich sends a message that good things are

Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread Graham Samuel
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:27:42 -0800, Ken Norris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I started this thread on the improve-revolution-request list because I consider that the place for it. I didn't intend for it to end up here. I see that list as the place for airing out laundry and making suggestions with

Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread Wouter
On 12 Mar 2004, at 13:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 8 Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:09:17 +0100 From: Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fix it before moving ahead To: How to use Revolution [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII;

Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread Ian Wood
On 12 Mar 2004, at 12:09, Klaus Major wrote: Patience, Grasshopper. I am patient, but no grasshopper :-) This is from an english/american fairy tale/poem, isn't it? Nope, this is from the 70s TV series Kung-Fu, starring David Carradine: http://www.kungfu-guide.com/ Said by his master whenever he

Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread Robert Brenstein
Hi Richard, Klaus Major wrote: please excuse me if i may get a bit cynical, but i cannot stand these lame excuses anymore... Patience, Grasshopper. I am patient, but no grasshopper :-) This is from an english/american fairy tale/poem, isn't it? Klaus, it is from an American tv serial and movie

Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread Klaus Major
Dag Wouter, hi Ian On 12 Mar 2004, at 12:09, Klaus Major wrote: Patience, Grasshopper. I am patient, but no grasshopper :-) This is from an english/american fairy tale/poem, isn't it? Nope, this is from the 70s TV series Kung-Fu, starring David Carradine: http://www.kungfu-guide.com/ Said by his

Re: Video Tutorials on the Geometry Manager

2004-03-12 Thread Marty Billingsley
From: Sarah Reichelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] After thinking about it, I decided to create some (non-professional) videos which go step-by-step through the features. For those of you looking to make tutorial videos with OS X, I just noticed this product:

Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread Richard Gaskin
Klaus Major wrote: I am patient, but no grasshopper :-) This is from an english/american fairy tale/poem, isn't it? Worse: from a '70s American TV show in which a white guy played a Chinese martial arts expert who beat up evil cowboys with uncanny grace in slow motion, often with a woodwind

Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread xbury . cs
wasn't it Little grasshopper, young padawa? JediX On 12.03.2004 14:06:53 use-revolution-bounces wrote: Dag Wouter, hi Ian On 12 Mar 2004, at 12:09, Klaus Major wrote: Patience, Grasshopper. I am patient, but no grasshopper :-) This is from an english/american fairy tale/poem, isn't it?

Upgrade version and pricing [was] Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread Frank Leahy
On Friday, March 12, 2004, at 12:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am 11.03.2004 um 22:54 schrieb Kevin Miller: We have included some bug fixes for 2.2 and scheduled the majority of the rest of the database for 2.3. The situation will continue to improve. We have limited resources, this is

Re: Saving snapshots to files

2004-03-12 Thread Wilhelm Sanke
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Robert Brenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (snip) This smells like basename and dirname to me. Aren't these standard function available in Revolution? Nop, no such functions. But these values are so trivial to extract that no special functions are needed. Instead of locating

Re: How Do I Select Text in a Field?

2004-03-12 Thread Jim MacConnell
Joe, Just a hunch but why don't you try send getFiles to me in 60 seconds Instead of send mouseUp Could be between any mouse events by you and the ato mouse events, the field looses track of what is where. Jim From: Gardner, Joseph A [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: How to use Revolution [EMAIL

Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread sims
From the press release about the Rev-conference at MacWorld SF in January: One topic was: The Future of Revolution, with the Revolution development team... I am sure that all folks here on the list would LOVE to hear something about that, but until now there is nothing but silence... It would

Dans' book

2004-03-12 Thread Douglas Mackay
Hi rev users , could anyone help me out with the completed file of the lesson in Dans' book TheToDoPlus application , so I can see what scrips belong to what buttons , cards and stacks. I am struggling to understand how this works, think I needs an idiots guide to RR LOL Would realy be

Re: OT: Touchscreen technology

2004-03-12 Thread hershrev
I'm trying to build a typical kiosk app. for a restaurant . Now I need to enable the owner to add categories and items as menus change. In FileMaker Pro you create a relation and drop a button on the portal (grid) and every additional record adds a button thru the relation. (if no relation is

Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Yeah, but what other software companies do you know of where you can 'even' send an email to that companies management? I think you would be stopped at admin@ at least or support@ and not right to the source. On Mar 12, 2004, at 11:47 AM, sims wrote: Emails to the Rev management should not go

Clipboard

2004-03-12 Thread Ken Norris
Howdy, Does Rev clear the clipboard on startup? It looks to me like it does. If so, then why? And, also, how can _we_ clear it on the fly if we need to? TIA, Ken N. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Replace in Vars's

2004-03-12 Thread hershrev
On Thursday, February 26, 2004, at 05:52 PM, Brian Yennie wrote: Perhaps one of the vars is empty, or misnamed, or such? Could you post the actual closeField handler? Typereplace: error in pattern expression Object Contact Form Linereplace lOldText with lFieldText in lEquery Hint

Re: Replace in Vars's

2004-03-12 Thread hershrev
was send mistakenly On Friday, March 12, 2004, at 12:32 PM, hershrev wrote: On Thursday, February 26, 2004, at 05:52 PM, Brian Yennie wrote: Perhaps one of the vars is empty, or misnamed, or such? Could you post the actual closeField handler? Typereplace: error in pattern expression

Re: Dans' book

2004-03-12 Thread hershrev
On Friday, March 12, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Douglas Mackay wrote: Hi rev users , could anyone help me out with the completed file of the lesson in Dans' book TheToDoPlus application , so I can see what scrips belong to what buttons , cards and stacks. I am struggling to understand how this works,

Re: Saving snapshots to files

2004-03-12 Thread Klaus Major
Hallo Wilhelm and all, ... Ken mentioned in the meantime that there is no entry export snapshot in the documentation; there is none in Metacard, but in the Transcript Dictionary of Rev. Yes, it reads: export snapshot [from rect[angle] rectangle [of window windowID]] \ to {file filePath

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 6, Issue 79

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Then after import snapshot it is now an image and export image will take care of it. HTH Tom On Mar 12, 2004, at 1:35 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Ken, It is actually import snapshot and will take a snapshot. Tom On Mar 12, 2004, at 12:57 PM, Ken Norris wrote: Hi Wilhelm, Date: Fri, 12

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 6, Issue 79

2004-03-12 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Ken, Hi Wilhelm, Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 16:19:01 +0100 From: Wilhelm Sanke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Saving snapshots to files Ken mentioned in the meantime that there is no entry export snapshot in the documentation; there is none in Metacard, but in the Transcript Dictionary of Rev.

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 6, Issue 79

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Does this mean that my 'new' manuals for Rev version 2.0 are now out of date? I just got them! The manual has import snapshot that takes a snapshot and export image but not an export snapshot. And that actually makes sense since once you import(take) a snapshot it is now an image and export

Animation not smooth . . .

2004-03-12 Thread Roger Guay
I searched the archive but to no avail. Can anyone tell me why the animations I build with Animation Builder are very smooth when run from Animation Builders but very jerky when in the run (revPlayAnimation myAnim) mode? TIA, Roger ___

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 6, Issue 79

2004-03-12 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Thomas McGrath III, Does this mean that my 'new' manuals for Rev version 2.0 are now out of date? I just got them! Hmmm, i'm afraid yes, a bit... But there is always a What's new in version xxx in the distribution and changes are not THAT many ;-) The manual has import snapshot that takes a

plugin help wanted

2004-03-12 Thread MisterX
Just before leaving for a 2 week snowboard adventure I thought I'de make ya a nice plug-in to releave the nagging prop palette section menu I've been wanting to add. And have more creativity time than ide time! For the life of me the palette is ready but it just doesn't work as a plugin. (by now

Re: delete vs empty variables

2004-03-12 Thread Robert Brenstein
You could create a repeat-loop with the localNames, which will supply a return-delimited list of the names of all local vars... See the dox - localnames See also - globalNames Klaus Major Except for one warning: variables that are arrays are omitted by those functions. Or was this fixed lately?

Re: delete vs empty variables

2004-03-12 Thread Dar Scott
On Friday, March 12, 2004, at 01:21 PM, Robert Brenstein wrote: Except for one warning: variables that are arrays are omitted by those functions. Or was this fixed lately? Admitedly, I haven't checked the most recent release. It was not considered a bug as Scott did it this way by design. on

Re: delete vs empty variables

2004-03-12 Thread Dar Scott
On Friday, March 12, 2004, at 10:57 AM, hershrev wrote: what is the (practical) difference between deleting a variable and putting an empty into a var. ? except that this delete completely the whole var and empty just putts an empty. Unless you are doing something fancy, plan on put empty into

Re: Fix it before moving ahead

2004-03-12 Thread Kevin Miller
On 12/3/04 6:00 pm, Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, but what other software companies do you know of where you can 'even' send an email to that companies management? I think you would be stopped at admin@ at least or support@ and not right to the source. Sure, but i think we

RE: Clipboard

2004-03-12 Thread Ken Norris
Hi Ken, Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:58:51 -0600 From: Ken Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Clipboard I don't know about the first, When I copy some text, then open my Rev saved emails stack from the folder, it opens the stack, then I click New Card and it shows me a new card

Re: Saving snapshots to files

2004-03-12 Thread Ken Norris
Hi Tom, Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:40:33 -0500 From: Thomas McGrath III [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 6, Issue 79 Then after import snapshot it is now an image and export image will take care of it --- Looks like you missed a few posts in between

RE: Clipboard

2004-03-12 Thread Ken Ray
I don't know about the first, When I copy some text, then open my Rev saved emails stack from the folder, it opens the stack, then I click New Card and it shows me a new card with the I-bar blinking in the field. With other programs, when I do this I can just paste and it

Re: new plugin...altCleanStack Clean Up Your stacks and save up

2004-03-12 Thread Chipp Walters
John, Nope, altCleanStack won't work on a password protected stack. You must first enter the password to 'unprotect' the stack, then clean it, then reset the password. best, Chipp John Rule wrote: Very cool indeed Chipp! I was a little dismayed that you could actually alter a password

Re: Saving snapshots to files

2004-03-12 Thread Wilhelm Sanke
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 Thomas McGrath III [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken, It is actually import snapshot and will take a snapshot. Tom On Mar 12, 2004, at 12:57 PM, Ken Norris wrote: Hi Wilhelm, Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 16:19:01 +0100 From: Wilhelm Sanke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Saving

Re: delete vs empty variables

2004-03-12 Thread Robert Brenstein
On Friday, March 12, 2004, at 01:21 PM, Robert Brenstein wrote: Except for one warning: variables that are arrays are omitted by those functions. Or was this fixed lately? Admitedly, I haven't checked the most recent release. It was not considered a bug as Scott did it this way by design. on

Re: Animation not smooth . . .

2004-03-12 Thread Christopher Mitchell
Roger, Assuming you are running under OSX this is a known issue that is slated to be fixed. Already reported through bugzilla. Yours, Chris On Mar 12, 2004, at 1:03 PM, Roger Guay wrote: I searched the archive but to no avail. Can anyone tell me why the animations I build with Animation

Disappearing Images in Fields

2004-03-12 Thread Scott Rossi
OK, seems I've been on a roll lately of unanswerable questions. Let's try another one: I have a field with several images displayed via imageSource. When the field's fixedLineHeight is true, images scrolled into view from the bottom of the scrolling are invisible until their rects fall

Re: Disappearing Images in Fields

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Although I can't help with image source I did use a field (series of fields) and an image grouped with the group having scroll bars and the image works fine as the group is scrolled. Did you try it ? You still have to wrap by hand but you can use multiple fields and make wrapping easier. FWIW

Re: Disappearing Images in Fields

2004-03-12 Thread Chipp Walters
Scott, It's a feature! The 'surprise-check out this image' is the latest crave in creating a feeling of anticipation for your users! I checked it out, and as you know, it's a function of the fixedLineHeight property. You could hack around it with another scrolling fld and the formattedheight

RE: Disappearing Images in Fields

2004-03-12 Thread Ken Ray
Well Scott, I don't know how to fix it for embedded images in a field, but you could make it a scrolling group... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

RE: Clipboard

2004-03-12 Thread Ken Norris
Hi Ken, Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:26:12 -0600 From: Ken Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Clipboard With other programs, when I do this I can just paste and it works, but in this nothing happens, i.e., I have to go back to the email and copy the text again, then go back to my stack and

Re: Disappearing Images in Fields

2004-03-12 Thread Ken Norris
Hi Scott, Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:53:34 -0800 From: Scott Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Disappearing Images in Fields If the fixedLineHeight is set to to false, the images display properly but it's impossible to wrap the text as desired. I've posted a demo stack to better explain

Re: Saving snapshots to files

2004-03-12 Thread Ken Norris
Hello Wilhelm, Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:14:57 +0100 From: Wilhelm Sanke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Saving snapshots to files Actually both import snapshot and export snapshot can be found as cards in the Transcript Dictionary of Rev. 2.1.2 and 2.2.B1. Klaus Major wrote not long ago:

Re: Disappearing Images in Fields

2004-03-12 Thread Scott Rossi
I have a field with several images displayed via imageSource. When the field's fixedLineHeight is true, images scrolled into view from the bottom of the scrolling are invisible until their rects fall completely within the field. On 3/12/04 6:30 PM, Chipp Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Disappearing Images in Fields

2004-03-12 Thread Scott Rossi
If the fixedLineHeight is set to to false, the images display properly but it's impossible to wrap the text as desired. Interesting problem. I don't have a cure, but it looks like it doesn't see the image until the line it's on is completely inside the field. Could it have something to do

Fix Fielded Data Files?

2004-03-12 Thread Kevin
I am attempting to process a fix fielded file where each line (delimited the unix way) is a record and the fields are specified lengths. I have been searching through the Transcript language dictionary with little luch on how I should go about this. Is there a perl style unpack function?

RE: Fix Fielded Data Files?

2004-03-12 Thread Kevin
Sorry, I know how to handle the fix filed problem just hit me after sending the message put character 1 to 80 into myField DUH! Reading only part of a file is my real problem I was trying to use the following syntax but ran out of memory put URL file:abc into myVariable Any ideas?

Re: Fix Fielded Data Files?

2004-03-12 Thread Chipp Walters
see: read from file in the transcript dict Kevin wrote: Sorry, I know how to handle the fix filed problem just hit me after sending the message put character 1 to 80 into myField DUH! Reading only part of a file is my real problem I was trying to use the following syntax but ran out of

Re: Disappearing Images in Fields

2004-03-12 Thread Brian Yennie
Scott, Played with it a little here, and the only thing that seemed to work was really dirty. But what I did was: 1) Make the field non-scrolling 2) Mask off the bottom of the field by at least the height of the largest image, using another opaque field on top of it 3) Rolled my own scrollbar