Re: OT: Apple at 30 - My Piece of the Big Fruit

I can't even remember the year right now, but the place was Atlantic City (before they tore down the old casinos), at the First East Coast Computer Fair. I was there exhibiting my Wave Mate Jupiter II small computer systems (also available as a DYI kit). Everyone was wearing IBM tee shirt

Re: [OT] Rev Media and the product line gap

They just opened one near me a few months ago. I get all the sale stuff before I need it --it costs a lot more if you wait until after you need it! I have been buying the stuff off the catalog covers (1/2 off) for many years. Built a house with a lot of HF tools. :-) Dennis On Mar 29, 2

Re: Rev Media and the product line gap

Well, All I can say to that is I also bought a Swiss army knife, bought the Shop Smith (do everything woodworking power center), bought the Ryobi Power-One do everything portable power tool kit, Bought a color laser printer (for the price of just the included expendables) that has built-in

Re: Rev Media and the product line gap

Having no backdrop in the IDE gets around 99% of my objections. Being an inventive user, I use DC as a tool for my own use --not to deliver products. I run all my creations in the IDE so I can change them on the fly whenever I get a new idea. The inventive user, is the market that DC was

Re: Rev Media and the product line gap

Dan, You being a writer, most likely never have your fingers far from the keyboard. It makes sense to me that you would operate in that way. However, I being a very image oriented person, never have my fingers far from the mouse, and dislike having to go to the keyboard for anything I ca

Re: Save stacks periodically to avoid crashes? [OT]

an inverse proportion to the importance of the data and the minutes until the deadline... freq = importance/time = maximizing relative loss Jim Ault Las Vegas On 3/25/06 12:32 PM, "Dennis Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: After a lot of clever hacking, I have found that I

Re: Save stacks periodically to avoid crashes? [OT]

After a lot of clever hacking, I have found that I can almost always find the counter in any application that counts the number of keystrokes since the last save. Once the counter crosses a certain threshold, a random number is invoked in each new keystroke. If the random number matches t

Re: The End of Dreamcard?

I was not impressed with the new plan either. I own Studio, but bought DC when they first offered it because it was an economical way to stay up to date. I had no interest in compiling my apps. Most of the nifty upgrades to the language are eye candy that real app developers might apprec

Re: Spam:Re: Index for Revolution PDF Document

Judy, Inquiring minds want to know: what were the results of the ACM test? Dennis On Feb 20, 2006, at 1:27 PM, Judy Perry wrote: This reminds me of an ACM article I'm having the students read this week (It's something like 'Text vs Hypertext: Which is easier to use to find information' o

Re: Revolution RUMORS!

On Feb 15, 2006, at 9:04 AM, David Burgun wrote: What I am unclear about is whether he was banned from the list for posting to the RunRev list or for posting to *any* list. For instance if he had posted to the Real Basic (if there is one) list, would he still have been banned from the RunR

Re: Advice needed on how to start a new PIM program

. Thanks a lot, Dennis On Feb 3, 2006, at 11:16 AM, Dennis Brown wrote: Hi Rev Gurus, After spending 2 days looking for a outliner or database program for OS X that can solve a specific personal PIM need, I have come to the conclusion that I will have to make something in Rev for myself. I

Advice needed on how to start a new PIM program

Hi Rev Gurus, After spending 2 days looking for a outliner or database program for OS X that can solve a specific personal PIM need, I have come to the conclusion that I will have to make something in Rev for myself. I looked seriously at Note Taker, Omni Outliner, iList Data, DEVONthink

Re: nested ifs

I have resolved to make all my If statements to only 3 forms for consistency: IF condition THEN statement ELSE statement IF condition THEN statement ELSE statement IF condition THEN statements ELSE statements END IF Now if I could just get the complier to resolve only from these choices, m

Re: [ANN] surprise - new website to host codes

Just one wordWOW Thanks, Dennis On Jan 5, 2006, at 5:48 PM, Marielle Lange wrote: Dear all, as promised, the surprise: ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit th

Re: Debugging and the execution path

Jerry, The reason I wanted a "watched" variables folder was not because I expected execution to stop if any value changed, it was because I have so many variables, that I wanted to reduce the widow area needed to see all the variables I needed to see in order to debug the suspect area of

Re: Debugging and the execution path

Jerry, I could easily see the utility of displaying only the globals that are within the scope of the handler that is being debugged. Perhaps, the watch list could have an option to automatically add (display) all currently declared globals. Dennis On Dec 24, 2005, at 10:39 AM, Jerry Da

Re: Debugging and the execution path

Saving the watched set with the object is useful, because you may have more than one project you are working on and debugging. It is nice to start up where you left off --when rev crashes due to some horrible bug in your code. On the other hand, if you keep most of your handlers in a stack

Re: Don't understand the meaning of "local"

Jim, Local variables are only valid during the handler execution that they are local to. The values are not saved once the handler is exited -- they cease to exist. Script local variable values are saved --like a global for only this script. Dennis On Dec 22, 2005, at 3:58 PM, Jim Hurley

Re: Debugging and the execution path

r into the "watch" folder. Caveat: no folders no watched vars. Can't have everything. Make sense? Best, Jerry Daniels 5 Reasons 12 Top Rev Developers Use to Constellation! http://daniels-mara.com/products/5reasons.htm On Dec 22, 2005, at 12:06 PM, Dennis Brown wrote: Jerry

Re: Debugging and the execution path

Jerry, I like the folder idea better. That way I can hide all the globals, constants, or whatever. It also opens up the possibility to have a folder of "my watched variables" of mixed types. ;-) Dennis On Dec 22, 2005, at 12:53 PM, Jerry Daniels wrote: Dennis, et al., Thanks for the a

Re: Debugging and the execution path

Jerry, One of the things I consider inconvenient in the Var Watcher today, is that if you have a lot of variables (globals), the list is too long and you end up scrolling all over the place to find the variables of interest. I would welcome having a way to auto scroll and highlight the v

Re: Getting a URL form a "logged in" site

Well, I am getting discouraged with this. I have done everything suggested on this thread. I am following the redirects, capturing all the cookies in a cookie array, and setting the httpHeaders with them, but I still can't complete a login successfully. I guess this can get complicated,

Re: Getting a URL form a "logged in" site

Thanks Brian and Dave, I am now getting cookies :-) I will post the script that allows a log in as soon as I get it working. Dennis On Dec 21, 2005, at 3:11 AM, Dave Cragg wrote: On 21 Dec 2005, at 02:38, Brian Yennie wrote: Dave & Dennis, Those headers you report are a redirect which prob

Re: Getting a URL form a "logged in" site

Dave, I am trying to find the cookies... In response to my login, libUrlLastRHHeaders() returns this: HTTP/1.1 302 Moved Temporarily Server: Zeus/3.4 Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:59:02 GMT Connection: close Location: http://cookiejar.lycos.com/cgi-bin/mayaCookies? m_LE=ATFW396OinZbAY4vG4D

Re: Getting a URL form a "logged in" site

JB, Thanks for your help with this. I have crawled through these pages trying to get this login working. I think I am close. When I use the following script in a login button, it does not return any errors in it. If I change usemyusername to something that is not my user name, then it sp

Re: Sorting array

You can't sort an array. The internal sorted format is undefined. You need to create a key that gives you the order you want each element to be in --like time code. Depending on the type of operations you want to perform, the lines of items might be better --you can sort by different item

Re: Getting a URL form a "logged in" site

Jim/Bill, I took a quick look at the altBrowser demo. I could not actually try scripting with it, because the demo is a stand alone. However, I could manually log into the site and it remembered that it was still logged in when I restarted it later. So if I can direct which page to ope

Re: Getting a URL form a "logged in" site

JB, Here is the url of the log in page. http://ldbauth.lycos.com/cgi-bin/mayaLogin?m_PR=4&m_CBURL=http:// www.quote.com/qc/downloads/default.aspx The source does indeed have a post: http://ldbauth.lycos.com/cgi-bin/ mayaLogin" method="POST"> The only mention of a cookie is in a line conce

Getting a URL form a "logged in" site

I have the url that I captured from my browser that displays my personal info from a web site. This is a site that I logged into. However, when I create a Rev app to put this url into a field, I get a login page instead. Can someone tell me how I can make the site think I am logged in wit

Re: [OT: Heather: It's time for a Forum. (And an answer!)]

I just read Kevin's post. I can shut up a wait a month more... Dennis On Dec 15, 2005, at 7:23 PM, Dennis Brown wrote: Dan, I know what you mean. I have run several small companies in my life, and staying focused on the highest priorities is always a challenge. I have also ma

[OT: Heather: It's time for a Forum. (And an answer!)]

Dan, I know what you mean. I have run several small companies in my life, and staying focused on the highest priorities is always a challenge. I have also managed technical groups in very large companies. Guess what? Unless the company is VERY well run, it is even harder. It takes 2-

Re: Graphic Tools

I agree with Mark on this one. A forum might be indicated for graphics simply because graphics are very visual and screen shots might be helpful to a discussion (another shameless plug for forums). However, I took Heather's remarks to be that lengthly (and negative) discussions unrelated t

Re: Christmas e-cards as learning tools

Scott, This is really cool. Great job! Thanks for showing up that ecard Flash snow with your Rev snow. And thanks to Wouter for making it work on my Mac G5 running OS X 10.4 with the latest DreamCard. Dennis On Dec 15, 2005, at 12:17 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: go url "http://www.tactilem

Re: How About a Forum, I'll Supply the Space?

I also would be more than happy to participate in Dan's forum if it were set up --as long as it interacted with this list. I really believe it is a much better solution that meets everybody's needs. Dennis On Dec 15, 2005, at 9:55 AM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: I say just do it... __

Re: How do I control a Java applet in my browser from Rev?

mp;"Safari""e into cmd --optional could be "activate window id "& theStockTickerID --optional could be "activate window "& theStockTickerName put cr & "do javascript "& quote & javaStrMadeInRev & quote after cmd put cr & "

Re: [RRgraphix] TL.rev stack screws up menus and doesn't put them back

, Judy Perry wrote: Or Bob Dylan I think: "...keep on creeping on like a bird that flew..." Tangled Up in Blue Judy On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, Dennis Brown wrote: On Dec 14, 2005, at 2:20 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Keep on keeping on, The last time I heard that saying was 20 year

Re: Image Name (Was Re: Oh ... Image Name?)

On Dec 14, 2005, at 2:51 PM, Devin Asay wrote: A small request. Could we avoid casual references to Deity in subject lines? For some of us it grates on the ears (well, ok-- eyes). Call me old fashioned. :-) Yes, I feel the same way about that --and any kind of off color expletive for t

Re: [OT] [OT - Maybe] Good/Bad Form for sample stacks

Tom, I "usually" contact the author directly and tell them about the "bug" in their app. I do this so that they can save face (and time) by fixing the problem quickly and posting the problem/solution without being caught up in a public controversy first. However, if a code sample is supp

Re: [RRgraphix] TL.rev stack screws up menus and doesn't put them back

On Dec 14, 2005, at 2:20 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Keep on keeping on, The last time I heard that saying was 20 years ago by a wise old monk! Dennis ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subs

Re: How do I control a Java applet in my browser from Rev?

wrote: Dennis, have you contacted the supplier to ask if they have an API that would enable you to link a rev app directly to their service? They might have such a thing based on Soap/XML or somesuch that you could work with. Mark On 14 Dec 2005, at 18:00, Dennis Brown wrote: Tom, I did

Re: How do I control a Java applet in my browser from Rev?

Dec 14, 2005, at 1:12 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Dennis, The recording function -- Are you able to at least record a click at the button location? Tom On Dec 14, 2005, at 1:00 PM, Dennis Brown wrote: I also tried Automator and tried the recording function in Applescript Studio, but no

Re: How do I control a Java applet in my browser from Rev?

applescript support. Check out Applescript's website for more info: Resources: http://www.apple.com/applescript/resources/ Applescript Studio: http://www.apple.com/applescript/studio/ Online Docs for Apps: http://www.apple.com/applescript/apps/ HTH Tom On Dec 14, 2005, at 11:20 AM, Dennis Brown

How do I control a Java applet in my browser from Rev?

Hi Control Experts! I am running OS X 10.4 with Safari. I have a real time streaming stock graphing applet for a service that I subscribe to. It has a field to enter the stock symbol and a submit button. I would like to have Rev send the symbol to the field and punch the submit button.

Re: Stock Portfolio project starting

ell. If it might be helpful, I'd be happy to email it over to you, even though I'm a little embarassed at how rough it is... Mark On 10 Dec 2005, at 16:24, Dennis Brown wrote: I have just decided that I need to write a stock portfolio reporting program in DreamCard. Every c

Stock Portfolio project starting

I have just decided that I need to write a stock portfolio reporting program in DreamCard. Every canned program I have tried, does not show my portfolio in a way that is useful to me for making certain decisions. I end up with several spreadsheets that I am hand updating every day --not t

Re: Why isn't Rev more popular?

f I recall correctly HyperCard used to let one script something like "go to the background of this card" or something much shorter but more cryptic such as "go bg this cd". Not sure about the syntax, but my point is that HyperTalk was very forgiving. Is Transcript similarly forgiv

Re: Why isn't Rev more popular?

On Dec 2, 2005, at 4:30 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Problem 3: there's no such thing as "self-documenting, human-readable code". Sorry - that's the way it is. Xtalk comes pretty close, though. Even comes pretty close to "human-thinkable". Even though Transcript is pretty verbose, I find that I ne

Re: Constant 'Nonsense' about RR documentation

Another thing that makes it different (part of the depth and complexity) is the type-less nature of containers. You tell it what you want it to do generically, and it figures out how based on the kind of data you give it --even if you switched data types the next time through... Aaarrgh!

Re: Constant 'Nonsense' about RR documentation

On Nov 27, 2005, at 4:17 PM, jbv wrote: Transcript is different enough from other popular languages, in what is it different (beside the fact that it's much closer to natural english than any other language) ? just asking... uses different terms and metaphors, same question as above... aga

Re: Graphic Design Tools

This did not install on OS X the way the docs say to do it. Go to the forums to get the right way to install. Beware it is still alphaware. Dennis On Nov 27, 2005, at 1:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Judy Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Do you have a URL for it? (my PC-using studen

Re: This is what REALLY SUCKS about whingeing

I don't recall ever seeing an effect without a cause. Rest assured there is a cause, but unless it can be reproduced, it will only get fixed by accident! If there is a next time, save the crime scene. Might be about time now to get on with your life. Dennis On Nov 27, 2005, at 2:42 PM, [EMAIL

Re: Constant 'Nonsense' about RR documentation

Richmond, While I agree with your sentiment (I learned programming the same way, though a few years earlier), I don't see Transcript documentation as something to compare to other languages from the point of view of whose documentation is the worst. I see what the documentation could be -

Re: Pricing / entry cost for this tool

On Nov 25, 2005, at 7:45 PM, Michael Lew wrote: At the moment, in your country and mine, the very wealthy pay very little tax. The top 1% earners in the US pay 34% of the taxes. The top 5% earners in the US pay 54% of the taxes. The top 50% earners in the US pay 97% of the taxes. If a wealt

Re: Pricing / entry cost for this tool

le hundred people, *maybe* they could figure out how to serve both markets with great success. Short of that, I am unconvinced. On Nov 26, 2005, at 8:52 AM, Dennis Brown wrote: I think that they are more likely to stay in business with the current model --it is the model being used by the

Re: Pricing / entry cost for this tool

I am one of those free HC to paid HC to paid SC crossgrade to paid Rev enterprise crossgrade to paid Studio downgrade to paid DC to paid DC upgrade. My gosh, I have owned one of every license! Personal circumstances kept me from ever using the first Enterprise license, and I would never h

Re: The Disappearing Desktop - It's Real This Time

Sorry, I am joining this thread late and this might be a bit of a backup. How does this differ in principle from a LAN or WLAN tablet pc? The display and input is in your hand, but the computing service, storage, and other I/O are located somewhere else. The only difference is the commu

Re: frappr map

I was able to place a photo without creating an account. However, I had to place myself on the map and create the account to get my pin on the map --then I had to delete the redundant photo. Might have been better if I had read some instructions first! Dennis On Nov 12, 2005, at 12:32 PM

Re: Revdocs on a wiki

:41 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Dennis Brown wrote: The dictionary is immeasurably useful. It is even more useful when integrated into the script editor as done in Constellation. It is. Right-click on a term in the script to see the dictionary entry. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay

Re: Revdocs on a wiki

Scott, Thank you for pointing that out to folks. I am signed up, anyone else joining us? Dennis On Oct 29, 2005, at 1:24 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: This is exactly the kind of discussion that should move to the RevDocs group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RevDocs/ Regards, Scott Rossi Creativ

Re: Revdocs on a wiki

I am not interested in supporting a mish-mash unstructured free-for- all of information. That is not the point at all. I like much of the structure of the current embedded Rev documentation. The dictionary is immeasurably useful. It is even more useful when integrated into the script edi

Re: RevCentral Newsletter #5

Chipp, Good issue. Mark's tutorial on it and the result was good and concise. Even taught me something new about the result. We need a pointer to it in the new RevDocsWiki ;-) Dennis On Oct 26, 2005, at 6:14 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: Been a long time coming! Dan and I 'took the summer off

Re: Revdocs on a wiki

. With no wiki there is still the possibility of a good wiki being created. With a bad wiki, people would be discouraged. Dennis On Oct 28, 2005, at 10:33 AM, Dennis Brown wrote: Richard, I am game for this. I just signed up for the RevDocs list. Let's just make sure that this list

Re: Revdocs on a wiki

Heather, Thank you for your (RunRev's) unequivocal endorsement of this long time desire from this list. I believe it is in RunRev's best interest to take the leadership role and apparently you agree. Please be sure to solicit input INTERACTIVELY with the "interested parties" during the

Re: Revdocs on a wiki

Richard, I am game for this. I just signed up for the RevDocs list. Let's just make sure that this list gets the occasional post about the progress so others know there is a place to discuss it. Dennis On Oct 28, 2005, at 9:40 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: There's been a tremendous amount

Re: Revdocs on a wiki

Dan, Thank you for joining this discussion with this worth while proposal. Having read the list of desired features on this thread, which features do you think would have to be compromised with the solution you are proposing? Dennis On Oct 27, 2005, at 8:53 PM, Dan Shafer wrote: Several

Re: Revdocs on a wiki

I really believe the functionality desired would not be served by Web Notes as currently conceived --even if thy did work. To capture much of the wisdom that is shared on this list requires the ability to add new topics and links. Web Notes is just a place to make a coment about an existi

Re: Revdocs on a wiki

get things started. Dennis On Oct 27, 2005, at 3:30 PM, Troy Rollins wrote: On Oct 27, 2005, at 3:08 PM, Dennis Brown wrote: By the same token, having a link to the wiki from the built-in docs, would obviate the need to duplicate the same info in the wiki. Good point, but this assumes

Re: Revdocs on a wiki

By the same token, having a link to the wiki from the built-in docs, would obviate the need to duplicate the same info in the wiki. Only the additional information need be in the wiki. However, if the internal docs could download a corrected definition from the wiki, then there is a good r

Re: Revdocs on a wiki

Another possibility is that we don't try to duplicate the existing docs which we all have available anyway. Duplicating the existing docs was just a good anchor point for the corrections and expansions. However, the real value is in capturing the contributions to this list in a way that m

Re: Revdocs on a wiki

Heather, Your post is not clear to me on a couple of points: On Oct 27, 2005, at 11:06 AM, Heather Nagey wrote: Dear list members, Regarding the recent debate about extracting the current revdocs and putting them on a public wiki. We have discussed this here, and we feel that at this mome

Re: ANN: new free altPlugin: altMenuStack

Chipp, The default 22 worked on my 10.4 system, but 17 caused overlapping of the image and text. Dennis On Oct 27, 2005, at 2:29 AM, Chipp Walters wrote: BTW, Mac users will want to put 17 in the 'move menu text right' setting. Chipp Walters wrote: altMenuStack builder by Chipp Walter

Re: working method?

Charles, Depending on the size and complexity, you could take several approaches --I just have one. The main application I am developing has just 1 stack and 1 card. I put all the data crunching routines in the stack script and all the UI routines in the card script. I only put other si

Re: Ensuring numeric input

Try using isNumber --from the docs: the isNumber of value isNumber(value) isNumber(8) -- returns true isNumber(1+5) -- returns true isNumber(foo) -- returns false Dennis On Oct 26, 2005, at 8:34 PM, Michael J. Lew wrote: How can I prevent users from being able to make non-number values in a

Re: revdocs

Wiki team ;-) I am here following all these wiki threads intently. I am exited about the prospects of this --after all I have stood up on my soap box more than once to try to get folks interested in this. I have little experience with the mechanics needed, so I am just lurking in the ba

Re: docWikis

I would be most interested in seeing all the docs AND the tips and examples in one place. However, it would not be that bad to have two sites if they have pointers to entries in each other. However, it seems like keeping the pointers from breaking might be a concern. The best solution as

Re: docWikis

Marielle, What I would look for (in addition to Timothy's reply) is an easy way to navigate to information based on general to specific structure. Sort of like discovering what you want by 20 questions game. Searching for information requires that you know what to call something. Howev

Re: OT: Bush in Free Fall

Malte, http://www.wireframe.co.za/f4/default1.htm is the address of some more interesting animations from the company that did the dancing skeletons. Dennis On Oct 22, 2005, at 6:13 PM, Malte Brill wrote: awesome :-) Indeed! While we are at cool flashes: The coolest skeleton I saw was

Re: Phishy Paypal

I just used my Paypal for a transaction yesterday after a long period of not using it. Today I have been Phished twice by phony Paypal emails and sites! Dennis On Oct 22, 2005, at 1:22 PM, Bruce A. Pokras wrote: Obviously it is not PayPal doing it BUT someone IS gaining access to either

Re: Constellation

Well, then I am back to paying for a product. The circle closes back on itself ;-) On Oct 21, 2005, at 3:33 AM, Rishi Viner wrote: On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:30 pm, Dennis Brown wrote: If I pay RunRev for a better product, I am justified in yelling at them if they slack off on delivering. If

Re: Constellation

Ben, This is a good idea, and I am glad you have the time and energy to help make it happen. One of the things I like about the Rev community is that the spirit of sharing is alive. However, I don't begrudge any developer, who has taken on the task of producing a significant tool for dev

Re: ANN: Constellation Script & Property Editor 1.0.0 Released

real help while programming in Revolution. I am glad I got involved early and I anticipate a growing delight with each new future release. Thanks and keep up the good work Jerry! Dennis Brown On Oct 16, 2005, at 11:55 PM, Jerry Daniels wrote: Colleagues and Friends... - 31,299 lines

Approach to explaining TAOO [was ANN: New Website for TAOO]

Xavier, If I truly have got "it" then I can suggest an approach to explaining "it" It seems to me that the problem is that you have spent 15 years building a "do everything I want" program. When you try and explain it, you end up trying to explain "everything you have wanted" for the l

Re: FORTH

Mark, One of the great things about Forth was the overhead of just a few machine language instructions to execute a high level function call. Transcript seems to require a trip around the world to jump next door. For GUI speed stuff, it would not be a problem, but for my array crunching

Re: ANN: New Website for TAOO

.) Dan On Oct 16, 2005, at 9:58 AM, Dennis Brown wrote: Xavier, After reading your new introduction on the wiki page. Something clicks. If I understand what TAOO is supposed to be, I can relate it to Forth. ~~ Dan Shafer, Information Prod

Re: ANN: New Website for TAOO

Xavier, After reading your new introduction on the wiki page. Something clicks. If I understand what TAOO is supposed to be, I can relate it to Forth. Forth is a low level but extensible language and IDE from about 30 years ago. In Forth you write a definition for a named routine that

Re: ANN: New Website for TAOO

Xavier, I just tried again, and this time I can register and log in. Good. Dennis On Oct 16, 2005, at 12:00 PM, Dennis Brown wrote: Xavier, All I get is Login error, I tried for 15 min to get in, but had to give up... Dennis On Oct 16, 2005, at 4:02 AM, MisterX wrote

Re: ANN: New Website for TAOO

Xavier, All I get is Login error, I tried for 15 min to get in, but had to give up... Dennis On Oct 16, 2005, at 4:02 AM, MisterX wrote: Monsieurx.com is being revamped silently into Wiki and without the wacky MisterX's adventure content. You can come and preview the website at http:/

Re: Hello science in TAOO [long]

Xavier, I have kept quiet about my opinion of TAOO until now. But with all the stuff flying around, I figured I could weigh in without being the center of controversy. I am not a fast typist, so I hope you can appreciate my efforts at providing some constructive criticism. Every time y

Re: Did you get a sex change too?

Jump up on soapbox with flame thrower! It makes my blood boil when "easy to fix" bugs are not fixed because they are not high priority problems. There is nothing more frustrating than having to put in "temporary" work around code forever. Rediscovering the same bug over and over again in

Re: "Andre's all-Rev Web server"

Michael, You have to take yourself off by clicking on the link at the bottom of this and each email. You are only on this list because you signed up. Dennis On Oct 14, 2005, at 10:30 AM, Michael Queen wrote: PLEASE TAKE ME OFF YOUR MAILING LIST _

Re: Using message box

When I put in debug code, I add a comment to it so I can find it later: put myVar --debug Dennis On Aug 29, 2005, at 11:22 AM, Bill wrote: Thanks. I looked in the docs too but sometimes the docs don't work (or maybe they get caught up in something that takes so long it seems like they're n

Re: Saluting the Menu Maven

This is a good idea. One item that comes to mind for every conference is that the author usually has a prepared monologue of what they are going to present at the conference. I find it very choppy and hard to read in the broken up conference format. I have taken to editing the conference

Re: magic settings for rollovers?

Richard, If you want a fail-safe, perhaps you can have an idle task that just goes around and fixes any bad button images if the mouse is not within them. Dennis On Aug 24, 2005, at 4:41 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard, How about mouseEnter and mouseLeave; as

Re: searching all scripts in an application

All, I have used Constellation about 6 hours a day since the pre-release was made available for sale. If it crashed often, I would not use it at all. I have not noticed any increase in the frequency from what Rev normally crashes (yes, Rev does crash on occasion). The software is still

Re: I give up: how do you continue a line in Rev?

g a single script command on the next line" or "breaking a single script command into multiple lines" Dennis On Aug 20, 2005, at 11:01 AM, Geoff Canyon wrote: On Aug 19, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Dennis Brown wrote: The way I want to search for information when I don't know wh

Re: I give up: how do you continue a line in Rev?

If I might just interject a thought about indexes. The way I want to search for information when I don't know what something is called or even if it exists, is narrowing by categories. I would want a list of 10-20 broad categories. And for each broad category, a new list of categories would

Re: Alias' on OS X

Thanks for the prompts, I answered my own question: Try the alias first, and if the result is not empty, go for the file directly instead My script works now. Dennis On Aug 17, 2005, at 5:56 PM, Dennis Brown wrote: Ken,Jeanne,Jacqueline, Yes I am on a Mac. Yes Ken's script works

Re: Alias' on OS X

as as the file. I want to have a mix of alias' and files in a list without caring which is which. How would I do that since the filenames are the same? Dennis On Aug 16, 2005, at 11:13 PM, Ken Ray wrote: On 8/16/05 9:36 PM, "Dennis Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi

Alias' on OS X

Hi, I have a very large list of large files (thousands) that I use as a database in my program. I also use a subset of them for faster testing. At first I was duplicating the subset in another folder, but I thought it would be nice to just have an alias of the files I wanted to use in t

Re: char-in-menu question

arles On Aug 13, 2005, at 10:59 AM, Dennis Brown wrote: && form the docs "To put an & or / character in the text of a menu, double the characters: && or //." Dennis On Aug 13, 2005, at 9:39 AM, Charles Hartman wrote: I need to include an ampersand -- numToC

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