Message stack no longer exists in this location
Hello, I have been getting a message stack no longer exists in this location when accessing a stack from the Open Recent File menu. This was after I had just closed the stack. I can open the stack manually, but would anyone have an idea why this message pops up? I am on Rev 2.7.1 thanks, Ivan Wong ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Transparent Blending -- Mac vs Windows
Hi All, In regards to the blending property of images, I am used to working with Revolution on the Mac but when I open the same stack in Revolution on Windows, my graphics do not transfer over properly. I was predominantly using the transparent ink with a blend level of 0 for my images. On the Mac, this makes all white pixels on an image actually transparent. But on Windows, the white pixels remain white! The most common scenario would be that you have a graphic of something and you want it to sit on top of other images in the background. This must surely be the most popular blending required and I must be overlooking something simple. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks, Kevin ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Transparent Blending - Mac vs Windows (vs Linux vs Unix)
It all seems a but complicated when all you really need to do is author transparent GIFs in an external image editor! sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson, 2006 - Switch an email account to Yahoo! Mail, you could win FIFA World Cup tickets. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Transparent Blending - Mac vs Windows (vs Linux vs Unix)
Or PNGs, which look much better =). It all seems a but complicated when all you really need to do is author transparent GIFs in an external image editor! sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson, 2006 - Switch an email account to Yahoo! Mail, you could win FIFA World Cup tickets. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Revolution Syntax Quick Reference
If this handbook should be useful for many people, I could try to update it to Rev 2.7.x documentation; I will see in future. Greetings Paul Claude on 3-05-2006 21:50, Francis Nugent Dixon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To Paul Claude, The PDF Revolution Quick Reference is just what I wanted to build myself, because I need a Quick Reference List. But it already exists ! FLG (Finger Lickin' Good !) Thanks for pointing it out. -Francis Nothing should ever be done for the first time ! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Palette for those who don't want to get RSI
just uploaded a Colour Reference Palette that employs mouseEnter rather than mouseUp for those who prefer it. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRgraphix/ sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson, 2006 - Switch an email account to Yahoo! Mail, you could win FIFA World Cup tickets. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Looking for certain types of buttons
I have the following code: repeat with i = 1 to the number of btns if the my_property of btn i is not property_one then next repeat ... end if end repeat Question is, is there a better way of writing this so that the handler only looks at buttons whose my_property is property_one? The main reason I want this is to reduce the time taken when stepping through the script for debugging. At the moment it goes through the loop once for every button. -- Kaveh Bazargan http://www.river-valley.com/ http://www.holographer.org/ ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Looking for certain types of buttons
Kaveh, That seems very efficient but if you are trying to make debugging quicker than put that code is a separate handler: on mouseUp ... cCheckBtn ... end mouseUp on cCheckBtn repeat with i = 1 to the number of btns if the my_property of btn i is not property_one then next repeat ... end if end repeat end cCheckBtn That way you can use the 'Over' step in the debugging process and skip that code. HTH Tom On May 4, 2006, at 7:25 AM, Kaveh Bazargan wrote: I have the following code: repeat with i = 1 to the number of btns if the my_property of btn i is not property_one then next repeat ... end if end repeat Question is, is there a better way of writing this so that the handler only looks at buttons whose my_property is property_one? The main reason I want this is to reduce the time taken when stepping through the script for debugging. At the moment it goes through the loop once for every button. -- Kaveh Bazargan http://www.river-valley.com/ http://www.holographer.org/ ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution Thomas J McGrath III [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lazy River Software - http://www.lazyriversoftware.com Lazy River Metal Art™ - http://www.lazyriversoftware.com/metal.html Meeting Wear - http://www.cafepress.com/meetingwear Semantic Compaction Systems - http://www.minspeak.com SCIconics, LLC - http://www.sciconics.com/sciindex.html ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Looking for certain types of buttons
At 07:57 -0400 4/5/06, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Kaveh, That seems very efficient but if you are trying to make debugging quicker than put that code is a separate handler: [...] Just what I needed. Thanks! I just seem to remember something like: repeat with i = 1 to the number of buttons whose style is ... But maybe I was just dreaming!! -- Kaveh Bazargan http://www.river-valley.com/ http://www.holographer.org/ ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Revolution vs Visual Basic
On 8 Mar 2006, at 14:45, Mark Smith wrote: A little out of my depth in saying this, but I don't think Revolution would be optimal for writing large and complex image manipulation routines, for example. I'll leave it there, as I have no experience of VB, so perhaps others can offer useful comparisons. I've used a combination of RunRev to run the GUI and a C/C++ External to do the image processing. This combination works really well giving you the ease and speed of implementation in RunRev and the speed of C/ C++ where it counts. All the Best Dave ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Looking for certain types of buttons
On 4 May 2006, at 13:01, Kaveh Bazargan wrote: At 07:57 -0400 4/5/06, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Kaveh, That seems very efficient but if you are trying to make debugging quicker than put that code is a separate handler: [...] Just what I needed. Thanks! I just seem to remember something like: repeat with i = 1 to the number of buttons whose style is ... I think that's AppleScript! I get confused like that too, especially when switching back and forth between languages! All the Best Dave ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Revolution vs Visual Basic
Can you tell us more about that external? Mark -- Economy-x-Talk Consultancy and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Salery is the easiest way to get your own web store on-line: http:// www.salery.biz/salery.html Op 4-mei-2006, om 14:07 heeft David Burgun het volgende geschreven: I've used a combination of RunRev to run the GUI and a C/C++ External to do the image processing. This combination works really well giving you the ease and speed of implementation in RunRev and the speed of C/C++ where it counts. All the Best Dave ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
dsn-less connections
Hi, can anyone give any hint on how (and if) is it possible to arrange a dsn-less connection from transcript. I have a bunch of text files that represent a simple relational database. Does Revolution have any internal SQL module (like Perl's dbi), so I could sql-query text tables directly without any connection to external drivers? Or via external ODBC/MDAC/ADODB/whatever driver (like Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)), but without registering the database for the system, so I can distribute it with the executable and run anywhere without any pre-configuration. As always, thank you all very much for your help! Best wishes Viktoras ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
server-client apps in transcript
One more question, Looking for hints on how to implement server - client software using transcript. I.e. how do we create a server that opens its own port and communicates through it with the client on other machine worldwide. Something similar to p2p connections, just to be used for distributed computing tasks. You help is always appreciated! :) Thanks and best regards Viktoras ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Revolution vs Visual Basic
Of course, when I wrote 'Revolution', I meant 'Transcript', but now Transcript is called Revolution, I can pretend I was right all along! Best, Mark On 4 May 2006, at 13:07, David Burgun wrote: On 8 Mar 2006, at 14:45, Mark Smith wrote: A little out of my depth in saying this, but I don't think Revolution would be optimal for writing large and complex image manipulation routines, for example. I'll leave it there, as I have no experience of VB, so perhaps others can offer useful comparisons. I've used a combination of RunRev to run the GUI and a C/C++ External to do the image processing. This combination works really well giving you the ease and speed of implementation in RunRev and the speed of C/C++ where it counts. All the Best Dave ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: finding multiple keystrokes
Thanks Brian! Works perfectly. Steve Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 21:27:34 -0700 From: Brian Yennie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: finding multiple keystrokes To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Stephen, How about something along the lines of: constant keyThreshold = 500 local findString, lastKeyTime on keydown key if (lastKeyTime is empty) OR (the milliseconds - lastKeyTime keyThreshold) then put key into findString else put key after findString end if find normal findString in field list put the milliseconds into lastKeyTime end keydown This is top-of-the-head untested, but the idea would be to track the time at which a key was pressed, and if another key is pressed quickly enough (with the keyThreshold), append that key to the find string instead of replacing it. HTH, Brian the following will select, in a list field, only the first item that starts with the first pressed key: on keydown key find normal key in field list end keydown but if field 'list' contains: abc agh aty how can I make it so that the third line will be selected if the user presses at? Thanks, Steve ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: server-client apps in transcript
Hi Viktoras, Looking for hints on how to implement server - client software using transcript. The rev_ipc list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/revolution_ipc/ archives include simple client and server stacks, + ipc libraries, by Jan Schenkel. [You must subscribe to the list to get access.] Serendipity Library http://wecode.org/serendipity/ includes modified versions of same + a working client/server hierarchical, multi-user database. Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Saving in Legacy Format: RR Media.
RR Media 2.7.1 seems unable to save in legacy format - despite the impression given on the RR website. I do hope that RR will enable this feature in a 2.7.2 release shortly. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson, 2006 - To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Scriptlimit in standalone application.
Hi all, with the runrev 2.7.1 release, I have wanted to try it with my software. But after converted all stack to runrev 2.7 and the launcher to runrev 2.7.1, I launch the software and I have got this error : license limit exceeded My software work like that, I have got a lot of stack which registers their functions in back. (a lot of library, my project is a bit huge). With runrev 2.6.1, there is no problem, with runrev 2.7.1, this block. I have take a look at the Runrev 2.7.1 documentations, and in the documentations is it said normal that standalone application are limited to 10 backscripts. So, why is the reason of this block ? and does this limit occurs on licensed edition of Runrev ? (I am using evaluation for testing). Thanks, Damien ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Saving in Legacy Format: RR Media.
On May 4, 2006, at 9:19 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: RR Media 2.7.1 seems unable to save in legacy format - despite the impression given on the RR website. I do hope that RR will enable this feature in a 2.7.2 release shortly. Confirmed here. But since Rev Media didn't exist before 2.7 would it even make sense to have a save in legacy format option? Especially in a product that's supposed to be simplified. I looked on the RR website, but couldn't find where it talks about saving in legacy format from Media. Regards. Devin Devin Asay Humanities Technology and Research Support Center Brigham Young University ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Saving in Legacy Format: RR Media.
That depends entirely on whether RR Media is meant to be viewed as a totally new product that in some way stands apart from the other current and past offerings of Runtime Revolution (the company) or as a program within an 'evolutionary' family that is both backwards and forwards compatible. My experience since I recieved my copy of RR Media, sadly, seems to favour the first view. Had I known that, prior to ordering it, I would have bought either a Dreamcard upgrade or full-blown Runtime Revolution instead. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson, 2006 - Switch an email account to Yahoo! Mail, you could win FIFA World Cup tickets. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Saving in Legacy Format: RR Media.
Richmond, search the mail list archives for a thread containing, file format change on the subject. You'll see that there is a way for Rev Media to save using old 2.5 format. This is undocumented and probably unsuported meaning it might go away in the future. I don't have Rev Media here and I am not using this option. I have Revolution from 2.5 til 2.7 installed here and when I need to use old format stacks I use Rev 2.6.1 and when I am building new stuff that don't need to be opened in previous Rev I use 2.7. There was a thread about that and I think chipp did a little altPlug that would backup a stack using old file format. This new stack format is not only Rev Media, all Rev versions from 2.7 up save in this format. I don't know the internals and what changed so I cannot say about what you'd be missing by moving to old file format. mail list archives are your friend Cheers andre On May 4, 2006, at 1:31 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: That depends entirely on whether RR Media is meant to be viewed as a totally new product that in some way stands apart from the other current and past offerings of Runtime Revolution (the company) or as a program within an 'evolutionary' family that is both backwards and forwards compatible. My experience since I recieved my copy of RR Media, sadly, seems to favour the first view. Had I known that, prior to ordering it, I would have bought either a Dreamcard upgrade or full-blown Runtime Revolution instead. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson, 2006 - Switch an email account to Yahoo! Mail, you could win FIFA World Cup tickets. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Saving in Legacy Format: RR Media.
Richmond Mathewson wrote: My experience since I recieved my copy of RR Media, sadly, seems to favour the first view. Had I known that, prior to ordering it, I would have bought either a Dreamcard upgrade or full-blown Runtime Revolution instead. Not a problem then - the cost of Studio is exactly equal to the cost of Media + (upgrade Media to Studio), so you can simply upgrade now at no difference in total cost. -- Alex Tweedly http://www.tweedly.net -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.3/331 - Release Date: 03/05/2006 ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Windows mysteries
Let me start by saying I am a Mac guy who does not spend much time on my Windows machine. Two weeks ago, new install of XP Home+clean hard drive by Computer Builders Warehouse technician. No Microsoft office, etc installed... just IE. These 2 issues may be realated :: Issue 1 - Rev 2.5.1 was installed by me and operating 1 week ago. Later, did the 2.6.1 upgrade. Did delete 2.5.1 from the control panel, then installed 2.6.1. Cannot get the icons to show Rev, even going to properties. The icons do show as Rev if I reinstall 2.5.1 Again, unistall, install 2.6.1 will not show the icons (even using open with..) or allow double click to launch. Drag over Rev 2.6.1 shortcut will work. Issue 2 - working on stack 001.rev saving changes frequently. Then with the stack still open, use Inspector to change the stack name to 002, then do Save As 002.rev Result Card modifications to fields and buttons saved in 002, but not stack script modifications, HOWEVER, the opposite is true, the stack script saved in 001, but not card modifications. In this case, it is easy to copy the stack script into 002 and go forward... makes no sense to me ver 001 is 55k | ver 002 is 43k with mod date 3 min later than 001. These may be related, and both are total, frustrating mysteries to me. I would prefer to develop on the Mac, but this is a specific printing app that needs all the formatting-driver-printer nuances to be precise. What are the lessons I need to learn and where can I go read about them? Jim Ault Las Vegas ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Shifted Results from External
Dar- Wednesday, May 3, 2006, 1:36:01 PM, you wrote: However, in the customer's environment which includes another external of mine that runs a customer supplied ActiveX module something strange happens after a while. Based on the data from the customer, it looks like the results from system calls are shifted off by one. That is, if calls are like this--f1(), g(), g(), f2(), g()-- at some point the data returned is that that should have been for the previous call--empty, f1(), g(), g(), f2(). I have no queues in my code, but it looks as if data is queued but an extra value is left in or inserted at some point. (The customer also reported memory usage growth.) That's indeed weird. My only guess at the moment is that one of your functions may be getting compiled with a different calling protocol than the others: it's expecting rev to clean up the stack, while rev looks at the protocol and thinks the function should clean it up. And that this function only gets called rarely, but enough to leave an extra value lying about on top of the stack. -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Message stack no longer exists in this location
Ivan wrote: Hello, I have been getting a message stack no longer exists in this location when accessing a stack from the Open Recent File menu. This was after I had just closed the stack. I can open the stack manually, but would anyone have an idea why this message pops up? I am on Rev 2.7.1 Did you change the stack name? Rev only remembers the stack if it is named exactly as it was when you first opened it. If you change the name or move the location, it forgets. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Saving in Legacy Format: RR Media.
At 10:19 AM 5/4/2006, you wrote: RR Media 2.7.1 seems unable to save in legacy format - despite the impression given on the RR website. I do hope that RR will enable this feature in a 2.7.2 release shortly. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson I don't think Media can save in an older format. It is my understanding that media files are flagged as such, so they can only be run using the Media player, and not played using a stack runner built with Studio/Enterprise. I would think being able to save in the legacy format would remove this flag. Peter T. Evensen http://www.PetersRoadToHealth.com 314-629-5248 or 888-628-4588 ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Saving in Legacy Format: RR Media.
Peter T. Evensen wrote: At 10:19 AM 5/4/2006, you wrote: RR Media 2.7.1 seems unable to save in legacy format - despite the impression given on the RR website. I do hope that RR will enable this feature in a 2.7.2 release shortly. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson I don't think Media can save in an older format. It is my understanding that media files are flagged as such, so they can only be run using the Media player, and not played using a stack runner built with Studio/Enterprise. I would think being able to save in the legacy format would remove this flag. I think you are right. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Shifted Results from External
On May 4, 2006, at 11:06 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: That is, if calls are like this--f1(), g(), g(), f2(), g()-- at some point the data returned is that that should have been for the previous call--empty, f1(), g(), g(), f2(). I have no queues in my code, but it looks as if data is queued but an extra value is left in or inserted at some point. (The customer also reported memory usage growth.) That's indeed weird. My only guess at the moment is that one of your functions may be getting compiled with a different calling protocol than the others: it's expecting rev to clean up the stack, while rev looks at the protocol and thinks the function should clean it up. And that this function only gets called rarely, but enough to leave an extra value lying about on top of the stack. Good thinking. Everything that Rev sees is C. All the C++ is hidden. Also, everything works fine until after a long stress. Even then, I have trouble seeing how this might cause the symptoms. I think this might be part of the answer but is still quite shy. Dar ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
ungrouped group names reassigned to new groups
Before entering this 'undocumented feature' into BZ, I wanted to find out if anyone has already entered it. (I did search BZ but didn't find any entries that looked similar.) Comments? It's funny... in other contexts I've actually benefited from this Rev feature. Now in my current context it was a problem (I found a workaround). Context (Rev 2.6.1, OS 10.4.6 - not tried on others): I built a process that repurposes a document layout stack into a set of print-ready rendered document pages. Along the way from layout to rendered, the stack has some groups that get ungrouped, and their objects get regrouped into different-than-original sets. As the new groups are created, the process assigns names to them. Problem: Some of the names my process assigned to the new groups were replaced by the names of those ungrouped [old] groups. All of the old group names were recycled this way. As a result, some new group names were wrong, hosing the subsequent document rendering process. Workaround: There were two old groups that were ungrouped, so before my new groups were created I did this: create group create image in last group -- maybe unnecessary create group create image in last group -- maybe unnecessary delete last group delete last group This purged Rev's memory of the 2 old groupnames, and my process was then able to complete successfully, since the new groupnames were now intact. Thanks - Phil Davis ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
[OT]Picture of the day at e-on software
http://www.e-onsoftware.com/ Vapor drive runs on water. Now that there's a picture of it, I need to get Chris to actually make it work. (We'll sell it as a Rev add-on) -- -- Chipp Walters www.altuit.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
altuit references
Mark Alan Effinger CEO, ExitPath, Inc. Phone: 949-903-1987 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Luetzelschwab Director of Technology, Best Associates, Inc Phone: 214-210-7330 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dan Shafer ShaferMedia, Inc Author of over 60 Books on Technology Phone: 831-274-6470 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Chipp Walters www.altuit.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: altuit references
Well, it looks like I'm posting all my personal data to the list today. Sorry...meant for only Chris. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: More OSX Appearance Confusion
At 3:46 AM -0700 5/1/2006, Jan Schenkel wrote: --- Arthur Urban [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All my controls appear correctly under OSX, but the window backdrop does not have that light horizontal striping that is typical of Aqua/Quartz application windows. Instead it's just plain white. - create a new rectangle graphic - send it to the back - set its border to 0 - set its rectangle to (0, 0,stack width, stack height) - set its backgroundPattern to 210091 (you can find it in the 'Standard Icons' set in the Image Library) Far easier, though, to simply set the stack's style to modeless. Modeless dialog boxes inherit the striped background, but otherwise behave much like ordinary windows. -- jeanne a. e. devoto ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jaedworks.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Has anyone been successful in using a QT video player in a 2.7.1 standalone? Any tutorials available?
I am unable to successfully develop a standalone (on a Mac with OS 10.4.6 using Rev 2.7.1) from a stack containing a QT player. The stack works fine in the IDE and properly plays the video. No problems. However, when I try to build a standalone, no matter where I put the external QT file, with the appropriate location given in the Copy Files in the Standalone Application Settings, the standalone builder either does not attach the file as part of the application package, or even when it occasionally does attach it, the app doesn't play it. (I couldn't make a standalone that worked correctly in 2.5.1 either.) I can't find any information/tutorial on how to do this correctly. I also tried playing the QT file as a videoClip, but the clip was centered at 0,0, no matter where I tried to locate it, and only showed the lower right quadrant of the video. Any help would be very much appreciated. PS -- the pdf User Guide in the Documentation does not contain any information on file naming etc in Chapter 9 -- it's missing. That's not good. -- Robert E. Ball, PhD Distinguished Professor, Emeritus Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
The QT player in a standalone
I am unable to successfully develop a standalone (on a Mac with OS 10.4.6 using Rev 2.7.1) from a stack containing a QT player. The stack works fine in the IDE and properly plays the video. No problems. However, when I try to build a standalone, no matter where I put the external QT file, with the appropriate location given in the Copy Files in the Standalone Application Settings, the standalone builder either does not attach the file as part of the application package, or even when it occasionally does attach it, the app doesn't play it. (I couldn't make a standalone that worked correctly in 2.5.1 either.) I can't find any information/tutorial on how to do this correctly. I also tried playing the QT file as a videoClip, but the clip was centered at 0,0, no matter where I tried to locate it, and only showed the lower right quadrant of the video. Any help would be very much appreciated. PS -- the pdf User Guide in the Documentation does not contain any information on file naming etc in Chapter 9 -- it's missing. That's not good. -- Robert E. Ball, PhD Distinguished Professor, Emeritus Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: server-client apps in transcript
On May 04 2006, at 15:20, Viktoras Didziulis wrote: ... Looking for hints on how to implement server - client software using transcript. ... You might want to try chatrev out, it's a chat app made entirely in runrev, see signature for links. We are also always eager to help people that want to chat with us ;) greetings Björnke von Gierke -- official ChatRev page: http://chatrev.bjoernke.com Chat with other RunRev developers: go stack URL http://homepage.mac.com/bvg/chatrev1.3.rev; ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: [OT]Picture of the day at e-on software
http://www.e-onsoftware.com/ Vapor drive runs on water. Now that there's a picture of it, I need to get Chris to actually make it work. (We'll sell it as a Rev add-on) Pretty cool. Did you make the model in LW? Best regards, Lynn Fredricks Worldwide Business Operations Runtime Revolution, Ltd ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: The QT player in a standalone
On 5/5/06, Dr. Robert E. Ball [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am unable to successfully develop a standalone (on a Mac with OS 10.4.6 using Rev 2.7.1) from a stack containing a QT player. The stack works fine in the IDE and properly plays the video. No problems. However, when I try to build a standalone, no matter where I put the external QT file, with the appropriate location given in the Copy Files in the Standalone Application Settings, the standalone builder either does not attach the file as part of the application package, or even when it occasionally does attach it, the app doesn't play it. (I couldn't make a standalone that worked correctly in 2.5.1 either.) I can't find any information/tutorial on how to do this correctly. I did a test using a button to locate the movie file as follows: answer file Select a movie file: put it into tFile if tFile is not empty then set the filename of player Player to tFile This worked perfectly in Rev 2.7.1 with Mac OS X 10.4.6, so I suspect it is a file path problem and your app is not pointing to the correct movie file. For testing, I suggest you try two things: 1. add a button that just reports the filename of the player object so that you can see exactly where it thinks the file should be. 2. add another button that does what my test script does. That way you will be able to confirm that the player object does what you want. HTH, Sarah ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Sort-of OT: Learning Python
Those of you who know me know that I am always fascinated by different programming languages. I've programmed in more than a few, but read up on dozens. Lately I've been taking a stab at Python. I'm keeping track of progress at http://learningpython.wordpress.com/ So far it's mostly gripes and rants ;-) The reason I say sort-of off topic is that I'm making no secret of the fact that I come from a Revolution background. The latest post compares the out-of-the-box experience between Rev and a Python IDE. In Rev, installation and building a standalone application takes 16 steps, including retrieving and entering the demo license code. In Python, after 10 steps I have downloaded nothing, installed nothing, and built nothing, have gone down a blind alley or two, and have more questions than I started with. When I get past the install and start describing actually programming in Python, it should be better. In any case, feel free to have a look and post feedback, even if it's just to point out where I went wrong in the Python install process ;-) regards, Geoff ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Saving information with a standalone
I guess I misunderstood something about Rev Standalones, so I'll ask here to see where I went wrong. I was under the impression that if I changed the value of a Custom Property of an object during run-time, the new value was saved in the stack when the stack quit. This is most certainly not happening for me, even though I issue a 'save' command on exit. Did I miss something? Thanx! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Process, anyone?
After days of chasing down and testing every possible idea and suggestion, I have come to the Oracle. Can anyone out there tell me what is the best solution for this problem? A stand-alone app doesn't delete itself out of the Windows Task Manager list when the stand-alone app is closed. The app remains in the processes list and each time it is used another copy is left. It would seem to be the old problem of bleeding software, but I am sure there is a Revolution answer to cure it. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT]Picture of the day at e-on software
Thanks, The model created entirely within Vue. The goal was to use Vue only. The model is fairly well detailed, a larger version is up on Cornucopia. Lynn Fredricks wrote: Pretty cool. Did you make the model in LW? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Process, anyone?
Couple of things come to mind: 1) If you're using speech synthesis, do a 'revUnloadSpeech' before quitting. 2) Cancel all pending messages before quitting. HTH - Phil Davis Cal Horner wrote: After days of chasing down and testing every possible idea and suggestion, I have come to the Oracle. Can anyone out there tell me what is the best solution for this problem? A stand-alone app doesn't delete itself out of the Windows Task Manager list when the stand-alone app is closed. The app remains in the processes list and each time it is used another copy is left. It would seem to be the old problem of bleeding software, but I am sure there is a Revolution answer to cure it. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Fwd: Transparent Blending -- Mac vs Windows
Interestingly enough I found that selecting the paint bucket tool and right-clicking on the white parts of an image in the Windows version of Rev will actually deem those white areas transparent. Rather peculiar but then, isn't everything that has to do with Windows? Begin forwarded message: From: kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: May 3, 2006 11:52:20 PM PDT To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Subject: Transparent Blending -- Mac vs Windows Hi All, In regards to the blending property of images, I am used to working with Revolution on the Mac but when I open the same stack in Revolution on Windows, my graphics do not transfer over properly. I was predominantly using the transparent ink with a blend level of 0 for my images. On the Mac, this makes all white pixels on an image actually transparent. But on Windows, the white pixels remain white! The most common scenario would be that you have a graphic of something and you want it to sit on top of other images in the background. This must surely be the most popular blending required and I must be overlooking something simple. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks, Kevin ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Saving information with a standalone
On 5/4/06 6:20 PM, Arthur Urban [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess I misunderstood something about Rev Standalones, so I'll ask here to see where I went wrong. I was under the impression that if I changed the value of a Custom Property of an object during run-time, the new value was saved in the stack when the stack quit. This is most certainly not happening for me, even though I issue a 'save' command on exit. Did I miss something? Thanx! The key to a standalone is that it is compiled, and when running in any operating system, its operating environment can be changed (as all programs do) but the file on the HDrive cannot be modified. You need to modify or create other files (such as text files, images, binaries, stacks) or send the data to another running program that will save it (such as SQL databases, spreadsheets, cgi's on servers). Richard Gaskin has some good info about this on his web site at Fourth World. Hope this helps. Jim Ault Las Vegas ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: The QT player in a standalone
On 5/4/06 5:14 PM, Sarah Reichelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/5/06, Dr. Robert E. Ball [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am unable to successfully develop a standalone (on a Mac with OS 10.4.6 using Rev 2.7.1) from a stack containing a QT player. The stack works fine in the IDE and properly plays the video. No problems. However, when I try to build a standalone, no matter where I put the external QT file, with the appropriate location given in the Copy Files in the Standalone Application Settings, the standalone builder either does not attach the file as part of the application package, or even when it occasionally does attach it, the app doesn't play it. (I couldn't make a standalone that worked correctly in 2.5.1 either.) I can't find any information/tutorial on how to do this correctly. I did a test using a button to locate the movie file as follows: answer file Select a movie file: put it into tFile if tFile is not empty then set the filename of player Player to tFile This worked perfectly in Rev 2.7.1 with Mac OS X 10.4.6, so I suspect it is a file path problem and your app is not pointing to the correct movie file. For testing, I suggest you try two things: 1. add a button that just reports the filename of the player object so that you can see exactly where it thinks the file should be. 2. add another button that does what my test script does. That way you will be able to confirm that the player object does what you want. HTH, Sarah ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution Hello Sarah -- thank you so much for taking the time to help me out. If I wasn't going to distribute my standalone program to others, your suggestion would work. But I do intend to distribute it, so the QT files must be an internal part of the application package. Thus, my problem was not finding the absolute path to a QT file on my hard disk from the standalone application. My problem was getting the standalone builder to include the QT files in the standalone package, and then getting the standalone application to point to the files in the application package and play them. However, thanks to your suggestion, I was able to determine the solution to my problem. When I put the QT files in the same folder as the stack file and I added the files in the Copy Files in the Standalone Application Settings and located the player files in the Inspector, the file path was relative to the stack file, the QT files were not included in the standalone package, and (of course) the players in the standalone application didn't play. On the other hand, when I put the QT files in another folder, the file path in the Copy Files and the player files in the Inspector were absolute, the files were included in the standalone package, and it worked like a charm. Your suggestion to locate the file path using a button (in the standalone application) resulted in an absolute file path -- which led me to try out other locations for the QT files that resulted in absolute file paths in the Copy Files and player Inspector. Thank you. I sure wish Revolution would prepare a tutorial on the use of external files. Bob -- Robert E. Ball, PhD Distinguished Professor, Emeritus Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
