Complimentary White papers
Dear all, I realize this is from the competition (well, sort of a competition !!), but there are some good points in the published white papers that SumTotal Systems has on-line at www.sumtotalsystems.com/resources/whitepapers.html Enjoy !! Bob Earp White Rock, British Columbia. ___ 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: libURLftpCommand help required please....
Many thanks for the replies on this.Mark/Jim - I've played around with quotes/no quotes, changing the address elements to include ftp.ashford.ca, httP://ashford.ca and combinations thereof, but I still get the error message error invalid host address. I'm using Rev Enterprise v4.0.0 build 950 BTW.If it helps, I do get stuff returned without and error if I use put url http://test:myt...@ashford.ca; into fld resultsDave - It wasn't the LIST ftp command I was after, I just used that as an example of an ftp command that (I assumed) the libURLftpCommand would do as it seems to say that in the dictionary. I also tried HELP as the dictionary suggests, but I still get the same error. What I want to do in the end is read seta file permission on the server. Right now there is one file named test.txt on that URL that has RW set, and of course you can see it at www.ashford.ca/testFYI, it is put libURLftpCommand(HELP,ashford.ca,t...@ashford.ca,myTest) into fld results that gives me the error invalid host address message, yet in an ftp client such as FileZilla I can use ashford.ca as the host address, t...@ashford.ca as the username, and myTest as the password, and it all works fine.Thanks again for the feedback help.best, Bob...Bob Earp - White Rock, British Columbia _ 30 days of prizes to be won with Hotmail. Enter Here. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729709___ 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: libURLftpCommand help required please....
Hi Mark. Just tried that and it does not make any difference either way. Thanks for the idea though..best, Bob... On Mon, 24 May 2010 18:34:51 +0200 Mark Schonewille wrote:-Hi Bob, - -Have you set the FTP mode to passive? Look up libUrlSetFtpMode in the -dictionary. - --- -Best regards, -Mark Schonewille _ Win $10,000 from Hotmail! Enter Here. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729708___ 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
libURLftpCommand help required please....
I'm trying to send an ftp command to a site, and being a neophyte at these things I'm not having much success. This is what I'm using, what's wrong with it ? put libURLftpCommand(LIST,ashford.ca,t...@ashford.ca,myTest) into fld results The example above is using LIST as the ftp command, ashford.ca as the host address, t...@ashford.ca is the username and myTest is the password. If I use the same parameters in FileZilla all works OK. Yes, these are all real parameters, at least until I get things going and delete the ftp site ;-) Eventually I'm hoping to read write permissions of a file in that location. When I finally get things going I promise I'll share a sample app that demos how this all works, for anybody who is interested. Then again, maybe there is one already out there somewhere ? Many thanks in advance, Bob... Bob Earp - White Rock, British Columbia _ MSN Dating: Find someone special. Start now. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729707___ 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
Setting file permissions on remote server
I have an app that reads/writes from/to a data file on a remote server. So far there's only been one user of the app, but I wish to allow a number of users to use the app in different locations, which means I have to consider the case where more than one user wants to write to the file at the same time. I was thinking that setting the data file's permissions read only with the first user to open the file would be the easiest way to solve this, but can't seem to get that going. Maybe there is an easier way, or more probably I'm just being a dufus here ;-) In any event, does anybody have some words of wisdom/guidance, or better still a sample ? Many thanks, Bob... Bob Earp - White Rock, British Columbia, Canada _ 30 days of prizes: Hotmail makes your day easier! Enter Now. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729710___ 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
Glass Globe - Kudos Scott !!
Many thanks Scott for the Glass Globe demo in RevUp #89. Apart from being the usual very cool looking stuff you produce, it was (once again) and extremely elegant solution. I really appreciate the chance to learn... best, Bob... Bob Earp - Ashford Technologies Inc.White Rock, British Columbia. _ Check your Hotmail from your phone. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712957___ 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: Not quite [OT]: News about Revolution
Judy, if you haven't seen it take a look at the BBC series The Last Enemy. It was on PBS under their Masterpiece Classic program, but you can see all about it at http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/lastenemy/welcome.shtmlI think it was produced around the time national identity cards were being considered in the UK, and is another one of those great British conspiracy series.If you like such things, there's also the classic House of Cards trilogy which is really a modern day Macbeth in both plot and acting. Brilliant !! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098825/usercommentsbest, Bob... The Brits beat us to it on that one; it's a UK requirement AFAIK to have the biometric chip. But I'm reasonably certain that the US is rather enthusiastically jumping down that same stupid rabbit-hole. Judy Robert J. Earp - Ashford Technologies Inc.White Rock, BC. Canada _ ___ 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
Completely OT - Winter Olympic events link
If any of you are coming to my great province for the winter olympics, you may like to bookmark this link which is getting 5 stars. http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?hl=enie=UTF8msa=0msid=109677566226637280175.00047d77960b85a1c664dsource=embedll=49.288187,-123.115883spn=0.06886,0.151749 You'll have to scroll a way north to see the Whistler events. best, Bob... Robert J. Earp - Ashford Technologies Inc.White Rock, BC. Canada _ ___ 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: Import temperature and switch on/off the heater with Rev
Mark-It does with a USB to Serial adapter. Once the adapter is set up to replicate a specific port you just tell PortMon to monitor the pseudo port, unfortunately only on Windows though.best, Bob...~~Message: 2Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:37:40 -0800From: Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.netSubject: Re: Import temperature and switch on/off the heater with RevTo: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.comMessage-ID: 146745232640.20090204143...@ahsoftware.netContent-Type: text/plain; charset=us-asciiBob-Interesting - I didn't think portmon worked with usb ports.-- -Mark wiedermwie...@ahsoftware.net _ The new Windows Live Messenger. You don’t want to miss this. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx___ 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: Import temperature and switch on/off the heater with Rev
Mark,Thanks for the feedback. The Arduino looks a very cool device and as soon as I can escape form other tasks I'll lock myself away and play with it. Yep, I know, I have to get a life :-)I've been using the free PortMon utility from Microsoft (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896644.aspx) with good success to monitor port activity, but unfortunately it's only Windoze based.best, Bob...Message: 19Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:43:04 -0800From: Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.netSubject: Re: Import temperature and switch on/off the heater with RevTo: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.comMessage-ID: 71666356250.20090203164...@ahsoftware.netContent-Type: text/plain; charset=us-asciiBob-The Arduino works well with rev.If you're using Windows and need to do some usb protocoltroubleshooting, there's a great tool available athttp://www.aggsoft.com/usb-port-monitor.htmUnfortunately they don't have an osx version, and I haven't foundanything else that does this sort of packet-level analysis for themac.-- -Mark wiedermwie...@ahsoftware.net _ Windows Live Messenger. Multitasking at its finest. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx___ 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: Import temperature and switch on/off the heater with Rev
Paolo, to my knowledge there is no capability within Rev of communicating with a USB port, although I think Chuck had been working on something along time ago.I've been wanting to use a Rev project as an interface to the aircraft simulators we build and have been working on getting Rev on OS X to talk to a PLC for some time now, unfortunately with limited success. As mentioned in other posts, Rev communicates quite well with serial ports, but alas they don't come on Apple platforms. I've been using an IOGear USB to Serial adapter, but for some reason the system seems unstable. The last time I tried it I kept getting what appeared to be a bit shifting on the response from the PLC and got so frustrated I gave up.I've been using an EZ-PLC which is very economical, but the support for low level serial port communication is almost non existent. I've recently discovered the Arduino (which was invented in your part of the world) and am now considering communicating with that via ethernet.If anybody has more to add on this subject I'd be extremely happy to hear about it !!best, Bob... _ The new Windows Live Messenger. You don’t want to miss this. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx___ 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
Rev on iPhone/iPod Touch ??
I see that the latest version of ToolBook is pushing its ability to deliver to the iPhone iPod Touch. Have a look at: http://by106w.bay106.mail.live.com/mail/InboxLight.aspx?n=1390091929 Any comments on the same ability of Rev ?? Has anybody done any work with interfaces or come up with an iPhone simulator to test stacks? best, Bob... _ ___ 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: Slightly OT - Dan the man
Thanks for the update Chip. Glad that he's being kept busy and really sorry about his pneumonia. Please pass on all of my best to him for a speedy recovery. best, Bob... ~~ Dan is really busy working on a huge web project on the west coast. He and Tuviah's kid brother have been building a new object-oriented paradigm(?) for browsers: http://www.noloh.com It has nothing to do with Rev. I just heard he went into the hospital last night with a bout of pneumonia-- hope he gets well soon. I'm out to see him, assuming he's well enough, next week. best, Chipp ~~ _ ___ 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
Slightly OT - finding time
Dear Eric, Chip, Ray, Scott, Sara, Devin, Andre, Klaus and all of the other incredible and regular contributors to this list (sorry I can't list you all), you must obviously have invented a new time machine and are only sharing it between you. I need it !! I find barely enough time to scan digests and maybe once in a year answer something before at least 10 of you have provided solutions and wisdom I could only dream of. Not only that, but you find time to write tutorials and example stacks, and then sit and discuss the merits of one solution over another. Sheesh... I wish !! How do you do this ?? I know its been said before (and hopefully Kevin Miller is reading this), but without all of you Revolution would have gone the way of Oracle Media Objects. He should at least give you all free lifetime upgrades if not shares in the company. On behalf of the rest of us (and I think I'm in the majority group), many, many thanks for helping on a daily basis. No, correct that, it's generally on an hourly basis !! Warmest regards, Bob. PS, what's happened to Dan these days? _ ___ 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
Error with Quicktimeeffects.qtx identified
When running a stack on an XP machine I get a Windows error reported as Error Signature with the Modname as quicktimeeffects.qtx, a ModVersion of 7.4.5.67 and Offset 00035857 (whatever all of that means!!). I think the error happens when an audio file is trying to start, but can't be sure. The weird thing is I've only been getting this on one PC, others test OK. The stack is running as a standalone. As far as I can tell the machine in question is in the same configuration as others that are OK, and the latest version of QT is loaded. Anybody have any ideas?? Tnx, Bob... Bob Earp - White Rock, British Columbia. _ If you like crossword puzzles, then you'll love Flexicon, a game which combines four overlapping crossword puzzles into one! http://g.msn.ca/ca55/208___ 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 - Contact manager in Rev or ??
Does anybody know of a contact manager that has bee written in Rev? If not, can anybody recommend a contact manager that is preferably cross platform, and the data is shared. I've seen a few web based solutions but none crank my handle. Thanks, Bob... Bob Earp - White Rock, British Columbia _ Enter today for your chance to win $1000 a day—today until May 12th. Learn more at SignInAndWIN.ca http://g.msn.ca/ca55/215___ 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: Controls or Decorations?
Thanks Devin... ~ The labels in the property inspector can either be descriptive labels or the property names. This is set in Preferences, in the General section. There you can set the property labels in the inspector. Regards, Devin Devin Asay Humanities Technology and Research Support Center Brigham Young University _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-ussource=wlmailtagline___ 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
Decorations or Controls ??
On the stack properties: Basic Properties window my machine refers to Controls and a colleagues machine refers to Decorations. Both are MacBooks running OS X and both are running Rev Studio2 v2.8.1 Build 472. Weird.. So my question is, do you have Decorations or Controls ?? best, Bob... Bob Earp - Ashford Technologies Inc. _ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx___ 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
dateItems (also see Controls or Decorations)
Just found another oddity with two machines running proportedly the same version of Rev. On one machine (the one that shows Decorations instead of Controls) keyword dateItems does not appear in the documentation and does not work. On the other machine it does. Go figure If anybody else is running build 472 and is not seeing dateItems then I'll post it as a bug. Please let me know BTW, we did check for updates to Rev and it reports no updates are available. best, Bob Bob Earp - Ashford Technologies Inc. _ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vistamkt=en-USform=QBRE___ 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: Running in a full screen mode
Many thanks Brent.. best, Bob. Robert J. Earp - Ashford Technologies Inc. White Rock, British Columbia _ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vistamkt=en-USform=QBRE___ 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
Running in a full screen mode
Does anybody know if a stand-alone project can be run as a full screen app that hides the OS X menu bar? Tnx, Bob... _ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx___ 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: Gradient Textures
David, maybe I'm missing the point, but why wouldn't you use a more graphics oriented app to produce the gradient buttons? Photoshop has a very easy way of doing this (even a built-in action I think), I'm sure other graphics tools are equally as good. Then again maybe you wished to build the buttons on the fly? Just wondering... best, Bob... Bob Earp - from (currently) sunny Vancouver ;-) _ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=createwx_url=/friends.aspxmkt=en-us___ 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: andregarzia.com is now online
Hey Andre, nice site and thanks for continuing to support all of us so well. (Same goes for all the rest of you !!)I especially like the banner all we do is code, it'll make a great title for you next album. Hey, hang on a minute,didn't the Beatles have a title like that? Hmmm Nah, but the tune still works !!best, Bob...Message: 13Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:57:09 -0300From: Andre Garzia [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ANN] andregarzia.com is now online.To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.comMessage-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hello Friends,I've just put a page up at www.andregarzia.com, much content will follow,I'll be updating this page daily with all kinds of stuff so stay tuned. There is still some trouble with the HTML generation but things will besolved in time. any feedback or request for content is welcome. Andre _ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vistamkt=en-USform=QBRE___ 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: We're number one
Jacque, After getting a promo eMail form Apple Canada about development tools a while ago, and seeing no mention of Rev, I blasted a note off to them. I'd like to think they listened and this was the result !! best, Bob... Message: 2Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:53:12 -0500From: J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: We're number oneTo: Revolution Mailing List use-revolution@lists.runrev.comMessage-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hey look, we're at the top of Apple's list. :) http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/development_tools/ -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _ Explore the seven wonders of the world http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+worldmkt=en-USform=QBRE___ 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
Missing Examples in document dictionary
I've just loaded Rev 2.8.1 build 470 to a new MacBook Pro running OSX 10.4.9 and the weirdest thing is that although I can access the Documents Dictionary, the are no Examples being displayed in the definitions. The word Examples is shown but there is just blank space underneath it. After the blank space there is additional text as you would expect, just the examples are not shown. With the help of Roger Guay (who has the same config and everything works fine), we've uloaded/reloaded, got new copies of Rev from the site, and compared file sizes. I have no plugins loaded and as this is the first time I've run Rev on this machine I can't say I have s/w conflicts or not, however there's not anything particularly weird loaded. Anybody got any ideas ?? Could this be a OS or hardware problem on this machine? T Tnx, Bob... _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-ussource=wlmailtagline___ 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: Relative folder paths
Bill,We needed to use relative paths for audio and video clips, plus graphics in our CBT engine some time ago, and came upon the same problems as you. Particularly as sometimes the projects were distributed via CD or DVD and we had no control over what drive letter/name was being used. I'm not sure if our solution will help you but I'm totally gob smacked to be able to offer something to this group instead of continuing to be a leach on the Rev society !!We overcame it by calling an initPaths handler (see below) called from an openStack handler. We then wrote our own video and audio handlers that refer to those globals. The graphics are handled by making sure we refer to just the file name (not the path) in the Name property of the Image control, which is a bit weird as sometimes it is displayed in the Property Inspector including the current path and file name.You'll note that we had to deal with the paths differently for MacOS vs Windoze. If you'd like the audio and video handlers (which include the ability to stop the media via an ESC key press), I'd be happy to upload them. They're very small. I seem to remember that Rev was saying that relative paths were a new feature, but I haven't looked into it recently as what we did solved our problem.HTH, Bob...on InitPaths -- get and save the project pathif the platform = MacOS then -- this is required for Mac platforms only due to differences in file path reportingset the itemDelimiter to /put the effective fileName of this stack into gProjectPathdelete the last item of gProjectPath elseset the itemDelimiter to /put item 1 to -2 of the effective filename of this stack into gProjectPath end if -- setup the audio folder path put gProjectPath /Audio into gAudioPath-- set up the video folder path put gProjectPath /Video into gVideoPath-- set up the graphics path for image controls set the defaultFolder to gProjectPath /Graphics/ end InitPathsDate: Fri, 25 May 2007 17:10:29 -0700From: Bill Vlahos [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Relative folder pathsTo: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.comMessage-ID:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1I can't seem to refer to folders via relative paths.Lets say I have a folder containing a standalone, Data folder, and Preference folder all at the same level. The defaultFolder would be the folder at the level of the standalone.If I change the defaultFolder to DataFileFolder I can then just put the files into vFilesList to get a listing of the files. However, this resets the defaultFolder value so I can't get to things in the Preference folder.How would I get a listing of files in the defaultFolder/DataFileFolder?Thanks,Bill VlahosRobert J. Earp - PresidentAshford Technologies Inc.#8 5965 205A Street, LangleyBritish Columbia. V3A 8C4t: +1 604 539 1662f: +1 604 541 1686 _ Explore the seven wonders of the world http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+worldmkt=en-USform=QBRE___ 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: WARNING BUG ! Rev fails to Communicate
Cam,Unfortunately I cannot answer your question but I am monitoring your post as I too am VERY interested in communicating from Rev. Specifically, I'm building aircraft cabin simulators using a PLC for the basic control and wishing to use Rev to design an instructors interface (and editor) on either a OSX or Windoze platform. What I need to do is communicate bi-directionally with the PLC via Ethernet. If I hear of anything interesting I'll let you know.best, Bob...~~~Message: 12Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 17:09:14 +0100From: Camm29 [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: WARNING BUG ! Rev fails to CommunicateTo: use-revolution@lists.runrev.comMessage-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 have posted this topic before and reported a bug 4927 ! Just an update , I tried Sarah's SerialTest.rev as well , this hung the PC on pressing the Open Port Button.Again , the only way out was to reboot the PC ! Running Windows XPUsing IVT BlueSoleil (USB to Bluetooth Adapter) Before anybody gets excited it's just a Virtual RS232 Com Port and works great with C written programswithout Revolution's Engine. IT ONLY FAILS WITH REVOLUTION APPLICATIONS I'm stuffed until this is fixed. Help anybody ? It's seems there's a serious lack of Knowledge or Interest on Rev 's Communication I/O Engine at present ! Best RegardsCamm _ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx___ 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: Setting the default source path for Image controls
Many thanks David, Jim and especially Tereza for your help. I already use external folders for audio and video files, and set relative paths for them when opening the stack, saving them in globals. They're easy as you're setting the target file when you either play them or use a player. The images were more difficult as I didn't want to set the fileName property of every image control in the stack when opening it !! I ended up setting the defaultFolder to the graphics folder path on opening the stack (after doing the audio video paths), and then I just set the fileName of each image control to the bare filename of the image (no path) when placing the image control on a cd, and all seems to work fine. The only weird thing is that if you are editing, you'll see the whole file path in the Source field of the Image control properties window even though you've only originally set it to just the filename. Maybe a logical way of doing things, but confusing none the less !! Thanks again, Bob... Bob Earp, in snowy White Rock, BC _ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d___ 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
Image Libraries
Does anybody know where there is some good documentation on the care and use of the Image Library ? The on-line documentation says see the Object Image Library section, but such a section does not seem to be included. Tnx, Bob... Bob Earp - White Rock, British Columbia _ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d___ 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
Setting the default source path for image controls
First a rant, rave... call it what you will, maybe even me being more of a dufus these days after a recent birthday. Unfortunately I haven't had the luxury of spending a lot of time with Rev over the last year, and am just getting back into it, hence my reliance on its documentation, which has certainly improved greatly since I last looked. However I'm still getting extremely frustrated at having to rely on others to help me overcome what should be a simple look-up in some reference material. This time it's trying to find properties and messages for image controls. The documentation Dictionary says To see a list of messages that can be sent to an image as a result of user actions or internal Revolution events, open the Transcript Language Dictionary page of the main Documentation window, and choose Image Messages from the Show menu at the top. To see a list of all the properties an image can have, choose Image Properties from the Show menu. H... doesn't seem to be a reference on the main Documentation window to the Transcript Libray and can't find no schtinkin Show menu. Oh well, back to the source of all information, you folks :-) I wish to set the default path for image controls, can this be done? If so what is the property for it? Failing that, anybody know if a referenced image (in an image control) can be relative rather than absolute? Tnx, Bob... _ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d___ 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
Basic UI idiosyncrasies (bugs?) with 2.7.1 Win version
Greetings from a very warm and sunny west coast, normally referred to by people not living here as the wet coast I just had a chance to compare Mac vs. Win versions of 2.7.1 (side by each) and a number of basic UI idiosyncrasies (bugs?) really highlighted themselves on the Win side of things, and I was wondering if this is new to v2.7.1 or just new observations for me. The most frustrating one is not being able to get the whole of the Rev UI and the opened stacks to be the topmost windows (with other Win apps open), when clicking on any of the Rev UI windows or an open stack window. For example, if I have a stack open with the message box open (and no other Win app running) I will see the basic Revolution interface bar, the Tools palette, the Message Box window, and the stack window. If I now open, say, Win Explorer it opens on the top of everything (correct/expected behaviour), but normal Windows behaviour then means I should be able to click on any visible part of the stack, or the Rev UI (Tools palette, Message Box, etc.) and everything to do with the Rev UI including the open stack windows should all come to the front. However, only the window you click on comes to the front, except in the case of clicking on the main Rev interface bar and then just some of the Rev components (not all !!) come to the front. I say not all as I know the Documentation doesn't, but I haven't had time to try every component !! I guess this is because Rev does not bind all of its components (and any open stack windows) together, as is standard Windows practice with other apps. I can't find anything on Bugzilla which is strange as I'm sure this sort of behaviour has existed for some time. Am I missing a pref or something, or is this really just life with Rev running in Windows ? Thanks, Bob... PS. setting the Backdrop to true does not help !! _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/___ 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
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Thanks Phil. I too tried resizing the flds but the group is a bg obj and it then grows to encroach on other areas, plus the blank/space didn't work for me either. I was hoping there is an undocumented property of flds that looks after vertical alignment. If there is then this list would certainly know about it !! best, Bob... ~~~ From: Phil Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: Fld text vertical alignment - fld animationTo: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.comMessage-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Okay, I was a little too quick. As I reread your request, you're looking for a way to grow and shrink the text without changing the rect of the field, correct? I think your only other option is to have a blank line (containing a space, or maybe empty would work) at the top of each menu field, and let that first line grow and shrink in the opposite direction of the rest of the text, so the text remains centered vertically in the field. However, I messed around with that idea for a few minutes and was not able to make it work as well as the 'grow/shrink field' approach. You could indeed kluge it together by having your menu text in borderless transparent fields that sit on top of fields with visible borders. That would give you the visual effect I think you're after. Phil _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/___ 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
Fld text vertical alignment - fld animation
I have a group of flds that I'm using as a menu with a simple animation that grows the size of text when rolled over, and shrinks the size of text (back to the original) when the mouse leaves. The problem is that the text does not stay vertically aligned in the fld, so the appearance is the text grows down rather than grows centered. I can kluge the size of the fld to make it look right, but.. Any ideas ?? Script at the group is: on mouseEnter set the defaultCursor to hand repeat with i = 1 to 4 set the textSize of target to (the textSize of target + 1) wait for .02 seconds end repeat put flushEvents(all) into temp end mouseEnter on mouseLeave repeat with i = 1 to 4 set the textSize of target to (the textSize of target - 1) wait for .02 seconds end repeat set the textSize of target to the ATT_defaultSize of target set the defaultCursor to arrow put flushEvents(all) into temp end mouseLeave Tnx, Bob... _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/___ 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: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning
Be happy to Judy, but careful what you ask for. Although I live in British Columbia, I am a Brit by birth and such requests have quite a different meaning for those of us from the UK !! I'm sure the folks at Rev smiled at your request, but no offence is taken ;-P best, Bob... PS, Roger Guay also has a VERY neat academic tool called Maximus Curriculus that was originally part of an RD project for Embry Riddle Avaition University and was considerably refined and now used by the Seattle Girls School. It deals with curriculum design analysis. You can see it at http://homepage.mac.com/yogitrish/SGSMaxCurr/ Bob, I'd love to see your tool; the subject is of interest to me. See you at RevConWest! Judy _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/___ 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: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning
The solution is not as easy as one would think !! An awful lot has been written about sound pedagogical design (for adults at least), and the jury is still out as to a single solution. Suffice to say training programs tend to get written to suit audiences, cultures and subject matter, and to do that requires an authoring environment with significant flexibility if a team of authors are expected to deliver quality content to a variety of clients. Here's the conundrum... If you have a tool such as Rev and a content developer capable of quality scripting such as Dan Shafer (sorry Chip, he insisted I give him a plug !!) , then all is well. But RARELY do you find an affordable quality content developer (one that understands and is skilled at adult instructional design) that can script. As such, one must provide an authoring environment that supplements scripting skills as for sure you can't supplement quality instructional design skills despite what some marketeers will say !!(e.g. our tool will produce a training program in three clicks...) Our experience is that most of the solution revolves around the ability to break the learning down into tiny chunks (less than what a card contains) and be able to freely navigate forward, backwards, and jump without the need to script and all with logical transitions (both learning and visual). The other part of the solution is to make what little scripting the content developer does, as structured as possible without them even knowing it. This is so that a team can develop a project with common standards and we can maintain it in the long term. We've done all of this (and much more) in other languages (the last being ToolBook) and will do it in Rev just as soon as we can find a benefactor ;-) best, Bob... PS, I look forward to chatting with anybody of similar interest at RevConWest where I'll bring the old development shell we have. On Apr 26, 2006, at 2:04 PM, Phil Davis wrote: Mark Swindell wrote: Using the Rev engine couldn't a serious party make a simple training/testing/authoring IDE specific to that task... one thatwould be designed from the ground up to eliminate all the extraneous and sometimes confusing overhead? Hi Mark, I can answer this one... YES. In spades! (content) Is that the kind of thing you're talking about? Very cool. The original poster was wanting something like this I think. It seems like a perfect use for the Rev engine and a custom UI that would accommodate whatever needs training/testing niche would seek. Mark _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/___ 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: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning (Preston Shea)
Thanks for the reply Preston. Myself and colleagues have been developing CBT stuff (mainly technical subjects that include mini simulations) for an awful lot of years and have used most tools that could be referred to as RAD, and some specialized CBT authoring products. Hypercard, SuperCard, and ToolBook have been the tools of choice until Rev came along, and we are now using that but only for simulations and RAD work. The problem is that we have developed a major suite of authoring tools and a very good navigation shell within ToolBook that increases our productivity immensely while not requiring content developers to know much script. The authoring/delivery environment is very robust and extremely well liked by clients as they get to maintain their own projects with very little training or skills. We are very slowly moving the TB stuff to Rev, but we've invested years of development and don't have the luxury of a major project to pay for the redevelopment. So when I saw RevMedia released that mentioned its use as a tool to develop training, I was encouraged that maybe a new solution had evolved. However, over the years an awful lot of applications have said they were training authoring tools (even PowerPoint !!), but almost none are a tool that anybody seriously into the development of CBT/eLearning would wish to use. I suspect that RevMedia falls into this category. best, Bob... You may get swamped with replies about using Rev for CBT/eLearning because the whole Card family of software has been used for this kind of programming since way back in the days of HyperCard. Has to do with simplicity of use and Apple's historic position in the education market, I suppose. If you check out the links here, on the Rev website and Rev web ring you'll find dozens, possibly hundreds of active developers in the education/training area. Many of them offer free modules for quizzes etc.This sort of show-and-tell is so simple to create with x-talk that most people seem to just make their own. I'm not sure what limitations in navigation you are thinking of, but if you post a specific question here you are pretty likely to get a solution.There are some products that promise drag-and-drop creation of eLearning software. I used one by Mmedia that was nifty but time consuming. There are some quizmaker gizmos out there that have a sort of fill-in-the-blanks interface that is even more idiot-proof. The problem is that if you want a product that is pedagogically sound and/or visually appealing, you end up having to write some sort of code instruction. There may be an easier language to pick up than Revolution, but I don't know what it is. Preston _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/___ 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
RevMedia for CBT/eLearning ?
Has anybody got comments/reccomendations about using Revolution Media as an authoring tool for CBT and/or eLearning ? It appears to have very limited navigation capabilities, and also basic things like quizzes/tracking don't seem to be there, but of course that could be fixed with some custom scripting. Just wondering if anybody has tried to use it or thought about using it. Tnx, Bob... _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/___ 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: Text to speech engines for Windows
Thanks Phil for an excellent resonse, I'll do some digging around and see what solution suits me best. Bob... _ Take advantage of powerful junk e-mail filters built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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
Text to speech engines for Windows
What's the best English text to speech engine for Windows? I see there are ones from Microsoft, WinSpeech, Lernout Hauspie, ATT, and maybe others. Are there others for Spanish, Portuguese and French ? Also, through searching I see references to SAPI 4.0, SAPI 5.0 and SAPI 5.1 (I assume) standards for these engines. Are there any problems associated with a particular version and a release of Windows ? Tnx, Bob... Bob Earp - White Rock, BC _ Take charge with a pop-up guard built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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
lockMessages problem
I'm finding that lockMessages or lock messages does not work when opening or going to a sub stack as modal. This was also conformed by a friend using MetaCard. BZ does not seem to have a reference to this so before I post a bug can anybody else confirm that they too are expereinceing the same problem ? I'm using Rev 2.6.1 on XP. Tnx, Bob... Bob Earp - White Rock, BC _ Scan and help eliminate destructive viruses from your inbound and outbound e-mail and attachments. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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 - Reporting a socket packet pocket error...
I sent the following to the ed list but obviously very few people are reading that which is a shame because there's some good people lurking there ;-) Anyway The following was kindly sent to me by a friend: unfortunately I don't know who the original author was other was or I'd quote them. I did take a litle poetic license however (sorry in advance Dan). Try to read this as you would read The Cat in the Hat, or similar. If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the bus is interrupted at a very last resort, and the access of the memory makes your floppy disk abort, then the socket packet pocket has an error to report. If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash, and the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash, and your data is corrupted cause the index doesn't hash, then your situations hopeless and your systems gonna crash! If the label on the cable on the table at your house, says the network is connected to the button on your mouse, but your packets want to tunnel to another protocol, thats repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss, so your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse; then you may as well reboot and go out with such a bang, cuz sure as I'm a poet the suckers gonna hang. When the copy on your floppys getting sloppy in the disk, and Dan Shafer's code instructions are causing you a risk, then you'll have to flash the memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM, and then quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your Mom ! Well, that clears up an awful lot for me when I use Rev on a Pee Cee .. Happy Labour Day (note the spelling !!) best, Bob Bob Earp - White Rock, BC _ Take charge with a pop-up guard built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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
Setting a object to be a bg object on old cd's
I know I saw how to do this some time ago and should have written it down, sorry. Of course, I'd also add it to webNotes if they worked ;-) With an existing stack, I wish to add an object (fld, btn, image, etc.) to the stack and have it behave like a bg object in that it will appear on every cd. Tnx, Bob... Bob Earp, White Rock - BC _ Scan and help eliminate destructive viruses from your inbound and outbound e-mail and attachments. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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
Documentation - Webnotes
The concept of Webnotes in the documentation seems like a great idea and help solve a lot of issue that some folks have with Rev documentation (not me of course ;-) ). However, the first time I tried Webnotes nothing happened and on enquiry on this list it was suggested that the server was temporarily kersplatzed. I now see some Webnotes displayed (see \ keyword as an example) but the icon (the little world one) for uploading additional notes is still inactive. The print icon is also inactive !! I can't find reference to activating either of these, does anybody know how ?? Tnx, Bob... Bob Earp - Sunny White Rock, BC _ MSN® Calendar keeps you organized and takes the effort out of scheduling get-togethers. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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
Webnotes (was continuing/wrapping script line)
I notice that Webnotes do appear in the description area of the Documents once you have selected to show them on the bottom of the Documents window, but I still don't have an active icon to add/edit the Webnotes. The little Globe icon (I believe it's the one to do this) is inactive: as is the printer icon actually !! Should I be activating this somehow? Tnx, Bob... Bob Earp - White Rock, BC _ Powerful Parental Controls Let your child discover the best the Internet has to offer. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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: Bug 2722 on Windoze
Dan, Both word and words seem to work on WinXP, however words only seems to work in the find, sort, search and numbers functions. best, Bob... PS, Rev is definitely quirky, that's why you love it ;-) ~~~` I just updated BZ#2722 which deals with OS X's lack of recognition of the word words in any context I can find. I'm not near my Windows machine for a day or two but if someone can check this and confirm that it's Mac or OS X only, I'd appreciate it. And vote for the bug if you want. It's probably not hugely serious but the docs clearly say you can use words but only the singular works. ~~~ _ Take charge with a pop-up guard built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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
Bugzilla REALLY works !!
I just thought I'd let the sceptics know that Bugzilla (aka Rev engineering support) REALLY works!! Now saying that may indicate that I was a sceptic too, well maybe ;-) After posting [Bug 2931] Wrong/Omitted Revolution version number a very short time time ago, I was pleasantly surprised to get a message today saying it was fixed, yahooo!! and this was without any solicitation to others to vote for it. For all those naysayers I'd like to comment that yes, Rev is quirky (at least on Windoze) and you have to have patience to learn and become confident with it, but the developer community trips over itself to help so you're never far from expert and free support. Put a $$ figure on that !! Now I have even more confidence in Kevin, Mark and the rest of the Rev gang in that they are listening to us and actioning requests, but please remember they have a whole world to satisfy plus a bottom line to consider, so their priorities may not be yours... best, Bob... Bob Earp - White Rock, BC _ Take charge with a pop-up guard built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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
ActiveX control for Rev in PowerPoint ?
Does anybody know of an ActiveX control that will enable a stand-alone stack to be run in PowerPoint as an embedded object, just like you can with Flash ? Tnx, Bob... Bob Earp - White Rock, BC _ Take charge with a pop-up guard built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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:Dumb question time
I'm still learning the nuances of Rev (that's polite-speak for being dumb myself !!) but could this be a problem with messages queing up ? Maybe adding a get flushEvents(all) to the end of your handler/s would stop this ? best, Bob... White Rock, BC _ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ___ 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
altPlugIns Icons
For anybody interested, I have uploaded a tiny stack to my user space (Bob Earp) that has 32 x 32 pixel icons for use with Chip's great altPlugIns tool for Flexible Learning's Scripters Scrapbook, Richard's RevNet and Eric's Color Picker and Resource Picker. It's called altPlugIns_icons.rev I certainly would not call these professional graphics, but they are a tad better than a whote question mark on a blue background ;-) Many thanks to an absolutely fantastic developer community and all of the support you willingly give on an hourly basis. best, Bob... PS, Eric, I have yet to find a problem running your tools with Chip's toolbar except for all of your bugs of course... just kidding about the bugs, the tools are great !! _ Powerful Parental Controls Let your child discover the best the Internet has to offer. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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: Icons for plugins
Thanks to all for responding to my request. Unfortuantely Chip's altPlugin only seems to accept .png as a graphic format, so I went ahead and made some 32 x 32 pixel .png icons for RevNet, Color Picker, Resource Picker and Scripters Scrapbook. They're not glamourous, but at least they are a tad better than the default white ? on a blue background ;-) I'd upload them to my space on the Rev server if I could get soembody to send me a b. key to let me get on it (3 tries already to no avail), but in the meantime if anybody would like a copy of the icons please e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] best, Bob... Bob Earp - White Rock, B.C. _ Take charge with a pop-up guard built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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: embed/install font
Thanks Chip, I'll see if I can get this going however, I can't get some of the customers to agree to loading anything at all on their machines, yeah, go figure !! I know I sound like a worn out record, but I really don't have a good answer when they say to me but we didn't have to do this with your ToolBook projects Thanks again, Bob... Bob, Here's how I would probably go about this on XP.. 1) Research what registry entries are changed in Windows when installing a TrueType font 2) Suck up the font into your app: set the uMyCustomFont of this stack to URL (binfile:C:/myfont.ttf) 3) On startup spit it back out: a) find the specialFolder(36) which gives you the current Windows directory and append it with /Fonts: put specialFolder(36) /Fonts/ into tFontPath check to see if your font exists put myfont.ttf after tFontPath if there is not a file tFontPath then put the uMyCustomFont of this stack into URL (binfile: tFontPath) -- SET REGISTRY STUFF IF NECESSARY end if then check to see if you need a restart, or you can just start using the font. As mentioned, I believe there's a DLL somewhere which may make this easier, but I don't know where. -Chipp ~~~ _ Take advantage of powerful junk e-mail filters built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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: embed/install font
I need this BIG time, and it mnay be a show stopper form me moving a whole mess of customers form ToolBook (where this isa breeze to do) to Rev. At RevConWest Andre Garcia said that he thought he had a way of doing this by using a custom property to store the font, but I haven't heard from him since then. Bob Earp - White Rock, BC. I remember the days long ago in Hypercard where you could install a font as a resource in a stack, and it 'just worked', even though we were warned not to for some reason. sqb I'm creating a presentation and I need to be sure the user has access to a Unicode font. I'd like to standardize on Bitstream's Vera font, which is free and very good. 1) Is there any way to access the font dynamically without installing it on the user's system? A while ago there was a thread Own fontsuite with standalone? Several authors referenced the EXT.dll as a way to dynamically access fonts on the PC. How is this done? Has anyone successfully employed this technique? 2) If I can't access it dynamically, how do I install it? I purchased InstallGadget, but that currently doesn't update the Windows registry upon installation. Any ideas on how to address this problem would be greatly appreciated. Brad _ Powerful Parental Controls Let your child discover the best the Internet has to offer. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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
Icons for plugins
I'm using Chip's incredibly wonderful altPlugin to manage a bunch of other great plugins, but a lot of the plugins don't seem top come with a 32 x 32 pixels icon by default. Are there any available for specifically RevNet, Color Picker, Resources Picker, and Scripters Scrapbook or do I have to continue to generate my own ? Tnx, Bob... Bob Earp - White Rock, BC _ Take advantage of powerful junk e-mail filters built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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: Spell Checker
Dear Derek, Is there any chance you could share this with the rest of us. To be able to add a spell checker to Rev would be quite fantastic given my spelling and typing dyslexia ;-) Thanks for responding. Bob... Bob Earp - White Rock, British Columbia ~ Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:38:42 -0500 From: Derek Bump [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Dreamcard Spell Check To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sivakatirswami wrote: Derek... any news on your spell checker plugin? Sorry, was taken away from that project. I'll send you what I've got in the morning. And yes, it does all that you want it to do. Derek Bump Dreamscape Software ___ Compress Photos for the Web with JPEGCompress http://www.dreamscapesoftware.com/ ~ _ Take charge with a pop-up guard built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ 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
Is there a better way of scanning this list ?
I continue to be amazed at how much useful information passes through this list on a daily basis, and the incredible speed that one gets a response to ones questions (many, many, thanks to all!!), however even with digests set the time one spends browsing is a lot and I was wondering if anybody had developed a stack to read the list in a more intelligent manner. I seem to remember an old SuperCard stack that somebody had written to do the same for the SC list, or then again it may have been an HC stack. Yes, I have used the search feature and no, I am not about to try to learn speed reading at my time of life ;-) Tnx, Bob... Bob Earp - Vancouver, BC _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Speedy replies....... (was - looking for a better way to read this list)
See what I mean... 7 minutes and 2 seconds after posting I get a reply from a question, wowzy!! Thanks Scott, although I was looking for something that had links between the TOC and headers (bi-directional) plus ideally threaded links. I don''t ask for much !! best, Bob... Bob Earp - White Rock, BC _ Don't just Search. Find! http://search.sympatico.msn.ca/default.aspx The new MSN Search! Check it out! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Weird PC Transcript error problems....Help!!
Dear Jan and Sarah, Many thanks for your very helpful suggestions, you've made a grown man cry with joy as it fixed things !! I did have the variable checker switched on, and quotes around the iris open helped too. I guess it's one of Revolutions querks that things really don't work the same across platforms. I've started making a list ;-) Thanks again for the speedy response. best, Bob... _ MSN® Calendar keeps you organized and takes the effort out of scheduling get-togethers. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Weird PC Transcript error problems....Help!!
The following is repeatable on both an HP laptop and a desktop running WinXP. This along with a number of other inconsitencies of Rev on PC's is driving me crazy to the point I'm on the verge of giving up on it, and I really don't want to. If anybody can help I'd appreciate it. If I create a simple one card stack with a single button that has the following script everything works fine; on mouseUp put the ticks end mouseUp The ticks get put into the message box. I can also create a simple one card stack with three graphics grouped and named Foo, and a button with the following script, and everything works fine; on mouseUp hide grp Foo lock screen show group Foo unlock screen with visual iris open end mouseUp The group shows with an iris open, albeit at completely different speeds on each machine. However, if I add put the ticks in the second example as follows, I get an unquoted literal error at the line unlock screen with visual iris open. on mouseUp put the ticks hide grp Foo lock screen show group Foo unlock screen with visual iris open end mouseUp I can repeat this with other handlers and get different errors, but in every case I do not get errors when doing the same on a Mac. Is the error handling different on the PC ? I have reloaded Rev a couple of times and just accept the default settings regarding the script editor etc. Thanks for your consideration, Bob... Bob Earp - Ashford Training Technologies, White Rock, BC, Canada. _ Powerful Parental Controls Let your child discover the best the Internet has to offer. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
