Dividing Line in Button
Greetings... You can add a dividing line in a option menu (a button who's menuMode is set to "option") on the Mac by simply putting a "-" into a line in the button's text. How do you get a dividing line on Windows? All I get is the dash. Thanks in advance, -Dan___ 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
New Stack crash
Greetings!
I have the following script in a button:
on mouseUp
put 0 into i
repeat 3
add 1 to i
put ("testStack_" & i) into sName
new stack sName
delete stack sName
end repeat
end mouseUp
Two questions:
(1) Why would this start to slow down? It starts off quite fast, then it
beings to slow down. It gets so that it takes 5, or 6 seconds to complete one
repeat. This happens in both in REV and as a standalone. Is this because of
the "add 1 to i"? Is this no better than "repeat with i = ...", which is known
to be slow?
(2) Rev will eventually crash. In my testing, it seems random and crashes
sometime after about 1700. Shouldn't the "delete stack" call completely remove
the stack? So, why crash?
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Re: Deleted Files
Bob, I am using the "put" because I am writing to a ftp web server. So I need to pass a username and password. How would I rename the file on a remote server? Also, how would you suggest I go about this? I could end up in a endless error check... rename the original file write the data if error then rename the original file back if error then then what? What do you think? -Dan > After reading a bit more of your original post, I think I understand that you > are creating an XML file each time you do a PUT? If so, are you "PUTTING" to > the same file name each time? If so, then if the command fails for some > reason the file system would delete the original, and then the new file, > having failed would never get to the server. It might be better to rename the > original, "PUT" the new XML file, verify the existence of the file after > "PUTTING" it, then delete the old one. > > I'm curious why you are using this command and not the low level file > commands: > open file > read from file > write to file > close file > > Bear in mind I'm not an expert on low level file commands. I am simply > curious about your method. > > Bob > > >> Thank you VERY much for the insight. I really need some help resolving this >> problem. However >> >>> Volume Corruption >> >> On one file only? I suppose that possible, but I think it's pretty unlikely. >> >>> File was not saved where you thought it was saved. >> >> Then why would the original file have been deleted? >> >>> User or app appears to have saved the file but in reality, didn't. >> >> Again, why would the original file have been deleted? ___ 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: Deleted Files
Bob,
Thank you VERY much for the insight. I really need some help resolving this
problem. However
> Volume Corruption
On one file only? I suppose that possible, but I think it's pretty unlikely.
> File was not saved where you thought it was saved.
Then why would the original file have been deleted?
> User or app appears to have saved the file but in reality, didn't.
Again, why would the original file have been deleted?
-Dan
On Jun 2, 2010, at 10:00 AM, use-revolution-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote:
> Too little information. I can think of at least one way: Volume Corruption. I
> can think of another way: File was not saved where you thought it was saved.
> Yet another way: User or app appears to have saved the file but in reality,
> didn't.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Jun 2, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Dan Friedman wrote:
>
>> Hey...
>>
>> I am writing compressed XML data to file on a server using the put command.
>> Every now and then, I get a report from a user that when they go to read the
>> data, they are getting an error. When I look on the server, the file is
>> gone! Not empty, not zero K... just gone - nonexistent!
>>
>> Let's assume for a moment that the file was there to begin with, and there
>> is no one messing with the data and secretly deleting things. It must be
>> something in my app that is causing this. But, what could it be? Nowhere
>> am I deleting a file.
>>
>> Can anyone think of a way you could delete a file without actually deleting
>> it?
>>
>> I tried:
>>
>> put compress("") into url x
>>
>> I thought that compressing "empty" might do something funny. But it didn't,
>> it just wrote some gargly-goop.
>>
>>
>> ANY thoughts out there??
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>> Dan
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Deleted Files
Hey...
I am writing compressed XML data to file on a server using the put command.
Every now and then, I get a report from a user that when they go to read the
data, they are getting an error. When I look on the server, the file is gone!
Not empty, not zero K... just gone - nonexistent!
Let's assume for a moment that the file was there to begin with, and there is
no one messing with the data and secretly deleting things. It must be
something in my app that is causing this. But, what could it be? Nowhere am I
deleting a file.
Can anyone think of a way you could delete a file without actually deleting it?
I tried:
put compress("") into url x
I thought that compressing "empty" might do something funny. But it didn't, it
just wrote some gargly-goop.
ANY thoughts out there??
Thank you in advance,
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FTPeS
The server I am using that currently MANY, MANY, MANY of my users are writing to via ftp (in my standalone), changed this morning to FTPeS. I am now getting: error 421 Sorry, cleartext sessions are not accepted on this server. Can rev support FTPeS?? I am about to get a few thousand phone calls from angry clients! HELP! Thank you, Dan___ 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
Confusing Errors
Mark (and others), Thanks for the info. Here's some more... The stack is not password protected. I did use normal quotes (it wouldn't compile if I hadn't), the debugger presents quotes as single-quotes in it's errors. And, currentTarget is a valid pointer to a field. The stack wouldn't have opened if it wasn't. Here is the snippet: on mouseUp global activeRCMStudentIDNum global currentReportIDNum global currentTarget global GlobalModeOption global gStudentXML global pMode set cursor to watch lock screen put the IDNumber of currentTarget into fPane --this is where it's tripping . . . As you can see, it's the first [evaluated] line in the script. If it matters, this is a modal dialog. Also noteworthy, is that I can't repeat this error. These reports are coming from users. Also, they are coming from <1% of my users. So for more than 99% of my clients, this isn't failing! Are you as confused as me yet? :) -Dan > Hi Dan, > > The Line Num may be zero because your stack is protected by a > password. Sometimes the debugging tools just don't work properly and > can't find the offending line. It also happens that the actual error > occurs in a Revolution script library, which the debugger can't figure > out. > > Looking at the error message, I wonder whether you really put single > quotes about stack names. If so, this is probably a cause of errors. > > Something might be wrong with the variable currentTarget. Perhaps, you > need to include something like: > > if there is a currentTarget then >-- your script > else >beep >answer error "Error: can't find" && currentTarget with "OK" > end if > > It might help if you posted your script. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > > > - > > > > Executing at 5:44:49 PM on Monday, March 15, 2010 > > Type: Object: does not have this property > > Object: button 'Save' of card 'card id 1002' of stack 'EditComment' > > Line: put the IDNumber of currentTarget into fPane > > Line Num: 0 > > Hint: field id 1104880 of group id 1104445 of card id 1002 of stack > > 'ReportWindow' > > > > - ___ 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
Confusing Errors
Greetings, My standalone is is throwing some errors that I can't seem to figure out. The errors are being thrown because I included the "Bug Reports" option when I generated the standalone. Here is the error: - Executing at 12:10:02 AM on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Type: Handler: error in source expression Object: button 'Save' of card 'card id 1002' of stack 'EditComment' Line: if the hilite of btn 'Lang1' of stack 'reportWindow' = true then Line Num: 0 Hint: field id 1106932 of group id 1106552 of card id 1002 of stack 'ReportWindow' Comments: - Why would the "Line Num" be zero? The "if" is valid so I don't understand why there would be an "error is source expression". Here is another one: - Executing at 5:44:49 PM on Monday, March 15, 2010 Type: Object: does not have this property Object: button 'Save' of card 'card id 1002' of stack 'EditComment' Line: put the IDNumber of currentTarget into fPane Line Num: 0 Hint: field id 1104880 of group id 1104445 of card id 1002 of stack 'ReportWindow' - Object does not have this property? It's a custom property. In my experience, if a custom property doesn't exist, the value is empty. So, why an error? Notice that "Line Num" is zero again. ANY thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Dan___ 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 message format
Ola... I am reading a stack from a website in a standalone application. 99.99% of my clients are fine. However, every now and then, they report this error (which is "the result"): socket timeout ###.###.###.##:80|6924 Now, I get everything ([IP]:[port]) except, what does the 6924 refer to? Hope I'm not being to stupid!Thanks in advance... -Dan___ 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
Button Icon Placement
Hello... Is there a way to have an icon on a button and have the label centered, but not under the button? I know if you set the textStyle to left or right, then the icon is centered. But, if you set the textStyle to centered, then the text lies below the icon. My goal is to use a custom button graphic (up and down states) and the button name (label) would display normally, over the icon. Any insight would be appreciated. -Dan___ 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
revWeb User Guide?
Greeting! Is there a revWeb user guide? I can't seem to find one in the Docs or online. I have experimented with it and there are some things you can't do (or I am doing wrong) in revWeb that you can in a standalone. It would be nice to have some documentation, or at least a list of "things you can't do in revWeb". Thank you in advance, -Dan___ 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
Put Put
Hiya... Isn't the "put" command blocking? I find that if I call a 'put' to write to a server twice in fast succession, the second 'put' is handled BEFORE the first one is complete. For example: I made a new stack with this script: on doSave put "ftp://admin:passw...@123.456.789.012/UploadTest.txt"; into ftpPath --use a valid path put "This is a test" into url ftpPath if the result <> "" then answer the result end if end doSave Then, I added a menu with a Command-S "Save" option with this script: on menuPick pWhich switch pWhich case "Save" doSave break case "Quit" --Insert script for Quit menu item here break end switch end menuPick Then, type Command-S twice - quickly. POOF! You get "error Previous request not complete". Shouldn't the first Save complete before the second one is even dealt with? What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance, -Dan___ 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
Unknown error
Greetings! I have a standalone that opens stacks that are posted on a website. Most of the time it works great! But, sometimes I get an error like this: error 624,664,1 490,662,1 253,661,1 Anyone have a clue as to what this means? Thank you in advance, -Dan___ 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: [Ticket#2009112510001138] Re: Technical support query: revLibURL Error
Dave, Jacque suggested that I contact you directly for assistance. Many of my users are reporting a error in my standalone. See this post for details: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2009-November/131050.html Jacque suggested that it's caused by the user stopping the script by typing command-period and that I simply set the allowInterrupts to false to prevent this. Given the number of reports that I have gotten, while it possible, it's unlikely that ALL of them are manually halting the script. And, if they are halting the script, it's because something is taking to long. So, my question is what EXACTLY is going on during this wait? Is it waiting for a response while attempting to connect? Is it waiting for a response after writing data? Thank you! Dan Friedman CEO, ClearVision Technologies, Inc. Voice: 909/484-2052 Fax: 866/620-4796 http://www.clearvisiontech.com On Nov 26, 2009, at 6:42 AM, Runtime Revolution Support wrote: > Dear Dan, > > Dave Cragg supports libURL, so I'd need to pass your request on to him. You > will > probably get faster results if you write him directly. I do remember seeing > your > post to the list, and he said the error typically occurs if a user aborts the > script. Did you try setting the allowInterrupts to false? That may solve > things, > on the off chance your users are hitting Cmd-period. > > Would you like me to contact Dave for you? Or you can write directly to him at > if you'd rather. > > Jacque > > 11/25/2009 09:09 - d...@clearvisiontech.com wrote: > >> Received from: Dan Friedman >> >> My standalone is getting an error in revLibURL. I can't find a description >> of > the error. I have searched the documentation and posted the question on the > forum. >> >> Details here: >> http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2009-November/131050.html >> >> ANY assistance or guidance would be GREATLY appreciated. My clients are not >> happy. >> >> > > > > Jacqueline Gay > -- > Runtime Support Team ~ http://www.runrev.com > Runtime Revolution ~ User-Centric Development Tools > -- > > ___ 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: wait aborted
Greetings!
Many of my users are reporting that my application is throwing this error (I
have the debug options on when I created the standalone):
Type: wait: aborted
Object: button 'revLibURL' of group 'revLibraries' of card 'card id
1002'
of stack '/Users/teacher/Downloads/myApp.app/Contents/MacOS/myApp'
Line: wait for messages
Line Num: 720
Hint: ulStartRead
This comes from "revLibURL", so it's not something I wrote. I can't repeat
this (and I've tried!) as I believe it's probably a local network timeout
issue. However, I'd like to know what this means. Anyone know? My
application reads and writes data to a server. So, it's coming from a read
that's formatted like this:
put url ("http://www.myServer.com/folder/file.txt";) into dataToWrite
Or a write like this:
put dataToWrite into url
("ftp://uName:pw...@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx/folder/file.txt";)
Any thoughts? Thank you in advance for you time...
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Move and Resize
Hello... How do you move and object and resize it at the same time? I want to do this with multiple objects at the same time. For example, I want to move an image from point A to point B while increasing the size along the way. I know the "move" command will take care of the move, but how does one resize it while it's moving? Any insight will be helpful! Thank you in advance, -Dan ___ 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
WorkGroup Manager
Devin, Got any ideas what could cause this? -Dan > I don't think it would be a Workgroup Manager problem. It doesn't do > anything special; it would be just like doing a chmod from the command > line. > > 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
WorkGroup Manager
Greetings, This is a little obscure, but I have a client who is using Apple's WorkGroup Manager who is claiming that they (admin) set the permissions of my [Revolution] application to read/write. Then, when the user logs in they don't have permissions to run the application. They claim this is not an issue with any other application they have. Is there a issue with Rev apps and WorkGroup Manager? Is there a bug in WorkGroup Manager? I did a Google search and can't find anything on this issue. Anyone have any thoughts/advice? Thank you! Dan Friedman CEO, ClearVision Technologies, Inc. Voice: 909/484-2052 Fax: 866/620-4796 http://www.clearvisiontech.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: Do I use encrypt?
Bernard,
You said "if you must use ftp"... Is there another choice that provides a
secure transfer that REV does support?
-Dan
> Hi Dan,
> I think you are out of luck when it comes to securing FTP. We've had
> several discussions on the list about this (and I believe there is an
> enhancement request to support sftp). The encrypt command is more for
> encrypting chunks of data rather than adding security to ftp transfers.
> Securing ftp requires the use of a server that provides a security layer
> and on Rev supporting that form of ftp security. Currently Rev does not
> support any kind of ftp security.
> Your best bet at the moment (if you must use ftp), is probably to use curl,
> and shell to that if it is available on your client platform (e.g. Linux or
> OS X, I think on Windows you might be able to package your own curl
> executable along with your Rev app).
>
> Bernard
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Dan Friedman clearvisiontech.com>wrote:
>
>> Greetings!
>>
>> Currently, my application writes data to a server using the put command:
>>
>>put someData into url ("ftp://uName:pw...@123.45.6.78/folder/file.txt";)
>>
>> A client is requesting that I not use clear text for the username/password.
>> To do this, do I use the encrypt command? If so, how is this done? There
>> is no sample in the docs.
>>
>> Thank you in advance!
>>
>> -Dan
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Do I use encrypt?
Greetings!
Currently, my application writes data to a server using the put command:
put someData into url ("ftp://uName:pw...@123.45.6.78/folder/file.txt";)
A client is requesting that I not use clear text for the username/password.
To do this, do I use the encrypt command? If so, how is this done? There
is no sample in the docs.
Thank you in advance!
-Dan
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Rev Crash on HP Printer
Greetings. If I type "answer printer" in the message box with the default printer set to a HP LaserJet 1022n, Revolution 3.0 crashes. Rev 2.5.1 does not. Anyone experience this or know of a workaround? Thank you in advance, Dan ___ 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
OS 10.5 character issue
Robert, Sorry, I should have quoted the entire thread. This is custom font where the ellipsis is replaced with a check. So, the absence of the ellipsis is correct. The issue is that on 10.5, the character is showing up in the wrong place! -Dan >> The check came on line 195 >> The ellipse came on line 201 >> >> I then ran the SAME routine on a 10.4 Mac: >> >> The check came on line 201 AND 195! The ellipsis character was not listed >> at all. Which it shouldn't be - it's where our check is. >> >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> Dan > > Sounds like Apple fixed a bug. There is no reason to have checkmark > twice and no ellipsis... ___ 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
OS 10.5 character issue
Mark, Thanks for the response. Here's what I did (on 10.5): repeat with i = 1 to 256 put i &tab& numToChar(i) into line i of tempData end repeat put tempData into field 1 --set to my custom font The check came on line 195 The ellipse came on line 201 I then ran the SAME routine on a 10.4 Mac: The check came on line 201 AND 195! The ellipsis character was not listed at all. Which it shouldn't be - it's where our check is. Any thoughts? Dan > Hi Dan, > > Have you run a numToChar(number) inside a repeat loop, to see what > character and number the check mark is? > > > > Regards, > > Mark Stuart ___ 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
OS 10.5 character issue
Greetings, My [rev] application uses custom fonts. We use the ellipsis character as a check mark. This has been working fine for many years. However, with MAC OS version 10.5, the character is being displayed as an actual ellipsis "", not a check mark. However, if I enter a check mark (control-v), I get the correct check mark. If I repeat the same scenario on OS 10.4, it all works correctly. Looks like 10.5 is remapping the characters?? Does this make sense? If so, does anyone know a way to get the OS (or rev) to display the correct character? Thanks, Dan ___ 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 this a memory issue?
Greetings! I have an standalone application that I am importing data into. The data is being imported into an array. The data is just text - formatted as XML. Each record being imported is pretty small - about 20 lines containing [on average] about 365 characters. The application processes the data [creating a new key in the array] VERY fast until it hits about the 415th record. Then, it begins to slow down. With each new record it gets slower and slower. It will eventually finish without error. This is happening on Windows only. On a Mac, it whizzes through all the records with no problem. Is this memory? Is there something that I can do? Anyone got any suggestions? Thank you in advance! -Dan ___ 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
Standalone Settings Bug Reports
Greeting! Does anyone know how to use the "Bug Reports" section of the "Standalone Application Settings" window? I am testing a new application and I have the "Include Error Reporting Dialog" option checked in my standalone, but all it's displaying is "Execution Error". Is there a way to get more information out of this error dialog so I can track down the error? Thank you in advance, -Dan ___ 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
SocketTimeoutInterval
Question Does the socketTimeoutInterval effect the "Get" or "Put" commands when reading/writing to an ftp/http url? If not, is there a way to adjust the timeout length of these commands? Thanks. ___ 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
Strange URL Behavior
Anyone got any ideas on this... Within one of my rather long routines, I am doing a simple "get" of a text file off my website. When I run this routine, rev (2.9.0) seems to hang on this line of code. It's not locked up... And I can command-period to get out of it. It also acts this way in a standalone. OK... Here's the strange part, if I put a breakpoint on this line, and click "Run" when it breaks, it works fine. If I put an "answer" before the get, it works fine. Anyone have any thoughts? I only have a few hairs left to pull out! Thank you in advance, Dan ___ 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: Data Storage
I read that Valentina is a single user database. From page 251 of the Revolution user guide: Valentina is a fast, efficient single-user database engine for Mac OS X, and Windows systems. I went to Valentina's web site, but yicks! I can't make heads or tails out of any of it! -Dan > Not at all! for starters: > > OPEN SOURCE: PostGreSQL http://www.postgresql.org/ > FAST: Valentinahttp://www.paradigmasoft.com/ >> Greetings! >> >> If I'm using Revolution standalones on a series of clients, and I want to >> store semi-large to large amounts of data on a server and allow multiple >> users access to this data simultaneously, is my ONLY choice MySQL - on a >> server that allows remote SQL data access? Are there any other options? >> >> Thank you in advance, >> -Dan ___ 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
Data Storage
Greetings! If I'm using Revolution standalones on a series of clients, and I want to store semi-large to large amounts of data on a server and allow multiple users access to this data simultaneously, is my ONLY choice MySQL - on a server that allows remote SQL data access? Are there any other options? Thank you in advance, -Dan ___ 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: Rev on Web?
Devin, No, no... Not a stack, an application! Basically, we're replicating a web app with no install. On Windows, I can put "http://www.mydomain.com/myapp.exe"; in a web browser and run it (ya have to click "run"). Can you do something similar for the Mac - where no install is needed, or "player". Thanks, -Dan > Dan, > > Can you explain more about what you mean by "run it from the > internet"? There should be no difference between the way this works > for Mac vs. Windows. The most common way to do this, Mac or Windows, > is to create a small standalone that simply opens a stack that is > stored on a web server with the command: > >go to stack URL "http://myserver.domain.com/mystack.rev"; > > If it's working for you in Windows but not in Mac, the most likely > culprit is that the internet libraries are not being packaged with > the standalone. In the standalone applications settings window, make > sure that the Internet library is selected under Script libraries. > (You'll have to Select Inclusions manually to be able to do this.) > > Let us know if it works out. > > 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
Rev on Web?
You can make a Rev standalone and run it from the internet on Windows, no problem! Is there a way to do this on a Mac? Thanks, Dan ___ 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
Using the "do" command
Greetings!
My goal is to get information/data from iTunes. (i.e. the current song, the
next song, current song's album artwork, etc.) On the Mac, this is a snap
with the "do tScript as appleScript" command. However, on Windows (Rev
version 2.9) I am having trouble
The VB Script I am using is this:
set iTunes = createObject("iTunes.Application")
set currSong = iTunes.currentTrack
Wscript.Echo currSong.Name
If I save this script to a file named "getSongName.vbs" then double-click
the file, it works. If I put the script in a field and do this:
do field 1 as VBScript;put the result &cr& it
All I get is "execution error". My guess is the problem is the
"Wscript.Echo" command. But, how do you get a variable/parameter to return
using VBScript?
Thank you in advance!
-Dan
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Opening a PFD - What am I doing wrong??
Ken, I was using Windows Vista and it was failing. So, after reading your response, I tried the "launch document" with Windows XP - and it worked. Frustrated and tired, I shut everything off and called it a night. This morning, with a fresh cup of coffee, I sat down in front of my computer to duke it out with Vista. But, for no apparent reason (except for restarting the computer) it started working! Ah, I love Windows. Especially Vista. :~ Thanks again, Dan > Odd, your script works for me with "launch document" under 2.8.1... is > it possible the path to the PDF may be an issue? Try renaming the pdf > to something simple and putting it on your desktop... does it work now? ___ 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
Opening a PFD - What am I doing wrong??
Does anyone know why this doesn¹t work? I can¹t seem to get a PDF to open
(in Acrobat) on Windows. Rev is doing it successfully in their docs (they
have a revGoPFD command that I can¹t trace into. They are calling it from
mouseUp in the script of card ³User Guide² of stack ³revdocumentation.rev².
I have tried a bizillion variations of the script below. I can get Acrobat
to launch, but if I supply a document, it fails I get a hour glass for a
moment, and then nothing. And the result is empty. UG!
on mouseUp
answer file "Select PDF:"
put it into fPath
--launch document fPath This doesn¹t work either!
put
queryRegistry("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AcroExch.Document\shell\open\command\")
into acroPath
put word 1 to -2 of acroPath into acroPath
put char 2 to -2 of acroPath into acroPath
--launch acroPath --THIS WORKS
launch fPath with acroPath --THIS FAILS!!
end mouseUp
Thank you in advance,
Dan
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AppleScript on Windows?
Greetings! This isn't really a "revolution" question, but... It's easy to get the album art from iTunes on a Mac with AppleScript. Anyone know how to get the album art from iTunes on a Windows computer? Thank you in advance, -Dan ___ 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
Unicode Wrapping
Hello - I have some Unicode text (Vietnamese) in a field. The characters are displaying and printing correctly. The textFont is set to ",Unicode". However, when Revolution wraps this text, it is splitting the words in half. An English equivalent would be: |---| | This is a test. This is only a test. If this had be | | en an actual emergency, you would have been informed | | where to tune in your area for official information a | | nd news. This concludes this test. | |---| Do I have to somehow tell Revolution that the field contains Unicode text so it wraps correctly? Any thoughts will be helpful! Thank you in advance, Dan ___ 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
Referencing a stack that is not open
Hello! Can anyone tell me what exactly happens when you ask for information about a stackfile that is not open? For example, say on your desktop you have a stackfile named "testStack.rev" and you call this: put the customKeys of stack "/Users/Jimbo/Desktop/testStack.rev" Rev WILL report the correct data. However, the stack doesn't appear to have actually been opened. What actually happens? Did Revolution read the entire stack file, get the requested data, then flush it from memory? Did it read only what it needed? Any insight would be appreciated. Dan ___ 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 with Office 2007
Anyone experienced anything like this... I have a client that claims ever since he upgraded to Office 2007 (on his WindowsXP computer), my application (a Revolution Standalone) crash when you issue a "answer file", "answer folder" or "ask file" command. Perhaps Office 2007 has modified the OS's dialog box and rev is confused? I have had him try standalones generated with Rev 2.6.6 and 2.8.1. Anyone have any thoughts, suggestions or workarounds? Thank you in advance, -Dan ___ 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
Printing Crash
Greetings... CRASH! Anyone have any thoughts?? I have one field on a stack. I have set the textFont of the field to ",Unicode". I have pasted some Vietnamese text into this field. The text looks perfect on screen. I choose "Print", and CRASH! Any thoughts? Mac OS 10.4.9 Rev 2.7.4 (and 2.8.0) If you want to see for yourself, I have posted this stack on revOnline under user "ClearVision". Stack name "Unicode Printing". I hope you see something I don't!! Thanks in advance, Dan ___ 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
Installing a Standalone on Windows
Greetings! Has anyone found a good solution for installing full applications on Windows? My app has multiple file types, file extensions and icons. I have fonts to install as well and adding the application to the Start menu and file associations. In the past I have used InstallShield. Ug... just typing the phrase "InstallShield" makes me a little dizzy! What are you using?? Thanks in advance, Dan ___ 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
Comparing Strings
In case your interested, here is the work-around I came up with for the
problem:
---
put equalStrings("078e-16703","084E-11702")
function equalStrings string1,string2
if length(string1) = length(string2) then
if string1 is in string2 then
return true
end if
end if
return false
end equalStrings
---
Pretty simple, I know... But it works :)
-Dan
> How is this possible? Put this in the message box:
>
> put "078e-16703" = "084E-11702"
>
> Revolution (2.6.1) returns "true". Any advise?
>
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Dan
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Comparing Strings
How is this possible? Put this in the message box: put "078e-16703" = "084E-11702" Revolution (2.6.1) returns "true". Any advise? Thank you in advance, Dan ___ 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: Send Menupick?
Sivakatirswami,
Try this...
send "menuPick" && "Working Guide" to btn "Help"
Hope that helps.
-Dan
> I would like to have a script in one menu button on one card (A),
> take the user to another card (b) and trigger a menu choice on a
> button on Card B
>
> This seemed to be obvious enough:
>
> --> pull down menu on Card A
> on menuPick pitem
> switch pItem
> case "User Guide"
>go to card "User Guide" # Card B
>send menupick ("Working Guide") to btn "Help" # a tabbed menu on
> card B
>break
> end switch
> end menuPick
>
>
> but I get an error for this line:
>
> send menupick ("Working Guide") to btn "Help"
>
> and the script error is saying it thinks this is a function call and
> not an attempt to send a msg?
>
> Send MouseUp works, but send Menupick doesn't? (of course it
> probably does, I'm just doing something wrong...
>
> Insights?
>
> Sivakatirswami
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RE: what to do after a Get URL?
Jon,
When you use the statement:
get url "ftp://a.b.c/d.txt";
The url is placed into the local variable "it". Therefore you can access
the contents by simply getting "it" (put it into tUrlData). Or, just put
the url into your own variable. For example:
put url "ftp://a.b.c/d.txt"; into urlData.
To put the data into your local computer as a file, try this:
on getURLText
put url "ftp://a.b.c/d.txt"; into tUrlData
ask file "Save As:"
put it into fPath
if fPath = "" then
exit getURLText
end if
put tUrlData into url ("file:" & fPath)
end getURLText
Hope that helps...
-Dan
> I understand how to write the statement
>
> get url "ftp://a.b.c/d.txt";
>
> or some such. OK, so now the file is somehow "in" the computer, with
> the Get.
>
> What I don't "get" (so to speak) is how to put that data into my local
> computer as a file. I assume it is something like
>
> put url "file://something"
>
> but I'm not sure about the "something". "file://c:/dir/filename.txt"?
> "file://c/dir/filename.txt"? And I'm not sure how to specify the data
> to "put" in the Put statement: is it implicit (one of those magic words
> like "it" or "this" or something)?
>
> I'm sure this is simple/obvious, but only if you know it...
>
> :)
>
> Jon
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Re: Endless ranting and rude insults
function endlessRanting revUserAction switch revUserAction case "Whining" put 20 into minutesWasted put 0 into amountLearned put 0 into numFriendsMade break case "Ranting" put 10 into minutesWasted put 0 into amountLearned put 0 into numFriendsMade break case "Rude" put 20 into minutesWasted put 0 into amountLearned put -10 into numFriendsMade break default put random(100) into amountLearned put random(the number of lines in revUserBase) into numFriendsMade put 0 into minutesWasted break end switch return minutesWasted,amountLearned,numFriendsMade end endlessRanting ___ 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
Piracy
Greetings! Has anyone come up with a decent way to deal with piracy? I'm getting ready to release a commercial application and wondered if there is anyway to stop someone from just giving it to a friend. [I would like my application to function off-line. So, doing a look-up via the web is out.] Any thoughts, ideas or solutions out there? Thank you in advance, Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Windows ICOs
Hi all! Anyone got a handle on making an icon file (ico) for use when making a standalone in Rev 2.5? It would seem easiest to simply edit the "genericapp.ico" in the "Sample Icons" folder. But, what application do you use to edit it? Thank you in advance, -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Windows ICOs
Hi all! Anyone got a handle on making an icon file (ico) for use when making a standalone in Rev 2.5? It would seem easiest to simply edit the "genericapp.ico" in the "Sample Icons" folder. But, what application do you use to edit it? Thank you in advance, Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Unicode
Thomas, I don't know what your project is, but thought you might want/need to know that Rev does NOT print unicode text. I have spoken with Jacqueline and she tells me "they are working on it". Hope this doesn't ruin your day... -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Is this true? Rev doesn't print Unicode?
Hello... Does Revolution not print unicode text? I recently upgraded Rev to version 2.5.1 and spent 2 weeks updating my application to support Unicode. I went to test the printout and nothing printed!! Does anyone know if there is a way to print Unicode? Or, is this a bug? If so, anyone know the status of printing Unicode? Thanks in advance, Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Continued Help with Unicode Text
Hello again...
I've been fiddling with this for days now. If you remember, my goal was to
save unicode text in a single line - while preserving returns. This is the
only way I could get it to work. Obviously, this creates a larger file on
disk. Do you see any problems with this method that will kill me down the
road? Do you see a better way to do this?
-- save the unicode text from a field to a file
set the useUnicode to true
put field 2 into jText --contains single or multi-lingual text
put 0 into L
put 1 into charNum
repeat until charNum > the number of chars in jText
add 1 to L
if char charNum of jText = cr then
put "" into item L of textToWrite
add 1 to charNum
else
put charToNum(char charNum to charNum+1 of jText) into \
item L of textToWrite
add 2 to charNum
end if
end repeat
put textToWrite into url ("file:/Users/aUser/Desktop/jappTest2.txt")
-- read the file and restore the text
put url ("file:/Users/aUser/Desktop/jappTest2.txt") into tText
set the useUnicode to true
repeat for each item tChar in tText
if tChar = "" then
put numToChar(10) after jText
else
put numToChar(tChar) after jText
end if
end repeat
set the unicodeText of field 2 to jText
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Help with Unicode Text
Hi folks...
Anyone know how to replace a return char in a unicode string? If you do
this:
put field 2 into jData --field 2 contains Japanese text
replace cr with "" in jData
put jData into url ("file:/Users/user1/Desktop/jappTest.txt")
Then, do this:
put url ("file:/Users/user1/Desktop/jappTest.txt") into jData
replace "" with cr in jData
set the unicodeText of field 2 to jData
It puts in incorrect data. If you don't do the replace stuff, it works
fine. The purpose of this is that I want my data saved in single lines. If
I don't change the cr's, I'll end up with multi-line data written to disk.
Thanks in advance,
Dan
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Is this possible...
Got a question... Is it possible to update the Rev engine in a standalone without doing a reinstall. Let me explain: I have a stack that I have made into a standalone. The standalone, when launched, opens other stacks that contain the workings of my application. Now, whenever I make changes to my application, I can update the other stack files without having to have my clients reinstall. In fact, I do this via the web. I have a "Check for Updates" in my "Help" menu that can check my web site for updates and download newer versions automatically. Now that the Rev Engine has been changed, I need to update the standalone. Is there any way to do this in script? Or, do I have to have my clients manually download the new engine (the standalone)? I don't think you can write over a running application... Or can you? Any thoughts or insight would be appreciated. -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Random #'s
Dwayne, I'm sure there's a better way to do it, but how about this... function makeRandomNumberList maxNumber put 0 into i repeat put random(10) into thisNum if thisNum is among the items of fNumbers then next repeat end if add 1 to i put thisNum into item i of fNumbers if i = 6 then exit repeat end if end repeat return fNumbers end makeRandomNumberList > Hi All, > I am using the following code to generate a field of 6 random numbers. > > repeat 5 times --generate list of 5 random numbers between 1-10 > put random(10) & "," after tRnum > end repeat > delete last char of tRnum --delete last comma > put tRnum into fld "numbers" > > this works fine but some numbers are repeated in the field, e.g (1,2,3,1,5) > How can I include only unique numbers? > > Cheers..Dwayne ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Printing Hell
I don't know if this will help, or if this even pertains to the issues you are experiencing, but here's what solved my Windows printing problems in REV... When developing my applications, I had nothing but problems when printing on Windows. Font substitutions, misalignments, and general "odd looking" results were more common than not. If I fiddled with the printer's settings long enough, I could eventually get it to print - on that printer! Over the course of a couple of years (and MANY headaches and disgruntled customers), it is my belief that Revolution does NOT properly load the print driver when the application [standalone] launches. As you may or may not know, opening the printer dialog in Windows loads the print driver to the application. So, simply calling a "answer printer" before a print command solved the problem. Ever since I started issuing the "answer printer" command before printing, the printing problems have ceased. I only have to call "answer printer" once. Subsequent print commands (in the same application instance) don't require the "answer printer" command to be called again. So, here is my standard printing routine: on doPrint global didPrintSetUp -- do your stuff here if not didPrintSetUp then answer printer if the result <> "Cancel" then put true into didPrintSetUp else exit doPrint end if end if print this card end doPrint Hope that helps. -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Installers
Dan, I don't actually use rev as my installer. I wouldn't trust Rev (or my coding) to touch someone's system... to many things could go wrong (especially on Windoz!) To install on OS 7/8/9, I use "StuffIt InstallerMaker" from Aladdin Systems, Inc. For OSX, I use Apple's "PackageMaker". For Windows, I use InstallShield Express (www.installshield.com). Not only do I get clean installs, these are "standard" installers. Just about everyone who's ever used a computer is familiar with the look and feel of the install -- makes my products look like the "big boys". Hope that helps. -Dan > Dan > > How do you install them with a Rev app? If that were possible, I think > one could do that with other fonts. > > Dan > (nice name, BTW). > > :-D ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Cross-platform fonts...what is everyone else doing? -and- More font woes
Greetings... A couple of years ago, I dealt with all this cross-platform font stuff. I got so tired of trying to work it out that I finally came up with a solution that has worked perfectly ever since. What did I do you ask? Well, it wasn't cheep, but I hired a fontographer to build two font families (plain, bold, italic, bold-italic) for me. A serif, and a san-serif. They look a lot like a subset of Helvetica and Times. They are specifically designed (spacing, kerning, height, bitmaps and all the other properties) to be IDENTICAL on both Macs and Windows computers. I've tested them on Mac 7.1 to 10.3 - Win 95 to XP and have had no complaints from my clients. I just install them with my software and *POOF*, all my font issues are gone! Just thought I would share what I did. -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: anyone here implemented an answerList function?
Andre, Yeah... I made one. It's in the "User Contributions" section. Look for "askList" -Dan > Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:57:08 -0300 > From: Andre Garzia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: anyone here implemented an answerList function? > To: How to use Revolution <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=MACINTOSH; format=flowed > > Hi Folks, > > did anyone here implemented an answerList function, like the answer > function and give ir an array and it returns the selected choice, all > in a nice modal dialog? > > cheers ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Demo Show Stopper - Save File Dialog
Dave, Your absolutely right - without question, RR should fix this issue. I guess I'm more lenient about small issues like this. I get upset about the big issues. Several years ago there was a bug in the toolTip property. If you had a toolTip assigned to ANY object, the standalone would crash when you issued a quit command on Macintosh systems. This got me to stand up and shout. Not so much because there was a bug, but because the bug wasn't documented anywhere. At the time, I was not skilled enough to track down the problem. I ended up hiring an outside consultant to track down the problem - which they did. RR fixed the problem in the next release. And, RR is getting better about fixing problems and it's support policy. Then again, this list is better than ANY support you'll find anywhere!!! Let's not forget that no application is 100% bug free. Not WindowsXP, not OSX, not Word, not Photoshop, not RR, and certainly not my applications! But, we all continue to do our best and hammer out the bugs. I have used RR for 3 years now. I know it well enough to know it's stability. And, I can tell you, in my experience, it's pretty strong. I'll admit that RR's IDE is a bit quirky. There are some things (like the save prompt) you just have to let go by [until RR fixes them]. In my case, I'm not so concerned about RR's IDE as I am my final product. I deploy all my products as standalones. So, I test as a standalone, not in the IDE. If it works as a standalone, then I move on to the next thing I can make money with. I used to work in C++. The problems I ran into with Metrowerks' IDE and their libraries (Not to mention C++ builder - Jeez!!) are FAR more devastating and catastrophic than I have ever seen in RR. And, as an added bonus, I write way less code, in literally a fraction of the time! All the best, Dan > Well it isn't actually "solved" by a single click is it? Really it's > swept away under the carpet by a "single click". If something as > simple as this doesn't work relaibly, then what else doesn't work? > What else has been swept under the carpet? > > It's not so much that this problem exists that is worrying, but > rather that know one seems to know how to even start to know where to > look to even try and fix it! And your advice is to ignore it! > Jeez > > This is supposed to be a "Professional" software development package > - I don't think that ignoring a problem like this is in any way > "professional". > > And you are right, it's not "worth" spending 12 hours on, it's not > worth spending even 10 minutes on, but if I can't make it work then I > there will be no confidence in RR as development tool and there will > be no confidence that there is any support to get problems like this > resolved. > > Sorry to be sound tetchy but I am, I just cannot beleive that we have > paid over $400 for something that has basic problems like this in it. > I mean if you can't save reliably (and then know you have saved) then > what's the point? > > All the Best > Dave >> Dave, >> >> I have this very same problem. Here's what I do... When I get the "Do you >> want to save this Stack?" dialog, I simply click "Save" and move on. It may >> be a little annoying, but in my opinion, it's not worth spending over 12 >> hours on. Revolution is an amazing product! I certainly hope you don't >> stop using it over something that can be solved by a single click. >> >> -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Demo Show Stopper - Save File Dialog
Dave, I have this very same problem. Here's what I do... When I get the "Do you want to save this Stack?" dialog, I simply click "Save" and move on. It may be a little annoying, but in my opinion, it's not worth spending over 12 hours on. Revolution is an amazing product! I certainly hope you don't stop using it over something that can be solved by a single click. -Dan > Hi, > > Ok more information on this! > > In the Stack that brings up the Save Dialog, I have taken out the > preOpenStack handler (well dummied it, I now just have a beep in it), > so no Properties (or anything else) get set at all. The dialog still > appears when the Close Box is pressed. > > I tried this: > > Enter Browse Mode. > Call up the dialog in question. > In the "Application Browser", select the Stack and Control+Click to > get the Menu up and then Save the Stack in question. Saves ok. > Now without doing anything else and without having pressed any > controls in the Stack, I hit the Close Box and I STILL get the "Do > you want to save this Stack?" dialog. > > I just cannot beleive that RunRev is so buggy and so hard to work > with! Surely there is a way to track this down? > > Is there *anything* I can do get get this resolved? Can anyone at > RunRev help me? I've been working on this for the best part of 12 > hours yesterday and today and am really running out of ideas and time. > > All the extra productivity gain I might have received by using RunRev > is fast slipping away. > > Thanks to everyone that has helped in this. > > All the Best > Dave ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Re: Some Basic Misunderstandings/Problems with RunRev - aka Help!
Dave,
>> 1 (& 2). How do I get the Quit and Preferences Menu Items to work
>> correctly on MacOS Classic and X?
> Thanks a lot, I'll give this a try. But is there no document that
> describes how to do this? Also why is the readme file wrong??
It is documented. I found it by searching for "quit" in the transcript
dictionary, then choosing "How to respond to quitting an OSX application"
from the "See Also" option. More times than not, the "see also" menu leads
me in the right direction.
In regards to saving the state of a checkbox:
I don't save stacks from a standalone. In my opinion, it's just a bad idea.
Mainly because when I update my product down the road, those stacks may
become problematic because they will become out of date. Instead, I save to
a text file... Like a "preferences" file.
I have a set of routines that will iterate through a group of objects saving
the state of each control (buttons and fields). When my app launches, I
load the data from the text file into a global variable called gPrefs.
Then, when I open a stack, I call
setPaneData "groupName",gPrefs
When the user click the "OK" button, I call:
put collectPaneData("groupName") into gPrefs
put gPrefs into url ("file:" & prefPath)
Pretty simple, and it works quite well!
If you (or anyone else) is interested in these routines, let me know and
I'll be happy to send them to you --> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hope that helps.
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Re: Some Basic Misunderstandings/Problems with RunRev - aka Help!
Dave, I'm not a Revolution "pro", but hope this helps... > 1 (& 2). How do I get the Quit and Preferences Menu Items to work > correctly on MacOS Classic and X? It took me a while to figure this one out... but, here's what works for me. Put this in the stack script of your main stack (of course change "someStack" to your stack's name): on appleEvent aeClass,aeID if aeClass & aeID = "aevtpref" then send "menuPick" && "Preferences..." to btn "Edit" of stack "someStack" else if aeClass & aeID = "aevtquit" then send "menuPick" && "Quit" to btn "File" of stack "someStack" end if end appleEvent > 3. I am confused as to when RunRev saves Stack/Card Data. For > instance in a simple Stack with one Card that has one Checkbox and OK > and Cancel buttons. On the OK button I have the following Script: > > on mouseUp > save this stack > close this stack > end mouseUp If it's a standalone, it won't save. > and on the Cancel Button: > > on mouseUp > close this stack > end mouseUp This of course, will work in a standalone. > If I then make a standalone (with the CheckBox initially unchecked) > and then run it and then click the checkbox so it's checked and press > OK, when I next load the Stack, should the Checkbox be on or off? It will be off. In a standalone, this won't work -- you can't save a stack that is a standalone - period. But, you can: (1) save and load the state of a checkbox (or other controls) - this is my personal preference. (2) have your standalone open a stack file. Now it can be saved. Hope that helps. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Password Field
Yves, Thanks! That works great. Don't you just love this list?!!! >> Good morning! >> >> Does anyone have a routine for typing in a field and displaying >> bullets - >> but preserving the text? As if it was a password field. I am making >> a user >> login window with "Username" and "Password" fields. Don't you think >> the >> "password" field should display bullets (or asterisks)? I could write >> it >> myself... But I figured someone out there has done this already. :) >> >> Thanks! >> Dan > I have in my main stack a field named "Pass" with this script in the > fld > > > local thisPassword > on returninfield > get thisPassword > if it is " then >go to stack > else >answer "Invalid password !" > end if > close this stack > end returninfield > > on enterinfield > returninfield > end enterinfield > > on keydown whichKey > put whichKey after thisPassword > put "*" after field "pass" --asterisk or whatever another char you > want > end keyDown > > on backspaceKey > put empty into field "pass" > put "" into thisPassword > end backspaceKey > > on deleteKey > put empty into field "pass" > put "" into thisPassword > end deleteKey ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Password Field
Good morning! Does anyone have a routine for typing in a field and displaying bullets - but preserving the text? As if it was a password field. I am making a user login window with "Username" and "Password" fields. Don't you think the "password" field should display bullets (or asterisks)? I could write it myself... But I figured someone out there has done this already. :) Thanks! Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Keeping a field scroll at the bottom as lines come in
Rob,
Let me also welcome you to Revolution! When I add text to list fields, I
usually want to hilite the new line of text. So, here's what I do:
on addALineOfText someText, fieldName
put the number of lines in field fieldName into nLine
put someText into line nLine+1 of field fieldName
set the hilitedLines of field fieldName to nLine+1
end addALineOfText
Setting the hilitedLines of a list field will automatically scroll the field
to that line.
Hope that helps...
-Dan
> Greetings, My first post, and a naive one, I suspect..
>
> I am using an interactive mode to send a line of text to the end of a
> field ('after') which is visible. Then, as the field fills, it doesn't
> scroll to show the last line, it just moves the thumb upwards.
>
> I'd really like to see the last line entered, irrespective of the
> length of the field. Can this be done?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> --
> All best wishes,
> Rob
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Re: [OT/ANN] Now I'm a father
Malte, When my son was born, my father-in-law said It best... "The new boss is in town!" :) Congratulations on the addition to the Brill family! -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 3, Issue 76
Richard, I wouldn't have much use for it... I already have a CODE/DLL/Bundle that I use in Rev for spell checking. -Dan > Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:31:04 -0800 > From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Apple spelling checker? > To: Rev Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > How difficult/desireable would it be to have a means of using OS X's > Spelling Checker application service within Rev? > > I have a client gearing up for a heavy production cycle and we're looking at > options for incorporating QA conveniences into his workflow. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Simple question--what handler am I in?
Mark, I keep the "Show Handler List" (found in the "View" menu) option on. It displays a list of the script's handlers and keeps the active handler highlighted. Hope that helps, Dan > In a script window, is there any way to automatically know what handler you > are in the middle of (i.e. without scrolling to its opening or closing > declaration)? ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Ouch! Can't open that file...
Tim, Thanks for the head's up! If all you want to do is check the existence of a file, ever think of using "If there is a file tFilePath then" instead of "open file tFilePath for read"? This way you don't have to worry about changes in the engine. Just a thought... -Dan > Hello listers! > > I just got burned by a change made sometime after vers 1.1.1, and I > thought I'd pass it along. > > In some parts of my app, I use "Open File for Read" and check the result > for "Can't open that file."...therefore determining if a file exists or > not. Well...somewhere a change was made from "Can't open that file." to > "can't open that file". Note the subtle differences...the leading char > is now lower case (probably NOT a problem) BUT... the "." at the end is > gone! > > My workround (because I'm still straddling 1.1.1 and 2.0.3 in my > development for EXACTLY this reason) will be to use: > > if the result contains "can't open that file" then > > Hmmm...wondering what else changed... > > Best Regards and Happy Thanksgiving to all from beautiful Ohio Amish > country! > > Tim Ponn ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Two questions
Tom, Here's a thought... If the user is going to change resolutions while your program is running, then unless they change the resolution from the menubar, they will have to leave the application. You could create a checkForResChange() function in a resume message. Just a thought... -Dan > Dan, > > I always assume that a user will do what ever I don't want them to do > and as such if this 'problem' is not corrected then I will definitely > put a clause like this in my ReadMe also. 99.9 will never do it but > that .1 is still my concern as a software developer. > > Thanks. > Tom ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Two questions
I just put in my User Guide: "If you change your screen's resolution, you will need to restart the application." -- problem solved. Of course, 99.9% of my users (like most everyone's users) didn't know you could change the resolution!! Just a thought, -Dan > Jacqueline, > > OK, but "the end user CAN adjust the window" in this case by changing > the screen size and it WILL mess up the graphics in the app window so I > do understand what you are saying but it is not FOOL proof - that being > the problem, there will be someone(maybe a fool) who will change the > size and it will screw up my app. > Again, Jason's answer will fix it if they quit out and restart my app. > But I was hoping for a good way to check during runtime and not when > reopening my app after the end user screws it up. Once screwed up it > does not go back with out Jason's solution. and in my opinion that > would be a bug. > > FWIW > Tom ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Moving Buttons...
How would you do this... On a card, you have a bunch of buttons that are grouped together (group "ButtonGroup"). You want to let the user move the buttons around - but you want to prevent any of the buttons from overlaping. I have this in the card script to handle the movement: on mouseMove if not the hilite of btn "lockChanges" then if the mouse is down then if the short name of the owner of the target = "ButtonGroup" then put the short name of the target into butName set the loc of btn butName to the mouseLoc end if end if end if end mouseMove How do you get the button that is being moved to not collide with another button. And, if possible, how can you get the moving button to "snap" to the closest button? Any advise (or code snippet) would be appreciated! Thanks! Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Search and Replace
Ken, As usual, you always come to the aid of others. Thanks! This seems to work great! -Dan > Here's a replacement function - it's a little "messy" (because I have to > wrap 'whatText' in spaces at the beginning and strip them at the end), > but it works: ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Search and Replace
Hello all! I'm having a problem with a function that Ken Ray helped me with. I tried to fix it myself, but I don't really understand the matchChunk function. The goal is to pass searchAndReplaceMaleToFemale() whatText and return a female version of whatText. But it's not quite working correctly. When I pass: he him himself his he's boy guy He Him Himself His He's Boy Guy I get: he her herself her she's girl gal He Him Himself His He's Boy Guy There seems to be a problem if a replaceable word is the first word of a sentence, and obviously, capitalization seems to be an issue. Below is the searchAndReplaceMaleToFemale() function. Any ideas? function searchAndReplaceMaleToFemale whatText local tStart,tEnd put "he,him,himself,his,he's,boy,guy" into SearchWordsMale put "she,her,herself,her,she's,girl,gal" into SearchWordsFemale set the wholeMatches to true set the caseSensitive to false repeat forever get matchChunk(whatText,"[^A-Za-z0-9](boy|h(e|im|is|imself|e's)|guy)[^A-Za-z0-9] ",tStart,tEnd) if it is true then put char tStart to tEnd of whatText into tFoundChunk put (charToNum(toUpper(char 1 of tFoundChunk)) = charToNum(char 1 of tFoundChunk)) into isUpper put itemOffset(tFoundChunk,SearchWordsMale) into tItem if tItem <> 0 then put item tItem of SearchWordsFemale into temp if isUpper then put toUpper(char 1 of temp) into char 1 of temp put temp into char tStart to tEnd of whatText else -- you decide... bail? error out? ignore? end if else exit repeat end if end repeat return whatText end searchAndReplaceMaleToFemale ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: path names to CD across platforms
Byron,
Try this... (This assumes that you pass a movie path without the drive
name/letter, and the CD (for the Mac) is named "myCDROM")...
put getMoviePath("datafiles/movies/movie001.mov") into mPath
function getMoviePath fileName
if the platform = "MacOS" then
if there is a file ("myCDROM/" & fileName) then
return ("myCDROM/" & fileName)
end if
else
if there is a file ("D:/" & fileName) then
return ("D:/" & fileName)
else if there is a file ("E:/" & fileName) then
--just incase they mapped the CD drive to "E"
return ("E:/" & fileName)
end if
end if
-- you might put some kind of warning or error
-- routine here. Probably don't want to continue
-- if the movie was not found
return false
end getMoviePath
There's probably a better way to do this, but it should work (I didn't test
it!). Hope it helps,
Dan
> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 12:36:35 -0700
> Subject: path names to CD across platforms
> From: Byron Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Forgive me if this gets posted twice, the first was held up and this is
> urgent. How would I compensate for the differences in file path names
> when deploying to OS 9, OS X and Windows? For example a movie resides
> on a CD . . how do we have one app that can be built for multiple
> platforms that can find the file regardless?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Byron
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Re: OS X - documentation of drawer command
I did find a work-around... Just set the size of the stack to be the drawer before you open it: Set the height of stack "drawerStack" to (the height of stack "Main" - 50) Drawer stack "drawerStack" at left of stack "Main" > At 10:00 AM +1000 9/3/2003, David Vaughan wrote: >> However, what if you want to allow the user to open and close the >> drawer multiple times? I found that when the above pair of commands >> was repeated then the drawer become a line smaller in height each >> time it was opened. > > That's a bug. (It's in bugzilla as bug # 488.) ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: How many people use Single-Handler Mode in Script Editor?
I do not use it and never thought it was a valuable feature. -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Dynamic Web Page (Not really a RR question)
Is there a way to have a web page either: (1) save it's self, so it's user editable fields can be read later?; or (2) have the web page read a text file and populate it's fields. Then save the user editable fields back to the text file? If either of these options is possible, how would you go about doing it? Or, is there another way to accomplish this task? Background: my application creates a questioner. That questioner (or text file) is posted to a web site. A user then answers the questions by typing in the form fields. (Note that this could be a work in progress. Meaning that the user could put in some text, then come back the next day and continue editing the fields.) When the user is done, the application would then query the web page (or text file) and compile a report. Any thoughts? Thanks! -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Portable fonts and usage recommendations needed
> Are these exactly the same design for each platform or do these have to > be tweaked? I don't mean file format, I mean variations in metrics to > account for engine or other idiosyncrasies. They are NOT the same for each platform (but they look the same). The sizes, metrics and other data/settings have been altered so they look and act the same on each platform. For example, if you set a font to 9 point on a MAC, it will look larger on a PC. With my custom fonts, 9 point is the same size on both platforms. > Does this mean that you own the fonts? Are they for sale to include in > other programs? Yes, I own them. Are they for sale? Hmmm... Contact me off-list. > Assuming they are, can the same font be attached to the > application/stack and work on both Mac and Windows without the user > having to install the font? I don't know anything about "attaching" fonts to an application. I just include the fonts in my installer. And this works fine [for me]. -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Portable fonts and usage recommendations needed
I had the same problems! I got so tired of "messing" with it that I finally hired an outside source to create matching Mac and Windows fonts (serif, and san-serif). They look and behave EXACTLY the same on both platforms. It wasn't cheep, but my cross-platform font problems have gone away! -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Save as Image
Ken, Yes, it worked perfect!! Also, just for fun, I tried setting the target stack to invisible, and it worked too!! Thank you Ken! > Message: 11 > From: "Ken Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Save as Image > Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:05:55 -0500 > Organization: Sons of Thunder Software > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dan, > > Try this: > > http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/revolution.htm?_imag007 > > This works for stacks that are partially off-screen, but hopefully will > work with a fully offscreen stack... > > Report back to the list and let us know if this works! > > Ken Ray > Sons of Thunder Software > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Save as Image
Has anyone discovered a way to save a stack (or portion of a stack) as an image while the stack is either offscreen or invisible? If so, I'd sure love to hear how ya did it! Thanks, Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Repeat for each assistance.
Andy, Just insert your own counter: on checkItemCount put 0 into tCounter repeat for each line gameLine in fld "gamelist" add 1 to tCounter if the number of items in gameLine <> 5 then answer (something) set the hilitedLines of field "gameList" to tCounter exit checkItemCount end if end repeat end checkItemCount Hope that helps. > Message: 10 > From: "fatal error" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Repeat for each assistance. > Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 15:06:26 -0400 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have the following loop statement: > > repeat for each line gameLine in fld "gamelist" > > I need to obtain the line number for the current iteration. I'm error > checking for the number of items in gameLine and if it isn't equal to 5, I > want to raise an answer dialog and stop the script, then hilight that line > in fld "gameList". > > It has only been two days of my trial. > > What can I query to get the iteration number of this loop? > > Perhaps I'd be better off using a different repeat construct? > > Thanks, > > Andy ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: MAC OS X standalone and externals
Ron, I had the same type of problem with one of my OSX externals. I don't know if this will help, but here's what I did: First, I had the external re-compiled as a bundle (from the code that was used to make the original CODE resource and DLL). So, it was now named "Spell.bundle". I placed "Spell.bundle" into a folder named "plug-ins". Then, I set the externals of my stack to "plug-ins/Spell.bundle". This works fine for initializing my spell checker at start up. FYI: when I set the externals of my stack to "./plug-ins/Spell.bundle" or "/plug-ins/Spell.bundle", it failed in my standalone. Only, "plug-ins/Spell.bundle" worked. However, when I went to run it, it couldn't find the dictionaries. Turns out it was a problem with paths. When my app starts up, I use this to fill the global variable "applicationPath" to the path to my application: on applicationPathAtStartUp global applicationPath put the fileName of this stack into applicationPath set the itemDelimiter to "/" delete last item of applicationPath if the platform = "MacOS" then if char 1 to 3 of the systemVersion = "10." then delete item -3 to -1 of applicationPath end if end if end applicationPathAtStartUp Until I added the OSX "if", this procedure (on OSX) got the path to the actual application, not the root level of "myStandalone.app". Next, I found out that most externals want a FULL PATH to referenced files. However, this procedure (on OSX) did not include the drive name, making it an incomplete path. So, instead of sending this: applicationPath & "/plug-ins/AmericanDict.rcs" I use this (for OSX): line 1 of the volumes & applicationPath & "/plug-ins/AmericanDict.rcs" Once I did this, everything works like like a charm! Hope that helps. -Dan > Hi > > I am having trouble setting the external of an OS X standalone. > > I think this is a path problem so I've spent a long time tonight trying to > read the docs on filepaths and searched the archives for info on OS X > standalones, but I'm still stuck. > > The code works fine in OS 9 both in the ide and as a standalone. It works > great in OS X in the ide, but when I build a standalone for X the app > crashes. > > I set the externals to "./VXCMD_macho" and put the Valentina bundle in the > same folder as the standalone. (I realize the standalone in OS X is a > folder/bundle, but I do not place it in the contents of the bundle, just on > the same level as the bundle). > > Applications f > My Standalone f > My App. > VXCMD_macho > data f > > > Valentina inits itself fine, but calling it in a later script crashes. > > Am I setting the external properly? This works in the ide... > > thanks again, > Ron ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
CODE resource and OSX
Greetings...
I use a 'CODE' resource in my standalone ('DLL' for windows). PPC and
Windows works fine. But, what do I do for OSX? There is no place in the
standalone builder to add a resource file.
Being a OSX novice, I could use some assistance/guidance.
Thanks!
-Dan
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Re: Newbie
Ubaldo, In the script of stack A put: On openStack open stack End openStack It's that easy. You could also put it in a startUp message, or in the openCard script of card 1 of stack A. Hope that helps. -Dan > Sorry for this very basic question and if this has already been > answered before in this list or in the documentation but > I have 2 main stacks in the same folder and I want to launch stack A > which should automatically open stack B; the 2 stacks should be > visible. > How can I achieve this? > Thank you for your attention and sorry for my English too but I have > done my best here :-) > Ciao from Italy > Ubaldo ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Unicode Text
Has anyone figured out how to read and write unicode text? I opened the unicodeFldRoutines.rev stack and tried to save field "jpTargetFld" to a text file and read it back in... But I can't seem to get it to work. Has anyone been able to do this? Or have ya got any ideas? Thanks in advance! -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
DiskSize
Greetings... The Goal: To determine if the user is opening a file from a floppy disk. Proposed Solution: The only thing I can think to do this is to use the capacity of the disk. If it's less than 2MB, I can assume it's a floppy. Do you agree? Now, there is no diskSize function that I know of, so I have to write it myself. I'll have to add the size of every file on the disk, plus the diskSpace, to get the size of the volume. Question: Can you think of a better way? If not, has anyone got a code snippet to do this? Thanks in advance, -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Rev Docs
Dear RR and fellow Revolutionaries, I just wanted to take a moment to say "Thank You" to Jeanne and the entire RR crew for your continued work on the RR Documentation. 97 out of 100 times, I can find the answer to my questions from the documentation. Unlike many programs you get today, the RR docs are well thought out, well written, and easy to find what your looking for. I'm sorry I don't post more questions to this list. But, frankly, I find most of my answers in the docs! My wife calls me a "Manual Nazi", because usually I read the manual cover to cover before I crack the seal of the installer. As a man who relies heavily on good documentation, I thank you. There's been some talk lately on this list about making a book on RR. I say we already have one. And it's getting better with each release! Keep up the great work! -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Subject: Re: 1.1.1 Buttons in 2.0
Sarah, Turns out this wasn't a bug at all!... There was a change in the engine. With some help from Jeanne and Geoff, we figured out that setting the backgroundColor to empty fixed the problem. Thanks for the assist! -Dan > How about writing a handler that loops through all the buttons, > checking their original style, setting their style to something else > and then back to whatever you wanted. That might be enough to toggle > the engine to display them correctly. > > Cheers, > Sarah > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.troz.net/Rev/ > > On Saturday, June 7, 2003, at 04:03 am, Dan Friedman wrote: > >> I opened a stack created in 1.1.1 in 2.0. All the buttons that were >> set as >> "Standard" appear as if they were 1.1.1's "Rectangle" buttons. And the >> "Rectangle" buttons don't have the same appearance as a new rectangle >> button. If I delete the original button and create a new one it's >> fine. >> >> Can any tell me why and/or how to fix this without recreating *EVERY* >> button >> in my stacks? >> >> Thanks! >> -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
1.1.1 Buttons in 2.0
I opened a stack created in 1.1.1 in 2.0. All the buttons that were set as "Standard" appear as if they were 1.1.1's "Rectangle" buttons. And the "Rectangle" buttons don't have the same appearance as a new rectangle button. If I delete the original button and create a new one it's fine. Can any tell me why and/or how to fix this without recreating *EVERY* button in my stacks? Thanks! -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: DLLs
Chipp, I checked the externals of the stack and it looks fine. When I save and rerun it, it works fine. Even in a standalone. However, if I move the standalone to another directory, it fails -- even though I am setting the externals to the correct path, then closing and reopening the stack. What I did was create an "engine" stack that opens the stack file of my project. When I did that, everything started to work! (No code was changed in the project stack) It would seem to me that RR doesn't want you to change the externals of a stack in a standalone (at lease the main stack). I could be out to lunch, but at lease it's working now. Thank you for the suggestion/reply. Dan > Dan, > > My guess is you have a path problem. In RR from the msg do: > > put the externals of this stack > > to tell you what your stack currently 'thinks' is the path to the dll. > > If there is any path info other than the name, then it probably won't work. > I always > > set the externals of this stack to "fred.dll" > > and keep a copy of the fred.dll in the same place as the RunRev application. > Then when building a standalone, copy the fred.dll to the same folder as > where the standalone runs from. Remember, you can't execute a: > > set the externals of this stack to "fred.dll" > > on startup from a runtime. In order for DLL's to work, the external property > must be saved with the stack, then launched anew. > > Hope this helps. > > Chipp ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Send an eMail attachment?
Ken, I found Shao Sean's libSMTP library on the user contributions list... This is what I'm looking for! My only problem is that it takes 28 seconds to send an eMail with a 5307 byte text file attachment. From Outlook (with the same attachment and message), it took about 2 seconds. I wrote an eMail to Shao to see if I am doing something wrong. I'm waiting for his reply. Thank you for the suggestion/reply. This list is a great place to get help. I would like to post more responses to those who need help (when I know the answer), but the "pros" on this list are so on top of it, that by the time I read it, someone has already answered! :) Thanks again, Dan > Take a look at Shao Sean's libSMTP library; it allows for direct SMTP > communications, attachments and more. Go to: > http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/revolution.htm and go to > the bottom of the Downloads section. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
DLLs
Hello, Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong... I have a dll that I want to call. The script that communicates with the DLL is the main stack. I have set the destroyWindow of the stack to true and I have set the externals of the stack to "myDLL.dll" (I can't use a hard coded path because I don't know where the user will install this app). I have closed and reopened the stack as advised in the "destroyWindow" entry in the Transcript Dictionary. Just before I reopen the stack, I set the defaultFolder to the standalone's path so it will find "myDLL.dll". When running in RR, it works fine. However, in a standalone it fails. After futzing with it for over 16 hours, I thought I would write this list and see if any one had any thoughts? Thank you in advance, Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Send an eMail attachment?
Jack, Thanks... But this doesn't solve the problem. *I* want to include the attachment in the eMail. I know that I could have the user add the attachment, but since I know what file needs to be sent, I would like to, at runtime, set that parameter. Thanks, Dan > Here's a button script that works in 1.1.1 > > on mouseUp > revGoURL "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > end mouseUp > > This opens your regular email program which you can then do attachments etc. > > Jack >> Greetings fellow Revolutionists, >> >> Does anyone know a way to send an eMail from a stack that includes an >> attachment? I see that in RR 2.0 there is a new revMail command that acts >> like clicking a "mailto:"; link in a browser. For me, this would be fine. >> However, I want to include an attachment also. Is this possible? >> >> Thank you in advance, >> Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: save as dialog
Paolo Mazza, Try: On mouseUp ask file "Save File As:" End mouseUp > How can I get a dialog similar to the "save as" dialog where user can choose a > folder and write the name of a file. > Using answer folder I can not insert the name of a file. > Ciao Paolo Mazza ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Getting a chunk of stylized text?
Fellow Revolutionaries, Let's say field A contains more text than can fit in it. The text in field A contains multiple fonts, styles and sizes. How can I get the stylized text that is not being displayed? (and remove it from field A and put it into field B) I tried messing with the formattedHeight and formattedLines functions, but I can't seem to get it to find the correct text. What I think I need to do, some how, is get the formattedTop of a line of the formattedText. But you can't do that. Any thoughts? Thank you in advance, Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RevPrintField
Fellow Revolutionaries... Anyone experienced any problems with revPrintField on windows? When I run this in a RR standalone on my Mac, it works fine: On mouseUp revShowPrintDialog true,true revPrintField the name of field "aField" End mouseUp However, on Windows, it does nothing. And, the result is empty. Any thoughts? (Yes, I included the printing library in my standalone). Thanks! Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: RTF vs HTML
Vikram, In the following you mentioned clipboarddata["rtf"]. I don't see any thing about "clipboarddata" in the docs. What is this? What does it do? Where can I get details on what it is? Thanks! Dan > I can't talk of the benefits of exporting rtf as files, but if you are > copy-pasting from other apps this may interest you: > > Copy a portion of a webpage. In the message box type: > set the rtftext of fld 1 to clipboarddata["rtf"] > > And viceversa, paste into Word after copying the rtftext of a field: > set the clipboarddata["rtf"] to the rtftext of fld 1 > > etc.. > > Rgds, > Vikram ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
