Re: database lingo vs. xtra

2004-06-07 Thread macmec
I like true databases, so that's my 2 cents. Take a look at Valentina (http://www.paradigmasoft.com) in addition to V12 (unless you already own V12, that is). Great support, continued development, and the fastest engine around. Plus about every development environment you can think of. On J

Re: Problem with "goToNetPage" on OSX

2004-06-07 Thread Cath Sample
Hi, I'm no Mac guru, but in what way is it not working? In my experience the browser on the Mac is much more picky about how you format URLs, names of files, etc. Cath At 12:48 p.m. 7/06/2004 -0400, you wrote: New to the list, so bear with me if my protocol is not correct :) I'm having a proble

Passing messages to spites underneath

2004-06-07 Thread John Waller
Dear Pedja, Thanks for the response regarding passing messages to sprites that are underneath other sprites. Quite a nifty solution (why didn't I think of that). I would have responded earlier but my lingo-l Mail Delivery Option was disabled in my lingo-l Configuration for some reason. And it t

Re: database lingo vs. xtra

2004-06-07 Thread Stephen Ingrum
I'm thinking about just doing the project with lingo and perhaps PropSave (and of course, some buddyAPI thrown in there for good measure), but I wanted to get the groups response before I start- Details: the "database" will be updated by only 1 (or maybe 2) people ever. it will contain 1200-1500

Re: autoTAB

2004-06-07 Thread Buzz Kettles
At 12:15 PM +0100 6/7/04, you wrote: Hi, I have a problem with teh AUTOTAB, as I cannot really control it as I thought it is possible. I have 5 fields that I want to use the tab to have the cursor jumpfrom field to field, but as I have to have the topmost (on-screen) field in teh highest sprite

Re: Problem with "goToNetPage" on OSX

2004-06-07 Thread Sean Wilson
Anyone know an alternate way of opening a browser (instead of using "goToNetPage")? I'd recommend using Buddy API for opening browsers - it will run whatever application the user has flagged as their preferred browser as opposed to however it is that Director makes its decision. And it's more us

Re: When and when

2004-06-07 Thread Irv Kalb
Congratualtions on your thesis! In just looking over the versions of getPropertyDescriptionList from your post, both have errors. GPDL #1 says that you are trying to build a list of members, but what you are really displaying is a list of numbers. This is because you are just adding the value o

RE: When and when

2004-06-07 Thread Kerry Thompson
> First, I'm very happy as I managed to defend my M.A. thesis > to an excellent mark. Second, I'm a bit confused: when do I > use variables and when do I use functions straight ahead? Congratulations! Here's a rule of thumb I apply to decisions about when to use a variable and when to use a fun

Problem with "goToNetPage" on OSX

2004-06-07 Thread James Bruehl [Imagicom]
New to the list, so bear with me if my protocol is not correct :) I'm having a problem getting the "goToNetPage" command to work in an OSX projector. My code is rather simple and works on PC as well as in a classic projector both on a 9.x OS and a 9.x OS run through OSX. on mouseUp me gotoNe

When and when

2004-06-07 Thread Peter Bochan
Hello, First, I'm very happy as I managed to defend my M.A. thesis to an excellent mark. Second, I'm a bit confused: when do I use variables and when do I use functions straight ahead? E.g. I wanted to make a handler that would check for definite members in definite castLib and then add the resul

Controlling a Kiosk monitor

2004-06-07 Thread Eva Crawford
I have to admit I like the idea of the timer! Sometimes the simplest solutions just get lost in my over-lingo taxed little brain. I will definately do some looking into the grc.com solutions too though. Just as an aside the monitor technology is "deep video", (the monitor technology displays

RE: Controlling a Kiosk monitor

2004-06-07 Thread Kerry Thompson
> Hello all: > > Well par for the course just before final delivery my client > has asked for > an "aside". He wants to know if I can control the kiosk > monitor to have it > turn on at 8am and turn off at 9pm every day. Platform? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest

Re: Verbose vs Dotose

2004-06-07 Thread Mathew Ray
FWIW, the scriptExecutionStyle = 10 put member("notamembername").ilk -- #void put symbolP(member("notamembername").ilk) -- 1 the scriptExecutionStyle = 9 put member("notamembername").ilk -- put voidP(member("notamembername").ilk) -- 1 ~Mathew roymeo wrote: member("notamembername").ilk returns for

Re: autoTAB

2004-06-07 Thread Deane Venske
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:37:30 +1000, Deane Venske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I have a problem with teh AUTOTAB, as I cannot really control it as I thought it is possible. I have 5 fields that I want to use the tab to have the cursor jumpfrom field to field, but as I have to have the topmo

Re: autoTAB

2004-06-07 Thread Deane Venske
Hi, I have a problem with teh AUTOTAB, as I cannot really control it as I thought it is possible. I have 5 fields that I want to use the tab to have the cursor jumpfrom field to field, but as I have to have the topmost (on-screen) field in teh highest sprite channel and vice versa, the tab ju

autoTAB

2004-06-07 Thread nik crosina
Hi, I have a problem with teh AUTOTAB, as I cannot really control it as I thought it is possible. I have 5 fields that I want to use the tab to have the cursor jumpfrom field to field, but as I have to have the topmost (on-screen) field in teh highest sprite channel and vice versa, the tab jump

RE: Controlling a Kiosk monitor

2004-06-07 Thread Pedja Guzvica
Fair point I think Rich's idea is safer by just plugging the monitor into the timer but it will face the same problem...although the answer is simple: Stick a big sticker on the timer saying "If you unplug anything from this device make sure to reset it afterwards or else...(and then something na

RE: Controlling a Kiosk monitor

2004-06-07 Thread Stany De Roos
Hi Pedja, Your setup may work fine as long as nobody pulls out the plug of the timer. That would make the timer and the clock of the computer get asynchronised. Stany [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to

RE: Controlling a Kiosk monitor

2004-06-07 Thread Pedja Guzvica
Good old www.grc.com ... The man is a genius in every sense, I can also strongly recommend the "shoot the mesenger" and "DCOMobulator" and offcourse the "ShieldsUp" , it saved me so much grief. I don't know how I've missed this one ¿¬) Good one Tim...you have a beer from me Pedja P.s. but I stil

Re: Controlling a Kiosk monitor

2004-06-07 Thread Rich Shupe
This may be oversimplified, and I may be missing something based on your post. However, it sounds like you want to turn the monitor on and off the same time every day, and you don't have to interface with the app at all to do that. Just get a timer and plug the monitor into the timer. I have a dig

RE: Controlling a Kiosk monitor

2004-06-07 Thread Tim Welford
I investigated this for use on a similar project I am planning, I haven't got round to it yet but I plan to use the following... http://www.grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm it is a small program that has commandline options to do things like turn off the monitor. I plan to use api to call the monitor off

RE: Controlling a Kiosk monitor

2004-06-07 Thread Pedja Guzvica
You can't use the power saving as it only works when the computer is not in use, you would have to trigger the Standby or Sleep mode which is normaly a special button on the keyboard Also the http://www.snoize.com/SleepNow/ will only put the Mac to sleep and as the guy who wrote says "waking the m

RE: Controlling a Kiosk monitor

2004-06-07 Thread Pedja Guzvica
Hi Eva Why don't you suggest shuting down the entire kiosk! It will also prolong the life of the computer inside. The simplest way is to use one of these timer power plugs...you know the one that you are supposed to use to turn the lights on and off while you are on holiday so it looks like somebo

Re: Controlling a Kiosk monitor

2004-06-07 Thread Deane Venske
Just thought with windows, why don't they just use the built in power saving capabilities of windows? Deane [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL

Re: Controlling a Kiosk monitor

2004-06-07 Thread Deane Venske
Hello all: Well par for the course just before final delivery my client has asked for an "aside". He wants to know if I can control the kiosk monitor to have it turn on at 8am and turn off at 9pm every day. They are trying to prolong the life of the speciality monitor built into the kiosk.