Hi Tariel,
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:58:43 +0200 Klaus Major wrote:
OK Klaus, I'll leave write / read triggers and saving place for you
to decide. You are the list Poobah after all :)
EXACTLY!
And I strongly advise everyone to never forget this! :-D
Right ! :)
:-)
Just when and if you would
Hi Tariel,
...
OK Klaus, I'll leave write / read triggers and saving place for you
to decide. You are the list Poobah after all :)
EXACTLY!
And I strongly advise everyone to never forget this! :-D
As for script I posted yesterday which is using OpenStacks to
register stack locations on
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:58:43 +0200 Klaus Major wrote:
OK Klaus, I'll leave write / read triggers and saving place for you
to decide. You are the list Poobah after all :)
EXACTLY!
And I strongly advise everyone to never forget this! :-D
Right ! :) Just when and if you would implement it,
On Jul 17, 2007, at 9:58 PM, Tariel Gogoberidze wrote:
Well, the question is where to save this information. The least
intrusive method would be probably to external file?
In this case something like script below may probably do it...
Sorry, I wrote that script off the top of my head, the
Hi Tariel,
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:12:41 -0500, J. Landman Gay wrote:
...
So, in case read / write IDE stack positions to external file is
acceptable idea, any thoughts about ..
1) what should be the trigger to write IDE stack positions to
file? shutdownRequest in Home stack? )
I think
2) What should be the trigger to read external file ? (preOpenStack
in McTools.mc and home stacks?
home sounds good, since this will be loaded first anyway.
shouldn't this be handled by prefs handler?
Or may be somebody has better idea where to save such info?
In to the platform-specific
Hi Robert,
2) What should be the trigger to read external file ?
(preOpenStack in McTools.mc and home stacks?
home sounds good, since this will be loaded first anyway.
shouldn't this be handled by prefs handler?
???
Did not know that there is a special kind of script called pref
handler
Did not know that there is a special kind of script called pref handler ;-)
There is a stack with preferences. I forget how those are put in
effect but if all preferences are kept in an external file (if I
understood you correctly), then these have to be combined.
Of course I meant to put
Hi Robert,
Did not know that there is a special kind of script called pref
handler ;-)
There is a stack with preferences.
Ah, that's what you meant.
I forget how those are put in effect but if all preferences are
kept in an external file (if I understood you correctly), then
these have
On Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:08:47 +0200 Klaus Major wrote:
1) what should be the trigger to write IDE stack positions to
file? shutdownRequest in Home stack? )
I think mctools will be the candidate for writing prefs.
The user might close the home stack to gain screen space before
quitting
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:12:41 -0500, J. Landman Gay wrote:
As for the rest of my post, you are right, it's better to keep such
modifications personal and handle them in either plugIn or front
Script
or the script of stack home.
Well, I did kind of like your idea about saving the positions
--- J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jan Schenkel wrote:
Since I don't have any previous Metacard license
(though I do have a Revolution Enterprise
license),
what exacly should I do to create a Metacard
2.8.1?
As Klaus mentioned, a MC license isn't required any
more for
How about what the marketing people would say - give on a .mc extension
and colour it yellow or soemthing and the other one a .rev extension and
colour it blue?
Talking of which - how do you tell which environment you are in? If there is
no way can I suggest we have something in the backscript
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:23:26 +0100, David Bovill wrote:
How about what the marketing people would say - give on a .mc
extension and colour it yellow or soemthing and the other one a
.rev extension and colour it blue?
Talking of which - how do you tell which environment you are in?
You
On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:28:48 -0500, J. Landman Gay wrote:
4) When I tried to save home stack in MC IDE created with
metacard_setup I got can't open stack backup file error. Recently
I'm getting such error from time to time in my version of MC IDE as
well, so it may have something with my
Tariel Gogoberidze wrote:
As soon as I tried to save home stack I got can't open stack backup
file error, same error that I'm getting from time to time in my MC IDE.
The second attempt to save is always successful which probably excludes
Permissions. Still It seems related to my computer
Hi Jaqueline,
I've just uploaded my version of the MetaCard Setup stack to the
MC_IDE area on Yahoo Groups:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MC_IDE/files/
This stack will automate setting up the MC IDE and installing the
latest Revolution engine. There are several options available; for
--- J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've just uploaded my version of the MetaCard Setup
stack to the MC_IDE
area on Yahoo Groups:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MC_IDE/files/
This stack will automate setting up the MC IDE and
installing the latest
Revolution engine. There
Hi Jan,
...
you find them.
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay
Wonderful news, Jacque - I know I'm only lurking here
on this list, and am using Revolution aés my main
working environment, but I've always been intrigued by
Metacard and the power hidden under its 'spartan' user
interface.
Since I
Hi Jaqueline,
...
Works like a charm, but I got an error Installation failed: Could
not rename Revolution engine. can't rename file
when I selected Use the currently running Revolution. No problem
when selecting Rev manually.
Sorry, my fault, I was executing this from MetaCard, no
With a little fear and trepidation I downloaded and installed successfully!
In the introduction it would be reassuiring to say that the existing Rev
installation won't be touched?
In my igorance, which could possibly (but I'm sure unlikely) be shared by
future users, I wrongly selected the:
But I suggest that we remove the Demo button, since we do not want
to include the
sin of Mr. KM's youth (and that does NOT stand for Klaus Major)
a.k.a. MetaCard Demo
in the distribution, do we?! :-D
Wasn't demo replaced (or supposed to be replaced) with preferences at
some point?
Robert
I've just uploaded my version of the MetaCard Setup stack to the
MC_IDE area on Yahoo Groups:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MC_IDE/files/
This stack will automate setting up the MC IDE and installing the
latest Revolution engine. There are several options available; for
example, you can
Hi Robert,
But I suggest that we remove the Demo button, since we do not
want to include the
sin of Mr. KM's youth (and that does NOT stand for Klaus Major)
a.k.a. MetaCard Demo
in the distribution, do we?! :-D
Wasn't demo replaced (or supposed to be replaced) with preferences
at some
If the Finder window is closed during the installation there's no
problem. If anyone knows how to fix that, I'll implement it.
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
Isn't it possible to close the Finder
Hi Robert,
But I suggest that we remove the Demo button, since we do not
want to include the
sin of Mr. KM's youth (and that does NOT stand for Klaus Major)
a.k.a. MetaCard Demo
in the distribution, do we?! :-D
Wasn't demo replaced (or supposed to be replaced) with preferences
at some
Hi Robert,
Hi Robert,
But I suggest that we remove the Demo button, since we do not
want to include the
sin of Mr. KM's youth (and that does NOT stand for Klaus Major)
a.k.a. MetaCard Demo
in the distribution, do we?! :-D
Wasn't demo replaced (or supposed to be replaced) with
I've just uploaded my version of the MetaCard Setup stack to the
MC_IDE area on Yahoo Groups:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MC_IDE/files/
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
Jan Schenkel wrote:
Since I don't have any previous Metacard license
(though I do have a Revolution Enterprise license),
what exacly should I do to create a Metacard 2.8.1?
As Klaus mentioned, a MC license isn't required any more for engines
after version 2.7. So you should be able to use
Klaus Major wrote:
Hi Jaqueline,
...
Works like a charm, but I got an error Installation failed: Could
not rename Revolution engine. can't rename file
when I selected Use the currently running Revolution. No problem
when selecting Rev manually.
Sorry, my fault, I was executing this from
David Bovill wrote:
With a little fear and trepidation I downloaded and installed
successfully!
In the introduction it would be reassuiring to say that the existing Rev
installation won't be touched?
Sure, I'll do that.
In my igorance, which could possibly (but I'm sure unlikely) be
Robert Brenstein wrote:
If the Finder window is closed during the installation there's no
problem. If anyone knows how to fix that, I'll implement it.
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
Isn't it
Shari wrote:
Is this the thing I was supposed to tackle but you've done it far beyond
what I would have done?
Don't think so, but I can't remember what it was that you were going to
do. There was something or other you mentioned about the IDE -- and of
course, as soon as one mentions
Klaus Major wrote:
Will this also run with engines 2.7?
Not that I'd need it ;-)
Forgot to answer this. It should work okay with earlier engines since
the process is the same. The dictionary import should also be okay, it
recognizes all documentation formats back to Rev 2.0. I wouldn't
Wow Jacque, Great program. Can't be any more painless than that!
Worked great here on XP.
Thanks, :-)
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On Jul 15, 2007, at 7:35 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:23:50 -0500, J. Landman Gay wrote:
I've just uploaded my version of the MetaCard Setup stack to the
MC_IDE area on Yahoo Groups:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MC_IDE/files/
WOW, awesome !! Great work
Tariel Gogoberidze wrote:
WOW, awesome !! Great work Jacque.
Thanks. :)
Some notes:
1. May be on Mac OS it makes sense to open Tools palette by default on
startup as well ?
This would be something the group should vote on to add to the home
stack. I generally prefer not to have the
J. Landman Gay wrote:
Suppose we change the Home stack so that
it looks in the Plugins folder for a specially-named plugin when it
first opens. If it finds a plugin with the right name, it opens the
stack automatically.
Oh, never mind. I just remembered you can set up the Plugins Manager to
On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:23:50 -0500, J. Landman Gay wrote:
I've just uploaded my version of the MetaCard Setup stack to the
MC_IDE area on Yahoo Groups:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MC_IDE/files/
That's great, Jacque! This is something we've needed for a while now,
and I'm glad you
Ken Ray wrote:
On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:23:50 -0500, J. Landman Gay wrote:
I've just uploaded my version of the MetaCard Setup stack to the
MC_IDE area on Yahoo Groups:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MC_IDE/files/
That's great, Jacque! This is something we've needed for a while now,
and
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