which version to use for using player with mp3 files?

2015-04-21 Thread FORD JR., CURT
I'm considering a project that will be pretty straightforward, but it will have lots of external mp3 files that I've always managed with a player before. I've got various versions of 6.x and 7 I could work with, but with quicktime deprecated (?) and a new player object I'm wondering which

mp3 files not playing on Windows

2014-08-26 Thread FORD JR., CURT
A client's customer (using Windows) had ordered two modules of a series. Both come with their own set of mp3 files in a folder named media. The two modules use the same code for figuring path names and playing sounds. We've had no problems in either module with other customers, but this one

re: Windows 7: Chinese characters replacing quotes apostrophes in English text

2014-02-09 Thread FORD JR., CURT
A little progress: the customer reports that switched system locale from Simplified Chinese to English (US) to see some magic, as a computer magazine I had once read said it might work sometimes. It works! Those strange Chinese characters are gone and even the audio bars appear. But the ebook

Windows 7: Chinese characters replacing quotes apostrophes in English text

2014-02-08 Thread FORD JR., CURT
A module which has been problem-free on most computers is showing odd behavior on one client's computer: Chinese characters appear replacing an apostrophe + s, or a contraction with an apostrophe, in the English text, and also where there are opening closing quotes. m-dashes also aren't

multiple child nodes in xml

2014-01-10 Thread FORD JR., CURT
I’m stuck on getting the values in some multiple child nodes in xml… trying to base the code on the sample at http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4071/l/7011-how-to-read-in-data-from-an-xml-file . I’m getting the list of prompts that I need, but I can’t get the list of answers: one way I’ve

some sounds not playing on Windows 8

2013-06-27 Thread FORD JR, CURT
We've got a project that involves many sounds, all accessed through players. On most cards the controller is visible; on two cards with shorter sounds, we have small buttons that set the filename of an invisible player and start it playing. It's been working well on Mac, XP, and Windows 7.

re: another article achieved...

2013-02-23 Thread FORD JR, CURT
Great article. I sent a note about it to MacSurfer and they've linked to it from their Press Release section - hopefully that'll help with visibility. Curt ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

re QuickTime issue with 5.5.2 (Mountain Lion)

2012-09-24 Thread FORD JR, CURT
It worked after I UNchecked Controller in the inspector and CHECKED it again!? Thanks Klaus - I tried this a few times but couldn't get any consistent behavior.. guess I'll report it later today. best Curt ___ use-livecode mailing list

QuickTime issue with 5.5.2 (Mountain Lion)?

2012-09-23 Thread FORD JR, CURT
Can anyone else confirm what I'm seeing.. 1 drag a quicktime player onto a card 2 click the button in the player's inspector to select a file; .mp3 files are greyed out and can't be selected, even when the option 'All Files' is selected 3 typing in the name of an .mp3 file in the inspector

rev cgi at Bluehost: libX11.so.6 not found

2012-05-09 Thread FORD JR, CURT
I'm trying to setup a registration system using the old rev engine (linux) and cgi scripts. The user fills in a form on a web page, clicks a button, and the script should start the engine, do some tasks, and display some information returned by the script. There are no problems in testing on