Hi all,
How do I do the following via Revolution:
1. Bounce app icon in the Mac OS X dock until a certain user action is
performed
2. Flash Mac OS 9 application menu until a certain user action is performed
3. Generate and blink a system tray icon in Win32 until...blah blah
Thanks in advance!
Is it possible to format button label text so that only a few letters of the
label are underlined? It seems to be all or nothing, but I'd like to be
able to have a standard button with a label like "black" with just the bl
underlined.
Thanks,
Mark
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On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 06:34 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 01:37 PM, Dar Scott wrote:
Now, how do I find out if a group is shared or not?
Piece of cake:
if the number of cds in this bg > 1
then answer "I'm shared."
Cool! I am impressed. I even g
On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 01:37 PM, Dar Scott wrote:
Now, how do I find out if a group is shared or not?
Piece of cake:
if the number of cds in this bg > 1
then answer "I'm shared."
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I'm not sure whether this is a bug or more confusion about groups and
backgrounds.
I placed a group on a card and turned off backgroundBehavior. I don't
know whether turning that off has to do with this problem.
The original of the group has its card in its path. The placed version
does not
Let me know how it works out.
Alan
On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 04:53 PM, David Vaughan wrote:
On Sunday, Dec 29, 2002, at 08:16 Australia/Sydney, Alan Gayne wrote:
Hi David,
Why "modeless" instead of modal dialogs?
Alan, because I imagined (I haven't written it yet) that the dialog
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 11:53:40, Dar Scott wrote:
>The related question that perhaps should be asked is whether
>we should ask for or suggest that this whole area is simplified,
>cleaned up and made more powerful as well as easier to
> understand.
I liked the approach to this problem used in OMO (Or
I removed a group from all cards it was on. I then tried to place it.
It didn't place. I can see it in the place menu and other ways.
Dar Scott
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In a message dated 28/12/02 2:31:39 AM,
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<< it in HyperTalk; but it occurred to me that OenoLog's button-driven
interface might benefit operationally if the mouse cursor could be
positioned over the next default button via script. >>
Having just posted a defence of mo
Let's see if I got this right.
*
A group may have its backgroundBehavior property set to true. Such a
group introduces interesting paths on any card it is on. This group is
also placed on new cards under some conditions. The card/stack property
backgroundNames lists all groups with thi
>playStopped is called automatically when a movie completes playback
Yes, I found it. And the code works for me.
I am assuming then that since I am using a player object, and not a naked
movie call, that "movie" message is not sent but the "playStopped" is sent to
the Player object instead.
Monte Goulding wrote:
> I've just uploaded an updated libXMLText due to a compatability issue with
> RevNet. If you don't use RevNet you may still want to update libXMLText just
> in case you ever want to put the linkClicked message into a library or back
> script.
Thanks for the quick turnaround
On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 01:37 PM, Dar Scott wrote:
Now, how do I find out if a group is shared or not?
If you mean whether the group _can be_ on multiple cards, it's easy --
all groups can. sub-groups can only be on multiple cards through the
fact that the group they are part of
On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 03:07 PM, Geoff Canyon wrote:
This is exactly correct. I agree that it might be a bit confusing, but
I think the rationale is this: a background is a group that can be
placed onto a card. A nested group cannot be placed onto a card, except
if its owner is pl
Hi All
I've just uploaded an updated libXMLText due to a compatability issue with
RevNet. If you don't use RevNet you may still want to update libXMLText just
in case you ever want to put the linkClicked message into a library or back
script.
Cheers
Monte Goulding
B.App.Sc. (Hons.)
Executive D
On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 08:58 AM, Dar Scott wrote:
I got numbers that are not consistent with this. (see my mail
yesterday) I think "the number of backgrounds" refers to total number
of groups directly on or placed on cards of the stack. I suspect that
nested groups are not count
>
> Is there anything I could do in RevNet to help compensate for the issue in
> libXMLText?
>
You could trap linkClicked higher up the hierarchy but it's muck more
efficient if I just fix libXMLText which I will today.
> --
> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Media Corporation
> Developer of WebM
On Sunday, Dec 29, 2002, at 08:16 Australia/Sydney, Alan Gayne wrote:
Hi David,
Why "modeless" instead of modal dialogs?
Alan, because I imagined (I haven't written it yet) that the dialogs
could float about, available, and used simply by bringing them to the
front. The entry fields they ar
On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 02:07 PM, Dar Scott wrote:
Sure enough a group was placed. But I could not open the properties
for it or anything else. A little later it disappeared. This happened
twice. (OS X, Rev 1.1.1)
Am I doing something wrong or is there a problem with this metho
On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 01:59 PM, Ken Ray wrote:
This is probably why Rev's menu item is "Place Group". Note though that
once
a group is created, its backgroundBehavior property is FALSE. As soon
as you
place it on another card via "Place Group", however, Rev automatically
sets
the
Hi David,
Why "modeless" instead of modal dialogs? In my experience I've used
the aforementioned "askMeEntry theIDList / askMeTheQuestion" approach
to compel the user to respond to certain fields in a certain order, so
that the required elements for further data validation and/or
processing a
At 12:46 PM -0800 12/28/02, Dar Scott wrote:
>On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 12:06 PM, Ken Ray wrote:
>> Keep in mind that the whole concept of "a background" is only
>> there for HyperCard compatibility.
>
>Well, isn't a shared group useful in its own right.
Sure, but a group's backgroundBeha
At 9:37 AM -0800 12/28/02, Mark Swindell wrote:
>on 12/27/02 11:27 PM, Ken Ray at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> Is there a way to auto-size buttons so that they grow/shrink to fit their
>>> labels with a developer-defined margin?
>>
>> on menuPick pChoice
>> put the formattedWidth of me +15 into tW
On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 01:50 PM, Dar Scott wrote:
Good catch. You mean you can place a group across mutiple cards
without
having the backgroundBehavior set? Cool.
Wow! I'm going to try this. This looks interesting.
I tried this.
Sure enough a group was placed. But I could n
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> winmail.dat is inserted automagically when you use Outlook with funny
> fonts etc. It can be switched off by the sender.
Does MS even read the SMTP spec?
(I know, I know, "Microsoft" and "specification" should never be used in the
same sentence ).
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Four
> At 11:07 AM -0800 12/28/02, Ken Ray wrote:
> >One more thing... if MC/Rev had called this property "sharedContents"
rather
> >than "backgroundBehavior" I think it could have cleared up a lot of the
> >confusion...
>
> But that would imply that groups with backgroundBehavior turned off aren't
> sh
on 12/28/02 12:37 PM, Richard Gaskin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> But that would imply that groups with backgroundBehavior turned off aren't
>> shared between cards, which isn't the case.
>
> Good catch. You mean you can place a group across mutiple cards without
> having the backgroundBeh
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On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 12:24 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
One more thing... if MC/Rev had called this property "sharedContents"
rather
than "backgroundBehavior" I think it could have cleared up a lot of the
confusion...
Or even just "shared", and mark the token "background" as deprica
On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 01:37 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote:
At 11:07 AM -0800 12/28/02, Ken Ray wrote:
One more thing... if MC/Rev had called this property "sharedContents"
rather
than "backgroundBehavior" I think it could have cleared up a lot of
the
confu
On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 12:06 PM, Ken Ray wrote:
A "group".
Thanks!
Keep in mind that the whole concept of "a background" is only
there for HyperCard compatibility.
Well, isn't a shared group useful in its own right. I maintain it in
only one place. I would assume it uses les
Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote:
> At 11:07 AM -0800 12/28/02, Ken Ray wrote:
>> One more thing... if MC/Rev had called this property "sharedContents" rather
>> than "backgroundBehavior" I think it could have cleared up a lot of the
>> confusion...
>
> But that would imply that groups with backgroundBe
On Sunday, Dec 29, 2002, at 04:30 Australia/Sydney, Rob Cozens wrote:
OenoLog takes a middle ground: while the field cursor tabs to the open
field (leaving the mouse cursor in its original location as David
noted),
...further refining this difference between data entry and general
mouse movem
Bill Vlahos wrote:
> Instead of relocating the mouse, simply hide it until it is moved. That
> way the user doesn't really seem to start from the same location even
> though they actually are. Each question would present the user with no
> predetermined location for the mouse as the first time the
At 11:07 AM -0800 12/28/02, Ken Ray wrote:
>One more thing... if MC/Rev had called this property "sharedContents" rather
>than "backgroundBehavior" I think it could have cleared up a lot of the
>confusion...
But that would imply that groups with backgroundBehavior turned off aren't
shared between
At 10:11 PM -0800 12/27/02, Mark Swindell wrote:
>Is there a way to auto-size buttons so that they grow/shrink to fit their
>labels with a developer-defined margin?
Try setting their width to their formattedWidth plus the desired margin * 2
(and height/formattedHeight likewise).
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I don't know if this is a good idea or not but it might be worth
considering.
Instead of relocating the mouse, simply hide it until it is moved. That
way the user doesn't really seem to start from the same location even
though they actually are. Each question would present the user with no
pre
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> I don't see where the handler playStopped gets called in the heirarchy of
> handlers (unless this is an automatic call from the movie completing its
> play).
Yes, the docs say it's a system message sent to the player when it has
finished playing the movie.
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Richard
> I personally think the HIG guideline against moving the cursor should
> NOT be accepted at face value: if it makes sense to you in your
> design, do it and see how it turns out.
It's enough to give one Fitts (sorry to perpetuate one of the most tired
puns in the usability word). :)
Fitts' Law
> I don't see where the handler playStopped gets called in the heirarchy of
> handlers (unless this is an automatic call from the movie completing its
> play). I also had intended for the movies to play consecutively not with
each
> click of the mouse on the button. I may be misunderstanding.
pla
Recently, Dar Scott wrote:
> But the bigger question (the one I had in mind in illustrating that
> "background" is confusing) is how to think about and how to communicate
> about these concepts.
As was suggested previously, forget the term "background" and consider the
term "group" -- a group is
I don't see where the handler playStopped gets called in the heirarchy of
handlers (unless this is an automatic call from the movie completing its
play). I also had intended for the movies to play consecutively not with each
click of the mouse on the button. I may be misunderstanding.
>on pla
slightly cleaner code:
function amIAStandalone
return exists(background "revLibraries")
end amIAStandalone
Thank you for continuing my education, Doug
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Who are a litt
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Under Rev 1.1.1 I'm running into a little bug with Text color that I
wonder if someone can confirm.
Once you select text in a field, you should be able to change its color,
via the Text>Color menu. This seems to work fine on the Mac, but when I
do it under Windows XP, the color is applied to th
>Did you set the alwaysBuffer of the movie and the GIF image to true?
>
>Ken Ray
Bingo! Thanks.
Jim
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Thanks for the tip!
slightly cleaner code:
function amIAStandalone
return exists(background "revLibraries")
end amIAStandalone
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In a message dated 27/12/02 4:22:39 PM,
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<< entry clerks for over 15 years.
In HyperCard and Revolution, I control cursor positioning by locking
all fields initially and unlocking & tabbing to individual fields.
I personally think the HIG guideline agai
Ken Ray wrote:
> One more thing... if MC/Rev had called this property "sharedContents" rather
> than "backgroundBehavior" I think it could have cleared up a lot of the
> confusion...
Or even just "shared", and mark the token "background" as depricated and
included only for compatibility with less
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> I have a transparent animated GIF (an image object) superimposed over a movie
> player. The GIF image now flickers with each image advance (not evident over
> the blank card) over the running movie. Any work arounds?
Set the alwaysbuffer property of the movie player t
Mark Swindell wrote:
> I really think this would be a nice property to have built into the button
> properties palette...
Scott's pretty OCD about such things. The absence of the property is likely
(though I'm hoping Scott will step in and clarify) because it seems an
"unsanctioned" behavior.
A
One more thing... if MC/Rev had called this property "sharedContents" rather
than "backgroundBehavior" I think it could have cleared up a lot of the
confusion...
Ken Ray
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From: "Ke
> What word would you suggest for "a group or background whose
> backgroundBehavior is true". Are we to use that long phrase?
I've always used the term "shared groups".
> What word would you suggest for "a group whether referenced as a group
> or as a background"?
A "group". Keep in mind that t
Did you set the alwaysBuffer of the movie and the GIF image to true?
Ken Ray
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Subject:
Jim,
Try this:
-- script of btn
global gFileNum
on mouseUp
set the defaultFolder to thePath
put the files into fileList
put 1 into gFileNum
PlayMovie
end mouseUp
-- script of cd
global gFileNum
on PlayMovie
set the filename of player "player1" to ("/" & line gFileNum of fileList)
s
On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 04:19 AM, Geoff Canyon wrote:
First, forget about the backgroundBehavior property. It has nothing to
do with the use of the terms "background" and "group"
Well, one might assume that "backgrounds" is the plural of "background"
and this is not the case in "th
I have a transparent animated GIF (an image object) superimposed over a movie
player. The GIF image now flickers with each image advance (not evident over
the blank card) over the running movie. Any work arounds?
Jim
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The following hangs on "wait" and I'm not sure why:
set the defaultfolder to thePath
put the files into fileList
repeat with h = 1 to 4
set the filename of player "player1" to (defaultfolder & "/" & line h of
fileList)
start player "player1"
wait until the movie is "done"
end
had some additional thoughts I hope will interest someone:
Without having seen what Alan described, I am intrigued by the
potential of combining Alan's dialog entry approach with Jan
Schenkel's keystroke-intercepting front scripts and Serendipity
Library's input validation and formatting handl
What is the URL for RevNet download? Thanks,
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Architectural Research Consultants, Inc.
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Setting aside issues of message passing for a moment, the issue below
is fairly straightforward.
First, forget about the backgroundBehavior property. It has nothing to
do with the use of the terms "background" and "group"
Instead, the distinction is this: "background" and "group" refer to the
So, when Rev 2.0 is supposed to be released?
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