At 10:12PM -0700 6/4/03, Simon Brown wrote:
I've used the Menu Builder to create the menu bar, and have created a
Type--Font menu item. But I am unsure of how to get the list of
typefaces returned by fontNames() into the Font sub-menu.
Can anyone help with this, or point to a stack that shows how
approach my be. So far, I have the following approach working, but the
superscripted text is not a smaller font size as it should be:
You also have to set the font size separately to the size you want.
You can probably also do that either in your HTML, or by setting the
textsize property of
--- Graham Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I followed the very recent conversation between
Klaus Major and Jan
Schenkel, and it certainly looks tough to use tables
for anything
very much. I have gradually understood that a table
is not really an
object in its own right but rather a
Hello! I have to create an application for Mac and Windows, and I have read
that, from Rob Cozens.
Salut, François.
Two important points:
1. On Windows ( 'nixes, I believe), an application cannot modify
itself. So unless your application is static (ie: a presentation
stack that does
Dear All:
I am working on my first ever programming project, a simple periodic
table, and have created the interface using colored buttons. At the
bottom of the screen I have an area with elemental properties. This is
basically a Tab area (for future options) and a series of fields for
each
Hi Paul,
What I would like to know is the most elegant beginners way to script
the placement of properties into each field on pressing an element
button. At this point I am adding the following script to each button:
Here is my two euro-cents.
I would start naming the fields you want to put
Can anybody tell me why a RR standalone that works
perfectly well with 64MB RAM in Windows 98 requires 256MB
RAM under Mac OS 9
I expect that, as usual, I've missed something.
Richmond Mathewson
---
Great Macintosh Products
The
If I wish to modify certain aspects of the 'Home' stack or
its substacks I am unable to because when I open it within
MetaCard I get a message about 2 stacks with the same name.
Is there a way round this?
Richmond Mathewson
---
Great
Thank you for all the suggestions. I am amazed that there are so many
different ways to achieve the same result.
Paul
On Thursday, Jun 5, 2003, at 06:32 America/Detroit, Malte Brill wrote:
Hi Paul,
What I would like to know is the most elegant beginners way to script
the placement of
From: Chipp Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Rev 2.0 ERROR on Windows XP
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 13:44:24 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Roger,
I, too, have seen this problem. I think it has to do with either a removable
drive or a pending CD-write to a XP
Why not set up a tabbed (table) field first to enter all your data in
rows, then use a script to read it into a custom property array. Then
a handler to put the appropriate data from that array into the fields
based on the name or number of the element (whatever you use for
array index), and
On my Mac I use BBEdit quite a bit, and have become very fond of the multi-undo. It
allows me to make drastic changes and try things I'm unsure of with abandon (I don't
have to remember to save a backup beforehand). It would be very convenient to also
have this in the Rev script editor!
--
I was thinking of copy/pasting from a WYSIWYG editor to create the HTML
code since I don't have enough experience (one week) with Revolution to
write a function. Having said that, it might be a good learning
experience and provide me with a useful tool for more chemistry
projects.
Thanks,
Ok I resolved the issue of lossless rotation of JPEGs by passing off
this job via appleScript to ImageReady. It was a piece of chapati
which means even easier than a piece of cake..
(see scripts below)
the next challenge is to try to
a) get feedback from imageReady when the job is finished
Hey,
I'm a happy user of Rev 1.1.1, but I found a problem with the mouse function
which I am having trouble working around. It seems that in certain instances
the mouse funciton gets stuck returning down when the mouse is actually
up. This seems to only be a problem on Mac OS X. It is
--- Eric Peden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For some reason, when I insert a script from a
utility stack into the back
from a main stack, the inserted script is unable to
call any database
functions.
[snip]
So, I know that revdb_connections() is available,
but the utility stack is
--- Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Graham wrote:
Jan, it's crystal clear to me that you understand
what **is** on offer in
RunRev tables about 100 times more clearly than I
do. I realise that
autoformatting of cells is offered in some form,
but I can't work out the
--- Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
now we have this very promising table object in RR 2
:-)
Could someone please give a short example on how to
create a real spreadsheet-like functionality.
I mean a simple example how to calculate the sum
etc...
of some cells and put it
What would be the best way to implement a spell-checker in Rev?
Is there something I could leverage inside of Rev already?
Thanks in advance.
--
Dave Egbert
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Hi Jan,
at first a short question:
Do you ever sleep?
Before one can read a question on this list,
you already posted a smart solution... ;-)
Not that i would mind...
Or are you able to clone yourself, like Scott R. did
sometimes in the past ;-)
(Maybe he passed this ability over to Tuviah S.
On 6/4/03 12:46 AM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote:
At 8:27PM -0700 6/2/03, J. Landman Gay wrote:
It sounds very useful. (But just so you know, this functionality is already
present on the Transcript Dictionary card in the main docs window, by
choosing Search for in the popup menu on the left...)
I
On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 01:08 AM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote:
The undo command only works on certain actions: specifically, painting
actions (using the paint tools to paint in an image), deletion of
objects
(using the Pointer tool to select an object, then deleting it), moving
of
Hello!
I have a dummy question about File path.
I want to open automatically 2 stacks when I clic on a button, without
answer dialog.
So, I know how I have to do, when I have the full path.
But the first Stack that I want to open is on the same folder as the stack
with the button.
So, how may I
Just wondering if there's any way to get Windows
XP-style buttons when running a standalone under XP?
Instead my buttons are just taking on the background
color of my stack or card, which looks awful. How can
I make buttons take on the default system colors? Or
can I?
Thanks,
=
Chris
On 6/4/03 12:46 AM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote:
At 8:27PM -0700 6/2/03, J. Landman Gay wrote:
I can't find this. When I look at the Transcript Dictionary page, I see
a popdown button at the left, but it only includes Filter with and
Scroll to. Where should I look for the search mechanism?
Do
You can use put the effective filename to get the current stacks
filepath.
For a subfolder you would do something like this:
set the itemdelimiter to slash
put item 1 to -2 of the effective filename of this stack into the
subPath
put the subPath slash NameOfSubFolder into subPath
also when
Chris,
ButtonGadget at http://www.buttongadget.com; can make XP style buttons
(tabs too) as trans PNG's which you can import into RR
-Chipp
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris
Sheffield
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 10:53 AM
To:
Romain,
Je suis aussi tres stupid. Mais je pense c'est un
problem avec the online Help system:
Je suis pas un lapin qui habit le souterrain.
Moi non plus. Qui vous a accusé ? Surement quelqu'un qui habite un
souterrain moins bien rangé...
Les utilisateurs de CodeWarrior sont fous, pas nous
On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 11:02 AM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What would be the best way to implement a spell-checker in Rev?
Is there something I could leverage inside of Rev already?
Thanks in advance.
--
Dave Egbert
Hi Dave,
I use Spell Catcher X by Cassidy Green. It works very
I don't have Win XP in front of me but you could try setting the button
color to the registry value of queryRegistry(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\Colors\ButtonFace). You could also poke around in there for
other colors.
Another thing to do for XP is set the background color of the program
I followed the very recent conversation between Klaus Major and Jan
Schenkel, and it certainly looks tough to use tables for anything
very much. I have gradually understood that a table is not really an
object in its own right but rather a 'doctored' field, and
furthermore the 'doctoring' has
Don't forget Lemke's 'Graphic Converter' which claims to do 'lossless
rotation' and has superb batch processing capabilities, and can
convert even the most obscure graphic format. $35 shareware, MacOS
and OSX.
highly recommended by me.
http://www.lemkesoft.de/en/index.htm
On 4/6/03 8:31
I followed the very recent conversation between Klaus Major and Jan
Schenkel, and it certainly looks tough to use tables for anything
very much. I have gradually understood that a table is not really an
object in its own right but rather a 'doctored' field, and
furthermore the 'doctoring' has
I have installed Rev 2.0 on Win2k and MacOSX with good results. However, My Windows XP installation is not usable because the following error repeatedly pops up as a prompt window.
Insert disk into drive \Device\Harddisk1\DR3.
Has anyone else seen this on Windows XP or know of a solution?
Roger,
I, too, have seen this problem. I think it has to do with either a removable
drive or a pending CD-write to a XP folder (do you have a CD-RW?).
This is what worked for me:
Reboot the machine and see if you still get it (after removing all CD's). If
that doesn't work, reboot the machine,
You can use put the effective filename to get the current stacks
filepath.
For a subfolder you would do something like this:
set the itemdelimiter to slash
put item 1 to -2 of the effective filename of this stack into the
subPath
put the subPath slash NameOfSubFolder into subPath
also
I had this happen to me in Win2K. I had just gotten through burning
a CD, but had removed it. I think that's what Rev was trying to
find, because after I rebooted it went away. Not sure if rebooting
will work for you; I might just be lucky.
Jim
At 01:41 PM 6/4/2003 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm afraid I'm not getting this at all (which could be due to the fact that I don't know unix). I've tried the
# which which
and the
/usr/bin/which
calls, and all I get is command not found errors. Can you tell me more about what the unix command would be to determine if the BSD.pkg file
Looks cool! I'll give it a try.
Chris
--- Chipp Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chris,
ButtonGadget at http://www.buttongadget.com; can
make XP style buttons
(tabs too) as trans PNG's which you can import into
RR
-Chipp
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks. I'll give that a try.
Chris
--- Trevor DeVore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't have Win XP in front of me but you could try
setting the button
color to the registry value of
queryRegistry(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\Colors\ButtonFace). You could also poke
around in there
On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 01:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm afraid I'm not getting this at all (which could be due to the fact
that I don't know unix). I've tried the
# which which
and the
/usr/bin/which
calls, and all I get is command not found errors. Can you tell me
more
Title: Message
You
could use the "there is a folder" construct to determine if the package exists
without using shell():
if there is a folder "/Library/Receipts/BSD.pkg" then answer "BSD
Exists!"
Ken RaySons of Thunder SoftwareEmail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Web Site:
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 19:40:38 +0200 yves COPPE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i've recently discussed about that with Jan
What I do after my discussion is so many different fields that I need
columns...
So you have more freedom
you group the flds and add a scrollbar to the group.
You synchronize the
This is just to echo a plea made by Heather a few times - please
don't post HTML to the list. It just makes everything longer. The
list is active enough without redundant characters, and it is
specifically a plain-text list!
Respectfully
Graham
--
I have installed Rev 2.0 on Win2k and MacOSX with good results.
However, My
Windows XP installation is not usable because the following error
repeatedly
pops up as a prompt window.
Insert disk into drive \Device\Harddisk1\DR3.
Has anyone else seen this on Windows XP or know of a solution?
Graham Samuel wrote:
Yes, I will work on this. My actual project is a kind of
demonstration of what a spreadsheet is as part of an educational
package. Still thinking about the minimum functionality to
demonstrate without confusing...
Which product's spreadsheet are you training for?
--
Steve,
Do you have any problems with Spell Catcher X?
I have used it (and its predecessors) for many years in all sorts of
programmes. It has caused a lot of grief in Revolution. The glossary
function seems to toss in extra invisible characters that cause problems in
scripts (very hard to track
At 9:03 AM -0700 6/4/03, J. Landman Gay wrote:
I found it. Here's what happened: immediately after launching Rev 2.0, I
choose Revolution Documentation from the Help menu. I get the old
RevDocs stack (I'm not sure where it is coming from, since I deleted
older beta versions of 2.0.) If I go into
Hi all
I am attempting to add formatting to text before displaying it in the fld,
specifically, coloring a foundword throughout the text. This is
straightforward when dealing with ascii text - something like:
replace foundword with font color=redfoundword/font in thetext
set the htmltext of fld
Hello, I've been trying to decide if Runtime Revolution is the right
tool to develop my new project (I'm also considering 4D and REALbasic).
I'd appreciate any opinions on the suitability of Runtime Revolution
for this project:
The project involves generating a report of a medical procedure.
On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 07:32 PM, Alan Simon wrote:
Hello, I've been trying to decide if Runtime Revolution is the right
tool to develop my new project (I'm also considering 4D and
REALbasic). I'd appreciate any opinions on the suitability of Runtime
Revolution for this project:
The
Hello All:
I would like to represent the electron configuration of elements using
superscript and subscripts and would like to know what the best
approach my be. So far, I have the following approach working, but the
superscripted text is not a smaller font size as it should be:
on mouseup
Dear All:
I am working on my first ever programming project, a simple periodic
table, and have created the interface using colored buttons. At the
bottom of the screen I have an area with elemental properties. This is
basically a Tab area (for future options) and a series of fields for
each
The license file contains:
stack Home
| stack execution error
| stack revLicenseAgreement
| stack Ask Dialog
| stack Answer Dialog
| stack revMessageWatcher
| stack revSuppressMessages
| stack rev20beta-2
| stack rev20beta-1
| stack revErrorDisplay
| stack Color Chooser
On Wednesday,
Paul,
Use the textShift property. See the dictionary for details.
Bill Vlahos
On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 09:12 PM, Paul Charlesworth wrote:
Hello All:
I would like to represent the electron configuration of elements using
superscript and subscripts and would like to know what the best
On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 10:30 PM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do you have any problems with Spell Catcher X?
I have used it (and its predecessors) for many years in all sorts of
programmes. It has caused a lot of grief in Revolution. The glossary
function seems to toss in extra invisible
Hi Paul,
I'd probably use custom properties. I'd set the myPeriodicProps of button
my_Hydrogen to:
Hydrogen
1
1.008
37
N/A
etc..
and do the same with all the other buttons.
Then I'd make sure the button names all begin with my_ and none of them
have a 'on mouseup' handler.
I'd put the
Not sure how to do this when using Rev 2.
I've used the Menu Builder to create the menu bar, and have created a
Type--Font menu item. But I am unsure of how to get the list of
typefaces returned by fontNames() into the Font sub-menu.
Can anyone help with this, or point to a stack that shows
i've updated the alwaysOnTop.dll plugin, so it should work
now ;-)
created a new plugin setDesktop.dll which allows you to
change the windows desktop image from within
runrev/metacard..
both plugins are windows only, and were tested in windows95C
and windowsXP home edition, runrev 1.1.1 and
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