Optionkey always returns up

2004-03-31 Thread Jan Decroos
Hi All, It happens from time to time one of our users can't use the optionKey as a modifier anymore. It returns (after a while) always up. We currently don't know what's the reason of this : is it Revolution, is it the Finder, is it AppleShare, is it a kernel extension, ... ?? The user has to

Re: printing from Runrev - another person with same request

2004-03-31 Thread David Squance
Thanks for the reply, Bill. I downloaded both CutePDF and the converter, and have included them with my app on a CD. However, being a Mac guy, I'm not sure how it will work from here. I tried the pdf route under OS X, and printing the result worked well. What do I need to do in Rev to activate

Script menu : autocomplete

2004-03-31 Thread Janila Amade
Autocompletion doesn't work on my engine. Autocomplete is not marked with a V, but with a diamond. I can't remove it, it's marked, it's marked, and inoperative. Can you tell me why ? ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: printing from Runrev - another person with same request

2004-03-31 Thread Bill Vlahos
CutePDF works as a print driver so once it is installed you simply choose it like you would any other printer. I think the .exe file is the installer. Bill Vlahos On Mar 31, 2004, at 8:20 AM, David Squance wrote: Thanks for the reply, Bill. I downloaded both CutePDF and the converter, and

RE: Some news about the dateitems bug

2004-03-31 Thread Wouter
On 31 Mar 2004, at 18:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 8 Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:45:31 +0200 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dom) Subject: Some news about the dateitems bug To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 You may remember that I had

Re: Question about Linux Builder Requirements

2004-03-31 Thread Pierre Sahores
Hi, I'm sorry to be unable to help you in about your detailled task. Under the Linux platform (Suse 8.2/KDE 3.1.1), i use Metacard instead of Rev, without saving my (server-sided apps) stacks as standalone (because frequent online updating) and 1) in launching and running them from an init

Finger pointing

2004-03-31 Thread Jim Hurley
For some time I have been using a utility which allows me to create hot text. (I know there is a more conventional word for this but I can't remember it.) That is, text which has hot word which the user can click on to get information. In my case, I use the hot word, not to generate more

Re: Constants

2004-03-31 Thread Chipp Walters
Robert, Couple of points. 1) Custom Props are only *slightly* slower than globals. In the following script: on mouseUp set the a1 of this stack to hello global g1 put hello into g1 put the ticks into tticks repeat 10 times get the a1 of this stack end repeat put the ticks

RE: lineoffset and regular expression ?

2004-03-31 Thread thierry Douez
Hi, in fact, one can use : put lineoffset( CR String2Find, text2lookAt, skippedLines ) into idx it works well ! but the problem i found then is the time expanding when the text2lookAt starts to grow... did the test with 900 Kb of text... So, instead of using skippedLines, i delete the line 1

Re: lineoffset and regular expression ?

2004-03-31 Thread Brian Yennie
Thierry, If you have very large text variables and are searching the lines many times, you may want to consider using repeat for each, which will avoid the problem of searching from the beginning of the string each time. put 1 into i repeat for each line theLine in text2lookAt if (theLine

Perl LWP like scripting from Rev?

2004-03-31 Thread Jim Witte
Is there any way I can automate website interaction in Rev, similar to the Perl LWP module (or perhaps calling LWP directly from Rev?) Jim ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Writing MacOSX services in Rev?

2004-03-31 Thread Jim Witte
Is there any way you could write a standalone (having no attendant application) MacOSX service in Rev, or register a service handler from within a Rev stack? Jim ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: HyperCard finally put to rest..

2004-03-31 Thread Jim Witte
If this is how Apple retires a product like HyperCard they missed a golden opportunity. Rather than slinking away into the night they could have turned it into an opportunity to endorse a logical successor. Here, here. Remember what Amelio supposedly implied - that if Apple hasn't dropped

Re: HyperCard finally put to rest..

2004-03-31 Thread Richard Gaskin
Jim Witte wrote: Remember what Amelio supposedly implied - that if Apple hadn't dropped HC, that the WWW today would be based on HC.. I myself would have preferred WWW being based on a combination on HC and ... Fortunately Rev steps up to the plate where Apple abandoned: With the sort of

AutoTrace?

2004-03-31 Thread Scott Rossi
Has anybody found a way to accomplish similar results to SuperCard's autotrace feature? I'm wondering if there are any 3rd party apps out there that can trace a bitmap image and output vector lines that can be read into Rev. I'm familiar with Freehand's autotrace tool, but in my experience this

PS : (he) prefer(s) having the questions and answers on the list

2004-03-31 Thread Erik Hansen
--- Jan Schenkel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS : I prefer having the questions and answers on the list, as others might be facing the same problem and not know where to start ; plus, you might not have to wait until I get round to answering. amen to that! just scanning things that are way

Revolution and WiFi

2004-03-31 Thread Erik Hansen
--- Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With the sort of net-apps described on Reactor Labs' page at http://reactorlab.net/intro/rich_client.html and elsewhere, Rev allows you to invent new categories of connected workflows and amusements that make optimal use of both desktop and

Re: PS : (he) prefer(s) having the questions and answers on the list

2004-03-31 Thread Jim Carwardine
Absolutely. I've accumulated a ton of notes of things I intend to do with my app but I don't know how to do them and haven't got to them yet... Jim on 3/31/04 8:23 PM, Erik Hansen wrote: --- Jan Schenkel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS : I prefer having the questions and answers on the list,

Re: Perl LWP like scripting from Rev?

2004-03-31 Thread Andre Garzia
On Mar 31, 2004, at 6:49 PM, Jim Witte wrote: Is there any way I can automate website interaction in Rev, similar to the Perl LWP module (or perhaps calling LWP directly from Rev?) Jim Jim, don't know what you want, but allow me to talk a little about a project of mine and about another

Re: Writing MacOSX services in Rev?

2004-03-31 Thread Andre Garzia
On Mar 31, 2004, at 6:53 PM, Jim Witte wrote: Is there any way you could write a standalone (having no attendant application) MacOSX service in Rev, or register a service handler from within a Rev stack? Jim wow, thats a hard one! =) A service must link to a service framework and be

On arrays as arrays elements (or why I like boxes...)

2004-03-31 Thread Andre Garzia
Dar, I just thought a some good reason why I like boxes and why I keep using them in my every day job. It's a silly reason, but it's the best way to access some types of data like macintosh .plist files, we can build a XML to Box translation utility and access it easily, this is also good for

revSpeak and embedded speech commands - cross-platform

2004-03-31 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I believe I may have mentioned this before: The embedded speech commands do not fully function under Mac OS X. For instance, the following: [[pmod 0]] [[pbas 59]][[rate 100]]i [[pbas 60]][[rate 300]]would [[pbas 62]][[rate 100]]while [[pbas 59]][[rate 200]]ah [[pbas 55]][[rate 100]]way [[pbas

Re: On arrays as arrays elements (or why I like boxes...)

2004-03-31 Thread Dar Scott
On Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at 08:02 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: I just thought a some good reason why I like boxes and why I keep using them in my every day job. It's a silly reason, but it's the best way to access some types of data like macintosh .plist files, we can build a XML to Box

Re: Revolution and WiFi

2004-03-31 Thread xbury . cs
Erik, Whichever wifi you choose, it should just function as a network cable should... But with wifi you should consider that any microwave oven or GSM ringing might temporarily simulate an EM pulse on your network and cut the link... Otherwise Wifi is fun! Requires no cabling, has plenty of

Re: fh and tracing

2004-03-31 Thread Meitnik
In a message dated 04/01/2004 01:10:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm familiar with Freehand's autotrace tool, but in my experience this usually rounds out edges making for slightly distorted looking linework. -- contact me off list. I might be able to help. Tracing was my baby when I

Re: Some news about the dateitems bug

2004-03-31 Thread Dom
Wouter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is (up to now) kind of a useful bug on the Mac OS platform to determine if the system is observing DST or not. As far as I know, it occurs only if the system is observing DST -- noting that it seems that you *cannot* disable the automatic change in OS X as

RE: AutoTrace?

2004-03-31 Thread Ken Ray
The only third party product for this I'm aware of is/was Adobe Streamline. Ken -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Rossi Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 4:51 PM To: How to use Revolution Subject: AutoTrace? Has anybody

RE: HyperCard finally put to rest..

2004-03-31 Thread Ken Ray
Just FYI, there's a page on the MacOS Rumors site: http://www.macosrumors.com/32404A.html where there's a reader letter on that page noting the unavailability of HyperCard, and the editor solicits feedback on alternatives. Although Rev is listed, it's listed with other tools for which porting