Hi list,
somebody terrorized the WIKI I´ve set up at
http://www.derbrill.com/faq/revolution
That funny guy/gal deleted all the files containing information and
posted calendars from 2003-2006.
I´ve restored that pages now. If you have posted any info to the WIKI
please check if the pages still
I have an application developed in revolution.
This application works with a database Valentina.
The Connection to the database is good by using Revolution on Mac OS X.
But, I can¹t connect to the database in the standalone version.
Can somebody help me?
PS : I am a French user, want to excuse
John,
I would never allow myself to be embarrassed by a computer problem. You
just have to be ready for weird things like this as always being a
possibility.
So you are saying that the graphics are always displayed as garbage?
Regardless of whether this Viewsonic Airsync wireless monitor is
Dreamcard2.5 slammed hard by PCPLUS!
Rating: 4 of 10
Time to wake up and smell the coffee, Revolutionaries!
In issue 224 (Christmas 2004), Paul Hudson gives readers his insights into
Dreamcard 2.5. Here are a few excerpts:
An integrated development environment designed to allow
On 9 Sep 2004, at 10:28 Dave Cragg wrote:
I'd guess the problem is with the sslCertificates property. In the
alpha or beta releases, there was a file named roots.pem that the
sslCertificates property had to be set to for connections to work. (I
think this file contains the basic certificates
On Dec 22, 2004, at 3:18 AM, Jean-Claude SERRANO wrote:
I have an application developed in revolution.
This application works with a database Valentina.
The Connection to the database is good by using Revolution on Mac OS X.
But, I cant connect to the database in the standalone version.
Can
Hello,
I'm going to develop a language learning course in the Indian dialect Boruca
(used in Costa Rica). In their written language they use an umlaut on top of
the letter n. Any clues to how to generate this letter either in Word or in
Revolution?
Regards
Signe Marie Sanne
I would like to know how to make a card that will let me have an internal
browser for a web site, where I want it to show my web site with the click
of a button.
Can anyone help?
Paul Salyers
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It's a Windows magazine, probably written by Windows fans. What do
they know?
;-)
Seriously, they are both correct, and lacking. Rev is by far an easier
environment to work with than Visual Studio, and personally I hate
Microsoft stuff. OTOH,
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Character Map should be included with Windows, if that is what you are
using (based on your ref to Word).
For OS X, open International in System Preferences and turn on
Character Palette and Show input menu in menu bar. Then a flag
icon shows up
I've been updating WebMerge to take advantage of Rev 2.5's improved
support for native XP appearances -- so far not bad:
http://www.fourthworld.com/wincolors.jpg
As you can see in that image, WebMerge's background color is the same as
XP's background for the Display control panel and other UIs
I would like to know how to make a card that will let me have an internal
browser for a web site, where I want it to show my web site with the click
of a button.
Can anyone help?
Purchase altBrowser from RunRev. $99.
I think you should compair the number of customer's who have complained to the
number who havn't. If there's not even a staggering difference, then I
wouldn't even worry about it. When it comes to software, there's always 10% of
users who are Never happy with changes.
Derek Bump
Dreamscape
The article is nothing more than a traditional programmer ripping on
Revolution. It's unfortunate when close-minded people write articles in
Magazines.
Derek Bump
Dreamscape Software
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Why not do both? By default use the M$-specified colors, but provide
an option for users to specify the color they want, overriding the
specs provided by Microsoft?
That should keep both groups reasonably happy.
On Dec 22, 2004, at 11:52 AM,
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Depending on the complexity of the site:
on mouseUp
set the htmlText of field Web Display to URL http://www.google.com;
end mouseUp
With the obvious substitution. However, Rev's fields can only handle a
tiny subset of HTML, so it is more likely
Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:
On Dec 22, 2004, at 11:52 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
I've been updating WebMerge to take advantage of Rev 2.5's improved
support for native XP appearances -- so far not bad:
http://www.fourthworld.com/wincolors.jpg
As you can see in that image, WebMerge's
Richard,
Always, always, always keep the customers happy. Accommodate reviewers
if you can.
Paul Looney
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I would never allow myself to be embarrassed by a computer problem.
I understand your point, but maybe we would have less problems if we took
this more seriously.
So you are saying that the graphics are always displayed as garbage?
Regardless of whether this Viewsonic Airsync wireless
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From: John Rule [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 9:40 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: use-revolution Digest, Vol 15, Issue 62
I would never allow myself to be embarrassed by a computer problem.
I understand your point, but
I went from using Visual Basic for Applications to using RunRev
specifically because VBA is torture. Used in MS Word, it cannot do half
what RunRev can do, and RunRev is like 1000 times more intuitive.
The person who wrote this article obviously did not spend any real time
working with RunRev, or
Well, which of us is going to write a rebuttal letter to the editor of
the yellow rag that published this article? I can't compare Rev to VB,
only to Applesoft BASIC or maybe (gag, sputter) GW BASIC.
On Dec 22, 2004, at 12:50 PM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote:
I went from using Visual Basic for
What gives, it seemed to load, but nothing happens when you click on the
training windows
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Unfortunately, it appears RevOnline is restricted to those with 2.5
which I can't afford, so your user name is of no use to me. Thanks,
anyhow.
Dave
Hello again,
David Squance just made me aware of the fact that I had forgotten to
mention my user name: sms (which is my initials), under which
Hi, I am playing with a small program for storing friends contact info. I am
using a data.txt file delimited by | for saving info to.
The problem I have hit is HOW TO DELETE THE SELECTED CONTACT from the txt file
properly?
I am trying to delete the selected info from the txt file via another
Hi,
I have been developing software for testing in schools - built as a windows
standalone. The program is made for a 1024 x 768 screen size (the card filling
about 2/3rds of the screen with a backdrop) - the stack is quite complex, it
contains lots script, lots of cards, each with different
Hi all,
Some weeks ago, I asked for a question about disabled menu items but I
probably was not clear enough and I got no answer.
So:
Imagine a menu with submenus.
For somes reasons depending on the context, the first item in a submenu
has to be disabled but the following ones in the submenu are
executing at 1:24:38 PM
TypeHandler: can't find handler
Object Button
LinerevMacFromUnixPath(it,convertOSX)
HintrevMacFromUnixPath
Thinking that I am not sending the file path correctly, I am trying
this Rev function. So Rev can't find a built in function ? huh? What's
up?
I'm a formal VB user and will most likely switch to Revolution. The main
problem I'm having is to make a program web interactive it will cost
another $79. I wish Revolution would make a web page object like VB has.
Oh-well so far all else is better. I like the more English commands here.
Paul
Paul Salyers said:
to make a program web interactive it will cost another $79
Please explain. What $79 are you talking about?
And how does one make a Rev app web interactive? The last time I tried
to do this, the only way it worked was if the app got downloaded to the
user's HD which makes
John Rule wrote:
So you are saying that the graphics are always displayed as garbage?
Regardless of whether this Viewsonic Airsync wireless monitor is used?
Or is it only when you use theRemote Desktop Feature of this monitor?
Or is the Remote Desktop a part of another software?
This has to do
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Hi,
I have been developing software for testing in schools - built as a windows
standalone. The program is made for a 1024 x 768 screen size (the card filling
about 2/3rds of the screen with a backdrop) - the stack is quite complex, it
contains lots script, lots of
D.Rothe wrote:
Hi, I am playing with a small program for storing friends contact info. I am using a
data.txt file delimited by | for saving info to.
The problem I have hit is HOW TO DELETE THE SELECTED CONTACT from the txt file
properly?
I am trying to delete the selected info from the txt file
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Is the entire file read in to the stack, and then rewritten? If so,
just figure out the line number you wish to delete and try this:
delete line lineNumber of fileContents
So in other words:
put URL file:/Users/Me/datafile.txt into fileContents
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You pass the value convertOSX, is this either true or false, as per
the docs?
On Dec 18, 2004, at 1:28 PM, doug rogers wrote:
executing at 1:24:38 PM
TypeHandler: can't find handler
Object Button
LinerevMacFromUnixPath(it,convertOSX)
On Dec 22, 2004, at 9:21 AM, Signe Marie Sanne wrote:
I'm going to develop a language learning course in the Indian dialect
Boruca (used in Costa Rica). In their written language they use an
umlaut on top of the letter n. Any clues to how to generate this
letter either in Word or in Revolution?
Once the video has finished downloading a new screen should appear
showing a Play button, which in turn will launch your default AVI
player.
Works quite well on my end at least. :)
HTH,
-Doc-
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 21:48:01 -1000, rletson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What gives, it seemed to load,
Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:
On Dec 22, 2004, at 11:54 AM, Derek Bump wrote:
I would like to know how to make a card that will let me have an
internal browser for a web site, where I want it to show my web
site with the click of a button.
Purchase altBrowser from RunRev. $99.
Depending on the
I have a stack I use to figure out Unicode numbers for various symbols -
the one thing I found was that any use of Unicode in a field really
requires that the whole field be in Unicode. Otherwise, it gets
confused. Have others found this?
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to make a program web interactive it will cost another $79
Please explain. What $79 are you talking about?
I have a feeling he means the $79 combo of altBrowser and MagicCarpet. I
really wish that altBrowser would be built into Rev, but with users (like me)
who will pay for it, then it's
On 12/4/04 1:48 AM, rletson wrote:
What gives, it seemed to load, but nothing happens when you click on the
training windows
Did you allow the Ensharpen codec to be installed when you first started
up Revolution?
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J. Landman Gay wrote:
On 12/4/04 1:48 AM, rletson wrote:
What gives, it seemed to load, but nothing happens when you click on the
training windows
Did you allow the Ensharpen codec to be installed when you first started
up Revolution?
Ensharpen's cool, but since it currently has a small
On Dec 22, 2004, at 12:42 PM, Dar Scott wrote:
On OS X I tried using Unicode in Revolution by putting the combining
diaeresis (0308) after an n. The font was Lucinda Grande. It didn't
render as I expected; I only saw the n.
Here is a way to get Revolution to render correctly:
set the
Would 3D Rev Cards/stacks be possible?
That is, all objects in 3-D, the card possessing X,Y,Z dimensions, and
some sort of intuitive means of navigating within the card, including
the ability to change perspective in all the ways that a person change
the direction in which the look.
The files
On Dec 22, 2004, at 1:07 PM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote:
I have a stack I use to figure out Unicode numbers for various symbols
-
the one thing I found was that any use of Unicode in a field really
requires that the whole field be in Unicode. Otherwise, it gets
confused. Have others found this?
I was
n'Abend Malte
...Was your stack Password protected?
I checked if the stack was password protected: it was not. To be sure,
I typed
set the password of this stack to empty and tried again building a
standalone
with Search for required inclusions... but the result was the same as
before:
There
Aloha,
Does anyone know of an external that controls (and perhaps receives
input) via firewire a mini dv deck and camera?
Thanks,
Tom Speitel
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Okay, I finally got around to trying this, but it doesn't work. I
followed these steps as closely as I possibly could, but I still get
strange printouts from Windows (XP is bad, 2000 is pathetic), and OS X
printouts still look great.
The biggest
At last, the conclusion to the longest running project in the history
of interactive media. Thanks again to everyone who helped build the
If Monks had Macs (or Windows) library.
Runtime Revolution has just released a stack of scripts and tips as
to using Revolution/Dreamcard for multimedia.
Congratulations on If Monks Brian .. I have already
spent several happy hours engrossed in its cloister -
and newly annointed to the rev order, I will
definitely download the demo stacks and try to learn
from them.
Gordon
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At last, the conclusion to
I can think of some ways to make card objects behave in a 3-D fashion using
parallax scrolling techniques based on object number. That is, when the user
scrolls the view of the card, the objects move up or down, left or right in
different increments with low numbered object moving more than
If the data is in a text file, and this is an infrequent change, why not just
edit it directly in a text editor (any word processor should work)?
Paul Looney
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Hi frank,
From: Frank D. Engel, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS
To: How to use Revolution [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's a Windows magazine, probably written by Windows fans. What do
they know?
;-)
Seriously, they are both correct, and lacking. Rev is by far an easier
That would make sense - and each object could have a custom property
defining it's Z location, which the parallax scrolling technique use.
I was also thinking about using like 400 cards (which would obviously be
a memory hog), each card representing a single layer in a 3-D box. An
object would
I have used both VB and rev and while they both
effectively do the same thing, I have to say that VB
is rather gray and uninspiring by comparison.
I find that the so called cosmetic details of a
language or a development platform are in reality way
more than merely cosmetic - it's like a car you
So - there are obviously VB to rev converts - are there any Rev to VB
converts?
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Webster
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 5:55 PM
To: How to use Revolution
Subject: Re: DreamCard Review-PCPLUS
I
At 02:38 PM 12/22/2004, you wrote:
On Dec 22, 2004, at 12:42 PM, Dar Scott wrote:
On OS X I tried using Unicode in Revolution by putting the combining
diaeresis (0308) after an n. The font was Lucinda Grande. It didn't
render as I expected; I only saw the n.
Here is a way to get Revolution to
Does anyone know of any web sites with sample source code that is free. I
been through all the code that comes with Revolution and would like to see
more. If you know of any web sites or have any code you would like to share
please do so.
Paul Salyers
PS1 - Senior Rep.
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Brian Thomas wrote:
At last, the conclusion to the longest running project in the history
of interactive media. Thanks again to everyone who helped build the If
Monks had Macs (or Windows) library.
Runtime Revolution has just released a stack of scripts and tips as to
using
Alex Tweedly wrote:
Looks pretty good - but I had rather mixed success trying to run it on
Win XP.
*(*^%!
Sorry - that was supposed to go direct to Brian at rivertext, not to the
list.
I'm trying out Thunderbird for my email (replacing Eudora) and have made
a good variety of mistakes in the
There are plenty of sites around with stacks that you can look at.
First, try checking revOnline, where you will fine a bunch of stuff.
Next stop would be the Revolution web ring - my internet connection is
down at the moment and I am emailing through shared dial-up so I can't
check the
On Dec 22, 2004, at 4:05 PM, Paul Salyers wrote:
On OS X I tried using Unicode in Revolution by putting the combining
diaeresis (0308) after an n. The font was Lucinda Grande. It
didn't render as I expected; I only saw the n.
Here is a way to get Revolution to render correctly:
set the
On Dec 22, 2004, at 5:57 PM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote:
So - there are obviously VB to rev converts - are there any Rev to VB
converts?
For the most part they wouldn't be hanging around here.
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RPSystems, Ltd.
http://www.rpsystems.net
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I need to know how to do a keypressed function:
EX:
press the I and it will goto the Information card
Case Asc(I), Asc(i)
Open instruction card
End case
This is an VB example and I have the painful job of converting without much
help in doc
Paul Salyers
PS1 - Senior Rep.
[EMAIL
Paul Salyers wrote:
I need to know how to do a keypressed function:
EX:
press the I and it will goto the Information card
Case Asc(I), Asc(i)
Open instruction card
End case
This is an VB example and I have the painful job of converting without
much help in doc
There must be
Paul Salyers wrote:
I need to know how to do a keypressed function:
EX:
press the I and it will goto the Information card
Case Asc(I), Asc(i)
Open instruction card
End case
This is an VB example and I have the painful job of converting without
much help in doc
See docs under
This is an VB example and I have the painful job of converting
without much help in doc
bollocks! The docs aren't that bad!
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Richard Gaskin wrote:
Paul Salyers wrote:
I need to know how to do a keypressed function:
EX:
press the I and it will goto the Information card
Case Asc(I), Asc(i)
Open instruction card
End case
This is an VB example and I have the painful job of converting
without much help in
please stop the e-mails
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It's not just a graphics problem, stand alone apps compiled with any engine
later than 2.5 will crash when in the 'remote' mode.
JR
It takes some cajones to say that the engine is very good at exposing
bugs in the drivers for graphics cards, but damned if it isn't true.
And it's logical
Alex Tweedly wrote:
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Paul Salyers wrote:
I need to know how to do a keypressed function:
EX:
press the I and it will goto the Information card
Case Asc(I), Asc(i)
Open instruction card
End case
This is an VB example and I have the painful job of converting
John Rule wrote:
It takes some cajones to say that the engine is very good at exposing
bugs in the drivers for graphics cards, but damned if it isn't true.
And it's logical enough, even if other apps don't trip over the same
wires*: specs for Windows drivers are a bizarre hodge-podge from
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Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:22:55 +
From: Alex Tweedly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: the secrets of Monks
Looks pretty good - but I had rather mixed success trying to run it on
Win XP.
1. If you run it from the Dreamcard Player, it fails pretty thoroughly.
NO images are shown - so
try this
If 105 = the keysdown then go to card instruction of stack
whatever
On Dec 22, 2004, at 9:00 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Alex Tweedly wrote:
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Paul Salyers wrote:
I need to know how to do a keypressed function:
EX:
press the I and it will goto the Information card
On 12/22/04 5:11 PM, Paul Salyers wrote:
Does anyone know of any web sites with sample source code that is free.
I been through all the code that comes with Revolution and would like to
see more. If you know of any web sites or have any code you would like
to share please do so.
What you need
J. Landman Gay wrote:
On 12/22/04 5:11 PM, Paul Salyers wrote:
Does anyone know of any web sites with sample source code that is
free. I been through all the code that comes with Revolution and would
like to see more. If you know of any web sites or have any code you
would like to share please
Hi folks,
I'm a brand new user to Dreamcard that needs to access MySQL databases, and
I need a tutorial to guide me thru the steps of building an example
application.
I've looked at Sarah's MySQLTests.rev example, and it's great, but it's
not want I want to do.
BTW: I'm a software
I was using VB before I started with Rev.
-Chipp
Lynch, Jonathan wrote:
So - there are obviously VB to rev converts - are there any Rev to VB
converts?
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Webmailman,
Do you have a URL for this review, or is it as anonymous as you are?
-Chipp
webmailman wrote:
Dreamcard2.5 slammed hard by PCPLUS!
Rating: 4 of 10
Time to wake up and smell the coffee, Revolutionaries!
In issue 224 (Christmas 2004), Paul Hudson gives readers his insights into
I agree with Richard,
Please check the Hardware acceleration. To do this do the following on
your WinXP computer:
right-click the desktop and select properties
click the settings tab
click the advanced button lower right
click the troubleshoot tab
drag the slider to the complete left side
Apply
Brian Thomas wrote:
Then Richard Gaskin re-wrote the script he wrote for Monks to create a
path. This is the script:
on preOpenStack
put the filename of this stack into tPath
set the itemdel to /
delete last item of tPath
set the defaultfolder to tPath
end preOpenStack
So now you're
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