How to copy folder from server to the client machine

2006-01-13 Thread MITTAL Pradeep Kumar
Hello, I would like to copy folder ( which is around 1 MB and contains 85 files) from server to the client machine. I think revCopyFolder can not do this. Is there any command similar to revCopyfolder which can copy the entire folder by using http protocol. ( I do not want to use ftp protocol

Re: import snapshot crash...

2006-01-13 Thread David Glasgow
Many thanks to Sarah and Eric for the workaround. It seems like this must have been discussed in the list, but I just couldn't find it. I suppose I should just stump up for the latest RR version sooner rather than later. I'll see what's left after the taxman has had his pound of flesh this

Re: How to copy folder from server to the client machine

2006-01-13 Thread xavier . bury
Hi Pradeep I use rev to copy over 50 GBs of data per day... Across EMCs, Novell, NT4 - 2003, etc... While revCopyFolder (or any rev(fileOperation) may seem handy most are not solid and can trip on anything... My best recommendation is to use Shell(start copy (or your favorite copy

Re: import snapshot crash...

2006-01-13 Thread David Glasgow
Many thanks to Sarah and Eric for the workaround. Yikes! I spoke too soon. I tried Eric's script and got part of the window, but the snapshot was offset to the right and down from the actual window. If I move the stack right and down repeat the snapshot I get a progressively smaller

Re: import snapshot crash...

2006-01-13 Thread Chipp Walters
David, I always did this: put the rect of img fred into tRect put the windowID of this stack into tWinID import snapshot from rect tRect of window tWinID It always worked for me. But I'm on XP. If that doesn't work, try checking out Ken Ray's tip at:

Re: OT: Flip4Mac

2006-01-13 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Richmond, old chum :-) 'FREE' maybe too generous a term: Flip4Mac is a bit like Quicktime itself as part of it is Free - for capabilities such as converting WMV files to Mac native ones one has to pay for a license. True, but the play only component also did cost about 10 $ until they made

Gathering User Info -- how much is spyware?

2006-01-13 Thread Sivakatirswami
I'm finding myself more and more wishing I could get a total picture of the platform of the box for any particular user. For in house, close to home associates I have developed a small system check stack with a little script Small stack opens with lovely image... one button: Click to

Re: [ANN] Audio Waveform display

2006-01-13 Thread Mark Smith
Thanks, Eric. Scott has found a problem with playing short files, so I've reuploaded with a temporary fix, until I can do something better. Info about sound filesjust google 'AIFF spec', 'WAV spec', and you'll find more information than you can bear! :) Best, Mark On 13 Jan 2006, at

Re: import snapshot crash...

2006-01-13 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi David, Sorry, now I remember there was a problem with globalLoc() too :-) So: local tRect - put the rect of stack stack name into tRect add the left of stack stack name to item 1 of tRect add the left of stack stack name to item 3 of tRect add the top of stack stack name to

Re: Portable Apps..?

2006-01-13 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Safe Portable App-ing An important thing to keep in mind when using portable applications is that they can be used to spread viruses between machines. While this isn't as much of an issue when you own or are responsible for both the machines you are using it on (say work and home), it can

RE: Portable Apps..?

2006-01-13 Thread Lynch, Jonathan
Someone should create an antivirus program meant to be installed on a USB drive, and call it The USB Prophylactic, or some other play on the concept of a condom for your USB drive - meant to protect your computer from the dangers of STDs (Software Transmitted Diseases). -Original

repeat with

2006-01-13 Thread liamlambert
There is still a problem with this I tried the text of field tField but no luck put name1,phone,child,adult,total,credit,paymenttype,address,address1,addre ss2,email,seatNo,ticket,showID into tFieldNames repeat for each item tField in tFieldNames put ' cleanSQL(field tField) ' , after

Dynamic tabStops

2006-01-13 Thread Roger . E . Eller
I need a table field to auto-resize to fit the tab-delimited content. What is a good method for growing/shrinking the tabStops to fit the longest text of each item of a field? TIA, Roger Eller [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list

Sample QIF Import and Export

2006-01-13 Thread simplsol
Scott, Here are a set of handlers I wrote a very long time ago in HyperTalk. This is entirely reverse engineered (trial and error) and it was written for import and export to the checkbook part of my business system, so it may not handle all of the data you are dealing with. Looking at it

Does Revolution 2.6.1 IDE work with Revolution 2.1.2 engine ?

2006-01-13 Thread Girard Damien
Hi all, I am under Sun Solaris 10 and I want to use Revolution for make some software. Since Revolution 2.2, the Solaris Intel Engine have been deleted. So I wan't to know if I can use the Revolution 2.6.1 IDE with the revolution 2.1.2 engine. Or if I can't, can I use the Metacard IDE with this

Re: Portable Apps..?

2006-01-13 Thread Rob Cozens
Hi Chipp, Any thoughts about this before I take the leap? One issue no one has mentioned is loading time for large stacks. I can run my Photo Portfolio standalone [almost 100 MB] from a UBC Jump Drive or from a CD-ROM; but it takes well over a minute to load. Rob Cozens, CCW Serendipity

Re: Dynamic tabStops

2006-01-13 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Roger, Here is a handler I use. No matter with the number of columns: the whole thing is fully automated. The process assumes there is a hidden field named Template that is used to get the formattedWidth and takes into account different styles if there are any. Note that the handler

Re: Dynamic tabStops (enhanced)

2006-01-13 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi again Roger, Below a version easier to understand I have commented and slightly modified :-) The single parameter is the short name of the field. on SetTabStops pFld local tNumOfLines,tNumOfItems = 0,tTabStopsList constant kPixelsAdded = 10 -- adjust this value as wanted -

RE: adding to a stack

2006-01-13 Thread O'Hare, Aminda
Thank you so much for the help. I have everything running as it should now. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Sarah Reichelt Sent: Thu 1/12/2006 7:57 PM To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re: adding to a stack I am having trouble modifying a stack that I did not

Re: importing graphic objects?

2006-01-13 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 2:08 PM -0800 1/12/2006, Timothy Miller wrote: Speaking of documentation, I keep meaning to ask -- At many points in the onboard documentation, I read things such as this: To see a list of messages that can be sent to an audio clip as a result of user actions or internal Revolution events,

SoCal RUG meeting: January 20

2006-01-13 Thread Richard Gaskin
Forgive the second notice, but I've come across a few RUG regulars who didn't get this first one so here's a reminder: The next SoCal Rev User Group meeting will be held at 7pm on Friday, January 20, at the Fourth World Embassy in downtown Los Angeles. Presentations are still being lined up,

RE: Sample QIF Import and Export

2006-01-13 Thread Scott Kane
Hi Paul, Thanks heaps for this!! :-) Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Sample QIF Import and Export

2006-01-13 Thread simplsol
Scott, Ask the right questions I've got all the right answers ;-) Glad to help. PL -Original Message- From: Scott Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'How to use Revolution' use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 06:56:29 +1100 Subject: RE: Sample QIF Import and Export Hi

radio buttons the keyboard

2006-01-13 Thread Peter T. Evensen
I have created a group with radio buttons. If I click on a radio button, the other buttons are unselected and the clicked button is selected. HOWEVER, if I use tab to hilight a button and press space to select it, the other buttons are not unselected. Is this a bug, or am I doing something

Re: repeat with

2006-01-13 Thread Ken Ray
On 1/13/06 9:24 AM, liamlambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is still a problem with this I tried the text of field tField but no luck What problem are you getting? Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

repeat with

2006-01-13 Thread liamlambert
There is nothing going into the Db The rest of the script is fine when I put the items into the Db one at time they go in. I am not getting any errors back. Liam Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRELAND ___ use-revolution mailing list

Re: repeat with

2006-01-13 Thread Ken Ray
On 1/13/06 9:24 AM, liamlambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is still a problem with this I tried the text of field tField but no luck put name1,phone,child,adult,total,credit,paymenttype,address,address1,addre ss2,email,seatNo,ticket,showID into tFieldNames repeat for each item

Re: Portable Apps..?

2006-01-13 Thread Mark Wieder
Rob- Friday, January 13, 2006, 8:15:29 AM, you wrote: I can run my Photo Portfolio standalone [almost 100 MB] from a UBC Jump Drive or from a CD-ROM; but it takes well over a minute to load. I'm not surprised about the CDROM speeds - they're about the same as a floppy disk (...anybody

Re: Portable Apps..?

2006-01-13 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Wieder wrote: Rob- Friday, January 13, 2006, 8:15:29 AM, you wrote: I can run my Photo Portfolio standalone [almost 100 MB] from a UBC Jump Drive or from a CD-ROM; but it takes well over a minute to load. I'm not surprised about the CDROM speeds - they're about the same as a floppy

repeat with

2006-01-13 Thread liamlambert
I have not set the itemDel on fSave global gConID if fld total is empty then answer error THERE IS NO TOTAL as sheet exit to top end if put name1,phone,child,adult,total,credit,paymenttype,address,address1,addre ss2,email,seatNo,ticket,showID into tFieldNames repeat for each

Re: radio buttons the keyboard

2006-01-13 Thread Peter T. Evensen
I see that this is a bug, and has been verified. BZ # 2581 At 02:22 PM 1/13/2006, you wrote: I have created a group with radio buttons. If I click on a radio button, the other buttons are unselected and the clicked button is selected. HOWEVER, if I use tab to hilight a button and press

Re: repeat with

2006-01-13 Thread Ken Ray
On 1/13/06 2:45 PM, liamlambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have not set the itemDel on fSave global gConID if fld total is empty then answer error THERE IS NO TOTAL as sheet exit to top end if put

repeat with

2006-01-13 Thread liamlambert
That's not it Liam Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRELAND ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

get values from a stack

2006-01-13 Thread Peter T. Evensen
I thought I remembered that one could get values from fields of a stack without having to open (or go to) that stack. Is this true? I have a stack with data. This stack is never displayed. Do I have to go invisible to the stack before I can get the value of fields in that stack? Peter T.

Re: get values from a stack

2006-01-13 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Peter, I thought I remembered that one could get values from fields of a stack without having to open (or go to) that stack. Is this true? Yes. I have a stack with data. This stack is never displayed. Do I have to go invisible to the stack before I can get the value of fields in

Re: get values from a stack

2006-01-13 Thread Peter T. Evensen
I wasn't specifying the path correctly. I was using the stack name vs. the stack filename. Accessing this does seem to load the stack in memory, though. Thanks! At 03:57 PM 1/13/2006, you wrote: Hi Peter, I thought I remembered that one could get values from fields of a stack without

Re: radio buttons the keyboard

2006-01-13 Thread Ken Ray
On 1/13/06 2:22 PM, Peter T. Evensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have created a group with radio buttons. If I click on a radio button, the other buttons are unselected and the clicked button is selected. HOWEVER, if I use tab to hilight a button and press space to select it, the other

Re: get values from a stack

2006-01-13 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Peter, I wasn't specifying the path correctly. I was using the stack name vs. the stack filename. Accessing this does seem to load the stack in memory, though. Yes, that's true. But invisible and with locked messages. Thanks! Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ANN] Audio Waveform display

2006-01-13 Thread Chipp Walters
Hi Mark, Thanks for doing this! I've tried running this on WinXP, and browse to the C:/Windows/Media folder where there's a bunch of small wav files and I always get an error: Operators /: divide by zero on the line: set the cpStep of player wsPlayer of me to the width of grc w1 / the

Re: repeat with

2006-01-13 Thread Jim Ault
On 1/13/06 12:45 PM, liamlambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: full text below Try this version with 3 things... a field name spelling check and a bug fix after the repeat loop also a method of putting the var contents in the msg box so you can review - on

Formatting numbers

2006-01-13 Thread Marty Knapp
Does somebody have a suggestion for formatting numbers with commas for a printed report? It wil have columns of data, with numbers ranging from small to large. The larger ones are hard to read, so I'd like to insert commas at the appropriate places. I can think of clunky ways to do it, but

Re: externalsCommands

2006-01-13 Thread Sarah Reichelt
OK, problem solved, but here it is for anyone else who needs it. This info applies to Rev 2.6.1 on Mac OS X 10.4.3 I haven't tested it on any other systems. If you build a standalone that uses speech, the revspeech.bundle is included in the app package and all the speech commands and functions

Windows deployment

2006-01-13 Thread Marty Knapp
I'm getting ready to release a program for Mac and Windows, but I'm mostly a Mac guy, so PC issues are pretty foreign to me. The program doesn't have any complex installation needs, but I've heard talk of the Windows Registry, write priviledges, etc. What do I need to know to distribute my app

Re: Formatting numbers

2006-01-13 Thread Peter T. Evensen
Here is what I use, not sure if it the best, but it works for any size number: function AddNumberSeparator pValue local tDecimalPointPos, tLength, tSeparatorPosition put offset(.,pValue) into tDecimalPointPos put the number of chars in pValue into tLength if tDecimalPointPos is not

repeat with

2006-01-13 Thread liamlambert
That sorted it out and thought me a lot as well. Thank you very much Liam Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRELAND ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: Gathering User Info -- how much is spyware?

2006-01-13 Thread Sarah Reichelt
1) how much more information can we gather? In particular the user's RAM and hard drive space, as well as the presence of certain applications. If these came back home and you put them into a back end data base, you could do some very useful analyses of your user base. I believe I can

RE: Windows deployment

2006-01-13 Thread Scott Kane
I'm getting ready to release a program for Mac and Windows, but I'm mostly a Mac guy, so PC issues are pretty foreign to me. The program doesn't have any complex installation needs, but I've heard talk of the Windows Registry, write priviledges, etc. What do I need to know to distribute

Re: repeat with

2006-01-13 Thread Jim Ault
Happy you are beyond this challenge.. on to the next !! :-) Jim Ault Las Vegas On 1/13/06 3:47 PM, liamlambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That sorted it out and thought me a lot as well. Thank you very much Liam Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRELAND

Re: repeat with

2006-01-13 Thread Jim Ault
Liam, One more suggestion when working with SQL strings... try the following... put ' into ap --stands for apostrophe put ap cleanSQL (field tField) ap , after tRowData which is much easier to read and type than put ' cleanSQL (field tField) ' , after tRowData instead, you could

sound recording stack available?

2006-01-13 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Does anyone have an example of a simple stack used to make audio recordings? It would have to work on Windows with a minimum of fuss. Simple interface; just Record (with an indication of elapsed recording time) and Save. I'd be interested both in what might be possible on Windows with

repeat with

2006-01-13 Thread liamlambert
These are the sort of challenges I enjoy. Thank Liam Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRELAND ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Formatting numbers

2006-01-13 Thread Jim Ault
On 1/13/06 3:40 PM, Marty Knapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does somebody have a suggestion for formatting numbers with commas for a printed report? --Try this ... using recursion (a func calling itself repeatedly) :-) -- start copy here - function

Re: Formatting numbers

2006-01-13 Thread Marty Knapp
Thanks Peter, I'll give it a whirl. Marty Here is what I use, not sure if it the best, but it works for any size number: function AddNumberSeparator pValue local tDecimalPointPos, tLength, tSeparatorPosition put offset(.,pValue) into tDecimalPointPos put the number of chars in

Re: Portable Apps..?

2006-01-13 Thread Chipp Walters
Just guessing, but even if it's non-volatile RAM, I would expect it to be faster than a hard drive as typically RAM writes are significantly faster than hard disk writes (think of your virtual memory cache). -Chipp Richard Gaskin wrote: I could be mistaken, but I believe the difference is

Re: [ANN] Audio Waveform display

2006-01-13 Thread Mark Smith
Still tracking down some bugs, as well as trying to find out how to read binary data that 'binaryDecode' doesn't cover. However, I've just uploaded another version, which I think should fix this. Please let me know if it's fixed, off list, if you prefer. If it isn't, then in the 'setProp

Re: Windows deployment

2006-01-13 Thread Marty Knapp
Thanks Scott, What if I want to save data in text files into the same directory/folder as the app (or a sub folder)? Marty I'm getting ready to release a program for Mac and Windows, but I'm mostly a Mac guy, so PC issues are pretty foreign to me. The program doesn't have any complex

Re: Portable Apps..?

2006-01-13 Thread Richard Gaskin
Chipp Walters wrote: Just guessing, but even if it's non-volatile RAM, I would expect it to be faster than a hard drive as typically RAM writes are significantly faster than hard disk writes (think of your virtual memory cache). Very different mechanism under the hood, from what little I

RE: Windows deployment

2006-01-13 Thread Scott Kane
Hi Marty, Thanks Scott, What if I want to save data in text files into the same directory/folder as the app (or a sub folder)? It's the same deal. Most times the Program Files folder will be just fine. If it isn't let the user specify a location. I routinely install (via my installer)

Re: Windows deployment

2006-01-13 Thread Marty Knapp
Do you have any recommendations as far as installer programs? Thanks, Marty Thanks Scott, What if I want to save data in text files into the same directory/folder as the app (or a sub folder)? It's the same deal. Most times the Program Files folder will be just fine. If it isn't

RE: Windows deployment

2006-01-13 Thread Scott Kane
Do you have any recommendations as far as installer programs? Thanks, Yes. I use INNO Setup: http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php It's free and works a treat. If you download it go for the Quick Start Pack. It includes a GUI to build your setup files - rather than hand scripting. There is

Re: Formatting numbers

2006-01-13 Thread Gregory Lypny
Hello Marty, I use the following. It could use a little editing, but it works with positive and negative real numbers. Gregory function commaFormat x if x is not a number then return Error: not a number exit commaFormat else put trunc(abs(x)) into truncAbsX

Re: Windows deployment

2006-01-13 Thread Marty Knapp
Hey Scott, Thanks for the input, I appreciate your help. Marty Do you have any recommendations as far as installer programs? Thanks, Yes. I use INNO Setup: http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php It's free and works a treat. If you download it go for the Quick Start Pack. It includes

RE: Windows deployment

2006-01-13 Thread Scott Kane
Hi Marty, Thanks for the input, I appreciate your help. You are most welcome. :-) Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: sound recording stack available?

2006-01-13 Thread Signe . Sanne
Quoting Kurt Kaufman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does anyone have an example of a simple stack used to make audio recordings? It would have to work on Windows with a minimum of fuss. Simple interface; just Record (with an indication of elapsed recording time) and Save. I'd be interested both

Re: Portable Apps..?

2006-01-13 Thread Chipp Walters
Hmmm, Interesting. I was able to find some benchmarking: http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/05/20/data_transfer_on_the_run/page11.html and at 20Mb/second for some USB 2.0 flash drives, I doubt it really matters which is faster. best, Chipp Richard Gaskin wrote: I still haven't found

Re: Portable Apps..?

2006-01-13 Thread Scott Rossi
I have to say I find it amusing that this portable apps concept is being touted as the next big thing. In days of old, virtually all Mac system 7/8 apps were portable -- it didn't matter from which location they were run. Then came the push to follow the Windows lead of having assigned locations