Why this child(e)?

2006-02-18 Thread Ken Apthorpe
I'd drive most of you nuts with my constant wailings. Those who are good enough to help can do so, but I won't tie up the main forum, which is obviously for experts. If Rev support wants suggestions about how to improve the Docs for those new to Rev, there will be plenty here. This is going to

Re: Followup on disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-18 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On my computer I think they are, but I'm not 100% sure. On the other computer, Rev is not installed, so they just look like generic document files. I can check the file types on Monday when I go to work. Sarah On 2/18/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sarah, Are the new stacks

Re: drag 'n' drop reordering

2006-02-18 Thread André . Bisseret
Hi Josh, Drawn from an HyperCard stack I developed a long time ago (but that I am still using). You could try this : - on mouseWithin moveOption pass mouseWithin end mouseWithin on MoveOption if card button is not in the target then exit MoveOption -- In

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Ken Apthorpe
Well, as Charley Brown would say, Good grief. I had to laugh. I thought I'd spare you all this by setting up a child forum. If there had been some instructions about how a child forum works it might have worked. No instructions, so it didn't. Situation normal I guess. -- View this message in

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Ken Apthorpe
Well, as Charley Brown would say, Good grief. I had to laugh. I thought I'd spare you all this by setting up a child forum. If there had been some instructions about how a child forum works it might have worked. No instructions, so it didn't. Situation normal I guess. -- View this message in

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Alex Tweedly
Ken Apthorpe wrote: (I don't have a helpful working version, so can't include one here but I can tell you where you started to go wrong ) Hi anyone SHORT VERSION (immediate problem) Created my first menu, using menu builder and autoscript. Ungrouped to look at scripts. File menu

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread Mark Waddingham
Hi Paul, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I've just looked at this and it would seem that the cause is that the 'stackFileType' global property is being inadvertently set to 'MacOS' - rather than 'RevoRSTK' or 'MCRDMSTK'. The 'stackFileType' global property (which is readable

Re: Mac stacks look like Windows

2006-02-18 Thread Mark Waddingham
Hi Paul, When I open a stack that has been automatically converted to the new file format by Rev 2.7, with a new standalone (created with Rev 2.7) I get the Windows appearance (blue hilights on buttons, raised scroll bars, etc.). None of these stacks has ever been on a Windows computer.

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Alex Tweedly
Alex Tweedly wrote: an incomplete answer. While I was right that the end exit was what was leading directly to the error hint of 'on', I missed another problem in your script. Ken Apthorpe wrote: After exploration to discover an Exit/Quit script, my script is: on menuPick pWhich switch

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Kay C Lan
On 2/18/06, Ken Apthorpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi anyone SHORT VERSION (immediate problem) Created my first menu, using menu builder and autoscript. Ungrouped to look at scripts. File menu has Exit, divider and Quit (for Mac shift). Script is: --The following menuPick handler was

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Alex Tweedly
Ken Apthorpe wrote: Well, as Charley Brown would say, Good grief. I had to laugh. I thought I'd spare you all this by setting up a child forum. If there had been some instructions about how a child forum works it might have worked. No instructions, so it didn't. Situation normal I guess. I

Re: Dumb Window size Question

2006-02-18 Thread Alex Tweedly
stomfi wrote: I'm using a runrev runtime on a Linux Live CD. Depending on the platform, the live CD sets the screen size from the capabilities of the video card, using a frame buffer. This can be any valid size from 1200x1024 to 640x480. I can easily find out the screen size with the

Dock icon - data update

2006-02-18 Thread Karen
Hi, I was wondering whether there is any way in Revolution to show text on the dock icon in Mac OS X? I'm updating my Stock Portfolio program and one of the neat features that has been suggested is the ability to see (say) the current value of your portfolio on the dock icon. Since it

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Ken Apthorpe
Thanks Alex I'll copy and paste that into my Rev tips file, so I remember it's a parameter name. I still do not understand how pWhich can tell that I've picked a menu item like Quit (or Open, or anything else). So, how does a pWhich identify what's been picked? (you see the dimensions of my

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Ken Apthorpe
Kay Thanks, but I don't get it: it could easily be pTheMenuSelectionImade, in the documents I think they use theMenuItem (I typed 'on menuPick' into Preview's search field and found the info in half an eye blink Preview's search field? I was in Rev, searching Rev docs and assorted third part

Re: drag 'n' drop reordering

2006-02-18 Thread Eric Chatonet
Bonjour André, Mousewithin (like the old idle HC message) is a message sent automatically by the engine every 200 milliseconds. You might prefer to use messages less *intrusive* like mouseMove that is sent repeatedly only if the mouse is moved. As for moving objects, have a look at the grab

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Ken Apthorpe
Alex You say: on menuPick pWhich switch pWhich case Exit answer Are you sure you want to exit? with Yes or OK if it is OK then quit break case Quit answer if it is OK then ... break end

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Ken, Thanks Alex I'll copy and paste that into my Rev tips file, so I remember it's a parameter name. I still do not understand how pWhich can tell that I've picked a menu item like Quit (or Open, or anything else). So, how does a pWhich identify what's been picked? (you see the

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Ken, Alex You say: on menuPick pWhich switch pWhich case Exit answer Are you sure you want to exit? with Yes or OK if it is OK then quit break ... I'm sure this would work. Problem is, I don't understand why. This isn't your problem,

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Mark Smith
When your user picks an item from a menu, the rev engine knows that this has happened. It also knows which item was chosen. So it then sends a message menuPick to your menu button, to let it know that a choice has been made, and it puts the name of the chosen menuItem into a parameter

Re: drag 'n' drop reordering

2006-02-18 Thread André . Bisseret
Bonjour Éric, Excellent :-)) I haven't noticed yet this grab command ! I just tried it ; very simple ; with mouseMove as well as with mouseDown. I kept if shiftKey is down . And, in order to avoid the actions launched by mouseUp, I put if the shiftKey is down then exit mouseUp, in the

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Alex Tweedly
Ken Apthorpe wrote: Thanks Alex I'll copy and paste that into my Rev tips file, so I remember it's a parameter name. I still do not understand how pWhich can tell that I've picked a menu item like Quit (or Open, or anything else). So, how does a pWhich identify what's been picked? (you

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Alex Tweedly
Ken Apthorpe wrote: Alex You say: on menuPick pWhich switch pWhich case Exit answer Are you sure you want to exit? with Yes or OK if it is OK then quit break case Quit answer if it is OK then ... break

File sharing, locking, etc... between multiple users...

2006-02-18 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Is this how most databases function? On further thought on the record locking.. It might be possible for you to take the approach that the real field is never edited real time, but only a temp field that is later processed in the time sequence (the seconds) 'submitted' in an orderly event

Path problem in RevGOURL + How to find current directory path

2006-02-18 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi Pradeep, Put these commands where you like (the mainstack Stack Script is a good idea) on openStack global GVSaveDefaultPath put the defaultfolder into GVSaveDefaultPath -- Keep for later restore. put xx into curPath

Re: Main menu puzzle, Klaus

2006-02-18 Thread Ken Apthorpe
Hi Klaus, and all others This is getting out of control., I'm overwhelmed by the replies and can't keep up, so some may be delayed. And in Australia and it's past midnight. Also the forum seems to be unable to update in real time, I'm getting a blizzard of emails saying my replies haven't

Re: Main menu puzzle, Klaus

2006-02-18 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Ken, May be you should first dig in the docs to understand some basics: About the message path, custom handlers and functions, parameters, etc. for instance. The purpose of this list is to give *practical* answers (with some theory reminders if needed) but not to copy paste theory from

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Stephen Barncard
Ken, I'm sorry you're having problems, but like any language, you need to learn the basics. Why do you have to come to this forum? - because support is very expensive, and Runrev has this wonderful, helpful culture that will answer your questions. If runrev had to deliver the quality of

Re: Main menu puzzle, Klaus

2006-02-18 Thread Mark Swindell
On Feb 18, 2006, at 7:04 AM, Ken Apthorpe wrote: To answer Klaus. I know Rev is event driven. Problem is it seems no one can explain the driving. I get advice: do this (trust me, it will work). Do that: (trust me, this will work (better)). I do trust you, and that the suggested

Re: Main menu puzzle, Klaus

2006-02-18 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Ken, Welcome to the Revolution! It is obvious that you could use a 'basic beginners' tutorial and might I suggest that you go to the revolution website and go through the Scripting Conferences for a basic introduction to the necessary elements of Revolution and how to understand it and

Re: Dumb Window size Question

2006-02-18 Thread Rob Cozens
I want to know how I can tell my runrev windows and all objects on them to scale for these different screen sizes. Use the Geometry Manager or (my preference) hand script a resizeStack handler. Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;

Re: Dumb Window size Question

2006-02-18 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Stomfi, The How to Manage Stack Resizing tutorial might help you: This stack explains how to position, scale, etc. all controls in a card when the window is resized with the help of the Geometry Manager or by scripting. Tips and tricks, commented scripts, FAQ and example stacks. Print

Icon Editors

2006-02-18 Thread Michael D.
Hi all I've been working on an app and came across some icon editors / icons, thought I would just share these with the group. http://www.conware-pro.com/products/ia/about.php http://www.snidesoft.com/staticpages/index.php?page=20050504142037205 http://www.stardock.com/products/icondeveloper/

Re: Followup on disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-18 Thread simplsol
Thank you, Sarah, It appears that Rev 2.7 is changing both the file Type and the Creator code when it opens existing stacks. Big problem when I try to edit stacks that are designed to work wih a standalone. PL -Original Message- From: Sarah Reichelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: How to use

Is duration (not delay) of the toolTip adjustable

2006-02-18 Thread André . Bisseret
Hello, The app. I am developing is a set of texts, one on each card. On a special card, accessible from the homeCard, there is a field that displays the list of all the titles of the texts. Of course, this field has a vertical scrollBar but also an horizontal one, because some titles are

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread simplsol
Mark, What if the developer wants to use his own Creator code, so that stacks open with a standalone. It appears that this code is being overwritten when that stack is edited in Rev.? Paul Looney PS Thank you for responding so promptly. -Original Message- From: Mark Waddingham [EMAIL

Re: Is duration (not delay) of the toolTip adjustable

2006-02-18 Thread Eric Chatonet
Re Bonjour André, Afraid there is no way to master the duration for which a tooltip is displayed. The only thing you can do is to re-display the tooltip repeatedly... But flickering would probably appear... Not a very good answer :-( Le 18 févr. 06 à 18:05, André.Bisseret a écrit : Hello,

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread Mark Waddingham
Hi Paul, As stated: The reason for existence of this property is so that developers producing systems in Revolution that base their file-format on Revolution stacks can tie their files to their environment, rather than the Revolution or MetaCard IDE The issue with 2.7 is that it has,

Parameters [WAS: Main menu puzzle]

2006-02-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Mark Swindell wrote: Parameters are, to me, the least well-explained and least intuitive aspect of Rev (and programming in general). The concept of parameters can be very tricky for lots of people new to programming. I've explained it before on other lists, but I can't find my old notes.

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Waddingham wrote: Also, Revolution itself does not use either the extension nor the creator or file-type to determine whether a file is a Revolution stack or not. Instead, it checks the header to see if it conforms to the file-format. This means that the engine will attempt to load any

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread Stephen Barncard
oops, I guess I was wrong. Didn't read Mark's full text. My apologies for misinformation. sqb Hi Paul, As stated: The reason for existence of this property is so that developers producing systems in Revolution that base their file-format on Revolution stacks can tie their files to their

Re: Standalones, externals, file paths in 2.7

2006-02-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Jon Seymour wrote: When I launch the exe, the splash screen shows and then fails to go anywhere. Two possible problems, I think: first, there is a change in the methodology used to construct filepaths for Win in 2.7, or...this Externals folder wants to house altBrowser and that is somehow

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Waddingham wrote: The filetype/creator code of a particular stack is not remembered by the IDE - instead it will replace it with the setting of 'the stackFileType' at the time it is next saved. The stackFileType is very helpful for our applications, but often unhelpful for working with

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread Mark Waddingham
Also, Revolution itself does not use either the extension nor the creator or file-type to determine whether a file is a Revolution stack or not. Instead, it checks the header to see if it conforms to the file-format. This means that the engine will attempt to load any file you give it as

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread Mark Waddingham
Hi Richard, The stackFileType is very helpful for our applications, but often unhelpful for working with the IDE. We may want to have files that the Finder associated with our app when double-clicked, but which we're still working on in Rev. BZ#1761 was introduced in July 2004 to assist

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Judy Perry
Ken, Would it have been any clearer if, instead of using case statements, the same script had been presented as if-thens? (I'd re-write it for you here and now as if-thens, but just ingested a big load of cold meds and almost can't see straight, much less think straight). Not being a

Where is the list of all the Revolution messages etc?

2006-02-18 Thread Graham Samuel
I believe I have followed the various conversations about the RR documentation, and I've looked at the User Guide PDF (including its introduction). What I can't seem to find are any complete lists, e.g. a list of all the RR messages, a list of all commands etc. These used to exist in RR

Palette mystery

2006-02-18 Thread Graham Samuel
I've got three stacks, let's say stack 'A' whose style is topLevel, and stacks 'B' and 'C' whose style is palette. The global property raisepalettes is true, but despite this, if I click on 'A', it moves in front of 'B' and 'C'. I tried setting 'A' to modeless, which would work with my app

Re: Where is the list of all the Revolution messages etc?

2006-02-18 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Graham, Just type command, function, message, keyword, operator, etc. in the entry box in the dictionary pane :-) Le 18 févr. 06 à 19:32, Graham Samuel a écrit : I believe I have followed the various conversations about the RR documentation, and I've looked at the User Guide PDF

Re: Main menu puzzle, Klaus

2006-02-18 Thread Judy Perry
Hi Eric, I do think that Ken IS making effort. Lots of effort. He is doing us and the company a favor by showing exactly what it is (in this particular situation) that absolutely bedevils newcommers who are not programmers. Case statements and pWhich's simply are NOT comprehensible to

Re: Palette mystery

2006-02-18 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Graham Samuel wrote: I've got three stacks, let's say stack 'A' whose style is topLevel, and stacks 'B' and 'C' whose style is palette. The global property raisepalettes is true, but despite this, if I click on 'A', it moves in front of 'B' and 'C'. Something else is probably going

Re: Is duration (not delay) of the toolTip adjustable

2006-02-18 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Hello, I have uploaded a sample stack to my user space that will display a tooltip for a longer period of time than the standard tooltips using standard tooltips. It also shows how to display a multiple tooltip but that part does not always work for some reason. User space: mcgrath3

Re: Is duration (not delay) of the toolTip adjustable

2006-02-18 Thread André . Bisseret
Le Saturday, 18 Feb 2006, à 18:13 Europe/Paris, Eric Chatonet a écrit : Re Bonjour André, Afraid there is no way to master the duration for which a tooltip is displayed. The only thing you can do is to re-display the tooltip repeatedly... But flickering would probably appear... Re Bonjour

Re: Main menu puzzle, Klaus

2006-02-18 Thread Garrett Hylltun
On Feb 18, 2006, at 10:43 AM, Judy Perry wrote: Hi Eric, I do think that Ken IS making effort. Lots of effort. He is doing us and the company a favor by showing exactly what it is (in this particular situation) that absolutely bedevils newcommers who are not programmers. Case

Retrieve List of Array Properties?

2006-02-18 Thread Scott Rossi
If I set some custom properties of an object via an array: set the specialData[cool] of fld 1 to hello set the specialData[hot] of fld 1 to world ...how do I retrieve a list of the custom property names (are these called indexes?) of the object? (cool, hot, etc) I've been through the

Re: Retrieve List of Array Properties?

2006-02-18 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, I wrote: If I set some custom properties of an object via an array: set the specialData[cool] of fld 1 to hello set the specialData[hot] of fld 1 to world ...how do I retrieve a list of the custom property names (are these called indexes?) of the object? (cool, hot, etc)

Re: Main menu puzzle, Klaus

2006-02-18 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Hey guys, I don't understand why you guys don't like switch case statements? Really. I am trying to remember the first time I saw and used them back in Supercard. I remember thinking they were more difficult to write but once I did they seemed to do a lot more than if then's or at least

Re: Retrieve List of Array Properties?

2006-02-18 Thread Richard Gaskin
Scott Rossi wrote: If I set some custom properties of an object via an array: set the specialData[cool] of fld 1 to hello set the specialData[hot] of fld 1 to world ...how do I retrieve a list of the custom property names (are these called indexes?) of the object? (cool, hot, etc) I've

Re: F1 as the men shortcut?

2006-02-18 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 1:53 PM -0800 2/16/2006, Garrett Hylltun wrote: But what about the shortcut on the menu itself? That's what I'm trying to find out about. I tried typing in Help/F1, but Rev won't accept such a thing. Not currently possible, I'm afraid - the only shortcuts you can make appear in a menu

Re: Retrieve List of Array Properties?

2006-02-18 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 11:59 AM -0800 2/18/2006, Scott Rossi wrote: If I set some custom properties of an object via an array: set the specialData[cool] of fld 1 to hello set the specialData[hot] of fld 1 to world ...how do I retrieve a list of the custom property names (are these called indexes?) of the

Re: Main menu puzzle, Klaus

2006-02-18 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Now, Array's confuse the h_ck out of me. Since I can't see them I am always confused by them. OT It seems more people than I realize suffer from the A.D.D. here on the list. I suffer quite a bit myself. Tom On Feb 18, 2006, at 2:38 PM, Garrett Hylltun wrote: I wouldn't go so far as

Re: Main menu puzzle, Klaus

2006-02-18 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Judy :-) I do think too that Ken is making effort. I just wanted to encourage him and say that there are steps nobody can't saves on. Le 18 févr. 06 à 19:43, Judy Perry a écrit : Hi Eric, I do think that Ken IS making effort. Lots of effort. He is doing us and the company a favor

Re: File sharing, locking, etc... between multiple users...

2006-02-18 Thread Jim Ault
On 2/18/06 6:39 AM, Kurt Kaufman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this how most databases function? On further thought on the record locking.. It might be possible for you to take the approach that the real field is never edited real time, but only a temp field that is later processed in the

Re: File sharing, locking, etc... between multiple users...

2006-02-18 Thread Rob Cozens
Hi Kurt: Is this how most databases function? On further thought on the record locking.. It might be possible for you to take the approach that the real field is never edited real time, but only a temp field that is later processed in the time sequence (the seconds) 'submitted' in an

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Rob Cozens
Judy, et al: Not being a programmer, I find if-thens more comprehensible than case statements. They both do the same thing, but one speaks more to normal humans and the other more to programmer-geeks. As a programmer, I see any if construct with more than two mutually exclusive

Re: Where is the list of all the Revolution messages etc?

2006-02-18 Thread Graham Samuel
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:41:25 +0100, Eric Chatonet wrote: Hi Graham, Just type command, function, message, keyword, operator, etc. in the entry box in the dictionary pane :-) Le 18 févr. 06 à 19:32, Graham Samuel a écrit : I believe I have followed the various conversations about the RR

New Rev file format and constellation auto save

2006-02-18 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Well, I got bit. I was using a stack and testing the tooltip function in 2.6.1 and wanted to see if it behaved any different in 2.7. So i opened it in 2.7 and changed a script line or two but remembered I was in 2.7 so I quit and clicked Don't save changes and reopened 2.6.1 and then

Re: Where is the list of all the Revolution messages etc?

2006-02-18 Thread Thomas McGrath III
I also miss this feature as well. It was called Objects and gave a nice 'different' view of when the different commands could be used. I hope that it shows up again soon. Tom On Feb 18, 2006, at 3:49 PM, Graham Samuel wrote: but the next question would be 'what is the list of messages that

Re: F1 as the men shortcut?

2006-02-18 Thread Garrett Hylltun
On Feb 18, 2006, at 11:47 AM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote: At 1:53 PM -0800 2/16/2006, Garrett Hylltun wrote: But what about the shortcut on the menu itself? That's what I'm trying to find out about. I tried typing in Help/F1, but Rev won't accept such a thing. Not currently possible,

Re: Main menu puzzle

2006-02-18 Thread Charles Hartman
On Feb 18, 2006, at 3:45 PM, Rob Cozens wrote: As a programmer, I see any if construct with more than two mutually exclusive alternatives as crying out for switch [case] syntax. Not only is it easier to comprehend the total logic flow, but adding new alternatives is much simpler. As

Re: MonsieurX's TAOO Tiki is gone!

2006-02-18 Thread Alex Tweedly
MisterX wrote: Sorry if this comes as more bad news... I had to take the TAOO Tiki web site down on MonsieurX. The volume of traffic was going to exceed - for this month alone and just for the tiki - by 2X the traffic capacity which i've never exceeded in the past years including all my mad

Re: Main menu puzzle, Klaus

2006-02-18 Thread Garrett Hylltun
On Feb 18, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: OT It seems more people than I realize suffer from the A.D.D. here on the list. I suffer quite a bit myself. Tom Tom, It's nice knowing there are others out there who go through the same thing I do. :-) Till now, I'd only met

Broken Links

2006-02-18 Thread Malte Brill
Hi all. It appears that the links to ArcadeEngine, the demo applications and my free eBook are broken in RunRevs Revselect section. I just transfered all files to my own server. ArcadeEngine and getting started: http://www.derbrill.com/arcadeengine/ae151trial.zip ArcadeEngine Demo app.:

Re: Where is the list of all the Revolution messages etc?

2006-02-18 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Graham, Unfortunately you are perfectly right. There is a lot of work to do with new docs... Yes, write to Kevin :-) Le 18 févr. 06 à 21:49, Graham Samuel a écrit : Thanks Eric, that helps - a bit. In fact, this advice works with 'command' and 'function', but it doesn't work with 'object'

Re: Retrieve List of Array Properties?

2006-02-18 Thread Dave Cragg
On 18 Feb 2006, at 20:07, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote: At 11:59 AM -0800 2/18/2006, Scott Rossi wrote: If I set some custom properties of an object via an array: set the specialData[cool] of fld 1 to hello set the specialData[hot] of fld 1 to world ...how do I retrieve a list of the

Re: Main menu puzzle, Klaus

2006-02-18 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Exactly, I'm still chuckling over your response. Tom On Feb 18, 2006, at 4:28 PM, Garrett Hylltun wrote: On Feb 18, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: OT It seems more people than I realize suffer from the A.D.D. here on the list. I suffer quite a bit myself. Tom

Switch versus if/then/else ( was: Main menu puzzle, Klaus)

2006-02-18 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi everyone, Does switch is able to bring more flexibility and readability than if/ then/else? The answer is yes. You can write: switch case x 100 case x 500 case x 200 and x 400 statements break default other statements end switch With a conditional structure you

Re: Retrieve List of Array Properties?

2006-02-18 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Dave Cragg wrote: If I set some custom properties of an object via an array: set the specialData[cool] of fld 1 to hello set the specialData[hot] of fld 1 to world ...how do I retrieve a list of the custom property names (are these called indexes?) of the object? (cool,

Re: Main menu puzzle, Klaus

2006-02-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Garrett Hylltun wrote: And to this day, I just don't understand the whole purpose of the Case statement. Still don't even after reading a few of the replies to this thread. I prefer switch/case statements when there are many options a script has to deal with. I'll admit though that

RE: Installer design and backdrops

2006-02-18 Thread Lynn Fredricks
MeshInstall looks nicer, pending a final release. And, if you could have a MacOSX version available as well anytime real soon now it would be the installer of my dreams. We (different company that Paradigma) created it because we have a thriving content business. I hate to admit it here

Re: Where is the list of all the Revolution messages etc?

2006-02-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Graham Samuel wrote: Thanks Eric, that helps - a bit. In fact, this advice works with 'command' and 'function', but it doesn't work with 'object' or 'message'. You can get a partial listing of the kind you are after if you right-click (on Mac, control-click) anywhere in the heading

Re: Switch versus if/then/else ( was: Main menu puzzle, Klaus)

2006-02-18 Thread Garrett Hylltun
On Feb 18, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Eric Chatonet wrote: switch case x 100 case x 500 case x 200 and x 400 statements break default other statements end switch With a conditional structure you would write: if x 100 or x 500 or (x 200 and x 400) then statements else

Re: Switch versus if/then/else ( was: Main menu puzzle, Klaus)

2006-02-18 Thread Thomas McGrath III
@That's @a @lot @of @ s in @that @there @statement! It looks almost like swear words @$#!%. Cool, Tom On Feb 18, 2006, at 6:17 PM, Garrett Hylltun wrote: If @not(@greater(%x,100))@greater(%x,500)@both(@greater(%x,200),@not (@greater(%x,400))) statements else statements end Thomas J

Re: Re: File sharing, locking, etc... between multiple users...

2006-02-18 Thread David Vaughan
On 19/02/2006, at 9:21, Jim Ault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Subject: Re: File sharing, locking, etc... between multiple users... To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On 2/18/06 6:39 AM,

Re: Switch versus if/then/else ( was: Main menu puzzle, Klaus)

2006-02-18 Thread Garrett Hylltun
On Feb 18, 2006, at 3:41 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: @That's @a @lot @of @ s in @that @there @statement! It looks almost like swear words @$#!%. Cool, Tom I did note that it was a bit of an @(odd) language ;-) You should see some mathematical statements in that language! -Garrett

Wow! It's starting to click now!

2006-02-18 Thread Garrett Hylltun
Greetings, Well, it seems Rev is starting to click and stick for me now. I actually wrote some code without referring to the docs or looking at any examples, or asking for a sample on the list here! Garrett's pride and joy code from scratch: local varTitleVisualStatus = 1 local

Re: Retrieve List of Array Properties?

2006-02-18 Thread Richard Gaskin
Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Dave Cragg wrote: One further way... get the customKeys[specialData] of field 1 *THIS* is what I had in my mind of how it should work, but couldn't get the syntax right. Thanks very much Dave. Whoa. Never seen that before. I have mixed feelings about the

Re: Where is the list of all the Revolution messages etc?

2006-02-18 Thread Mark Wieder
Jacque- Chose the object you want to know about; for example, button. A button column will appear. Click on it to sort by it. Now all the messages, properties, and commands that apply to buttons will be grouped together at the bottom of the list. This is getting silly, no? It shouldn't take

Re: Main menu puzzle, Klaus

2006-02-18 Thread Mark Wieder
Thomas- Saturday, February 18, 2006, 12:04:45 PM, you wrote: switch colorBall case Blue answer Blue with OK break case Red answer Red with OK break case Green answer Green with OK break

Re: Where is the list of all the Revolution messages etc?

2006-02-18 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Wieder wrote: This is getting silly, no? It shouldn't take a How-to document IMO to figure out how to use the Help feature. Or maybe it should. If it's going to get this complicated then a how to use the documentation section at the beginning would seem prudent. That's coming, and Eric

Re: Wow! It's starting to click now!

2006-02-18 Thread Ken Ray
On 2/18/06 7:05 PM, Garrett Hylltun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, Well, it seems Rev is starting to click and stick for me now. I actually wrote some code without referring to the docs or looking at any examples, or asking for a sample on the list here! Garrett's pride and joy

Re: Wow! It's starting to click now!

2006-02-18 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Ken Ray wrote: if the variable is 0, it sets it to abs(0-1) which is abs(-1) which is 1; if the variable is 1, it sets it to abs(1-1) which is abs(0), which is 0. This reminded me of a long standing question about TransScript and x-talk languages in general: Why is it not possible

sort of OT, CD names to iTunes

2006-02-18 Thread Charles Hartman
I'm doing a lot of LP - CD transfers, a process with many steps some of which are silly tedious. One of them is that, after I've split the digitized audio file into tracks, and named them (a little tedious in itself since I'm using an ancient Toast Lite to burn the CD), and go to import

Re: sort of OT, CD names to iTunes

2006-02-18 Thread Mark Smith
Not exactly what you had in mind, I know, but couldn't you just import the digitized files into iTunes as aifs or wavs, enter the info there, and then burn the CD? Mark On 19 Feb 2006, at 03:10, Charles Hartman wrote: I'm doing a lot of LP - CD transfers, a process with many steps some

Re: Retrieve List of Array Properties?

2006-02-18 Thread Ken Ray
On 2/18/06 7:50 PM, Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Dave Cragg wrote: One further way... get the customKeys[specialData] of field 1 *THIS* is what I had in my mind of how it should work, but couldn't get the syntax right. Thanks very much Dave.

Re: Wow! It's starting to click now!

2006-02-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Garrett Hylltun wrote: Greetings, Well, it seems Rev is starting to click and stick for me now. I actually wrote some code without referring to the docs or looking at any examples, or asking for a sample on the list here! Ladies and gentlemen, another one has hit critical mass. :) --

Re: sort of OT, CD names to iTunes

2006-02-18 Thread Charles Hartman
On Feb 18, 2006, at 11:00 PM, Mark Smith wrote: Not exactly what you had in mind, I know, but couldn't you just import the digitized files into iTunes as aifs or wavs, enter the info there, and then burn the CD? Yes. Of course that also entails converting all the AIFFs to AACs and

newbie questions/

2006-02-18 Thread benjamin pastrana
hi! I downloaded Revolution to test some things I want to accomplish for a game. I am having trouble trying to find how to apply a command to make a picture (or quicktime movie) Draggable. Example of what I want to accomplish: I have a 3d Barrel picture: I want to be able to: -Move the barrel

2.7 Consensus

2006-02-18 Thread Scott Kane
Hi all, There has been a lot of chatter here (in a good way) about the release of 2.7. I'm eligible for the upgrade and have downloaded it and so far have had zero problems in the tasks I have needed to perform. However - I'm leery on working on a project for real given some of the issues being

Re: Main menu puzzle, Klaus

2006-02-18 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Mark, Yes I see that, and the docs point more towards that solution but I would not have as easily understood that way as easily as the individual breaks make it seem. Today I would do it the same way you describe. Thanks Tom On Feb 18, 2006, at 9:19 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Thomas-

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