Re:Palette mystery -I apologize to constellation

2006-02-22 Thread Jean-Paul Poccard
Le 19 févr. 06, à 22:56, Jean-Paul Poccard a écrit : The palettes behave like palettes have to since Constellation is uninstalled. Very sorry, for having involved Constellation with my problems. Constellation is now re-installed and the windows are perfectly displayed. I am unable to

Re: Blend Level in Fields

2006-02-22 Thread Dave Cragg
On 22 Feb 2006, at 03:07, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Sivakatirswami wrote: Is there some trick for setting transparency in fields (blend) such that the foreground color (the textcolor) is not affected by the blend level? I tried all the ink options... nothing works. I don't think it's

Re: Spell checking in Rev apps?

2006-02-22 Thread Jonathan Lynch
1) I added lots of other bells and whistles, but they are specific to our situation. things like this: if char 1 to 3 to tWord = p then delete char 1 to 3 of tWord if char -1 of tWord is in !.,';:% then delete char -1 of tWord if char -1 of tWord = quote then delete char -1 of tWord Actually it

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-22 Thread simplsol
Mark, Meanwhile... Paul Looney -Original Message- From: Mark Waddingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:23:15 + Subject: Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup Hi Richard,    The stackFileType is very helpful

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

2006-02-22 Thread Jonathan Lynch
flag files... that makes more sense... any other tips? thanks, Jonathan ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Mac stacks look like Windows

2006-02-22 Thread simplsol
Mark, The question is academic at this point. I've had to go back to 2.6.1 There are just too many blocker problems in 2.7 for me. When the file paths are sorted out and the tab pane in the Object Inspector is crashless, I'll look at the themes and other issues again. I appreciate you continuing

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

2006-02-22 Thread Rob Cozens
David, Jonathan, et al: this is for low volume stuff but it is perfectly effective in preventing conflicts arising from race conditions while the random components avoid continuous synchronised failure. FWIW, I have seen this (as FlexWare does it) running on multi-user super-micro

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

2006-02-22 Thread Jim Ault
You might want to establish priorities for users along the lines of Admin Accounting Supervisor TrustedUser Trainee This will allow flag conflicts to be resolved during event loops, eg overrides, interruptions, blocking of actions, protecting the server, etc) I have gravitated to the format for

Re: Win XP and Rev 2.7

2006-02-22 Thread Kevin Miller
On 21/2/06 18:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have to assume a lot of people using Revolution are not on Windows boxes. Why? I have never encountered a more crash prone release of the product. In my day-to-day use I have had to roll back and return to using 2.6.1. Rev 2.7 is

[ANN] Navigator Plugin version 3.0 now available

2006-02-22 Thread Geoff Canyon
Inspired Logic is pleased to announce that version 3.0RC1 of the Rev Navigator plugin is now available at: http://inspiredlogic.com/navigator/Navigator.html Navigator 3.0 is filled with new features including: -- Multiple Palettes -- Improved Drag and Drop -- Property List -- Rename

Re: [ANN] Navigator Plugin version 3.0 now available

2006-02-22 Thread simplsol
Thanks Geoff, Navigator is the second most important tool I use for Rev work. I do not exaggerate when saying I could not run my business without it. Keep up the good work. PL -Original Message- From: Geoff Canyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Use-Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com;

Re: Workgroup Computers

2006-02-22 Thread Devin Asay
On Feb 21, 2006, at 7:04 PM, Bridger Maxwell wrote: Hey, Does anyone out there know how to access a list of workgroup computers or anything similar? I am making a networking stack, but it has to be able to detect all the computers that it is hooked up to. I would like something that

Re: [ANN] Navigator Plugin version 3.0 now available

2006-02-22 Thread Mark Talluto
On Feb 22, 2006, at 10:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Geoff, Navigator is the second most important tool I use for Rev work. I do not exaggerate when saying I could not run my business without it. Keep up the good work. PL I must agree with this statement. I just posted a

Re: Win XP and Rev 2.7

2006-02-22 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have to assume a lot of people using Revolution are not on Windows boxes. Why? I have never encountered a more crash prone release of the product. In my day-to-day use I have had to roll back and return to using 2.6.1. Rev 2.7 is unusable in its current

Re: Compiled App on 2003 Server TS

2006-02-22 Thread Mark Wieder
Jeff- Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 7:17:08 PM, you wrote: Since the graphics and the database are in the same directory as the .exe I don't specify a directory. I'm wondering for TS if you have to give it a full path? Jeff Did you set the defaultFolder yourself? And are you launching the

RE: Compiled App on 2003 Server TS

2006-02-22 Thread Jeff Honken
Mark, Yes I created it myself. Also I'm using a shortcut to launch it. Jeff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Wieder Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 12:57 PM To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re: Compiled App on 2003 Server TS

There's a fly (or two) in my ointment

2006-02-22 Thread Bob Warren
I was hoping to publish my File/Picture Chooser Widgets for Linux within the next day or so, but unfortunately there are 2 flies in my ointment: 1) When Rev applications in (Ubuntu) Linux quit, they clear the clipboard! 2) I want to be able to move the main window around and to be able to

Re: There's a fly (or two) in my ointment

2006-02-22 Thread Gordon Tillman
Bob I don't think this is a Rev issue. I have noticed this same problem from any applications that I run in (Ubuntu) Linux. I don't know if this also applies to other Linux distributions. --gordy On Feb 22, 2006, at 14:15, Bob Warren wrote: 1) When Rev applications in (Ubuntu) Linux

Re: Win XP and Rev 2.7

2006-02-22 Thread Bob Warren
Kevin wrote: The 2.7 release was primarily developed on Windows and extensively tested there. We haven't had any bug reports or support problems that suggest it isn't stable. If there was a far-ranging problem we would have had a lot of feedback in support to that effect. Obviously if

Re: Win XP/2.7

2006-02-22 Thread bryan
Kevin, It crashes simply by having the thing open. Several other people on this list have reported problems with this release, so it would seem best to take these responses seriously. I have been using MetaCard/RunRev for over 6 years. I've worked in the software industry for over 18 years all

Re: Win XP and Rev 2.7

2006-02-22 Thread Mark Smith
to be remembered is that your feedback does not necessarily reflect the true situation. Exactly why 'shouting too loud' doesn't go down well...speaking in a reasonable tone of voice never seems to cause much trouble, though. Mark On 22 Feb 2006, at 21:14, Bob Warren wrote: Kevin

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

2006-02-22 Thread David Vaughan
On 23/02/2006, at 5:00, Jonathan Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: any other tips? Rob's comment about supporting 15-30 users is valid although it depends also on the transaction rates they can achieve. Jim's discussion of pre-emptive rights for certain actions or user types will add

Re: There's a fly (or two) in my ointment

2006-02-22 Thread Bob Warren
Thanks Gordy. Pehaps I'm a little riled up after having to send an e-mail about the general question of bugs, but surely the fact that this happens in Ubuntu Linux MAKES it a Rev issue, don't you think? But even if it mucks up my application completely, and the same thing happens in other

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 29, Issue 58

2006-02-22 Thread Alan Gayne
Peter. My most sincere thanls for pointing me in the right direction on this one, and of course great genuflection to Chipp for actually creating the solution that saved my butt. Warmest regards, Alan Gayne On Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 09:10PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: There's a fly (or two) in my ointment

2006-02-22 Thread Ken Ray
On 2/22/06 2:15 PM, Bob Warren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2) I want to be able to move the main window around and to be able to re-size it. The only way I have found of doing this so far is to display the close decoration in the top right-hand corner. But the operator should NOT be able to close

Re: Win XP and Rev 2.7

2006-02-22 Thread Thomas McGrath III
General response: I've been running the public release of 2.7 on WinXP for about a week and it has not crashed once. It has not even burped. I have been doing all new stacks so maybe that has something to so with it, or not. As far as the rest of what you commented on, I don't see how

Re: Start using script

2006-02-22 Thread Hershel Fisch
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Re: Win XP/2.7

2006-02-22 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On 2/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kevin, It crashes simply by having the thing open. Several other people on this list have reported problems with this release, so it would seem best to take these responses seriously. I have been using MetaCard/RunRev for over 6

sysError values

2006-02-22 Thread Richard Gaskin
Do any of you have a list of strings describing the error codes which can be returned by calls to the sysError function? The sysError function uses OS calls to determine specifics about why a file I/O operation failed. It would be handy to be able to present some of that info for my users,

RE: There's a fly (or two) in my ointment

2006-02-22 Thread John Tregea
-Original Message- I won't waste my time complaining about it because I think it will either not be addressed, or it will take half a yonk to fix. Dear Bob, And if you could just clarify for me exactly how long is a yonk? I am developing a product which includes accessing

mySQL and Rev 2.7 - fails once built app

2006-02-22 Thread John Tregea
Hi, I have been evaluating Revolution for an upcoming project and just opened a previous trial project in 2.7. Working in the development environemtn it connects to mySQL correctly but once I build (for Windows) it no longer connects to the database. I did include the database and mySQL

Re: mySQL and Rev 2.7 - fails once built app

2006-02-22 Thread Thomas McGrath III
John, The paths will change between using the IDE and then building the standalone. You will need to check them. HTH Tom On Feb 22, 2006, at 11:12 PM, John Tregea wrote: Hi, I have been evaluating Revolution for an upcoming project and just opened a previous trial project in 2.7.

Interoperability -- Same Name Substacks

2006-02-22 Thread Sivakatirswami
[snip] Is my assumption correct: substack names should be prepended with your ID? e.g. htde_xmlLib htde_askList On Feb 22, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Ken Ray wrote: Well, substacks aren't in the normal message passing hierarchy, so you don't need to rename them unless you want to. Ken,

Decorations to Empty Removes Window Resizer?

2006-02-22 Thread Sivakatirswami
I set decorations for stack to empty, but resize is still checked, the resize control in the lower right corner of the window is gone... is this normal behavior? I would like to eliminate title bar and all the top buttons, but keep the resize option. Sivakatirswami

RE: There's a fly (or two) in my ointment

2006-02-22 Thread Scott Kane
And if you could just clarify for me exactly how long is a yonk? Aussy slang of ages. Frequently stated as for yonks and yonks. :) Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: mySQL and Rev 2.7 - fails once built app

2006-02-22 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Feb 22, 2006, at 8:12 PM, John Tregea wrote: Hi, I have been evaluating Revolution for an upcoming project and just opened a previous trial project in 2.7. Working in the development environemtn it connects to mySQL correctly but once I build (for Windows) it no longer connects to the

Re: There's a fly (or two) in my ointment

2006-02-22 Thread Bob Warren
Dear John, 774970929898949961850787500473623625 ticks, or in other words, far too long! Regards, Bob John Tregea wrote: -Original Message- I won't waste my time complaining about it because I think it will either not be addressed, or it will take half a yonk to fix.

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

2006-02-22 Thread Jim Ault
As you can tell, the advice of the others should be weighed more seriously than mine. I tossed my 2 cents in because I know how discussions can trigger the 'light' when you are struggling under the work load. My background is fashioning software solutions rather than knowing good structure and

Re: [ANN] Navigator Plugin version 3.0 now available

2006-02-22 Thread Geoff Canyon
On Feb 22, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Mark Talluto wrote: On Feb 22, 2006, at 10:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Geoff, Navigator is the second most important tool I use for Rev work. I do not exaggerate when saying I could not run my business without it. Keep up the good work. PL I

Re: Decorations to Empty Removes Window Resizer?

2006-02-22 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On 2/23/06, Sivakatirswami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I set decorations for stack to empty, but resize is still checked, the resize control in the lower right corner of the window is gone... is this normal behavior? I don't know if it is normal, but in Rev it is a fact (at least it was in 2.6, I

RE: Win XP/2.7

2006-02-22 Thread MisterX
On Behalf Of Sarah Reichelt On 2/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kevin, It crashes simply by having the thing open. Several other people on this list have reported problems with this release, so it would seem best to take these responses seriously. I have been

RE: Decorations to Empty Removes Window Resizer?

2006-02-22 Thread Scott Kane
I don't know if it is normal, but in Rev it is a fact (at least it was in 2.6, I haven't tried 2.7). The get a resizble window in Windows, you have to set the decorations to default. It's a standard and the way it should be on all OS's and is documented in the User Interface Guidelines on

RE: Win XP/2.7

2006-02-22 Thread MisterX
I take back the html color paste problem. That works when you paste in an html style mail. but bug 3137 is still not fixed and that was a big problem in MC still ongoing in rev. sorry X -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MisterX

Re: mySQL and Rev 2.7 - fails once built app

2006-02-22 Thread Chipp Walters
Hi John, There's different places now for where to put the db drivers, etc.. I've got a post on our webpage which describes where to put the files in 2.7 for altSQLite. Perhaps it can be of help. http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/altSQLiteSub/Support.htm best, Chipp John Tregea wrote:

Re: Decorations to Empty Removes Window Resizer?

2006-02-22 Thread Richard Gaskin
Scott Kane wrote: I don't know if it is normal, but in Rev it is a fact (at least it was in 2.6, I haven't tried 2.7). The get a resizble window in Windows, you have to set the decorations to default. It's a standard and the way it should be on all OS's and is documented in the User Interface

Re: Compiled App on 2003 Server TS

2006-02-22 Thread Mark Wieder
Jeff- Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 12:10:42 PM, you wrote: Also I'm using a shortcut to launch it. In that case, what have you got specified for the start in directory for the shortcut? If you haven't done it already, make sure that it's the path the app lives in. -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL

Re: [ANN] Navigator Plugin version 3.0 now available

2006-02-22 Thread Geoff Canyon
On Feb 22, 2006, at 9:34 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: Inspired Logic is pleased to announce that version 3.0RC1 of the Rev Navigator plugin is now available at: http://inspiredlogic.com/navigator/Navigator.html Hi Geoff, Is this new version of Navigator only compatible with 2.7? I can not