Re: Smart Save stack modified

2006-05-16 Thread Paul Claude
The Smart-Save updated version is also in my Rev Online user space (user: Paul Claude). ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Compressing Rev Compiled Apps?

2006-05-16 Thread Chipp Walters
I'm pretty sure it's not possible. I tried to do it a few times, and always encountered errors. On 5/15/06, Garrett Hylltun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, Has anyone ever compressed rev compiled apps with UPX or any other executable compressor?

Re: Routine to check status of URLs

2006-05-16 Thread Dave Cragg
On 15 May 2006, at 18:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I wanted to write a Revolution script that goes through a list of URLs and checks each URL's status, can anyone give me pointers on the best approach? I was originally attempting to do a load URL approach, and then check the error

More cross-platform info needed - Text-to-Speech

2006-05-16 Thread Richmond Mathewson
As far as I understand revSpeak leverages an operating system's built-in text-to-speech capabilities. Now my experience in this respect is limited to Mac Win: both of which feature really bad voices - the Mac ones have been trotted out with each version of the operating system for at least 10

[OT] Microsoft - The Source of All Evil?

2006-05-16 Thread Ken Ray
I was doing a web search today, and discovered this little tidbit... point your browser to: http://thesource.ofallevil.com and you end up at... Microsoft! Just confirming what I already knew... ;-) Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL

Re: Server permissions

2006-05-16 Thread Ken Ray
On 5/15/06 10:27 PM, Bill Vlahos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I determine the permissions on a server share/volume? I would like to document the server permissions on our file servers (both Mac OS X Server and Windows 2000 and 2003 servers). Well, for OS X, you can get the permissions by

Re: Server permissions - CORRECTED

2006-05-16 Thread Ken Ray
On 5/15/06 10:27 PM, Bill Vlahos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I determine the permissions on a server share/volume? I would like to document the server permissions on our file servers (both Mac OS X Server and Windows 2000 and 2003 servers). OK, forget my last email... Rev can do this

Splash Screen Strategy

2006-05-16 Thread Todd Geist
Hello, I am using the splash screen Architecture for deploying an app. The splash screen stack checks for updates and then launches the Main stack. This part is all based on Chip's altSplash engine. I want the Main stack to manage installing additional stacks and or files. My current

systemWindow question

2006-05-16 Thread Todd Geist
Hello, I am trying to create window that floats above all other applications. I put the following script in a button, to toggle Float on and off. ON mouseUp IF the systemWindow of this stack is False THEN set the systemWindow of this stack to true ELSE set the

Send Keys

2006-05-16 Thread Todd Geist
Todd Any one know of a way to send keystrokes from Rev. I know I can use GUI scripting on OSX but that has some problems in the instance I need it in, plus I need Xplat. TIA -- Todd Geist __ g e i s t i n t e r a c t i v e

QT path issues

2006-05-16 Thread Richard Gaskin
I have a path to a move file which plays well, until I insert a ƒ character (Option-F on Mac) into one of the folder names -- then I get a can't create movie reference error. I'm already using the file: trick to set the file path -- here's the code: put file://pMovieFile into tPath

Re: QT path issues

2006-05-16 Thread Phil Davis
Put your file paths in a SMIL file and play the SMIL file? Phil Davis Richard Gaskin wrote: I have a path to a move file which plays well, until I insert a ƒ character (Option-F on Mac) into one of the folder names -- then I get a can't create movie reference error. I'm already using the

Re: Send Keys

2006-05-16 Thread Todd Geist
this is old and somehow got burped back into the list. Feel free to ignore :) On May 10, 2006, at 6:47 PM, Todd Geist wrote: Todd Any one know of a way to send keystrokes from Rev. I know I can use GUI scripting on OSX but that has some problems in the instance I need it in, plus I

Re: systemWindow question

2006-05-16 Thread Todd Geist
This is also old... the bug has been confirmed as new in 2.7.1 On May 10, 2006, at 10:49 AM, Todd Geist wrote: Hello, I am trying to create window that floats above all other applications. I put the following script in a button, to toggle Float on and off. ON mouseUp IF the

Re: QT path issues

2006-05-16 Thread Chris Sheffield
Would a urlEncode on the path make any difference? I see you're specifically replacing spaces with %20, but maybe running it through urlEncode would fix this other character. Just a guess. Chris On May 15, 2006, at 2:36 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I have a path to a move file which plays

Re: QT path issues

2006-05-16 Thread Thierry Arbellot
I've developed a workaround for this problem, and made a sample stack. You can use it freely. http://www.digital-salade.com/toki/download/player.rev Tested with ƒ and it works. Thierry On 2006, May 15, , at 22:36, Richard Gaskin wrote: I have a path to a move file which plays well, until I

RE: Universal binaries from Revolution

2006-05-16 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Can we get ahold of the engine they're using? Sure would be nice to deploy to Mactel. Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor is, indeed, made with Revolution. We cannot add anything further than what's already been posted to the website. However it might also be worth checking out TT 4.2 to see how well

Re: QT path issues

2006-05-16 Thread Richard Gaskin
Chris Sheffield wrote: On May 15, 2006, at 2:36 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I have a path to a move file which plays well, until I insert a ƒ character (Option-F on Mac) into one of the folder names -- then I get a can't create movie reference error. I'm already using the file: trick to set

Re: QT path issues

2006-05-16 Thread Richard Gaskin
Thierry Arbellot wrote: I've developed a workaround for this problem, and made a sample stack. You can use it freely. http://www.digital-salade.com/toki/download/player.rev Tested with ƒ and it works. Indeed it does -- thank you! It's frightening that it takes a 7k script to work around

Playing mp3 on Windows (XP Embedded)

2006-05-16 Thread Ben Rubinstein
I'm trying to play some mp3 audio files from Revolution on Windows. I've finally got a stack which works OK on my Virtual PC Windows 2000, and on a Windows XP machine, in both cases under StackRunner (the old 2.6 variant). In both cases these are machines without Quicktime, so it's definitely

Video/audio playback on Linux

2006-05-16 Thread Richard Gaskin
I need to port a QT-intensive app to Linux. What audio and video playback options are available on that platform for us Rev folk, and are there any gotchas I should know about? TIA - -- Richard Gaskin Managing Editor, revJournal ___ Rev

Re: Ken Burns Effect Algorithm-Functions

2006-05-16 Thread Sivakatirswami
Well, I think I will have to stay with just moving from point to point (panning) and zooming as two separate operations for now... Since no one is offering any functions I guess this hasn't been done before... so... I'll give it a go on my own. Sivakatirswami On May 15, 2006, at 1:19

I was a Hypercard and supercard expert

2006-05-16 Thread Alvaro Abril - Tecnologia
Dear Sirs.. It´s Revolution a good software for serious development? Some years ago I was a Developer with Supercard and Hypercard in Macintosh.. do you think, Revolution is a good program ? Best wishes, Alvaro Abril, www.alvaroabril.com , Columbian man living in Guatemala, Tech Manager,

Re: Video/audio playback on Linux

2006-05-16 Thread Mark Talluto
On May 16, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I need to port a QT-intensive app to Linux. What audio and video playback options are available on that platform for us Rev folk, and are there any gotchas I should know about? Hi Richard, You are stuck with xAnim as your video

Re: Video/audio playback on Linux

2006-05-16 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Talluto wrote: On May 16, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: What audio and video playback options are available on that platform for us Rev folk, and are there any gotchas I should know about? You are stuck with xAnim as your video middleman. See http://

Re: I was a Hypercard and supercard expert

2006-05-16 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Alavaro, Sure, Revolution is a great programme, but when do *you* consider a programme good? :-) Tell us what you expect from a good programme and we'll gladly tell you if Revolution has it. Mark -- Economy-x-Talk Consultancy and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com

Re: Splash Screen Strategy

2006-05-16 Thread Sarah Reichelt
I am using the splash screen Architecture for deploying an app. The splash screen stack checks for updates and then launches the Main stack. This part is all based on Chip's altSplash engine. I want the Main stack to manage installing additional stacks and or files. My current strategy is to

Re: I was a Hypercard and supercard expert

2006-05-16 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On 5/17/06, Alvaro Abril - Tecnologia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sirs.. It´s Revolution a good software for serious development? Some years ago I was a Developer with Supercard and Hypercard in Macintosh.. do you think, Revolution is a good program ? Best wishes, Alvaro Abril,

Re: Video/audio playback on Linux

2006-05-16 Thread Wally Rodriguez
Maybe VLC? or Mplayer? On May 16, 2006, at 3:57 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Thanks Mark. Bit of a drag, though: no MPEG or MP3 support? Those are the top two formats we need to support. H.. ___ use-revolution mailing list

Re: Video/audio playback on Linux

2006-05-16 Thread Richard Gaskin
Wally Rodriguez wrote: Maybe VLC? or Mplayer? Forgive my ignorance, but are these controllable with Rev's player object? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com

I need to create a background structure (hypercard style)

2006-05-16 Thread Alvaro Abril - Tecnologia
Dear Sirs.. I need to create background buttons and fields.. I remember in Macintosh.. but in Revolution, i dont know how to create background objects. All my objects are in the cards Thank you, Alvaro Abril, www.fantasticguatemala.com , www.alvaroabril.com -Mensaje original- De:

Re: Video/audio playback on Linux

2006-05-16 Thread Mark Talluto
On May 16, 2006, at 2:13 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Wally Rodriguez wrote: Maybe VLC? or Mplayer? Forgive my ignorance, but are these controllable with Rev's player object? Nope. :( Mark Talluto -- CANELA Software http://www.canelasoftware.com

Re: I need to create a background structure (hypercard style)

2006-05-16 Thread Peter T. Evensen
Hola, Alvaro, You group the items and set the group's background Behavior to true (i.e., check it in the property editor). This will cause them to be placed on new cards and be in the back of the message path. You can then use the Place Group... menu item in the Object menu to add that

Re: Video/audio playback on Linux

2006-05-16 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Richard Gaskin wrote: What audio and video playback options are available on that platform for us Rev folk, and are there any gotchas I should know about? You are stuck with xAnim as your video middleman. See http:// support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=2290 for more

Re: I need to create a background structure (hypercard style)

2006-05-16 Thread Dan Shafer
Alvaro. If you're a HyperCard/SuperCard expert, I'd suggest you stop working on Rev right now and go to the RunRev Web site and read the two excellent documents there that help you transition from those environments to Revolution. It will save you a LOT of time! Welcome to the Revolution!

Re: More cross-platform info needed - Text-to-Speech

2006-05-16 Thread Judy Perry
Well, I've forgotten the original request of this thread, but the reactions of my students to the Mac OS voices is that they are wayy cool (remember, however, that they are developing apps for kiddies and also working on game dev, so maybe goofy, time-warped voices are what is called for in our

Re: More cross-platform info needed - Text-to-Speech

2006-05-16 Thread Sarah Reichelt
Apple added a few higher quality ones a couple of years ago. While most of the voices are just meant to be funny ( yes, my kids love them too), there are a few that sound reasonably good. I use them a lot and people get used to the sound very quickly. Sarah On 5/17/06, Judy Perry [EMAIL

Re: sample rates in audio

2006-05-16 Thread Sivakatirswami
Amazing... Stephen... I really don't know much about this... I mean I don't know theactually audio physics between bits and sampling rates. Of course sample rates seems obvious... how often the recorder is trapping for sound, but how that relates to 'bits is mysterious... anyway... just

images in cross-platform stacks

2006-05-16 Thread Phil Davis
I just re-discovered something that might be helpful to others, so here goes. Bottom line: To simplify your code and your life, use JPG images, not PNGs, in stacks intended for cross-platform use. That way you don't have to mess with the screenGamma property to make everything look the same

Re: sample rates in audio

2006-05-16 Thread Stephen Barncard
I just checked out the docs. I'd never looked at this before. recordRate = 5 gives a sample rate of 5k -- THIS is the SAMPLE RATE According to Nyquest, the highest frequency that can be passed at a sample rate of 5k/second is 2.5khz. recordSampleSize = number of bits used to record = 11

Re: images in cross-platform stacks

2006-05-16 Thread Mark Talluto
On May 16, 2006, at 5:23 PM, Phil Davis wrote: I just re-discovered something that might be helpful to others, so here goes. Bottom line: To simplify your code and your life, use JPG images, not PNGs, in stacks intended for cross-platform use. That way you don't have to mess with the

Re: images in cross-platform stacks

2006-05-16 Thread Phil Davis
Hi Mark, Yes - there are certainly some great reasons to use PNGs. My comments really only apply in a particular context, even though I state them as absolute. :o) I'm really good at that. Phil Mark Talluto wrote: On May 16, 2006, at 5:23 PM, Phil Davis wrote: I just re-discovered

Re: Server permissions - CORRECTED

2006-05-16 Thread Bill Vlahos
Ken, Very cool. I will give it a try and let you know. Bill On May 16, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Ken Ray wrote: On 5/15/06 10:27 PM, Bill Vlahos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I determine the permissions on a server share/volume? I would like to document the server permissions on our file

Re: images in cross-platform stacks

2006-05-16 Thread Richard Gaskin
Phil Davis wrote: What happened was the screenGamma, since my image is a PNG file. Rev's screenGamma is a color? or brightness? or ??? adjustment factor applied only to PNG files. The screenGamma defaults are 1.7 for Mac and 2.2 for Windows. (I don't know what they are for Linux.) I then

Re: images in cross-platform stacks

2006-05-16 Thread Mark Talluto
On May 16, 2006, at 8:47 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Phil Davis wrote: What happened was the screenGamma, since my image is a PNG file. Rev's screenGamma is a color? or brightness? or ??? adjustment factor applied only to PNG files. The screenGamma defaults are 1.7 for Mac and 2.2 for

Re: images in cross-platform stacks

2006-05-16 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Richard Gaskin wrote: Rev doesn't alter the display of JPEGs or GIFs -- why single out PNGs in this way, and why try to adjust for screen gamma when the screen is already doing anything that needs to be done there? I don't have the document links I used to, but suffice it to say, in

Re: images in cross-platform stacks

2006-05-16 Thread Tereza Snyder
On May 16, 2006, at 10:47 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Rev doesn't alter the display of JPEGs or GIFs -- why single out PNGs in this way, and why try to adjust for screen gamma when the screen is already doing anything that needs to be done there? and Mark Talluto wrote: This is a question