Re: PHP and Rev CGI

2006-10-23 Thread jbv
I did that on a limited scale. when I need to call php from Rev cgi I use get shell(), and when I need to call a Rev cgi script from php I use exec(). JB > I have a Revolution CGI that someone wants to use on their server, which > is managed by some php scripts. I know nothing about php. Is it p

Re: PHP and Rev CGI

2006-10-23 Thread Brian Yennie
Jacque, A couple of quick thoughts: 1) PHP has a few commands - exec(), system() and passthru() which do similar things in terms of calling an external program. Documentation on php.net is quite good - just browse there and type in the command name in the search box. 2) If the Rev proces

PHP and Rev CGI

2006-10-23 Thread J. Landman Gay
I have a Revolution CGI that someone wants to use on their server, which is managed by some php scripts. I know nothing about php. Is it possible for php to call the Rev cgi and get the response back? Both processes will be running on the same server. Any pointers or reference URLs on how to do

Re: Resizable stack with a custom shape

2006-10-23 Thread Derek Bump
Bill Marriott wrote: Hmmm I don't have any trouble keeping the taskbar button with a windowshape in 2.6.1. Minimize (iconify) also works. I could have sworn that I had a bugzilla entry for this issue. But like I said (or maybe I didn't say) it was an old issue that I'm no longer worried

explicitvariables weirdness

2006-10-23 Thread Mark Swindell
Over the past couple days I've been encountering a frustrating behavior in that when I go to save a stack script, I'm greeted with the following error message: TypeChunk: can't create a variable with that name (explicitVariables?) Object FF Stack Line put "multiplication addition divisi

Re: Suite of Tests

2006-10-23 Thread J. Landman Gay
David Bovill wrote: I then got carried away and coded a chat robot based on the open source software Alice - so that you could store common answers to questions, and have "augmented" responses - the aim was to replace Scott Raney. Putting the two together we could develop "unit tests for Revol

Re: AVI versus MOV in standalones - Apple Quicktime regulations

2006-10-23 Thread Alex Shaw
Hi Steve I've found saving video in the old mpeg-1 (.mpg) format works fine & is highly compatible because it works on older windows media player & quicktime versions as well (ie. pc & mac). File sizes are not as compact as newer codecs but it also isn't as resource hungry on playback. A

Re: AVI versus MOV in standalones - Apple Quicktime

2006-10-23 Thread Luis
You could also pop up a box stating that it requires QT, and if they'd like the app to open the browser at the Apple QT download site. Scanned through the DivX site just a moment ago and noticed they have an affiliate program, so if your clients buy any DivX movies you get a percentage. C

Re: record sound kills USB audio output

2006-10-23 Thread Luis
Yep, this is a weird one. I've had it happen with some USB headphone/ speaker sets, finally tracked it down to OS X. Go to: applications/Utilities/ and double-click 'Audio MIDI Setup' In 'Audio Output' change the frequency setting from where it's at, as it has been changed (don't ask me why..

Re: AVI versus MOV in standalones - Apple Quicktime regulations

2006-10-23 Thread Luis
Well MPEG-4 should work across the board with recent releases of QT (v7) and WMP (v9). MPEG-2 will get you DVD quality, whereas MPEG-4 has been aimed at HDTV. Another option is DivX, the players for both are free and to encode DivX you need DivX Pro, which is about $20, although I don't know

Re: Resizable stack with a custom shape

2006-10-23 Thread Bill Marriott
Hi Derek, >>> I encountered the same issue as you a while back, but with a different question. How does one use a custom windowshape and still keep the taskBar button visible (cause rev won't let ya!)? <<< Hmmm I don't have any trouble keeping the taskbar button with a windowshape in 2.6.1.

Re: Suite of Tests

2006-10-23 Thread David Bovill
Yes the shared data was something that became very useful. It is particularly useful as you can craft "broken" html, lists, indexes and strings knowing that they tend to cause problems and throw them at new scripts - also very useful when rapidly changing handlers and extending them for a new use

Re: Resizable stack with a custom shape

2006-10-23 Thread Derek Bump
Bill, I encountered the same issue as you a while back, but with a different question. How does one use a custom windowshape and still keep the taskBar button visible (cause rev won't let ya!)? The answer to our questions was use an external to draw the windowshape. Now at this point it do

Re: AVI versus MOV in standalones - Apple Quicktime regulations

2006-10-23 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Bill Marriott wrote: > I think that answer is right for mp3 audio. But for video, I don't know of a > one-size-fits-all format. MPEG is one. Problem is, I don't know which codec is best to use, but I have delivered cross-platform CD-ROMs before that used single video files for both typ

Re: AVI versus MOV in standalones - Apple Quicktime regulations

2006-10-23 Thread Bill Marriott
I think that answer is right for mp3 audio. But for video, I don't know of a one-size-fits-all format. The only sure-thing on Windows is AVI, and the only sure-thing on Mac is QuickTime. The only possible exception would be if plain-vanilla QuickTime would play an AVI file (that used one of the

Re: AVI versus MOV in standalones - Apple Quicktime regulations

2006-10-23 Thread james z
Could you have two movies? .mov for Macs and .wmv for windows users? Although .mp3 sounds good too. James Z. On 10/23/06 2:23 PM, "Dan Shafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been studying this question as well for some time and I keep coming to > different conclusions depending on which multi

Re: AVI versus MOV in standalones - Apple Quicktime regulations

2006-10-23 Thread Dan Shafer
I've been studying this question as well for some time and I keep coming to different conclusions depending on which multimedia guru I've consulted most recently. :-) The most recent input I got said, "Why don't you just encode in mp3 and let the system figure out what's the best app for displayi

Re: Resizable stack with a custom shape (was: Re: Transparent stacks...)

2006-10-23 Thread Chipp Walters
Bill, In the past, I have turned off decorations and created my own window moving and resizing handlers-- of course optimizing for speed. This approach still forces square corners, but with some creative interface design, it can look pretty nice. For instance: http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/

Finding RGB values

2006-10-23 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Just uploaded to RevOnline "Color Triplet Finder" and the same to the RRGraphic Group: "ColorTrip.rev.zip" at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RRgraphix this is a plug in that allows you to quickly obtain the RGB values for the selected object in your topstack. Hope it helps, sincerely, Rich

Re: Resizable stack with a custom shape (was: Re: Transparent stacks...)

2006-10-23 Thread Bill Marriott
Hi Scott, > The alternate > way to do an expanding stack is to employ 2 states, with 2 bitmaps: one > bitmap has the stack in a normal mode, and the other bitmap has the stack > in > its expanded mode. You then provide a button to toggle the windowshape > between the two states and use the appro

record sound kills USB audio output

2006-10-23 Thread Dan Soneson
This one's a weird one. I am working on a Macintosh version 10.4.7. I have a set of computers in my language lab that are using Plantronics A-90 headsets with iMics through the USB port. Recently I switched some computers to a Logitech USB headset without the need for an iMic. Both headse

Color triplets...

2006-10-23 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Uploaded something fairly QD (Quick and Dirty) to the RevOnline thingy: "COLOR TRIPLET-ER" it will give you the RGB value of the colors of a graphic... pretty primitive, BUT.. love, Richmond I have just read and signed the onlin

Re: Resizable stack with a custom shape (was: Re: Transparent stacks...)

2006-10-23 Thread Chipp Walters
Another way to consider doing this is to turn OFF the windowShape property while resizing, then after resizing is finished, calculate a new windowshape and apply it at that time. A lot of pain to go through. Or perhaps tunring OFF liveResizing and then 'snapping to' a size to a predetermined windo

Re: Resizable stack with a custom shape (was: Re: Transparent stacks...)

2006-10-23 Thread Scott Rossi
> What is the recommended way (if there is one) to have a resizable > stack that > also has a custom shape? For example if you wanted to have rounded > corners. A stack that grows and shrinks smoothly is possible but difficult to pull off (arbitrary resizing is unlikely). You will need to have mu

Re: AVI versus MOV in standalones - Apple Quicktime regulations

2006-10-23 Thread Bill Marriott
Steve, > Can all of this be avoided, including the necessity of including the > Quicktime > installer, by making the Windows version of the standalones using AVI > format? > Do all Windows computers come with AVI reading capabilities preinstalled? > Would there be any drawback to using AVI rathe

Re: AVI versus MOV in standalones - Apple Quicktime regulations

2006-10-23 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Steve, I'm creating Rev standalones containing movies, for both Mac and Windows, to be distributed on CDs. I create the Rev standalones on a Mac, incorporating Quicktime movies. Since many Windows users do not have Quicktime installed on their computers, I include a Quicktime install

AVI versus MOV in standalones - Apple Quicktime regulations

2006-10-23 Thread Stgoldberg
I'm creating Rev standalones containing movies, for both Mac and Windows, to be distributed on CDs. I create the Rev standalones on a Mac, incorporating Quicktime movies. Since many Windows users do not have Quicktime installed on their computers, I include a Quicktime installer on the CD, b

Re: Suite of Tests

2006-10-23 Thread Dar Scott
On Oct 22, 2006, at 1:02 PM, David Bovill wrote: A little lost but very interested regarding this thread - is there a stack here to test? My interest here would be in unit test type frameworks for handlers and more complex chunks of code. I implemeneted this by calling the handlers against a st

Re: Chunk: no such object

2006-10-23 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Aminda, Does your script work if you go to the next card, first? What else have you tried to make it work, so far? For a start, try putting the name of the field between quotes: "questions". Thou shalt always put literals between quotes, even if it works without. Best, Mark -- Eco

Chunk: no such object

2006-10-23 Thread Aminda O'Hare
I am having trouble with a card stack that should load words from a text file into the field questions on the next card, however, when I click the button that should do this I get the following error: Chunk: no such object, Line: put it into field questions of next card, Hint: questions. Th

Re: Rename remote server file

2006-10-23 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi, I don't think you can use the rename command like that. You'll need to use FTP commands (RNFR and RNTO) in combination with libUrlFtpCommand. Best, Mark -- Economy-x-Talk Consultancy and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Get your store on-line with

Re: Re :Color triplets...

2006-10-23 Thread Jim Carwardine
Hi Andre... I've tried to locate Scott Rossi's stuff and could only find the Externals collection at the Rev web site. I don't think this is the right place. Can you or Scott remind me where I can find the plug-in? Jim on 10/22/06 6:46 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Jim, > > nothing beets scott r

Re: Resizable stack with a custom shape (was: Re: Transparent stacks...)

2006-10-23 Thread Eric Chatonet
Bill, The only way to get a window with rounded corners within Rev, as far as I know, is to set its windowShape to an appropriate png. Sure you can make it resizable using the scripts in the tutorial I mentioned. But you will come up against two issues: 1. When resizing the png, rounded corn

Re: Heather Nagey . . .

2006-10-23 Thread Dave LeYanna
This is one of the BEST USE LISTS that I have ever read. I'm sure that it is because of the incredible passion of the professional developers AND the "BEST LIST MOM IN THE WORLD" Thanks Heather! -- Dave LeYanna Director IS Right to Life of Michigan www.rtl.org ___

Rename remote server file

2006-10-23 Thread Richard Miller
Is there any way to rename a file on a remote server? I'm not sure if I'm having trouble with the syntax or if the server just won't let me do it. I've set the file permissions (of the file to be renamed... it's on a Mac server running OS X) to read/write. I'm trying: rename url "ftp//

Re: Resizable stack with a custom shape (was: Re: Transparent stacks...)

2006-10-23 Thread Bill Marriott
I know how to make a stack without decorations resizable. I do not know how to make a stack with a custom window shape resizable. AFAIK, the custom shape is dependent upon a bitmap template. If there is a way to create "rounded corners" without a windowshape that also would be welcome informati

Resizable stack with a custom shape (was: Re: Transparent stacks...)

2006-10-23 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Bill, Le 23 oct. 06 à 15:06, Bill Marriott a écrit : What is the recommended way (if there is one) to have a resizable stack that also has a custom shape? For example if you wanted to have rounded corners. You have just to script resizing by yourself :-) The "Managing Resizing" tutorial

Re: Transparent stacks....

2006-10-23 Thread Bill Marriott
Not intending to take the thread off-topic, but: What is the recommended way (if there is one) to have a resizable stack that also has a custom shape? For example if you wanted to have rounded corners. I tried at first going down the "transparent stack" route with opaque objects on it to create

Re: Transparent stacks....

2006-10-23 Thread Klaus Major
Hi David, Ok - that was fun! Had a look at the stack Klaus - still figuring it out - little hard when everything is transparent :) Simply set the windowshape to noe again and you can examine the stack. There is an image "wtest1.png" that I created in Photoshop. What is the image for - was