Systemlanguage

2006-11-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Luis wrote: The Perl module works on all three. but spoilt brat, he want native-RunRev method, or he throw one heap-big tantrum and say wude tings. --- Presumably somewhere in the undergrowth of a Linux install there is a place where there is a record of installed languages. The thing

Careful - revisited - Z*ne

2006-11-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson
I see that Microsoft may be moving into the sub-porn industry: http://www.flx-tech.net/2006/11/zune_on_early_sale_at_bestbuy_1.html This should serve as a salutary warning about imagery as well as words. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson

Re: Systemlanguage

2006-11-15 Thread Luis
I had stated (in a prior response) that the Perl module could be examined to see if the same could be replicated in Transcript, as all it looks like it's doing is checking several locations for language preferences and comparing that to a large list. Cheers, Luis. Richmond Mathewson wrote:

Re: Rev_rant part 2

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
On 14 Nov 2006, at 16:42, J. Landman Gay wrote: Dave wrote: The problem is when a new user sits down in front of the IDE and after a little playing their (say) Application Browser Window will not appear, they blame the whole RunRev envorment not just the IDE. It just gives an impression

Re: Rev_rant part 4

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
On 14 Nov 2006, at 15:09, Bernard Devlin wrote: Dave said: I'm not talking about me, I'm talking about trying to sell it to a whole programming department that is currently using a mix of Macs, Windows and Linux machines and programming tools such as C/C++, RealBasic, AppleScript, XML, PDF,

Re: Rev_rant part 4

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
On 14 Nov 2006, at 20:12, Lynn Fredricks wrote: As far as I am concerned, with Rev the glass is certainly more than half-full. In fact, if I had the money I'd be trying to buy the company. I'm not talking about me, I'm talking about trying to sell it to a whole programming department that

Re: Rev_rant part 1

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
On 14 Nov 2006, at 13:56, Bernard Devlin wrote: Dave said: I decided early on that to be really efficient in RunRev you need to develop your own framework (or use a 3rd party system), if you do this right you can obtain the maximum code and screen design re-use. The problems that I found

Re: Revolution in Programming for Dummies (was RE: Rev_rant part 4)

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
On 14 Nov 2006, at 22:21, Lynn Fredricks wrote: That's very interesting - I had no idea that Rev was receiving any mainstream coverage as a platform. I'll have to take a look at that book next time I'm in a bookshop. Now that I think of it, it is obvious that any book that was really

Re: Image woes

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
On 15 Nov 2006, at 06:25, Scott Kane wrote: Hi folks, I'm working on a quick and dirty little project and am using Trevor Devore's empDB sample project as the basis. The problem I'm having is that the stack I need to use must have tool buttons with images. Now the problem is that

Re: Image woes

2006-11-15 Thread Scott Kane
What is the last image? Just a place holder? If so, can't you just relayer all the images in the stack so that the one that Trevor's code references is always the last image? Hadn't thought of that. I'll have a play with it. Thanks! Scott ___

Re: Image woes

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
Hi, One other thought. Is this a multi-card stack? If so is Trevor's image supposed to reside in just card one or in all cards? If all cards, you might have to make it into a group and set the Group Background Behavior to on. You would also have to make sure it's the last Group in all

Re: Philosophy of build numbers

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
Hi, I vote for the simplest which is just to have a large build number as in: 6.5.1.8759 Meaning Version 6.5.1 Build 8759 from the very first V1.0.0.1 Build! It's way easier to back track problems that way. All the Best Dave On 15 Nov 2006, at 03:06, Richard Gaskin wrote: While each

Re: Image woes

2006-11-15 Thread Scott Kane
Dave, One other thought. Is this a multi-card stack? If so is Trevor's image supposed to reside in just card one or in all cards? If all cards, you might have to make it into a group and set the Group Background Behavior to on. You would also have to make sure it's the last Group in all

Re: Image woes

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
Hi, Glad I could be of help! This is one of the types of code re-use problems that ISM solves almost automatically. In this case objects in a stack need to communicate with another object (the last image in this case). A way to have made this safer would have been to name the image with a

Re: Image woes

2006-11-15 Thread Scott Kane
Glad I could be of help! It's always gratifying to find a solution and this list has always been good at that. :-) This is one of the types of code re-use problems that ISM solves ISM? Not sure about that one. What's ISM? Scott ___

Re: Image woes

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
On 15 Nov 2006, at 12:57, Scott Kane wrote: Glad I could be of help! It's always gratifying to find a solution and this list has always been good at that. :-) This is one of the types of code re-use problems that ISM solves ISM? Not sure about that one. What's ISM? A module I

Re: Rev_rant part 4

2006-11-15 Thread Bernard Devlin
Dave said: The point is that all those technologies could be replaced by RunRev and the whole system would be much more stable. They are finding it really hard to find the right people because of all the different technologies and tools involved. In short it would be much better and reliable to

Re: Rev_rant part 4

2006-11-15 Thread Bernard Devlin
Dave said: I can't believe you called me pessimistic! I find this post to very pessimistic basically saying it's a toy, don't try to make it mainstream, give up now cos it will never happen! Please don't put words in my mouth. I didn't call you pessimistic, and I didn't say Rev was a toy.

Re: Rev_rant part 1

2006-11-15 Thread Alex Shaw
hi With both mc rev the documentation has been weak I believe a good idea is an official Runrev tutorial wiki of some sort where all the bright minds on this list can contribute. Things have improved thru the forums but personally I don't use it much because basically it take more effort

Bug???? Discuss please!

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
Hi, I thought I'd re-visit this as people seem to be in the mood for bug fixing or changing documentation. How should this be filed? I'm really not sure what needs to be changed, I have listed the work arounds I have found at the end. I would suggest that at the very least this is

Re: Philosophy of build numbers

2006-11-15 Thread Robert Brenstein
10.3.9 followed by 10.3.10? Not 10.3.9.1? Not 10.4.0? Not 10.3.91? How much easier to have 10.03009 followed by 10.03010. Or if it is a more significant update: 10.04000. One of the biggest advantages of the point 5 system is the ability to run the same sequence for builds and customer

Re: Rev_rant part 4

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
On 15 Nov 2006, at 13:28, Bernard Devlin wrote: Dave said: The point is that all those technologies could be replaced by RunRev and the whole system would be much more stable. They are finding it really hard to find the right people because of all the different technologies and tools

Re: Rev_rant part 4

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
On 15 Nov 2006, at 13:29, Bernard Devlin wrote: Dave said: I can't believe you called me pessimistic! I find this post to very pessimistic basically saying it's a toy, don't try to make it mainstream, give up now cos it will never happen! Please don't put words in my mouth. I didn't call

Re: Bug???? Discuss please!

2006-11-15 Thread Mark Smith
If I add select the text of me to the script of the field on cd 2, and I press the button on cd 1, I get this error: Chunk: can't select object that isn't open Which is perhaps some sort of clue. However, if there is some text in the field on cd 2, and you change it's script to on messageY

Re: Bug???? Discuss please!

2006-11-15 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi, I would say this is a bug indeed. The message is sent, the handler MessageY runs, both paths are followed as expected, but the target and me are empty, while the long id of me is not empty. Best, Mark -- Economy-x-Talk Consultancy and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com

Re: Bug???? Discuss please!

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
Hi, The secret was revealed by finding out that if you set the shared text property of the field all works ok, e.g. put x into me work as expected, there seems to be a ghost context in which me is not actually me, or the context gets restored back to it's former state IF the shared text

Re: AAAAUGH! Cursor, enter problems

2006-11-15 Thread Mikey
I'm still waiting for a suggestion on how to modify the behavior. On a windoze box the return key is also labeled an enter key. In my case what I mean is that the return key behaves like the enter key, but ONLY IN RR. I know this because I have other development tools that have different

Re: Image woes

2006-11-15 Thread Richard Gaskin
Dave wrote: ISM? Not sure about that one. What's ISM? A module I wrote that makes it easier to re-use and control your Stacks/Cards/Groups/Objects. It solves a lot of the problems you face when trying to use controls and/or code from third party stacks. It allows you to easily

Re: Image woes

2006-11-15 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Nov 14, 2006, at 10:25 PM, Scott Kane wrote: I'm working on a quick and dirty little project and am using Trevor Devore's empDB sample project as the basis. Just to clarify - I think the empDB was a sample stack that came with Revolution at one point but I wasn't the one who put it

Re: Bug???? Discuss please!

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
Hi, I just dug up the test stack and verified that EITHER the Shared Text property OR using the long id form of the reference works. e.g. If sharedText = false then put XXX into me else set the text of the long id of me to XXX end if works ok if sharedText = true or false. If course

U3 poll

2006-11-15 Thread Richard Gaskin
I'm trying to get a feel for the level of interest in U3-specific apps, so I have this brief poll for those of you who've explored Rev's U3 support now that it's been available for half a year: 1. Do you deploy U3-specific apps? 2. What is the ratio of downloads of the U3 version of your app

Re: Bug???? Discuss please!

2006-11-15 Thread Mark Smith
Exactly - so me is not empty when getting the long id of me. From the docs: The me keyword can be used anywhere an object reference is used. So I guess you're right, it's a bug. Has anyone bugzilla'd it? On 15 Nov 2006, at 14:50, Mark Schonewille wrote: I would say this is a bug indeed.

Re: Bug???? Discuss please!

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
Opps! That's: If sharedText = true then -- had test wrong way round! put XXX into me else set the text of the long id of me to XXX end if Cheers Dave Hi, I just dug up the test stack and verified that EITHER the Shared Text property OR using the long id form of the reference

Re: Bug???? Discuss please!

2006-11-15 Thread Mark Smith
From the docs: If the field is a card field (not part of a group), its sharedText property has no effect. Which we now know is not strictly true. Which suggests that what we're seeing is some kind of side-effect, so maybe not to be relied upon. Best, Mark On 15 Nov 2006, at 15:46, Dave

RE: U3 poll

2006-11-15 Thread Lynn Fredricks
1. Do you deploy U3-specific apps? 2. What is the ratio of downloads of the U3 version of your app to your non-U3 Windows version? 3. Do you deploy any apps ONLY for U3? How about also: 4. Have you submitted your app to be sold on U3 Software Central? Best regards, Lynn Fredricks

Re: Bug???? Discuss please!

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
Hi, Which in turn poses the question what if the field is part of a group, what happens then? All the Best Dave On 15 Nov 2006, at 15:56, Mark Smith wrote: From the docs: If the field is a card field (not part of a group), its sharedText property has no effect. Which we now know is

Re: Rev_rant part 4

2006-11-15 Thread J. Landman Gay
Bernard Devlin wrote: For those who want Rev to have a higher profile, I hope 1 day to see some amazing product or technique that will give us all a sense of smugness. One of my clients is taking our work to MacWorld this January. He says he wants to win best of show. While I doubt that will

Re: U3 poll

2006-11-15 Thread Richard Gaskin
Lynn Fredricks wrote: 1. Do you deploy U3-specific apps? 2. What is the ratio of downloads of the U3 version of your app to your non-U3 Windows version? 3. Do you deploy any apps ONLY for U3? How about also: 4. Have you submitted your app to be sold on U3 Software Central? Yes,

Re: U3 poll

2006-11-15 Thread Mark Schonewille
What about you, Richard? Any plans to start developing for U3? Mark -- Economy-x-Talk Consultancy and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Get your store on-line within minutes with Salery Web Store software. Download at http://www.salery.biz Op

Linking fields

2006-11-15 Thread Ted Mills
Does anyone know if it is possible to use a set or put statement to place a fields text into another field? Also is this possible from another card. I have a combo box that sets the text of a field to a certain value and I need a field on another card to show that same value but I am not having

Re: Rev_rant part 4

2006-11-15 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bernard, I really admire your passion for Rev, but may I suggest that you may be reading Dave stronger than he writes? I've been reading his posts carefully, and I believe we may have another Bill Marriott in the making here: I used to misread Bill's posts as being more critical than they

Re: Linking fields

2006-11-15 Thread Devin Asay
On Nov 15, 2006, at 9:57 AM, Ted Mills wrote: Does anyone know if it is possible to use a set or put statement to place a fields text into another field? Also is this possible from another card. I have a combo box that sets the text of a field to a certain value and I need a field on

Re: Image woes

2006-11-15 Thread Richard Gaskin
Trevor DeVore wrote: On Nov 14, 2006, at 10:25 PM, Scott Kane wrote: I'm working on a quick and dirty little project and am using Trevor Devore's empDB sample project as the basis. Just to clarify - I think the empDB was a sample stack that came with Revolution at one point but I wasn't

RE: Linking fields

2006-11-15 Thread MisterX
Something like put field 3 of card 1 into field total of card 2 cheers Xavier -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Mills Sent: Wednesday, 15 November, 2006 17:58 To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Subject: Linking fields

RE: AAAAUGH! Cursor, enter problems

2006-11-15 Thread MisterX
Although it's called enter on your physical keyboard, the return key is indeed the return key. The enter key in rev is the keypad's enter key only. To catch any use the messages: on returnkey on enterkey or on rawkeydown k put chartonum(k) you'll see the difference... cheers Xavier

Re: AAAAUGH! Cursor, enter problems

2006-11-15 Thread Mikey
I understand the difference. However, RR script editor isn't behaving as if there is a difference. I have just rebooted my XP box for the third time in three days, and the behavior has not changed. I think we old-timers are more apt to refer to them as the Return and Enter keys, but the kids

Re: Linking fields

2006-11-15 Thread André.Bisseret
Le 15 nov. 06 à 17:57, Ted Mills a écrit : Does anyone know if it is possible to use a set or put statement to place a fields text into another field? put field thisField into fleld thatField or set the text of fld thatField to fld thisField Also is this possible from another card. I

Re: U3 poll

2006-11-15 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Schonewille wrote: What about you, Richard? Any plans to start developing for U3? Quite possibly, but not exclusively. At the moment I'm more interested in the larger superset of customers who have any USB device running any platform. While some aspects of U3 are attractive, the

Re: Image woes

2006-11-15 Thread Ken Ray
On 11/15/06 7:09 AM, Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15 Nov 2006, at 12:57, Scott Kane wrote: Glad I could be of help! It's always gratifying to find a solution and this list has always been good at that. :-) This is one of the types of code re-use problems that ISM solves ISM?

Re: AAAAUGH! Cursor, enter problems

2006-11-15 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mikey wrote: I'm still waiting for a suggestion on how to modify the behavior. On a windoze box the return key is also labeled an enter key. An unfortunate decision, given that the computer keyboard was based on the typewriter, where Return physically moved the carriage to return the page

Re: AAAAUGH! Cursor, enter problems

2006-11-15 Thread Ken Ray
On 11/15/06 11:31 AM, MisterX [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although it's called enter on your physical keyboard, the return key is indeed the return key. The enter key in rev is the keypad's enter key only. Actually, Xavier, Mike tried both - his original post: Second, if I open the script

Re: AAAAUGH! Cursor, enter problems

2006-11-15 Thread Ian Wood
On 15 Nov 2006, at 17:46, Ken Ray wrote: I know on some Mac laptops for example, you can simulate a true enter by holding down the Fn key and hitting the Return key on the keyboard. I believe that's only one pretty old models, or maybe only in certain countries. Every UK Mac laptop I've

Re: AAAAUGH! Cursor, enter problems

2006-11-15 Thread Mikey
This is an HP Pavillion zd7000 lappie - but it is a 17, so it has it's own built-in keypad as well as the traditional return key (which, as we all know has been called Enter in the Windoze world since...geez. It's been since almost the beginning. -- On the first day, God created the heavens

Comprehensive list of add-ons

2006-11-15 Thread Mikey
Is there a nearly-all-encompassing list of RR utilities/developer tools/etc. with links and descriptions? -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little

I want to run my Rev on another computer.

2006-11-15 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from Paris, I have a legit Rev Dreamcard 2.6.1 on my Mac at home. I must go into hospital for at least 2 weeks (over Christmas ! My God - what can I possibly do during those two weeks ?). I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know if it is possible, but I'd like to know beforehand. I am

Re: Comprehensive list of add-ons

2006-11-15 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mikey wrote: Is there a nearly-all-encompassing list of RR utilities/developer tools/etc. with links and descriptions? There used to be one at RunRev.com, but lately it seems they've stopped providing a comprehensive list in favor of the more exclusive RevSelect lineup. That's too bad,

Re: Linking Fields

2006-11-15 Thread Ted Mills
In the example submitted in my last question about linking fields from card to card: put fld thisField into fld thatField of cd 2 or set the text of fld thatField of cd 2 to fld thisField In this example data is being placed in a field on cd 2, I would like to go the other way (data from card 2

Re: Linking Fields

2006-11-15 Thread Devin Asay
On Nov 15, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Ted Mills wrote: In the example submitted in my last question about linking fields from card to card: put fld thisField into fld thatField of cd 2 or set the text of fld thatField of cd 2 to fld thisField In this example data is being placed in a field on cd

RE: AAAAUGH! Cursor, enter problems

2006-11-15 Thread MisterX
ok, I keep getting this tip cue wrong... Can't read it all since digg.com got in my cyberfeeds! but I tried... object menu - card script script editor window opens, a line is selected... I press return, the line is replaced with the return I press control-Z, nothing happens I go to the

Re: Comprehensive list of add-ons

2006-11-15 Thread J. Landman Gay
Mikey wrote: Is there a nearly-all-encompassing list of RR utilities/developer tools/etc. with links and descriptions? Yes, sort of, built right into Rev. Open the docs, and at the upper right is a Search button. This is a comprehensive search rather than the quick search available from

RE: Revolution in Programming for Dummies (was RE: Rev_rant part 4)

2006-11-15 Thread Lynn Fredricks
There are times when C/C++ is the only way to go. But there are specific advantages to a product like Revolution, and one of them is the ability to whip out a prototype or custom utility very, very quickly, and deploy it on multiple operating systems - very, very quickly on runs

Re: U3 poll

2006-11-15 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Richard, As was announced in the newsletter, Economy-x-Talk is working on a U3 version of Salery web store software. I don't know whether we will release more software for U3. You might want to move the poll to the forum. That would allow everyone who is a member of the forum to vote

RE: External Writing for the Unitiated - Part I

2006-11-15 Thread Cal Horner
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. For all you Windows users out there that don't like to develop externals in C++. I submit this solution. Many years ago, when I was cutting code in VB, I came across a compiler designed to create externals (DLLs) in Basic. The boys at PowerBasic had taken

Re: External Writing for the Unitiated - Part I

2006-11-15 Thread chris bohnert
Ok Cal, I'll bite. Are you saying you are building revolution externals with Powerbasic. If so, care to share the glue? Or were you just letting us know that Powerbasic builds dlls? -- cb On 11/15/06, Cal Horner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. For all you

Re: External Writing for the Unitiated - Part I

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
On 15 Nov 2006, at 19:35, Cal Horner wrote: Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. For all you Windows users out there that don't like to develop externals in C++. I submit this solution. Many years ago, when I was cutting code in VB, I came across a compiler designed to create

Re: U3 poll

2006-11-15 Thread Chipp Walters
Hi Richard, In fact, I have built a number of U3 apps and tried posting them to U3's Software Central. Lynn was kind enough to point me to 'the guy' there, but after an initial unsuccessful exchange, repeated attempts to contact him have gone unanswered. That, and a dearth of information on how

Re: Parser

2006-11-15 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 9:54 AM -0600 11/14/2006, Ken Ray wrote: (and that the is anal-required) For properties, yes, but most functions have a () alternative. All functions, actually. (A few built-in functions won't take the the form; all of them have a () form. And of course custom functions require ().)

Re: Bug???? Discuss please!

2006-11-15 Thread Bernard Devlin
Mark said: I would say this is a bug indeed. The message is sent, the handler MessageY runs, both paths are followed as expected, but the target and me are empty, while the long id of me is not empty. When I run this on 2.7.4 on OS X, me is not empty on entry into the message handler on the

How do I change the Stack File Version?

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
Hi, I have a stack that I can't open in 2.6.1, (2.6.6?) I tried out 2.7.x and must have opened and saved this stack with it and changed the stack type to 2.7.x by mistake. I thought I'd made sure all my stacks were set to 2.4 (old/compatible format) but I must have missed this one. The

Re: Rev_rant part 4

2006-11-15 Thread Chipp Walters
Richard, I respectfully disagree with some of the points made. Dave specifically stated: The problem is that when they read the sales small print (in this case) and see support is not included. I believe he was referring to his company's Enterprise developers and management when he said

Re: Rev_rant part 4

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
On 15 Nov 2006, at 20:49, Chipp Walters wrote: Richard, I respectfully disagree with some of the points made. Dave specifically stated: The problem is that when they read the sales small print (in this case) and see support is not included. I believe he was referring to his company's

Re: How do I change the Stack File Version?

2006-11-15 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Dave, Bring the main stack to front. In the File menu, choose Save As... Then select Legacy Revolution Stack in the list of formats in the Save File dialog window, to choose the format compatible with 2.6.1. If you want to make absolutely sure sure that the stack always saved in

Re: Bug???? Discuss please!

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
On 15 Nov 2006, at 20:42, Bernard Devlin wrote: Mark said: I would say this is a bug indeed. The message is sent, the handler MessageY runs, both paths are followed as expected, but the target and me are empty, while the long id of me is not empty. When I run this on 2.7.4 on OS X, me is

Re: How do I change the Stack File Version?

2006-11-15 Thread Dave
Hi, But I can't open the stack cos 2.7.x will no long run since the 30 days have past!!! Catch-22??? I hope not!!! Cheers Dave On 15 Nov 2006, at 21:12, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi Dave, Bring the main stack to front. In the File menu, choose Save As... Then select Legacy Revolution

Re: I want to run my Rev on another computer.

2006-11-15 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Francis, You can copy your copy of Revolution 2.6.1 to your new iMac if the iMac is able to run the same operating system as the Mac you are using Rev 2.6.1 on now. You can still do this with 2.7.x, although you would have to enter your license key again. Best, Mark --

specifying a custom port for a MySQL database connection

2006-11-15 Thread Chris Sheffield
Hi all, I'm having a problem. Using the revOpenDatabase function, the docs say that you can specify a port number by specifying the host, followed by a colon, followed by the port number. So something like localhost:3306. Is this correct? Because I've tried it and I get an error Unknown

Re: Rev_rant part 4

2006-11-15 Thread Richard Gaskin
Chipp wrote: Richard, I respectfully disagree with some of the points made. ... Support fees are widespread in Enterprise-- especially in software development. I suppose so, but I didn't write about Rev's support. I replied to the comments about upgrade fees:

Re: How do I change the Stack File Version?

2006-11-15 Thread Mark Schonewille
OK, send me the stack. Best, Mark -- Economy-x-Talk Consultancy and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Get your store on-line within minutes with Salery Web Store software. Download at http://www.salery.biz Op 15-nov-2006, om 22:12 heeft Dave het

Re: specifying a custom port for a MySQL database connection

2006-11-15 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Chris, Are you sure that the server is running? Use a capital L, it might help (it does for ftp). If the server is indeed on port 3306, you don't need to specify the port because it is the default. What is the exact syntax you are using? I didn't have any problems connecting to a

Re: Rev_rant part 4

2006-11-15 Thread Chipp Walters
Yep, Dave seems to confuse the concept of upgrades vs support. He tends to use them interchangeably, when arguably, they are not. On 11/15/06, Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suppose so, but I didn't write about Rev's support. I replied to the comments about upgrade fees:

Re: specifying a custom port for a MySQL database connection

2006-11-15 Thread John Craig
I had the same problem a while back - some kind person on the list came up with the answer - so here it is regurgitated! The correct syntax is; put revOpenDatabase(MySQL, dbHost, dbName, dbUser, dbPass, dbPort) into db HTH JC Chris Sheffield wrote: Hi all, I'm having a problem. Using the

Re: specifying a custom port for a MySQL database connection

2006-11-15 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Nov 15, 2006, at 1:20 PM, Chris Sheffield wrote: Hi all, I'm having a problem. Using the revOpenDatabase function, the docs say that you can specify a port number by specifying the host, followed by a colon, followed by the port number. So something like localhost:3306. Is this

Re: specifying a custom port for a MySQL database connection

2006-11-15 Thread Chris Sheffield
Yes! Perfect. Thank you. Apparently the docs need to be updated. Or maybe the syntax it shows is the syntax for some other database? Chris On Nov 15, 2006, at 2:44 PM, John Craig wrote: I had the same problem a while back - some kind person on the list came up with the answer - so here it

Re: specifying a custom port for a MySQL database connection

2006-11-15 Thread Chris Sheffield
Thanks for you reply, Mark. I got it working. See John Craig's reply if you haven't already. On Nov 15, 2006, at 2:36 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi Chris, Are you sure that the server is running? Use a capital L, it might help (it does for ftp). If the server is indeed on port 3306, you

Re: Parser

2006-11-15 Thread Mikey
An expression such as get hilite of me is not correct HyperTalk. It's true that HyperTalk is looser about this particular mistake (and others) than Transcript - Since HT was the original root of this tree, I think it's a little unreasonable to say that it's incorrect or a mistake, unless Bill

Re: Bug???? Discuss please!

2006-11-15 Thread J. Landman Gay
Dave wrote: And it is clear that me and the long id of me are very different. me (usually) refers to either the contents of a field or a reference to an object (field in this case), in the case of: put xxx into me it refers to the contents Actually, me always refers to an object, the

Re: Image woes

2006-11-15 Thread Scott Kane
My copy is filed away in archives from three computers ago. If someone will kindly email it to me I'll see if I can make some time to update it. Sent it to you. It's on the RevOnline User space, but I zipped it and forwarded it to you offlist. Cheers Scott

Re: Image woes

2006-11-15 Thread Scott Kane
Richard, Sent it to you. It's on the RevOnline User space, but I zipped it and forwarded it to you offlist. Actually - the email bounced. I used your addy from the RevJournal and it seems to not be connected. Can you email me privately so I can send it to you - or alternatively you can

OT - How to reformat a Mac external drive from Windows:

2006-11-15 Thread Erik Hansen
OT - How to reformat a Mac external drive from Windows: Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management(Local) Storage Removable Storage A Mac IEEE 1394 connected disk is not recognized by Windows. No-one including Google could solve the mystery. The solution was provided at the

Re: Bug???? Discuss please!

2006-11-15 Thread Mark Smith
Except when it refers to the value or content of the object, eg. 'put me into someVariable (a known and useful exception) but also apparently when it doesn't seem to refer usefully to anything - as per this thread... Best, Mark On 15 Nov 2006, at 23:14, J. Landman Gay wrote: Actually,

RE: External Writing for the Unitiated - Part I

2006-11-15 Thread Cal Horner
If you use PB/Win or PB/DLL to create a DLL the DLL can be used by programs written in any other language that supports 32-bit Windows DLLs, such as C/C++, Delphi PowerBuilder, Visual Basic, and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). A PowerBASIC DLL can create a GUI interface or it can contain

Me, me, me [Was: Re: Bug???? Discuss please!]

2006-11-15 Thread J. Landman Gay
Mark Smith wrote: Except when it refers to the value or content of the object, eg. 'put me into someVariable (a known and useful exception) but also apparently when it doesn't seem to refer usefully to anything - as per this thread... Actually, the example is still an object reference that

Re: Revolution in Programming for Dummies (was RE: Rev_rant part 4)

2006-11-15 Thread Kay C Lan
I asked: Is there some kind of deal on Rev On 11/15/06, Lynn Fredricks reponded: Aha, that would be telling! ;-) On 11/15/06 Sarah Reichelt did some snooping: According to the web page http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesTitle/productCd-0470088702,subcat-PROGRAMMING.html , this is

OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-15 Thread Sivakatirswami
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Now, that's pretty potent stuff. Is the window that opens up technically a new application or a plug in Image if that window were a UI with the complete Rev Engine behind it. Sivakatirswami ___ use-revolution

Re: Me, me, me [Was: Re: Bug???? Discuss please!]

2006-11-15 Thread Mark Smith
Well, I think that we've established that me, er, I... no, me behaves strangely under some circumstances... Best Mark On 16 Nov 2006, at 02:09, J. Landman Gay wrote: Have we stretched this thread to the breaking point yet? ;) ___ use-revolution

Re: Rev_rant part 4

2006-11-15 Thread Kay C Lan
On 11/16/06, Chipp Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a lighter note, Chris and I were compiling our list of You know you're an Enterprise Developer when... ... 8. When someone's says Mac your first thought is add fries with that gee, and I thought: 00:d9:95:0a:bd:d0 :-)

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-15 Thread Mark Swindell
Wow. Now that is cool. Mark On Nov 15, 2006, at 7:14 PM, Sivakatirswami wrote: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Now, that's pretty potent stuff. Is the window that opens up technically a new application or a plug in Image if that window were a UI with the complete Rev Engine behind it.

Re: Parser

2006-11-15 Thread Kay C Lan
On 11/16/06, Jeanne wrote: An expression such as get hilite of me is not correct HyperTalk. It's true that HyperTalk is looser about this particular mistake (and others) than Transcript - On 11/16/06, Mikey [EMAIL PROTECTED] replied: Since HT was the original root of this tree, I think

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-15 Thread Chipp Walters
On 11/15/06, Sivakatirswami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Now, that's pretty potent stuff. Is the window that opens up technically a new application or a plug in I suppose you know, it's a Flash swf file. You can create standalone Flash apps as well as embedded

Re: Revolution in Programming for Dummies (was RE: Rev_rant part 4)

2006-11-15 Thread Chipp Walters
On 11/15/06, Kay C Lan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I On 11/15/06, Lynn Fredricks reponded: Aha, that would be telling! ;-) Lynn responded to Sarah with: Its not telling the whole story there :-) Give it a day or two, I'm sure Lynn will point us to the answer over at the rev forums ;-)

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