Re: CGI Hung Process Help!

2007-05-08 Thread Sivakatirswami
Dave Cragg wrote: On 8 May 2007, at 11:27, Sivakatirswami wrote: repeat while sDataRead = false wait for messages end repeat ## skts: I don't understand "wait for messages" what does that do? The above three lines are the equivalent of this: wait until sDataRead is not false

Dynamic Language Runtime

2007-05-08 Thread Mark Wieder
David- I was part of a DLR roundtable discussion at CommunityOne day at JavaOne yesterday, so I think I can speak to this from the bleeding edge. A few points to consider: 1. The DLR is alpha. I'm bullish on it, and it's very promising, but there are quite a few rough edges and things that just a

Re: on returnkey doesn't work

2007-05-08 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Guess I forgot to get back with the solution to my question; since it was really quite simple. I just has had to set the Tab On Return property of each of the Fields to true; now pressing return or enter functions the same as pressing the TAB key. Sorry... I believe it was Jim who proded me

Re: on returnkey doesn't work

2007-05-08 Thread Matthew
you might also try something like the closeField handler. It is sent to the field whenever the user changed something in it. If you were to put one in the card script and check the target, it should tell you which field it was, although I have not tested it. -- Matthew Peterson Programmer Ch

Re: External problem

2007-05-08 Thread Matthew
Yes, I am on a Mac working with XCode. Dave, what definitions do I need inside that code? I have seen it before, but I guess I don't understand what it does. -- Matthew Peterson Programmer Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center On Apr 19, 2007, at 8:10 AM, Dave wrote: Hi, Without lookin

Re: Function Points

2007-05-08 Thread Chipp Walters
Nope, don't use Function points here. But I do have experience in estimating project scope. Here's some ideas: 1) First, get a small upfront check to build the spec. A defined spec will help greatly in creating an estimate for what it takes to complete a project. I typically like to create large

Re: Stack that pulls down embedded font off the web

2007-05-08 Thread J. Landman Gay
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Say, any idea if I can write a "stub stack" that pulls down a second stack off the internet, and yet uses a font that's embedded in that second stack, using the new font embedding technology in Rev? I don't see why not. If the remote stack has the font embedded, you'd

Re: Stack that pulls down embedded font off the web

2007-05-08 Thread J. Landman Gay
Richard Gaskin wrote: RGould8 wrote: Say, any idea if I can write a "stub stack" that pulls down a second stack off the internet, and yet uses a font that's embedded in that second stack, using the new font embedding technology in Rev? Hard to say. I went to RunRev.com to take a look at the a

Re: Stack that pulls down embedded font off the web

2007-05-08 Thread Richard Gaskin
RGould8 wrote: Say, any idea if I can write a "stub stack" that pulls down a second stack off the internet, and yet uses a font that's embedded in that second stack, using the new font embedding technology in Rev? Hard to say. I went to RunRev.com to take a look at the altFont, but I can't fi

Stack that pulls down embedded font off the web

2007-05-08 Thread RGould8
Say, any idea if I can write a "stub stack" that pulls down a second stack off the internet, and yet uses a font that's embedded in that second stack, using the new font embedding technology in Rev? ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___

Re: Partition benefits . . .

2007-05-08 Thread Bill
I couldn't help but notice someone saying how they wished their data was backed up to a more secure CD instead of hard drives. Here in the rainforest ( www.rainforestinn.com ) where I work a CD only lasts a few months while a hard drive that is kept powered lasts years. So we put all our music CD's

Partition benefits . . .

2007-05-08 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Well . . . Apart from Applejack, on the computers that run Mac OS 10 I have, either a second partition (wife's G4 iBook, my PPC Mac Mini) or another HD with an OS on it (my G4 Windtunnel has 4 HDs). http://applejack.sourceforge.net/ apropos de quoi je voudrais to point out that 'Cider' in the pa

RE: pictures in mysql database

2007-05-08 Thread Robert Mann
I found this on the list and should work put "SELECT * FROM pictures WHERE pictures.ID = 3" into theSQL put revQueryDatabaseBLOB(dbID, theSQL) into curID put revDatabaseColumnNamed(curID,"picture") into tdata put tdata into image "ctg1" but not for me it returns this % PNG -O

Function Points

2007-05-08 Thread Richard Gaskin
While working on some code base analysis tools, I began to wonder about the up-front side of the equation, estimating. Although there are many useful measurements for code base analysis, I've found few methods for measuring the scope of a project before the code is written. Perhaps the most

[OT] Pew Article on Web 2.0

2007-05-08 Thread Richard Gaskin
One of my customers just pass this URL to me, a blog entry with a good summary of a recent survey from the Pew Internet & American Life project: The summary of that summary is that the audience for Web 2.0 applications may be smaller than those of

Re: Partition benefits . . .

2007-05-08 Thread Kay C Lan
On 5/8/07, Stephen Barncard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry to be contrary, but I don't think another partition is that good of a safety net. A second real drive is more reliable in my experience. Absolutely, but this thread originally came about by you mentioning that you have a 250GB HD in

Re: Partition benefits . . .

2007-05-08 Thread simplsol
Jim, I use a Firelite and Superduper to backup my PowerBook, OS 10.4.9, and I CAN boot from the Firelite (just retested to be sure - am writing this with the laptop powered by the OS on the Firelite). Richard, It appears that the 7200 rpm Firelite is not sold anymore. Paul Looney -Origin

Re: Partition benefits . . .

2007-05-08 Thread Jim Sims
On May 8, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: That said, I also carry an external FireWire drive. The FireLite series from SmartDisk are ultra-tiny (just over 3" long), weigh next to nothing, with a rounded form factor that slips in an out of a backpack pocket very easily. They're

pictures in mysql database

2007-05-08 Thread Robert Mann
Have some pictures in a mysql database I am not sure how to get them to display in my image field this is what I have tried so far put "SELECT * FROM pictures WHERE pictures.name= 'ctgFork01';" into theSQL put revQueryDatabase(dbID, theSQL) into curID put revDatabaseColumnNamed(curID

Re: Partition benefits . . .

2007-05-08 Thread Richard Gaskin
Kay C Lan wrote: Still there are a couple of situations where the extra OS on separate partition comes in handy, even for OSX; 1) defraging your startup disc 2) extremely rare on OSX but if you ever install something and suddenly run into problems, being able to restart off the other partition a

Re: CGI Hung Process Help!

2007-05-08 Thread Dave Cragg
On 8 May 2007, at 11:27, Sivakatirswami wrote: repeat while sDataRead = false wait for messages end repeat ## skts: I don't understand "wait for messages" what does that do? The above three lines are the equivalent of this: wait until sDataRead is not false with messages I he

[OT] Where North Americans can get rid of old computers.

2007-05-08 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Stephen Barncard wrote: "I don't see anything here about donating old macs. Yes, I am aware of suffering in this world." Well, I never doubted the second statement! I have copied this link from a comment left by somebody as a place to donate old computers - whether Macs or PCs is not clear. si

Re: Partition benefits . . .

2007-05-08 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Stephen, Based on my 22 years experience with Macs, some bad, mostly very good, I agree with you that the preference for external (or now a days, perhaps, - interior) "real" drives is by far the better choice; particularly with their very low cost, remembering $800 one and two MB hard dri

Re: Partition benefits . . .

2007-05-08 Thread simplsol
I agree. External drives are very inexpensive now. If you are running OS X you can even boot from an external drive. You can buy a six-port Firewire hub for about $50 or daisy-chain over 60 drives. When I install servers for small businesses I put the OS on an external drive. That way, if the ho

Re: [OT] Where North Americans can get rid of old computers.

2007-05-08 Thread Stephen Barncard
I don't see anything here about donating old macs. Yes, I am aware of suffering in this world. Stephen ? http://www.invisiblechildren.com -- stephen barncard s a n f r a n c i s c o - - - - - - - - - - - - ___ use-revolution mailing list u

Re: Partition benefits . . .

2007-05-08 Thread Stephen Barncard
Sorry to be contrary, but I don't think another partition is that good of a safety net. A second real drive is more reliable in my experience. Still there are a couple of situations where the extra OS on separate partition comes in handy, even for OSX; 1) defraging your startup disc 2) extr

Can this be true: just a few weeks to get Rev running as a cross-platform cross-browser browser plugin?

2007-05-08 Thread David Bovill
Well according to Peter Fisk ( http://vistasmalltalk.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/smalltalk-dlr-compiler/): I have built a Smalltalk compiler for the DLR (Dynamic Language Runtime) which is currently capable of processing arithmetic expressions. Smalltalk is structurally a very simple language, and

Re: CGI Hung Process Help!

2007-05-08 Thread Sivakatirswami
Dave, thanks, I have about 6 CGI's regularly appearing as hung. Some show up only once a week. The guestbook.cgi is very high traffic. A sweet spot for spammmers and I don't know what happens if someone tries to dump a huge chunk of data into the comments field (I used to see that a lot before we

AW: What to do to get a selected TAB-Button into the foreground?

2007-05-08 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Thank you Eric, very helpful! Tiemo > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:use-revolution- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Eric Chatonet > Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007 09:21 > An: How to use Revolution > Betreff: Re: What to do to get a selected TAB-Button into

Re: What to do to get a selected TAB-Button into the foreground?

2007-05-08 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Tiemo, You got , as usual :-) the right answer from Ken. In addition, the "How to Manage Tabbed Buttons" tutorial might help you to get started with all methods, tricks and tips when managing tabbed buttons: How to manage tabbed buttons with 2 methods: Multiple cards method (each tab is