Re: Code Signing Anyone?

2007-05-22 Thread Viktoras Didziulis
I'm interested. Write it, please :-). Viktoras ---Original Message--- From: Scott Kane Date: 05/22/07 03:54:20 To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Subject: Code Signing Anyone? This pertains to people using Rev to build Windows Stand Alones. In XP SP2 Microsoft

Re: Calculating Numbers

2007-05-22 Thread Martin Blackman
Simplest suggestion is an arithmetic series Each term of the series increases (or decreases) by a constant amount You need the series to sum to 180 (to go from 75 to 255) For n terms the sum is 0.5*n*(a[1]+a[n]) Therefore for 30 terms, a[30]=12-a[1] Also, a[n]=a[1]+d*(n-1) where d is the

Re: Browser Sampler: Crashing on 2.8.1 in the IDE

2007-05-22 Thread Luis
Tried it out again and it works, no crash. I still have the crash log, I hope this is not an intermittent issue! Cheers, Luis. On 21 May 2007, at 16:32, Luis wrote: That's weird. Weird, weird, weird...! Cheers, Luis. On 21 May 2007, at 10:22, Thierry wrote: Hi, Well, that's that

Re: Externals database

2007-05-22 Thread Luis
Hiya, Have you tried messing with: revSetDatabaseDriverPath ../drivers/ revSetDatabaseDriverPath the defaultFolder My current setup for the driver is: Revolution Studio/2.8.1-gm-1/ Externals/Database Drivers whilst in the IDE, I haven't run the new version on my current project as a

Re: Calculating Numbers

2007-05-22 Thread John Craig
The following might be of some use - or even tweakable; go stack URL http://www.molekular.co.uk/tmp/seriesTest.rev; JC Scott Rossi wrote: Being math challenged as I am, I'm wondering if any of the math experts out there can explain how to increase the value of a variable by a progressively

Re: VirtualStore location

2007-05-22 Thread Shari
Which one? g There's alt.comp.shareware, comp.software.shareware.* (where I'm moderator), the ASP, AISIP, the OISV g Scott Kane comp.software.shareware.* Though I've been to alt as well. Shari -- Gypsy King games for MAC and WlND0WS http://www.gypsyware.com

Re: Code Signing Anyone?

2007-05-22 Thread Bill Marriott
Jacqui, Since all our apps are made with the same engine, I wonder if it would be possible for RR to get a certificate and let all of us use it. Would MS go for that? Maybe this could be a perk for Enterprise users or a small fee for Studio users. That's neither possible nor desirable.

[OT] Anyone heard anything about the Quartam???

2007-05-22 Thread Dave
Hi, We got the Beta Version Quartam of the PDF Library and having found it was good for our purposes, contacted Jan Schenkel and offered to buy the license right then. He said we'd have to wait until March for it to be released and extended the license. He said he'd continue to extend

Re: Read File at 2GB Problem

2007-05-22 Thread Dave
Hi, I've been experimenting on and off with various work-arounds. So I thought I'd mention that seek has the same problem, you can't seek past the 2GB mark of the file. All the Best Dave On 17 May 2007, at 19:44, J. Landman Gay wrote: Dave wrote: Hi, That's what I'm doing, but it's

Re: Easy to use

2007-05-22 Thread Shari
One of the things that sold me on entering the computer world was the ability to create things. I had absolutely no computer experience or knowledge, but a friend convinced me to buy a Mac and told me about Hypercard, and I wanted to try it. The language being virtually the same through

Controlling Rev apps from the command line?

2007-05-22 Thread Ian Wood
Later this year I'll be adding batch processing to one of my applications. On OS X this will be via Ken's excellent custom AS Dictionary tip (http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/ ascr006.htm). Is there a similar way to control Rev standalones from the command line on OS X

Re: Code Signing Anyone?

2007-05-22 Thread Scott Kane
Hi Bill, Jacqui and all, That's neither possible nor desirable. Indeed. It would be grounds for a cert to be pulled by the authenticator. It's not possible because the code signing takes into account a checksum for the whole .exe (along with other factors) and that is different with every

Re: Easy to use

2007-05-22 Thread Scott Kane
One of the things that sold me on entering the computer world was the ability to create things. I had absolutely no computer experience or knowledge, but a friend convinced me to buy a Mac and told me about Hypercard, and I wanted to try it. The language being virtually the same through

Re: VirtualStore location

2007-05-22 Thread Scott Kane
comp.software.shareware.* Ah - you have taste. :-) Though I've been to alt as well. Yes. But we shan't speak of that particular maelstrom! g Scott Kane Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. -- Maria Robinson

Re: Code Signing Anyone?

2007-05-22 Thread Scott Kane
From: Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or maybe he'd consider adding it to the revJournal repository: http://www.revjournal.com Hi Richard, I'll do this one for RR if they accept it. However I have an idea for an article on RevJournal in mind and will get back to you privately.

printing two card same page?

2007-05-22 Thread Robert Mann
I am trying to get two card printed on the same page one on top of page one on bottom of page each in a rectangle 468,288 6.5 x4 I can get each card printed out on own page but not able to figure out how to print both on same page? ___

Re: Code Signing Anyone?

2007-05-22 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
So, right this minute, without a cert, if I distribute an application for Windows on a CD or download from a website, what is the user's experience? Seems like just another one of M$'s ploys to make money on everything that goes into a Window's computer; but many times over. Rather astute

Re: Code Signing Anyone?

2007-05-22 Thread Scott Kane
So, right this minute, without a cert, if I distribute an application for Windows on a CD or download from a website, what is the user's experience? Seems like just another one of M$'s ploys to make money on everything that goes into a Window's computer; but many times over. Rather astute

Re: printing two card same page?

2007-05-22 Thread Peter T. Evensen
You can set the printGutters to specify how to arrange the two cards. You need then do (warning, untested Revolution script): *open printing (with dialog) print card 1 print card 2 close printing* You could also use *open printing print card 1 into /pageRect/ print card 2 into /pageRect/

Re: Code Signing Anyone?

2007-05-22 Thread Derek Bump
Scott, An article would be wonderful and greatly appreciated. Especially if you can show how to get a discount (as I'm sure the price is quite hefty considering VeriSign's typically high prices). Derek Bump Dreamscape Software Compress photos

Re: printing two card same page?

2007-05-22 Thread Jim Ault
In a printing project I had to do with Rev I made a sub stack called Print Buddy that held all the formatting and graphics needed, but not the content. My handlers merely gathered the content from the stack the users saw, loaded the printing card in Print Buddy, adjusted positions, printed, then

Re: [OT] Anyone heard anything about the Quartam???

2007-05-22 Thread Jan Schenkel
Hi All, Just a quick note that this was resolved off-list. A full release announcement is around the corner. Best regards, Jan Schenkel. Quartam Reports for Revolution http://www.quartam.com = As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time. (La Rochefoucauld)

Re: [OT] Anyone heard anything about the Quartam???

2007-05-22 Thread Andre Garzia
Jan, again, thanks for the library, I think it is one of the best additions to the Rev communities ever!!! :D andre On May 22, 2007, at 1:12 PM, Jan Schenkel wrote: Hi All, Just a quick note that this was resolved off-list. A full release announcement is around the corner. Best regards,

Printing question

2007-05-22 Thread Dave Herndon
Hi, I am having an interesting problem. Recently one of the computers on my network started getting a Sorry for the Inconveniance but Revolution must shut down. message while attempting to execute the print code shown below on several printers available from that workstation. The print job

Re: WARNING BUG ! Rev fails to Communicate

2007-05-22 Thread Camm29
Thank's that seems fair ! Camm - Original Message - From: Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 6:22 AM Subject: Re: WARNING BUG ! Rev fails to Communicate Camm29- Monday, May 21, 2007, 2:12:05 PM, you

Send question???

2007-05-22 Thread Dave
Hi, I've been looking through the docs for ages and I can't find how to do this simple thing!!! All I want to do is to store the ID that is returned from the send command, e.g. send mouseUp to me in 5 seconds Where is the ID stored?? Thanks a lot All the Best Dave

Re: Send question???

2007-05-22 Thread Stephen Barncard
SEND whatever put the result into pID Hi, I've been looking through the docs for ages and I can't find how to do this simple thing!!! All I want to do is to store the ID that is returned from the send command, e.g. send mouseUp to me in 5 seconds Where is the ID stored?? Thanks a lot

Re: Send question???

2007-05-22 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Dave, Send mouseUp to me in 5 seconds put the result into lCancelMouseUpID Set lCancelID as a script local variable and if necessary: cancel lCancelMouseUpID -- will cancel the mouseUp pending message Le 22 mai 07 à 19:51, Dave a écrit : Hi, I've been looking through the docs for

Re: Read File at 2GB Problem

2007-05-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
Dave wrote: Hi, I've been experimenting on and off with various work-arounds. So I thought I'd mention that seek has the same problem, you can't seek past the 2GB mark of the file. Right. As I mentioned in the support note you sent (thanks for writing, by the way, it's the appropriate

Answer dialog focus on OSX using mousedown call

2007-05-22 Thread Jeff Reynolds
If i call and ask dialog from a mousedown handler, the ask dialog buttons in the dialog box does not appear to have the screen focus when its brought up so it takes two clicks to activate a button (ie one to bring the window into focus and the second to activate the button.) if i do the

Re: WARNING BUG ! Rev fails to Communicate

2007-05-22 Thread Mark Wieder
Camm29- Thank's that seems fair ! Your experience can always serve as a warning to others... Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement. -- Jim Horning -- Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution

Re: revCopyFolder and long file names

2007-05-22 Thread Ian Wood
On 21 May 2007, at 23:59, Ken Ray wrote: Actually the 'revCopyFolder' command uses AppleScript under the hood to do its business, and this is why you get an 'execution error'. The problem is that Rev doesn't maintain the long file name as it is, but in its hashed state. This is something Rev

Re: Answer dialog focus on OSX using mousedown call

2007-05-22 Thread Ian Wood
From a GUI point of view, I'd be surprised if you could change focus like that during a mouseDown handler - when would you expect a dialog box to appear *before* releasing the mouse? Ian On 22 May 2007, at 19:34, Jeff Reynolds wrote: If i call and ask dialog from a mousedown handler, the

Re: Code Signing Anyone?

2007-05-22 Thread Bill Marriott
Interesting theory, except Microsoft doesn't make any money off the process. The only cost associated with code signing is paying for the secure certificate, and that money goes to Verisign. It's no more of a money-making scheme than secure (https://) sites. The certificate simply ensures the

Re: Code Signing Anyone?

2007-05-22 Thread Andre Garzia
can't we generate our own certs using openssl? sorry, I don't understand much about this. andre On May 22, 2007, at 4:23 PM, Bill Marriott wrote: Interesting theory, except Microsoft doesn't make any money off the process. The only cost associated with code signing is paying for the secure

Re: Decoding a vCard...

2007-05-22 Thread Mark Wieder
Jim- In addition, you can use the builtin search tool to open a browser window to search the archives at gmane. Select Documentation from the Help menu, click on Search and select the gmane icon. -- Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: Calculating Numbers

2007-05-22 Thread Richard K. Herz
Scott, See stack ease255 on RevOnline under user ReactorLab - a variation of the old ease in stack for graphics. Rich ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Code Signing Anyone?

2007-05-22 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Bill, thanks for the clarification; though I can't imagine M$ doing ANYTHING without scooping up some lucre from it. Has to be some hidden protocol involved. Joe Wilkins On May 22, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Bill Marriott wrote: Interesting theory, except Microsoft doesn't make any money off the

Re: Error in docs about file creation date

2007-05-22 Thread Wilhelm Sanke
I am not intending to continue this thread endlessly, but I think the last contributions and questions of Ian Wood and Jacqueline deserve another response. I had written: When a photo is taken, it gets a modification date at the same time, although it is - as it were - only modified out of

Re: Code Signing Anyone?

2007-05-22 Thread Bill Marriott
Andre, can't we generate our own certs using openssl? No. Code signing certs are similar to, but not exactly like SSL certs. A cert used for code signing must actually verify you or your organization's real-world identity. If just anyone could make a cert any time that would defeat the

Re: Send question???

2007-05-22 Thread Dave
Thanks Eric and Stephen, As far as I can see it's not in the dictionary. Cheers Dave On 22 May 2007, at 18:58, Eric Chatonet wrote: Hi Dave, Send mouseUp to me in 5 seconds put the result into lCancelMouseUpID Set lCancelID as a script local variable and if necessary: cancel

Re: Code Signing Anyone?

2007-05-22 Thread Scott Kane
From: Andre Garzia [EMAIL PROTECTED] can't we generate our own certs using openssl? No. It must come from a an approved issuer and AFAICT Microsoft hold at the very least the license if not the algo. sorry, I don't understand much about this. No need to apologise. It's not a widely

Re: Send question???

2007-05-22 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Dave wrote: As far as I can see it's not in the dictionary. send Type: command Syntax: send message [to object] [in time [seconds | ticks | milliseconds]] If you specify a time, the message is sent to the object after the specified time has elapsed. The message is added to the

Re: Code Signing Anyone?

2007-05-22 Thread Scott Kane
Bill, thanks for the clarification; though I can't imagine M$ doing ANYTHING without scooping up some lucre from it. Has to be some hidden protocol involved. I'm pretty sure (have not checked personally) that MS do have a good stake in shares in Verisign. In fact the Vista Certification

Re: Send question???

2007-05-22 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Dave, Thanks Eric and Stephen, As far as I can see it's not in the dictionary. Wipe your glasses 8-) From the docs about send: ... f you specify a time, the message is sent to the object after the specified time has elapsed. The message is added to the pendingMessages function.

Re: Printing question

2007-05-22 Thread Scott Kane
From: Dave Herndon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dave I am having an interesting problem. Recently one of the computers on my network started getting a Sorry for the Inconveniance but Revolution must shut down. message while attempting to execute the print code shown below on several printers

Tricky Problem

2007-05-22 Thread Dave
HI All, I have a problem and it's either tricky or I have been sitting in front of this keyboard for far too long! I have a time-out value, it it fires it calls HandleMessageTimeOutControl (as well as other handlers). If the user clicks in the button, then I want to cancel the

Re: Send question???

2007-05-22 Thread Dave
Hi, Guess I just couldn't see it for looking! All the Best Dave On 22 May 2007, at 21:57, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Dave wrote: As far as I can see it's not in the dictionary. send Type: command Syntax: send message [to object] [in time [seconds | ticks | milliseconds]] If you

Re: Send question???

2007-05-22 Thread Mark Smith
To get a fuller picture, have a look at 'the pendingMessages'. (The doc entry for 'send' does refer to both the pendingMessages and cancel under 'see also'). Best, Mark On 22 May 2007, at 21:50, Dave wrote: Thanks Eric and Stephen, As far as I can see it's not in the dictionary.

Re: Send question???

2007-05-22 Thread Klaus Major
Am 22.05.2007 um 23:02 schrieb Dave: Hi, Guess I just couldn't see it for looking! Wouldn't have been the first time... All the Best Dave On 22 May 2007, at 21:57, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Dave wrote: As far as I can see it's not in the dictionary. send Type: command Syntax:

Re: Error in docs about file creation date

2007-05-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
Wilhelm Sanke wrote: I repeat my recommendation to add the ability to read EXIF data with the detailed files function: I don't know if I'd like that. To read the EXIF data, every file would have to be opened and read individually, which would be very time-consuming. As it is now, a single

Re: Error in docs about file creation date

2007-05-22 Thread Jim Ault
On 5/22/07 2:09 PM, J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wilhelm Sanke wrote: I repeat my recommendation to add the ability to read EXIF data with the detailed files function: I don't know if I'd like that. To read the EXIF data, every file would have to be opened and read

Re: Send question???

2007-05-22 Thread Dave
On 22 May 2007, at 22:03, Klaus Major wrote: Am 22.05.2007 um 23:02 schrieb Dave: Hi, Guess I just couldn't see it for looking! Wouldn't have been the first time... Nor the last I doubt... All the Best Dave ___ use-revolution mailing list

Re: Code Signing Anyone?

2007-05-22 Thread Scott Kane
No. Code signing certs are similar to, but not exactly like SSL certs. A cert used for code signing must actually verify you or your organization's real-world identity. If just anyone could make a cert any time that would defeat the purpose. As far as I know, Verisign is the only entity that

Re: Tricky Problem

2007-05-22 Thread Jim Ault
Here is one way, amoung others send doTheMouseupThing fromMseUp to me in 1 tick on mouseUp doTheMouseupThing end mouseUp on doTheMouseupThing msgg if msgg is empty then --the user did the click local myMessageID local myMessageKind set the destroyStack of this stack

Re: Error in docs about file creation date

2007-05-22 Thread Robert Brenstein
I repeat my recommendation to add the ability to read EXIF data with the detailed files function: EXIFdata seem to be really reliable data, survive most transfer procedures, and spare you the trouble to remember in which way you have transferred image files from one volume or folder to another

Re: Tricky Problem

2007-05-22 Thread Sarah Reichelt
What I really want is a way of tell if the mouseUp handler has been called by the user pressing the mouse or if it's via the send command. Without going into the details of your script, one way to do this is with a parameter e.g. on mouseUp myHandler mouse end mouseUp on otherHandler send

Re: Error in docs about file creation date

2007-05-22 Thread Wilhelm Sanke
Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote: Wilhelm Sanke wrote: I repeat my recommendation to add the ability to read EXIF data with the detailed files function: I don't know if I'd like that. To read the EXIF data, every file would have to be opened and read individually, which would be very

Error report emails

2007-05-22 Thread Sarah Reichelt
Does anyone use the email error reporting feature in standalones? It used to work fine but recently, I have got a few reports that say this: Executing at 2:58:29 PM Type Object card id 1002 Lineput 'Object' tab the short name of tObject cr after tErrorString HintpreOpenCard

Re: Error in docs about file creation date

2007-05-22 Thread Jim Ault
On 5/22/07 3:30 PM, Wilhelm Sanke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I know, however, the situation may be at least different for Windows and MacOS. I do not know if the OSX finder could access EXIF data automatically, but WindowsXP surely does. A glimpse of why cross-platform can be

Re: Answer dialog focus on OSX using mousedown call

2007-05-22 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On 5/23/07, Jeff Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If i call and ask dialog from a mousedown handler, the ask dialog buttons in the dialog box does not appear to have the screen focus when its brought up so it takes two clicks to activate a button (ie one to bring the window into focus and the

Re: Another This should be easy but ... How do you edit a line?

2007-05-22 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On 5/18/07, Len Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes it seems the simplest things are the hardest!! I'm trying to draw a line on a card (which will be printed later) it's going to look like a spreadsheet when I'm done but I can't use the (useless) table fields from Rev. My problem is that

Re: Error in docs about file creation date

2007-05-22 Thread Wilhelm Sanke
Robert Brenstein rjb at robelko.com wrote: I am not sure why you would want an operating system to look into the file content to fetch a date. After all, EXIF data is file content. I think that detailed files reports correctly file data as seen by the operating system. Robert Robert, one

Re: Error report emails

2007-05-22 Thread Scott Kane
From: Sarah Reichelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sarah, That line of script does not appear in any of my code, so I assume there is an error in the error reporting. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm not even sure what version of Revolution it is. It won't be 2.8.1 but it could be 2.6.x, 2.7.x or

Re: Send question???

2007-05-22 Thread Stephen Barncard
anyone learning about working with send and messages should try Dar Scott's excellent Message Mechanics stack that can be found at http://www.swcp.com/dsc/revstacks.html -- stephen barncard s a n f r a n c i s c o - - - - - - - - - - - - ___

Re: Another This should be easy but ... How do you edit a line?

2007-05-22 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Len, I've done several programs similar to spreadsheets. In every case, instead of drawing lines, I draw the grid lines in a drawing program, MacDraft, where I have greater control of the appearance; then I save the drawing as a JPG and use that to create an image which I can display on

Re: Obtaining the hardware MacAddress ON WINDOWS

2007-05-22 Thread Roger . E . Eller
How about the tip: http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/env001.htm Does that work for you? Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. It appears to be a good all xplatform script, however the Windows part suffers from the same problem that my script does. put shell(ipconfig

Re: Error in docs about file creation date

2007-05-22 Thread Robert Brenstein
The term creation date is misleading here, because what the detailed files retrieves is basically different from the real creation date of a camera image. Only in some cases is the detailed-files creation date identical with the creation date of the photo. Regards, Wilhelm Sanke I can see

Re: Error in docs about file creation date

2007-05-22 Thread Luis
Could the 2038 date be set on the camera? By mistake of course... Cheers, Luis. On 22 May 2007, at 21:44, Wilhelm Sanke wrote: I am not intending to continue this thread endlessly, but I think the last contributions and questions of Ian Wood and Jacqueline deserve another response. I

Re: Error report emails

2007-05-22 Thread Sarah Reichelt
That line of script does not appear in any of my code, so I assume there is an error in the error reporting. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm not even sure what version of Revolution it is. It won't be 2.8.1 but it could be 2.6.x, 2.7.x or 2.8.0 I get this with 2.6.1. It makes that

Re: Error report emails

2007-05-22 Thread Sarah Reichelt
That line of script does not appear in any of my code, so I assume there is an error in the error reporting. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm not even sure what version of Revolution it is. It won't be 2.8.1 but it could be 2.6.x, 2.7.x or 2.8.0 I get this with 2.6.1. It makes that

Re: Error report emails

2007-05-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
Sarah Reichelt wrote: That line of script does not appear in any of my code, so I assume there is an error in the error reporting. It looks a little like the error reporting script can't identify the object that failed. I have now tested a stack with an error built using with 2.6.1,

Re: Error report emails

2007-05-22 Thread Scott Kane
From: Sarah Reichelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Again, maybe this is platform-specific. What are you using Scott? XP Service Pack 2. But it does it for me on Win 2000 and Vista as well. Have tried it in different stacks (read app's) doing different things. Scott Kane CD Too - Voice Overs Artist

Re: Error report emails

2007-05-22 Thread Scott Kane
From: J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe Scott doesn't mean quit but means the script exits? That would be normal. Handlers abort if there's a scripting error. If it really does abnormally quit, that might be a crash and should be reported. For me it kills the app. I'll try it on my

Re: Error report emails

2007-05-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
Scott Kane wrote: From: Sarah Reichelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Again, maybe this is platform-specific. What are you using Scott? XP Service Pack 2. But it does it for me on Win 2000 and Vista as well. Have tried it in different stacks (read app's) doing different things. Do you mean quit, as

Re: Error report emails

2007-05-22 Thread Scott Kane
To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Do you mean quit, as in the app shuts down? Does Windows throw an error? App shuts down (closes completely). I would expect a Windows Access Violation here but do not get one, which leads me to suspect that it's because Rev is