runrev2web (learning from the toolbook experience)

2007-10-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello all, some experiences from the toolbook scene to the posting of Andre Garcia and others concerning runrev2web: I came from toolbook (xtalk for windows only) to runrev where this happened some years ago. Toolbook long ago splitted in two directions: traditional ui development in

Re: Revolution 2.9 DP-2 Release Date? (Unable to launch Revolution under OpenSUSE 10.3)

2007-10-25 Thread Luis
Erm, if the problem prevents it from launching, how is he going to 'Check for Updates'?... Cheers, Luis. On 24 Oct 2007, at 21:27, Björnke von Gierke wrote: On 24 Oct 2007, at 21:47, Derek Bump wrote: I checked the RQCC and the reports say the bug has been fixed in the DP-2 beta

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread Steven Axtell
Tim, I am an RR user like you. I agree with the things that you wrote (have included only part of it here). I had been thinking the same things, but had not taken the time to compose a message. Regards, Steven Axtell - Original Message - From: Timothy Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread Mark Swindell
Are the docs all being redone for the 3.0 release? If they are then maybe none of this matters. And speaking of 3.0, is there a projected timeline for that yet? Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Re: runrev2web (learning from the toolbook experience)

2007-10-25 Thread Jim Lambert
Very interesting Toolbook history. And your approach to creating objects for multiple environments is also intriguing. Thanks, Jim Lambert ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Convertion functions

2007-10-25 Thread Kavitha
Hi, Is there a method in Revolution to convert integer to string and vice versa. Example: repeat with count = 1 to 10Put text count into value // where I want the value to be 'text1,text2' end repeat Thank you Kavitha

Re: Convertion functions

2007-10-25 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Kavitha, In Revolution, there is no need to convert strings to integers and vv. Your repeat loop will work fine. repeat with x = 1 to 10 put text x comma after myList end repeat return char 1 to -2 of myList Best regards, Mark Schonewille -- Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software

Re: Convertion functions

2007-10-25 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Kavitha, Le 25 oct. 07 à 17:44, Kavitha a écrit : Hi, Is there a method in Revolution to convert integer to string and vice versa. Example: repeat with count = 1 to 10Put text count into value// where I want the value to be 'text1,text2'

The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread Peter Alcibiades
What is missing exactly? The dictionary is a pretty good version of a man page. Dan's book is ok at the level of 'how to think like a computer scientist' - simple how to get started. Very nice as far as it goes. Needs a second edition. The pdf is ok also as a printable version of the

Re: Concatenate mp3-Files on Macintosh

2007-10-25 Thread R. Hillen
Hello Klaus, Hello Mark, Thank you for your quick response; as the script of Klaus didn´t work at once (you wrote not tested ;-), I now use the One-Line of Mark to concatenate mp3-files in sourceFolder and to store it in targetpath. get shell(cat quote sourceFolder quote *.mp3

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread François Chaplais
Le 16 oct. 07, à 22:42, Richmond Mathewson a écrit : François Chaplais wrote: version 2.6.1... looks much better organized than in version 2.8.1 Hmm, there is a question of licencing here; but (?) I suppose people who own licences to 2.8.1 may in some way be allowed access to components from

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread François Chaplais
Le 25 oct. 07, à 23:38, François Chaplais a écrit : A fine point here actually. I do not have access to the 2.6.1 documentation. At this second, I am considering a buttons for dummies stack which, among other things, point to the Rev docs. I do not want to go into the details of parsing the

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread Gregory Lypny
The original HyperCard manuals are hard to beat for parsimony, elegance, and darn good writing in my opinion. Gregory ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread Stephen Barncard
The original manuals were more than skimpy. I think you mean the Winkler and Shafer books. The original HyperCard manuals are hard to beat for parsimony, elegance, and darn good writing in my opinion. Gregory -- stephen barncard s a n f r a n c i s c o - - - - - - - - - - - -

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread Kay C Lan
On 10/25/07, Timothy Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 24, 2007, at 12:12 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: I learnt RR by trial and error, old HC knowledge (founded on Danny goodman's EXCELLENT book...) Me too. However, in my case, my understanding and skill have not grown much beyond

Double Clicking App Icon Opens Rev but not the App

2007-10-25 Thread Blair Morrissey
I assume that I'm ignorant of some pretty basic stuff. Sorry to inconvenience you folks, but I sure would appreciate some help. I'm using Rev Studio and OSX 10.4.10 I have an App that I've been using in the development environment for several years. I have always opened it and Rev at the

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread Stephen Barncard
And of course Danny Goodman. The original manuals were more than skimpy. I think you mean the Winkler and Shafer books. The original HyperCard manuals are hard to beat for parsimony, elegance, and darn good writing in my opinion. Gregory -- stephen barncard -- stephen

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread Howard Bornstein
I agree with Gregory. I loved the Hypercard documentation: clear, well-organized, concise, nice examples. I'm looking at the Hypercard Script Language Guide right now. It's 583 pages. I wouldn't call that skimpy. -- Regards, Howard Bornstein --- www.designeq.com - Hide

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread Kay C Lan
On 10/26/07, Stephen Barncard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The original manuals were more than skimpy. I think you mean the Winkler and Shafer books. The original HyperCard manuals are hard to beat for parsimony, elegance, and darn good writing in my opinion. Gregory Yes, again,

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread Richard Gaskin
Kay C Lan wrote: People shouldn't be saying the Rev Docs should be this or that. People should be complaining that Goodman, Shafer, DeVoto, Progue et al have failed to see the vast market of purchasers, stepped into the void to wield their talent in the direction of Rev books. The majority of

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread Kay C Lan
On 10/26/07, Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The majority of Rev's 4000+ pages of documentation was authored by the DeVoto mentioned above, using a style guideline very similar to the one she used for HyperTalk 2.2: The Book. I was more partial to Dan's 'The Complete Book of

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread Mark Swindell
As for a third-party opportunities, get Apple to bundle Rev for free with every Mac and I think we'd see plenty of new books about it. ;) iPerCard? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread François Chaplais
Le 26 oct. 07, à 05:55, Richard Gaskin a écrit : The majority of Rev's 4000+ pages of documentation huh? pages? do you mean paper pages? Or do you mean the online doc? (I do not mention the pdf which is not finished). OK, I have just spent the night looking at DocsLib by BvG, and i'm

Re: The Documentation

2007-10-25 Thread Richard Gaskin
François Chaplais wrote: To make things simple, a VERY nice (and IMHO, simple) improvement on the rev online doc would by the ability to send a doc command with syntax doc string where string may be anything and which would have the same effect as typing the string in the search field of the