[ANN] Movie Finder Demo Posted

2008-01-30 Thread Scott Rossi
Hello List: Some months ago, I was inspired by all the mashup/API stuff happening on the Web and came across a Google-powered RSS feed for movie listings (built by isnoop.net). It occurred to me that this type of thing could be incorporated into a Rev app and I wound up putting together a

Re: Event-triggered snapshot-logging to quicktime movies

2008-01-30 Thread Mark Schonewille
Dear Kresten, Making snapshots is really easy with Rev. Check out the export snapshot command in the docs. Note that you can export snapshots directly to a file. You probably will want to save the snapshots to files using the seconds as filenames. To convert the snapshots to a QT movie,

Re: Rev cgi vs. php

2008-01-30 Thread xavier . bury
Hi Richard, Other than many object oriented programming facilities, php is multi-threaded which is a major advantage over mono-tasking languages like rev. But you are right, Rev is much easier to script... :) cheers -=- Xavier Bury [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Rev cgi vs. php

2008-01-30 Thread jbv
Hi, What advantages does Rev cgi have over PHP? Since I know Rev and don't know PHP, it certainly has advantages for me. But how might I argue this point to others who are familiar with PHP but not Rev? Rev cgi is perfect for web sites with low traffic but with complex things to do for

Rev cgi vs. php

2008-01-30 Thread Richard Miller
What advantages does Rev cgi have over PHP? Since I know Rev and don't know PHP, it certainly has advantages for me. But how might I argue this point to others who are familiar with PHP but not Rev? Thanks. Richard Miller ___ use-revolution mailing

Re: [ANN] Movie Finder Demo Posted

2008-01-30 Thread Randy Hengst
Scott, Very cool. Thanks for sharing this. Now if I could only find time to go to the movies. take care, randy - On Jan 30, 2008, at 4:48 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: Hello List: Some months ago, I was inspired by all the mashup/API stuff happening on the Web and came across a

Re: OT: on writing code

2008-01-30 Thread Mikey
int myVar = ++someOtherVar To be fair about this, there's really no reason to start off by placing this all in one line just because you can: Believe it or not, that example comes out of the Java tutorials (using different field names to protect the innocent). -- On the first day, God

Re: Rev cgi vs. php

2008-01-30 Thread paolo mazza
Hi JB, you wrote: But I've recently heard that the upcoming new Rev cgi engine would be less dependent of environment libs... What do you mean exactly? Shall we have an updated CGI engine also for MACOSX server? AFAIK last CGI engine for MAC is version 2.6 and it is quite old. I think the

Re: [ANN] Movie Finder Demo Posted

2008-01-30 Thread Devin Asay
On Jan 30, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: Hello List: Some months ago, I was inspired by all the mashup/API stuff happening on the Web and came across a Google-powered RSS feed for movie listings (built by isnoop.net). It occurred to me that this type of thing could be

Re: protecting images in rev-cgi generated html

2008-01-30 Thread Andre Garzia
Export command does not work from CGI engine... :-( Andre On 1/30/08, Jim Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really, what I wish I could do is to use something like the print card function of rev -- which is what the standalone of my bingocard-maker already relies on -- so that a rev cgi

Re: Rev cgi vs. php

2008-01-30 Thread David Brooks
I have a site that does 1.8G/week, and has done as much as 5G/week for a sustained period (months). The 1.8g traffic translates to about 1 75-page book per minute, 24/7. I've had no issues at all using [the older] rev engine for the cgi portions of this traffic. Based on something Jerry

Re: Refresh Table after editing record in another stack - bumped

2008-01-30 Thread mfstuart
Ahhh, the sweet warm smell of coffee. Thank you Sarah, that did the trick... send loadTable to stack Main Stack You know, I've read this script on the forum before, but never thought of applying it to my situation. Thanx again, Mark Stuart p.s. I think I'll be using this script alot now.

Re: Rev cgi vs. php

2008-01-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
jbv wrote: Rev cgi is perfect for web sites with low traffic but with complex things to do for every server request. Rev cgi is also much faster than php, and (imho) easier to debug and to read. The downside is that every server request launches a new Rev instance What specifically does PHP do

Re: export snapshot with groups

2008-01-30 Thread Wilhelm Sanke
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some magic syntax option which will allow me to use the export snapshot command to export the full area within the boundingRect of a group object, even if the boundingRect may exceed the object's current rect? I know I

Re: OT: on writing code

2008-01-30 Thread Mick Collins
That's funny, that is identical to what my budgie produces when, against my injunctions, she flies OVER my keyboard (or anywhere else).. On Jan 30, 2008, at 11:35 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:15:52 -0600 From: J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: on

Re: Fraction Fonts

2008-01-30 Thread Mick Collins
Hey Mark, Anyone: I am wondering if anyone has tried to connect to Equation Editor, or other math notation utility from within. Otherwise, anyone aware of the legal implications of reverse engineering it in Rev. I am a math tutor and would like to use such a thing. - Mick On Jan

Re: Hypercard play command

2008-01-30 Thread Mick Collins
Ah, I missed your msg the first time through the digest, Judy, Thanks ... this looks good at first glance, too. - Mick Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:47:49 -0800 From: Judy Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Hypercard play command To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com

Re: export snapshot with groups

2008-01-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
Wilhelm Sanke wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com wrote: Is there some magic syntax option which will allow me to use the export snapshot command to export the full area within the boundingRect of a group object, even if the boundingRect may exceed the

Re:Hypercard play command

2008-01-30 Thread Mick Collins
Thank you Kenji and Sarah, At first look, the MakeSMF seems exactly what I need. I had tried writing routines to accompany rev's play and also speech, but got nowhere fast. - Mick Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:47:54 -0500 From: Kenji Kojima [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Hypercard play

Re: Rev cgi vs. php

2008-01-30 Thread Andre Garzia
Richard, php is loaded as an apache module, so it has the feature of being one engine handling eerything which makes some stuff easy such as session tracking and data exchanges. It was also created from the ground up to be a web thing, thus sporting lots of libraries that helps building web

Re: Rev cgi vs. php

2008-01-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
Andre Garzia wrote: php is loaded as an apache module, so it has the feature of being one engine handling eerything which makes some stuff easy such as session tracking and data exchanges. It was also created from the ground up to be a web thing, thus sporting lots of libraries that helps

Re: [ANN] Movie Finder Demo Posted

2008-01-30 Thread Ken Ray
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:48:38 -0800, Scott Rossi wrote: To view the stack, execute the following in your message box: go url http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/moviefinder.rev; Sweet, Scott! I'm always looking up movies in my area, so this will come in handy... :-) Ken Ray Sons of

about Voyager Expanded Books

2008-01-30 Thread Colin Holgate
I chanced across an old topic to do with the Voyager Expanded Books, I think someone was asking about whether it would be possible to do that in Revolution. Well, of course it would be possible! I don't think though that converting the HyperCard versions would be the right way to go. Instead

Re: Standalone Tutorial

2008-01-30 Thread Ted
Thank you, Mark Wieder and Devin Asay. Your tips on the Standalone Builder were very helpful (Vol 52, Issue 51). Ted ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: export snapshot with groups

2008-01-30 Thread J. Landman Gay
Richard Gaskin wrote: Is there some magic syntax option which will allow me to use the export snapshot command to export the full area within the boundingRect of a group object, even if the boundingRect may exceed the object's current rect? I know I can make an offscreen copy, adjust the

Re: Rev cgi vs. php

2008-01-30 Thread Dave Cragg
On 30 Jan 2008, at 18:45, Andre Garzia wrote: php has no scriptLimits, so it can read a chunk of text with mixed code in it and execute it in place, this is the way php developers usually code, they create web page templates with logic mixed with presentation. This is not the most elegant way

Re: Rev cgi vs. php

2008-01-30 Thread Andre Garzia
Dave, let me clarify. The problem with script limits is that it makes hard to create something like a Revolution Server Pages where we make our software execute pieces of code at runtime, like parsing a template for code placeholders and executing such code like php does. The idea is that without

Apple symbols in menus

2008-01-30 Thread Andrew Meit
hi all, So, is there a way to get the shift/option/arrow etc.. symbols to show in rev menuitems? I am running out of alphabets! thanks :-) Shalom, Andrew {Choose Life, Create Hope, Nurture Love, Wrestle Faith...} ___ use-revolution mailing list

Revolution and WINE

2008-01-30 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi all, Those who are interested in running Windows applications on a Mac Intel without buying an emulater, without having to restart, and without buying Windows, the following might be interesting. Today, I compiled and installed WINE on my Mac Intel (Wine Is Not an Emulator

Leopard throb images in a standalone

2008-01-30 Thread Lars Brehmer
First of all, many thanks to Sarah, Jaqueline and Jim for the concise and very easy to understand suggestions for my recent question about using a stack with many cards vs. listfield/custom properties. As simple as their suggestions were, they had tiny bits that are not clear in the

Re: Rev cgi vs. php

2008-01-30 Thread Dave Cragg
On 30 Jan 2008, at 22:33, Andre Garzia wrote: A tipical php page is HTML mixed with code, and we right now, can't do that with Revolution, unless you script with merge. Thanks for the explanation. I see what you're talking about. Dave ___

Re: Revolution and WINE

2008-01-30 Thread Devin Asay
On Jan 30, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi all, Those who are interested in running Windows applications on a Mac Intel without buying an emulater, without having to restart, and without buying Windows, the following might be interesting. Today, I compiled and installed WINE

Re: Revolution and WINE

2008-01-30 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Devin, Yes, I tried it with 2.9 beta 10. I really can't tell whether WINE or Rev is the source of the problem. I'd need to test more applications in WINE. Best regards, Mark Schonewille -- Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com

Re: libSmtp253 and Rev cgi

2008-01-30 Thread Hershel Fisch
On 1/23/08 8:28 PM, Andre Garzia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard, RevOnRockets has a library for using SendMail from cgi environment. It's easy and safe. Just look at EasySendmail.rev Andre Hi andre I downloaded the file and came up trial version expired then I launched it from within

Re: libSmtp253 and Rev cgi

2008-01-30 Thread Sarah Reichelt
Hi andre I downloaded the file and came up trial version expired then I launched it from within my rev App. Worked ok after that it locked my rev saying expired Hershel I have had this happen when double-clicking on a stack opens an older and expired trial version of Revolution - nothing to

Re: A good pun is its own reword

2008-01-30 Thread Peter Brigham
Heard on the radio today -- Yesterday turned out to be 'Goodbye Rudy' Tuesday! -- Peter Peter M. Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/ +---+ I'm stuck in that awkward stage between birth and death.|

Screen redraw problems under Leopard?

2008-01-30 Thread Bruce A. Pokras
A couple of users have reported a strange screen redraw problem with my application, Patent Grabber, when they used it under Leopard. At times, the entire Patent Grabber window will turn an opaque gray that hides all the buttons and fields. This occurs mainly when they leave Patent Grabber to

Re: Screen redraw problems under Leopard?

2008-01-30 Thread Stephen Barncard
Turn off 'metal' property of the stack. If metal look is desired, use Eric Chatonet's solution. A couple of users have reported a strange screen redraw problem with my application, Patent Grabber, when they used it under Leopard. At times, the entire Patent Grabber window will turn an opaque

Re: protecting images in rev-cgi generated html

2008-01-30 Thread Jim Lambert
Export command does not work from CGI engine... :-( Andre Ah! So true. Maybe the server could have a second 'full faced' instance of Rev running. The cgi Rev could hand off the snapshotting to the regular Rev, which would create the composite image to be sent to the viewer by cgi Rev.

Re: protecting images in rev-cgi generated html

2008-01-30 Thread Andre Garzia
With the aid of a framebuffer server such as Xfb you can run a full stack and use snapshots commands but it takes a while to start, maybe a cgi and a concurrent running daemon on Xfb communicating thru sockets would do the trick, but I think is overkill for this project. My sugestions is: go with

Re: Leopard throb images in a standalone

2008-01-30 Thread Scott Morrow
Any way around this? I really like my app windows to have slightly rounded corners, but I also like some things to slide in and out like sheets. Ides anyone? Hello Lars, If you are doing something like showing and hiding groups with a wipe effect providing the sheet-like look you might