Re: 2.9 Freeze on OSX

2008-05-06 Thread Mark Talluto
On May 5, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: I will have my fingers crossed hoping the team will see something or figure out what it might be... Tell Hans we are fully behind him Have fun ;-( Thanks. I will let you know how it goes. Mark Talluto

tool tip font

2008-05-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Just uploaded new version: Tool Tips Tricks under 'Richmond' at revOnline uses a 'floating' field. Offering 2 types of tool tips: 1. A Transparent text overlaying the object. 2. An opaque text whose topLeft is set to the bottomRight of the object. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson.

Re: Way to auto-run an installer when mounting internet-enabled DMG?

2008-05-06 Thread Ian Wood
I'm pretty sure you may have mis-remembered that - OS X doesn't have any auto-run function that I know of. Ian On 6 May 2008, at 05:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes when downloading DMGs of product demos from the web, it seems that they are able to make their DMG files auto mount

tool tip font

2008-05-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson
3rd version just uploaded: Tool Tips Tricks under 'Richmond' at revOnline using formattedWidth and formattedHeight to resize the tool tip fields correctly. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson A Thorn in the flesh is better than

Re: Way to auto-run an installer when mounting internet-enabled DMG?

2008-05-06 Thread Luis
It's probably set to open after downloading (the browser calls the installer). If it's compressed, the unarchiver usually has the option to run after unpacking it. Cheers, Luis. On 6 May 2008, at 09:14, Ian Wood wrote: I'm pretty sure you may have mis-remembered that - OS X doesn't

tool tips: further thoughts

2008-05-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Once the initial premise has been established: real tool tips in RR are a bit boring, therefore it is much better to use fields to do the job the only limitations that are imposed on this type of tool tip are the limitations imposed on text fields. Of course if rectangular tool tips are just

Is it possible to hide the windows side of a hybrid CD on a Mac?

2008-05-06 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hi there, when opening a hybrid CD on a Mac the user gets to see also the windows files (at least one folder for the windows app). What is the state of the art of producing such hybrid CDs? Is there any way to hide the windows side of the CD from the Mac User, or are the Mac users are just used

Is it possible to hide the windows side of a hybrid CD on a Mac?

2008-05-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson
http://saturn.med.nyu.edu/it/help/burner/hybrid.html sincerely, Richmond Mathewson. A Thorn in the flesh is better than a failed Systems Development Life Cycle.

Re: Is it possible to hide the windows side of a hybrid CD on a Mac?

2008-05-06 Thread Luis
Hiya, Are you creating the hybrid in Windows or Mac? I've done this with a combination of Toast 7 and Disk Utility on OS X. There should be plenty of Googleable info on the net covering what you're burning them with. Cheers, Luis. On 6 May 2008, at 09:55, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: Hi

AW: Is it possible to hide the windows side of a hybrid CD on a Mac?

2008-05-06 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hi Richmond and Luis, thank you, very helpful information! Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:use-revolution- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Richmond Mathewson Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Mai 2008 11:22 An: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Betreff: Is it

Re: Way to auto-run an installer when mounting internet-enabled DMG?

2008-05-06 Thread Trevor DeVore
On May 6, 2008, at 12:35 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes when downloading DMGs of product demos from the web, it seems that they are able to make their DMG files auto mount and auto run. I know how to internet-enable a DMG file, but can someone tell ho one goes about making an

Re: Is it possible to hide the windows side of a hybrid CD on a Mac?

2008-05-06 Thread Trevor DeVore
On May 6, 2008, at 4:55 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: when opening a hybrid CD on a Mac the user gets to see also the windows files (at least one folder for the windows app). What is the state of the art of producing such hybrid CDs? Is there any way to hide the windows side of the CD from

Re: Way to auto-run an installer when mounting internet-enabled DMG?

2008-05-06 Thread Kee Nethery
I agree with all the previous comments. Opening the dmg automatically is something you can desire, but it is also something I as a user can turn off in my browser (and being security paranoid, I do). Getting the application to auto-install from the dmg is a security violation that Mac OS X

Applescript, Clipboard, Libraries and Stand-alones

2008-05-06 Thread Thomas McGrath III
I need to find out the answer to this one! I am using an Applescript from within Revolution that sets the clipboard to an image that the Applescript fetches. The script looks like the one below, where name , playlist and application are replaced from the Revolution side. The name and

Re: Applescript, Clipboard, Libraries and Stand-alones

2008-05-06 Thread Mark Schonewille
Tom, Did you see my last reply regarding your problem concerning PNGs? I don't know where you got the instruction to activate an application before setting the clipboard, but this seems like nonsense to me. The clipboard usually works at system level. It shouldn't be necessary to do this

Re: Is a file an alias?

2008-05-06 Thread Ben Rubinstein
On 5/5/08 17:05, David Bovill wrote: I guess this works? Can someone test it on windows? function file_IsAlias someFile put the aliasreference of someFile into testAlias return someFile is not testAlias end file_IsAlias 2008/5/5 David Bovill [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is there a way to

Re: Applescript, Clipboard, Libraries and Stand-alones

2008-05-06 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Mark, I was having all kinds of problems with the write to and read from file method, mostly path issues. Don't forget I have to have this work in AS, VB and in RR in order to be of use to me on both Mac and Windows platforms. And, I was not getting RR to read the file correctly from

Re: Is a file an alias?

2008-05-06 Thread David Bovill
Oh! - I thought the Mac Alias was a symbolic link. What's the difference? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Applescript, Clipboard, Libraries and Stand-alones

2008-05-06 Thread Jim Ault
Have you looked at Ken's listings of solutions and tips? http://sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/revolution.htm in the middle of the page, file001, file002, etc Jim Ault Las Vegas On 5/6/08 12:06 PM, Thomas McGrath III [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark, I was having all kinds of problems

Stopping a Process

2008-05-06 Thread RevList
I have a routine that is looping through and opening a series of text files using a Repeat Loop. I know I can do a Command . to stop this, but what if I wanted to let the end user stop the process? How would I code this? Stewart

Re: Stopping a Process

2008-05-06 Thread Jim Ault
On 5/6/08 3:50 PM, RevList [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a routine that is looping through and opening a series of text files using a Repeat Loop. I know I can do a Command . to stop this, but what if I wanted to let the end user stop the process? How would I code this? One way is if

Re: Stopping a Process

2008-05-06 Thread Mark Smith
On 6 May 2008, at 23:50, RevList wrote: I have a routine that is looping through and opening a series of text files using a Repeat Loop. I know I can do a Command . to stop this, but what if I wanted to let the end user stop the process? How would I code this? Stewart Another way, if

how to hide the Revolution Player.exe white background?

2008-05-06 Thread Harry Parshall
When running a stack with Windows Revolution Player.exe the entire desktop is covered with a white background with a Revolution logo in the lower Left corner. How can I hide this background? This background seems to be a property of the player and not my stacks. I've created new stacks with only

OT: Permissions, NAS, Share and symlinks

2008-05-06 Thread David Bovill
More experiments with my NAS... My question is regarding SymLinks - or hard links - if I want one directory to be made available to two different folders with different permissions on each of the folders - can I use some form of alias - and if so what sort of permissions would I need on the

Re: how to hide the Revolution Player.exe white background?

2008-05-06 Thread Ian Wood
From what i remember it's one of the built-in limitations of the free player. Ian On 7 May 2008, at 00:37, Harry Parshall wrote: When running a stack with Windows Revolution Player.exe the entire desktop is covered with a white background with a Revolution logo in the lower Left corner.

Continues flds

2008-05-06 Thread Hershel Fisch
Hi, there was a discussion regarding a single fld continuing on multiple cards, can somebody recall exactly the topic? Thanks, Hershel ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: Stopping a Process

2008-05-06 Thread Kee Nethery
On May 6, 2008, at 3:55 PM, Jim Ault wrote: On 5/6/08 3:50 PM, RevList [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a routine that is looping through and opening a series of text files using a Repeat Loop. I know I can do a Command . to stop this, but what if I wanted to let the end user stop the

Re: Trouble exporting files in Windows using Enhanced QuickTime

2008-05-06 Thread Craig McArthur
On 7/5/08 3:00 AM, Trevor Devore wrote: On Windows, error 2: qterr,Unable to export movie is returned no matter what I try... Any help would be much appreciated. Hey Craig, Try updating to the latest version of the external on my site which is 1.1.5.

Re: Is a file an alias?

2008-05-06 Thread Kay C Lan
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 3:48 AM, David Bovill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh! - I thought the Mac Alias was a symbolic link. What's the difference? Well from wikipedia it basically says that a symlink is just a text file which contains the relative or absolute path to another file/folder/app. If

Re: Continues flds

2008-05-06 Thread Kay C Lan
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Hershel Fisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, there was a discussion regarding a single fld continuing on multiple cards, can somebody recall exactly the topic? What's your problem. Maybe we can figure out a solution faster than we can figure out all the possible