quick question about splash stacks

What do people usually do when launching an app using a splash stack, to check if the main stack successfully opens? Do you use try, or do you write a custom error handler? I am wondering how to take care of the case of main stack corruption. I'd like to have something that if the stack

Re: quick question about splash stacks

Hi Peter, go stack test.rev if the result is not empty then -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Benefit from our inexpensive hosting services. See http://economy-x-talk.com/server.html for

off topic : Parallels alternative : VirtualBox

Hello There, Just a quick note to recommand Sun's VirtualBox instead of Parallels 3.xx i'm no more happy with... Lots more stable and fast ; able to run natively VMWare VMDK partitions ; free and commercial versions ;-) Kind Regards -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70

Re: off topic : Parallels alternative : VirtualBox

Le 28 juil. 08 à 11:02, Pierre Sahores a écrit : Hello There, Just a quick note to recommand Sun's VirtualBox instead of Parallels 3.xx i'm no more happy with... Lots more stable and fast ; able to run natively VMWare VMDK partitions ; free and commercial versions ;-) Kind Regards

Re: off topic : Parallels alternative : VirtualBox

Hello Thierry, I'm running the GPL version of VirtualBox 1.6.2 under MacOS X 10.5.4 - MacBook Pro 2 Ghz. At this time, 2 hosted OS are installed - Win 2000 Pro packed inside a VMWare .wmdk partition (because i used the VMWare Fusion's VMware Importer.app to convert it in just two clicks

off topic : Parallels alternative : VirtualBox

Well, as a PPC user, I use Virtual PC with Windows XP and find that it does the trick very well. I have played about with Q but found it a bit awkward. A friend of mine who bought an Intel Mac transferred his VPC (which, presumably, is now running via Rosetta ???) and tells me that it works

How to create a table field by a script?

Hi! How can I create a table field by a script. Reinhold ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: How to create a table field by a script?

Bonjour Reinhold, Le 28 juil. 08 à 13:19, Reinhold Venzl-Schubert a écrit : How can I create a table field by a script. You can't set the style of a field to 'table': it would be easy :-) But there is some specific properties to set that allow a field to be a table field: on mouseUp

Re: off topic : Parallels alternative : VirtualBox

Merci Pierre for all this info ! Downloaded it , could see in the download pages, that VirtualBox for Mac isn't anymore in Beta ( on the screenshots's pages they still say it is ! ) As a former user ( well, still yet ) I have Ubuntu 8.04 under Parallels. Do you know an easy way to convert my

Re: off topic : Parallels alternative : VirtualBox

Hi Pierre, I too can recommend VirtualBox. A few months ago I had a customized version of CentOS I needed to use for some application testing, and after I failed to get it to work after installing it in VirtualPC and VMWare, I turned to VirtualBox... absolutely no problems there. Innotek (the

Re: off topic : Parallels alternative : VirtualBox

Thierry, Merci Pierre for all this info ! Downloaded it , could see in the download pages, that VirtualBox for Mac isn't anymore in Beta ( on the screenshots's pages they still say it is ! ) As a former user ( well, still yet ) I have Ubuntu 8.04 under Parallels. What about the server's

Re: off topic : Parallels alternative : VirtualBox

Bernard, OS/2, its OO UI, its file-system design,... ;-) -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.com Le 28 juil. 08 à 15:14, Bernard Devlin a écrit : Hi Pierre, I too can recommend VirtualBox. A few months ago I had a customized version of CentOS I needed to use for

Re: quick question about splash stacks

Peter Alcibiades wrote: What do people usually do when launching an app using a splash stack, to check if the main stack successfully opens? Do you use try, or do you write a custom error handler? I am wondering how to take care of the case of main stack corruption. I'd like to have

Choose brushTool only works in IDE!?

Hello, I open a second viewer with an image, where I would like the user to be able to paint in with the brush tool like this: -open stack foo -toplevel stack foo -show stack foo -On mouseenter -set the brush to 8 -set the brushcolor to 255,255,255 -choose brush tool This works

AW: Choose brushTool only works in IDE!?

Ok, having tought myself again the basics - read the docs carefully, before asking unnecessary questions: If you want to change the brush property in a standalone application--for example, to let the user paint in images--you must copy the stack revCompatibilityBrushes1 into your application

Re: AW: Choose brushTool only works in IDE!?

Tiemo, I can't find that in the User Guide, Dictionary, or Glossary. Actually, I can't find that rev file at all in the installation subfolders. Can you point me in the correct direction? Thanx, Mark Stuart Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: Ok, having tought myself again the basics - read the docs

AW: AW: Choose brushTool only works in IDE!?

Hi Mark, have a look into brush property in the dictionary browser Tiemo Tiemo, I can't find that in the User Guide, Dictionary, or Glossary. Actually, I can't find that rev file at all in the installation subfolders. Can you point me in the correct direction? Thanx, Mark Stuart

Re: AW: AW: Choose brushTool only works in IDE!?

Thanx Tiemo, found it. Mark Stuart Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: Hi Mark, have a look into brush property in the dictionary browser Tiemo Tiemo, I can't find that in the User Guide, Dictionary, or Glossary. Actually, I can't find that rev file at all in the installation subfolders. Can

brushColor transparency setting possible?

Hi all, While we're on this topic of brush Tools, anyone know how to set the transparency of the brushColor on WinXP and RunRev 2.9? On the stack is an image that the user has captured using the import snapshot command. From a Toolbox the user can select an option to hilite a part of the imported

Delete a stack from memory - fails?

What is a reliable way to delete a stack from memory? delete stack test can fail. I have a stack that was a library stack, contians no back or front scripts, that uses no externals but I cannot delete from memory. I am wandering if it could be due to having used shell commands that somehow

property inspector - set external

Hi, Can someone confirm that on Macosx we can't set the external of a stack via the Property inspector. I've found on the Quality Center the report 147 which states this, but it's closed since quite a while Regards, Thierry ___ use-revolution

Re: property inspector - set external

Hello, It appears someone managed to post some nasty spam advertisements in that bug report. I'll report that to support. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Benefit from our inexpensive

Re: property inspector - set external

Le 28 juil. 08 à 22:46, Mark Schonewille a écrit : Hello, It appears someone managed to post some nasty spam advertisements in that bug report. I'll report that to support. Yes, indeed... Was curious it appears there too ??? But that the second point ! Regards, Thierry -- Best

Re: property inspector - set external

Thierry, As to the bug itself, I have no trouble selecting bundles. Maybe something else is going on? -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Benefit from our inexpensive hosting services. See

Flexible Learning

Last Friday I purchased Scripter's Scrapbook from Flexible Learning. They say you will receive your registration key within 24 house but it is now Monday afternoon which is well over 24 house and I have not received it. I have sent them email because it says if you don't receive it to contact

Re: Flexible Learning

Hi JB, I'm sure they will send you the license. They might have holidays now and be away for a little while. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Benefit from our inexpensive hosting services.

Re: Flexible Learning

Okay thanks, Mark. I just started the trial on Friday so I have plenty of free use still left. I was only following their directions and figured it was something like that anyway. -=JB=- On Jul 28, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi JB, I'm sure they will send you the

Which engine?

Which engine should I install to run CGIs on CentOS? I googled and found it's a Red Hat variant. Is there an engine for that? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Re: Which engine?

The linux engine should just work. I've used that on Ubuntu and had no problems. Bernard On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:34 PM, J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Which engine should I install to run CGIs on CentOS? I googled and found it's a Red Hat variant. Is there an engine for that? --

Re insert file type and creator

Aloha, semi urgent... Recent upgrade on the fab photo processing tool DXO got us in trouble because it's outputting .tiff files with no resource fork and dropping the creator and type on OSX 10.5.4 The pre-press team is asking me if i can write a widget to poke TIFF and 8BIM back into

Re: Re insert file type and creator

semi-urgent reply... I think your best answer would be to use an Applescript do commandLines as Applescript put the result into possibleErrorMessage tell app Finder to set the creator of fileOnHardDrive to 8BIM tell app Finder to set the type of fileOnHardDrive to TIFF (don't for get the

Re: Re insert file type and creator

Jim Ault wrote: semi-urgent reply... I think your best answer would be to use an Applescript Indeed. yes. Thanks Jim.. hope it's not to hot in Las Vegas! do commandLines as Applescript put the result into possibleErrorMessage tell app Finder to set the creator of fileOnHardDrive to 8BIM

Re: Which engine?

I've been using the 2.9 linux engine without any problems on CentOS. best, Mark On 28 Jul 2008, at 22:34, J. Landman Gay wrote: Which engine should I install to run CGIs on CentOS? I googled and found it's a Red Hat variant. Is there an engine for that? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay |

Re: Which engine?

Mark Smith wrote: I've been using the 2.9 linux engine without any problems on CentOS. Okay, thanks to both of you. The Linux engine is on there now but not working. I'll have to investigate some more, the script doesn't even start up. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL

Re: Re insert file type and creator

On 7/28/08 5:07 PM, Sivakatirswami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Ault wrote: semi-urgent reply... I think your best answer would be to use an Applescript Indeed. yes. Thanks Jim.. hope it's not to hot in Las Vegas! Of course it is not too hot. Sure it is about 106-108 F ( 40 C), but I

Re: Re insert file type and creator

Jim Ault wrote: On 7/28/08 5:07 PM, Sivakatirswami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Ault wrote: semi-urgent reply... I think your best answer would be to use an Applescript Indeed. yes. Thanks Jim.. hope it's not to hot in Las Vegas! Of course it is not too hot. Sure it

Re: Which engine?

Jacque, I have 2.9.0-dp-5 in CentOS running well. Always invoke it with the -ui and pick the correct engine, I keep forgetting if it is the one from the Standalone or the one to be used by the IDE... I just checked, I am running 2.9.0 build 610 here. You may need not only to set it to 755 but

Re: Which engine?

Andre Garzia wrote: Jacque, I have 2.9.0-dp-5 in CentOS running well. Always invoke it with the -ui and pick the correct engine, I keep forgetting if it is the one from the Standalone or the one to be used by the IDE... I just checked, I am running 2.9.0 build 610 here. You may need not only

evaluated string for filter doesn't work

Field extension contains .jpg script has put (* fld extension) into tFilter filter tFiles with (quote tFilter quote) put tFiles into fld Listing result nada! Why? filter tFiles with *.jpg works and put tFilter returns *.jpg I tried this too: put (quote * fld extension

Re: Re insert file type and creator

Sivakatirswami wrote: Aloha, semi urgent... Recent upgrade on the fab photo processing tool DXO got us in trouble because it's outputting .tiff files with no resource fork and dropping the creator and type on OSX 10.5.4 The pre-press team is asking me if i can write a widget to poke TIFF

Re: evaluated string for filter doesn't work

You are adding quote chars to the filter string so that quote .jpgquote would have to actually be in the the line to be a 'hit' Most file names do not contain quotes. -- try filter tFiles with tFilter or filter tFiles with (* fld extension) or if you want to get more confused ---

Re: Which engine?

Jacque, do you have shell access? it's easier to debug that way. I suspect a ownership error. Can you run a cgi that is not revolution based something like: #!/bin/bash echo Content-type: text/plain; echo ; echo Hello World!; This way, you'll see if it is a perms/ownership problem or a

Re: evaluated string for filter doesn't work

Aum Swami, I use this all the time in our stacks, I use double asterisks like: put *.jpg* into tFilter filter tFiles with tFilter and it works. Andre On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Sivakatirswami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Field extension contains .jpg script has put (* fld extension)

Re: property inspector - set external

Thierry, I never use the property inspector to set externals, I always use the message box and go like: set the externals of stack I like apple pies to something.bundle Using the property inspector to do so, added path references that would not be mantained once you distributed your app. Doing

Re: quick question about splash stacks

Peter, as Richard said, stack corruption is rare but if you truly want to check this kind of stuff, why not use a simple try/catch block? try go stack I am as corrupt as the brazilian goverment catch n answer error the stack is dizzy end try this will make sure the stack is actually a stack

Re: Delete a stack from memory - fails?

David, you must set the destroyStack property to true if you want it to be removed from memory I think. Like: set the destroystack of stack Test to true close stack test Andre On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:37 PM, David Bovill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is a reliable way to delete a stack from

Re: Time Server

Mark, I've implemented a couple servers for tiny protocols and have looked a little into SNTP some years ago. Are you aware of the latency issue right and the math you need to do to compute the delay between the server answering stuff and you actually receiving it. I've looked into the RFC and

Re: Can't find host?

Mark, I can confirm that some versions ago, on windows it returned windows error codes that were a mess to find in MSDN since they were returned in decimal values and in MSDN they are in Hex values... ARGH! Andre On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Mark Schonewille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

Re: Re insert file type and creator

J. Landman Gay wrote: Sivakatirswami wrote: Aloha, semi urgent... Recent upgrade on the fab photo processing tool DXO got us in trouble because it's outputting .tiff files with no resource fork and dropping the creator and type on OSX 10.5.4 The pre-press team is asking me if i can write

Re: evaluated string for filter doesn't work

yep that was it... I was using the detailed files and forgot to add the * on the end Andre Garzia wrote: Aum Swami, I use this all the time in our stacks, I use double asterisks like: put *.jpg* into tFilter filter tFiles with tFilter and it works. Andre On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:25 AM,

Re: Re insert file type and creator

For the applescript solution, my rev code is working but not my applescript (there is no the in the syntax, which i found on the web:) My script builds this script which should work (I always test in Applescript itself...) tell application Finder set creator type of Macintosh

Re: Stacks inside OSX Package

Friends, if you want to change a file inside the bundle and have the date of the bundle change a simple shell command will do the trick, you just need to touch the bundle get shell(touch tFile) where tFile is the path of the app bundle. and then backup solution, time machine and everything

Re: launching an OSX bundle

Scott, using something like launch -a app name will free you from dealing with path references, for example: launch -a firefox will launch firefox no matter where firefox.app is located, courtesy of launcservices framework or whatever keeps track of the filesystem these days... As for having

Re: off topic : Parallels alternative : VirtualBox

In Parallels you can easily designate a Mac folder to be available to the VMs. It is very simple to do. I believe VMWare can do this but I have not tried it yet. Bill Vlahos On Jul 28, 2008, at 5:42 AM, Thierry wrote: And second question, which put this thread in On Topic. Can we share

Re: launching an OSX bundle

On Jul 29, 2008, at 6:49 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: launch -a app name will free you from dealing with path references, for example: launch -a firefox will launch firefox no matter where firefox.app is located, courtesy of launcservices framework or whatever keeps track of the filesystem these

Re: launching an OSX bundle

AAAGGGH sorry, it's 2:08 AM and I have a mild fever... I mean: open -a firefox silly things, open, launch... sorry andre On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:58 AM, Jim Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 29, 2008, at 6:49 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: launch -a app name will free you

Re: launching an OSX bundle

On Jul 29, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: AAAGGGH sorry, it's 2:08 AM and I have a mild fever... I mean: open -a firefox Last login: Tue Jul 29 06:55:01 on ttys000 Macintosh:~ jimsims$ open -a firefox Macintosh:~ jimsims$ Worky! :-) sims

Re: launching an OSX bundle

don't we all love when it works? remember, life is good! :D Ciao! Andre On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:14 AM, Jim Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 29, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: AAAGGGH sorry, it's 2:08 AM and I have a mild fever... I mean: open -a firefox