IWBs, peer pressure, and the inexorable march of technology.

2009-01-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Hey Ho, I am thinking of digging extremely deeply in my ragged pockets and investing in an Interactive WhiteBoard. I have trawled the internet and found all sorts of info. However: Promethean: http://www.prometheanworld.com/index.php have a 'special offer' for Bulgaria of an IWB for 700

Re: AW: How to pass a path with spaces to windows shell start?

2009-01-09 Thread SparkOut
Because you need to wrap the part with a space in quotes, and the first quoted item in the string is taken as a console window title, you need to add an empty pair of quotes to be the title which is then ignored and the second quoted string (your program path) will be executed. get shell (start

Re: AW: How to pass a path with spaces to windows shell start?

2009-01-09 Thread Klaus Major
Hi SparkOut, Because you need to wrap the part with a space in quotes, and the first quoted item in the string is taken as a console window title, you need to add an empty pair of quotes to be the title which is then ignored and the second quoted string (your program path) will be

AW: How to pass a path with spaces to windows shell start?

2009-01-09 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Yup, thanks, I mixed the first and second parm Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-revolution-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution- boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von SparkOut Gesendet: Freitag, 9. Januar 2009 09:34 An: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Betreff:

Re: 64bit and pieces

2009-01-09 Thread Peter Alcibiades
Luis, this is what I get: Will try and use Shared Memory extensions XVideo extensions available? : Yes Will use X-Freetype font rendering Using Pango complex text layout Gtk-Message: Failed to load module gail: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 Gtk-Message: Failed

OT: worse video rendering on Vista vs. XP

2009-01-09 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hello, My app plays mov videos and the stack is resizable, including the videoplayer. Comparing the quality of the video rendering on Vista and Win XP there is a big difference. Playing the video in the original size, the quality on both systems is comparable good. But when resizing the video,

Re: AW: Different behavior of brush on Win / Mac

2009-01-09 Thread paolo
Tiemo, I going through the same problem with the brush tool in Rev 3.0.0-gm. 3 and MAC 10.5.5 When I use the brush tool in an Image area, it does not work properly and it is not accurate at all. It was working much better in the previous versions of Revolution (2.6). Particularly with

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 64, Issue 13

2009-01-09 Thread Paul Franken
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Re: Sliding Divider-Resizer Object

2009-01-09 Thread Gregory Lypny
Thanks Phil, Good stuff. Timely too, as I'll be working on this tonight. Regards, Gregory On Fri, Jan 9, 2009, at 9:52 AM, Phil Davis wrote: Here's something I used in a recent project. The adjustor object is a button, and it keeps the bottom of the top field a

revOpenDatabase on Linux - works in IDE, broken in standalone - how do I fix?

2009-01-09 Thread Ben Rubinstein
Accessing PostgreSQL database on Linux. Works in IDE; using standalone, throws error in revOpenDatabase. (219: Function: error in function handler). Works in both 2.9 and 3.0 in IDE; fails in standalone built from either. Looking at the Externals folder of the standalone, in both I get:

Help!

2009-01-09 Thread Bill Ziegler
executing at 11:21:27 AM TypeObject: property is not an integer Object Variables Line set the height of scrollbar Scrollbar of me to the height of me - 14 Hint-8 All of a sudden I've started getting this error and can't open any scripts. It is from higher up on the food chain then

Re: Help!

2009-01-09 Thread DunbarX
In a message dated 1/9/09 11:30:49 AM, billzieg...@mac.com writes: Line    set the height of scrollbar Scrollbar of me to the height of me  - 14 Hint    -8 Is this right in Rev? Isn't the syntax set the height of object to value? The extra of me seems odd. You say this used to work?

Re: OT: worse video rendering on Vista vs. XP

2009-01-09 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: My app plays mov videos and the stack is resizable, including the videoplayer. Comparing the quality of the video rendering on Vista and Win XP there is a big difference. Playing the video in the original size, the quality on both systems is comparable

OFF LIST Re: IWBs, peer pressure, and the inexorable march of technology.

2009-01-09 Thread Randy Hengst
Hi Richard, I've not used the promethean brand, but we have the Smartboard brand installed in classroom I usually teach in (which by the way is Augustana College in Rock Island IL, so I enjoyed your comments about SIU). I teach in the education department. I've used my Rev projects

How would I find the color names?

2009-01-09 Thread James Hurley
One way to assign color to an object is to use the color names: red, orange, green, etc. Where would I find a list of those names recognized by Run Rev script? They don't seem to be in the User Guide. Anxious to see if there is a puce. Jim Hurley

Re: How would I find the color names?

2009-01-09 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, James Hurley wrote: One way to assign color to an object is to use the color names: red, orange, green, etc. Where would I find a list of those names recognized by Run Rev script? They don't seem to be in the User Guide. Anxious to see if there is a puce. Not sure if a list

Stack name of a standaone

2009-01-09 Thread Devin Asay
I need to read a property of a standalone stack from another main stack that has been called by the standalone. Anybody know a reliable way to get the stack name of a stack that has been turned into a standalone, from within another stack that the standalone has launched? It's easy to get

Re: Newbie question re path names

2009-01-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
Kill is Quit Without Saving. Not very good unless you have a hung process. I agree the Applescript method is best. Bob Sneidar IT Manager Logos Management Calvary Chapel CM On Jan 8, 2009, at 6:58 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: Oops! Kill Process does make the application quit. Is this command

Re: How would I find the color names?

2009-01-09 Thread Eric Chatonet
Bonsoir Jim, Le 9 janv. 09 à 18:32, James Hurley a écrit : One way to assign color to an object is to use the color names: red, orange, green, etc. Where would I find a list of those names recognized by Run Rev script? They don't seem to be in the User Guide. Anxious to see if there is

Re: Help!

2009-01-09 Thread Devin Asay
On Jan 9, 2009, at 9:30 AM, Bill Ziegler wrote: executing at 11:21:27 AM TypeObject: property is not an integer Object Variables Lineset the height of scrollbar Scrollbar of me to the height of me - 14 Hint-8 All of a sudden I've started getting this error and can't open any

Re: IWBs, peer pressure, and the inexorable march of technology.

2009-01-09 Thread Ben Rubinstein
Richmond, You may well be in the position of wanting something that just darn well works; and I have no experience of either 'real' (ie commercial) interactive whiteboards, or the alternative that I'm about to mention; but are you aware of the work that various hackers and open-source groups

Re: How to click the mouse on another application

2009-01-09 Thread Ben Rubinstein
Klaus Major wrote: Fact is, you cannot click in another app from within Rev! On the Mac you could do this via AppleScript (but I don't know how:-), no idea of Windows. Actually I'm not even sure you can do this via AppleScript. I was looking into this a while ago for automated soak testing

re: Help!

2009-01-09 Thread Bill Ziegler
I never wrote that line. It just started popping up. I get this error every time I open a Run Rev program. Even a new one. I don't know what script to go to for a fix? Bill Lineset the height of scrollbar Scrollbar of me to the height of me - 14 Hint-8 Is this right in Rev?

Re: IWBs, peer pressure, and the inexorable march of technology.

2009-01-09 Thread Ian McKnight
Hi Richmond I have been using the Promethean Boards for the past year or so. I find them very easy to use. The supplied software has a lot of bells and whistles and even allows simple animation. It comes with a lot of ready made resources and they have a website where other resources made by

Re: How to click the mouse on another application

2009-01-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
Not sure if this is for something you want to run yourself or if it's for distribution, but you can always use QuicKeys. Bob Sneidar IT Manager Logos Management Calvary Chapel CM On Jan 9, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Ben Rubinstein wrote: Klaus Major wrote: Fact is, you cannot click in another app

AW: OT: worse video rendering on Vista vs. XP

2009-01-09 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hi Scott, I am using the player object in Rev start player ... which is using QT under the hood - what else? I didn't tested it in a native QT Player - will do it tomorrow. On the Vista machine I have QT 7.5.x installed, on XP 7.1.3 - will do an update tomorrow, to see if it gets worse. The movs

Re: How to click the mouse on another application

2009-01-09 Thread Bernard Devlin
I believe that I have done this before on Windows using VBScript (although in my case I had to start the other application from Rev). After the other app was started I needed to click on some menus, then close it all via VBScript). If that sounds like what you need to do, then let me know and

Re: Help!

2009-01-09 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Bill Ziegler wrote: I never wrote that line. It just started popping up. I get this error every time I open a Run Rev program. Even a new one. I don't know what script to go to for a fix? Maybe you have a messed up preferences file. Try deleting the preferences file and

Re: revOpenDatabase on Linux - works in IDE, broken in standalone - how do I fix?

2009-01-09 Thread Ben Rubinstein
I've now also tested with ODBC, in Debian Lenny (previous test was on Xandros, to PostgreSQL), and got the same result: works in IDE, fails in standalone. Same error. Has anyone else managed to solve this? Please help! Many thanks, Ben Ben Rubinstein wrote: Accessing PostgreSQL database

Re: How to click the mouse on another application

2009-01-09 Thread Generic Email
I believe these are my requirements. Would anyone like to send me an estimate? Please provide an estimate and timeline for developing software based on these requirements. 1) All rights for software developed and work products created as a result of this work become property of the

Re: Stack name of a standaone

2009-01-09 Thread Generic Email
I am sure there is a better way, but one way would be to get the openStacks() before, then open the new stack, then get the openStacks() after, and do a quick compare. The new one is the just loaded stack. On Jan 9, 2009, at 12:36 PM, Devin Asay wrote: I need to read a property of a

re: help!

2009-01-09 Thread Bill Ziegler
executing at 11:21:27 AM Type Object: property is not an integer Object Variables Line set the height of scrollbar Scrollbar of me to the height of me - 14 Hint -8 All of a sudden I've started getting this error and can't open any scripts. It is from higher up on the

Re: How would I find the color names?

2009-01-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Jim- Friday, January 9, 2009, 9:32:14 AM, you wrote: Where would I find a list of those names recognized by Run Rev script? They don't seem to be in the User Guide. Anxious to see if there is a puce. put puce is in the colornames -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net

Re: Help!

2009-01-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
Bill Ziegler wrote: executing at 11:21:27 AM TypeObject: property is not an integer ObjectVariables Lineset the height of scrollbar Scrollbar of me to the height of me - 14 Hint-8 All of a sudden I've started getting this error and can't open any scripts. It is from higher

Re: Stack name of a standaone

2009-01-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
Devin Asay wrote: I need to read a property of a standalone stack from another main stack that has been called by the standalone. Anybody know a reliable way to get the stack name of a stack that has been turned into a standalone, from within another stack that the standalone has launched?

Re: How would I find the color names?

2009-01-09 Thread Jim Ault
Also you could type into the message box put the colornames and view the resulting list Jim Ault Las Vegas On 1/9/09 9:37 AM, Eric Chatonet eric.chato...@sosmartsoftware.com wrote: Bonsoir Jim, Le 9 janv. 09 à 18:32, James Hurley a écrit : One way to assign color to an object is to use

Re: help!

2009-01-09 Thread Devin Asay
On Jan 9, 2009, at 12:36 PM, Bill Ziegler wrote: Just so we're clear: The line referenced is not from a handler you wrote? Correct. I did resize the stack script window a few times using the lower right handle before all the problems. And this happens every time you try to edit any script in

IWBs, peer pressure, and the inexorable march of technology.

2009-01-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Ben Rubinstein wrote: are you aware of the work that various hackers and open-source groups are doing to build on the insights of the great Johnny Lee to make cheap IWBs out of Wii controllers? Wow! Beam Me Up! Would be extremely grateful for links in this direction. sincerely, Richmond

Re: AW: OT: worse video rendering on Vista vs. XP

2009-01-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Tiemo Hollmann wrote: I had the corrupted title issue a year ago and was the first one reporting it to the QCC with Rev 2.9. I could workaround it with: set the revruntimebehaviour to 4 Where did you learn about revruntimebehaviour? I can't find it in the dictionary, and I just searched the

Re: Stack name of a standaone

2009-01-09 Thread Devin Asay
On Jan 9, 2009, at 1:12 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Devin Asay wrote: I need to read a property of a standalone stack from another main stack that has been called by the standalone. Anybody know a reliable way to get the stack name of a stack that has been turned into a standalone, from

Re: Stack name of a standaone

2009-01-09 Thread Eric Chatonet
Bonsoir Devin, go invisible to stack home should get you rid of any flash. Le 9 janv. 09 à 22:35, Devin Asay a écrit : Actually, it works with some adjustments (for some reason 'go back' caused the launched stack to close, even with lock messages): push card lock screen

Re: revOpenDatabase on Linux - works in IDE, broken in standalone - how do I fix?

2009-01-09 Thread Riccardo
You can try not use the automatic inclusion of the library in the standalone settings. I have solved in this way the same problem with mysql. Riccardo Inviato da iPhone Il giorno 09/gen/09, alle ore 17:22, Ben Rubinstein benr...@cogapp.com ha scritto: Accessing PostgreSQL database on

Re: IWBs, peer pressure, and the inexorable march of technology.

2009-01-09 Thread Mark Swindell
http://sciencevideos.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/the-50-smartboard/ On Jan 9, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Ben Rubinstein wrote: are you aware of the work that various hackers and open-source groups are doing to build on the insights of the great Johnny Lee to make cheap IWBs out

Re: Stack name of a standaone

2009-01-09 Thread Devin Asay
On Jan 9, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Eric Chatonet wrote: Bonsoir Devin, go invisible to stack home should get you rid of any flash. You're a genius! But would 'go invisible home' cause a flash, while 'go invisible to stack home' does not? Curious. Okay, here's a harder one: How can you find

Re: Stack name of a standaone

2009-01-09 Thread Eric Chatonet
Le 9 janv. 09 à 23:05, Devin Asay a écrit : On Jan 9, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Eric Chatonet wrote: Bonsoir Devin, go invisible to stack home should get you rid of any flash. You're a genius! Is it not too much? I really think so :-) But would 'go invisible home' cause a flash, while 'go

Re: Stack name of a standaone

2009-01-09 Thread Devin Asay
On Jan 9, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Eric Chatonet wrote: Le 9 janv. 09 à 23:05, Devin Asay a écrit : Okay, here's a harder one: How can you find the version number of a stack made into a standalone app? This one has proven even harder than the previous one. I know that the version number

Re: Stack name of a standaone

2009-01-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
Devin Asay wrote: On Jan 9, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Eric Chatonet wrote: What about a setProp handler that would be triggered in your stack when building your standalone: it would 'report' the same value in another custom property that would not suppressed in the standalone. Elegant and easy and

RE: Meet at MacWorld at David Simpson's Booth - 6 PM Tuesday?

2009-01-09 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Hi all, On Jan 8, 2009, at 8:21 AM, Chipp Walters wrote: Congrats Lynn on the release of Shade here in the states :-) Is there a URL for this product? Absolutely: http://www.mirye.net/index.php/shade-3d We had to rush a bit on the website update to get Shade 9 up before MacWorld. Shade

re: help!

2009-01-09 Thread Bill Ziegler
Bill Ziegler wrote: executing at 11:21:27 AM TypeObject: property is not an integer ObjectVariables Lineset the height of scrollbar Scrollbar of me to the height of me - 14 Hint-8 All of a sudden I've started getting this error and can't open any scripts. It is from

Re: Cross-tab report: from list

2009-01-09 Thread Kay C Lan
For the solution where you want to cover blank data, this might help. Basically if the statement that the data is in descending order is correct, then the last line should contain the last year of the report, which means you can calculate how many columns need to be created. This solution

Re: AW: OT: worse video rendering on Vista vs. XP

2009-01-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Richard- Friday, January 9, 2009, 1:14:53 PM, you wrote: Where did you learn about revruntimebehaviour? I can't find it in the dictionary, and I just searched the whole message path in Rev and came up empty. The only reference I can find is in BZ #6235, wherein Mark Waddingham states: For

URL binfile... command seems to corrupt my mp3 files (re-creatable)

2009-01-09 Thread Jim Schaubeck
I have an interesting situation. The following simple script maintains mp3 file integrity (I can play it from both old and new folders) put URL binfile:C:/Documents and Settings/Jim Schaubeck/Desktop/test1/testing.mp3 into URL binfile:C:/Documents and Settings/Jim

Re: URL binfile... command seems to corrupt my mp3 files (re-creatable)

2009-01-09 Thread stephen barncard
Looks like your code should work. However have you tried 'revCopyFile' ? 2009/1/9 Jim Schaubeck jimschaub...@yahoo.com I have an interesting situation. The following simple script maintains mp3 file integrity (I can play it from both old and new folders) put URL binfile:C:/Documents and

Re: URL binfile... command seems to corrupt my mp3 files (re-creatable)

2009-01-09 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Jim Schaubeck jimschaub...@yahoo.com wrote: I have an interesting situation. The following simple script maintains mp3 file integrity (I can play it from both old and new folders) put URL binfile:C:/Documents and Settings/Jim Schaubeck/Desktop/test1/testing.mp3 into URL

Re: Paging Jan

2009-01-09 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- william humphrey shoreag...@gmail.com wrote: I've been looking at Quartam reports and am now interested in the Quartam PDF library but haven't tried it yet. Can you tell me if I can use it with existing formated cards that have already been designed for printing with RunRev standard

Re: URL binfile... command seems to corrupt my mp3 files (re-creatable)

2009-01-09 Thread Jim Schaubeck
Jan, You are correct my friend. That worked...Thank you !! From: Jan Schenkel janschen...@yahoo.com To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Friday, January 9, 2009 9:44:04 PM Subject: Re: URL binfile... command seems to corrupt my

Re: URL binfile... command seems to corrupt my mp3 files (re-creatable)

2009-01-09 Thread Jim Schaubeck
Thanks for the reply Stephen. Jan helped me get the URL command working but I did look into the revCopyFile command. In the rev dictionary under revCopyFile and I saw this: put URL binfile:/Disk/myfile into URL binfile:/Disk/Folder/myfile. Once I saw that, I fumbled with the URL command.

Re: help!

2009-01-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
Bill Ziegler wrote: have any handlers in your own scripts called resize? Nope, not even a variable named resize. Only a problem with resizing/re-drawing the stack script window. Inorder to view the scroll bars on the scripting window I had to move it and select the green reset button on the