Links to programs in Windows?

2010-02-02 Thread Kresten Bjerg
Creating links to any program on Windows We have been experimenting to script a handler, which can permit windows users to select an arbitrary program (to create a link button) Linking to the Program Files folder is easy, but novice user gets lost in the chaos there. We have worked to script

Re: iPadding around?

2010-02-02 Thread Larry Snider
Sarah, No offense was taken. I was just providing some unsolicited input from an old sys admin. My language could have been chosen a little better though, I admit. :-) Larry On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Sarah Reichelt sarah.reich...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:35 AM, Larry

Re: iPadding around?

2010-02-02 Thread Larry Snider
Björnke, Thanks for the information. I run Macs at home. Exclusively. Larry 2010/2/1 Björnke von Gierke b...@mac.com: Hi Larry You complain about the lack of a command line app. However I know this is available, to anyone who ever bought rev. However, it was removed with 4.0, so it's

revWeb User Guide?

2010-02-02 Thread Michael Kann
Dan, I found this link you might be interested in. I think what you call revWeb runRev calls revMedia (confusing enough?). Just scroll down and you'll see the features that revMedia lacks. http://revmedia.runrev.com/beginners-guide/upgrade-anytime/ Good luck, Mike

Re: revWeb User Guide?

2010-02-02 Thread Pierre Sahores
Dear All, What meens exactly this option (available to Studio/Entreprise license holders) : Customize revlet loading screen branding Thanks, Pierre Le 2 févr. 10 à 15:03, Michael Kann a écrit : Dan, I found this link you might be interested in. I think what you call revWeb runRev

Re: Simple post examples

2010-02-02 Thread Devin Asay
On Feb 1, 2010, Judy Perry and Björnke von Gierke squabbled: Nah, those'd be what you were busy juggling while I was solving your problem for you! On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, Björnke von Gierke wrote: That's... evil and even cheese, tzz tzz i'd say you finally lost your bog donkey marbles!

Re: Simple post examples

2010-02-02 Thread Devin Asay
On Feb 1, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Jim Ault wrote: On Feb 1, 2010, at 5:47 PM, Devin Asay wrote: Hello all, I'm planning to teach my students how to post data to web servers and get back results in their stacks. I've got a couple of examples, but I wonder if anyone could point me to some examples

Re: revWeb User Guide?

2010-02-02 Thread Bernard Devlin
Is there a revWeb user guide?   I can't seem to find one in the Docs or online.  I have experimented with it and there are some things you can't do (or I am doing wrong) in revWeb that you can in a standalone.  It would be nice to have some documentation, or at least a list of things you

Re: revWeb User Guide?

2010-02-02 Thread Michael Kann
Pierre, my guess is that when a user is waiting for a revlet to load on their browser, instead of the empty square reading Powered by Runtime Revolution (or whatever it says now) you can make it say Pierre Sahores' Fabulous Software But again, that's only a guess. Mike --- On Tue,

Rev for Linux (was Re: iPadding around?)

2010-02-02 Thread Richard Gaskin
Larry Snider wrote: An opinion from a list lurker... I would very much appreciate further development of a Linux version of Rev. (And any other UNIX-type OS for that matter...) ... One aspect that apparently is not given much consideration is the enterprise/infrastructure. Not everyone

Re: revWeb User Guide?

2010-02-02 Thread Klaus on-rev
Bonsoir Pierre, Dear All, What meens exactly this option (available to Studio/Entreprise license holders) : Customize revlet loading screen branding in the standalone settings for Web you can define an image - Loading Screen Configuration that will be displayed instead of the Rev logo.

Re: Rev for Linux (was Re: iPadding around?)

2010-02-02 Thread Peter Alcibiades
There's a nice Slackware based educational distribution from Zenwalk. Very worth a look. The Slack base makes it stable and fast. It is Xfce based rather than Gnome. The other one to consider is Skolelinux, aka Debian-EDU. This is Debian Stable based. People don't realize that the main

Linux PPC

2010-02-02 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Further to my postings in January I am happy to confirm that RunRev stacks built with RR 2.0.1 and turned into standalones with MetaCard 4 using the MC Linux PPC engine function on a MacMini PPC running Ubuntu 9.10 PPC. I know this will be cheap thrills for most of the other users on the

Re: Adding Tables in On-Rev

2010-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
How odd. I just dropped the table with the mySQL Workbench app, and it took over 20 seconds to get to the place where it confirmed if that was what I wanted to do! I build my own SQL programmatically, and it looks like the following: CREATE TABLE `slylabs_Helpdesk`.`categories` ( `uniqueid`

Re: Rev for Linux (was Re: iPadding around?)

2010-02-02 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 02/02/2010 21:21, Peter Alcibiades wrote: There's a nice Slackware based educational distribution from Zenwalk. Very worth a look. The Slack base makes it stable and fast. It is Xfce based rather than Gnome. The other one to consider is Skolelinux, aka Debian-EDU. This is Debian Stable

Re: iPadding around?

2010-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
The other problem LCD goggles have had in the past is getting the focal point to a place that didn't fatigue the eyes after a half hour or so. A company in Israel (whose name escapes me at the moment) had claimed to resolve this problem, and had demonstrated the technology, and was waiting for

Re: iPadding around?

2010-02-02 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 02/02/2010 21:50, Bob Sneidar wrote: The other problem LCD goggles have had in the past is getting the focal point to a place that didn't fatigue the eyes after a half hour or so. A company in Israel (whose name escapes me at the moment) had claimed to resolve this problem, and had

Re: Rev for Linux (was Re: iPadding around?)

2010-02-02 Thread Larry Snider
A conniption is a display of bad temper. If you have a conniption fit you are throwing a tantrum. On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Richmond Mathewson richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/02/2010 21:21, Peter Alcibiades wrote: There's a nice Slackware based educational distribution from

Re: revWeb User Guide?

2010-02-02 Thread Pierre Sahores
Guten Abend Freund Klaus und Danke Sehr ;-) Kind Regards, Pierre Le 2 févr. 10 à 18:34, Klaus on-rev a écrit : Bonsoir Pierre, Dear All, What meens exactly this option (available to Studio/Entreprise license holders) : Customize revlet loading screen branding in the standalone

Re: Rev for Linux (was Re: iPadding around?)

2010-02-02 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 02/02/2010 22:38, Larry Snider wrote: A conniption is a display of bad temper. If you have a conniption fit you are throwing a tantrum. Thank you very much. I don't know why, but conniption fit has always made me laugh - now I know what it means it still seems rather funny . . . :)

Re: revWeb User Guide?

2010-02-02 Thread Pierre Sahores
I see. Thanks Mike. Best Regards, Pierre Le 2 févr. 10 à 18:07, Michael Kann a écrit : Pierre, my guess is that when a user is waiting for a revlet to load on their browser, instead of the empty square reading Powered by Runtime Revolution (or whatever it says now) you can make it say

Re: Links to programs in Windows?

2010-02-02 Thread Florian von Walter
Kresten, it is not sufficient to search through C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs. Many program links are created under C:\Documents and Settings\User\Start Menu and C:\Documents and Settings\User\Start Menu\Programs. Also C:\Documents and Settings doesn't always have to be

Re: iPadding around?

2010-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
No that is Israeli counter intel. Apparently the Palestinian government believed this, and informed a group of Hezbollah militants that if they turned sideways and read an old newspaper, then the Israeli snipers could not see them, and thus would be unable to shoot them. None of those belonging

on-rev queries

2010-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi all. Executing queries directly with the on-rev mySQL database I have seems to beach ball Revolution at times. I just tried executing the query: DROP TABLE `slylabs_helpdesk`.`categories` EVENTUALLY Revolution will let go/time out and although no error is generated inside of a try/catch

Re: on-rev queries

2010-02-02 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com wrote: Hi all. Executing queries directly with the on-rev mySQL database I have seems to beach ball Revolution at times. Hi Bob, I haven't been following this thread very closely, but it seems that you are allowing odd things to

Re: on-rev queries

2010-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi Sarah. Thanks for the reply. Actually, when you use an admin application the very same queries that I am executing remotely are used by the admin app. There is no fundamental between difference using the web page to create and drop tables as there is making a remote connection via SSH or

Re: on-rev queries

2010-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
I think I see what is going on here. The connection is being made with sqlYoga initially, but of course like every good server, on-rev drops the connection after a period of inactivity. Now normally I would execute an SQL statement through sqlYoga, but there is no function or command as yet

Re: Rev for Linux (was Re: iPadding around?)

2010-02-02 Thread Peter Alcibiades
The way you do Debian is, you stick with Stable, just getting the security and occasional really major application updates, for around 2 years. This is done with apt-get update apt-get upgrade I do this every few months, and you get the base system and also the packages updated.

Re: on-rev queries

2010-02-02 Thread zryip theSlug
2010/2/3 Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com: I think I see what is going on here. The connection is being made with sqlYoga initially, but of course like every good server, on-rev drops the connection after a period of inactivity. Now normally I would execute an SQL statement through sqlYoga, but

Getting data from a secure web page

2010-02-02 Thread Sarah Reichelt
Hi All, I need the ability to download a secure web page (I have the login details) and get data from it. This is so I can allow everyone to monitor internet usage, so we don't go over in a month and get speed-capped to dial-up to speeds. On my browser, I go to

Re: on-rev queries

2010-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
Well I've discovered in my experience that ALL SQL servers have a default timeout to clear stale connections. The server doesn't know if someone pulled the plug on a computer or took a meteor strike, and it can't leave the connection open forever. I think I have resolved the problem by

Re: on-rev queries

2010-02-02 Thread Brian Yennie
Although not pretty, you could possibly create a timer which just issues a useless query every 15 seconds or so: on keepAlive executeSQL connectionID, SELECT 1 send keepAlive to me in 15 seconds end keepAlive Well I've discovered in my experience that ALL SQL servers have a default

Re: Simple post examples

2010-02-02 Thread Sarah Reichelt
I'm planning to teach my students how to post data to web servers and get back results in their stacks. I've got a couple of examples, but I wonder if anyone could point me to some examples that would be simple enough for beginners. I'm thinking of things like doing a Google search from a

Re: Rev for Linux (was Re: iPadding around?)

2010-02-02 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Alcibiades wrote: The way you do Debian is, you stick with Stable, just getting the security and occasional really major application updates, for around 2 years. This is done with apt-get update apt-get upgrade And that's why I use Ubuntu. :) In Ubuntu, you don't do

Re: Getting data from a secure web page

2010-02-02 Thread Jim Ault
Quick suggestion: more later when I have time Look at the LiveHeaders in Firefox and see what the Authorization header says when you do the direct login Then add the custom header in Rev before sending. Basic Authorization is just the name and password in base64. This was part of a question I

Re: on-rev queries

2010-02-02 Thread zryip theSlug
2010/2/3 Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com: Well I've discovered in my experience that ALL SQL servers have a default timeout to clear stale connections. The server doesn't know if someone pulled the plug on a computer or took a meteor strike, and it can't leave the connection open forever. Right.

Re: on-rev queries

2010-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
Okay, for anyone who is interested, the trick to adding and dropping tables (or executing any odd sql) when using sqlYoga is that you have to tell sqlYoga that the schema has changed. The easiest way to do that is reset the schema with dbschema_reset, then reconnect to the database. JUST

Links to programs in Windows?

2010-02-02 Thread Kresten Bjerg
Thank you for the meticulous answer. However, I am a dilletant and cannot see my way through all this. We have this process: answer file select a program with /C:/Documents and settings/User/Start Menu/Programs , and it is a function which shall permit novice computer users to produce a

Re: Getting data from a secure web page

2010-02-02 Thread Terry Judd
Hi Sarah - I'd really like to see a solution to this as well, so if you come up with anything can you post it to the list? Best regards, Terry... On 3/02/10 11:01 AM, Sarah Reichelt sarah.reich...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I need the ability to download a secure web page (I have the login

Re: iPadding around?

2010-02-02 Thread Kay C Lan
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com wrote: No that is Israeli counter intel. Apparently the Palestinian government believed this, Sorry List Mum, I didn't think my OT post was going to end up in an Israeli Palestinian conflict:-( In an attempt to bring the thread back

Re: Noise in Windows icon when standalone compiled on Mac

2010-02-02 Thread Bill Vlahos
This web site (http://www.iconverticons.com/) will convert between the formats for free. They talk about building the Linux icon but Rev doesn't seem to have a way to incorporate an icon for Linux. How would I add the Linux icon to the Linux build? Bill Vlahos On Jan 31, 2010, at 8:47 PM,

Calling stack?

2010-02-02 Thread Bill Vlahos
I have a stack that opens another stack. How do I refer to the name of the calling stack in the freshly opened stack which is now on top? Bill Vlahos _ InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) is about keeping your important life information with you, accessible, and secure.

Re: Calling stack?

2010-02-02 Thread Terry Judd
If it's a substack the you can use 'the owner' to get the name of the main stack. Otherwise I think you'll need to store it in a variable or a custom property for future reference. How about having a property called the cCallingStack of the stack you're opening and setting it with the name of the

Re: Calling stack?

2010-02-02 Thread Bill Vlahos
Terry, The Owner gives me the path to the stack not the name. Perhaps I have the syntax wrong. I used the owner of this stack. However, your other suggestion about setting the Custom Property works perfectly. Thank you, Bill Vlahos _ InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) is

Re: Calling stack?

2010-02-02 Thread Mark Wieder
Bill- Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 9:38:26 PM, you wrote: The Owner gives me the path to the stack not the name. Perhaps I have the syntax wrong. I used the owner of this stack. Try put the short name of stack the mainstack of this stack It's not what I would consider a good example of

Re: Calling stack?

2010-02-02 Thread Phil Davis
Hi Bill, This works: on openStack answer the name of the owner of the recent card end openStack Phil On 2/2/10 9:03 PM, Bill Vlahos wrote: I have a stack that opens another stack. How do I refer to the name of the calling stack in the freshly opened stack which is now on top? Bill

Re: iPadding around?

2010-02-02 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 02/02/2010 23:57, Bob Sneidar wrote: No that is Israeli counter intel. Apparently the Palestinian government believed this, and informed a group of Hezbollah militants that if they turned sideways and read an old newspaper, then the Israeli snipers could not see them, and thus would be

Re: Rev for Linux (was Re: iPadding around?)

2010-02-02 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 03/02/2010 01:34, Peter Alcibiades wrote: The way you do Debian is, you stick with Stable, just getting the security and occasional really major application updates, for around 2 years. This is done with apt-get update apt-get upgrade I do this every few months, and you get the

Re: Rev for Linux (was Re: iPadding around?)

2010-02-02 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 03/02/2010 02:26, Richard Gaskin wrote: Peter Alcibiades wrote: The way you do Debian is, you stick with Stable, just getting the security and occasional really major application updates, for around 2 years. This is done with apt-get update apt-get upgrade And that's why I

Re: on-rev queries

2010-02-02 Thread Pierre Sahores
Hi Bob, I used exactly the same way than the one descibed by Sarah to set up my wrds.com MySQL backend and it works perfectly (some ticks, each request) in all cases (user's authentication, crosswords games storage). The main advantage of this way is that it won't stress the