Specialfolderpath (26) and roaming

2010-04-18 Thread David Glasgow
Hello folks, My platform specific saving data script now works fine thanks for the advice so far. However, I was thrown a bit because Specialfolderpath (26) on my Vista machine points to a folder /appdata/roaming As far as I can make out, if a user is logged into a server, this

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2010-04-18 Thread Haroldo Mauro Jr.
Hi everybody, I just joined this list. I used Hypercard for many years, since I got my first Mac in 1991. Then, some years ago swiched to Supercard, which I've been using a lot. I've had Revolution Studio for over a year but only now am trying to use it more steadly. So, here's what I need

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2010-04-18 Thread Klaus on-rev
Bom dias Haroldo, ... Instead of going to card 1 it kept going to the next card each time I pressed the up arrow key, and after the last card the stack just closed. you have a little error in your logic, that's why! Here's my original handler, from the Hypercard stack script, which

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2010-04-18 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 18/04/2010 14:29, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: Hi everybody, I just joined this list. I used Hypercard for many years, since I got my first Mac in 1991. Then, some years ago swiched to Supercard, which I've been using a lot. I've had Revolution Studio for over a year but only now am trying

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2010-04-18 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 18/04/2010 14:40, Klaus on-rev wrote: Bom dias Haroldo, ... Instead of going to card 1 it kept going to the next card each time I pressed the up arrow key, and after the last card the stack just closed. you have a little error in your logic, that's why! Here's my original handler,

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2010-04-18 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi all, On 18/04/2010 14:40, Klaus on-rev wrote: Bom dias Haroldo, ... ... I tend to use switch since this makes scripts better readable than lots of nested if... then statements. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Harold Best Klaus seems unnecessarily long . . . :)

Re: Harold's ArrowKey Handler problem (please enter a subject)

2010-04-18 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Harold, Do you have your short arrowKey handler in a background or group? If so, you might want to set the hcBehavior of the group to true. Probably it would be still easier to move the script to stack level. You will also need to set the navigationArrows to true. I tried your short

Re: Harold's ArrowKey Handler problem (please enter a subject)

2010-04-18 Thread Haroldo Mauro Jr.
Hi Mark, thanks for adding a subject to the thread. Sorry I forgot to do it. No, I don't there is no other arrowKey handler anywhere. I did a search just to make sure. The script IS a stack script. The navigationArrows property is set to true. The short script is an example from the dictionary.

ANN: TwistAWord and Color Converter

2010-04-18 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hello list, Here's a brief note to let you know about the release of new versions of two products created with RunRev: TwistAWord 1.1 and Color Converter 2.1. We have updated the word game TwistAWord: a multilingual word game for kids from 8 to 88 (and up). We have corrected a few

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2010-04-18 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Bonjour Haroldo, Welcome to the list :-))) Le 18 avr. 10 à 13:29, Haroldo Mauro Jr. a écrit : Hi everybody, I just joined this list. I used Hypercard for many years, since I got my first Mac in 1991. Then, some years ago swiched to Supercard, which I've been using a lot. I've had

ArrowKey Handler problem

2010-04-18 Thread Haroldo Mauro Jr.
At 14:44 +0300 18/04/10, Richmond Mathewson wrote: On 18/04/2010 14:29, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: Hi everybody, I just joined this list. I used Hypercard for many years, since I got my first Mac in 1991. Then, some years ago swiched to Supercard, which I've been using a lot. I've had

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2010-04-18 Thread Haroldo Mauro Jr.
At 15:06 +0200 18/04/10, Andre.Bisseret wrote: Bonjour Haroldo, Welcome to the list :-))) Le 18 avr. 10 à 13:29, Haroldo Mauro Jr. a écrit : Hi everybody, I just joined this list. I used Hypercard for many years, since I got my first Mac in 1991. Then, some years ago swiched to Supercard,

Re: Debian, Sidux, Ubuntu, reference distributions for Rev

2010-04-18 Thread Peter Alcibiades
Just yesterday my XP system got another update, and my OS X 10.4 system got an update the week before. Its not like that at all. Debian Lenny is still getting updates, to both apps and to security and to base system. That is like what you are speaking of with both XP and 10.4. But that is not

Re: ArrowKey Handler problem

2010-04-18 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 18/04/2010 16:11, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: At 14:44 +0300 18/04/10, Richmond Mathewson wrote: On 18/04/2010 14:29, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: Hi everybody, I just joined this list. I used Hypercard for many years, since I got my first Mac in 1991. Then, some years ago swiched to Supercard,

Re: defau;ltStack and Front Scripts

2010-04-18 Thread Peter Haworth
Thanks for the warning! I was also surprised that this stack did in fact point to my app stack and not the stack that the code was running from. I think I will change my handler to have a parameter that explicitly names the stack as you suggest. Pete Haworth On Apr 18, 2010, at 6:34 AM,

Re: Code Libraries and Standalone Applications

2010-04-18 Thread Peter Haworth
Thanks Richard. Pete Haworth http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/metacard/2002-September/ 002553.html -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Rev training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com revJournal blog:

Re: Code Libraries and Standalone Applications

2010-04-18 Thread Peter Haworth
Thanks Sarah. On the behaviors, I thought of a handler similar to the one you mentioned, just seemed like there should be a more elegant way to deal with this issue but I guess not. The hard coded behavior specification is making me wonder if it would be easier and less hassle to have

RevMail

2010-04-18 Thread Jean-Pierre Soto
Hello, I want to use the revMail function , but the size of text seems to be limited. What can I do? Thanks (Revolution 2.8) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

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2010-04-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Hi Haroldo, how nice to see you here! (example from Rev dictionary) on arrowKey theKey -- make Up arrow go to the first card if theKey is up then go to card 1 else pass arrowKey end arrowKey Instead of going to card 1 it kept going to the next card each time I pressed the up arrow key, and

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2010-04-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Klaus on-rev wrote: But maybe go next cd OF THIS BG is making Rev choke somehow? Since ...of this bg is genuine HyperTalk after all... That still works in Rev. I think the problem is that the arrowkey message isn't reaching the handler. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay |

[ANN] Be always update with the new version of the Color Picker

2010-04-18 Thread zryip theSlug
Dear list Members, The Slug is pleased to announce the availability of a new version of its Color Picker. From this new version, let the Color Picker do the update job itself! The Picker will backup your old version in a Picker Backup folder, download the new version, unzip it in place of the

Re: Punching holes in a graphic

2010-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Geoff, Probably, changing ink effects or blendlevel to show rectangles overlapping areas, could work in this case. Actually, i tested the idea with two ungrouped rectangles on different layers moving via a mousemove handler. When i move the mouse too fast, one of the rectangles gets behind

Re: Punching holes in a graphic

2010-04-18 Thread BNig
Alejandro, I too noticed the lag between the moving hole and the rectangle, in the revlet it does not show that much, but in the ide it does show. So I went on my own and it works very well. In the group with the 'hole' I put a handler --- local moveMe, xDiff, yDiff on

Re: Punching holes in a graphic

2010-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Bernd, This handler works great! :D Effectively, both Rounded rectangles stay together, no matter how fast i move the mouse. By the way, i really liked the Water Tank that you published in this message: http://mail.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2010-March/137089.html Many thanks for

Re: [ANN] [OT] First iPad app approved

2010-04-18 Thread Bill Vlahos
Tom, There is a discussion on this subject at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100418/tc_afp/usitcompanyhealthcomputermediainternetappleipad It would be worth chiming in on. Bill Vlahos On Apr 2, 2010, at 6:45 AM, Joe F. wrote: Congratulations Tom. Not just a frivolous piece of software fluff

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2010-04-18 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Le 18 avr. 10 à 15:34, Haroldo Mauro Jr. a écrit : At 15:06 +0200 18/04/10, Andre.Bisseret wrote: Bonjour Haroldo, Welcome to the list :-))) Le 18 avr. 10 à 13:29, Haroldo Mauro Jr. a écrit : Hi everybody, I just joined this list. I used Hypercard for many years, since I got my first Mac

my arrowKey handler is working

2010-04-18 Thread Haroldo Mauro Jr.
At 12:47 -0500 18/04/10, J. Landman Gay wrote: Hi Haroldo, how nice to see you here! (example from Rev dictionary) on arrowKey theKey -- make Up arrow go to the first card if theKey is up then go to card 1 else pass arrowKey end arrowKey Instead of going to card 1 it kept going to the next

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2010-04-18 Thread Haroldo Mauro Jr.
At 0:06 +0200 19/04/10, Andre.Bisseret wrote: Le 18 avr. 10 à 15:34, Haroldo Mauro Jr. a écrit : At 15:06 +0200 18/04/10, Andre.Bisseret wrote: Bonjour Haroldo, Welcome to the list :-))) Le 18 avr. 10 à 13:29, Haroldo Mauro Jr. a écrit : Hi everybody, I just joined this list. I used Hypercard

Re: Punching holes in a graphic

2010-04-18 Thread BNig
Hi Alejandro, thank you for the kind words. Alejandro Tejada wrote: By the way, i really liked the Water Tank that you published in this message: http://mail.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2010-March/137089.html glad you liked it, unfortunately Len Morgan seems not to have found

Re: RevMail

2010-04-18 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Jean-Pierre Soto jean-pierre.s...@wanadoo.fr wrote: Hello, I want to use the revMail function , but the size of text seems to be limited. What can I do? I encountered this recently in Windows only, but in my tests, Rev 2.8.1 was fine, it was just more recent

Re: Code Libraries and Standalone Applications

2010-04-18 Thread Sarah Reichelt
Thanks for the pointer to the stackFiles property.  That certainly makes life easier but it still seems to defeat one of the purposes of having a central code library in that there's a copy of the the library in every app I write instead of it being in one central location and accessed from

Re: my arrowKey handler is working

2010-04-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: Hi Jacqueline, it's nice to be here learning Revolution. Thank you for the long answer and the suggestions. This stack is for my own use. It's a book catalog for my private library. I've working on it for several years in Hypercard. It has aproximately 1500 cards, four

Re: Quick Key Equivalents

2010-04-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Roger Guay wrote: Could someone please remind how to include quick keyboard equivalents in the text lines (menu items) of a popup menu? For example, I would like to have Edit mode as a menu item with the option of using the Control and e keys. Thanks for your help. Look at acceleratorModifiers

Re: Specialfolderpath (26) and roaming

2010-04-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
David Glasgow wrote: Hello folks, My platform specific saving data script now works fine thanks for the advice so far. However, I was thrown a bit because Specialfolderpath (26) on my Vista machine points to a folder /appdata/roaming But it's inside your user folder. Pre-Vista, it

Re: Code Libraries and Standalone Applications

2010-04-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Peter Haworth wrote: Thanks for the pointer to the stackFiles property. That certainly makes life easier but it still seems to defeat one of the purposes of having a central code library in that there's a copy of the the library in every app I write instead of it being in one central