Re: Heading down the home stretch

On 7/22/10 4:06 PM, David C. wrote: As a point of reference for the questions I have below, my app will be using Jacqueline's Zygodact product for registration and security purposes and targeting Windows only for the initial release. Cool. :) Question 1: On Windows, what is a sure fire, "wi

Re: Estimate/Quotation program, help me please.....

Perhaps the "hangman" tutorial will be of help to you - http://www.runrev.com/developers/lessons-and-tutorials/tutorials/intermediate-hangman/ On 23 Jul 2010, at 09:17, tm274 wrote: > > I see a one day training course for a kiosk but it appears to be a web based > program and I am looking to le

Re: Estimate/Quotation program, help me please.....

I see a one day training course for a kiosk but it appears to be a web based program and I am looking to learn or get help to build a windows executable that includes option buttons and combo boxes rather than drag and drop. Any other thoughts? -- View this message in context: http://runtime-rev

Re: Estimate/Quotation program, help me please.....

There is a simple version of something like this that they did as part of the basic training day at one of the RunRev conferences (I think it was the 09). It's on the DVDs and they show how to build a "kiosk" program, a virtual vending machine that has six buttons with images of items for sale tha

Estimate/Quotation program, help me please.....

4 years ago I purchased Runtime revolution so I could learn a program that would allow me to develop a "configurator" that I wanted to build. 4 years later the only progress that I have made is that I have read the user's manual and scoured the web and believe I have the basic understanding of the

Re: Preference menu in Danish

Josep, When you create a new menu, keep the last two items of the Edit menu (the dash - and the item Preferences) unchanged. If the user has the system lanugage set to Danish, the preferences menu item will appear in the correct place in Danish. If you really want it to appear in Danish o

Re: Preference menu in Danish

Hi, I have the preferences menu inside the Edit menu, but I want it into the usual MacOSX preferences. How to change it? Salut, Josep -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Preference-menu-in-Danish-tp305650p2299508.html Sent from the Revolution - User

Re: Heading down the home stretch

Should be Document's and Settings/All Users/Application Data/ Bob On Jul 22, 2010, at 2:06 PM, David C. wrote: > Question 1: > On Windows, what is a sure fire, "will work" folder/filepath location > (specialFolderPath) where I can place the preference file/stack that > Zygodact needs to use fo

Re: DATAGRID dgDragImageIndex problem

Sended... :) -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/DATAGRID-dgDragImageIndex-problem-tp2295566p2299493.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-revolution mailing list us

Heading down the home stretch

Hey folks, After a lot of work over the last few months, my new app is feature complete, seemingly stable and with most of the documentation done, so I'm ready to begin the the final process of getting it packaged up for sale and distribution. Although I've built quite a few much smaller apps with

Re: DATAGRID dgDragImageIndex problem

Hmm, I can't really think of a reason why the Quartam Reports preview window would interfere with the dragImage of a datagrid. Could you email me a minimal reproducable test case, so I can debug it? TIA, Jan Schenkel = Quartam Reports & PDF Library for Revolution =

Re: editing group fails

Ah. This works. Thanks. It is something I actually read once in the dictionary under relayerGroupedControls. It doesn't stick (at least witn me) until you use it. It is a neat little property of layering that makes this functionality possible. Works the other way, too. Layers are far more impo

Re: editing group fails

No, that doesn't do it. The newly formed group is not the one of interest. The idea from the original poster was that he had a bg group on hundreds of cards, and wanted a simple way to add a new object into that group, so that it, too, would immediately be in the group and on all the cards. This

Re: Inserting an image into a pre-existing background group?

Richmond, Two additions to what Jaque has already pointed out: To "remove" an image within a group - but at the same time preserving the image as an object (that can stiil be used after that) - script - or type in the message box "put empty into image "x"". This works for an image inside or o

Re: editing group fails

Another way to move the object into a group: put the layer of grp "myTargetGroup" into x set the relayerGroupedControls to true set the layer of control "myTargetControl" to x+1 set the relayerGroupedControls to false Phil Davis On 22/07/10 12:49 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: But this leaves th

Re: editing group fails

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:49 PM, wrote: > But this leaves the original, no? I was wondering if one could simply make > an existing object "join" an existing group. > > Thanks. Hum ok. In this case try the group command: set the selected of grp "myGroup" to true set the selected of [object] to t

Re: editing group fails

But this leaves the original, no? I was wondering if one could simply make an existing object "join" an existing group. Thanks. In a message dated 7/22/10 3:39:40 PM, zryip.thes...@gmail.com writes: > Copy [object] to group "MyGroup" > ___ use-revol

Re: editing group fails

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:31 PM, wrote: > What is the best way to add an existing control to a group, without > disassembling the group? You cannot set the owner of a control. > > The create [in group] command works fine for a new control. Is there an > "insinuate" command? > > Craig Newman copy

Re: editing group fails

What is the best way to add an existing control to a group, without disassembling the group? You cannot set the owner of a control. The create [in group] command works fine for a new control. Is there an "insinuate" command? Craig Newman ___ use-revol

Re: [OT-Rodeo] Still waiting for the aha moment

Hey I don't want to get into a 'pissing match' about platforms. And I am stating what I need to do to survive as well as support my clients, and I am not judging anyone. Somehow statements about how ultimately more practical and economical it is to have an Intel Mac ( any Intel Mac* ) be one's ma

Re: OT: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

On 07/22/2010 08:39 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Richmond wrote: On 07/22/2010 08:23 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Bob Sneidar wrote: > But I also agree that for years Mac users have been very > unfairly criticized for liking and using an OS that wasn't > the status quo. Welcome to Linux in 2010.

Re: editing group fails

Hi Jacqueline, > create button "newButton" in grp "myGroup" That's it! The button was created in an instant and it works well Thanks a lot Reinhold > I don't think it's a bug in your stack. Rev updates the IDE for each > card when you make background changes (in the application browser, the

Re: Inserting an image into a pre-existing background group?

On 07/22/2010 08:36 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 7/22/10 11:16 AM, Richmond wrote: My problem is two-fold: 1. Insert an image into a pre-existing background group so it shows up\ across the 50 pages. Select the group. Edit it. Import an image as a control. Stop editing the group. 2. Rem

Re: OT: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

On 7/22/10 12:39 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Of course. Choosing any product, whether it's an OS or a vacuum cleaner, should ideally be done on the rational merit of the product. Roomba!! I love my robot. My husband can't give me any presents any more because he can't top that one. I've had fr

Re: OT: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

Richmond wrote: On 07/22/2010 08:23 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Bob Sneidar wrote: > But I also agree that for years Mac users have been very > unfairly criticized for liking and using an OS that wasn't > the status quo. Welcome to Linux in 2010. I'm making sticker for my Lenova with an Ubuntu

Re: Inserting an image into a pre-existing background group?

On 7/22/10 11:16 AM, Richmond wrote: My problem is two-fold: 1. Insert an image into a pre-existing background group so it shows up\ across the 50 pages. Select the group. Edit it. Import an image as a control. Stop editing the group. 2. Remove an image in a similar situation. With "se

Re: OT: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

On 07/22/2010 08:23 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Bob Sneidar wrote: > But I also agree that for years Mac users have been very > unfairly criticized for liking and using an OS that wasn't > the status quo. Welcome to Linux in 2010. I'm making sticker for my Lenova with an Ubuntu logo and this cap

Re: Inserting an image into a pre-existing background group?

On 07/22/2010 08:18 PM, Wilhelm Sanke wrote: On Thu Jul 22, 2010, Richmond richmondmathewson at gmail.com wrote: I have a background group that spreads itself over something like 50 cards; however, I am beginning to have serious reservations about the aesthetics of some of the images I use

Re: confirmed recipe for linux copy & paste trouble...

Peter Alcibiades wrote: -- revPrintField needs to work properly - permit font choices and formatting. This is a major hassle, what you would be able to do with it, you're instead obliged to export the file and then hack around in awk or something similar. Should be no need. As long as the eng

Re: OT: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

On 07/22/2010 08:06 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: It has escaped my notice all these years, until recently, right about the time that my testosterone began to wane, I wonder how long it is until somebody realises that computers, computer systems, mobile phones, hybrid tech monsters such as the

Re: revBrowserCallScript?

Scott, I've used javascript from rev, it works. Can you please send me the full source for the revBrowser htmltext? :D On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Recently, Mark Schonewille wrote: > > > I had a similar problem the other day. I had to force RunRev to parse > > the res

Re: OT: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

Bob Sneidar wrote: > But I also agree that for years Mac users have been very > unfairly criticized for liking and using an OS that wasn't > the status quo. Welcome to Linux in 2010. I'm making sticker for my Lenova with an Ubuntu logo and this caption: "Think really different." ;) > Honestl

Re: Inserting an image into a pre-existing background group?

On Thu Jul 22, 2010, Richmond richmondmathewson at gmail.com wrote: I have a background group that spreads itself over something like 50 cards; however, I am beginning to have serious reservations about the aesthetics of some of the images I use as faux-buttons and should like to replace the

Re: OT: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

I agree in principle, and I don't think anytime is payback time. There IS no Windows box vs. Mac box. Mac's are Intel chipsets with ROM code "allowing" them to run OS X. But I also agree that for years Mac users have been very unfairly criticized for liking and using an OS that wasn't the stat

[ANN] ChartMaker Update (build 36)

ChartMaker has been updated to build 36. If you already have ChartMaker, click the 'Check for updates...' link in either the Utility Wizard or the Library stack. Close Rev, then replace both ChartMaker.rev AND ChartMaker Utility.rev with the newer versions in Rev's plugins folder. To try Char

Re: confirmed recipe for linux copy & paste trouble...

-- revPrintField needs to work properly - permit font choices and formatting. This is a major hassle, what you would be able to do with it, you're instead obliged to export the file and then hack around in awk or something similar. -- virtual desktops, ie the ability to put different windows of

Re: [OT-Rodeo] Still waiting for the aha moment

always the practical ones aren't you guys? ;-) Bob On Jul 21, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Jim Ault wrote: > > On Jul 21, 2010, at 4:31 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > >> At some point I know you will provide a list of what syntax is allowed, and >> update it as time goes on. Waiting with baited breath! (Rea

Re: revBrowserCallScript?

Recently, Mark Schonewille wrote: > I had a similar problem the other day. I had to force RunRev to parse > the result into a string by adding single quotes. As Andre mentioned > already, adding parentheses might help too. > > get revBrowserCallScript(sBrowserId, "result = testMe()+''") Thanks M

Re: revBrowserCallScript?

Recently, Andre Garzia wrote: > Try something along the lines of: > > get revBrowserCallScript(sBrowserId, "testMe()") > > or > > get revBrowserCallScript(sBrowserId, "javascript:testMe();") > > As far as I know, you can't invoke javascript functions without the > parenthesis. In that call of

Re: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

On 07/22/2010 07:14 PM, Lynn Fredricks wrote: Obviously you haven't yet been properly indoctrinated! I'll create some new copies of my BeOS disks and mail them to you so you can "see the light" and think more clearly about what a true operating system can do. ;-) Speaking of... Rev, when are you

Re: editing group fails

If you already have a group "yourGroup" with its background behavior set to "true", you can: create button "yourButton" in group "yourGroup" The button will be "placed" on all cards. Craig Newman ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.ru

Inserting an image into a pre-existing background group?

I have a background group that spreads itself over something like 50 cards; however, I am beginning to have serious reservations about the aesthetics of some of the images I use as faux-buttons and should like to replace them. My problem is two-fold: 1. Insert an image into a pre-existing ba

RE: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

> Obviously you haven't yet been properly indoctrinated! I'll > create some new copies of my BeOS disks and mail them to you > so you can "see the light" and think more clearly about what > a true operating system can do. ;-) > > Speaking of... Rev, when are you going to get that RevX > versio

Re: Unable to save prefs in Windows/Mac standalones

Why do I have a funny feeling that a standalone cannot be modified and it might be better to save one's preferences as something like a tab-delimited text file? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to sub

Re: editing group fails

On 7/22/10 3:34 AM, Reinhold Venzl-Schubert wrote: Hi! My stack "ABC" contains about 700 cards. Now I want to add a new button to the background of all these cards. I start editing group, create the new button and than click on stop editing. And than the rainbowball of Mac OS rotates and rotates

Unable to save prefs in Windows/Mac standalones

I have two stacks: a splash and an app stack (S504). I have a stack "prefs" which is part of the app stack. The Prefs stack is not moved out as a separate stack when the standalone is made. I used an installer to install my program in the AllUsersAppData directory for windows Xp. When I run the

Unable to save prefs in Windows/Mac standalones

I have two stacks: a splash and an app stack (S504). I have a stack "prefs" which is part of the app stack. The Prefs stack is not moved out as a separate stack when the standalone is made. I used an installer to install my program in the AllUsersAppData directory for windows Xp. When I run the

Re: [OT-Rodeo] Still waiting for the aha moment

Agreed, dual-booting wouldn't even be necessary. Took me about 30 minutes to set snow leopard up on VirtualBox VM. I didn't install sound patches because they were not necessary for what I do, but everything else works. And this is on an AMD (previously it was only doable on intel). For testing p

Re: OT: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

Thanks for saying this. There are also class divisions between users of the different OS's. Ignoring these and suggesting that I buy a mac to be "professional" is a spit in the face of the people forced to use something because it is affordable. It is the equivalent of telling someone begging for

Re: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

Andre did some work on a Haiku xtalk for a Google summer of code... there's a skeleton out there somewhere... wayne On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Richmond wrote: > We can all play at that one . . . :) > >> Speaking of... Rev, when are you going to get that RevX version working on >> Haiku?

Re: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

We can all play at that one . . . :) Speaking of... Rev, when are you going to get that RevX version working on Haiku? I mean, seriously, c'mon! The _true_ power-OS users out here are waiting. Jeff M. Personally I would love a "back to the future" RunRev that works on Debian PPC; and,

Re: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Lynn Fredricks < lfredri...@proactive-intl.com> wrote: > > If what's good for the goose applies...why is bashing Mac off > > limits but we have gloating directed at Windows users? Come > > on people, these are two operating systems (and companies) > > that drive t

RE: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

> If what's good for the goose applies...why is bashing Mac off > limits but we have gloating directed at Windows users? Come > on people, these are two operating systems (and companies) > that drive tools to help us in life and business, hopefully > not two religions or two systems that should

Re: confirmed recipe for linux copy & paste trouble...

On 07/22/2010 02:51 PM, Peter Alcibiades wrote: All the same, it cannot just be parcellite (never heard of that before) because my crash on cut and paste occurred in a totally untweaked Debian new install, so it must be using glipper as the clipboard. The thing to do might be, replace parcellite

Re: confirmed recipe for linux copy & paste trouble...

Would someone please let me know where this report is in the RQCC? If it's not there yet, could one of you who've experienced it open a new report with Andre's notes included? Thanks. More good news (kinda) for Peter, re. font sizes in the IDE: Because Rev IDE objects inherit their textFont

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Hugh, For all intents and purposes, you are on the money. Couple answers to your question marks below... Best, Jerry Daniels Rodeo now in beta: http://rodeoapps.com/limited-pre-release-offer On Jul 22, 2010, at 5:28 AM, FlexibleLearning wrote: > THANK YOU for taking the time to write such

Re: revBrowserCallScript?

Scott, I had a similar problem the other day. I had to force RunRev to parse the result into a string by adding single quotes. As Andre mentioned already, adding parentheses might help too. get revBrowserCallScript(sBrowserId, "result = testMe()+''") -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Eco

Re: revBrowserCallScript?

Scott, Try something along the lines of: get revBrowserCallScript(sBrowserId, "testMe()") or get revBrowserCallScript(sBrowserId, "javascript:testMe();") As far as I know, you can't invoke javascript functions without the parenthesis. In that call of yours you are refering to a variable named

Re: confirmed recipe for linux copy & paste trouble...

Folks, Thanks for the kind words! I discovered that after cursing the IDE for half an hour, I could not select text in any fields, not even selection worked, as soon as I released the mouse button, selection would disapear. I could not copy and paste controls as well. I wondered if things were act

Re: OT: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

Le 22 juil. 2010 à 11:56, Sarah Reichelt a écrit : > People need to remember that computers are a tool, not a religion. > > Cheers, > Sarah Or : computers are, no more, no less than, pencils letting us create and play-back software sheets Best, Pierre -- Pierre Sahores mobile : (33) 6

Re: confirmed recipe for linux copy & paste trouble...

All the same, it cannot just be parcellite (never heard of that before) because my crash on cut and paste occurred in a totally untweaked Debian new install, so it must be using glipper as the clipboard. The thing to do might be, replace parcellite with glipper, then reproduce Andre's result, the

Big thanks to Mark Smith

I just had an urgent need for Type 3 UUIDs in rev. http://marksmith.on-rev.com/revstuff/ had just what I needed. You´re the man Mark! Thanks a heap. Cheers, Malte___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: confirmed recipe for linux copy & paste trouble...

On 07/22/2010 12:07 PM, Peter Alcibiades wrote: apt-get remove glipper apt-get install klipper Done. Peter It's "Richmond makes a fool of himself time" again, again, again . . . The 'thing' that Ubuntu 10.04 had shoved in a very MicroSoft/Apple sort of way ("We know what you want, and y

Re: [OT-Rodeo] Still waiting for the aha moment

The CSS we are using is webkit specific, but that just dictates some of the visual effects. Functionally, all the Rodeo stuff, including the editing, will work on any HTML5 compatible browser. It just might look a bit weird. Cheers, Sarah Sent from my iPad On 22/07/2010, at 8:10 PM, Peter Alc

revBrowserCallScript?

Has anybody gotten the revBrowserCallScript function to work on OS X? No matter what I do, I seem to continually get errors when trying to use this function. Even when doing a simple test function, Rev says an error occurred: card "videos": execution error at line n/a () near "-[WebUndefined cStr

Re: [OT-Rodeo] Still waiting for the aha moment

Hi, I have just created an iPhone app using HTML5 and it works in FF just as it works in Safari. I tested it on Mac only, but I expect it to work in FF on Windows as well. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.

Re: [OT-Rodeo] Still waiting for the aha moment

Sarah, I guess actually that you won't be limited to webkit based browsers, as long as they fully support HTML5, is that not right? Its a question of supporting an open standard. So the answer to the original question might be, right now you need a webkit based browser for editing and app creat

Re: OT: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

> Last night I sat in a restaurant with a man who runs a small electronics > factory here in Plovdiv; > at present all of his computers run on Windows. He wants to change over to > Linux because > various people have told him it will be cheaper. > > He uses extremely specialist software written for

Re: confirmed recipe for linux copy & paste trouble...

On 07/22/2010 12:07 PM, Peter Alcibiades wrote: apt-get remove glipper apt-get install klipper Done. Peter Lovely job! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage you

Re: OT: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

On 07/22/2010 11:00 AM, Peter Alcibiades wrote:<,snip> You may not have been around during the wars of religion between Gnome and KDE? Gnome were the purists on OSS, and issued fatwas on KDE because KDE were using Trolltech development environment, QT, which Gnome considered to be not au

Re: confirmed recipe for linux copy & paste trouble...

apt-get remove glipper apt-get install klipper Done. Peter -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/confirmed-recipe-for-linux-copy-paste-trouble-tp2297662p2298358.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _

Re: OT: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

On 07/22/2010 04:03 AM, Curry Kenworthy wrote: Stephen wrote: > I find this cry for a Windows version amusing > This is payback time I find an OS-driven personality/identity amusing. I am not anti-Flash, anti-QuickTime, anti-HTML5, anti-Windows, or anti-Mac. If Flash or Windows irritate someo

editing group fails

Hi! My stack "ABC" contains about 700 cards. Now I want to add a new button to the background of all these cards. I start editing group, create the new button and than click on stop editing. And than the rainbowball of Mac OS rotates and rotates without end. I tested an other stack "XYZ". There

Re: confirmed recipe for linux copy & paste trouble...

On 07/22/2010 02:16 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Someone who benefited from this tidbit of information should send this guy a box of Godiva chocolates. He might prefer just Godiva without the chocolate . . . :) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-rev

Re: confirmed recipe for linux copy & paste trouble...

On 07/22/2010 12:03 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: Richmond, Mine had a remove from panel... I just used it... I think it was glipper... After removing it, copying and pasting started working, before that I could not even select text. :D O Ar . . . . too much freedom is almost as dangerous

Re: [OT-Rodeo] Still waiting for the aha moment

"If you can afford to drop your own money on overpriced hardware, then I suppose you aren't in any kind of place to judge what I have to do to survive." This has been part of the reason I have installed Linux for some people. One case in particular comes to mind, a thoroughly infected machine wh

Re: OT: Mac vs Win partisanship is unnecessary

Wise comment. Mac and Windows seems from my perspective to be basically a matter of personal preference with Apple being the more restrictive of the two in the ways in which Open Source people care about. Its Coke and Pepsi, both having too much sugar, one a bit more than the other. Open Sour

AW: Is it Rev, is it Valentina, is it MacOS? Need help!

Hi all, Ruslan and Ivan from the Valentina List also tested and confirmed the bug, but also can't explain what is going on. Here is my last dialog from the Valentina list. Perhaps anybody can see any relation to any other experience? >From Valentina list: ">" are the postings from Ruslan: Hi Rus