re: EdCzar

Hi Judy, I'd be interested to hear as well. In the mean time PreceptorTools is still posted on my website. Its freeware and some folks may find it useful. In fact it might be a useful starting point for a broader discussion concerning what educators and educational developers would find

Re: PreceptorTools

Hi Dave, This is an interesting thought. I might consider something along these lines. I am not all that familiar with the how to' s of such a distribution scheme. At present PreceptorTools is only available as freeware to teachers and hobbyists. Offering a business class license would

New version of PreceptorTools

Hi everybody, This is just to announce the availability of a new version of PreceptorTools. Version 1.0.6 is now available for download on the Messimer Computing web site. http://www.messimercomputing.com This version contains improvements for Windows users and Linux users as well. The

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Looking at the TD, it seems that to get a window to scroll, you make a group of all the objects in it, make it the same size as the stack (iw. the same size as the window the user sees), and give the group a scrollbar. The TD and the cookbook remain silent on the question of how you get

Re: Re: range error - or How to take the factorial of a huge

Jim Thanks for your help. After looking at your first response I thought that It might be possible to combine the two sets of calculations and sum them but as it turns out the factorial of any number 169 results in an overflow error so it seems doing the factorials of numbers = 169 and

Re: range error - or How to take the factorial of a huge

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range error

When I attempt to calculate the factorial of numbers 169 using the following function: function factorial theNumber if theNumber = 1 then return 1 else return theNumber * factorial(theNumber -1) end factorial I get the following error. Anybody seen this before? executing at 11:46:47 PM

Re: tabbed buttons

Thanks for all your comments regarding the use of more than one row of tabbed buttons. As usual, the list has provided lots of useful feedback. :-) Regards, Steve Stephen R. Messimer, PA 208 1st Ave. South Escanaba, MI 49829 http://www.messimercomputing.com -- Build Computer-Based Training

Tabbed buttons

Hi, Does anybody know a way to make a new row of tabs in a tabbed button? Sometimes I have a button that needs to be a specific width but that width isn't long enough to accommodate all the tabs. In both the Mac and Windows OSs one sees examples of tabbed windows with more than one row. Is

messages button

Why would one want to use the suspend messages button. It obviously must have a very important purpose or it won't occupy space on the rev task bar. Just curious. Regards Steve ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Brushed metal and changed window size

: On Mar 14, 2004, at 8:17 PM, Stephen Messimer wrote: I have noticed the some strange window behavior when using the revChangeWindowSize command with the OSX Brushed metal appearance. When I resize a window to a larger height the bottom of the expanding window first turns white then the brushed

visited icons

Hi I am working with icons in OSX. I have created a series of graphics that I store in the stack and I use them to represent the enabled disabled and hilited states of buttons. In OSX when I set the hilite icon of a button to a specified icon the button shows the appropriate appearance and

Re: educational stacks

Hi Chris, Have you tried using a preceptorTools generic module? The generic module allows you to roll your own instructional design. it is a stack that contains about 25 content cards and a prebuilt navigation system. Everything that goes on the cards is up to you. No Objectives or lengthy

prepping stack for windows

Hi all, I have a stack that I want windows users to be able to use. I have checked and rechecked the code for problem characters so that is OK. However because the stack was created on a Mac it has a resource fork, right?. Do I need to do anything about this before I make this stack

tabbed button weirdness

Hi, I have noticed what seems to be an irregularity in how tabbed buttons function when grouped. recipe: create a tabbed button group it click the select grouped icon of the Rev Task bar now try to use the selection handles of the tabbed button to change its size. It doesn't work. It works

Re: tabbed button weirdness

Tom, This is a not a major problem but it is irritating. I just thought that palette objects should all have the same set of methods when it comes to something as fundamental as resizing. my 2 Steve On Wednesday, February 11, 2004, at 10:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve, I don't

PreceptorTools now freeware

Hi all, PreceptorTools version 1.0.5 is now available for download. Download v 1.0.5 here: http://www.messimercomputing.com/pTDnLoads.html I have decided to release this version as Freeware. If you are an educator or a trainer or a hobbyist you can now use preceptorTools free of charge.

PreceptorTools v 1.0.4

Hi all, PreceptorTools version 1.0.4 is currently available for download on the Messimer Computing, Inc. Downloads page. http://www.messimercomputing.com/pTDnLoads.html This version is a maintenance release that includes the following bug fixes and refinments: Changed name of Begin button

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Hi all, This is to let you know that version 1.0 of PreceptorTools courseware development system was released today. Free 30 day downloads are available both on the Run Rev web site and on my website as well. PreceptorTools may be purchased online at the Runtime Revolution online store

Re: QT Players in grps

Hi Greg, I am not an expert but here is what I think is happening. A grp that has been assigned a Quicktime file but is not currently running the file is probably able to scroll in the window as expected. Certainly a player that is a component of a grp that has not been assigned a QT file

Animations

Hi, I asked this question a while back and never had a response so I thought I would give it another try. What exactly are animations? They aren't objects ... at least I don't think they are. Are they part of a card's object layer or do they float above it. Does anyone know if there is a

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 2, Issue 36

Klaus, Thanks for the references. On Thursday, November 6, 2003, at 11:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you mean this one: http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~tfurukaw/RunRev/dbindex.html This is a really great cgi development reference. ??? Or do you mean: go stack

using stacks online

Hi, I vaguely remember that someone was using Revolution stacks over the web in such a way that the stack was useable but wasn't actually downloaded to the end-user. I would really appreciate it if someone could give me a little direction regarding how to implement such an arrangement.

Stopping QT movies

Hi, I am having a problem stopping QT movies under certain circumstances. Is there a single message that can stop a currently playing QT movie without specifying its player? Actually I think there is such a thing but I can't seem to find any reference to it in the documentation. Here's why

Another QT question

Hi, Is there a function in Rev that returns the name of a Player that is currently playing a quicktime movie? If there were such a function I could use the information returned to stop any player under pretty much any circumstance. movie() has this function for videoclips. I don't see a

cross platform scripting

Hi, I am creating an application for use on both Macs and PCs. I know that to ensure cross platform compatibility between Mac and Windows OS the following characters need to be used when scripting. should be used instead of = should be used instead of = should be used instead

Re: Mac / PC Scripting issues

Richard, I think I understand what you mean by low ASCII. Not having memorized either the Mac or PC character sets this becomes an issue when I am using a particular character. It would be nice to have a simple list that points out areas where the two character sets diverge. Thanks for your

Re: MAc / PC Scripting Issues

Dar et al Thanks to everyone who helped with this issue. Dang I love this group. :-) On Friday, October 17, 2003, at 02:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This might help: It did indeed this is a great reference. I repost it here just in case anyone else might want to take a look.

version question

Hi all, I just downloaded 2.1 and I'm adding a statement to the preopenstack handler that checks for the version of Rev. If it is = 2.1 then it sets the decorations to metal if 2.1 it leaves the decorations alone. here are the statements concerned on preOpenStack -- other stuff if the

re Preceptortools

From: Wilhelm Sanke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Unstuffing Preceptor Tools Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wihelm, Sorry you are having problems with windows. I haven't tested preceptorTools to any degree with Windows so I am not surprised that it is acting up. I hope to test

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Hi All, This is just to let you know that the Public Beta of PreceptorTools has been release and is available for download. :-) = For Immediate Release PreceptorTools Public Beta Released The New Way to Develop Courseware - In Minutes! Edinburgh, Scotland, 25th September,

download woes

Hi all, Anyone have any tips about how to download 2.1. I have tried downloading the Classic, OSX and Windows versions all to no avail. Thinking it might be some sort of Safari related issue I tried IE 5.2 but that didn't work either. Any assistance would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

re download woes

Klaus And Alex, Thanks for the help guys. I was able to download via ftp w/o problems. :-) I still don't know what the problem is. I suppose I will have to devote some effort to this in the near future. Dang! Best regards, Steve Stephen R. Messimer, PA 208 1st Ave. South Escanaba, MI

revMail body limits

Hi, I am creating a tool that includes the capability to send a field of information to a specified email address. The script that manages this works fine as long as the body of the message is small 100 words (approximate) if it is much larger than that the script executes but doesn't send

rev based installer

Hi Anybody know if there is a rev-based installer for sale out there? Thanks Steve Stephen R. Messimer, PA 208 1st Ave. South Escanaba, MI 49829 www.messimercomputing.com -- Build Computer-Based Training modules FAST with preceptorTools -- Coming this Fall! -- Macintosh G-4 OSX 10.2.6, OS

Re: rev-based installer

Basically, I want to be able to place a stack in the Rev plug-ins folder and two stacks in the Rev program folder. I've looked at commercial installers and they all seem pretty expensive, costs being based on the number of installs projected for a product. That is pretty much out of the

Re: use-revolution digest, Vol 1 #1711 - 14 msgs

Hi Jacqueline, I may be thinking about this a bit too simply but heres my 2 cents. Copying just places the object in the clipboard for future use. I can't really think of an instance where the copy command ever places the copied selection, be it text or object at some other location like say

duplicating substacks

Hi, Using the Application Browser, is there a way to duplicate a substack in place? I know I can remove the substack from its main stack duplicate it and then make both of them substacks again. I'm just wondering if there is a faster way. Thanks. Steve Stephen R. Messimer, PA 208 1st Ave.

duplicating substacks

Hi, Using the Application Browser, is there a way to duplicate a substack in place? I know I can remove the substack in question duplicate it and then make both of them substacks again. I'm just wondering if there is a faster way to do this. :-) Thanks, Steve Stephen R. Messimer, PA 208

ungrouping

Sannyasin, I feel your pain! If I understand the problem correctly there is a solution. :-) FIrst copy the stack as it is and leave the original in a safe place just incase this doesn't work. There are two possible ways to deal with this. 1. Go to the Second deepest nested grp using the

Re: Rev 2.02/New pricing

Hi All, Here's my 2 cents regarding the new pricing. Frankly I think it is great. I have been using Rev for the last 2 years. It was difficult in the beginning to see the rationale for the steep pricing. Now it seems their initial pricing model has been vindicated. What a new company's need

re: EDD calc

Ubaldo. This solution requires two fields and one button. No persistent storage container is required to hold the gestation info other than the button script. You could store this information in a field or custom prop but that really isn't necessary. Try this ... Create a field LMP for the

Re: use-revolution digest, Vol 1 #1549 - 17 msgs

Rick, Thanks for the idea. That may work in some instances. However most of the text that needs to be read is changed dynamically based upon user supplied information. The information is placed in a variable and the revspeak command uses the contents of the variable as its source for

re: Voices

Hi again, I'd like to make a request to the list. I develop with a Mac and don't have access to Windows XP. I need someone who uses Windows XP to issue the revSpeechVoices function in the message box and post the results to this list. Your help is much appreciated. Thanks Steve Stephen R.

Voices

Hi all, I am building an object that requires the use of the revSetSpeechVoice command. This is no problem for the Mac Classic and OSX platforms but I am at a loss to find any reference to the existence of similiar functionality on the Windows. Does windows have voices as well and are there

re: spell checker

On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 11:02 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would be the best way to implement a spell-checker in Rev? Is there something I could leverage inside of Rev already? Thanks in advance. -- Dave Egbert Hi Dave, I use Spell Catcher X by Cassidy Green. It works very

Re: spell checker

On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 10:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have any problems with Spell Catcher X? I have used it (and its predecessors) for many years in all sorts of programmes. It has caused a lot of grief in Revolution. The glossary function seems to toss in extra invisible

accessing substacks

Hi all, How does one access substacks using b1. I have tried using the application browser but I can't seem to any button or other way to bring substacks to the editable mode. I know this has to be simple . I just can't seem to figure it out. Thanks Steve Stephen R. Messimer, PA 208 1st

send to msg substack

Hi, I am attempting to send a message to a substack of a plugin. The script doesn't work because the msg can't find the stack. Here's the script. on preOpenStack send ckState to stack xData -- ckState is a handler in a substack (xData) of a plugin located in the Rev plugins folder end

Animations in groups

Hi, I would really like to use the animation manager to make animations in groups. This would allow me to hide the group after the animation is shown. Thus far I have been unable to do this. The documentation suggests that animations are creatures of cards In the mean time I have used the

re: animations

Ken, Thanks. This tip is very useful. I will give it a try. Steve On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 10:53 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stephen, the move command is not limited to straight paths; make a curvy path with the Freehand tool, and do a: move objectDescriptor to (the points of

re: animations

Hi Ken, Good question. How about making the animation into a QT movie? Ken N. ( the _other_ Ken) ** Well I suppose I could use SnapZPro X. and make a quick time movie and put a player in the group. This could work but I have a feeling that the overhead would be significant. Besides

tool states

Hi Anyone know how to determine the state of a tool.? I want to be able to get the state of the browse tool ie. is it enabled or not. Thanks in advance. Steve Stephen R. Messimer, PA 208 1st Ave. South Escanaba, MI 49829 www.messimercomputing.com