Re: Newbie question re fields -- javascript

2010-11-09 Thread David Bovill
Dave - as with shell, do does a line - that is if you were to look at the string you create with: put alert (' myScore '); it would span several lines. Imagine typing that into the script editor - it would make no sense right? So you need to have the LiveCode as a single line and not split

Re: Newbie question re fields -- javascript

2010-11-08 Thread Web Admin Himalayan Academy
On 11/8/10 9:54 AM, David Brooks wrote: do alert (' myScore '); in browser Hmm.. I'm falling behind ... where is this documented? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: Newbie question

2010-05-04 Thread René Micout
I was shocked, I thought for a moment that it was Steve Jobs who responded to our concerns... ;-) Le 4 mai 2010 à 16:30, Steve Jones a écrit : Fairly new to RR here, but have used HyperCard and then SuperCard at the amateur level for a while. I see in RR that you put items in GROUPS to

Re: Newbie question

2010-05-04 Thread Colin Holgate
On May 4, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Steve Jones wrote: I see in RR that you put items in GROUPS to have them appear on every card in a stack as opposed to SC where you put them in the BACKGROUND. I have a GROUP of items on a single card in a stack. When the CREATE CARD command is issued in a

Re: Newbie question

2010-05-04 Thread Steve Jones
Aha - that was it. Didn't even see that option. No very intuitive. You have to create a GROUP and then assign it to be a BACKGROUND rather than just going straight to a background to begin with. I guess there's more flexibility that way. Thanks! Steve On May 4, 2010, at 9:35 AM, Colin

Re: Newbie question

2010-05-04 Thread Michael Kann
Steve, -- Comprehensive answer -- go here: http://www.runrev.com/developers/lessons-and-tutorials/tutorials/online-scripting-conferences/ scroll down to number 6 -- groups and backgrounds download the stack -- Specific answer

Re: Newbie question

2010-05-04 Thread Richard Gaskin
Steve Jones wrote: On May 4, 2010, at 9:35 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: On May 4, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Steve Jones wrote: I see in RR that you put items in GROUPS to have them appear on every card in a stack as opposed to SC where you put them in the BACKGROUND. I have a GROUP of items on a

Re: Newbie question

2010-05-04 Thread Devin Asay
On May 4, 2010, at 8:30 AM, Steve Jones wrote: Fairly new to RR here, but have used HyperCard and then SuperCard at the amateur level for a while. I see in RR that you put items in GROUPS to have them appear on every card in a stack as opposed to SC where you put them in the BACKGROUND.

Re: Newbie question

2010-05-04 Thread René Micout
Le 4 mai 2010 à 17:12, Richard Gaskin a écrit : At the top of the Prefs window in the first section there are two radio controls in a group labeled Property labels are: with the options being Description of option and Name of RevTalk Property. Click the latter. Thank you Richard, I don't

Re: Newbie question

2010-05-04 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Steve, Welcome to RR. I also came from the HC/SC background and was taken by the group behave issue, at first it seemed an oversight to a much used convention. But since I've been using RR I have found that I use backgrounds less and less. I think this is one thing that truly differentiates RR

Re: Newbie question

2010-05-04 Thread Bob Sneidar
Yes, the primary difference between Hypercard and Revolution is that in HC cards WERE your records. Similar data got added in fields on many cards with the same background. With Revolution, you have access to use SQL databases, so cards become more like forms that temporarily hold data for the

Re: Newbie question

2010-05-04 Thread Andre Garzia
I haven't used SC/HC but I do use background groups a lot. I tend to always have a bg group named interface on my projects that holds the common user interface for the app, then using different cards, I just create the modified parts, this way, instead of showing/hiding controls as the interface

Re: Newbie question

2010-05-04 Thread Terry Judd
On 5/05/10 10:46 AM, Andre Garzia an...@andregarzia.com wrote: I haven't used SC/HC but I do use background groups a lot. I tend to always have a bg group named interface on my projects that holds the common user interface for the app, then using different cards, I just create the modified

Re: Newbie question

2010-05-04 Thread J. Landman Gay
Bob Sneidar wrote: Yes, the primary difference between Hypercard and Revolution is that in HC cards WERE your records. And they can be in Rev too. Similar data got added in fields on many cards with the same background. With Revolution, you have access to use SQL databases, so cards become

Re: Newbie question

2009-12-12 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Tim, There's a FireFox plug-in to search the archives on GMane near the bottom of this website http://economy-x-talk.com/developers.html. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter:

Re: Newbie question

2009-12-12 Thread Mark Swindell
Speaking of Nable is that typo ever going to be corrected in the Help pane? On Dec 11, 2009, at 11:55 PM, Jim Bufalini wrote: Hi Tim, Any searchable archives of this mailing list? Would like to check there first before bothering everyone with basic questions. On your Revolution menu, go

Re: Newbie question

2009-12-12 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 12/12/2009 20:50, Mark Swindell wrote: Speaking of Nable is that typo ever going to be corrected in the Help pane? On Dec 11, 2009, at 11:55 PM, Jim Bufalini wrote: Hi Tim, Any searchable archives of this mailing list? Would like to check there first before bothering everyone

RE: Newbie question

2009-12-12 Thread Jim Bufalini
Hi Richmond, Oddly enough the database update in RevStudio 4 (Mac) didn't work, leaving me with an unusable Search Engine. Same poo with Ubuntu (both RevStudio and RevMedia) Didn't have that problem with RevMedia 4 (Mac). Too fried and crispy after that to bother firing up the XP box to

Re: Newbie question

2009-12-12 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 12/12/2009 22:05, Jim Bufalini wrote: Hi Richmond, Oddly enough the database update in RevStudio 4 (Mac) didn't work, leaving me with an unusable Search Engine. Same poo with Ubuntu (both RevStudio and RevMedia) Didn't have that problem with RevMedia 4 (Mac). Too fried and crispy

Re: Newbie question

2009-12-12 Thread Tim Selander
Hi all, Thanks for the various tips. The searching from the RevMedia help menu did not work. It said something about building indexes, failed and now it will search nothing. However I did find the Nabble forum, and will now give Richard Gaskin's program a try... Tim Selander Tokyo, Japan

RE: Newbie question

2009-12-11 Thread Jim Bufalini
Hi Tim, Any searchable archives of this mailing list? Would like to check there first before bothering everyone with basic questions. On your Revolution menu, go to Help - Revolution Search Engine and on the second tab over from the left you can select Gmane, Mail Archive or Nable and perform

Re: Newbie question

2009-12-11 Thread stephen barncard
Check NABBLE for the archives. - Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev 2009/12/11 Tim Selander selan...@tkf.att.ne.jp Any searchable archives of this mailing list? Would like to check there first before bothering everyone with basic

Re: Newbie question - Using multi-line message box

2009-10-16 Thread Kay C Lan
A while ago I recommended Ukelele to Richmond who wanted to change his Caps Lock key into a Shift Lock key. I understand it did the job. Basically Ukelele a GUI for modifying .keylayout files on OS X. If you have two Option keys you should be able to turn one of them into Enter. Actually you can

Re: Newbie question - Using multi-line message box

2009-10-16 Thread Jim Sims
On Oct 16, 2009, at 8:11 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: As far as I know, the only difference between UK, USA, MB and MBP keyboards are some graphics and their .keylayout files. The Return key on my UK keyboard uses up the far right space of two rows, it is sort of like an upsidedown L shape. That

Re: Newbie question - Using multi-line message box

2009-10-15 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Le 15 oct. 09 à 00:52, Andre Garzia a écrit : mine is british... it even has that silly pound symbol that I will never use here in Brasil... Bonjour, Are you sure ? ;-) One french saying is : Il ne faut pas dire : fontaine je ne boirai pas de ton eau (something like : don't say :

Re: Newbie question - Using multi-line message box

2009-10-14 Thread Andre Garzia
use the FN key on the mac to make your return an enter... now, hold CMD+FN+RETURN and soon we'll ressemble emacs in its cumbersome keychords... On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:10 PM, william humphrey b...@bluewatermaritime.com wrote: When you're using a mac-laptop the enter key is a combination

Re: Newbie question - Using multi-line message box

2009-10-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson
william humphrey wrote: When you're using a mac-laptop the enter key is a combination enter key and returnkey. So if you want to run a multi-line script you have to hold the function key down on the mac laptop keyboard and hit the return key for it to be an enter key. I spent ten minutes or so

Re: Newbie question - Using multi-line message box

2009-10-14 Thread Colin Holgate
On Oct 14, 2009, at 3:10 PM, william humphrey wrote: So if you want to run a multi-line script you have to hold the function key down on the mac laptop keyboard and hit the return key for it to be an enter key For what it's worth, the MacBook Pro I have has an Enter key to the right of

Re: Newbie question - Using multi-line message box

2009-10-14 Thread Andre Garzia
my macbook pro has a second option key as well... :-/ On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: On Oct 14, 2009, at 3:10 PM, william humphrey wrote: So if you want to run a multi-line script you have to hold the function key down on the mac laptop keyboard and

Re: Newbie question - Using multi-line message box

2009-10-14 Thread Devin Asay
On Oct 14, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: On Oct 14, 2009, at 3:10 PM, william humphrey wrote: So if you want to run a multi-line script you have to hold the function key down on the mac laptop keyboard and hit the return key for it to be an enter key For what it's worth, the

Re: Newbie question - Using multi-line message box

2009-10-14 Thread Richard Gaskin
Devin Asay wrote: On Oct 14, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: For what it's worth, the MacBook Pro I have has an Enter key to the right of the right-side command key, and that works as an Enter key should. I see that MacBooks have a second Option key there instead. As do the newest

Re: Newbie question - Using multi-line message box

2009-10-14 Thread Alex Tweedly
Richard Gaskin wrote: Between that and the full-glare reflective screen it's enough to keep me from upgrading my MBP for a while. The matte screen is available (as a $50 option !!) for both 15- and 17- inch MBPs -- Alex (who is trying hard to convince himself to buy one NOW)

Re: Newbie question - Using multi-line message box

2009-10-14 Thread Jim Sims
On Oct 14, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: For what it's worth, the MacBook Pro I have has an Enter key to the right of the right-side command key, and that works as an Enter key should. I see that MacBooks have a second Option key there instead. As do the newest MacBook Pros. :-( Have to

Re: Newbie question - Using multi-line message box

2009-10-14 Thread Colin Holgate
On Oct 14, 2009, at 6:09 PM, Jim Sims wrote: There has been a difference in UK and USA keyboards for years. My UK keyboard has an alt/option key to the right of the command key SPACE BAR - CMD KEY - ALT/OPTION KEY My USA keyboard has: SPACE BAR - CMD KEY - ENTER KEY It's not

Re: Newbie question - Using multi-line message box

2009-10-14 Thread Andre Garzia
mine is british... it even has that silly pound symbol that I will never use here in Brasil... On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Jim Sims s...@ezpzapps.com wrote: On Oct 14, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: For what it's worth, the MacBook Pro I have has an Enter key to the right of

Re: Newbie question

2009-05-16 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Hi John, Were it not the weekend, I'd pass on this and let someone with first hand experience and sqlite databases, but You may do just about anything via an on openStack or even a on preOpenStack handler that would be run as soon as or even before your stack is opened. This allows

RE: Newbie question

2009-05-16 Thread Jim Bufalini
John Hunter wrote: I'm looking at Rev and RB and was wondering if there are any samples / demo stacks that show how to use sqlite databse without using buttons to create or connect to. It would be really helpful to see how to create / connect to sqlite databases using code as opposed to

Re: Newbie Question 5 of N

2009-05-10 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Well, as well as all the other useful things that everybody is proposing how about a sort of Top of the Pops of errors? My personal favourite crops up all the time: flase, fales, flsae . . . but, very rarely 'false' Now . . . variables . . .

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-10 Thread Bernard Devlin
The message box is an amazing feature. You can use it in a debugging session to work with the state of your code at the breakpoint. Bernard On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Stephen Cox step...@networkxfla.com wrote: Lol. Of course. I knew it would be easy. Thanks. For the life of me I could

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-09 Thread Martin Blackman
There is a gotcha to be aware of here. Checking if a previously unused variable is empty returns false. That has caught me out a few times. I wonder why the answer is false. I think the engine interprets the variable as a string instead, in the same way that 'answer hello' without quotes around

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-09 Thread Stephen Cox
Wait. I don't get this. You saying that checking if an unused variable is empty returns false? Does revolution put some data in a variable when created? On 5/9/09 2:44 AM, Martin Blackman martinblack...@gmail.com wrote: There is a gotcha to be aware of here. Checking if a previously unused

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Jacque- Friday, May 8, 2009, 11:25:47 AM, you wrote: how the engine works. I personally do not use explicit variables, I never declare them specifically, and I have never had any problem. ...the first step in recovery is recognizing you have a problem... g -- -Mark Wieder

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
Mark Wieder wrote: Jacque- Friday, May 8, 2009, 11:25:47 AM, you wrote: how the engine works. I personally do not use explicit variables, I never declare them specifically, and I have never had any problem. ...the first step in recovery is recognizing you have a problem... g Bah. Don't

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
Stephen Cox wrote: Wait. I don't get this. You saying that checking if an unused variable is empty returns false? Does revolution put some data in a variable when created? Sort of, but only in specific cases, which is mostly a side-effect of how friendly Rev's interpreter is and how it deals

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-09 Thread Stephen Cox
By the way, off topic a bit: Wouldn't I am be the same as I am? ((notice the space after I in the second example)). On 5/9/09 12:57 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote: Stephen Cox wrote: Wait. I don't get this. You saying that checking if an unused variable is empty

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-09 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Certainly should be the same. Isn't it? It is for me with 3.5. Joe Wilkins On May 9, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Stephen Cox wrote: By the way, off topic a bit: Wouldn't I am be the same as I am? ((notice the space after I in the second example)).

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
Stephen Cox wrote: By the way, off topic a bit: Wouldn't I am be the same as I am? ((notice the space after I in the second example)). Yup. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Stephen- Saturday, May 9, 2009, 11:15:01 AM, you wrote: Wouldn't I am be the same as I am? ((notice the space after I in the second example)). also the same as I am ...and just for good measure... I space am -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net

Re: Newbie Question 5 of N

2009-05-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Richmond- Saturday, May 9, 2009, 1:14:47 PM, you wrote: So; what is 'strict compilation', and why should we be interested? Strict compilation was formerly referred to as explictVars. Setting the checkbox *forces* you to declare all your variables or be faced with compile errors. The advantage

Re: Newbie Question 5 of N

2009-05-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Writing as someone who, generally, learns from his errors, and trying to work out why they are error, this sounds as if it would not be a great advantage to me. Probably much more useful for somebody trying to belt out something with a very quick SDLC or turn-around. Mark Wieder wrote:

Re: Newbie Question 5 of N

2009-05-09 Thread Stephen Cox
Actually I'm not so sure it even matters, considering this isn't a typed language. I was just surprised when I ran my first try at code and had errors at runtime. Almost every compiler I've used checked variables. Why I asked in the first place. On 5/9/09 5:24 PM, Richmond Mathewson

Re: Newbie Question 5 of N

2009-05-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Richmond- Saturday, May 9, 2009, 2:24:47 PM, you wrote: Writing as someone who, generally, learns from his errors, and trying to work out why they are error, this sounds as if it would not be a great advantage to me. Not to worry - there's plenty of errors to go around... ...I'd be happy to

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-08 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Stephen, Without even checking, since it's the way it would be done in HC, just use: if tUsername is empty then if tUsername exists then ... You were already there. Didn't you check these out in the messagebox? Joe Wilkins On May 7, 2009, at 11:25 PM, Stephen Cox wrote: Really two

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-08 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Stephen, Search the docs for empty. It will show you things like put empty into x set the cProp to empty So, you will also want to read up on put and set. There is also a function variableNames, which will probably be very useful to you. Why do you want to check for the existence of a

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-08 Thread Stephen Cox
Lol. Of course. I knew it would be easy. Thanks. For the life of me I could not find an example in the docs; the user guild or online. The messagebox? I hardly use it. Gets in the way mostly. I've been using it to look at global variables. I know you can run commands. But if you don't know the

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-08 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Stephen, I should have checked. Check exists in the dictionary for the rev syntax. Not quite as straightforward or easy as with HC. Sorry, Joe Wilkins On May 7, 2009, at 11:35 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: Stephen, Without even checking, since it's the way it would be done in HC, just use:

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-08 Thread Stephen Cox
I did search for empty in the Online Dictionary. But all I got were property keywords. I also read the docs on put and answer and saw nothing about empty. Anyway know now, thanks. As for checking for existence of variables.. Just a habit I formed over years writing dbase and c. Always check the

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-08 Thread Stephen Cox
Ahhh! Exists was there. I was looking at it from the wrong end. Thanks. God I feel like I have to unlearn all my coding habits and thinking. On 5/8/09 2:47 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins pepe...@cox.net wrote: Stephen, I should have checked. Check exists in the dictionary for the rev syntax. Not

RE: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-08 Thread Jim Bufalini
Hi Stephen, How do I check if a variable is empty? Sort of like; If !empty(tUsername) // process here Endif Empty() is a Foxpro function that pops if what you are checking is empty. I can¹t seem to find it¹s equivalent in revolution. Am I approaching this the wrong way? And can I

Re: Newbie question - how to check for a varible

2009-05-08 Thread J. Landman Gay
Stephen Cox wrote: Next question; checking the existence of a variable? Now I know I can turn on Strict Compilation (and I have) but I¹d rather have the assurance of checking to see if a variable exist? Is this a non-issue in Revolution? It is a non-issue. Rev does not require you to declare

Re: Newbie question - Set the cursor to....

2009-05-08 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Very badly documented: on mouseEnter set the lockCursor to true set the cursor to hand end mouseEnter on mouseLeave set the cursor to arrow set the lockCursor to false end mouseLeave Stephen Cox wrote: I¹m gonna preface [the subject] all my questions with ³Newbie² so those who have no

Re: Newbie question - Set the cursor to....

2009-05-08 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Stephen, You need to lock the cursor right before or after setting it. Otherwise, the cursor will be reset as soon as the handler finishes running. on mouseEnter lock cursor set the cursor to hand end mouseEnter on mouseLeave set the cursor to arrow unlock cursor end

Re: Newbie question - Set the cursor to....

2009-05-08 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Stephen, As the most useful tip I can think of for someone NOT familiar with HC, learn to use the messageBox, which you may display by clicking on the third icon from the left in the Rev Toolbar. It allows you to test bits of code without having to do a lot of development. Importantly,

Re: Newbie question - Set the cursor to....

2009-05-08 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Stephen, One of the frustrating aspects about both HC and Rev is that the same things may be accomplished in a number of different ways. And assignments are particularly so, since you have to do things like: put 20 into tVar instead of what you might expect tVar = 20 Which is one of the

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: Newbie question re path names

2009-01-08 Thread Bob Sneidar
You need to preface it with a forward slash ie. /applications/some folder/... Bob Sneidar IT Manager Logos Management Calvary Chapel CM On Jan 8, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: Hi, Not so many elementary questions on the list these days. Well, I've got an infinite supply. It might

Re: Newbie question re path names

2009-01-08 Thread Bob Sneidar
BTW this is not a revolution issue but an OS one. This is how the OS refers to the root of the startup volume. The first slash means The startup drive. For other volumes you would access the mount point folder which is Volumes i.e. /Volumes/My Other Drive/Some Folder/... To access the home

Re: Newbie question re path names

2009-01-08 Thread Jim Ault
Quick tip that should work on all platforms: In the message box type answer file choose the one you like; put it The result will appear as the correct Rev syntax that refers to the file Do this for folders. answer folder choose the one you like; put it Hope this helps Jim Ault Las Vegas

Re: Newbie question re path names

2009-01-08 Thread Timothy Miller
Thanks everyone! It works now. Is it okay to use the Open Process command instead? (It seems to work.) Can I also use a Rev command to quit an application? I messed around with closeProcess but couldn't get it to work. with: answer there is a process /Applications/Firefox.app I get True

Re: Newbie question re path names

2009-01-08 Thread Terry Judd
Hi Tim, You can use applescript (from within Rev) to do this... put tell application quotefirefox-binquote to quit into tScript do tScript as applescript HTH, Terry... On 9/1/09 1:40 PM, Timothy Miller gand...@doctortimothymiller.com wrote: Thanks everyone! It works now. Is it okay to

Re: Newbie question re path names

2009-01-08 Thread Timothy Miller
Oops! Kill Process does make the application quit. Is this command safe on Mac OS? The documentation is somewhat ambiguous on this point. Thanks again. Tim On Jan 8, 2009, at 6:40 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: Thanks everyone! It works now. Is it okay to use the Open Process command

Re: Newbie question re path names

2009-01-08 Thread Terry Judd
I think you're better off asking it to quit first with an applescript then if that fails you can always kill it. I'm pretty sure Ken (sonsothunder.com) has some tips that you might find useful for this sort of stuff. Terry... On 9/1/09 1:58 PM, Timothy Miller gand...@doctortimothymiller.com

Re: newbie question

2008-09-15 Thread Jim McNeely
It works! THANKS! Jim On Sep 15, 2008, at 9:38 AM, Klaus Major wrote: Hi J9m, Hello all, I appreciated the recent thread where you all welcomed basic questions. I am just starting with Revolution, coming from a FileMaker background. I have a table field into which I put the results

Re: newbie question

2008-09-15 Thread Klaus Major
Hi J9m, Hello all, I appreciated the recent thread where you all welcomed basic questions. I am just starting with Revolution, coming from a FileMaker background. I have a table field into which I put the results from a MySQL query, triggered by a rawkey event in a search field. It

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-29 Thread Simon HARPER
Thanks for that - It seems strange to me too. Cheers Si. Simon Harper 2.44 Kilburn Building University of Manchester (UK) Pri: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alt: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 28 Mar 2007, at 18:14, Björnke von Gierke wrote: On 28 Mar 2007, at 17:22, Simon HARPER wrote: Thanks for that,

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-29 Thread Simon HARPER
Hi there, and I do agree that, as a coder of 15 years, I would normally go on gut instinct. However, being used to c/c++, Java and Perl the Revolution Transcript syntax and expressions are not 'natural' for me, as I'm trained to think in the more mathematical syntax of these grammars and

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-29 Thread Devin Asay
On Mar 29, 2007, at 5:27 AM, Simon HARPER wrote: Hi there, and I do agree that, as a coder of 15 years, I would normally go on gut instinct. However, being used to c/c++, Java and Perl the Revolution Transcript syntax and expressions are not 'natural' for me, as I'm trained to think in the

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-29 Thread Jim Ault
On 3/29/07 8:12 AM, Devin Asay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe others can share similar Aha! insights about the nature of the Rev scripting language. Coming from the old Hypercard world, after 3 years I am still getting used to the fact that Rev can work through 100 lines of code in 2 blinks

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-29 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Aha! So RR is just like HyperCard - except for custom properties and a few other querky things - as I knew all along. Thanks for the confirmation. No sarcasm intended. I'm serious! Joe Wilkins On Mar 29, 2007, at 8:12 AM, Devin Asay wrote: On Mar 29, 2007, at 5:27 AM, Simon HARPER wrote:

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-29 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Jim, it's the computers. Even HC is fast! (smile) Joe Wilkins On Mar 29, 2007, at 8:27 AM, Jim Ault wrote: On 3/29/07 8:12 AM, Devin Asay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe others can share similar Aha! insights about the nature of the Rev scripting language. Coming from the old Hypercard

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-29 Thread Dave
H Simon, I can really sympathize with you! I was in the same boat around three years ago. The documentation is not very good, especially if you are used to working in C/C++ where the white books are available. The thing that really confused me and got me pulling my hair out is the

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-29 Thread Jim Ault
On 3/29/07 8:36 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim, it's the computers. Even HC is fast! (smile) Joe Wilkins Actually, the Rinaldi XCMDs and XCFNs are compiled to give HCard speed boosts, and Rinaldi has noted that Rev is so fast you don't need most of them for Rev. His web

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-29 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Nice to know, since I'm sure I'll be getting into the image management issue before too long. Thanks, Joe Wilkins On Mar 29, 2007, at 9:19 AM, Jim Ault wrote: On 3/29/07 8:36 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim, it's the computers. Even HC is fast! (smile) Joe Wilkins

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-29 Thread Martin Baxter
Devin Asay wrote: Here are some of the aha! moments that helped me figure out Xtalk scripting. Excellent post Devin, IMO It should be distributed with all new and demo license keys One minor picky point Internally, all line delimiters are ASCII 10 (LF), but Rev automatically translates

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-29 Thread J. Landman Gay
Martin Baxter wrote: Last I checked (admittedly quite a while ago) this was not true on Linux, just on Mac and Win. perhaps this has changed? Anybody currently working on Linux know if RR can nowadays properly open mac or win text files and translate line-endings without scripted assistance?

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-29 Thread Martin Baxter
J. Landman Gay wrote: Martin Baxter wrote: Last I checked (admittedly quite a while ago) this was not true on Linux, just on Mac and Win. perhaps this has changed? Anybody currently working on Linux know if RR can nowadays properly open mac or win text files and translate line-endings without

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-29 Thread J. Landman Gay
Martin Baxter wrote: I determined, by testing, that on Linux (and I would assume - other Unixes as well) there appears to be an assumption that any text files you import already have LF line endings, so no conversion is done. On Mac and Windows the native line endings (for either platform)

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-29 Thread Kay C Lan
On 3/28/07, Simon HARPER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Regarding the online dictionary, it seems to be different on the mac - the tutorials suggest you can use a drill down approach looking for say messages or commands and then locating the one you want (serendipitous browse) however on my mac I

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-28 Thread Dick Kriesel
On 3/28/07 12:49 AM, Simon HARPER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on mouseUp put the hilitedlines of field listCats into tLineList split tLineList by comma sort items of tLineList descending of each repeat for each element tLineNumber in tLineList delete line tLineNumber of field

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-28 Thread Simon HARPER
Thanks for this, and it's much appreciated. Regarding the online dictionary, it seems to be different on the mac - the tutorials suggest you can use a drill down approach looking for say messages or commands and then locating the one you want (serendipitous browse) however on my mac I seem

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-28 Thread Devin Asay
Welcome, Simon. On Mar 28, 2007, at 2:54 AM, Simon HARPER wrote: Thanks for this, and it's much appreciated. Regarding the online dictionary, it seems to be different on the mac - the tutorials suggest you can use a drill down approach looking for say messages or commands and then

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-28 Thread Simon HARPER
Thanks for that, I'll keep on doing it this way but I think that better documentation would really help user uptake. Cheers Si. Simon Harper 2.44 Kilburn Building University of Manchester (UK) Pri: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alt: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 28 Mar 2007, at 15:57, Devin Asay wrote:

Re: Newbie Question

2007-03-28 Thread Björnke von Gierke
On 28 Mar 2007, at 17:22, Simon HARPER wrote: Thanks for that, I'll keep on doing it this way but I think that better documentation would really help user uptake. Due to reasons unknown to me, RunRev doesn't think that this is an urgent thing to change. I and other users disagree with their

Re: Newbie Question (table in inspector)

2005-12-18 Thread Malte Brill
I wrote: Recipe: Create a field. Switch to Contents in the inspector, change the text there, try switching to table. I can´t remember if I filed a BZ on that one. I vaguely recall it, but might be wrong. It was bug 3180 http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=3180 All the

RE: Newbie Question (table in inspector)

2005-12-18 Thread MisterX
: Sunday, 18 December, 2005 09:44 To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Newbie Question (table in inspector) I wrote: Recipe: Create a field. Switch to Contents in the inspector, change the text there, try switching to table. I can´t remember if I filed a BZ on that one. I

Re: Newbie Question

2005-12-15 Thread Devin Asay
On Dec 14, 2005, at 4:24 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Devin, My system seems to hang when I open the inspector to the tables popup. If I command period it releases and displays the table info correctly. OSX 10.4 Rev 2.6.1 Has that happened to you at all? Tom No, I've not seen that

Re: Newbie Question (table in inspector)

2005-12-15 Thread Malte Brill
Confirmed Tom. Recipe: Create a field. Switch to Contents in the inspector, change the text there, try switching to table. I can´t remember if I filed a BZ on that one. I vaguely recall it, but might be wrong. Latest Rev, Os X.2.8 All the best, Malte My system seems to hang when I open

Re: Newbie Question

2005-12-14 Thread Mark Smith
Joe, 'set the showLines of fld myField to true' Best, Mark On 14 Dec 2005, at 20:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, Please tell me how to create a field with the lines showing. Joe, Orlando, FL ___ use-revolution mailing list

Re: Newbie Question

2005-12-14 Thread Devin Asay
Joe, By lines showing do you mean the horizontal lines, like you see on notebook paper? If so, just open the property inspector for the field, choose Table from the popup list, then check Text baselines, which shows the, well, baselines for the text. This is the same as setting the

Re: Newbie Question

2005-12-14 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Devin, My system seems to hang when I open the inspector to the tables popup. If I command period it releases and displays the table info correctly. OSX 10.4 Rev 2.6.1 Has that happened to you at all? Tom On Dec 14, 2005, at 3:35 PM, Devin Asay wrote: Joe, By lines showing do you

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