Re: Tutorials

2002-12-27 Thread Gernot Lorenz
manuel companys wrote: Le Wednesday, 25 Dec 2002, à 12:10 US/Central, Gernot Lorenz a écrit : Am Montag, 23.12.02 um 15:11 Uhr schrieb Andre Rombauts: I’ve been learning Rev for several months but to really go ‘inside’ I would need an ‘in-depth-tutorial’. This is quite

Re: Re[7]: groups and background

2002-12-27 Thread UDI
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OT:Life's Priorities

2002-12-27 Thread miscdas
Listers, Just a few words on your priorities in life. I noted a number of posts dated Dec. 25. For those raised in the Judeo-Christian culture, this typically marks a time of gathering of friends and family for, let us say, bonding of some sort. Take time to reflect on what you were doing

Re: setting pointer location

2002-12-27 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 26/12/02 4:57:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi David, I gather you're using a 'scale' control? In that case, the last tab in its Properties is 'Scrollbar' -- as RunRev treats scale objects as a special type of scrollbar.

Re: VERY OT:Life's Priorities i.e. IconEditor

2002-12-27 Thread Klaus Major
Hi miscdas and all, Listers, Just a few words on your priorities in life. I noted a number of posts dated Dec. 25. For those raised in the Judeo-Christian culture, this typically marks a time of gathering of friends and family for, let us say, bonding of some sort. Take time to reflect on

The Whisky Draw

2002-12-27 Thread Heather Williams
Ladies and Gentlemen! I am happy to announce the winner of the Runtime Revolution Whisky Draw. As you may remember, this was to go to a randomly selected poster of an ontopic post, after the 10th Dec and before Dec 25th. I put all posts into a virtual hat, and a random mouse click brought me the

Re: setting pointer location

2002-12-27 Thread Bill Vlahos
There are a lot of things I haven't found in the docs so don't feel bad. Thanks to Jan for mentioning it doesn't work in OS X. I forgot to say it. It does work in the 2.0 alpha for OS X. Bill Vlahos On Friday, December 27, 2002, at 04:40 AM, Jan Schenkel wrote: At any rate, don't feel bad

Re: The Whisky Draw

2002-12-27 Thread Troy Rollins
On Friday, December 27, 2002, at 09:34 AM, Heather Williams wrote: drum roll And the winner is Klaus Major, with his post No one deserves it more. Congrats Klaus. Now you can REALLY reflect on the year... ;-) -- Troy RPSystems, LTD www.rpsystems.net

Re: VERY OT:Life's Priorities i.e. IconEditor

2002-12-27 Thread Ken Ray
Has someone succesfully replaced the 4 bit icon of a standalone with an 8 bit icon (on windows) ? Klaus, I don't think this is possible (unfortunately), since the space for the resource is only so big. You can replace the default 4-bit icon with another 4-bit icon, but if you want anything

Re: The Whisky Draw

2002-12-27 Thread Wolfgang M. Bereuter
On Freitag, Dezember 27, 2002, at 03:41 Uhr, Troy Rollins wrote: And the winner is Klaus Major, with his post No one deserves it more. agree... Congrats Klaus. Now you can REALLY reflect on the year... ;-) Does this mean, we have to forget the content of his posts during this

Re: Re[7]: groups and background

2002-12-27 Thread Dar Scott
On Friday, December 27, 2002, at 08:32 AM, Rob Cozens wrote: I believe the distinction is background can refer to any group in a stack, whereas group can refer only to groups on the current card. Ah. I have been using background to mean a group with background behavior. Now, now this is

Revolution Archive

2002-12-27 Thread JamesHBeckmann
Geoff Duncan had set up an automatic Web site HyperCard Mailing List Archive that archives the posts and is searchable by many parameters. Has this been cloned for the RuvRev mail list where I can also search for questions that have been posed and their responses? Jim

Re: The Whisky Draw

2002-12-27 Thread Klaus Major
Hi all, Ladies and Gentlemen! I am happy to announce the winner of the Runtime Revolution Whisky Draw. As you may remember, this was to go to a randomly selected poster of an ontopic post, after the 10th Dec and before Dec 25th. I put all posts into a virtual hat, and a random mouse click

Re: Revolution Archive

2002-12-27 Thread Richard Gaskin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geoff Duncan had set up an automatic Web site HyperCard Mailing List Archive that archives the posts and is searchable by many parameters. Has this been cloned for the RuvRev mail list where I can also search for questions that have been posed and their responses?

Re: Re[7]: groups and background

2002-12-27 Thread Rob Cozens
I believe the distinction is background can refer to any group in a stack, whereas group can refer only to groups on the current card. Ah. I have been using background to mean a group with background behavior. Now, now this is twice as confusing. If I am correct, put there is a

Re: The Whisky Draw

2002-12-27 Thread Rob Cozens
Anyway, i want to thank you all here on the list and i promise to drink to all of you when the bottle will arrive... Salut, Klaus. -- Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company http://www.oenolog.com/who.htm And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best

Re: use-revolution digest, Vol 1 #960 - 3 msgs

2002-12-27 Thread JamesHBeckmann
In a message dated 12/27/02 10:13:39 AM, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You can search the Rev list using Google -- see the search box on http://www.fourthworld.com/rev/, or you can use this handy plugin right from within Rev:

Re: setting pointer location

2002-12-27 Thread Alan Gayne
On Friday, December 27, 2002, at 10:54 AM, Rob Cozens wrote: In HyperCard and Revolution, I control cursor positioning by locking all fields initially and unlocking tabbing to individual fields. I personally think the HIG guideline against moving the cursor should NOT be accepted at face

Paramcount caution

2002-12-27 Thread Jim Hurley
Here is something I found confusing. In its simplest form my problem is this: I define a button with the script: on mouseUp put 3,4 into a print1 a print2 a end mouseUp on print1 x,y get the paramcount if it is 1 then put item 2 of x into y put item 1 of x into x end if

Re: Paramcount caution

2002-12-27 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Jim Hurley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is something I found confusing. In its simplest form my problem is this: I define a button with the script: on mouseUp put 3,4 into a print1 a print2 a end mouseUp on print1 x,y get the paramcount if it is 1 then

Re: The Whisky Draw

2002-12-27 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Anyway, i want to thank you all here on the list and i promise to drink to all of you when the bottle will arrive... Happy holidays... Best wishes from germany Klaus Major Prosit Klaus. A well-deserved special award for an active

Re: setting pointer location [OT]

2002-12-27 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Rob Cozens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally think the HIG guideline against moving the cursor should NOT be accepted at face value: if it makes sense to you in your design, do it and see how it turns out. Is that the rant you were expecting, Jan?:{`) -- Rob Cozens

Re: Re[7]: groups and background

2002-12-27 Thread Dar Scott
On Friday, December 27, 2002, at 09:57 AM, Rob Cozens wrote: I believe the distinction is background can refer to any group in a stack, whereas group can refer only to groups on the current card. Ah. I have been using background to mean a group with background behavior. Now, now this is

Re: Paramcount caution

2002-12-27 Thread Dar Scott
On Friday, December 27, 2002, at 11:06 AM, Jim Hurley wrote: But that will be a problem in handlers which count parameters in this way. I get the feeling there is a subtle difference between empty and missing??? The number of parameters is statically defined by the caller and is

Re: Paramcount caution

2002-12-27 Thread Dar Scott
On Friday, December 27, 2002, at 11:19 AM, Jan Schenkel wrote: If you change the script of handler print2 to: on print2 x,y if the paramCount is 1 then print1 x else print1 x,y end if end print2 Then you'll get the result you expected. I should have waited for Jan's response

Re: The Whisky Draw

2002-12-27 Thread yves COPPE
Hello, Klaus, it's justified the trophy has been awarded to a great helper on the list. I think you get sloshed before long and therefore I let you to your delight and cheers ! -- Greetings. Yves COPPE Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution

Re: a script to change the appearance of an image

2002-12-27 Thread erik hansen
--- Ken Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes; buttons can have different icons show by state (hilite, disabled, etc.), to store information... with images you have to do all that manually. meaning by scripting. You also have other properties like autohilite, arm, etc. so ease of display is

Re: setting pointer location

2002-12-27 Thread Rob Cozens
when it comes to smart data entry, I don't worry about the cursor at all. I lock ALL of the fields - and then, depending on the required situation, I use a predetermined sequence of ask and/or answer dialogs to fill the fields in the order I want them filled. Interesting concept, Alan.

Re: Re[7]: groups and background

2002-12-27 Thread Rob Cozens
I could test this for you, Dar; but it was your question...and self-discovery is much more meaningful, don't you think? Aw shucks, Dar...It worked for Tom Sawyer. Guess you'll probably pass up the wonderful opportunity for fence painting I was about to offer you too. :{~) Anyway, I opened

Re: setting pointer location [OT]

2002-12-27 Thread Rob Cozens
*lol* Exactly the response I figured my statement was going to provoke ;-) Oh dear! I'm becoming too predictable an olde foole...but at least consistent in my beliefs.:{`) -- Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company http://www.oenolog.com/who.htm And I, which was two fooles, do so

Re: a script to change the appearance of an image

2002-12-27 Thread Rob Cozens
so ease of display is the big difference. Hi erik! Images and buttons also display borders differently: I could not make a bordered image look identical to a bordered button using the same image as its icon. -- Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company http://www.oenolog.com/who.htm And

Re: Re[7]: groups and background

2002-12-27 Thread J. Landman Gay
Dar Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To me, the most intuitive meaning of background is a group used as a background, that is, a group with background behavior. Even if I drop that notion, we still have an inconsistent use of background. It means one thing when referring to background

Paramcount caution

2002-12-27 Thread Jim Hurley
Jim Hurley wrote: on mouseUp put 3,4 into a print1 a print2 a end mouseUp on print1 x,y get the paramcount if it is 1 then put item 2 of x into y put item 1 of x into x end if put x return after field 1 put y return after field 1 end

Re: setting pointer location

2002-12-27 Thread David Vaughan
On Saturday, Dec 28, 2002, at 08:57 Australia/Sydney, Rob Cozens wrote: The former action obviously works well while the latter I personally abjure when writing and object to when using. My question, David, would be, Is you abjuration theoretical or based on experience where the technique

Re: setting pointer location

2002-12-27 Thread David Vaughan
On Saturday, Dec 28, 2002, at 13:19 Australia/Sydney, David Vaughan wrote: snip One place I encountered it is certain confirmation dialogs in Windows. ... if the idea of a confirmation dialog is to make sure the user really wants to take this more serious action, why turn the action into a

Re: Auto-size buttons?

2002-12-27 Thread Ken Ray
Mark, I'm doing this in OS X right now with option buttons. Here's my code: on menuPick pChoice put the formattedWidth of me +15 into tW -- 15 is my right margin put the rect of me into tRect put (item 1 of tRect) + tW into item 3 of tRect set the rect of me to tRect end menuPick This