Ken,
At work we use etrust, CAVA (for emc systems) and sophos and never get
these issues!!!
I've thrown away Norton long ago because it's such an intrusive
over-simplistic application without
much choice of what i could or wanted to be done.
Not to mention the email slowdowns with dialog
(an OT, musing response:) Interesting. A year or so ago, on a Python
list, because I was trying to write a my0wnData file (for the
program, not the user), I asked how to find out what the program's
own folder *was*. On OS X it's weird; the own folder turns out to
be inside the
As I said before in other questions to the group I've apparently suffered
some sort of corruption. These three windows all open to the full screen
every
time. It doesn't matter that I resize and save them. They still open full
screen
size the next time. Someone told me how to fix the
On Nov 3, 2005, at 1:51 AM, Ken Ray wrote:
Basically here's how this works - all the ___stack and ___card
messages
(preOpenStack, openCard, etc.) are sent to the card, and then
travel through
the hierarchy to the stack. If the stack is a substack, it then
travels to
For a beginner
Hi Charles,
One common source of errors is with the word me
First because if you transfer code from a control to a stack, Me changes.
Me works fine for cards or stacks but you have to be sure of teh context.
For example in a button script
on mouseup
put me
end mouseup
gives you nothing -
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Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:14:45 -0600
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Chipp,
Thanks for this. It is an easy solution to a long running nasty problem
with my application.
Bill Vlahos
On Oct 26, 2005, at 3:06 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:
Hey gang,
Just posted a very simple table editing script, using just a single
field. I find it invaluable and have used
X, We Mac OSX users don't need to run ANY antivirus software, if
we're on a router-buffered LAN. It's just not an issue. I don't know
what they would protect us from...
And yes all 4 of my G4's are on an internet-connected lan.
I gave up on Symantic/Norton for disk repair about 4 years ago.
Charles Hartman wrote:
Wow! Until I read this message it didn't occur to me that the
preOpenStack in the main stack of the database app I'm working on was
being called (I just checked) every time one of the five or six
substacks opens. Since that handler opens the database and reads much
Not sure if this is appropriate, but I wanted to say hello and introduce
myself to the list as a new Revolution user. I'm a web programmer that
uses PHP, javascript, and MySQL most (ASP if I have to, Java if at
gunpoint). For standalone apps, I dabbled a bit with VB, even less with
C++, and
Hello Erin,
Welcome to this list: you will find here nice, kind and reactive
people who like to help.
Be sure that your introduction was very appropriate here :-)
It's the best place to ask questions and learn!
As for finding resources, there are many:
You might check the sites of the
Erin,
First of all, be very welcome. You just found the best resource ever
to Revolution which is this mailing list. If you have doubts or
questions, leave a post here, someone will point you in the right
direction. I find this list the most amusing thing ever!!! People are
friendly,
Erin D. Smale wrote:
Revolution has *impressed* me at every turn, and I think
I've found the tool I've been looking for to complete the dozen or so
programming projects swirling around my head. I'm working through the
tutorials included with the software, have started reading Dan Shafer's
Xavier,
Thank you, again, for the suggestion that tabs might be causing the strange
display problems in large fields. I changed the delimiter from tab to | and
the display problems disappeared.
The original reason for the tabs was to make the data more transportable -
especially to
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Xavier,
Thank you, again, for the suggestion that tabs might be causing the strange
display problems in large fields. I changed the delimiter from tab to | and
the display problems disappeared.
The original reason for the tabs was to make the data more transportable -
Richard,
Agreed. Sane people will seldom need to concern themselves with this. I have
over a hundred tabs in my lines (certainly not real world).
By the way, the vertical tab (ASCII 11) displays in the message box and in
fields but not in the script editor.
PL
Jim,
Contact me offlist and I'll work w/you trying to debug it.
Offlist, because I'll probably end up giving you some server settings to
our mail server for you to test against.
best,
Chipp
Jim Hurley wrote:
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Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:14:45 -0600
From: Chipp Walters [EMAIL
Hi Paul
Im only too glad to help.
Is this bugzillaed? I didn't find it in my last scan...
;)
Xavier
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Thank you Trevor,
The function executes but only returns the Database ID connection instead of
the results of the query. Anyone know why it would be doing this?
All best Always
Fred
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It seems that it is putting the connection database ID number without
executing the SQL statement.
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On Nov 3, 2005, at 11:56 AM, Fred Giannetto wrote:
Thank you Trevor,
The function executes but only returns the Database ID connection
instead of the results of the query. Anyone know why it would be
doing this?
revQueryDatabase returns the cursor id returned from the database.
You
Outstanding! Thank you Trevor. It is all set.
All best Always
Fred
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Hi All
Hi Again
If I change the option key to be activated by the 3rd mousebutton thebn
it is ok
but if both use the first mousebutton then there is a problem.
Any ideas?
cheers
bob
I have an option button added to a form with the script
on mousedown
if the
Richard,
In many situations with managed clients using active directory domains,
writing to the 'Programs Folder' is *not permitted*. This is
particularly a problem in Enterprise and can also be a problem for
'Guest' users.
That is the reason why I use the AppPath or the UserPath method.
Yep, how would you account for different users having different prefs if
you store the prefs only in the Program Files folder? Of course, if
that's not a concern, then _fire away_ !
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Could there be a downside to writing prefs or other such app-managed
data to a folder
Chipp Walters wrote:
Richard,
In many situations with managed clients using active directory domains,
writing to the 'Programs Folder' is *not permitted*. This is
particularly a problem in Enterprise and can also be a problem for
'Guest' users.
That is the reason why I use the AppPath or
Chipp Walters wrote:
Yep, how would you account for different users having different prefs if
you store the prefs only in the Program Files folder? Of course, if
that's not a concern, then _fire away_ !
How many different users would be running the app from the same
removable device?
If
Hmm,
I'm probably just coming late to the party.
But, you say:
If an app can't write to its own directory, it must be installed on the
hard drive and not running from a removable device. -- TRUE (unless
it's on a CD-ROM or the removable device is LOCKED)
of course the inverse isn't true:
If
OK,
I'm caught up now and get what you're doing. Sorry for wasting bandwidth
on the list.
You're right, using an environment variable can help manage the user
prefs. Overall, I like the idea of just putting stuff in the same folder
as the app, for portability reasons. But, it does present a
Chipp Walters wrote:
Hmm,
I'm probably just coming late to the party.
But, you say:
If an app can't write to its own directory, it must be installed on the
hard drive and not running from a removable device. -- TRUE (unless
it's on a CD-ROM or the removable device is LOCKED)
of course the
I just got an email from Luis L. Rodíguez Oro,
who asked me to offer his stack to the list. I
guess he feels his English isn't good enough.
I don't know about that - looks fine to me - but
anyway his stack TreeView in Revolution was
nicely done, and my normally crusty self felt I
owed it
Richard Gaskin wrote:
The only downside to self-contained apps is that there's no file-type
association present in the host system's registry, so documents must be
opened from within the app rather than double-clicked. But this factor
is independent of any method used to determine what
Actually, running apps from removable devices is far more common and growing in
popularity.
I myself had written a few apps in my Windows days to run off of my iPod Mini.
As well, I also had Firefox, Thunderbird, Nvu and several other programs setup
on my iPod Mini.
I can't speak for OSX,
Chipp Walters wrote:
Richard Gaskin wrote:
The only downside to self-contained apps is that there's no file-type
association present in the host system's registry, so documents must
be opened from within the app rather than double-clicked. But this
factor is independent of any method used
On Nov 3, 2005, at 2:05 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
With Rev's ability to read and write the Windows directory, it
would be simple enough to make the registry entries for the file
type association. But for true portability this should not happen
when running from a removable drive, the
On 11/3/05 7:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I downloaded a fresh Rev copy then foolishly opened one of my existing
stacks and my problems persisted. I don't have any plugins, substacks,
frontScripts or backScripts. The oversize windows are a problem on all my
stacks.
Trevor DeVore wrote:
On Nov 3, 2005, at 2:05 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
With Rev's ability to read and write the Windows directory, it would
be simple enough to make the registry entries for the file type
association. But for true portability this should not happen when
running from a
Garrett R. Hylltun wrote:
Actually, running apps from removable devices is far more common
and growing in popularity.
How do other portable apps handle the customary behavior of being able
to launch an app by double-clicking one of its documents? Or it is
considered acceptable to blow that
On Nov 3, 2005, at 8:19 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Garrett R. Hylltun wrote:
Actually, running apps from removable devices is far more common
and growing in popularity.
How do other portable apps handle the customary behavior of being
able to launch an app by double-clicking one of its
Andre Garzia wrote:
does anyone know if autorun.inf will work on usb drives?
Last I checked, it didn't.
-Chipp
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On Nov 3, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
We could, but it obviates the biggest benefit of the file-type
association: being able to launch the app by double-clicking a
document.
True, you would only get double-click, icon associations, etc. while
the app was running.
--
Trevor
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:24:43 -0200
Andre Garzia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
does anyone know if autorun.inf will work on usb drives?
It will not work with all removable devices. When I did my work related to
this, my very own iPod Mini would not work with the autorun.inf, even though I
had
Err..
Folks...
it is possible, but it is horrible™
From Microsoft USB FAQ: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/
usbfaq.mspx
--- blurb ---
The Autorun capabilities are restricted to CD-ROM drives and fixed
disk drives. If you need to make a USB storage device perform
Autorun,
On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:19:36 -0800
Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Garrett R. Hylltun wrote:
Actually, running apps from removable devices is far more common
and growing in popularity.
How do other portable apps handle the customary behavior of being able
to launch an app by
Richard Gaskin wrote:
And if we do ignore that for portable apps, assuming we'd like to ship a
single app for both portable and installed use, how can we know we're
running installed so that we could write the file association entry to
the registry as customers would expect for a
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 14:27:29 -0800
Trevor DeVore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Nov 3, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
We could, but it obviates the biggest benefit of the file-type
association: being able to launch the app by double-clicking a
document.
True, you would only
Greetings,
How do I get the hotkeys to work for the menus? Such as CTRL+Q for the Exit
menu item.
I could not find any reference to this in the documentation.
Thanks in advance,
-Garrett
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Thursday, November 3, 2005, 12:50:36 PM, you wrote:
PS I've asked Chris about how to figure out the removable drive thing on
XP w/out vbs...He's processing...(unfortunately, I'm using Chris 1.0,
the 2.0 version *still* hasn't been released).
Again, there's an external call in the sdk
Andre Garzia wrote:
does anyone know if autorun.inf will work on usb drives?
Not normally, but a consortium of USB vendors at U3.org has developed a
way to partition a USB drive to trick the OS into thinking one of its
partitions is a CD-ROM, so now that security hole can be exploited by
Chipp Walters wrote:
Richard Gaskin wrote:
And if we do ignore that for portable apps, assuming we'd like to ship
a single app for both portable and installed use, how can we know
we're running installed so that we could write the file association
entry to the registry as customers would
Hello All,
I've searched the archives, but found only limited information about
controlling external devices with Rev. As I need something somewhat
more sophisticated and reliable than X-10 devices, I would like to
ask anew if anyone is doing this kind of work? What would be ideal
is
Mark Wieder wrote:
Again, there's an external call in the sdk to do this. There's a Win32
API call named GetDriveType() that returns DRIVE_REMOVABLE for
removable drives. Including USB flash drives. I doubt this can be done
without an external call, short of seeing if a write works.
Looks like
Dear RunRev Programmers,
I have 2 questions.
1) How to I make a link to browse the cd drive.
This is for a cd that installs but some files do
not get transferred to the hard drive, it's rep
files that the rep has access to but the end user
has no need for them. I like an easy way for the
On Nov 3, 2005, at 6:28 PM, Roger Guay wrote:
I've searched the archives, but found only limited information about
controlling external devices with Rev. As I need something somewhat
more sophisticated and reliable than X-10 devices, I would like to ask
anew if anyone is doing this kind of
I'm sorry I wasn't clear about this. What I'm looking for is a
computer interface with touch screen to a complex electro-mechanical
device. That's why I mentioned an external Programable Logic
Controller. An example that a lot of folks would relate to would be
computer control/interface
On Nov 3, 2005, at 7:04 PM, Roger Guay wrote:
I'm sorry I wasn't clear about this. What I'm looking for is a
computer interface with touch screen to a complex electro-mechanical
device. That's why I mentioned an external Programable Logic
Controller. An example that a lot of folks would
I've searched the archives, but found only limited information about
controlling external devices with Rev. As I need something somewhat
more sophisticated and reliable than X-10 devices, I would like to
ask anew if anyone is doing this kind of work? What would be ideal
is an external
Dan-
Wednesday, November 2, 2005, 2:33:12 PM, you wrote:
A good experience is rich, something worth exploring, telling others
about, and experiencing again. It's overdetermined - or holistic - or
*integrated*. And being integrated makes it (often) hard to explain,
since one can't truly
You're probably thinking of Scripter's Scrapbook:
http://www.flexiblelearning.com
On Nov 3, 2005, at 3:38 AM, Paul wrote:
2) I had to format my hard drive the other day due to a worm, boy
would I like the person that programmed this worm, well any way – I
had a program that was a db as
As much as I think these comparisons are misleading and limiting, Hypercard
on Steroids or Professional Hypercard are actually pithys way of getting
the essentials across to people.
Most programmerish types are aware of Hypercard and the general environment
and methodology associated with it (Mac
I gave up on that years ago.
Dan
On Nov 3, 2005, at 4:37 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
...so - any attempt at trying to describe this for folks who haven't
dived in yet?
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Mark Wieder wrote:
...so - any attempt at trying to describe this for folks who haven't
dived in yet?
My own twist on an old HyperCard description: Tinkertoys for software.
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I use the following in part of my 30 second spiel:
With Revolution, I can quickly design a tool, like a timer with a graphic
interface and a drop down menu, then in one step, compile it to an exe for
Windows, an app for Mac OSX, an app for Linux/ Unix. I don't know Unix, and
very little Windows,
J. Landman Gay wrote:
Mark Wieder wrote:
...so - any attempt at trying to describe this for folks who haven't
dived in yet?
My own twist on an old HyperCard description: Tinkertoys for software.
Oh, and I forgot, they also used to call it a software erector set.
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I'm find myself getting deeper into the murky/difficult/fascinating
area of sequence analysis (of behavioural data captured within
educational technology environments) and was wondering whether anyone
had succeeded in implementing routines for finding the longest common
substrings or
On 11/3/05 5:38 AM, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear RunRev Programmers,
I have 2 questions.
1) How to I make a link to browse the cd drive.
This is for a cd that installs but some files do
not get transferred to the hard drive, it's rep
files that the rep has access to but the
At 3:42 PM -0800 11/2/2005, Michael wrote:
Is it possible to determine on which line a word resides in a text field,
where a line is defined not as a cr-delimited paragraph but as a row in
the field's display?
This expression will produce the (visible) line number:
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Alternatively, I could safely provide that for 95% of my customers by
writing the reg entry only when the boot volume is the same as the
volume the app is running on.
Richard,
For some darn reason I buy a lot of Windows computers. You'd be
surprised how many have a
Sarah Reichelt wrote:
Rev cannot yet handle USB comms, although I
understand Altuit is working on an external for this.
Chris did spend a significant amount of time writing a USB external for
both Mac and PC, but after taking a look at the way data is handled
through a USB connection, we
Chipp Walters wrote:
Alternatively, I could safely provide that for 95% of my customers by
writing the reg entry only when the boot volume is the same as the
volume the app is running on.
Richard,
For some darn reason I buy a lot of Windows computers. You'd be
surprised how many have a
Well then Mark, are you going to share it? ;-)
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Small matter at this point: Mark Weider slugged it out with the
externals SDK and sent me the compiled DLL he's been talking about.
Works a treat.
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Rev cannot yet handle USB comms, although I
understand Altuit is working on an external for this.
Chris did spend a significant amount of time writing a USB external for
both Mac and PC, but after taking a look at the way data is handled
through a USB connection, we decided it would take
I've been known to call it Java without the Java.
Dan
On Nov 3, 2005, at 5:16 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
J. Landman Gay wrote:
Mark Wieder wrote:
...so - any attempt at trying to describe this for folks who haven't
dived in yet?
My own twist on an old HyperCard description: Tinkertoys for
Richard said:
On the bright side, there's rarely a need to display that many columns
to a user in most layouts. In DB apps it's common to display a useful
subset of fields in a list for the user to pick from, and then edit
fields in a detail view showing all fields.
No there isn't a
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