Re: Debugging in 2.5?

2004-09-24 Thread Richard Gaskin
Chipp Walters wrote: Mark, With Revolution 2.5, you can no longer 'debug' the IDE using traditional debug measures. This is the same for any stack having the prefix rev (or so it appears). I think that's a design decision, with the aim of simplifying debugging by not stepping through mountains

Re: Error message - Revolution 2.5

2004-09-24 Thread Signe Marie Sanne
It sounds like you have a copy of the answer dialog as a substack of your main stack. (This often happens if you created the stack in MC and imported some resources.) You'll need to delete the copy that is embedded in the stack. Yes, thank you, this was actually the case. In MetaCard I go

Styled text pasting

2004-09-24 Thread Jesse Sng
I'm trying to paste styled text that could be copied from a word processor or some other app over into a stack. How do I do that? I'm familiar with the htmlText trick, but assuming that I can only get access to the styled text from eg. AppleWorks - is there a way to directly paste the text

Re: Playing back remote mp3 files

2004-09-24 Thread Jesse Sng
Recently, Jesse Sng wrote: I'm trying to build a standalone browser that will allow the user to select from a list of mp3 files and then either stream or download them to his hard drive for local playback. What I'm trying to figure out now is what do I have to do to get the QT player to

Standalone runs openstack closestack b4 stack window appears

2004-09-24 Thread Bruce A. Pokras
I have a single-stack rev project in which the stack script has both an openstack handler and a closestack handler. Doesn't sound that unusual, does it? However, when compiled as a standalone with Rev 2.5 under Mac OS 9.1, _both_ the openstack _and_ closestack handlers run before the stack

Re: Standalone runs openstack closestack b4 stack window appears

2004-09-24 Thread Pierre Sahores
Le 24 sept. 04, à 13:20, Bruce A. Pokras a écrit : I have a single-stack rev project in which the stack script has both an openstack handler and a closestack handler. Doesn't sound that unusual, does it? However, when compiled as a standalone with Rev 2.5 under Mac OS 9.1, _both_ the openstack

Re: Can't read text from file on OS 9

2004-09-24 Thread Robert Brenstein
I don't have an OS 9 machine to check right now, but maybe someone else can. If I remember right, OS 9 will return a path something like this: Hard Disk/AppFolder/Folder/file.rev The Classic engine returns this path: /Hard Disk/Folder/Folder/file.rev The OS X engine returns this path:

Re: Standalone runs openstack closestack b4 stack window appears

2004-09-24 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Bruce, I have had the double open stack thing happen in a few standalones. I use the 'on startup' and 'on shutdown' messages instead. Don't know why it happens though. HTH Tom On Sep 24, 2004, at 7:20 AM, Bruce A. Pokras wrote: I have a single-stack rev project in which the stack script has both

Re: Standalone runs openstack closestack b4 stack window appears

2004-09-24 Thread Robert Brenstein
I have a single-stack rev project in which the stack script has both an openstack handler and a closestack handler. Doesn't sound that unusual, does it? However, when compiled as a standalone with Rev 2.5 under Mac OS 9.1, _both_ the openstack _and_ closestack handlers run before the stack

Re: Can't read text from file on OS 9

2004-09-24 Thread Andre Garzia
Also, I think preferences folder is different, one is ~/Library/Preferences the other is inside system folder (the true os 9) so checking for special folder path should return different values, where the value of OS 9 is fixed and can be hardcoded, so you can check. cheers andre On Sep 23,

ANN: FTP Commander update...

2004-09-24 Thread Andre Garzia
Hi Folks, I am back since the last war with my tonsils. I updated the FTPCommander Stack so that it could understand some weird file listings by IIS... you can fetch it from Revolution Online under utilities or at my space soapdog. Also you can point to

Re: [OT] Wireless remote events?

2004-09-24 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
Did you try checking for Apple Events? On Sep 23, 2004, at 10:37 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Ken Ray wrote: On 9/23/04 7:01 PM, Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: weird part: I made a fresh stack and put in rawKeyDown, rawKeyUp, appleEvent, arrowKey, functionKey, keyDown and keyUp handlers --

Re: Can't read text from file on OS 9

2004-09-24 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/24/04 6:47 AM, Robert Brenstein wrote: I don't have an OS 9 machine to check right now, but maybe someone else can. If I remember right, OS 9 will return a path something like this: Hard Disk/AppFolder/Folder/file.rev The Classic engine returns this path: /Hard

CGI's and processing requests in order

2004-09-24 Thread Gregory Lypny
Hello everyone, In processing CGI requests, I understand that Revolution creates an instance of itself in memory for each request. I'm guessing that because of this, it may be possible for two or more clients to be accessing a text file almost simultaneously and create an update anomaly if

Puzzler (why does this error?)

2004-09-24 Thread inspir
This line executed in the message box: put the allowKeyInField of field id 1008 of card id 1002 of stack Untitled 1 produces this error: Message execution error: Error description: Handler: can't find handler While this line executed in the message box: put the visible of field id 1008 of card

Re: Puzzler (why does this error?)

2004-09-24 Thread Klaus Major
Hi inspir, or may i call you Geoff? ;-) This line executed in the message box: put the allowKeyInField of field id 1008 of card id 1002 of stack Untitled 1 produces this error: Message execution error: Error description: Handler: can't find handler While this line executed in the message box:

Re: Styled text pasting

2004-09-24 Thread Paul
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to paste styled text that could be copied from a word processor or some other app over into a stack. How do I do that? I'm familiar with the htmlText trick, but assuming that I can only get access to the styled text from eg. AppleWorks - is there a way to

Re: ANN: FTP Commander update...

2004-09-24 Thread Pierre Sahores
Wah ! Great and cool stuff Andre. Thanks for sharing it :D I just tested this new issue (PWB G4 Panther 10.3.5 on the client side / Suse-Linux 8.2 Pro + pureFTPD on the server side) and it works just as expected. I will yet have to learn your code ! Thanks again :) Best Regards, Pierre Le

Re: Dates Handled Differently in XP Home?

2004-09-24 Thread Dan Shafer
No new data emerges. I'm still stuck. I can, of course, use systemVersion() to determine if the app is running on XP and, if so, adjust the code for the date anomaly accordingly. But I'd like to know if this is a known problem in XP or Rev or what so that I can understand why I'm doing what I'm

Launching application

2004-09-24 Thread K
Does anyone know how Runtime Revolution creates the processes unsed with read from process and write to process? Are these process created on OS X and *NIX by fork() and exec()? If I am using the process api provided on Runtime Revolution how does one open and references multiple instance

Connecting to Valentina using revdb_connect

2004-09-24 Thread Gordon Tillman
Hello All, I was wondering if some kind soul might enlighten me on a couple of points... I'm running the latest RR 2.5 build, with a Studio license (for both Mac and Windows platforms). First Item: If I try to connect to a Valentina database using the revdb_connect function from my stack

OS X Hang Bug is #2240

2004-09-24 Thread Dan Shafer
Sorry I forgot to supply the Bugzilla number for the bug I just posted a note about. It's 2240. ~~ Dan Shafer, Revolutionary Author of Revolution: Software at the Speed of Thought http://www.revolutionpros.com for more info Available at Runtime Revolution

Re: My copy of Rev just crashed and won't launch anymore...

2004-09-24 Thread Dan Shafer
Oh, crap. I just Bugzilla'd this and reported that I'd found this same solution after a lot of trial and error. That's what I get for falling behind on my list reading. Thanks, Mark. Dan On Sep 15, 2004, at 6:57 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Re-install Revolution. Set up all preferences the way

Re: CGI's and processing requests in order

2004-09-24 Thread Andre Garzia
Gregory, I think that's the way everyone is doing, I use a token file to signal the busy state, so when I need to see if another instance of Rev is working, I just look for that file... Cheers andre On Sep 24, 2004, at 2:16 PM, Gregory Lypny wrote: Hello everyone, In processing CGI requests, I

Rev 2.5 Hang at Launch on OS X Bugzilla'd

2004-09-24 Thread Dan Shafer
I've about had it with this bug, which I was sure I'd reported and BZed before, but apparently not. If you can confirm that this bug arises, please go add to my description. Essentially, trying to launch Rev (this has been true for 2.2 and is still true in 2.5 though less frequent), the

Re: Rev 2.5 Hang at Launch on OS X Bugzilla'd

2004-09-24 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Sep 24, 2004, at 3:22 PM, Dan Shafer wrote: I've about had it with this bug, which I was sure I'd reported and BZed before, but apparently not. If you can confirm that this bug arises, please go add to my description. Essentially, trying to launch Rev (this has been true for 2.2 and is

Re: Rev 2.5 Hang at Launch on OS X Bugzilla'd

2004-09-24 Thread Dan Shafer
Trevor I'm glad to hear that. I had it this afternoon for the second time this week on 2.5. Dan On Sep 24, 2004, at 3:27 PM, Trevor DeVore wrote: On Sep 24, 2004, at 3:22 PM, Dan Shafer wrote: I've about had it with this bug, which I was sure I'd reported and BZed before, but apparently

Re: Rev 2.5 Hang at Launch on OS X Bugzilla'd

2004-09-24 Thread Dan Shafer
Trevor I'm glad to hear that. I had it this afternoon for the second time this week on 2.5. Dan On Sep 24, 2004, at 3:27 PM, Trevor DeVore wrote: On Sep 24, 2004, at 3:22 PM, Dan Shafer wrote: I've about had it with this bug, which I was sure I'd reported and BZed before, but apparently

Re: ANN: FTP Commander update...

2004-09-24 Thread Andre Garzia
On Sep 24, 2004, at 4:15 PM, Pierre Sahores wrote: Wah ! Great and cool stuff Andre. Thanks for sharing it :D I just tested this new issue (PWB G4 Panther 10.3.5 on the client side / Suse-Linux 8.2 Pro + pureFTPD on the server side) and it works just as expected. I will yet have to learn

Re: Rev 2.5 Hang at Launch on OS X Bugzilla'd

2004-09-24 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Sep 24, 2004, at 3:38 PM, Dan Shafer wrote: Trevor I'm glad to hear that. I had it this afternoon for the second time this week on 2.5. Well, I think you cursed me Dan - I just had this happen under 2.5 ;-) Rev locked up when quitting and I had to force quit. After that it locked up at

Re: CGI's and processing requests in order

2004-09-24 Thread Gregory Lypny
Hello Andre, Thanks for confirming. I also imagine that there's some kind of environmental variable that could be used as a token to distinguish among those instances of Revolution or the identity or addresses of the clients. Greg On Sep 24, 2004, at 7:19 PM, Andre wrote: Gregory, I

Re: Rev 2.5 Hang at Launch on OS X Bugzilla'd

2004-09-24 Thread Mark Talluto
On Sep 24, 2004, at 4:23 PM, Trevor DeVore wrote: On Sep 24, 2004, at 3:38 PM, Dan Shafer wrote: Trevor I'm glad to hear that. I had it this afternoon for the second time this week on 2.5. Well, I think you cursed me Dan - I just had this happen under 2.5 ;-) Rev locked up when quitting and

Re: Rev 2.5 Hang at Launch on OS X Bugzilla'd

2004-09-24 Thread Dan Shafer
Mark. Don't know if you'll find this as well, but the advice in another thread here was to take the revpreferences.rev stack in your components-save folder, stuff it and put it somewhere handy. Then if this happens again, just unstuff the prefs stack and replace the one in your current

Re: Rev 2.5 Hang at Launch on OS X Bugzilla'd

2004-09-24 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Sep 24, 2004, at 4:43 PM, Mark Talluto wrote: Well, I think you cursed me Dan - I just had this happen under 2.5 ;-) Rev locked up when quitting and I had to force quit. After that it locked up at the loading menus, plugins part of the launch. I am downloading a new version so I can get a

Re: Rev 2.5 Hang at Launch on OS X Bugzilla'd

2004-09-24 Thread Mark Talluto
On Sep 24, 2004, at 5:09 PM, Dan Shafer wrote: Mark. Don't know if you'll find this as well, but the advice in another thread here was to take the revpreferences.rev stack in your components-save folder, stuff it and put it somewhere handy. Then if this happens again, just unstuff the prefs

Re: Styled text pasting

2004-09-24 Thread Jesse Sng
Silly question, but have you tried paste? I just checked a standalone I am working on and the styled text from MS Word was pasted as styled text into a field in the standalone juisng the pste command. I'm using RR 2.5 and Windows XP. Not silly actually because I tried pasting from Safari and

Re: Styled text pasting

2004-09-24 Thread Ken Ray
On 9/24/04 9:47 PM, Jesse Sng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Silly question, but have you tried paste? I just checked a standalone I am working on and the styled text from MS Word was pasted as styled text into a field in the standalone juisng the pste command. I'm using RR 2.5 and Windows XP.

Re: CGI's and processing requests in order

2004-09-24 Thread Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
Aloha, Interesting... I was just about to open up a similar OT thread Does anyone know of a Rev GUI to act as an RCS for CVS In my context I'm interesting in keeping a repository of specification documents, task rosters etc. easily viewable and searchable as .html docs on the web site.

Re: Styled text pasting

2004-09-24 Thread Jesse Sng
One thing you could do to check is to copy the text to the clipboard, switch to Revolution, and then put this in the messagebox: put the clipboardData[html] And see if it gives you any html style tags back. If so, you can set the htmlText of the destination field to the clipboardData[html].