Re: Valentina

2006-04-08 Thread Stephen Barncard
Bob, Check out Trevor Devore's DB library. A database abstraction library written in Transcript: http://mangomultimedia.com/developer/revolution/ libDatabase 2.0 - Tested with altSQLite 2 and 3, MySQL, PostGreSQL, Valentina 1.x local. Prelinary testing done for Valentina 2.x local/server.

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread Geoff Canyon
On Apr 7, 2006, at 6:53 AM, Geoff Canyon wrote: How about this code: on mouseUp -- display the date answer the date with OK end mouseUp Just thought I would make your day. ;-) On Apr 7, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: To be fair, Geoff had a smiley in his post, so I think he

Re: Linux Engine Licensing - Please Read

2006-04-08 Thread Richard Gaskin
Chipp wrote: Lynn Fredricks wrote: If someone has a EULA linked to a particular version of the engine that expressly allows this, send it to me ASAP - I am easily convinced by previously issued EULAs. 7for7 From the website Richard pointed you to: It can be used to run .mt scripts similar

Re: Valentina

2006-04-08 Thread Ruslan Zasukhin
On 4/8/06 8:44 AM, Robert Sneidar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. Is anyone with something less than a doctorate in highly complex programming languages using Valentina succesfully? What I am looking for is something I can use to EASILY create indexed tables and then quickly find, edit

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread David Vaughan
On 08/04/2006, at 16:36, Geoff Canyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So tell me what could go wrong? ;-) You are limiting yourself to the code, where bugs can have the forms of user requirements, specification and documentation as well as coding. In this case, the user may have wanted to know

Re: Valentina

2006-04-08 Thread Ruslan Zasukhin
Hi Robert, Additionally: If talk about Valentina you need first of all do ValentinaInit() When you finish work you do Valentina_ShutDown. Also I wonder, have you see TUTORIAL of Valentina for Revolution? It seems you have stick into REFERENCE of V4REV. I am sure, it make the simplest

Re: Not getting it

2006-04-08 Thread Ruslan Zasukhin
On 4/8/06 8:01 AM, Robert Sneidar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Robert, I know I must sound the newbie, but I read the following in the tutorial: Start of work with Valentina You have to set external references for the stack first. It

Re: Not getting it

2006-04-08 Thread Ruslan Zasukhin
On 4/8/06 8:01 AM, Robert Sneidar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Robert, -- It could be done using Stack Property Inspector. Here you just need to define the path to the V4REV_win.dll and(or) to the V4REV_Macho depends on OS target you wish to use. In order

Re: dreamhost and Rev CGI?

2006-04-08 Thread Phil Davis
Thanks to all who posted on this topic. I got Rev CGI working on my Dreamhost account. (Debian Linux) I downloaded the 2.5.1 Linux installer from runrev.com, gunzipped untarred it locally. My testing tonight tells me that I probably could have then simply uploaded the engine only -

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread Marielle Lange
While I found much to agree with in your post, your gratuitous swipes at the severe cases of denial that key contributers to this list seem to suffer from was one I couldn't let pass without comment. I'm sure I'm on that list. Dan, Very very seriously. While I recognize your intention to

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2006-04-08 Thread Marielle Lange
Richard, All my thanks for supporting the point on bitching and undermining the reputation of any user who dares to express disatisfaction on the list! That link was not even in Bob's email... nor was the link to his website. Couldn't dream of a better example. Marielle Bob Warren at

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread David Vaughan
So tell me what could go wrong? ;-) I realised while cooking the salmon this evening (crocodile being off the menu) that Geoff had inadvertently provided a wonderful case study on bugs. Any link to Geoff in the following is purely coincidental and nothing to do with him at all :-) Once

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread David Burgun
Hi, All my messages pass along the very same chain you are using, the fact that there is a library that is managing events has nothing to do with it. I've experienced the problems I mentioned (and they have been verified by others) in small 3 control test stacks with no libraries etc. I

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread David Burgun
On 7 Apr 2006, at 22:43, Ken Ray wrote: On 4/7/06 3:36 PM, Chipp Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm so old my first computer was made of cardboard. Heck, we had to 'punch out' the cardboard parts just to build it (and we did this all by candlelight as electricity wasn't invented yet).

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread David Burgun
On 8 Apr 2006, at 02:06, Bob Warren wrote: Garrett Hylltun wrote: Have you ever dropped a stack of a thousand or so punch cards!? That was the last time I ever dropped a stack. Took me weeks to put the stack back in order before I could run it through the reader. Yes, and worse. On one

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread David Burgun
That's true of course, I could rewrite the Script Editor and may well do so, but really, unless I invested a lot of time understanding the how the rest of the IDE worked, it would probably not work very well. If I were to do it, I'd rewrite the whole thing. All the Best Dave On 7 Apr

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread David Burgun
On 7 Apr 2006, at 17:49, Mark Wieder wrote: David- Friday, April 7, 2006, 3:26:29 AM, you wrote: Approach 2, results in much better software and much happier engineers. The idea is to have QA involved right from the start, at the design stage. QA's job here is to ensure that components

Re: creating my own tools palette

2006-04-08 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hello Oakes, I made my own tools palette for in the Rev IDE. It contains many small script that I use every day. Since it is for my own use, I didn't add any fancy graphics. Just a few buttons with cryptic names. If you are a true newbie, I'd just start learning the scripting language

Re: Linux Engine Licensing - Please Read

2006-04-08 Thread Mark Schonewille
I believe EuroTalk is a client of RunRev Ltd and the files there seems to contain a language learning tool. Best, Mark PS: What is eurotalk? It's been added to the public directory at ftp://runrev.com/pub/ but it's too big to download conveniently. Did I miss a press release? --

Re: How long does one put up with crashing? - reply

2006-04-08 Thread David Burgun
On 7 Apr 2006, at 22:25, Dave Cragg wrote: On 7 Apr 2006, at 21:19, Chipp Walters wrote: But, then there's another problem (at least for me). Currently, I'd like to get my hands on a 2.6.6 version of Rev. But the latest installer I have is 2.6.1, which when properly online updated, goes

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread David Burgun
I really don't think you understand the ISM concept and think it's some strange thing that is somehow going against the way Xtalk's work. It's really not. It's really just a convenient and flexible way of allowing an object to communicate with other objects without having to explicitly

Re: Linux Engine Licensing - Please Read

2006-04-08 Thread Mark Schonewille
Richard, Not so long ago, I experimented with running my stacks as little client apps with the engine in the bin folder of Mac OS X. This allows me to run a stack like an application, without building a standalone. Very much like running a Python applet. Have you noticed that this is no

Re: How to stop screen flicker

2006-04-08 Thread Mark Schonewille
Why then is there a need to show the stack? You can go invisible to the stack, change all properties, and close the stack, without showing and flashing the window. If there really is a need to issue a show command, set the window off-screen first. Please, let us know whether this solves your

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread Marielle Lange
The link to http://www.howsoft.com/downloads/webed.zip on http://www.howsoft.com/downloads/index.html is 404. Merde happens. Richard, Are you aware of the message sent to the users of this list over the past 4 months? I can tell you the message I have personally understood. Beware, if

Had Revolution for over a year and I still can't run a stack file

2006-04-08 Thread Len Morgan
I have had Rev for over a year now (Studio version) and I STILL cannot run a stack file (by double clicking on it OR using Open With...) and have a cursor show up. As soon as the pointer enters anywhere in the stack window, it disappears. I't's still there because if I carefully move it, I

Re: Had Revolution for over a year and I still can't run a stack file

2006-04-08 Thread Alex Tweedly
Len Morgan wrote: I have had Rev for over a year now (Studio version) and I STILL cannot run a stack file (by double clicking on it OR using Open With...) and have a cursor show up. As soon as the pointer enters anywhere in the stack window, it disappears. I't's still there because if I

Re: Runtime Revolution Ships Revolution Media; Announce Revolution Forums

2006-04-08 Thread Bill Marriott
Bravo, congratulations, and kudos :) Lynn Fredricks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Runtime Revolution Ships Revolution Media ... Runtime Revolution also introduces new support and learning forums at http://forums.runrev.com. The new forums are set up by level so

ArcadeEngine Forum is moving

2006-04-08 Thread Malte Brill
Hi all, Now that Runtime has their forums online, ArcadeEngine support forum is moving to our new RevSelect forum here - http://forums.runrev.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=27 I am looking forward to see you there. Stay tuned for some really cool stuff coming up. All the best, Malte

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread Dave Cragg
On 8 Apr 2006, at 14:01, Marielle Lange wrote: The link to http://www.howsoft.com/downloads/webed.zip on http://www.howsoft.com/downloads/index.html is 404. Merde happens. Richard, Are you aware of the message sent to the users of this list over the past 4 months? I can tell you the

RE: Linux Engine Licensing - Please Read

2006-04-08 Thread Lynn Fredricks
A lot of us MC users did. I had occasion to mention this very specifically to Lynn recently, more than once. Not sure why he said he wasn't familiar with it; maybe he just suffers from what Dan and I can call Rev List Subscriber Memory Disorder. ;) The substance of our discussion had to

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread Geoff Canyon
Well, my international (from an american viewpoint) friend, how about this: on mouseUp -- display the date answer the system date with OK end mouseUp The requirements are stated clearly in the comment, so the long date is out. The system date should work properly for you, correct? I

Re: Runtime Revolution Ships Revolution Media; Announce Revolution Forums

2006-04-08 Thread Robert Brenstein
Bravo, congratulations, and kudos :) Lynn Fredricks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Runtime Revolution Ships Revolution Media ... Runtime Revolution also introduces new support and learning forums at http://forums.runrev.com. The new forums are set up by level

RE: Runtime Revolution Ships Revolution Media; Announce Revolution Forums

2006-04-08 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Bravo, congratulations, and kudos :) Lynn Fredricks Thanks Bill! Best regards, Lynn Fredricks Worldwide Business Operations Runtime Revolution, Ltd ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

RE: Linux Engine Licensing - Please Read

2006-04-08 Thread Robert Brenstein
Thanks Phil and Chipp, Ill check it out and see how that works with current licensing. In the meantimesome other news just posted :-) Best regards, Lynn Fredricks Worldwide Business Operations Runtime Revolution, Ltd Lynn, a key thing about that free engine is that it does not have or

RE: Runtime Revolution Ships Revolution Media; Announce Revolution Forums

2006-04-08 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Hi Robert, Nice. Are the forums intended to replace this list or as an additional service? I hope the latter. http://forums.runrev.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=209#209 Also, I find the following paragraph in the pr curious: Step up to Revolution scripting. English-like Revolution is the

End of Thread (RE: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read)

2006-04-08 Thread Lynn Fredricks
This thread no longer deals constructively with Revolution. Hostile forces retreat. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks Worldwide Business Operations Runtime Revolution, Ltd ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Re: Merde happens, but not here (yet)

2006-04-08 Thread Bob Warren
Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote: Bob Warren wrote: I am a bit tired after my day's ordeals: a few hours ago I had to negociate the release of my supposedly kidnapped son - pay up R$50.000 or they'd kill him on the spot kind of drama. Luckily, it turned out to be not a hoax but criminal action

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread Rob Cozens
Mark, Geoff, et al: To be fair, Geoff had a smiley in his post, so I think he deserves some slack cut here. Absolutely! I did notice that after posting, and I apologize. I was more venting emotions built up after reading previous posts on this thread by others than by Geoff's remarks, and

Re: Revolution is very slow to refresh fields. How can I speed it up?

2006-04-08 Thread Rob Cozens
Alex Geoff, You don't need to know how many ticks it takes. OK, I'll bite: just how does one set the end value of the scrollBar if one does not have an idea of how many loops or how many ticks the entire process will take? Suppose, for example, one is downloading a file. Changing the

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread Rob Cozens
Dan, et al: I'm reminded of this quotation from the 1970's. (I think it was in the Mythical Man Month but I'm not sure.) If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization. Must have been a spokesman for

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread Bob Warren
The last thing I want to do today, particularly after my personal experiences of yesterday not connected with this list, is to get mixed up in psychological analyses. But in view of the fact that certain analyses have been made based my recent posts and the List's reactions to them, I would

Register at Forums to See Everything

2006-04-08 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Hi all, There are a couple of forums that require registration in order to see them (many that currently do not, will also change). You are missing a couple of nuggets of goodness if you do not register. It is likely that the next step with the forum will be to get up the RSS support so its

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread Rob Cozens
Hi Dave, I really don't think you understand the ISM concept and think it's some strange thing that is somehow going against the way Xtalk's work. It's really not. It's really just a convenient and flexible way of allowing an object to communicate with other objects without having to

Re: Software at the Speed of Thought

2006-04-08 Thread thulme
Same here. Basically paid double for it. Ended up getting it directly from Dan after ordering thru RunRev. But still very happy with the ebook, in particular the step by step application at the end of the book. It's one of the best tutorials I've read and I've read many. What made it so good in

Re: Revolution is very slow to refresh fields. How can I speed it up?

2006-04-08 Thread Robert Brenstein
Alex Geoff, You don't need to know how many ticks it takes. OK, I'll bite: just how does one set the end value of the scrollBar if one does not have an idea of how many loops or how many ticks the entire process will take? Suppose, for example, one is downloading a file. Changing the

Re: Register at Forums to See Everything

2006-04-08 Thread J. Landman Gay
Lynn Fredricks wrote: Hi all, There are a couple of forums that require registration in order to see them (many that currently do not, will also change). You are missing a couple of nuggets of goodness if you do not register. It is likely that the next step with the forum will be to get up the

Re: Register at Forums to See Everything

2006-04-08 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Jacque, Yes, it is possible to install an addition to the forum that lets use choose whether to use the web based interface, mail only, or both. Thanks for bringing this up. I hope that RunRev will quickly install this addition, which is readily available from

Can I read a disk's raw data, like in a hex editor?

2006-04-08 Thread Karl Becker
I have a formatted FAT32 or NTFS (I can change the file format) MMC card from which I would like to read data. However, the data stored to the card is not written into a tradition file, but rather directly to the disk and not in a file of any sort. Is there anyway to read the raw contents

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread Mark Wieder
David- Saturday, April 8, 2006, 4:26:49 AM, you wrote: In a way, yes, but on the other hand, I worked at one place that had around 5 imaging products and they all used a couple of common libraries. It made sense in this case for QA to track which versions of the libraries were used in the

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread Rob Cozens
Moi: I was more venting emotions built up after reading previous posts on this thread Apparently being rude to Geoff did not complete the catharsis, as I feel the need to offer these thoughts as well: * Just so we're sure we're comparing apples to apples: My closest contact on

Re: Register at Forums to See Everything

2006-04-08 Thread Robert Brenstein
Lynn Fredricks wrote: Hi all, There are a couple of forums that require registration in order to see them (many that currently do not, will also change). You are missing a couple of nuggets of goodness if you do not register. It is likely that the next step with the forum will be to get up the

Re: Can I read a disk's raw data, like in a hex editor?

2006-04-08 Thread Jim Ault
I am confused. How does the data get written to a hard drive and not in a file of any sort Please explain a little better. I am sure that you will find that Rev can access anything the operating system can access Jim Ault Las Vegas On 4/8/06 10:32 AM, Karl Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread Dan Shafer
Marielle... That was one of the strangest posts I've ever gotten on a mailing list. I went back and read my original message and for the life of me I can't figure out what you're trying to tell me. The only point I made was that sometimes -- stress that word -- what one person sees as a bug

Re: Linux Engine Licensing - Please Read

2006-04-08 Thread Dan Shafer
Lynn There will be several sessions at RevCon West 2006 in Monterey June 16-17 on Rev and the Internet. In fact, it is emerging as one of our primary focal points of the conference. On 4/8/06, Lynn Fredricks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since RevConWest 2006 is coming up, it might be a good

Re: Revolution is very slow to refresh fields. How can I speed it up?

2006-04-08 Thread Rob Cozens
Hi Robert, If I am running a process of 100 loops and my bar is 200 pixels, then I want to update for each step. However, if my process runs 1 loops, then updating for each step is pointless since the bar will not visibly move and updating every 50-100 steps will do. Maybe this is

Re: Runtime Revolution Ships Revolution Media; Announce Revolution Forums

2006-04-08 Thread Dan Shafer
Lynn.. Wow. I was surprised to see your answer that the scripting language Transcript is being renamed Revolution. How then will it be differentiated from the product? Or won't it? Intriguing. Not criticizing, just wondering and a bit bewildered. On 4/8/06, Lynn Fredricks [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Software at the Speed of Thought

2006-04-08 Thread Dan Shafer
Tim. Thanks for the kind words. I'm sorry you had to pay double and I'll contact you offlist about that but I wanted to thank you for your comments. I have written three new eBooklets, one on CGI, one on Custom Properties and one most recently on Printing. You can buy them all for $5 each

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread Mark Wieder
Geoff- Saturday, April 8, 2006, 12:21:38 AM, you wrote: So tell me what could go wrong? ;-) In addition to the system date already taken care of, 1. The date is displayed in a modal dialog, which makes further use of the app impossible until it's dismissed. 2. The mouseUp handler is never

Re: Can I read a disk's raw data, like in a hex editor?

2006-04-08 Thread Karl Becker
We are using a small PIC processor (a cheap, inexpensive device for embedded systems work) to talk directly with the MMC card. We are communicating directly via a serial port to the MMC card, and the data is being written directly to the card in a strange method that only shows up in a

Re: Revolution is very slow to refresh fields. How can I speed it up?

2006-04-08 Thread Geoff Canyon
On Apr 7, 2006, at 9:31 AM, Rob Cozens wrote: Geoff, et al: I generally check the ticks and update based on that: How do you know in advance the total ticks to complete the operation? The ticks to complete the operation isn't used for anything. Suppose I have to process the elements

Re: Runtime Revolution Ships Revolution Media; Announce Revolution Forums

2006-04-08 Thread Mark Wieder
Lynn- Saturday, April 8, 2006, 8:18:17 AM, you wrote: Is Transcript now called Revolution as well or was it just a simplification for the press? The language is now Revolution. !!! -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 31, Issue 20

2006-04-08 Thread bryan mccormick
Dan, Marielle At the risk of really opening the hornets nest, here is my 2 cents. Dan, I've actually known of you for multiple decades now -- way, way back in the dark days of HyperCard 1.0. The thing is this, I know you are a stand-up fellow and have done lots of great work for the community

Re: Had Revolution for over a year and I still can't run a stack file

2006-04-08 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Len Morgan wrote: I have had Rev for over a year now (Studio version) and I STILL cannot run a stack file (by double clicking on it OR using Open With...) and have a cursor show up. As soon as the pointer enters anywhere in the stack window, it disappears. I't's still there

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread Geoff Canyon
1. The requirements simply say to display the date -- the date is displayed. If non-modality is needed, that should be in the requirements. 2. It is certainly possible to put the code someplace inappropriate, but I think for the purposes of this assignment we can assume that isn't the

Re: Revolution is very slow to refresh fields. How can I speed it up?

2006-04-08 Thread Rob Cozens
Moi: Maybe this is just a morning when I can't get it. One possibility: My reference is to a thermometer progress bar and you are using barber pole progress bars? Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best

Re: Register at Forums to See Everything

2006-04-08 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Lynn Fredricks wrote: There are a couple of forums that require registration in order to see them (many that currently do not, will also change). You are missing a couple of nuggets of goodness if you do not register. It's great to see Rev provide an outlet for communication that

Re: Had Revolution for over a year and I still can't run a stack file

2006-04-08 Thread J. Landman Gay
Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Len Morgan wrote: I have had Rev for over a year now (Studio version) and I STILL cannot run a stack file (by double clicking on it OR using Open With...) and have a cursor show up. As soon as the pointer enters anywhere in the stack window, it disappears. I't's

Can I read a disk's raw data, like in a hex editor?

2006-04-08 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Have you looked at the open driver and read from driver commands? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Had Revolution for over a year and I still can't run a stack file

2006-04-08 Thread J. Landman Gay
J. Landman Gay wrote: I know the answer to that one, I think. It happens when you use the message box to show a file dialog (or when you have been typing into a field) and hit the return key to execute the command. When typing, the mouse pointer normally is hidden (replaced by the insertion

Re: Register at Forums to See Everything

2006-04-08 Thread jeffrey reynolds
yes please me too, i third this! jeff reynolds On Apr 8, 2006, at 1:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lynn Fredricks wrote: Hi all, There are a couple of forums that require registration in order to see them (many that currently do not, will also change). You are missing a couple of

Re: Can I read a disk's raw data, like in a hex editor?

2006-04-08 Thread Karl Becker
The MMC card is hooked up via an internal memory card reader, and shows up an a drive to the computer. Is there a driver for Windows or Mac OS X that allows me to directly access a drive? Where is a place to find all the drivers installed on a system, and to find some documentation about

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread Marielle Lange
Richard Gaskin, Apr 1 16:29:40 2005, wrote: with so much client work here I'm finding it increasingly challenging to spend time on Rev tools Maybe you could free up some time by spending less time correcting any user who makes valid criticisms on the list? For those interested, here

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 31, Issue 20

2006-04-08 Thread Dan Shafer
Bryan I appreciate your attempt to mend the fence here. But I am absolutely bewildered by your statement that I threatened to sic forum police on someone. First, I don't think there *are* any forum police! Second, I can't honestly remember threatening to *do* anything to *anyone*. Perhaps I

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread Garrett Hylltun
David Vaughan wrote: So tell me what could go wrong? ;-) I realised while cooking the salmon this evening (crocodile being off the menu) that Geoff had inadvertently provided a wonderful case study on bugs. Any link to Geoff in the following is purely coincidental and nothing to do with him

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread Garrett Hylltun
David Burgun wrote: On 8 Apr 2006, at 02:06, Bob Warren wrote: Garrett Hylltun wrote: Have you ever dropped a stack of a thousand or so punch cards!? That was the last time I ever dropped a stack. Took me weeks to put the stack back in order before I could run it through the reader. Yes,

Can I read a disk's raw data, like in a hex editor?

2006-04-08 Thread Kurt Kaufman
I want to access it in Revolution instead of using somebody else's hex editor software If a Hex editor can see it, then Revolution can as well. But if the data stored on the card is not entirely printable text you need to specify that the data is binary. (Forgive me if you know all this

Re: Register at Forums to See Everything

2006-04-08 Thread Björnke von Gierke
Also note this link: http://forums.runrev.com/phpBB2/search.php?search_id=newposts And this one: http://forums.runrev.com/phpBB2/search.php?search_id=unanswered It's really not necessary to browse trough the whole forum, just to see the newest posts. (These links are almost at the top of the

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread Garrett Hylltun
Rob Cozens wrote: [snip] Must have been a spokesman for the building trades industry.:{`) There is no house of any size or complexity that is bug free. After first visiting my parents' new $80K home--which in the 1970s was a lot of $--my wife and I remarked to each other how shoddy the

Re: Linux Engine Licensing - Please Read

2006-04-08 Thread Richard Gaskin
Lynn Fredricks wrote: A lot of us MC users did. I had occasion to mention this very specifically to Lynn recently, more than once. Not sure why he said he wasn't familiar with it; maybe he just suffers from what Dan and I can call Rev List Subscriber Memory Disorder. ;) The substance of

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread Ken Ray
On 4/8/06 3:15 PM, Marielle Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe you could free up some time by spending less time correcting any user who makes valid criticisms on the list? ??? For those interested, here is the list of the 100 most frequent posters on the use-revolution list over the

Re: Linux Engine Licensing - Please Read

2006-04-08 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Schonewille wrote: Richard, Not so long ago, I experimented with running my stacks as little client apps with the engine in the bin folder of Mac OS X. This allows me to run a stack like an application, without building a standalone. Very much like running a Python applet. Have you

Re: creating my own tools palette

2006-04-08 Thread Xeubie Tsu
Thanks, I'll take your advice and study transcript more deeply. Do you think the Software at the Speed of Thought book would help in this regard? Also, could you give specifics as to how one creates a palette in rev? Is it really like creating any other application? Thanks, Oakes From:

Re: Runtime Revolution Ships Revolution Media; Announce Revolution Forums

2006-04-08 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Lynn What is the thinking behind this? I am a little put off by the change. Hypercard had hypertalk, supercard had supertalk, director had lingo and Revolution had Transcript. I love the name transcript. Thank you, P.S. Congratulations on the Rev Media release. Way to go. Tom On Apr

Re: Linux Engine Licensing - Please Read

2006-04-08 Thread Wilhelm Sanke
On Sat Apr 8, 2006, Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com wrote: Mark Schonewille wrote: Not so long ago, I experimented with running my stacks as little client apps with the engine in the bin folder of Mac OS X. This allows me to run a stack like an application, without building a

RE: Runtime Revolution Ships Revolution Media; Announce Revolution Forums

2006-04-08 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Wow. I was surprised to see your answer that the scripting language Transcript is being renamed Revolution. How then will it be differentiated from the product? Or won't it? Intriguing. Not criticizing, just wondering and a bit bewildered. This is one of those situations where the lack of

RE: Runtime Revolution Ships Revolution Media; Announce Revolution Forums

2006-04-08 Thread Lynn Fredricks
The language is now Revolution. !!! -- Exclamation would actually be a pretty cool name if you think about it :-) Best regards, Lynn Fredricks Worldwide Business Operations Runtime Revolution, Ltd ___ use-revolution mailing list

Re: creating my own tools palette

2006-04-08 Thread J. Landman Gay
Xeubie Tsu wrote: Thanks, I'll take your advice and study transcript more deeply. Do you think the Software at the Speed of Thought book would help in this regard? Also, could you give specifics as to how one creates a palette in rev? Is it really like creating any other application?

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Marielle, My name is on that list. Please do not include my comments or name in any of your emails. I know you don't mean anything derogatory by including my name but I still would prefer if you didn't. Thank you, Tom On Apr 8, 2006, at 4:15 PM, Marielle Lange wrote: Richard Gaskin,

Re: Can I read a disk's raw data, like in a hex editor?

2006-04-08 Thread Sean Shao
As far as I can tell, Rev can't communicate directly with the hard disk without some form of external written to do so. On a slightly related note, I created a library that will create dynamically sized disk images that was to be used with Mark Schonewille's Buttefly project but a known bug

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread Mark Wieder
Geoff- Saturday, April 8, 2006, 12:24:12 PM, you wrote: 1. The requirements simply say to display the date -- the date is displayed. If non-modality is needed, that should be in the requirements. ...and conversely if a modal display is desired then that should be spelled out... First

RE: Linux Engine Licensing - Please Read

2006-04-08 Thread Lynn Fredricks
My end of the conversation dealt with that's already here: Andre and others have server frameworks that run on a license that's free. I mentioned repeatedly to you that the license for faceless use had historically always been free, for more than a decade before RunRev acquired the

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread Mark Wieder
Garrett- Saturday, April 8, 2006, 1:23:55 PM, you wrote: The thing is, that is not a bug. The programmer did not make any error in his code at all. The code works as it was intended. That's just silly. How do *you* know what was intended? The entire requirements for this app seem to be

Re: [Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

2006-04-08 Thread Garrett Hylltun
Thomas McGrath III wrote: Marielle, My name is on that list. Please do not include my comments or name in any of your emails. I know you don't mean anything derogatory by including my name but I still would prefer if you didn't. I know I'm about to probably stir up some real trouble now,

dogma

2006-04-08 Thread Mark Wieder
Dan- Saturday, April 8, 2006, 11:10:30 AM, you wrote: Wow. I was surprised to see your answer that the scripting language Transcript is being renamed Revolution. How then will it be differentiated from the product? Or won't it? Intriguing. Not criticizing, just wondering and a bit

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread Garrett Hylltun
Mark Wieder wrote: Garrett- Saturday, April 8, 2006, 1:23:55 PM, you wrote: The thing is, that is not a bug. The programmer did not make any error in his code at all. The code works as it was intended. That's just silly. How do *you* know what was intended? The entire requirements for

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread David Vaughan
On 09/04/2006, at 6:23, Garrett Hylltun wrote: The thing is, that is not a bug. The programmer did not make any error in his code at all. The code works as it was intended. You could also claim that if a user in Japan downloaded the program and could not read it because it was in

Re: bugs

2006-04-08 Thread David Vaughan
On 09/04/2006, at 9:26, Garrett Hylltun wrote: The intent of the code is far too obvious for you or anyone else here to say any different. Ah, the sweetness of certainty; the certainty of not knowing. You're just upset because your belief that bug free is impossible was shown to be

OT Comes the Revolution

2006-04-08 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Comes the revolution! Everything is jake! Comes the revolution- We'll be eating cake! When the streets and rivers run with red, I'll be underneath the bed. And after all their capers Put the foe to rout, I will buy the papers To see how we came out. Comes the revolution- all is jake- And soon

Frequent posters

2006-04-08 Thread Stephen Barncard
Wow! I'm number 18 on the list. I'd better get a life. Stephen Barncard_ 351 ||| -- stephen barncard s a n f r a n c i s c o - - - - - - - - - - - - ___ use-revolution mailing list

Re: Register at Forums to See Everything

2006-04-08 Thread Alex Tweedly
Björnke von Gierke wrote: Also note this link: http://forums.runrev.com/phpBB2/search.php?search_id=newposts And this one: http://forums.runrev.com/phpBB2/search.php?search_id=unanswered It's really not necessary to browse trough the whole forum, just to see the newest posts. (These links

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