On Nov 13, 2006, at 5:51 AM, Eric Chatonet wrote:
Hi Malte,
Have a look at Getuserlang stack from Trevor on RevOnline: all
you want is there ;-)
Just a note about that stack - I recently came across a scenario
where the Windows code returned an incorrect value. It happens on
systems
If there's no Transcript solution you could opt for a Perl shell module
and then scan the output in Rev.
http://search.cpan.org/search?query=langtagsmode=all
Has for Win32 also (you'd need to install Perl).
Built into OS X at: /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/I18N (I think the Win32
module is also
Hi,
I have a stack that requires I have perform arithmetic on columns and
rows of numbers. Basically I have to just add up a list of fields and
put the answer in another field. One problem is that row can be
inserted into the list. I'm trying to figure out the best way of
doing this in
On Nov 13, 2006, at 2:15 PM, Malte Brill wrote:
Thanks for your input!
I hope I can cook up something with Daves and Scotts solutions.
Trevors stack returned de on my iMac, regardles of the chosen
language.
Malte,
I just uploaded a newer version of the getUserLang stack to
RevOnline.
On 14 Nov 2006, at 13:14, Kay C Lan wrote:
On 11/14/06, Richmond Mathewson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(although who thinks that
US English and British English are separate languages
escapes me - dialects surely)
They are when it comes to spelling.
Set only British English in the
On 10 Nov 2006, at 17:44, Bernard Devlin wrote:
Dave said:
then RunRev will stop growing and eventually die.
I think that these kind of doomsday prognostications are
particularly unhelpful. Do you have any evidence that Runrev's
financial position is suffering?
Just going by my past
Perhaps it has to do with a dialect dealing exclusively with glazed
pastries and other bakery items, perhaps used by bakers and chefs?
Best,
Mark
On 14 Nov 2006, at 13:43, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
My Ubuntu box gives me the chance to set my interface
language to
Danish English - I kid
On 11/14/06, Mark Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
SSL will no longer
be available in a Studio license. If you need SSL, you will need an
Enterprise
license. So, my recommendation would be to renew your Studio
license plus SSL
addon now (yes, its an renewal addon), to get the longest
On Nov 14, 2006, at 2:01 AM, Luis wrote:
If there's no Transcript solution you could opt for a Perl shell
module and then scan the output in Rev.
For my needs the C Windows API call wrapped in an external is cleaner
as there is nothing else to install.
Another option would be to see how
I wrote a reply to this thread that is currently in quarantine
because it was too long (not my verbosity - just that I CC-ed the
entire thread to Heather to ask her to clarify).
I cannot believe that Runrev's policy is that a Studio user who
purchased the SSL add-on before December would
Me, I'd just create a separate 'Search Stack'. Not a substack, but a
separate standalone so that it has it's own process id and memory. I've used
this technique with great success for a DB searcher. My 'Individual Record'
stack has a link to my 'Bulk Search' stack. A bulk or All search can take
There was a discussion in May this year called: number of columns in
a table field which highlighted different ways people are dealing
with such table objects (and the limitations with them). The general
feeling (I believe) is that the table object in Rev is really quite
limited, and for
Further, it appears when I use edit the script of this stack that
the script is read-only. It doesn't colorize or format either.
After getting everything shut down and restarted (including the
machine, in case there was something stupid going on in the OS that
was causing the enter issue) I
On 10 Nov 2006, at 12:18, Bill Marriott wrote:
Dave,
Is there really such an animal as 2.6.6, or did you just mean 2.6.1?
Sorry, yes, 2.61, for some reason it's named 2.6.6.152 as an
application file, but the Get Info box says 2.6.1.152
Cheers
Dave
I have found that I can get by
On 11/14/06 7:30 AM, Mikey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is the parsing code for the script editor available somewhere? I'm
betting the answer is no, but I thought I'd ask.
The fact that comment double-dash can't terminate a keyword (and that
the is anal-required) is something I would like
Jim,
Is there really an xTalk standard? xTalk is an invention of this
group to describe the various descendants of HyperTalk. I have never
seen a standard, as the dialects can be somewhat different. HT
never required the, and to my recollection, neither did SuperCard.
If there is a standard
On 11/13/06, Bill Marriott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a known bug:
http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=3451
Please log in to Bugzilla and add your vote to fix this bug.
I know I have. I'm just loving this new Extermination Regime. Viva la
Revolution.
Thanks Bill
One of these days... it is on my toDo list, honest... A list of engine
number against Rev release number... One of these days...
/H
Dave wrote:
Sorry, yes, 2.61, for some reason it's named 2.6.6.152 as an
application file, but the Get Info box says 2.6.1.152
Ken wrote:
Just FYI, it's
On 10 Nov 2006, at 15:37, Bernard Devlin wrote:
Hi Dave,
I'm not sure if you intended this email to come to the list (some
stuff in it sounds oddly private), but since it is now in the
public domain, I'm going to reply to it. I'm not sure if I'm
getting all the mail that goes to the
On 14 Nov 2006, at 13:43, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
AND, on a more relevant note:
My Ubuntu box gives me the chance to set my interface
language to
Danish English - I kid you not!
sincerely, Richmond I'm wearing my Tammy today Mathewson
Danish English !?!
I'm one of the people who is
Do the numbers have to be in separate fields rather than one big field?
On 14/11/06, Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I have a stack that requires I have perform arithmetic on columns and
rows of numbers. Basically I have to just add up a list of fields and
put the answer in another field.
Whit Ah jalouse is that onie yin that caas American an
Inglis ither leids is OK, but, gif we caa Scots
oniethan allus than a dialeck o Inglis it is sic a
stramash wi those sudroners that theres nae end at aa
ate it.
Or, for those who don't understand the Scottish
dialect - Its OK to call American
On 11/14/06, Richmond Mathewson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(although who thinks that
US English and British English are separate languages
escapes me - dialects surely)
They are when it comes to spelling.
Set only British English in the International Language pane and Mail will
not pick up
On 10 Nov 2006, at 17:43, Bernard Devlin wrote:
Dave said:
I think it's really sad that this is the case, and, the new
way of selling support or updates compounds that problem and makes it
harder to sell (in my experience).
It might make it harder for you to sell. That doesn't mean that
Dave said:
I'm not talking about me, I'm talking about trying to sell it to a
whole programming department that is currently using a mix of Macs,
Windows and Linux machines and programming tools such as C/C++,
RealBasic, AppleScript, XML, PDF, PERL, JavaScript, etc.
But why are you trying to
Is the parsing code for the script editor available somewhere? I'm
betting the answer is no, but I thought I'd ask.
The fact that comment double-dash can't terminate a keyword (and that
the is anal-required) is something I would like to address as long
as I'm playing around.
--
On the first
Dave said:
I decided early on that to be really efficient in
RunRev you need to develop your own framework (or use a 3rd party
system), if you do this right you can obtain the maximum code and
screen design re-use. The problems that I found were because I was
doing things that probably had not
Jacque, et al:
I think you've nailed the problem. If I put a file name
after the folder with spaces, it does work. Ergo:
there is a folder /home/folder 1/ -- false
there is a file /home/folder 1/file.txt -- true
I didn't read all responses to this thread. Was the possible use of
My preference would be to create and work with arrays...
but part of your decision boils down to 4 things:
Display of tabular data
User input, modification of each cell, or copy paste rows, etc
Calculation, updating sums, refresh time, complex formulas
Triggering the recalc
Since most users are
Rob Cozens wrote:
Jacque, et al:
I think you've nailed the problem. If I put a file name
after the folder with spaces, it does work. Ergo:
there is a folder /home/folder 1/ -- false
there is a file /home/folder 1/file.txt -- true
I didn't read all responses to this thread. Was the
I'm trying to edit a script. However, when I open the script editor
with edit the script of this stack (which I'm only using because I'm
trying to test a HC-era hack), the text cursor doesn't appear, and the
text editor behaves...badly. Is this known or new?
Second, if I open the script using
On 11/14/06, Richmond Mathewson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My Ubuntu box gives me the chance to set my interface
language to
Danish English - I kid you not!
Yes, if you set it to Danish English and type 'tart' into the online
dictionary you'll get 'pastry', but if you set the language to UK
On 11/14/06 5:17 AM, Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10 Nov 2006, at 12:18, Bill Marriott wrote:
Dave,
Is there really such an animal as 2.6.6, or did you just mean 2.6.1?
Sorry, yes, 2.61, for some reason it's named 2.6.6.152 as an
application file, but the Get Info box says
Hi Paolo,
please considder voting for this bug
http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=3921
and maybe post here:
http://forums.runrev.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=392
All the best,
Malte
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I have gotten in the habit of doing this over the last 20 years:
if something then
.
.
.
else--not(something)
.
.
.
end if--something
HC and other tools that I've used since have all figured out that the
keyword ends where the comment begins, and have just inserted the
space.
--
On the first
Using
- iMAC intel
- MACOSX 10.4.8
- QuickTime Player 7.1.3
videograbber does not load settings (compession). How can we fix this?
Hmmm, I downloaded Malte Brill's uGrabIt (Videograbber) shareware,
and that did not load settings either on all of my testing machines:
G4, MacBook(Intel) and 17
Dave wrote:
The problem is when a new user sits down in front of the IDE and after a
little playing their (say) Application Browser Window will not appear,
they blame the whole RunRev envorment not just the IDE. It just gives an
impression of instability in the whole environment, they think
On 11/14/06 10:38 AM, Mikey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there really an xTalk standard? xTalk is an invention of this
group to describe the various descendants of HyperTalk.
Actually, it was invented long before this group was around (I remember it
being used during the HyperCard days (even
Ken,
I believe it's generally for properties. Functions if I recall
correctly don't require it. I have to play with it again.
--
On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
On 11/14/06 9:30 AM, Mikey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is the parsing code for the script editor available somewhere? I'm
betting the answer is no, but I thought I'd ask.
No, this is in the compiled engine AFAIK.
The fact that comment double-dash can't terminate a keyword
Can you give an
Of course, my current 2.7.4 will continue working with the current
SSL add-on forever, or at least as long as it works on whatever OS
version I'm using.
My worry was that future updates, which I might well want for bug-
fixes/new features, or just to be able to use whatever is the current
On Nov 14, 2006, at 9:38 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
I should point out though that after I posted the above, I found it
does not work consistently.
Would shell() with the right command line work as a temporary
workaround?
Climbing through folders?
(Or you could delete the folder and then
I've been pounding this one as I too wrote my own tables, sorted titles,
variable split columns, etc...
And there is a simple solution to all this mumbojumbo of using more than 100
fields!
That's like yielding an elephant to kill a mosquito! I've seen table files
at work... Some are 1GB, no
Mikey wrote:
Is there really an xTalk standard?
xTalk is a generic term used to describe all of these related
languages collectively (HyperTalk, SuperTalk, OpenScript, MetaTalk, etc.).
The commonalities among them form a de facto standard, with additional
weight usually given to HyperTalk
How is this possible? Put this in the message box:
put 078e-16703 = 084E-11702
Revolution (2.6.1) returns true. Any advise?
Thank you in advance,
Dan
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I have a Pentium 3 in my study that runs Ubuntu 6.10
with GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, XFCE and
Blackbox as possible window managers.
Apart from all sorts of odd-sounding varieties of
English it has Bulgarian for GNOME, and German for
both GNOME and KDE.
Now, as an awkward type of
It seems like the numbers are too small, does anyone know if there are any
lower-upper limits for numerical calculations in Rev?
Viktoras
---Original Message---
From: Dan Friedman
Date: 11/14/06 20:59:19
To: RunRev Mail List
Subject: Comparing Strings
How is this possible?
Hi Dan,
It looks like the strings in quotes are treated as variables. If you
add spaces around the dashes, they suddenly appear to be strings.
Best,
Mark
--
Economy-x-Talk
Consultancy and Software Engineering
http://economy-x-talk.com
http://www.salery.biz
Get your store on-line within
As far as I am concerned, with Rev the glass is certainly more than
half-full. In fact, if I had the money I'd be trying to buy the
company.
I'm not talking about me, I'm talking about trying to sell
it to a whole programming department that is currently using
a mix of Macs,
Seeing as the Rev website hasn't been updated since Issue 9
(issue 10 is there you just need to change the URL) could
someone post the link to the article (if it's in the stupid
forums, could someone just forward it to me)..
http://www.revdeveloper.com/ updated Sunday, November 12.
Best
In case your interested, here is the work-around I came up with for the
problem:
---
put equalStrings(078e-16703,084E-11702)
function equalStrings string1,string2
if length(string1) = length(string2) then
if string1 is in string2 then
return
Lynn said:
Just point them to the wildly popular Wiley Publisher's Dummies book:
Beginning Programming for Dummies 4th Edition recently released where
Revolution receives a lot of coverage, esp compared to ALL of the above.
That's very interesting - I had no idea that Rev was receiving any
Xavier said:
What you need is a windowed buffered display of your table...
I like your thinking on this Xavier. I think you are right that this
sounds like the best way to do this.
Bernard
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Hello.
Sorry for not elaborating, Andre. You're right that you can't record
your compositions for playback. I was merely providing an example on
how to incorporate compositions into Revolution. Being able to do
this would make it really easy to, for example, make your own Photo
Booth
On Nov 14, 2006, at 1:42 PM, Dan Friedman wrote:
Pretty simple, I know... But it works :)
You hit upon one of the methods used to do a comparison that forces a
string comparison instead of allowing a numerical comparison. This
is handy in comparing binary data, too. Another simple
That's very interesting - I had no idea that Rev was
receiving any mainstream coverage as a platform. I'll have
to take a look at that book next time I'm in a bookshop. Now
that I think of it, it is obvious that any book that was
really interested in getting someone started with
Hi All,
Download the Stack New PenTool Script from:
http://geocities.com/capellan2000/newPentoolScript.zip
This new script for PenTool is closer to the
functionality of similar vector drawing tools in
drawing programs. The script is simpler,compared
with previous versions.
It works in all
Dar Scott wrote:
On Nov 14, 2006, at 9:38 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
I should point out though that after I posted the above, I found it
does not work consistently.
Would shell() with the right command line work as a temporary workaround?
Climbing through folders?
(Or you could delete the
Mikey wrote:
As for getting used to it, I've been developing in HC since (almost)
day 1, which was just about 20 years ago, and I still have multiple
production systems running on old Quadras that still use it, so I am
working in it frequently.
However, since I have a new fascination with the
I'm extending the build system for my apps to use build numbers, and it
seems there are at least two different philosophies about this:
a) Increment the build number each time every build is made, regardless
of version.
PRO: One number tells you what you need to know
CON: That number can get
The Perl module works on all three.
Cheers,
Luis.
On 14 Nov 2006, at 19:07, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
I have a Pentium 3 in my study that runs Ubuntu 6.10
with GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, XFCE and
Blackbox as possible window managers.
Apart from all sorts of odd-sounding varieties
Richard,
Is there of convention use widely enough to make alternatives easy to
dismiss?
Don't think there's a universally accepted practice. But I always liked the
Claris/FileMaker model for public version numbers:
1.0
1.0v2
1.0v3
2.0
2.0v2
2.1
2.1v2
2.1v3
and so on. For the private or
Richard,
For what it's worth, I've never liked double decimals or alphas in
build numbers; I like the build numbers to be numbers.
What I use is x.yyzzz. X is the version, the two ys are minor
versions and the three zs are internal build numbers. For example Rev
2.07004. This allows infinite
On 11/15/06, Lynn Fredricks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Only three languages are covered in the book - one is Rev and yes, its
treated very favorably :-) Wally Wang has been working on this revision
for
over a year.
Is there some kind of deal on Rev as well (Free 2.2.1 license?) Whenever
I've
On 11/14/06, Mikey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Second, if I open the script using the Object Menu, and hit enter to
terminate a line (it doesn't matter if it's the enter on the main part
of the kb or the numeric enter) the script closes.
You might want to check your preferences. For me (on a
I helps avoid the situation where you run out of space for numbers:
what comes after OS X 10.3.9? Or 10.4.9? Or 10.9 - if the world is not
How would you run out of numbers?! After 10.3.9 comes 10.3.10 ;-) On
a weird note I was looking into version numbers last week and read a
nice article
While each person who's replied has a different preference for how the
build number is displayed, on incrementing they all seem to be in
agreement that it should be reset with version number changes rather
than incremented in perpetuity across all versions for the life of the
product.
That
10.3.9 followed by 10.3.10? Not 10.3.9.1? Not 10.4.0? Not 10.3.91?
How much easier to have 10.03009 followed by 10.03010.
Or if it is a more significant update: 10.04000.
One of the biggest advantages of the point 5 system is the ability to
run the same sequence for builds and customer
Is there some kind of deal on Rev as well (Free 2.2.1
license?) Whenever
I've purchased this kind of book before there's always been
some kind of
restricted use product (Codewarrior/RB) with deals on
upgrading to the full
package.
Aha, that would be telling! ;-) Once must acquire the
Only three languages are covered in the book - one is Rev and yes, its
treated very favorably :-) Wally Wang has been working on this revision
for
over a year.
Is there some kind of deal on Rev as well (Free 2.2.1 license?) Whenever
I've purchased this kind of book before there's always been
According to the web page
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesTitle/productCd-047008
8702,subcat-PROGRAMMING.html,
this is what comes with the book:
Liberty BASIC, REALbasic, Dev-C++, Valentina, Galaxy, and
Revolution Studio demo versions
Its not telling the whole story there :-)
Best
This is REALLY lovely news!
Gotta go buy that book! If nothing else, I can show it to my department
the next time I ask..., er, beg, them for new Rev licenses for my lab :-D
Judy
On Tue, 14 Nov 2006, Lynn Fredricks wrote:
Is there some kind of deal on Rev as well (Free 2.2.1
license?)
Hi folks,
I'm working on a quick and dirty little project and am using Trevor Devore's
empDB sample project as the basis. The problem I'm having is that the
stack I need to use must have tool buttons with images. Now the problem is
that Trevor uses the last image variable to retrieve the
the 'last image' refers to the image with the largest number, just like the
'last card' is the card with the highest number, last char, last item, last
word.
Card 1 should make no difference, except for something that interferes.
If the data is the binary jpg or png file, then
put the
One trick to resizing may be to
on preopencard
set the visible of the last image to false
resize, then viz
Jim Ault
Las Vegas
On 11/14/06 10:25 PM, Scott Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm working on a quick and dirty little project and am using Trevor Devore's
empDB sample
Hi Jim,
the 'last image' refers to the image with the largest number, just like
the
'last card' is the card with the highest number, last char, last item,
last
word.
Card 1 should make no difference, except for something that interferes.
If the data is the binary jpg or png file, then
put
One trick to resizing may be to
on preopencard
set the visible of the last image to false
resize, then viz
Thanks - I'll try that now
Scott
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One trick to resizing may be to
on preopencard
set the visible of the last image to false
resize, then viz
Thanks - I'll try that now
Nope. Still no go on the first card. I could just load the images from
their respective files as the card is shown, not a problem doing that - but
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