Re: ANN: Installer Maker plugin for Runtime Revolution

2010-06-18 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hello, If you have been waiting with downloading until more information would become available, you can now watch a video showing how to create an installer for Mac OS X. You can watch the tutorial at http://qurl.tk/ cv . I apologise for the bad sound quality. -- Best regards, Mark

systemVersion for win7

2010-06-18 Thread Hugh Senior
Can someone let me know that the systemVersion returns when using Windows7, please? Thank you. /H ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

AW: systemVersion for win7

2010-06-18 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
NT 6.1 Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-revolution-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution- boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Hugh Senior Gesendet: Freitag, 18. Juni 2010 09:14 An: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Betreff: systemVersion for win7 Can someone

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Le 17 juin 10 à 15:22, Peter Brigham MD a écrit : I suspect the problem was more related to the final slash in your original script, so a folder was specified rather than a file. Does it work using .../Microsoft Word without the .app but also without the final slash? -- Peter Bonjour

RE: AW: systemVersion for win7

2010-06-18 Thread Hugh Senior
Thank you Tiemo. /H NT 6.1 Tiemo -Urspr|ngliche Nachricht- Von: use-revolution-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution- boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Hugh Senior Gesendet: Freitag, 18. Juni 2010 09:14 An: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Betreff:

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread BNig
André, for what it is worth: in MacOS X you can select the file/application you want to address in the finder, command-C or copy it and paste it into the Rev field/script to get the full path pasted. If you want multiple files you select them in the finder and then drag and drop these files

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Wow! I did not know that; sure it is worth! Unfortunately seems that it does not work in tRev (impossible to paste directly in the script); but it works in the message box or in a field, from which it is possible to copy/paste in the script; so it is OK it works well in the script editor

Re: ANN: Installer Maker plugin for Runtime Revolution

2010-06-18 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from Beautiful Brittany, Mark, thanks for the video which perfectly explains an installation creation. Now I can stop struggling on my Installation program ! You appear to have covered all the requirements However, I didn't understand how you create an installer on a MAC, but which will be

Re: ANN: Installer Maker plugin for Runtime Revolution

2010-06-18 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Francis, Just choose Windows instead of Mac OS X in the last step. There are also a few additional options for Windows, such as the Start menu and file extensions. I will cover those additional options in another video later. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread Emmett Gray
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:16:49 +0200, Andre.Bisseret andre.bisse...@inria.fr wrote asking this. An elegant way is to use AppleScript, which avoids having to know the path: do tell application quote Microsoft Word quote to activate as AppleScript opens it and makes it frontmost, or do

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread Peter Brigham MD
Hmm... On my system (MacBook, OSX 10.5.8, Rev Studio 4.0.0-gm-1, build 950) the following works fine: launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word whereas launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app does not work. In the Finder on my Mac, the MSWord

Script menu item

2010-06-18 Thread Bill Vlahos
The menuHistory works on a button but how do I select a menu item? MenuHistory doesn't seem to work. I don't actually have to simulate the pulling down of the menu (although that might be interesting), just do the menuPick action. Thanks, Bill Vlahos

Re: HTML interaction...

2010-06-18 Thread Andre Garzia
Simon, you can communicate with the page in some limited way. You can parse the page and stuff, I think you can get the element source code from its ID as well. Actually I was checking http://docs.runrev.com and saw that with the browser functions you can do anything. You can use

Re: [OT] Adobe and Apple

2010-06-18 Thread Colin Holgate
One item missing from the list is Macromedia Mediamaker, although that may have already been dropped before the merger. Mediamaker was originally written in HyperCard. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Datagrid column/cell coloring

2010-06-18 Thread Jim Schaubeck
Regarding the DataGrid, can someone point me in the right direction for setting a cell's text color (in a certain column) based on the value of the data in each cell of that column. I don't want to evaluate the entire grid, just cells in a particular column. I see how to set the color of an

[ANN] Scripter's Scrapbook update to 5.2.17

2010-06-18 Thread Hugh Senior
18-JUN-2010 The Scripter's Scrapbook has today been updated to v5.2.17 with a range of enhancements, bugfixes and adjustments. Written entirely in rev, this is one utility you really should take a look at whether new to scripting or a seasoned veteran. The new version requires engine v2.9 or

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Peter Brigham MD wrote: Hmm... On my system (MacBook, OSX 10.5.8, Rev Studio 4.0.0-gm-1, build 950) the following works fine: launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word whereas launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app does not work. In the Finder on my

Feedback on Installer Maker plugin for Runtime Revolution

2010-06-18 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi everybody, I'm getting lots of e-mails about the Installer Maker plugin off-list. It is a real pleasure to know that there is a lot of interest in this tool. Unfortunately, I am very busy and it will take a few days before I can answer all the feedback. I will answer all e-mails, but I

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread Peter Brigham MD
Yes, I forgot about the show all file extensions preference. I have it off, but when I turn it on and look in my Applications folder in the Finder, all of the other apps now have .app appended, but Microsoft Word doesn't. Neither does Powerpoint or Excel. And when I try answer file Pick

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

2010-06-18 Thread Robert Brenstein
On 14.06.10 at 07:38 -0700 charles61 apparently wrote: Hi Sarah, The user does not get the file by selecting ti. In this situation, 1. The user creates a new file and populates the file 2. Then saves the file abc. 3. User decides to make a change in the file. 4. The user opens a new file

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Peter Brigham MD wrote: Yes, I forgot about the show all file extensions preference. I have it off, but when I turn it on and look in my Applications folder in the Finder, all of the other apps now have .app appended, but Microsoft Word doesn't. Neither does Powerpoint or Excel. And when I

Forward and Reverse filtering a List field

2010-06-18 Thread Mark Stuart
Hi All, Platform: WinXP revStudio: 4.0 I'm building an app that populates SQL Server data into a list field that is defined as a table. The table data delimiter is the tab char. All this works fine. I'd like to build a filter system for the table data. The list would be filtered by typing a

Re: Forward and Reverse filtering a List field

2010-06-18 Thread Mike Bonner
All you really need to do for this is to keep the full dataset in storage somewhere. Since the field will be mutable, keep a variable or property with the complete data, copy IT into your temp variable and filter away. If your dataset isn't too too large this should work fine. IE Do your sql

Re: Datagrid column/cell coloring

2010-06-18 Thread JosepM
Hi, Check this lesson, you can found how to color cells and control the data. http://revolution.screenstepslive.com/spaces/revolution_tools/manuals/datagrid/lessons/4202-How-Do-I-Override-the-Default-Behavior-For-Rendering-Data-to-a-Cell-

Re: Forward and Reverse filtering a List field

2010-06-18 Thread Mark Stuart
Hi Mike, First thanks for replying. How do I see/dl your attachment. I'm using the Browser to view the list, and therefore don't see any option for dl. Unless of course you also replied to my personal email, which I haven't received yet. Here's what I have so far... Stack objects: button: Load

Re: Forward and Reverse filtering a List field

2010-06-18 Thread Mark Stuart
I just noticed a mistake in my reply. The field script rawKeyDown is actually in the Filter field, not the List field. -Mark -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Forward-and-Reverse-filtering-a-List-field-tp2260720p2260848.html Sent from the

Datagrid lost focus to next cell

2010-06-18 Thread JosepM
Hi, I have a datagrid inside a group. I add a row and doubleclick to edit the cell value, and pressing tab key jump to the next cell. But If I fill some value and press tab, the next cell is edit but lost the focus and the datagrid still in edit mode but without the focus. Why? The same

Re: Forward and Reverse filtering a List field

2010-06-18 Thread Mike Bonner
Well the reason it lags by 1 char is because it does the compare on keydown. The letter doesn't actually show in the field till the key is up. You could switch your handler to rawkeyup instead to solve that portion easily. As for speed, there are surely ways that can optimize the script such as

Re: Forward and Reverse filtering a List field

2010-06-18 Thread Mark Stuart
Hi Mike, I'll send the attachment directly to my sample stack as cc directly to you. Also, was wondering if a datagrid might be better for this than a table, but the table field works well enough if thats all you need. I'll be looking for your email. Thanx. Concerning why I haven't used

RE: make standalone (was 2 quick questions)

2010-06-18 Thread Mark Smith
Funny you should mention that. My first app is something similar... a notepad (just for its simplicity and completeness). It has (appropriately) a text field, cards are numbered (so I know how many there are), and buttons for forwards, backwards, begin, end, create, delete and save notes. Now,

export image with a drop shadow?

2010-06-18 Thread Josh Mellicker
Has anyone exported an image with a drop shadow? The rect of the img object does not seem to include the drop shadow. We need a transparent background, so manually including some of the card won't do. Any ideas before we just use a Photoshop action?

Re: make standalone (was 2 quick questions)

2010-06-18 Thread Bob Sneidar
The caveat about saving anything in a compiled rev app is that no runtime app can be modified. Otherwise, anyone could interject their own malicious code and you would run that code simply by launching the app next time you ran it. Normally this would not be a problem for apps that only used

RE: make standalone (was 2 quick questions)

2010-06-18 Thread Mark Smith
Some have the main stack be a kind of splash screen that shows for a few seconds, then hides itself and opens the real stack which you would add as a file that gets included with the main app. Make sense? Thanks Bob, that makes perfect sense but... just mechanically I was not sure what hoops

Re: export image with a drop shadow?

2010-06-18 Thread Scott Rossi
Yes, place the image in a group with a suitable margin and export a snapshot of the group (transparency will remain intact). --Original Message-- From: Josh Mellicker Sender: use-revolution-boun...@lists.runrev.com To: Revolution Mail List ReplyTo: Revolution Mail List Subject: export

The selection caret position

2010-06-18 Thread Jeff Massung
Is there a way for me to specifically tell Rev where within the current selection the caret or insertion point actually is? My problem is that Rev always does it's damnedest to keep the current insertion point visible within a field. So, if I were to select line N of some field in code, then the