Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-22 Thread simplsol
Mark, Meanwhile... Paul Looney -Original Message- From: Mark Waddingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:23:15 + Subject: Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup Hi Richard,    The stackFileType is very helpful

Re: Followup on disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-18 Thread Sarah Reichelt
still identified as Rev stacks in the Finder? Paul Looney -Original Message- From: Sarah Reichelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:22:00 +1000 Subject: Re: Followup on disabled files in 2.7 Is anyone having

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread Mark Waddingham
@lists.runrev.com Sent: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:56:42 -0600 Subject: Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The original 2.6.1 Type and Creator are RSTK and Revo After opening a stack in 2.7 the Type and Creator are converted to STK and MacO This has got to be a bug. The plist

Re: Followup on disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-18 Thread simplsol
Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:47:14 +1000 Subject: Re: Followup on disabled files in 2.7 On my computer I think they are, but I'm not 100% sure. On the other computer, Rev is not installed, so they just look like generic document files. I can check the file

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread simplsol
PROTECTED] To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:26:33 + Subject: Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup Hi Paul,    Thank you for bringing this to our attention.    I've just looked at this and it would seem that the cause

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread Mark Waddingham
to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:26:33 + Subject: Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup Hi Paul, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I've just looked at this and it would seem that the cause is that the 'stackFileType' global property

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Waddingham wrote: Also, Revolution itself does not use either the extension nor the creator or file-type to determine whether a file is a Revolution stack or not. Instead, it checks the header to see if it conforms to the file-format. This means that the engine will attempt to load any

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread Stephen Barncard
oops, I guess I was wrong. Didn't read Mark's full text. My apologies for misinformation. sqb Hi Paul, As stated: The reason for existence of this property is so that developers producing systems in Revolution that base their file-format on Revolution stacks can tie their files to their

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Waddingham wrote: The filetype/creator code of a particular stack is not remembered by the IDE - instead it will replace it with the setting of 'the stackFileType' at the time it is next saved. The stackFileType is very helpful for our applications, but often unhelpful for working with

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread Mark Waddingham
Also, Revolution itself does not use either the extension nor the creator or file-type to determine whether a file is a Revolution stack or not. Instead, it checks the header to see if it conforms to the file-format. This means that the engine will attempt to load any file you give it as

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-18 Thread Mark Waddingham
Hi Richard, The stackFileType is very helpful for our applications, but often unhelpful for working with the IDE. We may want to have files that the Finder associated with our app when double-clicked, but which we're still working on in Rev. BZ#1761 was introduced in July 2004 to assist

Re: Disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-17 Thread simplsol
PROTECTED] To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:27:42 -0800 Subject: Re: Disabled files in 2.7 simplsol- Thursday, February 16, 2006, 6:32:50 PM, you wrote: Stack no longer exists in this location ...I absolutely hate this error message. I have

Re: Disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-17 Thread Mark Wieder
Paul- Friday, February 17, 2006, 4:42:02 AM, you wrote: As much as misery loves company, I'm sorry you share this problem. Did you have it in prior versions as well? I my case it started when the stack was open as Rev hung (while trying to open the Table panel in the Inspector. Yes, for me

Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-17 Thread simplsol
Yesterday I noted that opening some 2.6.1 stacks in 2.7 made it impossible for 2.7 to recognize them again after they were closed. They appeared grayed out from the Open menu. The only way that 2.7 would open them was through the Recent Files menu. This is a problem with a standalone - that

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-17 Thread J. Landman Gay
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The original 2.6.1 Type and Creator are RSTK and Revo After opening a stack in 2.7 the Type and Creator are converted to STK and MacO This has got to be a bug. The plist for Rev 2.7 still lists RSTK as the proper file type, and the creator code is still Revo. I

Followup on disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-17 Thread simplsol
Yesterday I noted that opening some 2.6.1 stacks in 2.7 made it impossible for 2.7 to recognize them again after they were closed. They appeared grayed out from the Open menu. The only way that 2.7 would open them was through the Recent Files menu. This is a problem with a standalone - that

Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

2006-02-17 Thread simplsol
Jacque, My pleasure: It is now bug 3336 Paul Looney -Original Message- From: J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:56:42 -0600 Subject: Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: Followup on disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-17 Thread Sarah Reichelt
Is anyone having (or not having) a problem opening stacks saved in 2.7 - without using the Recent Files menu? Has anyone made a new standalone in 2.7 - and been able to open stacks saved in 2.7? I have done this. I have a configuration app that reads one of the substacks of a second app. I

Re: Followup on disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-17 Thread simplsol
Sarah, Are the new stacks still identified as Rev stacks in the Finder? Paul Looney -Original Message- From: Sarah Reichelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:22:00 +1000 Subject: Re: Followup on disabled files in 2.7

Disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-16 Thread simplsol
I started using Rev. 2.7 Studio yesterday. I quit the program and came back to it later. If I now try opening a stack with the Open Stack... menu from 2.7 all of the stacks previously opened with 2.7 are disabled (grayed out, do not open). If I try opening one of the stacks previously opened

Re: Disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-16 Thread Stephen Barncard
Rebuild permissions? also was there junk left over for earlier RC's? Prefs? I started using Rev. 2.7 Studio yesterday. I quit the program and came back to it later. If I now try opening a stack with the Open Stack... menu from 2.7 all of the stacks previously opened with 2.7 are disabled

Re: Disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-16 Thread simplsol
Stephen, Rebuild Mac permissions? Or Rev permissions? Thanks. PL -Original Message- From: Stephen Barncard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:46:07 -0800 Subject: Re: Disabled files in 2.7 Rebuild permissions?  also

Re: Disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-16 Thread simplsol
Stephen, I was a silly question ;-) I repaired the OS X permissions and the problem persists. I do appreciate your suggestion. PL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:55:03 -0500 Subject: Re: Disabled files in 2.7

Re: Disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-16 Thread Sarah Reichelt
I opened a stack and decided to make some adjustments to it. When I clicked on the Table tab in the Inspector, Rev froze. When I restarted I was able to get the Table tab to open. But, when I clicked on the Horizontal Grid, Rev froze again. I have heard of this happening in earlier

Re: Disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-16 Thread Richard Gaskin
Howdy Paul - If the rest of the issues you noted were all in the v2.7 IDE I'm mystified, but I might have a clue on this one: If I try opening one of the stacks previously opened with 2.7 from the Finder they will open the standalone (which is correct behavior) but the stacks, themselves

Re: Disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-16 Thread simplsol
@lists.runrev.com Sent: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:15:04 +1000 Subject: Re: Disabled files in 2.7 I opened a stack and decided to make some adjustments to it. When I clicked on the Table tab in the Inspector, Rev froze. When I restarted I was able to get the Table tab to open. But, when I clicked

Re: Disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-16 Thread simplsol
that links them to the standalone? Perhaps 2.7 treats this metadata differently? Thank you. Paul -Original Message- From: Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Sent: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:16:02 -0800 Subject: Re: Disabled files in 2.7 Howdy

Re: Disabled files in 2.7

2006-02-16 Thread Mark Wieder
simplsol- Thursday, February 16, 2006, 6:32:50 PM, you wrote: Stack no longer exists in this location ...I absolutely hate this error message. I have one stack I'm working on that brings this up every *other* time I launch the stack. I have to open it from the Open Stack menu instead of Open