No matter what you want to do with an image using the shell in this case, at least a temp file has to be created. Not a big deal, many apps do this all the time. Look at tempName()
Anyway, a facsimile of the Quick Look window shouldn't be that hard to do with 4.0's graphic effects. On 12 April 2010 10:13, Peter Haworth <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to all who responded to this. the qlmanage function will work for > some of the things I want to do but in other cases, I want to display data > returned to my app from the SQLite db I'm using. I guess that was the > original genesis of my question on how to make a stack display in Rev that > looks like the Quick Look window. I could write the SQL data to a file I > suppose but then I'm face with formatting it correctly instead of just > displaying it in fields, etc on a card. > > Pete Haworth > > > > > > > > > http://www.mollysrevenge.com > http://www.sonicbids.com/MollysRevenge > http://www.myspace.com/mollysrevengeband > > > > > > > > > On Apr 12, 2010, at 10:00 AM, [email protected]: > > Re: Implementing the Mac "Quick Look" type of window >> > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- ------------------------- Stephen Barncard Back home in SF _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
