On 8/3/07 1:00 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send use-revolution mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of use-revolution digest..." > > > you can find the archives for this list at: > > http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/ > > and search them using this link: > > http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:lists.runrev.com > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Shy Images (Len Morgan) > 2. Re: save data in custom properties in a stack- or a text > file? (Josh Mellicker) > 3. moving resources out of a resource fork (Jeff Reynolds) > 4. Re: moving resources out of a resource fork (Ian Wood) > 5. Re: mercy...Control-A and text selection revisited > (Mark E. Powell) > 6. Checkbox maker (Jim Lambert) > 7. Re: Shy Images (Dave Cragg) > 8. Re: moving resources out of a resource fork (Mark Smith) > 9. Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 47, Issue 1 (Mark Greenberg) > 10. Re: moving resources out of a resource fork (Sarah Reichelt) > 11. Re: moving resources out of a resource fork (J. Landman Gay) > 12. Re: Find Command (RG Teeter) > 13. Re: save data in custom properties in a stack- or a text > file? (Stephen Barncard) > 14. Re: data stream processing (Pierre Sahores) > 15. Reading Dos text (Cp850, Cp437, Cp1252) (Malte Brill) > 16. Re: Reading Dos text (Cp850, Cp437, Cp1252) (Mark Smith) > 17. Re: Reading Dos text (Cp850, Cp437, Cp1252) (Mark Smith) > 18. Re: Float Above Stack (Ferdinand) > 19. Re: Reading Dos text (Cp850, Cp437, Cp1252) (Jan Schenkel) > 20. Re: Float Above Stack (Ken Ray) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:22:32 -0500 > From: Len Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Shy Images > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Thanks for the help Ken and Dave. Ken's routine worked almost untouched > (just a little renaming of the variables). > > I'm having a few problems where the "mouseRelease" message is getting > sent (it drops the picture where the mouse button was let go) but then > it still seems to think I'm holding down the button and I've still got > an image that's getting dragged around. This leaves images laying > around all over the screen. > > Since the code Ken wrote has a "delete sTarget" (which is the image that > I'm dragging around) I don't know why I still have an image. I don't > need this dragged image (all I really want to know at the end of the day > is the group I started dragging from and the group I dragged it to. > After that, I'll use script to do the behind curtain stuff that will > delete the picture in the original group and set the filename on the new > group. > > Ken's code seemed perfect for this since it copies the original image > and drags around a copy which gets deleted when I let go of the mouse. > At least that's the theory. > > len > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 10:30:39 -0700 > From: Josh Mellicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: save data in custom properties in a stack- or a text > file? > To: How to use Revolution <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Thanks for your illumination on this topic. > > On Aug 2, 2007, at 9:29 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: >> >> If I'm reading your posts correctly it sounds to my ear like you've >> already decided. If it works, why change? > > I was just wondering if there was any case in which someone would > store such a simple set of data in custom props rather than a text file. > > I have learned the answer is yes! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:41:51 -0400 > From: Jeff Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: moving resources out of a resource fork > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Im starting to do a port of an old hypercard stack i have to a new > Rev app. The old stack has a pile of pict resources and i need to > export them all out. I can easily access them and copy them with > resedit or rezilla, but i remember having an old os9 app that would > take and export all the pict resources out of a resource fork to pict > files in bulk. I cant remember if i wrote this in hypercard (with > some externals) or if this was a commercial application. anyone > remember anything like this or have a simple process to do this? > > thanks > > jeff > > > Jeffrey Reynolds > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 20:06:07 +0100 > From: Ian Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: moving resources out of a resource fork > To: How to use Revolution <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Try File Juicer, it'll extract almost anything from almost anything... > > http://echoone.com/filejuicer/ > > Ian > > On 2 Aug 2007, at 18:41, Jeff Reynolds wrote: > >> Im starting to do a port of an old hypercard stack i have to a new >> Rev app. The old stack has a pile of pict resources and i need to >> export them all out. I can easily access them and copy them with >> resedit or rezilla, but i remember having an old os9 app that would >> take and export all the pict resources out of a resource fork to >> pict files in bulk. I cant remember if i wrote this in hypercard >> (with some externals) or if this was a commercial application. >> anyone remember anything like this or have a simple process to do >> this? >> >> thanks >> >> jeff >> >> >> Jeffrey Reynolds >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:04:18 +0000 > From: "Mark E. Powell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: mercy...Control-A and text selection revisited > To: "How to use Revolution" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello Eric > > It does not work for me. For testing, I created a simple stack with one field > and the script you suggested in the card script: > > www.aboutmyfiles.com/controlKeyDownTest.rev > > With the cursor in the field, control-A does nothing. If I choose Select All > from the Rev IDE Edit menu, same thing (i.e. nothing). Does it work for you? > > If yes, then it has to be an effect of the loss-of-focus bug that is in 2.8.0, > which is what I am running. > > Please let me know when you have a moment. > > Thanks! > > Mark > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:49:12 -0700 > From: Jim Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Checkbox maker > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > I've uploaded > > EZ Checkbox Family > > to RevOnline under Categories>Utilities or Users>JimL. > > It contains a Checkbox Family control that lets you create groups of > checkboxes with a just single click and get the selected items with one > line of code. There are also a few commands to interact with the > checkbox control programmatically. > > This is somewhat related to the recent thread: "create a html list, but > with a char where the image shall be". > > Hope you find this useful. > > Jim Lambert > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 23:35:57 +0100 > From: Dave Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Shy Images > To: How to use Revolution <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > > On 2 Aug 2007, at 18:22, Len Morgan wrote: >> I'm having a few problems where the "mouseRelease" message is >> getting sent (it drops the picture where the mouse button was let >> go) but then it still seems to think I'm holding down the button >> and I've still got an image that's getting dragged around. This >> leaves images laying around all over the screen. > > You should probably add a mouseUp handler too that is identical to > the mouseRelease handler. This will catch cases where you release the > mouse while it is still over the original target. > > Not sure if that is the cause of your current problem, but worth trying. > > Cheers > Dave > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 02:36:33 +0100 > From: Mark Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: moving resources out of a resource fork > To: How to use Revolution <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Jeff, have a look in the docs at the getResource(), getResources() > and copyResource() functions. > > Best, > > Mark > > On 2 Aug 2007, at 18:41, Jeff Reynolds wrote: > >> Im starting to do a port of an old hypercard stack i have to a new >> Rev app. The old stack has a pile of pict resources and i need to >> export them all out. I can easily access them and copy them with >> resedit or rezilla, but i remember having an old os9 app that would >> take and export all the pict resources out of a resource fork to >> pict files in bulk. I cant remember if i wrote this in hypercard >> (with some externals) or if this was a commercial application. >> anyone remember anything like this or have a simple process to do >> this? >> >> thanks >> >> jeff >> >> >> Jeffrey Reynolds >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:50:44 -0700 > From: Mark Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 47, Issue 1 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > > On Aug 1, 2007, at 9:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >> Greetings for a really nice website! :) > > Thanks, Alejandro! And thanks also for helping me get started way > back when I switched to Rev. Actually, I don't know if I would have > stuck with Rev if it weren't for the amazingly helpful people that > contribute to this list. > > Mark Greenberg > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:58:41 +1000 > From: "Sarah Reichelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: moving resources out of a resource fork > To: "How to use Revolution" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 8/3/07, Jeff Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Im starting to do a port of an old hypercard stack i have to a new >> Rev app. The old stack has a pile of pict resources and i need to >> export them all out. I can easily access them and copy them with >> resedit or rezilla, but i remember having an old os9 app that would >> take and export all the pict resources out of a resource fork to pict >> files in bulk. I cant remember if i wrote this in hypercard (with >> some externals) or if this was a commercial application. anyone >> remember anything like this or have a simple process to do this? > > Revolution has some commands for managing resources. I wrote a utility > stack for doing this which you are welcome to try > <http://www.troz.net/Rev/misc/ResourceCopier.rev.gz>. It's been a > while since I looked at it, so I don't know if there have been any > changes in recent version of Rev that might have affected it, but it > should give you some ideas anyway. > > Cheers, > Sarah > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:37:05 -0500 > From: "J. Landman Gay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: moving resources out of a resource fork > To: How to use Revolution <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Jeff Reynolds wrote: >> Im starting to do a port of an old hypercard stack i have to a new Rev >> app. The old stack has a pile of pict resources and i need to export >> them all out. I can easily access them and copy them with resedit or >> rezilla, but i remember having an old os9 app that would take and export >> all the pict resources out of a resource fork to pict files in bulk. I >> cant remember if i wrote this in hypercard (with some externals) or if >> this was a commercial application. anyone remember anything like this or >> have a simple process to do this? > > Graphic Converter. It can bulk-export PICT resources from any resource > fork and save them to a folder as any other image format. I use it all > the time for HC stacks. _______________________________________________ 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
