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Thanks. I read through the information but I'm stil trying to get a harness around the mechanics. If I have let's say a button with a script that contains a mouseUp, mouseDown and a turnTheMouse all around script. Can this be used with the frontScript method? Also, how do I tell Rev which obects I ...

Hello Again, Does RR support a shared script concept? What I mean is if I have a script that I want to have in 50 or so places in my stack, is there a way to link it to all of them without copying it to each object? Yes. Revolution supports three mechanisms for extending the message path: libraries...

Is it possible to create revolution apps that runs inside a browser? This has come up a lot on this use-rev discussionlist. Rather than replicate that discussion here, here are some of the more common points that come up: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2004-February/031316.html ht...

Took a college class with textbooks. In the computer lab the instructor was always there, or someone who was knowledgable in the language. Kinda of like here. The instructors are located in the forum, but I am after a better textbook! I hear you. Software books are sort of a catch-22: to get a publ...

stuartls wrote:I used to program about 22 years ago in cobol and basic.

How did you learn those languages?

> Anybody with such tricks for writing better code? Scripting Style Guide I like your suggestion about clarifying Boolean params with an "is" prefix. I tend to use a "Flag" suffix myself, but either way it does help clarify the argument's type. I'll add that to the next update to the Style Guide.

Again, is there a list of all messages sent by various actions? I don't think it is doable to compile an exhaustive list of all possible user actions and all invoked messages, such as: open a card, closeCard, openCard, preOpencard, possibly preOpenStack and openStack, etc etc etc. And of it were it...

Bernard wrote:In my mind, I think I need some way to set a property on a card, its groups, and their controls such that the groups and controls would lay themselves out in specific patterns.

See Rev's Geometry Manager.

If I can dig up my old Rev tutorials I can post that one. That's a few computers back, though, so I can't say when I'll be able to dig that deep....

I haven't played with JSON, but I've written a number of 5GL "construction languages" for Rev over the years. Most of these have been specific to client projects, where they can write things like: section title: Lesson 1 heading: This lesson provides an overview of the tutorial. body: This is the te...

As noted in the docs, the htmlText property uses a structure similar to HTML but is not an attempt to provide complete support for the full HTML spec. HtmlText was added to the language as a way to reproduce field contents with complete fidelity in an ASCII (non-binary) format. The Dictionary entry ...

If you want to set up a Revolution User’s Group or a special interest group in your local computer group, Runtime Revolution wants to hear from you about becoming a Revolution Community Partner. Revolution Community Partners are local liaisons who are interested in influencing and expanding the u...

lbtony wrote:I need to be able to resize controls especially image objects in run mode. So I don't think choose pointer tool will work for me:)

Transcript provides a variety of tools, all of which are available at runtime. See the Dictionary entry for the choose command for details.

choose pointer tool

Any reason you say this is the case? Yes: because it more accurately describes the scope of the problem. There is a critical distinction between the IDE and the underlying engine, and confusing the two to be the same thing lies at the heart of a good many design, documentation, learnability, and te...