Serendipity Library Update 20021116

[Rob Cozens]

Hi All,

Serendipity Library Update 20021116 is now available at 
http://www.oenolog.com/ftp/serendipity_downloader.htm

The principal focus of this update is a new stack, ClickClock.rev, 
which contains a scripted animated gif image that can be used to 
capture & display analog time.  ClickClock is scripted without calls 
to Serendipity Library handlers; so it can be used and distributed 
without the Library or any of its accompanying files.  Because of 
this, ClickClock documentation and sample handlers are included in 
the one-card stack rather than in Serendipity Reference.

The only other change in this update is the addition of a readOnly 
argument to the openSDBFile command.  Since SDB does not allow 
multiple write access but can support multiple read-only access, this 
allows developers to enforce read-only restrictions in the same db 
front end stack used by the user with write access.

If you have previously downloaded the Library and are not interested 
in the SDB update, you can download ClickClock.rev.sgz individually 
and decompress it using SDB Utilities.

A final note: I was disappointed and relieved to find RunRev would 
not let me change the size of the animated gif.  Disappointed because 
I found the individual gifs retained "reasonable" quality over a 
"reasonable" range of expansion (shrinking would put the hot spots 
too close together); relieved because it gives me an excuse not to 
rewrite the mouseUp handler to define hot spots on the fly: not only 
am I lagging behind schedule in OenoLog conversion, I'm going to have 
to put all Rev stuff on back burner while I update Fed/state W/H 
tables and electronic W2 reporting code for the owners of the 
accounting system I support.

Thanks as always to translators  Jose L. Rodriguez Illera,  Terry 
Vogelaar, Yves Coppé, and Klaus Major.

-- 

Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company
http://www.oenolog.com/who.htm

"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)