Parallel Rev stacks

[Sarah]

Hi Ken,

As you are using HyperCard I am assuming that this is all on Macs. In 
that case, AppleScript can do a lot of what you want whenever Rev can't 
do it itself.

For web browsers, you can use the revGoURL command which switches to 
the default browser and goes to that page. If the web page has a form 
of any sort, then again, you can probably do it by assembling the web 
address for the form and using revGoURL to send the data. e.g. to 
search Google for "aardvarks", I can use the following Rev command:
	revGoURL "http://www.google.com/search?q=aardvarks"

Similarly, email can be done from Rev, currently using revGoURL but in 
Rev 2.0 there is the much more powerful revMail command which allows 
you to generate an email including address, subject and message body.

For other apps, a combination of Transcript and AppleScript can do the 
job. Supposing you were writing a letter: use the on-screen keyboard to 
type all the characters, then copy the text from Rev, use AppleScript 
to open AppleWorks, create a new word processing document, paste the 
text into AppleWorks, save and print. The applications you can use in 
this way will be restricted to those that can be scripted, but this 
shouldn't limit you too much.

Cheers,
Sarah
sarahr at genesearch.com.au
http://www.troz.net/Rev/

On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 10:46  am, Ken Norris wrote:

> Hi Rev list,
>
> As some of you know I'm using Rev (and also HC) to develop onscreen
> keyboards for the severely disabled.
>
> The question is:
>
> Can I get Rev to type characters (from mouseclicks, not the physical
> keyboard) and information into other programs, such as web browsers?
>
> I've been poring over the large amount of CGI/Browser posts all 
> afternoon.
> One thing seems basically apparent: We cannot run a Rev stack in 
> parallel
> with another app (is this really true?), nor does it seem very 
> practical to
> build a browser with Rev (although theoretically it should be 
> possible).
>
> Now, believe me, I'm aware of the fact that there are a number of 
> onscreen
> keyboards already out there, but the really comprehensive ones, though 
> they
> can compensate for various deficits, lack some intuitive simplicity, 
> and are
> so expensive as to be out of range for many. Further, mine involve 
> extensive
> feedback processes, and some very different methods of operation (more
> gamelike) which are very exciting.
>
> My first intuitve idea is have to Rev send characters directly to a 
> port or
> socket, though I don't yet understand how (I'm studying, but I still 
> don't
> 'get' a lot of it yet), and the course instructers at my local 
> Community
> College extension don't really know either (I'm getting more hi-end
> knowledge right here in this list...for which I will always be grateful
> :+)).
>
> If I can get this to happen, I have some ideas for getting grants to
> hopefully launch these services so I can spend full time work on it 
> (as it
> is I only have about maybe 10 max hours or so a week). Maybe then I can
> actually get a couple of them finished.
>
> Any help and continued guidance is appreciated,
> Ken N.
>
>
>
>
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