Using Externals

[Frank D. Engel, Jr.]

Try putting the DLL into your Revolution directory (with the IDE app, 
as opposed to your stack) and using just its name in the externals 
property (w/o the path).  Then quit Rev if it is open before trying to 
use it.

On Oct 27, 2004, at 8:04 AM, Tomas Franzén wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wrote to this list a while ago about not getting my own externals to 
> work in Rev.
> Now it seems that I can't get any externals to work, at all!
> I think some transparency would be nice, so I decided to try out the 
> Window external from Blue Mango.
>
> 1. I downloaded Window, and placed the DLL in the same directory as my 
> stack.
> 2. I set the externals property of my stack to the full path of the 
> DLL external, Window.dll.
> 3. Saved and re-opened my stack.
> 4. The externalfunctions and externalcommands properties are empty!
>
> I also tried setting the defaultFolder and setting the externals 
> property to "Window.dll", but to no avail.
> Also tried the stack available on the Window external homepage... 
> still empty.
>
> I'm currently using Windows 2000.
> I must be missing something here, or is using externals total rocket 
> science? :-)
> Thanks.
>
> Tomas Franzén
> Lighthead Software
> http://www.lightheadsw.com/
>
> I'm listening to Cake - Let Me Go 
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-----------------------------------------------------------
Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>

$ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual
$ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life.
$



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