creating my own tools palette

[Xeubie Tsu]

Interesting, thank you. Do you know anything about "Software at the Speed of 
Thought" and could you recommend it for learning transcript? I'm looking for 
a comprehensive source for learning the language at the moment.

Oakes


>From: "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
>Reply-To: jacque at hyperactivesw.com,How to use Revolution 
><use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>Subject: Re: creating my own tools palette
>Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:05:33 -0500
>
>Xeubie Tsu wrote:
>>Thanks, I'll take your advice and study transcript more deeply. Do you 
>>think the "Software at the Speed of Thought" book would help in this 
>>regard?
>>
>>Also, could you give specifics as to how one creates a palette in rev? Is 
>>it really like creating any other application?
>
>Pretty much, yes. You create a stack the size you want your palette to be, 
>and put buttons on it with icons. Then you script the buttons to do 
>whatever tasks you want each one to do. Set the style of the stack to 
>"palette", or else when you open it, just use this syntax:
>
>   palette "myStack"
>
>Then the stack opens as a palette and floats on top of any other stacks.
>
>You will have to study a little bit about the "defaultstack" and the 
>"topstack" because when a palette button issues commands, usually you want 
>the action to happen in a different stack, not in the palette. These 
>commands will direct the action to the stack that should receive it.
>
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>Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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