Mac -> Win problems

MisterX b.xavier at internet.lu
Tue Jul 26 15:37:52 EDT 2005


Charles,

Same wrong thing with file handling... but it does allow you
to have the low-level edge...

once you're made your standard ask and answer dialogs conform,
you'll be sailing smoother...

cheers
Xavier 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> Charles Hartman
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 20:55
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: Mac -> Win problems
> 
> (this is off-list because I'm tired of being A Complainer on list)
> 
> Am I missing something? The HI guidelines for the two 
> platforms are different. Rev is a cross-platform app builder. 
> Yet it builds apps that -- in this low-level design area -- 
> don't conform to the different HIGs? There's a Rev engine for 
> Win, there's a Rev engine for Mac, they both talk to the 
> underlying platform to put up an "answer" dialog, and they 
> don't take account of this difference between the platforms? 
> Isn't there something wrong with this??
> 
> Charles
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 26, 2005, at 2:36 PM, Judy Perry wrote:
> 
> > Yes.  I believe so.  It is due to a difference in HIG for the two 
> > platforms.
> >
> > Judy
> > On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Charles Hartman wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Thanks. Let me just make sure I understand this part. Do you mean 
> >> that I need to have platform-dependency code in my stacks, 
> so every 
> >> time I use "answer" I'd need something like this?
> >>
> >> if tPlatform is "OSX" then
> >>      answer "Here's a sample" with "one" or "two" or "three"
> >> else
> >>      answer "Here's a sample" with "three" or "two" or "one"
> >> end if
> >>
> >
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