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Undocumented Bug Fixes and Features
The following are a list of known bug fixes and feature enhancements that never made their way into the distributed
documentation for Revolution.
Although dozens of bugs are fixed between versions, the list below is intended to show
the more important bug fixes and feature enhancements that have come to our attention.
Note: Since Revolution uses MetaCard as its engine, you may want to check the
MetaCard Undocumented
Bug Fixes and Features below. To check to see what version of the MetaCard engine is used in
running your copy of Revolution, open the Message Box, and type put the version.
Undocumented Features — Revolution 2.x
| Databases |
revExecuteWithQuery |
This handler (part of the revDatabase frontscript) provides the ability to directly
execute SQL commands using the query connection defined in Rev's Database Query Builder.
The first parameter is the name of an existing query that connects to the
database you want to execute the SQL query on, and the second param is the actual query.
Note that it doesn't modify the saved query in the first param, it just borrows the
connection info.
Here's an example:
revExecuteWithQuery "Foobar","INSERT INTO Users VALUES(2003,'Andre Garzia')"
Posted 8/7/2003 by Jan Schenkel to the Use-Revolution List
(See the complete post/thread)
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| Stack Modes |
mode 14 |
Apparently stacks that are minimized to the Dock in OS X have a mode of 14. Although
you wouldn't use that to determine if a stack is minimized (you'd check the
iconic of the stack in question), it is an interesting bit of information. :-)
Posted 7/30/2003 by Ron Barber to the Improve Revolution List
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| Icons |
Icon ID 24 |
This is the icon used by Revolution (and the MC engine) that is displayed whenever a
drag operation takes place. Assumably, you can set the icon in a standalone to have a
custom drag cursor. From Kevin:
"It is ID 24. We set a different one on Mac/Windows, but it is always that ID."
Posted 4/10/2003 by Kevin Miller to the Improve-Revolution List
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Undocumented Bug Fixes — Revolution 2.x
| Migration |
cRevGeneral stack property |
It turns out that the cRevGeneral custom stack property causes CPU usage to go way
up in stacks migrated from 1.1.1 to 2.0. The solution is to delete the cRevGeneral
custom property in 1.1.1, save the stack, then open it in 2.0 (which BTW, does not
have this property).
Posted 5/31/2003 by Dave McKee to the Use-Revolution List
(See the complete post/thread)
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Undocumented Features — Revolution 1.1.1
| Printing |
revPrintText |
This command has an undocumented fourth parameter, that lets you
specify a reference to a field you want to use as the “base”
field for its font attributes. For example, you can use the line:
revPrintText myText,myHeader,myFooter,the long ID of field "My Text"
Posted 8/25/2002 by Jeanne A. E. DeVoto to the Use-Revolution List
(See the complete post/thread)
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