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Dixie: thank you very much. That was very helpful!

---Tom Nally

Thanks, Dixie. That definitely works. The code compiles without error, and the object is created. Even though I can't see the object, I know it is there because its "handles" show up in edit mode. I'm mystified as to why it's not showing up. I'm setting the lineSize to 5; I'm setting the visible to ...

Thanks, Dixie. The following line... set the style of the templateGraphic to line; ...produces a compilation error. The lines shown below produce no compilation errors: set the style of the templateGraphic to oval; set the style of the templateGraphic to curve; set the style of the templateGraphic t...

Hello. Regarding the following handler... on mouseUp create graphic "new_line"; set the style of graphic "new_line" to xxxxx; end mouseUp ...I'm finding that not all of the listed styles for a graphic object will allow compilation. The following six styles will work: curve, oval, polygon, rectangle,...

Janschenkel wrote:Very good job, Tom...

Jan, thanks for your assistance!

Let the record show that I definitely had fun building the little game.

---Tom Nally, New Orleans

Friends: I've written a tiny, one-level space shooter game which, in a fit of creative branding, I've decided to call "Space Shooter 01". To download it, visit this link in the Getting Started With Revolution Media board... http://forums.runrev.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2540 ...and scroll down to a...

Klaus wrote: VERY, VERY nice lil game!

Thanks, Klaus. You are very kind.

---Tom Nally, New Orleans

Hi, Friends: I wrote a tiny space shooter game as a practice exercise with Revolution. I'm giving it the unlikely name, "Space Shooter 01". Download it here. http://nally.wikispaces.com/file/view/Shooter_01.rev/54390032 It features a single level of play, and a typical game should last about a minut...

But please put ALWAYS QUOTES around the message you are sending: Oh, thanks! I didn't know that was a "best practice". Actually, I might not adhere to that best practice with perfect fidelity. But if I fail to adhere to it, I will try to remember to acknowledge to readers that I'm neglecting a best...

Thanks, friends. I think that I'm going to do it in the following way. (To review, myCustomFunction() resides in the script of button "B". I want to call this function from the script of button "A".) In my particular application, program control need not return to button "A" after myCustomFunction()...

Hi, friends: In the script of button "A", I would like to call a user-written function that resides in the script of button "B". Is it possible to do that? I have found that the following doesn't work: put (myCustomFunction() of button "B") into myVariable Would it work if I put myCustomFunction() i...

Jan, Just glancing at your code, I notice that most (if not all) variables have a single-character, lower-case prefix, such as "k", "s" or "t". Is their a common convention that the experienced Rev programmers follow? Rather than write a full response, feel free to point me to an existing forum entr...

Janschenkel wrote: Rather than using 'repeat' loops for your animations, you should look into 'send in time' constructs...

Jan, thank you very much! I'll study it.

---Tom Nally, New Orleans

Hi, Friends! I'm a new Rev programmer, which I think will become apparent very quickly as I ask questions. Basically, I'm interested in writing games where multiple objects are moving simultaneously. I intend to drive this movement within a repeat loop, which is contained within a mouseUp handler. F...