Making an Application Work using Scripts

Video Tutorials

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	Messages - Responding to the user. Messages drive applications to do things. Whenever a user does anything, a message is sent to the relevant objects telling them what happened. In this tutorial, you'll learn about some common messages and how they trigger scripts. You will also learn how messages pass from object to object as they look for a script to intercept them. (8:47)
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	Variables - How an application remembers things. Use variables to store information temporarily, while your application is running. In this tutorial, learn how to use variables, put them together with text, do calculations, and name them effectively. (6:54)
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	If...Then...Else and Switch - How an application makes a decision. Applications often need to make decisions. This tutorial introduces you to using 'if...then' to run different scripts depending on the outcome of a decision. We go on to take a look at using switch to choose from a list of possible decisions. (6:41)
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	Repeat Loops - How an application performs a repetitive task. When writing a application, you will often want to repeat a task. To do this you use a repeat loop. Revolution offers several different types of repeat loop for different purposes. This tutorial uses the example of an egg timer to introduce you to repeat loops. Video Errata: When introducing the global variable "gCancelLoop", the video omits "put false into gCancelLoop" after the "end repeat" line. This extra line of script resets the button allowing it to be used again. (6:17)
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	Local and Global Variables - Short term and long term memory. Some variables are only available while a script is running. Others are available to all the scripts in your application. In this tutorial we discuss the differences between the two, and when and how to use each. (11:40)
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	Text - How an application handles characters, words, text and HTML. Revolution makes it very easy to work with text. Revolution understands text in the same way that you do – referring to it using words, lines, and characters. This tutorial takes you through the basics of writing scripts to work with text. (8:13)
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	Sharing Your Stack with Others. Revolution allows you to share applications you create with anyone running on any platform. This tutorial discusses using and distributing stacks with the Revolution Player. It also discusses how to share stacks using the My Space feature in Revolution Online. A 10MB storage facility is provided free to all customers. (3:30)
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