If you read this newsletter regularly you'll have noticed that we're getting pretty excited about delivering Revolution on U3 Smart Drives. The next release of Revolution will add U3 compatibility to the standalone builder. By way of a preview I talked to Marcus and Elanor in the development team to see how they had got on with building a U3 version of Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor.

The Structure of a CGI Script.

This tutorial assumes you have read part 1, in the last Newsletter issue. If you haven't, you can read it here.

Revolution CGIs require certain information to be present and that the script follow a particular structure. This structure is:

Creating a user interface list with blind effect UI control using general groups.

In Revolution the use of groups of controls allows us to write general UI controls that can be easily extended by editing the content of the individual groups, without effecting any overall functionality. This article is about writing a blind effect, where one can click on a blind pane such that the blind opens up pushing the underlying blind panes down in the process.

Over the last few weeks we've been offering users of other tools the chance to join the Revolution, at a discounted price. I've enjoyed sitting here at Runtime watching dozens of new Revolutionaries flock to our banner. In fact it's been so successful that we're extending the special offer for two weeks, giving users of Microsoft's Visual Studio, Real Software's RealBasic and Adobe's Macromedia Director the opportunity to find out why so many people are making the switch.