#!/usr/bin/perl -w # # Copyright 2000 by Michael Coyle # Released under GPL. # # Call it with: # [an error occurred while processing this directive] # # Get the file name from the browser... $file_name = $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'}; # Open the file... open (EP, $file_name); # Print to the browser... print "Content-Type: text/html \n\n"; # Load the file and keep spitting it out to the browser... while () { chomp; print "$_ "; } # Close the file and go home... close EP #!/usr/bin/perl -w # # Copyright 2000 by Michael Coyle # Released under GPL. # # Call it with: # [an error occurred while processing this directive] # # Get the file name from the browser... $file_name = $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'}; # Open the file... open (EP, $file_name); # Print to the browser... print "Content-Type: text/html \n\n"; # Load the file and keep spitting it out to the browser... while () { chomp; print "$_ "; } # Close the file and go home... close EP

3D
3D Photo Gallery (Part 1)
3D Photo Gallery (Part 2)

Audio
Poor Man's MIDI
Make A Metronome
iPod Tricks (Part 1)
iPod Tricks (Part 2)
iPod Tricks (Part 3)
Laugh Track Machine
Audio Player with Reverb
Shepard Melody
RB Phone Home
Build a Drum Machine

Custom Controls and Windows
Double Click Listbox
Draggable Metal Window
Double Click Canvas
Custom Buttons
Custom Buttons Part II
iTunes-style Listboxes
Custom Controls


General RB
Scrolling Windows
Using Mesage Dialogs
Case-Sensitive Word Finder
Introduction to Stacks
Wiggle Window
JPEG in PDF
Listbox Checkboxes
Background Applications
Listbox Auto-Find
Virtual Volumes
Time Tracker
Software Distribution (Part 1)
Software Distribution (Part 2)
Software Distribution (Part 3)
Software Distribution (Part 4)
Exceptions
Tips and Tricks
Text Clippings Made Easy

Graphics
Drawing a Simple Gradient
The SpriteSurface: Space Game
Image Spinner
Cropping Graphics (Part 1)
Cropping Graphics (Part 2)
Cropping Graphics (Part 3)
Cropping Graphics (Part 4)
Shimmer Graphics
Lissajous Figures
Simple Screen Capture
Vector Graphics
Kaleidoscope Images
Stegonography
Spirals!
Image Table
RB Magnifying Lens
Screen Capture
Color Picker Tutorial

Hacks
Ghost Grab
Speedy Mouse Extension
iTunes Plugins
iTunes Skinner

Mac OS X
Global Hot Key Event (Carbon Events)
Login Welcomer (Carbon Events)
Add/Remove Buttons
Resizable Sheets
Mac OS X Preferences Window
Using Sheets in REALbasic
Build a Bundle (Part 1)
Build a Bundle (Part 2)
Dock Your Passwords
Mac OS X Debugging
REALbasic Mac OS X Icon Tutorial
Animate Your Dock
RB and the Command Line

Menus
Window Menu
Templates Menu
Listbox Menu

Novelty
Guessing Game
Calendar Trivia
Tile Mixer
Zip Code Finder
Happy Valentine's Day
Merlin Simulator (Part 1)
Merlin Simulator (Part 2)
Merlin Simulator (Part 3)
Buzzword Machine
AppleSoft BASIC

Printing
Print to PDF

Registration
Registration Code Validation
Network Registration Codes

Resources
Picture Extractor (Part 1)
Picture Extractor (Part 2)

Serial
Caller ID (Part 1)
Caller ID (Part 2)
Caller ID (Part 3)

Speech
Speech Recognition

Socket Communication
Easy Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
MacPAD Version Checking
Display Web Image In Canvas
HTML IMG Tags
Version Tracking
Even Smarter Instant Messaging
Web Tiler
JavaScript and REALbasic
Stock Ticker (Part I)
Stock Ticker (Part 2)
AIM Mate

XML Manipulation
Simple XML Introduction

Video
Big Brother Video Capture

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Lissajous Figures
09-19-02




This week we'll play around with some fun graphics patterns called Lissajous Figures. Besides being fun to watch, this project is also really easy to create. Most people can complete it in about 10 minutes. So, let's get started!

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Build the Interface

This week's interface is really simple to create: one PushButton, one Canvas, and one Slider. When you add them to a window, leave their default names as is. (i.e. PushButton1, Canvas1, and Slider1).

  • PushButton1 - Caption = "Plot"
  • Canvas1 - width=500; height=400
  • Slider1 - minimum=1; maximum=10

Arrange the interface any way you want. An example might look like this:

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Source Code

Before you get started with the code for this project, you'll need to make a number of properties. Open the Code Editor for Window1 and add the following properties using Edit-New Property:

  • f as double
  • r as double
  • rad as double
  • t as double
  • x as integer
  • y as integer

The code this week is adapted from an existing Chipmunk BASIC project available here. Double-click PushButton1 and add the following code to its Action event:

  rad = 3.14159271180
  r = 180
  t = 90
  f = 0
  
  canvas1.graphics.foreColor=rgb(0,0,0)
  canvas1.graphics.fillrect 0,0,500,400
  
  while r > 1
    x = sin(t*rad*2)*r
    y = cos(t*rad*3)*r
    plot
    t = t+slider1.value110
    r = r*0.99991
  wend

Next, create a new method named Plot by choosing Edit-New Method. To this method, add the following code:

  
  x=x+250
  y=y+200
  
  if f=0 then
    canvas1.graphics.pixel(x,y)=rgb(255,255,0)
  else
    canvas1.graphics.foreColor=rgb(255,255,0)
    canvas1.graphics.DrawLine x,y,x-250,y-200
  end if

Conclusion

That's it for this week. Select Debug->Run to test your work. Try playing around with the various numbers in the source code to see what results you can produce. With a few more lines of code, you could save this picture for use as a nifty desktop image or for some other task. If you don't feel like creating the project by hand, you can download the finished project. See you next week!






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#!/usr/bin/perl -w # # Copyright 2000 by Michael Coyle # Released under GPL. # # Call it with: # [an error occurred while processing this directive] # # Get the file name from the browser... $file_name = $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'}; # Open the file... open (EP, $file_name); # Print to the browser... print "Content-Type: text/html \n\n"; # Load the file and keep spitting it out to the browser... while () { chomp; print "$_ "; } # Close the file and go home... close EP #!/usr/bin/perl -w # # Copyright 2000 by Michael Coyle # Released under GPL. # # Call it with: # [an error occurred while processing this directive] # # Get the file name from the browser... $file_name = $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'}; # Open the file... open (EP, $file_name); # Print to the browser... print "Content-Type: text/html \n\n"; # Load the file and keep spitting it out to the browser... while () { chomp; print "$_ "; } # Close the file and go home... close EP