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DESCRIPTION
Revolution is an integrated development environment for Mac OS (Classic and X), Unix, and Windows computers. Revolution supports cross-platform database access, advanced multimedia including Quicktime movies and virtual reality, and a range of other advanced features.
Using Revolution's user interface layout tools and built-in Transcript programming language, developers can create standalone, double-clickable applications for any supported platform.
You use familiar WYSIWYG tools to lay out your user interface, then write the code that ties it all together. Run and test your application right in the IDE. No matter what platform you use for development, a simple Preview command shows you how your application will look in Windows, Unix, or Mac OS. Finally, either release your application as a file distribution that runs in the freely downloadable Revolution runtime, or build true double-clickable applications for release on each platform you want to support.
Note that if you have a valid professional or Enterprise license you can use your existing key to unlock this version.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.0: New features include: graphics enhancements (including seven types of programmable gradient fills and strokes for vector objects); nested, multidimensional arrays; and a resource center filled with hundreds of examples to help new users get up to speed. Along with the new features, Revolution now sports lower prices. The bread-and-butter Studio edition -- which can create true standalone applications for Mac, Windows, and Linux -- now costs US$249 (down from $399), and the flagship Enterprise edition is now just $499 (down from $999). There's also a $49 Revolution Media edition for beginners and hobbyists.
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| Revolution User Reviews (14 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Oct 16 2008 |
TEKSESTRO The Runtime Revolution folks seem to have been hard at work - and it shows. Not only is version 3 a major and worthwhile upgrade, but also: 1) the developers have been sistematically squashing bugs and increasing the feature set of the application. 2) the Revolution community has been nurtured by the makers, and the happiness shows - at least for a newbie like me. It seems incredibly active, welcoming and helpful, and the developers participate actively in it. 3) the developers have listened to customers complaints about cost, and have brough the price down. I admit, that I had given up on Revolution - 'round about version 2 - but this new version 3 made me want to use it again. I think now I don't really have an reasonable excuse not to renew my old license...
(Version 3.0) | |
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| Sep 12 2008 |
PAUL GABEL I've been using Runtime Revolution for a year now and am tremendously impressed with the quality of this product, especially version 3.0, which includes substantial improvements to the script editor. Admittedly, I get frustrated once in awhile, but it always turns out to have been my own fault. You'll need to spend a day or so getting used to its structure and idiosyncrasies, but after that its flexibility and ease of use is phenomenal, and its speed is unbelievable. The company is very responsive to bug reports. Highly recommended!
(Version 3.0) | |
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 | Jul 4 2008 |
FEDUP I just purchased 2.8.1 about 4 months ago from Runtime. I like the software but this is getting ridicules. You buy something and 2 months later or so here comes the next wiz bang piece of software with no free upgrades to those that just purchased the old version. We, as consumers need to send a message to all the companies that have come up with this new marketing plan and let them know that the WELL will run dry if they keep thinking that their customer base is made of money. | |
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| Apr 4 2008 |
MACINTOSH SAUCE I absolutely refuse to upgrade to version 2.9 from 2.8.1. I paid a lot of money for this older version, which has been buggy as hell with NO updates. Now they want me to pay $199 to upgrade to this new version. I don't think so... I am done with this company and their bloody ridiculous upgrade policy.
(Version 2.9) | |
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| Apr 4 2008 |
MACINTOSH SAUCE I got a major surprise this afternoon - an e-mail with a link to my free 2.9 upgrade. I forgot I purchased a one-year plan for upgrades and the actual expiry date. Apologies for my post above are in order, because it was my fault for not knowing when my plan expired. Sorry...
(Version 2.9) | |
 | Nov 30 2007 |
BILLCOYOTE Screen refreshing problems with Leopard... :-(
(Version 2.8.1) | |
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| Jun 3 2006 |
MACTICK Revolution continues its prohibitively expensive update policy. Having updated to Revolution Studio in Feb 2006 for £139 because further support for DreamCard was discontinued at that point, I now find that I am asked to pay £199 for the update to version 2.7.2. Of course, the £199 also buys me any additional upgrades that Revolution may make in the following year. Such a policy makes me long for HyperCard for OS X, a longing never to be fulfilled.
(Version 2.7.2) | |
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 | May 17 2007 |
SANJINKO Ronald,
check this out:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/3210/supercard
AND/OR
http://supercard.us/
(Version 2.8.1) | |
| Oct 11 2005 |
BILLCOYOTE I like very much "Runtime Revolution" but there are many bugs about characters transcoding between Windows, Mac OS X and Linux applications... Actually, I didn't find solutions to make a *real* crossplateform software... :-( Please, have a look very soon for a better management of clipboard. :-)
(Version 2.6.1) | |
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| Oct 11 2005 |
ANONYMOUS try a wiki like PmWiki !
(Version 2.6.1) | |
| Aug 14 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Revolution is good, but a bit unstable and buggy. Comes closest to old HyperCard in many ways. I will stick to REALbasic until something even closer to old HyperCard becomes available. Revolution's upgrade policy or lack thereof makes it a very expensive tool for users and a great cash cow for the developer. I couldn't even get a minor upgrade without rebuying it!!! Worst upgrade policy I've seen. Won't buy the product ever again unless they do something more reasonable.
(Version 2.2.1) | |
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 | Nov 9 2004 |
HEATHER NAGEY Actually, this is incorrect. You can purchase updates without buying the product again. I'm sorry that the person who posted this remained anonymous as unfortunately that means I can't help him/her directly.
(Version 2.5) | |
| Feb 14 2006 |
EMB If you are looking for something closer to HyperCard take a look at SuperCard. I have both Revolution and SuperCard and I much prefer SuperCard for most things.
(Version 2.7) | |
| Jun 2 2006 |
TSALAGI RED Actually, it is correct that you have to re-buy it, unless you can afford to keep your license up to date. That means you have to buy all the major upgrades. A more reasonable system would be to follow the example of Adobe, for example. I can skip several versions of photoshop, and still get an upgrade price. Not so with Revolution. I have stopped using Revolution. I can't afford it!
(Version 2.7.2) | |
| Jun 2 2006 |
EMB I agree with the earlier posts regarding Revolution's upgrade policy. I had Revolution 2.2 and paid $109 to upgrade. Several months later Revolution became Dreamcard and was priced at $49. I contacted Heather Nagey regarding the fact that I had paid more that twice as much for my upgrade than a brand new copy of Dreamcard cost. She saw nothing wrong with the situation. Now it appears that Dreamcard has been discontinued and if I want to upgrade from Dreamcard to Revolution Studio it will cost $199. An academic version of Revolution Studio sells for $189, and there is no upgrade price that I can find, so once again it would be less expensive to buy a new copy than to upgrade. The only way to avoid these upgrade problems is to buy the renewal pack which gets you free updates for one year. However, even the renewal pack is not inexpensive. As one of the earlier posts said, I can't afford to pay these prices for upgrades, especially when the upgrade is within version 2 rather than from 2 to 3.
(Version 2.7.2) | |
| Jun 25 2004 |
GRAHAM VLAWA Nice and easy. If you used HyperCard and are sad that it only runs in Classic mode... then you should rush to download this. Not only does it open your HyperCard stacks, but it offers a great deal more. You can use the easy HyperTalk here, too. This means easier to develop than Basic, but Revolution can build real applications. It's surprisingly fast for a scripting environment. The only criticism I have is a cluttered interface...
(Version 2.2.1) | |
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| Jun 25 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Maybe it's a great product, dunno, I am no coder... but it's really funny, because there is an old, awful videogame with the exact same name! http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/egm10.htm
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