Import file on Android

2022-01-15 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I'm using mobileComposeMail to export a data file from an Android app. In spite of its name, it 
opens the generic Share panel and lets you choose where to put the file.


Now I want to import a file from an external source. Where does specialFolderPath("external 
documents") point to on Android? Is there another generic way to find a file in a public folder 
on the device?


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HyperActive Software   | http://www.hyperactivesw.com

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Re: Someone has a copy of the last version of LiveCode to support PowerPC MacOS Classic machines?

2022-01-15 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Old and mouldy: 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qslejp8mq5tuges/revolution.sit?dl=0


On 15.01.22 20:15, Andre Garzia via use-livecode wrote:

Hey Folks,

I’m in the mood to build some hobby toys for old classic macs, just to amuse 
myself.

Anyone here has a copy of the last version of Runtime Revolution to support 
PowerPC based Macs running classic Mac OS?

I used to have a license for them, but I have no idea how to get that license, 
or how to get that software.

Best
Andre
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Re: Someone has a copy of the last version of LiveCode to support PowerPC MacOS Classic machines?

2022-01-15 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
The best bet is to go to the Wayback machine and look at RunRev websites 
there, and I di know that RunRev2 can be downloaded.


Best, Richmond.

On 15.01.22 20:15, Andre Garzia via use-livecode wrote:

Hey Folks,

I’m in the mood to build some hobby toys for old classic macs, just to amuse 
myself.

Anyone here has a copy of the last version of Runtime Revolution to support 
PowerPC based Macs running classic Mac OS?

I used to have a license for them, but I have no idea how to get that license, 
or how to get that software.

Best
Andre
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Someone has a copy of the last version of LiveCode to support PowerPC MacOS Classic machines?

2022-01-15 Thread Andre Garzia via use-livecode
Hey Folks,

I’m in the mood to build some hobby toys for old classic macs, just to amuse 
myself.

Anyone here has a copy of the last version of Runtime Revolution to support 
PowerPC based Macs running classic Mac OS?

I used to have a license for them, but I have no idea how to get that license, 
or how to get that software.

Best
Andre
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Re: scripted Show tooltip not a thing?

2022-01-15 Thread David V Glasgow via use-livecode
I rather lazily didn’t post an update, but on reflection I had already decided 
to do exactly what you recommend, Richard.  

Your advice isn’t wasted because my thinking about why it is the best thing to 
do wasn’t that clear.  It is an important UI point you make about advice only 
being  useful as an antecedent of choice.  Also, since I have avoided flippy 
flappy tooltips in my rather control-crowded app, it makes zero sense to have 
one exception which users would have no knowledge of, or reason to find until 
they stumble upon it.  And then maybe wonder why the same doesn’t happen 
elsewhere.

Why is it so easy to design a bad UI, when it is such a pleasure to experience 
a good one?

Thanks,

David G

> On 14 Jan 2022, at 10:33 pm, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Tooltips can be a solution, but the mechanism has some limitations in this 
> context.
> 
> First, tooltips are a sort of hidden feature, where the user discovers them 
> only after moving the mouse over the object.  Prior to that moment they're 
> invisible, offering no guidance at all.
> 
> And in this case, the good explanatory text you're offering can't be seen 
> until after the user commits to a choice, but that explanation would seem 
> helpful to guide them to making that choice.
> 
> If space permits, you could consider adding the explanatory text in 
> parentheses after the symbol directly in the control:
> 
>  -
>  | = (Equals)|
>  | ≤ (Is at least)   |
>  | ≅ (Is approximately)  |
>  -
> 
> This would allow users to fully grasp the implications of a choice before 
> making it.
> 
> -- 
> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Systems
> 
> 
> avid Glasgow wrote:
> 
>> I have an app in which tooltips are generally off.  I also have a button 
>> menu which allows the selection of equality/inequelity.  Users are non 
>> technical, and on selection (i.e. not the usual hover) I wanted to pop up a 
>> brief tooltip describing the selected item in ordinary language 
>> (irrespective of whether tooltips are globally on or off):
>> on menuPick pChosenItem
>>   set the label of me to pChosenitem
>>   switch
>>  case pChosenItem = "="
>> set the tooltip of me to "Equals"
>> break
>>  case pChosenItem = "≤"
>> set the tooltip of me to  “Is at least"
>> break
>>  case pChosenItem = "≅"
>> set the tooltip of me to “Is approximately"
>> break
>>   end switch
>>   set the tooltipdelay to 500
>>   show the tooltip of me
>>   set the tooltip delay to 0
>> end menuPick
>> It seems  show the tooltip of me isn’t a thing.  I appreciate that I could 
>> show and hide an ordinary field, but I wondered if I have overlooked a 
>> suitable message and/or syntax that will enable what I want. Best Wishes,
>> David Glasgow
> 
> 
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