Re: Livecode downloads VERY slow

[J. Landman Gay via use-livecode]

Back in the olden days I had a MacBook with a built-in modem, I think it 
was 1200 baud but maybe it was 14.4. We went up to the north shore of Lake 
Superior every year for a few days and back then it was about as remote as 
it gets. The cabin we stayed in had a ruidmentary phone line that went in 
and out depending on the satelite's mood and how cloudy it was, which was 
most of the time. I brought a 20 foot phone cable with me and stretched it 
from the tiny bedroom at the back, where the only phone outlet was, to the 
"living room" up front across from the wood burning stove, plugged it into 
the MacBook, and logged into AOL which was the only online service that 
hadn't yet folded at the time. A few years after that a coffee shop in the 
little town to the north got an internet connection and I gave up on the 
phone line. We drove 10 miles into town every day or so, bought a coffee 
and I logged in to get my email. (Bong bong scrch bong bong, "YOU'VE 
GOT MAIL!")


When my nephew was young he asked me why I didn't learn programming in high 
school. I told him there were no personal computers back then. The look on 
his face indicated he was surprised I hadn't yet mummified.



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On December 22, 2021 7:15:55 PM Alex Tweedly via use-livecode 
 wrote:



OK, memory lane time.

Before we had 1200 baud modems, we used to use acoustic couplers. I
often used one to call from the main office (England) to our US office,
at a mind-blowing 300 baud.

Problem was, in those days (1978 I think), even voice transatlantic
calls were hit or miss. Often you got a undersea cable connection
(slight delay and echo, but you could have an almost normal
conversation), other times you got a satellite connection (usually
little or no echo but very high latency, making conversation frustrating).

The acoustic coupler call would fail if you got the wrong kind of
connection, so we'd usually wait until the middle for the night to make
it more likely we'd get a successful call.

Ah fond memories of the days when I could stay up till 3am and still
function the next day :-)

Alex.

On 23/12/2021 00:41, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote:

I must be in the really ancient fogey range.

I remember 1200 baud modems.  In the late ’80s a teacher at our high school 
in Wawa, Ontario got his hands on one. It was the size of an air fryer. Our 
computer club at the school hooked it up to a Commodore PET 2001 and tried 
to connect to Compuserve.  Long waits listening to modem squeals but we 
never managed to get connected then.  We were in Wawa which is on the north 
shore of Lake Superior so maybe the phone connection was not good enough.
Here is the state of the art then, 
http://www.technofileonline.com/texts/2400modem88.html 



I also remember my Apple GeoPort modem with my Mac Quadra 660AV I think.  
https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/GeoPort 


 From the above article here are GeoPort speeds.
GeoPort Telecom Adapter M1694LL/B - 14.4 kilobaud 
 (kbps)
GeoPort Telecom Adapter (II) M2117LL/A - 28.8 kilobaud 
 (kbps)
GeoPort Telecom Adapter II M5438LL/A - 33.6 kilobaud 
 (kbps)


Martin


On Dec 22, 2021, at 4:02 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode 
 wrote:


I just downloaded both the Mac and Win32 simultaneously via the download 
page in about a minute. Using “SpeedTest”, I get 110Mb/sec.


 I remember when got our first t1(1.544mb/sec) and thought we 
were styling ridiculous 


Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdim...@evergreeninfo.net

-Original Message-
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf 
Of William Prothero via use-livecode

Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:34 PM
To: JJS via use-livecode
Cc: William Prothero
Subject: Livecode downloads VERY slow

Folks:
When I download an update to Livecode, it takes hours. I’m wondering why. 
Locally, using “SpeedTest”, I get 160Mb/sec internet speeds. Could it be 
the livecode server that serves the updates? Just wondering.


Best,
Bill

William Prothero
waproth...@gmail.com




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Re: PDF Viewer widget: expected experience from set the currentDestination?

[Monte Goulding via use-livecode]

Hi Keith

Yes it does look like the currentDestination docs leaves a lot to be desired. I 
think there’s a couple of missing related items which is making the document 
display incorrectly. I’ve created an issue for that here 
https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23493

Here’s a simple example of using the currentDestination though:

local tDest
put "goto" into tDest["type”]
put "Fit" into tDest["mode”]
put 3 into tDest["page”]
set the currentDestination of widget “pdf" to tDest

Cheers

Monte

> On 23 Dec 2021, at 4:24 am, Keith Clarke via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> Please can anyone share the response/experience to be expected in the PDF 
> Viewer widget after a successful call to set the currentDestination?
> 
> I have the widget successfully changing currentPage when set but I was hoping 
> to see some visual feedback with on a change of currentDestination - to 
> perhaps highlight something or zoom or scroll the named destination into 
> focus? 
> 
> Unfortunately, the dictionary entry for currentDestination doesn’t help as it 
> has no examples and the description of as it seems to be missing chunks of 
> critical text regarding the ‘receive’ end of the message... 
> 
> "This is the format that is sent as a parameter in the message and is used by 
> the  and  and properties for goto type destinations:...”
> 
> Perhaps I’ve missed some settings on the widget to allow it to respond to 
> this message?
> TIA
> Best,
> Keith
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Re: Livecode downloads VERY slow

[William Prothero via use-livecode]

I bet I got you all beat, for geezerdom. I learned to program Fortran on punch 
cards. 3 runs a day and output was delivered by a messenger, human that is. No 
freakin’ internet for me! If I remember right, our mainframe, a CDC 3600 had 
512K of memory.

Merry Christmas, fellow Livecoders.

Bill Prothero

Sent from my iPad

> On Dec 22, 2021, at 5:14 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> OK, memory lane time.
> 
> Before we had 1200 baud modems, we used to use acoustic couplers. I often 
> used one to call from the main office (England) to our US office, at a 
> mind-blowing 300 baud.
> 
> Problem was, in those days (1978 I think), even voice transatlantic calls 
> were hit or miss. Often you got a undersea cable connection (slight delay and 
> echo, but you could have an almost normal conversation), other times you got 
> a satellite connection (usually little or no echo but very high latency, 
> making conversation frustrating).
> 
> The acoustic coupler call would fail if you got the wrong kind of connection, 
> so we'd usually wait until the middle for the night to make it more likely 
> we'd get a successful call.
> 
> Ah fond memories of the days when I could stay up till 3am and still function 
> the next day :-)
> 
> Alex.
> 
>> On 23/12/2021 00:41, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote:
>> I must be in the really ancient fogey range.
>> 
>> I remember 1200 baud modems.  In the late ’80s a teacher at our high school 
>> in Wawa, Ontario got his hands on one. It was the size of an air fryer. Our 
>> computer club at the school hooked it up to a Commodore PET 2001 and tried 
>> to connect to Compuserve.  Long waits listening to modem squeals but we 
>> never managed to get connected then.  We were in Wawa which is on the north 
>> shore of Lake Superior so maybe the phone connection was not good enough.
>> Here is the state of the art then, 
>> http://www.technofileonline.com/texts/2400modem88.html 
>> 
>> 
>> I also remember my Apple GeoPort modem with my Mac Quadra 660AV I think.  
>> https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/GeoPort 
>> 
>> From the above article here are GeoPort speeds.
>> GeoPort Telecom Adapter M1694LL/B - 14.4 kilobaud 
>>  (kbps)
>> GeoPort Telecom Adapter (II) M2117LL/A - 28.8 kilobaud 
>>  (kbps)
>> GeoPort Telecom Adapter II M5438LL/A - 33.6 kilobaud 
>>  (kbps)
>> 
>> Martin
>> 
>> 
 On Dec 22, 2021, at 4:02 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode 
  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I just downloaded both the Mac and Win32 simultaneously via the download 
>>> page in about a minute. Using “SpeedTest”, I get 110Mb/sec.
>>> 
>>>  I remember when got our first t1(1.544mb/sec) and thought we 
>>> were styling ridiculous 
>>> 
>>> Ralph DiMola
>>> IT Director
>>> Evergreen Information Services
>>> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf 
>>> Of William Prothero via use-livecode
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:34 PM
>>> To: JJS via use-livecode
>>> Cc: William Prothero
>>> Subject: Livecode downloads VERY slow
>>> 
>>> Folks:
>>> When I download an update to Livecode, it takes hours. I’m wondering why. 
>>> Locally, using “SpeedTest”, I get 160Mb/sec internet speeds. Could it be 
>>> the livecode server that serves the updates? Just wondering.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Bill
>>> 
>>> William Prothero
>>> waproth...@gmail.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: Livecode downloads VERY slow

[Alex Tweedly via use-livecode]

OK, memory lane time.

Before we had 1200 baud modems, we used to use acoustic couplers. I 
often used one to call from the main office (England) to our US office, 
at a mind-blowing 300 baud.


Problem was, in those days (1978 I think), even voice transatlantic 
calls were hit or miss. Often you got a undersea cable connection 
(slight delay and echo, but you could have an almost normal 
conversation), other times you got a satellite connection (usually 
little or no echo but very high latency, making conversation frustrating).


The acoustic coupler call would fail if you got the wrong kind of 
connection, so we'd usually wait until the middle for the night to make 
it more likely we'd get a successful call.


Ah fond memories of the days when I could stay up till 3am and still 
function the next day :-)


Alex.

On 23/12/2021 00:41, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote:

I must be in the really ancient fogey range.

I remember 1200 baud modems.  In the late ’80s a teacher at our high school in 
Wawa, Ontario got his hands on one. It was the size of an air fryer. Our 
computer club at the school hooked it up to a Commodore PET 2001 and tried to 
connect to Compuserve.  Long waits listening to modem squeals but we never 
managed to get connected then.  We were in Wawa which is on the north shore of 
Lake Superior so maybe the phone connection was not good enough.
Here is the state of the art then, 
http://www.technofileonline.com/texts/2400modem88.html 


I also remember my Apple GeoPort modem with my Mac Quadra 660AV I think.  
https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/GeoPort 

 From the above article here are GeoPort speeds.
GeoPort Telecom Adapter M1694LL/B - 14.4 kilobaud 
 (kbps)
GeoPort Telecom Adapter (II) M2117LL/A - 28.8 kilobaud 
 (kbps)
GeoPort Telecom Adapter II M5438LL/A - 33.6 kilobaud 
 (kbps)

Martin



On Dec 22, 2021, at 4:02 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode 
 wrote:

I just downloaded both the Mac and Win32 simultaneously via the download page 
in about a minute. Using “SpeedTest”, I get 110Mb/sec.

 I remember when got our first t1(1.544mb/sec) and thought we were styling 
ridiculous 

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdim...@evergreeninfo.net

-Original Message-
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
William Prothero via use-livecode
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:34 PM
To: JJS via use-livecode
Cc: William Prothero
Subject: Livecode downloads VERY slow

Folks:
When I download an update to Livecode, it takes hours. I’m wondering why. 
Locally, using “SpeedTest”, I get 160Mb/sec internet speeds. Could it be the 
livecode server that serves the updates? Just wondering.

Best,
Bill

William Prothero
waproth...@gmail.com




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Re: Livecode downloads VERY slow

[Martin Koob via use-livecode]

I must be in the really ancient fogey range.

I remember 1200 baud modems.  In the late ’80s a teacher at our high school in 
Wawa, Ontario got his hands on one. It was the size of an air fryer. Our 
computer club at the school hooked it up to a Commodore PET 2001 and tried to 
connect to Compuserve.  Long waits listening to modem squeals but we never 
managed to get connected then.  We were in Wawa which is on the north shore of 
Lake Superior so maybe the phone connection was not good enough.
Here is the state of the art then, 
http://www.technofileonline.com/texts/2400modem88.html 


I also remember my Apple GeoPort modem with my Mac Quadra 660AV I think.  
https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/GeoPort 

From the above article here are GeoPort speeds.
GeoPort Telecom Adapter M1694LL/B - 14.4 kilobaud 
 (kbps)
GeoPort Telecom Adapter (II) M2117LL/A - 28.8 kilobaud 
 (kbps)
GeoPort Telecom Adapter II M5438LL/A - 33.6 kilobaud 
 (kbps)

Martin


> On Dec 22, 2021, at 4:02 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> I just downloaded both the Mac and Win32 simultaneously via the download page 
> in about a minute. Using “SpeedTest”, I get 110Mb/sec.
> 
>  I remember when got our first t1(1.544mb/sec) and thought we were 
> styling ridiculous 
> 
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf 
> Of William Prothero via use-livecode
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:34 PM
> To: JJS via use-livecode
> Cc: William Prothero
> Subject: Livecode downloads VERY slow
> 
> Folks:
> When I download an update to Livecode, it takes hours. I’m wondering why. 
> Locally, using “SpeedTest”, I get 160Mb/sec internet speeds. Could it be the 
> livecode server that serves the updates? Just wondering.
> 
> Best,
> Bill
> 
> William Prothero
> waproth...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: New user

[Tom Glod via use-livecode]

Welcome Alex.

On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 12:11 PM Douglas A. Ruisaard via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Much appreciated ... that's what I needed to explore this "feature"
>
> Douglas Ruisaard
>
> Trilogy Software
>   (250) 573-3935
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On
> Behalf Of matthias rebbe via use-livecode
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 8:55 AM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Cc: matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de
> Subject: Re: New user
>
> What i forgot to mention:
> The bluetooth device needs to support this. If you have paired the Windows
> PC with a device that supports a virtual com port, then you should be able
> to add a com port in that settings and link it to that bluetooth device.
>
>
>
> > Am 22.12.2021 um 17:47 schrieb matthias rebbe via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
> >
> > In Windows go to Bluetooth Select "additional Bluetooth
> settings" or something similar to that.  I am working with a german version
> of Windows, so i do not have the exact english expression of it.
> >
> > In this "additional settings" click on the tab 'Com devices' . There you
> can add a virtual com port.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Matthias
> >
> >
> >> Am 22.12.2021 um 16:59 schrieb Douglas A. Ruisaard via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
> >>
> >> I'm hopeful that General 2018 or anyone can expand on the reference to
> General's statement of:
> >> "... Livecode has Bluetooth for Windows via VCP ..."
> >>
> >> I've searched thru the forum and cannot find any references to this.
> Virtual Com Port (VCP) is associated with USB and FTDI chips (or
> emulations) and is used for Serial communications (common in Arduino
> builds) but I've never heard it associated with Bluetooth.  If there is
> information regarding Livecode being able to use Bluetooth on a Windows
> platform, I'd GREATLY appreciate knowing more about it!
> >>
> >> Anyone?
> >>
> >> Douglas Ruisaard
> >>
> >>   Trilogy Software
> >> (250) 573-3935
> >>
> >>
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On
> Behalf Of General 2018 via use-livecode
> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:21 AM
> >> To: How to use LiveCode
> >> Cc: General 2018
> >> Subject: Re: New user
> >>
> >> Android Bluetooth / USB would be the ideal as seems to be the most used
> interface protocol. Livecode has Bluetooth for Windows via VCP and on IOS
> via MergeBLE.
> >>
> >> Just Android needed to be cross platform in real world interfacing.
> >>
> >> Regards Camm
> >>
> >>> On 22 Dec 2021, at 10:52, Pi Digital via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> For Android and iOS, use WiFi and sockets. This is just as quick and
> easy.
> >>>
> >>> Sean Cole
> >>> Pi Digital Productions Ltd
> >>>
> >>> eMail Ts & Cs
> >>>
> >>>
>  On 22 Dec 2021, at 10:24, General 2018 via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>  Just need this capability on Android - please Livecode
> 
>  Regards Camm
> 
> >> On 22 Dec 2021, at 01:37, Sean Cole via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Alex
> > Welcome!
> > I've done exactly and very similar to what you are describing about
> 6yrs
> > ago from Mac, PC, Linux, iOS via USB, WiFi and GPRS serial adapters.
> For
> > lighting up miniatures of housing estates and apartment blocks. And
> then
> > for some film miniatures for toy commercials and so on.
> >
> > Once you've installed the driver for your adapter on Win10, go to the
> > Device Manager, Ports and find out what COM port it's linked to (eg,
> COM2).
> > Now in LiveCode, you don't need to know the driver name to write to.
> Just
> > use the command:
> >open driver "COM2:" for write
> > This sets the plane for communication. Next, you need to set up the
> > settings, eg:
> >set the serialControlString to "BAUD=9600 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1"
> > These are actually the default settings, so do nothing if these are
> the
> > settings you want.
> > Now you just need to know the commands to send.
> >
> https://numato.com/docs/16-channel-usb-relay-module/#the-command-set-20
> >write "readall" & return to driver "COM2:"
> >read from driver "COM2:" for 4 -- ie, 4 characters
> > The read command immediately after the write allows it to accept the
> > response from the GPIO, in this example, for 4 characters in length
> (to
> > receive the 4 hex characters like 16AF)
> >
> > And that's it pretty much. It's super easy and fun. With Wifi
> modules you
> > can use any device to communicate with them. We used iPad mini's
> which made
> > it super flexible.
> >
> > Let us all know if you run into any issues and need help.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Sean Cole
> > *Pi 

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.6 RC-1

[Tom Glod via use-livecode]

Its so lovely to see a big list of fixes, thats how thats done.

Thank you Livecode team and all the best for the Christmas season to
everyone.

On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 3:55 PM J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> On 12/22/21 1:47 PM, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote:
> > It is nice to know that HyperCard stacks can still be opened.
>
> Yes, and what good timing. I just got the first HC conversion request in
> years. And my old copy
> of LC 6 won't run on my current Mac.
>
> Another thing I'm ecstatic about is the built-in Android adaptive icons.
> Struggling with
> altered IDE files for the last year made me crazy and it had to be done
> for every new LC
> release. And I usually made mistakes and had to revise them multiple times.
>
> This release is hugely appreciated, there's so much to love in it. Thank
> you, team!
>
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Re: Livecode Server on Synology NAS with Intel cpu

[matthias rebbe via use-livecode]

> Am 22.12.2021 um 21:51 schrieb Mark Wieder via use-livecode 
> :
> 
> Sorry - my Synology server has an arm processor, and there has never been an 
> arm build of the server. Plus now it appears that the server build requires a 
> separate license.
> 
> I take it you've already been through the docs at
> https://livecode.com/resources/guides/server/

Yes, thanks Mark, i've checked the docs already

Unfortunately the folder structure/ location of the configuration files for 
Apache on the Synology are different to the description in the docs.

Anyway, it took me now the half day to get it working. 
So now LC server is working in the browser and on the command line and LC 
standalones can be run also from command line in ui mode.
That's awesome.
I will create a Livecode lesson for this, so others can get it working much 
quicker.

Matthias


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Re: Livecode downloads VERY slow

[doc hawk via use-livecode]

I’ve been using “wget -c http://somewhere.com/somefile” for decades now.

Just leave it open in a terminal, and if it bombs partway through, just 
up-arrow it and run again, so that it continues from where it left off.

Dropped connections have always been a bigger issue than speed for me.


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Re: Livecode downloads VERY slow

[William Prothero via use-livecode]

Ralph,
Obviously, I’ve lost the knack of proof-reading my emails. Must be a secret 
feature of apple that auto-errors writing.

I meant Zoomers, of course (who are Sooners, anyway?) Actually, the 
auto-correct tried again to make that change. Fool me once …… etc.

Best,
Bill

Sent from my iPad

> On Dec 22, 2021, at 1:20 PM, William Prothero 
>  wrote:
> 
> Ralph,
> I’m fine with slowdowns, which seem unavoidable. Speeds at a cottage we built 
> in the Northwest were 6Mb/sec and less, but we could stream TV in the 
> evening, Here, in the big city (Santa Barbara獵…) it will hang for 20-30 secs, 
> then start up fast again. Too many Sooners on our node.
> 
> Grads, don’t we get spoiled!
> 
> Best,
> Bill
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Dec 22, 2021, at 1:02 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> I just downloaded both the Mac and Win32 simultaneously via the download 
>> page in about a minute. Using “SpeedTest”, I get 110Mb/sec.
>> 
>>  I remember when got our first t1(1.544mb/sec) and thought we 
>> were styling ridiculous 
>> 
>> Ralph DiMola
>> IT Director
>> Evergreen Information Services
>> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf 
>> Of William Prothero via use-livecode
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:34 PM
>> To: JJS via use-livecode
>> Cc: William Prothero
>> Subject: Livecode downloads VERY slow
>> 
>> Folks:
>> When I download an update to Livecode, it takes hours. I’m wondering why. 
>> Locally, using “SpeedTest”, I get 160Mb/sec internet speeds. Could it be the 
>> livecode server that serves the updates? Just wondering.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Bill
>> 
>> William Prothero
>> waproth...@gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: Livecode downloads VERY slow

[William Prothero via use-livecode]

Ralph,
I’m fine with slowdowns, which seem unavoidable. Speeds at a cottage we built 
in the Northwest were 6Mb/sec and less, but we could stream TV in the evening, 
Here, in the big city (Santa Barbara獵…) it will hang for 20-30 secs, then start 
up fast again. Too many Sooners on our node.

Grads, don’t we get spoiled!

Best,
Bill

Sent from my iPad

> On Dec 22, 2021, at 1:02 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> I just downloaded both the Mac and Win32 simultaneously via the download 
> page in about a minute. Using “SpeedTest”, I get 110Mb/sec.
> 
>  I remember when got our first t1(1.544mb/sec) and thought we were 
> styling ridiculous 
> 
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf 
> Of William Prothero via use-livecode
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:34 PM
> To: JJS via use-livecode
> Cc: William Prothero
> Subject: Livecode downloads VERY slow
> 
> Folks:
> When I download an update to Livecode, it takes hours. I’m wondering why. 
> Locally, using “SpeedTest”, I get 160Mb/sec internet speeds. Could it be the 
> livecode server that serves the updates? Just wondering.
> 
> Best,
> Bill
> 
> William Prothero
> waproth...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
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RE: Communication with future you with a message board

[Ralph DiMola via use-livecode]

POOF your gone (grandfather paradox)

But on the good side I may be able to play the Bach piece without mistakes.

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdim...@evergreeninfo.net


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From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
Mark Wieder via use-livecode
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 4:00 PM
To: J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Cc: Mark Wieder
Subject: Re: Communication with future you with a message board

On 12/22/21 12:47 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
> On 12/22/21 11:40 AM, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote:
>> So I am curious — am I the only one whose mind is going or have 
>> others run this mental recursive documentation loop?
> 
> Yes, more than once. The only comforting thing is that most of the 
> time it was a response from many years ago and I'm not the same person 
> any more. Maybe that's scary...
> 

If you write a response maybe you can help out your previous self.

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RE: Livecode downloads VERY slow

[Ralph DiMola via use-livecode]

I just downloaded both the Mac and Win32 simultaneously via the download page 
in about a minute. Using “SpeedTest”, I get 110Mb/sec.

 I remember when got our first t1(1.544mb/sec) and thought we were 
styling ridiculous 

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdim...@evergreeninfo.net

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From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
William Prothero via use-livecode
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:34 PM
To: JJS via use-livecode
Cc: William Prothero
Subject: Livecode downloads VERY slow

Folks:
When I download an update to Livecode, it takes hours. I’m wondering why. 
Locally, using “SpeedTest”, I get 160Mb/sec internet speeds. Could it be the 
livecode server that serves the updates? Just wondering.

Best,
Bill

William Prothero
waproth...@gmail.com




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Re: Communication with future you with a message board

[Mark Wieder via use-livecode]

On 12/22/21 12:47 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:

On 12/22/21 11:40 AM, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote:
So I am curious — am I the only one whose mind is going or have others 
run this mental recursive documentation loop?


Yes, more than once. The only comforting thing is that most of the time 
it was a response from many years ago and I'm not the same person any 
more. Maybe that's scary...




If you write a response maybe you can help out your previous self.

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Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.6 RC-1

[J. Landman Gay via use-livecode]

On 12/22/21 1:47 PM, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote:

It is nice to know that HyperCard stacks can still be opened.


Yes, and what good timing. I just got the first HC conversion request in years. And my old copy 
of LC 6 won't run on my current Mac.


Another thing I'm ecstatic about is the built-in Android adaptive icons. Struggling with 
altered IDE files for the last year made me crazy and it had to be done for every new LC 
release. And I usually made mistakes and had to revise them multiple times.


This release is hugely appreciated, there's so much to love in it. Thank you, 
team!

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

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Re: Livecode Server on Synology NAS with Intel cpu

[Mark Wieder via use-livecode]

On 12/21/21 2:54 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote:

Hi,

is there someone on the list who is using Livecode Server on a Synology NAS 
with Intel cpu? If so, did you manage to get it working also with the webserver 
or only from command line?

Today i installed Livecode Server on my Synology NAS with Intel cpu.
I am able to run Livecode scripts from the command line. But i do not get it to 
work, that i can call LC script from my browser. I tried the .htaccess method 
to get Livecode Server running with Apache without success. I tried also to 
modify the httdp-conf file, but also without success. But that is due to a lack 
of knowledge.

I would be really grateful if someone could help me getting Livecode Server to 
work with Apache and not only from command line.


Sorry - my Synology server has an arm processor, and there has never 
been an arm build of the server. Plus now it appears that the server 
build requires a separate license.


I take it you've already been through the docs at
https://livecode.com/resources/guides/server/

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Re: Communication with future you with a message board

[J. Landman Gay via use-livecode]

On 12/22/21 11:40 AM, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote:

So I am curious — am I the only one whose mind is going or have others run this 
mental recursive documentation loop?


Yes, more than once. The only comforting thing is that most of the time it was a response from 
many years ago and I'm not the same person any more. Maybe that's scary...


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Re: Livecode downloads VERY slow

[Martin Koob via use-livecode]

Hi Bill

Are you downloading directly from https://downloads.livecode.com or are you 
using the LiveCode Updater stack that pops up when ever there is a new update?

I just tried https://downloads.livecode.com  
and got the RC1 of LC 9.6.6 downloaded in less than 30 seconds or so.

I have given up on using the LiveCode Updater stack.  The download goes on 
forever and never seems to finish.

Martin

> On Dec 22, 2021, at 3:34 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Folks:
> When I download an update to Livecode, it takes hours. I’m wondering why. 
> Locally, using “SpeedTest”, I get 160Mb/sec internet speeds. Could it be the 
> livecode server that serves the updates? Just wondering.
> 
> Best,
> Bill
> 
> William Prothero
> waproth...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
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Livecode downloads VERY slow

[William Prothero via use-livecode]

Folks:
When I download an update to Livecode, it takes hours. I’m wondering why. 
Locally, using “SpeedTest”, I get 160Mb/sec internet speeds. Could it be the 
livecode server that serves the updates? Just wondering.

Best,
Bill

William Prothero
waproth...@gmail.com




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Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.6 RC-1

[Martin Koob via use-livecode]

It is nice to know that HyperCard stacks can still be opened.   I had opened a 
HyperCard stack of an application that I had created in LiveCode ~ 6.x and for 
the most part it worked,  A few fixes were needed and I was good to go.  That 
HyperCard stack was the basis for an LC application I am still updating.  There 
is still HyperTalk scripts from long ago hidden in various objects in my 
application.  I can usually tell by how I named my variables — no prefixes, 
that and using way too many unquoted literals.

Martin Koob




> On Dec 21, 2021, at 9:44 AM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Bug Fixes:
> - Opening HyperCard stacks will no longer cause a crash

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Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.6 RC-1

[Mark Talluto via use-livecode]

> On Dec 21, 2021, at 6:44 AM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Release Contents
> 
> LiveCode 9.6.6 RC-1 comes with several changes, including fixes for lots of
> the bugs you requested in the recent survey:

This is an incredible release. Big thanks to LiveCode! Happy Holidays.


Best regards,
Mark Talluto

appli.io 
livecloud.io 
nursenotes.net 
canelasoftware.com 



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Re: Communication with future you with a message board

[Kaveh via use-livecode]

I have done exactly the same thing several times where my past self has
been the only one asking exactly the question I need. But this is not
limited to LiveCode forums. Yesterday I was scratching my head regarding a
regex pattern. I was overjoyed when I found someone asking precisely the
question I needed around 2 years back on StackExchange. It was my former
self!

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60025513/regex-to-extract-lookbehind-and-lookahead-from-a-regex-pattern

On Wed, 22 Dec 2021 at 17:42, Martin Koob via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I have been reading Alex Hughson’s thread "New user” renamed "Serial
> Communication with an I/O board (New user)” by Curry Kenworthy to make it
> easier for future users to find.
>
> It makes me think of something that happened a few times with me.  I am
> trying to do something in LiveCode and I come up against a blocker.  I
> start searching the use-livecode list, the LiveCode Forums, and also
> general web searches.  Finally I find my answer — exactly what I wanted.
> Then I look at the author asking the original question or answering…
> Martin Koob.
> 臘‍♂️
>
> So I am curious — am I the only one whose mind is going or have others run
> this mental recursive documentation loop?
>
> Anyway  now when I am typing a question or a suggested answer I think I
> should put the salutation “Dear Future me.”.  In any case once the problem
> is solved I do a final email summarizing what the final solution was and I
> do make sure there are some good keywords in the text that I would probably
> search for in the future when I have forgotten ever even working on this
> problem this let alone how to solve it.
>
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Communication with future you with a message board

[Martin Koob via use-livecode]

Hi all

I have been reading Alex Hughson’s thread "New user” renamed "Serial 
Communication with an I/O board (New user)” by Curry Kenworthy to make it 
easier for future users to find.

It makes me think of something that happened a few times with me.  I am trying 
to do something in LiveCode and I come up against a blocker.  I start searching 
the use-livecode list, the LiveCode Forums, and also general web searches.  
Finally I find my answer — exactly what I wanted.  Then I look at the author 
asking the original question or answering…  Martin Koob.  
臘‍♂️

So I am curious — am I the only one whose mind is going or have others run this 
mental recursive documentation loop?

Anyway  now when I am typing a question or a suggested answer I think I should 
put the salutation “Dear Future me.”.  In any case once the problem is solved I 
do a final email summarizing what the final solution was and I do make sure 
there are some good keywords in the text that I would probably search for in 
the future when I have forgotten ever even working on this problem this let 
alone how to solve it.

Martin Koob
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PDF Viewer widget: expected experience from set the currentDestination?

[Keith Clarke via use-livecode]

Hi folks,
Please can anyone share the response/experience to be expected in the PDF 
Viewer widget after a successful call to set the currentDestination?

I have the widget successfully changing currentPage when set but I was hoping 
to see some visual feedback with on a change of currentDestination - to perhaps 
highlight something or zoom or scroll the named destination into focus? 

Unfortunately, the dictionary entry for currentDestination doesn’t help as it 
has no examples and the description of as it seems to be missing chunks of 
critical text regarding the ‘receive’ end of the message... 

"This is the format that is sent as a parameter in the message and is used by 
the  and  and properties for goto type destinations:...”

Perhaps I’ve missed some settings on the widget to allow it to respond to this 
message?
TIA
Best,
Keith
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Re: Serial Communication with an I/O board (New user)

[Martin Koob via use-livecode]

Hi Curry

Thanks.  I thought this would be cool to play around with one day but I would 
never remember where I saw it.  This will help an old brain.

It would make also make a good LiveCode Lesson.  Once Alex figures it all out 
and has it all working they can document the process and submit it as a 
LiveCode Lesson and thereby gain instant fame and fortune ... well at least the 
gratitude of those who follow afterward… maybe even themselves  (see more in my 
next email “Communication with future you with a message board”.)

Martin

> On Dec 22, 2021, at 6:29 AM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> Good topic; probably deserves a relevant subject line! :)
> (Easier to notice, both live and in the Archive.)
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Curry Kenworthy
> 
> Custom Software Development
> "Better Methods, Better Results"
> Christian LiveCode Training and Consulting
> http://livecodeconsulting.com/
> 
> ===
> 
> Alex:
> 
> > the project has to be able to communicate with an I/O board (Numato 16 
> > channel USB GPIO Module for example) from a Windows Standalone application.
> 
> Sean:
> 
>> Once you've installed the driver for your adapter on Win10, go to the
>> Device Manager, Ports and find out what COM port it's linked to (eg, COM2).
>> Now in LiveCode, you don't need to know the driver name to write to. Just
>> use the command:
>>open driver "COM2:" for write
>> This sets the plane for communication. Next, you need to set up the
>> settings, eg:
>>set the serialControlString to "BAUD=9600 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1"
>> These are actually the default settings, so do nothing if these are the
>> settings you want.
>> Now you just need to know the commands to send.
>> https://numato.com/docs/16-channel-usb-relay-module/#the-command-set-20
>>write "readall" & return to driver "COM2:"
>>read from driver "COM2:" for 4 -- ie, 4 characters
>> The read command immediately after the write allows it to accept the
>> response from the GPIO, in this example, for 4 characters in length (to
>> receive the 4 hex characters like 16AF)
>> And that's it pretty much. It's super easy and fun. With Wifi modules you
>> can use any device to communicate with them. We used iPad mini's which made
>> it super flexible.
>> Let us all know if you run into any issues and need help.
>> All the best
>> Sean Cole
>> *Pi Digital Productions Ltd*
> 
> 
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RE: New user

[Douglas A. Ruisaard via use-livecode]

Much appreciated ... that's what I needed to explore this "feature"

Douglas Ruisaard
   
Trilogy Software
  (250) 573-3935


-Original Message-
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
matthias rebbe via use-livecode
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 8:55 AM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de
Subject: Re: New user

What i forgot to mention:
The bluetooth device needs to support this. If you have paired the Windows PC 
with a device that supports a virtual com port, then you should be able to add 
a com port in that settings and link it to that bluetooth device.



> Am 22.12.2021 um 17:47 schrieb matthias rebbe via use-livecode 
> :
> 
> In Windows go to Bluetooth Select "additional Bluetooth settings" or 
> something similar to that.  I am working with a german version of Windows, so 
> i do not have the exact english expression of it.
> 
> In this "additional settings" click on the tab 'Com devices' . There you can 
> add a virtual com port.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Matthias
> 
> 
>> Am 22.12.2021 um 16:59 schrieb Douglas A. Ruisaard via use-livecode 
>> :
>> 
>> I'm hopeful that General 2018 or anyone can expand on the reference to 
>> General's statement of:
>> "... Livecode has Bluetooth for Windows via VCP ..."
>> 
>> I've searched thru the forum and cannot find any references to this.  
>> Virtual Com Port (VCP) is associated with USB and FTDI chips (or emulations) 
>> and is used for Serial communications (common in Arduino builds) but I've 
>> never heard it associated with Bluetooth.  If there is information regarding 
>> Livecode being able to use Bluetooth on a Windows platform, I'd GREATLY 
>> appreciate knowing more about it! 
>> 
>> Anyone?
>> 
>> Douglas Ruisaard
>> 
>>   Trilogy Software
>> (250) 573-3935
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf 
>> Of General 2018 via use-livecode
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:21 AM
>> To: How to use LiveCode
>> Cc: General 2018
>> Subject: Re: New user
>> 
>> Android Bluetooth / USB would be the ideal as seems to be the most used 
>> interface protocol. Livecode has Bluetooth for Windows via VCP and on IOS 
>> via MergeBLE.
>> 
>> Just Android needed to be cross platform in real world interfacing.
>> 
>> Regards Camm
>> 
>>> On 22 Dec 2021, at 10:52, Pi Digital via use-livecode 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> For Android and iOS, use WiFi and sockets. This is just as quick and easy. 
>>> 
>>> Sean Cole
>>> Pi Digital Productions Ltd
>>> 
>>> eMail Ts & Cs
>>> 
>>> 
 On 22 Dec 2021, at 10:24, General 2018 via use-livecode 
  wrote:
 
 Just need this capability on Android - please Livecode
 
 Regards Camm
 
>> On 22 Dec 2021, at 01:37, Sean Cole via use-livecode 
>>  wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex
> Welcome!
> I've done exactly and very similar to what you are describing about 6yrs
> ago from Mac, PC, Linux, iOS via USB, WiFi and GPRS serial adapters. For
> lighting up miniatures of housing estates and apartment blocks. And then
> for some film miniatures for toy commercials and so on.
> 
> Once you've installed the driver for your adapter on Win10, go to the
> Device Manager, Ports and find out what COM port it's linked to (eg, 
> COM2).
> Now in LiveCode, you don't need to know the driver name to write to. Just
> use the command:
>open driver "COM2:" for write
> This sets the plane for communication. Next, you need to set up the
> settings, eg:
>set the serialControlString to "BAUD=9600 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1"
> These are actually the default settings, so do nothing if these are the
> settings you want.
> Now you just need to know the commands to send.
> https://numato.com/docs/16-channel-usb-relay-module/#the-command-set-20
>write "readall" & return to driver "COM2:"
>read from driver "COM2:" for 4 -- ie, 4 characters
> The read command immediately after the write allows it to accept the
> response from the GPIO, in this example, for 4 characters in length (to
> receive the 4 hex characters like 16AF)
> 
> And that's it pretty much. It's super easy and fun. With Wifi modules you
> can use any device to communicate with them. We used iPad mini's which 
> made
> it super flexible.
> 
> Let us all know if you run into any issues and need help.
> 
> All the best
> 
> Sean Cole
> *Pi Digital Productions Ltd*
> 
>> On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 at 04:33, Alex Hughson via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all. I am a beginner user of LiveCode. I’ve managed to work my way
>> through a project which I think I can complete. However the project has 
>> to
>> be able to communicate with an I/O board (Numato 16 channel USB GPIO 
>> Module
>> for 

Re: New user

[matthias rebbe via use-livecode]

What i forgot to mention:
The bluetooth device needs to support this. If you have paired the Windows PC 
with a device that supports a virtual com port, then you should be able to add 
a com port in that settings and link it to that bluetooth device.



> Am 22.12.2021 um 17:47 schrieb matthias rebbe via use-livecode 
> :
> 
> In Windows go to Bluetooth Select "additional Bluetooth settings" or 
> something similar to that.  I am working with a german version of Windows, so 
> i do not have the exact english expression of it.
> 
> In this "additional settings" click on the tab 'Com devices' . There you can 
> add a virtual com port.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Matthias
> 
> 
>> Am 22.12.2021 um 16:59 schrieb Douglas A. Ruisaard via use-livecode 
>> :
>> 
>> I'm hopeful that General 2018 or anyone can expand on the reference to 
>> General's statement of:
>> "... Livecode has Bluetooth for Windows via VCP ..."
>> 
>> I've searched thru the forum and cannot find any references to this.  
>> Virtual Com Port (VCP) is associated with USB and FTDI chips (or emulations) 
>> and is used for Serial communications (common in Arduino builds) but I've 
>> never heard it associated with Bluetooth.  If there is information regarding 
>> Livecode being able to use Bluetooth on a Windows platform, I'd GREATLY 
>> appreciate knowing more about it! 
>> 
>> Anyone?
>> 
>> Douglas Ruisaard
>> 
>>   Trilogy Software
>> (250) 573-3935
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf 
>> Of General 2018 via use-livecode
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:21 AM
>> To: How to use LiveCode
>> Cc: General 2018
>> Subject: Re: New user
>> 
>> Android Bluetooth / USB would be the ideal as seems to be the most used 
>> interface protocol. Livecode has Bluetooth for Windows via VCP and on IOS 
>> via MergeBLE.
>> 
>> Just Android needed to be cross platform in real world interfacing.
>> 
>> Regards Camm
>> 
>>> On 22 Dec 2021, at 10:52, Pi Digital via use-livecode 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> For Android and iOS, use WiFi and sockets. This is just as quick and easy. 
>>> 
>>> Sean Cole
>>> Pi Digital Productions Ltd
>>> 
>>> eMail Ts & Cs
>>> 
>>> 
 On 22 Dec 2021, at 10:24, General 2018 via use-livecode 
  wrote:
 
 Just need this capability on Android - please Livecode
 
 Regards Camm
 
>> On 22 Dec 2021, at 01:37, Sean Cole via use-livecode 
>>  wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex
> Welcome!
> I've done exactly and very similar to what you are describing about 6yrs
> ago from Mac, PC, Linux, iOS via USB, WiFi and GPRS serial adapters. For
> lighting up miniatures of housing estates and apartment blocks. And then
> for some film miniatures for toy commercials and so on.
> 
> Once you've installed the driver for your adapter on Win10, go to the
> Device Manager, Ports and find out what COM port it's linked to (eg, 
> COM2).
> Now in LiveCode, you don't need to know the driver name to write to. Just
> use the command:
>open driver "COM2:" for write
> This sets the plane for communication. Next, you need to set up the
> settings, eg:
>set the serialControlString to "BAUD=9600 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1"
> These are actually the default settings, so do nothing if these are the
> settings you want.
> Now you just need to know the commands to send.
> https://numato.com/docs/16-channel-usb-relay-module/#the-command-set-20
>write "readall" & return to driver "COM2:"
>read from driver "COM2:" for 4 -- ie, 4 characters
> The read command immediately after the write allows it to accept the
> response from the GPIO, in this example, for 4 characters in length (to
> receive the 4 hex characters like 16AF)
> 
> And that's it pretty much. It's super easy and fun. With Wifi modules you
> can use any device to communicate with them. We used iPad mini's which 
> made
> it super flexible.
> 
> Let us all know if you run into any issues and need help.
> 
> All the best
> 
> Sean Cole
> *Pi Digital Productions Ltd*
> 
>> On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 at 04:33, Alex Hughson via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all. I am a beginner user of LiveCode. I’ve managed to work my way
>> through a project which I think I can complete. However the project has 
>> to
>> be able to communicate with an I/O board (Numato 16 channel USB GPIO 
>> Module
>> for example) from a Windows Standalone application. I have not been able 
>> to
>> find any guidance or samples for how to do this. This has led me to 
>> wonder
>> if it is even possible to creat some kind of serial communication using 
>> LC
>> or whether I should start over with a different platform. I am doing the 
>> LC
>> work using a Mac. Any help or advice would be much 

Re: New user

[matthias rebbe via use-livecode]

In Windows go to Bluetooth Select "additional Bluetooth settings" or 
something similar to that.  I am working with a german version of Windows, so i 
do not have the exact english expression of it.

In this "additional settings" click on the tab 'Com devices' . There you can 
add a virtual com port.

HTH

Matthias


> Am 22.12.2021 um 16:59 schrieb Douglas A. Ruisaard via use-livecode 
> :
> 
> I'm hopeful that General 2018 or anyone can expand on the reference to 
> General's statement of:
> "... Livecode has Bluetooth for Windows via VCP ..."
> 
> I've searched thru the forum and cannot find any references to this.  Virtual 
> Com Port (VCP) is associated with USB and FTDI chips (or emulations) and is 
> used for Serial communications (common in Arduino builds) but I've never 
> heard it associated with Bluetooth.  If there is information regarding 
> Livecode being able to use Bluetooth on a Windows platform, I'd GREATLY 
> appreciate knowing more about it! 
> 
> Anyone?
> 
> Douglas Ruisaard
> 
>Trilogy Software
>  (250) 573-3935
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf 
> Of General 2018 via use-livecode
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:21 AM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Cc: General 2018
> Subject: Re: New user
> 
> Android Bluetooth / USB would be the ideal as seems to be the most used 
> interface protocol. Livecode has Bluetooth for Windows via VCP and on IOS via 
> MergeBLE.
> 
> Just Android needed to be cross platform in real world interfacing.
> 
> Regards Camm
> 
>> On 22 Dec 2021, at 10:52, Pi Digital via use-livecode 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> For Android and iOS, use WiFi and sockets. This is just as quick and easy. 
>> 
>> Sean Cole
>> Pi Digital Productions Ltd
>> 
>> eMail Ts & Cs
>> 
>> 
>>> On 22 Dec 2021, at 10:24, General 2018 via use-livecode 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Just need this capability on Android - please Livecode
>>> 
>>> Regards Camm
>>> 
> On 22 Dec 2021, at 01:37, Sean Cole via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
 
 Hi Alex
 Welcome!
 I've done exactly and very similar to what you are describing about 6yrs
 ago from Mac, PC, Linux, iOS via USB, WiFi and GPRS serial adapters. For
 lighting up miniatures of housing estates and apartment blocks. And then
 for some film miniatures for toy commercials and so on.
 
 Once you've installed the driver for your adapter on Win10, go to the
 Device Manager, Ports and find out what COM port it's linked to (eg, COM2).
 Now in LiveCode, you don't need to know the driver name to write to. Just
 use the command:
 open driver "COM2:" for write
 This sets the plane for communication. Next, you need to set up the
 settings, eg:
 set the serialControlString to "BAUD=9600 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1"
 These are actually the default settings, so do nothing if these are the
 settings you want.
 Now you just need to know the commands to send.
 https://numato.com/docs/16-channel-usb-relay-module/#the-command-set-20
 write "readall" & return to driver "COM2:"
 read from driver "COM2:" for 4 -- ie, 4 characters
 The read command immediately after the write allows it to accept the
 response from the GPIO, in this example, for 4 characters in length (to
 receive the 4 hex characters like 16AF)
 
 And that's it pretty much. It's super easy and fun. With Wifi modules you
 can use any device to communicate with them. We used iPad mini's which made
 it super flexible.
 
 Let us all know if you run into any issues and need help.
 
 All the best
 
 Sean Cole
 *Pi Digital Productions Ltd*
 
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 at 04:33, Alex Hughson via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello all. I am a beginner user of LiveCode. I’ve managed to work my way
> through a project which I think I can complete. However the project has to
> be able to communicate with an I/O board (Numato 16 channel USB GPIO 
> Module
> for example) from a Windows Standalone application. I have not been able 
> to
> find any guidance or samples for how to do this. This has led me to wonder
> if it is even possible to creat some kind of serial communication using LC
> or whether I should start over with a different platform. I am doing the 
> LC
> work using a Mac. Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
> 
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RE: New user

[Douglas A. Ruisaard via use-livecode]

I'm hopeful that General 2018 or anyone can expand on the reference to 
General's statement of:
"... Livecode has Bluetooth for Windows via VCP ..."

I've searched thru the forum and cannot find any references to this.  Virtual 
Com Port (VCP) is associated with USB and FTDI chips (or emulations) and is 
used for Serial communications (common in Arduino builds) but I've never heard 
it associated with Bluetooth.  If there is information regarding Livecode being 
able to use Bluetooth on a Windows platform, I'd GREATLY appreciate knowing 
more about it! 

Anyone?

Douglas Ruisaard
   
Trilogy Software
  (250) 573-3935


-Original Message-
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
General 2018 via use-livecode
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:21 AM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: General 2018
Subject: Re: New user

Android Bluetooth / USB would be the ideal as seems to be the most used 
interface protocol. Livecode has Bluetooth for Windows via VCP and on IOS via 
MergeBLE.

Just Android needed to be cross platform in real world interfacing.

Regards Camm

> On 22 Dec 2021, at 10:52, Pi Digital via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> For Android and iOS, use WiFi and sockets. This is just as quick and easy. 
> 
> Sean Cole
> Pi Digital Productions Ltd
> 
> eMail Ts & Cs
> 
> 
>> On 22 Dec 2021, at 10:24, General 2018 via use-livecode 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Just need this capability on Android - please Livecode
>> 
>> Regards Camm
>> 
 On 22 Dec 2021, at 01:37, Sean Cole via use-livecode 
  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Alex
>>> Welcome!
>>> I've done exactly and very similar to what you are describing about 6yrs
>>> ago from Mac, PC, Linux, iOS via USB, WiFi and GPRS serial adapters. For
>>> lighting up miniatures of housing estates and apartment blocks. And then
>>> for some film miniatures for toy commercials and so on.
>>> 
>>> Once you've installed the driver for your adapter on Win10, go to the
>>> Device Manager, Ports and find out what COM port it's linked to (eg, COM2).
>>> Now in LiveCode, you don't need to know the driver name to write to. Just
>>> use the command:
>>>  open driver "COM2:" for write
>>> This sets the plane for communication. Next, you need to set up the
>>> settings, eg:
>>>  set the serialControlString to "BAUD=9600 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1"
>>> These are actually the default settings, so do nothing if these are the
>>> settings you want.
>>> Now you just need to know the commands to send.
>>> https://numato.com/docs/16-channel-usb-relay-module/#the-command-set-20
>>>  write "readall" & return to driver "COM2:"
>>>  read from driver "COM2:" for 4 -- ie, 4 characters
>>> The read command immediately after the write allows it to accept the
>>> response from the GPIO, in this example, for 4 characters in length (to
>>> receive the 4 hex characters like 16AF)
>>> 
>>> And that's it pretty much. It's super easy and fun. With Wifi modules you
>>> can use any device to communicate with them. We used iPad mini's which made
>>> it super flexible.
>>> 
>>> Let us all know if you run into any issues and need help.
>>> 
>>> All the best
>>> 
>>> Sean Cole
>>> *Pi Digital Productions Ltd*
>>> 
 On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 at 04:33, Alex Hughson via use-livecode <
 use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
 
 Hello all. I am a beginner user of LiveCode. I’ve managed to work my way
 through a project which I think I can complete. However the project has to
 be able to communicate with an I/O board (Numato 16 channel USB GPIO Module
 for example) from a Windows Standalone application. I have not been able to
 find any guidance or samples for how to do this. This has led me to wonder
 if it is even possible to creat some kind of serial communication using LC
 or whether I should start over with a different platform. I am doing the LC
 work using a Mac. Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
 
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Serial Communication with an I/O board (New user)

[Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode]

Good topic; probably deserves a relevant subject line! :)
(Easier to notice, both live and in the Archive.)

Best wishes,

Curry Kenworthy

Custom Software Development
"Better Methods, Better Results"
Christian LiveCode Training and Consulting
http://livecodeconsulting.com/

===

Alex:

> the project has to be able to communicate with an I/O board (Numato 
16 channel USB GPIO Module for example) from a Windows Standalone 
application.


Sean:


Once you've installed the driver for your adapter on Win10, go to the
Device Manager, Ports and find out what COM port it's linked to (eg, COM2).
Now in LiveCode, you don't need to know the driver name to write to. Just
use the command:
open driver "COM2:" for write
This sets the plane for communication. Next, you need to set up the
settings, eg:
set the serialControlString to "BAUD=9600 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1"
These are actually the default settings, so do nothing if these are the
settings you want.
Now you just need to know the commands to send.
https://numato.com/docs/16-channel-usb-relay-module/#the-command-set-20
write "readall" & return to driver "COM2:"
read from driver "COM2:" for 4 -- ie, 4 characters
The read command immediately after the write allows it to accept the
response from the GPIO, in this example, for 4 characters in length (to
receive the 4 hex characters like 16AF)

And that's it pretty much. It's super easy and fun. With Wifi modules you
can use any device to communicate with them. We used iPad mini's which made
it super flexible.
Let us all know if you run into any issues and need help.

All the best

Sean Cole
*Pi Digital Productions Ltd*



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Re: New user

[General 2018 via use-livecode]

Android Bluetooth / USB would be the ideal as seems to be the most used 
interface protocol. Livecode has Bluetooth for Windows via VCP and on IOS via 
MergeBLE.

Just Android needed to be cross platform in real world interfacing.

Regards Camm

> On 22 Dec 2021, at 10:52, Pi Digital via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> For Android and iOS, use WiFi and sockets. This is just as quick and easy. 
> 
> Sean Cole
> Pi Digital Productions Ltd
> 
> eMail Ts & Cs
> 
> 
>> On 22 Dec 2021, at 10:24, General 2018 via use-livecode 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Just need this capability on Android - please Livecode
>> 
>> Regards Camm
>> 
 On 22 Dec 2021, at 01:37, Sean Cole via use-livecode 
  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Alex
>>> Welcome!
>>> I've done exactly and very similar to what you are describing about 6yrs
>>> ago from Mac, PC, Linux, iOS via USB, WiFi and GPRS serial adapters. For
>>> lighting up miniatures of housing estates and apartment blocks. And then
>>> for some film miniatures for toy commercials and so on.
>>> 
>>> Once you've installed the driver for your adapter on Win10, go to the
>>> Device Manager, Ports and find out what COM port it's linked to (eg, COM2).
>>> Now in LiveCode, you don't need to know the driver name to write to. Just
>>> use the command:
>>>  open driver "COM2:" for write
>>> This sets the plane for communication. Next, you need to set up the
>>> settings, eg:
>>>  set the serialControlString to "BAUD=9600 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1"
>>> These are actually the default settings, so do nothing if these are the
>>> settings you want.
>>> Now you just need to know the commands to send.
>>> https://numato.com/docs/16-channel-usb-relay-module/#the-command-set-20
>>>  write "readall" & return to driver "COM2:"
>>>  read from driver "COM2:" for 4 -- ie, 4 characters
>>> The read command immediately after the write allows it to accept the
>>> response from the GPIO, in this example, for 4 characters in length (to
>>> receive the 4 hex characters like 16AF)
>>> 
>>> And that's it pretty much. It's super easy and fun. With Wifi modules you
>>> can use any device to communicate with them. We used iPad mini's which made
>>> it super flexible.
>>> 
>>> Let us all know if you run into any issues and need help.
>>> 
>>> All the best
>>> 
>>> Sean Cole
>>> *Pi Digital Productions Ltd*
>>> 
 On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 at 04:33, Alex Hughson via use-livecode <
 use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
 
 Hello all. I am a beginner user of LiveCode. I’ve managed to work my way
 through a project which I think I can complete. However the project has to
 be able to communicate with an I/O board (Numato 16 channel USB GPIO Module
 for example) from a Windows Standalone application. I have not been able to
 find any guidance or samples for how to do this. This has led me to wonder
 if it is even possible to creat some kind of serial communication using LC
 or whether I should start over with a different platform. I am doing the LC
 work using a Mac. Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
 
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Re: New user

[Pi Digital via use-livecode]

For Android and iOS, use WiFi and sockets. This is just as quick and easy. 

Sean Cole
Pi Digital Productions Ltd

eMail Ts & Cs


> On 22 Dec 2021, at 10:24, General 2018 via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Just need this capability on Android - please Livecode
> 
> Regards Camm
> 
>> On 22 Dec 2021, at 01:37, Sean Cole via use-livecode 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Alex
>> Welcome!
>> I've done exactly and very similar to what you are describing about 6yrs
>> ago from Mac, PC, Linux, iOS via USB, WiFi and GPRS serial adapters. For
>> lighting up miniatures of housing estates and apartment blocks. And then
>> for some film miniatures for toy commercials and so on.
>> 
>> Once you've installed the driver for your adapter on Win10, go to the
>> Device Manager, Ports and find out what COM port it's linked to (eg, COM2).
>> Now in LiveCode, you don't need to know the driver name to write to. Just
>> use the command:
>>   open driver "COM2:" for write
>> This sets the plane for communication. Next, you need to set up the
>> settings, eg:
>>   set the serialControlString to "BAUD=9600 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1"
>> These are actually the default settings, so do nothing if these are the
>> settings you want.
>> Now you just need to know the commands to send.
>> https://numato.com/docs/16-channel-usb-relay-module/#the-command-set-20
>>   write "readall" & return to driver "COM2:"
>>   read from driver "COM2:" for 4 -- ie, 4 characters
>> The read command immediately after the write allows it to accept the
>> response from the GPIO, in this example, for 4 characters in length (to
>> receive the 4 hex characters like 16AF)
>> 
>> And that's it pretty much. It's super easy and fun. With Wifi modules you
>> can use any device to communicate with them. We used iPad mini's which made
>> it super flexible.
>> 
>> Let us all know if you run into any issues and need help.
>> 
>> All the best
>> 
>> Sean Cole
>> *Pi Digital Productions Ltd*
>> 
>>> On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 at 04:33, Alex Hughson via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello all. I am a beginner user of LiveCode. I’ve managed to work my way
>>> through a project which I think I can complete. However the project has to
>>> be able to communicate with an I/O board (Numato 16 channel USB GPIO Module
>>> for example) from a Windows Standalone application. I have not been able to
>>> find any guidance or samples for how to do this. This has led me to wonder
>>> if it is even possible to creat some kind of serial communication using LC
>>> or whether I should start over with a different platform. I am doing the LC
>>> work using a Mac. Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
>>> 
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Re: New user

[General 2018 via use-livecode]

Just need this capability on Android - please Livecode

Regards Camm

> On 22 Dec 2021, at 01:37, Sean Cole via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex
> Welcome!
> I've done exactly and very similar to what you are describing about 6yrs
> ago from Mac, PC, Linux, iOS via USB, WiFi and GPRS serial adapters. For
> lighting up miniatures of housing estates and apartment blocks. And then
> for some film miniatures for toy commercials and so on.
> 
> Once you've installed the driver for your adapter on Win10, go to the
> Device Manager, Ports and find out what COM port it's linked to (eg, COM2).
> Now in LiveCode, you don't need to know the driver name to write to. Just
> use the command:
>open driver "COM2:" for write
> This sets the plane for communication. Next, you need to set up the
> settings, eg:
>set the serialControlString to "BAUD=9600 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1"
> These are actually the default settings, so do nothing if these are the
> settings you want.
> Now you just need to know the commands to send.
> https://numato.com/docs/16-channel-usb-relay-module/#the-command-set-20
>write "readall" & return to driver "COM2:"
>read from driver "COM2:" for 4 -- ie, 4 characters
> The read command immediately after the write allows it to accept the
> response from the GPIO, in this example, for 4 characters in length (to
> receive the 4 hex characters like 16AF)
> 
> And that's it pretty much. It's super easy and fun. With Wifi modules you
> can use any device to communicate with them. We used iPad mini's which made
> it super flexible.
> 
> Let us all know if you run into any issues and need help.
> 
> All the best
> 
> Sean Cole
> *Pi Digital Productions Ltd*
> 
>> On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 at 04:33, Alex Hughson via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all. I am a beginner user of LiveCode. I’ve managed to work my way
>> through a project which I think I can complete. However the project has to
>> be able to communicate with an I/O board (Numato 16 channel USB GPIO Module
>> for example) from a Windows Standalone application. I have not been able to
>> find any guidance or samples for how to do this. This has led me to wonder
>> if it is even possible to creat some kind of serial communication using LC
>> or whether I should start over with a different platform. I am doing the LC
>> work using a Mac. Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
>> 
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