Re: Collisions
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Re: Need an example of how to use try and catch
Mark, Yes! I agree with you about throw. Do you, or dose anyone, have an example that shows the use of the throw command in conjunction with the try-catch structure? Jim Message: 4 Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:33:42 -0700 From: Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Need an example of how to use try and catch Message-ID: 33780499187.2012033...@ahsoftware.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Jacque- Thursday, March 22, 2012, 10:19:59 PM, you wrote: P.S. There really ought to be an illustration of the try-catch syntax in the dictionary. I just looked, and I'm amazed there isn't. Myabe you could add a user note. Yeah - the throw command should be mentioned there as well. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Text formatting for a slider
It is not just the arrays. It omits things like the foregroundcolor and backgroundcolor. I get a rough count of 34 properties using the properties of for a scrollbar and Richard shows 57. Jim Message: 19 Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:02:35 -0700 From: Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Text formatting for a slider Message-ID: 3677832125.20120321180...@ahsoftware.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii stephen- Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 4:05:46 PM, you wrote: I think what broke Smart properties was that some of the newer properites in never versions are multi-dimensional - and SP was written early in the 2000's. And some of the multidimensional ones don't appear in the list when you get the properties of. Luckily, the list of missing items is short if you don't include custom properties. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Need an example of how to use try and catch
The dictionary needs an example of how the try command is used to catch an
error.
Anyone have an illustration?
For example, suppose one wanted to catch an error in the statement:
put the {some built-in property of an object] of button soAndso into tProp
Where the built in property may not exist.How would one catch the error and
perhaps proceed on the basis of the particular error message?
Thanks,
Jim
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Re: Need an example of how to use try and catch
Bob, Yes that would be fine, except that I get a compilation error at the line: catch theError, theNum RR says: (try: not a command), char 7 Jim Bob Sneidar wrote: try put foo into myVar put the value of myVarr catch theError, theNum -- breakpoint answer theNum cr line1 of theError as sheet exit to top end try Is that what you mean? Bob ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Need an example of how to use try and catch
It does give an error here. I get the error message: button Button: execution error at line n/a (Object: object does not have this property) Jim Message: 2 Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:55:20 -0700 From: Pete p...@mollysrevenge.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Need an example of how to use try and catch Message-ID: CABx6j9=UY=3n6-vjpmxastopezh0ewj6kpopa01vxcxke3t...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 You're getting an error because the catch part of try takes only 1 parameter - the variable that holds the error - not two as in the script. Also, as noted by Peter, the try statement doesn't help you with the specific example you used since getting a non-existant custom property doesn't cause an error. I've sometimes wished there was a preference similar to the Strict Compilation Mode to deal with that. Pete * ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Need an example of how to use try and catch
Thanks Peter. The problem now is what do these bloody error numbers translate into. Is the a list somewhere? When I try: on mouseUP try put the cantdelete of me into temp catch tErr --- if tErr is ?? end try end mouseUP I get an error of 348,0,0 Jim Peter Brigham wrote: The syntax for the try construction is try command here catch tError other commands here end try and the error number is put into the variable tError. So the other commands could be, eg, if tError = 314 then answer range error in loading array else if ... etc. end if -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmbrig at gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Need an example of how to use try and catch
The following script will provide a start in finding all the property values of a given object, in this case the button button It starts with the propertynames which is a list of ALL built-in property names in LC. It then attempts to put the value of each of these properties for the given object. If the attempt was successful, it goes into the object property list, otherwise not. on mouseUp put the propertynames into tProps repeat for each line tLine in tProps put into tErr try put the tLine of button button into tPropVal catch tErr put tLine cr after tOmits next repeat end try if tPropVal is not empty then put tLine tab tPropVal cr after tSaves end repeat put tSaves into field saves put tOmits into field omits end mouseUp ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Need an example of how to use try and catch
Jacque, Thanks. LC is an English muffin. So many nooks and crannies. Jim P.S. There really ought to be an illustration of the try-catch syntax in the dictionary. Message: 5 Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:32:01 -0500 From: J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Need an example of how to use try and catch Message-ID: 4f6b6211.3070...@hyperactivesw.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 3/22/12 12:21 PM, Jim Hurley wrote: Thanks Peter. The problem now is what do these bloody error numbers translate into. Is the a list somewhere? The list is explained in the errordialog entry in the dictionary. You can retrieve the list with the line of script the dictionary provides. There is also this utility for manual lookups: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23431607/LiveCode%20Error%20Lookup.livecode.zip -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Text formatting for a slider
Stephen, What has me puzzled, maybe you have the answer, is a function to return ALL the properties of a given object. As many have said, the properties function is incomplete. For one thing it omits the foregroundcolor of the scrollbar. (I wonder whether those properties in the inspector palette for which there is an opening but no property are those among those missing from put the properties of ...) So I wonder where Rinaldi and Richard Gaskin got their lists from? This would be the first task in reconstruction Rinaldi's plug-in. Jim Message: 7 Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:03:04 -0700 From: stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Text formatting for a slider Message-ID: cafmqfh+-b-uzupsezoofvp8dnypwrpbjzjdb4y3olkby9n3...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I made an attempt at 'fixing' Smart properties a while back, but found it's not as simple as it might seem to be. Three objects created for each property in real time made to scroll together and some other trickery going on. It's a project I do want to tackle one of these days. On 19 March 2012 15:34, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.comwrote: JIm, I'm a fan of Mr. Rinaldi as well - he supplied the first serial xcmds for hypercard back in 89 - however I can't get Smartproperties to work these days - have you used it lately? sqb ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Text formatting for a slider
I have a slider in which the showValue is set to true. Unfortunately, the card background is gray and the black slider value is very difficult to read. The inspector for the slider does not display an option for the foreground color. Why not? Using 4W Properties (thank you RIchard) the foreground color is listed as an option (and can be changed there, or from the msg box.) Why this omission in the Inspector? (LC version 4 AND 5.) Jim ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Text formatting for a slider
Pete, Yes, my feeling exactly. It looks like there was a conscious effort to omit the foregroundColor for the slider (and scollbar as well). I was worried that it was to be deprecated. (I wasn't concerned about ALL the properties being in the Inspector. It is odd, however, that there is a place for the foreGroundColor property, an icon but no defining text, but no way to access it. I suspect RR got distracted while implementing the slider Inspector.) You might want to check out Richard's 4wProps (under the Development/Plugins menu). Easy access to all the properties. Occasionally I have found (legendary) Renaldi's SmartProperties invalueable. It allows one to compare side by side the properties to two objects. It is valuable in finding out why two, apparently identical, controls behave or look different. Jim Hurley Message: 24 Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:42:46 -0700 From: Pete p...@mollysrevenge.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Text formatting for a slider Message-ID: CABx6j9mAJJtKUZneWCna5tP7fWxUMBvH7LqBsvxZgbJ=ybd...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Yeah, but that displays all possible properties of any object. The properties property of an object gets you an array of properties for a specific object. Still a long list mind you, and not a complete list either according to the dictionary. I think you're probably right that it would make the inspector windows very unwieldy to include all properties. The problem is that by leaving some of them out, arbitrarily, it gives the impression that they aren't available, especially to new users. I remember when I first started using LC and wanted to set the behavior of an option menu button - there's no inspector window behavior field so I just assumed it wasn't possible for some reason and went down a different, much more complicated path. Seems like it would have been trivial to include one more option in the inspector option menu for All Properties or something similar. I ended up writing my own plugin to show all the properties of a selected object and allow me to change any of them. Pete On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.comwrote: On 03/19/2012 06:05 PM, Jim Hurley wrote: I have a slider in which the showValue is set to true. Unfortunately, the card background is gray and the black slider value is very difficult to read. The inspector for the slider does not display an option for the foreground color. Why not? Using 4W Properties (thank you RIchard) the foreground color is listed as an option (and can be changed there, or from the msg box.) Why this omission in the Inspector? (LC version 4 AND 5.) Almost all object have a vast number of options that one can fiddle around with; the Props Inspector only displays a subset of them; why? I don't know, but I can hazard a guess: a Props Inspector that displayed ALL the props of each object might be so unwieldy as to be virtually unusable. Just for fun . . . Set up a new stack with a scrollingListField field called PROPPS and try this in the MessageBox: put the propertyNames into fld PROPPS and blow your mind . . . :) Jim __**_ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecodehttp://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
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Thanks Scott and Colin, LiveCode and this list make it sooo easy. It is almost embarrassing. Does anyone know what program, if there is ONE, that opens when you double click on a jpg or png image in Windows? What happens when you click on an image.jpg? Does Windows present options? Jim Message: 17 Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:00:43 -0800 From: Scott Rossi sc...@tactilemedia.com To: LiveCode Mail List use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Exporting a snapshot directly to Preview Message-ID: cb83b20b.5b07d%sc...@tactilemedia.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi Jim: Here's an example for OS X: on mouseUp put specialFolderPath(desktop) /exported.png into theFilePath export snapshot from img 1 to file theFilePath as PNG launch theFilePath with /Applications/Preview.app end mouseUp You can choose whatever image format you need, and you should probably make the script more robust by checking for the existence/path of the Preview app, confirm overwriting of the exported file, etc. For Windows, you might be able to use MS Paint but I haven't tested this. Hope this helps. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Exporting a snapshot directly to Preview
(Forgot the Subject line.) Thanks Scott and Colin, LiveCode and this list make it sooo easy. It is almost embarrassing. Does anyone know what program, if there is ONE, that opens when you double click on a jpg or png image in Windows? What happens when you click on an image.jpg? Does Windows present options? Jim Message: 17 Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:00:43 -0800 From: Scott Rossi sc...@tactilemedia.com To: LiveCode Mail List use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Exporting a snapshot directly to Preview Message-ID: cb83b20b.5b07d%sc...@tactilemedia.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi Jim: Here's an example for OS X: on mouseUp put specialFolderPath(desktop) /exported.png into theFilePath export snapshot from img 1 to file theFilePath as PNG launch theFilePath with /Applications/Preview.app end mouseUp You can choose whatever image format you need, and you should probably make the script more robust by checking for the existence/path of the Preview app, confirm overwriting of the exported file, etc. For Windows, you might be able to use MS Paint but I haven't tested this. Hope this helps. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Exporting a snapshot directly to Preview
Is it possible to export a snapshot so that it opens directly in Preview? (Where it might be printed.) What would be the comparable image viewer in Windows? (Where it might be printed.) Thanks, Jim Hurley ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Give some feedback that a field line has been clicked
The subject line says it all. I would like the like the clicked line to do something visual that tells the user that his action has been recognized. Thanks, Jim ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Give some feedback that a field line has been clicked
Peter, Perfect. I was trying the following: on mouseUp put the clickline into tClickline set the textStyle of line (word 2 of tClickline) of me to bold wait 1 seconds set the textStyle of line (word 2 of tClickLine) of me to plain end mouseUP But LC ignored the wait time, setting the text to bold for just a flash and then back to plain. I tried it again and now it works as expected. Moral: time heals all wounded scripts. But text selection is much better then bold face. Thanks, Jim Probably something like this will do: on mouseup put word 2 of the clickline into lineNbr select line lineNbr of me -- assumes autohilite = true wait 8 ticks select empty end mouseup -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmbrig at gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Find string xxx in field yyy OF THIS CARD
Hi Francis, I have used this, suggestion by a list member some time ago, to restrict the find to a specific field. You might substitute the card id in place of the field id. on mouseUP put the value of the clickline into tText put the id of field theText into tNum find empty find string tText in field id tNum end mouseUP Jim Hi from Beautiful Brittany, I have been having problems with the find command. In a stack with multiple cards, I want to find specific strings on a card of my choice (the card currently displayed), and NO other. If I code find string xxx in fld yyy of this card .. doesn't work. If I look in the dictionary for the find command, I find no information concerning a search on a specific card. However, a user comment (from Craig) shows that we can use : find yourtext in field yourfield of card cardOfInterest by which I understand that you can define a specific card by its number. This does not work either. Has anybody had problems like this, or have I reached my first LiveCode bug ? Is there any way of restricting a find string to a specific card. I'm on LiveCode Build 1080 Version 4.5.0 -Francis After nearly 50 years of dedicated computing, I still find that Windows is a pane ..:) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re:Revlets on the web
I guess the question must be asked: Given the lack of attention to the problem of running Revlets on the web, is RunRev abandoning Revlets, or just very busy with things that have a higher priority? I can see that they have a lot on their plate. The neglect of the User Samples application is further evidence. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re:Revlets on the web
Message: 20 Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:56:25 -0600 From: J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Revlets on the web Message-ID: 4f1ed4a9.8050...@hyperactivesw.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 1/23/12 2:16 PM, Jim Hurley wrote: I think I knew how to do this at one time. I have an app saved for the Web as a revlet After saving as a standalone (for the web) a page opens in Safari that says it is a test page--BUT NOT APP. Is the app supposed to open in Safari as a RevLet? Yes, provided you have the plugin installed, but currently it only works in 32-bit mode. I think Safari defaults to 64-bit now. Thanks Jacque. I went over to Fire Fox and it works there, so that must be the problem. Is there something I can do to get it working in Safari? I don't know bits from bats. Is there a way to change an image from 32 to 64, or a way to change the mode in Safari? Jim Hurley ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re:Revlets on the web
Addendum to previous post. I upgraded FireFox to the latest version and now I get a message that Fire Fox needs to restart in 32 bit mode to run my revlet. What can I do to the image in the revlet to avoid this problem? I am a BIT of a novice here. Jim Message: 20 Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:56:25 -0600 From: J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Revlets on the web Message-ID: 4f1ed4a9.8050...@hyperactivesw.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 1/23/12 2:16 PM, Jim Hurley wrote: I think I knew how to do this at one time. I have an app saved for the Web as a revlet After saving as a standalone (for the web) a page opens in Safari that says it is a test page--BUT NOT APP. Is the app supposed to open in Safari as a RevLet? Yes, provided you have the plugin installed, but currently it only works in 32-bit mode. I think Safari defaults to 64-bit now. Thanks Jacque. I went over to Fire Fox and it works there, so that must be the problem. Is there something I can do to get it working in Safari? I don't know bits from bats. Is there a way to change an image from 32 to 64, or a way to change the mode in Safari? Jim Hurley ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re:Revlets on the web
Bob, Thank you. Yes, I did miss it. That works well in Firefox, but, alas, not in Safari. (Mac OS 10.6.8, Safari 5.1.2) Jim Bob Sneidar wrote: I already posted but you must have missed it. Right-click Safari and get info. Tell it to open in 32 bit mode. Bob On Jan 25, 2012, at 4:38 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: Jim, RevLets only work in 32bit mode. There is no way to solve that at this moment. =/ On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Jim Hurley jhurley0305 at sbcglobal.net wrote: Addendum to previous post. I upgraded FireFox to the latest version and now I get a message that Fire Fox needs to restart in 32 bit mode to run my revlet. What can I do to the image in the revlet to avoid this problem? I am a BIT of a novice here. Jim ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Revlets on the web
I think I knew how to do this at one time. I have an app saved for the Web as a revlet After saving as a standalone (for the web) a page opens in Safari that says it is a test page--BUT NOT APP. Is the app supposed to open in Safari as a RevLet? The file created on my drive consists as a folder (MyAppFolder) containing two files (MyApp.revlet and test.html) I uploaded the folder to my web site. Now, how would someone run it on the web? Assuming they have downloaded the player. What is the url? Jim ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: OT Password protection of RR server?
Mark, I finally got my password for cPanel from Heather and I plunged into password protecting a web page. Or so I thought. I assumed that a web address was a directory and I thought I was protecting a web page but turned out locking up much more. There is still one folder jamesphurley.com/District3 that I am locked out of. Is there a way in cPanel to unprotect a page? (It would be helpful to include this kind of info in the help link. Not any time soon, I afraid. I suspect that RR is bitten off more than they are able to chew at the moment. Witness the downtime on Rev OnLine User Samples.) Also, the page I use for my neighborhood association is lvrmna.on-rev.comAt one point everyone in the neighborhood was locked out of that site due to a password protection I didn't realize I was making. Very embarrassing. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I recall in the beginning that my deal with RR was a web presence with the url jamesphurley.on-rev.com (I own a domain name jamesphurley.com) which they were able to shorten for me to jamesphurley.com. Is this just an alias for jamesphurley.on-rev.com? Is it possible through cPanel to shorten lvrmna.on-rev.com to simply lvrmna.com? I hate this stuff. I have no idea what's going on under the hood. Thanks, Jim Hurley Mark, Thank you going into the details. They will be helpful when Heather returns information about my user name and password.. It has been months since I have used cPanel. Wish me luck. Jim Hurley Message: 24 Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:04:59 -0800 From: Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: As Matthias said, log on to on-rev's cPanel, then scroll down the page to the Security section and click on Password Protect Directories. You'll probably want to click on the public_html icon (not the text) to open it and then navigate your way down to the folder you want to protect. When you finally find the right one, click on its text (not its icon), then place a check in the checkbox to verify that you want to protect it and (optionally) set a name for the directory. Then enter a username and password (both are necessary to unlock the directory) and click Add/modify authorized user. You're done unless you want to add more user/password pairs. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net Message-ID: 65943378687.20111227170...@ahsoftware.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Jim- Tuesday, December 27, 2011, 11:03:52 AM, you wrote: I would like to password protect a page. Is there anything about the RR server that affects how that should be done? As Matthias said, log on to on-rev's cPanel, then scroll down the page to the Security section and click on Password Protect Directories. You'll probably want to click on the public_html icon (not the text) to open it and then navigate your way down to the folder you want to protect. When you finally find the right one, click on its text (not its icon), then place a check in the checkbox to verify that you want to protect it and (optionally) set a name for the directory. Then enter a username and password (both are necessary to unlock the directory) and click Add/modify authorized user. You're done unless you want to add more user/password pairs. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Oops
Oops. That last message of mine was intended for Mark, not the entire list. Jim Hurley ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: OT Password protection of RR server?
Mark, Thanks Mark. I did as you suggested without results. I am trying to unprotect the url: jamesphurley.com/District3 but I still get this message: To view this page, you must log in to area “District3” on jamesphurley.com:80. I have no idea what the :80 suffix means. District3 is a folder in my directory. Jim Hi Jim, The easy way to unprotect a page is to log in with FTP and remove the httpaccess file from the directory. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: OT Password protection of RR server?
P.S. Below the message (To view this page etc.) are the fields in which to enter a username and password. Jim Mark, Thanks Mark. I did as you suggested without results. I am trying to unprotect the url: jamesphurley.com/District3 but I still get this message: To view this page, you must log in to area “District3” on jamesphurley.com:80. I have no idea what the :80 suffix means. District3 is a folder in my directory. Jim Hi Jim, The easy way to unprotect a page is to log in with FTP and remove the httpaccess file from the directory. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Rev Online--User samples broken?
Is Rev Online broken? It doesn't seem to be accepting user contributions. Also, the Browse feature recognizes .rev but not .livecode Jim Hurley ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Setting the cursor
Thanks Jacque. I was hoping to present the user with vision of a cursor moving to the button and then clicking on it. I think now that I will manufacture my own cursor, using RR's line graphic (with arrow attached) and thereby simulate a cursor. It is perhaps the dark side of my nature that allows me this ruse, but at least I am not wresting control of the cursor from the user, and my intentions are honorable. Ken's suggestion (using screenMouseLoc) would allow me to take control of the cursor. It is odd that there is a command to locate the mouse relative to the screen but not the card. I wonder whether this, and the notion of exercising power only for good, might not date back to Scott Rainey. He had strong feelings about the rights and wrongs of programming. I remember a battle I had with him over repeat while the mouse is down, an instance where the programmer wrests control of the COMPUTER from the user. Jim Message: 16 Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:26:40 -0600 From: J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Setting the cursor Message-ID: 4f022110.1000...@hyperactivesw.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 1/2/12 2:37 PM, Jim Hurley wrote: Thanks Ken, I see that the dictionary warns against taking control of the mouse, The discussion concludes with this admonishment: You must use this power only for good. I feel evil. I just wanted to simulate the clicking of a button in my help script. I will need to consult my spiritual advisor to see if this usage conforms with RR's ethical standards. :) You can avoid all evil by: click at the loc of btn whatever No cursor movement necessary. But even better, if you only need the mouseup action (i.e., there is no need to simulate mousedown, mousestilldown, etc.) then just: send mouseup to btn whatever Either of these methods avoids the need to consult with outside parties. :) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Setting the cursor
Thanks Ken, I see that the dictionary warns against taking control of the mouse, The discussion concludes with this admonishment: You must use this power only for good. I feel evil. I just wanted to simulate the clicking of a button in my help script. I will need to consult my spiritual advisor to see if this usage conforms with RR's ethical standards. Jim Message: 22 Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 11:03:35 -0600 From: Ken Ray k...@sonsothunder.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Setting the cursor Message-ID: cde89a35-53f4-4faf-91d2-e0bd2f4fc...@sonsothunder.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Jan 2, 2012, at 1:23 AM, James Hurley wrote: How do I set the loc of the cursor? By script, of course. set the screenMouseLoc to location :D Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: k...@sonsothunder.com Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: OT Password protection of RR server?
Mark, Thank you going into the details. They will be helpful when Heather returns information about my user name and password.. It has been months since I have used cPanel. Wish me luck. Jim Hurley Message: 24 Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:04:59 -0800 From: Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: As Matthias said, log on to on-rev's cPanel, then scroll down the page to the Security section and click on Password Protect Directories. You'll probably want to click on the public_html icon (not the text) to open it and then navigate your way down to the folder you want to protect. When you finally find the right one, click on its text (not its icon), then place a check in the checkbox to verify that you want to protect it and (optionally) set a name for the directory. Then enter a username and password (both are necessary to unlock the directory) and click Add/modify authorized user. You're done unless you want to add more user/password pairs. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net Message-ID: 65943378687.20111227170...@ahsoftware.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Jim- Tuesday, December 27, 2011, 11:03:52 AM, you wrote: I would like to password protect a page. Is there anything about the RR server that affects how that should be done? As Matthias said, log on to on-rev's cPanel, then scroll down the page to the Security section and click on Password Protect Directories. You'll probably want to click on the public_html icon (not the text) to open it and then navigate your way down to the folder you want to protect. When you finally find the right one, click on its text (not its icon), then place a check in the checkbox to verify that you want to protect it and (optionally) set a name for the directory. Then enter a username and password (both are necessary to unlock the directory) and click Add/modify authorized user. You're done unless you want to add more user/password pairs. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Re: Point at which speaking is stopped? and ANN: Text to Speech
Roger, Very resourceful of you to discover, not just the typo, but the correction. It is indeed a livecode file so: go url http://www.jamesphurley.com/TextToSpeech.livecode; Jim Hurley Message: 14 Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:49:24 -0500 From: Roger Eller roger.e.el...@sealedair.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Point at which speaking is stopped? and ANN: Text to Speech Message-ID: CAAT6EXOjqBcFw+xNMOo6GwWO=+8oKJjUXNBJSiE+G=46xsf...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 It is a .livecode file: go url http://www.jamesphurley.com/TextToSpeech.livecode; On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I get No such card Bob On Dec 26, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Jim Hurley wrote: Roger, It is even better for proofreading. I have put my Text to Speech up on the web. Run this in the message box. go url http://www.jamesphurley.com/TextToSpeech.rev; Jim Hurley -- Message: 15 Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:50:28 -0800 From: Pete p...@mollysrevenge.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: revOpenDatabase Problem Message-ID: CABx6j9=crfd2bruwkm0gvd3ypy3vwckgq5fepffxh5+arjn...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 All good stuff but none of it tells me if I've opened an sqlite database :-) You may have missed the post about opening the file as a regular file and checking the first 16 bytes - that's the solution I used, seems to work just great. On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com wrote: After opening it, and inside a try/catch statement just use select TRUE as connected and get the query as a string. If it throws an error you know something is wrong. One thing I like to do in database driven apps is create handlers called dbopen, dbclose, dbIdle isConnected. In those handlers I put the database commands inside try/catch constructs, and return false when I fail. Before any query I will call isConnected, which attempts to do some arbitrary thing with the database, like select TRUE as connected, which will return 1 if it succeeds and throw an error if it doesn't. When I am done I call dbIdle which closes the connection (good practice because the server is going to disconnect you anyway after a certain amount of time). The Open function attempts a connection to the database with the options the user entered on a setup card. If successful, I set a global I can check in the future to make sure I successfully connected on startup. If the global is false, then I prevent any interaction with the app, sometimes quitting (if not in development). By doing this I don't have to recode error handling every place I need to query. isConnected, upon failing will exit to top after alerting the user that something is wrong. The close handler will close all cursors and database handlers, but this is not strictly necessary, as dbIdle. Since using sqlYoga, this is all rather moot anyway, as this kind of functionality is built into it. Bob On Dec 26, 2011, at 1:33 PM, Pete wrote: Using revOpenDatabase to open an sqlite database using a file that is not an sqlite database return an integer as if the database was successfully opened. Any subsequent db accesses fail of course but I wonder why revOpenDatabase doesn't return an error? -- Pete Molly's Revenge http://www.mollysrevenge.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Pete Molly's Revenge http://www.mollysrevenge.com -- ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode End of use-livecode Digest, Vol 99, Issue 50 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
OT Password protection of RR server?
I am a novice at this sort of thing, so bear with me. I have an account on RR's server. The domain servers are listed as: NS2.ON-REV.COM NS1.ON-REV.COM I would like to password protect a page. Is there anything about the RR server that affects how that should be done? I'm not looking for anything serious; I don't mind if my protection is foiled; I just want the user know that the page was not designed for the general public. Some simple HTML text in the header would be nice. Jim ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Point at which speaking is stopped?
Mike, Ingenious. Works like a charm. Thank you. There will be problems, as I have discovered in an other app I am working on in parsing sentences. The period has multiple uses besides a sentence delimiter, for example in abbreviations and in decimal numbers. These can be parsed out however. Thanks again, vert nice, Jim Hurley I have put my Text to Speech app up on the web: go url http://jamesphurley.com/TextToSpeech.livecode; Mike Bonner wrote: Yep, in simplest form its not to bad. I put a bunch of text into a field then to read it, set the itemdelimter to . put the field text into a variable and replaced ? with ?. same with ! replaced with !. (to ensure we still retain punctuation tone changes) So the following script placed in a button will read from field 1. Clicking the button again pauses, Reading picks up where it left off. local tReading, tCurrLine, tTotalLines,tText on mouseUp if tReading is empty then put false into tReading put not tReading into tReading set the label of me to Reading: tReading startLooping end mouseUp command startLooping set the linedelimiter to . if tReading then if tCurrLine is empty then put field 1 into tText replace ? with ?. in tText replace ! with !. in tText put the number of lines in tText into tTotalLines put 1 into tCurrLine end if if not revIsSpeaking() then revspeak line tCurrLine of tText if tCurrLine = tTotalLines then put false into tReading put empty into tCurrLine else add 1 to tCurrLine end if end if set the label of me to Reading: tReading send startLooping to me in 20 milliseconds end if end startLooping ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Point at which speaking is stopped? and ANN: Text to Speech
Roger, It is even better for proofreading. I have put my Text to Speech up on the web. Run this in the message box. go url http://www.jamesphurley.com/TextToSpeech.rev; Jim Hurley Roger Eller wrote: I like it! I used your post as the text to read aloud via your script. With a little more code to add active sentence highlighting, and handle other oddities in text like (? with ?.), it becomes a pretty nice screen reader that you can follow along visually. I could see this growing into a great teaching aid for reading. ˜Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: is among the words AND find words
Very good Hugh. This adds another level of versatility, first by the addition
of a rule and then by returning a word count.
You are right about what constitutes a word. That is what is nice about having
a rule.
BTW: The previous token method can be changed into a count by replacing this
code
repeat for each item tWordNum in tNums
put word tWordNum of tList into tTestWord
if tWord is among the tokens of tTestWord then return true
end repeat
--If all the tests fail, then return false
return false
With the following:
put 0 into tCount
repeat for each item tWordNum in tNums
put word tWordNum of tList into tTestWord
if tWord is among the tokens of tTestWord then add 1 to tCount
end repeat
return tCount
Jim
Aha. So we are now only testing 'exist', and not the word number? Since I've
already written this, I'll post it anyway...
The problem (as always when this topic is raised) is the definition of a
'word', as indicated by the additional inclusion of 'token' in the language,
and thus the definition of 'punctuation'. I believe LC inherited the
definition of a 'word' from HyperCard for compatibility.
Is $10 one word or two?
Is my_Var one word or two?
Is half-baked one word or two?
Do the same rules apply across non-English languages? And unicode langauges?
Perhaps there is no single definition and some modifiers are needed such as
'strict'...
on mouseUp
put findWord(fld 1,men,strict)
end mouseUp
function findWord pContent,pStr,pRule
if pRule=strict then
put COMMAQUOTETABCR:;'. into tPunctuation
else
--| Adjust according to requirements...
put COMMAQUOTETABCR:;'.^*()_-+={}[]@~#/|\!? into tPunctuation
end if
repeat for each char L in tPunctuation
replace L with SPACE in pContent
end repeat
if pStr is among the words of pContent then
return num of words of char 1 to offset(pStr,pContent) of pContent
else return 0
end findWord
Hugh Senior
FLCo
Jim Hurley wrote:
Strike most of my last message. It appears that most of the function can be
replaced with an examination of the entire text (dah) as in:
put tWord is among the tokens of tList into tTest
return tTest
This tests the whole text; it is not necessary to test each string
containing the word individually.
But remove the quotes and periods first.
Jim
Thanks to all for their help with this. I learned a new key word in
token.
So far the function below handles everything reasonable I have thrown at
it, including finding time in the less than reasonable text in field 1:
Now is timely the timeless time.-for, all good.
on mouseUp
put field 1 into tText
put theWordIsAmongTheWords(time, tText) into msg box --returns true
end mouseUp
function theWordIsAmongTheWords tWord, tList
--The quote and period are irrelevant to the test for the word, so
delete them.
replace quote with in tList
replace . with in tList
put empty into tNums
--Collect all the strings that wordOffset would find.
repeat
put wordOffset(tWord,tList, last item of tNums) into tNum
if tNum = 0 then exit repeat
put the last item of tNums + tNum comma after tNums
end repeat
--Test each of these strings aginst the word being tested.
--With the quotes and periods gone, the tokens of sting found work well.
repeat for each item tWordNum in tNums
put word tWordNum of tList into tTestWord
if tWord is among the tokens of tTestWord then return true
end repeat
--If all the tests fail, then return false
return false
end theWordIsAmongTheWords
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Re: is among the words AND find words
Dave, Ah! Those mighty regular expressions. Sm day I'll have to study up on them. Yes that works very nicely. The other method (one that I understand ;) ) now boils down to this: on mouseUp put field 1 into tText put containsWord(time, tText) end mouseUp function containsWord tWord, tList replace quote with in tList replace . with in tList return tWord is among the tokens of tList end containsWord Jim Late to the thread. If the purpose is just to see whether the word exists in a string, would this work (using regular expressions)? on mouseUp put Some timely text with time, and more. into tString put time into tTarget put containsWord(tTarget, tString) end mouseUp function containsWord tWord, tString put (?i)\b tWord \b into tRE return matchText(tString, tRE) end containsWord \b is the regular expression word boundary pattern. (?i) makes the match case insensitive. Cheers Dave ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: is among the words AND find words
Bob et. al. Message: 14 Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:24:59 -0800 From: Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: is among the words AND find words Message-ID: ba41a52b-8b6e-4dc0-9996-1253098ea...@twft.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I think this underscores the need for the words keyword to be upgraded to reflect real text. For instance, word delimiters could be a property containing all the characters which might be word delimiters, all the punctuations for example. I don't know how you would treat a hyphen. That would work. Upon thinking about it, I am not sure what the application would be for finding specific words in an english (or any other languages) phrase. It is useful for finding keywords in a Livecode statement for sure. Bob The application would be one of gatering all the lines in a text field that contain a word or words and displaying them in a second field. The text might also include quotes and that messes up the wordOffset function. Turns out the tokens don't work since the period is not a token so the token 1 of time. is time. Astonishingly, it turns out that LC all allows for Put time is among the tokens of Now is the time, for all good men. That returns true. But Put men is among the tokens of Now is the time, for all good men. returns false--because of the period after men I think I'll just strip the lead and trailing characters from the resulting wordOffset word, using something like: function stripEnds tWord repeat if charIsNotLetter (char 1 of tWord) then delete char 1 of tWord next repeat else exit repeat end if end repeat repeat if charIsNotLetter (char -1 of tWord) then delete char -1 of tWord next repeat else exit repeat end if end repeat return tWord end stripEnds function charIsNotLetter tChar put charToNum(tChar) into tNum switch case tNum = charToNum(a) and tNum = charToNum(z) return false break case tNum = charToNum(A) and tNum = charToNum(Z) return false break default return true end switch end charIsNotLetter But I would prefer RR to implement your suggestion of augmenting the delimiters for word to include all non-letters. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: is among the words AND find words
Thanks, Hugh. Unfortunately there are a couple of problems. It won't work for this line: Now is the time. because of the period. Nor for the line Now is the time for all because of the quotes. Stripping the lead and trailing characters is cumbersome, but fairly reliable--except for quotes, where I just replace the quote with a carrot or whatever. An alternative approach: Assuming that the phrase now is the time, for all good men is in fld 1, then this button script on mouseUp put findWord(fld 1,time) end mouseUp function findWord pContent,pStr if pStr is among the tokens of pContent then return num of words of char 1 to offset(pStr,pContent) of pContent else return 0 end findWord reurns 4 as expected. Similarly for 'time-bomb' and other variants. Hugh Senior FLCo ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: is among the words AND find words
Thanks to all for their help with this. I learned a new key word in token. So far the function below handles everything reasonable I have thrown at it, including finding time in the less than reasonable text in field 1: Now is timely the timeless time.-for, all good. on mouseUp put field 1 into tText put theWordIsAmongTheWords(time, tText) into msg box --returns true end mouseUp function theWordIsAmongTheWords tWord, tList --The quote and period are irrelevant to the test for the word, so delete them. replace quote with in tList replace . with in tList put empty into tNums --Collect all the strings that wordOffset would find. repeat put wordOffset(tWord,tList, last item of tNums) into tNum if tNum = 0 then exit repeat put the last item of tNums + tNum comma after tNums end repeat --Test each of these strings aginst the word being tested. --With the quotes and periods gone, the tokens of sting found work well. repeat for each item tWordNum in tNums put word tWordNum of tList into tTestWord if tWord is among the tokens of tTestWord then return true end repeat --If all the tests fail, then return false return false end theWordIsAmongTheWords ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: is among the words AND find words
Strike most of my last message. It appears that most of the function can be replaced with an examination of the entire text (dah) as in: put tWord is among the tokens of tList into tTest return tTest This tests the whole text; it is not necessary to test each string containing the word individually. But remove the quotes and periods first. Jim Thanks to all for their help with this. I learned a new key word in token. So far the function below handles everything reasonable I have thrown at it, including finding time in the less than reasonable text in field 1: Now is timely the timeless time.-for, all good. on mouseUp put field 1 into tText put theWordIsAmongTheWords(time, tText) into msg box --returns true end mouseUp function theWordIsAmongTheWords tWord, tList --The quote and period are irrelevant to the test for the word, so delete them. replace quote with in tList replace . with in tList put empty into tNums --Collect all the strings that wordOffset would find. repeat put wordOffset(tWord,tList, last item of tNums) into tNum if tNum = 0 then exit repeat put the last item of tNums + tNum comma after tNums end repeat --Test each of these strings aginst the word being tested. --With the quotes and periods gone, the tokens of sting found work well. repeat for each item tWordNum in tNums put word tWordNum of tList into tTestWord if tWord is among the tokens of tTestWord then return true end repeat --If all the tests fail, then return false return false end theWordIsAmongTheWords ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
is among the words AND find words
If the sentence: Now is the time, for all good men. is within the field myField , then find word time in field myField is successful. The word time is found despite the fact that it is not delimited with spaces on either side. But time is among the words of Now is the time, for all good men. returns false, since is among the words reads the comma after time. It requires the spaces on either side of time as delimiters. Has this come up before and has it been suggest that this be an enhancement? That is to say, it would be helpful if is among the words and find word(s) behave the same with respect to the space delimiter. Or am I missing something? Jim Hurley ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: is among the words AND find words
Thanks Bob, Good thought, but it still doesn't work. The script: on mouseUp put now is the time, for all good men. into tText set wholematches to true --set wholematches to false put wordOffset(time, tText) into temp1 put wordOffset(time, , tText) into temp2 end mouseUp shows 0 for temp1 and 4 for temp2. The comma in time, is need to get a match. What I need is put wordOffset(time, Now is the time, for all good men.) to show 4 when wholeMatches is true It appears that there is no way in LiveCode to find whole words in a variable reliably. Wish there were. Jim Hurley From: Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: is among the words AND find words Message-ID: f68e06ca-9008-483a-b6ad-d91e5ac1f...@twft.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Not sure if wholeMatches affects the find command, but if you set wholeMatches to true and then use wordOffset(time,field myField) then I think you will get the results you are looking for. wordOffset() returns 0 when it fails to find a match. Bob On Dec 20, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Jim Hurley wrote: If the sentence: Now is the time, for all good men. is within the field myField , then find word time in field myField is successful. The word time is found despite the fact that it is not delimited with spaces on either side. But time is among the words of Now is the time, for all good men. returns false, since is among the words reads the comma after time. It requires the spaces on either side of time as delimiters. Has this come up before and has it been suggest that this be an enhancement? That is to say, it would be helpful if is among the words and find word(s) behave the same with respect to the space delimiter. Or am I missing something? Jim Hurley ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: is among the words AND find words
Think I will try something like this. Test to see if the word, as a string, is in the text. If so, then strip out all characters not between a and z or A and Z and then check to see if the stripped-down word is the same as the test word. That way I will find time even if it appears as (time) or time. or time, or with quotes on either side, etc. I wonder what algorithm LC uses in Find word(s) to find only words. Jim Hurley Thanks Bob, Good thought, but it still doesn't work. The script: on mouseUp put now is the time, for all good men. into tText set wholematches to true --set wholematches to false put wordOffset(time, tText) into temp1 put wordOffset(time, , tText) into temp2 end mouseUp shows 0 for temp1 and 4 for temp2. The comma in time, is need to get a match. What I need is put wordOffset(time, Now is the time, for all good men.) to show 4 when wholeMatches is true It appears that there is no way in LiveCode to find whole words in a variable reliably. Wish there were. Jim Hurley From: Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: is among the words AND find words Message-ID: f68e06ca-9008-483a-b6ad-d91e5ac1f...@twft.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Not sure if wholeMatches affects the find command, but if you set wholeMatches to true and then use wordOffset(time,field myField) then I think you will get the results you are looking for. wordOffset() returns 0 when it fails to find a match. Bob On Dec 20, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Jim Hurley wrote: If the sentence: Now is the time, for all good men. is within the field myField , then find word time in field myField is successful. The word time is found despite the fact that it is not delimited with spaces on either side. But time is among the words of Now is the time, for all good men. returns false, since is among the words reads the comma after time. It requires the spaces on either side of time as delimiters. Has this come up before and has it been suggest that this be an enhancement? That is to say, it would be helpful if is among the words and find word(s) behave the same with respect to the space delimiter. Or am I missing something? Jim Hurley ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Highlighting tabs
I have a tab menu button. When I open the card I want to set the highlight of a particular tab to true. How do I address that property? Thanks, Jim Hurley ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Highlighting tabs
Hi Marty, Damn. I tried that before and it didn't work. I just tried it again and it did! Maybe there is more history to menuHistory than I knew. Working now, thanks, Jim Hi Jim, Use the menuHistory - set the menuHistory of btn MyTabButton to 3 Marty K I have a tab menu button. When I open the card I want to set the highlight of a particular tab to true. How do I address that property? Thanks, Jim Hurley I have a tab menu button. When I open the card I want to set the highlight of a particular tab to true. How do I address that property? Thanks, Jim Hurley ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Unlocked field receives the mouseUp message
I have been trying to find a way for the user to change a text field from unlocked to locked and back without leaving the field, just using mouse clicks. I have found (stumbled on) a way that appears altogether illegitimate. If the field is unlocked I can type into the field as expected. If I click in the field nothing happens, again as expected. BUT if I right click (control click) in the unlocked field the field receives both a mouseDown and a mouseUP message and I now have a way to change the field from unlocked to locked even when the field is unlocked and supposedly receiving key strokes but not mouse clicks. (See script below.) Is there some orthodoxy by which I can under stand this? Jim Hurley on mouseUP tNum put the locktext of field id 1003 cr after msg box if tNum = 3 then set the locktext of field id 1003 to not the locktext of field id 1003 -- returns false cr true put the locktext of field id 1003 cr after msg box end mouseUP If tNum = 3 and the field is unlocked, the message box shows: false true ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Unlocked field receives the mouseUp message
I'll have to wait for the summary list to respond to answers to that last message, as I still cannot access the RR archives. Heather? Jim Hurley ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Unlocked field receives the mouseUp message
Thanks Peter. Actually i do want to just toggle the locktext of the field. I use the field to proofread the text by reading from the clickchunk to the end using revspeak. If I encounter an error while speaking, I want to be able to easily click the field again to allow for edit. The control click does allow a mouseUp to get through and the locktext to be changed to allow for edit. In retrospect, I should have understood the rationale for this behavior. While editing text in an unlocked field it should be possible to copy and past into the field so that it has to respond to command, control keys etc. So, it doesn't respond to a naked mouseUp, but it will respond to a combination of command, control etc. mouseUP. It saves my bacon. Jim I have the following in a frontscript, so it works on any field: on mouseup theBtn if theBtn 1 then pass mouseup if the target begins with field then if the commandkey is down and the shiftkey is down then set the writable of the target to not the writable of the target end if else pass mouseup end if end mouseup setprop writable tf if not (the target begins with field) then exit writable try set the locktext of the target to not tf set the traversalon of the target to tf set the autohilite of the target to tf end try end writable getprop writable if field is not in the target then return empty try put the locktext of the target into L put the traversalon of the target into T put the autohilite of the target into A if T and A and not L then return true return false end try end writable Holding the commandkey down during a mouseclick will trigger a mouseup message (like the controlkey), and this means that cmd-sh-click will trigger the mouseup handler. I use the virtual property writable to set the locktext, autohilite, and traversalon of the field. Note that no enduring property of the target field is ever actually set, since the calls are intercepted to perform an action on the field instead. This is what is meant by a virtual property. If you only want to toggle the locktext of the field you can instead forget the virtual prop calls and just do set the locktext of the target to not the locktext of the target in the mouseup handler. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmbrig at gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Accessing archives
Wilhelm et. at. Here is Heather's response to my question last Friday: Jim Hurley On Nov 25, 2011, at 9:46 AM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: Message: 11 Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:59:33 + From: Heather Nagey heat...@runrev.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Accessing archives Message-ID: ed420a8a-3c3a-47c1-b7e0-c7bc551e8...@runrev.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes I am looking into it. I'll let the list know when it is fixed. Regards, Heather On 25 Nov 2011, at 06:48, James Hurley wrote: This problem has just come up within the last few days. When I try to access the RR archives at: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2011-November/date.html I get the following message: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /pipermail/use-livecode/2011- November/date.html on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. Where does the problem lie? Jim ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode Heather Nagey Customer Services Manager http://www.runrev.com/ LiveCode - Unleash Your Killer App ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
