RE: iOS paint tools

2011-05-21 Thread John Dixon
'iOS release notes' page 14, under what doesn't work notes that pain tools are planned for a future release... Has anyone tried the paint tools in iOS? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Re: iOS paint tools

2011-05-21 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 05/21/2011 09:13 AM, John Dixon wrote: 'iOS release notes' page 14, under what doesn't work notes that pain tools are planned for a future release... pain tools; couldn't have said it better myself. Has anyone tried the paint tools in iOS? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay |

Re: [OT] MacDefender

2011-05-21 Thread Martin Baxter
On 19/05/2011 19:50, Richmond Mathewson wrote: My father (78-9) touched the 'update' thing on Ubuntu and fairly effectively hosed his laptop; now into week 4 of a trans-Europe (England-Bulgaria) e-mail attempt to unhose things . . . I've done that with ubuntu too, the impressive part is

Extracting data grid get column data

2011-05-21 Thread Keith Clarke
Hi folks, Is there a direct way of extracting the data from 'cells' within a specific data grid column or is the most efficient (only?) way to iterate through via the rows, extracting array[rowNumber][column][data] each time? Best, Keith.. ___

Re: [OT] Pirate software in Germany?

2011-05-21 Thread jonathandlynch
Buy him a copy of a complete idiots guide to prison - or something like that? Maybe look up the rules and actual punishments that he could face, and lay it all out for him? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Richmond Mathewson richmondmathew...@gmail.com

Re: Extracting data grid get column data

2011-05-21 Thread Keith Clarke
...actually, the iterative approach seems fast enough... put the keys of tArray into tRows repeat for each line tRow in tRows put return tArray[tRow][name] after tNames filter tNames without empty end repeat Best, Keith.. On 21 May 2011, at 11:49, Keith Clarke wrote: Hi folks, Is

Re: [OT] MacDefender

2011-05-21 Thread Peter Brigham MD
On May 21, 2011, at 4:13 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: On 19/05/2011 19:50, Richmond Mathewson wrote: My father (78-9) touched the 'update' thing on Ubuntu and fairly effectively hosed his laptop; now into week 4 of a trans-Europe (England-Bulgaria) e-mail attempt to unhose things . . .

How to preserving XML tag string formats in variables?

2011-05-21 Thread Keith Clarke
Hi folks, I'm experimenting with scripting the building of a POST message. So, I'm creating a set of lines that take the form opening_tag_string tVariable /closing_tag_string and using a repeat loop to build each component of each lines into a variable tMessage. When I use 'add return

RE: Extracting data grid get column data

2011-05-21 Thread Slava Paperno
Does the filter... line need to be inside the repeat loop? S. -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Keith Clarke Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 8:14 AM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re:

Re: How to preserving XML tag string formats in variables?

2011-05-21 Thread Keith Clarke
...ah, thanks for the insights Jim. I have happily been using the theHTMLText of fields to format text, set imagsource, etc. but hadn't made the connection that fields would automatically interpret any (some) tags. Obvious really - but everything is in hindsight! ;-) I use TextWrangler but it

Re: Extracting data grid get column data

2011-05-21 Thread Jim Ault
Logically it would make sense, but the reality is that 'filter' is lightning fast so you would not likely be able to measure any speed difference. Of course, very large data sets need to be measured, but then DataGrid would be the far slower part of the process. On May 21, 2011, at 8:44

Re: How to preserving XML tag string formats in variables?

2011-05-21 Thread Jim Ault
Another hint for those who are good with custom properties... Custom property sets are just arrays. set the custompropertyset of this stack to cpsXmlStrings set the customproperties of this stack to stringsArray -- works with multi-dimensional arrays, but the keys and data cannot be accessed

Re: iOS paint tools

2011-05-21 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/21/11 1:13 AM, John Dixon wrote: 'iOS release notes' page 14, under what doesn't work notes that pain tools are planned for a future release... Oops. RTFM. I shoulda known. Thanks. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software |

Re: experience Generating e-mail

2011-05-21 Thread Ronald Zellner
My intent in asking the question was to focus on technical advice but I understand how the spamming issue came in so quickly. I guess the nature of the recipient list and the intent of the mailings is at the heart of the issue, the process is pretty much the same no matter what. It is a

Re: experience Generating e-mail

2011-05-21 Thread stephen barncard
If you do end up automating this, I'd suggest you put an unsubscribe link in the bottom of each email message and make sure it goes somewhere. This will make your messages less spammy in the eyes of bots and in line with standards and practices. sqb On 21 May 2011 10:54, Ronald Zellner

Re: experience Generating e-mail

2011-05-21 Thread Richard Gaskin
Ronald Zellner wrote: I guess the nature of the recipient list and the intent of the mailings is at the heart of the issue, the process is pretty much the same no matter what. It is a question of whether the mailings are intrusive or not, and not everyone agrees on that. Explicit opt-in

MobGUI on LiveCode.tv Event #24

2011-05-21 Thread Roger Eller
John (Splash21 on ustream), As you were finishing your demonstration of MobGUI, I was downloading LiveCode 2.6.1 for Linux so I could shout out AWESOME!!! in ChatRev. I got it downloaded and fired up ChatRev only to be greeted with a crash since my Linux is 64-bit. Aarrrggh!!! Come on RunRev!

something better than HTMLText, anyone?

2011-05-21 Thread Slava Paperno
I have a large database of relatively small texts in basic HTML format (including very basic tables), and I need to display these texts in a card. Cellpadding, cellspacing, and borders in tables must be supported. The HTMLText property of fields in LC supports a rich collection of text styles,

Re: something better than HTMLText, anyone?

2011-05-21 Thread stephen barncard
Revbrowser. Display the html in a real, imbedded browser. there should be an example stack included with your LiveCode package or folder. On 21 May 2011 12:18, Slava Paperno slava.pape...@cornell.edu wrote: I have a large database of relatively small texts in basic HTML format (including

Re: [OT] Pirate software in Germany?

2011-05-21 Thread Bob Sneidar
I confess now, that when I was a teenager, I shoplifted. I hung out with a friend who's father was pretty high up in the FBI, and my friend assured me that nothing serious would ever happen to us, which of course meant, him. We stole candy and model airplane kits mostly. Our reign of crime

Re: How to preserving XML tag string formats in variables?

2011-05-21 Thread Bob Sneidar
Is it important that return and cr are two different things, depending on the OS? I was told that return means cr/lf on a Mac system and maybe windows, while Linux/Unix systems interpret it as something different. CR is a single carriage return. Do I have this right? Does this matter to your

Re: experience Generating e-mail

2011-05-21 Thread Bob Sneidar
I will say that sending multiple emails, depending on the smtp server, may be interpreted as spam. We had a tenant in our building trying to send email via Outlook and Exchange, using a group, not realizing that Exchange sent multiple emails. Early on the SMTP server for the ISP blocked all

Re: [OT] Pirate software in Germany?

2011-05-21 Thread Andre Garzia
Pirated software is not theft, it is fraud. Those are different crimes. Theft is when the object that is stolen is no longer available to the owner or whoever was supposed to use it, fraud on the other hand is basically failing to pay for something you should. So when all the RIAAs and the

RE: [OT] Pirate software in Germany?

2011-05-21 Thread John Dixon
I don't really want to get into this, but have a read of the arguments put forward here... http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com/?p=2669 take care Dixie From: an...@andregarzia.com Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 12:01:46 -1000 Pirated software is not theft, it is fraud. Those are different crimes.

Re: Cannot use Message Box

2011-05-21 Thread paul foraker
Build 1392 fixed the Chrome variable problem for LC 4.6.1, but no previous version of LC works on my machine in the current user. By not working I mean that I cannot type in the Message Box, and I cannot check the variables in the Script Editor. The workaround for me at the moment is to switch

RE: something better than HTMLText, anyone?

2011-05-21 Thread Slava Paperno
Right, thanks--I can do that if I save the HTML text first as an htm file, then open it with revBrowserOpen() from the file. But I can't figure out how to avoid that step. Is there a way to pass the HTML text to revBrowser without saving it on the user's drive as a file? Slava -Original

Re: something better than HTMLText, anyone?

2011-05-21 Thread Mike Bonner
revbrowserset instanceId, propertyname, value should do it IE revbrowserset instanceId,htmltext,tHtmlVar On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Slava Paperno sl...@lexiconbridge.comwrote: Right, thanks--I can do that if I save the HTML text first as an htm file, then open it with revBrowserOpen()

Re: [OT] Pirate software in Germany?

2011-05-21 Thread Björnke von Gierke
On 22 May 2011, at 00:15, John Dixon wrote: I don't really want to get into this, but have a read of the arguments put forward here... http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com/?p=2669 I read that long winded ramble. He's not actually talking about fraud vs theft. Instead, he's talking about the

Re: something better than HTMLText, anyone?

2011-05-21 Thread Mike Bonner
Well from your example you're putting the browserid into tBrowserId but when you're trying the revbrowserset you're using sbrowserid The error means that the browserid you're designating with sbrowserId doesn't exist. Also be careful not to open a whole slew of browsers, you can make sure you

RE: something better than HTMLText, anyone?

2011-05-21 Thread Slava Paperno
Yes! Of course--that was a typo. It works now. Wonderful! Thank you, Mike. I owe you one :) I still don't know how to instantiate a revBrowser w/o giving it some valid URL. What I do now is call revBrowserOpen() with the filename of a small blank htm file on the disk, and then refresh the

Way to block user using a carriage return in an unlocked text field?

2011-05-21 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
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Re: Way to block user using a carriage return in an unlocked text field?

2011-05-21 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Sorry, I got it. Thanks, Joe Lewis Wilkins Architect On May 21, 2011, at 6:49 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: The subject says it all. Joe Lewis Wilkins Architect ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url