Re: LiveCode 4.6.1 message path and behaviors

2011-05-23 Thread Keith Clarke
don't address a person directly, maybe someone else would have helped, but now you scared them away :P Perhaps they're just enjoying the spectacle of yet another poor naïve fool trying to boil the ocean! ;-) It's clear now that my question, which sought factual clarification, has raised

Re: LiveCode 4.6.1 message path and behaviors

2011-05-23 Thread Keith Clarke
Thanks for clarifying the library and front/back script order - more 'LIFO-type' behaviour http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIFO_(computing) than just random chunks of code in a bucket! I think this thread has underpinned George Box's warning to “Remember that all models are wrong; the practical

Re: LiveCode 4.6.1 message path and behaviors

2011-05-23 Thread Keith Clarke
Thanks for that clarification Richard - and your message path article that helped me get underway with LiveCode. Backward compatibility is always challenging, though perhaps slightly easier than predicting future compatibility! Best, Keith.. On 23 May 2011, at 19:03, Richard Gaskin wrote:

Re: Unexpected data grid messages

2011-05-23 Thread Pete
The dg template includes behaviors but it isn't just a behavior - it defines the layout of the datagrid, especially if there are columns containing controls other than fields, and always for dgs that are forms rather than tables. Pete Molly's Revenge http://www.mollysrevenge.com On Mon, May

Re: Unexpected data grid messages

2011-05-23 Thread Keith Clarke
I'm thinking about maintaining row template cards, rather than the behaviors themselves - something very simple like (forgive the poor syntax)... On create new group new data grid, set the long ID of new data grid's row template card in stack data grid templates unique stack ID to the long ID

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 92, Issue 46

2011-05-23 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/23/11 12:34 PM, J Scott Saults wrote: Sorry, I don't know how or what you mean by disabling uac; please explain how and I'll try it. Regarding another suggestion to run in 32-bit mode, I don't know how to set that in Win7 either, but it does run OK on another PC with 64-bit Win7, and on

RE: url to stacks in RevOnline

2011-05-23 Thread Slava Paperno
http://revonline2.runrev.com/ -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Todd Geist Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 12:34 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: url to stacks in RevOnline Hello, Is there

Re: LiveCode 4.6.1 message path and behaviors

2011-05-23 Thread Richard Gaskin
Todd Geist wrote: For example, I am reasonably certain that I will never need to write code that is compatible with HyperCard, So does that mean that I never need to use Send, and I can always use Dispatch? The send command has one feature unique to it: the ability to delay its triggering

[Semi-OT] Someone using LiveCode with Gnome 3.0?

2011-05-23 Thread Andre Garzia
Folks, I am about to reinstall linux on a development desktop here and of course I will be using LiveCode. My choices are: * To keep rocking Gnome 2.0 boat * Try out Gnome-shell / Gnome 3.0 * Go for unity I don't know how well LiveCode behaves under gnome 3.0 or Unity, anyone can spare a couple

Re: [OT] Pirate software in Germany?

2011-05-23 Thread Judy Perry
Coming late to this discussion, but here's how sane we in the US are not: Ars Technica is reporting on a bill going through the California legislature that would permit warrant-free searches of firms that do CD or DVD duplication:

Re: OT: How does Windows handle spaces in program names?

2011-05-23 Thread Graham Samuel
Again thanks to all who replied. I'm trying to do the things that Mike and Ken have suggested, but meanwhile for Björnke, I am not sure what escape involves in Windows - I assume there is an escape character or character pair... and as to quoting in file names, where Mike had firefox.exe

Re: OT: How does Windows handle spaces in program names?

2011-05-23 Thread Mike Bonner
Try my\ spacious\ program.exe On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Graham Samuel livf...@mac.com wrote: Again thanks to all who replied. I'm trying to do the things that Mike and Ken have suggested, but meanwhile for Björnke, I am not sure what escape involves in Windows - I assume there is an

RE: [OT] Pirate software in Germany?

2011-05-23 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Ars Technica is reporting on a bill going through the California legislature that would permit warrant-free searches of firms that do CD or DVD duplication: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/riaa-backed-wa rrantless-search-bill-advances-in-california.ars Arguments for and

Re: OT: How does Windows handle spaces in program names?

2011-05-23 Thread Bob Sneidar
I may or may not have responded to this, but you cannot simply enclose the program name in quotes for the argument to the shell command, because Livecode will simply interpret whatever is between the quotes and send that. Instead, put the path to the app or file you want to work with into a

[OT] Android Multi-Page Indicator Convention?

2011-05-23 Thread Scott Rossi
Anyone with an Android device know if that OS has a convention for indicating horizontal page content/scrolling? Something like the tiny page indicator dots at the bottom of an iOS display? Thanks Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design

Re: OT: How does Windows handle spaces in program names?

2011-05-23 Thread Bob Sneidar
Aye. It's the ole Readability vs. Compactness conundrum. Bob On May 23, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Roger Eller wrote: or... to keep it as a one liner... put quote C:\Documents and Settings\myprofile\Desktop\My App Name.exe quote into theFilePath ˜Roger On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 6:19 PM,

Re: OT: How does Windows handle spaces in program names?

2011-05-23 Thread Mike Bonner
I must be the only one who uses 'the shortfilepath' to avoid all this? Though while we're at it, this works too. put merge([[quote]]C:\Documents and Settings\myprofile\Desktop\My App Name.exe[[quote]]) into theFilePath On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com wrote: Aye.

Re: LiveCode 4.6.1 message path and behaviors

2011-05-23 Thread Pete
This thread reminds me of something I would like to understand better. I currently have several custom handlers and 2 or three system message handlers that I use in multiple applications. At the moment, I keep them in a library stack and insert them all as front scripts in my startup processing

Re: [OT] Android Multi-Page Indicator Convention?

2011-05-23 Thread Colin Holgate
I'm sure the look has changed over time, but with Android 3.01 you have a home screen and an apps screen. In the home screen there's no indication that there is content to the left or right of where you are. As you swipe, you see a faint blue outline of the rectangle of the next screen. With

Re: [OT] Android Multi-Page Indicator Convention?

2011-05-23 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/23/11 6:14 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Anyone with an Android device know if that OS has a convention for indicating horizontal page content/scrolling? Something like the tiny page indicator dots at the bottom of an iOS display? I'm still on Android 2.2, but for that version I rarely see any

Rotate Screen on Android

2011-05-23 Thread Roger Eller
Using 4.6.1, no matter what I try, I just can't seem to get screen rotation working. I can detect portrait, landscape, etc. but is there a recipe to actually make the stack rotate? According to the release notes, it should be possible. I must be missing something. ˜Roger