Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-06 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/5/11 10:20 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: Björnke, Excuse my ignorance. I guess it's a matter of terminology. So what are they called? Externals are like HyperCard XCMDs. They are usually written in a lower-level language, and add a specific functionality to the LiveCode engine. The zip

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/06/2011 09:00 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 9/5/11 10:20 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: Björnke, Excuse my ignorance. I guess it's a matter of terminology. So what are they called? Externals are like HyperCard XCMDs. They are usually written in a lower-level language, and add a specific

Re:[ANN] ObjectFormats plugin

2011-09-06 Thread Joseba Aguayo
Hello Peter: Thank you very much for your contributions. Using your plugin frequently. Un saludo. Joseba Aguayo Fernández (jagu...@telur.es) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

changing object colour references from hex to rgb

2011-09-06 Thread Terry Judd
OK, I want to set the background of some objects to a hex value - easy enough - but then at a later stage I want to compare an RGB colour value with them to see if there is a match. However, if I set the colour using a hex value the queried value for the object remains as a hex value. Is there

Re: newbie question about smartphone apps

2011-09-06 Thread Gerry
Apparently it's possible to make iPhone and Android apps with LC. Apparently, there's a product called LiveCode Mobile, rather similar to LC, for this purpose. Do I have it right so far? Android and iOS development is possible with add-on licenses. It's the same app, just enabled for output

Re: changing object colour references from hex to rgb

2011-09-06 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Terry, There might be a way, something like mouseColor for example, but it is easier to convert them: baseConvert(char 2 to 3 of myHex,16,10) comma baseConvert(char 4 to 5 of myHex,16,10) comma baseConvert(char 6 to 7 of myHex,16,10). -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk

Re: changing object colour references from hex to rgb

2011-09-06 Thread Terry Judd
Hey thanks Mark, that looks quite straightforward! Best regards, Terry... On 06/09/2011, at 05:51 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi Terry, There might be a way, something like mouseColor for example, but it is easier to convert them: baseConvert(char 2 to 3 of myHex,16,10) comma

iphone wallpaper image

2011-09-06 Thread paolo mazza
Hello All, is it possible to change the iphone wallpaper image from an iOS Livecode application? All the best Paolo Mazza ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: iphone wallpaper image

2011-09-06 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:18 PM, paolo mazza mazzapaoloit...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All, is it possible to change  the iphone wallpaper image from an iOS Livecode application? Apple does not provide a public API to do that even when using Xcode, so I would assume not. The work-around is to

Re: [ANN] ObjectFormats plugin

2011-09-06 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
On Sep 6, 2011, at 3:07 AM, Joseba Aguayo wrote: Hello Peter: Thank you very much for your contributions. Using your plugin frequently. Un saludo. Glad it's useful! -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-06 Thread Roger Eller
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:24 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: On 09/06/2011 09:00 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 9/5/11 10:20 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: Björnke, Excuse my ignorance. I guess it's a matter of terminology. So what are they called? Externals are like HyperCard XCMDs. They are

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-06 Thread Ian Wood
On 6 Sep 2011, at 13:05, Roger Eller wrote: As I mentioned before, an app bundle on a Mac is really just a folder filled with subfolders. If you copy one to either Windows or Linux, you can easily look around. On a Mac, right-click and choose 'View package content' to see the folder

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-06 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Gregory, You need to send the entire Windows folder to your users. This includes the separate stack files, referenced files if there are any, and the externals folder. You might leave out the externals folder if you really want to. If you prefer to send just one file, you could use the

Purchasing from an iOs App

2011-09-06 Thread paolo mazza
Referring to verse 11.13 of the holy App Store Review Guidellines (last edition) , Apps that link to external mechanisms for purchases or subscriptions to be used in the app, such as a “buy button that goes to a web site to purchase a digital book, will be rejected What about a buy button that

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-06 Thread Gregory Lypny
Thanks everyone, I get it. Windows builds pretty much need the whole thing. I don’t like the stack files sitting there though. I think I will turn them into sub-stacks and have users save their data to text files. Regards, Gregory ___

Re: DataGrid and my headache

2011-09-06 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: The example is incomplete (aka wrong). Try the following... the inserted text is from the more complete example at Actually the example is not incomplete. The code snippet is from this lesson:

revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread LunchnMeets
Hi, I've been having this problem for a long time, but I've just been living with it. Almost every time I open the inspector it asks me to save the revPropertyPalette. I've been doing that but it keeps coming back. What am I doing wrong? Another problem I've been having is I can't seem to

Re: revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread dunbarx
Hi. There was a thread about this years ago: http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=8t=232 I cannot find any such file, using relatively modern versions of LC (or Rev). Which version are you using? I think this was either the old name of the property inspector, or a stack associated with

Re: revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Joe, I am having the same problem with revPropertyPalette. I don't expect it to get fixed. In any case, don't save it :-) I don't think that saving it makes sense, if it doesn't make things worse. If you can't ungroup a group, that group probably contains nested groups. Select the group

Re: revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Richard Gaskin
Joe wrote: I've been having this problem for a long time, but I've just been living with it. Almost every time I open the inspector it asks me to save the revPropertyPalette. I've been doing that but it keeps coming back. What am I doing wrong? It seems that the Inspector has somehow been

Re: DataGrid: some questions

2011-09-06 Thread Bob Sneidar
It is possible to determine that a click or double-click in the datagrid was not in an active row with data. Just get the dgHilitedLine(s) inside a mouseUp or doubleMouseUp handler. If it's empty the user clicked or double clicked in an empty space in the dataGrid. Trouble is, it works equally

Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread dunbarx
If I open a new LC session with any simple stack and call the stacks, I see the revmenubar, revMessageBox and whatever stack I opened with (I opened the msg box by hand). If I then open the inspector for the stack and call the stacks I get a blank line in the middle of the list. I assume that

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Richard Gaskin
dunbarx wrote: If I open a new LC session with any simple stack and call the stacks, I see the revmenubar, revMessageBox and whatever stack I opened with (I opened the msg box by hand). If I then open the inspector for the stack and call the stacks I get a blank line in the middle of the

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson
OK, OK; I'm behind in the race ( 4.5 ), but then, even if I had the money, I would feel a bit queer about buying things with numbers after a second fullstop: So: crack open 4.5. dp 4 and the Application browser: no revPropertypalette [and, this is extremely UNsurprising, as I have no stack

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi, In this case, the blank line is because the revPropertyPalette is a cloned stack without a stackfile on disk. The revPropertyPalettes exist in memory only, while only one original exists on disk. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering

urlProgress error message

2011-09-06 Thread debdoot das
Salutations, Is there a list of all the possible urlProgress error messages. Thanks Debdoot ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Schonewille wrote: In this case, the blank line is because the revPropertyPalette is a cloned stack without a stackfile on disk. The revPropertyPalettes exist in memory only, while only one original exists on disk. Ah, right: that was the stacks, and not the windows. Since there's only

Re: [BUG] LiveCode server 4.6.3 fails to connect to MySQL UNIX socket file

2011-09-06 Thread Bob Sneidar
I am using On-Rev SQL with a direct connection. I am using 4.6.3. It seem to be working fine for me. Bob On Sep 5, 2011, at 10:06 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: Folks, I've updated the quality centre with a new bug report: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9712 As explained in

Re: Copying from MS word into RunRev 4.0

2011-09-06 Thread Bob Sneidar
No not really. It works for you because Parallels is doing a clipboard translation itself, so the quote survives. It would be the same thing as first pasting into a Rich Text Editor, recopying, and then pasting into Livecode. That always works. Bob On Sep 3, 2011, at 12:03 AM, Keith Clarke

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/06/2011 10:14 PM, Pete wrote: I might be dreaming but I'll swear I've run into situations where I've had multiple inspector windows open at the same time, not for the same object of course. Unfortunately, I can't remember the circumstannces where this has happened. I've never come

Re: [ANN] ObjectFormats plugin

2011-09-06 Thread Bob Sneidar
This would be incredibly useful to me if it worked with cards and groups as well. I make extensive use of properties to store things like datagrid column formatting and related tables for a form. Bob On Sep 4, 2011, at 9:13 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD wrote: I'm making available for general

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Mark Schonewille
Richard, Very often, I have 2 or 3 inspectors open at a time. Just click the lock button and open an inspector for another object. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter:

Re: LiveCode 4.6.4

2011-09-06 Thread Bob Sneidar
SSSHHH! We are not supposed to even KNOW there is a 4.6.4. But seriously, this is not the forum for pre-release versions. Did you get an email telling you where to post beta issues? Bob On Sep 6, 2011, at 10:25 AM, Éric Miclo wrote: Hello, Same application built under Mac OS X Lion

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/06/2011 10:21 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Richard, Very often, I have 2 or 3 inspectors open at a time. Just click the lock button and open an inspector for another object. Wow; it never ceases to amaze me how one can go on learning new things about Metacard/RunRev/Livecode even after

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Pete
reduplicated? Does that mean I have to duplicate it twice? Pete Molly's Revenge http://www.mollysrevenge.com On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Richmond Mathewson richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 09/06/2011 10:14 PM, Pete wrote: I might be dreaming but I'll swear I've run into

Re: LiveCode 4.6.4

2011-09-06 Thread Warren Samples
On 09/06/2011 02:24 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: SSSHHH! We are not supposed to even KNOW there is a 4.6.4. But seriously, this is not the forum for pre-release versions. Did you get an email telling you where to post beta issues? Bob Final public release was announced today. Warren

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/06/2011 10:28 PM, Pete wrote: reduplicated? Does that mean I have to duplicate it twice? Pete Molly's Revengehttp://www.mollysrevenge.com Beer . . . On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Richmond Mathewson richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 09/06/2011 10:14 PM, Pete wrote: I might

Re: LiveCode 4.6.4

2011-09-06 Thread Roger Eller
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Warren Samples wrote: On 09/06/2011 02:24 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: SSSHHH! We are not supposed to even KNOW there is a 4.6.4. But seriously, this is not the forum for pre-release versions. Did you get an email telling you where to post beta issues? Bob

Re: DataGrid: some questions

2011-09-06 Thread Bob Sneidar
I ran into this when I started out trying to make a datagrid operate like a simple spreadsheet. Turns out it is not a simple thing to do. You would have to trap for a returnkey in any cell in the last row, or a tabKey in the last cell of the last row, and call addLine followed by

Re: LiveCode 4.6.4

2011-09-06 Thread Bob Sneidar
Oh sorry. I didn't get the email. I usually get 2! :-( Bob On Sep 6, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Warren Samples wrote: On 09/06/2011 02:24 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: SSSHHH! We are not supposed to even KNOW there is a 4.6.4. But seriously, this is not the forum for pre-release versions. Did you get an

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Bob Sneidar
If I use PowerDebug or GLX2 (not sure which one) I can have multiple palettes open for different objects. I think this is a feature, but it causes problems, like endless loop issues and I have to force quit, so I have to be careful using those tools. Bob On Sep 6, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Pete

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Bob Sneidar
Like when your children have grandchildren, or when you make a bunch of copies of a form, then hand out the original and have to use one of the copies next time you make more. Actually, it's not like either of those things. NVM Bob On Sep 6, 2011, at 12:28 PM, Pete wrote: reduplicated?

Re: LiveCode 4.6.4

2011-09-06 Thread Warren Samples
On 09/06/2011 02:40 PM, Roger Eller wrote: It looks like the announcement ONLY went to the DEV list though... Odd... :\ ~Roger Yes, I noticed that, too, but I checked the store and it's available for download in my account. Warren ___

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/06/2011 10:50 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Like when your children have grandchildren, or when you make a bunch of copies of a form, then hand out the original and have to use one of the copies next time you make more. All I can say is that if computer programming were as easy as fathering

Re: DataGrid: some questions

2011-09-06 Thread Pete
Yes, spreadsheets are pretty complex beasts. I've never had a need to implement one in LC but if I did, I think I'd just run Excel (or whatever spreadsheet program is appropriate), store the filename in LC then launch it whenever the user needed to access it. Horses for courses, as they say.

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Admin
I have had, on many occasions, the stack property window open, the card property window open and control property window open at the same time. I have had multiple card property windows open at once as well. Mike On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:19:09 +0300, Richmond Mathewson wrote: On

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread FlexibleLearning
The persistent mis-use of this word REALLY annoys me! 'Wherefore' is 'Why' in modern parlance, and not (nor has ever been) 'where'. Back to your normal browsing. Hugh Senior FLCo ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: [BUG] LiveCode server 4.6.3 fails to connect to MySQL UNIX socket file

2011-09-06 Thread Andre Garzia
It works on on-rev because they have a symbolic link in place to link from /tmp/mysql.sock to wherever the real file is. Now, if you are on a shared host such as Dreamhost, there is a big chance that this symbolic link does not exist and since you are not root, you will not be allowed to create

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-06 Thread Gregory Lypny
Thanks for the heads-up, Mark. I’ll look into the plug in. Gregory On Tue, Sep 6, 2011, at 1:00 PM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: Hi Gregory, You need to send the entire Windows folder to your users. This includes the separate stack files, referenced files if there are

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Bob Sneidar
Beer don't know no good speaking. Bob On Sep 6, 2011, at 1:23 PM, FlexibleLearning wrote: The persistent mis-use of this word REALLY annoys me! 'Wherefore' is 'Why' in modern parlance, and not (nor has ever been) 'where'. Back to your normal browsing. Hugh Senior FLCo

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread dunbarx
Wherefore is why. Juliet set the bar. Craig Newman -Original Message- From: FlexibleLearning ad...@flexiblelearning.com To: use-livecode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Tue, Sep 6, 2011 12:25 pm Subject: Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette The persistent mis-use of this word

Re: [ANN] ObjectFormats plugin

2011-09-06 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
Well, no current plans to expand in that direction. The way the plugin works now is it just changes the properties of an existing selected button or field. For it to replicate cards or groups It would have to be able to create a bunch of objects then set their properties. The internal storage

Re: urlProgress error message

2011-09-06 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi, I think you mean urlStatus and the answer is yes. Just search the LC dictionary for urlStatus. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Send me a

Re: DataGrid: some questions

2011-09-06 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
On Sep 6, 2011, at 4:07 PM, Pete wrote: Yes, spreadsheets are pretty complex beasts. I've never had a need to implement one in LC but if I did, I think I'd just run Excel (or whatever spreadsheet program is appropriate), store the filename in LC then launch it whenever the user needed to

Re: [ANN] ObjectFormats plugin

2011-09-06 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
Peter M. Brigham wrote: BTW, I have just upgraded it to give the user the option of storing the script and/or the rect of a button or field in addition to properties it saved originally. Available at: .dmg: http://db.tt/oid5wsX .zip: http://db.tt/ADhYSsd Sorry, wrong links, use these

Re: DataGrid: some questions

2011-09-06 Thread Pete
Great! Haven't come across that one before. The mental image of pigs climbing trees is quite disturbing! Pete Molly's Revenge http://www.mollysrevenge.com On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD pmb...@gmail.comwrote: On Sep 6, 2011, at 4:07 PM, Pete wrote: Yes, spreadsheets

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/6/11 1:38 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: back to Application Browser and there one can see, at the bottom of the list (ou, a fond [ excusez moi, sans accents ] as they say in France) revPropertyPalette 1 created 'on-the-fly' as it-were, from some mysteriously hidden template . . . So,

Re: DataGrid: some questions

2011-09-06 Thread Bob Sneidar
Nuts to that! Bob On Sep 6, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD wrote: You can try to teach a pig to climb trees, but it works better to hire a squirrel. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: urlProgress error message

2011-09-06 Thread debdoot das
Thanks Mark. I was following the iOS release notes. However i did look up urlStatus in the dictionary. I was wondering when urlProgress url, error, errorMessage if there was a list of errorMessage Regards, Debdoot On Sep 6, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi, I think you mean

Re: DataGrid: some questions

2011-09-06 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/6/11 4:41 PM, Pete wrote: Great! Haven't come across that one before. The mental image of pigs climbing trees is quite disturbing! Deep within a forest, this little tortoise begins to climb a tree. After hours of effort, he reaches the top, jumps into the air waving his front legs and

Blocking in iOS and libUrlDownloadToFile

2011-09-06 Thread debdoot das
In relation to blocking. This what the release notes say: libUrlDownloadToFile url, filename Unlike the libUrl command of the same name, this command will block until the download is complete, and will notify progress through the urlProgress message as described above. However I was able to

Re: Purchasing from an iOs App

2011-09-06 Thread Chipp Walters
My guess is NO, this does not apply. Nope, wait, the wind just changed, YES it does apply, you cannot link in anyway to any website whatsoever. OOPS, my bad, the coin flipped again, the answer is now NO, go ahead and try. If the reviewer's name ends in 'ski' and the review day is Tuesday, chances

Re: DataGrid and my headache

2011-09-06 Thread Mark Wieder
Trevor- Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 7:29:26 AM, you wrote: On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: The example is incomplete (aka wrong). Try the following... the inserted text is from the more complete example at Actually the example is not incomplete.

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Timothy Miller
O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? The 'wherefore' here means why? rather than where? What Juliet is asking, in allusion to the feud between her Capulet family and Romeo's Montague clan, is 'Romeo, why are you a Montague?'. Tim On Sep 6, 2011, at 1:23 PM, FlexibleLearning wrote: The

Re: Syllable OS and Livecode ?

2011-09-06 Thread Peter W A Wood
Richmond I suspect not, at least not it the short term. The Syllable Desktop OS is not a Linux distro but a whole new operating system. The Syllable Server OS is a Linux distro. I believe that it takes some effort to port a Linux application to the Syllable Desktop and would doubt that RunRev

Re: LiveCode 4.6.4

2011-09-06 Thread Éric Miclo
Hello Bob, I wouldn't have say anything on this list if it hasn't been public. Actually I found the release info on macupdate.com Best regards, ÉrIC Miclo Le 6 sept. 2011 à 21:24, Bob Sneidar a écrit : SSSHHH! We are not supposed to even KNOW there is a 4.6.4. But seriously, this is not

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/06/2011 11:23 PM, FlexibleLearning wrote: The persistent mis-use of this word REALLY annoys me! 'Wherefore' is 'Why' in modern parlance, and not (nor has ever been) 'where'. Indeed, a veritable excess of curmudgeonliness Mr Chips. Back to your normal browsing. Hugh Senior FLCo

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/07/2011 12:43 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 9/6/11 1:38 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: back to Application Browser and there one can see, at the bottom of the list (ou, a fond [ excusez moi, sans accents ] as they say in France) revPropertyPalette 1 created 'on-the-fly' as it-were, from

Re: Wherefore revPropertyPalette

2011-09-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/07/2011 04:27 AM, Timothy Miller wrote: O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? The 'wherefore' here means why? rather than where? What Juliet is asking, in allusion to the feud between her Capulet family and Romeo's Montague clan, is 'Romeo, why are you a Montague?'. Give me