AW: How to get the user or his rights?

2012-03-27 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Great function Ken, thank you for sharing! Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Ken Ray Gesendet: Montag, 26. März 2012 20:47 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: How to get the user

Re: [OT] A couple of links about Gnome and usability

2012-03-27 Thread Peter Alcibiades
What to go for? I would agree with Richmond that xfce is the current desktop of choice. My own distro of choice is Debian, but if this is your first shot at Linux I would go with PCLinuxOS, XFCE Edition. I would also agree with Richmond to install on a separate hard drive. Its cheap and its

Re: LiveCode Player for 5.5

2012-03-27 Thread Richard MacLemale
I work at the District level of a large K-12 county public school system (Pasco, in Florida.) My job is to train/support all of the school level tech specialists. I have a different perspective on this, I think. It is pretty rare for one of our schools to buy software for the computer.

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-27 Thread Mick Collins
Talking about presumptuous, Bob, well here's a good quotation to keep in mind. If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.   --  Orville Wright Message: 12 Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:28:29 -0700 From: Bob Sneidar

Re: revsecurtity.dll

2012-03-27 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi all, Am 27.03.2012 um 00:55 schrieb Terry Judd: Hi Klaus, Again, this might not be the solution you're looking for, but you could hide the dll. We use this approach on cross-platform USB drives we give to all our students. Both the revsecurity.dll and revpdfprinter.dll get hidden

Re: revsecurtity.dll

2012-03-27 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Klaus, Since you are saying installer, could you explain why using Economy-x-Talk's installer isn't an option? Perhaps we can work something out? -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter:

Re: revsecurtity.dll

2012-03-27 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Mark, Am 27.03.2012 um 14:39 schrieb Mark Schonewille: Hi Klaus, Since you are saying installer, could you explain why using Economy-x-Talk's installer isn't an option? Perhaps we can work something out? well, I do not have the time at all to try something different! But: can your

Re: revsecurtity.dll

2012-03-27 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Klaus, The installer itself can't make https calls but you can include a CURL script and even a CURL/SSH/SFTP command line utility if necessary, have it installed automatically and use that to run a command line script. There is a special script pane in the Installer Maker for that.

Re: revsecurtity.dll

2012-03-27 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Mark, Am 27.03.2012 um 15:08 schrieb Mark Schonewille: Hi Klaus, The installer itself can't make https calls but you can include a CURL script and even a CURL/SSH/SFTP command line utility if necessary, have it installed automatically and use that to run a command line script. There

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
Orville was probably talking about people who were saying at the time that it was impossible for humans to take flight. That is not a statement about what is true, it is a statement about what is possible. It's sobering to think someone so smart as Orville Wright could get the two confused. Is

Update LC 5.5 GM3 works fine now!

2012-03-27 Thread William de Smet
Hi there, I just wanted everyone to know that LC 5.5 GM3 fixes the bugs with Provisioning Profiles, standalone settings not being saved and a small screen for the standalone settings (needed to drag it to see all the settings). Thank you RR! greetings, William

Re: CalendarWidget

2012-03-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
What I do is I put the dates I want to start with into the dialogData and then call the calendar stack as modal or as sheet (which is modal by nature). When I return from the calendar stack I get the dialogData, checking for empty in case the user cancelled. I let the calling stack handle what

Re: LiveCode Player for 5.5

2012-03-27 Thread Bob Earp
I sense the frustration Judy, but wonder if it was related somewhat to your children's birthday ;-) Having just had a granddaughter turn 11 and a grandson 9, I too wondered what we had really achieved in online learning since I started with Plato (a DOS system running on a custom Pee Cee)

Re: LiveCode Player for 5.5

2012-03-27 Thread Pete
I'm not a teacher, nor involved in education in any way so take what I have to say with a pinch of salt. A recent analysis over here in California found that it was around 4 times as expensive for a classroom to use iPads and electronic versions of text books as it was to continue using hard copy

RE: LiveCode Player for 5.5

2012-03-27 Thread Ralph DiMola
Not to forget we as a generation had blackboards, the alphabet taped to the wall above the blackboard, text books that were used for several years and most importantly teachers that would crack us on the back of the head with a ruler if we turned around and talked disrupting the class. And last

Re: LiveCode Player for 5.5

2012-03-27 Thread Judy Perry
Certainly, it's easy enough to blame poor online learning experiences on lazy or inept instructional designers who all too often are taught to use truly crappy tools, but it doesn't excuse the crappy tools themselves. And why do teachers and instructional designers use crappy tools? Because

Re: LiveCode Player for 5.5

2012-03-27 Thread Richmond
On 03/27/2012 09:10 PM, Ralph DiMola wrote: Not to forget we as a generation had blackboards, the alphabet taped to the wall above the blackboard, text books that were used for several years and most importantly teachers that would crack us on the back of the head with a ruler if we turned

Re: LiveCode Player for 5.5

2012-03-27 Thread Richmond
On 03/27/2012 09:11 PM, Judy Perry wrote: Certainly, it's easy enough to blame poor online learning experiences on lazy or inept instructional designers who all too often are taught to use truly crappy tools, but it doesn't excuse the crappy tools themselves. And why do teachers and

LiveCode 5.5 and html

2012-03-27 Thread Yves COPPE
Hi list I have a problem set clipboardData[html] to tVar was very good until LC 5.0 but causes LC to crashe since 5.5 on mac OS X Lion French language …. Has anyone a idea why ? Greetings. Yves COPPE yvesco...@skynet.be ___ use-livecode mailing

Scrolling Problems On Lion

2012-03-27 Thread Marty Knapp
Anyone noticing field scrolling problems on Lion (using LC 5.02)? On my MacBook Pro, fields sometimes won't scroll and sometimes they will. I thought maybe my trackpad was acting up, so plugged in a mouse -same thing. I did notice that if I wiggled the mouse around while scrolling with the

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-27 Thread Bob Earp
Thanks for the patience of the group allowing the digression of this thread. Sometimes one needs to let ones mind go free with the encouragement of some good stimulating controversy !! ~~ Back to the thread... Oh contraire Mr. Sneider. It is currently practically

Android play sounds

2012-03-27 Thread Michael Doub
I am building a android timer application. The sound file AC.mp3 is located in a folder Data. Within the standalone builder I added the Data folder under the copy files tab which now displays: Data/*. All of this seems to work just fine, however the sound file is not played on the first

Clean Plugins

2012-03-27 Thread Bill Vlahos
I'm about to release a new plugin. Plugins are basically stacks but I noticed that revNavigator and GoRevNet are not editable stacks. In fact you can't even get to any of the items in the Objects menu as they are all dimmed so you can't get to their properties or scripts. How did you guys do

Re: Scrolling Problems On Lion

2012-03-27 Thread Marty Knapp
I forgot to mention this is in a standalone - I'm not experiencing problems in the IDE. Marty Anyone noticing field scrolling problems on Lion (using LC 5.02)? On my MacBook Pro, fields sometimes won't scroll and sometimes they will. I thought maybe my trackpad was acting up, so plugged in a

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-27 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bob Sneidar wrote: It's sobering to think someone so smart as Orville Wright could get the two confused. Is it theoretically possible to travel to another planet? Sure! Is it practically possible? Not a chance. The difference between what is true and what is possible. Respectfully, Bob,

Re: Clean Plugins

2012-03-27 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bill Vlahos wrote: I'm about to release a new plugin. Plugins are basically stacks but I noticed that revNavigator and GoRevNet are not editable stacks. In fact you can't even get to any of the items in the Objects menu as they are all dimmed so you can't get to their properties or scripts.

May be OT: where is iOS 5.1 SDK and how can I deploy it?

2012-03-27 Thread Graham Samuel
As I have LC5.5, I downloaded Xcode 4.3.2 from Apple. It shows up in my Applications folder and I can run it, but it doesn't seem to have altered my Developer folder at all - all the file dates seem to be earlier, and there is no sign of the 5.1 SDK. The simulator there also seems to be 5.0.

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-27 Thread Dave Cragg
The weather is so nice here, it's hard to resist a good off-topic blether (discussion). On 26 Mar 2012, at 18:47, Roger Guay wrote: given the vastness of our universe and the number of stars contained in it, many argue that it is logical to assume a multitude of intelligent species

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-27 Thread Richmond
On 03/27/2012 11:10 PM, Dave Cragg wrote: The weather is so nice here, it's hard to resist a good off-topic blether (discussion). On 26 Mar 2012, at 18:47, Roger Guay wrote: given the vastness of our universe and the number of stars contained in it, many argue that it is logical to assume a

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-27 Thread Dave Cragg
On 27 Mar 2012, at 21:19, Richmond wrote: Of course there is a school of thought that there isn't life anywhere, just an enormous great illusion being experienced by nothing. Which for some reason made me remember this (from Monty Python): The universe itself keeps on expanding and

Re: Android play sounds

2012-03-27 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/27/12 2:18 PM, Michael Doub wrote: I am building a android timer application. The sound file AC.mp3 is located in a folder Data. Within the standalone builder I added the Data folder under the copy files tab which now displays: Data/*. All of this seems to work just fine, however the

Apple Store and addons

2012-03-27 Thread ron barber
Greetings, I have an app in the MacApp store (not the app store) to which the user can download addon modules. I am looking for a way to link the addon to the app so that the addons cannot be 'shared' with users who did not purchase it. The application is a standalone and the addons are stacks

Re: May be OT: where is iOS 5.1 SDK and how can I deploy it?

2012-03-27 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Graham, Just point the top button in device preferences to the xCode.app in you applications folder. That's it. It will find it itself. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Mar 27, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Graham Samuel wrote: As I have LC5.5, I downloaded Xcode

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
It's easy to dismiss my skepticism, because I have only gotten started on the long list of logistical problems we would have to overcome to pull this off. For the sake of those for whom it would be a burden to read such long dissertations from me, I beg you to hit the delete button and move

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
Good point Richard. I guess in my mind any species would be faced with the same kind of problems, but it gets the point across better if I put humans in the alien's shoes for a bit. :-) (That is another good point: Do aliens wear shoes?) Bob On Mar 27, 2012, at 3:46 PM, Richard Gaskin

Re: Text formatting for a slider

2012-03-27 Thread Björnke von Gierke
no, this was about finding out properties, and has not direct to do with my docu stack at all :) On 24.03.2012, at 20:57, Pete wrote: Hi Bjornke, Does the below mean your Docu plugin won't work with 5.5? I'd be sorry if that was the case - it's sooo much better than the built in dictionary

RE: Android play sounds

2012-03-27 Thread Barry G. Sumpter
Yep, a timer to sound an alarm and 1 minute intervals. I forgot how complex/different Android sounds are from win32 sounds. Perhaps the first time the play sound is attempted The file doesn't exist Or the folder doesn't exist Or the actual sound file won't play on android As my sound file on

https server example

2012-03-27 Thread Mike Kerner
Has anybody developed an example of SERVING https before I go reinventing the wheel? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-27 Thread Mick Collins
Sounds like a failure of imagination, Bob.  You said, Orville was probably talking about people who were saying at the time that it was impossible for humans to take flight.  Maybe he wasn't.  But let's say he was.  Just because he WASN'T applying it beyond his immediate situation doesn't mean

Re: LiveCode Player for 5.5

2012-03-27 Thread Scott Morrow
On Mar 27, 2012, at 11:11 AM, Judy Perry wrote: snip a cookie and a piece of fake cheese /snip Judy, Do you think it is alright to mention even fake cheese? : ) -Scott Morrow ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: revsecurtity.dll

2012-03-27 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Klaus, Could you use a virtualization application like Cameyo, Evalaze, Xenocode or ThinApp? These applications produce a single executable that package many applications and all their associated files. I am sure that in this maillist there are developers with more practical experience than

[OT] Android Player for Windows - BlueStacks

2012-03-27 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, This could be interesting for many of you: http://bluestacks.com/ Your Favorite Android Apps Now on PC (beta) Have a nice day! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Android-Player-for-Windows-BlueStacks-tp4511369p4511369.html Sent from

Re: LiveCode 5.5 and html

2012-03-27 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/27/12 1:39 PM, Yves COPPE wrote: Hi list I have a problem set clipboardData[html] to tVar was very good until LC 5.0 but causes LC to crashe since 5.5 on mac OS X Lion French language …. Has anyone a idea why ? The htmlText property was revised for 5.5 to support the new field

Re: LiveCode 5.5 and html

2012-03-27 Thread Yves COPPE
Le 28 mars 2012 à 07:08, J. Landman Gay a écrit : On 3/27/12 1:39 PM, Yves COPPE wrote: Hi list I have a problem set clipboardData[html] to tVar was very good until LC 5.0 but causes LC to crashe since 5.5 on mac OS X Lion French language …. Has anyone a idea why ? The