Re: LinkedIn's App Is...

2012-05-03 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
On May 2, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Mike Kerner wrote: Interesting article from VentureBeat on LinkedIn's mobile app. It was built in http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/02/linkedin-ipad-app-engineering/ An interesting (and important, IMO) comment at the end:

Re: LinkedIn's App Is...

2012-05-03 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter M. Brigham wrote: On May 2, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Mike Kerner wrote: Interesting article from VentureBeat on LinkedIn's mobile app. It was built in http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/02/linkedin-ipad-app-engineering/ An interesting (and important, IMO)

Re: PayPal IPN LC

2012-05-03 Thread Richard Miller
I got my IPN solution working by using a simple PHP script which takes the IPN data and stores it out to a file with a unique filename. A LC script then scans for these files and does what it needs to with the data. This was only working in the simulator until I discovered that the GoDaddy

Re: Problem with pasting from a Rev App to Pages..

2012-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar
I don't think you can set the font and size of the clipboarddata directly. Have you tried changing the font and size of the field itself before copying? Another thing you can try is pasting into Textedit and see if the font and size are preserved. It may be that Pages is having it's paragraph

Re: Problem with pasting from a Rev App to Pages..

2012-05-03 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
There used to be a clipboard utility for the Mac (somewhere back in the 10.5 days or thereabouts) that would allow you to manipulate the contents of the clip after copying, with a huge variety of options: text functions like changing case, font, size, unwrapping hard lines, etc., and IIRC also

5.5 Preferences

2012-05-03 Thread Peter Haworth
It seems that 5.5 stomps all over existing Preference settings. Other than wondering why RunRev's QA process didn't catch that, I can live with it since it's not too hard to set them up again. However, I've found that it also totally wiped out an Image Library I had set up under 5.0. It doesn't

Re: Program Installation folders

2012-05-03 Thread tbodine
Hi, My problems with Program Files are: 1) It's read-only on typical post-XP PCs. So you can't save any data back to that folder, if that matters to you. You end up with more data scattered around the machine. 2) It's not obvious to average users, especially since MS hides the contents of Program

Re: 5.5 Preferences

2012-05-03 Thread Mark Wieder
Peter- Thursday, May 3, 2012, 9:22:58 AM, you wrote: I'm not sure how to set about getting my Image Library back again. I have Time Machine backups but what do I restore to get hold of the stack that holds my Image Library and how do I get it back into the current rev stacks? Any image

Re: 5.5 Preferences

2012-05-03 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/3/12 11:22 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: It seems that 5.5 stomps all over existing Preference settings. Among other things. It's been a topic on the dev list. Other than wondering why RunRev's QA process didn't catch that, I can live with it since it's not too hard to set them up again.

array mystery

2012-05-03 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
I have a customprop, CYPdata, that is an array, each element of which is an array itself. I am scraping the data to build CYPdata from an HTML page on the web, and filling it via script by parsing the HTML. There is an odd bug that I'm trying to get to the bottom of, and something strange is

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread J. Landman Gay
I've set up a test page with my working PayPal button and LiveCode CGI script. I'm hoping some of you will help me test it. I'd especially like at least one non-US person to try it, because I want to know how the currency conversion works. PayPal suggests we check the amount paid to make sure

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew (OT)

2012-05-03 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Do you really think a mere recipe is enough? After looking at the photo, it seems we should hold out for a sample of the real thing. ;-) just kidding, of course On May 3, 2012, at 12:49 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: I've set up a test page with my working PayPal button and LiveCode CGI script.

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread Scott Rossi
Was tempted to choose Bill Me Later -- extend payments over 6 months but wasn't sure if that would fly. Just received the download -- appeared to take about 15 min or so. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design Recently, Jacque Landman Gay wrote: I've set up a test

acceleratedrendering = true and ink = NOOP don't cooperate :-/

2012-05-03 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi freinds I just found an evil bug on the Mac :-/ LiveCode 5.02 When you set the acceleratedrendering of this stack to true all objects with their INK set to NOOP will become visible again. This does not happen on Windows. Can someone please confirm this, before I bug report? Does this also

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew (OT)

2012-05-03 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/3/12 1:07 PM, Marian Petrides, M.D. wrote: Do you really think a mere recipe is enough? After looking at the photo, it seems we should hold out for a sample of the real thing. ;-)just kidding, of course Well, not only that, you're a victim of bait and switch. That isn't even a picture of

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, I wrote: Just received the download -- appeared to take about 15 min or so. By received the download I meant the download email, not the time required to download the PDF... Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Mine came a bit quicker--as in a minute or two after I finished paying via PayPal. Hope this helps you out, Jacque. On May 3, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, I wrote: Just received the download -- appeared to take about 15 min or so. By received the download I meant the

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/3/12 1:26 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, I wrote: Just received the download -- appeared to take about 15 min or so. By received the download I meant the download email, not the time required to download the PDF... I wondered. :) PayPal is sending me notifications a little late too,

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread Devin Asay
And mine came almost immediately, too. Devin On May 3, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Marian Petrides, M.D. wrote: Mine came a bit quicker--as in a minute or two after I finished paying via PayPal. Hope this helps you out, Jacque. On May 3, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, I

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/3/12 1:30 PM, Marian Petrides, M.D. wrote: Mine came a bit quicker--as in a minute or two after I finished paying via PayPal. Hope this helps you out, Jacque. It does, and thank you so much. I've had a couple of non-US orders now too, and it looks like all currency is converted in the

Re: 5.5 Preferences

2012-05-03 Thread Peter Haworth
Thanks Jacque (and Mark). Should be able to resore my image (!) with that info. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:43 AM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote: On 5/3/12 11:22 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: It seems that 5.5 stomps all over existing

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread Keith Clarke
Hi Jaque, My download email came through immediately - UK, via a Google Apps address - if that is important(?) I was charged £0.04 at a 1:1.25 UKP:USD exchange rate. Good luck with the finishing touches. Best, Keith.. On 3 May 2012, at 19:48, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 5/3/12 1:30 PM, Marian

Re: array mystery

2012-05-03 Thread Ken Ray
On May 3, 2012, at 12:47 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD wrote: I have a customprop, CYPdata, that is an array, each element of which is an array itself. I am scraping the data to build CYPdata from an HTML page on the web, and filling it via script by parsing the HTML. There is an odd bug that

Re: acceleratedrendering = true and ink = NOOP don't cooperate :-/

2012-05-03 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi all, Am 03.05.2012 um 20:23 schrieb Klaus on-rev: Hi freinds I just found an evil bug on the Mac :-/ LiveCode 5.02 When you set the acceleratedrendering of this stack to true all objects with their INK set to NOOP will become visible again. This does not happen on Windows. Can

Re: Using handler local variables of caller

2012-05-03 Thread Ken Ray
On May 1, 2012, at 9:03 PM, Dar Scott wrote: Hi, Mark! You hit the nail on the head. You work with desktop externals, right? They don't have this limitation. Since iOS externals do have the limitation, I'm not going to go that way. Here is a goofy solution: function darzCommand

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread Peter Haworth
Hi Jacque, Well I coudn't resist a good beef stew recipe so I went ahead and purchased even though I'm in the USA. The PayPal transaction email was timed at 11:53am (PDT) and your confirmation email had the same timestamp so no delay here. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Thu, May

Re: Using handler local variables of caller

2012-05-03 Thread Dar Scott
Thanks, Ray! That is just what I wanted! I do need to come up with a growth plan for when a future version of LiveCode does break it. (And maybe by then I'll have my script filter working.) Dar On May 3, 2012, at 1:25 PM, Ken Ray wrote: On May 1, 2012, at 9:03 PM, Dar Scott wrote:

Re: array mystery

2012-05-03 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
On May 3, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Ken Ray wrote: On May 3, 2012, at 12:47 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD wrote: I have a customprop, CYPdata, that is an array, each element of which is an array itself. I am scraping the data to build CYPdata from an HTML page on the web, and filling it via script

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/3/12 2:09 PM, Keith Clarke wrote: Hi Jaque, My download email came through immediately - UK, via a Google Apps address - if that is important(?) I'm not sure why some mail is delayed. My logs show instant response, but sometimes my mail server gets slow. When Scott mentioned a delay I

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/3/12 2:36 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: Hi Jacque, Well I coudn't resist a good beef stew recipe so I went ahead and purchased even though I'm in the USA. I shouda charged ten cents. The PayPal transaction email was timed at 11:53am (PDT) and your confirmation email had the same timestamp

Re: array mystery

2012-05-03 Thread dunbarx
Peter. There was a very recent thread about permissible chars for an array, and it seems that all chars except null work fine. is it possible that your recalcitrant empty lines might contain (or simply be) a null? Craig -Original Message- From: Peter M. Brigham, MD

Re: array mystery

2012-05-03 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
On May 3, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Ken Ray wrote: On May 3, 2012, at 12:47 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD wrote: I have a customprop, CYPdata, that is an array, each element of which is an array itself. I am scraping the data to build CYPdata from an HTML page on the web, and filling it via script

Re: array mystery

2012-05-03 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
On May 3, 2012, at 5:34 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: Peter. There was a very recent thread about permissible chars for an array, and it seems that all chars except null work fine. is it possible that your recalcitrant empty lines might contain (or simply be) a null? Would putting the

Re: array mystery

2012-05-03 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter M. Brigham wrote: On May 3, 2012, at 5:34 PM, dunbarx at aol.com wrote: Peter. There was a very recent thread about permissible chars for an array, and it seems that all chars except null work fine. is it possible that your recalcitrant empty lines might contain (or simply be) a null?

Re: array mystery

2012-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar
check for null or other special characters? Bob On May 3, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Peter M. Brigham, MD wrote: I have a customprop, CYPdata, that is an array, each element of which is an array itself. I am scraping the data to build CYPdata from an HTML page on the web, and filling it via

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread Peter Haworth
I'm gonna try your recipe Jacque (even though it doesn't contain Guinness!) In the spirit of not measuring, I'd like to suggest the following new keywords in LC: - split tVar by whateverworks - if tvar IsSomethingCloseTo abc then - send mouseUp to button xyz AtSomePointInTime - get

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread -=JB=-
I tested it from the Seattle/Tacoma area and it worked great. The email was sent back right away. -=JB=- On May 3, 2012, at 10:49 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: I've set up a test page with my working PayPal button and LiveCode CGI script. I'm hoping some of you will help me test it. I'd

[ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.8

2012-05-03 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi everyone, There was still a problem in the Installer Maker Plugin and I believe we've got it fixed now. Version 1.7.8 should be displaying all button labels correctly in LiveCode 5.5. If you still encounter a problem, please let me know. You can download the Installer Maker Plugin from our

Re: [ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.8

2012-05-03 Thread Mark Wieder
Mark- Thursday, May 3, 2012, 4:03:28 PM, you wrote: Hi everyone, There was still a problem in the Installer Maker Plugin and I believe we've got it fixed now. Version 1.7.8 should be displaying all button labels correctly in LiveCode 5.5. If you still encounter a problem, please let me

Re: [ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.8

2012-05-03 Thread Mark Schonewille
Dear Mark, Feel free to contact me off-list. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 We will have room for new projects after 1 June. Contact me now and

Re: [ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.8

2012-05-03 Thread Judy Perry
Mark W., If you read Mark S.'s page, he makes it very clear that all bug fixes and new releases are free for a three month period after you've bought his software. I don't understand what the problem is... Judy On Thu, 3 May 2012, Mark Wieder wrote: Mark- Thursday, May 3, 2012, 4:03:28

Re: [ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.8

2012-05-03 Thread Judy Perry
And, FWIW, Rev certainly makes people pay for bug fixes. I'm still waiting for rotate to work properly, something that's NEVER worked since version 1. Judy On Thu, 3 May 2012, Mark Wieder wrote: Er... this just caught my eye. You make people pay for bug fixes?

Re: [ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.8

2012-05-03 Thread Mark Wieder
Judy- Thursday, May 3, 2012, 6:02:06 PM, you wrote: Mark W., If you read Mark S.'s page, he makes it very clear that all bug fixes and new releases are free for a three month period after you've bought his software. I don't understand what the problem is... Not a problem exactly. I'm a

Re: [ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.8

2012-05-03 Thread Mark Wieder
Judy- Thursday, May 3, 2012, 6:16:48 PM, you wrote: And, FWIW, Rev certainly makes people pay for bug fixes. I'm still waiting for rotate to work properly, something that's NEVER worked since version 1. I thought bug releases (the minor versions) were free. It's the major versions you pay

Re: [ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.8

2012-05-03 Thread Peter Haworth
Everyone is free to implement whatever they want as far as bug fixes are concerned as long as they make it clear up front. Personally, I am averse to having to pay for a release of a product where the ONLY changes are bug fixes and there are no enhancements, no matter how long I've owned the

Re: [ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.8

2012-05-03 Thread Monte Goulding
You can download the Installer Maker Plugin from our website at http://rrinstallermaker.economy-x-talk.com where you can also obtain a license. This version is free for everyone who bought a license during the past 3 months. ^ Er... this just caught my eye.

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
On May 3, 2012, at 6:28 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: - split tVar by whateverworks - if tvar IsSomethingCloseTo abc then - send mouseUp to button xyz AtSomePointInTime - get SomeSortOfOffset(tvar,tText) - put Optionally xyz into tVar 2 + 2 = 5, for sufficiently large values of 2.

Re: [ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.8

2012-05-03 Thread Mark Wieder
Peter- Thursday, May 3, 2012, 6:43:27 PM, you wrote: Personally, I am averse to having to pay for a release of a product where the ONLY changes are bug fixes and there are no enhancements, no matter how long I've owned the product. I don't know enough about this situation to know if that's

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread Mark Wieder
Pete- Thursday, May 3, 2012, 3:28:47 PM, you wrote: I'm gonna try your recipe Jacque (even though it doesn't contain Guinness!) In the spirit of not measuring, I'd like to suggest the following new keywords in LC: - split tVar by whateverworks - if tvar IsSomethingCloseTo abc then

Re: PayPal IPN LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/3/12 9:41 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Pete- Thursday, May 3, 2012, 3:28:47 PM, you wrote: I'm gonna try your recipe Jacque (even though it doesn't contain Guinness!) In the spirit of not measuring, I'd like to suggest the following new keywords in LC: - split tVar by whateverworks -