On 16/04/13 08:58, John Craig wrote:
I've not seen this before;
specialFolderPath(.myMuck)
Does it work if;
specialFolderPath(Home) /.myMuck
?
Certainly a good idea, but, no, that doesn't work
I jumped the gun a bit as, having created a new folder (invisible or not)
an 'export snapshot'
On 16/04/13 08:58, John Craig wrote:
I've not seen this before;
specialFolderPath(.myMuck)
Does it work if;
specialFolderPath(Home) /.myMuck
?
Sent from my iPhone
Thank you, John.
If I put this bit:
set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath(Home)
create folder .myMuck
set the
AND, v. happy to report that the reverse also works:
on mouseDown
set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath(Home) /.pox
end mouseDown
on mouseUp
import paint from file Stack.png
end mouseUp
I am stiil wondering whether the .XXX format
works
Hi Peter,
I just compared the fontSizes in 5.5.4 and 6.0.0.
In 5.5.4, the Fontsizes returns every numbers from 9 to 72, one number per
line, for any scalable font. For bitmap fonts, it returns the installed sizes
only.
In 6.0.0, the fontSizes returns 0. For bitmap fonts, it returns the
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Mark Wilcox m_p_wil...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
There's this really great but fairly recent trend for Backend-as-a-Service
providers
Any thoughts on https://www.firebase.com/
I haven't written any code yet for either possibility, but the language on
firebase's web
Has anyone used revOpenDatabase to connect to an MS SQL database?
I have been trying to open an ODBC connection using this:
put revOpenDatabase(ODBC,DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER= tServerAndPort
;DATABASE= tDBname ;UID= tUser ;PWD= tPsw
;Trusted_Connection=No,,,) into dbIDThe server
From: Geoff Canyon gcan...@gmail.com
To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com
Sent: Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 9:14
Subject: Re: What's the best way to store data that one iOS app sends to
another?
Any thoughts on https://www.firebase.com/
I've heard some good things about
Hello Richmond,
you have to use the windows shell command attrib
e.g. attrib +H mypath\file
use it in livecode with the shell() function
e.g.
put the directory into tPathAndFilename
replace / with \ in tPathAndFilename
-- if tPathAndFilename contains spaces then
-- put quote
Dear List Members,
As many of you already know, we are currently carrying out a migration
from our on-rev server cluster to vastly upgraded servers, in order to
improve the level of service we can offer you. This does involve some
minimum disruption during the process, and we apologise if
Hi Wolfgang,
thank you very much for taking time.
I tried the syntax you provided, but it seems I got it wrong, please bare with
me.
Lets assume this:
server IP address is 123.45.67.89
port is 55999
I got it to:
put revOpenDatabase(ODBC,DRIVER=SQL Server:SERVER=123.45.67.89,55999, ...
but that
You need to first create a new System DSN that is configured to connect to
the database.
http://www.interfaceware.com/manual/creating_odbc.html
~Roger
On Apr 16, 2013 6:19 AM, Mats Åström matsast...@yahoo.se wrote:
Has anyone used revOpenDatabase to connect to an MS SQL database?
I have
I tried this with my MS-SQL Server and it works after changing the port
to 55999
put 192.168.178.67,55999 into aPrefs[DBServer]
put myDB into aPrefs[DBDatabase]
put sa into aPrefs[DBUser]
put myPassword into aPrefs[DBPassword]
put revOpenDatabase(ODBC,DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER=
Hello,
Working with LC 4.5.4 I have a dmg file uploaded on my webserver. When
downloading it on a mac with a browser via ftp, the dmg keeps in good order.
But when doing
put URL pUrl into URL (binfile: tFile)
the format of the file seems to be destroyed and my mac thinks of it as
being a text
On 04/16/2013 08:58 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:
Hello,
Working with LC 4.5.4 I have a dmg file uploaded on my webserver. When
downloading it on a mac with a browser via ftp, the dmg keeps in good order.
But when doing
put URL pUrl into URL (binfile: tFile)
the format of the file seems to be
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Mark Wilcox m_p_wil...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Firebase but it's primarily about sending small chunks of realtime data.
Is that what you want for your app
No, but the early, non-optimized stage the app is likely to send many small
messages, so firebase's
Is there any way to read in cells directly from an Excel spreadsheet (not
CSV)?
Would make my life on my current project a lot easier if I could! If not,
I guess I could always write a command line script that would covert it
over to CSV before manipulating it in LC.
Just thought I would ask
Curry Kenworth has been working on a library for that for some time.
SpreadLib handles importing, SpreadOut handles exporting.
I contacted him off list about it a while back and March 26th he said:
SpreadLib and SpreadOut currently have funding for the basic features and
just need a little more
On Apr 16, 2013, at 1:48 AM, Richmond wrote:
So, I have a stack with a single card containing:
1. A group PAIR.
2. A button Button containing the following script:
on mouseUp
set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath(Home)
create folder .myMuck
set the defaultFolder to
Makes sense. If the pricing model is a major factor you might also want to look
at StackMob. I believe they have unlimited free use of their basic feature set.
Geoff Canyon gcan...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Mark Wilcox m_p_wil...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Firebase but it's
Hi Jacques,
Thanks for checking this out. It might be more logical but it's not
backward compatible and it's not mentioned anywhere in the release notes
that I could find - not a good combination!
I also notice that, for Verdana, the Inspector Text Formatting tab returns
the 6,8,12,18,24 in both
I just wrote a program in VB6 the other day to read an Excel spreadsheet and
update a MySql database. It was easy until I needed to get char 3 of word 5
of line 2 of var and then I got a headache. I would also LOVE to use LC for
these type of things. I thought about exporting to a csv and using LC
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote:
returns the 6,8,12,18,24 in both 5.5.4 and 6.0
Sorry, that should be 9,10,12,14,18,24
Pete
lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com
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Doing a copy from the Excel cells and a paste into LiveCode doesn't quite work.
But, doing a paste into a text editor, and then a paste into LiveCode, does
work. Or asa worse case you reselect the text after the paste in the text
editor, and copy that before pasting into LiveCode.
Hi,
How would I refer to the current card of the topStack, or any open stack,
without actually going to that stack?
Do I have to send a message to it to get that info?
Peter Bogdanoff
UCLA
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Hi.
Could you:
answer the name of cd 1 of stack yourStack
or
answer the name of card 1 of stack line 3 of the stacks
If the name is what you are after, of course...
Craig Newman
-Original Message-
From: Peter Bogdanoff bogdan...@me.com
To: How to use LiveCode
Peter Bogdanoff bogdanoff@... writes:
How would I refer to the current card of the topStack, or any open stack,
without actually going to that stack?
the currentcard of stack the topstack
the currentcard of stack xyzzy
--
Mark Wieder
mwie...@ahsoftware.net
That's it!
It works, notwithstanding I don't see currentCard in the LC Dictionary...
Craig's suggestion doesn't have the precision I was needing--I don't know what
card is showing.
Peter
On Apr 16, 2013, at 10:45 AM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote:
Peter Bogdanoff bogdanoff@...
Peter..
Have a look at RecentCards in the dictionary...
Subject: Re: Current Card
From: bogdan...@me.com
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:09:09 -0700
To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com
That's it!
It works, notwithstanding I don't see currentCard in the LC Dictionary...
Craig's suggestion
On 04/16/2013 09:09 PM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote:
That's it!
It works, notwithstanding I don't see currentCard in the LC Dictionary...
The Dictionary is a bit like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . . .
Craig's suggestion doesn't have the precision I was needing--I don't know what
card
On 4/16/13 1:09 PM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote:
That's it!
It works, notwithstanding I don't see currentCard in the LC Dictionary...
You can also use:
this card of stack x
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software |
It also works to say
go to current card of stack ABC
or
go this card of stack ABC
or just
go stack ABC -- goes to current card of that stack if stack is open
Best -
Phil Davis
On 4/16/13 11:40 AM, John Dixon wrote:
Peter..
Have a look at RecentCards in the dictionary...
Hello all,
I am trying to build a sample app for testing my push notification server.
I am following the lesson at:
http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4069/l/53405-how-do-i-use-push-notifications-with-ios
Even though that lesson is out dated I was able to:
Create a Development Certificate
Cut and paste not an option. I have a client that stores all of their work
in Excel and that will not change I need to be able to manipulate that
data on the fly.
Curry Kenworth, come through for me! You would be a lifesaver!
SKIP
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Colin Holgate
Hi Pete,
For ages I was also frustrated by the poor choice of sizes proposed by the text
formating inspector, and used the more flexible Text menu… before discovering
that if you type a value instead of selecting it, the inspector takes the typed
value.
(By the way, the other… size in Text
On 04/16/2013 10:26 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel wrote:
Cut and paste not an option. I have a client that stores all of their work
in Excel and that will not change I need to be able to manipulate that
data on the fly.
Curry Kenworth, come through for me! You would be a lifesaver!
Hey, Tom,
The developer portal just changed a couple of days ago, so it's unlikely
that any lesson will be current.
1) Make sure that when you look at the App ID that under Application
Services Push Notifications are Enabled.
2) In that same list, at the bottom, your Development SSL Certification
OK, So I deleted everything and started over.
What I noticed is that the Certificate Generation had a team ID that did not
match the one that I use normally (don't know where it comes from or why) so I
changed to the ID that I normally use and this time instead of following the
Lesson I used
Mike and all,
First thank you Mike for getting back to me. I have successfully sent a PNS to
my Livecode app on the device. The other problem I had was that
mobileGetDeviceToken() returns a number that is divided by spaces after every
eight numbers/letters and that the APNS Assistant should
Thomas,
Please see below how to solve this smoothly :
Le 16 avr. 2013 à 21:04, Thomas McGrath III a écrit :
Hello all,
I am trying to build a sample app for testing my push notification server.
I am following the lesson at:
you have to remove the spaces. I tweaked John's code so that it pulls out
the brackets (gt/lt) and the spaces.
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Thomas McGrath III mcgra...@mac.comwrote:
Mike and all,
First thank you Mike for getting back to me. I have successfully sent a
PNS to my Livecode
Depending on how the data is structured, you may be able to use an ODBC
connection to manipulate the Excel file.
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
s...@magicgate.com wrote:
Cut and paste not an option. I have a client that stores all of their work
in Excel
Here's the code I put in the token field:
on closeField
put 1 into i
repeat while i= the number of characters in me
if char i of me is not in 0123456789abcdefABCDEF then
delete char i of me
else -- char i of me is hex
add 1 to i
end if -- char i fo me is
Well now I am sending and getting my first PNs and it is an awesome feeling. I
now need to finish the server setup and then on to Android.
This took me about three hours to work through the first time step by step,
problem by problem. Then after I trashed it all and started again this time
I just put this in and it will be a great help I think in setting up and
testing further apps.
Thanks Mike,
Tom
-- Tom McGrath III
http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
mcgra...@mac.com
On Apr 16, 2013, at 4:17 PM, Mike Kerner mikeker...@roadrunner.com wrote:
Here's the code I put in the token field:
Michael... didn't even think to go that route. These are very consistent
excel spreadsheets so that might be a solid alternative.
Thanks...
SKIP
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Michael Grinder
michaeltgrin...@gmail.comwrote:
Depending on how the data is structured, you may be able to use
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:25:09 -0400
From: Ralph DiMola rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
To: 'How to use LiveCode' use-livecode@lists.runrev.com
Subject: RE: Reading directly from Excel
Message-ID: 002a01ce3ac7$5856ceb0$09046c10$@net
A couple of years ago, I built a prototype LC application to directly
Geoff is this for an app in the same room/wifi? Or two apps anywhere need to
keep in sync. If it's the same room then the peer to peer stuff in gamekit
would do nicely. I've implemented it in mergGK
--
Monte Goulding
M E R Goulding - software development services
mergExt - There's an external
Richmond richmondmathewson@... writes:
The Dictionary is a bit like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . . .
...except for the Don't Panic part... g
--
Mark Wieder
mwie...@ahsoftware.net
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Yeah, I know ... the standard answer is something like
LC Community edition includes everything except password-protected
stacks.
But, I'd specifically like to know
Does it include the on-rev client ?
Does LCServer community include the remote debugging capability ?
-- Alex
Anyone else having problems? (Again)
Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
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Hi Skip,
I added Curry Kenworthy's SpreadLib into one tool for a client and it
works like a charm. Their spreadsheets are similar but not identical
formats, but that doesn't stop anything from working. The spreadsheet is
loaded into a data grid where they can work with it in their LC app's
Hi Ralph,
David Williams posted a message earlier today that they were going to be
moving folks on Thor to a new server. Hopefully things will settle in
soon. My Wordpress site are not currently working but my non-Wordpress
site are coming up fine.
--
Best regards,
Marty Knapp
Knappster
On 17/04/2013, at 8:23 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote:
Does it include the on-rev client ?
Does LCServer community include the remote debugging capability ?
I haven't investigated fully but it looks like all the code is there to turn
that on for a server build. The on-rev client is not currently
Thanks,
I did not see the email as I was making a major update to the SW that
connects to it and busy all day with clients. I pulled the complaint trigger
too soon. Oops.
Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
-Original Message-
From:
Monte Goulding monte@... writes:
The on-rev client is not currently in the repo I don't think. I'm not sure
if RunRev ever promised to open source that but it would be nice if they
did seeing as it doesn't seem to get any maintenance. Perhaps someone in
the community would take over
When some one starts working the on-rev editor here are a couple of things to
put on the todo list.
Copy bug.
Copy with 'control' - C does not work.
Cut with 'Control' -X does not work
You can copy by dragging a selection with the option key down however.
Paste with 'Control'-V does work
Undo
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Mark Wilcox m_p_wil...@yahoo.co.ukwrote:
StackMob
Checking it out now...
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On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Monte Goulding mo...@sweattechnologies.com
wrote:
is this for an app in the same room/wifi
No, it could be anywhere. For 1.0 I think all I need is slow, peer-to-peer
messaging, for small (usually a few hundred bytes, but occasionally
larger) messages, but in
Just downloaded the Android SDK linked from the lesson at
http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4069/l/27389-how-do-i-become-an-android-developer-on-a-mac
and built a simple test stack with one button. Test in Android and nothing but
a black screen. This is a new stack with one card and no
Ben,
Where did you get the Orientation Stack from? I'd like to test it as well.
Thanks
Tom
-- Tom McGrath III
http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
mcgra...@mac.com
On Mar 16, 2013, at 1:13 AM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote:
On 3/15/13 3:08 PM, Ben Rubinstein wrote:
Hmm... attempting
Phil, do you have a link to the documentation? I would love to make sure
that the functions would fit my needs.
SKIP
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
s...@magicgate.com wrote:
Oo.. thanks for all the good info everybody! Zryip the Slug, I would
be
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote:
Richmond richmondmathewson@... writes:
The Dictionary is a bit like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . . .
...except for the Don't Panic part... g
---and the number of people that have read it...
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