Re: Windows 8.1 Preview

2013-06-28 Thread Richmond
On 06/28/2013 02:40 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: For anyone who wants to live out on the edge, the firstdeveloper preview of Windows 8.1 is available for download. I wasn't able to install it into a VirtualBox VM from the ISO file. I didn't try all that hard and I'm not sufficiently motivated to try

Re: BETA RELEASE: LiveCode 6.1.0 Release Candidate 2

2013-06-28 Thread Ralf Bitter
Didn't you at the least forget sockets? Ralf On 28.06.2013, at 01:07, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com wrote: There isn't much more functionality the server needs except some of the image manipulation commands ___ use-livecode

Re: BETA RELEASE: LiveCode 6.1.0 Release Candidate 2

2013-06-28 Thread Monte Goulding
On 28/06/2013, at 6:05 PM, Ralf Bitter ra...@revigniter.com wrote: Didn't you at the least forget sockets? Hmm... I wonder if the changes I've done a bit of work on to get sockets working on mobile would add them on server... I'll look into it... -- Monte Goulding M E R Goulding - software

Re: Windows 8.1 Preview

2013-06-28 Thread Richmond
On 06/28/2013 02:40 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: For anyone who wants to live out on the edge, the firstdeveloper preview of Windows 8.1 is available for download. I wasn't able to install it into a VirtualBox VM from the ISO file. I didn't try all that hard and I'm not sufficiently motivated to try

[OT] Deus Ex Machina 2

2013-06-28 Thread Dirk prive
Off Topic. For those that are interested. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1552445321/deus-ex-machina-2 Remake of the 1984 classic. Deus Ex Machina was the first multimedia video game. It has a separate tape with the soundtrack so you could play the sound synchronized with the game-play. It

revcopyfile needs admin password on OSX?

2013-06-28 Thread Mark Mitchell
Trying to move and sort large numbers of files around. Revcopyfile has always worked before but now with OS 10.8.4 it wants my admin password for each file in the repeat loop. I've tried making sure that all the folders involved have permissions set to read and write for everyone, but to no

test

2013-06-28 Thread Dirk prive
Just sending a msg to see if it actually gets delivered, since the previous one seems to be missing in cyberspace. Dirk Cleenwerck ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

LiveCode ios app marketing

2013-06-28 Thread Richard Miller
Is there a list of LiveCode-based businesses which have expertise in building and marketing IOS apps? I have a LC/ios app (and an Android version) that's been out for about a year, but it needs some updating and a heavy dose of marketing and promotion... neither of which I am currently able to

Re: Custom Properties

2013-06-28 Thread Peter M. Brigham
On Jun 27, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Graham Pearson wrote: Well for somehow the custom property was being stored in one of the SubStacks of the main stack and not within the main stack. Now to figure out what I did to make this happen. Perhaps at the time you set the customprop the topstack was

Re: Adjusting Data Grid Column Width on an iPad

2013-06-28 Thread Ray Horsley
That's kind of what I was afraid of but knew I'd probably have to do. Thanks for your response Scott. On Jun 27, 2013, at 2:04 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: I would suggest building a dedicated adjustment control that is suited to touch. The data grid was created for use in a mouse-driven

Re: LiveCode ios app marketing

2013-06-28 Thread Rick Harrison
Hi Richard, What is the name of the app and how much is it in the app store? Without those key pieces of information it's too difficult to evaluate it and give any advice. Thanks, Rick On Jun 28, 2013, at 8:25 AM, Richard Miller w...@together.net wrote: Is there a list of LiveCode-based

Re: LiveCode ios app marketing

2013-06-28 Thread Richard Miller
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wood-explorer/id518081966?mt=8 Free version Custom version ($0.99 per 25 species) Premium version - $9.99 On 6/28/13 9:52 AM, Rick Harrison wrote: Hi Richard, What is the name of the app and how much is it in the app store? Without those key pieces of

Re: LiveCode ios app marketing

2013-06-28 Thread Mark Talluto
I reviewed your competitor. He got slammed for poor image quality and limited information. Your app received high reviews form those that can use it. You were hurt by not having iOS 5/6 support. That can be fixed by updating the app to support those versions of iOS and hardware. Sounds

Really large groups

2013-06-28 Thread Geoff Canyon
Has anyone created a library to handle groups 32k pixels wide/tall? I'm thinking of something that stores the coordinates of controls relative to a larger space and allows scrolling through that larger space -- maybe by placing/removing them in an actual group so normal scrolling can still be

RE: [!! SPAM] LiveCode ios app marketing

2013-06-28 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Is there a list of LiveCode-based businesses which have expertise in building and marketing IOS apps? I have a LC/ios app (and an Android version) that's been out for about a year, but it needs some updating and a heavy dose of marketing and promotion... neither of which I am currently

Re: LiveCode ios app marketing

2013-06-28 Thread Richard Miller
Hi Mark, Thanks for the thoughtful suggestions, all good ones. The problem I have is: 1) I am a poor marketer; and 2) I have other commitments and can't take the app to the next level. Hence, the desire to want to partner with someone who can do these things. Almost $1 million was invested

Augmented reality with LiveCode ?

2013-06-28 Thread Sergio Schvarstein
Hi, Is there any way or tool for creating an Augmented Reality app for iOS using LiveCode ? Thanks :-) __ Sergio Schvarstein __ ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: LiveCode ios app marketing

2013-06-28 Thread Rick Harrison
Hi Richard, Ok, I took a look at your ad in the iTunes store, and downloaded the Free version to get feel for what you are trying to do. A few things I noticed right off the bat. You say in your app description that the app is in use by thousands of businesses, colleges, and individuals. That's

Script Editor and Unicode

2013-06-28 Thread Richmond
I wonder how one can enter unicodeText directly into the script editor? When one wants to put a script into an object without opening the script editor one does this sort of thing: set the script of btn unicodeTest to fld Nonsense now, if fld nonsense contains unicodeText that just ends up

Re: Script Editor and Unicode

2013-06-28 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Richmond, Almost every current development tool can do that, except for LiveCode. What we need is a UTF8 script editor. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer

Re: Script Editor and Unicode

2013-06-28 Thread Richmond
On 06/28/2013 09:24 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi Richmond, Almost every current development tool can do that, except for LiveCode. What we need is a UTF8 script editor. Um! That doesn't sound all that good. What I do not understand is, if the script editor contains a field Scripts in

Re: test

2013-06-28 Thread stephen barncard
Dick, you won't see your message in your Gmail inbox unless it's replied to. A feature of Gmail. Personally, I think it's Gmail being too helpful. sqb On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Dirk prive dirk.cleenwe...@gmail.comwrote: Just sending a msg to see if it actually gets delivered, since the

revHookBuildScriptEditorContextMenu

2013-06-28 Thread Peter Haworth
I would like to use the above to add some items to the script editor contextual menu but I see from a recent discussion that only one plugin's front script will receive the message. Does anyone have any thoughts on a cooperative architecture that can be implemented now to allow multiple plugins

Re: Really large groups

2013-06-28 Thread Richard Gaskin
Geoff Canyon wrote: Has anyone created a library to handle groups 32k pixels wide/tall? I'm thinking of something that stores the coordinates of controls relative to a larger space and allows scrolling through that larger space -- maybe by placing/removing them in an actual group so normal

Re: Really large groups

2013-06-28 Thread Geoff Canyon
I agree that it seems challenging, but I think if it's done right it could be fairly transparent and robust. I wrote some code to display the number of factors of each number from 1..N. It uses a graphic and draws a single-pixel-width vertical bar for each number. It creates a new graphic for

Re: revHookBuildScriptEditorContextMenu

2013-06-28 Thread John Craig
Hi, Pete. As long as you pass the message, the other frontscripts will also receive the message, so you're not limited. John. On 28/06/2013 19:54, Peter Haworth wrote: I would like to use the above to add some items to the script editor contextual menu but I see from a recent discussion

Re: LiveCode ios app marketing

2013-06-28 Thread Richard Miller
Thanks for the feedback, Rick. Much appreciated. On 6/28/13 12:56 PM, Rick Harrison wrote: Hi Richard, Ok, I took a look at your ad in the iTunes store, and downloaded the Free version to get feel for what you are trying to do. A few things I noticed right off the bat. You say in your app

Re: LiveCode ios app marketing

2013-06-28 Thread Rick Harrison
Hi Richard, You are most welcome! Rick On Jun 28, 2013, at 4:37 PM, Richard Miller w...@together.net wrote: Thanks for the feedback, Rick. Much appreciated. On 6/28/13 12:56 PM, Rick Harrison wrote: Hi Richard, Ok, I took a look at your ad in the iTunes store, and downloaded the

Re: revHookBuildScriptEditorContextMenu

2013-06-28 Thread Peter Haworth
Hi John, I was hoping that would work too, but it doesn't seem to in my testing. I set up two front scripts, each with a handler with a revHookBuildScriptEditorContextMenu in it and a pass statement at the end but only one of them was executed. I think it's because it's not a built-in LC

[ANN] Start of a date handling library

2013-06-28 Thread Malte Brill
Hi all, I was recently asking for a dateWidget that can handle dates before 1970 on windows. I was pointed to /hs fine work, however that is not compatible with the license I need to support. So I started to roll a library to handle those cases where the convert command will not do. I have

Re: Script Editor and Unicode

2013-06-28 Thread Mark Wieder
Richmond- Friday, June 28, 2013, 11:27:41 AM, you wrote: set the script of btn unicodeTest to fld Nonsense Because set the script of doesn't put text into the script editor's script field, but instead it triggers the engine to compile the script. So your beef isn't with the Script Editor per