Naive question 5978

2014-07-23 Thread Richmond
I have a bog-basic data extraction stack that extracts lines from a list field and puts them into another list field. I want to make an equivalent stack using 2 dataGrids . . . Now when I put something like this: if line XXX of dataGrid BING contains Socks then put line XXX of dataGrid BING

Re: Naive question 5978

2014-07-23 Thread Richmond
On 23/07/14 09:54, Richmond wrote: I have a bog-basic data extraction stack that extracts lines from a list field and puts them into another list field. I want to make an equivalent stack using 2 dataGrids . . . Now when I put something like this: if line XXX of dataGrid BING contains Socks

DataGrid Sorting

2014-07-23 Thread Terence Heaford
Hi, I have a table with 6 columns. Column 1 is a date column formatted as UK english dd/mm/ I want my sorted column to be 01/02/2011… 01/02/2011… 01/02/2011… 01/02/2011… 01/02/2012… 01/02/2012… 01/02/2012… 01/02/2012… 01/02/2013… 01/02/2013… 01/02/2013… 01/02/2013… but using this code

Re: Naive question 5978

2014-07-23 Thread Scott Rossi
Also, dataGrid is not a LiveCode object. You need to reference the data grid using group or control. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 7/23/14 12:03 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 23/07/14 09:54, Richmond wrote: I have a bog-basic

Re: QT in Release 7 dp-7

2014-07-23 Thread Mark Schonewille
Yeah, ok, but that's not related to Muaadh's problem. You want to use AV Foundation on Mac OS X, Muaadh wants to use QuickTime on Windows. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter:

Re: Naive question 5978

2014-07-23 Thread Richmond
On 07/23/2014 10:16 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: Also, dataGrid is not a LiveCode object. You need to reference the data grid using group or control. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design Thanks: I'm getting there, slowly! Richmond. On 7/23/14 12:03 AM, Richmond

delete specified text?

2014-07-23 Thread Richmond
So; I have an urge to delete some text from lines of a list field, like this: put 1 into QOUNT repeat until line QOUNT of fld PROCD is empty delete word 2 of line QOUNT of fld PROCD add 1 to QOUNT end repeat which is all fine and dandy. The ONLY problem is that the word

Re: delete specified text?

2014-07-23 Thread John Craig
Try; replace Specific word with empty in line X of fld Y I t would be rather jolly if delete Specific word from line X of fld Y could be implemented. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: delete specified text?

2014-07-23 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Richmond, You can do this: replace plovdiv with empty in line 2 of fld PROCD Unfortunately, you'll end up with double space. You may need to add a space to plovdiv in the replace string or replace all double spaces at once: replace space space with space in fld PROCD If you really

Re: DataGrid Sorting

2014-07-23 Thread zryip theSlug
Hi Terry, No need of the SortDataGridColumn handler in this case. Sorting type can be handled by using the dgColumnSortType property of the datagrid: set the dgColumnSortType[date] of grp myDatagrid to system dateTime Best Regards, On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Terence Heaford

Re: delete specified text?

2014-07-23 Thread Richmond
On 07/23/2014 10:51 AM, John Craig wrote: Try; replace Specific word with empty in line X of fld Y I don't want to delete the complete line! I t would be rather jolly if delete Specific word from line X of fld Y could be implemented. Richmond.

Re: Naive question 5978

2014-07-23 Thread Skip Kimpel
Datagrid is a complicated and awesome beast. It is very powerful BUT the documentation for it is all over the place. I have yet to find a single concise reference area. And if you intend on digging deep into datagrid, make sure you get the Datagrid Helper! That will save you HOURS of

Re: Naive question 5978

2014-07-23 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi Skip, Am 23.07.2014 um 12:55 schrieb Skip Kimpel skiplon...@gmail.com: Datagrid is a complicated and awesome beast. very, very true! It is very powerful BUT the documentation for it is all over the place. I have yet to find a single concise reference area. Get the complete docs as

Re: DataGrid Sorting

2014-07-23 Thread Terence Heaford
Hi, Thanks very much for your response. That has sorted it (no pun intended). I have noted that in relation to my question that the following seems to be the solution to sorting UK dates dd/mm/. SortDataByKey date,system dateTime, “Ascending or Descending, false Thanks again Terry On

[ANN] Free update: ChartMaker 3.0 Build 62

2014-07-23 Thread FlexibleLearning.com
Version: 3.0 Build: 62 Release type: Maintenance Issued: 23 July 2014 What's New in this build? This is a free maintenance release that addresses the following issues... Fixed . Trend and Aim lines now display correctly when XGridAlign is false . Utility: Spurious data pasting when mousewheel

Re: delete specified text?

2014-07-23 Thread Mark Schonewille
Richmond, It won't delete the complete line, but just the specified text. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Installer Maker for LiveCode:

QT in Release 7 dp-7

2014-07-23 Thread Muaadh Salih
Mark wrote :but you can still create one from the message box, as I wrote in the other thread on this subject. ​from the msg box : choose player tool : the result is instant crash from the ​ ​msg box :create player tool : ​ ​player pointer tool created Any idea how to create Qt player

Re: QT in Release 7 dp-7

2014-07-23 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi Muaadh, Am 23.07.2014 um 13:42 schrieb Muaadh Salih m...@soas.ac.uk: Mark wrote :but you can still create one from the message box, as I wrote in the other thread on this subject. ​from the msg box : choose player tool : the result is instant crash from the ​ ​msg box :create

Re: QT in Release 7 dp-7

2014-07-23 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Muaadh (and Klaus), The correct syntax is: create player This is all. It will instantly create a player in the current stack, which can be changed with the properties inspector. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage:

Pastel colours for charts

2014-07-23 Thread Terence Heaford
In a well know basic programming language for the mac I produce some charts and in determining the colours of bars and segments I use the following which I converted to the script pastelColor detailed below. The routine in the well know basic compiler produces a nice shade of pastel for the

Re: Naive question 5978

2014-07-23 Thread Alain Farmer
To Skip Kimpel, About: if you intend on digging deep into datagrid, make sure you get the Datagrid Helper. Question: what is Datagrid Helper ? what is its URL ? Thanks, On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:11:08 AM, Klaus major-k kl...@major-k.de wrote: Hi Skip, Am 23.07.2014 um 12:55 schrieb

Re: Diacritics in folder names

2014-07-23 Thread Richard Gaskin
Alain Farmer wrote: On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 9:27:20 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Have you tested in the latest build of v7? That build not only contains Unicode support throughout, but also the latest build folds in the Cocoa support from v6.7. Thanks Richard, Btw, I have only just

Re: Pastel colours for charts

2014-07-23 Thread Terence Heaford
I have been investigating. When I show the Apple Color Picker on the screen as RGB and use the same colour in LiveCode the colour used in LiveCode appears more saturated that in the Apple Colour Picker. Why is that? All the best Terry On 23 Jul 2014, at 14:43, Terence Heaford

Re: Naive question 5978

2014-07-23 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Alain, If you do ANY work with the datagrid, especially complicated formatting, this is a must-have tool. Here are some links: http://www.aslugontheroad.com/ourproducts/2-what-is-dgh https://livecode.com/store/marketplace/data-grid-helper-1-2-0/ On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Alain Farmer

Re: Display a graphic at this real size (in inch or cm)

2014-07-23 Thread Charles E Buchwald
Hi Ludovic, You can use my lcResTool to explore the variety of screen densities available sometimes called dpi or lpi or other names. http://buchwald.ca/developer-tools/ An actual size image or graphic is more complicated that you might think! Cheers, - Charles On 23 Jul 2014, at 12:27 AM,

Re: Display a graphic at this real size (in inch or cm)

2014-07-23 Thread Ludovic THEBAULT
Le 23 juil. 2014 à 16:56, Charles E Buchwald char...@buchwald.ca a écrit : Hi Ludovic, You can use my lcResTool to explore the variety of screen densities available sometimes called dpi or lpi or other names. http://buchwald.ca/developer-tools/ An actual size image or graphic is more

Re: Naive question 5978

2014-07-23 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Thanks Klaus! On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel s...@magicgate.com wrote: Alain, If you do ANY work with the datagrid, especially complicated formatting, this is a must-have tool. Here are some links:

Re: Naive question 5978

2014-07-23 Thread zryip theSlug
Hi Richmond, I've updated my website with a stack demonstrating how to dragdrop rows from a datagrid to another. This is an updated version of an example I've already shared in the past. The stack is demonstrating: - dragging from dg 1 to dg 2 with deleting the row in dg 1 - dragging from dg 1

Re: Naive question 5978

2014-07-23 Thread zryip theSlug
Skip, Thanks for sharing the links and the kind words about DGH. Much appreciated. Best Regards, On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel s...@magicgate.com wrote: Alain, If you do ANY work with the datagrid, especially complicated formatting, this is a must-have

Re: Naive question 5978

2014-07-23 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Not a problem well deserved and your customer support is phenomenal! Also, just so others know, your Excel Library is PRICELESS. If anybody out there needs to implement any type of Excel spreadsheet in their project, they need to consider your library. SKIP On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 3:20

Re: QT in Release 7 dp-7

2014-07-23 Thread stephen barncard
On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:33 AM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: Yeah, ok, but that's not related to Muaadh's problem. You want to use AV Foundation on Mac OS X, Muaadh wants to use QuickTime on Windows. My comment was related to the mysterious AV Foundation LACK OF

Re: QT in Release 7 dp-7

2014-07-23 Thread Mark Schonewille
Then why don't you say so :-p Since it is all still very new, my guess is that there isn't that much to test. However, from the sparse info in the release notes, I conclude that the new player control has most, if not all, features that the old player control has plus two new features

Re: [ANN] Free update: ChartMaker 3.0 Build 62

2014-07-23 Thread Mark Talluto
On Jul 23, 2014, at 4:38 AM, FlexibleLearning.com ad...@flexiblelearning.com wrote: Version: 3.0 Build: 62 Release type: Maintenance Issued: 23 July 2014 What's New in this build? This is a free maintenance release that addresses the following issues... Fixed . Trend and Aim lines

[ANN] Emulated button with gradient

2014-07-23 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi, For a future project, I want to use a different type of buttons. As a test, I have created a horizontally resizable button with a graphic with gradient in the background. I think it looks nice and you're free to use it in your own projects. You can download it here (after making a

Re: Mobile Camera Orientation?

2014-07-23 Thread Scott Rossi
Anyone have any suggestion for this? I've tried adjusting the max dimension values for the camera, but the preview continues to display rotated 90 degrees. Thanks in advance for any advice. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 7/17/14 10:40 AM, Scott Rossi

RE: Mobile Camera Orientation?

2014-07-23 Thread Nakia Brewer
HI Scott, I have a vague memory of someone else asking this question on the forum. I will see if I can find that topic. (Note: from memory I don't think a resolution was posted) Nakia Brewer | Technology Solutions Manager | Equipment Management Solutions t: (02) 49645051 | m: 0458 713 547 |

Re: QT in Release 7 dp-7

2014-07-23 Thread stephen barncard
On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: That should allow you to make your own test stack, if you have OSX 10.8 or later. I don't want to start over. I have a completed video record application with hours of work that WORKS in previous

Lock screen layering of stacks?

2014-07-23 Thread Charles E Buchwald
I feel like I'm missing something really basic here... I have 2 stacks. Stack Second overlaps stack First. A button in stack First has this script: on mouseUp go stack Second go stack First end mouseUp If I press the button, it behaves as I expect. There is