Re: RELEASE LiveCode 6.6.2

2014-08-18 Thread JunM
I have problem adding Android SDK (latest ADT bundle) with Livecode 6.6.2. Does anyone experience this problem? How did you solve it? -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/RELEASE-LiveCode-6-6-2-tp4680280p4682119.html Sent from the Revolution - User

Re: Church bell app?

2014-08-18 Thread Richmond
On 18/08/14 05:54, Peter Bogdanoff wrote: Obviously, Richmond, if the bell is tolling, it is not tolling for thee. It seems that $6000 will pay the electrical bill for that amplifier to be left turned on for a long time. Peter UCLA Not at $6000 it isn't! Quasimodo.

Re: revDataFromQuery and DELETE FROM

2014-08-18 Thread John Craig
Peter's correct - use revExecuteSQL since no records are returned On 17/08/2014 19:20, Peter Haworth wrote: Hi Dan, What is the text after revdberr? Strange that the row is being deleted but here's a couple of things that come to mind. You've probably already checked that tTableName and

Who says LiveCode ain't English!

2014-08-18 Thread FlexibleLearning.com
For fun, writing a story using LiveCode syntax without a compile error... on mouseUp go to shop if shop is not open then return home get groceries, coffee and milk go back home put groceries into fridge end mouseUp How long can we make it? Hugh Senior FLCo

local notification question

2014-08-18 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi friends, I am currently diving into local notifications and actually understand the mechanisms how they work when the app is open or closed. I know that I need to store all infos about the scheduled notification like their ID (from the result) etc. Now my question: The message

Re: Who says LiveCode ain't English!

2014-08-18 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi Hugh, Am 18.08.2014 um 14:11 schrieb FlexibleLearning.com ad...@flexiblelearning.com: For fun, writing a story using LiveCode syntax without a compile error... on mouseUp go to shop if shop is not open then return home get groceries, coffee and milk go back home put groceries

Re: Who says LiveCode ain't English!

2014-08-18 Thread dunbarx
Why not: set the fun of it to the satisfaction of it -Original Message- From: FlexibleLearning.com ad...@flexiblelearning.com To: use-livecode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Mon, Aug 18, 2014 8:12 am Subject: Who says LiveCode ain't English! For fun, writing a story using

Re: Who says LiveCode ain't English!

2014-08-18 Thread Richmond
On 18/08/14 15:11, FlexibleLearning.com wrote: For fun, writing a story using LiveCode syntax without a compile error... on mouseUp go to shop if shop is not open then return home get groceries, coffee and milk go back home put groceries into fridge end mouseUp How long can we

ListMagic highlight color

2014-08-18 Thread JB
I have a handler that when I double click a line it gives me the option to delete the line. I can either cancel or delete the line and update the list. The problem is it changes my blue line selection to gray and I want to have it selected blue again. How do I update the selected line color to

Re: Church bell app?

2014-08-18 Thread Rick Harrison
Hi there, The idea that the church bell needs an app is total overkill. Get a simple Radioshack or Home Depot wireless doorbell type device and hook up the output to a relay that turns on the amplifier and the bell tone. (Many times the relay is included, because that’s how it works!) Even

Re: Who says LiveCode ain't English!

2014-08-18 Thread BNig
repeat for each item bottle in my fridge put drink into my glass repeat until my glass is empty drink beer repeat with cheers = toast to you wrap glass skol end repeat end repeat if the bottle of the fridge of me is empty then next

Re: Church bell app?

2014-08-18 Thread dunbarx
The idea was to be able to start the bell at specific times, perhaps for specific intervals. Certainly an off the shelf electronic timer could do that job. Not as much fun though. In a project I did a couple of years ago in the middle east, an event had to be executed for the five prayer

Re: Church bell app?

2014-08-18 Thread Mike Kerner
Steampunking is always great. For church bells, part of the problem will be getting the tone, cadence, etc. the way you want it. That was what I was trying to point out with the goal horns app - that you might be able to reproduce the sound of the sort of bells, chimes, etc. that you want. If

Re: Who says LiveCode ain't English!

2014-08-18 Thread dunbarx
Now, Bernd, however such a thing makes me smile, it will not compile, as you well know. Are you sure you were not testing this physically, as opposed to in LC, when you wrote it? Craig repeat for each item bottle in my fridge put drink into my glass repeat until my glass is

Re: Who says LiveCode ain't English!

2014-08-18 Thread BNig
Hi Craig, Now, Bernd, however such a thing makes me smile, it will not compile, as you well know I took it straight from the script editor after a compile, did you try to compile it? After all that was the deal. below the complete script that compiled in 6.6.2 --- on mouseUp go to shop

Re: Displaying HTML pages

2014-08-18 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Linda, Actually, if a website is composed of simple HTML 4, the pictures should show up in the field. Perhaps they are hidden by lines with very small lineheights. Try setting the fixedLineHeight to false. Does that help? You could use the revBrowser external to display websites in their

Displaying HTML pages

2014-08-18 Thread Linda Miller, DVM
I have several ebooks that are composed using HTML/CSS and maybe some JavaScript. I know that I can use HTMLtext to display the pages. For example, on mouseUp put url http://www.mobgui.com; into temp set the htmlText of field test to temp end mouseUp But, this displays only black text on

Re: ListMagic highlight color

2014-08-18 Thread JB
The problem comes from using the answer dialog within the script. After using it the field will not select the proper color on the lines. A simple fix is to not use the answer dialog from within the list magic field. John Balgenorth On Aug 18, 2014, at 6:57 AM, JB sund...@pacifier.com wrote:

Re: Church bell app?

2014-08-18 Thread dunbarx
So then LC may be the solution, since it can play any sort of sound. That it can also play those sounds when you want it to is just lagniappe. Craig -Original Message- From: Mike Kerner mikeker...@roadrunner.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Mon, Aug 18,

Re: Who says LiveCode ain't English!

2014-08-18 Thread dunbarx
Bernd. That was not the handler I got. It was; repeat for each item bottle in my fridge put drink into my glass repeat until my glass is empty drink beer repeat with cheers = toast to you wrap glass skol end repeat end repeat if

Re: Who says LiveCode ain't English!

2014-08-18 Thread BNig
Craig, sorry, it was just a piece of code to add to Hugh's initial handler, he asked how long can we make it anyways I was surprised it compiled at all. Kind regards -- View this message in context:

Re: Church bell app?

2014-08-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
It also isn't clear whether the bell should be just a single tone or if it needs to play music. The cost of the original proposed system implies there is more to it than just a single bell. On August 18, 2014 9:52:54 AM CDT, dunb...@aol.com wrote: The idea was to be able to start the bell at

Re: Church bell app?

2014-08-18 Thread Peter Haworth
The big sound system companies have departments that specialize in selling to churches, it's big business. Most of the church systems I've seen are huge overkill so the $6000 price tag doesn't surprise me at all. More often than not, nobody at the church has a clue as to how to use them, except to

Re: Who says LiveCode ain't English!

2014-08-18 Thread Peter Haworth
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 9:04 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: if the drunkenness of me is great then play stop I might suggest the following instead of the above if this me is drunk or SpeechIsImpaired() then play stop Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com Home of lcStackBrowser

RELEASE: LiveCode 6.7 DP9

2014-08-18 Thread Benjamin Beaumont
Dear List Members. We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 6.7 DP9. *Release Focus* 29 bug fixes *Known issues* Multicore rendering disabled in Windows due to multimedia not being thread-safe 16 outstanding reports against 6.7: http://bit.ly/XvgSSw *Release contents* The number of

Re: RELEASE: LiveCode 6.7 DP9

2014-08-18 Thread Richmond
Why, Oh Why? Tell me why! Do all Livecode versions open with the revTools stack in the centre of the screen? Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Displaying HTML pages

2014-08-18 Thread Scott Rossi
If your eBooks are heavily formatted and you need to keep the formatting intact, htmlText won't be a good solution because the formatting won't come across. One option could be to write your eBook files to a local folder (Documents, for example) and load them in the browser control. Regards,

Re: Who says LiveCode ain't English!

2014-08-18 Thread Walt Brown
*if* the hunger of me is great *then* *ask* omelet with cheese, ham and potatoes *else* *if* the hunger of me is small *then* *get* pretzel box On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 8:11 AM, FlexibleLearning.com ad...@flexiblelearning.com wrote: For fun, writing a story using LiveCode syntax without a

autoload a plugin?

2014-08-18 Thread Richmond
Let us suppose that I have just authored a wee stack to allow Livecoders who are fed up with having to fool around dragging the revTools stack out of the centre of the desktop. Now I am going to put that wee stack in the plugins folder. Now, when I start up Livecode I want that stack to be

Re: autoload a plugin?

2014-08-18 Thread Richmond
On 18/08/14 20:32, Richmond wrote: Let us suppose that I have just authored a wee stack to allow Livecoders who are fed up with having to fool around dragging the revTools stack out of the centre of the desktop. Now I am going to put that wee stack in the plugins folder. Now, when I start up

Re: The Road Map as it now is . . . . .

2014-08-18 Thread Richmond
On 16/08/14 22:13, Richmond wrote: AND . . . Open Language. This seems very awkward. Let us just suppose Fred Flintstone writes an extension to the Livecode language (what is it called again?) that is very clever . . . 1. Does he, somehow, infect all subsequent versions of Livecode with

Re: Bug with diacriticals in folder names

2014-08-18 Thread Alain Farmer
Hey! I found an easy workaround to the problem of diacriticals in folder names. I got the list of paths by recursively getting all of the folders, including the diacritical ones I had trouble with. The folders function lists these folders, but there is a folder reported that diacritical ones did

Re: autoload a plugin?

2014-08-18 Thread Charles E Buchwald
Hi Richmond, I'd like to add this in to my (free) lcMover plugin. If you'll share your wee stack I could add it in and put your name in the credits... FYI, it already has a function to reposition any IDE windows that have been placed off screen. For example if you happened to be working on 2

Re: RELEASE: LiveCode 6.7 DP9

2014-08-18 Thread dunbarx
Richmond. My revTools stack opens in the last place I left it. For me, that is always in the topLeft of the screen. Never think about it. I would be miffed as well if it opened in the center each new session. Is that what you are seeing? Craig -Original Message- From: Richmond

Re: The Road Map as it now is . . . . .

2014-08-18 Thread Charles E Buchwald
I was under the impression that the Open Language initiative is to follow the usual open source model, and have some kind of gatekeeper who includes new, useful, user-contributed additions to the latest release. I could be wrong about that, though. - Charles On 18 Aug 2014, at 12:58 PM,

How does one put 'rev' at the start of the name of a stack?

2014-08-18 Thread Richmond
This: Using rev in the first three characters of a stack name is reserved for use by the Revolution development environment and advanced users creating Plug-ins. If you use these characters, your stack may not behave as expected. certainly does NOT help. I am pretending for a short period of

Re: The Road Map as it now is . . . . .

2014-08-18 Thread Richmond
On 18/08/14 21:18, Charles E Buchwald wrote: I was under the impression that the Open Language initiative is to follow the usual open source model, and have some kind of gatekeeper who includes new, useful, user-contributed additions to the latest release. I could be wrong about that, though.

Re: RELEASE: LiveCode 6.7 DP9

2014-08-18 Thread Richmond
On 18/08/14 21:17, dunb...@aol.com wrote: Richmond. My revTools stack opens in the last place I left it. For me, that is always in the topLeft of the screen. Never think about it. I would be miffed as well if it opened in the center each new session. Is that what you are seeing? Of

Re: How does one put 'rev' at the start of the name of a stack?

2014-08-18 Thread Richmond
On 18/08/14 21:18, Richmond wrote: This: Using rev in the first three characters of a stack name is reserved for use by the Revolution development environment and advanced users creating Plug-ins. If you use these characters, your stack may not behave as expected. certainly does NOT help. I

Re: The Road Map as it now is . . . . .

2014-08-18 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 8/18/2014 1:58 PM, Richmond wrote: On 16/08/14 22:13, Richmond wrote: AND . . . Open Language. This seems very awkward. Let us just suppose Fred Flintstone writes an extension to the Livecode language (what is it called again?) that is very clever . . . 1. Does he, somehow, infect

Re: Who says LiveCode ain't English!

2014-08-18 Thread Martin Koob
Why is the mouse up? Is it the mouse that did the shopping? Does 'end' mean the up mouse went down for a nap after a long shopping trip? Martin -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Who-says-LiveCode-ain-t-English-tp4682122p4682159.html Sent from

open file tFile for text ?

2014-08-18 Thread Thierry Douez
Hi, Dictionary - write to file There is a sample script which generates an error: So, what does mean: open file tFile for text ? Thierry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: open file tFile for text ?

2014-08-18 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Thierry, If you use the binary or text clause, you also need to use one of the parameters update, read, write or append, for example open file myFile for text write open file myFile for binary append -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering

User sets plug-ins folder and then gets angry.

2014-08-18 Thread Richmond
I opened the Preference of Livecode and set the path for my Plug-ins folder via Files Memory to: /home/richmond/RunRev_plugINs Then I Quit Livecode and put 2 plugins into that folder: on restarting Livecode they did NOT show up in the /Development/Plugins Menu . . . Where did I go wrong?

Re: [OT] Virtual Desktops for Windows

2014-08-18 Thread Richmond
On 17/08/14 19:17, tbodine wrote: Hi, I like the idea of the virtual desktops, but have a concern: If you had your LiveCode workspace in a virtual desktop (on Windows), does this cause the locations and rectangles of controls and windows to be reported with coordinates from the virtual

Re: Who says LiveCode ain't English!

2014-08-18 Thread Sri
Add to Bernd's code: if morning contains headache then call doctor else order beer end if -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Who-says-LiveCode-ain-t-English-tp4682122p4682164.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at

Re: User sets plug-ins folder and then gets angry.

2014-08-18 Thread Peter Haworth
Hi Richmond, The folder you name is the one that contains the plugins folder, not the plugins folder itself so in your case /home/richmond. But that's also where your preferences are stored so you could have left it to what it was set to before you changed it. Pete lcSQL Software

Re: autoload a plugin?

2014-08-18 Thread Mark Wieder
Richmond richmondmathewson@... writes: Now, when I start up Livecode I want that stack to be loaded and visible at the same time as the revMenubar and the revTools stack. Open Plugin Settings from the Development | Plugins menu Select YourPluginHere from the list Select Open plugin when :

Re: User sets plug-ins folder and then gets angry.

2014-08-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 8/18/2014, 2:03 PM, Richmond wrote: I opened the Preference of Livecode and set the path for my Plug-ins folder via Files Memory to: /home/richmond/RunRev_plugINs Then I Quit Livecode and put 2 plugins into that folder: on restarting Livecode they did NOT show up in the

Re: Who says LiveCode ain't English!

2014-08-18 Thread Peter Haworth
if NoBeerIsLeft then dispatch ErrandBoy to LiquorStore with BeerOrder end if Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com Home of lcStackBrowser http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html and SQLiteAdmin http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Sri sri...@gmail.com

Re: revDataFromQuery and DELETE FROM

2014-08-18 Thread Bob Sneidar
Or use sqlYoga! ;-) Bob S On Aug 18, 2014, at 02:43 , John Craig j...@splash21.com wrote: Peter's correct - use revExecuteSQL since no records are returned On 17/08/2014 19:20, Peter Haworth wrote: Hi Dan, What is the text after revdberr? Strange that the row is being deleted but

Re: Bug with diacriticals in folder names

2014-08-18 Thread Bob Sneidar
Sure! It’s called the, “Apple OS”. ;-) Not sure about the graphical stuff tho’. Also, not sure how you would go about installing it. Bob S On Aug 18, 2014, at 11:02 , Alain Farmer alain_far...@yahoo.com wrote: Hey! I found an easy workaround to the problem of diacriticals in folder

Re: open file tFile for text ?

2014-08-18 Thread Thierry Douez
Thanks Mark, So you agree with me there is a wrong statement in the dictionary: write to file Thierry Thierry Douez - http://sunny-tdz.com Maker of sunnYperl - sunnYmidi - sunnYmage If you use the binary or text clause, you also need to use

[OT] Transparent Demo Screen

2014-08-18 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Is there any software out there to create the semi-transparent demo screen that you see sometimes when an app launches for the first time. Yes, I could spend the time doing it in Photoshop but I was thinking there might be something purpose driven out there already. There seems to be some