Re: Usng an image to disable a group

2014-09-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
I think you're making this too hard. :-) Create an image object. Use the paint bucket to fill it with a color. Set its transparency, and size it over a group. Hide and show it as needed. This will create a sort of tinted overlay that allows the original group to show through but will

Re: mobilepick as a live list

2014-09-22 Thread Gerry
Yes, using a native field and a datagrid, and listing matching records pulled from a sqlite database. g On 22 Sep 2014, at 12:56 am, Mike Kerner mikeker...@roadrunner.com wrote: Has anybody created a live select list that updates as you type in a field?

OT: what does a manifest file?

2014-09-22 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hello, With OS X 10.9 (10.9.5) Apple changed requirements for codesigning, e.g. the location where some files within a bundle may be placed. See my thread codesigning error on OS X 10.9.5 In my case since 10.9.5 I couldn't codesign any of my apps, because of the manifest file in the root of all

Re: Usng an image to disable a group

2014-09-22 Thread John Craig
Hi, Pete. Try setting the group's traversalOn property to false when you cover it with the image. Does that solve the problem? On 20/09/2014 17:20, Peter Haworth wrote: I have a stack with a series of groups on it. I need to control the order in which data is entered into the groups. The

Re: Does LC Have A touchLoc() Function?

2014-09-22 Thread John Craig
The last time I checked, a touchMove was always fired after a touchStart (so you can reliably pick up the initial position). TouchMove events can then track each individual touch id. I think mouseLoc always reported the position of the first touch. On 21/09/2014 21:09, Scott Rossi wrote:

Re: ImageData restore problems

2014-09-22 Thread FlexibleLearning.com
Having wrestled with this for a long time, I post a solution for future reference... Situation I have a large embedded image. I want to thumbnail it/rotate it/mess with it, but be able to restore the original without loss of any original data. How do we do this? Solution We need to save the

repeat with each

2014-09-22 Thread larry
Hello, I have never been able to understand how to use the each form in a repeat statement. Can anyone explain why this code does not work? It is almost verbatim from the example in the LC dictionary. on mouseUp repeat for each word thisWord in field justOne put , after thisWord end

Re: Any way to do this?

2014-09-22 Thread Charles Szasz
Terry, Thanks! I will try your suggestion later this evening after I get home from work. Thanks again! Sent from my iPad ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: repeat with each

2014-09-22 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi Larry, Am 22.09.2014 um 15:04 schrieb la...@significantplanet.org: Hello, I have never been able to understand how to use the each form in a repeat statement. Can anyone explain why this code does not work? It is almost verbatim from the example in the LC dictionary. on mouseUp

Re: repeat with each

2014-09-22 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Larry, The variable thisWord contains a copy of the item in the field. It doesn't refer to the actual item. When you put , after thisWord, you change the string that is stored in variable thisWord, but not the string that is stored in field justOne. If you want to change the contents of

Re: Printing a Sign

2014-09-22 Thread mikedoub
‎Steven, Thanks for you clue about Acrobat Reader. It was trivial making a large PDF in livecode. And printing with reader was equally as simple.  I can keep my lack of printing experience run going a bit longer. :-) Many thanks,    Mike   Original Message   From: stephen barncard Sent:

How to create an OS X 10.9 alias by script?

2014-09-22 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hi, can somebody give me a hint on how to add an alias of a program by script (shell) to the dock? Thanks Tiemo ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: repeat with each

2014-09-22 Thread Paul Foraker
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 6:13 AM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: repeat for each word myWord in field Just One put thisWord comma after myNewdata end repeat sort items of myNewData put char 1 to -2 of myNewData into field Just One This loop generates a string

Re: repeat with each

2014-09-22 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Paul, I should have read it one more time before posting. This should be the correct script: repeat for each word myWord in field Just One put myWord comma after myNewdata end repeat delete last char of myNewData sort items of myNewData put myNewData into field Just One -- Best

Re: LiveCode Commercial License

2014-09-22 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 8:56 PM, JB sund...@pacifier.com wrote: I would love to have a copy of that! If you find it please send me a copy. Here is a ZIP of what I have. I don't recall if I needed to make any tweaks to anything to get it working.

Re: Q: Standalone with drag and drop works on one Windows machine but not two others… why?

2014-09-22 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 4:54 PM, sty...@roguemusic.com sty...@roguemusic.com wrote: This code works fine on my Macs, and fine on a laptop running Windows 7; but on another Windows 7 laptop, and yet another running Windows 8, the stop sign cursor appears when I drag a folder to the button.

Re: How to create an OS X 10.9 alias by script?

2014-09-22 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 9/22/2014 9:28 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: Hi, can somebody give me a hint on how to add an alias of a program by script (shell) to the dock? The command below should do it for you. NOTE: The 2 filters are to handle differences between versions of OSX - tested from Leopard to Mavericks.

Re: LiveCode Commercial License

2014-09-22 Thread JB
Thank you so much, Trevor! I haven’t used it yet but I opened the calendar Xcode project. I see it has a .mm file which I read is one thing that is needed and it has foundation which is definitely Objective-C. I am still learning but this will help a whole bunch. Thank you again for the help

AW: How to create an OS X 10.9 alias by script?

2014-09-22 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Thanks Paul, I will give it a try Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Paul Dupuis Gesendet: Montag, 22. September 2014 17:02 An: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Betreff: Re: How to create an OS X 10.9 alias by

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2014-09-22 Thread Richmond
Almost: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ja47l87gg87sn0q/AAAIj99kEQVOb8ev3jz8C5ORa?dl=0 Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

RELEASE: LiveCode 7.0 RC 2

2014-09-22 Thread Fraser Gordon
Dear List Members. We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 7.0 RC 2. * Warning, this is a pre-release with new features which have the potential to cause issues. Please ensure you backup your stacks before testing this release.* *Release Focus* 61 bug fixes *Important Changes* -

Re: Usng an image to disable a group

2014-09-22 Thread Peter Haworth
That works great, thanks Scott! 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 Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Scott Rossi sc...@tactilemedia.com wrote: Did you try using a

Re: Usng an image to disable a group

2014-09-22 Thread Peter Haworth
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 11:00 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote: I think you're making this too hard. :-) Wouldn't be the first time! Create an image object. Use the paint bucket to fill it with a color. Set its transparency, and size it over a group. Hide and show it as

Re: Usng an image to disable

2014-09-22 Thread Jim Lambert
If it’s just the look of the disabled group that you object to, you might play with setting the group’s ink when it’s disabled. Try blend or blendhardlight. Then there’s also blendlevel. Take it way down so it’s a mere ghost. Jim Lambert ___

Re: Usng an image to disable a group

2014-09-22 Thread Peter Haworth
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 1:21 AM, John Craig j...@splash21.com wrote: Hi, Pete. Try setting the group's traversalOn property to false when you cover it with the image. Does that solve the problem? That works great, thank John! I now have two solutions to this. Scott's suggestion of using a

Re: Usng an image to disable a group

2014-09-22 Thread Peter Haworth
Hi Terry, Unfortunately, as soon as I change the opacity of the image to anything other than zero, it becomes possible for the user to type into any field controls in the group. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com Home of lcStackBrowser http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html and

Re: Usng an image to disable a group

2014-09-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/22/2014, 11:33 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: First time I've used the paint bucket so I might be doing something wrong but it doesn't seem to work with images? Even if it worked, as soon as I change the opacity of the image from zero, it's possible to type into any field controls in the

Re: Usng an image to disable

2014-09-22 Thread Peter Haworth
Thanks Jim, I'll give that a try. 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, Sep 22, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Jim Lambert j...@netrin.com wrote: If it’s just the look of the

Re: RELEASE: LiveCode 7.0 RC 2

2014-09-22 Thread Terence Heaford
“Install LiveCode Community 7.0 (rc 2)” can’t be opened because the identity of the developer cannot be confirmed. “Install LiveCode Community 7.0 (rc 2)” is on the disk image “LiveCodeCommunityInstaller-7_0_0_rc_2-Mac.dmg”. Safari downloaded this disk image today at 19:28 from livecode.com.

Re: Q: Standalone with drag and drop works on one Windows machine but not two others… why?

2014-09-22 Thread sty...@roguemusic.com
Thanks for responding Trevor. Restarting doesn’t help. On the one Win7 laptop it’s perfect, just like the Macs. On another Win7 laptop, and on a Win8 desktop, the cursor indicates the “no-drop-allowed” condition. On those machines I can see the cursor respond correctly, changing to “Copy”

Re: Q: Standalone with drag and drop works on one Windows machine but not two others… why?

2014-09-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
The user security level? On 9/22/2014, 1:46 PM, sty...@roguemusic.com wrote: Thanks for responding Trevor. Restarting doesn’t help. On the one Win7 laptop it’s perfect, just like the Macs. On another Win7 laptop, and on a Win8 desktop, the cursor indicates the “no-drop-allowed” condition. On

Re: Q: Standalone with drag and drop works on one Windows machine but not two others… why?

2014-09-22 Thread AndyP
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file size

2014-09-22 Thread larry
Hello, I know I can use: put the files into field Current Files to get the size of a file (in bytes), but is there any way to use answer file or some other way to get the size of just one specific file? Thanks, Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: file size

2014-09-22 Thread Paul Hibbert
Larry, Try: on mouseUp answer file ? put binfile: it into tFile put the length of URL tFile / 1000 KB into fld myResultField end mouseUp Paul On Sep 22, 2014, at 2:29 PM, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: Hello, I know I can use: put the files into field Current Files to

Re: file size

2014-09-22 Thread Alex Tweedly
On 22/09/2014 22:29, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: Hello, I know I can use: put the files into field Current Files to get the size of a file (in bytes), but is there any way to use answer file or some other way to get the size of just one specific file? You could always do (typing

Re: file size

2014-09-22 Thread Richard Gaskin
Larry wrote: ... is there any way to use answer file or some other way to get the size of just one specific file? on mouseUp answer file Select a file: if it is empty then exit to top put FileSize(it) end mouseUp function FileSize pFilePath put the directory into tSaveDir set

iOS 8 orientation

2014-09-22 Thread Ralph DiMola
Orientation changes seem have stopped working on iOS 8 iPad/LC6.6.3/Xcode 5.1.1. The initial orientation is correctly reported but no changes are allowed. I unlocked orientation change and allowed the appropriate orientations. Anyone else seen this? Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen

Re: file size

2014-09-22 Thread larry
Thanks Paul and Alex and Richard, I ended up using Paul's code: on mouseUp answer file ? put binfile: it into tFile put the length of URL tFile / 1000 KB into fld myResultField end mouseUp It works just great! Larry - Original Message - From: Paul Hibbert paulhibb...@mac.com

Re: file size

2014-09-22 Thread mikedoub
‎To be technically correct divide by 1024.   Mike   Original Message   From: la...@significantplanet.org Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 8:21 PM To: How to use LiveCode Reply To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: file size Thanks Paul and Alex and Richard, I ended up using Paul's code: on

Re: file size

2014-09-22 Thread larry
Hi Mike, good point, but actually my line is: put the length of URL tFile into field myResult because I want the actual number and not how many kb. Larry - Original Message - From: miked...@gmail.com To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com; How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: LiveCode Commercial License

2014-09-22 Thread Kay C Lan
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 11:03 PM, JB sund...@pacifier.com wrote: By the way if anyone is interested in learning Objective-C one of the best tutorial I’ve found so far is free and here is a link. http://rypress.com/tutorials/objective-c/index.html Thanks. That looks far more accessible than

Re: iOS 8 orientation

2014-09-22 Thread Mike Kerner
Yes, and I think there's a bug report for this, but don't quote me on that. On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Ralph DiMola rdim...@evergreeninfo.net wrote: Orientation changes seem have stopped working on iOS 8 iPad/LC6.6.3/Xcode 5.1.1. The initial orientation is correctly reported but no

Re: How to create an OS X 10.9 alias by script?

2014-09-22 Thread Mark Wieder
Paul- Monday, September 22, 2014, 8:01:33 AM, you wrote: command CreateOSXDockAlias pDockItem -- pDockItem is the fill path and name of the app Wow. That's impressive. -- -Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored by the National Security

Re: mobilepick as a live list

2014-09-22 Thread Mike Kerner
Ooh. I didn't think of that. So just make the DG visible? How do you disable all the other controls while the DG is up? On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 2:40 AM, Gerry gerry.or...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, using a native field and a datagrid, and listing matching records pulled from a sqlite database.

Re: [OT] A Modern Typeface For Programmers

2014-09-22 Thread Mike Kerner
Wow? I like that typeface. On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Marc Van Cauwenberghe marc.vancauwenber...@pandora.be wrote: Thanks Erik. Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad Op 21-sep.-2014 om 21:48 heeft Erik Beugelaar ebeugel...@gmail.com het volgende geschreven: Hello Folks, I have always

Re: Any way to do this?

2014-09-22 Thread Kay C Lan
on mouseUp copy image my1stimg and image my2ndimg and image mynthimg end mouse up As it sounds like some or all of your images may not be on the same card as the button, you will need to use the full address of the image, ie image mynthimg of cd my1stCard Interestingly you can also: set the

RE: [OT] A Modern Typeface For Programmers

2014-09-22 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
Erik Beugelaar I have always been looking for a useful font for coding. Via Twitter I received this link http://input.fontbureau.com and I like to share this information. Given that code is stored as plain ASCII, which contains no meta-data to define tab stops the way word processing

Re: file size

2014-09-22 Thread Phil Davis
If you want to do it entirely in LC and not use a shell command, you could do this: on mouseUp answer file Pick a file: if it is empty then exit to top set the itemDelimiter to slash put the defaultFolder into tOriginalDefault set the defaultFolder to item 1 to -2 of it

Re: file size

2014-09-22 Thread Paul Hibbert
Mike, That's just what I thought, but it doesn't agree with the actual file size shown in the finder, dividing by 1000 does agree with the finder. It appears this depends on whether the system uses Binary or Decimal calculations, it seems Apple use Decimal. Paul On Sep 22, 2014, at 5:28 PM,

Is there a problem with the On-Rev email server

2014-09-22 Thread Kay C Lan
Just sent an email to my mum, old address nothing changed, and I received this Mail Delivery System message: 554 Your access to this mail system from 46.105.105.217 has been rejected due to the sending MTA's poor reputation. 46.105.105.217 is nowhere near my current IP address. The SMTP server

Re: Is there a problem with the On-Rev email server

2014-09-22 Thread Mark Wieder
Kay- Monday, September 22, 2014, 9:55:16 PM, you wrote: Any advice appreciated. The short form is don't bother trying to use the on-rev smtp server. I haven't used it in many years, primarily because of stuff like this. You're lucky to have gotten a response from the receiving server... a lot

Re: mobilepick as a live list

2014-09-22 Thread Gerry
Mike Kerner wrote: Ooh. I didn't think of that. So just make the DG visible? How do you disable all the other controls while the DG is up? In my case it's already visible (and it's not really being used as a pick list in the traditional sense) - it's a scrolling list of items on the left

RE: [OT] A Modern Typeface For Programmers

2014-09-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
This font lets you customize the line spacing, among other things. Look at the download page where you can set up several options, including customized character glyphs per font set. On September 22, 2014 11:18:16 PM CDT, Paul D. DeRocco pdero...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Every other mono font

Re: Is there a problem with the On-Rev email server

2014-09-22 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: Use the smtp server your isp provides, or use gmail's smtp servers. Not sure my ISP would be any better than on-rev; they are barely competent with just connecting me to the Internet and am only with them because my