Re: AW: How do you handle the poor performance of LC 7?

2015-05-31 Thread tbodine
Currently everything I do in LiveCode is done in v7.0.5. Do you get frequent crashes? That said.. 7.0.5 is frustrating. Crashed 5 times on me to today... I am trying to move entirely to V7 engine, but as Brahmanathaswami notes, 7.0.5 is makes it very hard with frequent and unpredictable hard

Re: functionKeys

2015-05-31 Thread Richmond
On 31/05/15 15:22, Paul Dupuis wrote: On 5/31/2015 8:13 AM, Paul Dupuis wrote: On 5/31/2015 8:07 AM, Richmond wrote: Can anybody tell me how to detect if a functionKey is pressed when I press another key on my keyboard? on functionKey keyNumber end functionKey Sorry, should have been

Re: AW: How do you handle the poor performance of LC 7?

2015-05-31 Thread Richard Gaskin
Thanks for submitting that report, Tom. I just added some notes there that may be helpful. Do you recall if these crashes occur more frequently if the Project Browser is open? I ask because one of the differences between that IDE component and others is that it's not merely much newer, but

Why doesn't this work?

2015-05-31 Thread Bill Vlahos
I’m using LiveCode 7.0.4 on Mac OS 10.10.3. I want to figure out the time zone for an area code. I found a web service for this. I want to be able to pass the area code to the http query as a variable. It works if I hard code it but not if I concatenate it. If I put the following code in a

Re: Why doesn't this work?

2015-05-31 Thread Mark Schonewille
Bill, It doesn't work because LiveCode first parses url [the url] and then concatenates the subsequent strings. Try using parentheses: put 805 into vAC put URL (http://www.webservicex.net/uszip.asmx/GetInfoByAreaCode?USAreaCode=; vAC) HTTP/1.1 -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille

Re: Why doesn't this work?

2015-05-31 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi Bill, Am 31.05.2015 um 18:29 schrieb Bill Vlahos bvla...@mac.com: I’m using LiveCode 7.0.4 on Mac OS 10.10.3. I want to figure out the time zone for an area code. I found a web service for this. I want to be able to pass the area code to the http query as a variable. It works if I

Re: Why doesn't this work?

2015-05-31 Thread Bill Vlahos
Unfortunately neither of these suggestions work. LiveCode doesn’t like the parenthesis. I also tried using quote syntax and that didn’t work either. Bill On May 31, 2015, at 9:34 AM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: Bill, It doesn't work because LiveCode first

Re: Why doesn't this work?

2015-05-31 Thread Rick Harrison
Hi Bill, A wild guess for something to try: Maybe because you are using both and . The engine gets confused? Try just using: vAC “ HTTP/1.1” Good luck Rick On May 31, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Bill Vlahos bvla...@mac.com wrote: I’m using LiveCode 7.0.4 on Mac OS 10.10.3. I want to

Re: Why doesn't this work?

2015-05-31 Thread Bill Vlahos
My apologies. Mark and Klaus both came up with the correct solution. When I copied/pasted from the email it must have picked up a something extra that made it not work. I tried it again and it works fine. Thank you, Bill Vlahos On May 31, 2015, at 9:59 AM, Mark Schonewille

Re: How do you handle the poor performance of LC 7?

2015-05-31 Thread Richard Gaskin
Wilöhelm, as a fellow benchmarking fan I always look forward to your ongoing graphics manipulation metrics with enthusiasm. Your tests are well detailed, and you keep enviably complete notes on them. I have a couple small thoughts on the tests themselves, and one about the bigger picture of

Re: Why doesn't this work?

2015-05-31 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Bill, Doesn't like is far from informative. Could you describe the unwanted behaviour and include the exact text of any error messages you get? -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter:

Re: AW: How do you handle the poor performance of LC 7?

2015-05-31 Thread tbodine
Thanks, Richard. Here are the basics: * Platform Win 7, 64-bit machine * Running LC 7.0.5 (rc2) * Bug report of these crashes: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15418 * The application is a quiz application that lets the user to create quiz content and customize its presentation. It's been

Re: Why doesn't this work?

2015-05-31 Thread Mark Schonewille
Bill, If I run this script in a button on mouseUp put 805 into vAC put URL (http://www.webservicex.net/uszip.asmx/GetInfoByAreaCode?USAreaCode=; vAC) HTTP/1.1 end mouseUp I get... ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? NewDataSet Table CITYWoody/CITY STATECA/STATE

Re: AW: How do you handle the poor performance of LC 7?

2015-05-31 Thread Richard Gaskin
Tom Bodine wrote: I virtually always have the project browser open! Try running with it off for a while, perhaps using the App Browser instead. I know that's asking a lot, 'cause the Project Browser is pretty handy. But it'll certainly narrow things down if your crashes go away with it not

Re: How do you handle the poor performance of LC 7?

2015-05-31 Thread Mark Talluto
On May 31, 2015, at 2:33 PM, tbodine bod...@bodinetraininggames.com wrote: I have turn off all 3rd-party plug-in tools in case those are a factor and will see if there are any improvements. Tom, have you tried Navigator by Geoff Canyon? I have it open every day, all the time. No issues. It

Re: AW: How do you handle the poor performance of LC 7?

2015-05-31 Thread tbodine
Hi Richard. Thanks for your interest in this case. Do you recall if these crashes occur more frequently if the Project Browser is open? I virtually always have the project browser open! I have turn off all 3rd-party plug-in tools in case those are a factor and will see if there are any

Toronto LiveCode Meetup poll - best time for future meetings

2015-05-31 Thread Martin Koob
I am planning to have another LiveCode meet up in Toronto. I want to gauge interest in that and determine a good day and time to hold it. I have posted a poll on the meetUp page for the *Greater Toronto Area LiveCode Users Group*.

Re: AW: How do you handle the poor performance of LC 7?

2015-05-31 Thread Mike Bonner
@tBodine If it were me, I'd also try to evaluate time as a factor. Does the crash chance increase based on how long lc or the system itself has been running? Is there a chance that there is an external drive involved in the problem, like a usb drive that spins down into power save mode (or

Re: AW: How do you handle the poor performance of LC 7?

2015-05-31 Thread tbodine
Thanks Richard and Mike. I will run without Project Browser and see how that goes. Mike, good theory on drives, but not a factor here: this machine runs off one SSD. No USB drives involved. I don't have data on the time factor, but I'll start logging my sessions to look for a pattern. When a

Re: AW: How do you handle the poor performance of LC 7?

2015-05-31 Thread Richard Gaskin
Tom Bodine wrote: I am trying to move entirely to V7 engine, but as Brahmanathaswami notes, 7.0.5 is makes it very hard with frequent and unpredictable hard crashes. (I'm on Win 7. Yes, crash report filed, but not for every crash because at this rate that would become about half my work

Re: Why doesn't this work?

2015-05-31 Thread Mike Bonner
Not to throw more information at an already answered question, but I find merge() to be tremendously helpful for this type of thing. Rather than trying to build up a proper URL with and etc, set the string up as a constant or a property contaiing: constant baseUrl=

Re: help with timecode

2015-05-31 Thread Tim Selander
Peter, This worked great at getting me min:sec timecode; I hadn't even gotten that far yet. But I need the timecode down to the frame, so min:sec:fra. Timescale of the videos I'm using is 600. What's bending my head is that min sec are sets of 60. 60 secs per min, 60 min per hour. But the

Creating a Library with Livecode Builder

2015-05-31 Thread David Bovill
Is there a tutorial or documentation about how to create a library that wraps around external code using LiveCode Builder? I've seen the old demo by Kevin using Aspell but would like to make a start on some tests / libraries today and any examples would be great. On 29 May 2015 at 19:45, Peter TB

Re: How do you handle the poor performance of LC 7?

2015-05-31 Thread sanke
The somewhat sluggish behavior of all LC versions 7.x is apparent without testing a single script over several versions. Just use the LC IDE and copy and paste any object and you see how reluctantly the IDE performs these basic steps. In my case this is on a Windows machine with Windows 7 and

Re: How do you handle the poor performance of LC 7?

2015-05-31 Thread Richmond
On 31/05/15 00:05, Mark Wieder wrote: On 05/30/2015 12:40 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: along the way or are new converts to LiceCode. And add to those Oops. Obviously I meant LiveCode. Presumably LiceCode is the version full of bugs! Richmond. ___

Re: functionKeys

2015-05-31 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 5/31/2015 8:13 AM, Paul Dupuis wrote: On 5/31/2015 8:07 AM, Richmond wrote: Can anybody tell me how to detect if a functionKey is pressed when I press another key on my keyboard? on functionKey keyNumber end functionKey Sorry, should have been clearer: on functionKey keyNumber put the

Re: functionKeys

2015-05-31 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 5/31/2015 8:07 AM, Richmond wrote: Can anybody tell me how to detect if a functionKey is pressed when I press another key on my keyboard? on functionKey keyNumber end functionKey ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: How do you handle the poor performance of LC 7?

2015-05-31 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter W A Wood wrote: On 31 May 2015, at 07:07, Richard Gaskin wrote: If there are bugs that have been submitted but not acted on and are holding up work without a workaround, let's identify those and get them resolved. ... I reported a bug - http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15173

Re: AW: AW: How do you handle the poor performance of LC 7?

2015-05-31 Thread Richard Gaskin
Alex Tweedly wrote: I too have used only v7 for everything I've done recently for myself (no released products - just stuff I do for myself and friends/family). I've been still using v6 when I don't control it all myself. I'm happy to say I've had no crashes, no serious IDE problems and few