Re: After the conference

2019-05-17 Thread Stephen Barncard via use-livecode
wow -- Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 7:58 PM Quentin Long via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Quentin Long here. As luck would have it, I'm going to be singing in a > concert on the Friday after the LiveCode Conference. I

After the conference

2019-05-17 Thread Quentin Long via use-livecode
Quentin Long here. As luck would have it, I'm going to be singing in a concert on the Friday after the LiveCode Conference. I have no idea how many LCC attendees will still be in the Bay Area on Friday, but for the benefit of those who are: The program: Ein deutsches Requiem, by Brahms The

Re: There is a file

2019-05-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Okay for some reason now it is working. Interesting. Anyway I am getting the name of the window in Acrobat Reader returned in the result so I can now just use "is in" to determine if ANY app has it open. Nice. Still takes about 6 to 8 seconds though. In Applescript it only takes less than a

Re: There is a file

2019-05-17 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
Well, wait... what are you trying to accomplish? Are you trying to see if a document file is open, or are you trying to see if a program is running? -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: There is a file

2019-05-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Okay for those of you who care about this sort of thing: This works to get the names of all open windows from the Process Viewer. It works in the script editor tell application "System Events" get name of every window of every process return the result end tell but when I

Re: There is a file

2019-05-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I've tried all of them. -n -O one other. Apparently looking at the google results, lsof is simply by nature DOG SLOW. I mean dying dog with 2 broken legs and a clowder of cats scratching it's eyes out slow. I've checked Applescript forums too. Apprently there is no damned good way to tell if a

Re: There is a file

2019-05-17 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 5/17/19 4:59 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Okay I am using lsof in a shell command to see if the file open flag is set. It's taking SIXTEEN SECONDS! Any ideas on a better way to check to see if a file is open? What options are you using for the lsof command? -- Mark Wieder

Re: There is a file

2019-05-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Okay I am using lsof in a shell command to see if the file open flag is set. It's taking SIXTEEN SECONDS! Any ideas on a better way to check to see if a file is open? Bob S > On May 17, 2019, at 16:55 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > NVM That is not what is hanging it up. >

Re: There is a file

2019-05-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
NVM That is not what is hanging it up. Bob S > On May 17, 2019, at 16:49 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi all. > > When I use "there is a file tFileName" and there is no file, all goes pretty > quickly. However if there IS a file it takes a great deal longer! Any idea >

There is a file

2019-05-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. When I use "there is a file tFileName" and there is no file, all goes pretty quickly. However if there IS a file it takes a great deal longer! Any idea why? MacOS every version I've used so far and same with LC version. Alternately, should I use another method for determining if

Re: The correct way to quit a Windows standalone

2019-05-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
NVM Apparently I am supposed to use lock messages to force a quit. There may be something in my code that is halting the quit process, but I don't really need to do any housekeeping, so this works. Bob S > On May 17, 2019, at 13:37 , Richmond via use-livecode > wrote: > > As your splash

Re: The correct way to quit a Windows standalone

2019-05-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Need a speel chekr. I meant to say, "...but it doesn't quit. It tosses an error and the processes continues to run. Bob S > On May 17, 2019, at 13:43 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > but it doesn't wuit it tosses an error and the precess continues to run.

How to terminate connection to SQL

2019-05-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. I'm using sqlYoga, very nice product once you are comfortable with it. Thanks to Trevor DeVore it's probably the main reason I went ahead with developing anything in Livecode. For those familiar with it, I am using the command dbconn_disconnect to close any open database connection

Re: The correct way to quit a Windows standalone

2019-05-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
The Splash Stack has the mainstack in it's stackFiles. The actual mainstack is the application the user interacts with. But by the time a standalone is created, there are not mainstacks/substacks. So the Splashstack is the standalone, which then opens the mainstack and gets the ball rolling.

Re: The correct way to quit a Windows standalone

2019-05-17 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
As your splash stack is, presumably,either a substack of your main standalone, or the main stack itself I don't think you can exit it without the whole standalone exiting. So, I suspect, you'll have to find another way of getting the splash stack out of the way. Personally I'd make the

The correct way to quit a Windows standalone

2019-05-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. I have a splash stach in a Windows Standalone. When I close (or otherwise quit) the stack which the splash stack opens (the actual application) I get a runtime error, and the Splash process continues to run. What is the proper way to cleanly exit an app of this nature? Bob S

Re: Seeking confirmation of a bug...

2019-05-17 Thread Paul Hibbert via use-livecode
On May 16, 2019, at 07:32, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: > ... >> From the dictionary about "anser file ... with type..." >> ... >> If more than one type is specified, a drop-down list containing the tags >> will be displayed allowing the user to select which types of files to >>

Question on automatically generating an MSI file

2019-05-17 Thread Trevor DeVore via use-livecode
Hi all, I'm wondering about being able to create MSI installers for applications built with Levure. The goal is to help IT departments easily install and update an application using Group Policy. I have never worked with MSI files before and know nothing about them. Ideally a text file could be

Re: Question for LCB FFI workshop attendees at upcoming conference

2019-05-17 Thread Trevor DeVore via use-livecode
On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 11:41 AM Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 5/17/19 7:01 AM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode wrote: > > > I decided to look into this further and I eventually found libMosquitto. > It > > is a C library with an API that that could be

Re: Question for LCB FFI workshop attendees at upcoming conference

2019-05-17 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 5/17/19 7:01 AM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode wrote: I decided to look into this further and I eventually found libMosquitto. It is a C library with an API that that could be wrapped with FFI without too much trouble (no structs within structs that I had to deal with). With Mark and

Windows player playrate bug...

2019-05-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
For those doing media under Windows (if any one out there is), I just identified that the playRate property is not working under Windows (tested under Windows 10). Busted in LC904 STABLE and 905 RC1, not sure how far back it broken. See bug: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22075

Re: Seeking confirmation of a bug...

2019-05-17 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Richard: >> This is why I do my daily work in the latest available build, and >> encourage others to do the same. Paul: > I completely agree. "Latest build" is a nice catchy meme, repeated fairly often but like many memes very incomplete and therefore less effective at results, no matter

Re: Question for LCB FFI workshop attendees at upcoming conference

2019-05-17 Thread Trevor DeVore via use-livecode
On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 8:20 AM Michael Muthmannn via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Trevor, > > In the forums a couple of times there were some questions about MQTT > integration into livecode. > > I found found a native Objective-C iOS library here: > >

Re: Question for LCB FFI workshop attendees at upcoming conference

2019-05-17 Thread Trevor DeVore via use-livecode
On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 2:51 AM trevix via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Trevor. > I know that is a bit late and that I will not be able to attend anyhow > (sigh). > > I would love to see how to implement the Flic Bluetooth button library ( > www.flic.io