publish and surprise

2019-10-01 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
I have finally gotten around to noticing that LC9.x builds have opened the publish-and-subscribe mechanism to arbitrary messages. I'm not sure when this happened and I'm really not inclined to go searching through all those release notes, but I'm ecstatic over the surprise discovery. This means

Re: Export snapshot and errors...

2019-10-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Thanks Paul. They should replace the dictionary description with your version, as yours makes a LOT more sense! I read the dictionary too, but came away confused. Bob S > On Oct 1, 2019, at 08:59 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > According to the Dictionary, if I am reading it cor

Re: Export snapshot and errors...

2019-10-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
According to the Dictionary, if I am reading it correctly, in a command (vs function) return empty -- sets both 'it' and 'the result' to the parameter of the return statement (in this case empty) return empty for value -- sets 'it' to the parameter (empty) and clears 'the result' indicating no

Re: Hactoberfest is coming...

2019-10-01 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
LOL, sorry, not a list field, a list of ideas. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

Re: Hactoberfest is coming...

2019-10-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Responding to this: Looking for ideas to add to a list that people can pick from. > On Oct 1, 2019, at 08:27 , Mike Kerner via use-livecode > wrote: > > wrong thread, i think, bob. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: Hactoberfest is coming...

2019-10-01 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
wrong thread, i think, bob. On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 10:55 AM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Mike. > > I do this already in some "popup" fields I use. (There are reasons I use > fields instead of buttons I won't go into here.) > > Depending on the popup, I

Re: Hactoberfest is coming...

2019-10-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi Mike. I do this already in some "popup" fields I use. (There are reasons I use fields instead of buttons I won't go into here.) Depending on the popup, I may have an option like "New Customer..." as the first line in a list field. For my customers I maintain the last 15 customers accessed

Re: Export snapshot and errors...

2019-10-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Is the for error necessary? I just return empty. Bob S > On Oct 1, 2019, at 06:02 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > command clearResult > return empty for error > end clearResult ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev

Re: Hactoberfest is coming...

2019-10-01 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Looking for ideas to add to a list that people can pick from. The good news is that if you want a cheap PR to get you toward your Hacktoberfest swag, instead of posting your idea here, you can update the 100% totally unofficial LC hacktoberfest repo here: https://github.com/macMikey/lc-hacktoberfes

Re: Export snapshot and errors...

2019-10-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/1/2019 8:58 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: In LC905rc1, the Dictionary entry for Export Snapshot does not appear to indicate how any error value is returned (for example if the file can not be written) the result is not cleared after an export snapshot - i.e. put the result int

Export snapshot and errors...

2019-10-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
In LC905rc1, the Dictionary entry for Export Snapshot does not appear to indicate how any error value is returned (for example if the file can not be written) the result is not cleared after an export snapshot - i.e. put the result into tTemp1 -- if this put "X" in tTemp1 export snapshot from