Re: Start using font

2020-01-07 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I think I see where I got misguided. "Start using font" is for desktop. The fontnames dictionary entry explains how to include fonts in the Copy Files pane in standalone settings. So if the fonts are included in the build, I don't need to "start using", they're available automatically. Which

Re: Changing extention on script only stack

2020-01-07 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Greg (Pink) Miller wrote: > I have a script only stack that is the behavior of a stack that > i wish to compile. When I compile it for Windows, I have a .livecodescript file in the folder. Is it possible to change that > extension to .lcs > > So far all the shots at this I've taken end up

Changing extention on script only stack

2020-01-07 Thread Greg (Pink) Miller via use-livecode
I have a script only stack that is the behavior of a stack that i wish to compile. When I compile it for Windows, I have a .livecodescript file in the folder. Is it possible to change that extension to .lcs So far all the shots at this I've taken end up appending .livecode to the end. Can this

RE: Keep trying

2020-01-07 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
Why didn't I get a trigger warning? Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Drs Mark Schonewille via use-livecode Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2020

Re: Keep trying

2020-01-07 Thread Pi Digital via use-livecode
Forgiven :-D Sean Cole Pi Digital Prod Ltd > On 7 Jan 2020, at 19:25, Drs Mark Schonewille via use-livecode > wrote: > > It worked :-) Sorry for the white noise. > > Mark Schonewille > Economy-x-Talk > https://ecxtalk.nl > https://www.nt2.nu > > Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner >

Re: Keep trying

2020-01-07 Thread Drs Mark Schonewille via use-livecode
It worked :-) Sorry for the white noise. Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk https://ecxtalk.nl https://www.nt2.nu Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner http://www3.economy-x-talk.com/file.php?node=programming-livecode-for-the-real-beginner Op 1/7/2020 om 8:23 PM schreef Drs Mark Schonewille

Keep trying

2020-01-07 Thread Drs Mark Schonewille via use-livecode
Trying to send a message from my (blocked?) IP address. -- Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk https://ecxtalk.nl https://www.nt2.nu Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner http://www3.economy-x-talk.com/file.php?node=programming-livecode-for-the-real-beginner

Re: Parent Group of the Target

2020-01-07 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
@Bill P. ditto that "if there was a compilation of the various keywords and what each refers to". on mouseup put the short name of the owner of the target # where all you want it the "immediate" owner and not the card, stack end mouseUp # that was easy! And for multiple

Re: Parent Group of the Target

2020-01-07 Thread prothero--- via use-livecode
Folks, It would be very nice if there was a compilation of the various keywords and what each refers to. I know I’ve had to scratch my head to find words like the element, the target, the owner, the parent, etc. The names seem intuitive at some level, but each meaning is very specific and, for

Re: Parent Group of the Target

2020-01-07 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
aha! I was searching for "parent" Yes, "owner" is it. And for multiple groupings, the owner of the owner of the owner of ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

RE: Start using font

2020-01-07 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
Yes. There are some lingering font issues from the 1990's (unbelievable). Sometimes a font families are combined sometime not. And sometimes the name is slightly different. Here's a function to enumerate all fonts and their styles. function FontInfo local fnames,fstyles,tlist put the

Re: Parent Group of the Target

2020-01-07 Thread Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode
And for multiple groupings, the owner of the owner of the owner of On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 15:26, Dan Friedman via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > BR, > > Try "the owner of the target". Or, the long id of the owner of the > target. Hope that helps. > > -Dan > > >

Re: Parent Group of the Target

2020-01-07 Thread Dan Friedman via use-livecode
BR, Try "the owner of the target". Or, the long id of the owner of the target. Hope that helps. -Dan On 1/7/20, 7:20 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode" wrote: I could have sworn we passed way before, but I can't find it anywhere on the list

Re: Parent Group of the Target

2020-01-07 Thread David V Glasgow via use-livecode
The wonderful “Owner” is the property you’re after, I think. Hope that is useful. If it is, possibly my first time! Best wishes, David Glasgow > On 7 Jan 2020, at 3:18 pm, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode > wrote: > > I could have sworn we passed way before, but I can't find it

Parent Group of the Target

2020-01-07 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I could have sworn we passed way before, but I can't find it anywhere on the list what is the most efficient was to get the name of the "Parent Group" of the target? Do we really have to parse this? widget id 67388 of group id 67392 of card id 8169 of stack

Re: Start using font

2020-01-07 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Does that you don't have to "code/script" to access the fonts? Just putting them there (copy files) makes them available? Thanks, I was hoping that was the case. So it's a dictionary error. Good. On 1/6/20 7:21 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode wrote: > I have a folder "Fonts" that I include