Re: somehow OT, but somehow not - no price information anymore on Livecode website

2024-05-23 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I agree. I have a long standing issue with companies that want me to give them email, phone and sometimes address in order to get a quote. In the case of your friend, he doesn’t know the company, and does not know he can trust them. How can he tell, he may just end up on a thousand other

Re: Strange syntax in new widgets!?

2024-05-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I find a lot of the widget properties less than useful. Try setting the widths of all the tabs of a segmented control to a specified width based upon the total width of the widget. Bob S On May 21, 2024, at 7:48 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi firends, this came up in the LC

Re: Saving data in standalone

2024-05-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Including datagrids? I have a save and restore method for Datagrids, but I don’t think I back up ALL the properties, just the critical ones. Bob S On May 20, 2024, at 5:58 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote: I have a plugin that is not complete which can save livecode groups and all of

Re: UPDATE: filterArray()

2024-05-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Yes but what you may not see is that if a memory database already exists and you pass the id it will check for it’s existence, so then all it does is replace the table (if it exists) with the name you pass with a new table containing that parsed array. There may be other tables in the memory

Re: UPDATE: filterArray()

2024-05-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I’m surprised about the time differential. Obviously LC parsing is much faster, I guess because filterArray has the initial overhead of creating and populating the database. I’ve never used it for large datasets. I guess the main advantage for using filterArray() is that using the LC parser,

Re: UPDATE: filterArray()

2024-05-18 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
:-) Sent from my iPhone > On May 17, 2024, at 18:57, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > wrote: > > Thank you, Bob. > > It reminded me of a test I started a while back, and prompted me to finish > the relevant part of it: > > go url "https://fourthworld.net/lc/Array%20vs%20SQLite.livecode;

UPDATE: filterArray()

2024-05-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I wrote a filterArray() function with a couple dependencies a while ago which uses a memory sqLite database to convert an array to a database, query that database, then return the results as an array. I have a new update to filterArray() which allows for a select clause. I found myself

Re: WebDeployHelper tool - the LC10 web app toolbox

2024-05-15 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Yes, my top priority would definitely be the compiler, and second would be seamless standalone app building. I would love a true compiled version of my apps, but barring that, being able to build ALL my app for all platforms in one pass, and then being able to build again without having to quit

Re: WebDeployHelper tool - the LC10 web app toolbox

2024-05-13 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Indeed. I’ve been thinking about creating a series of video demos of my Forms Generator app to send to the owners of the company I work for, and then I thought, why stop there? Why not send them to LC and see if they want to start up a Made By page. Bob S > On May 13, 2024, at 2:45 PM,

Re: Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-06 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi Curry. Thanks for your help and Jacque as well. I did as you say, in card 1 of the splash stack (which is the stack I build from because I do not have the need to modify it runtime) I have this code in the card script: on closestack --- curryk 2020 no-purge LC build: if the

Re: Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-05 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Yes but as I mentioned, that did not work for me. I still got the two messages after the first build, then messages for ALL my subsequent stack files for build attempts afterwards. I’ll try again tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone > On May 4, 2024, at 02:12, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode >

Re: Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Yeah I do that now. Maybe I’m just majoring in the minors, but it ought to just work out of the box, and it irks me that it doesn’t. The Dev team ought to have one dev dedicated to quashing these niggling bugs. Sent from my iPhone > On May 3, 2024, at 17:15, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode >

Re: Livecode startup messages...

2024-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
"printer connections" and neither phrase turned up anything related to the >> dialog that appears on startup (unfortunately). Maybe under another search >> term, but the general term of "printer" returns 38 screens of forum >> messages! Good suggestion though.

Re: Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
. This is a bug and I will report it as such. Bob S > On May 3, 2024, at 1:58 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Okay I think I traced the issue down to the fact that I “start using” a LOT > of stacks, 64 to be exact, and I think that includes all the behav

Re: Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Okay I think I traced the issue down to the fact that I “start using” a LOT of stacks, 64 to be exact, and I think that includes all the behaviors as well as the libraries. When I quit (or Livecode deletes) the mainStack, it does NOT delete all the stacksInUse. I think my solution will be to

Re: Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
ine Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On May 3, 2024 11:41:24 AM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > >> Hi Curry. >> >> I use a Splash Stack which then opens what I call the mainStack. Should I >> put this

Re: Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Okay, well this is better. When building for MacOS and Windows simultaneously, I only get the dialog twice, whether or not I delete the main stack or no. But if I leave Livecode running and then try to open the main stack, I get all the dialogs. I think the problem is that the Livecode

Re: Livecode startup messages...

2024-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I think this has come up before, but I forget the resolution. Did you search the forums? Bob S > On May 3, 2024, at 10:40 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > When LC 9.6.11 or 9.6.12rc1 starts up OR (more importantly to me) Standalones > build with either of those versions

Re: Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
. Bob S > On May 3, 2024, at 9:44 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Also, isn’t the problem that when opening a stack Livecode detects the stack > being opened has the same name as one already in memory? > > Bob S > > >> On May 3, 2024, at 9:39

Re: Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Also, isn’t the problem that when opening a stack Livecode detects the stack being opened has the same name as one already in memory? Bob S > On May 3, 2024, at 9:39 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Curry. > > I use a Splash Stack which then opens what I

Re: Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi Curry. I use a Splash Stack which then opens what I call the mainStack. Should I put this in the closeStack of the splash stack or the main stack? Bob S On May 3, 2024, at 8:38 AM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: Simplest way – In card 1 of main stack to build: on closestack

Re: Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On May 3, 2024 10:29:13 AM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > >> Hi Jacque. >> >> I did attempt to deploy this solution a while back, but for

Re: Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
get the dreaded dialogs over, and over, and over. Again. Like 100 times. So my initial question is, what library actually pops up that dialog so I can force the cancel option every time, or is that something built into the engine? Bob S > On May 3, 2024, at 8:26 AM, Bob Sneidar wr

Re: Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
n handlers in the message hierarchy you get the dialog. The >> code you need to add is in the link above. >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> On May 2, 2024 6:58:45 PM Bob Sneidar

Re: Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
the dialog. The code > you need to add is in the link above. > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On May 2, 2024 6:58:45 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >&

Supress Standalone Builder Warnings

2024-05-02 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. I have about had it with the Standalone asking me if I want to save, purge or cancel for stacks that are already open. I ONLY ever have one version of any stack that is open, unless the Standalone Builder is leaving stack IN the Standalone in memory, which would be breathtakingly bad

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 9.6.12 RC-1

2024-05-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
All better now. Bob S > On May 1, 2024, at 9:39 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > License server is crashed. Livecode.com is down too it seems. > > Bob S > > >> On May 1, 2024, at 7:43 AM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 9.6.12 RC-1

2024-05-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
License server is crashed. Livecode.com is down too it seems. Bob S > On May 1, 2024, at 7:43 AM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode > wrote: > > Dear list members, > > We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.6.12 RC-1. > > LiveCode 9.6.12 RC-1 comes with 19 bugfixes and

Sending emails with attachments using Applescript

2024-04-30 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. I began working on a method to send emails with attachments a while back. I finally got back around to it. It simply opens an email in the Mail app. You have to actually send it (which I rather prefer actually.) I put the actual Applescript code in a property of my mainstack (which

Re: LC compilation

2024-04-30 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Perhaps they should take a page from Amazon’s AI book and hire a bunch of people in India to watch other people program and respond with the correct code. Bob S On Apr 29, 2024, at 6:30 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: i also saw, today, that zdnet tested microsoft's copilot against

Re: LC compilation

2024-04-30 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Sometimes, I am very good at coding. It’s all the other times that presents problems. ;-) Bob S On Apr 29, 2024, at 6:30 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: sometimes, it is very good at coding ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: LC compilation

2024-04-29 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That should read GROKING stupid spell correct. Seemed like a good idea at the time… Bob S On Apr 29, 2024, at 4:28 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: I have a hard enough time growing ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode

Re: LC compilation

2024-04-29 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I will NEVER use AI to code. I have a hard enough time growing what I have already done, without having to decipher what some AI bot did. Bob S > On Apr 29, 2024, at 4:23 PM, Mark Smith via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 29 Apr 2024, at 3:18 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode > wrote: >> >>

Re: Websockets ... again.

2024-04-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
If you are going to roll your own security with raw sockets, what I had to do was encrypt the data then base64encode it, then reverse the process on the other side. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2024, at 17:56, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > wrote: > > Bernard Devlin wrote: > >>

Re: Websockets ... again.

2024-04-26 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I was thinking the same thing. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 26, 2024, at 16:54, Tom Glod via use-livecode > wrote: > > Richard, thanks for chiming in. > > 1. dunno, it can't be that hard, i would take an existing implementation in > another language and rewrite it in livecode. > 2. dunno >

Re: Help converting python one-liner...

2024-04-25 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Well the good news (I suppose) is that base64Decode seems to ignore the carriage returns in the encoded string. The bad news (for me) is that it means my intermittence issue had nothing to do with the carriage returns. Bob S > On Apr 25, 2024, at 8:09 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livec

Re: Help converting python one-liner...

2024-04-25 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Wha THAT may be why I was getting intermittent success with a socket based file transfer utility I developed! I wonder what base64Decode does with a base64Encoded string if you remove the carriage returns first? I’m going to have to research that. Bob S > On Apr 25, 2024, at 7:57

Re: Revisiting Lock Screen

2024-03-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
to workaround. Bob S On Mar 28, 2024, at 10:30 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: what about switching to pg? On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 1:24 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: Thanks Mike. I think I am going to

Re: Revisiting Lock Screen

2024-03-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
unexpected * the dg could be unlocking the screen. you could also try two or more lock screens. i believe lock screen is additive. until idle. On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 12:22 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote:

Re: Revisiting Lock Screen

2024-03-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Wow thanks for that! I think I remember now this came up before, and datagrids were the culprit. But that does seem odd, doesn’t it? Why would a screen lock interfere with the datagrid behavior? (That is rhetorical. Only the devs would know that.) Bob S On Mar 28, 2024, at 8:48 AM, Mike

Re: Revisiting Lock Screen

2024-03-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
The issue may be with the datagrids. It appears that Lock Screen is not preventing changes to the datagrids from refreshing the screen. Bob S > On Mar 28, 2024, at 8:28 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > Hi Craig thanks for responding. I am not updating fields per se as the only > th

Re: Revisiting Lock Screen

2024-03-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
tion how / when you are seeing the >> (unexpected) changes happening. >> >> Remember that lockscreen is automatically set to false when there is no >> handler running, so unlerss you have an intensive handler running, you will >> see these changes. >> >>

Re: Revisiting Lock Screen

2024-03-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
of > lockscreen in more detail. Thanks. > > Alex. > > On 27/03/2024 22:55, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: >> Hi all. >> >> I read in the dictionary that Lock Screen does not work in Script Debug >> mode. Okay so I turn it off, put the command “Lock Sc

Re: Revisiting Lock Screen

2024-03-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
. mis-remembering.) > Is that the version you are using? > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 7:02 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> Oh, but it gets better. I put at the entry point of the script: >> >> lock scr

Re: Tutorial for Livecode Server log in system

2024-03-27 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
As an aside, I do store passwords, but I encrypt them first using a method only I know about. However I am not using a web portal, so there’s that. Bob S On Mar 27, 2024, at 3:44 PM, Tim Selander via use-livecode wrote: Dear Alex and Pere Thank you both for your code and and the time you

Re: Revisiting Lock Screen

2024-03-27 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
the entire time. Also curious is that I get the same result whether or not I am in script debug mode or no! Bob S > On Mar 27, 2024, at 3:55 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > Hi all. > > I read in the dictionary that Lock Screen does not work in Script Debug mode. > Okay so

Revisiting Lock Screen

2024-03-27 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. I read in the dictionary that Lock Screen does not work in Script Debug mode. Okay so I turn it off, put the command “Lock Screen” at the entry point to a selectionChanged handler which goes on to do a number of things that change the appearance of the screen. The screen is decidedly

Re: FindIndex question

2024-03-25 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
This is the code with a couple of dependencies. I think that’s all the fiddlybits. If I missed something let me know. Bob S function filterArray pArrayDataA, pConditions put the defaultFolder & "/" & "tempdatabase.db" into tDBName put arrayToSQLite(pArrayDataA, tDBName, "arraydata")

Re: FindIndex question

2024-03-25 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
everything i've tried > with the pg is faster than the dg. > just one more reason to resurrect the script compiler and release it. > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 11:16 AM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> I wrote a findInArray() funct

Re: FindIndex question

2024-03-25 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I wrote a findInArray() function that will convert an array to a memory based SQL database, and one of the arguments is the SQL query statement to use on the database. I have another called FilterArray() which simply iterates through the keys to output those matching a criteria. Bob S > On

Re: Dropping file on an LC standalone...

2024-03-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
and hovering over the app’s shortcut will cause the app to show it’s window(s) whereupon you can drop the file onto the open window. Bob S On Mar 21, 2024, at 3:46 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Does it have to be the icon? If I drag a file onto an app in the Windows Tack Bar

Re: Dropping file on an LC standalone...

2024-03-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Does it have to be the icon? If I drag a file onto an app in the Windows Tack Bar it does nothing, even if the file belongs to the app I am dragging the file onto. If however I HOVER on the icon and the app is running, it will bring the app to the front and show the frontmost window if it is

Re: Code translation anyone ?

2024-03-15 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I tried to write a code converter from dBase (Foxpro) to what is now called Livecode. I ran into at least one insurmountable issue. I forget exactly what it was, but it was along the lines of certain conventions used in Foxpro that had no parallel in Livecode or meant something totally

Re: Iconmaker 2.0

2024-03-13 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Awesome thanks! Bob S > On Mar 13, 2024, at 2:26 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi friends, > > a new version of my plug-in "Iconmaker" is available, it now also creates > .ICNS icon files for macOS apps. > Check it here: https://major-k.de/iconmaker.html > > > Best >

Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl

2024-03-06 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Also, and without trying to put too fine a point on it, I’d like to reiterate that Livecode is much less like a furniture store, and more like an Ikea furniture factory, where there are lots of different parts, and bits to hold the furniture together, but theoretically you could make any kind

Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl

2024-03-06 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
ode > wrote: > > it would be nice to have a universal field widget, and be able to have this > sort of behavior be part of it... > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 2:07 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> That is dam

Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl

2024-03-06 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That is damn handy. That could be massaged to work with a Livecode field too. I’m going to work on that. Bob S > On Mar 6, 2024, at 10:13 AM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode > wrote: > > Dan, > > Nice... thanks! > > Ralph DiMola > IT Director > Evergreen Information Services >

Re: sideloading updates to mobile

2024-03-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com<mailto:jac...@hyperactivesw.com> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com<http://www.hyperactivesw.com/> On March 1, 2024 10:42:04 AM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: ___ use-livecode mailing list use-liv

Re: sideloading updates to mobile

2024-03-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
e the same file paths on both iOS and > Android since I generally need to build for both. But either one will work. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On March 1, 2024 10:08:15 AM Bob Sneidar via us

Re: sideloading updates to mobile

2024-03-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Isn’t the Library sandboxed? Bob S On Feb 29, 2024, at 6:35 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: any reason to store in documents instead of in library? it seems like there might be less of a chance of the user misusing the Files app to break the app. On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 5:32 PM Mike

Re: formatDate() Function Update

2024-02-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Should read: standard date: The date in the form of "mm/dd/" On Feb 28, 2024, at 10:42 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: standard date: The date in the form of theFormat ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.

formatDate() Function Update

2024-02-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Not to be confused with the built-in dateFormat() function, I wrote a special formatDate() function a few years back because I had a need to get a given date in unsupported formats. Particularly I needed an SQL Date format in the form of -mm-dd. I have been frustrated also that there is

Re: Code Folding in LC

2024-02-22 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
This is a long time coming. Bob S > On Feb 22, 2024, at 5:40 AM, Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode > wrote: > > For all those interested in Code Folding a new version has been posted to the > forum. Easier install and some minor bug fixes. > >

Re: polygrid formatted column width

2024-02-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Can I just say that the Datagrid does have all these properties? What is the big advantage that would make Polygrids a better choice? Is it because they are Mobile friendly? Faster for large datasets? Easier to work with (apparently not unless by easier one means less properties that you can

Re: Manipulating PDF's

2024-02-16 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Only if you are using Acrobat on a MacOS device. Then you could probably do some apple scripting. Bob S > On Feb 16, 2024, at 9:55 AM, Ray Horsley via use-livecode > wrote: > > Greetings - after using launch document to launch a PDF file (using the > default PDF viewer) is there any way to

Re: tsNetCustomUploadSync: what am I doing wrong? (Answer: RTFM-P)

2024-01-29 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
When AI reaches full maturity, it will know what you meant. Probably before you coded it. And then it will eat your brain. Bob S On Jan 24, 2024, at 4:30 AM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode wrote: For the record: > put tsNetCustomUploadSync(tURL, "POST", tRequestData, tHeaders, ... should

Re: LockLoc and grab

2024-01-23 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
OIC. Not sure what the expected behavior is when the browse tool is selected or in a standalone but I can confirm that it works as you say. In the IDE, dragging the button outside the bounds of its parent group will update the groups rect if the pointer tool is selected, but not if the browse

Re: LockLoc and grab

2024-01-23 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I’m suspecting now that he may be under the impression that the way to remove a control from a group is to drag it outside the group’s boundary. If so then this is not the case. The way I do it is I cut the control, click somewhere on the card, then paste the control again. Alternatively you

Re: Top things you are waiting for ....

2024-01-15 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I’m not going to resubscribe to the compiler until there is at least a beta. That’s just me. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 15, 2024, at 07:59, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > At least the subscription payments for the compiler are paused. ;) > > Von meinem iPhone gesendet >

Re: Menu Mnemonics

2024-01-05 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
g of tParentCard is "view" and \ there is a button "btnEdit" of tParentCard then \ send mouseUp to button "btnEdit" of tParentCard in 15 milliseconds break end switch pass rawKeyUp end rawKeyUp > On Jan 5, 2024, at 2:33

Re: Menu Mnemonics

2024-01-05 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
rawKeyUp FYI the getParentCard function simply returns the long id of the card the target is on. The editing of a card is a custom property I set when entering one of 4 modes, New, Edit, View and Search. Bob S > On Jan 5, 2024, at 2:11 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > >

Menu Mnemonics

2024-01-05 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. When creating menus, I can put an ampersand before any character in the menu item and that becomes the Command Key Equivalent on MacOS. But what if I want the Del key to trigger the Delete menu item? Is there a way to set the text for that? I tried doing it in the Menu Builder but no

Re: Thanks for all the fish

2024-01-04 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I hope this doesn’t mean anything ominous… Bob S > On Dec 30, 2023, at 3:03 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > PowerDebug and PowerTools have now been released into the wild as opensource > tools (MIT license). > Code is all intact, although the check for update functionality has

Re: Embedded PDFs in Windows Menu

2024-01-04 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
, 2024, at 8:21 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Am 03.01.2024 um 17:09 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: It sounds like he is dealing with file permissions. His app can create but not write. I’ll bet the PDF file is 0 kbytes. I had c

Re: Embedded PDFs in Windows Menu

2024-01-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
It sounds like he is dealing with file permissions. His app can create but not write. I’ll bet the PDF file is 0 kbytes. I would try saving the file using open file for binary write; write to file ; put the result into tResult, close file then check for tResult Bob S > On Dec 31, 2023,

Re: Thanks for all the fish

2023-12-30 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Sooo. I should drink several pints of beer and eat a couple bags of peanuts (for the salt, I’m gonna need it) because I’m standing next to a galaxy hitchhiker with a ring on his thumb, otherwise I’m screwed? Mmm kay. I don’t need all those excuses. And I have no idea where my towel is. Yeah,

Re: Message Sent when Resizing Widgets: Workaround

2023-12-29 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
, mouseLeave, mouseDown, mouseDoubleDown, mouseStillDown, mouseUp, mouseDoubleUp, and probably a bunch more. On 12/29/2023 5:39 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Message Sent when Resizing Widgets: Workaround

2023-12-29 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I have a kind of custom group composed of a segmented widget and a transparent button the exact size of the widget, the purpose of which is to be able to handle messages that are otherwise not sent to the widget. In fact almost NO messages are sent to a widget, a source of some consternation

Re: PDF Widget and JavaScript

2023-12-29 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
cript engine is not implemented in the PDF widget. > > 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 Bob Sn

PDF Widget and Javascript

2023-12-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. This is a long shot, but is there any kind of PDF gadget in Livecode that can run javascript? I am specifically wanting to generate an FDF file from fillable forms. The javascript is fairly straightforward: This.ExportAsFDF(true, false, null) This will work in a javascript enabled

Re: Application disappears unexpectedly (goes into background)

2023-12-22 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Well, resumeStack would trigger, wouldn’t it? Bob S > On Dec 22, 2023, at 5:55 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > wrote: > > Clicking on a titlebar sends no messages to LC, only to the OS, essentially > saying “bring me to the front”. > > The fact that all the card windows reappear when

Re: Should I upgrade to Xcode 15.0 or 15.1?

2023-12-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
user’s mobile devices. How convenient for Apple. Bob S > On Dec 21, 2023, at 11:05 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > That’s pretty useful, but also dismaying. I’m kind of glad now, because my > slothfulness had me put off any attempt to make an iOS version of For

Re: Should I upgrade to Xcode 15.0 or 15.1?

2023-12-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That’s pretty useful, but also dismaying. I’m kind of glad now, because my slothfulness had me put off any attempt to make an iOS version of Forms Generator. That is all a lot to consider. Not only am I bound to rebuild for every version of my app, I am also bound to rebuild based on every iOS,

Re: addData in Datagrids

2023-12-15 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
NVM. Apparently I have to send an array as an argument. Odd, it seems like it ought to create a new record with its own array structure. Bob S > On Dec 15, 2023, at 8:44 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > Hi all. > > Datagrids have a command called addData which adds a

addData in Datagrids

2023-12-15 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. Datagrids have a command called addData which adds a line to the end of a datagrid. It returns the line number. Afterwards I ought to be able to do this” ... Set the dghilitedIndex of me to tFoundIndex — this is a valid integer Put the dgDataOfIndex [tFoundIndex] of me into tMyArrayA

Re: Which is faster...

2023-12-15 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Ah! Another mystery solved. My app runs as a standalone considerably faster that in the IDE. Bob S On Dec 15, 2023, at 7:00 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: The above results are run in the IDE which is important to mention because the message path in the IDE is typically longer

Re: Which is faster...

2023-12-15 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Good point. I always put data I intend to work on in a local variable anyway so it becomes easier to debug. As far as 1,000,000 iterations, I cannot imagine what anyone developing in Livecode who would want to do that inline with any other process. But then I failed 6th grade math, sooo…..

Re: Which is faster...

2023-12-14 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Dec 14, 2023, at 4:55 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> Bob, >> >> Thank you. I could script a timing test but sometime just asking the list or >> forums is easier. You asnwered well before I would have had the time to >> write a basic

Re: Which is faster...

2023-12-14 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I think the confusion comes from thinking so much of a stack as an object that has substance, when really all the properties are places in memory just like a memory variable is. I asked this some years back and the answer I got was that there is no appreciable difference. One could always

Re: Get rid of the remote debugger

2023-12-11 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
See that is the exact problem. Because when enabled, the remoteScriptDebugger says there is an error, but cannot show me where the error is because the script is locked, I have no clue as to what script (if any) is causing the issue. That is why I asked if anyone had the password to the

Re: Get rid of the remote debugger

2023-12-11 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
it hasn’t. Bob S > On Dec 11, 2023, at 8:36 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > That is not where the remote debugger lives on MacOS. It is in the > Application package. I can try to remove it from there and see what happens. > > Bob S > > >> On Dec 8, 2023, at 4:14 PM, m

Re: Get rid of the remote debugger

2023-12-11 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> Extensions/com.livecode.library.remotedebugger in the Livecode Extensions > folder? > >> Am 09.12.2023 um 00:42 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >> : >> >> I occasionally get the dreaded error in remote debugger stack is password >> protected iss

Re: Get rid of the remote debugger

2023-12-10 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
gt;>> Piggy backing... Did you try turning off script debugging from the >>>> development menu? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >>>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.c

Re: Get rid of the remote debugger

2023-12-10 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
er 8, 2023 6:16:57 PM matthias rebbe via use-livecode >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hm, did you already try to delete the folder >>> Extensions/com.livecode.library.remotedebugger in the Livecode Extensions >>> folder? >>> >>>> Am 09.12.2023

Get rid of the remote debugger

2023-12-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I occasionally get the dreaded error in remote debugger stack is password protected issue. I don’t WANT the remote debugger. I do not NEED the remote debugger. How can I rid myself of this incredibly annoying pest? Bob S ___ use-livecode mailing

Re: Does the browser widget work?

2023-12-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Imagine certain accidental and unwanted web page spewing out sound and questionable content at work and no way to make it stop. That is one excellent reason I can give for why. :-) Bob S > On Dec 8, 2023, at 1:59 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode > wrote: > > Good gosh, WHY!? > > (That

Re: resizeControl wishes...

2023-12-04 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Dang! I thought I was learning a new word! Bob S On Nov 30, 2023, at 9:29 AM, ambassador--- via use-livecode wrote: it uses the power of the engine to its most efficient, preditable, and robust advangage to put things exactly where you want them.

Re: Comparative speed in switching among groups

2023-11-25 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
My understanding is that the second method of show/hide groups will be more efficient. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 25, 2023, at 14:36, David Epstein via use-livecode > wrote: > > Does anyone have practical experience or an understanding of the engine that > would cast light on the

Re: [OT] The Fall of the British Empire???

2023-11-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
During the reign of the Romans, it was Greek that was primarily spoken. I’ve been told that at the turn of last century, the bulk of Europe used French as the common language. In a world that trades internationally, it seems to me that a common tongue is necessary, and given that the most

Re: [OT] The Fall of the British Empire???

2023-11-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Not until they pay off their loans from WWII. ;-P Bob S > On Nov 20, 2023, at 7:28 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > wrote: > > Apparently a commonwealth does not an empire make. > > But whatever you think about empires overall, you have to give that tiny > island credit… > > Craig >

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