LC Screen Recording?

I’m wondering if there is a way from within LC to make a video recording of what is going on within a rect in a macOS LC app. Recording audio at the same time would also be a big plus. Anyone with good ideas or suggestions for what I might be able to do? Thanks, Rick

Re: Is Anyone on the list still using macOS 10.11?

Hi Matthias, Sorry, but I am no longer have Yosemite on any of my older Macs. Thanks for the clarification though. Hopefully someone can help you out with this. Cheers, Rick > On Jun 27, 2022, at 10:14 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Rick, > > it's even older. I meant

Re: Is Anyone on the list still using macOS 10.11?

Hi Matthias, macOS 10.11 El Capitan? You shouldn’t be testing with that at all. It’s 6-7 years out of date now. What kind of testing do you need? Good luck! Rick > On Jun 27, 2022, at 8:26 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi, > is there anyone on the list still using

LC Server & Monterey

I’m trying to upgrade my web-server from Catalina to Monterey, and I’m running into Error 403 Forbidden You don't have permission to access this resource. I’m using LiveCode Server 9.6.7 Everything worked great under Catalina. What extra thing do I need to do for Monterey? Anyone else worked

Re: Generating Random numbers to conform a distribution

Try rolling 2 six-sided dice. 7 is the number that appears the most so it’s at the middle of the curve, while 2 and 12 are at the ends of the distribution. Roll the dice multiple times to generate a distribution. Now simulate rolling the dice with random numbers in LC the same way. Now conduct

Re: Set HTMLText and Get Effective HTMLText

Hi Paul, Thanks for this. I’ll keep this in mind for the future. I found that Bob’s simple suggestion of: put URL VarURL into VarHTMLText to work the best for me. Thanks again! Rick > On May 18, 2022, at 1:38 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > Instead of: > > set the

Re: Set HTMLText and Get Effective HTMLText

Hi Bob, That might be what I need, but I’ll have to look at the resulting code to see if that will work. Thanks, Rick > On May 18, 2022, at 12:43 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > put URL VarURL into VarHTMLText ___ use-livecode

Re: Set HTMLText and Get Effective HTMLText

Hi Klaus, Thanks for getting back to me on this. That explains the problem. I wish it worked with variables though because execution would be faster. Oh well, at least it will do for now until we have the LC 10 compiler which will make it all faster! Rick > On May 18, 2022, at 12:29 PM,

Re: Set HTMLText and Get Effective HTMLText

Thanks! It’s a bummer though, because variables are much faster. Rick > On May 18, 2022, at 12:28 PM, Tore Nilsen via use-livecode > wrote: > > I would think it is because the htmlText is a property of a field. It is one > of the properties that it inherited by any field. The variable does

Set HTMLText and Get Effective HTMLText

This works: set the HTMLText of field "HTMLTextField1" of this card to URL VarURL This doesn’t work: set the HTMLText of VarHTMLText to URL VarURL (The syntax is accepted fine, but it throws the following error at execution time.) Chunk: error in object expression This works: get the

Re: Divide Large Data Blob?

Hi Bob, Nice to know this for the future. Thanks for your research! Rick > On May 16, 2022, at 7:53 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > OK so it appears there is a log2 property. The log2 of 1000 yields 9.965784 > so I suppsoe if you round up, that would give you the maximum

Re: Divide Large Data Blob?

Hi Bob, Yes, I was looking into the binary sort idea. It’s too bad that isn’t just a built-in function for LC. I’m not sure it’s worth that kind of effort for my particular case. Thanks, Rick > On May 16, 2022, at 6:44 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > So this has got me

Re: Divide Large Data Blob?

Hi Bob, I just need to make one pass at the data, so building an SQL database for it doesn’t make sense. I don’t have any definitive line for the boundary between good and bad data. It’s more of a consistent first guess used just to cut down on the amount of data to process. I start looking

Re: Divide Large Data Blob?

is your friend. Filter is blazingly fast. > > 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 Rick Harrison via use-liv

Re: Divide Large Data Blob?

> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net > > -Original Message- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf > Of Rick Harrison via use-livecode > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2022 1:46 PM > To: How to use LiveCode > Cc: Rick Harrison > Subject: Divide Large Da

Re: Divide Large Data Blob?

Hi Richmond, Doesn’t the following still require a loop? LC doesn’t like the syntax you provided. Thanks, Rick > On May 16, 2022, at 2:23 PM, Richmond via use-livecode > wrote: > > 3 put chars 1-SLICER of MyDATA into firstTHIRD ___ use-livecode

Re: Divide Large Data Blob?

Hi Richard, I was looking at the offset function and thinking about the starting points. It still presents a looping problem for me that I’m trying to avoid. If other methods aren’t more efficient I will play with it more. Thanks, Rick > On May 16, 2022, at 2:32 PM, Richard Gaskin via

Re: Divide Large Data Blob?

Hi Richmond, An interesting approach. I’ll give it try Thanks! Rick > On May 16, 2022, at 2:23 PM, Richmond via use-livecode > wrote: > > Well one of the things you could do is this: > > slightly pseudo > > 1 put the number of chars in MyDATA into MyNUM > 2 put MyNUM / 3 into SLICER > 3

Divide Large Data Blob?

I have a large chunk of data that I want to search as quickly as possible. Unfortunately the part I want to search is the middle third of the data. The other thirds at the beginning and at the end are just junk and slow down my search so I want to get rid of them. I don’t want to search

Re: Visual Dissolve Times

Hi Tore, set the effectRate.. Cool! Thanks Tore! > On May 5, 2022, at 1:45 PM, Tore Nilsen via use-livecode > wrote: > > You can set the effectRate to speed up or down the visual effects. Lower > number increases the speed. Look it up in the Dictionary for more precise > explanation. > >

Visual Dissolve Times

Greetings LiveCoders, I was playing around with the visual dissolve effect and I wanted to be able to specify an amount of time for the effect. In my case I wanted it to do the effect in 0.75 seconds (3/4 of a second). We only get choices of very fast fast normal slow very slow When I tried

Ken Burns LC Stack

I downloaded the Ken Burns LC Stack and found that it doesn’t seem to work. Is anyone else finding it doesn’t work? Thanks, Rick ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Re: Hey Lurkers: Anyone still using LC 6.7? (Regulars too)

Ah, the old days of LC 6.7 when LiveCode was fast. How much I miss that! Hopefully our new compiler when it comes out will make me feel that LC 6.7 was really slow. Thanks for the walk down memory lane! Rick ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Getting Webpage Information

Hi Tom, I found htmltext gave me html not just text. I tried the following, and it yielded a lot of formatting junk, plus some useable text. set the HTMLText of field “MyTestTextField" to the HTMLtext of widget “MyWebBrowser" Bob is correct about javascript variable contents not coming

Re: Getting Webpage Information

Hi Keith, Yes, I have tried that several times and ways. It doesn’t seem to work. One would think that would work fine. Other ideas? Thanks, Rick > On Mar 27, 2022, at 3:58 PM, Keith Clarke via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Rick, > Maybe try 'put the text of widget "youtBrowserName" into

Getting Webpage Information

I have been playing around with the WebBrowser widget, and I can’t seem to grab the content results of what the page returns. Example: If I use the Browser to navigate to google, I can program a way to search for “Bird”. When the results are returned in the browser, I can manually perform a

Re: Counting Syllables

Yes, I’m looking into that. Web-scraping isn’t fun though, and it can be a lot of work. One also has to make sure it doesn’t violate company policies etc. I’m not a fan of getting sued. Rick > On Mar 24, 2022, at 1:55 AM, Dick Kriesel via use-livecode > wrote: > > You could scrape an

Re: Counting Syllables

Yes, that is where I’m at. An existing database would make things a lot easier. Rick > On Mar 22, 2022, at 9:06 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > wrote: > > If you have a database at all, it would cost nothing much in speed to just > use the whole thing all the time. Put the database into

Re: Counting Syllables

I’ve tried a bunch of things. It’s 80-90% correct, but failing 10-20% of the time due to irregulars isn’t acceptable. I think I have to look into a database table lookup solution, but I’m dreading it. Thanks, Rick > On Mar 21, 2022, at 4:18 PM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > wrote: > >

Re: Counting Syllables

“miaou” has 4 consecutive vowels so I’m not surprised it has 2 syllables. That may be a rule. The average person uses about 20,000 words on a regular basis. They know about 40,000 visually. It’s estimated there are about 1.25 million english words, but a lot of those are scientific terms.

Re: Counting Syllables

I found this: https://www.dcc-cde.ca.gov/professionaldev/events/documents/syllabication-packet-2021-04.pdf I’m not sure how comprehensive it is yet, but it has me thinking! I tried looking up

Re: Counting Syllables

Hi Richmond, Yes, I came across syllablecounter.net which only intrigued me more. Unfortunately it reports the word triangle has 2 syllables which is incorrect. Any dictionary will tell you triangle has 3 syllables. Is there a rule for that or is it just an exception to some rule? Perhaps

Re: Counting Syllables

Hi Colin, Thanks for sharing this. I’m reading it now! Rick > On Mar 20, 2022, at 3:12 PM, Colin Holgate via use-livecode > wrote: > > This post goes over some techniques: > > https://mholtzscher.github.io/2018/05/29/syllables/ > >

Re: Counting Syllables

Hi Richmond, Yes, English. Sorry I forgot to be specific, I thought it was implied. Yes, I have been counting vowels, but there appear to be a lot of exceptions, so there must be a lot more rules. I need to know what all the rules are to make it work if possible. There are websites out there

Counting Syllables

I’m working on a project that requires an LC program to count the number of syllables in a paragraph. I don’t want to have to re-invent the wheel here if there is an existing solution to the problem. If not, what are all the rules I need to check? Suggestions? Thanks, Rick

Re: How to extract a video clip...

I was looking for some LiveCode lessons on how to use mergAV and there weren’t any. :-( Are there any good examples anywhere on how to use it? Thanks, Rick > On Mar 19, 2022, at 9:37 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > If mergeAV was macOS and Windows, I would definitely

Compiler Funding Options Update

Hi LiveCoders, I just received a message from LiveCode Ltd., that stated the compiler has been 83% funded with just 1 day to go. This project really needs to be fully funded if LiveCode is to move forward. Quite often I find that our present version of LiveCode isn’t fast enough for me to be

Re: Browser Widget and Images

Thanks! I had forgotten about "import as control" and about set the imagedata of image “my image”. set the imagedata doesn’t fit to the image’s object size though. I would probably have to resize the image beforehand. I also came across: put URL "binfile:///ExportedImageFile.png" into image

Re: Browser Widget and Images

:58 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Rick, > >> Am 13.03.2022 um 19:34 schrieb Rick Harrison via use-livecode >> : >> >> I have a large free public domain image displaying nicely in my LC Browser >> Widget. >> I want to br

Browser Widget and Images

I have a large free public domain image displaying nicely in my LC Browser Widget. I want to bring the image directly into a LiveCode image object to be able to play around with it. What’s the best way to do that? While I was looking around in the dictionary for possibilities, I came across

Re: Problems with Filter?

Ok, that straightened out my confusion. Thanks! > On Mar 12, 2022, at 5:40 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > Exactly. You want matchtext, not filter. > > There is a way to finesse this if you really need to use filter: > > local tSubString, tTarget, tLargeTextString > local

Re: Problems with Filter?

put "THIS*FIND" into tTarget put “abcdefghijkTHISISMYTEXTTOFINDlmnopqrstuvwxyz” into tLargeTextString put tLargeTextString into pText — Adding your code here Mark: put ".*THIS.*FIND.*" into tTarget filter pText with regex pattern tTarget into tFilteredTextResult answer "tFilteredTextResult

Re: Problems with Filter?

Hi Mark, matchText works fine. That doesn’t explain why “filter” doesn’t work though. Thanks! Rick > On Mar 12, 2022, at 2:05 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > Try matchtext rather than filter: > > local tTextt, tFound? > put matchtext(tLargeTextString, ".*THIS(.*)FIND.*",

Problems with Filter?

Good Morning! I’m trying to get filter to work with some text and so far no success at all. Given large string: abcdefghijkTHISISMYTEXTTOFINDlmnopqrstuvwxyz I want the text between THIS and FIND which could be anything like ISLJFKKDKLS It’s OK to include the THIS and FIND in my result. I’m

Re: Browser Widget Issues

in widget "myBrowser" > > and this_js should have the javascript to click the button. > > Imagine the possibilities :) > > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 3:31 PM Rick Harrison via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> Simple mo

Re: Browser Widget Issues

Simple mouseClick at location. > On Mar 11, 2022, at 1:51 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > what did you try so far? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Browser Widget Issues

I was hoping to be able to programmatically tell the browser widget where to go to next by having LC click on an image or button within the browser window. So far I have had no success with that. Is there a bug in LC preventing me from doing this seemingly simple task? Is there a work

Re: Sign In with Apple and Google

Do it in a webpage. I doubt there is a plug-in or a better way. Personally whenever I see any website that tells me to login with my google, facebook, or apple account, I immediately view that website as being suspicious. If there is a standard login using a Login ID and password that I set up,

Re: A question about the compiler to come

According to Kevin’s email: Would this script compiler work on all platforms? All platforms will benefit. Code will run faster and readable scripts will be removed whatever platform you are targeting. Rick > On Mar 3, 2022, at 9:33 AM, francois.chaplais via use-livecode > wrote: > > Dear

Re: Speed up a slow loop

It could also be the garbage collection cycle isn’t working right. > On Mar 2, 2022, at 7:52 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > I noticed today though that there's a more general slowdown overall. When I > first launch the app it takes only a second to set up the board display.

Re: Speed up a slow loop

That sounds like a memory leak! > On Mar 2, 2022, at 7:52 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > I noticed today though that there's a more general slowdown overall. When I > first launch the app it takes only a second to set up the board display. If I > keep hitting the "new

Re: Speed up a slow loop

A few years ago I found that 0.1 milliseconds was faster for some crazy reason. Maybe that bug finally got fixed? > On Mar 2, 2022, at 7:40 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > It gets slower. :( ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Speed up a slow loop

Eon’s ago I had a similar problem in Fortran. My solution was to break up my huge array into 3 smaller alphabetical arrays. I had to first determine with some if statements which of the 3 arrays I had to search. The solution turned a glacially slow search into a very acceptable one. You may

Re: Speed up a slow loop

What happens if you wait longer than 0? Rick > On Mar 2, 2022, at 4:57 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > In my Boggle game I have an array containing dictionary words as keys, split > as set, so all values are "true". I need to compare those keys with a list of > user words

Re: [ANN] Circling Balls Illusion

That’s a clever little demo! It’s not a lot of code either. There is a fair amount of interesting math involved. Ahh, the power of math! Thanks Roger! Rick > On Feb 3, 2022, at 11:59 AM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Yes: > >> https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9=36724

Re: [ANN] Circling Balls Illusion

Hi Roger, Can you please provide a link to it? Thanks, Rick > On Feb 2, 2022, at 4:10 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi List, > > Over on the forums I introduced my LC version of a well know dynamic optical > illusion wherein a number of balls appear to be circling inside of

Re: tsNet Gmail Email

Hi Matthias, Thanks for getting back to me. I will give that a try! Rick > On Jan 23, 2022, at 4:55 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > Rick, > > please let me add something > > If you have 2FA enabled for your Google Account you can create an app > specific password >

tsNet Gmail Email

Hi there, I just tried out email using the tsNet LiveCode lesson that was updated on 8/17/2020. I ran into an error (67) when trying to send using Gmail. Google has updated their security for 3rd party Apps, and now you need to use an App password. How can an App password be included for a

Re: Livecode and interactive video

I doubt that will work. Once you have converted it into a video, it’s just a video. You want to have a video with HTML5 button overlays. You will probably have to use Javascript for jumping to the various points in the video. Let us know what finally works for you. Cheers, Rick > On Jan

Re: Livecode and interactive video

You could probably do it on your own website with LiveCode server. It would not work with YouTube though. You might however be able to publish an optional link to your interactive video on YouTube just below a video you have posted. You could say something like: To try the interactive version

Re: Sorting cards problem, and a link

Ouch! That’s why I always charge an hourly rate, and never quote by the job. Here’s hoping you solve your problem soon! Rick > On Jan 2, 2022, at 1:17 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 1/1/22 11:30 PM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: >>

Re: Sorting cards problem, and a link

Hi Jacque, I’ve been looking at the exchange of messages here which had made me want to ask, why are you sorting cards at all? Wouldn’t it be easier just to use array pointers or an index for the cards. You can sort the pointers however you like and the cards never have to move at all according

Re: Is there a better way to check if images are the same? I now use imagedata

Hi William, If you could provide a link to a photo example of what you are doing that would help us to understand the problem better. There may be a way to simplify your process so you don’t have to check every pixel. Rick > On Dec 29, 2021, at 4:57 AM, William de Smet via use-livecode >

Re: Smile for Christmas.

Ok then. Thanks for clearing up the confusion. Rick > On Dec 16, 2021, at 6:12 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 16/12/2021 18:25, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: >> Combining two arrays is nice, but it really shouldn’t spell correct “col

Re: Smile for Christmas.

Combining two arrays is nice, but it really shouldn’t spell correct “color” to “colour”. > On Dec 16, 2021, at 12:55 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > wrote: > > Not only does it combine two arrays, but apparently it also spell-corrects > "color" to "colour" !!

OT: Facebook -> Meta (Damaged Infinity!)

Facebook on Thursday announced that it will change its company name to Meta! It figures he would mess with the infinity symbol to try to make it his own! Oh well… Rick ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: Mudslinging and consequences - a change to our policy

Hi Bob and Martin, On a Mac the solution is to use the Option and 5 keys. The result is: ∞ All you really had to do was G∞gle it! I remember the math class discussions of a googol and a googolplex. Then I recalled that some infinite sets are bigger than others. The following article will

Re: Problems with simulator

Hi Mark, I used to have a problem with the simulator timing out when it was trying to load my stack. I think I gave up on using the simulator, and went with testing everything on my target device. Good luck! Rick > On Oct 26, 2021, at 11:54 AM, Mark Smith via use-livecode > wrote: > >

Re: Screensizes.app

Hi Mark, That’s a nice resource. Thanks! Rick > On Oct 9, 2021, at 6:50 AM, Mark Smith via use-livecode > wrote: > > Stumbled on this today. Lists all Apple models and screen sizes (plus safe > areas, notch areas, portrait, landscape, etc) includes iPhone, iPad, > watches, TV, etc. You

Re: OT: Favorite Simple Static Webpage Builder?

Thanks Paul, I will check it out! Rick > On Oct 1, 2021, at 11:00 AM, Paul Richards via use-livecode > wrote: > > Mobirise.com works on Mac and Windows. Drag and drop > blocks onto the page to build. > > Paul ___

OT: Favorite Simple Static Webpage Builder?

I used to love iWeb for Mac, but that is way too old to run on a current macOS system. All I need is one that will allow me to show text, images, short videos, and put in a few links that doesn’t access databases, that is WYSIWYG. I’m eyeing Sparkle right now, and considering getting it. What

Re: iOS 15 - Xcode version

Hi Marty, There are a bunch of other programs that have a lot of the same features as photoshop. Graphic Converter 11 GIMP InkScape GravitDesigner Even Apple’s Photos program has come a long way. Good luck! Rick > On Sep 24, 2021, at 6:19 PM, Marty Knapp via use-livecode > wrote: > > But

Re: LC IDE Menu suddenly is slow / responds slowly

Hi Matthias, Check to see if after later use the memory consumption gets a lot larger. It could be a memory leak, or garbage collection failure. Rick > On Sep 17, 2021, at 4:25 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi, > > i am currently noticing a massive slow down of the LC

Re: Send a table in an email.

Hi Sean, Maybe you should have led with your explanation. Cheers, Rick > On Sep 9, 2021, at 4:35 AM, Pi Digital via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hehe. Full of ‘solutions’ :) > > It’s because we need to see it as a table in an email :D > That’s the point of the question. > > Here’s my full

Re: Send a table in an email.

Hi Sean, Why don’t you just email them a spreadsheet or a .csv file, let them open it. and they can copy and paste whatever they want into their own spreadsheet? Rick > On Sep 8, 2021, at 10:43 PM, Pi Digital via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Rick > > Because, as stated before, you can’t

Re: Send a table in an email.

Hi Sean, If you just want to show the table in an email why not just send an image of it? Create a screenshot of the table and email it. Are you trying to send just one or a lot of them over a period of time? Rick > On Sep 8, 2021, at 3:42 PM, Pi Digital via use-livecode > wrote: > > I just

Re: Send a table in an email.

Hi Sean, So you want the receiver of your emailed table to be able to modify the data in it. I would make it an HTML email so you can allow the user to enter the data directly into your server database table field. That’s if I am understanding you correctly here. Rick > On Sep 8, 2021, at

Re: Send a table in an email.

Hi Sean, Could you try converting your table into a .pdf file so it displays properly? Good luck! Rick > On Sep 8, 2021, at 6:02 AM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi all > > I'm trying to use the MIME encoder to send an email with a table in the > body. I have a field that

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

Hi Dan, So you want the company to break more promises, even to the lifetimers? A lot of the lifetimers have spent a lot of money on licenses before deciding to invest in lifetime licenses. I don’t think you want to be ticking off what is probably the company's most loyal base. It’s a recipe

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

Hi Dan, Yes, there were a lot of us who specifically contributed to make the Community version possible as open source. One of the justifications was that if the company went under we would still have the Community version available to us. The promise that the company would also support it

Re: Can't reach license server...

That’s why I use the manual license method. Hopefully they are aware of the problem and are working on it. Rick > On Aug 31, 2021, at 10:57 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > When trying to launch LiveCode, I keep getting errors contacting the license > server and I see that

Re: Is there an issue with beep on iOS?

Hi Bill, You can always make your own beep sound, but you will have to call it like you would any other sound. Don’t use beep. Example from the dictionary: put specialFolderPath("engine") & "/applause.mp3" into tSoundFile play tSoundFile Good luck! Rick > On Aug 5, 2021, at 8:09 PM, William

Re: Most streamlined method to get data

Nice solution Colin! Rick > On Jul 29, 2021, at 9:10 AM, Colin Kelly via use-livecode > wrote: > > Put the last trueword of yourVariable ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: httpd library

Hi Bernard, The user should set up an LC Web Server with a database connected to it. The LC Apps should all then send information to the LC Server, and the Server will send information back to the LC Apps. I think any other way is going to be a huge waste of time and energy. Good luck, Rick

Re: How do I get the ID of a database?

Hi Bob, When you open the database with revOpenDatabase you assign the whole thing to yourDatabaseID. Look it up in the dictionary towards the end and you’ll find what I’m referring to. yourDatabaseID will be an integer and you will use that to refer to your database for other functions.

Re: mySQL 8 destroyes umlaute

Hi Tiemo, Could you use a substitution table as a work around patch? Rick > On Jul 8, 2021, at 8:45 AM, Tiemo via use-livecode > wrote: > > Thank you Matthias, > > because it is an existing db and years old LC programs in different versions > out at the customers, I can't modify my old LC

Re: Stuck on native database functions

Hi Bob, Some quick questions: 1. What version of LiveCode are you using? 2. Are you on Mac or Windows or Linux? 3. Are you using MySQL or PostgreSQL? Have you ever tried using the free version of Valentina Studio to help you with managing your databases? It’s quite nice! Let us know! Rick >

Re: workaround for cut-off text in native scroller?

Hi Klaus, What happens if you add 100 blank lines? What happens if you add 100 blank lines and the last one has something on it? I hope you find a suitable workaround because that’s a serious bug! Rick > On Jun 1, 2021, at 7:14 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi friends, >

Re: 3-way slider control

Cool custom 3 state toggle switch! A little more work, and code but truly a worth-while result. That will make Paul happy for sure! Thanks! Rick > On May 26, 2021, at 3:41 PM, Jim Lambert via use-livecode > wrote: > > go url "http://netrin.on-rev.com/misc/three_state_toggle.livecode; > >

Re: 3-way slider control

I thought of this before I saw Paul’s solution: Name the scrollbar: ScrollbarThreeStateButtonValue on mouseUp put the thumbposition of me into ScrollbarThreeStateButtonValue put the round of ScrollbarThreeStateButtonValue into VarScrollbarThreeStateButton2 set the thumbposition of me to

Re: 3-way slider control

Hi Paul, You can make your own custom controls in LiveCode. Perhaps you just want something more like three radio buttons, or simulate a slider control with buttons and graphics. Give us an example image to help clarify what you want. Thanks, Rick > On May 25, 2021, at 11:38 AM, Paul Dupuis

Re: 3-way slider control

Hi Paul, Grab a horizontal slider control. Set the start position to -1 Set the end position to +1 Set the current position to 0 Make it any length you want. If you try clicking on a 1/4 setting it will spring to the next value, giving it the left middle and right positions you want. Let me

Re: LC puts stuff in the trash upon quit!

w_bug.cgi?id=21233 > > > >> Am 15.05.2021 um 15:46 schrieb Rick Harrison via use-livecode >> : >> >> I have noticed this oddity for a long time. >> No other program that I own does this. >> >> Why is LC so dirty? >> >> Rick _

LC puts stuff in the trash upon quit!

I have noticed this oddity for a long time. No other program that I own does this. Why is LC so dirty? Rick ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: Really need In App Purchasing for macOS

Hi Kee, IAP in the Apple World only applies to iOS apps in their environment for now as I understand it. That may change in the future as Apple starts making iOS Apps available for macOS. To implement what you want, you would probably have to add a link to your website in your Mac App. At

Re: Close & remove from memory - Engine hang

Hi Tiemo, I have also seen this weirdness, I don’t think it’s just your computer. Rick > On May 7, 2021, at 5:04 AM, Tiemo via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > LC 9.6.1 macOS 11.2.3 > > > > when trying to close and remove a file from memory I get the known window > "really

Re: New(?) Idea for Standalones

Hi Mark, Perhaps improving standalone building should be put at the top of the priority of things to improve for LiveCode. I think people are very frustrated that they are having great difficulties in building a standalone. A process that used to be relatively simple is now way too complex.

Re: LC Server - Check for Screen size?

Hi Matthias, Thanks! Rick > On Mar 21, 2021, at 7:51 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Rick, > here's a sample with some put commands and comments for better understanding. > -- read Cookie screeres if available > put $_COOKIE["screenres"] into tScreenRes > > if

Re: LC Server - Check for Screen size?

Hi Matthias, So you are thinking something like: Your Screen: var txt = ""; txt += "

Total width/height: " + screen.width + "*" + screen.height + "

"; txt += "

Available width/height: " + screen.availWidth + "*" + screen.availHeight + "

"; txt += "

Color depth: " +

LC Server - Check for Screen size?

I was wondering if there is anyway to check for the device type or screen size of the connected device for LC Server so I can serve the correct size screen? Thanks, Rick ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

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