Re: Moving a Group Smoothly

2015-01-04 Thread Roger Guay
I registered a bug report about a month ago about this method (lock/unlock with visual dissolve) causing random screen flashing in Yosemite. At the time, I did not get much confirmation from others. I’m still very much wrestling with this problem which appeared suddenly when I upgraded to

Re: Moving a Group Smoothly

2015-01-04 Thread Roger Guay
One other thing: Try move group SettingsDialog to 291,351 in 50 milliseconds”. You don’t need the from and you do need the duration time Cheers, Roger On Jan 3, 2015, at 9:06 PM, Brahmanathaswami bra...@hindu.org wrote: This has probably been asked and answered 100 times. Because of

Re: Moving a Group Smoothly

2015-01-03 Thread Roger Guay
I’m finding that version 7 is quite slow for this kind of thing. Try version 6.6.5 or 6.7. They are much faster. I’m also using Yosemite. Roger On Jan 3, 2015, at 9:06 PM, Brahmanathaswami bra...@hindu.org wrote: This has probably been asked and answered 100 times. Because of the iOS

Re: Rotation and RGB values

2014-12-26 Thread Roger Guay
And, if you frame your scrollbarDrag script with lock and unlock screen, it works quite smoothly! Roger On Dec 26, 2014, at 9:57 AM, Mike Bonner bonnm...@gmail.com wrote: Oops, link is here. https://www.dropbox.com/s/z0u4nr3raforrhd/Which_Way.livecode?dl=0 On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at

Re: [ANN] homemade slider

2014-12-11 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks again, Bernd. This is a BIG timesaver! Roger On Dec 11, 2014, at 1:54 AM, BNig bernd.niggem...@uni-wh.de wrote: Here is a new version of homemade slider as promised version 0_8 optionally switch behavior when clicking into back of slider either switch mode moving thumb to either

Re: I Love my Colour Picker

2014-12-10 Thread Roger Guay
If you mean SuperPick.Livecode, I like it too. I was working in a similar vein with more of Crayon Name orientation, since I tend to use the Crayon Palette. Have you tried putting everything in the scrollBarDrag handler instead of the MouseUp handler? Works great on my machine. Roger On Dec

Re: I Love my Colour Picker

2014-12-10 Thread Roger Guay
the crayons' tips were worn down? On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/12/14 15:33, Roger Guay wrote: If you mean SuperPick.Livecode, I like it too. I was working in a similar vein with more of Crayon Name orientation, since I tend to use

Re: I Hate the New Color Picker

2014-12-08 Thread Roger Guay
color picker. I am also stuck with one row of colors. Greetings, William 2014-12-08 8:17 GMT+01:00 Howard Bornstein bornst...@designeq.com: I wouldn't have seen it myself if I hadn't used my large Holmesian magnifying glass.;-) On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Roger Guay i

Re: I Hate the New Color Picker

2014-12-08 Thread Roger Guay
to a screen shot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ahzx78f6kzudgcl/Screenshot%202014-12-08%2013.56.46.png?dl=0 On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Poke around just between and above the Cancel and OK btns and you’ll find the sweet spot where the cursor turns to a hand

Re: I Hate the New Color Picker

2014-12-08 Thread Roger Guay
rows, no matter how I resize it. I wonder if the international aspect is a factor here? https://www.dropbox.com/s/ahqcye1nmp3jn2r/Screenshot%202014-12-08%2017.32.53.png?dl=0 On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Aha, the thought plickens! I’m running Yosemite

Re: I Hate the New Color Picker

2014-12-07 Thread Roger Guay
wrote: How much functionality do you want in a color picker? If you just want to allow a user to pick from a fixed set of colours, it’s easy to grow your own - cross-platform too. But of course that’s just a small subset of an OS’s picker. Graham On 6 Dec 2014, at 03:21, Roger Guay i

Re: I Hate the New Color Picker

2014-12-07 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks again, Richmond. That will be very helpful when I build my own version. On Dec 7, 2014, at 3:48 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: Just uploaded the color picker from the Mac Classic version of Runtime Revolution 2.0 to https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ja47l87gg87s ...

Re: Stealing things from Metacard

2014-12-07 Thread Roger Guay
I thought Cornery was particularly clever! On Dec 7, 2014, at 1:38 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: Let's be daft :) https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ja47l87gg87sn0q/AAAIj99kEQVOb8ev3jz8C5ORa?dl=0 I've put 4 files here: CC.zip, CP.zip, GM.zip and PT.zip (there's also some

Re: I Hate the New Color Picker

2014-12-07 Thread Roger Guay
in a color picker? If you just want to allow a user to pick from a fixed set of colours, it’s easy to grow your own - cross-platform too. But of course that’s just a small subset of an OS’s picker. Graham On 6 Dec 2014, at 03:21, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: I’m sure the new color picker

Re: I Hate the New Color Picker

2014-12-07 Thread Roger Guay
itself below that; then the saturation slider below that; then the actual color selected and the saved colors below that; and finally the cancel and okay buttons below that. On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: I’m sure the new color picker is totally Apple’s (Yosemite

Re: I Hate the New Color Picker

2014-12-07 Thread Roger Guay
the bottom of the color picker patches and you'll get 10 rows, just like earlier versions. On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Just the flatness of it, but more importantly, the limit of just one row of color patches. I was used to using multiple rows to record

Re: [ANN] homemade slider

2014-12-07 Thread Roger Guay
That is very cool! Thank you, Bernd . On Dec 7, 2014, at 3:58 PM, BNig bernd.niggem...@uni-wh.de wrote: Dear List, sometimes one needs a custom slider for either mobile or desktop. I made one that can be skinned in many ways. It is horizontal only. Can also be used as progress bar.

Re: I Hate the New Color Picker

2014-12-06 Thread Roger Guay
Richmond, Do I recall that you had converted an old MetaCard Color picker for LC about a year ago? If so, is it still available? Thanks! Roger On Dec 6, 2014, at 1:43 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/12/14 05:21, Roger Guay wrote: I’m sure the new color picker

Re: I Hate the New Color Picker

2014-12-06 Thread Roger Guay
No hurry, and no worries if you don’t. I can always use the ugly one. Thanks! On Dec 6, 2014, at 12:19 PM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/12/14 22:12, Roger Guay wrote: Richmond, Do I recall that you had converted an old MetaCard Color picker for LC about a year

Re: I Hate the New Color Picker

2014-12-06 Thread Roger Guay
Got it. Thanks very much! Cheers, Roger On Dec 6, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/12/14 22:12, Roger Guay wrote: Richmond, Do I recall that you had converted an old MetaCard Color picker for LC about a year ago? If so, is it still available

I Hate the New Color Picker

2014-12-05 Thread Roger Guay
I’m sure the new color picker is totally Apple’s (Yosemite) fault, but I hate it? It’s ugly and not as functional as the old one. Is there anything I can do about it, like go back to the old one? TIA, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: (Arbitrarily) Long-Division Script

2014-11-03 Thread Roger Guay
Such strange goings on. This doesn’t work on my MB Pro running Yosemite and LC 6.6.5 either. Nothing happens! If it hit enter repeatedly I get an “execution error . . . can’t find handler . . . hint: go Cheers, Roger On Nov 3, 2014, at 6:57 AM, Jim Hurley jhurley0...@sbcglobal.net wrote:

Re: Tools Bar In The Way

2014-10-20 Thread Roger Guay
Under the View menu, deselect “Toolbar Text” and Toolbar Icon” Cheers, Roger On Oct 20, 2014, at 12:30 AM, Brahmanathaswami bra...@hindu.org wrote: Back into some stack work again after doing server side scripting (in lc) for nearly 2 years. I have a lot of catch up to do... Some

Screen Flashing in LC 6..6.3

2014-10-18 Thread Roger Guay
I’m using OS X Yosemite and LC 6.6.3 and noticing an occasional screen flash when unlocking screen with visual effect. Can anyone confirm? Here is a sample of my code that sometimes causes a screen flash. Makes no difference what visual effect I use . . . near as I can tell. on mouseUp lock

Re: iOS Icon sizes? Splash screen sizes?

2014-10-09 Thread Roger Guay
Very useful!! Thank you, ˜Roger Roger On Oct 9, 2014, at 7:16 AM, Roger Eller roger.e.el...@sealedair.com wrote: This creates all necessary sizes from a high res master image. http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/756/Scaliniimage-scaler-for-resolution-independence The sizes were also

Re: Helping newcomers anticipate that standalones can't save to themselves

2014-08-15 Thread Roger Guay
I like this idea a lot! Roger On Aug 15, 2014, at 10:46 AM, kee nethery k...@kagi.com wrote: I use the launcher/updater with the script/data stack model so my standalones can save changes into it’s stacks. Wonder if it would make sense to have a standard version of that launcher/updater

Re: Sunday fun.

2014-07-13 Thread Roger Guay
As you probably know, if you set the points of grc OVOID inside the repeat loop and add a short wait, you can watch them being drawn, which is kinda fun. Roger On Jul 13, 2014, at 8:47 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=5t=21041

Unknown Deployment Platform.

2014-05-26 Thread Roger Guay
Sorry I haven’t kept up lately, but could someone please tell me what version(s) of Xcode works with LC v 6.6.1? I’m getting the subject error message with Xcode v 5.5.1. Thanks! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: Silly Automated Rabbit

2014-05-07 Thread Roger Guay
Grab the owner of me” works…. Roger On May 7, 2014, at 10:18 AM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote: On 5/7/14, 7:50 AM, Richmond wrote: grab group RL I've never been able to get this to work in any version of LC (or MC.) The only syntax I could use was grab me. --

Re: More screengamma

2014-05-05 Thread Roger Guay
Jacque, The dictionary says Use the screenGamma property to control the color display of PNG images.” Could that be your problem? Roger On May 5, 2014, at 1:56 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote: In LC 6.6.1, setting the screengamma doesn't do anything, at least on Mac.

Updating Plugins

2014-04-08 Thread Roger Guay
Does anyone have a convenient/clever/cool way to copy favorite personal plugins from previous to new releases of LC? Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Re: Updating Plugins

2014-04-08 Thread Roger Guay
Thank you Mark and Scott. I guess part of my question is how do you manage the possible updates to individual plugins? e.g. Let’s say GoRevNet was updated in the latest LC release. Or, a new plugin was introduced with the latest release. How would I combine the latest release plugins with my

Re: Updating Plugins - Solved.

2014-04-08 Thread Roger Guay
Never mind . . . I see that the universal plugins folder is automatically combined with the packaged plugins of LC. Problem solved!! Thanks again Mark and Scott. Roger On Apr 8, 2014, at 2:39 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Thank you Mark and Scott. I guess part of my question is how do

Re: [OT] Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Passing by the Earth

2014-02-17 Thread Roger Guay
Thank you, Ender. Somehow this event escaped my attention. Cheers, Roger On Feb 17, 2014, at 6:05 PM, Ender Nafi Elekcioglu endern...@keehuna.com wrote: Hi folks, If anyone interested, NEA 2000 EM26 is about to pass and you can watch it live:

Re: Tracing Stack (was: the points of graphic)

2014-01-20 Thread Roger Guay
One of the great features of SuperCard was its Auto-Trace tool which I have tried to replicate in LiveCode on several occasions and failed. I believe you have, at least, a great start here, Michael. Thank you very much! Roger Guay On Jan 20, 2014, at 7:48 AM, Michael Kristensen michael

Re: [OT] MIA

2014-01-20 Thread Roger Guay
Add my very best wishes for you and your wife, Monty. Roger Guay On Jan 20, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Monte Goulding mo...@sweattechnologies.com wrote: Hi Folks I'm going to be off the reservation for a little while. For those that knew we had a baby due in a couple of weeks we lost her

Re: The LifeCode of LiveCode

2013-10-11 Thread Roger Guay
I'm not sure what I was watching, but it's beautiful and I loved it! Please tell us more. A little explanation and how you built it would be nice. Roger On Oct 11, 2013, at 12:50 AM, ha...@exformedia.se wrote: The first post to github was made 6 months ago yesterday (april 10'th) so I

Re: Radio / checkbox button scaloing

2013-08-28 Thread Roger Guay
I believe you have to change their icon. Build your own icons of the size you want and then import them as images etc. Roger On Aug 28, 2013, at 9:17 AM, Christer Pyyhtiä chris...@mindcrea.com wrote: What is wanted is that the checkbox scales with the textSize. Now it looks like the box

Re: OT: Kickstart a movie

2013-08-15 Thread Roger Guay
No link, Mark? Roger On Aug 15, 2013, at 9:22 AM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: All- A colleague here in the Bay Area is putting the finishing touches on a move about the Singularity and is now in the final 24 hours of Kickstarting some final funding. And has some fun rewards

Re: Submitting to Apple... at what size ?

2013-08-01 Thread Roger Guay
My app was built at 1024 x 768 and I recently uploaded a revision at the same resolution. No problem…. Roger On Aug 1, 2013, at 10:32 AM, John Dixon dixo...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: To those of you who have submitted iPad apps to Apple recently built with liveCode... What size did you build

OpenCard and preOpenCard Odd Behavior

2013-07-07 Thread Roger Guay
I have a stack of 6 cards, the first card of which has both a preOpenCard and an openCard script. These scripts execute properly when the stack is first opened, but they fail to execute if the first card is revisited (after the stack is open). Other cards in this stack have preOpenCard and

Re: OpenCard and preOpenCard Odd Behavior

2013-07-07 Thread Roger Guay
Yes I do, but the other cards are not affected by them. On Jul 7, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: Roger- Sunday, July 7, 2013, 10:08:33 AM, you wrote: Can someone please suggest what might be going on here? Hmmm... might you also have a preOpenCard or

Re: OpenCard and preOpenCard Odd Behavior

2013-07-07 Thread Roger Guay
, if the stack script is put in front, then it will execute first.) Dar On Jul 7, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Roger Guay wrote: I have a stack of 6 cards, the first card of which has both a preOpenCard and an openCard script. These scripts execute properly when the stack is first opened

Re: OpenCard and preOpenCard Odd Behavior

2013-07-07 Thread Roger Guay
! Cheers, Roger On Jul 7, 2013, at 3:07 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: I'm so sorry folks, I had to run an errand and came back to realize I misspoke!! I DO NOT have openCard and PreOpenCard scripts at the stack level. Jacque, I am merely navigating between cards in my problem stack that gives

Re: OpenCard and preOpenCard Odd Behavior

2013-07-07 Thread Roger Guay
Hi Jacque, I meant that there are no messages appearing, but you just missed my previous post where I found the offending script in a CloseCard. Thanks very much for your help! Roger On Jul 7, 2013, at 3:24 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote: On 7/7/13 4:07 PM, Roger Guay

Re: OpenCard and preOpenCard Odd Behavior

2013-07-07 Thread Roger Guay
Sounds good to me. Thanks, Mark! On Jul 7, 2013, at 6:16 PM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: I think what's going on is that the exit to top kills all pending messages. And attempting to go from one card to another queues both a closecard and a preopencard message, so the exit in

Re: LiveCode IDE Appearance on Windows

2013-07-06 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks, Richmond. Any ideas why he is not experiencing same? On Jul 5, 2013, at 11:41 PM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/06/2013 02:41 AM, Roger Guay wrote: Hi All, I convinced a good friend to try LiveCode. He's a Windows guy and I, a Mac. I am forwarding his question

Re: LiveCode IDE Appearance on Windows

2013-07-06 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks very much, Richmond and Trevor. From your reports, it does appear to be a monitor quality issue which I have passed on to my friend. I have to wonder though why his LiveCode seems to be worse than his other apps?? On Jul 6, 2013, at 11:50 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: LiveCode IDE Appearance on Windows

2013-07-06 Thread Roger Guay
Ah, sorry I posted too soon. This seems to be what's happening! On Jul 6, 2013, at 12:10 PM, Trevor DeVore li...@mangomultimedia.com wrote: Whenever UI elements are enlarged by the OS the LiveCode icons will look blurred and the text won't be as sharp. LiveCode doesn't support resolution

LiveCode IDE Appearance on Windows

2013-07-05 Thread Roger Guay
Hi All, I convinced a good friend to try LiveCode. He's a Windows guy and I, a Mac. I am forwarding his question to me about the degraded appearance of Livecode on his screen in contrast with his other installed apps. I have no idea about this . . .Can anyone help? Thanks, Roger Begin

Re: LiveCode IDE Appearance on Windows

2013-07-05 Thread Roger Guay
5, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Hi All, I convinced a good friend to try LiveCode. He's a Windows guy and I, a Mac. I am forwarding his question to me about the degraded appearance of Livecode on his screen in contrast with his other installed apps. I have no idea about

Re: randomly position objects on-screen

2013-05-31 Thread Roger Guay
Hi Chris, I believe this will do it for you: on placeBtnRandom pbtnName put the width of btn pbtnName into bW put the height of btn pbtnName into bH put the width of this stack into sW put the height of this stack into sH put random(sW-bW) into tX put random(sH-bH) into tY

Re: randomly position objects on-screen

2013-05-31 Thread Roger Guay
into sH put random(sW-bW) into tX put random(sH-bH) into ty set the loc of btn pbtnName to bW/2+ tx, bH/2 + ty end placeBtnRandom On May 31, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Ooops that should be + tY in the last line… On May 31, 2013, at 11:06 AM, Roger Guay i

Re: randomly position objects on-screen

2013-05-31 Thread Roger Guay
within my defined area. Then I just added some intersect checking and it seems to be working quite nicely. Thanks again, Chris On May 31, 2013, at 12:06 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Hi Chris, I believe this will do it for you: on placeBtnRandom pbtnName put the width

Re: Point in Poly

2013-05-29 Thread Roger Guay
What's wrong with intersect(grc pointThing, grc polyThing, pixels)? Assuming opaque polygon, of course. Roger On May 29, 2013, at 7:17 AM, Ray Horsley r...@linkit.com wrote: Is there a way to determine if a point is inside of a polygon graphic, and not necessarily inside the graphic's

Re: Point in Poly

2013-05-29 Thread Roger Guay
What a cool idea! I also wonder if blending will work? I'm going to go play. Thanks! On May 29, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Dar Scott d...@swcp.com wrote: I wonder if that can be set temporarily inside lock screen and get the right results for polygons that are not opaque.

Re: scrolling stack I made

2013-05-19 Thread Roger Guay
Hi Colin, I tried it in the iOS simulator where it opened but remained static. How do you initiate scrolling? Thanks, Roger On May 19, 2013, at 4:04 PM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: Hopefully some of you will try it on iOS and Android, it works well there too. On May 19,

Re: The current card

2013-05-17 Thread Roger Guay
How about put the ID of this cd [of stack myStack]? Best, Roger On May 17, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: I'm probably missing something really obvious but how do you get the id/name of the current open card in a stack? If the stack is the topstack, I'm looking at

Re: The current card

2013-05-17 Thread Roger Guay
Too long for a poor typist. I called it myStack! On May 17, 2013, at 9:26 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/17/2013 07:22 PM, Roger Guay wrote: How about put the ID of this cd [of stack myStack]? Best, Roger put the id of the current card of stack

Re: The current card

2013-05-17 Thread Roger Guay
Well, there's my problem! On May 17, 2013, at 9:43 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: I thought all 'REAL' Livecode programmers …. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Import Snapshot in iOS

2013-05-14 Thread Roger Guay
Hi, I've discovered that Import Snapshot does not work in iOS if acceleratedRendering is set to true. Works fine in OS X but not iOS. Any thoughts? Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: Import Snapshot in iOS

2013-05-14 Thread Roger Guay
...@mac.com On May 14, 2013, at 8:25 AM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Hi, I've discovered that Import Snapshot does not work in iOS if acceleratedRendering is set to true. Works fine in OS X but not iOS. Any thoughts? Thanks, Roger ___ use

Re: Import Snapshot in iOS

2013-05-14 Thread Roger Guay
I just tried it on a stack that Ender provided and again, found that snapshot does not work in iOS if acceleratedRendering is set true on openStack. BTW, I'm using LC 5.5.4. Roger On May 14, 2013, at 9:16 AM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: No doubt, you're correct John. But, in my case

Re: Import Snapshot in iOS

2013-05-14 Thread Roger Guay
Richard, I presume you were asking anyone on the list. I, for one, do not know! Roger On May 14, 2013, at 9:37 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: Ender Nafi wrote: Roger's right. It's an odd thing but setting the a-R to true prohibits importing snapshots. Commenting it

Re: Message Box spurious messages

2013-05-14 Thread Roger Guay
Same here, every time I open the dictionary! On May 14, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Graham Pearson gspear...@gmail.com wrote: I am getting the same type of thing each time I click on Launch Documentation to learn about a command while I am self teaching myself Livecode. It started for me when the

Re: Import Snapshot in iOS

2013-05-14 Thread Roger Guay
it in a workshop on Thursday. Curious to look at this one some more when I understand the code better. Mark From: Roger Guay i...@mac.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 19:59 Subject: Re: Import Snapshot

Re: Import Snapshot in iOS

2013-05-14 Thread Roger Guay
Very clever, Ender. Thanks! On May 14, 2013, at 5:13 PM, Ender Nafi Elekçioğlu endern...@gmail.com wrote: Yepp :) *import from object* works fine. The problem is *import from rect* notation. @Roger, for now the only solution seems this piece of code: _set the acceleratedRendering of

Re: Oval framed photo

2013-05-12 Thread Roger Guay
On May 11, 2013, at 5:13 AM, David Bovill da...@scimatch.org wrote: Thanks Mike and Roger - seems like it works on OSX at least despite the notes in the docs: To be used as a pattern on Mac OS systems, an image must be 128x128 pixels or less, and both its height and width must be a power

Re: Oval framed photo

2013-05-10 Thread Roger Guay
Hi David, Seems to me that the ideal solution to you problem is to make the image the backgroundPattern of your oval. Roger On May 10, 2013, at 4:22 AM, David Bovill da...@scimatch.org wrote: OK - seems like this works: - Image at back using ink blendSrcAtop - Graphic in front,

Best Practice for Storing Icon Images

2013-05-10 Thread Roger Guay
Is there a best practice or recommendation for storing icon images? Invisible on the same card? Off screen on the same card? Special storage card? Or… Thanks Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: Best Practice for Storing Icon Images

2013-05-10 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks, Jacque and Richard! On May 10, 2013, at 8:55 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote: On 5/10/13 7:47 PM, Roger Guay wrote: Is there a best practice or recommendation for storing icon images? Invisible on the same card? Off screen on the same card? Special storage card

Opaque of MobGUI Created Browser

2013-04-27 Thread Roger Guay
The Opaque selection on MobGUI for a browser control seems to have no effect. What am I missing, please? Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: OT: Kepler's Tally of Planets

2013-04-20 Thread Roger Guay
:54 PM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Look forward to seeing it. I was just reading on Wikipedia that there are proposals to add more variables to the equation. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Should

Re: OT: Kepler's Tally of Planets

2013-04-19 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks for this, Mark. It is indeed beautiful and informative! As you may know, SETI is focusing their attention on Kepler planets. Roger On Apr 19, 2013, at 10:33 AM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: Friday goodness: Three new planets could host life, scientists announced.

Re: OT: Kepler's Tally of Planets

2013-04-19 Thread Roger Guay
Should be easy to do. I'll have a go at it if not already done. Roger On Apr 19, 2013, at 12:09 PM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Anyone have a stack for the Drake equation? Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com

Re: SciTopia: LiveCode in Science

2013-04-18 Thread Roger Guay
Hi David, I tried to reply to you off list but it bounced. How do you want input? Roger On Apr 18, 2013, at 4:11 AM, David Bovill da...@vaudevillecourt.tv wrote: This is a call out to anyone using LiveCode in a Scientific setting - or in the area of public engagement in Science. I am

Re: Intersect Opaque Pixels Broken?

2013-04-13 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks very much, Neil! On Apr 13, 2013, at 2:43 AM, n...@runrev.com wrote: Hi Roger et al. We are aware of this bug and its in our quality control database- http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10828 It should be fixed in the next release. Kind Regards, Neil Roger --

Intersect Opaque Pixels Broken?

2013-04-12 Thread Roger Guay
It appears that the intersect function for opaque pixels is broken in LiveCode Community. Can anyone confirm? Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Intersect Opaque Pixels Broken?

2013-04-12 Thread Roger Guay
it to false. On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: It appears that the intersect function for opaque pixels is broken in LiveCode Community. Can anyone confirm? Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode

Re: Intersect Opaque Pixels Broken?

2013-04-12 Thread Roger Guay
Bummer!! On Apr 12, 2013, at 7:51 PM, Mike Bonner bonnm...@gmail.com wrote: By golly, yep its broke. On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Ah but, create a non-opaque oval ring, and a smaller opaque oval, Dot and place the latter inside of the first

Re: Version 1.4.0 of lcStackBrowser Released

2013-04-10 Thread Roger Guay
Very nice, Peter!! On Apr 10, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: I'm happy to announce the release of version 1.4.0 of lcStackBrowser, a plugin alternative to the Livecode Application and Project Browsers. If you haven't tried lcStackBrowser yet, there's a 30-day, fully

Re: 1001 things to do with LiveCode

2013-04-06 Thread Roger Guay
Peter, PLEASE don't forget my SETI Synchronicity Problem iPad app. Sorry to keep bugging you. Thanks, Roger On Apr 6, 2013, at 9:01 PM, Peter W A Wood peterwaw...@gmail.com wrote: This pretty much completes the development phase of 1001 things to do with LiveCode. There are a few more

Re: BorderColor of an image

2013-03-27 Thread Roger Guay
of the graphic, not the borderColor! No matter, it works. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: I like it better because you can use rounded rectangles or any other graphic object and you can still use Graphic Effects for other

Re: BorderColor of an image

2013-03-27 Thread Roger Guay
from its textColor is to use a strokeGradient. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 3/27/13 1:49 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Hi Peter, I never noticed that before since I always use the foregroundColor. Weird!! Cheers, Roger

Re: BorderColor of an image

2013-03-27 Thread Roger Guay
Definitely, a great hint! You've pushed back the frontiers of ignorance again (for me, anyway) with the strokeGradient thing. Cheers, Roger On Mar 27, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Scott Rossi sc...@tactilemedia.com wrote: Just posting a (possibly) helpful hint (I lost track of the original issue).

Re: BorderColor of an image

2013-03-26 Thread Roger Guay
Another way, Peter, is to make the image the pattern of a rectangle. I'm sure you know that, but other newcomers might not! Roger On Mar 26, 2013, at 5:23 PM, Mac Bennett m...@mauraoconnell.com wrote: Way down at the bottom of the bordercolor listing in the Dictionary: Tip: To set the

Re: BorderColor of an image

2013-03-26 Thread Roger Guay
I like it better because you can use rounded rectangles or any other graphic object and you can still use Graphic Effects for other enhancement. It must have been Scott that thought me these things!! Cheers, Roger On Mar 26, 2013, at 7:21 PM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Roger, I

[OT] My First iPad App

2013-03-16 Thread Roger Guay
Hello Folks! I am very pleased and proud to announce that my first iPad app is now available on iTunes. SETIsyncProb was created by me and donated to (and published by) the SETI Institute so that all proceeds would go to them. (This was a long and painful process compared to actually building

Re: Anyone got any clues on this?

2013-03-10 Thread Roger Guay
I agree with you, Peter, on the non-intuitive interface of SO. That's my rationalization and I'm sticking to it! But, I think I'm all set now. Thanks to you and others. Cheers, Roger On Mar 9, 2013, at 3:20 PM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Navigation around SO is not exactly

Re: Anyone got any clues on this?

2013-03-09 Thread Roger Guay
Hi Peter, How do you sign up for daily summaries on SO? I couldn't find a way. Thanks, Roger On Mar 9, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: I signed up for SO yesterday, created filters for Livecode and SQLite and requested a daily email summary of new activity.

Re: Anyone got any clues on this?

2013-03-09 Thread Roger Guay
Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On Mar 9, 2013, at 9:44 AM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Hi Peter, How do you sign up for daily summaries on SO? I couldn't find a way. Thanks, Roger On Mar 9, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: I signed up for SO

Re: Anyone got any clues on this?

2013-03-09 Thread Roger Guay
Never mind, I found the RSS feed link but I find I don't have an RSS reader installed. Back to the drawing board…. On Mar 9, 2013, at 1:25 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Aw Man . . . why do I have these problems? I still see no way to subscribe! I tried everything suggested so far

Re: Anyone got any clues on this?

2013-03-09 Thread Roger Guay
, to make the filters then work. On Mar 9, 2013, at 3:28 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Never mind, I found the RSS feed link but I find I don't have an RSS reader installed. Back to the drawing board…. ___ use-livecode mailing list use

Re: 1001 things to do...

2013-03-07 Thread Roger Guay
Hear, hear!! On Mar 7, 2013, at 8:09 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB toolb...@kestner.de wrote: It's really interesting and great to see the variety of skills and creativity of the list members on http://livecode1001.blogspot.de/ But Scotts Rossis UIs are really mind-blowing! Chapeau! Tiemo

Re: Weighted Random Number

2013-03-04 Thread Roger Guay
), but as I said, it may not be the result you're looking for. You can play with the randomCardPosition function to change the results. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On 3/3/13 6:14 PM, Roger Guay i...@mac.com wrote: Thanks, Scott. I'm not sure I follow

Re: Weighted Random Number

2013-03-04 Thread Roger Guay
I want to thank Paul, Peter, Dunbar, Jacques and Scott for helping me with this problem. I now have enough to keep me out of your hair for months!! Thanks and cheers, Roger On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Paul D. DeRocco pdero...@ix.netcom.com wrote: From: Roger Guay Thanks, Scott. I'm

Re: Weighted Random Number

2013-03-04 Thread Roger Guay
Hi Walt, This works perfectly! I'll add it to the other methods I've received for evaluation. Thanks and cheers, Roger On Mar 4, 2013, at 10:06 AM, Sumner, Walt wsum...@dom.wustl.edu wrote: This seems to work: Make a stack with a button having this script, then click the button. It will

Re: Weighted Random Number

2013-03-04 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks for this, Dr. Hawkins. I suspect my distribution is Gaussian, but I may not need to be precise. I'm evaluating all the great suggestions I've received on this. Thanks again, Roger On Mar 4, 2013, at 10:36 AM, Dr. Hawkins doch...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Roger

Re: Weighted Random Number

2013-03-04 Thread Roger Guay
I have so much to learn and I learn so much from this group!! On Mar 4, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Dr. Hawkins doch...@gmail.com wrote: If it comes from combining a bunch of different things, it's pretty much guaranteed to come out Gaussian if there are enough elements, and pretty close to it even if

Weighted Random Number

2013-03-03 Thread Roger Guay
I suspect this is easy, but I'm not coming up with anything. Can anyone tell me how to get weighted random numbers in LC? Say I want to position something on the screen randomly but favor the center of the screen. Any ideas? Thanks, Roger ___

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