Re: specialfolderpaths on Windows >=8

2016-04-15 Thread Klaus major-k
com] Im Auftrag > von Klaus major-k > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. April 2016 19:33 > An: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Betreff: specialfolderpaths on Windows >=8 > > Hi firends, > > on Wndows XP and 7, I usually to store user pre

AW: specialfolderpaths on Windows >=8

2016-04-15 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
[mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Klaus major-k Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. April 2016 19:33 An: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Betreff: specialfolderpaths on Windows >=8 Hi firends, on Wndows XP and 7, I usually to store user preference

Re: specialfolderpaths on Windows >=8

2016-04-14 Thread JB
gt; on Wndows XP and 7, I usually to store user preferences in >> -> specialFolderPath(35) >> ### For all users! >> resp. >> -> specialfolderpath(26) >> ## for the current user only! >> >> Is this still valid for Windows 8, 9 and 10? >> Thanks a

Re: specialfolderpaths on Windows >=8

2016-04-14 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 4/14/2016 1:33 PM, Klaus major-k wrote: > Hi firends, > > on Wndows XP and 7, I usually to store user preferences in > -> specialFolderPath(35) > ### For all users! > resp. > -> specialfolderpath(26) > ## for the current user only! > > Is this still val

specialfolderpaths on Windows >=8

2016-04-14 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi firends, on Wndows XP and 7, I usually to store user preferences in -> specialFolderPath(35) ### For all users! resp. -> specialfolderpath(26) ## for the current user only! Is this still valid for Windows 8, 9 and 10? Thanks a lot in advance! Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www

Re: Windows 8 Image pixellation

2015-07-07 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
8 and before I do, I wonder if you could look at the two images and give me some hints about what might be going on in Windows 9. First, I see huge pixellation in the Windows 8 image. Second, the fonts are way off in the plot at the bottom, not to mention the huge pixellation problem. The map

Windows 8 Image pixellation

2015-07-07 Thread William Prothero
Folks: I have a desktop application that I’ve tested on MacOSX and Windows 7. I don’t have a copy of Windows 8 and before I do, I wonder if you could look at the two images and give me some hints about what might be going on in Windows 9. First, I see huge pixellation in the Windows 8 image

Re: Windows 8 Image pixellation

2015-07-07 Thread William Prothero
don’t have a copy of Windows 8 and before I do, I wonder if you could look at the two images and give me some hints about what might be going on in Windows 9. First, I see huge pixellation in the Windows 8 image. Second, the fonts are way off in the plot at the bottom, not to mention the huge

Re: Revmail problems on Windows 8

2015-07-01 Thread Richard Gaskin
David V Glasgow wrote: The good news is that using the launch url workaround recommended by Richard (below) worked fine. So anyone encountering the same issue can take this route. Thanks Richard. Why Revmail should fail in the way I have described is beyond me. Maybe brighter coders can

Re: Revmail problems on Windows 8

2015-07-01 Thread David V Glasgow
I originally sent this a couple of days ago, but it has never appeared on the list. Apologies if it ends up a double post…. Based on the advice received when I posted this issue, I checked the result immediately after the revmail line was executed. Interestingly, the result-put line was not

Re: Revmail problems on Windows 8

2015-07-01 Thread Bob Sneidar
To which I might add, Don’t put bad gas in the engine Don’t over rev the engine Don’t try to pull the engine apart, then put it back together “more better” I’ll leave it up to everyone’s imaginations to determine what the coding correlations for these are. It’s only my intent to seem wise. Bob

Re: Revmail problems on Windows 8

2015-07-01 Thread stephen barncard
Bless the engine, my son. -- Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - Deeds Not Words On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Bob Sneidar bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com wrote: To which I might add, Don’t put bad gas in the engine Don’t over rev the engine Don’t try to pull the engine apart, then put

Re: Revmail problems on Windows 8

2015-06-21 Thread Skip Kimpel
of script: revMail “Cluster.Buster@*.nhs.uk,,Cluster Buster - help I'm stuck It works fine in the dev environment, and on Mac standalones. On Windows 8 it does nothing. Just in case it was an inclusions thing, I switched to automatic inclusions, but this made no difference

Re: Revmail problems on Windows 8

2015-06-21 Thread Richard Gaskin
. On Windows 8 it does nothing. Just in case it was an inclusions thing, I switched to automatic inclusions, but this made no difference. Is there any possibility it is a security setting on the network? I can talk to the NHS Trust IT folks next week, but I am a bear of little brain when it comes

Revmail problems on Windows 8

2015-06-21 Thread David V Glasgow
in the dev environment, and on Mac standalones. On Windows 8 it does nothing. Just in case it was an inclusions thing, I switched to automatic inclusions, but this made no difference. Is there any possibility it is a security setting on the network? I can talk to the NHS Trust IT folks next week

Having issue installing Android SDK with Windows 8

2015-03-19 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Am I missing something? Having issues installing Android SDK and getting LC to recognize it. Something changed or am I just not doing something right? Thank you, SKIP ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: How to show the Windows 8 on screen keyboard in LiveCode?

2015-01-16 Thread Ralf Bitter
: Shouldn't the on screen keyboard of Windows 8 tablets pop up automatically on touching a text input control? A client who installed a standalone built with LiveCode 6.7.1 on a Toshiba tablet reports that the soft keyboard doesn't show up tapping a text input field. Thought that, as a workaround

How to show the Windows 8 on screen keyboard in LiveCode?

2015-01-14 Thread Ralf Bitter
Shouldn't the on screen keyboard of Windows 8 tablets pop up automatically on touching a text input control? A client who installed a standalone built with LiveCode 6.7.1 on a Toshiba tablet reports that the soft keyboard doesn't show up tapping a text input field. Thought that, as a workaround

copying files in Windows 8

2014-09-11 Thread larry
I have a little program where I copy some files from one folder to another with revCopyFile myFile,myFolder and also delete myFile The compiled program works fine on XP and Windows 7, but I get strange behavior on Windows 8. Is that perhaps because Windows 8 uses some different type of folder

AW: copying files in Windows 8

2014-09-11 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
...@significantplanet.org Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. September 2014 09:23 An: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Betreff: copying files in Windows 8 I have a little program where I copy some files from one folder to another with revCopyFile myFile,myFolder and also delete myFile The compiled program works fine

Windows 8 and 8.1

2014-05-22 Thread Richmond
Do Livecode standalones work on Winodws 8 and 8.1? And, if so, can you tell me what is the earliest version of Livecode that produces standalones that work on these systems? Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: Windows 8 and 8.1

2014-05-22 Thread Paul Dupuis
running fine under Windows 8 and 8.1 (also build under LC 5.0.2, 5.5.5, and various 6.x versions) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http

Re: Windows 8 and 8.1

2014-05-22 Thread Richmond
have Standalones built under LC 4.6.4 running fine under Windows 8 and 8.1 (also build under LC 5.0.2, 5.5.5, and various 6.x versions) ___ Thanks for that. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use

Re: Windows 8 and 8.1

2014-05-22 Thread larry
I built a standalone with the old Rev 2.9 that works fine on Windows 8. I'm not 100% sure if it works on 8.1, but I think so (I think one of my sons has 8.1) Hope that helps! - Original Message - From: Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode

Re: Windows 8 and 8.1

2014-05-22 Thread Richmond
On 22/05/14 23:19, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: I built a standalone with the old Rev 2.9 that works fine on Windows 8. I'm not 100% sure if it works on 8.1, but I think so (I think one of my sons has 8.1) Hope that helps! That's marvellous. I have a friend who runs Windows 8.1

Re: Windows 8 and 8.1

2014-05-22 Thread Roger Eller
I believe anything we make that works in Windows 7 should also work in Windows 8 or 8.1. It's amazing how far computing has come in such a short time. I wish full computer OS' had been available on tablets sooner though. Would have made mobile apps easier to build, imho. http://www.amazon.com

Re: Windows 8 and 8.1

2014-05-22 Thread Mark Schonewille
http://qery.us/3fi LiveCode on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ On 5/22/2014 22:19, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: I built a standalone with the old Rev 2.9 that works fine on Windows 8. I'm not 100% sure if it works on 8.1, but I think so (I think one of my sons has 8.1) Hope

Re: Windows 8 and 8.1

2014-05-22 Thread Richmond
Thank you Paul Depuis, Larry, Roger Eller and Mark Schonewille for your help. I found that one can download a 90-day developer version of Windows 8.1 for free, did that just now, installed it in VMware Player and ran my standalone, and am extremely happy to say that it worked. My standalone

Re: Installing 6.6.1 Community on Windows 8

2014-05-03 Thread Fraser Gordon
On 03/05/2014 06:48, Dar Scott wrote: I think so, since I just clicked a button when I did some privileged things (run as admin, OK some I/O). That is, I didn’t have to type in a password. The LiveCode installers handle privilege elevation themselves - it is best to not run them as an

Re: Installing 6.6.1 Community on Windows 8

2014-05-03 Thread Andrew Kluthe
I use windows 8 on one of my laptops and there were some quirks that came along with the new graphics layer but I think they are getting ironed out at a fast enough pace. As for finding the control panel, one thing that became invaluable once i found it is right clicking on the windows logo

Re: Installing 6.6.1 Community on Windows 8

2014-05-03 Thread Dar Scott
and an installer copied from a network drive to the desktop. This is on parallels and the virtual machine file is on an external drive, but I wouldn’t think Windows or the installer would notice. I still haven’t beat Windows 8 into submission, uh, I mean, I haven’t learned my way around Windows 8, so I

Re: Installing 6.6.1 Community on Windows 8

2014-05-03 Thread Dar Scott
Thanks! I still have trouble shutting down. There is a menu on the right that keeps popping out that allows shutdown, but I don’t know what I do to make it happen. Dar On May 3, 2014, at 7:38 AM, Andrew Kluthe and...@ctech.me wrote: I use windows 8 on one of my laptops and there were

Installing 6.6.1 Community on Windows 8

2014-05-02 Thread Dar Scott
Hi! I have a Windows 8 Parallels machine I hardly use. I have installed 5.5.4 Commercial in the past. I’m trying to install LiveCode 6.6.1 Community. I run the installer as administrator. But, every time I get this: Could not launch installer slave. What am I doing wrong? Dar

Re: Installing 6.6.1 Community on Windows 8

2014-05-02 Thread Richard Gaskin
Dar Scott wrote: I have a Windows 8 Parallels machine I hardly use. I have installed 5.5.4 Commercial in the past. I’m trying to install LiveCode 6.6.1 Community. I run the installer as administrator. But, every time I get this: Could not launch installer slave. What am I doing

Re: Installing 6.6.1 Community on Windows 8

2014-05-02 Thread Dar Scott
:31 PM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: Dar Scott wrote: I have a Windows 8 Parallels machine I hardly use. I have installed 5.5.4 Commercial in the past. I’m trying to install LiveCode 6.6.1 Community. I run the installer as administrator. But, every time I get

Re: Installing 6.6.1 Community on Windows 8

2014-05-02 Thread Dar Scott
Has anybody successfully installed these versions on Windows 8? Surely someone has. Was it a real machine? Parallels? Dar On May 2, 2014, at 6:51 PM, Dar Scott d...@swcp.com wrote: Yep. 6.6.0, 6.6.1 and 6.6.2 RC3 all have the same problem. Well, I mean I have the same problem

Re: Installing 6.6.1 Community on Windows 8

2014-05-02 Thread Dar Scott
I tried several things and then remembered something one of the grandkids said. I installed for “only you”. It worked. Dar On May 2, 2014, at 9:33 PM, Dar Scott d...@swcp.com wrote: Has anybody successfully installed these versions on Windows 8? Surely someone has. Was it a real machine

Re: Installing 6.6.1 Community on Windows 8

2014-05-02 Thread Richard Gaskin
Dar Scott wrote: I tried several things and then remembered something one of the grandkids said. I installed for “only you”. It worked. Does your account have administrator privileges? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for Desktop, Mobile, and Web

Re: Installing 6.6.1 Community on Windows 8

2014-05-02 Thread Dar Scott
I think so, since I just clicked a button when I did some privileged things (run as admin, OK some I/O). That is, I didn’t have to type in a password. However, this is Windows 8 and I haven’t learned how to get to the control panel yet. Dar On May 2, 2014, at 11:00 PM, Richard Gaskin ambassa

Quicktime and windows 8?

2013-09-30 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hello, officially apple doesn't support windows 8 for quicktime anymore, though in my experiences the latest QT-player still runs on w8. The apple support even advises against installing QT on w8. Has anybody any insight in the future of QT on windows? Is it only a coincidence if it runs on w8

Re: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8

2013-09-23 Thread Thierry Douez
2013/9/18 Ray Horsley r...@linkit.com So there's apparently no solution to this seemingly common need to be able to view and convert PDF files to single PNG's or JPEG's in Livecode. Suggestions? ​Hi Ray, There is a free pdf reader for Win32 / Win64 there:

Re: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8

2013-09-23 Thread Graham Samuel
Just to say that I can endorse Thierry's external, which I'm using in a commercial product. I have not in fact tried it on Windows 8, but it should be fine as it works in Windows 7 and XP - if Thierry says it will work with Windows 8, I'm sure it will. It does exactly what I needed it to do

Re: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8

2013-09-23 Thread Thierry Douez
​Hello Graham, ​ 2013/9/23 Graham Samuel livf...@mac.com Just to say that I can endorse Thierry's external, which I'm using in a commercial product. I have not in fact tried it on Windows 8, but it should be fine as it works in Windows 7 and XP - if Thierry says it will work with Windows 8

Re: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8

2013-09-23 Thread Roger Eller
On Sep 23, 2013 7:10 AM, Thierry Douez th.do...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Graham, 2013/9/23 Graham Samuel livf...@mac.com Just to say that I can endorse Thierry's external, which I'm using in a commercial product. I have not in fact tried it on Windows 8, but it should be fine as it works

Re: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8

2013-09-23 Thread Thierry Douez
the bitmap resolution? ~Roger On Sep 23, 2013 7:10 AM, Thierry Douez th.do...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Graham, 2013/9/23 Graham Samuel livf...@mac.com Just to say that I can endorse Thierry's external, which I'm using in a commercial product. I have not in fact tried it on Windows 8

PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8

2013-09-18 Thread Ray Horsley
Sorry to bring this topic back up again but it seems there's no solution for this. Installing QuickTime on Windows does not display PDF's in a player object. This is odd since this works wonderfully on a Mac. Yrying to display PDF's in a browser object opens Adobe's Reader which, in Windows'

Re: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8

2013-09-18 Thread Andrew Kluthe
In the past I have used pre-rolled command line utilities for that. I am not sure if this is the specific one I use, but I used imagemagick before to accomplish this as well. http://www.pdftron.com/pdf2image/ That particular utility is cross platform i believe. Andrew On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at

Re: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8

2013-09-18 Thread stephen barncard
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Roger Eller roger.e.el...@sealedair.comwrote: This software can be controlled by LiveCode using shell commands to its command-line interface. http://www.softinterface.com/Convert-PDF-To-Image/Convert-PDF-To-Tiff.htm Windows only. -- Stephen Barncard

Re: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8

2013-09-18 Thread Roger Eller
://www.softinterface.com/Convert-PDF-To-Image/Convert-PDF-To-Tiff.htm Windows only. Yep. That would seem to meet the requirement of the request by the OP: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8. -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA ~Roger ___ use-livecode

Re: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8

2013-09-18 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Andrew Kluthe and...@ctech.me wrote: In the past I have used pre-rolled command line utilities for that. I am not sure if this is the specific one I use, but I used imagemagick before to accomplish this as well. Also, imageMagick is under a non-viral license,

Re: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8

2013-09-18 Thread stephen barncard
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Roger Eller roger.e.el...@sealedair.comwrote: Yep. That would seem to meet the requirement of the request by the OP: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8. my reasoning was to include that info in the archives to save someone time in a search for Mac or x-platform

Re: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8

2013-09-18 Thread Roger Eller
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 4:48 PM, stephen barncard wrote: On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Roger Eller wrote: Yep. That would seem to meet the requirement of the request by the OP: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8. my reasoning was to include that info in the archives to save someone time

Re: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8

2013-09-18 Thread Ray Horsley
PM, Roger Eller wrote: On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 4:48 PM, stephen barncard wrote: On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Roger Eller wrote: Yep. That would seem to meet the requirement of the request by the OP: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8. my reasoning was to include that info

Re: PDF's to PNG's on Windows 8

2013-09-18 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Ray Horsley r...@linkit.com wrote: Many thanks for these suggestions! With PDF's being used so broadly does anybody else feel that this would be a worthwhile addition to Livecode? Imagine simply being able to read a PDF file into an array, or being able to

some sounds not playing on Windows 8

2013-06-27 Thread FORD JR, CURT
. We've just had a report from a user on Windows 8 that sounds are working properly only on the cards with buttons and the invisible player. On cards with controller bars, the sound doesn't work (haven't been able to get more detail as to what exactly does/doesn't happen). I haven't been able to get

[VR] MS Windows 8

2013-05-11 Thread Richmond
[VR] = Vaguely Relevant http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22439496 Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

revBrowser and Windows 8

2013-04-01 Thread Chip Thomas
Has anyone else experienced problems using the revBrowser on Windows 8? We use the revBrowser to access a webinar site that uses Flash Player. On Windows 8, the revBrowser connects to the page, but it takes anywhere from 10 mins to an hour for it to fully connect and log in. Going to the same

Re: Sending an email on Windows 8

2013-01-14 Thread Mark Stuart
Hi all, I've reported this issue of trying to send an email from LC on Windows 8 Desktop. RR has reported back to me that using revMail someb...@ddd.com does not work on Win8. Here's the RunRev report bug: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10639 Other methods of sending an email on Win8

Re: Sending an email on Windows 8

2013-01-10 Thread Mark Stuart
Hi, I was able to resolve sending an email on Windows 8. It was a syntax issue. Mark Stuart - Regards, Mark Stuart --- LC: 4.6.4 WinXP/7/8 32bit and 64bit -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Sending-an-email-on-Windows-8

Re: Sending an email on Windows 8

2013-01-09 Thread Robert Sneidar
Actually no, my understanding I confess comes from listening to Leo LaPorte, the Tech Guy radio program on KFI Radio in Los Angeles. Someone called asking if he should upgrade to Windows 8 and that was his assessment. That is why it was my understanding and not my experience. :-) I have had

Re: Sending an email on Windows 8

2013-01-09 Thread Peter Haworth
upgrade to Windows 8 and that was his assessment. That is why it was my understanding and not my experience. :-) I have had experience using a stylus based interface though many years ago, when I was evaluating whether or not we should purchase one for the graphics department, and I can tell you

Re: Sending an email on Windows 8

2013-01-08 Thread Mark Stuart
Wow! I guess no one is using Windows 8. - Regards, Mark Stuart -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Sending-an-email-on-Windows-8-tp4658707p4658741.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: Sending an email on Windows 8

2013-01-08 Thread Robert Sneidar
that need the power and screen real estate to function well. Just my 2¢ Bob On Jan 8, 2013, at 7:38 AM, Mark Stuart wrote: Wow! I guess no one is using Windows 8. - Regards, Mark Stuart ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode

Re: Sending an email on Windows 8

2013-01-08 Thread Mark Stuart
/Sending-an-email-on-Windows-8-tp4658707p4658749.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: Sending an email on Windows 8

2013-01-08 Thread Peter Haworth
Bob, Is your judgement because you have sat down with a Windows 8 touch screen computer for an hour? I'm curious because I'm very interested in buying a small Window 8 laptop (11 screen). I've only played on it for perhaps 10 minutes in the store but I didn't really notice any problems using

Re: Sending an email on Windows 8

2013-01-08 Thread Paul Looney
, Is your judgement because you have sat down with a Windows 8 touch screen computer for an hour? I'm curious because I'm very interested in buying a small Window 8 laptop (11 screen). I've only played on it for perhaps 10 minutes in the store but I didn't really notice any problems using

Re: Sending an email on Windows 8

2013-01-08 Thread Scott Rossi
See Gorilla Arm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_arm#.22Gorilla_arm.22 Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On 1/8/13 12:27 PM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Bob, Is your judgement because you have sat down with a Windows 8 touch screen computer

Re: Sending an email on Windows 8

2013-01-08 Thread Peter Haworth
that problem has gone away. It is one thing to wipe a phone or tablet on you sleeve vs cleaning a large monitor. Paul Looney On Jan 8, 2013, at 12:27 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: Bob, Is your judgement because you have sat down with a Windows 8 touch screen computer for an hour? I'm curious

Re: Sending an email on Windows 8

2013-01-08 Thread Mark Wieder
Mark Stuart mfstuart@... writes: Wow! I guess no one is using Windows 8. My developer preview in a VM expires on the 15th. I won't miss it. -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: Sending an email on Windows 8

2013-01-08 Thread Mark Laffoon
is using Windows 8. My developer preview in a VM expires on the 15th. I won't miss it. -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Sending an email on Windows 8

2013-01-06 Thread Mark Stuart
Hi all, I'm trying to send an email on Windows 8, from LiveCode 4.6.4. I've tried each of the following: put mailto:myem...@gmail.comsubject=; tSubject into tMessage revGoURL tMessage --this opens the default mail client, and puts the email address AND subject into the To field. launch URL

Windows 8 Compatibility

2012-11-03 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Anybody tried the development environment and / or a compiled executable on Windows 8 yet? Any issues or problems? SKIP ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Windows 8 Compatibility

2012-11-03 Thread David C.
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel s...@magicgate.com wrote: Anybody tried the development environment and / or a compiled executable on Windows 8 yet? Any issues or problems? SKIP I'm already running Win 8 full time with LC 4.53 without any problems at all. I

Re: Windows 8 Compatibility

2012-11-03 Thread Richard Gaskin
My understanding is that Win8 on Intel will continue to work fine, but my concern is that Win8 is also available for ARM, and we don't currently have ARM compiles of the LC engine for either of the platforms that run on ARM (Win and Linux). Fingers crossed that we'll see that soon --

Re: Windows 8 Compatibility

2012-11-03 Thread Peter Haworth
...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel s...@magicgate.com wrote: Anybody tried the development environment and / or a compiled executable on Windows 8 yet? Any issues or problems? SKIP I'm already running Win 8 full time with LC 4.53

Re: Windows 8 Compatibility

2012-11-03 Thread Andrew Henshaw
The current version of livecode and sqlite work fine on the Intel version of Windows 8. If anything id say they zip along quite a bit faster. Andy On 3 Nov 2012, at 16:55, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Hi David, Have you tried any sqlite stuff with LC/W8? I'm not 100% sure but I

Re: Windows 8 Compatibility

2012-11-03 Thread Peter Haworth
and sqlite work fine on the Intel version of Windows 8. If anything id say they zip along quite a bit faster. Andy On 3 Nov 2012, at 16:55, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Hi David, Have you tried any sqlite stuff with LC/W8? I'm not 100% sure but I think a special version

Re: [OT] Windows 8

2012-07-31 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Monday, July 30, 2012, Colin Holgate wrote: You make more sets of $700 than you would make through other distributors. I think that drops off even in the general case as price goes up--even at $100, I doubt that many people would buy something they hadn't first seen or heard of elsewhere,

Re: [OT] Windows 8

2012-07-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
Microsoft takes a cut, up to 30%, of every sale made through this store. Whoa!! How much does Apple get? Bob On Jul 28, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Richmond wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377 well worth a read, and makes one think whether Apple's and Microsoft's protectionism

Re: [OT] Windows 8

2012-07-30 Thread Richmond
On 07/30/2012 08:08 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Microsoft takes a cut, up to 30%, of every sale made through this store. Whoa!! How much does Apple get? Probably much the same. Bob On Jul 28, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Richmond wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377 well worth a read,

Re: [OT] Windows 8

2012-07-30 Thread Mike Kerner
Apple gets 30%, too. They invented that model with the iOS AppStore. -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good.

Re: [OT] Windows 8

2012-07-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
No I mean with their regular app store, for desktops. Bob On Jul 30, 2012, at 12:58 PM, Mike Kerner wrote: Apple gets 30%, too. They invented that model with the iOS AppStore. -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On

Re: [OT] Windows 8

2012-07-30 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Monday, July 30, 2012, Mike Kerner wrote: Apple gets 30%, too. They invented that model with the iOS AppStore. hitch is why I'm not even considering selling my program through them. a dollar to sell a three dollar program hurts, but when you sell lots of them . . . A third of a thousand

Re: [OT] Windows 8

2012-07-30 Thread Colin Holgate
You make more sets of $700 than you would make through other distributors. On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:06 AM, Dr. Hawkins doch...@gmail.com wrote: A third of a thousand dollar program, which costs the same buck or tho to distribute . . . . ___

[OT] Windows 8

2012-07-28 Thread Richmond
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377 well worth a read, and makes one think whether Apple's and Microsoft's protectionism might not be self-defeating in the end. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Re: Windows 8

2012-03-07 Thread Andrew Kluthe
I assumed that there would be some hiccups here and there seeing as how they removed win32 api for winRT api, Mark. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Windows-8-tp4449030p4452576.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Windows 8

2012-03-06 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hello, I wonder if anybody has reflected yet, what the windows 8 metro paradigm means for our standard LiveCode applications? I didn't downloaded yet the beta version, but I think most programs will run also under windows 8. But what would we have to change in our programs to be fully win8

Re: Windows 8

2012-03-06 Thread Andrew Kluthe
don't see runrev thinking about putting that up as any kind of priority. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Windows-8-tp4449030p4450531.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: Windows 8

2012-03-06 Thread François Chaplais
some of the compatibility issues with the new api. But livecode building metro apps? I just don't see runrev thinking about putting that up as any kind of priority. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Windows-8-tp4449030p4450531.html Sent from

AW: Windows 8

2012-03-06 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Andrew Kluthe Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. März 2012 17:57 An: use-revolut...@lists.runrev.com Betreff: Re: Windows 8 I don't really foresee livecode being able to build metro apps anytime in next couple of years. Chances

Re: Windows 8

2012-03-06 Thread Mark Schonewille
, as they do in Win XP up to and including 7. After all, Windows 8 is just like Windows 7 once you have found the door in the brick wall. The secret entrance is a brick called Desktop. The usual door in the bottom-left is gone. I hope we'll soon be able to get to the desktop on startup automatically

Re: Windows 8

2012-03-06 Thread Tim Jones
they do in Windows 7 but they will work just fine, as they do in Win XP up to and including 7. After all, Windows 8 is just like Windows 7 once you have found the door in the brick wall. The secret entrance is a brick called Desktop. The usual door in the bottom-left is gone. I hope we'll

Re: Windows 8

2012-03-06 Thread Mark Schonewille
Thanks for the reply, Tim. In one word: awful. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.7 for LiveCode here

AW: Windows 8

2012-03-06 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Thanks Mark for your first experiences! Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Mark Schonewille Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. März 2012 18:24 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: Windows 8

Re: Windows 8

2012-03-06 Thread Mark Wieder
Tim Jones tolistim@... writes: In Win8 DP1, you could set the Desktop as your staring point. Apparently, they discovered that the vast majority of developers were doing just that and ignoring the Metro screen so they removed the ability in CP1. Yeah - I miss that in the new release, but at

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
Har! :-) On Sep 19, 2011, at 8:06 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Bob- Monday, September 19, 2011, 9:31:32 AM, you wrote: I wonder how many of these EULA's we would have if no human being I couldn't resist... xkcd to the rescue... https://www.xkcd.com/501/ -- -Mark Wieder

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-19 Thread Bob Sneidar
Or it might mean that they have taken so much from Apple already, that to take more would almost certainly result in another ugly lawsuit and this time Apple has the money to fight it. I have a saying: You know as much after you say Maybe... as you did before you said it. I imagine others

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-19 Thread Bob Sneidar
I wonder how many of these EULA's we would have if no human being ever pirated software? I wonder what kind of copy protection we would have if no one ever copied an MP3? All you who have or ever have had copies of music you never bought and have chimed in on the evils of EULA's or copy

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-19 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bob Sneidar wrote: Or it might mean that they have taken so much from Apple already, that to take more would almost certainly result in another ugly lawsuit and this time Apple has the money to fight it. To clarify, Apple lost their suit against Microsoft on the grounds that the only

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-19 Thread Mark Wieder
Bob- Monday, September 19, 2011, 9:31:32 AM, you wrote: I wonder how many of these EULA's we would have if no human being I couldn't resist... xkcd to the rescue... https://www.xkcd.com/501/ -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___

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