Speaking of workflows, we use a product called Automation Engine in our
prepress shop. You may not think programming when you hear the word
prepress, but with AE, that is exactly what it is. We take business
logic, and map it to tasks, loops, forks, file io, error handlers, etc.
with a graphical
Here we go: Just 3 minutes ago, I received a announcement from Webflow for
their new visual CMS:
https://webflow.com/cms
Building without programming is a popular trend :-)
Regards,
Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
On 8/19/15, 8:35 AM, Scott Rossi
This kind of visual drag-and-drop programming UI has been done (and will
continue to be done) for decades, and works pretty well for simple logic.
The whole build without writing code concept is pretty big right now.
But visual programming becomes unwieldy and difficult to follow when logic
gets
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote:
There's pretty persuasive evidence now that the shadowed variable bug is
caused by stopping a debug run early.
I'll watch for that, then. But it absolutely has to go; it costs me at
least several minutes, and sometimes a
Thank you!
Yes I do have some things in mind.
As I have said in other post I know
a little bit about c++ and objective-c
so I am not completely up to par on
using pointers and c etc. I will need
to go review lessons and code to even
correctly write the pointer but I have
used them in learning
Good for beginners, yes. But also for speciaized areas of a workflow, like
navigation defaults. I didn't say lets make a UI that doesn't require any
code. The Automation Engine I use has tasks that are for specialty
purposes, but also within this workflow environment you can add a external
task
You could have your software log first-time app launches to a LC server
database just to inform you that it has been installed somewhere, and
include some kind of trace code to the purchaser. When you see 1000+
launches from different IP Addresses, you'll know it has gotten out into
the
On 19/08/15 20:47, Rick Harrison wrote:
Hi Richmond Roger,
You are referring to some kind of DRM (Digital Rights Management). While
in theory it sounds great, very often products that do this are boycotted
by users who find out about it, and it can ruin one's product sales.
No, I'm not.
I
I have recently invented a tiling game that can be produced as a
physical game and as a computer game.
This involved a lot of thought and a lot of work, and as a result I
would like to try and make some money
out of it rather than just give it to the world.
However, never having copyrighted
On 2015-08-19 18:49, Richmond wrote:
However, before I roll along to the local plastic moulding factory I
want to try to ensure that the owner of the factory doesn't
merrily steal my product or start selling copies out the back door.
You may need to investigate design patents as well, if
This kind of visual drag-and-drop programming UI has been
done (and will continue to be done) for decades, and works
pretty well for simple logic.
Flashback:
http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.10/10.11/PrographCPXTutorial/ind
ex.html
Remember this?
Very interesting concept at the
On Aug 19, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Lynn Fredricks lfredri...@proactive-intl.com
wrote:
This kind of visual drag-and-drop programming UI has been
done (and will continue to be done) for decades, and works
pretty well for simple logic.
Flashback:
Peter TB Brett wrote:
The LiveCode engine can already do secure communication using SSL (Secure
Socket Layer). It would *probably* be possible to use secure socket to
implement FTPS (FTP over SSL) in scripts, without any engine changes (i.e. in
libUrl).
Given the following:
1.
On 2015-08-19 18:25, Richmond wrote:
I have recently invented a tiling game that can be produced as a
physical game and as a computer game.
This involved a lot of thought and a lot of work, and as a result I
would like to try and make some money
out of it rather than just give it to the world.
On 19/08/15 19:39, Peter TB Brett wrote:
On 2015-08-19 18:25, Richmond wrote:
I have recently invented a tiling game that can be produced as a
physical game and as a computer game.
This involved a lot of thought and a lot of work, and as a result I
would like to try and make some money
out of
Hi Richmond Roger,
You are referring to some kind of DRM (Digital Rights Management). While
in theory it sounds great, very often products that do this are boycotted
by users who find out about it, and it can ruin one's product sales.
Years ago I had a shareware game that I asked people to
Pantents are not cheap and have a long
waiting period. Another thing to consid-
about a patent is lets say you designed
a new type of screwdriver. If you have
used that somewhere like the workplace
you will be denied the patent. So you will
need to make your decision about getting
a patent in
The general reason for registering copyrights if to prove the date of
the copyright if there ever is a lawsuit.
If I release an App that states copyright @2010 on it and 2 years later
in 2012 someone releases an identical app that says copyright @2012 and
we get in to a lawsuit, how do I prove
There is no need to register your copyright any more in order
to receive protection (although it may assist in enforcement).
On the other hand, whether you have copyright on something
and whether you can make money out of it are usually uncorrelated.
My understanding is that if you do not
Thanks for so much advice of all sorts!
My feeling is that a copyright should be sufficient;
or, put another way; if I make my million then I'm not going to
worry unduly if somebody then starts copying the thing.
Richmond.
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Never used it, but yeah.
I was thinking of something like MTropolis which wasn't really free form,
but similar.
http://www.gamutart.com/motion/interactivity/muntadss_mtropoli_view.gif
Regards,
Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
On 8/19/15, 10:40 AM, Lynn Fredricks
On 2015-08-19 21:26, Brahmanathaswami wrote:
STACKLE: Really Simple Revision Contro (RSRC) l for LC Livecode (and
perhaps any other document type)
Pass the Baton/Stack
Well the day has come. I'm going to build it. I needed this two months
ago.
If you are interested, please reply off list. I
Peter TB Brett wrote:
On 2015-08-19 20:27, Lyn Teyla wrote:
Have you guys at LiveCode Ltd thought about implementing this revamp
of networking/sockets by simply writing a libCurl wrapper using
LiveCode Builder?
Yes -- one of our very first, high priority ideas for an LCB-based project.
On Wednesday, August 19, 2015, Peter TB Brett peter.br...@livecode.com
wrote:
On 2015-08-19 20:27, Lyn Teyla wrote:
Have you guys at LiveCode Ltd thought about implementing this revamp
of networking/sockets by simply writing a libCurl wrapper using
LiveCode Builder?
Yes -- one of our very
STACKLE: Really Simple Revision Contro (RSRC) l for LC Livecode (and
perhaps any other document type)
Pass the Baton/Stack
Well the day has come. I'm going to build it. I needed this two months ago.
If you are interested, please reply off list. I will create a Google doc
and invite anyone
Ali Lloyd wrote:
As far as I'm concerned these have all been strict prerequisites
for any genuine progress on modernisation and usability improvements
of the IDE.
The biggest current roadblock is the script editor which is large and
dense, and the debugger.
Excellent progress. With that
Although playing around with LiveCode for a number of years and enjoying -
often 'trial and error' - haven't really got anywhere close to see the fruits
for the effort making an application.
As many of us I have paid for the licenses, put money out for free development
expecting some wanted
Ah . . . at last I found the term I was looking for that describes
that picture:
https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/000/343/164/117dbdeb72106130b0c233e454653d14_original.png?v=1358445536w=680fit=maxauto=formatlossless=trues=b51b389fb4ab85d0e86d29ecafb66656
a Single Document Interface.
Just to follow up: When importing foreign language files, file isn't
working. Non-ascii characters show up as question marks and textDecode
does nothing.
Using binfile and then textDecoding does import correctly but then
text chunking by lines fails. Line endings are imported as 2 bytes using
On 8/19/2015 2:34 PM, Peter TB Brett wrote:
On 2015-08-19 21:09, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Just to follow up: When importing foreign language files, file isn't
working. Non-ascii characters show up as question marks and textDecode
does nothing.
Using binfile and then textDecoding does import
On 2015-08-19 20:27, Lyn Teyla wrote:
Have you guys at LiveCode Ltd thought about implementing this revamp
of networking/sockets by simply writing a libCurl wrapper using
LiveCode Builder?
Yes -- one of our very first, high priority ideas for an LCB-based
project. I even made a start on it,
A few words on the IDE:
Although we've not been able to prioritise IDE development in the 8.0
cycle, a great deal of work has been done and groundwork for future
improvement laid.
Firstly, a fair portion of that work has gone into supporting widgets, both
in terms of their integration in the IDE
Richmond wrote:
I would like, initially to market it in the form of either plastic or
card tiles in a box.
Later on I might make a LiveCode game with it, using a commercial
version of LiveCode.
In the latter case I would want to make sure that another company
would be discouraged from
On 8/19/2015 2:09 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Just to follow up: When importing foreign language files, file isn't
working. Non-ascii characters show up as question marks and textDecode
does nothing.
Using binfile and then textDecoding does import correctly but then
text chunking by lines fails.
On 2015-08-19 21:09, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Just to follow up: When importing foreign language files, file isn't
working. Non-ascii characters show up as question marks and textDecode
does nothing.
Using binfile and then textDecoding does import correctly but then
text chunking by lines fails.
Why does this script NOT work in a small stack?
on mouseUp
palette stack AUTOSAVE
put the short name of the topStack into TSTAK
put TSTAK /the time / the date into TSTAKN
put TSTAKN into fld TSTAKN
save the topstack as TSTAKN
end mouseUp
Richmond.
I might actually pull my finger out and change my Xubuntu box over to
a 64-bit version of the OS only because:
1. LiveCode 8 ?
2. VMware player does not work on Xubuntu 15.04 or 15.10 with the 4.1
kernel.
However, I am hoping I can do this while hanging onto my HOME partition
. . .
Since nobody needs to pay money to copyright a work, or in fact nobody
NEEDS to copyright a work, because it already is copyrighted, I'd say
this website is merely a way to lose some money.
If you want some real proof, just ask some people to read it for you and
ask for comments. That is a
Am 19.08.2015 um 20:31 schrieb Scott Rossi sc...@tactilemedia.com:
Never used it, but yeah.
I was thinking of something like MTropolis which wasn't really free form,
but similar.
Thinking of mTropolis brings tears to my eyes. A great tool with a really sad
end. Shame on you Quark Inc. !
Richmond wrote:
Why does this script NOT work in a small stack?
on mouseUp
palette stack AUTOSAVE
put the short name of the topStack into TSTAK
put TSTAK /the time / the date into TSTAKN
put TSTAKN into fld TSTAKN
save the topstack as TSTAKN
end mouseUp
Does it
Pyyhtiä Christer wrote:
As many of us I have paid for the licenses, put money out for free
development expecting some wanted features, continued for Indie
advancement payments (hope to live beyond the licenses expire),
I have to ask my colleague developers, are you making any money with
the
In line:
The regular requests for SFTP support are noted and SFTP support is on
our internal list of feature requests -- indeed, I was recently
discussing it with Mark Waddingham. However, it will be a large
project that will involve writing and thoroughly testing a lot of new,
Actually this app is pretty much already built.. I just have to change a
small amt of code in an existing tool.
@ Peter
I will take a look at subversion...
--
Swasti Astu, Be Well!
Brahmanathaswami
Kauai's Hindu Monastery
www.HimalayanAcademy.com
Monte Goulding wrote:
On 20 Aug 2015,
Richmond said:
Of course this is all about taste (meaning
it's all in the mouth) so it would seem best,
if an all-in-one IDE like the VB6 one is to
be introduced to have it as one of 2 options.
Single vs multi window does not matter as long as the editor is up to scratch
and I can view
Good call:
and for a small bit of coin...there's this:
http://www.versionsapp.com/
Swasti Astu, Be Well!
Brahmanathaswami
Kauai's Hindu Monastery
www.HimalayanAcademy.com
Peter TB Brett wrote:
Subversion does everything you've described already, better (including
the file locking
Hi Richmond,
When trying to get your cost estimates from the manufacturer just use
the same tile example you showed us. They only need to know how
many pieces they are producing, and as to how difficult the pieces might
be to produce using how many colors etc. Don’t give them any specifics
On 20 Aug 2015, at 5:39 am, Peter TB Brett peter.br...@livecode.com wrote:
Subversion does everything you've described already, better (including the
file locking aspects). And it has an HTTPS interface, so you could write a
client in LiveCode that uses libUrl to communicate with a
On 2015-08-19 22:29, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Thanks very much. The terminal command returns 0 (and BBEdit can
handle the file too) so it seems to be valid. I'll submit a bug
report, I can share the file without any issues.
The following seems to work correctly:
on importLanguage
I am pretty sure there are many who made and still make money with Livecode
apps.
I for example have an app, unfortunately a niche product, which i am selling
through Kagi for some time which gives me some revenue. I am selling round
about 10 to 20 copies a month.
I´ve created 6 iOS and
Excellent progress. With that foundational work out of the way it would
seem an excellent time to optimize the most important part of the IDE,
the script editor.
Version 7 is where the company makes money today, and as the foundation
for v8 it's also where the company will make its money
Peter TB Brett wrote:
On 2015-08-19 21:53, Lyn Teyla wrote:
If a libCurl wrapper using LCB is in development, wouldn't the above
be a non-issue? That is, adding SFTP (or any other libCurl-supported
protocol) shouldn't need to involve writing and testing a lot of new,
security-critical
On 8/19/2015 4:12 PM, Peter TB Brett wrote:
On 2015-08-19 22:29, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Thanks very much. The terminal command returns 0 (and BBEdit can
handle the file too) so it seems to be valid. I'll submit a bug
report, I can share the file without any issues.
The following seems to work
On 20 Aug 2015, at 7:23 am, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote:
So... I don't suppose I can persuade you to upgrade to LiveCode
Business, can I?
I shouldn't need Business for that, should I? My script uses get url, I
guess open file works differently?
You must have looked
Oh Yes!
I've made a living for the past 8 or 9 years from apps I built with
liveCode. No I have not become a multi millionaire but am doing fine.
I guess what I do a bit differently is I get a job within a company and they
do all the marketing stuff. I just code and talk to IT people.
Recently I
Sorry, it seems part of that accidentally became a quote.
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On 8/19/2015 4:29 PM, Monte Goulding wrote:
On 20 Aug 2015, at 7:23 am, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote:
So... I don't suppose I can persuade you to upgrade to LiveCode
Business, can I?
I shouldn't need Business for that, should I? My script uses get url, I guess
open file
On 08/19/2015 11:17 AM, Stephen MacLean wrote:
Wow, that is a flash back!
Indeed. I believe I still have a Prograph CD around somewhere because I
just couldn't bear to part with it.
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Mark Wieder
ahsoftw...@gmail.com
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Ah memories indeed.
Prograph still exists (and works on current OSX) albeit as a project of love.
http://www.andescotia.com/products/marten/
As for Metropolis, unfortunately not. Bought and killed.
James
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On 08/19/2015 11:59 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote:
On 2015-08-19 20:52, Richmond wrote:
Can this be done?
Peter beat me to the answer.
Yes, I did exactly this a few years ago (in fact, I think I went 32-bit,
to 64-bit, to 32-bit, and back to 64-bit, bringing my /home all the way).
That's
On 2015-08-18 23:39, JB wrote:
That looks really nice!
They have put a lot of work into it.
It sounds like you cannot use any
pointers yet or access everything in
Foundation.
You can use pointers -- but you can't dereference them.
You can use pretty much everything in libfoundation, but not
On 2015-08-20 00:12, Lyn Teyla wrote:
But that's just it — the network/sockets revamp using open language
(presumably LCB) *is* one of the items on the roadmap from the
Kickstarter campaign. While SFTP isn't specifically mentioned, that
generally-useful LCB URL library is. Here's the roadmap
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