Re: updating text of a mobile app (newbie)

Noob again. This works on the dektop but not on an Android device: on mouseUp put url "http://mysite.com/dir/file.txt; into tTextToDecode put textDecode(tTextToDecode,"UTF-8") into field "the text" end mouseUp I looked in LC dictionary "put" but only thing was "Note: The Android and iOS

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 172, Issue 22

You may be able to simplify it to this: *on* stripClipboard *local* tData *lock* the clipboard *put* the rawClipboardData["public.utf8-plain-text"] into tData *set* the rawClipboardData to empty *set* the rawClipboardData["public.utf8-plain-text"] to tData *unlock* the clipboard *end*

iTunes Connect claims iOS app wasn’t built with the iOS 11 SDK!

We updated our ICD-10-CM-2018 iOS app to support the iPhone X screen resolution and layout. As we now support the 5.8 Inch iPhone X screen, we added 5.8 inch iPhone screen shots. On submitting the updated app version for review we received the message below from iTunes Connect: "The app previews

mobilePickDate

The dictionary states the result from mobilePickDate is in seconds. The reality with Android the result is in format mm/dd/yy. Is this known error in documentation? Christer Pyyhtiä MindCrea Ltd chris...@mindcrea.com ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

Yep. At some point it might be good to put add a general filtering parameter. On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 10:50 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 01/10/2018 01:52 PM, Ali Lloyd via use-livecode wrote: > > revIDEExtensions gives info on all the installed

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 172, Issue 22

Thank you, Paul! I finally got this to work in my test stack using the script below. Note that it has the change to “set the rawClipBoardData to empty” instead of just “set the ClipBoardData to empty” - that seemed to be necessary at least in LC 8.1.3 with Mac OS X 10.12.8 Sierra which I have

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

On 01/10/2018 01:52 PM, Ali Lloyd via use-livecode wrote: revIDEExtensions gives info on all the installed extensions, user or otherwise (I guess it's the revIDE prefix that makes it sound like it doesn't). Yeah, I got thrown off by that and didn't dig down far enough to see the user

Re: where are Livecode crash logs stored?

On 1/10/18 1:43 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Matthias, Am 10.01.2018 um 20:27 schrieb Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode : Thanks Klaus, ~/Library/Logs/RunRev lists only thefile LivecodeToolsLog.txt and ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports is

TextEditWidget-Basic v0.9.9

This is a still very basic TextEdit widget for LC 8 (8.1.5 and later). >From several reasons I don't publish a LC 9 version of the widget. [The widget is the 'widget version' of stack "HHTextEdit-Basic".] It uses libbrowser and essential handlers of the browser widget source. It has NO

Re: where are Livecode crash logs stored?

No, nothing. Anyway, i am a bit further and do not need a crash log anymore. Thanks Klaus. Regards, Matthias Rebbe Matthias Rebbe Tel +49 5741 31 ‌https://matthiasrebbe.eu ‌ > Am 10.01.2018 um 20:43 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode >

Re: OT: system recommendation

Thanks much Bob. There is a definite adjustment being made in budget on this. Throwing money at a system that will "almost" work would be a very bad thing. I've been researching 10g ethernet, prices (for used cards, as well as a couple new) are coming down which is nice, but costs are still

Re: Creating .ipa now that iTunes has depreciated apps.

I love a balanced IPA. ;-) Bob S > On Jan 10, 2018, at 09:42 , Ralph DiMola via use-livecode > wrote: > > Well I finally updated iTunes and lost the ability to create an .ipa. I made > a right click context item in finder to get one click .ipa creation back. >

Re: OT: Why I Probably Will Never, Ever Learn HTML%

I wouldn't know wht that looked like. ;-) Bob S > On Jan 10, 2018, at 12:22 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > wrote: > > Well, that page is like most computer manual pages: written in pompous, > over-jargonised language.

Re: OT: system recommendation

For 4k post production, or even capture I would say that even a gigabit network may not suffice. Typically you would use a fiber channel, or as I said a high speed interface like SCSI or Thunderbolt. Unfortunately, an reliable and economical 4k capture and post production workflow is a

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

revIDEExtensions gives info on all the installed extensions, user or otherwise (I guess it's the revIDE prefix that makes it sound like it doesn't). Yes, it is going to be documented some day! Hopefully when there are more resources available to sort out documenting the IDE. On Wed, Jan 10,

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

On 01/10/2018 12:37 PM, Ali Lloyd via use-livecode wrote: Brian is correct, this is a temporary use of the lcdoc stuff for script libraries to contain info that would be contained in its manifest. Rather than worrying about what information comes from where, it would probably be best to use the

Re: OT: Why I Probably Will Never, Ever Learn HTML%

Richmond, now you're just grumbling. -- Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:22 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Well, that page is like most computer manual pages: written in pompous, > over-jargonised

Re: Externally reffed-off

>From the shell dictionary entry: *Note:* If you use a file path in the shell command on a Windows system, the file path must be in Windows form, not the Unix-style file paths that LiveCode uses internally. > On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 2:15 PM Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < >

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

Brian is correct, this is a temporary use of the lcdoc stuff for script libraries to contain info that would be contained in its manifest. Rather than worrying about what information comes from where, it would probably be best to use the revIDEExtensions function which returns all the 'metadata'

Re: Externally reffed-off

On 10/1/2018 10:21 pm, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, Am 10.01.2018 um 21:14 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode : Although "/" was mentioned in the post to which I replied I have come across places (not sure where: Windows?) where

Re: Externally reffed-off

That is for the shell function. On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 2:15 PM Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Although "/" was mentioned in the post to which I replied I have come > across > places (not sure where: Windows?) where the itemDelimiter for pathways is

Re: OT: Why I Probably Will Never, Ever Learn HTML%

Well, that page is like most computer manual pages: written in pompous, over-jargonised language. I am 100% sure that what that page actually covers up is fairly straight forward. I just had a look at Danny Goodman's "The Complete HyperCard 2.2" and realised that its 1144 pages could be

Re: Externally reffed-off

Hi Richmond, > Am 10.01.2018 um 21:14 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > : > > Although "/" was mentioned in the post to which I replied I have come across > places (not sure where: Windows?) where the itemDelimiter for pathways is > a backslash "\" . .

Re: Externally reffed-off

Although "/" was mentioned in the post to which I replied I have come across places (not sure where: Windows?) where the itemDelimiter for pathways is a backslash "\" . . . Richmond. On 10/1/2018 9:02 pm, Stephen Barncard via use-livecode wrote: We can count on you, Richmond to ask the

OT: Why I Probably Will Never, Ever Learn HTML%

Maybe it is just age… or whatever. But every time I get the idea of "maybe I might see if I will do something in HTML5" I go to a page like this, I start to get a headache and walk away. https://reactjs.org/docs/integrating-with-other-libraries.html BR

Re: where are Livecode crash logs stored?

Hi Matthias, > Am 10.01.2018 um 20:27 schrieb Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode > : > > Thanks Klaus, > ~/Library/Logs/RunRev lists only the file LivecodeToolsLog.txt > and ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports is empty. hmm, I have some crash logs in my

Re: where are Livecode crash logs stored?

Thanks Klaus, ~/Library/Logs/RunRev lists only thefile LivecodeToolsLog.txt and ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports is empty. Matthias > Am 10.01.2018 um 20:13 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode > >: > > Hi Matthias, >

Re: Externally reffed-off

Yeah "/" exactly like you had it in your posted code. I swear, not useless. On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Presumably the itemDelimiter should be "/" ? > > Richmond. > > >

Re: where are Livecode crash logs stored?

Hi Matthias, > Am 10.01.2018 um 20:06 schrieb Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode > : > > Hi, > > i need to send a Livecode crash log to a developer of a database driver. > Where do i find that log on Mac OS X? > Calling revdatafromquery functions freezes Livecode

where are Livecode crash logs stored?

Hi, i need to send a Livecode crash log to a developer of a database driver. Where do i find that log on Mac OS X? Calling revdatafromquery functions freezes Livecode immediately and i am not able to get it back. I need to force quit it in the Finder. I thought i could find them in

Re: Externally reffed-off

We can count on you, Richmond to ask the questions that the rest of us are afraid to ask thanks for being here, grumpy or not -- Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 10:50 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

Browser widget and revbrowserback/revbrowserforward

Hi friends, a user in the forum asked this questio and I would also like to know :-) With "revbrowser" we had a simple command to browser the browser history: revBrowserBack and RevBrowserForward Is there a similar feature in the Browser Widget? Thanks for any hint! Best Klaus -- Klaus

Re: Externally reffed-off

Presumably the itemDelimiter should be "/" ? Richmond. On 10/1/2018 2:47 pm, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote: you still need to set the itemdelimiter for it to work Richmond, otherwise its not able to count items. Also, I thought part of the issue was that you were referencing a folder

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

My guess is that will be for livecodescript libraries since they do not end up with a manifest file. On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:09 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 01/10/2018 09:56 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: > > > Are you sure you

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

I have to admit, having parsed the results of revIDEPropertiesInfo and looked at , it took me more than a few tries at: set the timeZone of widget "clock" to 1 set the timeZone of widget "clock" to 5 set the timeZone of widget "clock" to 9 ...etc. before I noticed that the second hand was

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

On 01/10/2018 09:56 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: Are you sure you didn't confuse 'source file' with 'manifest' - its dealing with no source file in extensions that commit sorts out (also why protected extensions need their docs extracted at build time - there's no source file

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

On 01/10/2018 09:44 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: I can't guarantee there will be a separate file in the future necessarily, nor something human-readable (the manifest.xml is actually generated mechanically from the data in the compiled module file and combined with the metadata

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:54 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > The info will be that required by the property inspector - which is > probably suitable for Navigator (which I'm assuming is what you are looking > to update :)). > ​Get out of my head!

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

On 2018-01-10 18:34, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 01/10/2018 12:57 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: Why would 'commercial locked widgets' not have a manifest? (Or some other means to describe their public interface...) Dunno. It's a mystery to me. I'm just working off

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

On 2018-01-10 18:49, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:44 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: There is an API which does it in a form suitable for the property inspector, but that's not quite as succinct. ​Is this

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:44 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > There is an API which does it in a form suitable for the property > inspector, but that's not quite as succinct. > ​Is this script-accessible, or just engine-accessible?​

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

On 2018-01-10 18:34, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: Dunno. It's a mystery to me. I'm just working off Ali's comments in the PR. Can you guarantee then that widgets must always be distributed with a manifest.xml file? Or equivalent?

Creating .ipa now that iTunes has depreciated apps.

Well I finally updated iTunes and lost the ability to create an .ipa. I made a right click context item in finder to get one click .ipa creation back. If anyone want this: 1) Open up the Automater 2) Create new 3) Select "Run Shell Script" from left pane 4) Change "Pass input:" to "as arguments"

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

On 01/10/2018 12:57 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: Why would 'commercial locked widgets' not have a manifest? (Or some other means to describe their public interface...) Dunno. It's a mystery to me. I'm just working off Ali's comments in the PR. Can you guarantee then that

Re: OT: system recommendation

Thanks Bob. Yeah I've already been stressing the need for a backup strategy. Possibly a combination of a freenas with zfs1 (3 drives, I already have most of the parts to make it work) and nextcloud as part of the strategy. (plus offline) Love freenas. (now i'm wondering if the network would be

Re: Problem pasting from Livecode to Mac Mail

This works for me with LC9.0.0(dp11) on MacOS High Sierra 10.13.2: lock the clipBoard put the clipboardData["text"] into tClip set the clipBoardData to empty -- OSX set the rawClipboardData["public.utf8-plain-text"] \ to textEncode(tClip, "UTF-8" ) unlock the clipBoard

Re: OT: system recommendation

If not data is being stored on the raid, and is only being used for post processing, then the more drives you add to a stripe, the faster it can be, with the limitation of the external interface. I hear Thunderbolt interfaces scream but are pricey. Also, you will need to have some kind of

Re: Problem pasting from Livecode to Mac Mail

Does this work? set the clipboarddata["text"] to "whatever text here" On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 8:20 AM, Richard Burkett via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion, Jacqueline, but it didn’t change anything. > Anyone else have a script-based solution to

Re: Problem pasting from Livecode to Mac Mail

Thanks for the suggestion, Jacqueline, but it didn’t change anything. Anyone else have a script-based solution to make sure LiveCode pastes only plain text? ASCII, Native, MacRoman - none of those text encodings work. Even putting only this line in my script results in the same thing: set the

Re: OT: system recommendation

Thank you. On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 8:05 AM, Stephen Barncard via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > This is really the wrong place.You can find out all you need on YouTube > videos. > However, due to my own experience, I would consider only a very recent > Macintosh system To

Re: OT: system recommendation

This is really the wrong place.You can find out all you need on YouTube videos. However, due to my own experience, I would consider only a very recent Macintosh system To work with 4K video. They provide the best bang for the buck over any PC. The video “card” is an Integral part of the computer

Re: Externally reffed-off

you still need to set the itemdelimiter for it to work Richmond, otherwise its not able to count items. Also, I thought part of the issue was that you were referencing a folder that is NOT in the application bundle using the copy files pane of the standalone settings. This is why using

Re: Externally reffed-off

Hi Richmond, > Am 10.01.2018 um 13:23 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > : > > And, IF, I were to try to port the thing to Android or iPad/iPhone would > specialfolderpath "do it" over there as well? yes, as stated in the dictionary! > Richmond. Best

Re: Externally reffed-off

Hi Richmond, > Am 10.01.2018 um 13:20 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > : > > Well, YOUR LiveCode, MY LiveCode, EVERYONE'S LiveCode: ah, snappish answers! A typical reaction after having been caught! :-D > YOUR recipe worked. > Thanks a bucket!

Re: Externally reffed-off

And, IF, I were to try to port the thing to Android or iPad/iPhone would specialfolderpath "do it" over there as well? Richmond. On 10/1/2018 2:20 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Well, YOUR LiveCode, MY LiveCode, EVERYONE'S LiveCode: YOUR recipe worked. Thanks a bucket! Richmond. On 10/1/2018

Re: Externally reffed-off

Hi Richmond, > Am 10.01.2018 um 13:13 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > : > > I thought I'd "play a game", so I set up a new stack with 2 buttons: > > [Mac OS] > > Button 1 contained this script: > > onmouseUp >

Re: Externally reffed-off

Well, YOUR LiveCode, MY LiveCode, EVERYONE'S LiveCode: YOUR recipe worked. Thanks a bucket! Richmond. On 10/1/2018 2:01 pm, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, Am 10.01.2018 um 12:57 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode : My "problem"

Re: Externally reffed-off

I thought I'd "play a game", so I set up a new stack with 2 buttons: [Mac OS] Button 1 contained this script: onmouseUp setthedefaultfoldertospecialfolderpath("resources" endmouseUp and Button 2 contained this script: onmouseUp putthedefaultFolder endmouseUp I clicked on Button 1 and

Re: Custom properties of IDE palettes?

AHA! (thanks) gc On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 3:56 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > The 'cLocked' is a getProp/setProp (virtual) custom property, which is why > it doesn't appear in the customKeys. > > Warmest Regards, > > Mark.

Re: Externally reffed-off

That did not work, unfortunately. Richmond. On 10/1/2018 1:17 pm, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote: Change it to.. set the defaultfolder to item 1 to -5 of the effective filename of this stack and it should work. I don't have an available mac to test though, so tweakage might be necessary.

Re: Externally reffed-off

Hi Richmond, > Am 10.01.2018 um 12:57 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > : > > My "problem" Klaus is that I don't know YOUR LiveCode, that's why I wrote "Know YOUR Livecode" and not "Know MY Livecode", Sir! :-) > but I do know MY LiveCode. > > I have

Re: How does 'Apple VPP Education' discount work?

Thanks Tiemo, i thought I could/had to change the discount rating myself. greetings, William 2018-01-10 12:54 GMT+01:00 Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > Hi William, > > finally every app in the AppStore is enabled for VPP. You don't have to > join > the

Re: Externally reffed-off

My "problem" Klaus is that I don't know YOUR LiveCode, but I do know MY LiveCode. I have a theory that once one has been working inwith a system for many years one's methods and mindset become fixed in a way that may not be very useful. Best, Richmond. On 10/1/2018 1:32 pm, Klaus major-k via

AW: How does 'Apple VPP Education' discount work?

Hi William, finally every app in the AppStore is enabled for VPP. You don't have to join the VPP program, only the customer / school has to. Your set up a sales price of your app in the appStore for everyone and you can choose with that option you mentioned in the app settings, if a customer

Re: Externally reffed-off

Thank you very much, that's a great help. Richmond. On 10/1/2018 1:17 pm, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote: Change it to.. set the defaultfolder to item 1 to -5 of the effective filename of this stack and it should work. I don't have an available mac to test though, so tweakage might be

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 172, Issue 19

Hi Richard I found this problem was particularly annoying, especially when trying to extract info from vCards exported from Contacts on the Mac, so I developed a tiny app in LC called vCard Clipper. I've put together a web page about this app together with download links to a Mac App and the

Re: Externally reffed-off

> Am 10.01.2018 um 12:17 schrieb Mike Bonner via use-livecode > : > > Change it to.. > set the defaultfolder to item 1 to -5 of the effective filename of this > stack > > and it should work. I don't have an available mac to test though, so > tweakage might be

RE: Error while saving standalone 8 & 9

Thank you so much for the pointer Jacqueline, the good news is that I have traced the issue. The error message isn't really that helpful as it does in fact relate to a Widget. The original widget "object" was still attached to a card, so although every widget had been removed using the

Re: Externally reffed-off

Change it to.. set the defaultfolder to item 1 to -5 of the effective filename of this stack and it should work. I don't have an available mac to test though, so tweakage might be necessary. (not likely though its pretty straightforward) You can put it in an if block if you want so that if the

Re: Externally reffed-off

Its because of this... *Cross-platform note:* On OS X systems, standalone applications are stored as application bundles. A bundle behaves like a file but is actually a folder, and the main stack of a standalone application is inside this folder. The filename of stack property reports the

Externally reffed-off

I am currently working on something that calls a lot of external images which are stored in a folder called "rez" in the same location as my stack, and when my stack opens it works its way through the script: onpreOpenStack setitemDelto"/" setthedefaultFoldertoitem 1 to-2

How does 'Apple VPP Education' discount work?

Hi there, I was asked if i could add my apps to Apple's VPP education program. I see I have two choices: 1. Available with a volume discount for educational institutions 2. Available with no discount On this page it says you can enable 50% discount:

Re: Object layers

And again. I really could not count the number of times over the years that the good people of this list have dug me out of a LiveCode hole, usually (but not always) of my own making. I literally could not use LiveCode now without knowing the list is there as the first-aid line. One cannot

OT: system recommendation

Sorry for the off topic question, but this is my most trusted place for tech knowledge. Appreciate any tips and advice (for a friend). My friend is looking to buy or build a pc to do 4k video editing. I know the obvious part.. If you can afford more memory, add more memory. After that, I'm

Re: Object layers

> . I continue to be amazed and thankful for the warm spirit of helpfulness and > friendliness in this community, freely given. > Me too. Nicely put. David Glasgow ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: Object layers

Hello Christer. This list is a community. It is friendly, helpful, and there is a certain amount of chat. When that chat becomes excessive, I do ask members to curtail it, however nothing in this thread in any way contravenes the spirit of this list. You were offered some helpful advice.

Re: Object layers

Just to respond. Thank you for the advices - very helpful. However, experiences with the early versions (say V5-V7) made me avoid the grouping functionality. Maybe because I could not manage the concept too well. So I have given it up and manage it (as do with scaling etc) with additional

Re: Do widgets support introspection?

On 2018-01-10 08:52, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 01/09/2018 09:45 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: Do the built-in widgets come with manifests? Yes. Even the built-in widgets. At least for now, until we get commercial locked widgets. Why would 'commercial locked widgets'

Re: Custom properties of IDE palettes?

On 2018-01-10 02:20, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: But they do. Specifically, stack "revPropertyInspector 1" is not a script-only stack. It has many objects, and it does have custom properties. For example, this locks the inspector to its current object: set the cLocked of stack