Re: LC >= 8 no more HC friendly?

2018-05-30 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
That works. Once you get the stack converted to LC you can open it in any later version. I keep an old copy of LC around just for the initial import. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On May 30, 2018 9:20:39 AM Mike Bonner

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2018-05-30 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
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Re: LC >= 8 no more HC friendly?

2018-05-30 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I am amazed that LiveCode has remained backward compatible as long as it has. Richmond. On 30/5/2018 4:55 pm, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi friends, I am trying to open some old HyperCard stacks (thanks Jaqueline :-) and LC 8.1.9, 8.1.10 and 9.0 immediately and silently CRASH

Re: button action different on Android

2018-05-30 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
If you mean you don't want any visible reaction at all, turn off autohilite, sharedhilite, focuswithkeyboard, focus border, and defaultbutton. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On May 29, 2018 8:37:09 PM Nicolas Cueto via

Re: LC >= 8 no more HC friendly?

2018-05-30 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Oh, I've got a vast number of HyperCard stacks lolling around on the hard drive of a G5 iMac (that runs 'Classic'); I'm not completely sure why? Richmonf. On 30/5/2018 7:54 pm, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 05/30/2018 07:55 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: I am amazed

Re: LC >= 8 no more HC friendly?

2018-05-30 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Seriously. But the good news is that it's not that much trouble to recreate your stacks in Livecode, and frankly, given that Hypercard was card driven, meaning if you wanted to display different data on a similar form you simply created a new card and filled in the data, and given that Livecode

When did highlighted text get fixed?

2018-05-30 Thread Devin Asay via use-livecode
Does anyone remember when text on highlighted lines on Mac started working properly? That is, when did black text on a dark colored background start showing up as white text on a colored background in a list-style field? Methinks is was in the 8.0 series, or was it in 7.x? Devin Devin Asay

macOS and iOS sandbox permissions

2018-05-30 Thread kee nethery via use-livecode
I’m looking for a list of sandbox permissions needed for various functions to actually work when the app is deployed by an Apple AppStore. I know about these since I use them in my macOS app: com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-write com.apple.security.network.client What sandbox

Re: button action different on Android

2018-05-30 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I'm seeing similar behavior on the main navigation buttons at bottom of the screen. In SivaSiva app Although it behaves differently, I suspect similar underlying engine issue I have large fingers, Example, the "Home" (a button that takes you back) icon has plenty of touch space. It is on

Re: Livecode 9 Server seems not to run when custom installed on On-Rev and HostM

2018-05-30 Thread Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
Just for those who are interested: I´ve contacted also HostM support and btw they responded within 14 minutes ! Their answer: "We currently utilize the 32-bit version (which works correctly) for the system-wide installation, because the 64-bit version of LiveCode Server 9 has additional system

HilitedLine of list field lost when unlocked field selected

2018-05-30 Thread David Epstein via use-livecode
This seems like a problem that I’ve solved before, but I can’t recall how. With a line hilited in a locked list-behavior-true field, I can use the mouse to select text in any of a number of unlocked fields without disturbing my list’s hilite. But if I use the tabKey to move the insertion

Re: button action different on Android

2018-05-30 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Is it possible that a long press is sending a different message (and not the mouseUp)? I do not have Android development set up yet (or a device other than a Fire) so I can’t test to see. On May 30, 2018, 8:18 PM -0500, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode , wrote: > I'm seeing similar

Android APK sanity check

2018-05-30 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I rebuilt an apk with LC 9.0 today and it runs fine on my Pixel (OS 8.1) but on my Samsung S5 (OS 6.0.1) it launches to a black screen and immediately crashes. An answer dialog in preOpenCard never runs, so I don't think the app even fully loads. The same app built a couple of months ago with

Re: Is anyone using tsNet external with LCserver?

2018-05-30 Thread Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
I´ve tried now several Livecode Server versions (Indy and Business) on On-Rev and also HostM servers. I am not able to get tsNet working with Livecode Server. And yes, i am using the correct tsNet-x64.so file from the corresponding Desktop edition (Mac OS X) So could someone who is using tsNet

Livecode 9 Server seems not to run when custom installed on On-Rev and HostM

2018-05-30 Thread Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
Hi, today i noticed that i don´t get Livecode Server 9 Business to work on On-Rev and HostM accounts. In Browser i get an “Internal Server Error” and when running from command line in SSH session i get: ./livecode-server: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by

Re: LC >= 8 no more HC friendly?

2018-05-30 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Mike, > Am 30.05.2018 um 16:18 schrieb Mike Bonner via use-livecode > : > > Just curious, if you open with lc 5, and then save a copy as an lc stack, > can you then open it with the later version? (and do the usual "messages > off" thing too of course) sure, I'd be quite pissed if not! :-D

ANN: Script Tracker

2018-05-30 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Script Tracker allows you to work in a binary stack and have all scripts kept in sync with plain text files suitable for version control in GitHub. It includes an option to watch the script folder and automatically import files when they change. It also has an option to open the script of an

Re: LC & Java

2018-05-30 Thread Ingar Roggen via use-livecode
The eminent historical fact is that HyperCard (still) is psycologically (and intellectually) magical, while RunTime, and also LiveCode, it seems, attempt to reduce all of it to technicalities. And although we live by technicalities, nobody reaches but for magic in his dreams. Cut the threads

Re: Devawriter Pro: Fund Raiser Goes Live!

2018-05-30 Thread Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode
Hey Richmond, Looks good! You should have a support level somewhere below the purchase price. I would make a donation, but don’t want to purchase the program. Peter > On May 30, 2018, at 10:54 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > wrote: > > Be there, or be square: > >

Re: button action different on Android

2018-05-30 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
There is a convention on Android where a long press on a button can, and often does, show a tooltip or a label. This is handy when you don't know what an icon means. Long presses on Android can also behave like right clicks on desktop to provide alternate behaviors. It may be that the problem

Re: How To Become Android Developer

2018-05-30 Thread Simon Smith via use-livecode
Hi I have it working with: The Android SDK via https://dl.google.com/android/repository/tools_r25.2.3- windows.zip and using jdk-8u162-windows-x64.exe which can be downloaded from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-javase8-2177648.html Simon Carpe diem

Re: Null character in text fields

2018-05-30 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Right . . . On 30/5/2018 5:14 am, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote: Hi, I have a problem with “funny” characters showing in fields of Chinese text in LC projects on PCs with a Chinese version of Windows (7 & 10) installed. Non-Chinese, standard version of Windows don’t show this. The

Re: LC & Java

2018-05-30 Thread Keith Martin via use-livecode
On 29 May 2018, at 17:57, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Ever since Hypercard I have loved the "do something to something else with some other things" approach, and also that I don't have to worry about variable typing, declaration and scope. Amen brother! This is an important part of

Re: mergDoc - no preview, no sharing

2018-05-30 Thread Ralf Bitter via use-livecode
Hi Monte, thanks a lot! Copied the files to specialFolderPath("documents") and all works as expected. Thanks again and warm regards Ralf > On 30. May 2018, at 00:29, Monte Goulding via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Ralf > > I think there is a bug or perhaps deliberate policy change on

Re: LC9 and Windows Unicode bug?

2018-05-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Brian, Thank you for confirming the bug ... and a super thank you for the work around! It is brilliant. On 5/29/2018 8:04 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: > I'm seeing the same results Mac Sierra / Win 10. But, you can open the > file as binary. > > ... > open file theFile for binary

LC >= 8 no more HC friendly?

2018-05-30 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi friends, I am trying to open some old HyperCard stacks (thanks Jaqueline :-) and LC 8.1.9, 8.1.10 and 9.0 immediately and silently CRASH without notice after selecting hte file in hte open dialog, I only get the macOS crash report. Using LC 5.02, I can open the stacks without problem, except

Re: LC >= 8 no more HC friendly?

2018-05-30 Thread Mike Bonner via use-livecode
Just curious, if you open with lc 5, and then save a copy as an lc stack, can you then open it with the later version? (and do the usual "messages off" thing too of course) On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 7:55 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi friends, > >

Re: LC >= 8 no more HC friendly?

2018-05-30 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Hi Klaus, Yes, unfortunately this happens since LC 7 with some HC stacks. Best, Panos -- On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 2:55 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi friends, > > I am trying to open some old HyperCard stacks (thanks Jaqueline :-) > and LC 8.1.9,