Re: Stacks whose names start with "rev"

Hi Jacque I’m sorry I haven’t been following this whole thread so forgive me if my responses have already been covered. > On 10 Oct 2018, at 6:22 am, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > wrote: > > >> If the cantEdit is false but the mode is reported as 2, that sounds > >> like an engine bug.

Re: semi-OT : mySQL oddities

Oh BTW I use autoincrement on all my tables for the primary key. Bob S > On Oct 9, 2018, at 14:50 , Bob Sneidar wrote: > > I use mySQL 5.6 running on a Windows server. I do not have this issue. The > only way LC will add a record is with the insert command. I suspect there is > someplace

Re: semi-OT : mySQL oddities

I use mySQL 5.6 running on a Windows server. I do not have this issue. The only way LC will add a record is with the insert command. I suspect there is someplace in your code where you expect to update, and it's inserting instead. I wrap my database commands in a series of commands and

semi-OT : mySQL oddities

Hi list, I'm not 100% sure yet, but I think I'm experiencing some problems with mySQL 5.6.41 and LC server, the most annoying one being random duplicate entries in some tables, especially the biggest ones, for instance 71 Mb and nearly 14 entries. I have searched the web for more info and have

Open Driver on multi platform - show stopper

Hi , Not wishing to write externals I need Livecode to deploy on different platforms with ease , for the most part it does this very well. But there is a serious weakness and have projects screaming for a solution for Android and MacOS , This being serial communication (VCP) via USB and

bizarre DG problem

Hi folks, My client just called me to report one of his customers' data grids in a very weird state. I've never seen this before and thought I should ask if anyone else has, and how to prevent it if possible. System: macOS 10.13.x - High Sierra LC 8.1.9 Community Background: This DG is

Re: Stacks whose names start with "rev"

J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 10/9/18 1:16 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: >> If the cantEdit is false but the mode is reported as 2, that sounds >> like an engine bug. > > Probably not so much a bug as a design decision. The engine seems to > enforce mode 2 if it thinks the stack is an

Re: Stacks whose names start with "rev"

On 10/9/18 1:16 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: If the cantEdit is false but the mode is reported as 2, that sounds like an engine bug. Probably not so much a bug as a design decision. The engine seems to enforce mode 2 if it thinks the stack is an IDE stack. But that does raise

Re: Stacks whose names start with "rev"

J. Landman Gay wrote: > I checked that early on and again today, cantEdit is false. The style > was reported as toplevel but I set it again anyway in the message box. > The command that opens the stack is a plain "go stack", the same as > all the others in the suite that open normally.

OT: Seven Ineffective Coding Habits of Many Programmers

Watching Levure videos, contemplating more collaborative coding, I found this. ITT 2016 - Kevlin Henney - Seven Ineffective Coding Habits of Many Programmers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsHMHukIlJY 45 minutes long. If you need a break, it is both instructive and humorous I often

Re: "send" vs "dispatch"

On 10/09/2018 07:33 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Yup. I groked that. So I always return empty for success and false if not. Nice. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: "send" vs "dispatch"

Yup. I groked that. So I always return empty for success and false if not. > On Oct 8, 2018, at 17:53 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > Another nice feature of dispatch is that if the handler does not exist in the > target, it will silently and gracefully fail, continuing to