Re: Max number of columns in a datagrid?

2018-11-29 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Bernd wrote: >>From the dictionary p 59 > > Maximum length of a LINE in a field: > > 65,536 characters storage > No more than 32,786 pixels wide for display I had thought there had been some work on that in recent years, but I dug up the bug report and it seems it's been "hibernated":

Re: Max number of columns in a datagrid?

2018-11-29 Thread Geoff Canyon via use-livecode
On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 3:42 AM Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > From the dictionary p 59 > > > Maximum length of a LINE in a field: > > 65,536 characters storage > No more than 32,786 pixels wide for display > > Kind regards > Bernd > I guess I should

Re: Server Down?

2018-11-29 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 11/29/18 1:42 AM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: @Richmond you mean you cannot access anything at livecode.com? Works for me, checked just now, 9:41 Edinburgh time Interesting. My logs show that the servers went down at 9:37 Edinburgh time and recovered at 9:41. -- Mark

Re: Safari vs Browser Widget

2018-11-29 Thread hh via use-livecode
The getUserMedia() dialog doesn't work in the browser widget. You could try to do that "as javascript" in your HTML5 app. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Live Code crashes on startup

2018-11-29 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Hello Tore, On Windows the preferences are stored in: C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Roaming\RunRev\* Here you can find one or two files: livecode7.rev --> Preferences for LiveCode versions 7, 8 and 9 livecode.rev --> Preferences for LiveCode versions < 7 I suggest: 1. Quit LiveCode 2.

Re: LiveCode equivalent to 'cron' for automated background functions?

2018-11-29 Thread Keith Clarke via use-livecode
Thanks for the really useful responses Richard, Alex & Tom - great to know the art of the possible. I think most of my current use cases will be supported by send with time, as they’re more lightweight ’tick-over’ activities than big batch jobs. Best, Keith > On 28 Nov 2018, at 21:51, Richard

Live Code crashes on startup

2018-11-29 Thread Tore Nilsen via use-livecode
One of my students has a problem with LiveCode crashing on startup. He uses a machine running Windows, and I suspect there might be a corrupt preference file involved, as LiveCode dies right after it has loaded the preferences. Since I have no experience in using LiveCode on Windows, I have not

Safari vs Browser Widget

2018-11-29 Thread Dan Friedman via use-livecode
Greeting! I am hoping someone has an answer for this… I am working on a HTML5 web page that accesses the device's camera. When I open the url in Safari (on my Mac or iOS device), I am asked if it's ok to use the camera and everything works perfectly! However, if I load this same url in the

LiveCode Server

2018-11-29 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
I've been using LiveCode Server for a few years now with great success as various web services from LCS. I started this when I was a relative newbie. I access my library stacks via "Start using". 1) Can anyone shed some light on the subtle differences between "Include", "Require" and "Start

Re: Safari vs Browser Widget

2018-11-29 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Dan would love to be kept up to date if you manage to find a workaround for this issue. Good luck and thanks. On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 9:02 PM hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > The getUserMedia() dialog doesn't work in the browser widget. > You could try to do that

Re: Max number of columns in a datagrid?

2018-11-29 Thread Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode
>From the dictionary p 59 Maximum length of a LINE in a field: 65,536 characters storage No more than 32,786 pixels wide for display Kind regards Bernd From: Geoff Canyon I just checked, and (LC 8 on a Mac) indeed fields fail beyond a certain width/character limit/??? This: on mouseUp

Server Down?

2018-11-29 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
The Livecode server seems to be offline at the moment (9.37 Edinburgh time), or at least inaccessible here in Bulgaria. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Re: Server Down?

2018-11-29 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
@Richmond you mean you cannot access anything at livecode.com? Works for me, checked just now, 9:41 Edinburgh time Best, Panos On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 11:38 AM Richmond via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > The Livecode server seems to be offline at the moment (9.37

Re: Live Code crashes on startup

2018-11-29 Thread General 2018 via use-livecode
Hi , This also happened to us yesterday. Fixed by deleting preference files. Regards Camm > On 29 Nov 2018, at 08:21, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hello Tore, > > On Windows the preferences are stored in: > > C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Roaming\RunRev\* > > Here you

Re: LiveCode equivalent to 'cron' for automated background functions?

2018-11-29 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
@tom Yeah, that was a nifty demonstration of how to get around single-threadedness, especially after Mark and I had been talking about that very topic for a week or so. I was thinking that it would be cool to attach various LC externals and libraries to make a robust way to implement some better

Re: Live Code crashes on startup

2018-11-29 Thread Tore Nilsen via use-livecode
Hi Camm! Deleting the preference file worked here as well. We had a problem finding it as I use a Mac and neither I nor the student had any idea where to look for preference files on Windows. Panos advice helped us along. Best regards Tore > 29. nov. 2018 kl. 15:17 skrev General 2018 via