Re: FTP Problem

2011-06-09 Thread Jim Ault
On Jun 8, 2011, at 6:42 PM, Pete wrote: I'm getting a socket timeout during execution of a put URL command with an ftp:// url in the destination address. I use the same statement to upload several different files and they all work fine except for one file which fails with the error about

Re: LIVECODE running in LION

2011-06-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 06/09/2011 09:52 AM, FlexibleLearning wrote: Rule of Thumb: Never buy anything with a zero on the end. :) In the light of recent experiences I have been having with Ubuntu one may wish to expand that: Never do anything with a zero on the end. Hugh Senior FLCo Colin Holgate wrote My

Re: 5000 lines of code

2011-06-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Mark Took me a couple of times through that to get what you meant. Ah... you mean that same switch code is duplicated in other objects as well. What I'd do in that case is move it out of the objects and make a handler farther along the message path (the stack script, for instance) as command

Re: [ANN] MobGUI plugin : mobile development aid

2011-06-09 Thread Andy Henshaw
Thats excellent John, I cant help thinking its exactly the sort of toolbox Livecode should have as standard for mobile development! I hope you manage to keep developing it and make it available as a plugin thats available / affordable for all users. Andy On 9 Jun 2011, at 00:51, John Craig

New Row into datagrid and edit field

2011-06-09 Thread Alessandro Pisoni
I have a button that creates a row in my datagrid but I would be automatically moves to the specific field in that row. how can I do? on mouseup put the dgNumberOfLines of group ElencoTelefoni + 1 into theLineNo dispatch addLine to group ElencoTelefoni with theRowData, theDataColumns,

Re: New Row into datagrid and edit field

2011-06-09 Thread Shao Sean
on mouseup put the dgNumberOfLines of group ElencoTelefoni + 1 into theLineNo dispatch addLine to group ElencoTelefoni with theRowData, theDataColumns, theLineNo ScrollLineIntoView theLineNo end mouseup ___ use-livecode mailing list

[OT] A quiet read about Ubuntu

2011-06-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Takes about 10-15 minutes and is really very thought provoking: http://www.osnews.com/story/24803/The_Sins_of_Ubuntu Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: New Row into datagrid and edit field

2011-06-09 Thread Shao Sean
sorry.. i thought you wanted to scroll to the new line added.. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Local files in revBrowser

2011-06-09 Thread John Dixon
I wonder if someone could shed some light on a problem I am having. The script below works fine running under MacOSX, but it does not want to work running under Windows ?.. If having the stack would help, I would send it to you. I am really stumped... any help would be appreciated. local

Re: 5000 lines of code

2011-06-09 Thread Jim Ault
I moved the recyclable code into the stack script and called it from each object. BUT, the interesting thing as that, while the objects called the code successfully, it meant that the individualised segments of code in the object that came after the recyclable code stopped working

Re: [OT] A quiet read about Ubuntu

2011-06-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond Mathewson wrote: Takes about 10-15 minutes and is really very thought provoking: http://www.osnews.com/story/24803/The_Sins_of_Ubuntu It's an odd choice of a title for an article that largely says that Ubuntu is doing well in nearly every category he discusses with only a few

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Forgive the thread necromancy, but it seems Chipp was right again - back in February he wrote: Surprise, Apple changed their license terms-- again. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9209580/Apple_s_new_App_Store_rules_affect_Amazon_s_Kindle ... My guess is just like the last time, after

Re: [OT] A quiet read about Ubuntu

2011-06-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 06/09/2011 03:22 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Richmond Mathewson wrote: Takes about 10-15 minutes and is really very thought provoking: http://www.osnews.com/story/24803/The_Sins_of_Ubuntu It's an odd choice of a title for an article that largely says that Ubuntu is doing well in nearly

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 06/09/2011 04:02 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Forgive the thread necromancy, but it seems Chipp was right again - back in February he wrote: Surprise, Apple changed their license terms-- again. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9209580/Apple_s_new_App_Store_rules_affect_Amazon_s_Kindle

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Colin Holgate
These changes are probably a mixture of the reaction of publishers to the first agreement, but also an effort to make the iOS 5 Newstand feature be more of a success. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Importing Word documents

2011-06-09 Thread James Hurley
If one copies a Word document from within Word and pastes that copy into a LC field, much of the formatting is retained. Not so if one just uses: get url file: tFileName Is there a way, within LC, to obtain the copy and paste formatting, perhaps with an imbedded AppleScript? Thanks, Jim

Edit field into datagrid

2011-06-09 Thread Alessandro Pisoni
how can I create a button that when I click I go to edit a field in a datagrid? Cordiali Saluti Alessandro Pisoni System.ini di Pisoni Alessandro Via Grandi,5 20062 Cassano d'Adda (MI) Tel 0363-361487 Fax 1782260060 Cell. 335440150 email:i...@system-ini.it www.system-ini.it

Re: Importing Word documents

2011-06-09 Thread Mark Schonewille
Jim, get shell(textutil -convert rtf quote path/to/file.docx quote) This will produce a file path/to/file.rtf, which you can read with LiveCode. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter:

Re: Importing Word documents

2011-06-09 Thread Paul Dupuis
Use WordLib - available in the RunREv Store under Add-ons. It works great! On 6/9/2011 10:03 AM, James Hurley wrote: If one copies a Word document from within Word and pastes that copy into a LC field, much of the formatting is retained. Not so if one just uses: get url file: tFileName Is

Re: Local files in revBrowser

2011-06-09 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- On Thu, 6/9/11, John Dixon dixo...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: I wonder if someone could shed some light on a problem I am having. The script below works fine running under MacOSX, but it does not want to work running under Windows ?.. If having the stack would help, I would send it to you.

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Colin Holgate
Here is Richard Dreyfuss reading the EULA: http://www.cnet.com/8301-30976_1-20068778-10348864.html ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Colin, Am 09.06.2011 um 17:26 schrieb Colin Holgate: Here is Richard Dreyfuss reading the EULA: http://www.cnet.com/8301-30976_1-20068778-10348864.html LOL! :-D Just wonderful, thanks for the link! My favourite: Effective until (with the light Schweinhundt accent) :-D Best Klaus --

using animated gif for a cursor on Windows

2011-06-09 Thread Mark Stuart
Hi All, I'm using an animated gif (rotating dot in a circle) with the cursor on Windows XP, but the gif doesn't animate in LC v4.6.1. the script: on openStack lock cursor set the cursor to 1019 -- do stuff unlock cursor reset cursors end openStack I guess the question here is:

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Colin Holgate
Hopefully that won't be soon. On Jun 9, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Mark Talluto wrote: Eventually, once they stop radically innovating new concepts, this will all settle down and it will all be business as usual. ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: LIVECODE running in LION

2011-06-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
So by that rule, we should have skipped the next three versions of MS Office and Server, since Server 2000 and Office 2000? ;-) Bob On Jun 8, 2011, at 11:52 PM, FlexibleLearning wrote: Rule of Thumb: Never buy anything with a zero on the end. :) Hugh Senior FLCo Colin Holgate

Re: FTP Problem

2011-06-09 Thread Pete
Thanks Jim. Just took a quick look at FTPCommander and it uses libURLftpUploadFile rather than the put URL in my script. I'll switch to libURLftpUploadFile and see what happens. Pete Molly's Revenge http://www.mollysrevenge.com On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Jim Ault jimaultw...@yahoo.com

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Talluto wrote: Apple is pioneering the mobile app market and is pushing hard initially for as much control as they think possible. Thanks to competition and market pressure, they are forced to come back in line with what is reasonable. Reminds me of my last job I had before I started

RE: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread John Dixon
lovely... :-) My boss explained my job like this: They're job is to ask for the world. Your job is to ask for half of it back. Richard Gaskin ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Edit field into datagrid

2011-06-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
I may misunderstand, but it sounds a lot like asking what car should you buy to get groceries from the store. ;-) It's too vague. WHICH field? Which row? Which column? Not enough info. If you mean you want to begin editing at the first row, first column, or perhaps save the last edited cell

Re: LIVECODE running in LION

2011-06-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 06/09/2011 07:28 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: So by that rule, we should have skipped the next three versions of MS Office and Server, since Server 2000 and Office 2000? ;-) Yeah, well, my experience is that if a product says Microsoft I don't even bother to check for zeros or not . . . I

Re: Local files in revBrowser

2011-06-09 Thread Mike Bonner
John sent me a copy of the files, the revbrowserstuff is working fine, it seems to be javascript related (the errors are javascript errors) but i'm not much on javascript so this is over my head. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Jan Schenkel janschen...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Thu, 6/9/11, John

Re: Local files in revBrowser

2011-06-09 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Mike, Am 09.06.2011 um 18:53 schrieb Mike Bonner: John sent me a copy of the files, the revbrowserstuff is working fine, it seems to be javascript related (the errors are javascript errors) but i'm not much on javascript so this is over my head. Yep, same here! Looks like John wanted a

DataGrids sharing templates

2011-06-09 Thread Jeff Massung
I'm sure I saw this before somewhere, but Google hasn't been kind to me. Is there an easy way to make multiple datagrids all use the same template? Jeff M. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: DataGrids sharing templates

2011-06-09 Thread Jeff Massung
Nevermind... http://lessons.runrev.com/spaces/lessons/manuals/datagrid/lessons/7319-How-Do-I-Use-A-Template-In-Multiple-Data-Grids- On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Jeff Massung mass...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sure I saw this before somewhere, but Google hasn't been kind to me. Is there an easy

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Pete
Wow, you had an easy boss! Mine would have told me to ask for 90% of the world back and settle for 80%. Pete Molly's Revenge http://www.mollysrevenge.com On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.comwrote: Mark Talluto wrote: Apple is pioneering the mobile app

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Nonsanity
I rather expected this too. By setting draconian price guidelines initially, they can control the market prices. The other requirement of must-also-be-listed makes sure those controlled prices get used. Then a few months later, before legal conflict can come to fruition, Apple revokes these

Re: Local files in revBrowser

2011-06-09 Thread Mike Bonner
Got the map itself working, but still stuck on the route generation portion. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Klaus on-rev kl...@major.on-rev.comwrote: Hi Mike, Am 09.06.2011 um 18:53 schrieb Mike Bonner: John sent me a copy of the files, the revbrowserstuff is working fine, it seems to

Re: LIVECODE running in LION

2011-06-09 Thread Andre Garzia
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Richmond Mathewson richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/09/2011 07:28 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: So by that rule, we should have skipped the next three versions of MS Office and Server, since Server 2000 and Office 2000? ;-) Yeah, well, my experience is

Re: Importing Word documents

2011-06-09 Thread James Hurley
Message: 10 Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:20:42 +0200 From: Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Importing Word documents Message-ID: dcf3260a-5b5c-40b4-becc-4785230e6...@economy-x-talk.com Content-Type:

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
I never listen to what people say. I only listen to what they mean. ;-) Bob On Jun 9, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: But that's for another time; for now, I just have to apologize for the stupid pre-coffee typo - obviously They're should be Their:

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/9/11 8:02 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Content providers may offer In-App subscriptions at whatever price they wish and they are not required to offer an in-app subscription simply because they sell a subscription outside the App Store as well Sounds to me like a protective action in

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
Conspiracy upon conspiracy, wheels within wheels eh? Sounds like a Hollywood movie. Bob On Jun 9, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Nonsanity wrote: I rather expected this too. By setting draconian price guidelines initially, they can control the market prices. The other requirement of

Re: Importing Word documents

2011-06-09 Thread Mark Schonewille
James, If it is empty, in other words if the shell function doesn't return a value, it means that the textutil command didn't produce any errors. Have a look at the folder containing the original file. It should also contain the new file. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk

Re: Importing Word documents

2011-06-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
He is saying that it will produce a file on the disk. Empty is probably what the shell returns if all goes well. The it variable would probably contain an error if things did not go well. Bob On Jun 9, 2011, at 10:29 AM, James Hurley wrote: Message: 10 Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:20:42

RE: Local files in revBrowser

2011-06-09 Thread John Dixon
Hi Mike Klaus ... John sent me a copy of the files, the revbrowserstuff is working fine, it seems to be javascript related (the errors are javascript errors) but i'm not much on javascript so this is over my head. What confuses me, and it doesn't take at lot, is that it all runs fine under

Re: Live LiveCode code event #27

2011-06-09 Thread Björnke von Gierke
Anyone? On 9 Jun 2011, at 05:16, Björnke von Gierke wrote: Unfortunately, I was unable to motivate any presenters for this week. Please send me a mail if you have time to present something this weekend. If I can't find people the event will have to be canceled. Thank you Björnke

Re: Local files in revBrowser

2011-06-09 Thread Mike Bonner
There was some definite corruption (possibly during the move from the mac to windows machine?). I cleaned things up as best I could, got the map to work, but not the route stuff. I then grabbed the example of simple direction (the one that just draws the route) and adjusted the map.html to match,

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 06/09/2011 08:36 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Conspiracy upon conspiracy, wheels within wheels eh? Sounds like a Hollywood movie. Oooh; can I have the role of the slightly daft Scotsman who manages to make off-colour remarks and put people's hackles up at critical moments? Hey; and if I land

Re: Challenge: Faking 3D extrusion of a polygon SOLVED

2011-06-09 Thread Michael Kristensen
Hi there Here is a very fast version, with no compromise. http://forums.runrev.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=9t=7824p=37483#p37483 Special thanks goes to Bernd Niggemann who worked with me offline, and was instrumental to the final solution. Michael

Re: Live LiveCode code event #27

2011-06-09 Thread Colin Holgate
Andreas already offered I think, and I have a couple of ideas too. On Jun 9, 2011, at 2:22 PM, Björnke von Gierke wrote: Anyone? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Re: Live LiveCode code event #27

2011-06-09 Thread Björnke von Gierke
I aprechiate every presenter, and any date, but right now it's less then 48 hours until the next event and i need something quick :( On 9 Jun 2011, at 21:20, Colin Holgate wrote: Andreas already offered I think, and I have a couple of ideas too. On Jun 9, 2011, at 2:22 PM, Björnke von

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Chipp Walters
Now, if I could only do better predicting the NBA finals, I might actually make a few bucks! On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.comwrote: Chipp's guess was correct, less than four months later: ___ use-livecode

Re: LIVECODE running in LION

2011-06-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Bob- Thursday, June 9, 2011, 9:28:39 AM, you wrote: So by that rule, we should have skipped the next three versions of MS Office and Server, since Server 2000 and Office 2000? ;-) I did. About six months ago I switched to Open Office and have never looked back. Just waslked away from my

Re: LIVECODE running in LION

2011-06-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 06/09/2011 11:11 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Bob- Thursday, June 9, 2011, 9:28:39 AM, you wrote: So by that rule, we should have skipped the next three versions of MS Office and Server, since Server 2000 and Office 2000? ;-) I did. About six months ago I switched to Open Office and have never

[OT] Want to waste some more time?

2011-06-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Playing, Learning, Farting Around: AURA in VM Box: http://finncomputers.com/aura/overview ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Standalones Not Working

2011-06-09 Thread Stephen McNutt
I’ve got an app I’ve been working with for years. I hadn’t compiled it into a standalone for maybe a year or more. It works fine within LiveCode, but now I can’t get the standalone to work. There are at least two symptoms: The standalone’s window is cropped short on the bottom. It’s

Re: LIVECODE running in LION

2011-06-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
I wish I could do that in a corporate environment. I would have people bleating to the powers that be that Bob is trying to ruin everything and destroy all the data faster than you could say two whiskers. Bob On Jun 9, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Bob- Thursday, June 9, 2011,

find by content with Mac OS

2011-06-09 Thread Timothy Miller
My feeble brain seems to suggest that Mac OS find-by-content will not find text in an ordinary field in a LiveCode stack (not to mention a button or script). I just tried it. OTOH, I don't have much confidence in my feeble brain. Am I right? If so, is there any way to enable such a feature?

Re: LIVECODE running in LION

2011-06-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 06/09/2011 11:41 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I wish I could do that in a corporate environment. I would have people bleating to the powers that be that Bob is trying to ruin everything and destroy all the data faster than you could say two whiskers. Even if I've achieved nothing else here in

Re: find by content with Mac OS

2011-06-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 06/09/2011 11:47 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: My feeble brain seems to suggest that Mac OS find-by-content will not find text in an ordinary field in a LiveCode stack (not to mention a button or script). I just tried it. OTOH, I don't have much confidence in my feeble brain. Am I right? If

Re: LIVECODE running in LION

2011-06-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
I always loved John Vokey's sigline: Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -Dr. John R. Vokey :) I've been using OpenOffice for the last two years, and recently switched to its younger brother

Re: find by content with Mac OS

2011-06-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Timothy Miller wrote: My feeble brain seems to suggest that Mac OS find-by-content will not find text in an ordinary field in a LiveCode stack (not to mention a button or script). I just tried it. OTOH, I don't have much confidence in my feeble brain. Am I right? If so, is there any way to

Re: Standalones Not Working

2011-06-09 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Steve, Here are 18 Reasons Why Compiling with RunRev (LiveCode) May Fail: http://qery.us/pr (or rather, the solutions). The cut-off at the bottom is connected to the menus and the destroyStack and destroyWindow properties. Try toggling those. I bet that you have assigned your .edb files as

Re: LIVECODE running in LION

2011-06-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
A-FREAKEN-MEN!!! On Jun 9, 2011, at 2:06 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I always loved John Vokey's sigline: Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -Dr. John R. Vokey :)

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Peter Brigham MD
On Jun 9, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I never listen to what people say. I only listen to what they mean. ;-) Bob Now, what exactly do you mean by that? (I speak as a psychiatrist...) -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Peter Brigham MD
On Jun 9, 2011, at 2:44 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Hey; and if I land the role, I promise NOT to wear my leopard-skin posing briefs . . . . . . whoops, wait a minute . . . Leopard is out . . . I meant to say lion-skin posing briefs . . . :) Better not... as we have been hearing,

Re: find by content with Mac OS

2011-06-09 Thread Jim Ault
On Jun 9, 2011, at 1:47 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: My feeble brain seems to suggest that Mac OS find-by-content will not find text in an ordinary field in a LiveCode stack (not to mention a button or script). I just tried it. OTOH, I don't have much confidence in my feeble brain. Am I

Re: How do you build the tabs like in the script editor

2011-06-09 Thread Ken Ray
I've started prototyping an example, and it seems the best approach for this kind of thing. If you'd like the example stack when I'm done, please let me know. LC 4.6.1 I'd like to see it! Maybe it could turn into a DropTool... :D Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email:

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
What are you saying? (I speak as a patient...) Bob On Jun 9, 2011, at 3:04 PM, Peter Brigham MD wrote: On Jun 9, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I never listen to what people say. I only listen to what they mean. ;-) Bob Now, what exactly do you mean by that? (I speak as a

Re: How do you build the tabs like in the script editor

2011-06-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
So would I. Maybe yours could replace the tab object the way Trevor's Datagrid replaced the Table Field. Bob On Jun 9, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Ken Ray wrote: I've started prototyping an example, and it seems the best approach for this kind of thing. If you'd like the example stack when I'm

Re: LIVECODE running in LION

2011-06-09 Thread David C.
truth be said: Microsoft makes great video games, the XBOX 360 is a great machine for both players and developers but on the other hand, their desktop computing business well... you know Perhaps we can convince Microsoft to start building their own proprietary hardware, just like Apple,

Re: LIVECODE running in LION

2011-06-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
And then we could ALL finally get some rest. Bob On Jun 9, 2011, at 3:41 PM, David C. wrote: truth be said: Microsoft makes great video games, the XBOX 360 is a great machine for both players and developers but on the other hand, their desktop computing business well... you know

Re: [ANN] MobGUI plugin : mobile development aid

2011-06-09 Thread Andre Garzia
JC, You made my day!!! I tried creating a similar tool to myself but I couldn't. Your tool is greater than anything I could throw together, I just loved it Thank you very much for your dedication! Cheers andre PS: Now we just need browsers in Android On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 8:51 PM,

Re: Live LiveCode code event #26 Wrapup

2011-06-09 Thread Björnke von Gierke
Hi Here is the wrap up from the last event. I'm sorry it's a bit late, but having no presenters stresses me out disproportionally. Mark went first, and showed a lot of ways to extend liveCode scripts with external applications, shells, applescript, and so on. This should be especially

Re: [ANN] MobGUI plugin : mobile development aid

2011-06-09 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Be careful, all of the controls in the MobGUI plugin are only iPhone3GS and maybe they might work for iPad but not iPhone4 Retina display. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Jun 9, 2011, at 6:47 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: JC, You made my day!!! I tried

Reconnecting a stack's datagrid with its template in a stackrunner situation

2011-06-09 Thread stephen barncard
Hi Gang I'm still grinding away at this thing. Maybe I didn't describe the situation very well. or else it's impossible. To recap I'm trying to get a Datagrid to work in a stack that works fine by itself in the IDE (with the datagrid template in a substack), but fails to work in a Stackrunner

Re: Live LiveCode code event #26 Wrapup

2011-06-09 Thread stephen barncard
Such is the downside of being solely responsible for an international weekly independent television show! 2011/6/9 Björnke von Gierke b...@mac.com Hi Here is the wrap up from the last event. I'm sorry it's a bit late, but having no presenters stresses me out disproportionally. Stephen

Re: [ANN] MobGUI plugin : mobile development aid

2011-06-09 Thread Roger Eller
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Be careful, all of the controls in the MobGUI plugin are only iPhone3GS and maybe they might work for iPad but not iPhone4 Retina display. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net I thought I saw a

Re: Live LiveCode code event #26 Wrapup

2011-06-09 Thread Roger Eller
2011/6/9 Björnke von Gierke b...@mac.com Hi Here is the wrap up from the last event. I'm sorry it's a bit late, but having no presenters stresses me out disproportionally. I am pretty sure I saw at least two volunteers on the list earlier today. Did you not see them? ~Roger

Re: [ANN] MobGUI plugin : mobile development aid

2011-06-09 Thread Thomas McGrath III
That just sets the card size but not the control size. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Jun 9, 2011, at 8:52 PM, Roger Eller wrote: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Be careful, all of the controls in the MobGUI plugin are only

Re: find by content with Mac OS

2011-06-09 Thread Timothy Miller
Thanks Jim and others. I have worked out ways to search my LC stacks quickly and conveniently (more or less) for the things I need. I can always use the find function in Stickies. I can search my email messages in Mail. This is the usual procedure. I always had the vague idea that

Re: [ANN] MobGUI plugin : mobile development aid

2011-06-09 Thread Roger Eller
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: That just sets the card size but not the control size. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Jun 9, 2011, at 8:52 PM, Roger Eller wrote: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:

Re: find by content with Mac OS

2011-06-09 Thread stephen barncard
You haven't used Spotlight? If it's set up right and you use good searching approach, it works quite well. On 9 June 2011 18:04, Timothy Miller gand...@doctortimothymiller.comwrote: Thanks Jim and others. I have worked out ways to search my LC stacks quickly and conveniently (more or less)

Re: Importing Word documents

2011-06-09 Thread James Hurley
Message: 14 Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 19:37:25 +0200 From: Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Importing Word documents Message-ID: dd648b1c-a159-4620-b507-70919dfc9...@economy-x-talk.com Content-Type:

Re: find by content with Mac OS

2011-06-09 Thread Timothy Miller
Hi Stephen, As far as I know, Command-F and Spotlight invokes the same functionality. In my previous message, I mentioned that find by content is not finding content in Safari Bookmarks, my saved email messages in Mail, and so on. This, I discovered by trial and error, and I assumed it was a

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-06-09 Thread Peter Brigham MD
I'm not sure. (If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.) :-) -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Jun 9, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: What are you saying? (I speak as a patient...) Bob On Jun 9, 2011, at 3:04 PM,

Re: [ANN] MobGUI plugin : mobile development aid

2011-06-09 Thread Gerry Orkin
On 10/06/2011, at 9:11 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Be careful, all of the controls in the MobGUI plugin are only iPhone3GS and maybe they might work for iPad but not iPhone4 Retina display. Sure, but they are easy to resize. I agree that'd be great if the controls took account of the

Re: Reconnecting a stack's datagrid with its template in a stackrunner situation

2011-06-09 Thread Pete
Hi STephen, Yes, I think we've all found that datagrids are sensitive! I don't have an answer to your problem, probably only Trevor can solve it. The only thing I can contribute is that table style datagrids that have no customised columns will work even if their template card doesn't exist. I

Re: Reconnecting a stack's datagrid with its template in a stackrunner situation

2011-06-09 Thread stephen barncard
This is a very stock datagrid. I set column names, labels and tabs on the fly. On 9 June 2011 20:12, Pete p...@mollysrevenge.com wrote: Hi STephen, Yes, I think we've all found that datagrids are sensitive! I don't have an answer to your problem, probably only Trevor can solve it. The only

Re: [ANN] MobGUI plugin : mobile development aid

2011-06-09 Thread Thomas McGrath III
I agree, no complaint just a caution to anyone expecting to build for iPhone Retina. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Jun 9, 2011, at 10:41 PM, Gerry Orkin wrote: On 10/06/2011, at 9:11 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Be careful, all of the controls in

Re: Importing Word documents

2011-06-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/9/11 8:45 PM, James Hurley wrote: But when I get url file:theFilePath of that RTF file in order to import it into a LC field, I get a lot of formatting code in the field. Opening that file in TextEdit or Word give a much better result. Tell the field how to display the file content: