Re: Any suggestions?

On Monday, July 23, 2012, J. Landman Gay wrote: > > One doctor I know says he's practicing until he gets it right. :) > I got it right, and closed my law practice in '94. Got my Ph.D. Taught, and discovered I started too late to afford college for my own kids. so it's back to law, and now soft

Re: Any suggestions?

On Jul 23, 2012, at 9:54 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > One doctor I know says he's practicing until he gets it right. :) Yeah, I'd like to think that too. Except that if you start thinking that you got it right, you start missing what else there is to learn. It's never completely absolutely right

Re: Any suggestions?

On 7/23/12 8:44 PM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: I've always thought that "practicing" was an odd word for what I do, though it does capture the open-ended nature of the medical field One doctor I know says he's practicing until he gets it right. :) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hy

Re: Any suggestions?

On Jul 23, 2012, at 8:24 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Old joke: If you ask 10 Psychologists about any particular thing, you will > get 20 different answers. ;-) Sorry I just had to! Yes, it's OK, we're used to it. :-) 20 different answers is sort of like what happens when someone poses a questio

Re: Any suggestions?

On Jul 23, 2012, at 8:02 PM, Charles Szasz wrote: > I will try your suggestion! Thanks so much! By the way, I believe we are > both in the same profession. I am a school psychologist - retired now. I > remember seeing in your emails on the list that you are also in the > psychology field. Rig

Re: Any suggestions?

Old joke: If you ask 10 Psychologists about any particular thing, you will get 20 different answers. ;-) Sorry I just had to! Bob On Jul 23, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Charles Szasz wrote: > Peter, > > I will try your suggestion! Thanks so much! By the way, I believe we are > both in the same profe

Re: Any suggestions?

Peter, I will try your suggestion! Thanks so much! By the way, I believe we are both in the same profession. I am a school psychologist - retired now. I remember seeing in your emails on the list that you are also in the psychology field. Charles Szasz csz...@mac.com _

Re: Any suggestions?

On Jul 23, 2012, at 7:28 PM, Charles Szasz wrote: > put round(the height of field "final"/ the textheight of field "final",2) > into tMaxLines try trunc(the height of field "final"/ the textheight of field "final") -- this will cut off the fractional part -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmai

Re: Any suggestions?

Great, sounds like you figured it all out! My next suggestion was to change the calculation of tMaxLines but you beat me to it. Pete lcSQL Software On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Charles Szasz wrote: > Peter, > > I did resolved my problem by changing the rounding prec

Re: Any suggestions?

Peter, I did resolved my problem by changing the rounding precision from 0 to 2. I have not tried this on Windows yet but it does work on the Mac. put round(the height of field "final"/ the textheight of field "final",2) into tMaxLines Again thanks for your time and assistance! Charles

Re: Any suggestions?

Hi Peter! I had already found that by moving "add 1 to x" to after the repeat loop corrects the numbering problem before receiving your email. The number 12 I mentioned is equal to the twelve checkbox. I did not set it. When x> tMaxLines, the twelve checkbox is not carried over and appears o

Determine size of iOS keyboard

Has anyone figured out how to determine via script at runtime the size of current iOS keyboard being displayed? Thanks -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Ple

Re: Any suggestions?

Hi Charles, I gotta vow to test any scripts I publish! Here's the fixes: second line of the script should be "put zero into x". I think that will fix the other problem too, but let me know if not. Pete lcSQL Software On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Charles Szasz wro

Re: breakdown of my book (LiveCode Mobile Development)...

Ordered both the dead-tree and dead-electron versions. Colin gave a quick run-through at the conference and I'm seriously impressed. Looking forward to kicking the tires. -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-live

Re: "Enlargement supplement Free trials" : from my wonderful Spam Filter

Bob Sneidar writes: > > What is a recension and if you get it can it be treated? >From the source of all truthiness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recension "The term "recension" may also refer to the process of collecting and analyzing source texts in order to establish a tree structure lead

Re: Any suggestions?

On Jul 23, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Charles Szasz wrote: > I have been working with your suggestions on the following script: > > put the number of buttons of me into nbr > put 1 into x > repeat with n = 1 to nbr > put the short name of button n of me into tName > if not the hilite of butt

Using mobileRestorePurchases

I posted this question about a week ago and got no answers. So, I thought I would try asking one more time before sending this one up to the Mother Ship. How do you use the mobileRestorePurchases command to restore in-app purchases? I successfully purchased an in-app purchase with the "test" iT

Re: "Enlargement supplement Free trials" : from my wonderful Spam Filter

I'm so relieved! At first I thought it was a term for this lump in my throat, but I found out that is my Adam's Apple! ;-) Bob On Jul 23, 2012, at 1:30 PM, Richmond wrote: >> What is a recension and if you get it can it be treated? ;-) > > "recension" is Richmond-speak for "version". > >> >

Re: Any suggestions?

Hi Pete, I have been working with your suggestions on the following script: put the number of buttons of me into nbr put 1 into x repeat with n = 1 to nbr put the short name of button n of me into tName if not the hilite of button n of me then next repeat add 1 to x

Re: printing

Your check paper is shifting orientation in your printer. Make sure all your paper constraints are adjusted. Not all paper is created equal. Some printers have terrible "registration" is what I think it is called. Some are very good. I had some old HP 2100 printers years ago that were almost per

Re: "Enlargement supplement Free trials" : from my wonderful Spam Filter

On 07/23/2012 11:28 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: What is a recension and if you get it can it be treated? ;-) "recension" is Richmond-speak for "version". Bob On Jul 23, 2012, at 12:35 PM, Richmond wrote: and then have a series of graduated upgrades that can allow one to 'enlarge' and 'grow b

Re: printing

On 07/23/2012 11:09 PM, Hershel Fisch wrote: Hi, I made a small stack for check printing, but when finished i realized that it does not print straight. its not perfectly horizontal. wondering? Thanks, Hershel Well, I just set up a stack with a field "fPRINT" containing some text, and put th

Re: "Enlargement supplement Free trials" : from my wonderful Spam Filter

What is a recension and if you get it can it be treated? ;-) Bob On Jul 23, 2012, at 12:35 PM, Richmond wrote: > and then have a series of graduated upgrades that can allow one to 'enlarge' > and 'grow bigger' > until one has the full-blown version of the latest recension of Livecode. __

printing

Hi, I made a small stack for check printing, but when finished i realized that it does not print straight. its not perfectly horizontal. wondering? Thanks, Hershel ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subs

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

Well, after thinking a while about how could be distributed a free version of LiveCode without harming the current releases, I concluded this: A free (an limited) version of Livecode could be distributed as part of a bundle with a book for teaching elemental programming techniques. Support could

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

Richmmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > > Personally I don't see this as a vast problem. Although I own later > versions of RR/LC for Linux, > for my educational purposes at least (let's not get onto the eternal > Devawriter) the FREE 2.1.1 for > Linux has served my purposes 100% for 7 years e

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

On 07/23/2012 10:33 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Ah... Linux. That version got stalled after developers from that platform stopped contributing to the development of that Linux version. Did you see what happens to a software without support from their developers... Personally I don't see this

"Enlargement supplement Free trials" : from my wonderful Spam Filter

Subject line: "Watch it grow bigger". This seems a marvellous idea: RunRev release a Free cut-down version of RR/LC 2.0.1 and then have a series of graduated upgrades that can allow one to 'enlarge' and 'grow bigger' until one has the full-blown version of the latest recension of Livecode. W

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

Ah... Linux. That version got stalled after developers from that platform stopped contributing to the development of that Linux version. Did you see what happens to a software without support from their developers... Alejandro -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

On 07/23/2012 10:19 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Richmmond, I had to disagree. There is no point in releasing an old version without support. This could be, even damaging to company reputation. Software live or die depending of the quality of support that their developers offers. For example Xar

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

On 07/23/2012 09:57 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Hi Bob, I sent a private message to you about your comment. If you want to contribute to this particular offtopic and intriging subject, send a private message to me or Bob. Thanks in advance! Too late "my love", you have let the cat out of the

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

On 07/23/2012 09:26 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I have two issues with that statement: "Worshipping" and "at any cost". Excuse me, that is a mouthful. Can you cite some examples of "the USA" (whatever that means specifically) "worshipping" as in raising up to the level of God, "successful people" (I

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

Richmmond, I had to disagree. There is no point in releasing an old version without support. This could be, even damaging to company reputation. Software live or die depending of the quality of support that their developers offers. For example Xara, the Graphic company, used to sell previous vers

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

I will use this occasion to beg for something of the order of RunRev 2.0.1 for Mac, Win and Linux to be released for FREE; possibly with a fair few of the capabilities removed. Just remember that this kind of gift is not free for RunRev, because associated cost with supporting a free version

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

Thanks for taking it off-list! .Jerry On Jul 23, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > Hi Bob, > > I sent a private message to you about your comment. > > If you want to contribute to this particular offtopic and > intriging subject, send a private message to me or Bob. > > Thanks in ad

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

Hi Bob, I sent a private message to you about your comment. If you want to contribute to this particular offtopic and intriging subject, send a private message to me or Bob. Thanks in advance! Alejandro -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Why-kill

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

I have two issues with that statement: "Worshipping" and "at any cost". Excuse me, that is a mouthful. Can you cite some examples of "the USA" (whatever that means specifically) "worshipping" as in raising up to the level of God, "successful people" (I need names please) "at any cost". If you ar

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

Hi Richmmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > > Mummy and Daddy should NOT provide little Twinkle-toes > with a computer hooked up to the internet so s/he can > go blotto on online games and associated crap. > That particular phrase brings me memories of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

Re: Not that's off topic ;-)

Brilliant! The history/end of the world in 2 minutes. Pete lcSQL Software On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Pierre Sahores wrote: > Good morning dear creative fellows, > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrqqD_Tsy4Q&feature=player_embedded > > Kind regards, > -- > Pier

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

Very nice. Geometry manager the way it ought to work! I think for graphics I would like to see LC support EPS vector graphics, which would solve the resizing of graphics problem, but I am not holding my breath. Bob On Jul 21, 2012, at 4:03 AM, Chipp Walters wrote: > Hey all, > > As you know

Re: For crying out loud: messages on create card.

Doc- Monday, July 23, 2012, 7:41:05 AM, you wrote: > This stack has a lengthy script (thousands of lines), but openCard & > closeCard are empty (to intercept before the main stack). Aha! This is a substack? Sounds like something in the mainstack is getting triggered. Any pre-xxx handlers in the

Re: just where does livecode go when the ide takes a minute or two off?

Mark- Monday, July 23, 2012, 8:30:08 AM, you wrote: > 3. Wait about 2 minutes for it to come back > 4. Remember that you save after every line of code and just force quit to get > back to work I tend to alternate between those two, either force-quitting or just staring out the window for a coup

Re: just where does livecode go when the ide takes a minute or two off?

On Jul 20, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> hmmm... What version of LC? > > 5.5.1 > 5.5 did it, too. I have seen this as well. I do the following: 1. Command - period sometimes works. Interesting that it sometimes brings me to

Re: Old timey data entry GUI problem

Thanks everyone for their hints, much appreciated. Note that the SQLite server architecture exists and works, and I'm not going to change to any other db right now :) Also no big screen, printouts or anything like that, because we want people to mingle (and consume). -- Use an alternative Di

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

Huh?? Bob On Jul 21, 2012, at 7:40 AM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: > Oh, bob slylabs is posting again? What a pity. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription pr

Re: For crying out loud: messages on create card.

Dr. Hawkins wrote: This stack has a lengthy script (thousands of lines), but openCard & closeCard are empty (to intercept before the main stack). This stack starts with a simple placeholder card, which is removed o ce a "real" card is created (this is the output stack). I forget whether I saved

Re: For crying out loud: messages on create card.

On Sunday, July 22, 2012, Mark Wieder wrote: > > Sunday, July 22, 2012, 7:05:38 PM, you wrote: > > > Thwo thirds of a seconding messages to create an empty card??? > > You're doing something wrong. On a not-particularly-fast machine I can > create 100 cards in 300 milliseconds. If I lock messages *

Background Color Follow up

Hi Everyone, Thanks for your help Craig. I have a follow up question though. When I specify the backColor of a line in a field that color only goes behind any characters in the line. Is it possible somehow to have that whole line become the backColor? Thanks in advance! Joe in Orlando ___

[OT] Microsoft in a self-revelatory mood?

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18922629 Um! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

Re: Not that's off topic ;-)

On 07/23/2012 11:02 AM, René Micout wrote: Merci Pierre ! Une vision très américaine du monde... ;-) Very American, and, predictably, oversimplified. René ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subs

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

List-users who are NOT interested in my "Social Commentary", but are interested in what my Summer Kids did with RR/LC should scroll down to this mark: Right, Alejandro, you asked for it . . . :) Richmond wrote: [snip] Certainly in Britain (and here in Bulgaria) the end result of ye

Re: Not that's off topic ;-)

Merci Pierre ! Une vision très américaine du monde... ;-) René Le 23 juil. 2012 à 08:20, Pierre Sahores a écrit : > Good morning dear creative fellows, > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrqqD_Tsy4Q&feature=player_embedded > > Kind regards, > -- > Pierre Sahores > mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 > www.