Re: Standalones not opening in Mountain Lion

2012-07-28 Thread Petrides, M.D. Marian
Yup, it's been happening since Lion. Apple removed support for Rosetta, which is what enabled Intel Macs to run PPC apps. On Jul 27, 2012, at 11:21 PM, Jim Beckmann jimbeckm...@comcast.net wrote: Standalones I created using Rev 3.0.0 are not opened in Mac Os Mountain Lion 10.8 as PowerPC

updateScreen messge - gestation period

2012-07-28 Thread Kay C Lan
I've just received my LC Academy Super Bundle DVD and popped it in and viewed a few episodes. Brilliant. I'm just wondering about the 'updateScreen' message which is mentioned in Lesson 1 of the Game Academy; this was recorded before Christmas 2011 and it's stated that it will be incorporated

Re: Wacom tablets

2012-07-28 Thread Bernard Devlin
I have heard of people describing these Android devices (HTC, Samsung) as being equivalent to Wacom tablets. http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-highlights-the-galaxy-notes-wacom-digitizer-20111027/ The HTC flyer could be bought new for around £200 a couple of months back. I'd expect it to come

Re: Standalones not opening in Mountain Lion

2012-07-28 Thread Bernard Devlin
I seem to remember that Rosetta is still available. It is just not installed by default. I think the installation medium should have a way of installing Rosetta. Bernard On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Petrides, M.D. Marian mpetri...@earthlink.net wrote: Yup, it's been happening since

[OT] Richmond's software selection of the minute.

2012-07-28 Thread Richmond
http://www.creatoon.com/index.php Worth a look, and free. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Standalones not opening in Mountain Lion

2012-07-28 Thread Marian Petrides, MD
That was true until Lion. Now Rosetta is not even an option--unless someone has found a trick I'm unaware of. Sent from my iPad On Jul 28, 2012, at 5:19 AM, Bernard Devlin bdrun...@gmail.com wrote: I seem to remember that Rosetta is still available. It is just not installed by default. I

Re: Standalones not opening in Mountain Lion

2012-07-28 Thread Robert Brenstein
On 28.07.2012 at 10:19 Uhr +0100 Bernard Devlin apparently wrote: I seem to remember that Rosetta is still available. It is just not installed by default. I think the installation medium should have a way of installing Rosetta. Bernard that is true for snow leopard. robert

Re: Standalones not opening in Mountain Lion

2012-07-28 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi, It is possible to install Rosetta on Lion, e.g. from your Tiger DVD, but Lion still doesn't understand what to do with PPC binaries. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter:

Re: Wacom tablets

2012-07-28 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi bernard, Those Android devices are twice as expensive as Wacom tablets and if they are equivalent then why not just by Wacom devices? It would be interesting if I could download an app to turn my Android tablet into a Wacom tablet. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk

[OT] Samsung highlights the Galaxy Note’s Wacom digitizer

2012-07-28 Thread Richmond
http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-highlights-the-galaxy-notes-wacom-digitizer-20111027/ there are one or two things about this article which seem a bit odd: 1. enormous 5.3-inch, 1280 x 800 Super AMOLED screen obviously somebody doesn't know what enormous means, I am writing this with a

Re: Standalones not opening in Mountain Lion

2012-07-28 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Saturday, July 28, 2012, Marian Petrides, MD wrote: That was true until Lion. Now Rosetta is not even an option--unless someone has found a trick I'm unaware of. snow leopard server can be installed inside a virtual machine. -- The Hawkins Law Firm Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702)

Re: Standalones not opening in Mountain Lion

2012-07-28 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi, It is more advantageous and easier to update the desktop version of LiveCode than to buy the server edition of Snow Leopard --unless one already has the server edition of course. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage:

Re: updateScreen messge - gestation period

2012-07-28 Thread Mike Bonner
Nope not there yet, add the stack script (should be in the materials) implement the updatescreen till insert some future figmentary date here arrives. On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Kay C Lan lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com wrote: I've just received my LC Academy Super Bundle DVD and popped it in

Re: [OT] Samsung highlights the Galaxy Note’s Wacom digitizer

2012-07-28 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Richmond, A Trust tablet could be a nice alternative for Windows users, but it doesn't seem to support Mac OS X and Linux. Usually I don't care about statements like enormous. I don't care about statements like more than 150 bug fixes either ;-) I believe it when I see it. -- Best

Re: [OT] Samsung highlights the Galaxy Note’s Wacom digitizer

2012-07-28 Thread Richmond
On 07/28/2012 04:02 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi Richmond, A Trust tablet could be a nice alternative for Windows users, but it doesn't seem to support Mac OS X and Linux. My experience (admittedly 2003) was that the TRUST tablet I bought (with support for Mac OS 10.2 and Windows XP)

ChartMaker and the London Olympics: Update

2012-07-28 Thread FlexibleLearning
As a result of various off-line messages (for which I thank you), the sample stack has been turned into a ChartMaker masterClass with even more functionality and features. Feel free to grab a copy. Aspects covered: - Sorting and manipulating user field data - Putting a stack 'in use' - Defining

Re: Upgrade to Mountain Lion and LiveCode 5.5.1 Problem

2012-07-28 Thread Roger Guay
On Jul 28, 2012, at 6:02 AM, Colin wrote: You need to go into Preferences, Mobile Support, and click on the ? button to set the path for the developer root location. When it asks if you are using Xcode 4.2 or later, pick the later option, and then point it at the Xcode application, in the

Re: Upgrade to Mountain Lion and LiveCode 5.5.1 Problem

2012-07-28 Thread Colin Holgate
I have seen the simulator timed out thing, and quitting the simulator and giving it another chance seemed to help. Another thing that can cause such messages is if you have not given the app and Internal ID. Leaving at at the default text can stop the app from being installed. Enter something

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

2012-07-28 Thread Charles E Buchwald
I'd like to put in a vote for being able to separate the scaling from the layout adjustment features. For desktop standalones I'd like to be able to readjust the stack size without the objects scaling, but still have the general layout readjust to fit the new window size. Ultimately I'd like to

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

2012-07-28 Thread Thomas McGrath III
I agree and would go as far as saying that these must remain separate libraries.They should play well together. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Jul 28, 2012, at 2:44 PM, Charles E Buchwald wrote: I'd like to put in a vote for being able to separate the

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

2012-07-28 Thread Chipp Walters
Yes. That was the reason I cose to use the same handler names as Ken's more robust desktop layout lib. On Saturday, July 28, 2012, Thomas McGrath III wrote: I agree and would go as far as saying that these must remain separate libraries.They should play well together. -- Tom McGrath III

[OT] Windows 8

2012-07-28 Thread Richmond
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377 well worth a read, and makes one think whether Apple's and Microsoft's protectionism might not be self-defeating in the end. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Re: [OT] Samsung highlights the Galaxy Note’s Wacom digitizer

2012-07-28 Thread Chipp Walters
Richmond CONTEXT... FWIW, that is an enormous screen, by smartphone standards, which is the context of the article. Can you name a smartphone with a larger screen or higher resolution? Some may say the Sun is enormous, but in the context of the entire universe it's not. On Saturday, July

Amazon opportunities for apps

2012-07-28 Thread FlexibleLearning
Amazon seem keen to get developpers on board... http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/25/net-us-amazon-developers-idUSBRE86 O1II20120725 Hugh Senior FLCo ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: [OT] Samsung highlights the Galaxy Note’s Wacom digitizer

2012-07-28 Thread Richmond
On 07/28/2012 10:46 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: Richmond CONTEXT... Right . . . I think. FWIW, that is an enormous screen, by smartphone standards, which is the context of the article. Can you name a smartphone with a larger screen or higher resolution? Some may say the Sun is enormous,

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

2012-07-28 Thread Monte Goulding
I wonder how long it will be before we need to deal with this on desktop? Already a desktop pixel is not a physical pixel with multiple res monitors. But that's a user choice. If they want to see stuff smaller they choose a higher res. If our apps wanted to use the retina res then I expect we

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

2012-07-28 Thread Monte Goulding
For layout to play nicely with scaling it will need to place controls relative to each other and window boundaries and not include any reference to physical pixels without multiplying by a scaling factor. So if you want a field to have 3 px padding from the edge of the card you need to use 3 *

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

2012-07-28 Thread Peter Haworth
I've been looking into an LG 60 TV with Google TV built-in. Apparently any apps for the Google store will be available to run on the TV. Does that add another possible resolution/densoty to the pot? Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Monte Goulding

making a graphic the shape of a bitmap

2012-07-28 Thread Colin Holgate
How can you make a graphic be the exact shape of an irregular shaped image? For example, say you had an alpha transparent background image of a snake, and you wanted a graphic control that was the same shape as the outline of the snake, how could that be done? You could oh-so-carefully draw

Re: making a graphic the shape of a bitmap

2012-07-28 Thread Colin Holgate
That should be extremely likely you would make a mistake On Jul 28, 2012, at 5:31 PM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: How can you make a graphic be the exact shape of an irregular shaped image? For example, say you had an alpha transparent background image of a snake, and you wanted

Re: making a graphic the shape of a bitmap

2012-07-28 Thread Colin Holgate
How would that then be changed to the points of a graphic, without requiring thousands of points? I'm going to give SVGL a try (http://revonline2.runrev.com/stack/112/SVGL), that may be a way to solve things. On Jul 28, 2012, at 5:38 PM, Monte Goulding mo...@sweattechnologies.com wrote: You

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

2012-07-28 Thread Charles E Buchwald
OK, Monte, I get it now. I wasn't thinking that way, but it makes sense. If I know my desktop application is not on a normal non-Retina display then scaling = 1.0 (or whatever the equivalent is). On a Retina display it's something higher/denser, and on Peter's new 60 LG TV maybe it's something

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

2012-07-28 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Livecode has included a command for dealing with the pixel and point issue…. The iphoneUseDeviceResolution command specifies whether the full resolution of high-resolution devices should be used. By default, iOS handles this by mapping one logical 'point' to two physical 'pixels' with

Re: [ANN] EPS Import V05C

2012-07-28 Thread Colin Holgate
You may have read my other message about getting graphics to be an exact shape, your EPS thing looks like it will solve the problem for me, thanks! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: making a graphic the shape of a bitmap

2012-07-28 Thread Colin Holgate
I think I'm ok now, using Alejandro's EPS importer. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: making a graphic the shape of a bitmap

2012-07-28 Thread Scott Rossi
You got your answer already -- Alejandro's EPS import stack is how I would do it. But I might offer a suggestion: if you plan to scale the vector snake at all, you would do well to store the original point description of the graphic at a somewhat large-ish size, in a custom property for example.

Re: making a graphic the shape of a bitmap

2012-07-28 Thread Monte Goulding
Ok, I thought you meant an image in livecode. Of course vector graphics import would be much better. -- M E R Goulding Software development services mergExt - There's an external for that! On 29/07/2012, at 8:24 AM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: I think I'm ok now, using Alejandro's

Re: making a graphic the shape of a bitmap

2012-07-28 Thread Colin Holgate
I did mean an image in LiveCode, but the workaround is to take the image into Photoshop, and Illustrator and do the careful tracing there, and to optimize the curves and so on. It would be nice if LiveCode had a way to adjust a graphic you've made. On Jul 28, 2012, at 6:58 PM, Monte Goulding

Re: making a graphic the shape of a bitmap

2012-07-28 Thread Monte Goulding
Yep. It I thought you wanted to script it ;-) Once upon a time there was a polygon editor. I don't know if it's still around. -- M E R Goulding Software development services mergExt - There's an external for that! On 29/07/2012, at 9:13 AM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: I did mean