Re: SoCal User Group meeting: Feb 7 in Pasadena

I'll be there and looking forward to seeing the gang. Bill Vlahos _ InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) is about keeping your important life information with you, accessible, and secure. lcTaskList: (http://www.infowallet.com/lctasklist/index.htm) RunRev lcTaskList Forum: (http

Re: to find the first numeric line?

Just so, and his data was alphanumeric. After sorting, he wanted to find the first line that had a digit as char 1. Since alpha sorts before numbers, he wanted to find the line number where a transition, for example, might have been: a1 a2 1a --this line 1b The old fashioned way may have been

Re: to find the first numeric line?

Great idea, but I think he wants to know the line position in the string. I could be wrong. Bob On Jan 31, 2013, at 7:59 PM, Mark Stuart wrote: > Hi Tiemo, > I haven’t tried this, but have you taken a look at the FILTER command? > filter list with “[1-9]*” > > Thanx, > Mark Stuart >

to find the first numeric line?

Hi Tiemo, I haven’t tried this, but have you taken a look at the FILTER command? filter list with “[1-9]*” Thanx, Mark Stuart ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subs

Re: SoCal User Group meeting: Feb 7 in Pasadena

I wish I could but I'm in N Cal not S. Cal. Pete lcSQL Software On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Peter Haworth wrote: > >> Hi Richard, >> Not sure what the agenda is but might there be an opportunity to use the >> newly found Google+ hangout feature

Re: mergExt & kickstarter

On Jan 31, 2013, at 4:58 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > Hi Folks > > Just so it's clear if you already have mergExt access and your pledge level > includes it then it will be added to the end of your current access. I'm not > sure what we will do about the people on monthly subscriptions but cont

Re: SoCal User Group meeting: Feb 7 in Pasadena

Peter Haworth wrote: Hi Richard, Not sure what the agenda is but might there be an opportunity to use the newly found Google+ hangout feature? We definitely will be using the Hangout feature on G+, but for the small in-person meetings it may not be a good fit. The acoustics are bad, we have

Re: SoCal User Group meeting: Feb 7 in Pasadena

Hi Richard, Not sure what the agenda is but might there be an opportunity to use the newly found Google+ hangout feature? Pete lcSQL Software On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > The next SoCal LiveCode User Group meeting is coming up next Thursday at >

mergExt & kickstarter

Hi Folks Just so it's clear if you already have mergExt access and your pledge level includes it then it will be added to the end of your current access. I'm not sure what we will do about the people on monthly subscriptions but contact me when the time comes and we will work it out (probably s

Kicktraq rank

Hi One way to keep high on the Kicktraq rank is to comment on the project on Kickstarter. Comment, respond to people, get on there and have a say. If the project gets featured on Kickstarter then it will make a huge difference. Cheers -- Monte Goulding M E R Goulding - software development se

SoCal User Group meeting: Feb 7 in Pasadena

The next SoCal LiveCode User Group meeting is coming up next Thursday at 7PM in Pasadena - details in the LUG section of the LiveCode forums: -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for

Re: Kickstarter progress meter stack on revOnline

Send it through. Folks... I'm wondering if this thing could be (quickly) turned into a free generic kickstarter project tracker that advertised the LC project in some way (defaulted to it?) and put up on the app store. We now have a number of contributors and there's obviously copyright issues

Yet Another Kickstarter stack

Hi, I've just released a stack which scans the kickstarter web page and presents the relevant information in a simple way. There is an histogram which reacts to mouse events. The stack is free and you can do whatever you like with it. The script is full of regex; you have been warned :) More se

Re: Coding challenge

Mark. "For the same reason, you don't need to check the date on a nickel before handing it out in change. Ha. Please hand me a nice, unworn 1926S nickel in my change. Or maybe a 1913 liberty? Craig -Original Message- From: Mark Wieder To: use-livecode Sent: Thu, Jan 31, 2013

Making Apps Indistinguishable from Magic

Finally catching up on some reading... -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url t

Re: Coding challenge

writes: > > We also had both a nickel and a half dime together for several years. I cannot figure out how to handle that. Don't sweat it. You put them both in the same coin slot. The only time you need to worry about it is when the slot runs dry. For the same reason, you don't need to check th

Re: Coding challenge

We also had both a nickel and a half dime together for several years. I cannot figure out how to handle that. Craig Newman -Original Message- From: Paul D. DeRocco To: 'How to use LiveCode' Sent: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 3:02 pm Subject: RE: Coding challenge > From: Robert Sneidar > > O

RE: Coding challenge

> From: Robert Sneidar > > OIC now. 3 & 3 is the best answer but the algorithm produces > 4 + 1 + 1. Well I think the issue here is that currency is > never (or almost never) designed this way. No one would make > a 3 dollar bill coincidentally with a 4 dollar bill. There > would be no practi

Re: to find the first numeric line?

Here's another tack on this using a regular expression if matchChunk(theList,"(?m)^(\d)",tStartChar,tEndChar) then put the lineIndex of char tStartChar of theList into tLineNumber else put zero into tLineNumber end if I tested this out and it works but don't know if it's any faster than loo

Re: Coding challenge

On 31 Jan 2013, at 05:40, Paul D. DeRocco wrote: > Now how would you do it if the available coin values were: > > 40,30,10,4,3,1 > > That's a more interesting problem, but probably a less interesting coding > test, because I think it would involve a more brute force approach, less > eleg

Re: Kickstarter progress meter stack on revOnline

The sound is from Railroad Tycoon, it's the loudest/longest, and there's two others, they're all in ascending order. If monte want's them i could send em to him? On 31.01.2013, at 17:34, Heather Laine wrote: > I've a feature request for the meter… could it make a louder or more exciting > ding

Re: # 8 on Kicktraq!

Dropping back and the funding is coming in too slow. If you multiply yesterday's pledges by 29 and add the 32002 from the first day then we are looking at 282,446. Kicktraq still says we are trending above target but it won't in a few days if we don't pick things up. -- M E R Goulding Software

Re: Coding challenge

Paul D. DeRocco writes: > Yes, and the examples so far would render 6 as 4+1+1, not 3+3, which is the > wrong answer. > Ah. Right you are. -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please v

Re: revIgniter - how to instal

Hi Paolo, it seems that you are using MacOS server. If this is the case I am sorry. There is a bug (9869) in LiveCode Server confirmed by RunRev. LiveCode server versions 4.6.3 up to 5.0.2 have two incorrect path environment variables on Lion and Mountain Lion. These variables are: $_SERVER["PAT

Re: to find the first numeric line?

I just loop through. Any better ideas? Tiemo, does this represent the problem? https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22617779/Sort.livecode On Jan 31, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > Hello, > > I have a list with alphanumeric and numeric content. After sorting numeric I > would like to fi

Re: to find the first numeric line?

Hi. I tried this with a list "temp" of 24,000 lines. Takes about half a second: on mouseup sort temp numeric put 0 into tCounter repeat for each line tLine in temp add 1 to tCounter if char 1 of tLine is an integer then exit repeat end if end repeat

Re: iPad stack downloading

I wonder if what they mean is that an app cannot be CAPABLE of downloading executable code? In which case, this fails the test. Bob On Jan 31, 2013, at 10:11 AM, FlexibleLearning.com wrote: > Is it allowed to download a stackfile of images for an iPad app? > > I'd like the User to be able to

Re: Coding challenge

On 1/31/13 9:43 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: Alex- Thursday, January 31, 2013, 6:53:36 AM, you wrote: The question was Determine the minimum number of coins for change. so the correct answer here would be 2 coins (3+3) rather than 6 coins (1+1+...) That's what makes this a more challenging case

Re: to find the first numeric line?

Sounds like a job for regex?? Bob On Jan 31, 2013, at 8:53 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > Hello, > > I have a list with alphanumeric and numeric content. After sorting numeric I > would like to find the first line with a numeric first char. (the non > numeric lines before can contain also nume

Re: iPad stack downloading

Hi Hugh, My guess is you'd be fine with a stack file full of images, so long as it doesn't contain any executable code. As far as I know, there are no restrictions on types of files that can be downloaded (but I may be wrong). For Read Naturally's One Minute Reader app, our in-app purchases con

Re: LiveCode Kickstart widget is in place

You should hang out here more often Heather! Bob On Jan 31, 2013, at 8:35 AM, Heather Laine wrote: > Francis, thank you! > > The support we are getting from all you guys is fabulous! > > Regards, > > Heather > > On 31 Jan 2013, at 16:32, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: > >> Hi from Beautiful B

Re: ends not / begins not …. not possible?

heh heh. Love that furry little munchkin. Bob On Jan 31, 2013, at 5:57 AM, Klaus on-rev wrote: > you here like Yodah need to speak :-D ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and m

Re: ends not / begins not …. not possible?

if not (tFile ends with ".xls") Bob On Jan 31, 2013, at 5:49 AM, Matthias Rebbe wrote: > > Hi, > > am i doing something wrong or is it really not possible to check if a string > does not begin/ends with a prefix/suffix > > > If tFile ends not with ".xls" then….. > > This does not work. I

Re: iPad stack downloading

Hi Hugh, Am 31.01.2013 um 19:11 schrieb "FlexibleLearning.com" : > Is it allowed to download a stackfile of images for an iPad app? > > I'd like the User to be able to download paid-for sets of artwork for use by > an app. What is the appropriate way to accomplish this? I think I know that > Ap

Re: put the qtversion crashes

Wrap the code into try catch and see if that crashes. Just a thot. It may still. It sounds like the mechanism for querying for Quicktime is doing something external to the app that is making the OS wiggy. Bob On Jan 31, 2013, at 2:21 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > Hi, > > I have a customer,

AW: to find the first numeric line?

Its about 20,000 lines. I have made it with cutting into halves, which works ok. Perhaps I give it a timestamp test compared to just looping through. Tiemo > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag > von dunb...@aol.com > Gese

iPad stack downloading

Is it allowed to download a stackfile of images for an iPad app? I'd like the User to be able to download paid-for sets of artwork for use by an app. What is the appropriate way to accomplish this? I think I know that Apple does not permit an app to download executable code, but a stackfile of ima

Re: Coding challenge

OIC now. 3 & 3 is the best answer but the algorithm produces 4 + 1 + 1. Well I think the issue here is that currency is never (or almost never) designed this way. No one would make a 3 dollar bill coincidentally with a 4 dollar bill. There would be no practical reason to. And yet I remember f

Re: Coding challenge

4 and 2 1's? Isn't the test to produce the result with the least amount of coins? This would still work. The idea is to try and fit the largest coin value into the remainder each time, until the remainder is zero. Bob On Jan 31, 2013, at 5:54 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > Paul. > > > As si

Re: Coding challenge

Ah. Paul is right, the descending scheme finds "4,1,1" instead of "3,3", because since the "4" is used first this leaves only 1's available for the rest of the work. Ah. This is now a more interesting challenge. It requires that the nextmost lower value be considered as a candidate. And

Re: Coding challenge

Ah, but you DID remember it! Which is more that I seem capable of these days. :-) Bob On Jan 30, 2013, at 8:56 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 1/30/13 10:38 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: >> I think, as usual, Jacque's is the most original. > > Thanks, but it's really just a variation on calculati

Re: Coding challenge

Someone should post Jacques as an example of how coding in Livecode is so much more compact. Bob On Jan 30, 2013, at 8:45 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 1/30/13 10:29 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > >> And everyone but me seemed to think of listing the number of coin >> types. I got lazy and just r

Re: to find the first numeric line?

Hi. If you sort your alphanumeric list, you will, of course, already know that the alphas sort before the digits, so the first digit will be down a bit. But how long is that list? After sorting, if you loop through using the "repeat for each..." variant and exit accordingly, I cannot imagine

Re: LiveCode Kickstart widget is in place

Hi friends, Am 31.01.2013 um 17:32 schrieb Francis Nugent Dixon : > Hi from Beautiful Brittany, > > LiveCode Kickstart widget incorporated in the > index page of my genealogy site : > http://www.nugent.fr > > as requested ! done: :-) > Best Regards > > -Franc

RE: Coding challenge

> Mark Wieder > > In any of the submitted examples, replacing the string > "50,20,10,5,2,1" with "40,30,10,4,3,1" does the right string. No more > challenging than the original question. > > And yes, the minimum number of coins to represent 6 in this case is > 3+3 and the next in line would be 4+

Re: Coding challenge

This is one case where Lingo (the main language used in Director) would be better, you don't have to include the end line. So this would be just as good (or bad, depending on how you look at it): on x On Jan 31, 2013, at 12:44 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > > on x > > end x > > > > > Does

Re: Coding challenge

Colin. At least you are true-to-form, in providing a minimum line solution. Feels like old times. How about: on x end x Doesn't do much that is useful, true, but is the shortest possible handler. Craig -Original Message- From: Colin Holgate To: How to use LiveCode Sent: Thu

Re: Coding challenge

Hi. I sped-read your comment, and answered generically. You might say that I answered for the number "4", with only "20,10,5,1" as options. But all the several solutions sent to Mark ran from high denominations to low. So two "3's" would appear before it was ever an issue to load a bunch of

to find the first numeric line?

Hello, I have a list with alphanumeric and numeric content. After sorting numeric I would like to find the first line with a numeric first char. (the non numeric lines before can contain also numeric chars). I would like to have a kind of lineoffset(isNumber(first char.),list,), but that's not pre

Re: LiveCode Kickstart widget is in place

Francis, thank you! The support we are getting from all you guys is fabulous! Regards, Heather On 31 Jan 2013, at 16:32, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: > Hi from Beautiful Brittany, > > LiveCode Kickstart widget incorporated in the > index page of my genealogy site : > > http://www.nuge

Re: Kickstarter progress meter stack on revOnline

Hey guys, loving this meter! I have it running on my desktop. To keep the pennies clinking, if you haven't already embedded the Kickstarter Campaign widget on your website, would you consider doing so? Just need to copy this and embed it: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-sou

LiveCode Kickstart widget is in place

Hi from Beautiful Brittany, LiveCode Kickstart widget incorporated in the index page of my genealogy site : http://www.nugent.fr as requested ! …… and on my Facebook page. Best Regards -Francis ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@

Re: Kickstarter progress meter stack on revOnline

Updated the horrid currency formatting. Who needs thousandths of their currency? https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22617779/kickstarter-aps2.livecode I really like the 4 second pulse. That is nice. Also, is there any way to use the system local for formatting numbers? Different languages and local format

Strange error message in compiled app

I rarely saw this. Most of the time when I tried to go to a corrupt stack, The dialog is labeled Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Program: path\to\app This application requested the Runtime to terminate in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information.

Re: Coding challenge

Alex- Thursday, January 31, 2013, 6:53:36 AM, you wrote: > The question was >> Determine the minimum number of coins for change. > so the correct answer here would be 2 coins (3+3) rather than 6 coins > (1+1+...) > That's what makes this a more challenging case, but probably without as > elegant

Re: revIgniter - how to instal

Andrew, the application/config/config.lc file is configured according to documentation... put "http://myserver.local/"; into gConfig["baseUrl"] put "index.lc" into gConfig["indexPage"] I think it is correct because revigniter files are on the root of my web server. The file " /Library/WebServ

Re: Kickstarter progress meter stack on revOnline

I did send it to you :) Thierry 2013/1/31 David C. > Presuming that these stacks don't require any of the "latest and > greatest" features, it might be nice to have access to a version in a > legacy format, so to allow everyone to play. :) > > Regards, > David C > _

Re: Coding challenge

Here's my one: on makeChange Amt answer 100-Amt end makeChange Oh wait, that's for showing the maximum number of coins… ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subs

Re: Coding challenge

The question was Determine the minimum number of coins for change. so the correct answer here would be 2 coins (3+3) rather than 6 coins (1+1+...) That's what makes this a more challenging case, but probably without as elegant an answer ... -- Alex. On 31/01/2013 13:54, dunb...@aol.com wro

Re: Kickstarter progress meter stack on revOnline

Presuming that these stacks don't require any of the "latest and greatest" features, it might be nice to have access to a version in a legacy format, so to allow everyone to play. :) Regards, David C ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runr

Re: revIgniter - how to instal

Not sure exactly, but from the error message I would gather that it expects to find (/Library/WebServer/Documents/index.lc/system/revigniter/RevIgniter.blog) and it can't. I'd start checking paths to make sure files are there and check your application/config/config.lc file to make sure things are

Re: ends not / begins not …. not possible?

Craig, i used your method also until i found out about begins/ends with. It´s much easier. No character counting anymore. And now that Klaus has lit me the way i can even check if a string does not begin/end with a prefix/suffix. Matthias Am 31.01.2013 um 15:10 schrieb dunb...@aol.com: >

Re: ends not / begins not …. not possible?

Klaus thanks. Sometimes i am surprised about myself, especially when i do not to see the wood for the trees. Matthias -- Matthias Rebbe matthias (at) rebbe.tk Tel +49.5741.31 Tel +49.160.5504462 -- "Life is too short for boring code" SkypeName:matthiasrebbe Am 31.01.2013 um 15:10 sc

Re: ends not / begins not …. not possible?

Klaus. Always some new-fangled gadget that an old Hypercarder like me learns now and then, and makes my suggestions seem so old fashioned. "begins with" and "ends with". Well, well. I must really read the dictionary from cover to cover one day. Craig -Original Message- From:

Re: ends not / begins not …. not possible?

Matthias. This is simple to check, and there are several ways to do it. If you know exactly what the starting (or ending) string is, like ".xls" then you can always: if char 1 to 4 of tFile = ".xls" or if char -4 to -1 of tFile = ".xls" Craig Newman -Original Message

Re: ends not / begins not …. not possible?

Hi Matthias, Am 31.01.2013 um 14:49 schrieb Matthias Rebbe : > Hi, > > am i doing something wrong or is it really not possible to check if a string > does not begin/ends with a prefix/suffix > If tFile ends not with ".xls" then….. > This does not work. Is it really not possible? you here lik

Re: Coding challenge

Paul. As six pennies. As long as you have a "1", you should be OK. Craig Newman -Original Message- From: Paul D. DeRocco To: 'How to use LiveCode' Sent: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 12:57 am Subject: RE: Coding challenge > From: Mark Wieder > > > Now how would you do it if the available

ends not / begins not …. not possible?

Hi, am i doing something wrong or is it really not possible to check if a string does not begin/ends with a prefix/suffix If tFile ends not with ".xls" then….. This does not work. Is it really not possible? Regards, Matthias -- Matthias Rebbe matthias (at) rebbe.tk Tel +49.5741.31 Te

put the qtversion crashes

Hi, I have a customer, where my program just crashes on windows when asking for quicktime: "put the qtversion" and quicktime is not installed. Usually this works without any problems, but this specific customer tried to install my program on three different Windows machines (XP) and it crashed on

[ANN] Shakobox v2.1 (minor update)

Hi Apple LiveCoders, For those having some hypercard tunes, using shakobox or Player Agent X, Shakobox v2.1 makes alive your old scripts or tunes on modern Mac. Please read http://sunny-tdz.com/art-1010 You can download "shakobox" here: http://sunny-tdz.com/dwn The 2 demo stacks are in Rev 4.0