Re: Volume Size

Warren Samples wrote: > The dictionary does indicated, by omission of the penguin icon, > that 'volumes()' is not supported under Linux. Seems a silly omission, so I just submitted a request for that: > I find the 'diskSize()' returns an unexpec

Re: Volume Size

Thanks, Warren! John Balgenorth On Oct 14, 2014, at 9:30 PM, Warren Samples wrote: > On 10/14/2014 10:37 PM, JB wrote: >> The dictionary states, >> >> This function always returns empty on Unix systems. >> >> So, is Linux a Unix OS? > > > > For LiveCode purposes, yes. The dictionary does

Re: Volume Size

On 10/14/2014 10:37 PM, JB wrote: The dictionary states, This function always returns empty on Unix systems. So, is Linux a Unix OS? For LiveCode purposes, yes. The dictionary does indicated, by omission of the penguin icon, that 'volumes()' is not supported under Linux. I find the 'diskS

Re: Volume Size

The dictionary states, This function always returns empty on Unix systems. So, is Linux a Unix OS? John Balgenorth On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:39 AM, Richmond wrote: >>> AND volumes is NBG in Linux . . . >>> >>> So? >>> >>> Richmond. >>> >>> ___

Re: enhancement request

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:55 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > I rely on exact pasting positions when duplicating a card object to a > different card or across stacks. LC's "duplicate" menu item does offset the > duplicates. And thanks Jacque,. I knew about that but had forgotten about it. When try

Re: enhancement request

Thanks Jerry, didn't know about that, very useful Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Jerry Jensen wrote: > If you use Option-drag to

Vector stroke gradient subtle rendering bug

Please check and comment about this bug report: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13672 Recently, while importing some SVG files with gradients (created using Inkscape), I found a bug while rendering gradients in vector graphics. The same code produce two opposite, incomplete and incorrect

Re: Teaching LiveCode to Children

Hi Terica, Terica Lynn Swangin wrote > [snip] > To be eligible for round 2 of the grant process we need at least 250 > people to vote for us. I would really appreciate it if you could please > show your support and vote. We only have 11 days left to qualify. > [snip] > I wholeheartedly believe th

RE: PDF Results Not As Expected

Make sure its not the reader. Try zooming in and out and see if things change. PDFs are not pixel accurate due to rounding and precision errors.  Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net Original message From: Dan Friedman Date:10/14

PDF Results Not As Expected

When creating a pdf of a card, I am getting results that don't match the screen. See if for yourself... make a new stack, and put this in a button: on mouseUp --remove old buttons repeat with i = 1 to 4 if there is a btn ("button" & i) then delete btn ("button" & i) end if en

Re: enhancement request

I actually use naming to discern which fields display input from a SQL database. Every field that begins with “fld” is associated with a column in a table i.e. fldCustomerName is associated with the column customername. Bob S On Oct 14, 2014, at 14:15 , J. Landman Gay wrote: > Agree, I thin

Re: enhancement request

Either the option key is stuck, or else the engine thinks it’s down. Sounds like you are cloning the second copy. Bob S On Oct 14, 2014, at 13:16 , la...@significantplanet.org wrote: > Hello, > I've had this situation before and had it again today, which cost me a couple > of hours. > > I d

Re: problem with counting words

Thanks Richard. Yet one more snippet of code in my utility button. That didn’t sound weird, did it? ;-) Bob S On Oct 14, 2014, at 12:45 , Richard Gaskin mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> wrote: FWIW, changing the itemdel takes only about 0.00012 ms on a relatively slow (2.16GHz) Mac, and a

Re: LiveCode 6.6.4 RC3

That was one of the preOpenStack oddities I was talking about. Someone else had an issue stemming from this same thing. I just cannot remember what it was. My IT brain is like an open drain. Stuff swirls around for a bit then it’s gone. Bob S On Oct 14, 2014, at 10:30 , Mike Kerner mailto:mik

Re: enhancement request

On 10/14/2014, 5:26 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: Going back to the original problem, it might be useful to offset a pasted control by a few pixels to the right and lower to make it more obvious it's there. Or just keep the app browser or the project browser open, where it would be easy to spot.

Re: enhancement request

And now I remember how I got into the same predicament a long time ago: I option-dragged and then thought "oops, I didn't want to do that" and tried to undo my action by carefully putting the new one exactly over the original. WRONG MOVE JENSEN! On Oct 14, 2014, at 3:35 PM, Jerry Jensen wrote:

Re: enhancement request

That is an excellent idea and would solve the problem for him. It is nice to visually see something has changed. Sometimes your keyboard does not catch the paste command and then when you drag the supposed pasted field to a new location you mess up the location of the original field. John Balgen

Re: enhancement request

If you use Option-drag to make a copy, you can for sure see that there are two. .Jerry On Oct 14, 2014, at 3:26 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > Going back to the original problem, it might be useful to offset a pasted > control by a few pixels to the right and lower to make it more obvious it's > the

Re: enhancement request

Going back to the original problem, it might be useful to offset a pasted control by a few pixels to the right and lower to make it more obvious it's there. Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin

Re: enhancement request

I like to reference my fields and buttons by id number and then I don’t need to worry about it. John Balgenorth On Oct 14, 2014, at 2:15 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > Agree, I think the feature is more desirable than not. I frequently name all > label fields the same so I can loop over all the

Re: License Info

Hi Peter, put the revLicenseInfo Unfortunately, you probably won't see my answer because you have to white list my e-mail address or IP. Perhaps someone can repost this. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com

Re: enhancement request

Agree, I think the feature is more desirable than not. I frequently name all label fields the same so I can loop over all the controls and skip any named "lbl". On October 14, 2014 4:05:49 PM CDT, dunb...@aol.com wrote: >As for a warning that you already have one of that name, there are >insta

Re: enhancement request

Larry. Sure you didn't hit "paste" twice? Anyway. LC would "see" the field with the lowest layer number as the one to reference, if, say, you "put something into fld myInput". This, of course, is the field at the bottom. As for a warning that you already have one of that name, there are insta

Re: Volume Size

Thanks, Richard. I didn’t know about the diskspace function and it is something that I will need to be using. But I need to know the total size of the volume and then I can use the diskspace function and find out the total bytes that have been used on the volume. John Balgenorth On Oct 14, 201

Re: Volume Size

I agree and that is why I even mentioned detailed files. Isn.t everything just a file anyway? John Balgenorth On Oct 14, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Paul Dupuis wrote: > There really should be a 'the detailed volumes' (or 'the detailed > drives') variant to the volumes function in LiveCode to do this.

Re: problem with counting words

dunbarx wrote: Right, and I am sure you know this, but it was never particularly a speed issue,rather more a mental and organizational one, that would be even more opaque if you had, say a handful of nested delimiters instead of just two. The speed info I provided wasn't to show that it's fas

Re: Volume Size

Thanks for the info, Warren. The problem with me using that solution is in your answer. You wrote, If the command is still installed in OS X And that is the issue with using shell commands in software you intend to market. For your own personal use if it works then that is great but the shell c

Re: Volume Size

That sounds like a synonym for NSA. John Balgenorth On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:39 AM, Richmond wrote: > On 14/10/14 13:51, JB wrote: >> Well the question is how do I use a script to >> get the size of a mounted volume? I should >> have mentioned I am on a Mac. Will using >> NBG somehow get the vo

enhancement request

Hello, I've had this situation before and had it again today, which cost me a couple of hours. I dragged a new scrolling field onto my stack and named it "myInput". I hit Ctrl C and Ctrl V to copy it. I dragged the new field to a new position and named it "myOutput". Somehow (I'm not sure ho

Re: problem with counting words

Richard. Right, and I am sure you know this, but it was never particularly a speed issue,rather more a mental and organizational one, that would be even more opaque if you had, say a handful of nested delimiters instead of just two. Craig -Original Message- From: Richard Gaskin T

Re: problem with counting words

FWIW, changing the itemdel takes only about 0.00012 ms on a relatively slow (2.16GHz) Mac, and about a third as long (0.43 ms) on my custom Linux box (3.0 GHz). on mouseup put 10 into n -- put the millisecs into t repeat n get 1+1 end repeat put the millisecs - t

Fwd: on-rev Client

Hi Mathias, No more than the ones that you will be able to use from within the standard iDE as long as you insert your own trace tags in your server’s stack code, mainly as « return it/the result » ones. To the end, you will see how easy it’s to go and, more than that, if your server’s stacks

License Info

I remember seeing a thread a while back about an undocumented function that returned information about the type of Livecode license installed. I don't mean revLicenseType(), that only returns "Commercial", "Enterprise", "Community", etc The one I'm thinking of returns the license type, the licens

Re: Old Stacks Acting Strange

Vaughn, Thanks for the reply, but this isn't what I'm talking about. The issues I'm having with stacks made in LC 4.0 are happening in the desktop version of LC 6.5.1 (and later), not on a iOS device. Has anyone had a similar issue with older stacks? If so, did you resolve it? -Dan > Updat

Re: problem with counting words

Pete. I think we are on the same page. Your code would have unpacked with each item as (returns just for clarity): a 1,b 2,c 3 Probably your point is that this is not what was intended. Your loop example is just like the sort of thing that started this. The intent was to be able to, give

Re: Volume Size

JB wrote: I can get a file size by listing the detailed files and I can get a list of all drives and volumes that are mounted by using the volumes function. Is there a way to get the size of a drive or volume that is returned by using the volumes function? The diskspace function will return th

Re: on-rev Client

I, for one, will give that a try. But there is one thing i am really missing. On-Rev client had a really useful debug function. Saved me lot of time back then. Matthias Am 14.10.2014 um 20:16 schrieb Pierre Sahores : > Hi All, > > The on-rev client used to be a good intention and tool but,

Re: on-rev Client

Hi All, The on-rev client used to be a good intention and tool but, with the time, it began to appears to me as an complex alternative to a lots more easy way to go. Here is the one i use instead to stay more comfortable with all the lc-server development tasks : 1.- web, mobile or desktop cli

Re: LiveCode 6.6.4 RC3

I wonder if these are related in some way. On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Vaughn Clement wrote: > Hi > > There is an IOS 8 bug that is also showing up in Xcode that is crashing > apps on startup. It is a know issue and Apple should be addressing it soon. > I was reading the comments on the for

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 133, Issue 10

On 10/14/2014, 12:38 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Colin Holgate writes: I’m relieved that he only gets the daily digest. I'm starting to miss getting my daily email from Bernd. Feels like there's something missing in my life. Set up a cron job on your server to send you one daily. ;) -- Jacque

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 133, Issue 10

Colin Holgate writes: > I’m relieved that he only gets the daily digest. I'm starting to miss getting my daily email from Bernd. Feels like there's something missing in my life. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: LiveCode 6.6.4 RC3

Hi There is an IOS 8 bug that is also showing up in Xcode that is crashing apps on startup. It is a know issue and Apple should be addressing it soon. I was reading the comments on the forum today about this bug. It appears that there is a memory loading issue that crashes to a blank screen on ope

Re: LiveCode 6.6.4 RC3

Hmm. This is getting more interesting. Now it seems that maybe the splash screen isn't important, but if you have answer dialog in the openStack handler, or the preOpenStack handler, you get the hang. If I use "put" instead, I get output in the log. once the card loads, I can use answer, and it

Re: LiveCode 6.6.4 RC3

Bob, The rc3 issue has to do with the presence or absence of a splash screen, and nothing more. Matthias has discovered the same issue, except he thinks the problem is more extensive. I am trying to verify his report, now. On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Hi Mike. I opene

Re: on-rev Client

Thanks for the responses, I have sent a report to b...@on-rev.com and will report back if I get a response, if anybody else wishes to email them too maybe that would help them to understand that this is something we would like fixing. I think it would be useful if this could be added to the Qual

Re: problem with counting words

Yeah, I don't think word was considered during the discussion. Multiple delimiters might be a good idea but it feels like you'd have to know which delimiter had been encountered. For example, if you had a string like this: a=1,b=2,c=3 and you wanted to unpack it with: repeat for each item rite

Re: LiveCode 6.6.4 RC3

Hi Mike. I opened this to see what someone was responding to concerning LiveCode 6.6.4 RC3 and got a post about preOpenStack instead! LOL! preOpenStack is a tricky beast. Since it’s prior to the stack opening, certain things will not be in place, so things won’t function the way you might expec

Re: LiveCode 6.6.4 RC3

Yep, that's it. No splash screen, app hangs. Bug report filed: 13669 On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Mike Kerner wrote: > ben, > I seem to be having a problem in rc3 getting projects to do anything - if > the first line in preOpenStack is answer "preOpenStack", nothing > happens. I get a bl

Re: problem with counting words

That’s been fielded before in a post on this list. Some will only use the forum, others only the list. Still others only the digest. It’s a noble goal, and doomed to failure. :-) Bob S On Oct 14, 2014, at 09:33 , dunb...@aol.com wrote: > It seems to me that not all list members visit the foru

Re: Volume Size

Probably, but since there are any number of things you can do and get with the shell() command, creating a live talk command to do them would be a lot of work for the sake of convenience. Bob S On Oct 14, 2014, at 09:17 , Paul Dupuis mailto:p...@researchware.com>> wrote: There really should

Re: LiveCode 6.6.4 RC3

ben, I seem to be having a problem in rc3 getting projects to do anything - if the first line in preOpenStack is answer "preOpenStack", nothing happens. I get a black screen like the app is launching, but I don't get past that. Is the splash screen now mandatory, perhaps? On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 1

Re: problem with counting words

It seems to me that not all list members visit the forums (and vice-versa). I know there was a thread on this subject a while back. However, I think that both are required reading to keep up with current events. Craig Newman -Original Message- From: Ralph DiMola To: 'How to use Live

RE: problem with counting words

That would be a great enhancement. +1 A collection of delimiters(item list?) would be needed to even emulate the current word chunk. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.r

Re: Volume Size

There really should be a 'the detailed volumes' (or 'the detailed drives') variant to the volumes function in LiveCode to do this. On 10/14/2014 11:55 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Still works on Mavericks. > > Bob S > > > On Oct 14, 2014, at 05:21 , Warren Samples > mailto:war...@warrensweb.us>> wro

Re: Old Stacks Acting Strange

Update on IOS 8 issues (Update Oct 14, 2014) I have found that IOS 8 is experiencing issues like the one that I am describing. Other developers are commenting in the developers forum that the IOS 8 apps are crashing. This should be a bug that will come to Apples attention shortly from the develope

Re: on-rev Client

on-rev client has also stopped working for me when going to Tio. Jim Lambert ___ 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/m

Re: Old Stacks Acting Strange

Good Morning Over the last 6 years I have added about 40 apps to iTunes and reduced this down to the current 21. All was working correctly until IOS 8 was released. It appears that all 21 apps may now be broken! When the app opens it immediately shuts down. So far 2 apps were reported with this be

Re: Volume Size

Still works on Mavericks. Bob S On Oct 14, 2014, at 05:21 , Warren Samples mailto:war...@warrensweb.us>> wrote: On 10/14/2014 04:55 AM, JB wrote: I can get a file size by listing the detailed files and I can get a list of all drives and volumes that are mounted by using the volumes function.

Old Stacks Acting Strange

I have a stack (actually thousands of them) that were created in LiveCode (then RevEnterprise) 4.0.0. They are used in several apps we have including an iPad app. Do to the issues with LC and iOS 8, I need to make an update to the iPad app with LC 6.6.4. I opened my project this morning in 6.

Re: Activation fails. LiveCode Server down?

Looks like it is back up and running now. Martin -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Activation-fails-LiveCode-Server-down-tp4684537p4684539.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___

Re: problem with counting words

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 12:45 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: > If you want something new... a chunk, then the ability to specify it's > delimiter as a range of characters that are either single of combined > *could* be a valid enhancement. > Rather than try to explain the thinking behind "delimited by", I

Activation fails. LiveCode Server down?

I just tried to open LiveCode and it prompts me for authentication. When I enter the credentials I get the message "an error has occurred while contacting the server. Please try again." When I try to connect to www.livecode.com I get the error 'COMMAND: Array ( [1] => Array ( [command] => getVatI

Re: on-rev Client

Hi Paul & Matthias, I can’t get the Secure WebDisk or the On-Rev Client to work on the tio server. I am able to login to my account with the c-panel however. This has been a problem for me for a couple of months now, and I had submitted a ticket which Dave Williams answered with another question.

Re: Volume Size

On 10/14/2014 04:55 AM, JB wrote: I can get a file size by listing the detailed files and I can get a list of all drives and volumes that are mounted by using the volumes function. Is there a way to get the size of a drive or volume that is returned by using the volumes function? John Balgenort

Re: problem with counting words

get char 1 to 7 of word 9 of item x of line y of card field 1”. Al the best Terry On 14 Oct 2014, at 08:45, Kay C Lan wrote: > What is the point of a chunk or a word if it is only delimited by a single > character? It is identical to an item! ___ u

Re: Volume Size

On 14/10/14 13:51, JB wrote: Well the question is how do I use a script to get the size of a mounted volume? I should have mentioned I am on a Mac. Will using NBG somehow get the volume size? John Balgenorth Ha, Ha, Ha! "NBG" stands for 'No Bloody Good'. Richmond. On Oct 14, 2014, at 3:

Re: Volume Size

Well the question is how do I use a script to get the size of a mounted volume? I should have mentioned I am on a Mac. Will using NBG somehow get the volume size? John Balgenorth On Oct 14, 2014, at 3:27 AM, Richmond wrote: > On 14/10/14 12:55, JB wrote: >> I can get a file size by listing

Re: Volume Size

On 14/10/14 12:55, JB wrote: I can get a file size by listing the detailed files and I can get a list of all drives and volumes that are mounted by using the volumes function. Is there a way to get the size of a drive or volume that is returned by using the volumes function? John Balgenorth

Volume Size

I can get a file size by listing the detailed files and I can get a list of all drives and volumes that are mounted by using the volumes function. Is there a way to get the size of a drive or volume that is returned by using the volumes function? John Balgenorth _

Re: problem with counting words

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: > There's a qcc enhancement request out there for a new chunk type ("chunk") > along with a "delimited by" clause. > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Terence Heaford > > wrote: > > > set the wordDelim to space > > set the wordDelim to “*” >

Re: on-rev Client

Hi, I have here 3 accounts. They run on Pancake, Tio and Jasmine. It works with my Pancake account, but not with the other ones. Matthias Am 14.10.2014 um 09:08 schrieb Ralf Bitter : > Same here. > > Ralf > > > On 14.10.2014, at 06:49, Paul Hibbert wrote: > >>> http://newsletters.livecode.

Re: on-rev Client

Same here. Ralf On 14.10.2014, at 06:49, Paul Hibbert wrote: >> http://newsletters.livecode.com/august/issue177/newsletter2.html > > It was reported in the newsletter 177 that the On-Rev Client was working > again, I tested it at the time and managed to log on successfully, but now I > can'