keyboards chinese

2014-11-20 Thread John Dixon
How do I get a chinese keyboard to 'stick' in the simulator and enter chinese charecters into a field, I don't mind if it is an LC field or a native field... Which is the font that I should use ?... I seem to have tried everything and I can't seem to get this to work... anyone tell me the

OT: Any experiences with MS SmartScreen?

2014-11-20 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hi there, since this year we are codesigning our programs. I thought we could produce a better installation experience for our clients with less frightening messages. Now I see that Windows has multiple different shields integrated. The defender accepts our certificate and shows our company name

Taming Yosemite mic volume AGC from Livecode

2014-11-20 Thread Keith Clarke
Hi Folks, A question for any Mac audio experts in the virtual room. The Problem Some colleagues are having problems with multiple apps fighting over OSX (Yosemite) microphone levels - and auto-adjusting the Automatic Gain Control (AGC) in real-time. Apps include Skype, GotoMeeting, Webex,

Unicode menu and script characters changing unexpectedly

2014-11-20 Thread Graham Samuel
I’ve got a strange problem that (so far) I haven’t been able to reduce to a simple recipe. I’m using a few Unicode characters in some menus in a cross-platform app (I mean special characters that don't appear on a Windows keyboard - I do realise that everything in LC is Unicode now). In this

Re: Taming Yosemite mic volume AGC from Livecode

2014-11-20 Thread Sean Cole (Pi)
Hi Keith From Livecode you could run your terminal script using the 'shell' function. i.e.: shell(osascript -e repeat -e quote set volume input volume 15 quote -e 'delay 1’ -e 'end repeat’) Of course you can then add in all sorts of parameters to the volume and delays etc. I'm sure you can

Re: Unicode menu and script characters changing unexpectedly

2014-11-20 Thread Peter W A Wood
Graham It may be that that whilst string data processed by our LiveCode scripts and handlers is Unicode that is not the case with UI objects. I think that there is a chance that LiveCode is still using native encoding (Windows Code Page on Windows, ISO-8859-1 on Linux and the truly venerable

New White Color in Tab Panel in OSX

2014-11-20 Thread Terence Heaford
RunRev have now implemented white text on a blue background to match the requirements of Yosemite. This text is offset in the tab button. Is there a way to correct this? See this example screen grab.

Re: New White Color in Tab Panel in OSX

2014-11-20 Thread Sean Cole (Pi)
Hi Terry I believe there is a bug report about this so hang-fire till the next release. http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13715 All the best Sean Cole *Pi Digital Productions Ltd* www.pidigital.co.uk On 20 November 2014 14:30, Terence Heaford t.heaf...@btinternet.com wrote: RunRev

Data grid Header Alignments

2014-11-20 Thread Terence Heaford
I note you can set the column alignments in a data grid in one line of code for all columns. set the dgProp[column alignments] of me to tColAlignments Is there a similar method for setting the Header Alignments in one line as say set the dgProp[“header alignments] of me to

Re: language syntax question

2014-11-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
try get word 1 of line pl of the text of obj Understand that OF is getting a property of the following object. In your example you are trying to get the text of a line. A line does not have the text property, only fields do. Make sense? Bob S On Nov 19, 2014, at 10:57 , Mike Doub

Re: Meaningful and verbose error messages in LiveCode

2014-11-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
In FoxPro you could simply create a handler which got triggered by errors then check an internal code for what the most recent error was, then make a switch statement to handle all the pertinent errors for your project. The normal error message display was suppressed so that the developer could

Re: Javascript on mobile

2014-11-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
Not on an iPhone you haven’t, unless you are using a browser other than Safari, and even then I do not think it is possible because Apple would not allow a Java engine to be installed. At all. Period. Did something change I didn’t know about? Bob S On Nov 19, 2014, at 23:12 ,

Re: OT: Any experiences with MS SmartScreen?

2014-11-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
I’m sure that when you are willing to pony up the moolah, they will be perfectly willing to look into it. Bob S On Nov 20, 2014, at 24:41 , Tiemo Hollmann TB toolb...@kestner.de wrote: Hi there, since this year we are codesigning our programs. I thought we could produce a better

Re: Taming Yosemite mic volume AGC from Livecode

2014-11-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
My personal opinion is that no app should touch the mic OR the speaker volumes unless it is an app that specifically provides that feature at the users behest. I would call this extremely bad programming and advise any users having that problem to complain to the other developers. Not your

Re: New White Color in Tab Panel in OSX

2014-11-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
As a workaround you can fairly center the text by adding space before or after the text. It would be nice to be able to set the HTMLText property of a button. Bob S On Nov 20, 2014, at 06:30 , Terence Heaford t.heaf...@btinternet.com wrote: RunRev have now implemented white text on a blue

Re: language syntax question

2014-11-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
Thought the cat after doing his ‘business’. :-) Bob S On Nov 19, 2014, at 11:35 , Sean Cole (Pi) s...@pidigital.co.ukmailto:s...@pidigital.co.uk wrote: 'Don't try to think outside the box. Just remember the truth: There is no box!' 'For then you realise it is not the box you are trying to

Re: Javascript on mobile

2014-11-20 Thread Neil Roger
Hi David, Yes, its possible to execute Javascript within a browser instance on mobile with mobileControlDo. An example that produces an alert dialog is- mobileControlDo sBrowserID, execute,alert('You have executed some Javascript') Where sBrowserID is the ID of your browser. Kind

Re: Meaningful and verbose error messages in LiveCode

2014-11-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
Don’t you also need the card reference, or is that implied? Bob S On Nov 19, 2014, at 13:17 , Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.commailto:richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: put the lines of fld ERRS of stack ERRORS into cErrorsList of card 1 of stack revErrorDisplay

Re: Meaningful and verbose error messages in LiveCode

2014-11-20 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bob Sneidar wrote: In FoxPro you could simply create a handler which got triggered by errors then check an internal code for what the most recent error was, then make a switch statement to handle all the pertinent errors for your project. The normal error message display was suppressed so

Re: Taming Yosemite mic volume AGC from Livecode

2014-11-20 Thread Keith Clarke
Thanks for the syntax Sean - that’ll at least get my colleagues out of the Terminal :-/ I’ll see if I can find a list of audio parameters that can be controlled via Applescript and have a play. :-) Best, Keith.. On 20 Nov 2014, at 12:49, Sean Cole (Pi) s...@pidigital.co.uk wrote: Hi Keith

Re: Meaningful and verbose error messages in LiveCode

2014-11-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
Oh cool! I asked this same thing years ago, and got back from everyone, “Just use try/catch.” I’ll look into that. Bob S On Nov 20, 2014, at 08:26 , Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: Bob Sneidar wrote: In FoxPro you could simply create a handler which got triggered by

How to duplicate a stack that has a data grid template substack ?

2014-11-20 Thread André Bisseret
Bonjour, Yesterday I needed help for the following problem: several data grids copied on the same card do interact: when selecting a line in one data grid, the selection of a line is triggered in the others! Following the advice of Bob Sneidar, I grabbed 3 data grids from the tool palette on

Re: New White Color in Tab Panel in OSX

2014-11-20 Thread Terence Heaford
Will do, Thanks Terry On 20 Nov 2014, at 14:34, Sean Cole (Pi) s...@pidigital.co.uk wrote: Hi Terry I believe there is a bug report about this so hang-fire till the next release. http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13715 All the best Sean Cole *Pi Digital Productions Ltd*

Re: How to duplicate a stack that has a data grid template substack ?

2014-11-20 Thread Sean Cole (Pi)
Hi André, You could probably benefit from this: https://livecode.com/store/marketplace/data-grid-helper-1-2-0/ For the hassle you need to overcome it may well be worth the price. Sean Cole *Pi Digital Productions Ltd* www.pidigital.co.uk +44(1634)402193 +44(7702)116447 π 'Don't try to think

Re: Meaningful and verbose error messages in LiveCode

2014-11-20 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bob Sneidar wrote: On Nov 20, 2014, at 08:26 , Richard Gaskin wrote: Bob Sneidar wrote: In FoxPro you could simply create a handler which got triggered by errors then check an internal code for what the most recent error was, then make a switch statement to handle all the pertinent

Re: Javascript on mobile

2014-11-20 Thread Scott Rossi
I believe the question was regarding Javascript, not Java. If JavaScript didn't work, virtually no web sites would work in Safari or any other browser on the device. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On Nov 20, 2014, at 8:00 AM, Bob Sneidar

Re: sendmail through On-Rev server

2014-11-20 Thread Paul Hibbert
Ralph, I did get this working again, I've just re-checked and it is still working fine on Diesel. The one thing that made the biggest difference was changing the .irev file name extension to .lc as David Williams suggested. My version is modified a bit from the original, but I'd be happy to

Re: Meaningful and verbose error messages in LiveCode

2014-11-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
OIC that’s important. Try/Catch allows continued execution for what would otherwise be fatal errors, errorDialog does not. Is that what you are saying? Bob S On Nov 20, 2014, at 09:25 , Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.commailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: Try/catch is also

Re: Javascript on mobile

2014-11-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
Oh my bad. Bob S On Nov 20, 2014, at 09:31 , Scott Rossi sc...@tactilemedia.com wrote: I believe the question was regarding Javascript, not Java. If JavaScript didn't work, virtually no web sites would work in Safari or any other browser on the device. Regards, Scott Rossi

RE: sendmail through On-Rev server

2014-11-20 Thread Ralph DiMola
Paul, Thanks! I call a library stack from the .lc stub file to do the actual email. I think this might be the problem. Support is working with me on this. I will try directly from the .lc file and see if this makes a difference. I will report the results of the testing. Please send me your

Re: Unicode menu and script characters changing unexpectedly

2014-11-20 Thread Graham Samuel
Thanks for that thought Peter. RunRev are now on the case, but I still have not absolute confirmation that it's a bug. I did check that my stack is using the 7.0 file format (if it wasn't, it would be easy to see what went wrong). I'll report here when I get more info. Graham On 20 Nov 2014,

[REQ] ControlManager for LiveCode

2014-11-20 Thread FlexibleLearning.com
ControlManager for LiveCode A Community Compatible IDE enhancement is slated for release in December. For a sneak preview (Windows screenshots, but cross-platform) www.flexiblelearning.com/controlmanager Testers are requested - for nit-picking in order to maintain high standards. If

Re: Javascript on mobile

2014-11-20 Thread Colin Holgate
Is there a LiveCode part to your question? You mentioned release notes, which ones? As for Javascript in general, as Scott says lots of sites would not work, but also HTML5 content does work, and that’s heavily Javascript based. ___ use-livecode

Re: ANN:Another app made with LiveCode has been approved by Apple!

2014-11-20 Thread tbodine
Mark Talluto wrote We used Monte's socket external for iOS to make the communication between the iPad and the desktop work. We specifically use UDP for all communication. It is extremely fast and reliable. We could not be happier with Monte's work on that external. Congrats to your team!

Re: How to duplicate a stack that has a data grid template substack ?

2014-11-20 Thread André Bisseret
Thank you Sean for your reply. I am benefitting from the wonderful Data Grid Helper since its beginning. Unfortunately it can't help for my current problems best André Le 20 nov. 2014 à 17:54, Sean Cole (Pi) a écrit : Hi André, You could probably benefit from this:

Play stop not working in LiveCode 7

2014-11-20 Thread stgoldb...@aol.com
When playing an audioclip, the command play stop correctly stops the audioclip from playing in LiveCode 5.5.3. However, I find the command does not work for me in Livecode 7.0. Does anyone know why, or have a suggestion for getting around this, perhaps with a different command? Thanks.

Re: Play stop not working in LiveCode 7

2014-11-20 Thread Devin Asay
On Nov 20, 2014, at 3:14 PM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote: When playing an audioclip, the command play stop correctly stops the audioclip from playing in LiveCode 5.5.3. However, I find the command does not work for me in Livecode 7.0. Does anyone know why, or have a suggestion for

Re: ANN:Another app made with LiveCode has been approved by Apple!

2014-11-20 Thread Eric Corbett
Thanks Tom, Glad you had a chance to download the software. Both apps were built using version 6.1.3. The desktop app is actually the master. The iPad app is simply a remote control, telling the eye chart what to draw. Then the eye chart sends the data to the iPad so the remote can display

Re: How to duplicate a stack that has a data grid template substack ?

2014-11-20 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:46 AM, André Bisseret andre.bisse...@wanadoo.fr wrote: My new problem is: How to duplicate a model stack that has a data grid template substack ? I need to be able to open the stacks of two different years. But they will have a same substack (same data grid

Re: ANN:Another app made with LiveCode has been approved by Apple!

2014-11-20 Thread tbodine
Thanks for the details and inspiration. I have a desktop program that could benefit from smartphone remote control, so I'll check out Monte's externals. -- Tom Bodine -- View this message in context:

Re: LC Server on DreamHost?

2014-11-20 Thread Scott Rossi
Thanks to the patient generosity of our fearless Community Leader Richard Gaskin, between us we were able to determine the combination of .htaccess files needed to get LCserver working on DreamHost under Ubuntu (at least for my situation). As a few others have noted, the most basic setup is more