Re: Can standalones give users the same Text formatting menu as in IDE?

2014-11-22 Thread Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D
Tom, i do not know if this is possible. But there is a RTF Editor library from Curry Kenworthy. It´s not exact what your are looking for, but it is very useful if you want to give the user some text formatting functions. I am using it in several of my products. Unfortunately i cannot provide

fieldtrip (was re: Can standalones give users...)

2014-11-22 Thread FlexibleLearning.com
Interesting. I was one of the up-front crowd-funding contributors to this, but then heard no more about it. I had assumed the project had gone belly up. Curry... Is it ready for prime time now? How do we get our copy? Hugh Senior FLCo Tom, i do not know if this is possible. But there

Browser backgrounds in ios?

2014-11-22 Thread Stallibrass
Is there a trick to getting a background image to display in a browser instance in an iOS app? I've tried html and css which both work in other browsers just not in my mobile app. Are backgrounds just not supported? Thanks Kevin Sent from my iPad ___

Re: fieldtrip (was re: Can standalones give users...)

2014-11-22 Thread Matthias Rebbe
I do not know what the current status of that project is, but Curry sent out a download link for a beta and registration keys to all funders in January 2013. This is the version i am working with. I had no problems with it so far. http://curryk.com/FieldTrip-Beta-1.zip Didn´t you get your

popular conference picture

2014-11-22 Thread Colin Holgate
Received an email from Google today to tell me that a picture I posted has been viewed “more than 791 times”. For the few of you who aren’t in the 791, it’s this one: https://www.google.com/maps/views/u/0/view/114217638380823763773/gphoto/6055347776837818594

Re: popular conference picture

2014-11-22 Thread Mark Talluto
On Nov 22, 2014, at 5:27 AM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: Received an email from Google today to tell me that a picture I posted has been viewed “more than 791 times”. For the few of you who aren’t in the 791, it’s this one:

Stack Menu Mystery - Disappointing Documentation (Long, sorry)

2014-11-22 Thread Graham Samuel
I’ve been using LC for a long time but I’ve never used a stack menu. I now find that I can’t understand the documentation of the stack menu in the LC User Guide. I have tried to follow it to produce a test app, and I’ve got this far. I’m using LC7.0.1 (rc2) on a Mac with Yosemite. I’ve made a

Re: Can standalones give users the same Text formatting menu as in IDE?

2014-11-22 Thread tbodine
Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D wrote there is a RTF Editor library from Curry Kenworthy. It´s not exact what your are looking for, but it is very useful if you want to give the user some text formatting functions. Actually, I have Curry's FieldTrip tool, but it does not utilize the LC 7 unicode

Re: popular conference picture

2014-11-22 Thread Colin Holgate
Thanks. Taken with Google’s photo sphere app, on my iPhone 5. On Nov 22, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Mark Talluto use...@canelasoftware.com wrote: On Nov 22, 2014, at 5:27 AM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: Received an email from Google today to tell me that a picture I posted has been

Re: Stack Menu Mystery - Disappointing Documentation (Long, sorry)

2014-11-22 Thread Richard Gaskin
Graham Samuel wrote: I’ve been using LC for a long time but I’ve never used a stack menu. ... I don’t know how I can use this to make the stack menu ‘look like a standard menu’ You can't. Stack menus were originally the only way to make menus in MetaCard, fine for when it only ran under

Re: fieldtrip (was re: Can standalones give users...)

2014-11-22 Thread Curry Kenworthy
FieldTrip is being updated for more modern appearance options and LC 7/8. All FT owners will get an email when the new version is up. (And I'll make a new web page for it.) Hugh, I'll check if you're on the email list. Write me offlist if you don't have your code. Thanks! Best wishes,

Re: Can standalones give users the same Text formatting menu as in IDE?

2014-11-22 Thread Richard Gaskin
Tom Bodine wrote: Actually, I have Curry's FieldTrip tool, but it does not utilize the LC 7 unicode field. I believe the embedded field it uses is from LC 5.5. Since the tool is password protected, I can't just update the field. LiveCode has one field object. It's not possible to use the

Re: LC Server on DreamHost?

2014-11-22 Thread Warren Samples
On 11/21/2014 01:56 PM, Phil Davis wrote: the speed of loading is TERRIBLE with the 7.0.1 LC Linux server. It takes 4.5 seconds for LC to 'execute' a simple page every time. It's not about DNS and a PHP page on the same site loads immediately by comparison. Is this possibly related to other

Re: Stack Menu Mystery - Disappointing Documentation (Long, sorry)

2014-11-22 Thread Graham Samuel
Thanks Richard, I rather suspected what you say might be true. I do however think the documentation of this feature is a bit of disgrace - really I could have dismissed the whole idea after one reading if the description was more complete and had better examples. Actually I was seeking a way

Re: Stack Menu Mystery - Disappointing Documentation (Long, sorry)

2014-11-22 Thread Richard Gaskin
Graham Samuel wrote: Thanks Richard, I rather suspected what you say might be true. I do however think the documentation of this feature is a bit of disgrace - really I could have dismissed the whole idea after one reading if the description was more complete and had better examples. It

Re: [ANN] Release 13 of the MasterLibrary is available

2014-11-22 Thread Michael Doub
Version 13 is available with the issue causing me to pull 12 is resolved. I also added another function that was created to help me do additional validation of the other positioning routines. I think this may be useful in general. Enjoy... Mike Release 13 *fixed a bug in

Re: LC Server on DreamHost?

2014-11-22 Thread Warren Samples
On 11/21/2014 01:56 PM, Phil Davis wrote: I'm glad it isn't just me: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13983 Phil Davis Phil, Your desktop utility shows a difference of about 8 to 10 times using your URLs and about 4 times using mine when run under 6.6.2. Opening the URLs in a

Re: Can standalones give users the same Text formatting menu as in IDE?

2014-11-22 Thread tbodine
Thanks Richard. Richard Gaskin wrote LiveCode has one field object. It's not possible to use the field object of an older version while running a newer version. Whatever field properties and messages are available in a given engine version are available to any field run in that version.

Re: the weight of an app

2014-11-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 11/21/2014, 2:30 PM, Alain Vezina wrote: Why the weight of an app is more than the double of what it was before? It's the huge unicode libraries, which need to be included in the build. RR is looking into ways to reduce their size, but they are required for all text processing now. --

Re: fieldtrip (was re: Can standalones give users...)

2014-11-22 Thread tbodine
Curry, An update would be great! Currently, my FieldTrip fields throw an error as soon as I give focus to those fields under LC 7.0.1 rc2 on Mac Mavericks. (This is a project created using FieldTrip and LC 6.5.1, that I now want to update to take advantage of LC v7 unicode.) Let me know if you

Re: LC Server on DreamHost?

2014-11-22 Thread Richard Gaskin
Warren Samples wrote: Unless there is a problem specific to the 64 bit engine it seems more likely related to some issue with the DreamHost setup. Agreed. A four-fold increase in script processing time seems about average for the tests I've seen comparing 6.7 and 7.0; much beyond that seems

Re: Stack Menu Mystery - Disappointing Documentation (Long, sorry)

2014-11-22 Thread Graham Samuel
OK will do. G Sent from my iPad On 22 Nov 2014, at 17:19, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: Graham Samuel wrote: Thanks Richard, I rather suspected what you say might be true. I do however think the documentation of this feature is a bit of disgrace - really I could

Re: fieldtrip (was re: Can standalones give users...)

2014-11-22 Thread Curry Kenworthy
Let me know if you need testers. Thanks Tom, that would be helpful! I will include you in the testing. Best wishes, Curry K. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Re: the weight of an app

2014-11-22 Thread John
Might there be something else going on? I made a simple stack (couple of buttons and a field that don’t do much) and compiled it as a standalone using LC6.7 and LC7.0.1 RC2. The Finder shows the version compiled in LC7.0.1 RC2. is 12.9 MB while the version compiled in LC6.7 is 5.6MB. By my

Soon to be released Script Editor Themer plugin

2014-11-22 Thread AndyP
I have in progress a plugin which will allow color theming of the LiveCode script editor. Release date is expected to be Friday 5th December 2014. There is an existing forum thread on the LiveCode forum here http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6t=22054 The plugin will not be free and

InfoWallet is free!

2014-11-22 Thread Bill Vlahos
Here is an early Black Friday special that will be permanent. InfoWallet is free (as in beer) to everyone. Share and enjoy. A big thank you to the LiveCode community and especially Geoff Canyon for all your help over the years. Bill Vlahos _ InfoWallet

[OT] Android Material Design

2014-11-22 Thread Peter Haworth
Has anyone got Android Lollipop yet? Some of the apps on my phone/tablet have beed updated to use the new Material Design look and I have to say it looks excellent, can't wait to get the Lollipop upgrade. I guess the natural next question is how does Material Design affect Livecode's ability to

Re: [OT] Android Material Design

2014-11-22 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Haworth wrote: It would be amazing if there was a product out there that could produce Material Design for the desktop. Not Livecode of course but I wonder if some enterprising person, or maybe even Google, would provide a way to do that. Quartz OS custom Linux distribution aims to

any use of pass by reference breaks any omitted variable?

2014-11-22 Thread Dr. Hawkins
Pass by reference *should* be something useful, but it seems half done. I have various handlers with optional parameters. It seems that if *any* parameter is passed by reference, omitting any variable causes a runtime error -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462

LC Script in PHP File

2014-11-22 Thread Nakia Brewer
Hi, I am in the process of putting a web app together using the UserFrosting system as a starting point. I am slowly getting the hang of the framework and am now wishing to start using LC Server to do some backend crunching to render the pages. (Im not picking up PHP as fast as I hoped!) The

Re: any use of pass by reference breaks any omitted variable?

2014-11-22 Thread dunbarx
Richard. Not sure what you mean. In this (variant from the user guide example): on mouseUp put 8 into someVariable put 5 into someOtherVariable setVariable someVariable,someOtherVariable answer someVariable is now: someVariable end mouseUp on setVariable

Re: LC Script in PHP File

2014-11-22 Thread Peter W A Wood
You should be able to use file_get_contents in PHP to do what you want. Though it will take longer to get the results from LiveCode than it would from PHP. Here is an example: PHP file: !DOCTYPE html html head meta http-equiv=content-type content=text/html;charset=utf-8

Re: LC Server on DreamHost?

2014-11-22 Thread Phil Davis
On 11/22/14 10:23 AM, Warren Samples wrote: On 11/21/2014 01:56 PM, Phil Davis wrote: I'm glad it isn't just me: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13983 Phil Davis Phil, Your desktop utility shows a difference of about 8 to 10 times using your URLs and about 4 times using mine