Quartz Compositions

2015-04-14 Thread David Bovill
Previously I had some success playing Quart Composer compositions in LiveCode's player object - not able to get it working now. Is this something that we could easily build in Livecode Builder? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: LiveNode Server

2015-04-14 Thread Mark Wilcox
This is an interesting thread. Let me add a few comments: The CGI / FastCGI thing is a red herring. CGI is slow and so is FastCGI. :) Slighter faster options (e.g. for things like PHP and Python) implement the language runtime via a plugin module to the web server. However, things like Node.js

New Way To Deal With Custom Fonts on iOS?

2015-04-14 Thread Scott Rossi
Hi All: I just spent two hours with a colleague trying to track down why a custom font wasn't rendering correctly on iOS, and apparently it seems that something changed with either the way LiveCode 7 or iOS 8 handles font names. It used to be that grabbing the installed name of a font on iOS was

Bug [15118] native scroller

2015-04-14 Thread John Dixon
This is addressed to a number of members of the liveCode team in Edinburgh... To three members of the team in particular... Hanson, Sebastien and Panos... After having read your email, there is nothing I can say except that 'I am an idiot'...

Re: New LiveCode book

2015-04-14 Thread Ray
Stephen, I'd love to take a look at your book but I'm getting a 403 error, access is forbidden as I click the link below. I'm in Granada, Spain if that makes a difference. Any suggestions? www.medmaster/livecode.html Thanks, Ray Horsley LinkIt! Software On 4/13/2015 6:49 PM, Tim

New LiveCode book

2015-04-14 Thread stgoldb...@aol.com
Just a reminder that the corrected URL for downloading my book, LiveCode Lite: Computer Programming Made Ridiculously Simple, is www.medmaster.net/livecode.html. Dave Kilroy wrote (Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:32:45 -0700 (PDT) d...@applicationinsight.com Roughly how many hours did it take? It actually

Re: Release: LiveCode 8.0.0 DP 2

2015-04-14 Thread Klaus major-k
Am 13.04.2015 um 18:31 schrieb Ali Lloyd a...@runrev.com: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0 DP 2. ... LiveCode 8 is in an early stage of development so we’d love to hear any feedback you have on it. There are a number of features that we’d

Re: LiveNode Server

2015-04-14 Thread David Bovill
Yes - thanks for the input Mark. How about having Livecode as a Node extension that we could install with NPM? Is that not a much easier first step? I still would like to get to the bottom of not being fork able means? It would be fantastic to get add Live code to a Node server with a couple of

Re: Release: LiveCode 8.0.0 DP 2

2015-04-14 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi Roger, Am 14.04.2015 um 19:00 schrieb Roger Eller roger.e.el...@sealedair.com: On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Klaus major-k kl...@major-k.de wrote: Am 13.04.2015 um 18:31 schrieb Ali Lloyd a...@runrev.com: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode

Re: Bug [15118] native scroller

2015-04-14 Thread Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D
Don´t know, why my last post was empty… John, you´re not alone. I also ran into such situation. I reported a bug that sometimes LC5 did not attach the database drivers to the standalones, but LC 4 did. My fault was i forgot to add a „pass savestackrequest“ to the SaveStackRequest handler. I

Re: Bug [15118] native scroller

2015-04-14 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/14/2015 11:23 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Is this obsolete? http://lessons.runrev.com/m/4069/l/94412-creating-a-native-scroller-to-scroll-a-field Does the LC field object take on the appropriate scrolling behavior when rendered on mobile? Are there other cases where we don't really need to

Re: Release: LiveCode 8.0.0 DP 2

2015-04-14 Thread Roger Eller
I like to use a backdrop in the IDE to eliminate distractions. So I type set backDrop to gray in the message box. When I quit and reopen LiveCode, the backdrop defaults to black. It used to retain the last backdrop color that was set. ~Roger On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Ali Lloyd

Re: Why can't LC do what PencilCase does?

2015-04-14 Thread Geoff Canyon
No idea. Their basic projects don't have code -- just a bunch of properties that include things like when this happens, do this, but then you can open the project up and write javascript. Maybe the end result is a specialized web page? I'll experiment more. gc On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 10:56 AM,

Re: Bug [15118] native scroller

2015-04-14 Thread William Prothero
Richard: When I looked at the link you posted, the very last comment in the comments section had a question of whether the field really needed to be in a group. Elanor Buchanan answered that it was not necessary. Best, Bill On Apr 14, 2015, at 9:23 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com

Re: Bug [15118] native scroller

2015-04-14 Thread Richard Gaskin
But does the native field object have the appropriate scrolling behaviors when rendered on mobile (bounce-back/glow, etc.)? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web

Re: Bug [15118] native scroller

2015-04-14 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/14/2015 11:44 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: But does the native field object have the appropriate scrolling behaviors when rendered on mobile (bounce-back/glow, etc.)? Yes. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software |

Re: Bug [15118] native scroller

2015-04-14 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/14/2015 11:23 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Are there other cases where we don't really need to write the same lines of code over and over to instantiate every object as a mobile control that the docs suggest we do? Since all native controls are created dynamically, you do need to repeat the

Re: Release: LiveCode 8.0.0 DP 2

2015-04-14 Thread Roger Eller
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Klaus major-k kl...@major-k.de wrote: Am 13.04.2015 um 18:31 schrieb Ali Lloyd a...@runrev.com: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0 DP 2. ... LiveCode 8 is in an early stage of development so we’d love to

Re: LiveNode Server

2015-04-14 Thread Jim Lambert
Mark Wilcox wrote: This is an interesting thread. Indeed it is. Thanks for your informative comments. Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: copying from password protected substacks

2015-04-14 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Scott Rossi sc...@tactilemedia.com wrote: If you set the passkey of the protected stack (to the password) before copying, you should be able to copy what you want This is getting infuriating . . . what *is* the scope of the passkey? I've tried setting it

Re: Release: LiveCode 8.0.0 DP 2

2015-04-14 Thread Ali Lloyd
Hi Klaus, As Roger noticed, the icon picker widget is meant to be used with the LCB syntax popup widget to return the name of an icon, whose SVG path can then be obtained using the iconSVGPathFromName function in the iconSVG library. It is not particularly useful as a widget in its own right,

Re: Bug [15118] native scroller

2015-04-14 Thread Richard Gaskin
John Dixon wrote: I was absolutely convinced that I was correct, as I was using the same code that is already in a stack on the Apple app store... I must have deleted the line whilst preparing a facelift for the app...:-( iphoneControlSet scrollID, visible, true this is the missing

Re: Quartz Compositions

2015-04-14 Thread David Bovill
Another way of asking the same question - but maybe more work - is how easy is it to create a widget that takes live video input from Syphon - http://syphon.v002.info/FrameworkDocumentation/ On 14 April 2015 at 07:17, David Bovill david.bov...@gmail.com wrote: Previously I had some success

Re: Why can't LC do what PencilCase does?

2015-04-14 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Geoff Canyon gcan...@gmail.com wrote: If they can do it, shouldn't LC be able to as well? Or is there something I'm not thinking of? How are they getting past Apple's ban on downloading code??? -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462

RE: Bug [15118] native scroller

2015-04-14 Thread John Dixon
Jacque.. You are correct about scrolling fields... I create a group and copy the required number of groups to a master group that I wish to display.. for example... show in the image below, I have a group that consists of 2 images, 2 fields... there are 140 of these that are scrolled..

Why can't LC do what PencilCase does?

2015-04-14 Thread Geoff Canyon
PencilCase http://www.pencilcase.io has a player app on iOS http://appstore.com/pencilcaseplayer so you can: 1. Design your app on a Mac 2. Upload it to their system and get a code 3. Give that code to anyone 4. Anyone can install the PencilCase iOS app 5. Anyone can put in your code to run your

Re: Bug [15118] native scroller

2015-04-14 Thread Richard Gaskin
J. Landman Gay wrote: On April 14, 2015 9:58:25 AM CDT, Richard Gaskin wrote: Now that I'm doing mobile work in earnest I found it tedious to create groups around fields, I've scrolled fields directly without grouping them in the past. Unless something changed, I don't think you need to

Re: New Way To Deal With Custom Fonts on iOS?

2015-04-14 Thread Chris Sheffield
Scott, Could this possibly be related to this issue bug 14116 http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14116? Mark W. stated in a comment there that the screen loading times may have something to do with a change in the way that fonts were handled between LC 6.6 and LC 6.7. I wonder if the

Re: Bug [15118] native scroller

2015-04-14 Thread J. Landman Gay
On April 14, 2015 9:58:25 AM CDT, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: Now that I'm doing mobile work in earnest I found it tedious to create groups around fields, I've scrolled fields directly without grouping them in the past. Unless something changed, I don't think you need to

Re: copying from password protected substacks

2015-04-14 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/14/2015 8:26 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: Unless there's a bug somewhere in the decryption routines, it still feels like the passkey you are supplying is not the same one you specified in the standalone settings. That's what it sounds like to me too. I wonder how the standalone builder

Re: copying from password protected substacks

2015-04-14 Thread Peter M. Brigham
You can use this: function expandError pErr -- expands LC runtime error numbers, with explanatory text -- probably based on a handler from someone on the use-LC list, not sure who -- revised by Peter M. Brigham, pmb...@gmail.com — freeware -- requires sr() repeat for each

Re: copying from password protected substacks

2015-04-14 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Error 558 is stack: invalid key. Not much help but perhaps the passkey you're supplying isn't the correct one? Not likely I guess since it apparently works in the IDE. There is no password set in the IDE; it's all at

Re: copying from password protected substacks

2015-04-14 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Haworth wrote: I'm still not sure in my mind whether encryption is the same thing as password protecting a stack. I've only ever used the latter. Anybody know? AFAIK there is only one form of script encryption, set with the password property and unlocked during the session with the

Re: copying from password protected substacks

2015-04-14 Thread Peter Haworth
Right. I'm still not sure in my mind whether encryption is the same thing as password protecting a stack. I've only ever used the latter. Anybody know? Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com Home of lcStackBrowser http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html and SQLiteAdmin

Re: copying from password protected substacks

2015-04-14 Thread Peter Haworth
The first item of each line refers to a line number in an error messages table. The table is in the cErrorsList custom property of card 1 of stack revErrorDisplay. Sounds like you set the encrypt with password field in the standalone settings. Make sure you do that for every stack you want to

Re: Bug [15118] native scroller

2015-04-14 Thread Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D
Am 14.04.2015 um 14:17 schrieb John Dixon dixo...@hotmail.co.uk: This is addressed to a number of members of the liveCode team in Edinburgh... To three members of the team in particular... Hanson, Sebastien and Panos... After having read your email, there is nothing I

Re: copying from password protected substacks

2015-04-14 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Scott Rossi sc...@tactilemedia.com wrote: Does it work for you in the IDE? Yes. However, the password only gets set at compile time. Also, you're not using the Community Edition are you? *shudder*, no. Far too much work into this to risk GPL

Re: copying from password protected substacks

2015-04-14 Thread Peter Haworth
Error 558 is stack: invalid key. Not much help but perhaps the passkey you're supplying isn't the correct one? Not likely I guess since it apparently works in the IDE. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com Home of lcStackBrowser http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html and SQLiteAdmin

Re: Release: LiveCode 8.0.0 DP 2

2015-04-14 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi Ali, Am 14.04.2015 um 20:38 schrieb Ali Lloyd a...@runrev.com: Hi Klaus, As Roger noticed, the icon picker widget is meant to be used with the LCB syntax popup widget to return the name of an icon, whose SVG path can then be obtained using the iconSVGPathFromName function in the iconSVG

Re: Why can't LC do what PencilCase does?

2015-04-14 Thread Mark Wilcox
Apple added another exception to the code downloading rule, using JavaScriptCore you can download JavaScript and run it. So it probably is just a WebView but it doesn't have to be. Sent from my iPhone On 14 Apr 2015, at 17:24, Geoff Canyon gcan...@gmail.com wrote: No idea. Their basic

Re: copying from password protected substacks

2015-04-14 Thread Scott Rossi
There shouldn't be anything infuriating about it. You have a password protected stack. You set the passkey of that stack to your password value. You should then be able to access/copy objects from that stack. The passkey stays in effect for the current editing session. When you close stack

Re: Why can't LC do what PencilCase does?

2015-04-14 Thread Colin Holgate
That’s interesting to know about. Another factor may be the $30 you have to pay to remove apps. That’s $9 to Apple for each user who does that. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: LiveNode Server

2015-04-14 Thread Mark Wilcox
On 14 Apr 2015, at 18:17, David Bovill david@viral.academy wrote: Yes - thanks for the input Mark. How about having Livecode as a Node extension that we could install with NPM? Is that not a much easier first step? I still would like to get to the bottom of not being fork able means?

New LiveCode book

2015-04-14 Thread stgoldb...@aol.com
Ray Horsley r...@linkit.com wrote: Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:15:34 -0400 Stephen, I'd love to take a look at your book but I'm getting a 403 error, access is forbidden as I click the link below. I'm in Granada, Spain if that makes a difference. Any suggestions? The corrected URL for download

Re: Why can't LC do what PencilCase does?

2015-04-14 Thread Geoff Canyon
Interesting, I didn't know that. On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Mark Wilcox m...@sorcery-ltd.co.uk wrote: Apple added another exception to the code downloading rule, using JavaScriptCore you can download JavaScript and run it. So it probably is just a WebView but it doesn't have to be.

apns windows

2015-04-14 Thread Mike Kerner
did anybody ever get apns to work from windows? I have always run into a problem with not being able to send the signal to the server that we're done, and I finally gave up, but now it would be nice to be able to make it work, again, instead of having to do it all from a Mac. -- On the first

Re: copying from password protected substacks

2015-04-14 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Scott Rossi sc...@tactilemedia.com wrote: There shouldn't be anything infuriating about it. You have a password protected stack. You set the passkey of that stack to your password value. You should then be able to access/copy objects from that stack. but

Re: copying from password protected substacks

2015-04-14 Thread Scott Rossi
Does it work for you in the IDE? Also, you're not using the Community Edition are you? You can't password protect with that version of LiveCode even though it shows the option in the Standalone Builder. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 4/14/15, 1:50 PM,

[ANN] Installer Maker 1.8.8

2015-04-14 Thread Mark Schonewille
Dear Livecode users, Economy-x-Talk released Installer Maker 1.8.8 today. This is a maintenance release, which accepts recently issued license keys. We have also removed a spurious error message from the Uninstaller. This update is free for everyone who bought a license after 1 November 2014.