Re: LC7 Community - Documentation window does not appear

By Docs I assume you mean Dictionary? What happens if you run this in the message box: set the loc of stack "revDictionary" to 500,500 Did you ever run LC7 with dual monitors? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit thi

Re: Clearing local variables

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 11:32 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > well... to be clear, you can in a repeat with x = 1 to n form. Well to be really clear you NEED to be careful if you intend to modify x or tVar in both cases: repeat with x = 1 to the number of items in tVar repeat for each item x in tVa

Re: Query for valid email

This might be useful.. http://lifehacker.com/5697360/how-to-verify-if-an-email-address-is-real-or-fake The synopsis is.. 1. nslookup to find the mx servers 2. open a port to one of the servers for the address in question and interact with it to find out if the account exists. Based on the article,

Query for valid email

Is there a quick way to script out a process to validate if an email address is valid against the mail sever you are sending it to? We are trying to scrub a large list of old emails to see if they are still valid or not. Your input would be most appreciated. __

Re: inheriting a custom property from a supergroup ("effective" custom property)

Actually if not being set has value then I don't think you want effective either. I think you need a property on any parent that should be ignored when recursing through the hierarchy. Sent from my iPhone > On 28 Apr 2016, at 9:49 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > > I suppose that what I'm really look

inheriting a custom property from a supergroup ("effective" custom property)

I have an id number, call it unDna, for entries in my database. When elements are displayed or manipulated, either the card or the group I've placed has unDna set as a custom property. The handlers for close field check for a unDna of the field or the owner of a field. This backfires, though, if

LC7 Community - Documentation window does not appear

Hi i'm getting back into livecodde and have the surprise that the doc window does not open. When I click on the doc icon, it looks like something happens and in the list of windows, the documentation appears rightly. But cannot be seen! same if I call it from the menu. context :: LC 7.13 on mac

Re: how to create a Custom Control

Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote: > I’m still trying to wrap my head around the use cases where a widget > will be clearly superior architecture. Widgets are a great choice when you're making a GUI element you expect to share with other developers for use across a wide range of applications.

Re: how to create a Custom Control

On 4/27/16, 5:38 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Richard Gaskin" wrote: >A custom control is just a group of other controls put together to >provide something, well, custom. I would like to take this one step further if that does not overstep the scope of this thread: How easy or hard, is

Re: Windows Media

Great news! Peter Bogdanoff On Apr 27, 2016, at 6:52 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > _2016_ sounds great! :) > Tiemo > > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag > von Peter TB Brett > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. April 2016 15:4

Re: how to create a Custom Control

Todd Fabacher wrote: > I have a simple question. Sorry for my ignorance, but how does one > create a Custom Control from a group? It seems to be just a group, > but somehome there is a way to set the group to be a Custom Control. > Is a "Custom Control" a defined stack in the Plugins folder? A c

Re: Sending email over SMTP with STARTTLS (sending email via gmail)

But if the encryption is not enabled at the source, it is still locally sniffable, and therefore non-HIIPA compliant, not to mention any government or contractor regulations that may apply. Bob S On Apr 27, 2016, at 08:22 , Mike Kerner mailto:mikeker...@roadrunner.com>> wrote: We have a simi

Re: Clearing local variables

On Apr 22, 2016, at 13:04 , stephen barncard mailto:stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com>> wrote: you don't want to mess with the index variable in a repeat loop well... to be clear, you can in a repeat with x = 1 to n form. It's in the repeat for each form you want to avoid modifying the source d

Re: Sending email over SMTP with STARTTLS (sending email via gmail)

We have a similar setup. We get around this another way, namely by routing smtp connections through a local ISP, which gets rid of the need to do all the direct-to-google connections. On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > This comes up from time to time. I've attempted this wit

Re: Multiple Threads

On Apr 20, 2016, at 16:51 , Lyn Teyla mailto:lyn.te...@gmail.com>> wrote: Bob Sneidar wrote: So I think I've isolated why it is that virtually every post on this list ends up creating multiple threads in my email application. Lots of people are *STILL* using use-revolut...@lists.runrev.com

Re: clear recent files list from the menu

On Apr 19, 2016, at 07:22 , Richard Gaskin mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> wrote: If it doesn't work like it says on the tin it's a bug. If there's bugs in the tin, you may have a decent lawsuit on your hands. :-) Bob S ___ use-livecode mailing

Re: Sending email over SMTP with STARTTLS (sending email via gmail)

This comes up from time to time. I've attempted this with no success. SSL and TLS are fairly involved, and would require some kind of plug-in to be written which was capable of interacting with the security elements of modern OSes. I tried shelling this out, but the Windows CMD shell, specifical

Re: Anyone have any LiveCode hooks to WordPress? And, are you following these Word Camp events

On Apr 14, 2016, at 18:20 , Todd Fabacher mailto:tfabac...@gmail.com>> wrote: It addiction we have a complete and detailed wrap Wraps are good, especially the barbecue chicken wraps, but calling them an addiction may me overstating your case. ;-) Bob S ___

Re: 8.0.0 RC1 - Where is the "Remove Group" option in menus

Select the group on the card and hit delete. If you don't want it to be removed from the stack, and it's the last placed example, create another card and place all your persistent groups on that card, so there is at least one card with the group placed. Bob S > On Apr 14, 2016, at 19:35 , Sa

AW: AW: Windows Media

_2016_ sounds great! :) Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Peter TB Brett Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. April 2016 15:43 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: AW: Windows Media On 27/04/2016 14:38, Tiemo Hollmann TB

Re: AW: Windows Media

On 27/04/2016 14:38, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: To make plans. Just a guess from the crowd - when would you expect to see a GM 8.1? 6 month from now? 1 year? Or more? I'd not expect it before June 14th at the earliest, depending on how we get on. That's June 14th _2016_, by the way.

AW: Windows Media

To make plans. Just a guess from the crowd - when would you expect to see a GM 8.1? 6 month from now? 1 year? Or more? Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Tiemo Hollmann TB Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. April 2016 13:52

Re: [on-rev] connection ok, but ftp command "timeout" (again)

Ok thanks I've send a msg to on-rev support. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/on-rev-connection-ok-but-ftp-command-timeout-again-tp4703900p4703903.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __

AW: Windows Media

Hi Kevin, that are really good news! Hoping to see it soon Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Kevin Miller Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. April 2016 12:12 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Windows Media I intended to pr

Re: [on-rev] connection ok, but ftp command "timeout" (again)

On 27/04/2016 12:07, Robert Mann wrote: Hi, I'm puzzled, I've been working on a site on my on-rev account last evening/night. I use Interarchy ftp app on mac. All was fine. But then the ftp connection stopped working while I uploaded a file. And does not seem to come back to a workable state.

[on-rev] connection ok, but ftp command "timeout" (again)

Hi, I'm puzzled, I've been working on a site on my on-rev account last evening/night. I use Interarchy ftp app on mac. All was fine. But then the ftp connection stopped working while I uploaded a file. And does not seem to come back to a workable state. At that point, i was asked to type in the

Re: model oriented programming

The GSL tool described at the end of the document linked is very similar to livecode-server. Thanks for the link, it rang a bell in my mind! So with LC server, have these two tools for abstraction : -- procedure oriented : script -- object/hierchy oriented : html (& interface objects for LC "cards

Re: Windows Media

Hi Kevin, > Am 27.04.2016 um 12:11 schrieb Kevin Miller : > > I intended to provide an update on this a little while back but forget, > apologies. The new player for Windows, which uses DirectShow within the > existing player object instead of QuickTIme will be in 8.1, with a DP > build either ne

Windows Media

I intended to provide an update on this a little while back but forget, apologies. The new player for Windows, which uses DirectShow within the existing player object instead of QuickTIme will be in 8.1, with a DP build either next week or in three weeks time depending on how various things go. Ki

AW: LC 8: Go stack doesn't work anymore?

Finally I solved this issue, due to my program design. While starting up my "main" program, I opened a small helper stack in modal mode and hided it directly. With LC 8 on OS X 10.11 this prevented obviously the main stack to show up, though it was opened. (On Windows it worked this way). The resu

Re: AW: OT: Who can convert 3.5" diskettes with Hypercard stacks for me?

Keep in mind that most floppy drives only read 1.4MB MS DOS disks. They won't read 800K Macintosh disks. Kind regards, Mark Schonewille http://economy-x-talk.com https://www.facebook.com/marksch Buy the most extensive book on the LiveCode language: http://livecodebeginner.economy-x-talk.com O

AW: OT: Who can convert 3.5" diskettes with Hypercard stacks for me?

Thanks all for your help offers and advices, I will first buy a floppy drive and try it myself, if I fail I will get back to your offers. Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von RM Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. April 2016 19

Re: Being silly with penguins

Sorry, I joined this thread late. I did something like this in 2003, and it worked great, and I used an animated gif for the animation. Checkout the built-in property ‘the repeatcount’ in the dictionary. Then, then set the icon of your button to the animated gif (hide the gif somewhere). Then,

Re: List Field Not receiving Mouse messages unless a line is clicked?

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 1:34 AM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote: > I think the default behavior should be that if you click on white space in > the field, lines are unhilited. > > This is very intuitive for any user/use case, because hilites occur when > the object you mouse on is under the mou