Re: Pixelscale on Windows = disaster = what can we do?

2017-04-16 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
Setting the scale factor to 80% (for 1.25% screenpixelsvale) doesn't work? I have done that in the past and it worked fine - just always using the reciprocal of the screen pixel scale. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 16, 2017, at 1:49 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode >

Pixelscale on Windows = disaster = what can we do?

2017-04-16 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Folks... Is there anything that can be done to prevent windows from scaling my stack when the system is set top use 125% or 150% "scaling" options? In livecode ... that is reflected in the systempixelscale and screenpixelscale properties. My stack and the images and controls on it looks

Re: Suggestions for LiveCode (the company) to increase its revenue

2017-04-16 Thread Dan Brown via use-livecode
Allowing non hacky 2 way communication with JavaScript via lc browser is a potentially huge win should it ever happen. Every time I come across technical discussion of making web apps for the desktop there is a huge chorus or discontent with the currently most viable option Electron - an

Re: Suggestions for LiveCode (the company) to increase its revenue

2017-04-16 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
Me too - I have found the whole process to be irritating and messy. As I have ranted before, deployment issues are really huge for people who see software design and programming as what they do, and having made their software function, just want to deliver it. But to do that, you have to hack

Re: Suggestions for LiveCode (the company) to increase its revenue

2017-04-16 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
I would pay for that right now, if LC provided code signing. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 16, 2017, at 11:20 AM, tbodine via use-livecode > wrote: > > Code signing can be a major pain point. Adding code-signing features to > Livecode (or in a supplemental tool)

Re: Suggestions for LiveCode (the company) to increase its revenue

2017-04-16 Thread tbodine via use-livecode
Code signing can be a major pain point. Adding code-signing features to Livecode (or in a supplemental tool) could be a selling point for Indy and Business license users. I pay about $50 annually for a third-party code-signing tool subscription on the Mac platform. LiveCode Ltd may able be able

Re: [OT] Phishing prevention

2017-04-16 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 04/14/2017 09:04 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: This seems important enough to spread around: Thanks for the alert. The Punycode Alert extension for Chrome also catches these. Or warns you, at any rate.

Re: Italic text within fields on Mac OS

2017-04-16 Thread dunbarx via use-livecode
This may call for a discussion, a dedicated lesson maybe, especially for newbies, about the difference between setting the textStyle of actual text within a field as opposed to the field itself. It touches on inheritance. But I bet that many have struggled with what they see as impossible or at

Re: Italic text within fields on Mac OS

2017-04-16 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Aha: I was trying to set it through the properties palette . . . Richmond. On 4/16/17 4:59 pm, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, It works just fine here. I’m using LiveCode 8.1.3 in MacOS Sierra. I was able to do it both manually and programatically. Here’s the code. on

Re: Italic text within fields on Mac OS

2017-04-16 Thread Rick Harrison via use-livecode
Hi Richmond, It works just fine here. I’m using LiveCode 8.1.3 in MacOS Sierra. I was able to do it both manually and programatically. Here’s the code. on mouseUp set the textStyle of field "TextField1" of this card to italic put "Hi there" into field "TextField1" of this card end mouseUp

Re: type the label of me

2017-04-16 Thread Martin Meili via use-livecode
Put "ç" into the selection does the trick. Many thanks Jacqueline! Martin Von meinem iPad gesendet ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH

2017-04-16 Thread Peter Reid via use-livecode
Has anyone successfully set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH for Mac/Linux apps? I've found that I can set the variable using: put tValue into $LD_LIBRARY_PATH and it appears to be set as far as the IDE is concerned. However, if I use the shell command to display the value of

Re: type the label of me

2017-04-16 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
I confirm that this is a bug. It has been reported before as bug 9294 with the status FIXED, so I have written another report to reopen it. This has the number 19593 - the mothership will presumably acknowledge it as a duplicate of 9294 in due course. Graham Happy Easter to all (yes,