Re: Free SVG icons

2018-01-04 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Very nice, thanks. It took me a bit to figure out the icomoon web app, but now I've got the whole feather set and your script works well. On 1/4/18 8:26 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: Here's a bit of code to handle the feather set when converted by icomoon.io (which could have multiple

Re: How to tell if it's a datagrid

2018-01-04 Thread dunbarx via use-livecode
Hi. Can you both check dgProp ["control type"] AND see if the owner of that control is a group where that property also exists? Or, and I hesitate to mention it, why not just either name all your DG's a certain way, or set a custom property for each of them? After all, you had to have created the

Re: Two new videos about using Navigator with LiveCode

2018-01-04 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Geoff wow this is the tool I've been waiting for! I just fixed a series of fields on 8 cards that carried that old single blank line script that used to be saved in by default… using Navigator it was so easy. FYI" the script handler's for a long script on ly stack are being filtered to show on

Re: Print to PDF needs extending

2018-01-04 Thread James At The Hale via use-livecode
“PDF (Portable Document Format) is a file format that has captured all the elements of a printed document as an electronic image that you can view, navigate, print, or forward to someone else.” So if PDF is basically a representation of a printed doc, then a pdf of a text field doesn’t actually

Re: Go in Window (not working) Go in A window "working"

2018-01-04 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Just a wild guess, but did you attempt to reset the full screen mode in the new stack? (Can’t tell from the above if you set it in each stack or just the first) On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 8:39 PM Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > FWIW: > > Seems my e

Re: Go in Window (not working) Go in A window "working"

2018-01-04 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
FWIW: Seems my error was (not in dict) that I should have been doing put the ID of the topstack into tWindowID go to cardOrStackObject in window id tWindowID Well I've been tinkering testing this for two days… made the mistake of making too many changes, then threw out that branch… went ba

Re: Free SVG icons

2018-01-04 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Here's a bit of code to handle the feather set when converted by icomoon.io (which could have multiple path statements): on dragEnter local tFile, tSVG, tIndex, tLine set the dragAction to "copy" put line 1 of the dragdata["files"] into me put url ("file:" & me) into tFile set linedel to

Re: Mac 64 bit?

2018-01-04 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Graham Samuel wrote: >>> I notice using LC 8.1.8 (the latest stable release AFAIK) that in >>> the Standalone Application Settings, building for Mac OS X is still >>> described as EXPERIMENTAL. Is this right? Has anyone experienced any >>> gotchas by using this type of build? In reality I don’t kn

How to tell if it's a datagrid

2018-01-04 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Given an object reference, how can I tell the object is a datagrid? You might say, get the dgProp ["control type"], but every object contained within a datagrid group will ALSO return "data grid". In fact, EVERY dgProp arguement for every item in a datagrid group will do the same. The reason I

Re: Finding the 'Applications' folder on a Mac

2018-01-04 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Graham, > Am 04.01.2018 um 23:46 schrieb Graham Samuel via use-livecode > : > > It looks to me that specialFolderPath doesn’t give a way of finding the > /Applications folder on a Mac (or presumably the equivalent on a PC). If one > is running a standalone which has been placed in the Appli

Re: Finding the 'Applications' folder on a Mac

2018-01-04 Thread Mark via use-livecode
On Mac OS X, user applications are in "~"& $USER & "/Applications" Global applications are in /Applications On Windows, you use specialfolderpath(38). My book has an appendix with all folder numbers and names. Op 04-01-18 om 23:46 schreef Graham Samuel via use-livecode: It looks to me that

Finding the 'Applications' folder on a Mac

2018-01-04 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
It looks to me that specialFolderPath doesn’t give a way of finding the /Applications folder on a Mac (or presumably the equivalent on a PC). If one is running a standalone which has been placed in the Applications folder, then it is possible to start with specialFolderPath(“engine”) and work ba

Re: Two new videos about using Navigator with LiveCode

2018-01-04 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
I'll email you off-list On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 4:08 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I don't see a way to publish to http://livecodeshare.runrev.com > > I posted to the forums: > http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=30394 > > thanks! > > gc >

Re: Parameters for functions and commands

2018-01-04 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
I agree that the syntax should be the same. the parenthesis difference is annoying Then there's the way RETURN is handled in functions as opposed to handlers (vs RETURN FOR VALUE and RETURN FOR ERROR) On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 4:57 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wr

Re: Mac 64 bit?

2018-01-04 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
Then the mother ship should remove the word EXPERIMENTAL. I will raise it in the quality database. Thanks for the info Graham > On 4 Jan 2018, at 16:45, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > This was discussed a while back. 64 bit works fine. That is all I use. > > Bob S > > >> On Ja

Re: Parameters for functions and commands

2018-01-04 Thread Thomas von Fintel via use-livecode
Thanks a lot, Ralph and Bob. I think, I've got it. Thomas Am 04.01.2018 um 22:57 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode: In short, yes. Commands can still pass parameters, and as you may not know CAN ALSO RETURN VALUES. The difference is that functions are called with parenthesis and must be

Re: Parameters for functions and commands

2018-01-04 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
In short, yes. Commands can still pass parameters, and as you may not know CAN ALSO RETURN VALUES. The difference is that functions are called with parenthesis and must be put into a variable. eg. function bobtest 1, 2 -- do some stuff return true -- do some other stuff end bobtest No

RE: Parameters for functions and commands

2018-01-04 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
T, Non functions don't need the parens. You are actually are passing 1 parameter of "2,3" When you do a "put DoStuff_2 (2,3)" LC is looking for a function DoStuff_2 that does not exist. If you do "DoStuff_2 2,3" you will get the expected results. Also if a non function does a "Return somevar" t

Parameters for functions and commands

2018-01-04 Thread Thomas von Fintel via use-livecode
I am well aware that I shouldn't expect *everything* in Livecode to be intuitive, but this one bugs me: Having a handler like    function DoStuff_1 a, b   return a    end DoStuff_1 When you do "put DoStuff_1 (2,3)" the result is 2. But with    on DoStuff_2 a, b    put a    end Do

Re: Two new videos about using Navigator with LiveCode

2018-01-04 Thread Geoff Canyon via use-livecode
I don't see a way to publish to http://livecodeshare.runrev.com I posted to the forums: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=30394 thanks! gc On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 11:19 AM, hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Often "Navigator" works good for me in LC 8 (I

Re: native iOS button question

2018-01-04 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
iOS button widget passes “mouseUp” using a callback from the OS, so it would only work on the device. Android actually has the public OnClick handler to post mouseUp. This could be added to the widget to allow testing in the IDE I believe. On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 3:01 PM Klaus major-k via use-liveco

Re: native iOS button question

2018-01-04 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Paul, > Am 04.01.2018 um 21:57 schrieb Paul Hibbert via use-livecode > : > > According to the MessageWatcher the iOS Native Button doesn’t receive a > mouseUp/Down event, but the Android Native Button does, however, they both > receive a rawKeyDown message if I scroll while the mouse pointe

Re: Long Launch Time

2018-01-04 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi Mike thanks that was it. In my case I do not have AV software scanning files, but after deleting the log file the plugins part of the IDE launch executed in a timely manner again. Bob S > On Jan 4, 2018, at 09:51 , Mike Bonner via use-livecode > wrote: > > I think this is what you're lo

Re: native iOS button question

2018-01-04 Thread Paul Hibbert via use-livecode
According to the MessageWatcher the iOS Native Button doesn’t receive a mouseUp/Down event, but the Android Native Button does, however, they both receive a rawKeyDown message if I scroll while the mouse pointer is over either button. That suggests something is wrong to me, I would expect them

Message Order Difference different between platforms

2018-01-04 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. This may explain some wierdness between different platforms. I have a datagrid in a stack, with a mouseDoubleUp handler and a selectionChanged handler. The first command in each handler is an answer dialog telling which handler is currently running. On MacOS if I double click a datag

Re: Two new videos about using Navigator with LiveCode

2018-01-04 Thread Geoff Canyon via use-livecode
For anyone who wants, documentation for the (nearly) latest version is here: https://gcanyon.wordpress.com/navigator-documentation/ On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 11:19 AM, hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Often "Navigator" works good for me in LC 8 (I stopped developing in L

Re: Two new videos about using Navigator with LiveCode

2018-01-04 Thread Geoff Canyon via use-livecode
I still use the same source control I used when I started it: an archive folder with several hundred saved versions. :-) What's the easiest/expected way to start a repo for it/a LiveCode project? gc On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 3:08 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wro

native iOS button question

2018-01-04 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi friends, is it true that the "native iOS button" widget will only run on iOS/Simulator? Or can I also script and test it in the IDE? Looks like it does not react "on mouseup" at all. Any hints welcome, thanks! Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major-k.de _

Re: Two new videos about using Navigator with LiveCode

2018-01-04 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Do you have a repo, too? On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 11:19 AM, hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Often "Navigator" works good for me in LC 8 (I stopped developing in LC 9). > It is especially very valuable when working with nested groups. > > Why don't you announce the upda

Re: Long Launch Time

2018-01-04 Thread Mike Bonner via use-livecode
I think this is what you're looking for: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Slow-Opening-IDE-td4720805.html On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 10:34 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi all. > > I perused the forums but could not find the post and solutio

Long Launch Time

2018-01-04 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. I perused the forums but could not find the post and solution to someone who was having difficulty when launching the IDE. It had something to do with clearing some logs somewhere as I recall, but I cannot find it in the forums. Anyone remember? OS 10.12 LC 8.1.8 Bob S __

Re: Two new videos about using Navigator with LiveCode

2018-01-04 Thread hh via use-livecode
Often "Navigator" works good for me in LC 8 (I stopped developing in LC 9). It is especially very valuable when working with nested groups. Why don't you announce the update in the forum (also the link to the documentation) and publish this very useful stack in "Sample Stacks"/ livecodeshare? It i

Re: Mac 64 bit?

2018-01-04 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
This was discussed a while back. 64 bit works fine. That is all I use. Bob S > On Jan 4, 2018, at 03:32 , Graham Samuel via use-livecode > wrote: > > Oops - I should have said “building for Mac OS 64 bit”, of course. Sorry. > > I wrote just now > >> I notice using LC 8.1.8 (the latest stab

Re: Script editor won't compile

2018-01-04 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I have to do that all the time. Otherwise I get double returns. Of course, if the email size limit was raised a bit on the list, we could paste RTF text directly into the email without exceeding that limit. Bob S > On Jan 3, 2018, at 22:57 , Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode > wrote: > > I

Re: Mac 64 bit?

2018-01-04 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Dunno: but, both the 32-bit and the 64-bit version of my Devawriter run "as they should" on my Mac OS 10.7.5 imac, for all that that may be worth. Richmond. On 4/1/2018 1:30 pm, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: I notice using LC 8.1.8 (the latest stable release AFAIK) that in the Standal

Mac 64 bit?

2018-01-04 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
Oops - I should have said “building for Mac OS 64 bit”, of course. Sorry. I wrote just now > I notice using LC 8.1.8 (the latest stable release AFAIK) that in the > Standalone Application Settings, building for Mac OS X is still described as > EXPERIMENTAL. Is this right? Has anyone experienced

Mac 64 bit?

2018-01-04 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
I notice using LC 8.1.8 (the latest stable release AFAIK) that in the Standalone Application Settings, building for Mac OS X is still described as EXPERIMENTAL. Is this right? Has anyone experienced any gotchas by using this type of build? In reality I don’t know what OSX started to expect 64 bi

Print to PDF needs extending

2018-01-04 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I got a bit "Pee-Dee-Effed Off" when I realised that to print the contents of a field to PDF one had to "fool around" with the field so that it fitted the dimensions of the card on which the field resided; because Print to PDF can ONLY print a Card to PDF. WHY is this? I believe that a "Print