Re: Announcement: SVG Icon Tool

2018-01-17 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
I've updated the version with a couple of minor fixes: https://milby.us/lc/SvgIconTool.180114-1700.zip Thanks, Brian On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 10:06 PM, Kay C Lan via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Very nice! Thank you so much:-) > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 7:33 AM, J.

Re: gradient selectors

2018-01-17 Thread Paul Hibbert via use-livecode
Both fill and stroke gradients work fine on Mac High Sierra, no delays that I can see and definitely no hang, so it may be a Linux related bug. Anybody tested Windows? Paul > On Jan 17, 2018, at 6:30 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > Before I log

gradient selectors

2018-01-17 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
Before I log a bug report on this, can anyone confirm that the gradient selectors are working in LC9? Launching either of the selectors from the PI I get a long hang time and no visual feedback. I did manage to get something out of the fill gradient selector once, but the stroke gradient

Re: How do I delete cloned images with the same name all at once?

2018-01-17 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 01/17/2018 02:42 PM, Tore Nilsen via use-livecode wrote: Use short name instead of name, this will script will work: Additionally, the way I deal with this is to create a group, then create the control *in the group*. That way all I have to do is delete the group and all the child

Re: How do I delete cloned images with the same name all at once?

2018-01-17 Thread Tore Nilsen via use-livecode
The property “name” refers to more than “ticket”, it also includes the description of the control, in your case the name will be “image ticket”. You also will need to count down from the number of images in order to delete all of them, otherwise you will run into a situation where x is higher

How do I delete cloned images with the same name all at once?

2018-01-17 Thread William de Smet via use-livecode
Hi there, I have several cloned images and all have the same name: ticket. Of course there ID is different. On close card I want to delete them. How do I delete them all at once? Wat is wrong with this code? on mouseup repeat with x= 1 to the number of images of this card if the name of image x

Re: Identifying empty lines of text

2018-01-17 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On Jan 12, 2018, at 16:48 , David Epstein via use-livecode wrote: I use “the number of words in myString = 0” to test whether a line of text appears empty, since I want a line with only space characters to be understood as empty. But a line of text I pasted

Re: deploying to multiple mobile devices

2018-01-17 Thread Stephen Barncard via use-livecode
I built one of those years ago, based on Ken Ray's stackrunner.rev. Even datagrids can be accommodated. -- Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:37 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Nicolas Cueto wrote: > > >

Re: Anyone else got two-monitor issues with LC9 on Mac?

2018-01-17 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
There are several reports, which Panos has now combined into one (18363). The idea of changing the arrangement of the two monitors in the System Prefs so that the tops are aligned is a pretty sad workaround, because of course the System Prefs settings are supposed to reflect the monitor

Re: Roadmap: "Automated REST API wrapping"?

2018-01-17 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mark Waddingham wrote: > On 2018-01-17 04:29, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: >>> The LC Roadmap at includes >>> under "Planned": >>> >>> Automated REST API wrapping >>> >>> Sounds enticing. What is it? > > This is referring to LiveCode Connect

Re: deploying to multiple mobile devices

2018-01-17 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Nicolas Cueto wrote: > On 17 January 2018 at 12:38, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> Nicolas Cueto wrote: >> > Some of my stacks are for a classroom situation, so would like to >> > deploy to the various smartphones of class sizes of 3 to 20 >> > students (1) preferably cable-free (Wifi?), (2) easily

Re: Anyone else got two-monitor issues with LC9 on Mac?

2018-01-17 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
panagiotis merakos wrote: > Just to add that when you change the arrangement of the two monitors > in the System Prefs so as their tops are aligned, it might be worth to > reset your LC Prefs as well after that, as it might be the case that > some stacks have kept their *old* rect Prefs (i.e.

Adding an icon to an EXE file via Livecode script

2018-01-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Has anyone done this or does anyone know how to copy and icon from and .ico file to a .exe file and set its resource ID using LiveCode Script? I have an on standalonesaved handler that automates much of my post standalone build process, but my app has a number of different document types each

Re: OT: Idiot UX

2018-01-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
We should write a Livecode stack for that! on mouseUp put "This will drive all Hawaiians into a state of cold stark panic. Some may commit suicide. " & \ Others will merely be mentally scarred for life. Are you sure you want to do this??" into mmsg answer warning mmsg with "Oh Shit

Re: Dropbox help

2018-01-17 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Mike, > Am 16.01.2018 um 15:28 schrieb Mike Kerner via use-livecode > : > > Klaus, > The good news is that this is all fairly straightforward. > appKey, appSecret, tokenKey, and tokenSecret are all obsolete and should > not do anything. You need the “Generated

Re: Anyone else got two-monitor issues with LC9 on Mac?

2018-01-17 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Just to add that when you change the arrangement of the two monitors in the System Prefs so as their tops are aligned, it might be worth to reset your LC Prefs as well after that, as it might be the case that some stacks have kept their *old* rect Prefs (i.e. *before* the monitors' arrangement

Re: Anyone else got two-monitor issues with LC9 on Mac?

2018-01-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That is my experience as well, although it takes some getting used to when moving the mouse from one monitor to the other, because the mouse and anything you are dragging doesn't appear where you expect it naturally should. It bugged me so much that I wrote handlers to record the stack

Re: Anyone else got two-monitor issues with LC9 on Mac?

2018-01-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I believe this is a known issue. A workaround is to set the rect of your stack to the screenRect on preOpenStack in the card script of the first card. Bob S > On Jan 14, 2018, at 12:38 , MWCM via use-livecode > wrote: > > I have an issue that isn’t exactly

Re: Identifying empty lines of text

2018-01-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I have a simple function which will return a string with all non-allowed characters stripped from it. function cleanASCII pString, pModeList, pCustomList /* pModeList is a comma delimited list that may contain the following values:

Re: Roadmap: "Automated REST API wrapping"?

2018-01-17 Thread David Bovill via use-livecode
Ah - i've been working on that - so would be good to find out more. Will be doing a hackathon at the end of the month to make it more robust. If there is something planned that we can use instead of build from scratch that would be good. Ours is a docker based open source implementation. On 17

Re: Roadmap: "Automated REST API wrapping"?

2018-01-17 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2018-01-17 04:29, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Mike Kerner wrote: On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 9:40 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: The LC Roadmap at includes under "Planned": Automated REST API wrapping Sounds enticing. What is it? And is

Re: Roadmap: "Automated REST API wrapping"?

2018-01-17 Thread AndyP via use-livecode
I believe from my take on the discussion at the LCG, that the api wrapping will be for specific common and widely used api's., so automatic wrapping my be little misleading . - Andy Piddock My software never has bugs. It just develops random features. TinyIDE a Free alternative

Re: Activation problem

2018-01-17 Thread Heather Laine via use-livecode
I'm pleased to say the activation issue is now fixed, you should be able to correctly activate LiveCode again both on and offline. Best Regards, Heather Heather Laine Customer Services Manager LiveCode Ltd www.livecode.com > On 17 Jan 2018, at 09:58, Heather Laine via use-livecode >

Re: Activation problem

2018-01-17 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Ok that worked thanks. Still I think you should have a copy of the server on a digital ocean drop that's ready to be activated with a switch of ip addresses - just a thought Lagi On 17 January 2018 at 09:58, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Lagi,

Re: Activation problem

2018-01-17 Thread Heather Laine via use-livecode
We are currently having some server issues affecting login. We are working to fix this asap. In the meantime, to launch LiveCode disconnect from the internet, then launch. LiveCode will switch to offline working and it will no longer be affected by the issue. You can reconnect to the internet

Re: Activation problem

2018-01-17 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Hi Lagi, We are working on that. As a workaround, turn off Internet access, launch LC, and then turn Internet access on again. Best, Panos -- On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:53 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > HI All > > Just tried to start work (using

Activation problem

2018-01-17 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI All Just tried to start work (using 6.7.11) and I got an activation box come up saying the sessiion has lapsed. Tried it also on my MAC just in case ... no go. So I went to my LC9 DP 11 and again "The session has lapsed - try again". and it wouldn't automatically activate. So I go to the

Re: OT: Idiot UX

2018-01-17 Thread Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode
Bad design? NO design! > On Jan 16, 2018, at 4:23 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > https://boingboing.net/2018/01/16/bad-design-this-is-the-menu-w.html > > From the comments: > > * Acronym stew > * Not alphabetized > * No clear separation between