Re: Saving a tab formatted field to a file and retaining its formatting

2019-04-10 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Robert J. Earp wrote: > Many thanks Paul and to Ron Metzker who kindly contacted me off-list > with a comprehensive handler of what he does using revPrintField. > I must admit that the Dictionary still leaves a lot to be desired and > without the valued members of this and other lists LC would no

Re: Panel/Form Widget

2019-04-10 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Dalton Calford wrote: > In other programming languages/environments that I have used, there is > a normally a panel object. > In livecode terms, it would act like a stack that is embedded inside > another stack as a widget. > With Delphi, it is a panel (tabbed; normal or repeating) while in > MSA

Re: Saving a tab formatted field to a file and retaining its formatting

2019-04-10 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Robert J. Earp wrote: > Richard wrote: >> > Would LC's built-in print to PDF support not be an option? > > Richard, many thanks for the thought. If you mean the built-in > “printing to pdf” then yes, but as far as I could see it only prints > cards, not just field content. Is there other pdf su

Re: Re: Upcoming MacOS 14.5 with software “notarization” requirements

2019-04-10 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Paul Dupuis wrote: > Of course this may all be a mute point if you believe the "industry > analysts" that say that 5G networks will kill the market for local > applications whether for iOS, Android, or desktop OSes and finally web > app will be fast enough :-) All networks can get faster, but I'

Re: Saving a tab formatted field to a file and retaining its formatting

2019-04-10 Thread Robert J. Earp via use-livecode
Many thanks Paul and to Ron Metzker who kindly contacted me off-list with a comprehensive handler of what he does using revPrintField. I must admit that the Dictionary still leaves a lot to be desired and without the valued members of this and other lists LC would not be so successful ;-) We

Re: What's the correct tsnetget syntax

2019-04-10 Thread JJS via use-livecode
ok 1. don't just copy paste---> the copy of the website of techstrategies gives an error due to the strange double quote they use “File has been downloaded” instead of  "helpdownloaded" <-- do you see the differnece in the quotes? i hope it stays seeable in this list I just saw it when i wa

Re: Upcoming MacOS 14.5 with software “notarization” requirements

2019-04-10 Thread Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
Matthias Rebbe free tools for Livecoders: https://instamaker.dermattes.de https://winsignhelper.dermattes.de > Am 10.04.2019 um 21:00 schrieb Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: > > > Th

Re: Upcoming MacOS 14.5 with software “notarization” requirements

2019-04-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 4/10/2019 2:05 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I agree it's going to be an extra step. My hope is that once LC figures out how to secure their own IDE they can integrate that into the build process somehow. Maybe there could be an option after the standalone is made to submit it t

What's the correct tsnetget syntax

2019-04-10 Thread JJS via use-livecode
Hi, i used to use : put specialFolderPath("home") & "/help.pdf" into tHier   libURLDownloadToFile "https://awebsite.com/afolder/help.pdf",tHier,"helpdownloaded";    and then this    on helpdownloaded    put specialFolderPath("home") & "/help.pdf" into tFile    if there is a file tFile then

Re: Upcoming MacOS 14.5 with software “notarization” requirements

2019-04-10 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I agree it's going to be an extra step. My hope is that once LC figures out how to secure their own IDE they can integrate that into the build process somehow. Maybe there could be an option after the standalone is made to submit it to Apple for notarization. That would be great. -- Jacqueline

Re: Browser selections

2019-04-10 Thread JJS via use-livecode
You're welcome! You helped me so often on the forum :) Op 10-4-2019 om 19:56 schreef J. Landman Gay via use-livecode: Thanks for the details. It doesn't do what I need but it could come in handy in the future. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://w

Re: Browser selections

2019-04-10 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Thanks for the details. It doesn't do what I need but it could come in handy in the future. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On April 10, 2019 12:46:12 PM JJS via use-livecode wrote: Jacque, what i do is echo only a si

Re: Browser selections

2019-04-10 Thread JJS via use-livecode
Jacque, what i do is echo only a single line as a webpage. The php file is only called by the API, because i send it with the data to the api as a return address. There is no hilited text. Before this php file would contain the URL scheme and reopen the app to continue where it was, but no

Re: Upcoming MacOS 14.5 with software “notarization” requirements

2019-04-10 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
I don't think it's some secret plan either, but I do think it will make things awkward for types like me who wish to distribute demo standalones without any "undue fuss" as I am able to at the moment via sites such as macUpdate and via direct download from DropBox. The problem, and it will alwa

Re: Saving a tab formatted field to a file and retaining its formatting

2019-04-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Look at "revPrintField" in the Dictionary. If I recall, I think this can be used with the open printing to pdf command On 4/10/2019 12:46 PM, Robert J. Earp via use-livecode wrote: Richard, many thanks for the thought. If you mean the built-in “printing to pdf” then yes, but as far as I cou

Re: Re: Saving a tab formatted field to a file and retaining its formatting

2019-04-10 Thread Robert J. Earp via use-livecode
Richard, many thanks for the thought. If you mean the built-in “printing to pdf” then yes, but as far as I could see it only prints cards, not just field content. Is there other pdf support ? So, we’re having to mess around with creating a series of cards with a single field on each with thei

Re: Upcoming MacOS 14.5 with software “notarization” requirements

2019-04-10 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Existing software won't be affected if I understood their documentation right. They also provide information on how to test and debug during development. Really guys, go read the links. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On

Re: Upcoming MacOS 14.5 with software “notarization” requirements

2019-04-10 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
There's no review, it's an automated process that adds a security key to the files. It sounds a lot like the RSA public/private keys I added to my current project to verify that the files hadn't been tampered with. That's definitely a security thing. Gatekeeper will be updated to check that the

Panel/Form Widget

2019-04-10 Thread Dalton Calford via use-livecode
Hi all, In other programming languages/environments that I have used, there is a normally a panel object. In livecode terms, it would act like a stack that is embedded inside another stack as a widget. With Delphi, it is a panel (tabbed; normal or repeating) while in MSAccess it is a form (repeati

Re: Container for Multi-Media Narravites; SMIL Revisited

2019-04-10 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
No it was meant to "inspire" brain storming on list. But I don't think that it will because: People are more involved with "enterprise backend" or "widgets" to content format, but give little thought to high level tools for a team that is developing content "itself" BR  Andre Garzia wrote:

mergZXing Android Barcode scanner library is not working.

2019-04-10 Thread Todd Fabacher via use-livecode
The Android Barcode scanner library is not working. I have a client who is going crazy. I native on iOS, but is there any solution available?? --Todd Fabacher ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe

Re: Upcoming MacOS 14.5 with software “notarization” requirements

2019-04-10 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Paul: > the move to unify OSX apps under sole Apple > distributorship like iOS apps. Oh Joy! Andre: > Heck, what Apple is doing?! Perhaps a very slight adjustment to the old motto: "DON'T think different." Or else. :) Best wishes, Curry Kenworthy Custom Software Development "Better Metho

Re: Upcoming MacOS 14.5 with software “notarization” requirements

2019-04-10 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Presumably this means that when/if one upgrades from macOS 10.14 to 10.15 ALL software currently installed is going to stop working as none of it is notarized. This also will mean that one cannot even test one's own standalones on any machines running macOS one has at home, and is probably goin

Re: Upcoming MacOS 14.5 with software “notarization” requirements

2019-04-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
From the first link to the Apple developer site: "Important Beginning in macOS 10.14.5, all new or updated kernel extensions and all software from developers new to distributing with Developer ID must be notarized in order to run. In a future version of macOS, notarization will be required by

Re: Container for Multi-Media Narravites; SMIL Revisited

2019-04-10 Thread Andre Garzia via use-livecode
Swami, I think this was probably a message that was made for me and not for the list :-) I will get back to you on this soon. om om andre On 09/04/2019 16:47, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: Brainstorm: It a shame that SMIL was abandoned. Well maybe not... but working

Re: Notarizing applications for macOS

2019-04-10 Thread Andre Garzia via use-livecode
On 09/04/2019 16:47, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 4/9/19 4:04 AM, Andre Garzia via use-livecode wrote: Hey friends, This info just passed through my inbox: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_your_app_before_distribution?language=objc https://nicolas.p