Re: Control of Text Fields.

2021-11-05 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Thank you so much, Alex. This indeed does the trick. And thanks also to Richmond and Klaus for spending time on this. Roger > On Nov 5, 2021, at 2:08 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > wrote: > > > On 05/11/2021 20:18, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: >> Alex, I did not see that and i

Re: Control of Text Fields.

2021-11-05 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Roger, > Am 05.11.2021 um 21:58 schrieb Roger Guay via use-livecode > : > > Is that unicode? If so how do I use it? Never done that before. no, that is the RAWKEY code for that erm. key. :-) Use it in a "rawkeydown/up" handler. > Roger > >> On Nov 5, 2021, at 12:02 PM, Richmond via use-liv

Re: Control of Text Fields.

2021-11-05 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
On 05/11/2021 20:18, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Alex, I did not see that and it is not in my mailbox. Would you please send it again? Thanks, Roger Here it is again, below. Or download the sample stack at https://tweedly.org/downloads/calcbuttons.livecode  - not as pretty as Rich

Re: Control of Text Fields.

2021-11-05 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Is that unicode? If so how do I use it? Never done that before. Roger > On Nov 5, 2021, at 12:02 PM, Richmond via use-livecode > wrote: > > Then, surely you want to implement the FORWARD delete key: 65535 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@l

Re: Control of Text Fields.

2021-11-05 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Alex, I did not see that and it is not in my mailbox. Would you please send it again? Thanks, Roger > On Nov 5, 2021, at 12:49 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Roger. Don't know if you've seen the script I posted around 6 hour ago > ("expanded snippet"). > > It does the cor

Re: Control of Text Fields.

2021-11-05 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
Hi Roger. Don't know if you've seen the script I posted around 6 hour ago ("expanded snippet"). It does the correct forward / backward key movements, and also implements both "backspace" (delete the char to the left of the iBeam) and "delete" (remove the char to the right of the ibeam) as well

Re: Control of Text Fields.

2021-11-05 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
On 5.11.21 20:37, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Very good, Richmond. It’s impressive how quickly you piss around! And, it’s close but no cigar . The arrow keys on the keyboard move the ibeam in a field w/o highlighting any text. And, the Delete key deletes the char in front of the iBeam

Re: MobileScroller become unresponsive after several minutes of inactivity.

2021-11-05 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Scratch all thatI solved the issue, I had not commented out a deletescroller on orientationchanged. :) On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 2:12 PM Tom Glod wrote: > Correctionit also does this after i simply "move" the phone. > I limited the orientation to portrait. and that didn't help to na

Re: M1 Mac Windows 10 ARM in Parallels and LC

2021-11-05 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
and i don't think you can get the win 10 installer for arm any longer. i think it's been discontinued and you can only get 11, now. On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 2:45 PM Mike Kerner wrote: > remind me next week. my MBP just arrived, yesterday, and after 20 hours in > migration assistant, is finally in

Re: M1 Mac Windows 10 ARM in Parallels and LC

2021-11-05 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
remind me next week. my MBP just arrived, yesterday, and after 20 hours in migration assistant, is finally in use. I got a dev edition of win 11 installed in parallels, but i have not tried anything else with it, yet. i also have not figured out how to get the apps to transfer because you can't jus

Re: Control of Text Fields.

2021-11-05 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Very good, Richmond. It’s impressive how quickly you piss around! And, it’s close but no cigar . The arrow keys on the keyboard move the ibeam in a field w/o highlighting any text. And, the Delete key deletes the char in front of the iBeam. I thought this would be easy to duplicate in LC, but ma

Re: MobileScroller become unresponsive after several minutes of inactivity.

2021-11-05 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Correctionit also does this after i simply "move" the phone. I limited the orientation to portrait. and that didn't help to narrow the problem down. And this happens on every MobileScroller I have. Otherwise it works great ...just can't wiggle the phone. Any ideas? On Fri, Nov 5, 202

MobileScroller become unresponsive after several minutes of inactivity.

2021-11-05 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Folks, I've got a text field in a group with a mobile scroller created for a group. I scroll the group instead of the field. It all works well. But after a while the scroller stops being responsive, and does not scroll the group anymore. Other parts of my app like nav buttons still work as expe

Re: Control of Text Fields.

2021-11-05 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Pissed around a bit: https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=36444 Love, Richmond. On 5.11.21 15:59, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: I want them to do exactly the same thing that the keyboard keys do!! IOW, I want to emulate the delete key and the back and forward keys. Roger On

win 11

2021-11-05 Thread R.H. via use-livecode
@ Bob Sneidar Hi Bob, well, I am sorry, but I am not using any Apple systems, so I cannot test on a Mac... I can test on Win-10 and Win-11. I have some old equipment (Win-10) and some newer Win-11. Nobody in serious business still uses Win-8, Win-7, and before. If at all, then people switch to Li

Re: Control of Text Fields.

2021-11-05 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Why do you need to emulate them? Will you NOT have access to a physical keyboard? Here's the script of a stupid button to DELETE one number in a calculator read-out: Richmond. On 5.11.21 15:59, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: I want them to do exactly the same thing that the keyboard k

M1 Mac Windows 10 ARM in Parallels and LC

2021-11-05 Thread Sean Cole via use-livecode
Hi all, Has anyone yet had experience running LC in a Windows 10 ARM edition within Parallels Desktop? This, I feel, would be good knowledge for us all to be aware of. I'm going through the process of working out my next upgrade to the MacBook Pro M1Max. But a contributing factor is: wether this

Re: LC 9.6.5 RC 2 Speed Test

2021-11-05 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Mark: > Is there any chance you can package up the files used to test > along with the stack and submit as an issue to BZ? > That way we can take a look to see what is causing > the significant differences with C and E, in particular? Here it is! I just posted the set of test files (and r

Re: Control of Text Fields.

2021-11-05 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
I am sorry for that misunderstanding: I had a fairly fixed idea of what constituted a calculator in my head, and what you seem to want with your back, forward and delete keys seems more "word-processory". Richmond. On 5.11.21 15:59, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: I want them to do exactly

Re: Control of Text Fields.

2021-11-05 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
I want them to do exactly the same thing that the keyboard keys do!! IOW, I want to emulate the delete key and the back and forward keys. Roger > On Nov 5, 2021, at 12:33 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > wrote: > > Surely the script depends on what you want those buttons to do. > >

Re: Control of Text Fields.

2021-11-05 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
OK, so I was close, but didn't get the cigar. Here's an expanded snippet. The input is in a field called "fInput", the buttons are all in a group, and handled by the group script (saves having many tiny almost identical scripts). The script  uses the name of the target - but since I would nev

Re: LC 9.6.5 RC 2 Speed Test

2021-11-05 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2021-11-05 12:32, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: Absolutely; thanks! I'll do that within the next few days. (Should I use the old speed bug 21561 or a new one?) If you just add it as another example stack to Bug 21561 that would be fine - there's a good chance its multiple actual

Re: LC 9.6.5 RC 2 Speed Test

2021-11-05 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Mark: > Is there any chance you can package up the files used to test > along with the stack and submit as an issue to BZ? > That way we can take a look to see what is causing > the significant differences with C and E, in particular? Absolutely; thanks! I'll do that within the next few days. (

Re: LC 9.6.5 RC 2 Speed Test

2021-11-05 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2021-11-05 11:05, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: My first LC 9.6.5 RC 2 Speed Test - Results on Windows 10, current WordLib Ratings: - LC 9.6.5 RC 2 vs LC 9.6.3: 5 Wins, 0 Losses - LC 9.6.5 RC 2 vs LC 6.7.11: 2 Wins, 3 Losses Conclusion: Good progress; if we follow up on thes

LC 9.6.5 RC 2 Speed Test

2021-11-05 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
My first LC 9.6.5 RC 2 Speed Test - Results on Windows 10, current WordLib - LC 9.6.3: A.docx - 0.073 seconds B.docx - 0.518 seconds C.docx - 0.321 seconds D.docx - 0.314 seconds E.docx - 9.202 seconds - LC 9.6.5 RC 2: A.docx - 0.05 seconds B.docx - 0.484 seconds C.docx - 0.284 seconds D.

Re: Control of Text Fields.

2021-11-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Surely the script depends on what you want those buttons to do. On Fri, 5 Nov 2021 03:41 Roger Guay via use-livecode, < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Thanks, Alex. Sorry I didn’t make myself clear. I’m building a calculator > stack with forward and back arrow buttons and a Delete button