Re: Excel Lib 1.4

2022-03-18 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Me: > Or try the original Meaning SpreadLib, the original LC spreadsheet import addon! My own Addon Store is finally back online this year, after going down when eSellerate died. Now with SendOwl. (And a few days ago, I got SpreadLib back up for sale.) It's linked below. Best wishes,

Re: ArrayEncode/Decode broken??

2022-03-18 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I made the same mistake a while ago, until I remembered that the encoded array is binary. You have to write and read it to/from a binary file. If you just use "open file" you get text only. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 222, Issue 27

2022-03-18 Thread Alan Stenhouse via use-livecode
Yes, you should textencode() to UTF when storing and textdecode() when reading - at least doing that on mobile worked for me. cheers Alan > On 19 Mar 2022, at 8:01 am, Paul Dupuis via > use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > > On 3/18/2022 12:18 PM, Dan Friedman via use-livecode

Re: Excel Lib 1.4

2022-03-18 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I looked into my emails and found I had actually paid for a full license some time ago. There were instructions on how to get to the downloads page (which you cannot find by simply going to his website and clicking a link). I was able to get v1.5 and THAT is working in Windows now. I have no

ArrayEncode/Decode broken??

2022-03-18 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. I'm running 9.6.7 rc2. I have this code in a closeStackRequest handler: put the settings of me into tSettingsA put field "fldEAFilePath" into tSettingsA ["eafilepath"] put field "fldInvFilePath" into tSettingsA ["invfilepath"] put field "fldOutFilePath" into tSettingsA

Re: Emojis in Text

2022-03-18 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Dan: > I save that text somewhere like a database. When I load it back > (into a LC field for display), it appears as a question mark. What up? Paul: > make sure they are not being lost in the upload to the database - > the database encoding needs to support some Unicode encoding like UFT8 I

Re: Excel Lib 1.4

2022-03-18 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
(Cough, cough) Or try the original Best wishes, Curry Kenworthy SpreadLib: Excel files to LC fields in 1 script line! "Excel-lent spreadsheet import and export for LiveCode" http://livecodeaddons.com/spreadlib.html Innovative Christian LiveCode Training and Consulting "Better Methods,

Re: How to access scripts on a modal card that is stuck / not visible?

2022-03-18 Thread Keith Clarke via use-livecode
Thanks all for the hints and tips. I was able to access the guilty scripts from the message bar using edit script of Thanks Jaque! As this is just for a personal utility, I’ve made the Browser widget (which is only used for login) act as a rough and ready ‘modal dialogue’... - Browser widget

Re: Excel Lib 1.4

2022-03-18 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
zryip.thes...@gmail.com > Am 18.03.2022 um 23:04 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > : > > Does anyone have zryip's email? For whatever reason it's not in my address > book, and his web page for submitting issues did not cc me when I submitted a >

Re: Excel Lib 1.4

2022-03-18 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Does anyone have zryip's email? For whatever reason it's not in my address book, and his web page for submitting issues did not cc me when I submitted a request, so I do not think that is working. Bob S > On Mar 17, 2022, at 09:47 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > I have v1.4,

Re: Excel Lib 1.4

2022-03-18 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Looks like Excel_Lib is a paid product to the tune of $99/year. For my purposes, that is more than I want to spend simply for the convenience of scraping some data out of an exported Crystal Reports file. Windows is trying to decompress what looks like a compressed vbscript, but Livecode for

Re: Solution for how to allow LC 9.6.6 and up standalones to control other apps in macOS - was:Excel_Lib on Mac

2022-03-18 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
I think those problems are with newer macOS versions that come with those new privacy settings. > Am 18.03.2022 um 22:30 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > : > > Of course, I am running MacOS 10.7.2. YMMV > > Bob S > > >> On Mar 18, 2022, at 14:28 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >>

Re: Solution for how to allow LC 9.6.6 and up standalones to control other apps in macOS - was:Excel_Lib on Mac

2022-03-18 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Of course, I am running MacOS 10.7.2. YMMV Bob S > On Mar 18, 2022, at 14:28 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > I might beg to differ. I created an app with 9.6.7 rc2 after giving it > permissions to control Excel for Mac. After building the standalone, it has > no problems

Re: Solution for how to allow LC 9.6.6 and up standalones to control other apps in macOS - was:Excel_Lib on Mac

2022-03-18 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I might beg to differ. I created an app with 9.6.7 rc2 after giving it permissions to control Excel for Mac. After building the standalone, it has no problems sending Apple Events to Excel for Mac. I will double check later. Bob S > On Mar 18, 2022, at 12:17 , matthias rebbe via

Re: Solution for how to allow LC 9.6.6 and up standalones to control other apps in macOS - was:Excel_Lib on Mac

2022-03-18 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
Please let me correct, i did not submit that report, i just commented to it. Tim Bobo submitted it. > Am 18.03.2022 um 21:48 schrieb Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > : > > > Thank you for submitting that report, Matthias. > > Those of us who do consulting understand that there's been a

Re: Text overwriting itself in non wrapping field

2022-03-18 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
David V Glasgow wrote: > Fixed line height didn’t fix the problem but thanks for the > suggestion. > > However, looking more closely there are 3 visible characters where cr > should be. They are â9u except 9u is constant and the first > character is almost always there, but varies wildly.

Re: Solution for how to allow LC 9.6.6 and up standalones to control other apps in macOS - was:Excel_Lib on Mac

2022-03-18 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Thank you for submitting that report, Matthias. Those of us who do consulting understand that there's been a huge transition over the last several years away from custom development of complete systems to integrating between existing systems. On macOS, AppleScript plays a key role in

Re: Solution for how to allow LC 9.6.6 and up standalones to control other apps in macOS - was:Excel_Lib on Mac

2022-03-18 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
Ups, forgot to add the link to the bug report https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23576 > Am 18.03.2022 um 20:17 schrieb matthias rebbe via use-livecode > : > > First of all there is a bug report already. Unfortunately LC stuff is not > able to reproduce the problem. > But there a

Solution for how to allow LC 9.6.6 and up standalones to control other apps in macOS - was:Excel_Lib on Mac

2022-03-18 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
First of all there is a bug report already. Unfortunately LC stuff is not able to reproduce the problem. But there a some users who reported that it is not possible in LC 9.6.6 and up to control an other app from within a LC script using Apple script if the app was not already listed under

Re: Text overwriting itself in non wrapping field

2022-03-18 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 3/18/22 6:02 AM, David V Glasgow via use-livecode wrote: However, looking more closely there are 3 visible characters where cr should be. They are â9u except 9u is constant and the first character is almost always there, but varies wildly. Often an underscore but also accented a, e or

html5 - javascriptHandlers

2022-03-18 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
With the Browser widget javascript can send messages to the parent app, triggering some Livecodescript in the parent. Is there an equivalent in a html5 deployment? It seems that in html5 deployment Livecodescript can call to the Javascript of the parent browser by "do somestuff() as Javascript".

Re: How to access scripts on a modal card that is stuck / not visible?

2022-03-18 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Modes are only for stacks and can't be used for individual cards. It sounds like the whole stack is going modal. There are several ways to edit a script for a control. 1. Click the script lines in the project browser, or right click the control in the app browser and choose "edit script". 2.

Re: Compiler Funding Options Update

2022-03-18 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Awesome, thanks!!! On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 12:46 PM Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Me,too. About 8 hrs ago. > > Von meinem iPhone gesendet > > > Am 18.03.2022 um 17:44 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > > >

Re: Compiler Funding Options Update

2022-03-18 Thread Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
Me,too. About 8 hrs ago. Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 18.03.2022 um 17:44 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode > : > > Hi Tom, > >> Am 18.03.2022 um 17:39 schrieb Tom Glod via use-livecode >> : >> >> Tony B on the FB group said that the funding goal was reached, I don't know >> how

Re: Compiler Funding Options Update

2022-03-18 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Tom, > Am 18.03.2022 um 17:39 schrieb Tom Glod via use-livecode > : > > Tony B on the FB group said that the funding goal was reached, I don't know > how he knows that, but I doubt he is just making it up. > Does anyone know where we can confirm the status? yes, I received a mail from

Re: Compiler Funding Options Update

2022-03-18 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Tony B on the FB group said that the funding goal was reached, I don't know how he knows that, but I doubt he is just making it up. Does anyone know where we can confirm the status? On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 9:26 PM J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Anyone

Re: Emojis in Text

2022-03-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/18/2022 12:18 PM, Dan Friedman via use-livecode wrote: I can't be the first to bring this up, so sorry if this has been asked already... Is there a current solution for Emojis in text? On a mobile device, in a native field, a user enters a emoji (no method to stop them that I can find).

Emojis in Text

2022-03-18 Thread Dan Friedman via use-livecode
I can't be the first to bring this up, so sorry if this has been asked already... Is there a current solution for Emojis in text? On a mobile device, in a native field, a user enters a emoji (no method to stop them that I can find). I save that text somewhere like a database. When I load it

Re: How to access scripts on a modal card that is stuck / not visible?

2022-03-18 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I wasn't aware a card could be made modal as opposed to a stack. I have a separate substack for logging in, so I go stack "Login" as modal. That works for me. Bob S > On Mar 18, 2022, at 03:28 , Keith Clarke via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi folks, > Experimenting with OAuth, I built a

Re: How to access scripts on a modal card that is stuck / not visible?

2022-03-18 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hey Keith, I could probably help you with the first part, but I'd have to take a look myself at the file. Are you able to share it with me? Feel free to email. On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 6:29 AM Keith Clarke via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > Experimenting with

Re: 10.0.0-dp-2 html5 and liburlLastRHHeaders()

2022-03-18 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
Hi Mark It turns out it is an anomaly due to CORS. There were so many steps involved in trying to isolate what was going on (juggling different deployments, different servers). Eventually I got there. https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23633 I wonder if there are a whole host of CORS

Re: debugging javascript in html5

2022-03-18 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2022-03-18 10:44, Bernard Devlin via use-livecode wrote: Considering the html5 enhancements might well be the biggest thing in LC 10, I can foresee a whole world of pain when it comes to us debugging Javascript interactions. Yes - this is somewhat painful at present - and we do hope to

Re: debugging javascript in html5

2022-03-18 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2022-03-18 11:19, Bernard Devlin via use-livecode wrote: Here's a peculiarity I haven't seen mentioned before. I am trying to test the viability of the idea of a function to call back to LC and provide debugging info. Assume you create a LC function lclog(pmsg,pval) and you put a

Re: 10.0.0-dp-2 html5 and liburlLastRHHeaders()

2022-03-18 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2022-03-17 13:07, Bernard Devlin via use-livecode wrote: So there is something else going on between LC's libUrlLastRHHeaders() and LC's interaction with the JS XMLHttpRequest(). This something is stripping out most of the headers. As I said, LC is not stripping anything - we are

Re: debugging javascript in html5

2022-03-18 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
Here's a peculiarity I haven't seen mentioned before. I am trying to test the viability of the idea of a function to call back to LC and provide debugging info. Assume you create a LC function lclog(pmsg,pval) and you put a breakpoint in the IDE inside that function body. Set the htmltext of a

Re: Text overwriting itself in non wrapping field

2022-03-18 Thread David V Glasgow via use-livecode
Fixed line height didn’t fix the problem but thanks for the suggestion. However, looking more closely there are 3 visible characters where cr should be. They are â9u except 9u is constant and the first character is almost always there, but varies wildly. Often an underscore but also

debugging javascript in html5

2022-03-18 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
Considering the html5 enhancements might well be the biggest thing in LC 10, I can foresee a whole world of pain when it comes to us debugging Javascript interactions. Without access to all the development tools that come in modern browsers how is any interaction of any complexity between LC and

How to access scripts on a modal card that is stuck / not visible?

2022-03-18 Thread Keith Clarke via use-livecode
Hi folks, Experimenting with OAuth, I built a “Login” card containing a Browser widget that allows me to access OAuth to log onto an online service. Once authorised, the script on the Browser Widget finished with 'go card “Home”’ where I’m building out some utilities to work with the web