Re: httpd library

2021-07-26 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Just hang out at American airports. I'm 65 and they ask ME for ID. :-) Bob S > On Jul 25, 2021, at 14:30 , Andre Garzia via use-livecode > wrote: > > I love when you folks call me a young man :-) I’ve been 41 for a while now > and no one asks for my ID when I buy a beer anymore.

Re: Sending email with TLS (via Outlook) from LC 6.7 based app...

2021-07-16 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
So, yes you can set any windows device to operate as an SMTP relay. Server versions have this capability built in. You enable it in the features section of Server manager. You can then configure the local side to be an open relay not requiring auth or encryption, and configure the public side

Re: Stuck on native database functions

2021-07-13 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Thanks for the confirmation. On the bright side, I am not likely to forget that again. :-) Bob S > On Jul 13, 2021, at 08:12 , R.H. via use-livecode > wrote: > > @Bob Sneidar > > Hello Bob > > The documentation bug was resolved in the latest version: >

Re: How do I get the ID of a database?

2021-07-12 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That's what I ended up doing. I am so used to using sqlYoga, so the standard API took a little getting used to. Bob S > On Jul 9, 2021, at 19:30 , Tom Glod via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hey Bob I don't understand the problem. Why don't you just store the ID > in a persistent place? i

Re: How do I get the ID of a database?

2021-07-09 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Something like put revdb_databaseNamed(":MEMORY:") into tDBID. But thinking about it more, it's kind of irrelevant. Opening a database isn't like loading the information into some variable. The cursor is the actual data that needs to have housekeeping done on it. Bob S > On Jul 9, 2021, at

Re: How do I get the ID of a database?

2021-07-09 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Yeah thanks Rick, I know I can store the database id, I was hoping to simply call a function that could tell me what database name the ID belonged to, but apparently that is not a persistent thing. I stored it in a script local variable in the card that creates the database, then I have a

How do I get the ID of a database?

2021-07-09 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. I am getting more into MEMORY sqLite databases, and perusing the dictionary, I find no way to close a database or find the ID of a currently open database. I know I can store the ID somewhere, but I am finding that after troubleshooting and tracing my code I have a lot of database

MouseDoubleUp in a datagrid

2021-07-09 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. I want to handle mouseDoubleUp in a datagrid WITHOUT triggering SelectionChanged. What is happening now is that selectionChanged gets sent twice before mouseDoubleUp gets sent. Setting a delay in mouseDoubleUp or mouseUp won't work because selectionChanged gets sent BEFORE those

Re: mySQL 8 destroyes umlaute

2021-07-09 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I did something similar. I created a client-server library. The client encrypts using a unique method that only I know, and the server decrypts using the same method. This way you can have secure traffic without HAVING to go through a web server and all the hoopla that involves (for the

Re: Stuck on native database functions

2021-07-09 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
put tValue into tQueryDataA [tColumnCounter] END REPEAT put "insert into" && pDBName && "VALUES" && tColumnList into tInsertSQL TRY revExecuteSQL tDBID, tInsertSQL, "tQueryDataA" put the result into tResu

Re: Stuck on native database functions

2021-07-09 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Okay I found out what I did wrong. The array variable needs to be enclosed in quotes. I remember now some time in the past looking at that and saying, "Why are their quotes around the array variable? That won't work!" So I removed them and subsequently shot myself in the foot. For the record,

Re: Stuck on native database functions

2021-07-06 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
number of special characters that I will have to escape. Not my idea of fun. I was hoping to do a "quickie" implementation but it seems I will have to run this through sqlYoga like everything else I do these days. Bob S > On Jul 6, 2021, at 16:26 , Bob Sneidar via use-livec

Re: Stuck on native database functions

2021-07-06 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Well that won't work. How does it know I want to insert the data in aRecordData? Also I put quotes around the column names but got the same results. Bob S > On Jul 6, 2021, at 16:14 , Devin Asay via use-livecode > wrote: > > revExecuteSQL “aRecordData” > > Not tested, but I’m pretty sure

Stuck on native database functions

2021-07-06 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. I assemble an SQL statement that looks like this: insert into ObjectProperties (recordid,rect,controlname,owner,visible) VALUES (:1,:2,:3,:4,:5) I then execute this statement: revExecuteSQL tDBID, tInsertSQL, aRecordData I get records but with no data in them. I checked

Re: Levure Dataview: hiding rows

2021-07-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Delete the row data?? Bob S > On Jul 1, 2021, at 01:16 , David Bovill via use-livecode > wrote: > > I took a look at the code to try and work out if hiding rows is a thing / > supported - but find only a private handler. > > Trevor what is the recommended technique fir providing views of a

Re: iOS clipboard?

2021-06-29 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
There is a Mac Native Single Line Field. I wonder if that is the iOS field? Bob S > On Jun 29, 2021, at 09:15 , Marty Knapp via use-livecode > wrote: > > Thanks. I don’t see a native iOS field available in the toolbar - I see one > for Mac and Android… but I do see there’s an online lesson

Re: Open a folder on the desktop from a LiveCode app

2021-06-23 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Oooh nice. I have a use for that. Bob S > On Jun 23, 2021, at 11:43 , Eller, Roger via use-livecode > wrote: > > I like to use the full path to the file and use the /SELECT switch. This > opens the folder AND selects the file. > > > on mouseUp > > set the hideConsoleWindows to true >

Re: Double cursor appearing

2021-06-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Usually with VMs, there are special drivers or "tools" you need to install that among other things "sync" the local session cursor position and the VM cursor position. Have they installed those tools for their VM client software? Bob S > On Jun 17, 2021, at 09:55 , Paul Dupuis via

Re: codesigning FAILS with Umlaute

2021-06-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That is what I said! :-) Bob S > On Jun 17, 2021, at 24:02 , Tiemo via use-livecode > wrote: > > So I think you'll have to tweak the app name in the S/B mac options to > remove the umlaut - then the internal exe will be fine; then after you've > built - just rename the app bundle to be the

Re: building standalone FAILS with German Umlaute in app name

2021-06-16 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
If you have code that refers to the stack name literally, what I do is I have a function called homeStack() that returns the name of the mainstack, so you can change it and your code will always work, and will be portable in that regard. Bob S > On Jun 16, 2021, at 08:15 , Bob Sneidar

Re: building standalone FAILS with German Umlaute in app name

2021-06-16 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I think he is saying name the stack without the umlat before building, then rename the resulting app bundle after the build. There should be no consequences for that. Also in the Standalone Settings, you should be able to provide a different name than the mainstack for the resulting app. Bob

Re: building standalone FAILS with German Umlaute in app name

2021-06-15 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
A man went to see hist doctor for a problem with his shoulder. He told the doctor, "When I move my arm like this, my shoulder really hurts!" They doctor replied, "Well, don't do that!" :-) Bob S > On Jun 15, 2021, at 06:19 , Tiemo via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > macOS

Re: Forum?

2021-06-15 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Seems quiet too. :-) Bob S > On Jun 15, 2021, at 01:58 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > wrote: > > Has the Forum gone bottom up? > > Certainly seems quiescent just now. > > Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Levure Dataview drag-reordering

2021-06-11 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That's a good thing, yes? That means your Apple device is not phoning home. Bob S > On Jun 11, 2021, at 08:24 , Stephen Barncard via use-livecode > wrote: > > yeah, Apple still thinks I live in Sevastopol, Ukraine! > -- > Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - > mixstream.org

Re: Message Sent when Closing Stack

2021-06-10 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
other means for quitting the app. Bob S > On Jun 10, 2021, at 14:54 , J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 6/10/21 11:59 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: >> Hi all. >> We have gone around about this before, but I still cannot get this to

Message Sent when Closing Stack

2021-06-10 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. We have gone around about this before, but I still cannot get this to work. I need to know if there is a message sent when a user clicks the close button in a window (on a Mac it's a little red dot in the upper left, on Windows a red square with an X). I tried before closeStack,

Re: Finding out what changes a custom property

2021-06-07 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Oooh never thought of that... so setprops get called before a property gets set? Bob S > On Jun 6, 2021, at 14:10 , Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode > wrote: > > > Paul: > > > Is there an debugger feature or tip or trick anyone has > > that can do the equivalent of set a break point when

Re: Stacks not removed from memory?

2021-05-15 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
This issue is so pervasive that I ended up converting all of my relative references to absolute ones. I wrote two handlers, getParentCard and getParentStack, so when I need absolute references I put getParentCard() into tParentCard and then use of tParentCard after any object I need to

Re: Show Tree widget row contents on hover?

2021-04-23 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Okay I see you are setting the tooltip. set the tooltip of widget "Tree View" to tDataA [1] or whatever the element is. Bob S > On Apr 23, 2021, at 11:13 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Is this what you are looking for? > > on mouseUp > pu

Re: Show Tree widget row contents on hover?

2021-04-23 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Is this what you are looking for? on mouseUp put the arrayData of widget "Tree View" into tDataA put tDataA [1] into tValue1 put tDataA [2] into tValue2 -- etc... end mouseUp I am unsure of what you are trying to do. Are you trying to put the items of a list into a tree view

Re: Failed to get the keychain item

2021-04-23 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That's because Germans use bigger words. :-) Bob S > On Apr 23, 2021, at 04:35 , matthias rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > If you want to, you can call me by phone. It's easier to explain in German. > ;) > > Regards > > Matthias > > Von meinem iPhone gesendet

Re: Bug? Specific binary character throws errors in scripts (even when commented out)

2021-04-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi Roland. I had similar issues with non-printing characters when drag-dropping data from an OCR'd PDF. Apparently in order for Adobe to get the OCR's text to get close to the positioning of the "text" in a scanned image, they have to pull some shenanigans. I used a similar approach to yours,

Re: Typing Text Into a Locked Field -- Win Surface

2021-04-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Duplicate field? Bob S > On Apr 20, 2021, at 19:09 , Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a customer (in China) who is reporting that she is able to type text > into a locked field on a Windows Surface device. > > Context: a LC 9.6.1 runtime application installed

Re: lineOffset wildcard

2021-04-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
IOC I guess I did misunderstand after all. Bob S On Apr 19, 2021, at 12:32 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: On 4/19/21 12:11 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Someone needs to update the dictionary then. wholeMatches Synt

Re: lineOffset wildcard

2021-04-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
use-livecode > wrote: > > On 4/19/21 11:13 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: >> Why even embed the function? >> put "local" & tString & functionName() into tSearchString >> set wholeMatches to true >> put lineOffset(tSearchString) int

Re: lineOffset wildcard

2021-04-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Why even embed the function? put "local" & tString & functionName() into tSearchString set wholeMatches to true put lineOffset(tSearchString) into tLine Or am I misunderstanding the problem (again)? :-) Bob S > On Apr 19, 2021, at 11:04 , J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > On

Re: lineOffset wildcard

2021-04-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I think either matchText, or else wholematches used with some form of xOffset is what you want. Bob S > On Apr 19, 2021, at 09:29 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > I'm sure I'm missing something simple here but... > > I need to use a wildcard in the lineOffset function but I

Re: Android splash and icon

2021-04-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
They can still find you and know everything about you. Unless your tin foil had is in working order. ;-) Bob S > On Apr 16, 2021, at 03:23 , Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > P.S. > Yes, I bought me a used Samsung Galaxy J7, my first cellphone ever, > and I am currently making my

Re: On the dangers of automated refactoring

2021-04-14 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
For my part, I call a function and put the result into a variable. I try not to nest fucntions because I cannot easily tell what the result of each function is, making it harder to troubleshoot, and also to read my own code! For that reason my code is fairly verbose. Bob S > On Apr 14,

Re: Windows 64 bit LC Still slow

2021-04-14 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I think we can eliminate the BITNESS (stupid spell correct) Bob S > On Apr 14, 2021, at 12:54 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > I think we can eliminate the witness as a possible cause ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Windows 64 bit LC Still slow

2021-04-14 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> On Apr 14, 2021, at 12:15 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Just an update to a prior thread (which I cannot seem to find), LC for > Windows 64 bit version is just as slow at accessing databases (and I will > assume saving files) as the 32 bit version. I ha

Windows 64 bit LC Still slow

2021-04-14 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Just an update to a prior thread (which I cannot seem to find), LC for Windows 64 bit version is just as slow at accessing databases (and I will assume saving files) as the 32 bit version. I had previously brain farted and tested with the 32 bit version, but as far as I can tell there is not

Re: Offtopic: Can anybody create a small DLL for me?

2021-04-13 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: How do you tell which is the default adapter? Bob S On Apr 13, 2021, at 8:00 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: On linux it's very easy sudo arp-scan -l w

Re: Offtopic: Can anybody create a small DLL for me?

2021-04-13 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
How do you tell which is the default adapter? Bob S > On Apr 13, 2021, at 8:00 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > On linux it's very easy > > sudo arp-scan -l > > will give you a nice sorted list. > > -- > Mark Wieder > ahsoftw...@gmail.com > >

Re: On the dangers of automated refactoring

2021-04-13 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
How do you find that? Github? Bob S > On Apr 13, 2021, at 08:59 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 4/13/2021 11:52 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: >> We should have a contest: Who has the biggest code base. Mine's pretty big, >> but

Re: On the dangers of automated refactoring

2021-04-13 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
We should have a contest: Who has the biggest code base. Mine's pretty big, but I doubt it's the biggest. :-) Bob S > On Apr 13, 2021, at 03:48 , David Bovill via use-livecode > wrote: > > I’d be interested to understand the nature of the gazillion stack project to > see how it compares to

Re: On the dangers of automated refactoring

2021-04-13 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
It's nothing short of a miracle that the shot didn't go INTO your foot. :-) Bob S > On Apr 13, 2021, at 03:05 , Andre Garzia via use-livecode > wrote: > > Let me tell you folks a recent story in which I tried to do exactly that and > shot myself on the foot.

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.2 RC-4

2021-04-13 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi Mark. I downloaded LC 9.6.2 for Windows and installed it on a Server 2012 VM. It installed in the Program Files (x86) folder. I was under the impression that only happens when the app is a 32 bit app. Are you implying the standalones are 64 bit but the LC app is 32? If that were the

Re: Offtopic: Can anybody create a small DLL for me?

2021-04-13 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
On Windows it's pretty easy. On MacOS it's a little trickier. Here's a function I wrote to get the default connection, which contains methods for getting the network adapters for Windows and MacOS. Enjoy: FUNCTION getDefaultNetwork pMode -- leave pMode empty for just IP and MAC info. Pass

Re: Intermittent typing delay in script editor.

2021-04-13 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Long scripts seems to be the recipe, at least for me. Bob S > On Apr 13, 2021, at 03:11 , Andre Garzia via use-livecode > wrote: > > I see it on my two windows machine but never on the mac…. It is intermittent > and I’m yet to find a recipe, but it is real. > >> On 8 Apr 2021, at 18:17,

Re: Find Replace in Script Editor with cr

2021-04-10 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
+1 Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 10, 2021, at 14:43, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode > wrote: > >  > Charles: > > > Please do not ban anyone. > > Somehow that struck me as a pure and beautiful sentiment! > Short and simple. It grew on me during the list silence today. > > We can be

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.2 RC-4

2021-04-09 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
f I'm wrong > > Op 8-4-2021 om 17:00 schreef Bob Sneidar via use-livecode: >> To be fail, I do not think the problem is Livecode, I think it’s Windows, >> and I am not sure there is much LC can do to get around whatever it is >> causing these issues. It could be that LC is

Re: Find Replace in Script Editor with cr

2021-04-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Thanks Jacqueline. I'll take that into consideration in future posts. Bob S > On Apr 8, 2021, at 08:27 , J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Guys, Sean is bipolar. He's told us so, and it isn't entirely under his > control. On the other hand, it isn't pleasant and it's disruptive.

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.2 RC-4

2021-04-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
To be fail, I do not think the problem is Livecode, I think it’s Windows, and I am not sure there is much LC can do to get around whatever it is causing these issues. It could be that LC is still a 32 bit app (it installs in the 32 bit app folder). Bob S On Apr 8, 2021, at 7:45 AM, Andre

Re: Find Replace in Script Editor with cr

2021-04-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Fine but I am on JB side on this one. I suggest everyone just create a mail rule that sends Sean’s posts to the trash. That is what I have done. Maybe at some point he will finally get that railing against people inevitably accomplishes the exact opposite of his intent, which I think is to get

Re: Find Replace in Script Editor with cr

2021-04-07 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I vote to ban. Bob S > On Apr 7, 2021, at 15:59 , Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode > wrote: > > Thanks Jacque, > > That's all I needed to hear. As long as it is an absolute, definitive, > knowledgeable 'no', I'm 'happy' to hear it. Sort of. I'd of course > prefer it if there were a way, but

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.2 RC-4

2021-04-07 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I just DL LC 9.6.2 RC4 on a Windows VM running Server 2012R2. Saving is much faster, although not quite up to speed with the Mac OS. Querying a database however seems to be quite slow. When running a tick counter on my MacOS I get this: sites: 7 devices: 4 accessories: 6 service: 7 service: 6

Re: Help! I'm stuck

2021-04-07 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
+1 > On Apr 7, 2021, at 11:27 , J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 4/7/21 12:03 PM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: >> The problems introduced were far more numerous than those "fixed." > > A good compromise would be providing a checkbox in standalone settings where > we

Re: Find Replace in Script Editor with cr

2021-04-05 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Probably want to use regex then. Bob S > On Apr 5, 2021, at 08:42 , Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode > wrote: > > No. I mean using the find/replace tool panel of the script editor to insert > line feed characters to create a new line. > > For instance, suppose I have multiple commands on

Re: Behaviors and scripts and a new handler structure...

2021-04-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I have already implemented this with the help of others, for Datagrids. I think it works already for other things. Bob S > On Apr 1, 2021, at 12:51 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > I have increasingly been using behaviors in my applications where it makes > sense to assign a

Re: Star score graphic generator achievable with inks... or...?

2021-04-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Actually I think you would have to set the width of the top group, then set the left of the top group to the left of the bottom group. Simply changing the right will move the group I think. Just going off memory. Bob S On Apr 1, 2021, at 9:59 AM, Bob Sneidar

Re: Star score graphic generator achievable with inks... or...?

2021-04-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I think what I would do is have 2 locked groups of stars overlaying each other. The back one the stars would be gray, and to top one whatever color you want. To register a value simply change the right of the top group to any value you want, to obscure the gray stars underneath. Bob S On Apr

Re: slow responsiveness on windows - what was it like?

2021-03-31 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
If the server at the other end of the gigabit network is a Windows server, that is what LC doesn’t like. It’s the file system that seems to be the issue. Bob S On Mar 31, 2021, at 1:20 AM, Tiemo via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: After checking several ideas,

Re: New(?) Idea for Standalones

2021-03-30 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Shouldn’t we just as a global initiative focus on finding “bad” people, and making them pay dearly for effing up everything in the entire world or holding us hostage? Ah, but that would mean that world powers would have to give up their own e-espionage programs, and you can hold your breath on

Re: Resources folder on mac, and the good old days

2021-03-30 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That is correct. On my Mac, I modify 2 of the data grid behaviors (still waiting on nested data grid behaviors LC) and I have to launch the new LC app first before I do so, otherwise I bork the app. Once I do I can happily modify the behaviors without an issue. Haven’t tried on the lates MacOS

Re: How to get the path to the 'My Livecode' or the plugins folder?

2021-03-30 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Which is what you have to do to add a plugin to Devolution. Someone turned me on to this: eg. I have in the Custom 1 script: on mouseUp -- Your custom code goes here: put revenvironmentuserpluginspath() & "/" into tPluginsPath put tPluginsPath & "Navigator.rev" into tFilePath go

Re: Set and get dgData and dgText delay

2021-03-25 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
DGText will only contain data for the columns you have defined in the Datagrid properties. If your dgData array keys have no matching columns it will still populate the dgData but dgText will return empty. This is why I avoid using dgText at all anymore. I have also noticed that if one of the

Re: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 259

2021-03-24 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I suppose everything networking uses sockets, but these are protocols with standardized ways of establishing the connection and securing it. I was thinking of a custom client server file transfer method, but whether or not it could work for Jacque, I don’t know. Bob S On Mar 24, 2021, at

Re: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 259

2021-03-24 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Or sockets. Bob S On Mar 24, 2021, at 4:22 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: FTP is a great protocol for open-ended traversal of remote file repositories. For just transferring a file, scp or rsync with shared keys is a one-liner via shell(),

Re: Problem with Script Editor in LC 9.6.2 (rc3)

2021-03-24 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Are you sure you do not have a mouseUp handler somewhere in a frontScript? Bob S > On Mar 24, 2021, at 2:58 PM, HENRY LOWE via use-livecode > wrote: > > Thanks Richard. I turned off the line number option and the problem still > occurs. I can reproduce this with any script that extend

Re: Problem with Script Editor in LC 9.6.2 (rc3)

2021-03-24 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Same LC version but not Big Sur. I was able to scroll properly while selecting text. Bob S > On Mar 24, 2021, at 2:05 PM, HENRY LOWE via use-livecode > wrote: > > Since updating to LC 9.6.2 (rc3) on a 2019 iMac running Mac OS Big Sur 11.2.3 > I have been experiencing the following

Re: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 259

2021-03-24 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
The question I always ask myself is, will I ever benefit from this again? Additionally, can anyone else ever benefit from this? Bob S On Mar 23, 2021, at 7:32 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: I read it today too and it was inspiring, which was

Re: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 259

2021-03-23 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I popped for the book. I already operate somewhat on this level but I learned something as a teenager when teaching myself to play guitar: There are always gaps in knowledge when a person learns that way. Bob S On Mar 23, 2021, at 7:57 AM, Andre Garzia via use-livecode

Re: [ANN] New Book: Development Oriented Development

2021-03-23 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I have a system whereby I have a popup menu when right-clicking a data grid. In the menu, I can enter the name of a database table to link the data grid to, and another for afterward dropping a label / field combination as a group onto the card which itself is then linked to a column in that

Re: numberformat question

2021-03-22 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
The ingenuity of people on this list never ceases to amaze me. Bob S > On Mar 22, 2021, at 6:41 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > wrote: > > Check out this thread in the forum: > > https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=25132=130985=longadd#p130985 > >

Re: LC Bug: Copying an Image fails

2021-03-22 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
+1 On Mar 19, 2021, at 9:55 PM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: Bob: > MS Office copy operations are notoriously problematic. > Microsoft maintains their own clipboard format, so that when > switching to another product the clipboard must be

Re: Help! I'm stuck

2021-03-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Do you have a copy of 9.6.0? Try compiling with that. Bob S > On Mar 19, 2021, at 4:03 PM, prothero--- via use-livecode > wrote: > > Folks: > I have a pretty complicated application, with numerous stacks and lib stacks. > I’m trying to build a stand-alone but after making a bunch of

Re: LC Bug: Copying an Image fails

2021-03-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
MS Office copy operations are notoriously problematic. Microsoft maintains their own clipboard format, so that when switching to another product the clipboard must be translated. Other apps may do the same. The translation does not always go to plan. Bob S On Mar 17, 2021, at 12:28 PM, Curry

Re: Printing borked for LC Linux?

2021-03-11 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
As a print device specialist, I can tell you that printing directly from a web browser, be it a PDF or a web page or anything, is problematic. It is ALWAYS better to produce a PDF then print from a real PDF product. Web browsers give you printing as an afterthought. “Oh you want to print too??

Re: Livestreaming some LiveCoding right now

2021-03-11 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Okay “status” has to be a reserved word because it is a built in property of a player object. Why does LC allow you to use it as a handler? Bob S On Mar 11, 2021, at 7:54 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: On 3/11/21 7:41 AM, Martin Koob via

Re: ‘Super Sub’ multidimensional arrays

2021-03-11 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
A well put answer to that egregious question that haunts ALL who are problem solvers: “Which is better?” A person might mean, better for your pocketbook, Long term/short term, better to configure, better performance, better support, better looking, better sounding... Really, this is a

Re: Array Split vs Combine

2021-03-10 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Now THAT is fascinating, considering the Windows performance issues with file access reported in the past. Could it be that combine is somehow caching data to virtual memory? Bob S On Mar 9, 2021, at 1:05 PM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: It's

Re: Multidimensional array issue

2021-03-10 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
What he said. :-) Bob S On Mar 9, 2021, at 10:19 AM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: If (not(tArray[“status”] is an array)) and (tArray[“status”] is not empty) then -- ***tArray[“status”] is not an array and is not empty. As MW said empty is

Re: Multidimensional array issue

2021-03-10 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
If tArray [“status”] is an array or tArray [“status”] is not empty It’s an odd array structure though if a key can contain either. Bob S On Mar 9, 2021, at 10:02 AM, HENRY LOWE via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: Thanks to all for your excellent discussion and

Re: Array Split vs Combine

2021-03-09 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I get 483, 4325, 4280. It actually takes less time for me. Bob S > On Mar 9, 2021, at 9:25 AM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > wrote: > > > On 09/03/2021 16:56, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have a tsv I split out as an array, process, then combine back to a

Re: Multidimensional array issue

2021-03-09 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
The trouble is, if tDataA [“item”] variable does not exist, that is it is not an array, you will still get empty. Bob S On Mar 8, 2021, at 9:16 PM, Phil Davis via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: When I want to determine whether or not an array element contains

Re: Multidimensional array issue

2021-03-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Are you testing for empty, or are you testing if there is a value in an array variable? If there is no key matching your array variable, LC will return an empty string. An empty string is a value. Mark is using a different method, seeing if a key of an array is itself an array. If bobtest

Re: Did I dream this ?

2021-03-05 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Or put it into the mainStack script. Bob S > On Mar 5, 2021, at 10:01 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Or put it in a library and change me to the target. > > Bob S ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists

Re: Did I dream this ?

2021-03-05 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Or put it in a library and change me to the target. Bob S > On Mar 5, 2021, at 09:55 , Jim Lambert via use-livecode > wrote: > > They would be handy properties. But in the meantime try this behavior: > getProp xLoc > > return item 1 of the loc of me > > end xLoc

aes Encryption questions

2021-03-04 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
All the talk about encryption recently got me onto updating my encryption library. I noticed that I can encrypt the same string using the same depth (aes128 for example) and same key, and each time I get a different result. But decryption always works. That blows my mind. Secondly I noticed

Re: tsNet mail message not formatting

2021-03-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Still sketchy on whether or not open file for binary write and put url binfile give the same results. Bob S On Mar 3, 2021, at 3:56 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: Correct. So the current situation requires you to use binfile for Mac/Linux and

Re: sort container parameters

2021-03-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
We used to call that, “polishing poop” which, according to Mythbusters is a thing. No, really. Bob S On Mar 3, 2021, at 2:02 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: Perhaps it is a compliment to Livecode/LCS that I EXPECTED it to work and was SURPRISED

Re: tsNet mail message not formatting

2021-03-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That answers my question. Actually, I have no idea why I don’t ALWAYS use open file for binary. Bob S On Mar 3, 2021, at 2:36 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: On 3/3/21 1:51 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: If you want to be the most

Re: tsNet mail message not formatting

2021-03-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
ainer/variable. - Matthias Rebbe Life Is Too Short For Boring Code Am 03.03.2021 um 22:43 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: OK Now I am interested. I have a little utility that converts a Konica Minolta address book to a Toshiba one. If I

Re: tsNet mail message not formatting

2021-03-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
OK Now I am interested. I have a little utility that converts a Konica Minolta address book to a Toshiba one. If I run the utility on a Mac, the address book will not import into a Toshiba copier, but if I first OPEN the csv file in WINDOWS, then save and close it, suddenly it WILL import. I

Re: sort container parameters

2021-03-02 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
If it is a lot to sort, I am wondering why not use a memory database with the indexes you need to sort by, or a file database if the data needs to be persistent? Bob S On Mar 2, 2021, at 2:52 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: Okay. Thank you

Re: LC Roadmap

2021-02-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I found your approach to publish and subscribe incredibly useful. I have an app that has data grids in multiple sub stacks that each can be open or no. Many of these data grids display data from the same database table but in different sub stacks. For example, I have a devices and an

Re: Livecode IDE question

2021-02-16 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Belay my last post on this thread. I am always plagued with this problem where emails on a simple thread come into my inbox as multiple threads, so I don’t always see the original post right away. Bob S > On Feb 12, 2021, at 1:21 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > wrote: > > I’m having a

Re: team-xapi-in-LiveCode Update

2021-02-16 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I have a custom development menu I remove when creating standalone. In it I have a Center Stack which simply sets the loc of the top stack to the screenLoc. Bob S > On Feb 13, 2021, at 10:00 AM, Brian K. Duck via use-livecode > wrote: > > Erik, > > The YouTube url has been validated and

Re: Another question about multiple stack projects

2021-02-16 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Listing them in the stack files gives LC the ability to find them when you refer to them by name only (as opposed to the full path.) In the case of script only Libraries, you can start using them at any time before you make a call to them. For instance, I have a database setup card that

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