OT Re: repeat with times

What if Yoda you are? > On 23 May 2019, at 7:57 am, Richmond via use-livecode > wrote: > > If I write: The dog me bit. > > It is wrong: it is not a bug, nor a regression. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Woo License Keys Manager

Does anyone use the above for managing keys on their LC apps? If so, are you happy with it? Conversely, anyone recommend any other solutions, whether just license management, or complete ecommece? Cheers, David Glasgow ___ use-livecode mailing

Re: Displaying or identifying emoji

; > On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 4:34 PM David V Glasgow via use-livecode > mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: > > > > On 23 Jan 2019, at 2:15 pm, Stephen MacLean via use-livecode > > mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> > > wrote: >

Re: Displaying or identifying emoji

> On 23 Jan 2019, at 2:15 pm, Stephen MacLean via use-livecode > wrote: > > You say you are importing them? From where? A text file or DB? Basically, Stephen, I take what I am given. Could be plain text, Word, HTML , even spreadsheetn- and often I don’t know any intermediate steps

Displaying or identifying emoji

Hello folks, I am working on imported text messages from various sources, and which have been through various (unknown) processes/displays before I get them. Some retain emoji intact, but others render them as an odd series of characters (presumably having been substituted when stored in a

LC Wildcard filter citation source?

Hello folks, I am writing an academic paper on an analysis of internet predator messages undertaken using an LC app. A few of the filtered terms I used incorporated wildcards (I avoided regular expressions). I need to reference a published source for the implementation of wildcards within

Re: Numbering lines

Thanks to everyone who helped me on this. Apologies if I misdirected the discussion, but even that was very instructive. My mouth hung open when I saw the cost of updating the progress bar every time through a loop. I guess I have become sloppy about time saving because most operations seem

Re: Numbering lines

Thanks for this, although I’m not sure I understand. In fact I am sure I don’t.I know how amazingly fast the array method is, I use it elsewhere in the same stack, and it is great. I also don’t understand the distinction between line numbering and indexing. If I was guessing, I would go

Re: Numbering lines

Thanks Geoff, I did play with Split, but one of the reasons for numbering is to make any identical lines unique. With split, for any that are not, all but one is deleted. So definitely not the result I wanted. I’ll sacrifice the progress bar and see where that leaves me. Thanks folks. > On

Re: Numbering lines

add 1 to tCount > set the thumbpos of scrollbar “filterprog” to tCount > end repeat > delete line -1 of tBuffer > put tBuffer into pText //If you want to update the initial variable with the > numbered lines > put tBuffer into field “numberedtext" > > - Mark Hsu > &g

Numbering lines

Hello folks I am doing a content analysis of online chat and messaging. Sometimes very large files, thousands or even hundreds of thousands of messages. I am finding filter and find to be delightfully fast. However…. Sometimes I want to prefix each line with the line number, and do this:

Re: Searching for a word when it's more than one word

My family was stranded for a while during a transfer at Frankfurt airport, while a computer system refused to accept that ‘Glasgow’ was not a destination. ( At least, in that instance) Having said that, the same error is much more commonly made by taxi drivers, who can’t avoid showing great

Re: am I regexing by mistake?

le > character match to anything. > > Thanks, > Brian > On Aug 31, 2018, 9:12 AM -0500, David V Glasgow via use-livecode > , wrote: >> Hello, folks. >> >> I am undertaking keyword searches of chat logs. The keywords are stored as >> themed lists in field

Re: am I regexing by mistake?

uestion mark in brackets “[?]” when using wildcard filters if > you want to match a literal question mark. Otherwise it signifies a single > character match to anything. > > Thanks, > Brian > On Aug 31, 2018, 9:12 AM -0500, David V Glasgow via use-livecode > , wrote: >>

am I regexing by mistake?

Hello, folks. I am undertaking keyword searches of chat logs. The keywords are stored as themed lists in fields. One of the things I am interested in is finding lines where one contributor asks another about where they live, shop, go to school etc etc. So, (among other phrases) I filter for

Re: Memory related crash??

In the great tradition of answering your own question. I just tried the identical process in LC7 Loading the text file takes memory up to a similar size as in LC 8.1.10, but the script runs successfully and even repeats for multiple collections of keywords without memory pressure rising at

Memory related crash??

but is it me? Mac OS 10.12.6, LC 8.1.10 I have a 4 card stack which when loaded takes the LC memory to 66MB I then load a 25MB plain text file into a scrolling field (which takes maybe 20 seconds and shows LC as 'not responding’ in Activity Monitor). This take memory to 282MB I then perform

Re: HTML to text in field

D’OH! > On 9 Aug 2018, at 2:23 pm, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > > "replacetext ()" is a FUNCTION and not a handler! :-) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: HTML to text in field

Thanks Richmond, I will mess about with your suggestions. It's always much appreciated when someone takes the time to suggest a complete handler. But …. I want more! Can you see anything wrong with this? replaceText (ttemp, "<*>", "|") or have a clue about the error message? “button

HTML to text in field

Hello folks, I am having an interesting time (MacOS 10.13.5 LC 8.1.9) trying to load some HTML files (≤ 5 ish MB). Most of them will be lists or tables, generated by various users on various systems. I don’t want to retain any of the formatting, except line endings, so I would be happy for

Re: Newbie Regex confusion

ost work without >> issue when putting them into LCS. >> >> You can also take a look, if you haven’t already, at an example that I made >> using LCS and LCB, rsIsValid: >> https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?t=26653 >> >> HTH! >> >> Steve

Newbie Regex confusion

I am just dipping my toes in the shallows of regex, and have already stubbed my toe on a rock. Well two, actually. I am looking to identify the lines of a field (that contain lots of words and symbols with no particular structure or separator ) finding age related terms, which can be in a

Re: Tessellated hexagonal grid?

Most excellent! > On 30 Jun 2018, at 1:26 am, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > A simple hexagonal grid creating stack: > http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?p=168657#p168657 > > You choose the number of rows and columns and, for "scaling", > the horizontal radius and vertical radius of

Re: Tessellated hexagonal grid?

Not sure whether you really want to know or not ;-) Richmond puts his finger on it really. Most of the properties of a graphic polygon don’t relate to geometric features of the polygon itself - except when it is a rect. So, as Richard says, tiling them or otherwise changing properties of

Re: Tessellated hexagonal grid?

Thanks for all the responses regarding hexes. I had already worked through the ‘redblobgames’ resources, and it was the prospect of trying to implement a hex system in Livecode which was the gotcha. The frustrating thing is that the polygon object displays a nice scaleable hex - and yet it

Tessellated hexagonal grid?

Quite a few old school (and a few newer) games use a tessellated hexagonal grid. Remember Railway Rivals, anyone? I just started to play around with the idea of a grid using Livecode polygons. Specifically, a map that can grow organically by sprouting hexes at the edges. I was surprised

Re: Was: URGENT: MergGoogle no longer works on iOS: CLIENTS VERY UNHAPPY

> On 25 May 2018, at 5:07 pm, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode > wrote: > > This, too, is overwhelming. A little disturbing too as it was embarked on > by people who know very little about me or the facts behind the situation. Morning, Sean. There is another way of looking at this. Many

Re: Emergency Help?

Me too… David Glasgow > On 3 May 2018, at 12:22 pm, Peter Reid via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi > > What's the news about Sean, has anyone made contact with him and has he > accepted the help? I'm asking as I'm about to make a donation and I'd like > to be

Re: Blurring field contents

Thanks for all the suggestions, but blur works really well. I just take a snapshot of the field, blur the resultant image, overlay it on the confidential field, snapshot the entire card to clipboard and then delete the blurred image. I had to manually include it in the standalone, though,

Re: Blurring field contents

> On 29 Mar 2018, at 5:44 pm, Paul Hibbert via use-livecode > wrote: > > That tutorial is a bit outdated now that there is a “blur” command, > introduced in LC 8.0, it’s quicker and easier to use. > > Paul > Ah! Thank you, Paul. That’s good to know. I am a

Blurring field contents

I want to give users options for capturing anonymised cards, and wondered about blurring text - maybe by overlaying a graphic of the text and blurring that? There is an LC tutorial about blurring images , but it seems

Inferring absence of physical keyboard in Win 10 'convertible' device

I apologise in advance for the ugliness of my attempt at a solution to the above. Just a brief gratuitous update on strangeness associated with Inferring absence of physical keyboard in Win 10. The Win 10 tablet itself knows the keyboard has been detached, because the cursor disappears

Re: What LC or OS incantation do I use to involve the onscreen keyboard on a Win 10 tablet?

gow > On 19 Mar 2018, at 12:33 pm, Richmond via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I thought my buying USB Microscopes in LIDL was an all-time low . . . > > Mind you, a friend of mine bought a kilt there. > > > On 19.03.2018 13:27, Da

What LC or OS incantation do I use to involve the onscreen keyboard on a Win 10 tablet?

Colleagues in Livecode, I just purchased a Win 10 ‘convertible’ tablet from Lidl solely for quick Win testing LC. The upside is that it is astonishing value for money (£169). The downside is that the on screen keyboard isn’t

OT: Develop yourself?

I’ve just examined the premium pack of LiveCode goodies for me (and you) to enjoy. Am I the only one unsettled by the feeling that “Develop yourself” on merchandise sounds like it might involve steroids, exercise, or a vacuum pump? Best Wishes, David Glasgow

Re: Object layers

> . I continue to be amazed and thankful for the warm spirit of helpfulness and > friendliness in this community, freely given. > Me too. Nicely put. David Glasgow ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: Copying text in boxes to clipboard

Hello Charles, I very often have to manipulate psychological test and subtest scores in LC that have to be exported in different formats. It is difficult to be sure I understand what you are trying to do, but I will say that I find the following the approach is one that suits me: • I store

Re: Finding on online shop window for apps (was Re: Awful quiet around here )

Seems like someone ?Scott Rossi worked this one out http://www.discamus.com/nunc/how/ but it still involves a merchant site. I don’t understand why that should be necessary. Best wishes, David G > On 16 Nov 2017, at 9:25 am, David V Glasgow

Re: Finding on online shop window for apps (was Re: Awful quiet around here )

Thanks to all on and off list responses to my questions. I have looked at all comments and suggestions, and have another question. Instead of paying for a merchant site, wouldn’t it be possible to script a desktop app to license itself via say, Paypal? Effectively implementing an in-app

Finding on online shop window for apps (was Re: Awful quiet around here )

I’ll step in to fill the eerie silence! Over the years I have made a few niche apps which might make a few sales. Although I have created apps with user name generated keys, I have never got around to selling online. I just send folks evaluation copies or point them to a Dropbox link, and

Re: JSON import error

From the thrid party perspective, it doesn’t matter whether the OP has an epiphany, or another list contributor solves the problem. All is good interesting and helpful. It’s also nice to see that even the wise ones have the same 'moments of discovery' that the rest of us do. David G > On

Re: How to meet an integer

Only a fraction improper? > On 17 Oct 2017, at 4:16 pm, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > What is your problem, Mike? > >> Mike K. wrote: >> golfclap for hh. bravo. ish. > >> hhwrote: Mike K. wrote: On the first day, God created the heavens and the

OT Toxoplasmosis (was : Send "rawKeyUp")

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00037/full It has been a long standing slow burner in the schizophrenia literature! Best wishes, David Glasgow > On 16 Oct 2017, at 9:35 pm, Bob Sneidar via

Re: 'manual' Copy and paste of multiple objects to new card ungroups grouped objects

Yes, but I knew what he meant! The label “Select grouped controls” is a tad ambiguous. When selected means “Select controls individually (notwithstanding the fact that they are grouped)”. I admit that’s to verbose a label. Conversely, unselected state selects groups rather than grouped

Re: 'manual' Copy and paste of multiple objects to new card ungroups grouped objects

om> wrote: > > David, > > They way I’ve done this is to select the whole group before copying… tuning > on “Select Group” rather than the individual controls. That has worked fine… > scripts are kept. > > randy > >> On Oct 13, 2017, at 5:33 AM, David

'manual' Copy and paste of multiple objects to new card ungroups grouped objects

Morning folks, I am on Mac OS 10.12 and using LC 7.1.4 I have been using the IDE menu to copy large numbers of controls from one card to another card (which is a substack of a different main stack). It all looks good, but after doing this for some time, I discovered that all groups are

OT Re: synonyms

My ancient Quaker father-in-law (now deceased) never gave them up. His first utterance to me was “What has thou done with Liss?” - a question I was none to keen on answering (‘Liss'= his daughter) His language took a little getting used to, but after a while I barely noticed, except to enjoy

Re: WannaCry [OT]

> On 13 May 2017, at 6:05 pm, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > wrote: > > What I do not understand is how organisations like the British State Health > System (NHS) cane be so bl**dy stupid to > rely on Windows, without (obviously) all sorts of safeguards.

Re: Android & LC advice

Thanks, Richard. Really helpful. David Glasgow > > In that case I would be inclined to strongly recommend Android for two > reasons: > > - Hardware variety: OMG! the range of devices is vast, so the only > difficulty in picking one with an optimal balance between price and > performance

Re: Android & LC advice

Good point Richard, I should have said. Nothing I would expect to be particularly demanding. Mostly shunting text about on screen, timing and recording responses, and very modest data exchange < = 1000 characters. > On 30 Apr 2017, at 2:49 pm, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode >

Android & LC advice

Morning, folks. I have had very preliminary discussions with a team who want to roll out a series of apps onto a fairly small number of phablet-esque devices which will be given out to clients to use. Because of the cost issue, I am assuming that Android will be the most appropriate

Livecode cross platform delight

I have been so busy recently developing an app (on Mac), I completely failed to keep up testing Windows version, probably going back 20 or so builds. I had scripted several platform dependent variants, but never tested the features. Stupid. Suddenly I find myself faced with very soon running

Re: How do you find beta testers?

Jonathan, I invite feedback from 10 volunteers who are members of likely user mailing lists. I never use the term Beta testing or release candidate, just say hey I made this and I want feedback from professionals experienced in ‘whatever’. I say that anyone who gives me feedback, however

Re: mergMicrophone - audio format suitable for Windows playback?

I often create video from Keynote for credit/idents etc, which works very well. Not sure how it would handle sound though. If it did retain sound you could just import the PPT template into Keynote (might need a bit of tweaking) then you could skip the Windows bit completely. Cheers, David

Re: "ouch: the beginning of the end"

Mark, This post is hereby awarded the ‘exposition clarity badge’. You should sew it onto your sleeve (with all the others), and wear with pride. I never felt I understood the problem, let alone possible solutions, and now I think I do both. A really interesting read, thank you. Cheers,

Re: Dragging widgets

> On 1 Mar 2017, at 12:08 am, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > As to that, everything you do on a computer, INCLUDING typing code, is an > illusion. A DOS prompt is an illusion in it's own right. So is a light bulb > on a panel that was turned on by

Re: Null symbol cross platform

Thanks for that reminder. I had forgotten about mactoISO(). Field population isn’t from a custom property, but I have had oddities in another project which are probably exactly that. At least I can fix that! Cheers, David G > On 23 Feb 2017, at 12:31 am, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode

Re: Null symbol cross platform

ile ASCII 00 may result in a null set character being inserted in some > Windowsy code, it may not > be displayed as the "happy" slashed zero. > > Richmond. > > > > > On 2/22/17 3:15 pm, David V Glasgow via use-livecode wrote: >> Hello, folks. >>

Null symbol cross platform

Hello, folks. I already posted this, but no response. I have a bit more informations and new areas of confusion, so I thought I would try again. I have a group displaying a number of single character fields which can be clicked on to populate other fields. Essentially a pick list. One of

Fwd: playloudness of audioclip ignored on Windows?

This is still driving me nuts. I tried setting the overall playloudness, and displaying that value in a field in the standalone. On Windows it reports 0, but still plays the click at the pre set play loudness level. Has no one else encountered this or similar? > Begin forwarded message: > >

playloudness of audioclip ignored on Windows?

I have a ‘click' audio clip that typically is played once only in any one use of the software, as a sort of 'captured data’ indicator in response to an on screen button. That meant that the slight delay in first playing an audio clip was always noticeable for users. To get around this, I used

Re: Transition to and from Fullscreen

Sorry, should know better. Mac Sierra with LC 7.1.3 Going fullscreen true first hides the entire window, then the backdrop appears, and then the window itself. Just how ugly that is depends what is present in the background. If the backdrop appeared first, things would look better. In fact,

Transition to and from Fullscreen

Has anyone managed to script away the ugly spasm that happens when using the fullscreen command? I have tried all sorts, with either no effect or making matters uglier. Best Wishes, David Glasgow ___ use-livecode

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