mobilePickPhoto

I’m on 6.6.2, building for iOS 7.1 or later and running on an iPhone 4s above. After clicking on a photo when using mobilePickPhoto, the phone takes forever to return to the application. (it’s only 5 to 10 seconds average but that’s too long, don’t you think?) Even if we do nothing with the

Re: mobile focus

Hi Mike, In my limited use of the native field on mobile, I have come across some key features. First, when you create the field, I would recommend creating each one in a separate control, like a desktop field to be used as a place holder. Here's the reason: inputBeginEditing

Re: mobile focus

wrote: iPhoneControlTarget() Gerry On 30 August 2014 13:26, Eric Corbett e...@canelasoftware.com wrote: Hi Mike, In my limited use of the native field on mobile, I have come across some key features. First, when you create the field, I would recommend creating each one

Re: mobile focus

worth it. E On Aug 29, 2014, at 8:46 PM, Gerry wrote: iPhoneControlTarget() Gerry On 30 August 2014 13:26, Eric Corbett e...@canelasoftware.com wrote: Hi Mike, In my limited use of the native field on mobile, I have come across some key features. First, when you create the field

Re: Usng an image to disable a group

Hi Peter, I guess I assumed when you said you were using an image to block controls that the image was of the group. Can you take a snapshot of the group and then use that image as the disabled looking group by blending it and hide the real group? On Sep 20, 2014, at 9:20 AM, Peter Haworth

Re: Export Snapshot

Hi Peter, Try resetting the templateImage before the export. - eric On Oct 28, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: I'm noticing that if I export a snapshot from a group as PNG, the resulting image has a black background, not the background of the group. Small sample

Re: Find the scroll location in wrapped field

I knew you could select the line number, but I did not know starting at the end would provide the best results. This will be helpful, thanks. One method I have used in the past is to put the htmlText of the field into a variable, then put line 1 to (the line to scroll to) into the field (or

Re: ANN:Another app made with LiveCode has been approved by Apple!

Thanks Tom, Glad you had a chance to download the software. Both apps were built using version 6.1.3. The desktop app is actually the master. The iPad app is simply a remote control, telling the eye chart what to draw. Then the eye chart sends the data to the iPad so the remote can display

Re: [OT] baby

Congrats Monte and Rebecca. Best wishes. - eric On Nov 27, 2014, at 12:14, Monte Goulding mo...@sweattechnologies.com wrote: Hi Folks We just had a baby so I won't be able to get to mergExt related questions for a few days. Rebecca(mum) and Sarah(bub) are doing well but Sarah has a

Re: Request for feedback

I too would like to see some added field capabilities. What I want is a textSize of 17, a fixedLineHeight at 52, horizontal lines, and the text centered between the top and bottom lines. Is there a way to do this that I am not finding through extensive research? I don't want a custom control,

Re: Request for feedback

textsize first, then your textHeight and then set the textShift to something like -20 (+ or - a bit) ­ i.e. (set the textShift of char 1 to -1 of fld x to y ­ and you should be almost there. Terry... On 1/12/2014 1:05 pm, Eric Corbett e...@canelasoftware.com wrote: I too would like to see some

Re: Best Strategies for Duplicating Object

Try setting the name, not the short name. I often use templates and copy or clone them. I use template... to create groups usually. - eric On Dec 1, 2014, at 2:57 PM, Brahmanathaswami wrote: I have a little widget I'm creating to help with internal discussion about web site development.

Re: Disabling effective innerShadow

Pete, Try setting the opaque property of the parent group to true. - Eric On Dec 10, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: I have a group that has its innerShadow property set. Within it are two rectangles that do not have their innerShadow property set but I can see an

Re: Disabling effective innerShadow

made the group look weird (sorry, hard to explain). Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com Home of lcStackBrowser http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html and SQLiteAdmin http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Eric Corbett e...@canelasoftware.com wrote

Re: 7.0.1-RC4 crashing regularly

One of my stacks was crashing on save in 7.0.1 (rc 4). I deleted everything I could including script up to the point that it would not crash anymore and will send it to LC. Submitted bug 14239 with a crash log. Trevore also submitted a bug 14227 with a crash log. - eric On Dec 16, 2014, at

Re: 7.0.1-RC4 crashing regularly

My issue caused LC to crash with every cmd-s. A Crash Log opened, the stack was saved, but corrupt, and the original was backed up using [file name].livecode~ - e On Dec 16, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Dr. Hawkins doch...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Dr. Hawkins doch...@gmail.com

Re: Vertically aligning text in a field

This is great! Just change text to formattedText for this line: put the number of lines of the text of myFld into tNoOfLines See below - Eric On Dec 19, 2014, at 9:32 AM, BNig bernd.niggem...@uni-wh.de wrote: here is a definitive (as opposed to infinitive) calculation that correctly sets

Sockets

Hello all, I’m using LiveCode 7.0.1. I have a port open and when I get the openSockets list, the port has an extra character on the end like an ‘å’ or a double quote. I check to see if the port is in the openSocket list so I don’t try to accept connections again, but if I have wholeMatches

Re: Sockets

127.0.0.1:80 list - put the openSockets into Field Report It worked as expected. Regards Peter On 23 Dec 2014, at 09:04, Eric Corbett e...@canelasoftware.com wrote: Hello all, I’m using LiveCode 7.0.1. I have a port open and when I get the openSockets list, the port has

Re: Sockets

to 127.0.0.1:80 close - close socket 127.0.0.1:80 list - put the openSockets into Field Report It worked as expected. Regards Peter On 23 Dec 2014, at 09:04, Eric Corbett e...@canelasoftware.com wrote: Hello all, I’m using LiveCode 7.0.1. I have a port open and when I

Re: Sockets

Bug reported: 14287 - e On Dec 22, 2014, at 10:32 PM, Peter W A Wood peterwaw...@gmail.com wrote: When opening when starting a socket, I see the problem. This is the port number that was displayed 12345ر” Regards Peter On 23 Dec 2014, at 11:54, Eric Corbett e...@canelasoftware.com

lcext for iOS

I am trying to include a mergSocket.lcext file with my iOS build, but the standalone builder refuses to include it. There are no errors, just no file in the bundle. I am using LC 7.0.1 on OSX 10.9 using SDK 8.1. I am selecting copy file directly, not copy folder. The file is located in a

Re: lcext for iOS

into the engine executable during the build. On 30 Dec 2014, at 10:26 am, Eric Corbett e...@canelasoftware.com wrote: I am trying to include a mergSocket.lcext file with my iOS build, but the standalone builder refuses to include it. There are no errors, just no file in the bundle. I am

Re: Code 2014 - Vote for LiveCode

I started a twitter account just to vote, but can’t get it to work. My tweet is not going through and private is not on. - Eric On Dec 30, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Bob Sneidar bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com wrote: Unfortunately I do not tweet. Or twitter for that matter. Although I *have* been called

Re: Delete this card command not working in LIvecode 5.5.3

You can not delete a control whose script is still running. Try in the button: on mouseUp local tID put the long I'd of this card into tID send deleteMe tID to me in 1 milliseconds end mouseUp Then put the deleteMe handler in the stack. - e On Dec 31, 2014, at 07:36,

Re: stackfileversion and locking 6.5.2

I had to do this as well. In the end it was a group that had two fields in it. I assumed it was a field property that I either could not find or could not change and submitted a bug report. Since my problem was present in 6.7. or 7, nothing was investigated. e On Jan 30, 2015, at 7:27 AM,

Re: Possible insanity, or is it LC 7.0.1?

Try on the multi-line option in the message box: put (1.884956 is a number) into tIsNum put tIsNum On Jan 14, 2015, at 12:03 PM, Graham Samuel livf...@mac.com wrote: Using LC 7.0.1 on Yosemite 1010.1, when I type this into the message box put (1.884955 is a number) I get true, as

Re: Self Awareness?

Try newBackground, newButton, new…, etc. Eric On Feb 11, 2015, at 11:06 AM, Scott Rossi sc...@tactilemedia.com wrote: Does a control receive any message when it is pasted onto a card? I¹m trying to figure out a way for a control (usually a group) to initialize some of its properties upon

Re: Go back no longer works

Try: on openStack go card 2 go back 1 end openCard Eric On Feb 17, 2015, at 4:25 PM, Bob Sneidar bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com wrote: Something very odd has happened to my Livecode Install. The command Go Back no longer works. Was working up until about a half hour ago. To test it I created

Re: Deleting cards from within themselves.

use send mouseUp to btn DELL of card “INPUTTER” in 1 milliseconds in the first mouseU On Feb 16, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/02/15 21:54, Roger Eller wrote: try this: click at the loc of btn DELL of card INPUTTER ~Roger Thanks, but no joy:

Re: 7.0 Issues

Not sure if this helps, but LiveCode 7 uses a different arrayEncoding than previous version due to Unicode. Check the dictionary on how to use arrayEncode in 7 to be able to decode in an earlier version. Eric On Feb 19, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: I've been

Re: 7.0 Issues

guessing that anything addressing char chunks or offset would need to be changed. On Thu Feb 19 2015 at 12:31:24 PM Eric Corbett e...@canelasoftware.com wrote: Not sure if this helps, but LiveCode 7 uses a different arrayEncoding than previous version due to Unicode. Check the dictionary

Re: 7.0 Issues

char chunks or offset would need to be changed. On Thu Feb 19 2015 at 12:31:24 PM Eric Corbett e...@canelasoftware.com wrote: Not sure if this helps, but LiveCode 7 uses a different arrayEncoding than previous version due to Unicode. Check the dictionary on how to use arrayEncode in 7

Re: 7.0 Issues

operations. On Thu Feb 19 2015 at 1:03:05 PM Eric Corbett e...@canelasoftware.com wrote: I think what you will have to do is this: Check the LC version; if it’s = 7 then arrayEncode(tData,6) — force the engine to use the old arrayEncoding else arrayEncode(tData) — older versions can not have

Re: Fields Have Labels

How about a ghostText property. An array style property for a data entry field. All the text properties + onEntry dim or hide; or onEmpty dim or hide; dimColor or dimBlendLevel. Or not an array at all, but labelFont, labelTextSize, labelAlign... It would be nice to not have to require a

Saving Objects

Any way to save an object or a group of objects without having to save the stack? I would like to create a group, save the group, then be able to add that group to a stack. I am currently: 1. Creating a group on a blank stack; 2. Saving the stack binary; 3. Downloading the stack binary when

Re: mergExt Update for LC 6.7.3 and 7.0.3

Yes, THANK YOU Monte; mergExt with LiveCode makes so much possible for iOS. eric On Mar 4, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Ralph DiMola rdim...@evergreeninfo.net wrote: I can't +1 this enough times. Monte's externals saved my butt BIG TIME one night. Being a LC new-be at the time he showed me how to

Re: LiveCode 7.0.3: a new meme

Richard, I’m wondering if the standalone engine size is a concern for anyone else. I have a standalone for iOS that is 3 times smaller when built with 6 over 7. I think I understand that the unicode dictionary is responsible, but until there is a way to selectively remove that, I would rather

Re: changing layer within a group by script/ speed of start editing

Try using the relayer command; relayer grc 1 of grp x after grc 2 of grp x You don't need to start editing with relayer, but you need to be careful not to relayer an object to outside the group. HTH Eric On Jan 25, 2015, at 17:19, Dr. Hawkins doch...@gmail.com wrote: I have a group

Re: Naive question number 3374

yep, saw the first time and missed it after reading the docs and double checking. doh. On May 6, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/05/15 21:56, Eric Corbett wrote: Try lineSize If you had taken the trouble to read my e-mail right through you wouldn't

Re: Naive question number 3374

Try lineSize set the lineSize to 3 On May 6, 2015, at 11:25 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/05/15 15:42, BNig wrote: on mouseUp choose pencil tool drag from 10,10 to 100,100 choose browse tool end mouseUp Um; nothing special I'm afraid to say: drew the

Re: fastes way to search an array?

Cool function Bob, I always love a good recursive handler. It might be broken when an array element contains more than one word. (Limited testing tho.) Eric On May 4, 2015, at 2:14 PM, Bob Sneidar bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com wrote: I wrote a couple functions that “flatten” an array into a

Re: advice needed re uploading text binary data from iOS app

announced date for production release? E On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 8:29 AM -0700, Eric Corbett e...@canelasoftware.com wrote: Hi Phil, Have you come across LiveCloud yet (livecloud.io)? LiveCloud is a NoSQL database system designed for LiveCode. Currently

Re: advice needed re uploading text binary data from iOS app

Hi Phil, Have you come across LiveCloud yet (livecloud.io)? LiveCloud is a NoSQL database system designed for LiveCode. Currently LIveCloud is in beta release, but we use it extensively in-house for all our projects. You can sign up and use it for free. Just download the LiveCloud Manager

Re: Open Socket With Messages

Did you accept connection on port aConnection[deport”]? I think it’s possible for the open socket to remain in the openSockets list until the connection times out. Grab message socketTimeout pSocketID to see if it’s timing out without connecting. Eric On Jul 6, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Bob Sneidar

Re: Multiple Stacks on Mobile

Would it be helpful to use lock screen for visual effect in rect tRect? If the controls you want to leave are in a header for instance, tRect would be 0,bottom of header,width of cd,bottom of cd. -E On Jul 28, 2015, at 10:53 AM, Ray r...@linkit.com wrote: Understood, but then I'm still left

Sockets

I’ve read all the documentation and posts I can find and something still confuses me about sockets… Server computer accept connections on port 12345 with message “readSocket” Client opens socket IP:12345 Client writes to socket IP:12345 Server reads message from client: on readSocket

Re: Sockets

on each computer or the same? Maybe I’ll have my answer from a code audit. I’ll have to look back at the rev chat example again also, but I don’t remember this being helpful. Eric > On Oct 16, 2015, at 4:47 PM, Dr. Hawkins <doch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 1:44 P

Re: Release 8.0 DP 5

The release notes are mostly gibberish. Is it just me? > On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Ali Lloyd wrote: > > Dear list members, > > We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0 DP 5. > > Warning: this is not a stable release. Please ensure you back up your >

Re: Why is LC text blurred on a retina display?

Improving lineOffset performance would be great, but just as a reminder, fixing the lineOffset bug first would be ideal: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15512 Eric > On Sep 18, 2015, at 2:38 PM, Richard Gaskin

Re: Release 8.0 DP 5

erish are you seeings, and in what location? > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 4:31 PM Eric Corbett <e...@canelasoftware.com> > wrote: > >> The release notes are mostly gibberish. Is it just me? >> >> >>> On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Ali Lloyd <a

Re: Modifying Drop-Down Menus on the fly

Set the text of the button to the list of menu items. Also look in the dictionary under menu for more drop down menu features. ​eric​ ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Re: snapshot and animation capture

Nice Scott, The resize is super fast. the moveStack is slower than other moveStack scripts I have from you. Eric ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription