Re: Sad news about Brahmanathaswami

2022-12-29 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 12/29/22 1:38 PM, Jeff Reynolds via use-livecode wrote: nice to finally see a picture of him! Actually, that was a different monk. If you go here: he is the one with the full white beard at the

Re: Sad news about Brahmanathaswami

2022-12-25 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I also worked with Swami for several years and when I heard he was seriously ill my heart sank. I considered him a friend. Besides LiveCode, we talked of many things. He was kind and generous, and he loved LC, his life and his mission. HIs smile was contagious and sometimes when he laughed he

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
A thingle is similar to a thimble but is available in much larger sizes. Some are used as cake and cheese covers but the largest ones can fit over the head, where some believe they protect from alien death rays and the mmwaves that cell towers emit. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay |

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
That's probably a better solution anyway because progress bars make the wait seem faster since users can see something happening. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On December 20, 2022 12:37:45 PM jbv via use-livecode

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
It's also possible to set the currentFrame of an animated gif, which would do the same thing. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On December 20, 2022 8:31:27 AM Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: Another option is to use

Re: Equivalent of a field's "on linkclicked" message in a browser widget?

2022-12-08 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
use-livecode : Hi Jacque, Am 06.12.2022 um 21:59 schrieb J. Landman Gay via use-livecode : On 12/6/22 1:13 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: what is the browser widget's equivalent to a field's "on linkclicked tLink" message? Thanks for any hint! I want to check if the us

Re: Equivalent of a field's "on linkclicked" message in a browser widget?

2022-12-06 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 12/6/22 1:13 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: what is the browser widget's equivalent to a field's "on linkclicked tLink" message? Thanks for any hint! I want to check if the user clicked e.g. a PDF file and download the file in that case. What message do I have to catch in the

Re: iOS what camera(s) to choose for only reading a QR-code?

2022-12-05 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I'd guess only Auto-Focus is enough. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On December 4, 2022 9:59:26 PM Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: uh, I just call mergav's barcode scan routines. it works on both front and

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 230, Issue 17

2022-11-23 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I like to surprise people. :) Basically I was hoping to avoid brute force, but it looks like import/export may be the best way. If I do the stacks only a few at a time I'll only need a dozen passes or so. Part of the problem was determining which locks need changing and which were not visual

Re: Lock screen challenge

2022-11-22 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 11/22/22 3:27 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: One option to use an external editor would be ScriptTracker. You could export the scripts, do your bulk changes, and then import them back. That's worth a thought. Thanks. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay |

Re: Lock screen challenge

2022-11-22 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 11/22/22 3:08 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: A random thought: if you converted to script-only stack behaviors first, then you would have a bunch of text files you can use whatever tool you like on. This project is a huge HC world. There are a lot of stacks, hundreds of cards, and

Re: Lock screen challenge

2022-11-22 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
ock? Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of J. Landman Gay via use-livecode Sent: Monday, November 21, 2022 10:48 PM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: J.

Re: Lock screen challenge

2022-11-21 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
start and finish lines with the new ones. Am I missing this? Craig On Nov 21, 2022, at 4:24 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I'm updating a very old set of stacks that use old HC syntax for "lock screen". A search with LC's Find utility says there are 723 instances that m

Lock screen challenge

2022-11-21 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I'm updating a very old set of stacks that use old HC syntax for "lock screen". A search with LC's Find utility says there are 723 instances that may need to be changed. Right now they look like this: lock screen -- do any number of things unlock screen with These all need to be changed to:

Re: itemoffset & wholematches

2022-11-14 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
How about a one-liner: put wordOffset("incertain",myVar) If the words ever have punctuation attached, use trueWordOffset. On 11/14/22 6:51 AM, jbv via use-livecode wrote: Hi list, I have a variable with a content of 3 lines as follows : 1    sombre    brun    profond 2    flou    incertain 3 

Re: Anyone any experience with Livecode under Ventura?

2022-11-13 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
inspired. (I presume you can program Time Machine to use drive A on Mon, Wed, Fri, drive B on Tues, Thurs, Sat kind of thing?). On 11 Nov 2022, at 9:45 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 11/10/22 12:40 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: I think my odds are better using a cloud

About that Enter key

2022-11-12 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Enter does not trigger and doesn't compile for me in the script editor on LC 9.6.9 rc 2. It works in other versions. If you're not having any luck with it, try an older version. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software |

Re: Easy Android adaptive icons

2022-11-12 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Not quite. Prerendered means that you have already added glow and shine to the icons. If you want Apple to render the icon according to the style of the phone's current OS, leave prerendered unchecked and Apple will draw the shine effect for you. IPhones don't use .icns files. -- Jacqueline

Re: Easy Android adaptive icons

2022-11-11 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 11/11/22 5:31 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: But now I have no idea what icon to set for what iDevice in LC? See here: Prerendered icon? Que? 8-) You don't need prerendered if you are just using a basic image. Apple

Re: Anyone any experience with Livecode under Ventura?

2022-11-11 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 11/10/22 12:40 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: I think my odds are better using a cloud service than my own efforts at maintaining things. I do both local and cloud backups. If you haven't set up Time Machine I highly recommend it. I have two backup drives on my Mac and Time

Re: ENTER in scripts

2022-11-10 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
a Windows xternal keyboard (if there is such a thing these days,) on a MacOS laptop, and both "Enter" keys are called, "Enter." Neither does anything in terms of formatting the SE or compiling. It works for me though. Bob S On Nov 9, 2022, at 16:59 , J. Landman Gay via use-liv

Re: ENTER in scripts

2022-11-09 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I'm on a Mac and I've been using the enter key to compile for years (back to MetaCard I think.) Are you sure it does nothing? Watch the dot in the script tab and see if it turns green. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On

Re: LC Date Conversions post 2035

2022-11-06 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
That's the centuryCutoff in action, but I think something is amiss since it's only supposed to apply to 2-digit years and you supply a 4-digit year. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On November 6, 2022 8:28:34 PM Mark Clark

Re: LC Date Conversions post 2035

2022-11-06 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
That's the centuryCutoff property in action, but it's only supposed to apply to 2-digit years. So I think something is amiss since you supply a 4-digit year. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On November 6, 2022 8:28:34 PM

Easy Android adaptive icons

2022-10-18 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
For anyone struggling with Android adaptive icons, or who like me doesn't want to deal with Android Studio just to make a single icon, I found this: https://easyappicon.com/ It does work and is quick and easy. The Android icons are all placed in a single folder and I think you can probably

TSNet cache error

2022-10-10 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I have a browser widget in an Android app and I keep getting an error "tsnet: ERR_CACHE_MISS". This happens when using both the Test button and when installing a built Android app. I've cleared Chrome's cache, and deleted and reinstalled the app several times, but the widget won't connect. How

Re: one field to rule them all

2022-09-26 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
There's a native Android field, and the mobile commands also work. I usually use the commands because they offer a bit more control than the widget. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On September 26, 2022 2:48:59 PM Mike

Re: Weird performance issue

2022-09-23 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
use-livecode wrote: On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 11:08 AM Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: On 9/23/22 10:40, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: > It may be related to the size of the stack. LC would have to load it all > into memory before checki

Re: Weird performance issue

2022-09-23 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
It may be related to the size of the stack. LC would have to load it all into memory before checking the cards. Also, do the results change if you lock messages? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On September 22, 2022

Web app checkbox buttons

2022-09-16 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
When a web app is run in a browser there are two buttons at the upper right: "Resize canvas" and "Lock/hide mouse pointer". What do these do? There is also a "Fullscreen" button that throws a javascript error. If/when it works, is it supposed to change the browser window to full screen? Or

Re: NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual

2022-09-15 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Legally the only date that matters is the date of creation. Almost everyone adds the current date as well, and I keep trying to talk my clients out of it but they won't listen. Then I have to keep updating the copyright string, knowing it doesn't matter, but if I don't the app looks old and

Re: System Time Zone

2022-09-14 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
That was my first thought too and I (erroneously) suggested the internet "time", which should have been "date". I found a ready-made lookup list and began experimenting. No go. You have to know whether the area is on daylight savings time because the offset changes. You also need to know the

Re: NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual

2022-09-09 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
It needs to install the dictionary entry and the extension itself, and put the reference into the tools palette. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On September 9, 2022 12:06:29 PM Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote:

Re: System Time Zone

2022-09-07 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
"The internet time" gives you the offset from Greenwich time. No city though. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On September 7, 2022 6:50:09 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Hi all. I am exploring the possibility

Re: Text to speech

2022-09-03 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Oh sure, that's what you will have said last time too. :P On 9/3/22 4:47 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: I swear I didn’t give him the time warp stack 3 years from now. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 3, 2022, at 13:30, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I just watched the video

Re: Text to speech

2022-09-03 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On Sep 2, 2022, at 1:24 AM, panagiotis wrote: Yes, we discussed this topic in August's Problem Solving session. The stack presented supports text-to-speech in all platforms (including Linux and Web). I just watched the video and this is exactly what I was looking for. I didn't know until a

Re: Text to speech

2022-09-02 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Fantastic, thank you both. You've saved me hours of time. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On September 2, 2022 3:26:38 AM panagiotis m via use-livecode wrote: Hello all, Yes, we discussed this topic in August's

Re: Text to speech

2022-09-01 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: On 9/1/2022 4:33 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: What library/commands do you use for text to speech? I see that revSpeak works on Windows and Mac, and the speech library ("speech*") works on android, iOS, and Mac. What do you use i

Text to speech

2022-09-01 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
What library/commands do you use for text to speech? I see that revSpeak works on Windows and Mac, and the speech library ("speech*") works on android, iOS, and Mac. What do you use if you want to support all four platforms? Do you just branch to revSpeak for Windows? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay

Re: Standardize Font Appearance

2022-08-30 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I have an Android app that uses a custom font. I just dropped the ttf file into the Copy Files pane of standalone settings and issued "start using font file" in a preOpenStack handler. Seems to work fine. Easy too. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software |

Re: the script of with line numbers?

2022-08-29 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 8/29/22 4:36 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Is there a way (an existing function or command in the language or IDE) to get the script of an object WITH the line numbers as you see them in the IDE script editor? OR Do I just have to do something like: put the script of tObject

Re: addIcon issue

2022-08-21 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I don't think you can add to the default icon family. The docs say that if you haven't specified a family then the icon goes into one named "custom". So see what you get when you run iconFamilies() and if "custom" is in there then set the family using setCurrentIconFamily("custom"). If you

Re: A few issues with web apps

2022-08-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 8/18/22 2:52 PM, I wrote: All in all, everything else works, which is really quite incredible. When I accidentally started replying to Andreas privately instead of to the list (I should pay more attention, geez) he suggested others may want to see my test app. Thanks to Andreas for being

Re: The use-livecode list.

2022-08-19 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
We did it just for you because we've all been there. :) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On August 19, 2022 6:54:47 PM Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: I've had a pretty shitty day. A variety of things have

Re: A few issues with web apps

2022-08-19 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I just tried the kangaroo example on your web site using my Android tablet. It behaves just like my slider widget. I can tap in the scrollbar to get the field scroll to jump but the indicator can't be moved. When I try, the whole canvas moves instead. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay |

A few issues with web apps

2022-08-18 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I have just created my first web deployment and I'm *very* impressed. I didn't need to change any of the original scripts, the only changes were for visual elements that were different when run in a browser. Aside from appearance, the scripts ran flawlessly. On desktop it's great in all three

Re: issue related to Print.PrintSupport.Source.dll

2022-08-18 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 8/18/22 1:18 PM, Douglas A. Ruisaard via use-livecode wrote: I VERY much appreciate the feedback … it helps not to feel isolated with a virtually unsolvable issue which affects one’s credibility with clients. There is more info in the bug report:

Re: issue related to Print.PrintSupport.Source.dll

2022-08-17 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
The suggested fix in the bug report has worked for us: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23659 Basically, delete the driver that comes with Windows and get the driver from Epson. Most of the problems seem to be with Epson printers but if your customers have a different printer, try

Re: iPhoneSafeAreaInsets() and Android

2022-08-11 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 8/11/22 7:44 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: FYI, iPhoneSafeAreaInsets() returns EMPTY on Android. It looks like it's for iOS only, Android isn't listed in the dictionary reference. You'll probably need to use the working screenrect on Android. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay

Re: Fail to test new stack on Android device

2022-08-11 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Brian was right, but it's the build number that matters rather than the version number. You can either increase it, or delete the existing app on the phone before installing the other one. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Re: iPhoneSafeAreaInsets() and Android

2022-08-11 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Actually some Android phones have notches to imitate iPhones when Apple first introduced that. It wasn't very popular and most Android phones now use punch holes, but those also take up a bit of space, though not much. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software |

Windows standalone settings

2022-08-10 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Does anyone still build for Windows x86 or is x86-64 sufficient now? Also, what UAC execution level do you set? Default, highest avialable, etc.? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Re: iPhone simulators

2022-08-10 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
If I remember right you can have an iPhone and an iPad simulator open at the same time and choose between them, but if you want two of the same type then it doesn't work. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On August 10, 2022

Re: megabundle thoughts

2022-08-05 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I'm with Paul. I don't need additional licensing but if the widgets go on sale separately later then I'm in. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On August 5, 2022 12:36:22 PM Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: I kind of

Re: wait 0 with messages

2022-07-31 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 7/31/22 12:04 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: I don't think "wait 0" by itself does anything useful. Make a stack with two buttons. Running the script in the first button will prevent mouseUp events in button 2 from being processed. I think it must do something, "wait 0" is a

Re: macOS Ventura (13.x.x)...

2022-07-12 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
This has little to do with LC and less to do with Ventura, but see your email. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On July 12, 2022 9:55:22 AM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Ah. I stand corrected. Of course, nothing

Re: macOS Ventura (13.x.x)...

2022-07-10 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 7/10/22 12:26 PM, Colin Holgate via use-livecode wrote: With 9.6.3 Community version, showing the message box, or the script window of a button, crashes LiveCode right away. Sounds like the OSS community has some work to do, if there is anyone with the skills still there. -- Jacqueline

Re: Tree Widget: hilitedValue?

2022-07-10 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 7/9/22 7:11 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: function getValue pArray, pPath split pPath by comma return pArray[pPath] end getValue I keep forgetting we can do that. It's cool, but I don't understand how it works. Splitting the path by comma produces a numbered array, and

Re: Tree Widget: hilitedValue?

2022-07-09 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 7/9/22 3:17 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 7/8/22 12:34 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: I see the Tree widget supports a hilitedElement property, which is useful for managing the selection in the UI. Is there a one-liner for obtaining not the element path

Re: Tree Widget: hilitedValue?

2022-07-09 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 7/8/22 12:34 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: I see the Tree widget supports a hilitedElement property, which is useful for managing the selection in the UI. Is there a one-liner for obtaining not the element path but the value? I'm using an older version, but here the

Re: Error message that vector icon widget missing when building iOS standalone

2022-06-23 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 6/22/22 10:10 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote: I've reinstallled the Vectore Icon widget again and the build process was successful. Then i've unloaded the widget and rebuild the standalone again and the build was also successful. But as soon as i uninstall that widget i get

Re: Stylistic question.

2022-06-23 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
, you can uncheck all the existing breakpoints. Bob S On Jun 23, 2022, at 09:59 , J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: Something must have changed or you use a debugging method different from mine. Red dot breakpoints do not work in script only stacks because those stacks have no custom

Re: Stylistic question.

2022-06-23 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Something must have changed or you use a debugging method different from mine. Red dot breakpoints do not work in script only stacks because those stacks have no custom properties, which is where breakpoints are kept. I couldn't get scripted breakpoints to work either but I may have forgotten

Re: Stylistic question.

2022-06-22 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I find that too many behavior stacks make it difficult to keep track of where things are. But the primary downside is that script-only stacks don't work with remote debugging. That's a big drawback for me since most of my apps these days are for mobile. I do use behaviors quite a bit, but I put

Re: Referencing Livecode

2022-06-17 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
The same rules apply to US schools. It may be similar to doing a critique of Hamlet after reading only the Cliff Notes summary. No actual research or thought required. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On June 17, 2022

Re: Referencing Livecode

2022-06-16 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Is there a reason not to use the LC site URL, either alone or in addition to the Wikipedia one? Re: the errors, they look like examples of functions that would return "false" but I haven't seen them in context. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software |

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

2022-06-10 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I may be dreaming, but didn't you mention that using "the" before a property name would be required? That will throw a lot of people who've become used to omitting that. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On June 10, 2022

Re: Generating Random numbers to conform a distribution

2022-06-08 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: On 6/7/22 20:24, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I don't have an answer. But apparently it's a common problem: https://xkcd.com/2626/ Chortle. Back in the day I would generate a random number by back-b

Re: Generating Random numbers to conform a distribution

2022-06-07 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I don't have an answer. But apparently it's a common problem: https://xkcd.com/2626/ -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On June 7, 2022 3:53:37 PM David V Glasgow via use-livecode wrote: Quite a lot of stats and maths

Re: Substacks

2022-05-29 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Just to clarify, are they real substacks or do you mean they are separate stacks that you include in the build? Also, double check that standalone settings isn't set up to move substacks into separate files. I think that option is in the general pane but I'm not at my computer to check. --

Re: Substacks

2022-05-28 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
In an app, the mainstack is the home stack. If it's closed and no other stack is open then the app will quit. But if you open a substack, the app can't quit because the substack is part of the stackfile but the mainstack is still marked as closed. So the trick is not to close the mainstack,

Re: HTML font size in percentages

2022-05-25 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 5/25/22 6:36 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Anyway, here is the routine, While it works, if I was rewriting it, I would probably just do a loop with a match to the html font size attribute. This code does ensure that the size can't go below a minimum where LC's legacy font size

Re: HTML font size in percentages

2022-05-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
it is the bets or most effiecent. Unfortunately, I am gone for the rest of today, s tomorrow is the earliest I could send code to you. On 5/20/2022 12:32 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I have a field whose HTMLtext is set to a heavily tagged HTML file that changes the font size

Re: HTML font size in percentages

2022-05-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 5/20/22 11:45 AM, Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote: It sounds like the HTML tags are setting the size for runs of text in the field, so you can’t just set the textSize of the field? I did try setting the text size of the field, and all untagged chunks reflect the new size as expected

Re: HTML font size in percentages

2022-05-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
+/- (or ctrl for Win) will increase or decrease the zoom of a web page. You can try that, or else use a browser widget. (I wonder if that trick would work in a widget?? It should...) Bob S On May 20, 2022, at 09:32 , J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I have a field whose HTMLtext is set

HTML font size in percentages

2022-05-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I have a field whose HTMLtext is set to a heavily tagged HTML file that changes the font size repeatedly. We want to allow the user to adjust the size of the text. The easiest way would be to use percentages for the font sizes so that changing the field's textsize would change the markup

Re: Movie text tracks

2022-05-17 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Or you could use an OS 9 emulator like SheepShaver where the old version of QT is available. On 5/17/22 1:02 PM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: Here's a thought: Dig out an old mac that runs, say, MacOS 10.6 or 10.7 and then follow this:

Re: Sqlite and Monterey on M1

2022-05-12 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 5/12/22 1:01 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: on the Mac we have write permissions here -> specialFolderPath("preferences") Works on Monterey as well and is "out of sight" of the user. ;-) Am 12.05.2022 um 19:56 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode: Sandboxing. I don't think the

Re: Native Android input field

2022-04-28 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Yes, that would be ideal. Let's see what the Great Reimagining brings. In the chat I remember saying I couldn't use the widget but I couldn't remember why. The unexpected keyboard display was the reason. And unlike a normal LC field, you can't set it to allow copying without also allowing

Native Android input field

2022-04-28 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
In the after-party that Richard set up on the last day of the conference, the question came up whether the native Android field widget would scroll. The answer is, yes it does. There is one little glitch. If the widget is editable, and your finger lifts inside the widget after scrolling, the

Re: devcon 2022 recap

2022-04-28 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Same here, I'm really looking forward to seeing the iterations of the new IDE and features as they happen. The future looks very bright and I want to be there. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On April 28, 2022 10:41:12 AM

Re: Single Window LC IDE?

2022-04-27 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
In a later session they said it was just a mock up at this point. When asked about supporting multiple monitors they said it would, and they'd need to consider tear-off windows. I like the new look very much, but most of us old timers have specific requirements which LC agrees they want to

Re: optionKeyDown message broken

2022-04-21 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 4/21/22 10:55 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: In a new stack, place the following in the card script: on optionKeyDown pKeyName   if platform() = "MacOS" then     put numToChar(charToNum(pKeyName)-128) into tKey1 -- original sample from Dictionary     put

Re: Pixel 5

2022-04-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 4/20/22 4:58 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: All this time I thought Apple's message for orgs making apps for internal use was to use Android. I sometimes do medical apps, where iOS is strongly represented. I'd love it if Apple has a way to beat Android for ease of deployment.

Re: Pixel 5

2022-04-16 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
You don't know what you're missing. :) There's so little freedom over on the other side. I could never go back. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On April 16, 2022 10:07:48 PM doc hawk via use-livecode wrote: For some

Re: Encountering slow navigation to a card containing very large fields? Do this one simple trick.

2022-04-16 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
So fields are snakes and datagrids are mice. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On April 16, 2022 6:32:19 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: The Datagrid eats the Elephant, “One Bite At a Time.” The field tries to eat

Pixel 5

2022-04-16 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
If anyone is interested in acquiring a Pixel 5 please contact me. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Standalone Error Dialog

2022-04-12 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Double check the files in the Copy Files pane of the standalone settings and make sure that the file paths are correct. I'm not aware of a log file for the builder. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On April 12, 2022

Re: Mobile Image Editing

2022-04-08 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I'm not sure I understand. When you "downsize" do you mean you're scaling? Or are you creating a new image? Or cropping the original? On 4/7/22 9:11 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: Greetings list people! I am currently working on a project where we will be editing images on a mobile

Re: drawingSvgCompileIcon(pIconName) always BLACK

2022-04-06 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 4/6/22 11:13 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Am 06.04.2022 um 17:59 schrieb J. Landman Gay via use-livecode: The IDE supports importing SVG images from the Import As Control menu. Does that work any differently? not tested (yet). just tested and THAT works!? There must

Re: drawingSvgCompileIcon(pIconName) always BLACK

2022-04-06 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
The IDE supports importing SVG images from the Import As Control menu. Does that work any differently? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On April 6, 2022 8:36:29 AM Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Just made a test

Re: Thank you

2022-03-30 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 3/30/22 3:36 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: On Mar 30, 2022, at 12:16 , J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 3/30/22 11:21 AM, Guillaume Hédieu via use-livecode wrote: Thank you for your "welcome". I'm pleased to see that there is a community around Livecode :)

Re: Thank you

2022-03-30 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 3/30/22 11:21 AM, Guillaume Hédieu via use-livecode wrote: Thank you for your "welcome". I'm pleased to see that there is a community around Livecode :) The best thing about our community is that we don't tolerate trolls, so everyone here is kind and helpful. And we love to support each

Re: IDE bait and switch ;-)

2022-03-26 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 3/26/22 10:26 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: An now I really want LC, Ltd. to add a "with tIndex" syntax to the repeat for each loop structure! That would be awesome. Feature request, maybe? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software

Re: destroystack/destroywindow not working?

2022-03-21 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I've seen this occasionally, where the mainstack is removed but the substacks are still in the list of available stacks. I think the IDE list of stacks in memory isn't updated correctly unless all substacks are marked as destroyed. At least, that's what it looks like. On 3/21/22 6:46 AM,

Re: ArrayEncode/Decode broken??

2022-03-19 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 3/19/22 3:27 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: I’m so embarrassed. I was too but I caught myself before I hit the Send button. We get so used to LC reading our minds we're surprised when it doesn't. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive

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: 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

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

2022-03-17 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
t; >> I see the page I had bookmarked has a "-page" at the end of slug. >> >> https://livecode.com/script-compiler-project-page/ >> >> Thank you. >> >> On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 7:27 PM J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists

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