Re: SHA1 cracked .... What are the chances this will be addressed in LC?

2017-02-24 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I think everybody is overplaying this. It will only matter if the amount of money or other advantages is worth at least $110,000. The algorithm executed in Amazons cloud at the cheapest rate would cost that much in processing to get 1 key. The only people that will waste YOUR money to do this

Re: SHA1 cracked .... What are the chances this will be addressed in LC?

2017-02-24 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
ns > being made now are future proofed. > > There is also the PR element to consider - Does Livecode really want to be > advertising a demonstrably insecure hash algorithm as a feature... > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < > use-livecode

Re: SHA1 cracked .... What are the chances this will be addressed in LC?

2017-02-24 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Why does it need to be a part of the language and not a widget or a library stack which we can all fiddle with for our projects , which would make it more difficult for the bad boys to decrypt? Lagi On 24 February 2017 at 17:15, Tom Glod via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

Re: [OT] KOUSEK (or replacement) code snippet manager replacement?

2017-01-13 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
re? On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 6:33 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > And if you are that way inclined it will do latex. > > And for $9.99 it isnt even worth thinking about a trial > -- Stephen B

Re: [OT] KOUSEK (or replacement) code snippet manager replacement?

2017-01-12 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi I used Quiver 3 Allows you to sync to dropbox , google drive etc, export as pdf,, html, markdown, plain text and json (infact the actual data is json) What I love is I can cut and paste websites and all the graphics and formatting are stored as well and the syntax coloring for most of the

Re: [OT] KOUSEK (or replacement) code snippet manager replacement?

2017-01-13 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi, Thanks for a very nicely done stack , and some useful snippets, but I am now blind and seeing pink elephants everywhere ;-) Do you prefer the Pink Panther to the Finstones by any chance? Kindest Regards Lagi On 13 January 2017 at 15:02, pink via use-livecode <

Re: Linux 32bit?

2017-03-20 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi If I didn't know about livecode or Hypercard and stumbled on the main site today - I would be off in a flash. If I landed on the Xojo main page and went to the store the prices and the layout are not eye watering https://xojo.com/store/index.php I actually prefer livecode (I have enterprize

Re: Suggestions regarding a webgl problem

2017-03-20 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Jonathan I downloaded it here - running on Windows 7 virtual machine in Parallels. I got the same message. Just a point , I know this is beta but the interface is very ambiguous as to what you have to press to signup etc. Why the two password fields when you only need 1. f you have a

Re: Downloads - Immodest Proposal

2017-04-13 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Richard, The company reads all this babble and doesn't bother to respond so that we could all partake of their wisdom. Regards Lagi On 13 April 2017 at 23:17, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Richmond wrote: > > > On 4/13/17 7:44 pm, Curry Kenworthy via

Re: Downloads - Immodest Proposal

2017-04-13 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi, Over the years I found that when there was a trial version of software , whether it was 10 days or 30 days , it didn't make any difference because except for the first day of download life/work would get in the way and by the time I had time to test the software the 30 days were up. XOJO

Re: Downloads - Immodest Proposal

2017-04-14 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI I'm presuming (presumptuous moi?) that my bit about the company not listening elicited what I wanted - somebody from LC to pipe in - the fact that was Kevin was a bonus. So let me say here and now I LOVE LC and the more I use LC the more I like it BUT.. I will be honest, if I found the site

Re: ouch: the beginning of the end

2017-03-04 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Maybe I'm being dense here but If You HAVE tom use the ACTUAL government PDF and be pixel perfect then how can you be printing anything of any type out as a pdf whether with eps or any changed fields - maybe I haen't read all the posts but am I missing something? Can you explain in 1 place

Re: SHA1 cracked .... What are the chances this will be addressed in LC?

2017-03-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Excellent points Axwald especially the last paragraph. Happy Happy Happy Fun Fun Fun!! ;-) On 2 March 2017 at 10:20, axwald via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > Dr Peter Brett wrote > > On 24/02/2017 18:47, axwald via use-livecode wrote: > > [...] > >> Not a

Re: Web vs Native (was Re: HTML5 limitations?)

2017-07-29 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi I took that to be a self-deprecating comment and not anything to be offended by unless your comment hermann is supposed to be ironic in some sense? Regards Lagi On 29 July 2017 at 13:51, hh via use-livecode wrote: > #wait > I don't miss the "wait" handler in

Re: Hackintosh

2017-08-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Frankly I don't agree with "protection" that causes problems to the legitimate user. In all my years of writng bespoke software I ALWAYS placed a copy of the source on the CEO machine and told them (for no extra) . If I got run over by a bus then the company wouldn't be at a loss - there are many

Re: Forum: Waves of Russian Nonsense

2017-08-15 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
If Klaus and Richard can't be given Admin rights then the world is doomed. If it is data protection then surely you must have the some way of allowing a new employee/current employee of the company to have admin rights. But some of these nanny state laws that are totally ignored by the very

Re: Bug 20255 - Simple Loop Labeling

2017-08-11 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
+100 To Mark for that one In fact it could copy the complicated condition AND any comment after it - best of all possible worlds Lagi On 11 August 2017 at 02:38, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 08/10/2017 06:24 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode

Re: Bug 20255 - Simple Loop Labeling

2017-08-11 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
u all again for LC (Other than the dot notation, the open language ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7tvauOJMHo ;-) ) Kindest Regards Lagi On 11 August 2017 at 12:16, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 2017-08-11 12:51, Lagi Pittas via us

Re: Bug 20255 - Simple Loop Labeling

2017-08-11 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Mark, I Beg to Differ about Next Repeat. "It's not wat you do it's the way that you do it" comes to mind Someone who writes spaghetti code can do it very well in any language but its much more difficult without the structure brought in by the Algol/Pascal/Modula. I have not used a Goto

Re: intersect . . . invisible images

2017-07-17 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi, I Didn't laugh or smile at that (not because it wasn't funny) but because it didn't have the same effect as when as a teenager I first heard it on the Parkinson show in the mid 70s from Billy Connolly. I just went onto youtube and guess what I still laughed at the original which is very

Re: modal window = block handler?

2017-07-11 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I second that emotion. And this shouldn't cause any regressions or refactoring - should be announced by thursday then? ;-) Lagi On 10 July 2017 at 22:53, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 7/10/2017 4:54 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: > > On

Re: Augmented Earth now on the App Store!

2017-07-11 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Jonathan, I've tried to to login to the app from an iphone 6 ios 10.3.2 Ive restarted it a couple of time but always the same. The Username and Password field asre white and enabled - I enter the details but no other field is enabled. Now some feedback. My pet peeve (it happened on a

Re: intersect . . . invisible images

2017-07-14 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Richmond I would think there could be use cases where that would be useful (hidden monsters, unexploded bombs) I assumed that they left this undocumented feature (bug?) in because the "fix" is so simple but with the other use cases not so simple - or is it? Lagi On 14 July 2017 at 11:01,

Verbosity and Lines of code

2017-06-30 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I Can't understand this fixation with how many characters typed. I now quite like the verbose "dot notation" of Livecode - it's now second nature and it's the last thing I would even bother asking to augment with "real" dot notation. the put into variable adds very little time to typing and is

Re: Is there Digital Clock Component out there?

2017-06-30 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI Ali Thanks for popping in with a vary practical and edifying lesson in the power of the widget program/display mechanics. Basically OO MVC for widgets with - in this case at least - very low coupling. Maybe you or somebody on the list with greater Livecode powers than me (not difficult)

Re: Recursion limit

2017-07-04 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Richmond, I'm wondering if the recursion limit is limited within the IDE and you are allowed to recurse to your hearts content in a standalone. Well that's what I would surmise from the error message - IDEstack. I could be wrong though. Regards Lagi On 4 July 2017 at 08:05, Richmond

Re: play sound plays the wrong sound

2017-07-06 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Especially now the patent has lapsed Regards Lagi On 6 July 2017 at 16:14, Keith Martin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 6 Jul 2017, at 15:45, Matt Maier via use-livecode wrote: > > Why is this stuff not in the dictionary? >> > > Also, given the massive prevalence

Re: Server Installation

2017-06-28 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I was just about to suggest the Abyss webserver when I read your post. I can confirm that after trying about 6 webservers to run ActiveVFP - a system to run the FoxPro language on the Web ALL other webservers crashed.either at start or after a few minutes, Abyss is running without a problem.

Re: Table Fields "and all"

2017-06-29 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I had the same problem when I started using Tables and after I found the TAB delimiter "trick" as per Hermann, it was obvious (20/20 Hind sight). The Aha! moment came when using commas messed it up by putting them all in 1 column with the commas intact. I just assumed everybody knew and I was a

Re: synonyms

2017-06-27 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Thanks Richard, Actually I like the idea it's exactly what Bret Victor said was needed in languages I post this link again nobody commented on it the last time Are you listening Mark? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUv66718DII Still would like to know if the additional parsers/lexers ideas

Re: Make numberFormat even better

2017-04-25 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi I don't know why you want to adapt/enhance the number format as that could break already working code that uses the nuances of numberformat already. Why not add an instruction NumberFormatXL and create the an Excel version like Curry says. You won't have to jump through hoops to make sure it

Re: Android & LC advice

2017-04-30 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi I have my program(s) running on Windows 7 embeded 10.1 inch and 8 inch windows 10 tablets (fusion 5 and linx) 10.1 inch android tablets from fusion 5 5 inch DOOGEE android phones for less than £50 although there are really good ones upto 5.5 inch for less than £70 samsung 7" tab 4 Not a

Re: Script Editor Window being bl**dy-minded

2017-08-08 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
THanks Panos, Even better than what I use - I think thanks to a Dave Kilroy post many eons ago. Because you don't first have to remember or find the name of the window. But I've only ever had this happen to a stack of mine which I know the name of anyway. I use Dave's trick when the window

Re: Script Editor Window being bl**dy-minded

2017-08-08 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Happens to the best of us ... set the loc of stack “revNewScriptEditor 1” to the screenloc Lagi On 8 August 2017 at 11:53, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Somehow I did something and my scriptEditor window > got stuck with its grab-bar off the top

Re: Sorting out the sheep from the goats

2017-08-07 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat Lagi On 7 August 2017 at 23:26, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Wh, Cwme wn that's ridiculwus; everywne knwws that the English fwr "Cwm" > is "cwmbe". > > This is Hwpeless! > > Richmwnd. > > > On 8/8/17 1:23 am, Jonathan

Re: Daybed 2.0 - A Library for Apache CouchDB

2017-08-22 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI Greg, I've just purchased your udemy course to say thank you. I'm sure somewhere down the line this will be very useful Thanks again lagi On 19 August 2017 at 14:20, pink via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > For experimentation, you can setup a free account with IBM

Re: ANN: new team member

2017-05-12 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Congratulations and Eudemonia to you all Ali. Now let's see if I can use Computer metaphors,puns and word play with the rest of them ... Now the real "Programming" starts with a Finite State Ali-Gata which is a child Object Instantiation of the Parent Class. Set the garbage collector to

Re: English Like?

2017-05-24 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Mark You are a big Tease. Lagi On 24 May 2017 at 13:13, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 2017-05-17 22:41, William Prothero via use-livecode wrote: > >> Folks: >> It can be difficult for long term users of an application to >> appreciate the

Re: English Like?

2017-05-24 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Bob, You forget right upto Visual Foxpro 9, Fox still was backwards compatible with Dbase 2 and still had the STORE statement. STORE A TO B STORE 1+15 to C STORE 5 to a,b,,c,d STORE "HELLO" to message The HC and DBASE way is the logical way to do it for mere mortals, but when the whole

Re: English Like?

2017-05-25 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi You might want to watch this 1 hour ish video by Bret Victor as you are compiling. I've seen a good few of his talks over the years and read a lot of his stuff. If you think it's too long just got to either 2:30 or 10:30 (that one is mind blowing) but I'd suggest you listen to the whole

Re: English Like?

2017-05-25 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
OOPS!! https://vimeo.com/36579366 On 25 May 2017 at 12:33, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Can you post the URL to that video, please? > > Richmond. > > On 5/25/17 1:13 pm, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote: > >> Hi

Re: Price of LiveCode Global

2017-06-09 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Better than Udemy's exchange rate $10 -> £15 for special deal at the moment $10 is £7.85 (by google exchange rate) add 20% vat gives £9.42 by my reckoning and they charge £15 - go figure!! Kindest Regards Lagi On 9 June 2017 at 15:44, Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode <

Re: LC Global - my experience

2017-06-16 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I have to second that emotion Mathias. It was excellent - and I stayed the whole nine yards - Next time I'll buy a Potty ;-) The idea of the recorded sessions interspersed with the live speaker was a definite help in more ways than one. I think it also helps the team being over six months as it

Re: LC Global - my experience

2017-06-19 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I don't know if the users who asked for it to be disabled are just dumb or webinarjam for disabling the option after numerous requests by some morons (no I won't give them the benefit of the doubt ). If it's a replay then if I come to watch it, then I have decided to and if i decide I want to go

Re: looking for a smart approach to "sort" an array

2017-05-08 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Jim You are a Godsend - I never knew of the metadata - I have a whole lot of refactoring to do. I was using the "hidden" tab fields trick but this is way better This is going to make so much stuff so easy - and so much easier to debug Thanks again Lagi On 8 May 2017 at 09:34, Tiemo Hollmann

Re: Alan's problem

2017-04-30 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Since you can write a Turing machine and a Universal Turing Machine emulator in Livecode - it definitely is. What made you think it wasn't? - SQL is not Turing complete the Regex built into LC is not Turing Complete btw. Oh and BrainF*k is ;-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck Regards

Re: synonyms

2017-06-27 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I Missed an important bit in my previous post (below) What I wanted to say after the bit about the Topspeed compilers using the same backend is that LiveCode Builder / Stack only scripts could start with a switch setting at the top saying which language this should compile with or even which

Re: Levure wiki / documentation

2017-06-27 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Andre how do we get your book(s) somebody on here posted that he had the book that is still showing 80% done on leanpub KIndest Regards Lagi On 27 June 2017 at 00:20, Andre Garzia via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Alex, > > I am not Trevor so he may suggest something

Re: synonyms

2017-06-27 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
There is a very simple way of doing this (simple for me - because I don't have to do it) We are still awaiting the open language that was promised. Now I don't know exactly how that will work in the sense is it going to be all or nothing - a free for all where you can add/change syntax more

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

2017-10-03 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi, I am well up on the argument of secrecy and that article - falls down in the first few paragraphs with the vaccines - you probably haven't heard of the whistleblowers - Gus Grissom comes to mind

Re: Atkinson dither algorithm & 'for each' loop

2017-10-13 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI All Hoping I'm not teaching my granny to suck eggs ... Here is a great article I remembered reading from a few years ago. It's easy to find on google so you probably know of it ... http://www.tannerhelland.com/4660/dithering-eleven-algorithms-source-code/ In any case his projects and how he

Re: Where is LiveCode

2017-10-05 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Sean Maybe all the others but XOJO? Lagi On 5 October 2017 at 12:10, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Antti, > > I wouldn't class LiveCode along with these Low-Code apps as LC requires a > lot more code than these offerings mentioned. A different

Re: Repeat For Each Iteration Order (was Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 169, Issue 18)

2017-10-13 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi All I feel my IQ goes up by at lest 10 points when I read some of Mark's detailed answers concerning Livecode internals - and the thought processes that go into them. Mark's and many others' answers are worth the price of admission to this list - thanks a lot Mark for such an erudite

Beacons and Bluetooth

2017-09-27 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi All, I thought I would post a link to a forum post I made -- Nobody seems to have a an answer even a simple yes/no or even a fully fledged Stack with Scott Rossi designed UI it seems ;-) Better men than me have done this "double posting" - Hi Todd

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

2017-10-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
PS!! https://vimeo.com/36579366 On 25 May 2017 at 12:33, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode>> wrote: >* Can you post the URL to that video, please? *>>* Richmond. *>>* On 5/25/17 1:13 pm, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote: *>>

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

2017-10-03 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Bob That's why I said the Function part would be good - basically a LIVE interactive debugger - the coding to do all the rest in a REAL programming language rather than an animation studio or a testbed is way out of my league - But given time and money anything is possible Except ..

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-05 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I was going for PICTURE but now I think Richmond’s FRAME is better. It takes into account the newbies, encompasses the same thought process as Bernd’s BLACKBOARD and will stop Jacque killing Mark when there is no abbreviation, because BLACK is taken. Lagi On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 at 08:53, Richmond

Re: Livecode Content Management System

2017-12-01 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Alex, As much as I think revigniter is brilliant at what it does I really think if this is going to be done it should be done in LC totally. 1. The first reason which you in the fact brought up that we could use the IDE to debug 2. If PHP can do it why not Livecode? 3. I'm really hating

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

2018-05-04 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
That's superhuman Monte. The last time I remember a company making a fix this quick was when I posted a bug to the Foxpro people (before they were bought out by Microsoft). It logged on with a 2400 Baud Modem to there "BBS" to get a patched runtime file back just over 2 hours - probably took

Re: Active window and mouse location

2018-05-09 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Doug, Could this thread be helpful? http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=30984 and this lesson http://lessons.livecode.com/m/2592/l/125868-searching-for- an-open-window-by-title Only for Livecode "windows"/stacks though Failing that, using FFI with C would do it You need to get

Re: Sean?

2018-05-08 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
holds money on a whim. Regards Lagi On 5 May 2018 at 01:18, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 05/02/2018 11:14 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> I have set it up - but I want to have the money go d

Re: Sean?

2018-05-08 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I sent a Facebook PM to his Son last week - No Answer.. But to make it worse - no donation since last Friday. - come on people!!! Anyone got his house telephone number? Lagi On 6 May 2018 at 20:18, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Mark Wieder

Re: Sean?

2018-05-08 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Thanks Dan, And the donations are getting a boost as well Thanks to all who have donated - I've sent thank you messages via Gofundme - I hope I haven't missed anybody. For all those still on the fence or drinking Starbucks - Please do the right thing otherwise I might get into Bob Geldolf mode

Re: Gofundme posted in the Forums

2018-05-04 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
to the found raising campaign Lagi has started so > others don’t hesitate to donate. > > Regards, > Erik > > On 04/05/18 11:55, "use-livecode on behalf of Lagi Pittas via > use-livecode" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of > use-livecode@li

Re: Gofundme posted in the Forums

2018-05-04 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Dan messaged Sean's wife on Facebook yesterday - I found here on facebook last night and her last post was July of last year I think. But No News yet. Any updates Dan? Regards Lagi On 3 May 2018 at 22:18, Tom Glod via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > any update on

Re: Gofundme posted in the Forums

2018-05-04 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
lt; use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > No news I'm afraid > > the nature of the message was to the effect that Sean had expressed having > a difficult day and was he ok, there is a caring community of people that > are asking after him etc .. > > On Fri, May 4, 2018 a

Re: Splash-stack apps on Google Play

2018-05-21 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Jacque, If your app is for a specific client/company do you put it on the Play Store still? Or is it an app for a company who wants to sell it? - Lagi On 20 May 2018 at 21:06, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Has anyone released an Android app on

Re: Best practise approach for artwork for iOS and Android?

2018-06-12 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi, I don't know what sort of images you have but take a look at xara ( xara.com/designer-pro/features) Scroll down to the intelligent scaling video - better yet they have a trial. I think the intelligent scaling might even give you the "safe Zone" that SB mentioned Regards Lagi Lagi On Mon,

Re: Need help with a project

2018-06-18 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI Peter, The fact that it is a subscription system is the best protection you have. Use the simplest protection that will tell you if the system has been "pirated" - simple encryption of the company/institution address/details for instance. Don't allow them to change the address/telephone number

Re: Need help with a project

2018-06-18 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Just to be clear - Time trials and demos are a good use of this program - It was the "copy protection" I was referring to Lagi On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 at 02:24, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Also, I want to add this: Yummy Interactive who is behind

Re: Is anyone using tsNet external with LCserver?

2018-05-29 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi There are more than a thousand links and there are more than server that are broken https://www.drlinkcheck.com/results/a9d513/47/ Lagi On 29 May 2018 at 18:40, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > I apologize, I had not realized that

To Sean - This was sent on Saturday but found the bit bucket

2018-05-29 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Sean, First I must say that I am relieved that you are ok - and didn't do whatyou hinted at. I also admit to being the perpetrator of the heinous crime of trying to help "one of us" in distress. But no, I didn't send the police. I did read your email to the end btw - we do care even if you

Re: Android APK sanity check

2018-06-01 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi I have had the same problem Using old and very new android devices, where the program will give a blank/black screen on different versions of Android with no ryme or reason. Sometimes it works on and older version of android with older hardware and fails on a phone or tablet with say the

Re: THOUGHT: the [effective] [working] screenLoc

2018-06-05 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
" Windows taskbar can be resize to take up half the primary screen by the user (we have NOT had any one do that - YET)" Which reminds me of 3 variants of Murphy's law :- Nothing can be made foolproof because fools are so ingenious. Nothing is foolproof for a capable fool. Lagi On 4 June 2018

Re: THOUGHT: the [effective] [working] screenLoc

2018-06-05 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi here's the third one I missed "Make something idiot-proof, and they will build a better idiot." It's a losing battle Lagi >> Nothing can be made foolproof because fools are so ingenious. >> Nothing is foolproof for a capable fool. >> >> Lagi >> >> >> On 4 June 2018 at 20:51, Paul

Re: Differences between Commercial and Community versions of LiveCode

2018-06-06 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
The code doesn't need to be available "in the clear" either in Community or Business in the executable. So there is nothing stopping us using something like https://www.pelock.com/products/pelock/buy or a free one here https://upx.github.io/ http://www.pazera-software.com/products/free-upx/ You

Re: Differences between Commercial and Community versions of LiveCode

2018-06-06 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
M, Tom Glod wrote: > > > great suggestion Lagi... thats a great solution for anyone who needs an > > extra layer of obfuscation on the binaries. > > > > Yes indeed...the .livecode files must be made available. > > > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Lagi Pittas vi

Re: Differences between Commercial and Community versions of LiveCode

2018-06-06 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Oh and for those who do want to make totally sure .. https://www.cybrary.it/0p3n/advanced-exe-multi-protection-reverse-engineering-free-tools/ shows you how to modify the UPX compressor so that someone with the source code (it's open source) will have difficulty. I don't use it - my copy

Re: Devawriter Pro: Fund Raiser Goes Live!

2018-06-01 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
What surprises me is you don't let us mental pygmies in on the in joke. (sorry if that is a hate crime against you Pygmies with internet access) Regards lagi On 1 June 2018 at 15:54, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > What surprises me is that I get it.

Re: Devawriter Pro: Fund Raiser Goes Live!

2018-06-01 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Bob That should be Intellectual Pygmies - although sometimes mental is closer to the truth these days. Regards Lagi On 1 June 2018 at 15:54, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > What surprises me is that I get it. :-) > > Bob S > > > > On May 31, 2018, at

Re: button action different on Android

2018-05-31 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Swami, How about using the mousestlilldown command and call the mouseup within that? Lagi On 31 May 2018 at 14:56, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Well, "rather Android ceding time for that sort of thing." > > While it may not be a LC

Re: Devawriter Pro: Fund Raiser Goes Live!

2018-05-31 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Richmond, I think peter was hinting at the same thing as me in the Forum. Crowdfunding campaigns of much more expensive products and aims come with token "We love to help but don't have a use for your product" https://stonemaiergames.com/kickstarter-lesson-113-why-

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

2018-05-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Sean, I feel your pain really! Just a question wouldn't the Oauth2 that is built in to LC9 work - maybe that's the reason it wasn't updated but i'm sure Monty wouldn't be dismissive - he was once at the coal face (no pun intended). Regards Lagi On 2 May 2018 at 14:00, Pi Digital via

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

2018-05-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi All If I wasn't clear as to why I asked the question about gofundme - it's because people don't want their lives "on social media" and gofundme is probably as social as it get - lets keep it private between us. Regards Lagi On 2 May 2018 at 17:42, prothero--- via use-livecode <

Seans GOFUNDME LInk

2018-05-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi All. Sean hasn't accepted the invitation yet but we have to do this. here is the link it is all anonymous - no mention of SEan on the site. https://www.gofundme.com/scemergency Kindest Regards Lagi ___ use-livecode mailing list

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

2018-05-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi All I just setup a gofundme site - Never done it before but Can anyone tell me do we have to put Sean's name on it - what shall I call the page? Talk like that makes me shiver. I have a mate in Canada - he had his card account and paypal compromised a week or so ago - rent was due no money

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

2018-05-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
ill > > > William A. Prothero > http://earthlearningsolutions.org > > > On May 2, 2018, at 9:59 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Hi All > > > > I just setup a gofundme site - Never done it before but Can anyone tell &g

Re: Scott Rossi and TactileMedia

2018-05-01 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi All, I too think Scotts stuff is a cut above. I bought tm1 and 2 with no usage in mind just because they looked so good - they were never used just played with, somewhere in that code there are going to be nuggets for the future. If you go to tactilemedia now it goes to scottrossi.design -

Re: Emergency Help?

2018-05-03 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi I phoned a couple of times yesterday on gis mobile. Phoned today on his mobile and Landline - both no answer Also emailed him His contact details are here. 34 Victoria Road Chatham, Kent. ME4 5EL t +44 (0) 1634 402193 m +44 (0) 7702 116447 e s...@pidigital.co.uk r

SEAN'S GOFUNDME LINK

2018-05-03 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
The link is www.gofundme.com/scemergency I Didn't want to mention Sean by Name I will be posting a message in the beginners section of the forum - after my "prose" has been looked at by Mike. Just to reiterate only Sean or his family would be able to withdraw money from here. Best Lagi

Gofundme posted in the Forums

2018-05-03 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Please go here and read this in the forums if you are still on the fence. I have phoned 6 or 7 times both landline and mobile - no response - I hope he is just "thinking". I make no apologies for being pushy. I don't think Sean was being Flippant. We cannot know what his state of mind is.

Re: accessing 2 databases in 1 sql query

2018-01-18 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
ABLENAME(fieldname1, fieldname2) SELECT > fieldname1, fieldname2 FROM CONTACTS.TABLENAME; > > Alternatively, you might just create a copy of the table from the first db, > to create a table in the second db and then alter the table to add the > missing columns. Not sure which would be better/more ef

Activation problem

2018-01-17 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI All Just tried to start work (using 6.7.11) and I got an activation box come up saying the sessiion has lapsed. Tried it also on my MAC just in case ... no go. So I went to my LC9 DP 11 and again "The session has lapsed - try again". and it wouldn't automatically activate. So I go to the

Re: Activation problem

2018-01-17 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
; Hi Lagi, > > We are working on that. As a workaround, turn off Internet access, launch > LC, and then turn Internet access on again. > > Best, > Panos > -- > > On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:53 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

Re: Bug: in 8.18 Stable and 9 Dp11 legacy stack import

2018-01-25 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
file would be a real boon - It doesn't happen often (now) thank god but when it does it can save hours of time. Regards Lagi On 24 January 2018 at 18:52, Brian Milby <br...@milby7.com> wrote: > Are you talking about the binary format of a stack file? > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:35

Re: Bug: in 8.18 Stable and 9 Dp11 legacy stack import

2018-01-25 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Mark, I have rethunked overnight and I'm not sure whether the stack was "sort of corrupted" but working and might have something to do with it. I am under pressure with some deadlines till the middle of next week but I will take out an older version of the stack that was not corrupted and see

Bug: in 8.18 Stable and 9 Dp11 legacy stack import

2018-01-24 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi I have just spent a good few hours "playing" - I wished - with the Text formatting of field. Specifically It was on LC9 but I then installed 8.1.8 and the problem is on there as well. The problem was that all new fields (and old fields) a card had the "BOLD" textstyle try as I might I

Re: Livecode.com server down

2018-02-15 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
There is NO reason at all for there not to be a backup activation server with a downloads directory to boot - cost is not prohibitive $8 a month or so on HostM or $5 a month on digital ocean if a Virtual Server is needed. Lagi On 15 February 2018 at 07:57, Dave Kilroy via use-livecode <

Re: LiveCode Widget Factory

2018-02-23 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Todd, One thing that is REALLY missing is a widget to print from Android - specifically Receipt printers preferably via bluetooth and via Wifi - both for people out and about on business, either having a portable printer. It seems google cloudprint doesnt have any reciept printers

Re: filter list_of_files with REGEX xyz?

2018-08-17 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I used (without the gif) .*\.jpj|jpeg|png|gif The above is not case sensitive - just tested it Lagi On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 14:45, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > (?i) turn off case sensitivity for everything after it in the regex > expression. (?-i)

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