Re: AW: Polygrid sorting (problems)

2022-08-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Yes, Livecode enhancements bundle 1_0_21 (with PolyGrid 1.1.3) On 8/18/2022 8:31 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: which version is that? 21? On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 7:21 PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: All, Bug 23886 has been

Re: AW: Polygrid sorting (problems)

2022-08-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
All, Bug 23886 has been fixed with the latest release of the Summer Bundle widget sets. Download from the store. On 8/17/2022 3:51 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: BTW the problem of: the text of widget X the csvData of widget X the tsvData of widget X AND (not in the Livecode 9.6.8

Re: Comparison chart for DataGrid, PolyList, PolyGrid, list fields....

2022-08-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/18/2022 6:29 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: If a newcomer needs to display a list, how can they know what to use? Currently we have: - list field - Table field - DataGrid - PolyGrid - PolyList - others? Is there a chart listing the features of each that I can point new

Re: the effective width of a stack?

2022-08-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/17/2022 1:38 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I can across some old code where I an referring to if (the effective width of stack X > someValue) then This code produces no errors and works. However, I was just trying to look up 'effective width' to see exactly what it was do

AW: Polygrid sorting (problems)

2022-08-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
=23886 On 8/15/2022 3:34 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So there is an example of sorting in the PolyGrid documentation under the entry for the MESSAGE "headerClick" and under the entry to the PROPERTY "text" (and in 'the text of me') The example code only s

Re: the effective width of a stack?

2022-08-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/17/2022 1:58 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 8/17/22 10:38, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I'd appreciate any pointers to where effective width or effective height of a stack is documented. You can't use "effective" with custom properties eit

the effective width of a stack?

2022-08-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I can across some old code where I an referring to if (the effective width of stack X > someValue) then This code produces no errors and works. However, I was just trying to look up 'effective width' to see exactly what it was doing in the Livecode 9.6.8 Dictionary and struck out! Under the

Re: Polygrid sorting (problems)

2022-08-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/15/2022 7:51 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: On 8/15/2022 7:22 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: On 15/08/2022 20:34, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So there is an example of sorting in the PolyGrid documentation under the entry for the MESSAGE "headerClick"

Re: Polygrid sorting (problems)

2022-08-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/15/2022 7:22 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: On 15/08/2022 20:34, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So there is an example of sorting in the PolyGrid documentation under the entry for the MESSAGE "headerClick" and under the entry to the PROPERTY "text" (an

Re: Sorting [was: Polygrid sorting]

2022-08-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Perhaps some expansion of the column "pgContentTypeofColumn" property? The current possible values are: text|svg-lcname|imagedata|imagefile|color|boolean|autoincrement Allowing the addition of 'numeric' and 'datetime' would at least allow a mapping to sorts although sort support 'international'

Re: Polygrid sorting

2022-08-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/15/2022 4:55 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 8/15/22 13:12, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So I see that the Summer Bundle of widgets in the store has a note that says "Latest update 1.0.19: 11 August 2022" However, the Download button says "Version 1.0.

Re: Polygrid sorting

2022-08-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
FYI, I also just tested on a MacBook Air, M1, running Monterey with LC9.6.8 and the version 1.0.0 of the Summer Bundle widget packs and the PolyGrid and my sample stack displayed for me at 10, 100, and 500 columns and rows. On 8/15/2022 4:01 PM, Mark Smith via use-livecode wrote: Hi Paul,

Re: Polygrid sorting

2022-08-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I just tested on macOS Mojave (10.14) on an Intel MacBook Pro and the PolyGrid and my sample stack work as expected. Tried 10, 100, and 500 columns/rows. Now I have to find the MacBook Air with Monterey and see... 8/15/2022 4:01 PM, Mark Smith via use-livecode wrote: Hi Paul, I downloaded

Re: Polygrid sorting

2022-08-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
So I see that the Summer Bundle of widgets in the store has a note that says "Latest update 1.0.19: 11 August 2022" However, the Download button says "Version 1.0.0". Does anyone know how to update the widget set to 1.0.19 or how to update a single widget? On 8/15/2022

Re: Polygrid sorting

2022-08-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
. Thinking it might be my laptop (apple silicon M1) I tried it on an Intel MacBook Pro and got the same result. I am a big fan of being able to lock top and left-most column/rows of any grid and would happily endorse your request. Cheers, Mark On 15 Aug 2022, at 7:29 pm, Paul Dupuis via use

Re: Polygrid sorting (problems)

2022-08-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
rwise these properties require updating! On 8/15/2022 2:29 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So, I bought the Summer Bundle. Yes, it is a good deal. In my case it was primarily for the Polygrid widget. Our application uses a Datagrid to display customer research data. The columns heade

Polygrid sorting

2022-08-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
So, I bought the Summer Bundle. Yes, it is a good deal. In my case it was primarily for the Polygrid widget. Our application uses a Datagrid to display customer research data. The columns headers are text and the left most column ROWs are test and all other cells are numbers. Some customers

Datagrid and new Summer Bundle table/grid widgets

2022-08-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
To anyone with the Summer Bundle: The Datagrid object has a practical limit on the number of columns that I just reported as https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23875 (about 327 columns at a default column width of 100px due to the Group objects 32767px width limit) Do any of the

Re: Datagrid internal error

2022-08-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/10/2022 5:02 PM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode wrote: 32,767 is the max for width as well. If there are enough columns it is possible that the DataGrid is rendering a group that exceeds this limit and hence the error. The DataGrid works around the limit when rendering rows, but not when

Re: Datagrid internal error

2022-08-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/10/2022 5:02 PM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode wrote: 32,767 is the max for width as well. If there are enough columns it is possible that the DataGrid is rendering a group that exceeds this limit and hence the error. The DataGrid works around the limit when rendering rows, but not when

Re: Datagrid internal error

2022-08-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I do appreciate the responses. My question was not about the number of records, but about the number of COLUMNS and whether there is any practical or known limit. When my code is setting the column names, that list comes from customer entered data. I know that each name is less than 255

Re: Datagrid internal error

2022-08-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
operty you set, after which you programmatically control the population of the datagrid. I am in a hurry so I can't look it up right now, but it is in the datagrid API in livecode lessons. Bob S On Aug 9, 2022, at 05:09 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I can only image that the custom

Re: Windows standalone settings

2022-08-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/10/2022 4:14 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: 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.? I still build for 32 bit windows as it still works and is the lowest common

Summer Bundle table/grid widgets....

2022-08-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I am in need of a control to display a table of numbers. The top ROW are column labels (text, sometimes up to 255 characters). The left COLUMN is row labels (text, sometime up to 255 characters). I'd like a widget that: 1) Can display this with the top row (or headers) fixed so they remain

Re: Datagrid internal error

2022-08-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
olumns"] is a comma delimited list. Bob S On Aug 8, 2022, at 09:26 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: A customer encountered the following execution error (below) in our app (built on Livecode 9.6.7, MacOS 12.5). This error is occurring in the scrips for the Datagrid itself, rather th

Re: Datagrid internal error

2022-08-08 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/8/2022 12:26 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: A customer encountered the following execution error (below) in our app (built on Livecode 9.6.7, MacOS 12.5). This error is occurring in the scrips for the Datagrid itself, rather than our code. At the end, it is one of our handler

Datagrid internal error

2022-08-08 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
A customer encountered the following execution error (below) in our app (built on Livecode 9.6.7, MacOS 12.5). This error is occurring in the scrips for the Datagrid itself, rather than our code. At the end, it is one of our handler, "populateMe", where line 139 is where the error starts. Line

Re: megabundle thoughts

2022-08-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/5/2022 12:32 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: i have not seen much discussion of the megabundle, especially about the widgets, etc. i'm not sure if it's worth the $. thoughts? I think the widgets are great additions to Livecode. That said, I have not purchased the MegaBundle. My

Re: wait 0 with messages (and the defaultStack)

2022-08-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
ard script and then use the form 'field "myField" of me' to reference each field. Even better, if I reference the object repeatedly I will 'put the long id of of me' into a variable initially, then use the variable as a reference. Bob S On Aug 1, 2022, at 12:43 , Paul Dupuis via

Re: wait 0 with messages (and the defaultStack)

2022-08-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 7/30/2022 3:53 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: My understanding of 'wait 0 with messages' is that it will cause any pending messages, that are not scheduled for a time later than the current time, in the pendingMessages queue to be processed before continuing. Messages later than

Re: wait 0 with messages

2022-07-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 7/30/2022 7:49 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 7/30/22 12:53, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: My understanding of 'wait 0 with messages' is that it will cause any pending messages, that are not scheduled for a time later than the current time, in the pendingMessages queue

wait 0 with messages

2022-07-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
My understanding of 'wait 0 with messages' is that it will cause any pending messages, that are not scheduled for a time later than the current time, in the pendingMessages queue to be processed before continuing. Messages later than the current time (when the statement is executed) will not

Re: Livecode Builder developer wanted

2022-07-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
as time permits. Paul Dupuis Researchware  On 7/28/2022 11:57 AM, harrison--- via use-livecode wrote: Hi Paul, I seriously doubt that anyone would be chomping at the bit for this task. First, you expect the person to spend their free time looking at the task to determine the effort and cost

Re: Livecode Builder developer wanted

2022-07-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 7/28/2022 8:39 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: I don't know if I'm surprised or not surprised that the LCB takeup seems to be low. Actually, I am surprised. I have seen mentioned on this list dozens of LCB widgets and libraries, including those developed by others and licensed

Re: Livecode Builder developer wanted

2022-07-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Still looking for a LCB developer to build/configure Trevor's wrapper for pocketsphinx for macOS also for Windows. On 7/14/2022 3:50 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I am looking to hire someone to take what Trevor DeVore started 3 years ago, for the Livecode conference, of making

Livecode Builder developer wanted

2022-07-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
contacted Trevor, but he is tied up with other work and unavailable. Paul Dupuis Researchware ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http

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

2022-07-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 7/10/2022 1:26 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. Opening a stack made in 9.6.3 with Monterey, does show 10.16.0 when run in 9.6.3 in Ventura. Thank you.

macOS Ventura (13.x.x)...

2022-07-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
. Thank you to anyone that can do this test in advance, Paul Dupuis Researchware ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http

Images and arrays...

2022-07-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I am drawing a blank: If I have the following code:   export snapshot from rect tRect of player "mediaConvert" of stack "libHrAPI" to tImage as PNG   put tImage into pRefArray[tRef] The actual image (not a reference, such as a long ID) is placed in the

Re: Is Anyone on the list still using macOS 10.11?

2022-06-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I still have a system running High Sierra and one running El Capatan. I can test on either of those. On 6/27/2022 8:26 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Hi, is there anyone on the list still using macOS 10.10 and would be willing to test 2 or 3 sample apps for me. The apps are just

Re: {OT} Are there any ffmpeg "experts" on this list?

2022-06-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
for "mediaFoundationTranscode" - it has a detailed example for concatenating 2 media files. Hope this helps Kind regards, Panos -- On Fri, 24 Jun 2022 at 18:08, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: I am doing some work with Livecode script constructing

{OT} Are there any ffmpeg "experts" on this list?

2022-06-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I am doing some work with Livecode script constructing calls (via shell()) to ffmpeg to perform some video/audio concatenation. I have barely learned a tiny bit of ffmpeg and and wondering if there are any people proficient with ffmpeg wh might be interesting in a small bit of paid consulting

Re: char as word boundary

2022-06-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 6/13/2022 12:13 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: Hypercard and livecode 6.7:  the number of chars (numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)(32)& numtochar(202)(32)) = 2 livecode 9.67  :   the number of chars (numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)(32)& numtochar(202)(32)) = 0 LC

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

2022-06-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Never use octal. pretty much any entries theses days are decimal or hexadecimal. Even binary (bit shifting or masks) is exceedingly rare On 6/9/2022 8:44 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: So I'm currently sitting here about to embark on fixing

Re: HTML font size in percentages

2022-05-25 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 5/20/2022 4:30 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: Thanks for verifying it Paul, that's what I was thinking too. I'm looking at replacing the sizes via the style runs, I have a handler Mark Waddingham gave me/us on the list last year that I think I can modify. But I'd be grateful

Re: HTML font size in percentages

2022-05-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
You have to do replacement of the size value in the field's htmlText (or perhaps styledText) I have code that does this. I can provide it to you if you like. I don't claim it is the bets or most effiecent. Unfortunately, I am gone for the rest of today, s tomorrow is the earliest I could send

Re: Maximum length of mySQL request ?

2022-05-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
You can save some characters by the following: SELECT ... FROM myTable WHERE id IN (5523,7831,162814,34895,...) which is the same as using multiple OR equals in your example. If you need to break this up further, you can UNION the results of multiple queries, such as: SELECT ... FROM

Re: Where is the pdf external in LC 9.6 and 10?

2022-05-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 5/18/2022 4:55 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Paul, Am 18.05.2022 um 22:44 schrieb Paul Dupuis via use-livecode : It got removed from LC 9.6.6 and 9.6.7 and 10.0.0 dp 1 to 3. They (Livecode Support) said it would be back in LC 10.0.0 dp 4 and presumable and further

IDE Property Editor for Custom Properties error

2022-05-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
This bug probably won't impact many people, but I just reported bug https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23712 In older versions of LC you could have custom property keys that had commas in them, such as a key like "topic,subtopic" for a online help system. The current (and recent)

Re: Where is the pdf external in LC 9.6 and 10?

2022-05-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
It got removed from LC 9.6.6 and 9.6.7 and 10.0.0 dp 1 to 3. They (Livecode Support) said it would be back in LC 10.0.0 dp 4 and presumable and further releases in the 9.6.x series. You can copy it from the 9.6.5 of earlier to the ccorresponding folder for LC 9.6.7. For example, on Windows it

Re: Set HTMLText and Get Effective HTMLText

2022-05-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Instead of: set the HTMLText of VarHTMLText to URL VarURL Use: set the HTMLText of the templateField to URL VarURL And instead of: get the effective HTMLText of VarHTMLText2 Use: get the effective HTMLText of the templateField ___ use-livecode

Re: Movie text tracks

2022-05-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
This is not any sort of immediate help, but a quick Google search suggests that both AVF (Apple Video Foundation) and MMF (Microsoft Media Foundation - the underlying framework for the player in Livecode 10) support classes and APIs to access multiple media tracks and metadata. I don't know

Re: Sqlite and Monterey on M1

2022-05-12 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 5/12/2022 2:25 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Bob Sneidar wrote: > I don't think the latest Apple operating systems allow the writing > to the App Support folder, even if you have explicit write > permissions. Where are we supposed to write application support files if not to

Re: LC subscription and special characters

2022-05-12 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 5/12/2022 6:18 AM, panagiotis m via use-livecode wrote: Hello Paul, Does Alt+A9 work for you? Cheers, Panos -- No. Alt+A9 does not work. I checked my Registry (per https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18702#c15) and in Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Method there

Re: LC subscription and special characters

2022-05-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
-972ee12e50e0) of type U+ such as U+B5 for µ and then pressing ALT-X does work in MS-Word, but not in TextPad! Neither method works in Livecode 9.6.7 So, not: ALT + 00A9 ALT 00A9 ALT X 00A9 U+A9 ALT X On 5/11/2022 5:10 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: According to Microsoft, for Windows

Re: LC subscription and special characters

2022-05-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
stack with a new scrolling field. -- Paul On 5/11/2022 4:41 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: In Livecode 9.6.7 STABLE under Windows 10, I create a new stack with a single new scrolling field. I switch to run mode (pointer tool) and with a blinking insertion bar in the field, tried: ALT

Re: LC subscription and special characters

2022-05-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
arlier versions of LC. So, could someone be kind enough to make a quick test with the most recent versions of LC, by typing text inside a field, if special characters can be used, like alt+144 for É, and possibly on azerty and qwerty keyboards ? Thank you in advance. Le 2022-05-10 17:53, Paul Dupuis v

Re: LC subscription and special characters

2022-05-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I thought I recalled a bug in the LC engine where using the keyboard method of typing the character code, press ALT, and then press X. For example, to type a dollar symbol ($), type 0024, press ALT, and then press X, didn't work in Livecode. However, I just tried searching the Livecode Quality

Re: Launch of multiple application instances (Mac vs Win)

2022-05-08 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Nevermind. I found the "Relaunch Sampler.rev" stack referred to in the Dictionary entry and it explains how the message is used further. On 5/8/2022 12:08 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: The LC 9.6.7 Dictionary entry to 'relaunch" states: It can be used in the follo

Re: Launch of multiple application instances (Mac vs Win)

2022-05-08 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
The LC 9.6.7 Dictionary entry to 'relaunch" states: It can be used in the following three ways: |1. If the message is passed, then the new instance continues running. 2. If "background" is returned, then the new instance is terminated. 3. If nothing is returned but the message is not passed,

Re: Launch of multiple application instances (Mac vs Win)

2022-05-08 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 5/8/2022 11:47 AM, Colin Holgate via use-livecode wrote: I wonder if the relaunch approach would leave the user in File Explorer, and would not switch across to the existing app instance? Hopefully it will be that simple. If it isn’t, try this approach:

Re: Launch of multiple application instances (Mac vs Win)

2022-05-08 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 5/8/2022 11:37 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: just add this "dummy" handler to your stack: on relaunch ## Nada :-) end relaunch - That will prevent the launching of multiple instances on Windows! Thank you! I was

Launch of multiple application instances (Mac vs Win)

2022-05-08 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Seeking help: On MacOS when you try to launch a second instance of an application, the macOS just brings the open app to the front (for example, if it is hidden on minimized). On Windows, when you try to launch a second instance of an application, Windows launches a second (or 3rd or 4th or

Re: LC 9.6.7 export snapshot from a player object seems to fail on Windows (10)

2022-04-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
on Windows as well and now in LC 9.6.7 on WIn 10/11 it does not. On 4/27/2022 6:21 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I am executing the following 2 lines of code:   export snapshot from rect tRect of player "mediaConvert" of stack "libHrAPI" to tImage as

Re: LC 9.6.7 export snapshot from a player object seems to fail on Windows (10)

2022-04-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
mage of a white rect inside the player boarder. So it looks like it is a bug. The snapshot does create a proper png it just doesn’t grab the current video image inside the player it just gets a white rect. Martin On Apr 27, 2022, at 6:21 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I am executing t

Re: devcon 2022 recap

2022-04-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
s available now and it will be arriving over various time frames from "soon" to "later". All comments and interpretations of what was presented are my own. Paul Dupuis Researchware ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

LC 9.6.7 export snapshot from a player object seems to fail on Windows (10)

2022-04-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I am executing the following 2 lines of code:   export snapshot from rect tRect of player "mediaConvert" of stack "libHrAPI" to tImage as PNG   put tImage into img "imageConvert" of stack "libHrAPI" Prior to the export the player has a video load and has the

Re: Single Window LC IDE?

2022-04-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 4/27/2022 11:58 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I like the new look very much, but most of us old timers have specific requirements which LC agrees they want to accommodate. I'm fine with the IDE being either multi-window or single-window. I've worked with both in the past and

Re: Single Window LC IDE?

2022-04-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 4/27/2022 10:06 AM, David V Glasgow via use-livecode wrote: On 27 Apr 2022, at 2:17 pm, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: they not only discussed it, but they demo'd it … and referred to it as a “new ‘dock windows’ capability”.Which sounds like it will still be each to his/her

Re: Curved text possible?

2022-04-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
There is not a native way to do this in LiveCode. An approach might be to use the shell() function (see Dictionary) to pass the text to some external graphics utility that renders and image of it curved and then import the image back into Livecode. There may be other work-arounds. On

Re: Single Window LC IDE?

2022-04-26 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I didn't have a chance to ask follow up questions, but I recall Kevin saying they were headed towards "dockable windows", presumably meaning that all (or many) of the parts of the IDE can be docked into a single window view or undocked to separate windows (for example for people with multiple

Re: optionKeyDown message broken

2022-04-22 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
FYI for anyone who is interested: I submitted a bug report for the broken state of the optionKeyDown message. See https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23688 Please follow if you are interested in seeing this fixed. ___ use-livecode

Re: optionKeyDown message broken

2022-04-21 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 4/21/2022 3:27 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: 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)

Re: optionKeyDown message broken

2022-04-21 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Craig On Apr 21, 2022, at 11:55 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: on optionKeyDown pKeyName if platform() = "MacOS" then put numToChar(charToNum(pKeyName)-128) into tKey1 -- original sample from Dictionary put numToCodePoint(codepointToNum(pKeyName)-128) into tKey2

optionKeyDown message broken

2022-04-21 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I am finding problems with the optionKeyDown handler on both Windows (where it's the ALT key) and macOS (OPTION key). This is in Livecode 9.6.7 STABLE under macOS Mojave and Windows 10 In a new stack, place the following in the card script: on optionKeyDown pKeyName   if platform() = "MacOS"

Re: Quick Windows 11 test...

2022-04-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Thank you to everyone for the responses. I hope that LC 10 will "fix" the systemVersion() to return customer meaningful OS version information, but I recognize that is hard to do when the OS manufacturers (I am looking at YOU Microsoft and Apple) do not update their OS APIs to return the same

Re: Quick Windows 11 test...

2022-04-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 4/13/2022 11:19 AM, panagiotis m via use-livecode wrote: Hello all, The function systemversion() returns 10.16.0 on MacOS Big Sur and above. This is something we should fix. As a workaround, until this is fixed, you can use this to get the system version on MacOS: function mySystemVersion

Re: Quick Windows 11 test...

2022-04-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 4/13/2022 10:58 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Can someone on Windows 11 with either (or both) LC 9.6.6 and 9.6.7 execute put systemVersion() and tell me what is reported? I would also be really helpful to know exactly what put systemVersion() returns on macOS Monterey for LC

Quick Windows 11 test...

2022-04-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Can someone on Windows 11 with either (or both) LC 9.6.6 and 9.6.7 execute put systemVersion() and tell me what is reported? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Confirm sort container order...

2022-04-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 4/5/2022 10:58 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote: The discussion may seem academic to some, and perhaps pointless to others. But I like this sort of nonsense, and actually believe it is rather more than just that. In fact, it speaks to the internal working of the “sort” command

Re: Confirm sort container order...

2022-04-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
at there are spaces separating the chars in your list. The use of “words” will also delimit if those are tase instead of spaces. But the method is worth exploring… Craig On Mar 30, 2022, at 3:39 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: Debugger issues in 9.6.7 (unfolding array variables)

2022-04-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 4/2/2022 12:42 AM, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote: Hi Folks, Today I upgraded my windows 10 LC installation to 9.6.7 and I'm finding I cannot unfold arrays while tracing code. I click and nothing happens. Anyone else? I'm on Windows 10 (Dell AMD Ryzen 5) and just tested LC 9.6.7 STABLE

Re: How to Do: Download per http

2022-03-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/31/2022 3:00 PM, Hillen Richard via use-livecode wrote: Hello, My Mac is by usb connected to an iPhone, on which is running the data-aggregator Phybox.app and aggregates the sensor-data of the internal acceleration-sensor. On Mac, when I write into the Safari address bar

Re: playrate & templateimage

2022-03-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/31/2022 3:40 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Paul, Am 31.03.2022 um 02:01 schrieb Paul Dupuis via use-livecode : ... Today I was delighted to find out that this is not the case anymore! PITCH does not change anymore when setting the PLAYRATE! Thanks for the hint, Frans

Re: playrate & templateimage

2022-03-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/30/2022 5:18 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Am 27.03.2022 um 10:33 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode : Hi all, Am 24.03.2022 um 12:31 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode : Hi friends, LC never ceases to surprise me and I love that! 1. In earlier versions setting

Re: Confirm sort container order...

2022-03-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/30/2022 4:39 PM, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote: Paul I just reread your earlier post. Did you mean concatenating as if each line became a single long word? That would never do, of course, and is not how the line of code works. This is what I was referring to: Input data: (note

Re: Confirm sort container order...

2022-03-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/30/2022 4:13 PM, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote: A way I have always used was developed back in the HC days. Assuming you have your list in the variable “yourList" sort lines of yourList by word 1 of each & word 2 of each & word 3 of each I used single letters as an example, but

Confirm sort container order...

2022-03-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Hello, I need a little help today wrapping my mind around something simple in LiveCode. sort [{lines | items} of] container [direction] [sortType] [by sortKey ] I have 3 columns of tab and cr delimited data. For example: A B C A A B A B A A A A A A C If I want to sort by col 1, then 2,

Re: New user

2022-03-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/30/2022 9:50 AM, Guillaume Hédieu via use-livecode wrote: Hi everyone, Just a message to say hello. I'm new to Livecode. First of all, please apologize for my english, it's not my native language. I am a computer scientist in an association that trains students for working in some social

tags in menus other than Pulldown (menubar) menus

2022-03-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Here is another LC wish list for practical reasons: I with that the menu item format for "regular" (pulldown/menubar) menus of: [] ['/' ['|' ]] -- with the caveat that to have a with out an , you just use /| [NOTE: This syntax is listed in the Dictionary under the "Menu" (keyword)] Would

IDE bait and switch ;-)

2022-03-26 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
So I was doing some coding today and in the IDE as you type a keyword, the syntax options popup. You can arrow down to the one you want and press tab to have the code template for the syntax filled in. I was typing a 'repeat for each..." loop when I notices the popup list of syntax options

Re: Weird Standalone Builder issue

2022-03-25 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/25/2022 9:05 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2022-03-24 21:07, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I'm on Windows 10, using LC 9.6.6, and building for macOS and Windows ... This is not a problem form me as I can use revDeleteFolder to remove Contents\Resources\_MacOS

Weird Standalone Builder issue

2022-03-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I'm on Windows 10, using LC 9.6.6, and building for macOS and Windows I have a folder called "Utilities" and in it I have the Windows version of an open source video utility called ffmpeg (specific file is just called "ffmpeg.exe". In the same "Utilities" folder, I have the macOS version of

Re: destroystack/destroywindow not working?

2022-03-21 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
We use this code in an internal Installer builder app to ensure a stack is actually removed from memory: command removeStackFromMemory pStackName   set wholeMatches to true   repeat while pStackName is among the lines of revLoadedStacks(application)     set cursor to busy     set the

Re: How to extract a video clip...

2022-03-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Look up the mergAVVideoComposition commands etc. in the dictionary. They are for Mac and iOS. Lots of versatility to slice dice and concatenate clips in a video composition. If you are on Windows I guess the ffmpeg would work. Martin Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2022, at 3:19 PM, Paul

Re: How to extract a video clip...

2022-03-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/19/2022 2:55 PM, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode wrote: You could use ffmpeg for this. Here‘s a post where it is described how to do it https://superuser.com/questions/377343/cut-part-from-video-file-from-start-position-to-end-position-with-ffmpeg I have (and still am) considering

How to extract a video clip...

2022-03-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Hivemind, I have, in LiveCode, a list of media files (various formats mp4, mp3, etc.) and a list of start and end times for various clips from each of the files. A file may (and usually does) have several clips. Much to my disappointment, I can find NO way in LiveCode script to export a

Re: Excel Lib 1.4

2022-03-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/18/2022 6:56 PM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: SpreadLib: Excel files to LC fields in 1 script line! "Excel-lent spreadsheet import and export for LiveCode" http://livecodeaddons.com/spreadlib.html I recommend Spreadlib for reading or writing Excel spreadsheets. We've used in

Re: Emojis in Text

2022-03-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/18/2022 12:18 PM, Dan Friedman via use-livecode wrote: I can't be the first to bring this up, so sorry if this has been asked already... Is there a current solution for Emojis in text? On a mobile device, in a native field, a user enters a emoji (no method to stop them that I can find).

LC and SqlLite Question

2022-03-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Can a sqlLite database file on disk be accessed by more than 1 LiveCode app at the same time? A server hosted mySql database can be accessed by any number of client LC apps at the same time as the serve side mySql does the record locking necessary, but what about a sqlLite file? Obviously,

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