Re: Should I forget HC? Honestly?

2019-01-26 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
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Re: Get RGB color of a specific screen location

2018-12-31 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
set the screenMouseLoc to globalLoc(tLocWithinMyStack) put the mouseColor into tTheColorAtThatScreenLoc Phil Davis On 12/31/18 9:24 AM, Beat Cornaz via use-livecode wrote: How do I get the RGB color of a pixel of an image? I know the function the MouseColor, which gives me the RGB numbers

Re: Radio Buttons on multiple cards

2018-11-17 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
t did it. I was trying to set the group sharedHilite, which can’t be done. Peter On Nov 17, 2018, at 3:04 AM, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: Hi Peter, Set the sharedHilite of each button to true. That'll give you what you want. Phil Davis On 11/16/18 9:28 PM, Peter Bogdanoff vi

Re: Radio Buttons on multiple cards

2018-11-17 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Hi Peter, Set the sharedHilite of each button to true. That'll give you what you want. Phil Davis On 11/16/18 9:28 PM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote: Hi, A question about LC mechanics: I have a stack of 10 cards, sharing the same background on each. That background group con

Re: How to update a css file when using the Browser widget

2018-11-03 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Hi James, Maybe putting a parameter after the URL for the reload would make the widget think it's worthy of a complete reload. like so: https://my.big.site.com?12345 Haven't tried it, just thought of it. Phil Davis On 11/3/18 9:55 PM, James Hale via use-livecode wrote: Further

bizarre DG problem

2018-10-09 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
lign the 'dgList' group with the hScroll of the DG) set the hScroll of the DG to 0 set the left of grp "dgList" of DG to the left of the DG refresh the DG Cause: ? I'm trying to understand what caused it so I can preve

Re: Determine if device is a tablet

2018-08-14 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
rasping at straws here. Better info is hidden somewhere in the bowels of the device. It would be cleaner to just get it directly. Phil Davis On 8/14/18 4:15 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I need to determine whether the current mobile device is a tablet or a phone. On iOS I ca

Re: searching lists.runrev.com

2018-08-08 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Another similar resource: https://www.mail-archive.com/use-livecode@lists.runrev.com/ Phil Davis On 8/8/18 8:08 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Douglas Ruisaard wrote: > When I try to use the link: > > http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:lists.runrev.com >

Re: drawing a Barcode without a Barcode font

2018-07-23 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
I wonder what would happen if you turned the bar code by 90 degrees and then printed it? Could it be scanned then? Just a wild thought... Phil Davis On 7/22/18 2:43 PM, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Of course i meant So the code below shows the settings which allow us to scan the

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0.1 RC-1

2018-07-09 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Whoa! Here in the Pacific Northwest (Portland area) I downloaded the Indy version in 1:43. That's one minute and change. Phil Davis On 7/9/18 3:27 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 7/9/18 5:11 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 07/09/2018 01:41 PM, Richard Gaskin vi

Re: how to clear residual garbage in a stack?

2018-05-21 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Neville, Use "compact stack" to get rid of space formerly used by now-deleted objects. See the docs. Phil Davis On 5/21/18 5:42 PM, Neville Smythe via use-livecode wrote: I am constructing a large stack as a test for a bug report (to report the slow saving of large st

Re: Active window and mouse location

2018-05-10 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Or if the stack is a mainStack, you could say "launch document tMyStackFilepath" and the same thing would happen. Another simple two-line approach: push current card of stack tTheOneBehind pop card The push/pop approach should work in any LC version. (I'm working in LC 9)

Re: WordReport Help

2018-04-11 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
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Re: WordReport Help

2018-04-11 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
it will change other parts of your document into a form you don't want. And it's possible I'm altogether wrong! Best - Phil Davis On 4/10/18 9:25 PM, Charles Szasz via use-livecode wrote: I am having difficulty with a data tag in WordReport. I am using LC 6.1.3. How do you

Re: Checkmark for Mac & Windows

2018-03-23 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
—where 1234 is the id of the image you want to use. Marty On Mar 23, 2018, at 9:12 PM, Clarence Martin via use-livecode wrote: Phil, can you provide a sample script? -Original Message- From: use-livecode On Behalf Of Phil Davis via use-livecode Sent: Friday, March 23, 2018 7:20 PM T

Re: Checkmark for Mac & Windows

2018-03-23 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
) script support the same toggle action it now supports HTH - Phil Davis On 3/23/18 6:22 PM, Knapp Martin via use-livecode wrote: I generate lists on the fly with the first item of each line set with a checkmark. After I construct the list under script, I just insert it into a standard LC

Re: height of title bar

2018-03-19 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Thank you Paul! It does indeed work as you said. Phil On 3/19/18 10:46 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: On 3/19/2018 1:37 PM, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: Is there a way in LC to discover the height of a window's title bar? I tried comparing item 2 of the card's

height of title bar

2018-03-19 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
with decorations. No joy. Same. Any other ideas? Thanks - Phil -- Phil Davis ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.

Re: Dinamyc variables.

2018-03-19 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
And the array approach allows the card names to contain spaces (consist of multiple words), where the "do" approach does not. Phil Davis On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 9:43 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: This is what Macro Substitution was c

Re: Issues with storage of data in stack

2018-03-08 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
of my favorite things about LC. Phil Davis On 3/8/18 11:22 AM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote: Mark, If the data is written to a file on disk, could someone else arrayDecode the file and gain access to it? Peter Bogdanoff ArtsInteractive On Mar 8, 2018, at 10:38 AM, Mark Talluto via

Re: [Completely OT] Withdrawal symptoms from Slashdot

2018-03-05 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Or this: https://alternativeto.net/software/slashdot/ Phil Davis On 3/3/18 6:37 PM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: Hi Alex, Try.. https://news360.com <https://news360.com/> You can choose a technical focus too. Enjoy! Rick On Mar 3, 2018, at 7:09 PM, Alex Tweedly v

Re: Quit Command corrupts standalone (stack called by standalone splash)

2018-02-26 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
ss to other peoples computers using my standalones. And on my machine the problem does not appear regularly. // I hope this message appears, otherwise I will have to check what is wrong sending messages to the list. // Thanks Roland ___ use-livecode mail

Re: Quit Command corrupts standalone (stack called by standalone splash)

2018-02-26 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Let me improve this a bit. On 2/23/18 4:19 PM, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: Roland, I believe Tom is exactly right. I would restructure your two closing handlers like this: local sMyFilename on closeStack     put the filename of me into sMyFilename     saveMe     send "quitMe&

Re: Quit Command corrupts standalone (stack called by standalone splash)

2018-02-23 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
in 0.5 seconds -- or in your preferred time    end if end quitMe The above was not tested but it should solve the problem. HTH - Phil Davis On 2/23/18 3:20 PM, tbodine via use-livecode wrote: Hi Roland. The "~" file is the original (uncorrupted, unsaved) version of your stack be

Re: any tricks to make SHELL non blocking?

2018-02-02 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Run it in a different app that you communicate with via sockets? Or maybe run that app as a process? You said *any* hints, so... be careful what you ask for! :-) Phil Davis On 2/2/18 1:41 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi friends, I have a command line utility which will

Re: What Env Variable set when saving standalone?

2018-01-25 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
ode you want     end if end appLogin It's crude but would probably work. Of course it's always possible I'm solving the wrong problem. :-) Phil Davis On 1/25/18 3:31 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Trouble is I DO want to open the login stack modally in development, because

Re: Identifying empty lines of text

2018-01-12 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
I wonder if the 202 value would disappear if you did this: put textDecode(the clipboarddata["text"], "utf8") into field 1 I don't know the answer, just putting it out there. Phil Davis On 1/12/18 4:48 PM, David Epstein via use-livecode wrote: I use “the number

Re: preloading an mages dimensions

2017-12-28 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
What platform? On a Mac, you can use sips. It's included with the OS. Example - typed on the command line: sips -g pixelHeight -g pixelWidth /Users/pdslabs/Desktop/IMG_4411.jpg The output: /Users/pdslabs/Desktop/IMG_4411.jpg   pixelHeight: 750   pixelWidth: 1000 Phil

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 171, Issue 44

2017-12-27 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
If you have a lib of his that isn't listed on this page, please feel free to forward it to me and I'll add it. FWIW, my set includes his 'AudioWaveformMin1.0.rev.zip' file. Phil Davis So far I have everything working apart from the comparison of 2 WAV files, in particul

Re: Voice Comparison in LiveCode?

2017-12-27 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Hi Peter, Here is some additional input: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17010516/how-to-detect-how-similar-a-speech-recording-is-to-another-speech-recording HTH - Phil Davis On 12/27/17 4:16 AM, Peter Reid via use-livecode wrote: i'm developing an app for cheap Android tablets

Re: read larger data streams over sockets - broken?

2017-12-06 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
OS does everything.. If you want to see the stack you are welcome. It's being used (or was) by some publication team in Singapore for the same work. On 12/6/17, 1:52 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Phil Davis via use-livecode" wrote: Is anyone else having problems with m

read larger data streams over sockets - broken?

2017-12-06 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
twork (a standard gigabit-Ethernet LAN with router, switches, computers) or from some other source. I know this is a bug and plan to file a bug report, but I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced something similar. Thanks - Phil Davis -- Phil Davis __

Re: Awful quiet around here

2017-11-14 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
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Re: OT : need help understanding why my web page isn't behaving right :-)

2017-11-07 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Flush your browser cache and try again? Phil Davis On 11/7/17 3:27 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: I just discovered a problem with one of my web pages - but can't figure out just where it's coming from. Anyone know their way around chrome tools and able to help ? I

Re: Getting directory list from web server??

2017-11-06 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
required templates and my site works again, but maybe their recent changes have something to do with the new behavior you see. Regards - Phil Davis On 11/6/17 7:24 PM, Tim Selander via use-livecode wrote: Hi, Up until now, in my livecode server script, put URL "http://www.myserver.com/rad

Re: Control properties not included in the Property Inspector

2017-11-06 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
put the properties of into tProps On 11/6/17 1:47 PM, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: Try: put the properties of field "fldCustID" into tProps put the keys of tProps That will give you all the keys of the properties array, but keep in mind that a few of the properties may

Re: Control properties not included in the Property Inspector

2017-11-06 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Try: put the properties of field "fldCustID" into tProps put the keys of tProps That will give you all the keys of the properties array, but keep in mind that a few of the properties may be arrays themselves. Phil Davis On 11/6/17 1:14 PM, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode w

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

2017-10-04 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
t... Guess that makes me the poster child of what I just said. :-) Phil Davis On 10/4/17 10:10 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: To which I will add as a side note, once we know everything, there will be no more opinions or opposing views. :-) Bob S On Oct 4, 2017, at 09:12 , Jim Lamb

Re: Making the clipboard Excel compatible

2017-10-02 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
I'm wondering if this is a Unicode-related thing. No time to experiment right now however. Phil Davis On 10/2/17 7:41 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: If I had to guess I'd say that the clipboard contains CRs and LFs for each single line break, and other software is interpr

Re: put after

2017-09-11 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
You already know this, but you can also put tWord after tContainer (or after text of me) - no chunk expression needed. Phil Davis On 9/11/17 3:05 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Actually that was a typo. Put tWord after word 2 of me is what I meant. Bob S On Sep 11, 2017, at 14

Re: private command gotcha

2017-09-07 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode wrote: On 8 Sep 2017, at 7:19 am, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: You asked me a similar question on 11-Nov-2016 - here is the back-and-forth. Sometimes we have our reasons! :-) Ha… OK back in my box then ;-) FWIW I would dearly love send in time to remember

Re: private command gotcha

2017-09-07 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Make that 8-Nov-2016. Phil On 9/7/17 2:19 PM, Phil Davis wrote: You asked me a similar question on 11-Nov-2016 - here is the back-and-forth. Sometimes we have our reasons! :-) -- Phil Davis ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode

Re: private command gotcha

2017-09-07 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
time… however why do you want to dispatch to the same script? Hi Monte, You asked me a similar question on 11-Nov-2016 - here is the back-and-forth. Sometimes we have our reasons! :-) Phil Davis Actually here's another situation where I've used 'dispatch' simply to avoid a &#

Re: OT: error messages

2017-08-29 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
One of my faves from the IBM mainframe world in the 80s and earlier: Probable user error. Correct and resubmit. It's mostly intelligible although it tells you nothing. Phil Davis On 8/28/17 12:15 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 8/28/17 11:18 AM, Mark Wieder vi

Re: slow listserv

2017-08-28 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Wikipedia: Mars is an an average of 12.5 light minutes from earth. So, yeah. Phil Davis On 8/28/17 4:22 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Someone fact check that plz... Bob S On Aug 28, 2017, at 14:13 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: It currently is taking forty minutes for

Re: Search Values of Array in "One Go"

2017-08-26 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
er one I would like: filter lines of tList WHERE item 1 of each >= 10 Phil Davis Cheers Monte ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription prefer

Re: E.T.

2017-07-29 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
On 7/29/17 8:47 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 1:25 AM, Phil Davis via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: You could distribute your product on flash drives and require that they be plugged in during use. Each flash drive (thumb

Re: E.T.

2017-07-29 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
startup process can verify that the right key is residing on the right flash drive. No internet required. Phil Davis On 7/29/17 12:53 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: Let us suppose I have sold a 5 seat licence of some software to an organisation and I don't want its workers

Re: Set the tooltip of a datagrid

2017-07-12 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
BUT you can set the toolTipDelay, to speed up or slow down its appearance. That's about it. Phil Davis On 7/12/17 10:54 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Yes just figured that out thank you. Initially it wasn't displaying, but I think that was because of an early bug which

Re: AW: can I lock screen over more than one handler?

2017-07-05 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Did you try locking messages before setting the filename of the player? That could help. Phil Davis On 7/5/17 6:57 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode wrote: Thanks Jonathan, Trevor and Sean for your comments. Meanwhile I could drill down my "flickering" problem (post from yes

Re: OT: Mandelbrot set deep dive

2017-06-30 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
After watching a couple minutes of this, I started getting light-headed and felt like I was going back to the late 60s. Phil Davis On 6/30/17 1:44 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: And while I'm posting off-topic subjects, here's a seriously deep dive into the Mandelbrot se

Re: [ANN] Release 8.1.5 RC-1

2017-06-14 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
On 6/14/17 4:06 PM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: But on that subject, which I never imagined seeing here, I would advise males to pee in the most manly way possible TMI... for me it's triggering that scene in "About Schmidt". Moving on now. Phil

Re: clipsToRect property (was Re: Instantiaing Grouped Controls - Templates - Responsive)

2017-06-13 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
(The ? was meant to soften my suggestion, not to indicate that I'm not following - that's that's always a possibility) Phil On 6/13/17 3:11 PM, Phil Davis wrote: So it's about manually updating the rect vs. having it in an auto-update mode? Phil Davis On 6/13/17 3:0

Re: clipsToRect property (was Re: Instantiaing Grouped Controls - Templates - Responsive)

2017-06-13 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
So it's about manually updating the rect vs. having it in an auto-update mode? Phil Davis On 6/13/17 3:01 PM, Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote: So far I’m kind of partial to Scott R’s “Persistent rect”. Conversely, it could be something like “Auto-update rect”, but then the checkbox

Re: send mouseup to control

2017-05-24 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Hi Al, I wonder if the "call" command could simplify things for you. (Probably not but I thought I would mention it.) Otherwise maybe put your mouseUp code in separate handlers outside of "mouseUp" so you can have more parameter options in their execution. Thanks - Phi

Re: Sort so that "Hello" is always before "hello"

2017-05-18 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
"set the caseSensitive to true" before sorting. Phil Davis On 5/18/17 10:10 AM, Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode wrote: I have the following lines when a list of words is sorted: Hello hello Hello hello hello so there is no hierarchy between upper and lower case chars. I want

Re: Android Touchscreen Malfunction

2017-05-16 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
into sTaskRequests end doTask Phil Davis On 5/16/17 11:55 AM, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode wrote: Hi All, Recently, while testing a stack in an Android Phone, I found with surprise that mouseup and mousedown messages were triggered very fast (2 or 3 times in succession). After checking

Re: Wouldn't it be nice to have a "back/forward" button in script editor?

2017-05-11 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Maybe show something like the executionContexts as a list in a palette, and be able to go back and forth to the referenced lines by clicking the lines? Phil Davis On 5/11/17 12:18 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 5/11/17 2:09 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: J

Re: ANN: new team member

2017-05-11 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Congratulations Ali! Is there a whisky fund where we can send donations? Phil Davis On 5/11/17 9:51 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: Word from the grapevine is that Ali Lloyd is the new father of a baby programmer. -- Phil Davis

Re: filter? replace? wildcard? reg exp? help please!

2017-05-09 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
after tNewText end repeat put tNewText into field 2 end mouseUp HTH - Phil Davis On 5/9/17 8:41 PM, Nicolas Cueto via use-livecode wrote: Given this snippet... --- CANTO XXXIV CÍRCULO IX: TRAIDORES. «Vexilla regis prodeunt[307] d

Re: put x into URL... error on Windows network drive

2017-05-04 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Is there any possibility that the network drive has spun down? I haven't tried it in recent versions of LC, but long ago I found I could get "the detailed files" of some folder on a sleeping drive and that would cause it to wake up! Food for thought - Phil Davis On 5/4/1

Re: 8.1.4rc1 regressions

2017-05-03 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Same experience here. Phil Davis On 5/3/17 8:02 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: I can confirm that the script editor is buggy. If you try to close individual tabs, it borks the whole editor and no more tabs can be worked with. Scripts will not be editable and no more tabs can be

Re: User IP Address from LC Server?

2017-04-27 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
h "$_" - check the dictionary for more info on those. HTH - Phil Davis On 4/27/17 5:21 PM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: After looking at a bunch of entries in the LC Dictionary I can’t find anything that tells me how I can get the IP of a User who has logged into my LC Ser

Re: mergEXT

2017-04-13 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
I just Googled "Blue-Bot uuid" maybe one of the Github links will point you in the right direction? Phil Davis On 4/13/17 9:05 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: I've just spend a fair time poking around the internet and cannot find an application that can g

Re: Recording audio with LC on OSX?

2017-04-07 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
voice recordings, but I've never tried recording synthetic speech output. Food for thought - Phil Davis On 4/6/17 11:12 PM, Terry Judd via use-livecode wrote: OK – looks like mergMicrophone is an option on OSX – I’ll give that a try. Terry... On 7/04/2017 12:04 pm, "use-livecode on behal

'effective' discovery

2017-03-20 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
In LC 8.1.3 I just discovered you can say: put the effective properties of control x into tPropsA and it gives you all the effective properties! I knew you could do it with individual props, but didn't know you could get all of them at once. It isn't documented. --

Re: Translating escape sequence

2017-03-14 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Data into tJsonData Then go on your merry way. Would that work? Phil Davis On 3/14/17 9:28 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: Thanks. I actually was using jsonImport() with these strings successfully (no wrapper required) but it has a bug on Android that makes it unuseable. That'

Re: [Long] Moving a REST request from Desktop to Server

2017-03-09 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
+1 Andre - curl is definitely your friend for simple LC-server to other server communication. I maintain a server app that uses it to interact with the Vimeo server. https://curl.haxx.se/docs/ Phil Davis On 3/9/17 9:11 AM, Andre Garzia via use-livecode wrote: Hi, I would shell() to curl

Re: AW: AW: AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8

2017-03-07 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
t via a dialog, but not on the other machines. Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Phil Davis via use-livecode Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. März 2017 18:22 An: How to use LiveCode Cc: Phil Davis Betreff: Re: A

Re: AW: AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8

2017-03-07 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
If you pick the video file with a file dialog and set the filename of the player to "it", will it play then? If so, maybe you're having a path issue. Phil Davis On 3/7/17 8:51 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode wrote: ... and as I mentioned, the videos play fine on all m

Re: revZip functions, compressing and extracting folder for transfer

2017-03-04 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Here is a sanitized version of a simple zip library stack I use in projects. It keeps me from having to get down into the nuts and bolts every time I want to zip a file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t8z27p8cy5ir1v9/libZip.livecode?dl=0 HTH - Phil Davis On 3/4/17 9:25 AM, Matt Maier via use

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

2017-02-28 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
s in the dictionary. Maybe you have a filter enabled that's masking it? -- Phil Davis ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://li

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

2017-02-28 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
However, this works: put sha1Digest("dfgdfgdghgdhfgh") So we know it's there. FWIW - Phil Davis On 2/28/17 11:05 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: I search for SHA in the dictionary, nada. I type sha1digest in to a script, right click it, nada. I type shaONEdig

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

2017-02-24 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Don't ignore the autoHilite of a field. Dictionary says: Specifies whether a button highlights when it's pressed, or whether selected text in a field is highlighted. Phil Davis On 2/24/17 6:18 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Ok I've played with locked, traversalOn, a

Re: Community Dictionary (was Re: Delete element from array)

2017-02-24 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Very nice! I think I'll start using it as my primary docs UI and see if there's anything I wish it had in addition. I love the simplicity of it. Phil Davis On 2/22/17 6:14 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: Everyone, Have a look at what Bernd has done. Again, the thre

Re: on-rev "HTTP_UPGRADE_INSECURE_REQUESTS"

2017-02-22 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
h security certificates and be done with it. Bob S On Feb 21, 2017, at 18:30 , Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: WHAT JUST HAPPENED? The desktop app I mentioned earlier is now (around 6:15 PM Pacific time) suddenly no longer blowing up during login, and its normal speed has been restored.

Re: on-rev "HTTP_UPGRADE_INSECURE_REQUESTS"

2017-02-21 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
S' is still turned on. Whatever magical thing happened, I'm very grateful. But I sure would like to know what it was so I can tell my client. Thanks - Phil On 2/21/17 3:07 PM, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: Thanks Bob - at least there are plenty of straws to go around. Guess I&#

Re: on-rev "HTTP_UPGRADE_INSECURE_REQUESTS"

2017-02-21 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
On Feb 21, 2017, at 14:33 , Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: Hi folks, Today I got back to my office after a long weekend to find that a desktop app I support, which was working fine last week, is blowing up during a server login process. It's trying to log into a system that runs on

on-rev "HTTP_UPGRADE_INSECURE_REQUESTS"

2017-02-21 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
s one: $_SERVER[HTTP_UPGRADE_INSECURE_REQUESTS] = 1 Does anyone know if this was recently changed? (grasping at straws here) Thanks - Phil Davis -- Phil Davis ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subs

Re: Windows and OSX 64-bit builds?

2017-02-10 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
yte, not a gig. FWIW - Phil Davis On 2/10/17 6:57 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: isn't it kBytes not bits? So 32,000 * 32000 Bytes (a pixel takes up one Byte in 8 bit color) which comes to 1,024,000,000 BYTES. That's 1.024 terabytes, unless my faculties have wholly abandoned me

Re: fontNames

2017-02-03 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
A masterful explanation! Thanks Fraser - Phil On 2/3/17 7:20 PM, Fraser Gordon via use-livecode wrote: On 2017-02-03 21:03, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: I'm currently fiddling around with fonts. I see that the list returned by 'the fontNames' contains some 'placehol

Re: fontNames

2017-02-03 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
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fontNames

2017-02-03 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
nt is used when a field's textFont is set to "(Default)" or some other placeholder value? I'm using LC 8.1.2 on Mac OS X 10.11.6. Thanks - Phil Davis -- Phil Davis ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: fontLanguage()

2017-01-31 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
9.0.0 (dp 4).app Paul p...@livecode.org Mac OS Sierra 10.12.3 On Jan 30, 2017, at 8:56 PM, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: Hi folks, In LC 8.1.2 I have checked 'the fontLanguage' of all my installed fonts and get nothing but 'ansi', even for my Arabic fonts. In some

fontLanguage()

2017-01-30 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
e different outcomes with fontLanguage() in 8.1.2? Thanks - Phil Davis -- Phil Davis ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev

Re: Delete element from array

2017-01-24 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
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Re: Using LC server to check for existence of mp3 on our web server?

2017-01-22 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
and it tells you if the file is in the programs folder or not. So the url would look something like this: http://my.programserver.com/check.lc?1234.mp3 The text of the 'check.lc' file: This is most likely not exactly what you need, but maybe it'll give you a st

Re: Exit without quitting

2017-01-18 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Hi Bob, What happens in a standalone if you just "exit " instead of "exit to top" ? Of course that could cause problems in some contexts. Phil Davis On 1/18/17 4:20 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: That is to say, it QUITS the app. BTW this "feature" i

Re: LC Server & Server Based Stack?

2017-01-08 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
ult is CGI mode. Best - Phil Davis On 1/8/17 7:26 PM, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote: Sorry I didn't get back to you till now, but it looks like things are covered as far as accessing a stack file from lc server. As for the other direction, (lc server talking to an in memory stac

Re: LC Server & Server Based Stack?

2017-01-08 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
L pages and serve them, but also keep track of training accounts, titles, licensing, training sessions, you name it.) Names have been changed to protect the innocent. ("Dragnet" music plays in background) Phil Davis On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode < us

Re: Where LC store preferences in Windows 10?

2017-01-08 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
Hi Andre, Might the prefs be in the registry instead? (Seems unlikely, but just trying to cover all possibilities) Phil Davis On 1/8/17 11:24 AM, Andre Garzia via use-livecode wrote: Hey Friends, Just a crash on my surface yesterday and now LC doesn't launch. Removed all the

Re: Launching a subprocess under OSX?

2016-12-29 Thread Phil Davis
#x27;s internal structure and its visibility in the Dock when running, but I thought I would at least share my experience. Maybe there's a setting you can fiddle with in the helper app's plist that would make it run invisible? (Sounds like a potential can of worms but it might work)

Re: send control-C to a process?

2016-12-27 Thread Phil Davis
Thanks Thierry - "kill " does indeed give me the desired outcome - the audio duration is now displayed in Finder's "Get Info" window (and is also discovered & displayed by other tools like afinfo and mediainfo). I really appreciate your help! Phil Davis On 12/

send control-C to a process?

2016-12-26 Thread Phil Davis
o idea what the audio duration is. Thanks and happy holidays to all - -- Phil Davis ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.run

Re: card-to-card speed

2016-12-07 Thread Phil Davis
Does "lock recent" before going next have any effect on the speed? It used to. Phil Davis On 12/7/16 8:56 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: A friend of mine has an app where some animations are done by flipping through cards. Speed is variable, set with a "wait milliseconds"

Re: Serving Videos with LC/iRev

2016-11-26 Thread Phil Davis
them to enter it before watching? That wouldn't prevent abuse but at least you could track likely suspects. Phil Davis On 11/26/16 6:44 PM, Rick Harrison wrote: Hi Mark, That sounds good except that the user is purchasing from me through a third party and I have no good way of validatin

Re: Socket communication

2016-11-22 Thread Phil Davis
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Re: Socket communication

2016-11-22 Thread Phil Davis
For clarity, it would be nice to have a "stop accepting connections on port x" command. Phil On 11/22/16 1:31 PM, Phil Davis wrote: That's a really good question Ralph! Maybe you could put the 'accept' and 'callbackMessage' code in a script that can be

Re: Socket communication

2016-11-22 Thread Phil Davis
That's a really good question Ralph! Maybe you could put the 'accept' and 'callbackMessage' code in a script that can be put into use / taken out of use and that would do it, but I haven't tried it. Phil Davis On 11/22/16 1:11 PM, Ralph DiMola wrote: When on

Re: Inconsistent results in simple script

2016-11-17 Thread Phil Davis
Amen! First there was sliced bread... Then there was LC text parsing... Then came ARRAYS! (choir singing in background) Phil Davis On 11/17/16 7:59 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Take Richard's advice. I did and I've never looked back. There are some situations where text parsing becomes

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