Preserving TabStops

Is there a way to put fld “Fld2" after fld “Fld1” and preserve the TabStops of fld “Fld2” ? Thanks very much, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Replacing GlobalNames with Global Values

Of course!! I should have thought of this, but was making it too hard. Thanks, Herman! And thanks to Monte, Terry and Mark for teaching me something new. Roger > On Feb 11, 2019, at 9:08 PM, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > >> Roger G. wrote: >> Let’s say that I have 3 globals: >> gGlobal1 =

Re: Replacing GlobalNames with Global Values

Granted, this may be too esoteric for me to understand, but I can’t seem to make this do what I want to do Let’s say that I have 3 globals: gGlobal1 = 10.1, gGlobal2 = 20.2 and gGlobal3 = 30.3 I have an expression like gGlobal1*gGlobal2/gGlobal3 I want to transform this to the

Replacing GlobalNames with Global Values

Hi all, I can’t seem to come up with a succinct way of doing this: I have a mathematical expression such as gGlobal1*gGlobal2/cos(gGlobal3) = SomeValue and I want to replace the global names with the values previously saved to those Globals so as to show the entire expression with individual

Re: Insert an Image into a Field

> > > > >> 31. jan. 2019 kl. 20:03 skrev Roger Guay via use-livecode >> : >> >> Could someone please remind me how to do this? I’m having a senior moment >> and can’t find anything in the archives. >> >> Thanks, >> Roger >>

Insert an Image into a Field

Could someone please remind me how to do this? I’m having a senior moment and can’t find anything in the archives. Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Shoutout to Bernd Niggeman

This is to praise Bernd for his TinyDictionary! Especially since I find the standard dictionary in LC V9 is next to useless!! Find it here: http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/825/TinyDictionary Thank you, Bernd! Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Should I forget HC? Honestly?

I’ll join this chorus as well and add that LC has become what I had hoped Hypercard would become back in the day. LC is Hypercard on steroids! If your goal is to simplify LC, then do as I believe Richmond has already done, and build a simplified (limited) tool palette in LiveCode and call it

Re: Probably a No-Brainer

add 1 to m end repeat delete last char of fld "explFctn" end mouseUp Roger > On Dec 27, 2018, at 11:31 AM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > wrote: > > You are so clever, Herman! Yes, the idea is to write it out into a field. > > T

Re: Probably a No-Brainer

You are so clever, Herman! Yes, the idea is to write it out into a field. This is great for the Taylor series, but how would one generalize this so that we could expand any fctn of x and n in the “genFctn” field into the “expandedFctn” field Sorry to take up so much of your time. Thanks,

Re: Probably a No-Brainer

ha...@exformedia.se wrote: > > replace "x^n" with "x^" & n in field "formula" > > might do the trick… > > :-Håkan > On 27 Dec 2018, 04:34 +0100, Roger Guay via use-livecode > , wrote: >> As an example, I want to replace the contents of a field

Probably a No-Brainer

As an example, I want to replace the contents of a field that contains x^n with x^1 or x^2 or x^3 as n= 1 or 2 or 3 etc. But I can’t seem to find find a script that works. Help please?? Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: Continual iOS Simulator Problems

way can't remember but i did drag > it towards devices in Xcode > > But your Provisioning Profile is OK? > > > Op 30-10-2018 om 03:47 schreef Roger Guay via use-livecode: >> Hi Folks, >> >> I’m on a Mac with OS 10.14 and using LC 9.0.0 Indy, and I have the gree

Re: Continual iOS Simulator Problems

Xcode first and after it is fully > loaded then trying to test from LC? > > Thanks, > Brian > On Oct 29, 2018, 9:48 PM -0500, Roger Guay via use-livecode > , wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> I’m on a Mac with OS 10.14 and using LC 9.0.0 Indy, and I have the green >>

Continual iOS Simulator Problems

Hi Folks, I’m on a Mac with OS 10.14 and using LC 9.0.0 Indy, and I have the green square indication in LC prefs with SDK 11.2. I can’t get the simulator to work with test target set to simulator 11.2. It simply takes too long to open and then crashes if I persist. In fact, it seems to me

Re: Fun with Windows 10

FWIW, I thought it was extremely funny! I think you should consider stand-up comedienne as a second career. Roger > On Aug 14, 2018, at 4:53 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Oh dear, I wasn't trying to prove anything and I didn't really have you in > mind...it's a story I

Re: Docker

Uh oh. And, how old are you, Bob? > On Jul 11, 2018, at 4:18 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > I'm in a strange mood. I got into my car last Sunday and discovered two of my > three radio programmable buttons had changed stations. I'm the only person > who drives my car, and I

Re: MouseMove and HTML5

Huh, back to the drawing board. Thanks! > On Jun 30, 2018, at 2:09 AM, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > MouseMove works in HTML5 standalones, see for example > http://hyperhh.de/html5/RGBPuzzle-8.0.2X.html > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list >

MouseMove and HTML5

This is my first time with saving to HTML5 and I find that a simple stack I created with a mousMove script does not work. I’m simply trying to constrain the motion of a grc along the vertical axis with a mouseMove script.The dictionary seems to confirm that mouseMove is not compatible with

Re: Scott Rossi and TactileMedia

Hi Bob, If your problem with tmAlign was the same as mine, namely the title greyed out and no longer readable, I hacked/fixed it by adding "set the blendlevel of grc "header_base" of stack "tmAlign3" to 90” on OpenStack. I did a similar thing with tmEffects. Cheers, Roger > On Apr 30,

Re: Scott Rossi and TactileMedia

Thanks, Jacque. I will try. > On Apr 28, 2018, at 12:29 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 4/28/18 12:48 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: >> I am a total fan of Scott and the many contributions he has offered to t

Scott Rossi and TactileMedia

I am a total fan of Scott and the many contributions he has offered to the LC community over the years. I particularly like his little plugins tmAlign and tmEffects and use them all the time. However, the title bars of these have gone from light on dark to light on light in V9 of LC, to such an

Re: align object does not work with groups?

> On Apr 11, 2018, at 10:27 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi friends, > > LC 9 on a Mac, selectgroupedcontrols = false > > Selecting two or more groups and trying to align these two groups > e.g. on the left side using the inspector palette,

Re: Text to Speech

> On Apr 6, 2018, at 3:45 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode > wrote: > > on mouseUp >revSpeak "Hello, How are you?" >end mouseUp Works here! OS 10.13.3, LC 9.0 Roge ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: LiveCode and iOS Simulator Set Up

I’m having the same problem, John. Here’s is what I wrote to Dan just a few days ago: First off, I’m in Mac OS 10.13.3 so I’m not sure this will help. The simulator has been consistently giving me the message “The simulator seems to be taking a long time to launch….” I respond to this message

Re: Am I Dreaming?

I typed > is what I expected, and undoing (however many times necessary) to correct the > error. > > Bob S > > >> On Feb 17, 2018, at 07:58 , Roger Guay via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> In days of yore, didn’t the Sc

Re: LiveCode and XCode

Hi Dan, First off, I’m in Mac OS 10.13.3 so I’m not sure this will help. The simulator has been consistently giving me the message “The simulator seems to be taking a long time to launch….” I respond to this message with No, the simulator stays open but unloaaded. I then find I can go to the

Am I Dreaming?

In days of yore, didn’t the Script Editor remember where you were last working and open to that scrolled position the next time you opened it? Unless I’m dreaming, that was a nice feature. Best, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Saving Changes in iOS - Solved

Thanks to Ralph and Klaus, I’ve succeeded in building my first iOS app that saves user data. The following post form Klaus did it. > Please read up the specialfolderpath() section in the dictionary. > > 1. specialfolderpath("documents”) is the folder inside of the application > bundle where

Re: Open stack "MyStack" Not working

" myStack", "myStack ", " myStack " or "my Stack" - note > the spaces > What happens when you enter the command into the Message Box, does > that open the Stack? If not, can you use the command to open some > other Stack? If so, does "mySt

Open stack "MyStack" Not working

All of a sudden, today, open stack “myStack” Does not work. I results in this error: Message execution error: Error description: Handler: error in statement Hint: message So far, I’ve tried restarting my Mac (OS 10.13.2) a number of times and I’ve tried ditching the prefs, all to no

Re: Saving Changes in iOS

Hi Klaus, So are you saying that I create a folder called "specialfolderpath("documents”)”, add this folder to the “Copy Files” of the Standalone Application Settings, and put my MainStack into it? Thanks, Roger > On Jan 29, 2018, at 9:21 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode >

Re: Saving Changes in iOS

vergreen Information Services > rdim...@evergreeninfo.net > > -Original Message----- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf > Of Roger Guay via use-livecode > Sent: Monday, January 29, 2018 10:15 AM > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com &g

Saving Changes in iOS

I know I’m out to lunch again, but I notice that one cannot use the ol’ Launcher+MainStack method in iOS to save user changes. What’s up with that? How does one save user changes in iOS? Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Preserving Detailed Field Content

Don’t mean to clutter this list, but I want to be sure to thank Ralph and Klaus and Bob for responses within 5 minutes of my posting. What a great resource this list is!! Roger > On Jan 26, 2018, at 9:01 AM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >

Re: Preserving Detailed Field Content

And thanks to you too, Bob. > On Jan 26, 2018, at 9:00 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Get and set the rtftext of the field. > > Bob S > > >> On Jan 26, 2018, at 07:56 , Roger Guay via use-livecode >

Preserving Detailed Field Content

I have a multiple line field with some lines of different color and strikeout textStyle. If I set the custom property, the cContent, of that field to the field itself, the textColor and TextStyle of each line is lost. Is there a simple way to capture the contents of a field with varied

Re: Standalone Name vs Display Name

> called something (e.g. "XXX") > but when the standalone opens it can have something else on its title bar > (e.g. "Oh, you expected XXX"). > > Richmond. > > On 14/1/2018 8:24 pm, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: >> I’m wrapped around the axl

Standalone Name vs Display Name

I’m wrapped around the axle again! In Standalone Application Settings, can someone tell me the difference between the Standalone Name under the General Tab, and the Display Name under the iOS tab? Thanks very much. Roger ___ use-livecode mailing

Re: iOS Profile Menu

er portal you > have to download them manually using xcode (but maybe the act of logging in > to your developer account from xcode loads them - I don't remember off the > top of my head). > > On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 7:01 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runr

Re: iOS Profile Menu

stalls, etc. ios knows which app you're talking about. When the user > does a download or an update, it knows which app. Apple recommends a > reverse-whatever-its-called notation, e.g. com.roger.guay.myAwesomeGame. > Note that it is case-sensitive. > > > On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 11:5

Re: Play WAV audio clips in iOS

it easier to update these resources without the need to update the > whole application. > > Regards > Tore Nilsen > >> 6. jan. 2018 kl. 20:34 skrev Roger Guay via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >> >> I really appreciate your patience

Re: Play WAV audio clips in iOS

have no idea. I’ve only used wav files added via the Copy Files > pane for sound. In fact, I can’t even say I remember seeing the audio file > under import as control. > > randy > ----- >> On Jan 6, 2018, at 1:34 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@li

Re: Play WAV audio clips in iOS

> In case you’re interested, here is a link to one of my free iOS apps that > plays wav files via buttons: > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/number-id/id642054717?mt=8 > > randy > >> On Jan 6, 2018, at 12:45 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.

Re: Play WAV audio clips in iOS

Thanks Randy. I missed that! Is this done instead of Importing (them) As Controls, or in addition to Importing As Controls? Or is Importing As Controls useless? Thanks again, Roger > On Jan 6, 2018, at 10:18 AM, Randy Hengst via use-livecode > wrote: > > I

Play WAV audio clips in iOS

According to my research the Play command should work in iOS. But so far, no luck. I’ve imported (as controls) a few WAV sound files into my stack and I’m using the “play” command successfully in the IDE as well as Mac Standalones, but not iOS. What am I missing please? I can’t seem to find

Re: iOS Profile Menu

Portal and manually developed a profile. Not sure of the details yet, and I’m left with the question of how one generates the "Internal App ID” from Xcode. But, at least I’m up and running. Thanks to all, Roger > On Jan 6, 2018, at 8:04 AM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > &l

Re: iOS Profile Menu

Thank you, Mike. I had done what you propose and just did it again (except mine gives only the “Download Manual Profiles”). To no avail! My LC seems to be stuck with 3 profiles from years ago, which I don’t see anywhere else I’ve looked, but I’m not sure where to even look for this?? BTW, I’m

iOS Profile Menu

Hi Folks, Once again, I’m trying to figure out the Apple maze for developing on iOS. Fat chance, eh? Can someone please tell me where the items of the Profile menu in the Standalone Application Settings come from? Nothing I do has any effect on that pulldown menu, and I’ve been messing with

Re: Custom Property

; > "Sacrifice" . . . I wasn't really complaining; just "laughing with you" as > they say. > > I feel your pain 8-) > > Richmond. > > On 21/12/17 6:17 pm, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: >> So sorry for your sacrifice, Richmond!! >> &g

Re: Custom Property

So sorry for your sacrifice, Richmond!! 1. I didn’t ask you specifically to do any testing. 2. You have no idea how much testing I did, nor the nature of it Roger > On Dec 21, 2017, at 2:30 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > wrote: > > 1. Obviously

Re: Custom Property

s > > Monte > >> On 21 Dec 2017, at 5:22 pm, Roger Guay via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Please, how is it that a graphic can have a custom property that does not >> show up in the property in

Custom Property

Please, how is it that a graphic can have a custom property that does not show up in the property inspector? Does the fact that the graphic has a behavior have anything to do with it? TFYH, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list

Shout Out to dev@livecode

I was rummaging around in RevOnline i.e. Sample Stacks looking for new ideas to play with and I ran across Bouncing Balls by d...@livecode.com last updated in 2014. I just have to say what a cool stack this is! I am learning so much from this contribution as it is filled with examples and

Re: LiveCodeStars

Very nice, Herman!! > On Dec 3, 2017, at 3:53 PM, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > My end-of-this-year gift to the community is dedicated to the LC Team, > especially to the makers of the browser widget. > > **LiveCodeStars** > > It is a hybrid of LC animation

Re: "export snapshot" still NOT in 8.1.7

Works for me. Mac OS 10.13.1 LC 8.1.7 Roger > On Nov 26, 2017, at 7:45 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > wrote: > > Nor in 8.1.8 rc 2 > > Tut, tut! > > Richmond. > > On 26/11/17 5:29 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: >> On a Macintosh. >> >> Richmond.

Re: Simple tutorial on scrollbars?

I recommend rolling your own. If you need help with that, I can share what I’ve done. Roger > On Nov 19, 2017, at 12:23 PM, Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode > wrote: > > I am trying to change the look of a simple scrollbar on a Mac. But changing > "foreground

Re: I Hate Full Screen!

Well, that helps but I still hate Full Screen! > On Oct 31, 2017, at 7:45 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > If you option-click the zoom on a Mac, it uses the old zoom where the menus > are still visible. > > Bob S > > >> On Oct 30, 2017, at

Re: The Shrinking size of animated gif

I get "Png images are 130036bytes larger than animated gif” HTH, Roger > On Oct 30, 2017, at 7:54 PM, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode > wrote: > > Could you verify if always that we convert > an animaated gif in a series of png images > the resulting images

I Hate Full Screen!

Why can’t I set the decorations of a stack to only “Title” without that damnable green ball coming in every time? LC 8.1.6 and Mac OS 10.13. Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: Export GIF File Does Retain Frames of Animation

Thank you, Mike. Works here too! Cheers, Roger > On Oct 19, 2017, at 8:55 PM, Mike Bonner via use-livecode > wrote: > > instead do this.. > put img "myGif" into url ("binfile:Usersrogerguay/Desktop/myGif2.gif") > just tried it here, and it seems to work. >

Re: Export GIF File Does Retain Frames of Animation

I meant does NOT retain . . . . > On Oct 19, 2017, at 2:50 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I am importing gif animations into my project but find that when they are > subsequently exported, they are just one frame of the origin

Export GIF File Does Retain Frames of Animation

I am importing gif animations into my project but find that when they are subsequently exported, they are just one frame of the original animation. Here is my code: export image “myGif" to file "/Users/rogerguay/Desktop/“&"myGif2"&".gif" as gif Help please. Thanks, Roger

Re: Handy behavior snippet

snippet does. You put it into a > mouseUp handler of the BEHAVIOR script. > > Bob S > > >> On Oct 11, 2017, at 09:09 , Roger Guay via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> On a Mac you just hold the option and command keys down and clic

Re: Handy behavior snippet

On a Mac you just hold the option and command keys down and click the control to access it’s script. Isn’t there an equivalent key combination for Windows? Roger > On Oct 11, 2017, at 8:14 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi all. > > I came up

Re: MacOS 10.13 crashes LC after color dialog

Yup, same for me on Macbook Pro Retina. Roger > On Sep 28, 2017, at 10:11 PM, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > MacOS 10.13, LC 6.7.11/ 7.1.4/ 8.1.6/ 9.0.0-dp9 > (here on Mac mini/late 2012 2.5 GHz i5, Intel Grahics HD 4000) > > When using the color dialog from

Re: new license type

Thank you, Monty. Wow! I think this is exactly what I was pushing for months ago. Cheers, Roger > On Sep 13, 2017, at 2:44 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > >> On 14 Sep 2017, at 7:37 am, Roger Guay via use-li

Re: new license type

How did I miss this? What new license type”? > On Sep 13, 2017, at 1:16 PM, Mark Schonewille via use-livecode > wrote: > > Yeah, I might do this, if they keep the license long enough for me to adjust > my products. > > Kind regards, > > Mark Schonewille >

Re: Subscript and Superscript

Thanks for your help, Terry and Brian. Cheers, Roger > On Sep 10, 2017, at 8:07 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Since one can set the subscript or superscript of a character from the Text > menu, presumably there are command

Subscript and Superscript

Since one can set the subscript or superscript of a character from the Text menu, presumably there are commands to do so as well? I can’t find such a thing! Help please. Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: What's Happening with TactileMedia?

Great Idea!! Roger > On Aug 24, 2017, at 1:35 PM, Skip Kimpel via use-livecode > wrote: > > I can only dream that they would bring Scott into the folds of the LiveCode > and make his amazing visual interface components part of the base package. > It would be

Re: [ANN] TinyDictionary updated to display Synonyms

Brian and Bernd, thank you for this!! I use it all the time now and I love it. Cheers, Roger > On Jul 18, 2017, at 3:59 PM, BNig via use-livecode > wrote: > > Brian Milby contributed to tinyDictinary the extraction of synonyms. He also > submitted a pull

Re: I need a "slider" in a circle

I just uploaded the latest version of RadialDialOmatic to Rev Sample Stacks. > http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/838/RadialDialOmatic > <http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/838/RadialDialOmatic> All The best, Roger > On Jul 9, 2017, at 3:56 PM, Roger Guay via use-l

Re: I need a "slider" in a circle

Thanks very much for the compliment, but give mea day to upload the latest. I’ve made significant improvements to RadialDialOmatic since the original upload. Right now I have to leave for a concert at Ste. Michelle Winery!!. Cheers, Roger > On Jul 9, 2017, at 1:13 PM, hh via use-livecode

Re: Division by Zero Error

Yes, but first let me play with it to see if I am doing something else to cause my problem. Roger > On Jul 8, 2017, at 10:42 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 07/08/2017 08:26 AM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: >>

Re: Division by Zero Error

Thanks very much Mark, Herman and Mike. I am using the try/catch method you mention, but it doesn’t seem to work reliably. I’m probably doing something else wrong . . . I’ll keep trying. Thanks again for your time. Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list

Division by Zero Error

I often find that I have to deal with a division by zero error message in plotting functions, solving equation etc. Are there methods or techniques used to programmatically handle or work-around a possible division by zero? e.g. If I want to evaluate y= 1/(x-3), what can I do to deal with a

Re: ANN: Widget Wizard

How Clever! I can’t wait to try it. Thank you Mark. Roger > On Jun 13, 2017, at 1:04 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > I just posted Widget Wizard to revOnline. > > Widget Wizard is a utility to help in the creation of LiveCode extensions. > You can

Re: [ANN] tinyDictionary

I love it! Thanks!! Roger > On Mar 22, 2017, at 7:37 AM, BNig via use-livecode > wrote: > > I uploaded a compact version of the dictionaries for LC 8.1 and up to > Livecodeshare > > http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/825/tinyDictionary_0_7_7_7 > > this is

Something Screwy about Scrollbars

I have noticed that standard sliders/scrollbars seem to cause weird performance problems. What I think is happening is a severe performance hit after (and only after) saving AND quitting a stack with a new slider. Upon reopening the stack performance is severely degraded. This happened to me

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