Re: iOS browser local URLs

2020-01-21 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I am pretty sure it is a regression. I have a business support request to test the Andre's "htmt5" Lexicon on iOS built in 9.5 (comes packaged inside the SivaSiva app) I can't test myself because of upgrading to Catalina…. It was working 9.5 but not on 9.6DP2. Works fine on android. I had to

Re: YAML Libraries

2020-01-17 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I found the handler ## Monte's YAMLToArray command constant kMultiLineModeNone = 0 constant kMultiLineModeLiteral = 1 constant kMultiLineModeFolded = 2 command YAMLToArray pYaml [snip] in the levure initialization behavior. I think that's it. There is no "ArrayToYaml" but that is not needed.

YAML Libraries

2020-01-17 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I am finding the constraints of JSON to be a bit, well, "constraining" , for use in small "data serializations". e.g. a list of 20 stories with various parameter, that you don't want to put in a database (for now, maybe later once the dBase design clarifies itself and the number of "stories"

Re: Embarrasssing old bugs

2020-01-14 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4636 Klaus: Ouch! :-/ > There are several "convert date" libraries knocking around. That would help > you…. Thank you, but after now more than 20 years using of MC/RR/R/LC I know how to do that. __ HA! Maybe would can add comments to

Re: Embarrasssing old bugs

2020-01-14 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Klaus wrote "How embarrassing is this in 2020? If we want to get an even higher ranking than 36 on TIOBE, this should be fixed as  soon as possible." It is: embarrassing. The fact that the LC engine cannot does not produce ISO-8601 standard dates

Re: Changing extention on script only stack

2020-01-11 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
No revision control. For people working in a "1 human silo" Is there a reason not to just put the script into a button and set the stack behavior to that? That's what I do when I don't want extra files in my build. ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Parent Group of the Target

2020-01-07 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
@Bill P. ditto that "if there was a compilation of the various keywords and what each refers to". on mouseup put the short name of the owner of the target # where all you want it the "immediate" owner and not the card, stack end mouseUp # that was easy! And for multiple

Re: Parent Group of the Target

2020-01-07 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
aha! I was searching for "parent" Yes, "owner" is it. And for multiple groupings, the owner of the owner of the owner of ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Parent Group of the Target

2020-01-07 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I could have sworn we passed way before, but I can't find it anywhere on the list what is the most efficient was to get the name of the "Parent Group" of the target? Do we really have to parse this? widget id 67388 of group id 67392 of card id 8169 of stack

Re: Start using font

2020-01-07 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Does that you don't have to "code/script" to access the fonts? Just putting them there (copy files) makes them available? Thanks, I was hoping that was the case. So it's a dictionary error. Good. On 1/6/20 7:21 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode wrote: > I have a folder "Fonts" that I include

Re: Import SVG with Multi-Path and Two colors

2020-01-02 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Sorry, that doesn’t work, I just get a white box I needed the background to be opaque and was trying to do that in SVG widget Anyway, I had my designer send another opaque version from the output from Sketch Now, using Image As Control --> Image File [choose below in a file:} it works. But it

Import SVG with Multi-Path and Two colors

2019-12-31 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I would like to import an SVG that has multiple paths and which two colors. Using Illustrator or Inkscape, merge compound path make them all the same color But the following SVG imports fine as an image in LC and has multiple colors. Granted they are all circles, but can't the above by turned

Re: LiveCode won't recognize my stack

2019-12-30 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Trashing prefs will bring back LC to the main monitor, no fiddling with loc of stacks. then, later in the week, after loading on Macbook Pro while at Java Café. LC loses track -- or something, does not always happen this way. Then back to multi-monitors. I learned to shut down my lap top

Re: mobile dev confusion

2019-12-30 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I go straight to my Moto6 device. It so fast. For some reason my "gut" doesn’t trust the emulators. In fact, I can never get to work on iOS, it always hangs, tell me I can't load etc. It would be a problem it if a) loaded the emulator b) failed the device. Takes 6min 24sec to load to iPhone

Re: mobile dev confusion

2019-12-29 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Hmmm.. I conclude from this thread (where I do not use the similutor) that for the Google Play store we only need to build armv7 & arm64 @J. Gay right? Support for x86 chips on mobile devices apparently was dropped some years ago.

Re: Polygon Side Does Note Match to Polygon rect

2019-12-29 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Thanks Howard, I have a "design tools" stack, which I can toggle as a palette, focus on the top card of the stack I am building.. I'll add a card with this in a button "Make equilateral triangle" BR Obviously you want an evenly sided triangle with fixed width W? So use put 243 into W -- for

Re: Polygon Side Does Note Match to Polygon rect

2019-12-28 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
@HH @brian Ha! You math genius are wonderful! But this is a one off design process, so I will still with my "ruler" grc rect…. A triangle with width=height is NOT a regular polygon (it doesn't have equal side length). To have what you want create a grc of type "polygon" and then set points

Re: How to "save" the IDE stack

2019-12-28 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
@Mark Right, I figured that was the only solution. One gets tired setting the prefs again each time you to do that @Richard, Good idea to store as a plug-in stack. I already have CollectMyStacks. This would be the "same thing" but for the IDE Toss the peferences stack and let lc rebuild it.

Polygon Side Does Note Match to Polygon rect

2019-12-27 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Regular Polygon Tool: If you create a triangle grc and set its width and height to 243pt the tool positions the top of the triangle to center of the top line of the rect and leaves margins on the left and right sides. Thus, the triangle itself doesn't take the width of 243pt. It like ist has

How to "save" the IDE stack

2019-12-27 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Suddenly on my multi-monitor set up RevMenuBar appears left monitor: topLeft -1023,200 RevNavigator appear left monitor: topLeft -420,442 RevTool on the "bottom" monitor: topLeft 43,1456 OK so I can, from the message box, do this: set the topleft of stack revMenubar to 0,20 and it

Re: [ANN] Release 9.5.1

2019-12-17 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I do not see the player changes with Apple going forward with AVKit. Any they only in 9.6.dp1? We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.5.1 STABLE. ** Note 9.5.1 STABLE is the last planned release in the 9.5.x series ** ___ use-livecode

Remote Debugging Not Working

2019-12-13 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Anyone who has an an indy or business licence, and has moved to Catalina… I want verify in this is my context or if is a bug… I can't do Remote debugging. My iPhone on in the same wireless network and my MacBook Pro… But if I put an "breakpoint" in a script, save, and test on an iPhone, of

Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-13 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Ahh.. good catch! You should use: -> SET THE ANGLE of widget xyz to N just like with images you want to "rotate". ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-13 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
@richard: I don't think *anything* including widget, run in a different thread on LC @HH and Tom Great idea! (using send) -- aside fyi dictionary is confused: rotate: OS mac, windows, linux Platforms desktop, server, mobile It should say, (hopefully) iOS and

Re: Groups in the message path: Trapping Mouseup

2019-12-12 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
User Guide: I tell myself periodically to read the whole thing (be never do…tinyDictionary has me hooked) … here it is, as you says, clearly stated on page 105 If background behavior is false, the group is in the message path for all controls it owns, but is not in the message path of any

Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-12 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Hmmm. "Indeed, without even the option of threaded GIF playback, it isn't possible to make a progress indicator that doesn't affect overall performance, in addition to having disturbingly jerky appearance." Yes, I suspected the "LC - Single thread" issue. at least the mobileIndicator while

Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-10 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I switched from the mobileIndicator to installing an animated gif for Loading. This way I have control over the load process and can let users bail out. It is a lovely gif, but it "hangs" when the processor on phone is doing something else. It there are way to keep it's frames "circling" until

Re: Groups in the message path: Trapping Mouseup

2019-12-10 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Mark Waddington gave the answer if need. I really want "shared groups" and not "backgroundGroups" Then the scripts are encapsulated. I turned off backgroundBehavior on all groups. A click on top layer button (no script) now registers in the stack script with its target. I tried it, Yay!

Re: Groups in the message path: Trapping Mouseup

2019-12-10 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
@ Mark Waddington That's it! Thank you! If you turn 'background behavior' off, then your shared group should no longer receive messages after the card does. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: Groups in the message path: Trapping Mouseup

2019-12-10 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
So then to trap "the target" in the stack script, require putting pass mousedown (or mouseWhatever) in all the background groups (all of which contain their our MouseDown) Correct? remember the use case: we do not want and script in *any* button or top object that receives a click or

Re: Groups in the message path: Trapping Mouseup

2019-12-09 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
In this use case, - the button "starWidget" is a "standalone" button on an independent layer on the card and not a part of any group -- @Jacque... the groups that are trapping the mouseup I are background groups using on various card. Mark Weider says "A background group will definitely

Groups in the message path: Trapping Mouseup

2019-12-08 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I think this a old problem that is re-surfacing. Or else it is known…. 9.6 dp1, in the message path different independent groups are not encapsulated. button "starWidget" -- has no script -- is not a part of any group Stack script: on mouseup put the short name of the target

Bail Out of Failed Connection Mobile Indicator

2019-12-07 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
on mobile, when the busy indicator in up, showing it is busy downloading, How do you stop it in the case of a failing download? For example, bandwidth to too weak, or the url can't be accessed? Use just wants to "bail" out and not hang the application? BR

Android Scrolling Field - 9.6.dp1 - Receives MouseUp/Down

2019-12-06 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
On 9.6 dp 1 I was testing on iOS for a week. Then I tested on Android. Surprising new behavior in the mobileScroller: It receives the mouseDown as soon as you scroll, or mouseUp after you scroll. This does not happen on iOS, not did in happen in 9.5 on Android. How can I prevent this and only

Good News! Audio Working with AVKit on iPhone 7 and 8

2019-12-04 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Yay! Good news! A build with 9.6 dp1 with xCode 11.1 with a fix for the new use of AVKit in iOS. On Test Flight my iPhone 7 and 8 users, who had failures previously on iOS 13+ with the mobile audio player built in LC9.5 ... now report that audio is working! More Apple Caveats: FYI: Don't be

Achilles Heel of Livecode

2019-12-02 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
@ richard I love LiveCode, use it every day, probably till the day I die, if I not meditating, singing or swinging kettle bells, and have invested in every offer presented by Kevin since you "turned me on Metacard" when I used Supercard and was looking for bigger solutions, and even bought

Re: Remote Debugger 9.6dp1?

2019-12-01 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
2019, at 1:27 pm, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode > mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: > > I have Remote Debugger in the inclusions for making a mobile standalone > The Development Menu has checked "Script Debug Mode" > > I put an expli

Re: iOS scrollers

2019-12-01 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Perhaps I misunderstand you, but IMHO, "it not rocket science" Regardless of the device or fullscreenmode. I use (and I think jacque uses) the card rect… If we set a scroller to the "formatterHeight", in any model or "mode" context, the user should be able to scroll right to the bottom, and

Re: iOS scrollers

2019-12-01 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Bug: QA ticket #...? I believe you will use the previously confirmed number? Agreed, it’s has become "a blocker." Not that you cannot build the app. But any TOC and Indices you will have in the app don't work, from the user point of view. The last line will appear if you use scroll up, (keep

Re: iOS scrollers

2019-11-30 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Ditto that here. I still have you with handler. Ralph said he was added 20 the rect, so I did this. put ("0,0," & (the formattedwidth of control pName) & "," & \ the formattedheight of control pName + 20) into tRect But on iPhone X increasing by a generic "20" in not enough. I don't think

Remote Debugger 9.6dp1?

2019-11-30 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I have Remote Debugger in the inclusions for making a mobile standalone The Development Menu has checked "Script Debug Mode" I put an explicit "breakpoint" in a handler; test (target) my iPhone. Boot the app on the phone. The app hangs where I have the breakpoint. But the script editor does not

CreateMobileAudioPlayer - Fails on Mobile 9.6.0.dp1

2019-11-28 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Rather than file a bug report, I think we can air this out here on the list first. then if it is a bug will file it. This work on in 9.5.1 rc 1, but is failing on 9.6 dp1. I immediately crashes the app as soon as we pass the parameters to it. We are not using and the "no-longer-available"

Livecode Server - Email

2019-11-28 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I have a email CGI from a very old cgi for the days when "revolution" was the server Now with LiveCode server, Ubuntu 18+ does have /usr/sbin/sendmail installed, at least I see that, but this old process does not work put "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t" into mprocess open process mprocess for write

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.0 DP-1

2019-11-28 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Aloha Panos 1) Right, the IOS INVALID ENTITLEMENTS were the ones I was looking. I’ll be sure the save them where I can find them again 2) Yes, I will file a bug report after I am sure that the library (which Jacque made originally) is using the correct code for the AVfoundation, something may

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.0 DP-1

2019-11-28 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
> = > Your application failed code-signing > check. Check your certificates, > provisioning profiles, and bundles ids. > @Brahmanathaswami When do you get this error? When building the standalone, or when installing it to device? Regards, Panos -- When try to

Big App Mobile Download

2019-11-27 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
[change thread title since it is a different subject from WebP-Tool] Wow… Without changing the default setting, you get 200 MB! Or "limitless" if the users changes setting. But: since we get "one push, two platforms" with LC… Android; Google Play

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.0 DP-1

2019-11-27 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I meant say links at https://xcodereleases.com/ Do NOT appear to be malicious, https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_11.1_GM_Seed/Xcode_11.1_GM_Seed.xip but are a few weeks out of date. BR ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.0 DP-1

2019-11-27 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
The web site was getting the links from apple. This does appear to be malicious, but does appear to an earlier build (mod sep 29 or so) https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_11.1_GM_Seed/Xcode_11.1_GM_Seed.xip @Matthias -- this is what I get when following your route using

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.0 DP-1

2019-11-27 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Panos/Release notes say: - Support for building with Xcode 11.1 and the iOS 13.1 SDK has been added. OK so we are behind Apple, which is probably a good thing, since they appear to innovating so fast without testing…. so we don't want to enter their "public beta wrestling ring" but They have

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.0 DP-1

2019-11-26 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Whatever the semantics of release numbers, what pull requests or issues remain. You did the right thing! MW: We felt it better to get dp-1 almost feature complete, addressing the critical issues holding up people's apps first before lumping a lot of fixes from all over the place. The latter

Re: WebP-Tool v103

2019-11-24 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Looking forward to support on mobile. There is the total RAM requirement that makes it hard to put the image into custom props of one stack. SivaSiva app holds roughly 350 photos, that must delivered with the package. So a stack which had them as customs prop would "blow out the phone." So I

Re: WebP-Tool v103

2019-11-22 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
We really appreciate you staying on the "bleeding" edge ahead of us, Herman! Tried the stack, works amazing well. A 1.2MB img →129K (at 1024 px wide) Look fabulous in Google Chrome! " so you can use webp images in your stacks…" that is using the pngOUT images in our stacks? Right?

Special Graphic Effects - Kill Performance On Rapid Redraws

2019-11-19 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
We released SivaSiva 1.6. Just yesterday. The days before release I found a "bug" I had introduced in performance which may be useful, especially to newbies, because in using xTalk for 20 years, even I did not this. One of the thing I have learned is how "bad" special graphic effects are on

Tester in iPhone 8 Not Getting Audio

2019-11-15 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
FYI, I started using TestFlight in iOS and have a broader group testing the app. iPhone8 is no longer playing audio any time after iOS >12. Upgrading to 13.2.2 doesn't fix it! Sad. I have to release the app… with a disclaimer for iPhone 8 users….

Re: New app update: four errors in plist

2019-11-15 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
FYI, you click "Beta Test" in standalone settings and you will get the "beta entitlement", properly installed , which is required if you want to use Test Flight. In standalone settings I see three options: Required, Prohibited, n/a. Do you mean the plist always contains a location option

Re: Mobile development android vs ios

2019-11-10 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
"Call me contrary". but the more I look at the Android UI the more I like the principles. I also seems that Apple likes it too. In iOS 13.2 they "finally" have a near 100% for delete an app, like Android. If you went with Android UI, and use your own icons and widgets, a) Apple won't complain,

Android Deployment Update / Nov 2019

2019-11-09 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I see a lot of changes in my developers console on Google. I reading through everything… I kept these kind notes which were sent by Jerry in June, summarizing Mark W. comments on building of Android. Are they still up-to-date? And about what about Android 9? I think Ralph also felt that the

Re: Mobile development android vs ios

2019-11-09 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
After several years, I can say that if it works Android it will 'probably' work for iOS. Not always the other way. That is, after we get LC 9.6, as there are things now breaking on iOS, that work on Android. Also if you have friends with a iPhone, TestFlight will allow them to test the app.

iOS 13.2 - play soundFile [looping] - "dead"

2019-11-07 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
You probably already know this, or not... But if you did not realize it, Apple's switch of the deep code for "audio" on iOS for media has broken the play soundFile [looping] I haven't used it, except as an "award" on completion of rounds of practice for an exercise. So, if user gets

Re: Android Sleep

2019-11-05 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
" Is it sleeping when you're interacting with it, or just running with no  interaction?" -- running with no interaction Some "modules" (stacks) in the app guide the user through a practice, let say, e.g. - do A for 5 second, - (there is a countdown timer showing "1,2,3,4,5" on the

Android Sleep

2019-11-03 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I was testing in my app in Android. I kept getting "blank screens" Thinking "Oh No something is wrong!" ha, silly me! I has donea factory reset, and the default is to go to sleep in 30 secs! Sheesh, and here I was thinking in was the app. One assumes, for example that you are a module and

Android - ANRs and Crashes

2019-11-01 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
We are getting new reports in Google console -- haven't looked at it in a while, but now getting ready for a new release and I am going through every link at the developer console site, as there are new requirement I don't want to miss….now these this new thing: ANRs and Crashes it is

No internet!

2019-10-28 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
The internet cable 15 miles off Kapahi on the bottom of the ocean was cut last night! Because our Island has the most important Missile range of the Pacific , we wonder if North Korean divers did it. Hehe just joking. But how does a cable half mile down under the surface get cut? Very

Catalina and Livecode

2019-10-21 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
First I want to give my appreciation for the hard work at HQ keeping up with Apple. In fact Mark W. maybe ahead of the game! As mentioned, I had to upgrade (against my better wishes) to Catalina, because Adobe was giving us trouble on Mojave. Surprising Livecode is working! and every

Re: ... in iOS 13....

2019-10-20 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Bill: A few us at the monastery run 32bit applications that have announced EOL due to Catalina… as are many programs: the market share does not warrant ROI for developing 64bit… (including my old favorite DragThing ☹) Our tech team (supersavvy network/server admins) have set up Parallels for

Re: iOS 13.1.3 - Catelina

2019-10-19 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
"For future reference, wisdom will tell you to hold back on upgrades until the general consensus from other early adopters gives the go-ahead." We, normally, always do that… myself I normally wait 2-3 month for before upgrading a system. Apple views their audience as a beta test group. We know

Player object in iOS 13....

2019-10-19 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Can any one confirm: the iOS mobileAudioPlayer controller is broken with the iOS 13 update put pRect into sPlayerRect mobileControlSet pPlayerName, "visible", true mobileControlSet pPlayerName, "rect", pRect mobileControlSet pPlayerName, "showController", true mobileControlSet pPlayerName,

iOS 13.1.3 - Catelina

2019-10-18 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
We are in software no-man's land… the last three days, mired in technical mud 1. Play beachball with Adobe InDesign (app hangs on every 10 key strokes, and you move to a new tool) Spent 2 hour screen sharing with a very savvy lad in New Delhi. No Go 2. iPhone pestering for an upgrade. I

Re: id3lib from Mark Smith -> id3_getPictureData

2019-10-14 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Great thanks It also works as on a livecode web server. Hi, https://dl.qck.nu/?dl=id3LibV1.0.2.zip Regards, Matthias ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: id3lib from Mark Smith -> id3_getPictureData

2019-10-14 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I could use 1.02 BR In case you need 1.02, just let me know. Matthias Rebbe ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Set font dynamically to fit text

2019-10-14 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Dan: Thanks for the handler! Ralph: Actually that last solution offered was fromr Dan Friedman not mine. Can you put your two handlers on the list? " I also have an option to fit either by height or width." Doc Hawk: I give in , " Font scaling itself is nonlinear enough, but the way

Re: Set font dynamically to fit text

2019-10-12 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
But "line breaks" is another known factor, based on X… which still leaves us on variable to find. Brian wrote: You probably could get close with math but line breaks would not be uniform and will introduce variability. You could probably get it down to 2 or 3 checks. BR: Hmm I figured that a

Re: Set font dynamically to fit text

2019-10-12 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
BR: Hmm I figured that a repeat loop would do that, but was look for a "one-off-equation" According to the "laws of math" (ha... algebrait has been such a long time; I could be wrong) if you have single unknown variable , X, and all others are known factors, you would,

Set font dynamically to fit text

2019-10-12 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Assuming one is not putting whole pages into small fields, does any one have an efficient run time LC algorithm that will set the font size so that the formatted text will all appear in the field without needing to scroll? BR Satchiai Iru - Be a Witness

Re: Stop Processing a Web Connection

2019-10-09 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Charles responded off list, this may be useful to others: = Unfortunately tsNet doesn’t get involved in the browser widget’s network communications, so I can’t help there... However, the best way to stop UI hangs is to use the tsNet asynchronous (non-blocking) functions so that all

Re: Get Definition

2019-10-09 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
As Jacqueline said, on init the app puts all models, and libraries in using…. If you using a stack that has behaviors, they are "naturally" open when because the stack, cards open. I need to check, Yes, BBEdit or Sublime or Atom works fine… On 10/8/19 5:30 AM, Brian Milby via use-livecode

Re: Get Definition

2019-10-07 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Not only that. I don't think the SE "get definition(s)" from *.livecodescript, stacks. Unless perhaps they are open. I just submitted a PR to fix a "get definition" bug. Currently if the handler you're looking for is in quotes the menu item will be dimmed.

Stop Processing a Web Connection

2019-10-06 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I think I have found a bug in our mobile app…. which is that: If there is poor bandwidth, say, when the user is trying to get a video in the browser widget, or the there is a direct call for other resources from our API (images, audio for player, big XML/Json. etc) the UI hangs. They click a

Background Audio in Mobile Apps

2019-10-03 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
One of my users says that a previous version of our app, as long is it remained open, continued to play audio, even when they went to another app.. "While I am listening audio’s in the Siva Siva app, new bug: Automatically stopping audio while screen off or moved one app to another app Or

Re: Stacks and Sub Stacks

2019-09-27 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Thanks for answers of "how to get a list of all stacks?" put revLoadedStacks() put the mainstack stacksinuse all good! But, they return different resultsvery interesting... stackInUse does not include some stacks reported by "revLoaderStacks()" both lists have their use cases... but

Get Definition

2019-09-25 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
We have a command command Journal_LaunchEntry pEntryID in the message path, via a start using "model_Journal.livecodescript" But click on the command script editor "Get definition" is dimmed. Is this a "bug"? I can you find a search to find it, but that seems"lame" BR

Re: Stacks and Sub Stacks

2019-09-25 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Related: if you have this in the message box. put the openstacks you only get the 1. presently open binary stacks 2. any script only stack that you explicitly have open in the IDE But, can you we a list of all stacks available to the message path "right now" We can query the stack

Re: Catalina - the end of ad hoc & in-house development?

2019-09-11 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Ditto what Kee said I so happy with this thread… I didn't know about Matthias's tool's! Oh.. My.. I do a lot of in house/volunteer tooIs, ….the number of times in the past few years have tell, send email, send them to web site… to "Go to System Preferences, General down below you will see the

Re: Stop Integer Coercion to Scientific Notation in JSON

2019-09-11 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
aswami, I think this is because of how currently some handlers in lcb work. See bug https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18159 (and the related bugs) for more details. This affects other areas, such as how large numbers are shown in the variables pane in the debugger. Kind regards, Panos -

Stop Integer Coercion to Scientific Notation in JSON

2019-09-10 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
setPref "preferences/global/lastRunDate", (the seconds) # e.g 1568144731 put getPref ("preferences/global/lastRunDate") into tLastRunDate returns {"preferences": {"global":

Regression iOS: unlock screen for visual effect

2019-09-09 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I am getting a "flicker" instead of a "dissolve" in LC9.5 + latest iOS on iPhone 12.4.1 command loadNewImage pPath lock screen for visual effect set the filename of sMainImage to pPath setImageToFullCardLoc sMainImage, "portrait", 0,0 centerMe sMainImage,0,0

Re: Saving In Script Only Format Message - Really Needed

2019-09-03 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
"foot in mouth" embarrassing… I somehow added chars-string to the app folder name, Git repository, in the background. I use LaunchBar extensively, with 50 "clipboards" retained… I must have hit and selected the folder name and then cmd-\ when I meant "return" (should change that… is to close

Saving In Script Only Format Message - Really Needed

2019-09-03 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
When we open a script only stack in the SE. And save it, we are getting the annoying message now. "Saving in script only format will result in loss of data as only the script will be save. Are you sure you wish to continue? No | Yes " Given that the 1. the dev *wants* to save the

Re: Show Script in New Window

2019-09-02 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Matthias Somehow today, Move to new window, opened full screen, but was able to move it up enough to grab the lower right resizer, shrink the screen. Now, a click on the tab of another script: Move to new window: Opens in the small rect of the previous one. show how the IDE is "caching"

Re: Globals in Modular Stack Framework

2019-09-02 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
"setters" and "getters" Hmm. I actually use that on a different module actually, after talking with Andre.. . what I am trying to do is create "caches" where a process does not need to run, say, every time you hit a card. so he says "don't use config" … sCacheA. # is a better name Once you

Globals in Modular Stack Framework

2019-09-01 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Given a modular stack framework for mobile, where 1) a "engine" stack to always open, but hidden on boot → call it "Stack Engine" 2) then you have multiple "modular" stacks -- call them views--which are opened and closed on "demand/navigation" → call them a. stack "story"

Show Script in New Window

2019-09-01 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
On Mac, 9.5 stable, Script Editor, clicking on a tab to "Move to New Window". Take that script and moves it out to full screen window, with no way to minimize or go "back" at which point one cannot interact with a) the stack b) another script Can anyone else confirm this behavior. ( have

Re: 9.5.0 crash to desktop

2019-08-12 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I've been debugging code and "fell" into old habit of using "red dot breakpoints" -- crashing every 10 minutes! No recipe... I guess I don't need to report this, but just saying "it a real pain" Switching to hard coded "breakpoint" It a tricking thing "clearing" those BR J. Landman Gay

What the latest LC server version

2019-08-11 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
That runs on Ubuntu 18.01? BR ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

Re: Save Standalone Settings Externally

2019-08-04 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Another, possible simpler solution: a) what you change the standalone setting in the standalones, you can, if wanted, test building, the app *without* being forced to save the stack. b) Somehow you would have to address the Standalone setting in RAM or save to some *.temp file ... when you

Save Standalone Settings Externally

2019-08-03 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
When working collaborately with a framework on Git Hub. There is always an issue of the stack that will be made the standalone for the app. No changes are made to binary MyMainStack.app other than settings in the standalone, which you may does simply for testing. Now, if you "pull" the project

Re: Resuscitation of Scott Raney Paint Tools

2019-06-26 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
You are right... the art work repository will be all "vectorized" for that reason, " different screen sizes and resolutions". Further discussion here: It will be seen whether we can do with LiveCode to do coloring of SVG. Currently not an option/not doable. Would require a widget. Also,

Re: Resuscitation of Scott Raney Paint Tools

2019-06-22 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
HH and Bernd I did the cmd-F on the whole Paint stack, as Hermann originally suggestioned Bernd: set the selectedColor2 of me to the mouseColor --<--- add this This was needed to actually get a color! I guess previously Scott had access to the "selectedColor" somehow in Metacard Thanks to

Re: Resuscitation of Scott Raney Paint Tools

2019-06-22 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
HH wrote: " replace with selectedColor2 Save and you are done." I tried that originally. Does not work. on mouseUp setcolor the selectedColor2 of me end mouseUp # calls setColor which "which" is empty "of me" # calls colorPalette "Color Map" It would seem you need to change the

Resuscitation of Scott Raney Paint Tools

2019-06-22 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I am trying to get a stack that worked in 1999-2000 under Metacard using a stack Scott Raney built. It is still on line   Go stack URL "http://www.himalayanacademy.com/studyhall/hapaint.rev; But now, when I click the color palette I get   on mouseUp setcolor the selectedColor of me end 

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