Re: Wildcard? replaceText, offset?

Or, more oil-fashioned, and again assuming that the integer in question is always the very first one in parentheses: on mouseUpput random(99) into char offset("(",yourString) + 1 of yourStringend  mouseUp You will get tired of running this after only a few invocations. Craig -Original

How do I format a handler in the use-List?

Try as I might, I cannot format a handler example copied from the SE. The result is always run-on, even though I add spaces and returns where appropriate. The text seems readable when I send, but reverts to a run-on string when I read in the list. Why is this so much more difficult than the

Re: Quick IDE question

Can you explicitly set the rect of the SE? I do this all the time because I have it located on a large vertically oriented monitor adjacent to my main screen, and the loc needs to be refreshed now and then depending on other stuff I use them for. Craig -Original Message- From: Graham

Re: Scrollbar scale value not showing in Windows

Hi. I thought this was a bug in the control years ago, until I inadvertently stretched it, and the values simply appeared. Eureka! This on a Mac. Craig -Original Message- From: Michael Lew via use-livecode To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Cc: Michael Lew Sent: Tue, Apr 21, 2020

Re: Tab In Field

A bit of LC lore from the dictionary: If the user presses the key while editing a field, normally the insertion point moves to the next control whose traversalOn property is true. If the tabStops property is not empty, the user can enter tab characters in the field. Each time the Tab key is

Re: Can't download 6.3.1

Bob. 6.1.3? I do not see 6.3.1 as an option. Craig -Original Message- From: Bob Sneidar via use-livecode To: How to use LiveCode Cc: Bob Sneidar Sent: Mon, Mar 23, 2020 2:14 pm Subject: Can't download 6.3.1 I am getting Error downloading Livecode 6.3.1. It gets all the way through

Re: Can't download 6.3.1

Okay so downloading from the updater failed twice. Going to the website and downloading from there succeeded. Bob S > On Mar 23, 2020, at 12:28 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Sorry 9.6 dp3 brain fart > >> On Mar 23, 2020, at 12:24 PM, dunbarx--- via us

Re: DataGrid question...

I am with Bob on this. Oftentimes, just out of stubbornness, I will try to create a "native" solution to some problem. Native here means that I try to force, bend, cajole, whatever, the built-in functionality of LC to make an effect the way I want it. The stubbornness comes from trying to be as

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