Re: New(?) Idea for Standalones
Hi Roger, Below is a link to the download page for MkvToolnix, an app for packaging/modifying mkv files. It is not notarised and requires the steps we have been suggesting to open (after copying it to your local machine from the distribution disk image.) https://www.fosshub.com/MKVToolNix.html Also, the message you say you get on your wife’s machine is unfamiliar to me and so I was wondering if her account is an admin privileged account. I assume most of us on the list run admin accounts (if on a Mac) as we assume we are savvy enough not to get caught out by malicious apps. If that is the case, does trying to open your stack when logged in via an admin privileged account bring up a different error dlog? James ___ 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: New(?) Idea for Standalones
Hi Roger, You wrote: > Nope! Right clicking on a standalone I?m trying to share with my wife on her > iMac w OS 11.2 results in this menu: Open Attachment - Quick Look Attachment > - Save Attachment?. - Save to Downloads Folder - Share - Copy - Speech This list of menu options looks like those that appear if you are right-clicking on an attachment in Mail. The right-click menu being referred to here is only available when you are in the Finder. So the app you sent to your wife’s machine (apparently by Mail) needs to be downloaded first. Then, in the Finder, locate the downloaded file and right-click on it. The menu that appears will have as the first two options “Open” and “Show Package Contents”. If the second option offered is not “Show Package Options” but “Open With” then you have not transferred an app but a document (perhaps the LC stack?) Try this with other apps and documents on your wife’s mac to confirm the two types of option menus that come up. Choosing “Open” for an application Finder context menu will, for unnotorized apps, will then bring up the dlog asking if you really do want to open this app. This only needs to be done the first time the app is opened. James ___ 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: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 259
I went for a bike ride this morning. Just thought I would add a post under this subject that is no longer really related to the subject anymore. Didn’t want to feel left out ;-) James ___ 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
Free APIs
Hi all, Just came across this and thought it might be of interest. https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis James ___ 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: Big Sur and Drag and drop (Marty Knapp)
Thanks Marty. Seems my code is at fault, even though it has worked until now. ___ 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
Out of the office
Well imagine my surprise to see three (and now four) user list digests waiting for me this morning. Going through them and enjoying Mark Waddingham's answer to questions as well as to himself I find myself torn between wanting Kevin to send him out of the office more often (and thus allow him to grace the lists like today) or get him back there ASAP to continue with the work (infinite LC, HTML etc.) Nothing is easy, is it? James ___ 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: Correct img format for browser widget.
Hi Jonathan,
Cool.
Works a treat and no need for array.
Using a percentage also means I can allow the browser widget to be resized.
Very cool.
img {
Max-width: 90%;
}
James
On 17 Jul 2017, at 22:00, jonathandly...@gmail.com wrote:
> Just a quick note - you can set the max-width of images in CSS. That will
> limit their size with just one line.
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Correct img format for browser widget.
Can someone tell me the correct format for an image src tag to use with the browser widget? I have a folder of HTML and an associated folder of images yet I am unable to get the images to show. They are .png. I have tried Src = "full path to image" Src = "relative path to image" Src ="file://fullpath to image" Src="binfile:/full path to image" None of them work, although the last does show a ? Icon where the image should appear. All the others show nothing. James ___ 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
8.16rc1 release notes - wow!
I was really blown away by the changes and bug fixes listed in the 8.16rc1 release notes. Then I looked a bit closer and thought many seemed familiar. It seems the script to compile the release notes has either gotten greedy or something else has changed as it has grabbed quite a few additions from the 8.15 release and even claimed the new ones for itself. James ___ 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
Widget course
Has any one had success with the widget course? I thought it time to go through the new widget course following last month's LC Global. Unfortunately I can't seem to get past the first lesson. I have tried this in both LC8.15rc3 and LC9dp7 I save the lcb file in my widget folder and then open it via the extension builder. I was successfully able to test the lcb file and so I moved on to the next lesson, installing an lcb library. This is where I have come to grief. I press the "install" button and the log shows two entries. The first informs me the compilation is skipped as it is all up to date (I guess from testing.) The second is an error telling me no version found in...and then a full path to my lcb file. What does this mean? What is not found? The lcb file is most definitely there so what else is missing? When I check in the "Extensions" folder in "My Livecode" there is no widget folder created so the error is for real and is stopping the build. Has something changed since the tutorial was made. I mean this is the simplest of simple exercises. What's gone wrong? I am on a Mac. James ___ 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: Feature Race: Pick Your Project
I have to agree with Dan here. The project delays are not really the issue. Sure we want things on time but we all understand that is rare. What I haven't been able to understand is the really bad communication concerning this. I am really happy the android stuff is effectively done. Really I am. But that tells me zip about the obj C stuff and even less (if that's possible) about the actual goals such as the SQLite widget and tutorial. It was great the Kevin chipped in a little info but also quite worrying. He said: > The reality is that we now need to look at what we are doing next and what > is affordable. If we don?t fund this project, the knock on effects for the > platform will be very significant. We?re already a very small team that > punches well above our weight. What!!! Am I missing something here? Is LC9 a side project that is funded in the shadows of other funded projects? Is Kevin saying we need you guys to fund this to keep us going? Why are the knock on effects of an OPTIONAL project not significant but VERY significant? I have to stop now less my imagination runs riot over the possible "very significant" effect of this project not being funded. James ___ 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
Master M in script editor of lc8.15
Has anyone noticed the "Master M" (where the M is actually a blue tiled M) in the top area of the script editor in LC8.15? I have checked both the commercial and business editions and both show it. It is not present in LC8.14 or lower. It doesn't do anything, just sits there. Perhaps an upcoming feature or perhaps a slip. Intrigued. James ___ 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: Sharp as a pound (was Array assignment...)
Craig wrote: > So do we in the US, though sometimes the word "hash" has been seen to creep > about. Now you mention it I use this too. Seems we can internally hold multiple synonyms without even realizing that is what we are doing. ___ 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
Sharp as a pound (was Array assignment...)
Alex in a postscript wrote... > btw - whose bright idea was it to not put a 'sharp' key visible on a > British Mac keyboard :-) ? Of course # is a sharp character. Being in Australia which had moved to decimal currency by the time PCs were available we had the # on our keyboards. But being not such a young man I remember our previous currency (my first job was a paperboy which netted me £1 17s 6p per week) and so I noticed the lack of the £ symbol and that it had been replaced by the #. The thing is I still refer (internally) to it as a 'pound' symbol. James ___ 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
GLX apps and 8.15
Hi, just decided to return to a project after a few months and launched it in 8.15rc2. It bombed out into the debugger after launching the main stackfile. The error is thrown from the glxapp_framework stack. "on preopencard" to be exact. After playing around it seems this handler throws an error whenever I change cards so it is not to do with a specific card but the window management in the GLX framework. I tried this in both Indy and business version. Before pulling my hair out as I tried to work out what I had done wrong I thought I would try previous builds of my app. Ones that I know worked before. These too gave the same error. So I tried previous LC releases. The error only occurs in LC8.15rc1 or rc2. LC8.14 works fine and the error is not thrown. So something seems to have changed between 8.14 and 8.15 which is not liked by the GLX framework. Has anyone else had this? If so, have you fixed it? James ___ 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: LC Global - my experience
I must admit it did turn out better than I was expecting. The prerecording of the demos/lessons/walk throughs is an excellent idea. Now if it is only taken to the next step. 1. Have a script. 2. Use the script 3. Use a proper microphone (headset one will do) 4. Edit the thing to remove superfluous activity (like scrolling back and forwards, swapping "screens" to find something etc.) 5. LC to buy Heather a proper webcam or whatever so that her view (well, our view of her) is at eye level. 6 and finally, use the script that you wrote for your lesson/demo/walk through ;-) James ___ 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: LC Global - my experience
Roger wrote: > Although you still have to wait until the very end of the webinarjam (not > the YouTube link), you can select and copy the chat comments. Yes, they > are actual TEXT, not part of the video. Cool, thanks for that. ___ 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: LC Global - my experience
Didn't know about being able to see comments while watching webinars. I simply clicked on the YouTube badge to go to the YouTube version and download it. Scrubbing a local file in VLC is so easy. So it would be nice if the text from the webinars could be provided though. James ___ 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: Instantiaing Grouped Controls - Templates - Responsive
Jacque wrote: > I agree with the concept in general, but the word "crop" implies > permanent removal. When you crop an image, it permanently erases the > parts outside the rectangle. Unfortunately I can't think of a better > term. Maybe something like "prevent auto-resizing"? Actually it doesn't (in practice). Many of the apps I use, use a non destructive crop. That is, the viewable area is reduced to the crop but the full object is still there. Apple's own Preview is a good example as are many other graphic apps. James ___ 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: Instantiaing Grouped Controls - Templates - Responsive
> Brahmanathaswami. wrote: > I am pretty sure that > > Crops to rect > > would suffice. +1 Even I could follow that argument without reading it twice. ;-) James ___ 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: Ben Beaumont jumps ship
Goodness, I am not sure if it is a good idea to remember (sequence may be off.) HyperCard Supercard Director IShell (as well as the Apple technology it was based on, but whose name I forget..) Oracle Media Objects Metropolis (I really like this) Meta card Revolution .long sojourn "silver surfing" into the land of 4D LiveCode James > On 13 Jun 2017, at 08:03, Jeff Reynolds via use-livecode > wrote: > > Sigh, me too I guess. I now see how long it has been (40 years) thinking > back... > > HyperCard > Supercard > Plus > Oracle Media Objects > Toolbook > MetaCard > Revolution > Livecode > > Jeff ___ 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: Importing HTML UniCode text into LiveCode
Try textDecode(thefilecontent, "UTF8") or maybe 'utf16' given this is what LC is using internally. ___ 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
