Re: New(?) Idea for Standalones

Kelly is correct. While holding down the control key, click and hold (or right click) to get an additional menu allowing you to choose to open the app. — Scott > On Mar 27, 2021, at 8:33 PM, Dev via use-livecode > wrote: > > Roger > > On your wife’s machine - if you right click the app and

Re: New(?) Idea for Standalones

Roger, Yes, I believe it is on an individual app basis that occurs at the time the app is being first opened. — Scott > On Mar 27, 2021, at 4:15 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Jacque, > > You always come thru with such great clarity and thoroughness. I remember > going thru

Re: [bug] strange memory leak in LC

I’m running Big Sur and just got a warning from the OS that I was out of application memory. Livecode was using 133.52 GB of memory. It had been open for a couple days but it wasn’t doing anything. -- Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web

Re: name of web page

the name of the lc script file including the complete path > e.g./home//public_html//scott/pagename.lc > > > > - > Matthias Rebbe > Life Is Too Short For Boring Code > >> Am 25.03.2021 um 21:01 schrieb scott--- via use-livecode >> : >>

name of web page

When using livecode server scripting inside the html of a web page, is there a way to determine the file name of that .lc web page (using livecode scripting)? -- Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email

Re: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 259

@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On March 23, 2021 7:08:59 PM scott--- via use-livecode > wrote: > >> I finished reading Andre’s book last night. Always happy to read his musings >> about Livecode development! >> -- >&g

Re: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 259

I finished reading Andre’s book last night. Always happy to read his musings about Livecode development! -- Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com booth1-360-734-4701

Re: LC Server - Check for Screen size?

Matthias, thank you so much for the complete solution. I’m such a beginner with LC server (and not even a beginner at JS) that your explanation was what I needed. -- Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email

Re: tsNet FTP help

d help: > > https://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/857714-how-to-use-tsnet-to-connect-to-an-ftp-server-over-ssl-ftps > > Regards, > > Charles > >> On 3 Mar 2021, at 11:42 am, scott--- via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> Hello Folks (Matthias?),

tsNet FTP help

Hello Folks (Matthias?), I am trying to use tsNet to upload a file to my mHost account. Although the lesson seemed very straight forward, I am not making any headway. I am using LC 9.6.2 (rc 2) Business, OSX

Re: LC Roadmap

One-click-wonder is right… especially if you use DropDMG to create custom disk images! -- Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com booth1-360-734-4701

Re: Android Keystore signing problem

se breakpoints won't be respected. > > Kind regards, > Panos > -- > > On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 at 02:20, scott--- via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> I used edit the script of stack “revSaveAsAndroidSta

Re: Android Keystore signing problem

ect. The error sounds > like LC can't find it. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | > http://www.hyperactivesw.com On December 20, 2020 7:07:05 PM scott--- via > use-livecode wrote: > >> When trying to create an update f

Re: Android Keystore signing problem

h to the file is correct. The error sounds > like LC can't find it. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | > http://www.hyperactivesw.com On December 20, 2020 7:07:05 PM scott--- via > use-livecode wrote: > >>

Android Keystore signing problem

When trying to create an update for an app on Google Play I am getting this message when attempting to create the standalone .apk. "There was an error while saving the standalone application signing failed - Certificate chain not found for: . must reference a valid KeyStore key entry

Re: Some sad news

Heather, thank you for making us aware of Hermann’s passing. I find his work amazing and so very inspiring. Your announcement helps make this a richer community. — Scott Morrow Elementary Software > On Dec 4, 2020, at 4:07 AM, Heather Laine via use-livecode > wrote: > > Dear List Folks, > >

Re: iOS Emoji keyboard does not print to PDF?!

t; > > Op ma 26 okt. 2020 om 03:57 schreef scott--- via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > >> I think that emojis not rendering to PDF has been a longstanding issue… >> and I thought that I had filed a bug report on this but looking at >> bu

Re: Design Question

For getting it FROM the student, why not just use a livecode stack file. It could contain everything and be highly editable. For returning it TO the student you could use a pdf. -- Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email

Re: Standardizing codepoints

t; Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On November 15, 2020 4:17:14 AM scott--- via use-livecode > wrote: > >> I’m a little over my head in this area so I may not be describing this quite >> right…

Standardizing codepoints

I’m a little over my head in this area so I may not be describing this quite right… Some unicode glyphs seem to be describable with different (arrangements of) codepoints. Is it possible to coerce the glyph to be described in a “standard” way? -- Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with

Re: Plotting Equations that Bifurcate

I assume the expanded version will be called SedanDeGraph. — Scott > On Nov 4, 2020, at 10:09 AM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > Thanks for your continued interest in my little project. I have succeeded in > implementing a multiple polygon approach, but it ain’t

Re: Updated NotarizeHelperStack now with entitlements support

Awesome. That stack is SO helpful! Thank you. -- Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com booth1-360-734-4701 -- > On Nov 2, 2020,

Re: How to divide card with/in 3 vertical lines?

When you say "almost perfect but not quite” what exactly are you meaning? —Scott > On Oct 28, 2020, at 11:04 AM, William de Smet via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi there, > > I need 3 vertical lines in my iOS app with equal distance and from top to > bottom. > So I use the script below. It is

Re: iOS Emoji keyboard does not print to PDF?!

I think that emojis not rendering to PDF has been a longstanding issue… and I thought that I had filed a bug report on this but looking at bugzilla, I failed to find it. (sigh). I have code in two of my apps that alert the user, should PDF creation fail, that they should remove emojis from

Re: Android Status Bar

bar. Checking the launcher app settings, it > does have the status bar set to hidden. So based on that, just use the > hidden option and show the status bar as required while inside the app. > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Oct 12, 2020, at 9:19 PM, scott--- v

Re: Android Status Bar

; Virtually all Android devices use these "soft buttons" now. > > I could be wrong but I've never seen those buttons at the top of the screen > in the status bar area. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.h

Android Status Bar

I seem able to hide or show the Android status bar using the radio button in the Standalone Application Settings. I don’t seem able to to this on the fly using mobileHideStatusBar or mobileShowStatusBar once the app is running. Dictionary: "mobileHideStatusBar does not have any

included inclusions

If I have an inclusion selected in the standalone builder that only targets one operating system… and then build for an OS that can't use that inclusion, is the inclusion left out of the build or might it just be taking up space. Or does it depend on the specific inclusion as to how this is

Re: Converting from unicode to ASCII

What about just converting to UTF8. Wouldn’t that coerce it into ASCII? — Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com > On Sep 22, 2020, at 3:48 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: >

Re: formattedHeight formattedWidth on android

Hmm… Well now I can’t reproduce the issue that consumed a fair number of hours yesterday. Which, (with the exception of lost hours) is a very good thing. — Scott Morrow > On Sep 20, 2020, at 7:11 PM, scott--- via use-livecode > wrote: > > I’ve recently run into what feel

Re: Mouse messages in scrollers

Ack! I replied without fully grokking what you wrote. I will revisit this and look at storing them on mouseDown. Thank you! — Scott > On Sep 20, 2020, at 7:00 PM, scott--- via use-livecode > wrote: > > Unfortunately, I did not make any further progress on this one. Stumped. >

formattedHeight formattedWidth on android

I’ve recently run into what feels like a bug with formattedWidth and formattedHeight of a field in android. I’m attempting to maximize (without clipping) the textSize of a string in a fixed-size field. I have code that works reliably in the IDE and on iOS but not on android. My use case seems

Re: Mouse messages in scrollers

r but the email got lost in a barrage for a while. > > > On 9/15/20 8:30 PM, scott--- via use-livecode wrote: >> on mobile (just iOS at the moment) I’m trying to not only register a >> horizontal swipe in a UIScroller but to calculate the line in the field >> under the sc

Re: Mouse messages in scrollers

he same width as the group. Mouse > messages pass through to LC automatically, which is good because the above > two settings don't exist on Android. > > Swiping is such a normal behavior on mobile, I'd like to see an easier method > in LC to accomodate all this. > > >

Re: Layers in PBrowser

When I need to move something between nested groups I often (after making a backup) cut what I want to move and then edit the group I want to move it to so that I can paste into it. I’m not suggesting this as something others should adopt, just pointing out that there seems to be a number of

Re: Has anyone created a specialised mobile keyboard?

Hello Graham, I agree that using a built in native keyboard is the best solution… if it does what you need. I have an app where the native keyboard (numeric keypad in this case) presented enough distractions of its own that I ended up rolling my own in a later version of the app. For my

Re: Odd Files in an Android apk

Hmm… I saw a reduction of a few MB (which was nice!) but nothing like what you got. — Scott Morrow > On Aug 4, 2020, at 3:42 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Wow. I just built an update to an Android app with LC 9.6.1rc2 and the size > went from 47MB to 21MB. > > Nice. > >

Re: iOS Profiles not seen by LC - what to do?

Hello Graham, Have you pointed LiveCode at your copy of Xcode? (Livecode -> Preferences -> Mobile Support ) — Scott Morrow > On Aug 1, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode > wrote: > > I’m coming back to iOS development after quite a long time and I’m using a > different Mac to

Re: Google Play SDK problem

Awesome news! — Scott Morrow Elementary Software > On Jul 31, 2020, at 9:06 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 2020-07-31 16:25, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: >> On 7/30/20 10:32 PM, JeeJeeStudio via use-livecode wrote: >> Looks like the fix is on the way for 9.6.1.

Re: Google Play SDK problem

t; > Kind regards, > Jerry > > Op vr 31 jul. 2020 00:21 schreef scott--- via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > >> Thank you for your thoughts. I don’t think the ad checkbox would have been >> checked. (It isn’t checked now and since I was only v

Re: Google Play SDK problem

m 19:18 schreef J. Landman Gay via use-livecode: >> I've never seen that. Did you accidentally tick the ads checkbox in >> standalone settings? >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperacti

Google Play SDK problem

I have an app (Windows, Mac, iOS and Android… thank you LC!) that is aimed at children. It does not contain advertising. I recently submitted an update to Google Play and although it was accepted into the store a few weeks ago, today I received the notice below. I am suspicious that this is not

Re: Object naming

So Alex, the takeaway here seems to be that once you name your child objects… “now it’s too late.” While reading this out aloud, I taught my classes of 2nd and 3rd graders to say, “Noo” after the second line. And I usually paused to let the class finish Oliver Boliver’s name. — Scott

Re: text to speech android

Ack! with the exception of “Victoria” which seems to require an Uppercase first letter. (utter chaos) > On Jul 19, 2020, at 7:44 PM, scott--- via use-livecode > wrote: > > I notice that although speechGetVoices() provides names that begin with an > uppercase letter &

Re: text to speech android

I notice that although speechGetVoices() provides names that begin with an uppercase letter speechSetVoice() appears to require the name be lowercase for it to work reliably. LC 9.6.0 Mac Mojave — Scott Morrow > On Jul 19, 2020, at 9:00 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > >

Re: Animation Engine: speed tips

Alex, Eagerly awaiting news of your progress! — Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com booth1-800-615-0867 -- > On Jun 30, 2020, at

Re: iOS builds ignore taps

ode, so I'm not sure how > acceleratedRendering could affect them. But it does bring the app to a > screeching halt. I wish I had a recipe. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On June 2, 2020 8:35:49 PM

Re: iOS builds ignore taps

orCacheLimit? > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On June 2, 2020 7:57:58 PM scott--- via use-livecode > wrote: > >> Hello Randy, >> >> Adjusting the compositorCacheLimit (instead of toggling

Re: iOS builds ignore taps

their layerModes to “scrolling” now makes it so the acceleratedRendering doesn’t need to be fiddled with in order for other objects to display correctly. — Scott > On Jun 2, 2020, at 5:55 PM, scott--- via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hello Randy, > > Adjusting the compositorC

Re: iOS builds ignore taps

Hello Randy, Adjusting the compositorCacheLimit (instead of toggling the acceleratedRendering) also seems to fix my most recent encounter. It is good to have work-arounds but frustrating to have the issue crop up. — Scott > On Jun 2, 2020, at 5:20 AM, Randy Hengst via use-livecode > wrote:

Re: iOS builds ignore taps

I haven’t found that using touch messages instead of mouse messages makes any difference. -- Scott > On Jun 1, 2020, at 1:19 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > > I am not sure if this will solve your problem, but did you try the touch > messages instead? > > Matthias > > >>

Re: iOS builds ignore taps

with visual effect, I could briefly see the selection on some radio buttons change. — Scott > On Jun 1, 2020, at 10:34 PM, scott--- via use-livecode > wrote: > > I don’t use fullscreenMode. Is acceleratedRendering a default requirement of > fullscreenMode? > > I’ve

Re: iOS builds ignore taps

ely at a loss. Thank you. > It seems like this needs a bug report but there's no consistent recipe that I > can find. > > > On 6/1/20 7:49 PM, scott--- via use-livecode wrote: >> For me, when I run across this (and I have several times… including one just >> last we

Re: iOS builds ignore taps

For me, when I run across this (and I have several times… including one just last week) it is almost always acceleratedRendering. I usually end up toggling it off and on and then all works fine. Sometimes I wrap code between these but sometimes I just put this at the end of the handler that

Re: LC 9.6.0 RC1 Splash/Launch Images

Hello Graham, In the Standalone Applications Settings do you have it set to build for iPad as well as iPhone? I’m not at all experienced with the new splash options or how the setting work together… just an idea. -- Scott > On May 22, 2020, at 1:25 PM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode >

Re: Mouse messages in scrollers

roid. > > Swiping is such a normal behavior on mobile, I'd like to see an easier method > in LC to accomodate all this. > > > On 5/19/20 8:00 PM, scott--- via use-livecode wrote: >> You have probably already looked at these but here are (some of) the >> scroller set

Re: Mouse messages in scrollers

uches and canCancelTouches, I think at > least one of them needs to be changed. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On May 19, 2020 5:39:07 PM scott--- via use-livecode > wrote: > >> Of course I forgo

Re: Mouse messages in scrollers

Of course I forgot to declare the local and global variables... global gHorizontalSwipeDistance global gVerticalSwipeDistance local lMouseStartV local lMouseStartH > On May 19, 2020, at 3:20 PM, scott--- via use-livecode > wrote: > > I’m using this script on iOS directly insid

Re: Mouse messages in scrollers

I’m using this script on iOS directly inside a LC field object in order to get a "delete button” to appear. (Ya, I know that is pretty ancient UI) But it requires a swipe on iOS which is what you are after. I don’t think it is responsive enough to do some of the fancy pushes that differentiate

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.0 RC-1

Mark and Monte, thanks for clarifying. — Scott > On May 12, 2020, at 6:03 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 2020-05-12 13:45, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode wrote: >> Monte/LC Team, >> I understand that you have limited resources. Could there be a >> comprise here to share

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.0 RC-1

a large image designed in such a way the content on the sides > or top can be clipped or you can choose a smaller image and have the > background visible. > >> On 12 May 2020, at 1:50 pm, scott--- via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> I am puzzled by how we should appr

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.0 RC-1

I am puzzled by how we should approach this for apps that work on both iPhone and iPad? It seems we choose an iPhone image and an iPad simply has a background border around and iPhone shaped splash? > On May 11, 2020, at 8:40 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Ralph > > We

Re: Small and strange problem

How does tMins acquire the data? Are you certain it contains what you expect when you aren’t stepping through the code (and slowing things down)? perhaps a “put tMins" or “answer tMins” would expose something. (Probably not, but we are curious!) — Scott > On May 10, 2020, at 12:52 PM, Tom Glod

Re: FormattedHeight

Good to know that Trevor’s work was able to solve this problem! (Sounds as if it may not be a solution for the faint of heart yet.) — Scott > On May 4, 2020, at 11:04 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 5/2/20 12:25 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: >> I think the

Re: Group resizing.

Oh good, I was hoping I wasn’t the only one. — Scott > On May 3, 2020, at 11:28 AM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > wrote: > > > I can now get back to my "10-minute cleanup task" that I started 8 hours ago > :-) > > Alex. ___ use-livecode

Re: FormattedHeight

> I think the solution has to be in the engine. I'm in trouble. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On May 2, 2020 2:27:53 AM scott--- via use-livecode > wrote: > >> I’ve run into that a few

Re: FormattedHeight

have a very short time left to solve this. > > On 5/1/20 4:45 PM, scott--- via use-livecode wrote: >> Are you exceeding the maximum vertical scroll? >> (I haven’t run into this recently but I believe at one point the vScroll of >> groups was limited at the engine level to 327

Re: FormattedHeight

Are you exceeding the maximum vertical scroll? (I haven’t run into this recently but I believe at one point the vScroll of groups was limited at the engine level to 32780) Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email

Re: Widget Properties

Hello Graham, Sorry if I missed this earlier but, what made you go with a button widget rather than just using a standard LiveCode button? — Scott > On Apr 23, 2020, at 9:41 AM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode > wrote: > > I am getting rather fed up with the widgets I’ve been trying to use

Re: Stack Files

Bob, I don’t use script only stacks but aren’t they just text files? If they were all in the same folder you could just add that directory in the Copy Files pane. Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email

Re: What makes everything on a card unresponsive?

(requires the LC Business version) > On Apr 20, 2020, at 11:25 AM, Mark Talluto via use-livecode > wrote: > > —breakpoints > Sometimes the remote debugger works and sometimes it doesn’t. When it does, > you breakpoint will fire in your app and show up in the LC IDE

Re: Visual Effect

From the docs: The visual effect command affects only navigation within a window. If you want to create a transition effect when moving between stacks, use the go...in window form of the go command : visual effect "wipe down" go stack Index in window "Part 2" -- replaces stack on screen —

Re: A short question about Xcode

iMac - the one I’ve got >> won’t run a later version of Xcode. Sadly they are rather expensive. I can’t >> visit anyone else’s, even if I could find one, since i’m in lockdown. >> >> Nothing, but nothing, is simple when trying to deploy to iOS. >> >> [Sound of gri

Re: A short question about Xcode

I can’t recall whether this is specific to a particular LC license but when physically attaching a device to the computer, on my setup that mobile device appears under the menu Development —> Test Target (along with simulator options) and can simply be selected as the test device… which saves

Re: Build for Windows 32 bit vs. x86-64 in 9.5.1?

Some of my users (who are still using the 32 bit version of Windows 7) pointed out that they couldn’t run the fancy “new” executable I posted… which I had newly compiled as 64 bit. So, that was a reason for me to go back and recompile as 32 bit. On Windows I suspect that most apps don't

Re: Go to card has become slow

Awesomeness! I really appreciate all the posting on this. It was informative to observe the process even if I didn’t participate. -- Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com booth

Re: Old Fossil seeks fast track assistance

Thanks for these links! -- Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com booth1-800-615-0867 -- > On Apr 6, 2020, at 7:55 AM, Devin Asay

Re: Mobile Wondering

That was my experience too… until LC added native support for other Android processors. Now I find the Android emulator to be very usable! — Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com booth

Mobile Wondering

> 1. xTalk features just don't work, or work totally inadequately (e.g. > scrolling fields). I feel this is overly harsh. Livecode fields (and the creation of native UIText fields) do work on mobile. I think the issue is that the use of some objects (like fields) on mobile is not as drag ’n'

DWrite.dll

Recently I was building a 32 bit Windows standalone and on several of my VMs (not on Windows 10) ran into this error message when trying to launch the exe. "This application has failed to start because DWrite.dll was not found.” Is this something I might be doing wrong? Livecode standalones

Re: DataGrid question...

I have an app I’m working on right now that has check boxes that the user taps in a list field. Swapping the imagesource works really well in this particular case. Not that the dataGrid isn’t the required tool in some cases. Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web

Re: Hide stack change focus not supported 64bit

This sounds like something AppleScript might be able to solve… > On Mar 29, 2020, at 3:01 PM, Bill Vlahos via use-livecode > wrote: > > Mark, > > OK. That makes sense and matches the behavior as my window does hide. > > However, the Mac doesn’t give any window the focus. My application

Re: Internet Library minimum OS versions

Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On February 16, 2020 5:44:24 AM scott--- via use-livecode > wrote: > >> From the Standalone Applications Settings Inclusions pane, if I select >> either the Internet Library or mergPop (or rrehardcopy… I didn’t test >>

Internet Library minimum OS versions

From the Standalone Applications Settings Inclusions pane, if I select either the Internet Library or mergPop (or rrehardcopy… I didn’t test everything :- ) this causes an app installed on iOS 10.3, to crash on launch. Should it be considered a bug to be able to select an Inclusion and a

Re: multitouch buttons on Android

You can also script things like on mouseUp if the environment is "Development" then touchEnd 1 end if end mouseUp and put the script for both in touchEnd… or wherever Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email

Re: Connecting LC to Xcode

I found that launching the simulator and getting a device running BEFORE testing from LC often helped. As an aside, since setting up LC 9.6.0(dp1) and xCode 11.1 Ive been unable to get the simulator to load my app. I’m still fiddling to see what how to attack it differently :- ) (If I go back

Re: macOS, is my app active?

It does work nicely from the IDE but as Trevor noted, the downside to using AppleScript in this case is that under newer version of OSX your compiled app will trigger a (one time) dialog asking to grant access to control “System Events.app” — Scott Morrow > On Nov 25, 2019, at 8:46 AM, Bob

Re: macOS, is my app active?

Trevor, Those directions were awesome! I saw the security warning with the AppleScript method. Your extension method avoided it. Thank you. — Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com booth

Re: Y coordinate for a line of text

AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> You may want to look at the Dictionary entry for "measureText" >> >> >> On 11/12/2019 1:43 AM, scott--- via use-livecode wrote: >>> I’m needing to know the coordinate (Y is the tricky one) f

Y coordinate for a line of text

I’m needing to know the coordinate (Y is the tricky one) for a line of text. I’m not do a very good job at calculating it. I think I remember a newish LC command or function that achieved this but I can’t locate it in the dictionary. Am I imagining? -- Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now

Re: Learning from Scratch

> On Nov 3, 2019, at 6:10 AM, Richmond via use-livecode > wrote: > > 1. It uses a higher order of language to issue instructions than the level at > which the learners > who are supposed to benefit from that software are supposed to be at. > > 2. It features screens that are cluttered with

Re: inter-app communication to LiveCode?

Peter, I’m not sure about “linking” but I have an app that creates PDFs and then appears to “edit” them later. The hack I use is to include all the information (In this case it is a relatively small amount) needed to recreate the PDF as meta-data when I originally create the PDF. If you were

Re: Print to PDF on Android?

Hello Dan, Hello Dan, For Android PDF creation I use Jan Schenkel’s Quartum PDF Library. It isn’t an ideal (or even possible) solution in many cases because it doesn’t support unicode but in my case that wasn’t a deal breaker. -- Scott Morrow Elementary

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

I just wanted to chime in on singing the praises for Matthias’ tool as well. It has made code-signing and notarizing Mac applications so easy and fast for me. And it has a feature that allows it to work with the third party tool DropDMG (which I already used)… so even more amazing! A huge gift

Compiling standalone crashes

I have two old stacks (pre version 7 at least) that load into the IDE without trouble and appear to run as expected... except when I try to save them as a standalone for Mac. Under LC version 9 these apps cause Livecode to quit without displaying an error. (I couldn’t find any error logs but

Re: load app to ios device for testing??

Hello Alan, I only said that it works for me… I have NO idea HOW it works :- ) If it were me I would 1) restart Livecode, 2) restart computer, 3) trash the Livecode preferences, 4) Google to discover which color chicken to sacrifice Scott > On Aug 10, 2019, at 9:58 PM, Alan Stenhouse via

Re: load app to ios device for testing??

Hello Alan, I’m running LC 9.5.0 business, Mac OS 10.14.6 & Xcode 10.1 I am seeing both android and iOS actual devices (as well as the iOS and android simulator, which is an awesome addition) Did you select the correct platform in “Standalone Application Settings”? Is "Mobile Support” configured

Re: HyperCard

I thought that was a good idea, Bob. I did likewise (and of course mentioned livecode.) Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web http://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com booth 1-800-615-0867 mobile 360-920-0715

Re: New lesson about codesigning an app, creating codesgined DMG and Notarize it for distribution outside of the Mac App Store

Matthias, Thank you so much for this timely work! Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web http://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com booth 1-800-615-0867 mobile 360-920-0715

Re: source of a socket error message

It might be we are overcomplicating things. Maybe this just needs a support note to check the Internet connection. I am having a little trouble picturing the situation here. And like you, I wonder about the description. Since one city was mentioned, I thought there was a possibility of a

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