Re: Web vs Native (was Re: HTML5 limitations?)

2017-07-27 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
Word. I barely have any experience and I've already run into multiple users/customers who think that "add to homescreen" is impossible hacker magic. High market penetration of smartphones doesn't mean anyone actually has any idea how to use their smartphone. Most people are at about the Fischer-Pr

Re: Web vs Native (was Re: HTML5 limitations?)

2017-07-27 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 5:27 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > hh wrote: > >> RG wrote: > >> My bigger question here is what needs to be delivered specifically > >> in a web browser window vs a native app, and why? > > > > This questions browsers ("the w

Re: play sound plays the wrong sound

2017-07-06 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
I just found this note at BYU. Apparently "play" only works with uncompressed file formats. I switched to the *.wav version and it works http://livecode.byu.edu/audio/audioIntro.php Why is this stuff not in the dictionary? On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 7:22 AM, tbodine via use-livecode < use-livecode@li

play sound plays the wrong sound

2017-07-06 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
Any ideas on this? I downloaded a beep in *.mp3 format. When I play the file with windows media player it sounds like a beep. When I play the file with the "play" command it sounds horribly distorted. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.run

clipboarddata mixed up

2017-07-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
I'm not sure how to figure out the difference in what's happening here. 1) use window's clipping tool to take a screenshot and hit ctrl+c to copy the picture to the clipboard 2) right click on a picture in chrome and select copy to copy the picture to the clipboard In both cases, if I open a docu

Re: Capturing screen into image

2017-07-01 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
This is the script I use to capture screenshots from particular areas *on* snapCaptureButtMouseUp pLine *-- clicked in node details to capture a screenshot from the previously committed captureArea rect* *-- set the loc of stack "captureArea" to -1000,-1000* *-- close stack "captureArea"* *--

Re: how to download an image

2017-06-20 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
Just following up for posterity. The livecode team figured out that setting the httpheaders to empty solved the problem, or at least part of it. I was setting them to connect to the API that sends the link for the image. Now setting them to empty before trying to download the image partly works.

Re: how to download an image

2017-06-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
I've only tried it in the IDE so far. On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 12:36 PM, tbodine via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Is this happening in a standalone or the IDE? A standalone would need > revsecurity.dll for https. > > Tom B. > > > > -- > View this message in context: http:/

Re: how to download an image

2017-06-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 06/04/2017 10:06 AM, Matt Maier via use-livecode wrote: > >> Hokay, so, apparently post is a blocking command, which is a bad idea for >> multiple potentially large files. So I'm trying to use t

Re: how to download an image

2017-06-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
-1 of tImgUrl into tImgName *set* itemdelimiter to comma *put* tNewFolder & "/" & tImgName into tNewFile libURLDownloadToFile tImgUrl,tNewFile On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Matt Maier wrote: > I got bubble.is to send the base64 encoded image data instead of a link. > So just putt

stack & IDE not responding during download

2017-06-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
Every time my script downloads an image the entire interface and IDE locks up and says "not responding" until the download finishes. I tried adding "lock screen" but that didn't help. *lock* screen *put* tImg into tDis["img_thing"] *set* the httpHeaders to "Content-Type: application/json" & cr &

Re: how to download an image

2017-06-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
I got bubble.is to send the base64 encoded image data instead of a link. So just putting the base64decoded data into URL is working. On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 12:41 AM, Colin Holgate via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Scott’s routine worked for me too. It’s worth checking whe

Re: how to download an image

2017-06-03 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
eese_on_plate.jpg" into theURL > put url theURL into url ("binfile:" & specialFolderPath("desktop") & > "/DLimage.jpg") > > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > > >

how to download an image

2017-06-03 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
I'm trying to download an image to a file but it's always 0kb Here's an example of the URL I've got // s3.amazonaws.com/appforest_uf/f1496548544475x140387106221169240/grilled_cheese_on_plate.jpg *put* URL ("binfile:" & tNewImageLink) into URL ("binfile:" & tNewFolder & "/" & tNewImageName) *get

breakpoint on parameter

2017-05-23 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
I want to find out which parts of my code are making changes to a control's parameter. Specifically, I've got an arrow that I want to be black, and it is black when it's created, but then it turns gray. I can't find the script that's turning it gray. I don't know where to put a breakpoint in the s

Re: develop a hybrid app

2017-05-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
What's a language token? On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Matt Maier wrote: > > > On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > > >> Matt Maier wrote: > >> >

Re: develop a hybrid app

2017-05-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Matt Maier wrote: > > > Is there a concise list of what Livecode can do on mobile devices? > > I'm not sure, but filtering the Dictionary with "mobil

Re: develop a hybrid app

2017-05-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
Is there a concise list of what Livecode can do on mobile devices? Activity tracking - some kind of awerenesses that the user interacted with their phone during focus time. Did they turn the screen on, did they spend time out if the lilspace app, did they send/receive messages. The idea is to trig

develop a hybrid app

2017-05-03 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
Any Livecode freelancers we can hire to build a hybrid app? We've got a simple web app but most of the functions it needs require direct access to the phone. lilspace.me The idea is for event organizers to incentivize and organize attendees to "focus" on the event by putting their phone away and

Re: Swiping between cards - metaphor end-of-the-road?

2017-04-27 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Matt Maier wrote: > > > Maybe each card could have a parameter like "swipeTo" which would be > > the id of another card. Default could be nothing, which woul

Re: Swiping between cards - metaphor end-of-the-road?

2017-04-27 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
Maybe each card could have a parameter like "swipeTo" which would be the id of another card. Default could be nothing, which would disable swipe. But if there's a card id in there then swiping would put that card "underneath" so it's visible as the current card moves and if the swipe gesture comple

Re: this stack gets every closeStack message

2017-04-10 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > the executionContexts > Bob S > > On Apr 4, 2017, at 19:22 , Matt Maier via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> > wrote: > > I'm not

Re: revZip functions, compressing and extracting folder for transfer

2017-04-06 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
rev.com> wrote: > Here is a sanitized version of a simple zip library stack I use in > projects. It keeps me from having to get down into the nuts and bolts every > time I want to zip a file: > >https://www.dropbox.com/s/t8z27p8cy5ir1v9/libZip.livecode?dl=0 > > HT

Re: this stack gets every closeStack message

2017-04-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
raig > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Matt Maier via use-livecode > To: How to use LiveCode > Cc: Matt Maier > Sent: Tue, Apr 4, 2017 10:23 pm > Subject: Re: this stack gets every closeStack message > > I'm not aware of a way to "trace&quo

Re: this stack gets every closeStack message

2017-04-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
I'm not aware of a way to "trace" where a message has been and the keywords I can think of aren't turning up anything promising in the dictionary or google. On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 6:10 PM, dunbarx via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Two independent stacks are at the same "l

this stack gets every closeStack message

2017-04-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
So I've got a mainstack (#1). It calls a different mainstack (#2) so that I can save data like API keys in #2 stack before closing it. When I'm in the IDE #2 stack is getting and responding to every single closeStack message that happens, including when I close IDE windows (ex: script editor, vari

Re: remote debugger on windows

2017-04-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
to check the IDE is > being allowed to accept connections. Also perhaps check if there are any > rogue processes of the standalone or IDE in the task manager. > > > On 5 Apr 2017, at 9:32 am, Matt Maier via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > >

remote debugger on windows

2017-04-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
I'm not trying to do anything fancy like debug an app on iOS/Android. I'm just trying to debug a standalone running on my windows desktop. So I've got 9.0 dp 6 script debug mode is checked test target is windows remote debugger is checked in standalone inclusions I've tried just running a test fr

Re: [DIRECT-L] Director Replacement Suggestions & LiveCode with 3D Plugin

2017-03-27 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
I'm interested in 3D in Livecode. I have no idea what any of the other proper nouns in the message mean. On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 8:41 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Folks: > This, from Paradigma. What do you think? Anybody interested in 3D in > Li

Re: D3 LiveCode Chart Examples

2017-03-23 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
I get a "this repository is empty" message. On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 10:06 PM, Todd Fabacher via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On Facebook people had expressed a desire to work with D3 and LiveCode. So, > here is the D3 LiveCode Chart Examples on github: > https://github.c

output the script line of a logging message

2017-03-13 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
I'm adding some logging function calls to a script. Is there a way to include the line number of the current line in the script? Some of the messages are pretty similar, if not identical, so it would be helpful when reviewing the logs to identify the message by the line number the function was on

revZip functions, compressing and extracting folder for transfer

2017-03-04 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
Is there an overview or tutorial on how to use the revZip functions? Do I have to use each individual function to manually describe the process of creating and using a zip archive? Like, to create the archive, do I have to write my own code to open it, repeat for each file and/or each folder, fin

Re: Feedback on my LiveCode promo page

2017-01-09 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
Maybe add a "date this was written" to put it in context. On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 8:54 AM, William Prothero via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Folks: > I’ve been building a site to distribute my education applications. I have > a page that is intended to promote the use of

Re: how to create a list in easyJSON

2017-01-07 Thread Matt Maier via use-livecode
As a warning for others, fastJSON is not directly interchangeable with easyJSON. I'm using a big array that has a couple levels of numeric keys before you get to the text keys. When fastJSON converts the array to JSON it throws out the numeric keys and just turns everything into a list. I don't t

button width on different platforms

2017-01-04 Thread Matt Maier
I've got some buttons with text in them. On Windows (where I develop) they look fine. On Linux the buttons are a little bit narrower so the text is cut off. Anyone handled a similar problem? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Ple

standalone settings .zip

2017-01-04 Thread Matt Maier
I haven't actually build a standalone in many months, so perhaps my memory is fooling me. Did Livecode used to automatically create .zip files for each of the platforms? I'm using Indy 8.1.1 at the moment. It's not creating separate .zip copies and there's no option for that in the standalone set

Re: how to create a list in easyJSON

2017-01-01 Thread Matt Maier
That's a good question. The stack doesn't have a version number in it, at least not that I found. On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 10:31 AM, pink wrote: > what version of easyJSON are you using? I just copied the library from: > https://github.com/luxlogica/easyjson/blob/master/easyjson.lc > > used this c

Re: how to create a list in easyJSON

2016-12-31 Thread Matt Maier
This code: put "12345" into tArray["one"][1] put "12345" into tArray["one"][2] put "12345" into tArray["one"][3] put "12345" into tArray["two"][1] put "12345" into tArray["two"][2] put jsonfromarray(tArray) into tWhatever gives me this result: {"one":{"3":12345,"1":12345,"2":12

Re: how to create a list in easyJSON

2016-12-30 Thread Matt Maier
12345},"two":"12345,12345"} So looks like that just created an array with a numeric index, which is preserved in the JSON conversion. On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Try placing a: > > Split tArray[one] by comma > > Before converting to j

how to create a list in easyJSON

2016-12-30 Thread Matt Maier
I'm trying to send a list of strings to an API. Best I can tell it's interpreting the entire list as one string. Is there a way to send data to easyJSON such that it returns a JSON list of strings instead of one monolithic string? For example, I've got something like this: array[one] = 12345,123

Re: upload base64 encoded image data

2016-12-20 Thread Matt Maier
Thanks. I might not have done it correctly, but neither 1 nor 2 made a noticeable difference. I am a little confused by this. I tried copying out the base64 data to put it into a different API testing app and it looks way too short. I'm not familiar with how much text it takes to describe an image

Re: livecode post http request

2016-12-20 Thread Matt Maier
Is that a server variable? I don't have access to the server, it's someone else's. I'm just sending it data. On Dec 20, 2016 12:51, "Devin Asay" wrote: > > On Dec 20, 2016, at 12:38 PM, Matt Maier luebac...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Is there a way

livecode post http request

2016-12-20 Thread Matt Maier
Is there a way to see the actual raw text of the http POST that Livecode sends when I use a command such as: post tSomeVariable to URL "www.whatever.com" ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsub

upload base64 encoded image data

2016-12-19 Thread Matt Maier
I'm trying to connect my desktop app to my Bubble.is app. They have a way to build APIs. https://bubble.is/reference#API.sending_data I've got text uploading working. As in, I can upload text from the desktop and work with it in the web app. I've also got image URLs working. As in, I can include

Re: TreeView custom sort?

2016-12-10 Thread Matt Maier
Do you need the user to be able to interact with each named object individually through the TreeView widget? If not, maybe you can just replace the single object name with a list of all relevant objects in your preferred sort order. You'd still get a hierarchy of groups that way. You could just "op

Re: TreeView custom sort?

2016-12-10 Thread Matt Maier
I used rTree when I was trying to find a pre-built tree tool. It's pretty good. I think I actually got some code straight from the dev that wasn't posted publicly. I haven't used it in a long time. http://tapirsoft.on-rev.com/rtree/ As a side note, I just want to say that it's refreshing to see yo

Re: JavaScript + LC HTML5 = LiveCode.js

2016-11-25 Thread Matt Maier
Richard, Thanks for that explanation. I've heard you mention this setup several times before but this is the most detail I've seen you put in one place. Clarification question: do you cache the last stacks downloaded in case the user isn't connected to a network? On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 8:02 AM,

Re: Problem (or something I'm doing odd) with $_POST and LC Server

2016-09-28 Thread Matt Maier
Maybe a configuration file is conflicting. Since you moved the script to a different site there might be some .htaccess (or whatever) that's got a piece of URL (or whatever) out of place. On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:29 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote: > OK - I have half an answer to my own question >

Re: The Achilles heel of Android and iOS

2016-09-25 Thread Matt Maier
Of the two skills, engineering and sales, it's the sales skill that's more generally useful (provided there are other humans around). If an engineer does good engineering they STILL have to find a salesman. If a salesman does good sales they don't necessarily even need a real product or service a

Re: Detect lat/long Intersections

2016-09-25 Thread Matt Maier
You can try using within(object, point) if you define an object using the points on the boundary of your detection area. If your area is easy to define then you can just test it. For example, if it's a circle then you only need to measure the distance between the bus's location and the center of t

Re: use "" as an array key

2016-09-23 Thread Matt Maier
Thanks for explaining that gotcha in detail. I've had a few problems before when I relied on the 99% awesome debugger and variable watcher only to find out that it wasn't showing me the many characters that exist, and affect code, but are technically invisible. On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 6:26 AM, Kay

use "" as an array key

2016-09-22 Thread Matt Maier
I find myself in want of a YAML library again. Mark posted some functions on the forum that I'm debugging http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=21434 Something I discovered while debugging is that "" is being accepted as an array key. It seems like it shouldn't be possible to use the abs

Re: What's everyone working on this month? (September 2016)

2016-09-01 Thread Matt Maier
I've been building a website in Livecode and revIgniter. I wanted a passwordless authentication system so I had to roll that from scratch. Now I'm connecting my desktop app to the website so that users can sync their projects and make them available online. This way people who know how to make th

Re: Missing a chance

2016-08-25 Thread Matt Maier
Yeah, nobody I talk to or read has ever heard of Livecode. One of the larger freelance developer recruiting websites doesn't even bother to ask anyone if they know Livecode, and I half suspect they had to google it before they answered my question. I'm not really looking forward to having to get d

Re: Atom Issues

2016-08-25 Thread Matt Maier
uncheck "Automatically Confirm Single > Suggestion" > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Matt Maier wrote: > > > I keep getting a red error popup every time I finish writing a word. It > > cites the autocomplete-plus package. No idea how to get it to stop > cove

Re: open stack

2016-08-24 Thread Matt Maier
t;No such stack" > end if > > Alternatively, when you try to open the stack, check to see whats in "it" > and "the result" Often one or the other will provide useful information. > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 2:03 AM, Matt Maier wrote: > > > What&#x

open stack

2016-08-24 Thread Matt Maier
What's up with this not working? http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/17375-how-do-i-save-custom-properties-in-a-standalone-application This is a really simple tutorial that I followed, but I get an error at the "open stack" statement. I tried replacing it with this, but even though it doesn't e

Re: Atom Issues

2016-08-23 Thread Matt Maier
I keep getting a red error popup every time I finish writing a word. It cites the autocomplete-plus package. No idea how to get it to stop covering half the window in red error messages. On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 6:59 PM, Mike Kerner wrote: > I even run into this situation with enter when typing "

livecode JSON extension

2016-08-11 Thread Matt Maier
I'm using a stack written by someone else that's trying to call what appears to be a built-in JSON library. For example, it will call jsonImport() on some JSON, but won't find that handler. The error says to check to see if the "com.livecode.library.json" extension is checked in the standalone app

Re: put one array after another

2016-08-11 Thread Matt Maier
I second the vote for a YAML library. It makes text and arrays work together a lot better than JSON. The way I've been tracking arrays in text for documentation purposes is basically just a table at heart: array[first-key][this-key] = whatever array[first-key][that-key] = foobar array[2nd-key][so

Re: put one array after another

2016-08-10 Thread Matt Maier
; put tSecondArray[tKey] into tFirstArray[tKey] > > end repeat > > > Regards > Tore > > > > 10. aug. 2016 kl. 18.41 skrev Matt Maier : > > > > Is there a command to merge two array variables into one? > > > > Example: > > > > tFirstAr

put one array after another

2016-08-10 Thread Matt Maier
Is there a command to merge two array variables into one? Example: tFirstArray[tom] = mot tFirstArray[jane] = enaj tSecondArray[bill] = llib tSecondArray[name] = eman put tSecondArray after tFirstArray tFirstArray[tom] = mot tFirstArray[jane] = enaj tFirstArray[bill] = llib tFirstArray[name] =

Re: OT: Switch it off and back on ...

2016-08-10 Thread Matt Maier
at 3:27 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Matt Maier wrote: > > > I was reading about "crash only" programming a while ago. It like > > using the "turn it off and back on again"approach as a part of normal > > business. Since all of your systems need to

Re: OT: Switch it off and back on ...

2016-08-08 Thread Matt Maier
Because we're capable of building systems more complex than we can understand. So there are always ghost states it can get into that we didn't prepare for. I was reading about "crash only" programming a while ago. It like using the "turn it off and back on again"approach as a part of normal busine

file upload options

2016-08-06 Thread Matt Maier
I'm trying to figure out if I should code a solution into my desktop app or just tell people to use a 3rd-party app like WinSCP. What I think I need people to be able to do is "sync" a project folder on their computer with a repository I'm hosting for them on my site. The folder will have multiple

Re: Ideas for LiveCode workshops - help needed

2016-08-04 Thread Matt Maier
hostm.com has a tutorial with a desktop stack and server scripts that allows you to add users to a database on the server from the desktop using HTTPS. It would be neat to have a generic "track stuff" app in Livecode that's got all the if-then's and libraries and whatnot to be compiled and work on

Re: typo

2016-07-30 Thread Matt Maier
.to help you hire a the right new LiveCode developer... > > > > > >> [2] The sentence you cite is not there. > >> https://livecode.com/services/ > > > > It is! Just copied this paragraph from that webpage: > > ... > > Developer Recruitment Support >

typo

2016-07-30 Thread Matt Maier
It's off topic, but in the spirit of wanting Livecode to be as good as it can be, this sentence shouldn't have an "a" in it. https://livecode.com/services/ "Let us run the recruitment process to help you hire a the right new LiveCode developers onto your team"

Re: Multi-level Undo?

2016-07-23 Thread Matt Maier
I looked into it a while back. A few basic options are: - rationalize all of the user's actions into a list of named actions, keep track of the actions in order, and then have the engine execute the list. if the user uses undo, just move a marker one item backwards in the list, so that the engine o

Re: the keys of the dragData?

2016-05-27 Thread Matt Maier
I think it should be "the keys of the dragData of something" or just "the keys of dragData". On May 27, 2016 17:58, "David Bovill" wrote: This isn't working for me in 8.1: > *put* the keys of the dragData into dragKeys Is this a bug or am I doing something silly? __

Arrays vs databases

2016-05-20 Thread Matt Maier
I already know how to use Livecode and I think I can do everything I need using arrays. According to this lesson, I can store an array as a custom property of a stack which can be saved and loaded. http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/17375-how-do-i-save-custom-properties-in-a-standalone-applicati

Re: SVG Widgets Work Well -- User Contributions - Screen Casts

2016-05-14 Thread Matt Maier
I found that GifCam is great for making little feature animations that are easier to share and embed than videos. On May 14, 2016 01:30, "Earthednet-wp" wrote: > Great idea! I'd like to see that happen. > Bill > > William Prothero > http://es.earthednet.org > > > On May 13, 2016, at 4:19 PM, Sann

Re: Infinite LiveCode - Message from CEO

2016-05-13 Thread Matt Maier
In terms of what we should expect, does this push indicate a "breadth first" rather than "depth first" strategy? As in, will Livecode's reach continue to expand as quickly as possible while it's perfection is of secondary concern? More specifically, will we be getting 80% functionality in more plac

Re: Infinite LiveCode - Message from CEO

2016-05-13 Thread Matt Maier
I just pledged. Both sides of the conversation make sense, and obviously I ended up on the "pledge" side of it. Getting the widgets and LCB working to "wrap" several more popular languages will dramatically increase the utility of everything we already know how to do in Livecode. That's the main va

model oriented programming

2016-04-24 Thread Matt Maier
So, Livecode is a scripting language. Whatever logic and data I string together in LCS is converted by the engine into equivalent code in languages like C. Does that make the LC engine a code generator? Seems like it does. These guys take it one level farther back and start with a model which defi

Re: local livecode server

2016-04-01 Thread Matt Maier
server.exe" to "livecode-community-server.exe" if that's the version you've got. - I also stuck ".lc" onto the end of a few lists of other file extensions On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Matt Maier wrote: > According to this... > > > https://github.co

Re: local livecode server

2016-04-01 Thread Matt Maier
ns haven't been updated. They reference Apache 2.2 but easyPHP came with Apache 2.4 and there are some changes. On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Matt Maier wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > > >> Are all t

Re: local livecode server

2016-04-01 Thread Matt Maier
I'm not sure. I found files with those names but they have a .so extension. When I open them in Atom half of the file looks like binary. I couldn't find an explanation in the Apache docs of how to "enable" them. On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

local livecode server

2016-04-01 Thread Matt Maier
I've followed along with this... http://lessons.livecode.com/spaces/lessons/buckets/809/lessons/36654-How-do-I-install-LiveCode-Server-on-Windows-with-Apache- ...and got as far as getting the example html to appear at localhost/test.lc . But the isn't being rendered, it's just being treated li

Re: Script Only Stack Architecture

2016-04-01 Thread Matt Maier
I never suggested you write it. I objected to you advising the mailing list not to include this discussion in the Dictionary because it would start down a slippery slope towards "too big." On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 7:50 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Kay C Lan wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 9:43

Re: Script Only Stack Architecture

2016-03-31 Thread Matt Maier
eir own. Putting the information they need right where they need it, rather than putting it somewhere and challenging them to go find it. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Matt Maier wrote: > > > I just want to chime in to disagree with the idea that we should lea

Re: Script Only Stack Architecture

2016-03-31 Thread Matt Maier
I just want to chime in to disagree with the idea that we should leave useful information out of the Dictionary. There's no such thing as a document that's too big when we have networks and search. Even if we're forced to browse and read we can just put the information in order of importance so th

Re: Script Only Stack Architecture

2016-03-30 Thread Matt Maier
I just tried reproducing your actions and now I'm confused. All I did was make a new stack, drag a field onto it, then put: on mouseUp put "hello" & cr after me end mouseUp When I left-click, nothing happens, even though I can double click to select words and I can left-click-drag to highlight wo

Re: Script Only Stack Architecture

2016-03-28 Thread Matt Maier
Monte got annoyed that I did something like that instead of setting behaviors. So it might be better to write behaviors in script-only stacks and then set them onto the various controls, rather than managing the controls all the way from the library stack(s). On Mar 28, 2016 18:54, "Sannyasin Brahm

revIgniter installation

2016-03-27 Thread Matt Maier
Can someone help clarify the revIgniter installation instructions? I'm trying to get started with learning how to work with this tool but it's assuming more experience than I have. I want to confirm that I got my own computer and my server setup correctly for working with FileZilla and revIgniter

Re: livecode website templates

2016-03-09 Thread Matt Maier
Thanks. Yeah, I think I can imagine what the script would be for that mad libs example. Richard's subtle cajoling reminded me of all the stuff I could just implement in the desktop client I already have instead of starting from scratch with web scripting. On Mar 9, 2016 10:28 AM, "J. Landman Gay"

Re: livecode website templates

2016-03-08 Thread Matt Maier
e Livecode for the client" do you mean a desktop standalone or the new HTML5 standalone? On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Matt Maier wrote: > > Oh. So, when you use Livecode to put "Hello world" into the browser, > > is it actually sending the br

Re: livecode website templates

2016-03-07 Thread Matt Maier
Oh. So, when you use Livecode to put "Hello world" into the browser, is it actually sending the browser something like Hello world from the server? On Mar 7, 2016 19:57, "Richard Gaskin" wrote: > Matt Maier wrote: > >> Has anybody actually built a website usin

Re: livecode website templates

2016-03-07 Thread Matt Maier
http://www.gatewestcoin.com/ On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Phil Davis wrote: > Templates, no. Framework, yes: > > http://revigniter.com/ > > Phil Davis > > > > > On 3/6/16 10:11 PM, Matt Maier wrote: > >> Does anyone know of any website templates that us

livecode website templates

2016-03-06 Thread Matt Maier
Does anyone know of any website templates that use Livecode? I want to set up a basic file hosting/sharing thing with logins. I've got space in what used to be the on-rev servers and it would be nice to continue using livecode on the web like I use it on the desktop. ___

Re: Use MouseLine() and still edit the same field?

2016-03-04 Thread Matt Maier
Be careful using mouseMove. It gets sent along with messages like mouseDown regardless of whether or not the mouse is moving. So make sure the logic in it is idempotent (produces the same result when called multiple times). On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Terry Judd wrote: > Hi Mark - you proba

Re: Open source, closed source, and the value of code

2016-03-03 Thread Matt Maier
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Robert Mann wrote: > << I believe any media or other content (whether separate files or not) > distributed with the application and/or required to make it function fully > would need to be licensed in a GPL compatible license.>> > > Hi Monte, I believe (!) that t

Re: [Blog] Script Only Stacks

2016-03-03 Thread Matt Maier
I was just reading that the line endings can be different (because of course they can). http://www.hyperactivesw.com/cgitutorial/scripts1.html#trouble *Make sure line endings in scripts are correct for the server platform. DOS line endings are carriage return and linefeed. Unix line endings are a

Re: Hey-Ho and Off We Go with HTML5

2016-03-02 Thread Matt Maier
You could try out the free tier of services like http://www.formmail.com/ or HTTP://www.SE dgrid.com On Mar 2, 2016 00:30, "RM" wrote: > > > On 2.03.2016 10:18, Mark Waddingham wrote: > >> On 2016-03-02 09:01, RM wrote: >> >>> Preferably this would be WITHOUT the message having to go via the >>>

Re: Open source, closed source, and the value of code

2016-03-01 Thread Matt Maier
reason (not the whole reason, but part of it) I upgraded to Indy was so that I could cast off the restrictions imposed by the intent of Free software. On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Matt Maier wrote: > > > Robert, as you conduct your research you should also

Re: Open source, closed source, and the value of code

2016-03-01 Thread Matt Maier
On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Robert Mann wrote: > indeed.. I do have an android phone!! > > And I read the GNU license for good, > and the FAQ's for good, > and some discussions > > 1) my personal conclusion reading these is that the assumption you make > about stack files falling under GPL is

Re: Open source, closed source, and the value of code

2016-03-01 Thread Matt Maier
Robert, as you conduct your research you should also learn about the difference between Free Software and Open Source Software. In brief, Free Software does special things for moral reasons; it is "right" that software be liberated. Open Source Software does special things for pragmatic reasons; it

Re: Open source, closed source, and the value of code

2016-02-29 Thread Matt Maier
Maybe they could sell one-time exceptions. Like, give Livecode $100 and you can compile one version of one app closed source. So many options. On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 6:39 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > > > On 1 Mar 2016, at 12:32 PM, Roger Guay wrote: > > > > Once more, I point out that this migh

Re: Open source, closed source, and the value of code

2016-02-29 Thread Matt Maier
[disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer and this is not legal advice] I sympathize with your confusion. There is inherent confusion around the differences between "sharing" and "free/open source." In the former case, it's just something people do. In the latter case, it is a legal standard. Livecode Commun

Re: LiveCode for the Hobbyists

2016-02-29 Thread Matt Maier
For what it's worth, I got the Indy license so that I could release github.Howstr.com under whatever license I wanted. In this case that's the MIT license. So for me it's not even about keeping it secret, it's about sharing with fewer restrictions than the GPL allows. Of course, I am turning Howst

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