Re: Windows on ARM...

2024-04-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
-- Paul On 4/10/2024 2:11 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2024-04-09 20:03, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Mothership people (or anyone in the community that may know this): Microsoft is expected to port and release Windows running on ARM chips (Surface laptop

Re: Windows on ARM...

2024-04-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
we see a LC version that supports it? I know, this is probably way ahead of any practical answer, but I know we WILL have customers asking us if our app (built on LC9.6.11) will run on Windows on ARM on day one. Paul Dupuis Researchware ___ use-livecode m

Windows on ARM...

2024-04-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
way ahead of any practical answer, but I know we WILL have customers asking us if our app (built on LC9.6.11) will run on Windows on ARM on day one. Paul Dupuis Researchware ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: Revisiting Lock Screen

2024-03-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
In our app, we have a lot of handlers (internal APIs) that get called by other handlers and, as multiple developers are involved, knowing what is calling what takes some effort. To address the issue of screen locks, we adopted a coding standard as follows: If a handler should lock the screen,

Dropping file on an LC standalone...

2024-03-21 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
My question is what message is triggered when a file is dropped on a running LC standdalone on Windows On Windows, if the APP is started by dropping a file on it, the file name is available to any handler in the startup sequence via the $1 special variable. i.e. IF teh variable $1 contains a

Re: PDF widget print quality

2024-02-21 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I'm not sure it is possible. Livecode's printing tends to be card based and at card resolution, typically 72 dpi. I recall seeing some efforts on the lists and forums to make an object 4 times bigger (75 dpi x 4 = 300 dpi) so that when it is printed to a 300dpi printer is is a higher

Re: polygrid formatted column width

2024-02-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
t, you may need a hidden field/button as teh object reference set to the same font and size as the polygrid. Anyway, that's how I would try to solve this :-) Paul Dupuis Researchware On 2/20/2024 3:49 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: alrighty, then i've got a polygrid. now, i w

Re: Manipulating PDF's

2024-02-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
If you just need a person to view a particular spot in a PDF, using the PDF widget in Livecode would be easier than trying to manipulate an arbitrary PDF viewer. If there is a way to adjust the scroll, it is probably PDF viewer specific and you'd need to know whether the user is using Apple

Re: Latest PolyGrid

2024-02-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
1_0_33 is the version I am running as well. I had not seen any announcement or email about a .34 release. Now I think I will try to avoid it and wait for .35! On 2/13/2024 11:45 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi all, yesterday I installed the latest version of

AW: Re: macOS window maximization weirdness

2024-02-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
macOS should receive a desktopChanged message on window maximization when Windows does not? Paul Dupuis Researchware On 1/15/2024 6:16 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I have a standalone, built with Livecode 9.6.11 STABLE, where for some windows (stacks) on certain macOS versions, maximizing

Re: Mousedown in Application Menubar Messages

2024-02-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I've not experienced any problems with the menubar group receiving a mouseDown message to adjust the menus based on context before they appear (LC versions up to 9.6.11 on macOS and Windows) A long time back, I did have an unnecessary  'wait 0 with messages' in my mouseDown handler and had

Re: Regex brain failure...

2024-02-03 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
ake it work just for test. On Sat, 3 Feb 2024 at 21:13, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Never mind. The correct pattern is: ^\d+?\t.\tnontraditional field\tText\t2,319\tInterview 1\.txt$ There is a column with a space in it between the number column (1st column) and the 3

Re: Regex brain failure...

2024-02-03 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
to figure out why that is! On 2/3/2024 1:36 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I have a (reduced) example set of data in a variable "tCaseCodes" that is tab delimited set of lines below: 1         I am making a high salary    Text    2,319    Interview 1.txt 2         nontraditi

Regex brain failure...

2024-02-03 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I have a (reduced) example set of data in a variable "tCaseCodes" that is tab delimited set of lines below: 1         I am making a high salary    Text    2,319    Interview 1.txt 2         nontraditional field    Text    2,319    Interview 1.txt 3         gets married and stays married    Text 

Re: macOS window maximization weirdness

2024-01-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
.  That is probably (hopefully) going to be a good place to start since you have good and bad placement in the same handler. Brian Milby br...@milby7.com On Jan 19, 2024, at 1:30 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So , for any one interested, here are screenshots of what is happening

Re: macOS window maximization weirdness

2024-01-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
So , for any one interested, here are screenshots of what is happening. The "Autocode" window (stack) and the "Search Sources" window (stack) are two example of the windows that do NOT maximize correctly. Many other resizable windows do so just fine and windows with both fewer and more

Re: Bug 23507 - LC Clipboard Polling Failure

2024-01-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Ralph, Thanks for the tip. As I did into this problem, I'll give that a try. I'm just getting tired of Apple and/or Livecode changing things so that code that DID work is then discovered NOT working any more. I have very limited time and resources and I'd like to spend MORE of it making new

macOS window maximization weirdness

2024-01-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I have a standalone, built with Livecode 9.6.11 STABLE, where for some windows (stacks) on certain macOS versions, maximizing the window results in no controls being drawn or most controls being drawn incorrectly. It is not every resizable window (stack) in my app, just some. It is not every

Re: Embedded PDFs in Windows Menu

2023-12-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I'm not sure exactly what you are talking about? Are you asking about launching a PDF from a menu item under a "Windows" menu? On 12/31/2023 9:41 AM, Charles Szasz via use-livecode wrote: I have found that a method I use (proposed by LC tech support a few years ago to embed PDFs in a

Re: Message Sent when Resizing Widgets: Workaround

2023-12-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Bob, This is nice trick (and code) to use an overlayed button to get a widget to respond to standard messages. Impressive! I really think that Livecode Ltd. needs to prioritize adding a set of "standard" object messages to every current widget to address these 3 bugs (and their

Re: Should I upgrade to Xcode 15.0 or 15.1?

2023-12-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
both 15 and 15.1? i've been holding off on updating to sonoma On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 1:55 PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: For the purposes of notarization of macOS apps, I have seen no difference between Xcode 15 and 15.1 under Sonoma on a macBook

Re: Should I upgrade to Xcode 15.0 or 15.1?

2023-12-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
For the purposes of notarization of macOS apps, I have seen no difference between Xcode 15 and 15.1 under Sonoma on a macBook Air (M1 processor) I don't developer iOS apps though, nor do I use Xcode for anything other than code signing, notarization, and stapling of macOS desktop apps On

Re: Which is faster...

2023-12-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
And that is THE DEFINITIVE answer! Wow! Thank you. On 12/15/2023 10:00 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2023-12-14 21:22, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Which is faster or more efficient (from an engine performance perspective)? To retrieve an array from a property

Re: Which is faster...

2023-12-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 12/14/2023 5:25 PM, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote: Anything to distract me from my day job. Glad I could help! And thank you for the confirming benchmarks! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: Which is faster...

2023-12-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
, at 1:22 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Which is faster or more efficient (from an engine performance perspective)? To retrieve an array from a property? As in: command someHandler -- in an objects script get the cMyArray from me -- cMyArray is some multi-dimensional array ... end

Which is faster...

2023-12-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Which is faster or more efficient (from an engine performance perspective)? To retrieve an array from a property? As in: command someHandler -- in an objects script   get the cMyArray from me -- cMyArray is some multi-dimensional array   ... end someHandler OR To retrieve an array from a

Re: Get rid of the remote debugger

2023-12-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
have not figured out yet, where this error occurs, when you are just doing what I'd consider "normal" debugging. I just have not had time to pin it down. (To busy filing PDF Widget bugs and enhancements to get it to parity with the XPDF external). Paul Dupuis Researchware On 12/8/

Re: greying out columns in a dataGrid

2023-11-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/30/2023 4:41 PM, Hershel F via use-livecode wrote: sorry my mistake. does not have to be greyed out should be a gray color. or to rephrase the question properly, how the change the color to gray? Ah! I am pretty sure it can be done, but I do not know how to do it exactly. By guess is

Re: greying out columns in a dataGrid

2023-11-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Usually, you do not disable or grey-out columns in a Datagrid, but make them invisible (hide or show the column) if they are not applicable to some view you want. On 11/30/2023 4:04 PM, Hershel F via use-livecode wrote: Hi all how is it done to grey out a column or multiple columns in data

Re: resizeControl wishes...

2023-11-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/30/2023 2:20 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: Groups get the message when resize happens by script. Other objects only receive the message when resized by hand. Brian Milby br...@milby7.com Except, the "PowerButton" widget actually receives "resizeControl" just as a group does

Re: resizeControl wishes...

2023-11-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Thank you Richard. I see what the issue for me was. Groups do indeed receive a resizeControl message automatically if the rect is changed by script. However, the message (resizeControl) use seems inconsistent. For example, while a group does received the resizeControl message, a field does

resizeControl wishes...

2023-11-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
resizeControl is sent "only sent when the user resizes a control by dragging its handles. It is not sent if a handler changes the size of a control by changing its properties (width, height, and so on)." Does anyone else really really wish that resizeControl was set when the control's size is

Re: Possible enhancement request

2023-11-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/2/2023 11:20 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi friends, before I post an enhancment request to the "Qualtiy Center", I wanted to hear your opinions about this. Wouldn't it be great if ALL widgets would receive and handle at least a mouseup (and mousedown) meassage? I have

Re: Launch does not work in Windows

2023-11-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/17/2023 4:24 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Hi all. Given: tTextEditorPath = "C:/Program Files/Windows NT/Accessories/wordpad.exe” tFilePath = "C:/Users/bobsneidar/Documents/Installs/The Whole Child/Cerritos/25528/Old Copier Settings.txt” The command: launch tFilePath with

What to set the clipboardData to for exchanging styled text with a 3rd party app

2023-11-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Hivemind, Recommendation as to what is best to set the clipboardData property to, when you want to copy styled text from a field to the clipboard for exchange with a 3rd party (any 3rd party) application that supports some form of styled text, that can include text in multiple languages (i.e.

Re: Top things you are waiting for ....

2023-11-12 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/12/2023 3:42 AM, jbv via use-livecode wrote: My top priority : "rev" libraries (revXML, revZIP, perhaps others) to be fully Unicode compatible. I'll add the shell() function, which is not Unicode compatible on Windows (https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22334)

Re: Windows maximization on desktops

2023-11-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/9/2023 5:38 PM, ambassador--- via use-livecode wrote: Paul Dupuis wrote: Is there a message sent when a user click the maximize icon (macOS and Windows) in the titlebar of a window? As others have pointed out, resizeStack is sent. And by definition, wouldn't the windowBoundingRect

Re: Finally success with code signing Windows standalones withe the new eToken certificates under macOS using jarsigner

2023-11-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/9/2023 4:25 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Phew, after searching, reading and trying many days i was finally able to code sign my first Windows standalone under macOS today with this new eToken certificates using jarsigner. Congratulations! Code signing on any platform

Re: Windows maximization on desktops

2023-11-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
t; message should be sent. Kind regards, Panos -- On Tue, 7 Nov 2023 at 18:08, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Is there a message sent when a user click the maximize icon (macOS and Windows) in the titlebar of a window? "iconifyStack"

Windows maximization on desktops

2023-11-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Is there a message sent when a user click the maximize icon (macOS and Windows) in the titlebar of a window? "iconifyStack" is sent for minimization, and "unIconifyStack" is sent when a minimizaed stack is expanded (from the Windows taskbar or Apple dock). However, I can't seem to find an

Re: Subtitle and the future of the Player control

2023-11-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
There are a lot more details to really assess a best choice here (unless your questions is rhetorical). Is this a planned web app, desktop app (which platforms) or a mobile app? I assume from the javascript player comment that you are looking to build this as a web app? What video file

Re: Property Inspector bug for keys with commas in the key name

2023-11-03 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Hi Bernd, You do make a good point about the documentation regarding custom properties. Assuming people read the documentation. At the same time, you used to be able to use commas in custom property names. As Curry noted, Livecode even used to use them in the standalone setting properties,

Re: Crashing on M2 Mac

2023-11-03 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Bogdanoff via use-livecode Date: Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 3:23 PM To: Paul Dupuis via use-livecode Cc: Peter Bogdanoff Subject: Crashing on M2 Mac A user is reporting crashing on his M2 Sonoma Mac. This was a build of LC 9.6.10, with both Intel and Apple chosen in the Standalone settings

Re: Crashing on M2 Mac

2023-11-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/2/2023 6:33 PM, Dan Friedman via use-livecode wrote: Peter, I recently discovered (from one of my own apps) that a Mac app built with 9.6.10 running on Sonoma crashes when the convert command is called. I rebuilt the app in 10.0.0 (dp 6) and the app no longer crashes. Hope that helps!

Property Inspector bug for keys with commas in the key name

2023-11-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
This bug (https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23512) where a comma in the key name of an array prevents the Proerty Inspector from being able to edit the property just bit me again. I have a stack (for help) that extensively uses keys with commas (create prior to the Project Browser

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 9.6.11 RC-1

2023-11-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
When I installed 9.6.11rc1 (win64) and launched Livecode, after accepting the terms of service, I got the license authentication box, but it did not have my email or password (from all my other installed versions of Lievcode) filled in and was set to manual activation Now, I did recently

Re: Direct editing of polygrid text cells and polylist text elements

2023-11-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
+1 I'd like to know this too as I can see no way in the Property Inspector or the pgColumns property to indicate a column is 'editable'. Nor can I find any property, message, etc. in the polygrid Dictionary entry that seems to suggest cell editing. On 11/1/2023 5:28 PM, Peter Thirkell via

Re: Oddity in 'currentCard' function?

2023-10-26 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/26/2023 4:44 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: Basically, its [currentCard] main use was for changing card (i.e. as a settable property); rather than finding out what card was current (since that was already catered for via interrogating 'this card of this stack'). FYI -

Re: Oddity in 'currentCard' function?

2023-10-25 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/25/2023 12:34 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: If you want to do stuff with the current card of a stack, then don't use the currentCard property - 'this card of stack ...' *is* a chunk reference and thus it doesn't care whether the card has a name or not. Okay, I get that

Oddity in 'currentCard' function?

2023-10-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I think I found a oddity in the "currentCard" property. The documentation states that the currentCard property return the short name of the current card of a stack: for example: put the currentCard of stack "Untitled 1" into tCardName You can then execute code such as: set the myProperty of

Re: Mdiai Keys - volume / play/pause/next...

2023-10-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
When I try on Windows 11 using Livecode 9.6.10 a rawKeyDown or rawkeyUp message, the media keys on my HP laptop all return 0 as the keyCode, so I think this is a bug of some sort that should be reported to the Livecode Quality Center https://quality.livecode.com/ The keyDown or keyUp message

Re: OS X document icon missing

2023-10-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/19/2023 5:37 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 10/19/23 3:29 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: The extension shouldn't have an initial `.` - I suspect that is the problem :) That was it. I had to "Get Info" on the file before Finder noticed, but then the icon

Re: OS X document icon missing

2023-10-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
r of .rbox files) is in the list and open one to get macOS to associate viewing .rbox files with your App, since it does not actually create .rbox files? On 10/18/2023 3:54 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 10/18/23 10:35 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: If you have

Re: OS X document icon missing

2023-10-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/17/2023 8:11 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: How do I force Finder to show a custom document icon? I've created .icns files for both the app and its documents. I entered a custom extension in standalone settings. In a built standalone the app icon appears normally but an

Another macOS Codesigning/Notarization issue

2023-10-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Help, I am trying to switch Notarization tools for the Apple November deadline. I was using macOS Mojave with Xcode 10.2.1 and not (to use the new mandated Notary tool) have to move to Sonoma with Xcode 15.0.0. I have signed, notarized, and stapled (all responses returned were what the

Re: Deployment: a plea/opportunity

2023-10-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/14/2023 7:12 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Hi all, there is a way to export a Apple ID account including developer certificates and provisioning profiles at once using Xcode. See here https://dl.qck.nu/?dl=Transfer-Copy_Developer_Account_to_a_new_computer.pdf Regards,

Re: Deployment: a plea/opportunity

2023-10-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/14/2023 12:52 AM, Mark Smith wrote: Paul, just so I understand this problem better. Is there a reason why you can’t just download your certificates from the Apple Developer site to your MacBook Air? Do they specifically restrict downloading to only certain devices? If you download from

Re: Deployment: a plea/opportunity

2023-10-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I'd love to see versions of Livecode stacks that assist with code signing and notarization for as many platforms as possible (I am aware of stacks for Windows and macOS) built into Livecode. That said, for my two major problems (1 on macOS and 1 on Windows), I don't think there is anything

Re: AW: Another (macOS) Code signing guidance question...

2023-10-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/10/2023 8:23 PM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: Hello all, Just downloading the certificate from your account in the apple dev website, and using it in a different machine from the one it was created will not work (you get identity not found), because you need the private key

Re: Window code signing certificate source recommendations

2023-10-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/10/2023 9:56 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Paul, just googled a little bit... If you have a safenet USB Token, than there seems to be a way to disable the password pop up. https://www.finalbuilder.com/resources/blogs/code-signing-with-usb-tokens Thank you for this! We

AW: Another (macOS) Code signing guidance question...

2023-10-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Under macOS 14.0 Sonoma on a M1 macBook Air,  I have set up the Command Line Tools for XCode 15.0 and have successfully signed, notarized, and stapled a Livecode Standalone using the new Apple notarization command that goes into effect on November 1, 2023 Effect 1-NOV-2023, the notarization

Re: Another (macOS) Code signing guidance question...

2023-10-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/10/2023 12:36 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I got that far at least. I couldn't notarize on Monterey but my client on Sonoma had no problem using mrSignNotarizeHelper on Sonoma with Xcode 15. My issues happened after that. So I think you're safe using the tool on Sonoma.

Re: Another (macOS) Code signing guidance question...

2023-10-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/10/2023 11:43 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I am looking at https://developer.apple.com/support/xcode To meet Apple's Nov 1 deadline of switch from the old Notarization tool (which I current use on Mojave) to the new one, I need to get set up on macOS 14 Sonoma. To me, from

Another (macOS) Code signing guidance question...

2023-10-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I am looking at https://developer.apple.com/support/xcode To meet Apple's Nov 1 deadline of switch from the old Notarization tool (which I current use on Mojave) to the new one, I need to get set up on macOS 14 Sonoma. To me, from the Apple page, it look like I need xcode 15 (deployment

Re: Window code signing certificate source recommendations

2023-10-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/10/2023 8:53 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Hello Paul, unfortunately this is the "new" standard. Since 1st June 2023 private keys has to be stored on a Token. https://www.sslpoint.com/new-private-key-storage-requirement-for-standard-code-signing-certificates/ There is no

Re: Window code signing certificate source recommendations

2023-10-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/10/2023 8:38 AM, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: While not directly applicable, you may be able script it similar to using a CAC. DOD uses Smart Cards for authentication and you can have command line tools use the card for authentication (runas /smartcard program). What happens is

Window code signing certificate source recommendations

2023-10-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
To any with a recommendation: I have been getting my Windows Code Signing Certificates from Comodo. I have been able to get certs in file formats like .pfx or .p12 that allows me to code sign using a single command line with the password as part of the command. This lets me script code

Re: Can't codesign Mac app

2023-10-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/9/2023 5:46 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I'm using Matthias' mrSignNotarizeHelper V3.1 with xCode 13.2.1 on Mac OS 12.6.9 (Monterey) but get a script error. The same thing happens in both LC 9.6.9 and 9.6.10 dp 6. So then I tried notarizationHelper V4 but keep getting "no

AW: LC 9.6.10 standalone with Pallette issues under Sonoma

2023-10-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/4/2023 5:12 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: We're just in the middle of testing, but we're seeing some issues where the contents of a palette window are not rendering (just an empty window) in a Livecode 9.6.10 standalone under macOS Sonoma. Anyone else see anything like

Re: LC 9.6.10 standalone with Pallette issues under Sonoma

2023-10-04 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/4/2023 5:12 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: We're just in the middle of testing, but we're seeing some issues where the contents of a palette window are not rendering (just an empty window) in a Livecode 9.6.10 standalone under macOS Sonoma. Anyone else see anything like

LC 9.6.10 standalone with Pallette issues under Sonoma

2023-10-04 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
We're just in the middle of testing, but we're seeing some issues where the contents of a palette window are not rendering (just an empty window) in a Livecode 9.6.10 standalone under macOS Sonoma. Anyone else see anything like this? ___

Re: Livecode 10dp6 and web fonts

2023-10-04 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/4/2023 2:57 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2023-09-27 15:49, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I get the value of web font support in LC10dp6 for WEB based applications. However, if you making a multi-platform application, you still have the issue of UI consistency

Re: All Versions of LC crashing in Sonoma

2023-09-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I've not tested personally, but I have been told that STANDALONEs build on 9.6.9 work on Sonoma. Can any one running Sonoma test confirm this? (Perhaps again?) On 9/28/2023 10:22 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Hope to find help here. LC Versions 9.6.3, 9.6.9, and 10.0.0 all give me

Livecode 10dp6 and web fonts

2023-09-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I get the value of web font support in LC10dp6 for WEB based applications. However, if you making a multi-platform application, you still have the issue of UI consistency across platforms as web fonts can't be used in desktop standalones (or, I assume, phone standalones) So this is sort of

Re: revXML and UTF-8

2023-09-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
There are a number of "rev" libraries (revXML, revZIP, perhaps others) that are not fully Unicode compatible. See: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18942 (revXML, revZIP) https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22202 (revZIP) ... and possibly others. There are no work-arounds

Re: Pasting text and images together

2023-09-04 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Do you have access to the Apple Developer web site? A search didn't tell me much but I find the side terrible useless. Following a bunch of variable type definitions I wandered to this page: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsattributedstring/1530578-rtfd Which also

Re: Pasting text and images together

2023-09-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
into myK3 ## THIS WORKS … repeat for each line k in myK3 try put the rawClipboardData[k] into temp[n] ## DOESN’T WORK catch myError put myError into e4[n] ## ERROR IS TRIGGERED end try add 1 to n end repeat unlock clipboard From: P

Re: Pasting text and images together?

2023-09-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Epstein via use-livecode wrote: Many thanks to Paul Dupuis and Mark Waddingham. The script below tries to test their suggestions. Using 10.0.0 dp5 on an Intel Mac, and watching execution after the breakpoint, I get errors at each "try" in the script. So it does not seem that I

Re: Pasting text and images together?

2023-09-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
If the App copying the mixed content places it on the clipboard as text and an image vs some mixed type, you may be able to do this Your have the on pasteKey message to trap CONTROL/COMMAND-V and if you have a "Paste" menu item, you control the script for that. the ClipboardData, the

Re: is strictly a name

2023-09-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Thank you Mark. I followed that explanation and now understand that - for all of my foreseeable applications - I can ignore 'is strictly a name' :-) Paul On 9/1/2023 1:23 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2023-09-01 17:44, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I may just

is strictly a name

2023-09-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I may just be experiencing a brain fart, but I have read the release notes several times, and I don't understand the purpose of the new: is strictly a name operator? Can someone explain its purpose in really basic terms or examples? ___ use-livecode

Re: Adding and delete a row of data to the Polygrid

2023-08-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Alex, Thank you. On 8/28/2023 9:35 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote: Sorry, I meant 10.x In 9.x you could do put sColSubtotalArray into tA[1] set the addDataAfter of widget "rwTableview" to tA Alex Sent from my iPhone On 28 Aug 2023, at 13:33, Paul Dupuis via use-liveco

Re: Adding and delete a row of data to the Polygrid

2023-08-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/28/2023 7:28 AM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: The latest LC has the additional feauture of "automatic" sequences; i.e. Is that LC 10.0.0dp5 or LC 9.6.9 or 9.6.10rc1, which 'latest' version? ___ use-livecode mailing list

Adding and delete a row of data to the Polygrid

2023-08-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I ran into an inconsistency with the Polygrid The Polygrid property pgDataOfRow returns the data for the row indicated by what pgInternalPointer is set to. The pgData of the Polygrid is a 2D array of the form array[n][columnName]value and pgDataOfRow returns a 1D array of the form

Re: Merging PDF pages

2023-08-25 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
() to call it to do several video operations that can't be done in Livecode. Paul Dupuis Researchware On 8/25/2023 9:10 AM, Eller, Roger via use-livecode wrote: It's been a while since I've posted a question here. Is it possible to use livecode script to merge multiple 1-page PDFs into a multipage

Re: Polygrid sorting

2023-08-25 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
ng by item pColumnNumber of each else sort lines of tText descending by item pColumnNumber of each end if set the text of me to tText end headerClick Kind regards, Panos -- On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 at 02:57, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: The

Polygrid sorting

2023-08-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
The Polygrid, unlike the Datagrid, has no built in column sorting. You have to roll your own. Before I write my own, has anyone written a column sort (i.e click on a column header to sort by it) for a Poly grid they'd care to share? ___

Re: Polygrid columns not fully clearing when pgColumns is set

2023-08-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
column(s), then set the pgColumns of the PolyGrid? Bob S On Aug 24, 2023, at 1:26 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Thanks Klaus. I may use this method rather than the overhead of clearing and setting the whole pgData property. Actually, the more I think about it, neither "m

Re: Polygrid columns not fully clearing when pgColumns is set

2023-08-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
left over data in pgData, only the columns in the currently set pgColumns should be seen. On 8/24/2023 2:34 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Paul, Am 24.08.2023 um 20:30 schrieb Paul Dupuis via use-livecode : Aha, I was setting pgColumns to the fewer columns and T

Re: Polygrid columns not fully clearing when pgColumns is set

2023-08-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Aha, I was setting pgColumns to the fewer columns and THEN pgData to the smaller data set to match the columns You need to clear the pgData (set to empty) first, then set the columns, then set the new pgData. Perhaps this is a documentation bug? On 8/24/2023 2:26 PM, Paul Dupuis via use

Polygrid columns not fully clearing when pgColumns is set

2023-08-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Hi to any polygrid developers out there, Please see bug https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24315 I have run into an issue with the latest polygrid (as of this post) where if you set pgColumns to a new array that reduces the number of columns in the grid, some old columns are not

Polygrid questions

2023-08-22 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I see I have the properties of a polygrid for: pgColumns -- an array of all column properties and pgColumnWidths -- a comma delimited list of widths There does not seem to be a distinct property just for alignments, such as pgColumnAlignments What I need to do is change the width and/or

Re: Detecting when resizeStack is completed

2023-08-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/18/2023 12:03 PM, David Epstein via use-livecode wrote: How can I redraw objects after the user has resized the stack, but not continuously during the resize? Releasing the mouse at the end of a resize does not appear to send a mouseUp message. after resizeStack  -- actions you want

Re: Rectangles on Windows?

2023-08-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
If you want to send me a link to your Windows standalone, I would be happy to download it (Windows 11 HP laptop) and see if I see the same thing. Or a link to your stack and I can see if it appears in the LC 9.6.9 IDE if you want. On 8/11/2023 10:19 AM, Dar Scott via use-livecode wrote:

Re: Snapshot of browser not working?

2023-08-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Exporting a snapshot of a PLAYER fails under Windows (see https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23694). Exporting the Browser widget may be related? If it is reproducible in a test stack, you shoud file a bug report with a test stack to demonstrate the error. I seem to recall other

Re: charIndex property

2023-07-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I have no idea why pasting placed *'s all over the place! On 7/31/2023 11:54 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Bob, Here is a version of Mark's method, for trueWords, sentences, and paragraphs, with the added parameter of pDirection to get the char index of the start of the chunk

Re: charIndex property

2023-07-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
remain after deletion. The above puts in a sentinel char which can be searched for to find where the requested chunk started. Second time lucky? ;) Mark. Sent from my iPhone On 27 Jul 2023, at 21:23, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: On 7/27/2023 4:31 AM, Mark Waddingham via

Re: Reorder fields

2023-07-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
You can change the layer (order) in the Project Browser in the IDE by just dragging the objects up or down the list of objects on the card. On 7/28/2023 6:19 AM, Mark Smith via use-livecode wrote: How do you reorder fields? I have a form (prebuilt) with 3 fields (a,b,c) in positions 9, 15,

Re: charIndex property

2023-07-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 7/27/2023 5:06 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: Oh those pesky chunks which don’t ‘cover’ the target string (which is actually all of them except codeunit/point/char come to think of it). I should have run through a few more examples in my head before posting…. Alternative

Re: charIndex property

2023-07-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 7/27/2023 4:31 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2023-07-26 18:02, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: If I have some text in a field, I can use the "charIndex" property (see Dictionary) to obtain teh character position of the first character of a chunk. Does a

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