Re: We lost an Angle

Ralph, Sorry to hear your news. As someone who lost a spouse of 40 years, I have an idea of how tough it can be. When the grief overwhelms, as it surely can, please try to remember the time you had together, rather than time lost. > On Jan 10, 2024, at 5:54 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode

Re: Times ARE changing

Correct. Sorry. > On Jun 6, 2020, at 2:04 PM, doc hawk via use-livecode > wrote: > > I don’t think this went whereto meant :) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Red Dot Breakpoint Crashes

So, to be fixed in 9.0.6? > On Oct 25, 2019, at 6:53 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Nope my bad. Not fixed in 9.5 yet. > > Bob S ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubsc

Re: excessive bounces

I get this about once a week with AOL. Paul Looney > On Oct 29, 2016, at 10:48 AM, Jerry Jensen wrote: > > Maybe it is something to do with gmail. I don’t use gmail and didn’t get the > message. My email comes to me through Dreamho

Re: Arrays vs databases

zed. You will notice that three steps in the process were too fast to time with milliseconds. This speed is certainly sufficient for much work. Paul Looney BTW, My text file db is multiuser. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

GPL 3 vs Proprietary LiveCode

ion 3 states specifically that it does not permit incorporating GPL programs into proprietary programs? Is not “Commercial”, which is approximately 95% “Community”, also subject to the terms of the GPL 3, and therefore open source? Sincerely, Paul L

Re: Death of the Application Browser

Geoff. Paul Looney > On Nov 26, 2015, at 7:50 PM, Geoff Canyon wrote: > > Have you tried Navigator? It is a very simple list view, fairly quick, can > be made small and collapses down even smaller, and allows for multiple > instances so you can see/work with many separate sta

Re: [ANN] Text-file DBs

ative Commons license - so wiser and more knowledgeable people can edit and add to it. Your suggestion would be a nice addition. Chapter XVIII in the current work will be “Using Sockets to communicate with Text Files”. Paul Looney > On Nov 6, 2015, at 3:51 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: > &g

Re: [ANN] Text-file DBs

Alejandro, No, we do not use SDB. We looked at it a decade ago and decided to go a different route. Paul Looney > On Nov 5, 2015, at 3:42 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > > Hi Paul > > After reading your post, I just remember Serendipity Library: > http://lists.runrev

Re: [ANN] Text-file DBs

ples for both the server and the clients. I’ve been working on that chapter for a month but still don’t know how big it will be - other than “as big as it needs to be” - there is no publisher dictating chapter or book length. I appreciate your interest. Paul Looney > On Nov 5, 2015, a

[ANN] Text-file DBs

build a multi-user, client/server database management system - entirely in LiveCode. The monthly meeting <http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=25476> is held at Dupar’s in Pasadena. The food is good and the gang is great. P

Re: [ANN]SoCal LiveCode Meeting, Sept 3

Richard, Will we be discussing Clarence’s database speed improvements? Do you have a long VGA to VGA cable for the conference room monitor? Paul Looney > On Aug 29, 2015, at 5:34 PM, Richard Gaskin > wrote: > > The next meeting of the SoCal LiveCode User Group is coming up o

Re: Jane Austen's peculiarity

t; Haven’t had this much fun with the language in a long time… > On Aug 8, 2015, at 1:07 PM, Richmond wrote: > > On 08/08/15 22:56, Paul Looney wrote: >> Richmond, >> >> The key here is the “if” - which creates a conditional clause - which >> requires the past p

Re: Jane Austen's peculiarity

Richmond, The key here is the “if” - which creates a conditional clause - which requires the past plural of the verb (in this case “were”). This is similar to the “wenn" clause in German (Deutsch) and the “ut” clause in Latin. If I were able, I’d thank you in person for mentioning this.

Re: RELEASE: LiveCode 6.6.5

666 is a number associated with Nero: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_beast It appears throughout the book of Revelation - which was probably written during his reign. Paul Looney On Oct 22, 2014, at 11:31 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 10/22/2014, 11:34 AM, Roger Eller wr

Re: Apps on Flash Drive Advice

come down a lot over the last year. (Assumes the computer has USB 3, of course.) Paul Looney ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription prefe

Re: Ordinal numbers

31 - the maximum number of days in month. > On Jul 3, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > What would seem a reasonable upper limit to English-like spelled numbers? > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCod

Re: Number of days between 2 dates

onvert secondDate to seconds convert secondDate from abbr date to seconds put abs (firstDate - secondDate) into vLapsedSeconds set numberFormat to "#." put round ((vLapsedSeconds/86400)) + 1 into vDays return vDays end ahsm_DaysBetweenDates Paul Looney On Apr 16, 2014,

Re: [OT] MIA

Monte, I can't begin to imagine how painful this must be for you. You have my best wishes. PL On Jan 20, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > Hi Folks > > I'm going to be off the reservation for a little while. For those that knew > we had a baby due in a couple of weeks we lost her

Re: [OT] Intel debuts SD card-sized computer

Looks like Intel really is getting serious about power consumption! Paul Looney On Jan 8, 2014, at 12:46 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Since Graham's hungry for posts here, this one may be off-topic but it's > pretty exciting for all of us who love the prospect of running LC on

Re: [OT] web training video delivery - how do YOU do it?

g system? Paul Looney ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

Re: "focus on nothing" not resulting in closefield

Another alternative to closeField is "textChanged". Trap for that and any change in the field will trigger you handler. Paul Looney On Sep 21, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > I whacked this bug a long time ago, and then apparently worked on a prior > version instea

Re: Uncommenting a script

Dan, It has always worked on all of my Macs; Apple keyboards and a pair of Unicomp Model "M"s. This is probably too obvious but: the lines to be uncommented need to be selected. Paul Looney On Aug 30, 2013, at 10:14 AM, Dan Friedman wrote: > Hello... > > On a mac, I

Re: Issues with minimizing under OS X?

Richard, I have not experienced it, nor have my customers reported it - all OS X - various versions. Note: I seldom minimize and I don't know how often my customers do so. Paul Looney On Aug 12, 2013, at 8:47 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > I have a report from one of my testers of the ap

Re: Memory usage

$100 today - it once cost more than that to add enough RAM for high-end programs. PL On Jul 3, 2013, at 10:46 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 7/3/13 12:01 PM, Paul Looney wrote: >> This is a situation where using an SSD instead of an HD can make a world of >> difference. >>

Re: Memory usage

If Jacque's program is too big to work with 8 G of RAM, an SSD should be a trivial expense to run it properly. How big IS it? PL On Jul 3, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Paul Looney wrote: > > > This is a situation where using an SSD instead of an HD can ma

Re: Memory usage

This is a situation where using an SSD instead of an HD can make a world of difference. Swaps into and out of an SSD take about a tenth the time. Paul Looney On Jul 3, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > J. Landman Gay wrote: >> Can I safely assume that if I load a whole bunch

Re: "One Year Free"

On Jun 20, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Richmond wrote: > On 06/20/2013 09:57 PM, Paul Looney wrote: >> On Jun 20, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Richmond wrote: >> >>> But, maybe, just maybe, the idea of getting a year's use of Livecode for >>> 500 bucks ... is a load of nons

Re: "One Year Free"

ot expire but had not upgrades built in, > instead. Yes! One year of upgrades - but the version does not expire - ever. Paul Looney ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and mana

Out of Albuquerque

On May 18, 2013, at 8:13 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: > Can't fly (health), and can't drive too awful far Mike, Have you tried the Southwest Chief? Los Angeles to Chicago, with stops in Albuquerque both ways. Beautiful scenery each direction. Better than flying or driving! Done both

Re: Sauce Bottle

ee that it should be used in all versions. I miss the old days when we had MetaCard and Transcript - different names for the RAD and the language. "LiveCode Code" doesn't cut it for me. Paul Looney On Mar 3, 2013, at 5:13 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > Simple. Professional.

Re: Sauce Bottle

Maybe: LiveCode Free LiveCode Commercial LiveCode Enterprise Paul Looney On Mar 3, 2013, at 2:40 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > LiveCode OpenSource Edition > LiveCode Free Edition > LiveCode Kickstarted Edition > LiveCode Education Edition > LiveCode My Edition > LiveCode Sauce Bottl

Re: Richards talk seems to have gone down well

Congratulations and "good work", Richard. Paul Looney On Feb 22, 2013, at 6:19 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > @jonobacon: Watching @FourthWorldSys speak about LiveCode at Ubucon. Looks > interesting. :-) #ubuntu > > -- > M E R Goulding > Software development servic

Re: Sending an email on Windows 8

HP tried touch screens decades ago (in the '80s). Finger prints were a major problem - and I don't believe that problem has gone away. It is one thing to wipe a phone or tablet on you sleeve vs cleaning a large monitor. Paul Looney On Jan 8, 2013, at 12:27 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: &

Re: Scrolling field question from Ton

Jacque, I do not have an answer but I have seen this behavior. The field scrolls as if the pointer was inside it but the pointer is outside the field - possibly even outside the stack window. The behavior is intermittent. Have not noticed it for a long time now. Paul Looney On Dec 28, 2012, at

[Endorsement] lcTaskList

think you will also find the lcTaskList helpful. Paul Looney ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

DB Lib

but left before I got his information: jbu...@earthlink.net The two of you can work out the transfer details directly. Paul Looney PS Yes "raffled" IS a verb. PPS FYI: Your command of the English language has gotten very good. I remember that you struggled with it a bit many years ago when

[Reminder] SoCal LUG Thursday

from using LiveCode. There will be a brief demonstration of the SS C/S database and lots of time for conversation. Paul Looney ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your su

{ANN} SoCal LUG Meeting - Insights & DBs

new server and two clients in less than six minutes. This time we will build an entire, multiuser database in less than? Send an email to me if you have questions or need directions. Paul Looney ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.run

Re: [ANN] SoCal LUG Meeting - Databases

mething yesterday." -- sorry, former English teacher, got carried away.) Second BTW, the database I'll be demoing Thursday is multi-user (with file-locking and record-locking). Wish you could be there! I'm sure you would enjoy the meeting. Paul Looney On Oct 29, 2012, at 6:47 AM, Andr

Re: [ANN] SoCal LUG Meeting - Databases

___ > InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) is about keeping your important life > information with you, accessible, and secure. > lcTaskList: (http://www.infowallet.com/lctasklist/index.htm) > RunRev lcTaskList Forum: (http://forums.runrev.com/viewforum.php?f=61) > > On

[ANN] SoCal LUG Meeting - Databases

ouble-shooting. We also talk a lot about trains?!? Please mark your calendar. Hope to see you there. Paul Looney ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription prefer

Re: Upgrade to Lion on 15 inch laptop pro forces resize of stacks

If the stack is tall and the dock is located at the bottom of the screen, the bottom of the stack will be cut off - even if the dock is hidden. Paul Looney On Jun 7, 2012, at 7:51 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > william humphrey wrote: >> the MaxHeight is only available when the stack is

Re: SoCal User Group meeting Thursday

Chris, Are you getting these invites? PL On Jun 4, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Just a reminder for those in SoCal that the next LiveCode user group meeting > will be in Pasadena on Thursday, June 7 - details here: > > > > >

Re: Upgrade to Lion

in > place. My old IIci running 7.6.1 starts faster! > ... > > :-( Obviously Apple is thinking ahead to the day when all of the Macs will have SSDs. Can you sleep the computer instead of shutting it down? The wake from sleep with Lion is instantaneous - as it was wit

Re: Upgrade to Lion

k to make their tablet attempts compatible with their Windows desktop OS. Very considerate. 15 years of crappy tablets. Apple ignored their competition, customers, current products - and we have the iPad. I try not to judge things by whether they are different but by whether they are better. Fo

Re: lcTaskList Performance

Looney On May 24, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD wrote: > On May 24, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Paul Looney wrote: > >> Bill, >> >> I've been following the RunRev list comments about lcTaskList speed. >> >> For what it is worth >> 1. I have 46 large

lcTaskList Performance

age box displayed 8. The TaskList is correctly displaying 23 FIXMEs Updating the TaskList is almost instantaneous - too fast to time - certainly less than 2 seconds. Could not ask for better! MacBook Pro, 2.2 GHz Core i7, 4 GB 1333 Mhz DD3, OS X 10.7.4 Paul Looney ___

Forwarded from Grandpa L

Amber, This was on one of the lists I follow. Bob Earp is a fellow programmer who lives in British Columbia. I've met him several times and he seems like a sharp fellow. You might be interested in the link he provided: > www.khanacademy.org Grandpa On Apr 4, 2012, at 1:48 PM, Bob Earp wrote:

Re: Forbidden data in a Data Grid?

Bob, Thank you. That was very helpful. The only key that had data was the record ID - explains why clicking on a line still opened the record viewer but nothing else was visible. Looking deeper. PL On Jan 25, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > put the dgData of group "" into theDataA > put

Re: Forbidden data in a Data Grid?

Pete, That makes sense, but ALL of the data that should be displayed in the data grid is missing - although the scroll bars scroll like it is there. Paul Looney On Jan 25, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Pete wrote: > Carriage returns in the middle of a column will also mess up the datagrid > if you are

Re: Forbidden data in a Data Grid?

Mark, There should be no unicode. Is there an easy way to test? Paul Looney On Jan 25, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Is it possible that the database contains unicode text? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.

Forbidden data in a Data Grid?

look elsewhere? Thanks in advance, Paul Looney ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

Re: SoCal LUG meeting: Wind advisory

-style gate at the back entrance to the property. The wind blew it off the track and broke some of the welds. The wind also thinned the trees, swept the lawn and did other miscellaneous mischief. The winds here were estimated at approximately 75 mph (121 kph). Tonight promises more fun. Paul Looney

Re: So RunRev wants more of my money- what has been fixed?

Help! Heather? Time, again, to ban imports of cheese. Paul Looney On Oct 13, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Richmond Mathewson < > richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 10/13/2011 09:53 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: >> &

Re: Stack Size Changes

usually goes well if menus are created on the first card of a one- card stack. Adding menus after cards have been added to a stack can cause dramatic resizing of the stack as one moves from card to card. Paul Looney On Aug 10, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: My query from earlier this

Re: Wondering about LC and HTML5

Phil Davis? On Jun 20, 2011, at 3:21 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: As it appears more and more companies are starting to focus on HTML5 app delivery, thus bypassing all sorts of App Stores (see: http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/15/facebook-project-spartan/ AND excuse reference to an MG Siegler writ

Re: Stability in LC 4.5?

Peter, Did you get an answer from RunRev? PL On Sep 27, 2010, at 6:39 AM, Peter Brigham MD wrote: I found I could crash 4.5 reliably by clicking on a certain button in my rather complex clinical management stack. The button sets up an enhanced find function then lists the cards on which a

Re: secure comm between app and server

Phil, Would it suffice to encrypt the data? Paul Looney On Mar 16, 2011, at 9:51 PM, Phil Davis wrote: I want to make the communication secure between my desktop app (and later a mobile app) and a LC CGI script on my server. I have HTTPS turned on and certificate in place, but don't

Re: [OT] convert CWK to PowerPoint or OpenOffice

mp;resnum=1&ved=0CBM Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=export%20appleworks%20slides&f=false Probably not what you were hoping for. Paul Looney On Jan 30, 2011, at 6:14 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: My gal has a few presentations she'd done in AppleWorks' SlideShow program, and she needs to ru

Re: revision control software

William, Here at Simple Solutions we've been using Chipp Walter's Magic Carpet. I could not find a specific link, but this may help: http://altuit-inc1.software.informer.com/ Paul Looney On Jan 25, 2011, at 11:04 AM, william humphrey wrote: What's the best revision control softw

Re: File Suffix

Stephen, More like 7,311,616 characters. The creator codes could be small characters or caps (except Apple reserved all lower case for itself). Paul Looney On Jan 22, 2011, at 11:25 PM, stephen barncard wrote: And the old 4 char 'creator codes' would run out at 456976 ! On 23 Ja

Re: File Suffix

Cal, Another consideration: Three characters allows for approximately 17,576 combinations (26*26*26). Apple's App Store alone already has over 300,000 apps, and growing. Three characters might have been enough in 1970 but not today. Paul Looney On Jan 22, 2011, at 8:08 PM, Ken Ray wrote:

Re: Popup button and DataGrid

http://lessons.runrev.com/spaces/lessons/manuals/datagrid/lessons/ 7316-How-Do-I-Add-a-mouseDown-Event-To-The-Data-Grid-Without- Breaking-It- Pete Haworth On Jan 21, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Paul Looney wrote: Peter, That makes sense but what is the syntax? I tried putting: on dgMouseDown -- va

Re: Popup button and DataGrid

pup" end mouseDown which seemed to have no effect. Seem to be really close now. Paul Looney On Jan 21, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: You have to call the datagrid dgMouseDown handler in your mousedown handler. Assuming your mouseDown handler is in the datagrid script, just ca

Re: Popup button and DataGrid

Phil, I had already tried that - and it worked - but... the popup popped up on the mouseUp which was strange - especially if you hold down the mouse longer than usual. Thanks. Paul Looney On Jan 21, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Phil Davis wrote: Try using a mouseUp handler - maybe that will give the

Re: Popup button and DataGrid

Sorry zryip, That did not work, though it looks like it should. Still the same problem: the popup appears before the clicked line is hilited. Thanks for the suggestion. Paul Looney On Jan 21, 2011, at 12:22 PM, zryip theSlug wrote: On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Paul Looney wrote: Help

Popup button and DataGrid

the popup. So, to the user, it looks like the popup refers to the previously selected line. I will probably solve it but figured someone on the list already has the solution. Thanks in advance. Paul Looney ___ use-livecode mailing list us

Re: Vent!

ng on the first panel. The IDE is long overdue for an extensive overhaul. I hope this will be done BEFORE the next re-branding. Paul Looney On Jan 13, 2011, at 10:15 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: Livecode is a great tool but the IDE is full of user interface weirdnesses as far as I'm concern

Slug saves the day. Was Layers, revNavigator, & DataGrids

r's list of Behaviors will help us reset all of default links without completely rebuilding the stack (an unimaginable exercise). Thank you all. Paul Looney ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

Layers, revNavigator, & DataGrids

stions: 1. Can you recommend something for layering objects in LC 4.5.1 and later? 2. Is there a way to fix the broken datagrid described above? FYI, LC 4.0 tested on OS X 10.4.11 on a G4 PowerBook and LC 4.5.1 tested on OS X 10.6.6 on an Intel Mac Mini. I really appreciate your help. Paul Lo

Re: [OT] Custom computers

Richard, AnandTech.com has excellent reviews of all the DIY components, including processors, boards, power supplies, even cases. Good place to start. Don't forget to leave room for a good SSD! Paul Looney On Dec 2, 2010, at 8:43 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I was looking for a beefy

Re: Data Grids Stop Working

trap the error. The DataGrid is really fantastic. We use it a lot in our business systems and are repeatedly amazed by how well it works. PL On Nov 29, 2010, at 5:40 AM, Trevor DeVore wrote: On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Paul Looney wrote: Thanks for the suggestion and the code. I put

Re: Data Grids Stop Working

is is something inside the datagrid, you should use the form "of me" (assuming it's in the datagrid behavior script). Not saying that is the problem, but I would start looking at the simple things. Bob On Nov 23, 2010, at 9:04 PM, Paul Looney wrote: Many times, on many stacks, da

Re: Data Grids Stop Working

Trevor, Thanks for the suggestion and the code. I put the code into the script and it produced no error. Everything else is running properly, vTheList contains the appropriate information!?!? WAIT! HOLD THE PRESSES! There is an obscure conditional, "set the dgText of grp "Data Grid" to vTheL

Data Grids Stop Working

OSes (OS X 10.4.11 through OS X 10.6.4) and assorted versions of Rev/ Livecode (4.0 through 4.5.1). Advice/suggestions appreciated. Paul Looney ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubsc