Manipulating PDF's

2024-02-16 Thread Ray Horsley via use-livecode
Greetings - after using launch document to launch a PDF file (using the default PDF viewer) is there any way to get a reference to the window it opened in, and then get and set the vScroll of that window? ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: [semi OT] mySQL question

2023-05-11 Thread Ken Ray via use-livecode
employment.job_descrip to hold info on the particular job an individual had at a specific company. This is all off the top of my head, so it may need a little massaging, but you get the idea. Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: k...@sonsothunder.com Website: https://www.sonsothunder

Re: ChatGPT

2022-12-20 Thread Ken Ray via use-livecode
remove events. For > example, you could add the following code to create "Add" and "Remove" > buttons and define the corresponding event handlers: > > Copy code > -- Create "Add" and "Remove" buttons > > But, of course, this code doesn't ac

Re: Speed up a slow loop

2022-03-03 Thread Ken Ray via use-livecode
d and unlocked with no changes. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode

Re: Speed up a slow loop

2022-03-03 Thread Ken Ray via use-livecode
hyperactivesw.com > > ___ > 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-livecod

Re: lineOffset wildcard

2021-04-19 Thread Ken Ray via use-livecode
ffset((cr & tTemp & cr),(cr & tScript & cr)) into tPos Not sure if 'filter' is faster than 'matchChunk' when dealing with large scripts, but I have a feeling it might be... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: k...@sonsothunder.com Website: https://www.sonsothunder.com

Re: We don't need a Player (was Re: New(?) Idea for Standalones)

2021-04-13 Thread Ken Ray via use-livecode
that it should be able to handle > notarisation on the mac out-of-the-box. Amen, brother! :) Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: k...@sonsothunder.com Website: https://www.sonsothunder.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@li

Re: sort container parameters

2021-03-03 Thread Ken Ray via use-livecode
. You need to execute: do "sort items of toSort" && sortDir which compiles to: sort items of toSort ascending ... and that works. :) Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: k...@sonsothunder.com Website: https://www.sonsothunder.com > On Mar 3, 2021, at 12:23

Re: "within graphic" question

2021-02-22 Thread Ken Ray via use-livecode
If you're willing to do something "hackish", you could do this: on mouseDown lock screen show grc "mygraphic" put within(grc "mygraphic",the clickloc) hide grc "mygraphic" unlock screen end mouseDown :D Ken > On Feb 22, 2021, at 1:49 PM, jbv via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi list,

Re: How to find the offset of the first character in a string that's not a tab?

2021-01-22 Thread Ken Ray via use-livecode
ething end if I know you've moved on, but just for the record... :D Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: k...@sonsothunder.com Website: https://www.sonsothunder.com > > Thanks all - I’ve stopped trying to find the syntax for ‘find any char but > this’ in offset and i

Re: return "error" code from standalone compile

2020-12-11 Thread Ken Ray via use-livecode
;list of things Livecode can do that you probably didn't know about" ?) :D Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: k...@sonsothunder.com Website: https://www.sonsothunder.com > On Dec 10, 2020, at 11:51 AM, Douglas A. Ruisaard via use-livecode > wrote: > > I use AUTOHOTK

Re: Naive XML questions

2020-10-25 Thread Ken Ray via use-livecode
gt; I have attempted various common-sense methods, but none work. > > This must be child’s play to a lot of people, just not me. > > Hoping for some guidance. > > Graham > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.r

Re: macOS, is my app active?

2019-11-23 Thread Ken Ray via use-livecode
Klaus, I have a function that generally works with this AppleScript: function stsGetFrontmostProcess  put "tell app `System Events`" & cr & \ "get (the name of every application process whose frontmost is true) as string" & cr & \ "end tell" into tScript replace

Re: Script Editor Performance

2019-01-28 Thread Ray via use-livecode
Thanks Curry - I'm using Windows 10.  I'll try some of these things you've suggested and get back. On 1/28/2019 4:54 PM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: Ray: > For some time now I've noticed a substantial slowdown in > the script editor every time I upgrade to 8.X or 9.X. If

Script Editor Performance

2019-01-28 Thread Ray via use-livecode
For some time now I've noticed a substantial slowdown in the script editor every time I upgrade to 8.X or 9.X.  I've usually end up going back to my favorite version, 7.1.4, with its high performance script editor.  Which version of LC are you using?

Re: Android, acceleratedRendering and visual effect

2018-07-21 Thread Ray via use-livecode
Are you having this problem only on other users' Macs?  If so then you've run into the same Apple induced problem I posted about a month ago.  It only happens when you distribute to others using MacOS 10.12 or higher. On 7/21/2018 2:29 PM, Dan Friedman via use-livecode wrote: So, I tried to

Re: Signing MacOS Standalones

2018-05-26 Thread Ray via use-livecode
no signature') I see 2 choices, each one available for App Store or Web Deployment.  But they all display "Both Cert Missing".  That's where I'm stuck. So yes, I have reached out to the guys at Ohanaware Software. I'll see if they can clear this up for me. Thanks, Ray On 5/25/2018 5:2

Re: Signing MacOS Standalones

2018-05-25 Thread Ray via use-livecode
d, have we not? Please let me know what your thoughts are on this. Thanks! Ray Horsley On 5/19/2018 5:54 PM, Ray via use-livecode wrote: Many thanks Paul - I'll give this a try and post how it works out. On 5/19/2018 1:47 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: You will still have to

Re: Signing MacOS Standalones

2018-05-19 Thread Ray via use-livecode
Many thanks Paul - I'll give this a try and post how it works out. On 5/19/2018 1:47 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: You will still have to join Apple Developer to purchase a certificate, but then use AppWrapper (http://www.ohanaware.com/appwrapper/) On 5/19/2018 5:19 AM, Ray via use

Signing MacOS Standalones

2018-05-19 Thread Ray via use-livecode
Does anybody have steps to sign Mac OS standalones?  I've discovered Apple 10.12 or higher now sabotages unsigned standalones and it's a rather cryptic process to join the Apple dev club, create a certificate, and then sign an LC standalone, evidently using Terminal. Thanks in advance! Ray

Signing MacOS Standalones

2018-05-17 Thread Ray via use-livecode
Does anybody have steps to sign Mac OS standalones?  I've discovered Apple 10.12 or higher now sabotages unsigned standalones and it's a rather cryptic process to join the Apple dev club, create a certificate, and then sign an LC standalone, evidently using Terminal. Thanks in advance! Ray

Re: playing multiple audio files simultaneously

2017-03-29 Thread Ray via use-livecode
their filenames to empty before playing the new audio. I saw some instability in LC 9 (crashing), so I’m sticking with 8 until those issues are worked out. pb On Mar 29, 2017, at 11:50 AM, Ray via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Thanks Peter - I'll look into 9.0 and see how it

Re: playing multiple audio files simultaneously

2017-03-29 Thread Ray via use-livecode
, but does play QT files. On Windows, LC 8 uses DirectShow to play audio and video. https://livecode.com/removing-quicktime-dependency-from-livecodes-player-object/ Peter On Mar 29, 2017, at 11:07 AM, Ray via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Yes - 7.7.9. I re-ins

Re: playing multiple audio files simultaneously

2017-03-29 Thread Ray via use-livecode
vecode.com/removing-quicktime-dependency-from-livecodes-player-object/ Peter On Mar 29, 2017, at 11:07 AM, Ray via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Yes - 7.7.9. I re-installed Quicktime and got it working, playing sounds simultaneously, but I'm still somewhat ap

Re: playing multiple audio files simultaneously

2017-03-29 Thread Ray via use-livecode
sounds? On 3/29/2017 2:02 PM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote: You do have QuickTime installed on your Windows machine? …if you are trying to play a QT file. Peter On Mar 29, 2017, at 10:40 AM, Ray via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: I've lo0oked into p

playing multiple audio files simultaneously

2017-03-29 Thread Ray via use-livecode
I've lo0oked into playing multiple audio files simultaneously, for Windows and Mac desktops, and come up with nothing but issues. Using a player object on my Windows 8.1 system, LC 7.1.1, I get an error of "could not open that video". Even if it worked I understand there are latency issues as

Re: Suffering from a Brain Fart...

2016-11-22 Thread Ray
Would it work for you to hide the visible stack(s) and open the stack being used as a dialog window as a palette? Then re-show the visible stack(s) when the palette is closed. On 11/22/2016 5:10 PM, Paul Dupuis wrote: Help, I was to open a modal dialog from a single handler and continue the

Cloning a Pixel C

2016-11-22 Thread Ray
This is a little off list but would anybody be able and willing to help me create four image files I can use to clone a Google Pixel C tablet? Specifically, the files I need are system.img, userdata.img, recovery.img, and boot.img. The Pixel C is running Android 7.0.

Re: Datagrids Jump when Scrolled

2016-11-04 Thread Ray
The bug is that LC recycles group properties, so you can wind up with groups that get assigned behaviors, names, etc. that you never meant to have assigned. If the behavior gets assigned, then your DG will most certainly break. On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: I

Re: Datagrids Jump when Scrolled

2016-11-04 Thread Ray
I avoid working with groups as much as I can. I don't recall ever ungrouping or grouping this particular datagrid. Is there a way I can test to see if I did so without knowing? On 11/4/2016 3:22 PM, Mike Kerner wrote: Hey, Ray, did you mess with a group with this DG, either adding

Re: Datagrids Jump when Scrolled

2016-11-04 Thread Ray
Ahh! There's an acronym I'd like to avoid :) On 11/4/2016 3:13 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Crash to Desktop Bob S On Nov 4, 2016, at 12:05 , Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: What do you mean by "C to D"? On 11/4/2016 3:04 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I've had datagrids sudde

Re: Datagrids Jump when Scrolled

2016-11-04 Thread Ray
What do you mean by "C to D"? On 11/4/2016 3:04 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I've had datagrids suddenly start C to D, and replacing them fixes the issue. Who can say? Bob S On Nov 4, 2016, at 12:02 , Ray <r...@linkit.com<mailto:r...@linkit.com>> wrote: Seems like a

Re: Datagrids Jump when Scrolled

2016-11-04 Thread Ray
issues this way. Also, keep in mind that if there is something iffy with the data you are putting into the data grid that can cause issues. Bob S On Nov 4, 2016, at 09:37 , Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: I posted this last year and never got an answer. Anybody want to take a shot at it? I

Datagrids Jump when Scrolled

2016-11-04 Thread Ray
to scroll through about 100 rows of data simply jumps to the end and shows only the last row at the very top of the grid. It doesn't matter whether I use the arrows, drag the scroll tab or click in the scroll bar. Many thanks, Ray Horsley LinkIt! Software

How do you stop editing a data grid cell

2016-07-07 Thread Ray
So a cell is open for editing in a data grid. Click outside of the cell, it closes up (keeping the new data) and a 'closeFieldEditor' message is sent to the data grid group. Good. The problem is user don't always click outside the cell to manually close it up. They may, for example, make a

Re: Get and Set the Scroll of a Datagrid

2016-06-07 Thread Ray Horsley
Mike, Klaus, that's it! Thank you very much. On 6/7/2016 4:19 PM, Klaus major-k wrote: Hi Ray, Am 08.06.2016 um 00:09 schrieb Ray Horsley <r...@linkit.com>: Does anybody know how to get and set the scroll of a datagrid? None of the dgProp handlers works, nor does plain ol

Get and Set the Scroll of a Datagrid

2016-06-07 Thread Ray Horsley
Does anybody know how to get and set the scroll of a datagrid? None of the dgProp handlers works, nor does plain old "get the vScroll of group MyGrid", which always returns 0 for some reason. Thanks a bunch for any help! ___ use-livecode mailing

Re: Rev Zip Archive call backs?

2016-05-19 Thread Ray
Now how did I miss that? Thanks Paul! On 5/19/2016 2:33 PM, Paul Dupuis wrote: On 5/19/2016 2:09 PM, Ray wrote: Greetings, I'm using some of the commands from the Revolution Zip library and the revZipCloseArchive takes about 25 seconds to close up and save a 36 meg file. Does anybody know

Rev Zip Archive call backs?

2016-05-19 Thread Ray
Greetings, I'm using some of the commands from the Revolution Zip library and the revZipCloseArchive takes about 25 seconds to close up and save a 36 meg file. Does anybody know of any way to get call backs from this command so I could display a progress graph? Thanks. Ray

LibURLftpUploadFile doesn't work with Windows Firewall On

2016-05-18 Thread Ray
I'm issuing the following Lib URL commands libURLSetFTPMode "active" -- our FTP server doesn't work otherwise for some reason libURLSetStatusCallback "uploadProgress", the long ID of me libURLftpUploadFile tFileForUpload, tDestination, "uploadComplete" This only works on my

Data Grid Array to Scalar Error

2016-05-11 Thread Ray
Has anybody seen this: An error has occurred in behavior for the column template: add: can't add array to scalar I'm not sure what this means. Other than the error popping up it doesn't seem to be doing any harm. I've tried putting the handler which causes the error in a

Re: Can't Display Keyboard Shortcuts in Popups

2016-04-20 Thread Ray
Thanks Peter - I'll experiment with this. Looks interesting... On 4/20/2016 4:14 PM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: On Apr 20, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Ray wrote: Thanks for the heads-up on the commandKeyDown handler. I've actually already got that in place, and my software doesn't really use fields so

Re: Can't Display Keyboard Shortcuts in Popups

2016-04-20 Thread Ray
Thanks for the heads-up on the commandKeyDown handler. I've actually already got that in place, and my software doesn't really use fields so I think it should be good. If it isn't I'll more than likely see it in testing. On 4/20/2016 2:20 PM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: On Apr 20, 2016, at

Re: Can't Display Keyboard Shortcuts in Popups

2016-04-20 Thread Ray
which will be played). Let me know if you have any other suggestions but I'm pretty sure your previous suggestion of manually including the shortcut as part of the menu item is the best work around. On 4/20/2016 12:47 PM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: On Apr 20, 2016, at 12:08 PM, Ray wrote: Peter

Re: Can't Display Keyboard Shortcuts in Popups

2016-04-20 Thread Ray
ight-click. Does that sound like bad interface to you? On 4/20/2016 11:55 AM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: On Apr 20, 2016, at 11:35 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Ray wrote: I'm unable to popup a button as a contextual menu and show keyboard shortcuts. For example, I'd like users to see &q

Can't Display Keyboard Shortcuts in Popups

2016-04-20 Thread Ray
I'm unable to popup a button as a contextual menu and show keyboard shortcuts. For example, I'd like users to see "Audio ctrl+A", not just "Audio". The button's style is "menu" and the button's contents for that line is "Audio/A". The "Audio ctrl+A" displays fine as long as the button's

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-06 Thread Ray
wrote: On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: So Richard, what did you end up going with when neither sqLite nor mySQL worked out for you? postgreSQL It's more mature in some ways than mySQL, but more importantly, I can give compound transaction (there's a 500+ sta

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-06 Thread Ray
Email wrote: Ray Good idea. I just get bug reports emailed to me. That's why I send the email by accessing a php mail system on my server. That way the user doesn't have to have email installed. William Prothero http://ed.earthednet.org On Apr 6, 2016, at 8:32 AM, Ray <r...@linkit.com>

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-06 Thread Ray
I haven't gotten that far into the database syntax and Livecode's handling of it yet so I couldn't say, yet. But I'm sure I'll figure out soon what, if any, Livecode's limitations are. So Richard, what did you end up going with when neither sqLite nor mySQL worked out for you? On 4/6/2016

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-06 Thread Ray
to this including the necessary steps to set up the database on the remote server. Do you know of any? On 4/6/2016 12:42 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: Hi Ray, Lots of things for you to think about! As someone else mentioned, I thought you were using a network file system rather than a web server

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-06 Thread Ray
think. Thanks, Ray On 4/6/2016 11:14 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 6:05 AM, Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: I thought of downloading it, updating it, and then putting it back on the server but that wouldn't work if two users simultaneously did so. Since I'll have many

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-06 Thread Ray
Bill thanks for sharing this with me. I've downloaded it and I'm looking into now. I'll let you know how it works out. On 4/6/2016 10:26 AM, Earthednet-wp wrote: Ray, I have a stack for MySQL implementation that might help you get started, since you are thinking of using php as middleware

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-06 Thread Ray
Thanks for your confirmation on this, Mike. We'll continue with the PHP middleware plan. It seems to be industry standard and it makes sense, especially from a security standpoint. On 4/6/2016 10:15 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: Actually, you CAN connect directly to to mysql server (its actually a

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-06 Thread Ray
Thanks Mike. I've used Andre's solutions a number of times and they've always worked really well. I wasn't aware of this one. On 4/6/2016 10:21 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: On an "LC server" side note, andre garzias dblib is really helpful. It might be possible to build up your query locally

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-06 Thread Ray
advise on the multi-user use of sqlite and its pitfalls and workarounds. On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 7:05 AM, Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: I thought of downloading it, updating it, and then putting it back on the server but that wouldn't work if two users simultaneously did so. Since I'll hav

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-06 Thread Ray
on a server as it does to a sqLite database locally (which was my original goal). On 4/6/2016 9:54 AM, Ralph DiMola wrote: Ray, An http file reference is not a valid UNC for read/write file access. If you want to connect remote users to a DB then import the SQLite DB into a MySQL DB and have the users

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-06 Thread Ray
ite") If you need to be able to update the file in place you'd probably be better off using middleware on the web server and send your requests that way. On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 8:51 PM, Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: Mike - if I set the folder to the area I've set up to work with t

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-05 Thread Ray
ot;? If you can successfully set the default folder, then you can just supply the filename and see if it behaves differently. On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: I did read some about the file locking issues so I'll continue to look into that. Regarding testin

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-05 Thread Ray
the default folder, then you can just supply the filename and see if it behaves differently. On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: I did read some about the file locking issues so I'll continue to look into that. Regarding testing with sqLite3, I'm not sure what to do with it

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-05 Thread Ray
file systems are buggy in that area according to the sqlite website. On Tue, Apr 5, 2016, 3:57 PM Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: Peter - thanks for jumping in here. Yes, I can read and write files to this location and, as a matter of fact, I can even do a straight read of the databas

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-05 Thread Ray
th Windows. Are you able to access any other files in the same directory as the sqlite db? On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 1:31 PM Ray <r...@linkit.com> wrote: Devin - thanks for the idea but that's not it. I just checked and everything on my Windows 8.1 system matches case with the database file path on

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-05 Thread Ray
PM, Devin Asay wrote: Ray, You may have moved your DB file from a system that is not case sensitive, like MacOS, to one this is case sensitive, like Linux. Do all of your folders and file names have the same exact spelling, including upper and lower case letters, as the string in your path

Re: Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-05 Thread Ray
install these drivers on my own server? On 4/5/2016 1:18 PM, Ray wrote: I've never worked with sqLite databases before but it appears I should be able to access one on a server pretty much the same as I do locally. Here's what I've done: put revOpenDatabase("sqLite",localPath) int

Error: Unable to open the database file

2016-04-05 Thread Ray
I've never worked with sqLite databases before but it appears I should be able to access one on a server pretty much the same as I do locally. Here's what I've done: put revOpenDatabase("sqLite",localPath) into theDbId -- this creates a zero K local database file put

When is a GIF Finished Playing?

2016-02-10 Thread Ray
Does anybody know of an easy way to tell whether a GIF file is playing or not? If possible I'd like to avoid trying to write something involved using the CurrentFrame and FrameCount properties. I'm not even sure how that would be done. I'd rather have something like the sound() function,

Re: When is a GIF Finished Playing?

2016-02-10 Thread Ray
51 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Ray" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of r...@linkit.com> wrote: Does anybody know of an easy way to tell whether a GIF file is playing or not? If possible I'd like to avoid trying to write something involved using the CurrentFrame

Re: When is a GIF Finished Playing?

2016-02-10 Thread Ray
swer “Ok I am indeed done” end if On February 10, 2016 at 9:29:57 AM, Ray (r...@linkit.com(mailto:r...@linkit.com)) wrote: Thanks Scott, but if you've set the RepeatCount to more than 1 and it's looping through the frames, twice for example, isn't there a possibility you'll get the CurrentFrame t

Re: When is a GIF Finished Playing?

2016-02-10 Thread Ray
; to me in 8 millisecs end trackPlayback Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 2/10/16, 12:06 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Ray" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of r...@linkit.com> wrote: It would also be helpful if a message w

Re: When is a GIF Finished Playing?

2016-02-10 Thread Ray
Bernd - thanks for this idea. Yes, it's a little sticky but if nothing else comes along I might be able to massage it somewhat. On 2/10/2016 3:46 PM, BNig wrote: Hi Ray, not pretty but seems to work: local sGifName local sLastFrame local

Re: When is a GIF Finished Playing?

2016-02-10 Thread Ray
com/show_bug.cgi?id=16907#>) If there *is* a simple way, under the engine hood, to get the currentRepeatLoop, I guess the mothership crew will tell us. BR On February 10, 2016 at 11:28:35 AM, Ray (r...@linkit.com<mailto:r...@linkit.com>) wrote: Hi Scott - In my case I let my users decide ho

Re: When is a GIF Finished Playing?

2016-02-10 Thread Ray
to get around Livecode's single thread environment. I also have code which detects when end users interrupt a sequence of time based events so there's one more thing to code for, but it shouldn't be too hard. Thanks again, Ray On 2/10/2016 5:59 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: I had to manage gif

Re: Does user have network connection?

2016-01-10 Thread Ray
What if Google is out of business :) On 1/9/2016 5:24 PM, John Dixon wrote: on mouseUp put "http://www.google.com; into tURL put URL tURL into tempVar end mouseUp if the variable tempVar is empty then there is no internet connection Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 13:55:56 -0800 From:

Re: LC app not displaying correctly on iPhone

2016-01-06 Thread Ray
What is the default-5...@2x.png file and where does it go? Are these simply the files you specify in the Standalone Application settings? Would you happen to have a link to any lessons on this? I've Googled it and looked for it in the Livecode dictionary and I'm coming up empty handed. On

Re: Scrolling Smoothly through Large Scripts

2015-12-24 Thread Ray
Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Dec 24, 2015, at 11:59 AM, Ray wrote: Seasons Greetings on Christmas Eve! Does anybody know how to scroll just one line per mouse-wheel movement through the script editor window? I typically view several thousand lines at a time. Each push of

Scrolling Smoothly through Large Scripts

2015-12-24 Thread Ray
Seasons Greetings on Christmas Eve! Does anybody know how to scroll just one line per mouse-wheel movement through the script editor window? I typically view several thousand lines at a time. Each push of the little scroll wheel on my mouse produces an abrupt 'jerk' of 10 or 15 lines.

Re: Stacks Losing their Size and Location

2015-12-17 Thread Ray
Paul this is working out very well. Actually, both of these ideas work equally well. Thanks! On 12/17/2015 9:00 AM, Paul Dupuis wrote: On 12/16/2015 8:05 PM, Ray wrote: Paul - excellent idea and thanks for this suggestion. There's just one pitfall in my situation. I'm doing this: put

Re: Stacks Losing their Size and Location

2015-12-16 Thread Ray
ehalf of Ray" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of r...@linkit.com> wrote: I've been wrestling with this in 7.0.5 for a while. Here it is distilled and the simplest way to repeat it: on mouseUp answer the rect of this stack set the decorations of this stack to

Stacks Losing their Size and Location

2015-12-16 Thread Ray
I've been wrestling with this in 7.0.5 for a while. Here it is distilled and the simplest way to repeat it: on mouseUp answer the rect of this stack set the decorations of this stack to empty answer the rect of this stack -- we're fine here (same rect)

Re: Stacks Losing their Size and Location

2015-12-16 Thread Ray
. Thanks, Ray On 12/16/2015 3:13 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: You might want to check with a more recent version to confirm since 7.0.5 is several versions old (the LC guys announced 7.1.1 today). Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 12/16/15, 12:02 PM, "use-liv

Re: Stacks Losing their Size and Location

2015-12-16 Thread Ray
Bob - interesting situation. I work with two monitors, also, but they' always connected so I haven't experienced this. On a related note however, I've discovered that reading a stack's data on a remote server and then recreating the stack on my local, populating it with the data I just read,

Re: Stacks Losing their Size and Location

2015-12-16 Thread Ray
of the templateStack. What do you think? On 12/16/2015 7:54 PM, Paul Dupuis wrote: On 12/16/2015 7:40 PM, Ray wrote: So does anybody know how to set the default new stack size Livecode will use the next time a new stack is created, either by the menu choice or by simply opening a new disk file

Re: Search and Replace in Script Editor: Cannot invoke "Replace All"

2015-09-29 Thread Ray
The options mentioned below work for me, but for some reason every time I choose "Current Tab" in the Look In pull-down, for example, I get a slightly annoying dialog window which displays my choice "Current Tab" which I have to dismiss. I saw and agree with the post on etiquette yesterday

Re: What's everyone working on this month? (September 2015 edition)

2015-09-29 Thread Ray
This is the first time I've seen a thread like this. It's a great idea for all of us to see what others are doing. I'm refining a suite of tools I've been working on with a partner for several years. The tools allow users to import PDF's of children's books (think "Green Eggs and Ham"),

Sleep Wake Switch

2015-09-28 Thread Ray
Has anybody ever written any code which taps into the sleep/wake switch on either an Android or iOS phone? I'd like to know if that's possible. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: Importing a Snapshot from a window off screen

2015-09-18 Thread Ray
Hibbert wrote: Ray, Importing a snapshot from rect uses the computer’s graphic card to generate the snapshot image, whereas, importing a snapshot from an object (group, card, stack etc.) allows the LC engine to generate the snapshot image. I’m travelling right now so can’t test so easy, but I’m

Re: Importing a Snapshot from a window off screen

2015-09-18 Thread Ray
Good point Richard. I had tried importing from the stack which didn't work so I [wrongly] assumed it also would not work from the card. But it does! That's even easier. On 9/18/15 3:21 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Ray wrote: Paul - once again thanks for this insight. I'd thought I'd let you

Importing a Snapshot from a window off screen

2015-09-18 Thread Ray
Greetings - Has anybody had any success importing a snapshot from a stack's window which is offscreen? I'm looping through every card in a stack to import a snapshot using something like: import snapshot from rect myRect of window myWinId This causes a lot of annoying screen flicker so

Re: Importing a Snapshot from a window off screen

2015-09-18 Thread Ray
Ah haaa! so that's what's going on. I'll give it a try. Many thanks! On 9/18/15 11:37 AM, Paul Hibbert wrote: Ray, Importing a snapshot from rect uses the computer’s graphic card to generate the snapshot image, whereas, importing a snapshot from an object (group, card, stack etc.) allows

Nice to Meet You!

2015-08-17 Thread Ray
My wife and I are in Edinburgh over the weekend just to see Scotland's beautiful capital city. On our way to the airport today we to stopped by Livecode's office. I would have been happy just to say hello to Heather, probably the only staff member who might remember me from a conference

Re: Nice to Meet You!

2015-08-17 Thread Ray Horsley
I know - but we sure enjoyed the weekend. On Aug 17, 2015 9:54 PM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: On 08/17/2015 05:44 AM, Ray wrote: My wife and I are in Edinburgh over the weekend just to see Scotland's beautiful capital city. OMG! You're in Edinburgh during festival month

Re: Multiple Stacks on Mobile

2015-07-29 Thread Ray
it be helpful to use lock screen for visual effect in rect tRect? If the controls you want to leave are in a header for instance, tRect would be 0,bottom of header,width of cd,bottom of cd. -E On Jul 28, 2015, at 10:53 AM, Ray r...@linkit.com wrote: Understood, but then I'm still left with how

Multiple Stacks on Mobile

2015-07-28 Thread Ray
As far as I know, it's not possible to display two stacks simultaneously on either Android or iOS. Does anybody have any suggestions for a work around to this? In my case I have a stack with multiple cards which transition with visual effects as users go from card to card. I'd like to keep

Re: Multiple Stacks on Mobile

2015-07-28 Thread Ray
not be necessary. You also might be able to change your background stack into a background object that appears behind all cards in your foreground stack. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 7/28/15, 7:51 AM, Ray r...@linkit.com wrote: As far as I know, it's

Re: Multiple Stacks on Mobile

2015-07-28 Thread Ray
, 2015 at 7:51 AM, Ray r...@linkit.com wrote: As far as I know, it's not possible to display two stacks simultaneously on either Android or iOS. Does anybody have any suggestions for a work around to this? My thinking at the moment as I ponder a tablet version is to use groups. I cleverly created

Re: Multiple Stacks on Mobile

2015-07-28 Thread Ray
Richard - many thanks. I'll take a look. On 7/28/15 5:00 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Ray wrote: Interesting... So is the idea that if cards become groups, I can then display group after group instead of card after card, but still unlocking the screen with visual effects each time, while

Re: Multiple Stacks on Mobile

2015-07-28 Thread Ray
groups left and right (or up and down). But since we're talking about the entire width/height of the card, that might be a lot of screen to update, which could bog down on an underpowered device. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 7/28/15, 9:01 AM, Ray r

Re: Multiple Stacks on Mobile

2015-07-28 Thread Ray
Understood, but then I'm still left with how to use the built-in visual effects while hiding one group and showing another and still leave the stationary fields out of the transition. On 7/28/15 6:10 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Ray r...@linkit.com wrote: Dr

Re: Multiple Stacks on Mobile

2015-07-28 Thread Ray
background images, and use Javascript to do some nice transitions behind objects in the foreground. How well this would work on mobile, if it does at all, I have no idea. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 7/28/15, 9:37 AM, Ray r...@linkit.com wrote: I'm

Letter Box

2015-07-16 Thread Ray
I'd love to control letterbox as a setting for fullScreenMode on mobile, set how wide the margins are, specify a color for them instead of black and maybe even using an image for the margins instead of a solid color. Does anybody have any experience with this?

Custom Ask File Dialogs

2015-07-11 Thread Ray
box. I'm just not sure where to go to duplicate it so I can customize it. Much appreciated, Ray Horsley LinkIt! Software ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

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