Re: How alive is LiveCode?

2012-02-11 Thread Michael Chean
Lynn: Thank-you, I think that I will be looking at your DB product. Mike On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Lynn Fredricks lfredri...@proactive-intl.com wrote: I want to write databased applications to take care of some of the pain-points at my current employment. And if this works

Re: How alive is LiveCode?

2012-02-10 Thread François Chaplais
A request consistent with Alejandro's own is the ability to force typing of variable, arrays, etc, anything that can be transmitted to an external. see http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2783 Please vote if you support it, TIA!! Best, François Le 9 févr. 2012 à 20:10, Alejandro

Re: How alive is LiveCode?

2012-02-10 Thread Andrew Kluthe
this I was using crystal reports and it was a pain. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/How-alive-is-LiveCode-tp4371731p4377137.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use

Re: How alive is LiveCode?

2012-02-10 Thread Mark Smith
and likewise other SQL users lives easier. I'm hoping its alive! -- Mark -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/How-alive-is-LiveCode-tp4371731p4377244.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com

RE: How alive is LiveCode?

2012-02-10 Thread Lynn Fredricks
I want to write databased applications to take care of some of the pain-points at my current employment. And if this works out I'd like to extend it to the full application - which is your normal professional billing program. I'm using VFP right now and would have no reluctance to

Re: How alive is LiveCode?

2012-02-09 Thread Michael Kann
Michael, What do you want to use LiveCode for? Michael --- On Wed, 2/8/12, Michael Chean mp.ch...@gmail.com wrote: From: Michael Chean mp.ch...@gmail.com Subject: How alive is LiveCode? To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 8:54 PM When I'm considering a tool I

Re: How alive is LiveCode?

2012-02-09 Thread Richmond
On 02/09/2012 04:54 AM, Michael Chean wrote: When I'm considering a tool I look at the community resources to see whether they are being kept up. For instance the RunRev forum, why is it that the last announcement of a new release was 4.6? Do the RunRev staff answer questions? Why are there

Re: How alive is LiveCode?

2012-02-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Michael, On 02/09/2012 04:54 AM, Michael Chean wrote: When I'm considering a tool I look at the community resources to see whether they are being kept up. If I understand well your question, you want to know if LiveCode is the right tool for your project. Well, RunRev has the definite

Re: How alive is LiveCode?

2012-02-09 Thread Sivakatirswami
Om Shanti Sivakatirswami Kauai Aadheenam On 2/8/12 4:54 PM, Michael Chean wrote: When I'm considering a tool I look at the community resources to see whether they are being kept up. For instance the RunRev forum, why is it that the last announcement of a new release was 4.6? Do the RunRev

Re: How alive is LiveCode?

2012-02-09 Thread Michael Chean
I want to write databased applications to take care of some of the pain-points at my current employment. And if this works out I'd like to extend it to the full application - which is your normal professional billing program. I'm using VFP right now and would have no reluctance to continue

How alive is LiveCode?

2012-02-08 Thread Michael Chean
When I'm considering a tool I look at the community resources to see whether they are being kept up. For instance the RunRev forum, why is it that the last announcement of a new release was 4.6? Do the RunRev staff answer questions? Why are there so many queries that languish? Why do many of

How alive is LiveCode?

2012-02-08 Thread Michael Chean
Ok I guess I can answer part of my own question here. A little further research indicates that the corporate blog is quite active - perhaps the forum is not the best place to look. And I can see that there is a lot of participation at developer conventions. So, I feel a bit better about the

Re: How alive is LiveCode?

2012-02-08 Thread Nicolas Cueto
 For instance the RunRev forum Mike, I can only address your what's up with the forum? question. In years of using LiveCode (aka RunRev, aka Metacard), I've been to the forum less than a handful of times. The reason being that the mailing lists is where the info has always been. And the

Re: How alive is LiveCode?

2012-02-08 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/8/12 9:22 PM, Michael Chean wrote: Ok I guess I can answer part of my own question here. A little further research indicates that the corporate blog is quite active - perhaps the forum is not the best place to look. And I can see that there is a lot of participation at developer