Re: another mac to Windows gotcha

Hi Tim, I am not sure if the DirectShow player (with is the API used by the LC player on Windows) supports negative playrate: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd377591(v=vs.85).aspx There is also a bug report about it: http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19129

Re: another mac to Windows gotcha

Hi Peter, Tried if pkeyname is "j" then set the playrate of player videoplayer to -1 start player videplayer end if Results in a pause in playback as long as I am holding ctrl-j, as soon as that's released, forward play resumes. Thanks. Tim On 2018.02.25 0:26, Peter Bogdanoff via

Re: another mac to Windows gotcha

Tim, Try both commands in order: set playRate, then start. Peter Bogdanoff > On Feb 24, 2018, at 10:16 AM, Tim Selander via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > Using 9.0 dp11 community. After sending the post, I found in the dictionary > that for windows,

Re: another mac to Windows gotcha

Hi Paul, Using 9.0 dp11 community. After sending the post, I found in the dictionary that for windows, commandkeydown message. After changing my script from controlkeydown to commandkeydown, it worked. Sort of. My next problem is that on the LC/osx I use: if pkeyname is "j" then set the

Re: another mac to Windows gotcha

controlKeyDown is absolutely available on Windows. See the dictionary entry in LC8.1.9 for example. What version of LiveCode are you using? On 2/24/2018 9:04 AM, Tim Selander via use-livecode wrote: > Hi, > > Trying my first little LC app on Windows. I wrote an app on osx and am > now trying to

another mac to Windows gotcha

Hi, Trying my first little LC app on Windows. I wrote an app on osx and am now trying to get it to work in a Win7 machine. On the mac app, I use ctrl-J, ctrl-K, and ctrl-L to control the video player. JKL is pretty standard video player control in video editing software. On the mac app,