Re: Documentation on Low Level Database Access

a use-livecode wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am looking at the git repositories, the widget documentation etc., > > looking for a solid guide on how livecode accesses database engines. > > > > For example, if I wanted to add low level support for another open sou

Re: Documentation on Low Level Database Access

On 4/11/19 9:12 AM, Dalton Calford via use-livecode wrote: Hi all, I am looking at the git repositories, the widget documentation etc., looking for a solid guide on how livecode accesses database engines. For example, if I wanted to add low level support for another open source database that

Re: Documentation on Low Level Database Access

, .net, jdbc/odbc etc. On Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 1:09 PM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode, < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Dalton Calford wrote: > > > I am looking at the git repositories, the widget documentation etc., > > looking for a solid guide on how livecode a

Re: Documentation on Low Level Database Access

Dalton Calford wrote: > I am looking at the git repositories, the widget documentation etc., > looking for a solid guide on how livecode accesses database engines. > > For example, if I wanted to add low level support for another open > source database that is available on all the

Documentation on Low Level Database Access

Hi all, I am looking at the git repositories, the widget documentation etc., looking for a solid guide on how livecode accesses database engines. For example, if I wanted to add low level support for another open source database that is available on all the same platforms as livecode, is there

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

On 09/06/2018 11:14 PM, James At The Hale via use-livecode wrote: Richard asks re the new extension store.. When? Well its initial offering is already here, see Jacque’s posts. As for when it will offer what was promised...probably sometime after Infinite Livecode has delivered the component

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

On 09/06/2018 09:02 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: Actually, it's also in the Tools menu -> Extension manager. Interesting. The Widgets and Libraries tabs show what's in my system already. The Store tab briefly says "loading LiveCode extensions store" and then... on osx just show

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

On Sep 6, 2018, at 9:56 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: You have to open the LC tools palette occasionally. ;) At the top is a big plus sign. Clicking that opens a stack/window much as Sample Stacks does. A tabbed interface gives access to a nu

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

Richard asks re the new extension store.. > When? Well its initial offering is already here, see Jacque’s posts. As for when it will offer what was promised...probably sometime after Infinite Livecode has delivered the components and examples it promised or after DataGrid 2 is complete and deli

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 9/6/18 9:02 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: >> On 09/06/2018 06:08 PM, James At The Hale via use-livecode wrote: >>> Mark asked: There's a new extension store on the way? >>> >>> Well it is here already. Only it currently only offers widgets. ... >> Did I m

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

On 9/6/18 10:56 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 9/6/18 9:02 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 09/06/2018 06:08 PM, James At The Hale via use-livecode wrote: Mark asked: There's a new extension store on the way? Well it is here already. Only it currently only offers wi

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

On 9/6/18 9:02 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 09/06/2018 06:08 PM, James At The Hale via use-livecode wrote: Mark asked: There's a new extension store on the way? Well it is here already. Only it currently only offers widgets. The plan, as presented in one of the LC Globals a whi

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

On 09/06/2018 06:08 PM, James At The Hale via use-livecode wrote: Mark asked: There's a new extension store on the way? Well it is here already. Only it currently only offers widgets. The plan, as presented in one of the LC Globals a while back, is for this to be a one stop shop for all. The

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

James At The Hale wrote: > The plan, as presented in one of the LC Globals a while back, is for > this to be a one stop shop for all. > The current livecodeshare will be migrated across and the ability to > upload snippets etc will be added. When? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Softw

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

Mark asked: > There's a new extension store on the way? Well it is here already. Only it currently only offers widgets. The plan, as presented in one of the LC Globals a while back, is for this to be a one stop shop for all. The current livecodeshare will be migrated across and the ability to up

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

On 09/06/2018 03:12 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: James At The Hale wrote: > Richard wrote of a repository but isn’t this what the new extension > store is supposed to provide? I haven't seen an announcement of a new extension store, but if it includes widgets, libraries, externa

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

James At The Hale wrote: > Richard wrote of a repository but isn’t this what the new extension > store is supposed to provide? I haven't seen an announcement of a new extension store, but if it includes widgets, libraries, externals, scripts, and stack files and is searchable by type, license,

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

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Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

J. Landman Gay wrote: > We can upload zip files to Sample Stacks? If that's the case then > I think the existing repository could work for now. Libraries, > script-only stacks, externals, LCB files could all be accommodated. > If something else is developed later, the files could be moved or > lin

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

On September 5, 2018 10:34:40 PM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: The last time I was keen on this I stopped pursuing it based on this post: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2016-November/232864.html We can upload zip files to Sample Stacks? If that's the case then I thin

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

Mark Wieder wrote: > It still bugs me that: > > 1. the menubar item says "Share this stack" > 2. the Login dialog says "revOnline" > 3. when you log in, the next window says "Sample Stacks" > 4. the website is "livecodeshare" Several times over the last decade I've discussed with the team the pos

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

On 09/04/2018 08:27 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Yeah. Grab it again. It's fixed now. except the embarrasing "checkbox-group". 8-) /sigh That updating-a-shared-stack thing is far from intuitive. Must have missed a step along the way. The corrected version is now uploaded. It st

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

As usual, I posted, THEN read the thread. :-) Bob S > On Sep 4, 2018, at 08:19 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 09/04/2018 08:12 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: >> Handy, but it didn't quite work correctly. I selected all but the 9.0.1 rc1, >> and tried to uncheck confi

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

On 9/3/18 9:08 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: My bad - I actually uploaded an earlier version Nah, your good. This is really useful, and the error was trivial. You also have to be credited with finding those files that most of us didn't know existed. I can't believe the cruft my driv

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

Hi Mark, > Am 04.09.2018 um 17:19 schrieb Mark Wieder via use-livecode > : > > On 09/04/2018 08:12 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: >> Handy, but it didn't quite work correctly. I selected all but the 9.0.1 rc1, >> and tried to uncheck confirm, but it confirmed anyway, and deleted >> ev

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

On 09/04/2018 08:12 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Handy, but it didn't quite work correctly. I selected all but the 9.0.1 rc1, and tried to uncheck confirm, but it confirmed anyway, and deleted everything but the first 8. I had to do multiple passes before I got them all. Clicking th

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

Handy, but it didn't quite work correctly. I selected all but the 9.0.1 rc1, and tried to uncheck confirm, but it confirmed anyway, and deleted everything but the first 8. I had to do multiple passes before I got them all. Clicking the confirmation checkbox did not unhilite the button, but rath

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

On 09/03/2018 04:35 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I found it, simple oversight I think. The mouseUp in the button doesn't set the hilite. Easy to fix. My bad - I actually uploaded an earlier version (and it explicitly set the hilite to true. New fixed version uploaded now. In my d

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

I found it, simple oversight I think. The mouseUp in the button doesn't set the hilite. Easy to fix. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On September 3, 2018 5:38:06 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 09/03/2018 01:5

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

On 09/03/2018 01:56 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: Maybe run it on a Mac, I wasn't able to unhilite the verify button. Well, that's distressing. I did try it on osx before releasing it, but I'll go back and check it again - may have skipped a version. -- -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw..

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

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Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

On 9/2/18 1:21 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: Posted a utility stack to livecodeshare: When first launched, the LiveCode IDE will build a documentation cache for the current version. When you upgrade to a new version, a new cache folder is created, but any older cache is still in the

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

Mark, thanks for this. Couldn´t believe how many cache folders existed on my harddrive. Regards, Matthias > Am 02.09.2018 um 20:21 schrieb Mark Wieder via use-livecode > : > > Posted a utility stack to livecodeshare: > > When first launched, the LiveCode IDE will bui

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

How fantastically useful. Thanks. Richmond. On 2/9/2018 9:21 pm, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: Posted a utility stack to livecodeshare: When first launched, the LiveCode IDE will build a documentation cache for the current version. When you upgrade to a new version, a new cache folder

ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

Posted a utility stack to livecodeshare: When first launched, the LiveCode IDE will build a documentation cache for the current version. When you upgrade to a new version, a new cache folder is created, but any older cache is still in the system. When you remove an older LiveCode version the

Re: tsNet documentation

Hi Charles, thanks for confirming that digest authentication is supported. Regards, Matthias Matthias Rebbe Tel +49 5741 31 ‌https://matthiasrebbe.eu ‌ > Am 08.03.2018 um 06:21 schrieb Charles Warwick via use-livecode > mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: >

Re: tsNet documentation

Hi Matthias, Yes, it supports digest authentication. tsNet will automatically use the most secure method the server supports unless you force it to use basic authentication. Regards. Charles > On 8 Mar 2018, at 1:11 am, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > Charles, > > thank you

Re: tsNet documentation

Charles, thank you very much for that. That is really very useful. Btw. does tsNet support Digest Access Authentication (DAA) (RFC 2617)? Regards, Matthias > Am 07.03.2018 um 11:20 schrieb Charles Warwick via use-livecode > mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: > > Hi, > > Just a quick

Re: tsNet documentation

Thank you Charles - these look really useful, they'll help me use your external better - smashing! As soon I have spare brain cells I'll view them all... Kind regards Dave - "The first 90% of the task takes 90% of the time, and the last 10% takes the other 90% of the time." Peter M. Brig

tsNet documentation

Hi, Just a quick update to let everyone know that I have uploaded a series of lessons on tsNet to the LiveCode web site. You can view them at: http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/c/235433 I am continuing to upload more lessons as I have time so please let me know if there is any particular tas

Re: TS Net Documentation

In case anyone else is interested Completely unadorned unstyled PDF (well, Minion Pro serif at least) with extraneous lines/info removed, double column 36 pages, 18 sheets from and back. for easy 'armchair reading" http://wiki.hindu.org/uploads/TsNetApi_2017-12-23.pdf Enjoy… On 12/23/17, 11:

Re: TS Net Documentation

Ali Lloyd wrote: Check out /Contents/Tools/Ext/tsNet.../api.lcdoc for all the tsNet things in one file - hopefully that's roughly what you're looking for Happy Winter Solstice to the team! Yes, Ali, that’s perfect… "awesome" simple plain text… BR _

Re: TS Net Documentation

c. see the long discussion thread > last year in October/November on this… > > But -- the PDF User Guide does not have a TS Net section > > I found this > > /Applications/LiveCode Business 8.1.9 (rc > 1).app/Contents/Tools/Documentation/html_viewer/resources/data/api/api.sqlite >

TS Net Documentation

don't want anything electronic. see the long discussion thread last year in October/November on this… But -- the PDF User Guide does not have a TS Net section I found this /Applications/LiveCode Business 8.1.9 (rc 1).app/Contents/Tools/Documentation/html_viewer/resources/data/api/api.

Re: LiveCode documentation set now available for Dash compatible readers

On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 5:54 PM, James Hale via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > There is now a documentation set (currently at LC 9 dp 9) available in the > "user-contribution" category for Dash compatible readers. > Thanks James! --

LiveCode documentation set now available for Dash compatible readers

There is now a documentation set (currently at LC 9 dp 9) available in the "user-contribution" category for Dash compatible readers. The set includes all the Guides and the dictionary (API) entries. Also included in this version are summary listing of all associated entries u

Re: (Browser) Widget documentation

On 9/20/17 3:51 PM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode wrote: Now I feel even more foolish But it makes the rest of us look good. We owe you. Any one of us might be next. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactives

Re: (Browser) Widget documentation

Now I feel even more foolish for not finding any of these. Thanks Ali, everyone! Ben On 20/09/2017 17:29, Ali Lloyd via use-livecode wrote: Alternatively, right-click on the widget in question and choose 'Show Documentation' On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 5:03 PM hh via use-livecode <

Re: (Browser) Widget documentation

That's excellent, thanks H! Ben On 20/09/2017 17:03, hh via use-livecode wrote: Ben R. wrote: General question: where can users find a reference to the supported properties/commands/functions of widgets? E.g. the properties of a Segmented Control widget? More specific immediate question: where

Re: (Browser) Widget documentation

First stop is the Dictionary. Use the API drop down menu to select the widget - Segmented Control or Browser. I'm an idiot - I looked in the API tab, and the Guide tab, and somehow didn't notice that the API menu wasn't limited to LCS/LCB. Some people can't be helped! thanks Brian, Ben On

Re: (Browser) Widget documentation

The list of extension APIs will be sorted in 9 DP 9 (Thanks to Brian!) On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 5:29 PM Ali Lloyd wrote: > Alternatively, right-click on the widget in question and choose 'Show > Documentation' > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 5:03 PM hh via use-liv

Re: (Browser) Widget documentation

Alternatively, right-click on the widget in question and choose 'Show Documentation' On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 5:03 PM hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Ben R. wrote: > > General question: where can users find a reference to the suppo

Re: (Browser) Widget documentation

> Ben R. wrote: > General question: where can users find a reference to the supported > properties/commands/functions of widgets? E.g. the properties of a Segmented > Control widget? > More specific immediate question: where can I find a reference for the > Browser widget? In the dictionary (so

Re: (Browser) Widget documentation

First stop is the Dictionary. Use the API drop down menu to select the widget - Segmented Control or Browser. I'm not sure about the second question (but I know it is possible, just don't know the details). On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 9:28 AM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.run

(Browser) Widget documentation

General question: where can users find a reference to the supported properties/commands/functions of widgets? E.g. the properties of a Segmented Control widget? More specific immediate question: where can I find a reference for the Browser widget? Even more specific question: how can I inter

Re: Levure wiki / documentation

It is talking longer than I wanted because I am building the whole system and that takes time :-) I should have just signed up for a teachable account but I wanted to own the system, so, right now I am finishing the content and infrastructure. On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Andre Garzia wrote:

Re: Levure wiki / documentation

Hi Lagi, Actually, I am reworking the material into an online course, should launch as a beta shortly. Doing it online allows me to iterate the material and offer more compelling content than using the old system. :D On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 8:50 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < use-livecode@li

Re: Levure wiki / documentation

Andre how do we get your book(s) somebody on here posted that he had the book that is still showing 80% done on leanpub KIndest Regards Lagi On 27 June 2017 at 00:20, Andre Garzia via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Alex, > > I am not Trevor so he may suggest something dif

Re: Levure wiki / documentation

And what Monte said too :-) -- Trevor DeVore ScreenSteps www.screensteps.com On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 6:41 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Contributing to a GitHub wiki is probably not your best introduction to > git if the wiki is restricted to coll

Re: Levure wiki / documentation

What Andre said. Here is the link to the issue page: https://github.com/trevordevore/levure/issues -- Trevor DeVore ScreenSteps www.screensteps.com On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Andre Garzia via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Alex, > > I am not Trevor so he may sugge

Re: Levure wiki / documentation

Contributing to a GitHub wiki is probably not your best introduction to git if the wiki is restricted to collaborators only and you aren’t one so I would just open issues at this stage if I were you. Cheers Monte > On 27 Jun 2017, at 9:13 am, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > wrote: > > I've

Re: Levure wiki / documentation

Alex, I am not Trevor so he may suggest something different but usually when dealing with github hosted projects, we use the issue system available on each repository. Ideally, you submit a new issue per "thing" instead of doing a single new issue with many things inside. Cheers andre On Mon, Ju

Levure wiki / documentation

I've got as far as building my app with within the framework, and reading much of the docs. I've found some things that I believe should change in the wiki - both - just obvious bugs / typos / cleanup and - things I think I know how to correct, but not 100% sure, and would like confirmatio

Re: slightly OT: The art of writing documentation

On 06/03/2017 08:48 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Mark Wieder wrote: > Had to dig this up for someone else this afternoon, so I thought I'd > spread it around a bit more. > > Bob Reselman's lightning talk starts 30 minutes in. Bob is a great speaker a

Re: slightly OT: The art of writing documentation

Mark Wieder wrote: > Had to dig this up for someone else this afternoon, so I thought I'd > spread it around a bit more. > > Bob Reselman's lightning talk starts 30 minutes in. Bob is a great speaker and a documentation god. But alas, you forgot to include the link

slightly OT: The art of writing documentation

Had to dig this up for someone else this afternoon, so I thought I'd spread it around a bit more. Bob Reselman's lightning talk starts 30 minutes in. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Pl

Re: Documentation on Accelerated Rendering

I think I want to have Mark's baby. On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 2:38 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 5/3/17 6:00 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: > >> On 2017-04-30 23:52, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: >> >>> I have been wanting to k

Re: Documentation on Accelerated Rendering

On 5/3/17 6:00 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2017-04-30 23:52, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I have been wanting to know that for years. I have the general idea but I want to know exactly what each command or property does. How does layerMode interact with rendering and

Re: Documentation on Accelerated Rendering

On 2017-05-03 14:07, hh via use-livecode wrote: Thanks for that, this was very enlightening (should be, once again, attached to the Dictionary). If I understand correctly, it explains why testing for speed has reliable results only on _physical_ mobile devices. And, while in physical desktop en

Re: Documentation on Accelerated Rendering

Thanks for that, this was very enlightening (should be, once again, attached to the Dictionary). If I understand correctly, it explains why testing for speed has reliable results only on _physical_ mobile devices. And, while in physical desktop environments a stack/ an app may run correctly, virt

Re: Documentation on Accelerated Rendering

On 2017-04-30 23:52, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I have been wanting to know that for years. I have the general idea but I want to know exactly what each command or property does. How does layerMode interact with rendering and when should I set it? (I used it incorrectly and submitted

Re: Documentation on Accelerated Rendering

Layering was definitely broken, that's for sure. But in this case we're referring to the layermode of a draggable object. I haven't worked much with his latest version yet, when I was doing it I was using fields instead of images. But since the images are created on the fly from within LC I ass

Re: Documentation on Accelerated Rendering

My mistake was resetting the layermode after a drop. It does have to be set after object creation but that should be the only time it's messed with. Dragging was too jerky without acceleratedRendering, so I think that has to remain. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.c

Re: Documentation on Accelerated Rendering

Did you already try the following? Layer mode: Use 8.1.4. Before that and in 9-dp6 exact layering is broken. The combination: set the acceleratedRendering to false set the paintcompression to RLE set the alwaysbuffer of to true ___ use-livecode mailin

Re: Documentation on Accelerated Rendering

Never mind Jacque you already have this in our script [snip] set the borderwidth of the last image to "4" set the topcolor of the last image to tRGB set the layermode of the last image to "dynamic" -- jg: required for smooth movment on slower devices end repeat and we

Re: Documentation on Accelerated Rendering

Jacque thanks for the detailed query, or rather the detailed outline of the Shadows of the Unknown World of Rendering. appropo the puzzle app/module we have in our new app, which is pretty much failing on Android completely. @ the rest of you: we get a quote from a dbase, take snapshots of w

Re: Documentation on Accelerated Rendering

On 4/29/17 9:56 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: My question is: where is the documentation for AcceleratedRendering -- exactly what does it do? (don't worry, if the explanation is very technical.. .let me see it!) -- when does it help -- what contexts may there be

Documentation on Accelerated Rendering

s too vague in my head right now to make an intelligent addition to a global library (or multiple library handlers if that makes sense) that will serve all contexts without the breakage we had before. My question is: where is the documentation for AcceleratedRendering -- exactly what does it

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

Right. A property set is an array of properties if I am not mistaken. So portal_RowNames is the "array" name and headerName is a variable which holds a value resolving to the name of the property. Hence it compiles. Bob S On Jan 16, 2017, at 10:45 , Jeanne A. E. DeVoto via use-livecode mailto

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

At 6:56 PM + 1/13/2017, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: But I found this in a script from an associate: setprop portal_RowNames [headerName] rowNames and it compilesŠ the first param is a variable inside square braces. Not sure it this is some LC magic or just this progr

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

If I recall correctly, that is a keyed custom prop, and also if I remember correctly, it works with our without the space. (So its like an array, but its a property with array notation) portal_RowNames [headerName] and portal_RowNames[headerName] should both work. (unless I misremember completely)

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

But I found this in a script from an associate: setprop portal_RowNames [headerName] rowNames and it compiles… the first param is a variable inside square braces. Not sure it this is some LC magic or just this programmer's "style" - Bob S: That can only be an element of an array. Withou

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

What does "do" do with an array expression missing an array name? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Mike Kerner wrote: "Do" is magic On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote: That can only be an element of an array. Wit

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

but more extensive pointer support would be nice, as would better pointer ERRR reference syntax. 4D nailed it there. ->x is a pointer to x y-> is whatever y points to On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Mike Kerner wrote: > "Do" is magic > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Bob Sneidar via u

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

"Do" is magic On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > That can only be an element of an array. Without the preceding array name, > it will not compile. > > Bob S > > > On Jan 12, 2017, at 21:11 , Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-l

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

That can only be an element of an array. Without the preceding array name, it will not compile. Bob S On Jan 12, 2017, at 21:11 , Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: [var] # value inside square braces… that I see in some scripts… what is

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

@ pass by reference Wow! I'm only now learning about this? ….sheesh, this would have solved so many issues I faced in the past! and now pass arrays too. Fantastic. @ Richard: yes "wrap" was the wrong way to state this… "call a function with dispatch" is was I should have said BR PS there is

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

Filed: http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19082 On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 1:08 AM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I use this ALL the time. sqlYoga uses special arrays for Record Objects, > and the elements of one of these arrays can *only* be modified

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

I use this ALL the time. sqlYoga uses special arrays for Record Objects, and the elements of one of these arrays can *only* be modified using the sqlrecord_set command. Because of this, I need to pass these record objects by reference to update them correctly. Very handy. Bob S On Jan 10, 201

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

Since Livecode version 7.0 it’s also possible to pass an array element by reference and that also works with “Dispatch”. Example: on mouseUp Put "27" into tTemp["tKey"] Dispatch "AdjustSetting" with tTemp["tKey"] # Now tTemp["tKey"] = 62 put tTemp["tKey"] end mouseUp on AdjustSettin

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

Another feature of “dispatch” that is undocumented is that it can be used with call by reference variables. The variables passed as call by reference can also be arrays, which can come in handy sometimes. Example: on mouseUp Put "27" into tTemp Dispatch "AdjustSetting" with tTemp # no

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

Monte Goulding wrote: > Try this: > > on mouseUp > dispatch function "foo" to me with 1,2 > put the result > end mouseUp > > function foo p1, p2 > return p1 + p2 > end foo Yep, it works. So it's not so much wrapping it per se, just calling it directly by adding the "function" specifier to "

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

Try this: on mouseUp dispatch function "foo" to me with 1,2 put the result end mouseUp function foo p1, p2 return p1 + p2 end foo ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

Ali Lloyd wrote: > The `dispatch function` form of the dispatch command indeed does not > appear to be documented. What does that syntax look like? This works: on mouseUp dispatch "foo" to me with 1,2 put the result end mouseUp on foo p1, p2 return p1 + p2 end foo ...but this does not

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

The `dispatch function` form of the dispatch command indeed does not appear to be documented. On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:10 PM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote: > > > Sometimes you want to do a "remote" call to a function a

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

A perhaps better way is to put all your functions that you want to call "remotely" in a button or a script only stack and when you first open your stack insert the script of into front or back. One thing to keep in mind however is scoping. "this" for example refers to the object which called

Re: Documentation on Dispatch

Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote: > Sometimes you want to do a "remote" call to a function and get data > back. At first this appear no possible > > send | dispatch | do | call > > BUT: FYI you can wrap a function in Dispatch and the value is > returned in the result. > > this is not documented.

Documentation on Dispatch

for the documentarians among us. Sometimes you want to do a "remote" call to a function and get data back. At first this appear no possible send | dispatch | do | call BUT: FYI you can wrap a function in Dispatch and the value is returned in the result. this is not documented.

Re: Volunteer github guru for documentation submissions?

ot;encrypt" finished - turned out it needed a lot more than just an example). If it passes muster this time I will be on to rawClipboardData (if it still needs work). I certainly won't be winning any awards for rapidity :) -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.2

Re: LC7 Community - Documentation window does not appear

Alejandro Tejada wrote: > Does exist a LiveCode Plugin that alerts if an open stack window > is not visible or out of the screen rectangle? I'm not familiar with one that alerts, but part of my devolution plugin is a substack called DeskView which provides a small overview of windows. In Desk

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