Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread hh via use-livecode
> JLG wrote: > ... But it should be easier. You could use tinyDictionary. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Thanks. But it should be easier. On 8/26/17 11:53 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: "select\b" will make finding it a little easier. On Aug 26, 2017 at 11:49 PM, mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com)> wrote: On 8/26/17 10:41 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Monte Goulding via use-livecode
> On 28 Aug 2017, at 4:09 am, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode > wrote: > >CantSelect disallows selection by the edit tool, mostly used in >development, but doesn't change the message path. > > Hmm.. doesn't this comprise a Noobie Gotcha? >

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 08/27/2017 01:42 PM, Marty Knapp via use-livecode wrote: I use this feature extensively in an app where there is card that has objects that users can select to change properties (line width, color, font, etc) and at the top of the window is a toolbar with font menu, etc. I don't want the

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 08/27/2017 01:36 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode wrote: I have used cantSelect before to stop selection of a background image that has lots of objects on top. It means you can drag select them and won’t accidentally click-drag and move your background. It’s better than lockLocation

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
I sent this reply once already, several hours ago. It hasn't arrived, so I thought I'd try again. If you get two copies, I apologize on behalf of the listserver: On 8/27/17 1:09 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: > JQ wrote > CantSelect disallows selection by the

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mark Wieder wrote: On 08/27/2017 01:42 PM, Marty Knapp via use-livecode wrote: I use this feature extensively in an app where there is card that has objects that users can select to change properties (line width, color, font, etc) and at the top of the window is a toolbar with font menu, etc. I

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 08/27/2017 04:49 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Mark Wieder wrote: On 08/27/2017 01:42 PM, Marty Knapp via use-livecode wrote: I use this feature extensively in an app where there is card that has objects that users can select to change properties (line width, color, font, etc)

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 08/27/2017 01:10 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: CantSelect is false by default, and since it isn't in the project browser, new users are unlikely to know about it. They're also unlikely to dig into the Plugins menu to show the app browser, so mistakes would probably be rare.

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Monte Goulding via use-livecode
> On 28 Aug 2017, at 6:29 am, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > >> CantSelect is false by default, and since it isn't in the project browser, >> new users are unlikely to know about it. They're also unlikely to dig into >> the Plugins menu to show the app

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Monte Goulding via use-livecode
> On 28 Aug 2017, at 4:08 am, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > >> I've been working on the dictionary and would like to improve it even more. > > Your name will be praised. :) Brian’s name is praised already! He’s certainly pitching in! As far as the

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Marty Knapp via use-livecode
I use this feature extensively in an app where there is card that has objects that users can select to change properties (line width, color, font, etc) and at the top of the window is a toolbar with font menu, etc. I don't want the user to be able to select the toolbar controls and

Re: Text (uni)coding issue

2017-08-27 Thread Monte Goulding via use-livecode
> On 27 Aug 2017, at 11:44 am, Andrew Bell via use-livecode > wrote: > > There were some errors (I think from email translations), but I think I > understand what you're trying to do. The data still seems to be in a weird > format. Hmm… did you encode the data

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
I think that may be better. Since JavaScript doesn't preserve pre-sort order, I think additional comparisons are needed to maintain the alpha sort. While we can use a trailing "\b" to match word ending (makes exact word be prioritized), using something like a quote

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
In development it can be handy if you have an object that shouldn't move or change, but you want to drag a selection around surrounding objects to select them. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 8/27/17 1:09 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: JQ wrote CantSelect disallows selection by the edit tool, mostly used in development, but doesn't change the message path. Hmm.. doesn't this comprise a Noobie Gotcha? cantSelect is not exposed in the PI for any

HTML5 and Post tArgs to URL "http://..." ?

2017-08-27 Thread JOHN PATTEN via use-livecode
Hi All, I was experimenting with HTML 5 this weekend. I have a script that posts some data to a server side .lc script. The script inserts the data into a mySQL database. I get a “-1” javascript error the minute the post tArgList to URL "http://.on-rev.com/folder/tracker.lc” script

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
JQ wrote CantSelect disallows selection by the edit tool, mostly used in development, but doesn't change the message path. Hmm.. doesn't this comprise a Noobie Gotcha? cantSelect is not exposed in the PI for any object. if it was, then toggling this in the ABrowser would trigger the

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Yes, Tiny Dictionary is brilliant. But does it integrate with the script editor yet? Will new users know they should download a third party solution to get a fully functional dictionary? I can usually find what I need because I know most of the terminology but others won't. . -- Jacqueline

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
Ah - thanks Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2017, at 11:39 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > CantSelect disallows selection by the edit tool, mostly used in development, > but doesn't change the message path. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
If you click a button with cantselect set to true, what object receives the click? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2017, at 6:20 AM, hh via use-livecode wrote: >> JLG wrote: >> ... But it should be easier. > > You could use tinyDictionary. > >

Re: CouchDB, DayBed, etc.

2017-08-27 Thread pink via use-livecode
I've used "LSON" in the past and had issues. Not with save files, but with socket transmission... I may play around a bit and see how things go - --- Greg (pink) Miller mad, pink and dangerous to code -- View this message in context:

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
I've been working on the dictionary and would like to improve it even more. Changes to the selection logic will probably need concurrence from the LC folks.Right now the search is performed on the name and the syntax. Priority is given to terms that match the start of a word.

Re: CouchDB, DayBed, etc.

2017-08-27 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
pink wrote: > I've used "LSON" in the past and had issues. Not with save files, but > with socket transmission... > > I may play around a bit and see how things go LSON is binary, so set headers accordingly. When in doubt, base64. I have two systems that use LSON almost exclusively to move

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
CantSelect disallows selection by the edit tool, mostly used in development, but doesn't change the message path. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On August 27, 2017 9:25:28 AM Jonathan Lynch

Re: Search Values of Array in "One Go"

2017-08-27 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Thanks Brian… We use MS office for enterprise now, So I have one drive and it came right thru. On 8/26/17, 5:51 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Brian Milby via use-livecode" wrote: Here is a link to

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 8/27/17 12:48 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: I've been working on the dictionary and would like to improve it even more. Your name will be praised. :) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
PR submitted... https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pull/1713 http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20289 On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Brian Milby wrote: > I think that may be better. > > Since JavaScript doesn't preserve pre-sort order, I think additional >

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Richard: Hmmm, this could be really useful a whole responsive palette of control on the side of a card, (instead of a separate palette stack) while continuing to dev in the main region. useful for dev. In fact doesn't this solve a core UX, that is not "ancient"by any means?: A drawing

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
this is a really useful prop… too bad it is not exposed in the PI "use case for it" OH Boy! us page lay people lock background objects all the time… once a subset of elements are "locked down" design wise.. you don't what them moving about. I'll be using this a lot now that I found it… But

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 08/27/2017 06:21 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: The pointer tool, like any of the tools, is just an interaction mode. Any capabilities beyond manipulating layout are defined by your scripts. OK - so we're talking about outside the IDE. So the cantSelect property comes into

Re: Bad Crash on Attempt to Group Radio Buttons

2017-08-27 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mark Wieder wrote: > On 08/27/2017 04:49 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: >> Drawing != development. > > Maybe I'm only partially understanding this then. My take on this is > that the cantSelect property really only comes into play when the > edit tool (or whatever it's called these