Re: 8.1.10 Reporting the ScreenSize of a iPhone7: 0,0,375,667

2018-06-23 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Hi Brahmanathaswami, I think I have found the culprit. I don’t have a Plus device to check, but the differences you see between the iPhone 7 Plus device and simulator is probably because you have enabled the "Zoomed Mode" in the device. If you have "Zoomed Mode" enabled in the iPhone 6+/7+/8+

Re: 8.1.10 Reporting the ScreenSize of a iPhone7: 0,0,375,667

2018-06-23 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
OK there are lot issues at the QA center relating to landscape I added the test stack to https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19465 so that you can test on the latest build (await release, 9.1) I don't want to have 9.1 come out only to find it does not work. BR Hi

Re: 8.1.10 Reporting the ScreenSize of a iPhone7: 0,0,375,667

2018-06-23 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Geesh! (He bangs his head on the desk...ha!) that fixed it! I don't when I turn on Zoom mode... possibly last year! And it has been carrying that setting forward through all updates. It actually does a "reset" on the phone to change to "standard mode" I suppose it good that you found this,

Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Using LC9, I want to add a "paste without formatting" (as seen in may browser edit menus) command and I can't see to figure out how to do it. My most recent attempt of many still pastes formatted text (with underlining, bolding, italics, fonts, colors, etc. in place) *on*pasteKey *-- remove

How to get the dimensions of an image with LC server ?

2018-06-23 Thread jbv via use-livecode
Hi list, IS there a way to get the dimensions (width & height) of an img (jpeg or png) with livecode server ? The image is located somewhere on the same server. Thanks in advance, jbv ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: 8.1.10 Reporting the ScreenSize of a iPhone7: 0,0,375,667

2018-06-23 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I enter a new handler into stack script on resizestack pNewWidth, pNewHeight, pOldWidth, pOldHeight put pNewWidth && pNewHeight && pOldWidth && pOldHeight into it answer it with "OK" end resizestack 1) on switch on portrait to landscape (turn sideways) I get a resizeStack answer.

Re: How to get the dimensions of an image with LC server ?

2018-06-23 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
Short answer - just the same as with LC :-) It wasn't there in the initial versions of LC, but for quite a ong time now the standard image functions have worked. Here's a quick (tested - on on-rev/sage) demo with an image I happened to have: Hi list, IS there a way to get the dimensions

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Tore Nilsen via use-livecode
>From the dictionary: The LiveCode development environment traps the pasteKey message <>, unless "Suspend LiveCode UI" is turned on in the Development menu. This means that the pasteKeymessage <> is not received by a stack <> if it's running in the development environment <>. So if you are

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Nice catch Tore. My original code was addressing a different couple of problems. The first was that when you attempted to populate the clipboard with plain text that LC would also put an HTML version on that would cause issues with paste in other apps. The second is designed to adjust the HTML

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Paul...may I ask you why your code pasting is the way it is ?...is there some kind of practical reason for it being that way?...sure is harder to read that way. On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Okay, I missed that in the

Re: 8.1.10 Reporting the ScreenSize of a iPhone7: 0,0,375,667

2018-06-23 Thread Colin Holgate via use-livecode
I’m working on an update to an Adobe AIR app, and one thing for me to have to figure out is that on iPhone 7 some graphics are being cut off. The screens are fine on other phones that are the same screen size. Which suggests there may be something about iPhone 7 that is odd, that is nothing to

Re: Open source iOS and Android

2018-06-23 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Linda I hope this can help you on your journey of learning livecode mobile development. http://www.allitebooks.in/livecode-mobile-development-beginners-guide/ On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 2:37 PM, Randy Hengst via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Linda, > > To best

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Strike that last remark. BUT: that script expects one to press the CONTROL key on the Mac rather than the COMMAND key one usually uses to PASTE, so how that can be achieved on a Windows or a Linux machine I just don't know. Richmond. On 23/6/2018 11:39 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Oh: and

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Okay, I missed that in the entry. That explains why the pasteKey message wasn't working. I am all set now. Thank you. On 6/23/2018 5:15 PM, Tore Nilsen via use-livecode wrote: > >From the dictionary: > > The LiveCode development environment traps the pasteKey message <>, unless > "Suspend

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
https://github.com/bwmilby/lc-misc/blob/master/ClipboardHelper/clipboardhelper.livecodescript Check out this handler. I can answer questions about it this evening if needed. On Jun 23, 2018, 9:18 AM -0500, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode , wrote: > Using LC9, I want to add a "paste without

Re: How to get the dimensions of an image with LC server ?

2018-06-23 Thread jbv via use-livecode
Hi Alex, Indeed it works. Thank you very much. On Sat, June 23, 2018 7:08 pm, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: > Short answer - just the same as with LC :-) > > > It wasn't there in the initial versions of LC, but for quite a ong time > now the standard image functions have worked. Here's a

Re: Browser Widget Layer on mobile

2018-06-23 Thread Dan Friedman via use-livecode
Brian, I think that’s true for Native Controls, but I’m seeing different results for the bowser widget. I find that if I put the bowser widget in a group, it draws within the group’s bounds like other controls. What I’m experiencing is that on Mobile (at least iOS), it’s acting like a

Re: 8.1.10 Reporting the ScreenSize of a iPhone7: 0,0,375,667

2018-06-23 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Now that we know "Zoomed Mode" has an effect... The card rect "source of authority" in all case uses the screenRect 1) Oddly, with Zoomed Mode set, it gave the right reading 0,0,414,736 And it set up in portraitUI correctly! 2) Caveat though: passing that rect to these handlers (in a

Re: Open source iOS and Android

2018-06-23 Thread Randy Hengst via use-livecode
Hi Linda, To best of my knowledge, you can’t use the Community version to build apps for iOS. So, the source code isn’t automatically available from developers… but, within the IDE of LiveCode, select the Sample Stacks… all sorts of options there with code available for viewing. be well,

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Thank you for this. However, it appears my problem is not with converting the clipboard from styled text to plain text, but with the "pasteKey" message. In LC9.0.0 under Windows 8.1, I create a new text stack and add and empty field and place the following handler in EITHER the card or stack

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Indeed: over "here" on MacOS 10.7.5 Livecode 8.1.10 the pasteKey command seems to be non-functional. Richmond. On 23/6/2018 11:07 pm, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Thank you for this. However, it appears my problem is not with converting the clipboard from styled text to plain text, but

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Hey, Wow, it's the Richmond school of shovels and primitive stuff at its worst. If I have a field that conatins some styled text (let's call it "ff1"), and I want to shift it with its styling removed into another field (let's call it "ff2") then this does the trick in a button: onmouseUp

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Oh: and just to make things even odder than usual, it only works when the fild "ff1" does NOT have focus (i.e. the cursor is NOT in the field). Richmond. On 23/6/2018 11:38 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: However, I, at least, am experiencing great joy just at present as this: oncontrolKeyDown

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
However, I, at least, am experiencing great joy just at present as this: oncontrolKeyDown KEE ifKEE is "V" then puttheclipboardDataintofld "ff1" else passcontrolKeyDown endif endcontrolKeyDown popped UNSTYLED text into fld "ff1" on MacOS 10.7.5 LiveCode 8.1.10 Your mileage

Re: Open source iOS and Android

2018-06-23 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
I contacted Colin to see if it was him who has allowed his book to be downloaded for free. it was not. He doesn't mind, but says the publisher might. here is a link. https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/livecode-mobile-development-beginners-guide-second-edition On Sat, Jun

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
The code below with no spaces between the works is Richmonds On 6/23/2018 5:58 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote: > Paul...may I ask you why your code pasting is the way it is ?...is there > some kind of practical reason for it being that way?...sure is harder to > read that way. > > On Sat,

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread James At The Hale via use-livecode
>From the dictionary... > The LiveCode development environment traps the pasteKey message, unless > "Suspend LiveCode UI" is turned on in the Development menu. This means that > the pasteKey message is not received by a stack if it's running in the > development environment. Could this be

LC 9 Dictionary, Linux

2018-06-23 Thread Warren Samples via use-livecode
Hello, I don't recall off the top of my head what the current remaining issue is with the dictionary under Linux. I know there have been a couple or three that have been reported by different people on different distros. The workaround to open the dictionary in a browser is working pretty

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
sorry Paul...my bad. Richmond. why does your code paste that way? On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 7:59 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > The code below with no spaces between the works is Richmonds > > On 6/23/2018 5:58 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote: >

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
It happens when a colorized handler is copied directly from the script editor and pasted into a list response. The list only understands plain text, and styled text confuses it. I'm not sure if it happens on all platforms but we've seen it before in other posts. Brian's plaintext handler