Re: LiveCode in K-6 school environment

2010-09-23 Thread Scott Morrow
Hello Monte, snip - Starting programming for older kids (9 or 10 year olds). It sounds like the age of children you are looking at may be a challenging group if writing code is the goal. I teach 8 and 9 year olds and my experience teaching them HyperCard (and last year, revMedia) is that (no

Re: LiveCode in K-6 school environment

2010-09-23 Thread Monte Goulding
Hi Scott It sounds like the age of children you are looking at may be a challenging group if writing code is the goal. I teach 8 and 9 year olds and my experience teaching them HyperCard (and last year, revMedia) is that (no matter how hard I wish it to be different) very few are

[revMobile] black screen [was [revMobile] Horizontal Orientation]

2010-09-23 Thread Nicolas Cueto
... and except for an occasional screen going black issue I wrote about this RevMobile problem on the ImproveRevolution list but got not response, but am kind of relieved to hear from Randy Hengst that it's not just my setup that's experiencing this. Anyonelse getting a black screen with

Re: Colors in LiveCode

2010-09-23 Thread René Micout
Hello (again) ! Mac OS X 10.6.4 I have a stack background color (RVB = 198,198,198) I control it with colorimètre numérique Apple version 3.7.2 = 198,198,198 I snapshot it : cmd+shift+4 I control the result on finder with colorimètre numérique = 198,198,198 I import it with menu File/Import as

The Scripter's Scrapbook (was: Online Snippets library)

2010-09-23 Thread FlexibleLearning
Your Entries are stored in the stack data file (initially called ssBk.rev in the download). If you have more than one Scrapbook, it will also be a stack data file. I have not used Dropbox so it would be good to know that a 'roaming' solution for ssBk is easily available. Hugh Senior FLCo

RunRev Store Account

2010-09-23 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi, After several days, I still had not received my RunRev Store password. Instead of writing to support, I decided to reset my password. I went to http://runrev.com/store/ and clicked on reset password', entered my e-mail address and received an e-mail with my password immediately. This seems

LiveCode 4.5 personal licences

2010-09-23 Thread paolo mazza
Referring to the last version of the LIveCode store ( http://www.runrev.com/store/ ) , I do not understand the difference between the LiveCode 4.5 Desktop Mac/Win (99 $ ) licence and LiveCode 4.5 Desktop Personal (275 $ ) licence . * The difference between the 2 personal licences is that

Re: LiveCode in K-6 school environment

2010-09-23 Thread Richmond
On 09/23/2010 09:58 AM, Scott Morrow wrote: Hello Monte, snip - Starting programming for older kids (9 or 10 year olds). It sounds like the age of children you are looking at may be a challenging group if writing code is the goal. I teach 8 and 9 year olds and my experience teaching them

Re: LiveCode in K-6 school environment

2010-09-23 Thread Monte Goulding
Now this is really very interesting. I put some plastic cups on the table and move beans around them and call it a calculator. The I set up an interface with buttons as per a standard Electronic calculator; and a few fields called cup1, cup2, cup3, and so on on RevMedia. Then get

Re: I feel betrayed

2010-09-23 Thread Kevin Miller
On 23/09/2010 01:43, Robert Mann r...@free.fr wrote: Hi I guess though the issue raised was more regardingf KIDs that were able to download revMedia and keep going at home than schools buying stuff for the classroom.. Just to be clear here - we do have a scolarship program for K-12 and aren't

Re: Updating from Revolution 4.0 to LiveCode 4.5

2010-09-23 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from Beautiful Brittany, When I combine both answers : Jacque wrote : You can delete or zip the old Rev folder, those files aren't needed for LiveCode. Bernd wrote : you could probably open the info of one .rev file and choose the program you want to open this file type . I

Cloning a folder?

2010-09-23 Thread David Bovill
It seems that revCopyFolder does not return a value for the new folder it creates - this is important when the destination folder already exists - because it still creates a folder but with a new folder name that at least on the Mac adds an integer value to the end of the name ie ./folder 2 Is

Re: LiveCode 4.5 personal licences

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Bonner
Hmm, looks to me like they need to adjust the desctription and that maybe it includes livecode for web? The price comes out the same if you build that selection using the customize tool. (275, 99 for the first, 99 for linux and 77 for livecode web with the bundle discount. That bundle listing

Re: I feel betrayed

2010-09-23 Thread Richard Gaskin
Kevin Miller wrote: On 23/09/2010 01:43, Robert Mann rman at free.fr wrote: Hi I guess though the issue raised was more regardingf KIDs that were able to download revMedia and keep going at home than schools buying stuff for the classroom.. Just to be clear here - we do have a scolarship

uuencode/uudecode

2010-09-23 Thread Matthias Rebbe
Hi, how can i uuencode data with LiveCode? Do i need 3rd party tools for that? i cannot find anything about it, when searching the dictionary for uuencode. Regards, Matthias___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit

[OT] test

2010-09-23 Thread Richard Gaskin
Sorry for the seeming waste of bandwidth, but I need to verify something about the format of these list archives so please ignore this email. From here to there From here to there From here to there and From here to there Back to your regularly-scheduled LiveCode discussion -- Richard

Re: RunRev Store Account

2010-09-23 Thread Mark Wieder
Mark- Thursday, September 23, 2010, 2:58:19 AM, you wrote: After several days, I still had not received my RunRev Store password. Instead of writing to support, I decided to reset my password. I went to http://runrev.com/store/ and clicked on reset password', entered my e-mail address and

Re: The Scripter's Scrapbook (was: Online Snippets library)

2010-09-23 Thread stephen barncard
Right, but ssbk.rev also seems to be the core app loaded by the standalone. So the DATA and BUSINESS LOGIC are both in ssbk.rev ? On 23 September 2010 02:34, FlexibleLearning ad...@flexiblelearning.comwrote: Your Entries are stored in the stack data file (initially called ssBk.rev in the

Re: The Scripter's Scrapbook (was: Online Snippets library)

2010-09-23 Thread JosepM
Hi Hugh, I tryed to update to the last version, but the app is hang up, and still Startup... Exactly what I must do after update and see the NEW Scripter's Scrapbook? I have version 5.2.16, inside the 5.2.17 and now inside of this the 5.2.19... :( Only I can use the 5.2.16... Salut, Josep M --

Re: The Scripter's Scrapbook (was: Online Snippets library)

2010-09-23 Thread FlexibleLearning
Correct. /H stephen barncard wrote: Right, but ssbk.rev also seems to be the core app loaded by the standalone. So the DATA and BUSINESS LOGIC are both in ssbk.rev ? On 23 September 2010 02:34, FlexibleLearning ad...@flexiblelearning.comwrote: Your Entries are stored in the stack data file

Re: I feel betrayed

2010-09-23 Thread Boileau
Good news indeed! Could you consider extending this scolarship program to pre-service teachers taking courses in which LiveCode would be used ? This would allow then to instal LiveCode at home and practice with it. Kind regards, André Le 10-09-23 à 13:00,

Re: The Scripter's Scrapbook (was: Online Snippets library)

2010-09-23 Thread FlexibleLearning
A hanging app has been reported when using an old version of the standAlone with ssBk. Go to www.flexibleLearning.com/ssbk, click FREE DOWNLOADS and download a replacement standalone application in the Extras: Application Programs section of the page. After an update, the 'new folder' is always

Your LiveCode Accounts

2010-09-23 Thread Heather Nagey
Dear List Folks, Just a quick update on your accounts. All the account creation emails have been sent out now, so if you didn't get yours (spam filter, bounce?) you can go to this page: http://www.runrev.com/store/account/login/ In the Existing Customers area, enter the email address you

Re: Cloning a folder?

2010-09-23 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/23/10 8:46 AM, David Bovill wrote: It seems that revCopyFolder does not return a value for the new folder it creates - this is important when the destination folder already exists - because it still creates a folder but with a new folder name that at least on the Mac adds an integer value

Re: The Scripter's Scrapbook (was: Online Snippets library)

2010-09-23 Thread stephen barncard
Will all due respect, Hugh, I've always cringed with the upgrade process with SS. It was never clear what to do with the mess in the folder that was left, and what was what. On 23 September 2010 10:19, FlexibleLearning ad...@flexiblelearning.comwrote: A hanging app has been reported when using

Re: use-revolution Digest, Vol 84, Issue 47

2010-09-23 Thread Marty Billingsley
On Sep 23, 2010, Scott Morrow sc...@elementarysoftware.com wrote: Hello Monte, snip - Starting programming for older kids (9 or 10 year olds). It sounds like the age of children you are looking at may be a challenging group if writing code is the goal. I teach 8 and 9 year olds and my

Re: Print Dialog Only Opens Once?

2010-09-23 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/23/10 12:14 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: Back with more print questions... After scripting answer printer on WindowsXP, I get the appropriate system print dialog, which I've followed with answer the result and then I exit to top, as I'm only checking results. Once this routine has run, I can't

Re: Text File Import

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Kerner
why, do you have something that does more, Stephen? For what we usually do around here, this is pretty bare-bones and straightforward, but rather than spending five hours writing it I thought I'd ask first. ___ use-revolution mailing list

The currently playing track revMobile

2010-09-23 Thread Terry Vogelaar
I want to write an iOS app that allows me to edit the tags of the tracks on my iPod Touch. Often when I listen to music on my iPod, I want to edit the data of the currently playing track. For example, I want to set the genre, or at least add some comments to it. And when I connect the iPod to

Re: Open printing to PDF bug?

2010-09-23 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/22/10 11:09 PM, Dar Scott wrote: William, I tried this: on mouseUp reset printing set the printPaperSize to 595,842 set the printPaperOrientation to landscape set the printmargins to 72,36,0,0 set the printscale to 1.1 open printing to pdf test.pdf -- add error check here print this card

Re: uuencode/uudecode

2010-09-23 Thread Phil Davis
Hi Matthias, With LiveCode on Mac OS X you could use a shell() command and let the 'uuencode' line command do the work. Not sure about Windows... there doesn't seem to be a direct way to uuencode a file - no 'uuencode' command, nor any way to do it using PowerShell (AFAIK). Do you feel like

Linux Tao

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Kerner
Has anybody completed a list of the issues that we face with using RR in Linux? I'm in the process of taking a project that I use all the time in Windoze and trying to port it. To this point, things I've found are: 1) odbc a) have to tell RR where the specific odbc driver that i'm using is

Re: Text File Import

2010-09-23 Thread stephen barncard
Apologies, it was my somewhat snide reply to your question: What you just asked for was a complete APPLICATION ! And the fact you have to deal with the HORRIBLE CSV format. Commas should have NEVER ever been used for delimiters, period. Returns mess up everything. Actually what you asked could

Re: Text File Import

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Kerner
I'm surprised that this isn't a stock library item. It's just a typical db import. No worries. Thanks for the replies. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: The currently playing track revMobile

2010-09-23 Thread Ian Wood
Neat idea. After a quick bit of searching, this was added to the SDK with OS3 - so it's possible, but I've no idea if it's possible with Rev. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/741847/iphone-sdk-accessing-current-song-information-through-an-app Ian On 23 Sep 2010, at 19:30, Terry Vogelaar

Re: calling com port under win7 with old 261 built app

2010-09-23 Thread Jeff Reynolds
Mark, I owe you a beer! it was the firewall! running fine now. was frustrating as the new win7 box i just bought just to do a little other win7 testing has no serial port! was going to have to add a card to start trying to test it or worse yet have to do a service call.., but all fixed

Re: The Scripter's Scrapbook (was: Online Snippets library)

2010-09-23 Thread Marian Petrides
Which is one of the many reasons I prefer to run the standalone alongside of LiveCode instead of from within it. On Sep 23, 2010, at 12:56 PM, stephen barncard wrote: Will all due respect, Hugh, I've always cringed with the upgrade process with SS. It was never clear what to do with the mess

Re: The currently playing track revMobile

2010-09-23 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Terry, Although it is possible to 'get' the current track info from obj-c but I very much doubt that LiveCode will have that same level of access. We need an external pass through for revMobile that will let us do calls to these libraries. Tom McGrath III Lazy River Software

Re: The currently playing track revMobile

2010-09-23 Thread Bob Sneidar
I don't think Steve Jobs would have a problem with that. OH WAIT! Yes he would. ;-) Bob On Sep 23, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Terry, Although it is possible to 'get' the current track info from obj-c but I very much doubt that LiveCode will have that same level of

Re: Open printing to PDF bug?

2010-09-23 Thread JosepM
This work for me, without change the exact size of the elements, but l lost about 2 cm at the bottom of the page. I need to force the stack size and move to some position that I can edit later, so if I use it in my laptop the stack is resized and when I print the PDF only show the visible area of

Where can I found the Shaosean libs?

2010-09-23 Thread JosepM
Hi, Some time ago I saw in the Shaosean's website that he had a interesting libraries and stacks. Often I check their website but I don't found any. It's posible locate the FTP and SMTP libraries? Salut, Josep -- View this message in context:

Re: Where can I found the Shaosean libs?

2010-09-23 Thread stephen barncard
2nd position on Google for shao sean http://www.shaosean.tk/ On 23 September 2010 16:19, JosepM jmye...@mac.com wrote: Hi, Some time ago I saw in the Shaosean's website that he had a interesting libraries and stacks. Often I check their website but I don't found any. It's posible locate

The message sent before preOpenStack

2010-09-23 Thread Dar Scott
I forgot the name of the message sent to the first card of the main stack in a standalone before everything else, even preOpenStack. I have used it before but those stacks are not where I am. What is the name of the message? execute? setup? preamble? begin? Dar Scott

Re: Where can I found the Shaosean libs?

2010-09-23 Thread stephen barncard
I misread. you need to contact Shao directly. I dearly regret mentioning something about some error in the code of a demo stack not meeting Shao's usual (excellent) 'standards'. I think my statements may have lost something in translation, as Shao was obviously insulted. It was meant as a

Re: The message sent before preOpenStack

2010-09-23 Thread Mark Schonewille
startUp -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Download the Installer Maker plugin for Runtime Revolution at http://qurl.tk/ce Create installers for Mac

Re: The message sent before preOpenStack

2010-09-23 Thread stephen barncard
startup On 23 September 2010 16:25, Dar Scott d...@swcp.com wrote: I forgot the name of the message sent to the first card of the main stack in a standalone before everything else, even preOpenStack. I have used it before but those stacks are not where I am. What is the name of the

Re: The currently playing track revMobile

2010-09-23 Thread Robert Mann
Sounds a MUST HAVE function idea for me that pass through... !!! Hope it gets through.. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/The-currently-playing-track-revMobile-tp2552505p2552894.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at

Hopefully a simple question

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Bonner
Finally am getting back on my feet(health stuff, long story) and want to try and learn some new things. I'm looking at making a very simple overhead view rpg, and my thought was to use tilesets and set the imagesource of the chars to the desired tile based on letter. (meaing w for wall, f for

Re: Hopefully a simple question

2010-09-23 Thread Monte Goulding
Would a datagrid be a better method for this? With a row template of 9 tile size images viewing 9 rows, and use fillindata to choose what imagadata to set each row tile to.. I was thinking this might work pretty well as I will only have to worry about the charoffset for each data row, and the

Re: Hopefully a simple question

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Bonner
Pulling out sections for view is part of the plan, after experimenting more, setting imagesource for my map is probably not on the good idea list, so i'm going to experiment with the button idea, thank you much. Might experiment with the same thing in a datagrid just for practice. Think if I

Re: Hopefully a simple question

2010-09-23 Thread wayne durden
Hi Mike, I don't have anything to add with regard to organizing your game, but if you want some really spiffy graphics for tile based game design there are some really good free ones at the following url: http://lunar.lostgarden.com/labels/free%20game%20graphics.html For instance the set:

Re: Hopefully a simple question

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Bonner
Awesome, since i'm horrible at graphic design, I was hoping to find free tilesets, and those look really nice! Thank you thank you. On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:38 PM, wayne durden wdur...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Mike, I don't have anything to add with regard to organizing your game, but if you

Re: Hopefully a simple question

2010-09-23 Thread Dar Scott
You might consider using buttons, not for any button functionality, but to reference images. Lay those out as you need. They will be in the same coordinates as your sprites and arrows and things. You can butt those against each other. Adjust the margins if buttons have them. If you go

Re: Hopefully a simple question

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Bonner
3/4 view? Same as iso view? Oh cool, just looked up toroid (didn't know what it was believe it or not) got a visual of how that would work now, thx! Setting things up with buttons now, and simply using labels to mark terrain types for the moment so I can get a basic movement system running,

Re: Hopefully a simple question

2010-09-23 Thread Dar Scott
On Sep 23, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: 3/4 view? Same as iso view? Probably, I don't know where I came up with 3/4. You don't have to do any math or perspective, just draw each tile as seen looking down but a bit looking (say) north. Dar

Re: Hopefully a simple question

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Bonner
K gotcha. And then layer the button positions so that things work out once the tiles are set. I -think- I understand how this will work. Going back to play more. On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Dar Scott d...@swcp.com wrote: On Sep 23, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: 3/4 view? Same

Re: Hopefully a simple question

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Bonner
Thank you all for the help. It's not pretty yet, but I now have a 9x9 grid that does wrap scrolling using the arrow keys, sets 1 of 2 possible tiles for each square based on current position, and it even seems to run decently fast. So far the data isn't coming from an array, just from a flat