http://forums.runrev.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=22t=4295
http://forums.runrev.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=22t=1053
scroll through the second and there is a link for the full source code
to the game.. I tried it out a while back and it seemed pretty nifty
and you can probably get some
Very cool, thanks for links, have downloaded the source for g2, can't wait
to start digging through it. It's hit half past braindead-oclock here, night
all, and thx again.
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Shao Sean shaos...@wehostmacs.com wrote:
This is the first time I have replied to a uselist and I hope I have done it
correctly. If not, just let me know what I did wrong and I will do better
next time. I'm afraid I am more used to Invisionfree forums.
Kevin Miller wrote:
On 23/09/2010 01:43, Robert Mann r...@free.fr wrote:
Just to
OFF-TOPIC:
Hello bantymom! Glad to see you here in Use-Rev. I noticed you used Nabble to
reply to our emails. Just to let you know, you can receive and send your own
posts at the ease of your email. I am doing the same over here. Seeing that
you have a Yahoo! Mail, you can just create a folder
I don't kow this... I send a email.
Salut,
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I download the ssbk and work like a charm.
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I'm interested in the experience of people deploying Rev / LiveCode based
app that use sqlite databases. What issues do you get when deploying to the
various platforms? Is Linux OK?
Also I'd like to provide an IDE plugin that creates and uses an sqlite
database - this complicates things as the
On 24/09/2010, at 8:07 PM, David Bovill wrote:
I'm interested in the experience of people deploying Rev / LiveCode based
app that use sqlite databases. What issues do you get when deploying to the
various platforms? Is Linux OK?
Also I'd like to provide an IDE plugin that creates and uses
Hi Mike,
Download this stack, too:
http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/walkingman_2.zip
After you change the names of variables and controls to a
namespace familiar to your coding style, this script could
be useful and, hopefully, optimized for general use. :-D
Have a nice weekend!
Thank you very much! Lots of stuff way over my head so far, but i'll stick
with it till I get it. By the way, 'wrap' is very helpful for this sort of
thing.
Side question, if I wanted to use aerial style photos for my tiles, there is
a method to set the initial graphic up so that it will 'mesh'
His SMTP controls look pretty cool. I hope he will release them soon.
Quite a slogan too.
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Is there a way that a process of some sort can be implemented while a
script is running?
I answered a question in the forums where someone wanted a way to enable a
button when a certain condition was met. I set up a recursive send in time
handler. The stack operates normally, and when a script
For the part about setting up the graphic, what it sounds like you are after
is typically referred to as making seamless tiles. In many graphic programs
there is an offset filter. I think you are describing the gist, a 50%
horizontal and vertical offset, and then you smooth out the imperfections
Exactly what I was looking for, thank you again!
Alejandro, thanks for the walkingman stack, I may actually be able to wrap
my head around that one.
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:56 AM, wayne durden wdur...@gmail.com wrote:
For the part about setting up the graphic, what it sounds like you are
Hi Dunbar,
I do not have LiveCode installed in this computer, so i could not
test the following idea:
Why not make both, the process and the script, to depend
from an external source, for running and, then they call
each other?
For example, both runs only if certain fixed time has passed
or
err... folks, Shao Sean is a dudette and not a dude...
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:31 AM, william humphrey
b...@bluewatermaritime.com wrote:
His SMTP controls look pretty cool. I hope he will release them soon.
Quite a slogan too.
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err... folks, Shao Sean is a dudette and not a dude...
I think Scott or Richard explained Dude being for both... One of those
California things I guess.
But yes, Shao Sean, her code rocks!
[Little Andre's running around... phew! I wish I
Al.
But this is the way it runs now, and perfectly well, though only in one
direction as you laid it out. The background process is live all the time. The
stack does its thing.
I was only concerned if there was a way, however odd, to interrogate a
running script from the outside. This
Al.
But this is the way it runs now, and perfectly well, though only in one
direction as you laid it out. The background process is live all the time. The
stack does its thing.
I was only concerned if there was a way, however odd, to interrogate a
running script from the outside. This
On 9/24/10 8:36 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote:
Is there a way to interrupt, or rather, interrogate, the repeat loop? I
am not talking about checking the property within that running code.
I think what you want is:
wait 1 millisecond with messages
Put that into the repeat loop somewhere. It
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:57 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote:
Al.
But this is the way it runs now, and perfectly well, though only in one
direction as you laid it out. The background process is live all the time. The
stack does its thing.
I was only concerned if there was a way, however odd, to
Remind me, can you actually check a property of an object while a handler
that sets the property is running? It works fine when setting a variable,
but I can't make it work when repeatedly changing a property in a repeat
loop. (I suspect it would work if it was a send in time that set the
Nevermind, it works fine. Have no clue why I couldn't make it work the first
5 times I tried it.
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Mike Bonner bonnm...@gmail.com wrote:
Remind me, can you actually check a property of an object while a handler
that sets the property is running? It works fine
Hi Jacque,
J. Landman Gay wrote:
I think what you want is:
wait 1 millisecond with messages
Put that into the repeat loop somewhere. It forces the engine to do all
the same cleanup and checking as it does on idle, and will catch any
pending messages that have happened.
About
Hi,
How can I tell where (at what position or character) a line wraps in a field?
If I have a word which has a length greater than the width of the field it is
contained in, how can I get it to wrap anywhere other than at the end of the
word?
Thanks,
Jacques, et al.
The wait with messages, which I know about, is compact and cool. But that
code needs to reside within the running handler. As do, in their own way,
all the other comments from everyone. For example, BonnMike notes you can
read the state of a property while a handler is running.
Check out the formattedText in the dictionary.
Craig Newman
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Isn't there something in the 'new' externals interface that can share rev
globals, or pass a handle to a memory block? I'm talking out of my hat here.
On 24 September 2010 10:15, dunb...@aol.com wrote:
Jacques, et al.
The wait with messages, which I know about, is compact and cool. But that
Michael,
That should be something like this:
if the formattedWidth of word 1 to x of line y of fld z the width of fld z -
item 1 of the margins of fld z - item 3 of the margins of fld z then
put cr after word x of line y of fld z
end if
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On 9/24/10 12:15 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote:
I was asking if any state of the machine can be accessed from outside a
running handler. I read from all the responses, as I thought, that it cannot.
I see now. I think until we get threading, you can't.
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On 9/24/10 11:52 AM, Alejandro Tejada wrote:
About this new information on the engine's behavior,
(at least for me) i will like to know if:
a) It was written elsewhere on the dictionary/webpages or
b) Did you get it directly from Runrev or
c) it's result of personal observation and
Isn't this what your'e asking..
Put the following script in button 1
local tRunning
on mouseUp
if tRunning is empty then put false into tRunning
put not tRunning into tRunning
set the label of me to Running: tRunning
put 1 into tCount
repeat while tRunning
wait 1
Hi All...
I have a stack that reads a text file and puts that text in a card
fld. It works in 4.0, but when I open the same stack in 4.5 LiveCode
it does not work?
Here is the simple script:
on openStack
put the defaultFolder into tFilePath
open window data of stack Data
put
One way to simulate a repeat loop would be to have something like this:
on myHandler
Do whatever the handler does
send testForStateChange in 0 milleseconds
send myHandler to me in 100 milliseconds
end if
on TestForStateChange
Do whatever needs to be done for the test
if tTest =
Hi John,
It is not at the level of it not opening text files because my apps which do
that in 4.0 also do in LiveCode 4.5.
My suspicion is that the default folder may not now be what you think it
is...stick a put line or two into the script to put the defaultfolder or
TtargetToOpen into the
wayne durden wrote:
My suspicion is that the default folder may not now be what you think it
is...stick a put line or two into the script to put the defaultfolder or
TtargetToOpen into the message box to check that the path in the script is
what you think it is supposed to be.
I think you may
Thanks Mark and Craig,
That's what I need.
Unfortunately that property doesn't show up in the dictionary as a property of
a field (only a button) so it makes it a little hard to find. :(
And the syntax example for formatedWidth some punctuation.
Michael
On Sep 24, 2010, at 12:26 PM, Mark
Oh, external process. If its on osx, possible to do an appleevent check?
Like one of these in rev.
send whatyouwanttocheck to program programname
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Mike Bonner bonnm...@gmail.com wrote:
Isn't this what your'e asking..
Put the following script in button 1
snip
That's gold Richmond. I'm going to try it with my 7 year old.
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Hi Jacque,
J. Landman Gay wrote:
It isn't really new, it's been there for years. It is documented in the
dictionary in the entry for wait.
Good to know! :-)
Then, it would be great to add your comment
to the dictionary: http://docs.runrev.com/Command/wait
Thanks again for your answer!
DunbarX wrote:
This all came about because someone wanted a single universal watchdog on
his stack. He had several handlers in several places, all of which could
create a condition he wanted to act upon. So the send in time handler fit that
bill. If he created yet another such handler
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I think this is the right immediate solution. Jacque is always
right. And I have done this down deep in an I/O routine, but when I
can, I try to embrace the event driven nature of LiveCode and avoid
such loops.
What happens at each button click and keystroke should be fast and
neat in
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:15 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote:
Jacques, et al.
The wait with messages, which I know about, is compact and cool. But that
code needs to reside within the running handler. As do, in their own way,
all the other comments from everyone. For example, BonnMike notes you
I think the scenario Dunbar is describing can be handled with a combination
of an overhead watcher script that includes a send in time message to call
itself every so often, and a global variable or variables which are being
set in the sub-condition checking scripts which may contain repeat
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Richard Gaskin
ambassa...@fourthworld.comwrote:
Indeed it would:
Add Threaded messaging and or execution in Transcript
http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=2832
But threading comes with an additional level of responsibility. Right now
we
Richard's approach would be my approach also. It's usually easier to make the
solution overly complex, than to make it this simple.
Phil Davis
On 9/24/10 11:12 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
DunbarX wrote:
This all came about because someone wanted a single universal watchdog on
his stack. He
Right, but the running handler has to contain these checking routines. I
was asking if this can be done completely from outside them.
In a message dated 9/24/10 2:37:56 PM, wdur...@gmail.com writes:
I think the scenario Dunbar is describing can be handled with a
combination
of an overhead
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Richard Gaskin
ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote:
DunbarX wrote:
This all came about because someone wanted a single universal watchdog on
his stack. He had several handlers in several places, all of which could
create a condition he wanted to act upon. So the
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:37 PM, wayne durden wdur...@gmail.com wrote:
I think the scenario Dunbar is describing can be handled with a combination
of an overhead watcher script that includes a send in time message to call
itself every so often, and a global variable or variables which are being
Hi Zryip,
Sorry, I didn't catch the first post.
And Craig, I don't quite get the point about it all being in the same
handler? Because with the wait with messages and the send in time scenario,
all the handlers are effectively getting some time slices and all getting
to run somewhat as if each
I still have some of those BeeHive gadgets. When they went out of business,
I bought a bunch. I used them all in projects, a handful of which are still
running. There is a modern version for liveCode:
http://www.bkohg.com/serviceusbplus_e.html
As for this thread. It still seems that people are
I have had a few problems with rev 4.0. In the last few days I have had a
handful of freezes with LC 4.5. Anyone else noticing this? I was hoping for
more stability, not less.
On G5, OS 10.4.11
Craig Newman
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Maybe one can sprinkle calls to checker throughout code which can
look at global variable or be passed local variables. The body of
the checker handler can be commented out in the penultimate version.
Dar
On Sep 24, 2010, at 1:18 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote:
As for this thread. It still
Hi Craig,
Perhaps it is in the semantics when you say interrogate a running handler
somehow. A running handler can document it's status by setting a global
variable. Even if that handler has a repeat forever loop, if you have a
wait 1 millisecond with messages statement within the loop the
As pointed out, you can either do the automatic update and replace existing
with new, or manually download a starter-kit setup from the website and
import a backup of your old Scrapbook. The downside of the manual updating
is that you will also have to manually transfer any personal plugins and
zryip theSlug wrote:
Threading is cool. But it depends of your needs.
During more than 10 years I'm doing development and excepted specifics
needs, the only need I have with thread is have a thread which sleep
for an amount of time and wakeup to perform an action. In one hour,
one day...
In
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There is a modern version for liveCode:
http://www.bkohg.com/serviceusbplus_e.html
Cool!
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That said, there are areas where LiveCode could - itself - benefit from
multi-threading that isn't exposed to the end user. One example of this is
in access to the internet, file, or various OS accesses. Being able to issue
a large disk read/write and get a callback when
Wayne.
Yes. I did that to actually provide a solution. This whole thing is a
theoretical question, and it seems to have been resolved, especially by Jacque,
Richard Gaskin and Jeff, that a multiThreaded liveCode would be required to
make it happen.
I don't miss it. I was just wondering...
cron can also be useful for that, at least for OS X and Linux.
What is the command-line equivalent of cron on Windows?
In a command prompt, type:
AT -- help
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That's to keep it handy for the Livecode Resource Center. A small button
that says Launch PDF is there.
On 24 September 2010 12:38, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.comwrote:
One small step in that direction, from the LiveCode 4.5 Release Notes.pdf
(which is unfortunately buried deep
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Richard Gaskin
ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote:
zryip theSlug wrote:
Threading is cool. But it depends of your needs.
During more than 10 years I'm doing development and excepted specifics
needs, the only need I have with thread is have a thread which sleep
I am sorry Craig, I apparently got lost in the thread or came late or
something I came to RunRev from RealBasic where we did have threads of
a sort and I used them primarily to allow a responsive interface while
processing over large text files.
I haven't missed them with the combination of
How can I find out which stack called a library stack from the script of the
library stack ?
thanks...
John Dixon
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Do you mean lost in the multi-thread? I would be.
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Any stack can be a library stack. It just means that stack is in use, so
its stack scripts are available in the hierarchy. The stacksInUse property
lists all stacks that are used this way, and gives the order they are placed.
Craig Newman
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On Sep 24, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Jeff Massung wrote:
That said, there are areas where LiveCode could - itself - benefit
from
multi-threading that isn't exposed to the end user. One example of
this is
in access to the internet, file, or various OS accesses. Being
able
On Sep 24, 2010, at 2:11 PM, John Dixon wrote:
How can I find out which stack called a library stack from the
script of the library stack ?
A way that works in some cases is to look at the target and climb
owners until you get to a stack.
If you are wanting to do callbacks, you might
Craig-
Friday, September 24, 2010, 12:18:41 PM, you wrote:
As for this thread. It still seems that people are thinking you can
interrogate, from the outside, a running handler somehow. You can't. At least
not
that I have seen.
You can. But it's ugly. Trust me, you *really* don't want to do
John Dixon wrote:
How can I find out which stack called a library stack from the script of the
library stack ?
The executionContexts will return a list of the calling chain.
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How can I find out which stack called a library stack from
the script of the library stack ?
thanks...
John Dixon
Are you wondering which script issued the 'start using' command? Or which
script calls one of the
Thanks for your replies ... Dar, Richard, Jan
I have a stack that contains a field.. what happens in the field is
called from a library stack that is loaded in the preOpen stack
handler...
What I want to happen is that the backgroundColor of the field will
change depending on whether
On Sep 24, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
John Dixon wrote:
How can I find out which stack called a library stack from the
script of the library stack ?
The executionContexts will return a list of the calling chain.
Unfortunately, the LiveCode dictionary contains this statement:
Dar-
Friday, September 24, 2010, 2:49:31 PM, you wrote:
Important: The value of the executionContexts may be changed in
future versions of Revolution, it is not recommended to write code
that depends on its contents.
It has ever been thus. The format of the executionContexts changed
On 9/24/10 1:43 PM, Jeff Massung wrote:
LiveCode's single-threaded messaging system is actually quite good and
powerful, and I wouldn't attempt to add any multi-threading capabilities to
it without a serious inward look that was also willing to break many of the
paradigms currently in place.
On 9/24/10 2:38 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
One small step in that direction, from the LiveCode 4.5 Release
Notes.pdf (which is unfortunately buried deep inside the app bundle on
OS X virtually guaranteeing no Mac customer will ever see it):
They're in the Help menu now.
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On Sep 24, 2010, at 4:00 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
I wish that RunRev would bless the format of the property or provide
other properties or functions that provide context information.
I do too, but it's deep in the bowels of the engine, so changing it is
likely to break everything. I rather
Wha??
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Friday, September 24, 2010, 3:16:11 PM, you wrote:
On Sep 24, 2010, at 4:00 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
I wish that RunRev would bless the format of the property or provide
other properties or functions that provide context information.
I do too, but it's deep in the bowels of the engine,
Richard
One small step in that direction, from the LiveCode 4.5 Release Notes.pdf
(which is unfortunately buried deep inside the app bundle on OS X virtually
guaranteeing no Mac customer will ever see it):
The release notes are easily accessible from the LiveCode IDE Menu
(help-release
On Sep 24, 2010, at 5:14 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
...
By removing the offending paragraph in the executionContexts
dictionary entry, RunRev would effectively be making a commitment to
including descriptions of any changes to the value in the engine
revision report for new versions. Or at least
On 9/24/10 2:21 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote:
I have had a few problems with rev 4.0. In the last few days I have had a
handful of freezes with LC 4.5. Anyone else noticing this? I was hoping for
more stability, not less.
On G5, OS 10.4.11
It's been pretty solid for me, but I just gave up my
On 9/24/10 1:23 PM, Dar Scott wrote:
I think this is the right immediate solution. Jacque is always right.
I'd really appreciate it if you could tell my husband that.
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Dear List,
The Slug is pleased to announce the availability of a plugin on its website.
This plugin extends the IDE with:
- a way to resize controls with arrow keys. Just press the alt key
and give the direction of the resizing by pressing an arrowkey. You
can resize a selected control or
thanks, mr. slug this is very useful.
On 24 September 2010 17:37, zryip theSlug zryip.thes...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear List,
The Slug is pleased to announce the availability of a plugin on its
website.
This plugin extends the IDE with:
- a way to resize controls with arrow keys. Just
Printing and fonts are the big deals. I haven't encountered the slowness in
tables, and have never used ODBC. I would check all displays to make sure
the fonts fit at different size displays, check revPrintField to make sure
it works (it does not for me), check print card, which used to print
Hmm are you trying to create a notepad-like application that, when closed,
saves it's contents and reloads them back when it's been relaunched?
Yes, exactly. Each card is a note. There are buttons to navigate forwards,
backwards through the cards/notes, add and delete cards etc. Pretty simple
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