On 28/08/2012, at 03:11 PM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone have a quick and dirty script for resizing a field to fit text
> content?
Hi Peter - if the width of the field remains fixed then you can do something as
simple as this
put the rect of fld x into tRect
put (item 2 of tRect + the formattedHeight of fld x) into item 4 of tRect
set the rect of fld x to tRect
Terry...
>
> Peter Bogdanoff
> UCLA
>
> On Aug 25, 2012, at 7:17 PM, Jerry Jensen <j...@jhj.com> wrote:
>
>> I LIKE IT!
>>
>> My needs are modest, and so is my tolerance for having to learn "real" SQL
>> syntax when I only want a tiny bit of it. I'll stay tuned!
>>
>> .Jerry
>>
>> On Aug 25, 2012, at 6:59 PM, Andre Garzia wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Folks,
>>>
>>> I am putting the final touches into a NoSQL data storage library for local
>>> LiveCode development. It is an add-on for my DB Lib and uses SQLite for the
>>> storage medium.
>>>
>>> It can store any kind of information as long as it is inside an array
>>> variable. It doesn't require a schema or a defined set of fields. You can
>>> mix and match any kind of array in the same storage file. Let me give you
>>> some examples, opening a new storage:
>>>
>>> dsOpen "myStorage", "com.andregarzia.example"
>>>
>>> Saving an item:
>>>
>>> put "32" into tA["age"]
>>> put "andre" into tA["first_name"]
>>> put "garzia" into tA["last_name"]
>>> dsSave "myStorage", tA
>>> if "dsErr" is not in the result then
>>> put the result into tKeyForLastSavedItem
>>> end if
>>>
>>> Retrieving an item back:
>>>
>>> put dsGet("myStorage", tKeyForLastSavedItem) into tA
>>>
>>> This all works without the need to touch a SQL database. This library will
>>> enter beta on monday for current owners of DB Lib. You can learn more by
>>> browsing the current API reference for the Data Storage Lib at:
>>>
>>> http://andregarzia.com/aux/datastorageapi/
>>>
>>> This is a true NoSQL solution for LiveCode and writes your data to safe
>>> folders in any system. You can save an item, save a bunch of items,
>>> retrieve keys, items, and do normal crud operations.
>>>
>>> The Data Storage Lib will be bundled with DB Lib, so all current owners of
>>> DB Lib will have it.
>>>
>>> Hope to hear feedback and opinions!
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> andre
>>>
>>> --
>>> http://www.andregarzia.com -- All We Do Is Code.
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