Re: Advantages of LC as high level language--examples

2010-11-29 Thread Medard
Devin Asay wrote: > In trying to explain to students how high level languages such as LiveCode > can make development faster, I would like to give concrete examples of how > single-line LC commands actually execute dozens of C++ commands in the > engine. For example, a simple one-liner like: > >

Re: Use of 'LC' as shorthand for Livecode.

2010-11-29 Thread Richmond
On 11/30/2010 01:45 AM, Tom B. wrote: I had one of those LC Macs. LC stood for "low cost" -- a passing fancy among Apple marketers. We called it the pizza box Mac as the CPU case was about the dimensions of a large pizza to go. -- Tom Bodine "low cost" see what I mean: not always going to be i

Re: Making a tool palette

2010-11-29 Thread Marty Knapp
Thanks Scott (and Jim for the example), This looks excellent - I will tinker with this for a while and see what I can learn. Marty Hi Marty: You might want to take a look at a drag-and-drop implementation I built some time ago for dragging any kind of control to a target stack. In your mess

Re: Making a tool palette

2010-11-29 Thread Jim Sims
On Nov 30, 2010, at 7:01 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: > You might want to take a look at a drag-and-drop implementation I built some > time ago for dragging any kind of control to a target stack. Here's an example of using Scott's example (plus Eric of course, with minor bits of my own thrown in the

Re: Making a tool palette

2010-11-29 Thread Scott Rossi
Hi Marty: You might want to take a look at a drag-and-drop implementation I built some time ago for dragging any kind of control to a target stack. In your message box: go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/site_files/downloads/TMdragndrop.rev"; When the stack launches, start dragging any object,

Re: Making a tool palette

2010-11-29 Thread Marty Knapp
Thanks Chipp and Jan, I don't want to edit or replace the LC tool palette, just create something similar for a project where I'm trying to imitate Visio where you drag symbols off a palette onto your worksheet. I would have half a dozen different buttons that the user could drag onto a stack w

Re: RTF documents as templates

2010-11-29 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- On Mon, 11/29/10, Andrew Kluthe wrote: > > I have been trying to implement the methods described in > revUp's articles on > the subject. The trouble that I am having is that some of > the > [[Placeholders]] don't get changed at all. Some are > replaced and some are > left as placeholders. >

Re: Question about Pasting or copying cds from one stack to another

2010-11-29 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- On Mon, 11/29/10, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: > On Nov 29, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > > I have thought for a long time that Menus in > Rev/LiveCode should actually be a special kind of object > unto themselves, not a group of objects set as a background. > However, consider Windows

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- On Mon, 11/29/10, Monte Goulding wrote: > Hi Charles > > I'm a little confused about your requirements. Did you want > to allow decimals or not? Here's some code copied from one > of my behavior scripts. You only need to modify the one > function to impose whatever data entry limits you like:

Re: Making a tool palette

2010-11-29 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- On Mon, 11/29/10, Marty Knapp wrote: > I want to make a tool palette very > similar to the LC tool palette, that I can drag a button off > of and have it create on a stack. So I copied revtools.rev > to the desktop and changed its name there and tried to open > it, but of course LC wants to kn

Re: Making a tool palette

2010-11-29 Thread Chipp Walters
Marty, I might suggest you try and create a blank palette and then examine the scripts of rev's tool palette before jumping into the deep end. Modifying the IDE requires a deep understanding of how LC‘s IDE works, and isn't recommended for those not well-versed in it's ways. On Monday, November 2

Making a tool palette

2010-11-29 Thread Marty Knapp
I want to make a tool palette very similar to the LC tool palette, that I can drag a button off of and have it create on a stack. So I copied revtools.rev to the desktop and changed its name there and tried to open it, but of course LC wants to know what to do with the existing tool palette. I

hello again...

2010-11-29 Thread Alex Shaw
Hi I don't seem to be receiving emails from the following mailing lists anymore.. use-livecode@lists.runrev.com livecode-...@lists.runrev.com Last I received was on the 22nd Nov. Have they been discontinued? regards alex ___ use-livecode mailing l

Re: Advantages of LC as high level language--examples

2010-11-29 Thread jonathandlynch
Nice description! I like the way rev, with its stacks, substacks, cards, and groups - and message path - compels me to modularize my code. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Chipp Walters Sender: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com Date: Mon, 29 Nov 201

Re: Advantages of LC as high level language--examples

2010-11-29 Thread Chipp Walters
Jeff, Very passionate and thought provoking. I do believe syntax and the number of coded lines does enter into the equation. Your one-liner, while concise, has little readability for most of us. I suppose once one learns the correct syntax, it makes more sense. Even so, having to correctly ent

Re: file uploads and progress monitoring on on-rev(reposted )

2010-11-29 Thread Martin Koob
Andre Thanks again for the answer. Doing that in Javascript is beyond me so I think I will settle for no upload progress for now and work on another part of the site I am working on. I am learning how on-rev and browsers work together as I work on this project so your explanations are really

variable persistence in on-rev pages

2010-11-29 Thread Martin Koob
I am trying to figure out how on an on-rev site to allow a user to view a file a limited number of times. I have an on-rev page that when it loads it retrieves a number value from a data base (ie. 10) and stores it in a variable tCount. On the page is a form and if the form is submitted the va

Re: SQLite Locking

2010-11-29 Thread Peter Haworth
I'm kinda doing that. In some cases, the db update consists of several insert operations which would leave the db in an inconsistant state if any of them failed before they all completed. So after getting all the input, I lock the db, do all the insertions, then unlock it. If any proble

Re: Advantages of LC as high level language--examples

2010-11-29 Thread Jeff Massung
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Devin Asay wrote: > Hello all, > > In trying to explain to students how high level languages such as LiveCode > can make development faster, I would like to give concrete examples of how > single-line LC commands actually execute dozens of C++ commands in the > en

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread Monte Goulding
Hi Charles I'm a little confused about your requirements. Did you want to allow decimals or not? Here's some code copied from one of my behavior scripts. You only need to modify the one function to impose whatever data entry limits you like: on keydown pKey if checkText(getNewText(pKey)) the

Can someone explain (image to graphic)

2010-11-29 Thread stgoldb...@aol.com
There are programs that will convert an image (such as a jpeg) to a graphic (vector). For instance, see http://vectormagic.com/home. Stephen Goldberg ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscrib

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
I wonder if you can break it by typing really really fast? Bob On Nov 29, 2010, at 4:10 PM, charles61 wrote: > > Jacqueline, > > Thanks very much! Your script worked! > > Charles Szasz > csz...@mac.com > > > > > On Nov 29, 2010, at 5:45 PM, J. Landman Gay [via Runtime Revolution] wrote:

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread charles61
Jacqueline, Thanks very much! Your script worked! Charles Szasz csz...@mac.com On Nov 29, 2010, at 5:45 PM, J. Landman Gay [via Runtime Revolution] wrote: > on keydown pKey > if (pKey is a number or pKey = ".") and len(me) < 3 > then pass keydown > end keydown -- View this messag

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread charles61
Devin, Just numbers - no decimal points. Charles Szasz csz...@mac.com On Nov 29, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Devin Asay [via Runtime Revolution] wrote: > On Nov 29, 2010, at 3:46 PM, charles61 wrote: > > > > > Devin, > > > > Thanks! I found it but I had to limit numbers with decimals. The number

Re: SQLite Locking

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
I think the solution here is to wait until all user input is acquired, then do the lock/write/unlock in a single blocking call. The only thing that would hurt you here is a system lockup or disconnect during this very very brief moment of time. Unlikely, but possible. I read this in a writeup

Re: [Really-OT] Rio is at a state of war

2010-11-29 Thread Pierre Sahores
Andre, Thanks for your posts. France-Culture has began to report what happens in Rio. Be careful. Kind Regards, Pierre Le 29 nov. 2010 à 23:43, Jonathan Lynch a écrit : > I agree with Andre that it is all about wise investments in human capital. > > The details as to how to do that, though,

Re: Need fast way to obtain vertical coordinates of text run

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
Oh yeah. FormattedHeight works also on a chunk of a field. That will save you a little bit of math. Bob On Nov 27, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Jonathan Lynch wrote: > Hi Richard, > > I am pretty sure you can use the FormattedRect of a chunk of text to > accomplish this. _

Re: Use of 'LC' as shorthand for Livecode.

2010-11-29 Thread Tom B.
I had one of those LC Macs. LC stood for "low cost" -- a passing fancy among Apple marketers. We called it the pizza box Mac as the CPU case was about the dimensions of a large pizza to go. -- Tom Bodine On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Richmond wrote: > 1. I used to have an Apple LC 470 (still

Re: Need fast way to obtain vertical coordinates of text run

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
I can see why the formattedHeight would not work. It takes into account line wraps as well as line breaks, and a variable or property cannot wrap text. Apart from putting the text in question into a hidden field of the exact dimensions, and then checking the formatted height of that, I don't se

Re: Live LiveCode code event (with chatrev)

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
I'm in Los Angeles, not San Francisco. What time would that be? ;-) But seriously, the SQL query GIU sounds fascinating! Will there be a way to DL this once it's done? I'd actually toss in a couple bucks on PayPal just to see it. I play volleyball on Saturday mornings, and it's an addiction.

Re: LC Mobile iOS Upload Figured Out

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
I used to get the same thing with graphics artists. They would import their assets right from the source, like a removable hard drive or a network share, without thinking what would happen when they took the project folder down to the service bureau to get film seps made. The next thing to happe

Re: Question about Pasting or copying cds from one stack to another

2010-11-29 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Thanks for the thought Bob. I'm such a Mac person that I neglected to think of that; also, as part of that myopia I dislike having the menus on the Window's real-estate. Apple got it right. M$ did not. IMHO! Joe Wilkins On Nov 29, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I have thought for a lon

Re: Question about Pasting or copying cds from one stack to another

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
I have thought for a long time that Menus in Rev/LiveCode should actually be a special kind of object unto themselves, not a group of objects set as a background. However, consider Windows, where menus are a part of the window itself, and you will begin to see why it almost has to work this way.

Re: Interlude [absolutlly off-topic] !!!

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
Maybe that is how ancient people actually looked. ;-) I wonder if that was something of a place for people to visit, like an art display underground, or if it had some kind of social or religious aspect? Bob On Nov 24, 2010, at 4:50 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 11/24/10 3:49 PM, Pierre Saho

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread Devin Asay
On Nov 29, 2010, at 3:46 PM, charles61 wrote: > > Devin, > > Thanks! I found it but I had to limit numbers with decimals. The numbers only > script does not do that. > > Charles Szasz > csz...@mac.com Ah, I misunderstood. I thought you meant that you wanted to disallow typing in decimal poin

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread charles61
Devin, Thanks! I found it but I had to limit numbers with decimals. The numbers only script does not do that. Charles Szasz csz...@mac.com On Nov 29, 2010, at 5:39 PM, Devin Asay [via Runtime Revolution] wrote: > Charles, > > Did you see my earlier post? There are two examples in the Liv

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 11/29/10 4:27 PM, charles61 wrote: Mike, I have not thought of using "not in". I did not use "1234567890" because it does not limit decimals. I think it should be "is in" instead of "is not in". As written, it will allow any keys except numbers. I'd do: on keydown pKey if (pKey is a n

Re: [Really-OT] Rio is at a state of war

2010-11-29 Thread Jonathan Lynch
I agree with Andre that it is all about wise investments in human capital. The details as to how to do that, though, are very challenging. On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 5:31 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > I'm always glad to see you write, Andre, because it reassures me you are > okay. > > CNN had a brief

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread Devin Asay
Charles, Did you see my earlier post? There are two examples in the LiveCode Resource Center that describe exactly how to do this. See the LiveCode Resource Center (Help menu > Resource Center). Then look under Sample Scripts > Text. There are two sections there that will help you, one on limi

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
BTW, do you want to validate "on the fly" or would letting anyone type anything and then validating after the fact work for you? You could store the old value upon openrField, run a validation routine on closeField, pop a tooltip and restore old value if validation fails. Bob On Nov 29, 2010

Re: [Really-OT] Rio is at a state of war

2010-11-29 Thread J. Landman Gay
I'm always glad to see you write, Andre, because it reassures me you are okay. CNN had a brief report on Rio two days ago, and our newspaper here has started to do coverage. Yesterday there was a half-page article, which was quite a lot here, considering we are complacent Americans and Brazil

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread charles61
Mike, I have not thought of using "not in". I did not use "1234567890" because it does not limit decimals. Charles Szasz csz...@mac.com On Nov 29, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Mike Bonner [via Runtime Revolution] wrote: > Is there a reason to use 'not in "1234567890"' rather than 'is a number' > jus

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
I suspect though, that this would disable tabbing and return in the field. Bob On Nov 29, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: > > Inside of the field script put something like this: > > on keyDown pKey > > put the number of chars of me into sCount > > if sCount < 3 then > > if pKey is

Re: Advantages of LC as high level language--examples

2010-11-29 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 11/29/10 2:29 PM, Devin Asay wrote: Hello all, In trying to explain to students how high level languages such as LiveCode can make development faster, I would like to give concrete examples of how single-line LC commands actually execute dozens of C++ commands in the engine. For example, a si

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread Mike Bonner
Is there a reason to use 'not in "1234567890"' rather than 'is a number' just curious to know. On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: > > Inside of the field script put something like this: > > on keyDown pKey > > put the number of chars of me into sCount > > if sCount < 3 then >

Re: on-rev server question

2010-11-29 Thread Thomas McGrath III
The advice was most helpful on setting up the nameservers and the email on on-rev.com. Thanks to all how helped. For my issue, I misunderstood that add-on domains actually add a subdomain and that on go-daddy if you set the nameservers first and then set the domain forwarding that the domain fo

Re: Can someone explain

2010-11-29 Thread Mike Bonner
Oh duh. Yep, went the wrong way. Sorry bout that. On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Jonathan Lynch wrote: > just a question for fun - I have no need for doing that. > > Going from vector to image sounds pretty easy. Going from image to vector > sounds challenging. > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 4:44

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread Andrew Kluthe
Inside of the field script put something like this: on keyDown pKey put the number of chars of me into sCount if sCount < 3 then if pKey is not in "1234567890" then pass keyDown end if end if end keyDown This should make it so that everytime a key is pressed in that field it counts how man

Re: Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread Terry Judd
Not perfect but should get you started... on keyDown theKey put "0123456789" into tKeys if tKeys contains theKey then if length (me) < 3 then put theKey after me end if end if end keyDown Terry... On 30/11/10 7:51 AM, "charles61" wrote: > > How do I limit data e

Re: Advantages of LC as high level language--examples

2010-11-29 Thread Jonathan Lynch
I think your first example could be the "create stack" command. On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Richmond wrote: > On 11/29/2010 10:29 PM, Devin Asay wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> In trying to explain to students how high level languages such as LiveCode >> can make development faster, I would lik

Re: Can someone explain

2010-11-29 Thread Jonathan Lynch
just a question for fun - I have no need for doing that. Going from vector to image sounds pretty easy. Going from image to vector sounds challenging. On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Devin Asay wrote: > > On Nov 29, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: > > > You could look at snapshot (import

Re: New to List - Suggestions for 2D character animation?

2010-11-29 Thread Chipp Walters
HaHa. Nice one Jim! On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Jim Sims wrote: > > > http://ezpzapps.com/dogtalk.mov > > > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

[OT] Re: Use of 'LC' as shorthand for Livecode.

2010-11-29 Thread Petrides, M.D. Marian
I still have a Mac LC II lurking somewhere. ;-) But I doubt it will run LC. Oh, well ;-) On Nov 29, 2010, at 3:28 PM, Kevin Miller wrote: > On 29/11/2010 20:49, "Richmond" wrote: > >> Is this wise? >> >> 1. I used to have an Apple LC 470 (still have, come to think of it). >> >> 2. Doesn't

Re: Can someone explain

2010-11-29 Thread Devin Asay
On Nov 29, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: > You could look at snapshot (import or export) depending on what you want to > do. Doesn't 'convert' but at least you can end up with an image that looks > like your graphic. Right, but he was asking about converting an image to a vector graphic.

Re: Can someone explain

2010-11-29 Thread Mike Bonner
You could look at snapshot (import or export) depending on what you want to do. Doesn't 'convert' but at least you can end up with an image that looks like your graphic. On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Devin Asay wrote: > > On Nov 29, 2010, at 2:32 PM, Jonathan Lynch wrote: > > > So, how would

Re: Can someone explain

2010-11-29 Thread Devin Asay
On Nov 29, 2010, at 2:32 PM, Jonathan Lynch wrote: > So, how would you convert an image to a graphic? In LiveCode, you wouldn't. Can't be done as far as I know, although there may be some sages here who could prove me wrong. I believe that high-end vector graphics editors like Illustrator have

Re: Can someone explain

2010-11-29 Thread Jonathan Lynch
So, how would you convert an image to a graphic? On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Devin Asay wrote: > > On Nov 29, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Cal Horner wrote: > > > I have sifted through the archives and read the documentation and once > again > > I am stumped. > > > > Here is the question. What is the

Re: Use of 'LC' as shorthand for Livecode.

2010-11-29 Thread Kevin Miller
On 29/11/2010 20:49, "Richmond" wrote: > Is this wise? > > 1. I used to have an Apple LC 470 (still have, come to think of it). > > 2. Doesn't 'LC' stand for 'lowly crap'? > > 3. 'Left-of-Centre'; not always favoured by right-wing types like myself > . . . :) Sometimes a cigar is just a ciga

Re: RTF documents as templates

2010-11-29 Thread Alex Tweedly
Andrew, I see this is at the end of a long-ish conversation (and I've not read much of it :-) So forgive me if this wild guess is way off track The most likely cause of "some placeholders not being replaced" is that the relevant variable is mistyped or otherwise doesn't exist. The eff

Re: Can someone explain

2010-11-29 Thread Devin Asay
On Nov 29, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Cal Horner wrote: > I have sifted through the archives and read the documentation and once again > I am stumped. > > Here is the question. What is the difference between a graphic and an image > object? And how do you create an image object from a graphic? > > As wi

Re: Use of 'LC' as shorthand for Livecode.

2010-11-29 Thread Jonathan Lynch
I think you might be fighting the inevitable... But, you could go with LVC, or LVCD... Or, on Halloween, you could call it UC (UndeadCode). On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Richmond wrote: > Is this wise? > > 1. I used to have an Apple LC 470 (still have, come to think of it). > > 2. Doesn't 'L

Re: Can someone explain

2010-11-29 Thread Jonathan Lynch
A graphic is defined by a set of points. You would need four points to define a square, for example. An image contains potentially millions of points (pixels) each with its own color. does that help? On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Cal Horner wrote: > I have sifted through the archives and

Re: Use of 'LC' as shorthand for Livecode.

2010-11-29 Thread Devin Asay
On Nov 29, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Richmond wrote: > Is this wise? > > 1. I used to have an Apple LC 470 (still have, come to think of it). > > 2. Doesn't 'LC' stand for 'lowly crap'? > > 3. 'Left-of-Centre'; not always favoured by right-wing types like myself > . . . :) We have to carpe the diem

Can someone explain

2010-11-29 Thread Cal Horner
I have sifted through the archives and read the documentation and once again I am stumped. Here is the question. What is the difference between a graphic and an image object? And how do you create an image object from a graphic? As with everything else in Elsie(L. C.) I know the answer will be

Limiting data entry in fields

2010-11-29 Thread charles61
How do I limit data entry to only three digits and no decimals in a numerical data entry field? -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Limiting-data-entry-in-fields-tp3064388p3064388.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Use of 'LC' as shorthand for Livecode.

2010-11-29 Thread Richmond
Is this wise? 1. I used to have an Apple LC 470 (still have, come to think of it). 2. Doesn't 'LC' stand for 'lowly crap'? 3. 'Left-of-Centre'; not always favoured by right-wing types like myself . . . :) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@

Re: Advantages of LC as high level language--examples

2010-11-29 Thread Richmond
On 11/29/2010 10:29 PM, Devin Asay wrote: Hello all, In trying to explain to students how high level languages such as LiveCode can make development faster, I would like to give concrete examples of how single-line LC commands actually execute dozens of C++ commands in the engine. For example

Re: Advantages of LC as high level language--examples

2010-11-29 Thread Jim Ault
I won't be much help in the 'concrete examples' area, but consider these extras To properly compile C++ you need the correct compliment of libraries in your IDE for the platform & version. As things evolve, you need to keep separate dev environs for each version of a platform, and someti

Advantages of LC as high level language--examples

2010-11-29 Thread Devin Asay
Hello all, In trying to explain to students how high level languages such as LiveCode can make development faster, I would like to give concrete examples of how single-line LC commands actually execute dozens of C++ commands in the engine. For example, a simple one-liner like: show fie

Re: [Really-OT] Rio is at a state of war

2010-11-29 Thread Richmond
We have bags of space here in Bulgaria, too . . . . :) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-li

Re: [Really-OT] Rio is at a state of war

2010-11-29 Thread Andre Garzia
Bob, heehehehe thanks for the emails and no, Brazil is not a big jungle as people tend to think. Actually it is not like the FARC that can hide in the jungle for decades, here they hide in plain sight inside the slums. And no, elimination will solve nothing. Elimation is not the answer for it cre

Re: [Really-OT] Rio is at a state of war

2010-11-29 Thread Petrides, M.D. Marian
Hey, Andre If you need a place stateside to evacuate to, you would definitely be welcome to visit the kids (canine, of course) and me. We've got lots of room and plenty of Macs, too. Like I said earlier, be safe, good buddy. Marian, Pepper, and the Skipster On Nov 29, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Bob S

Re: RTF documents as templates

2010-11-29 Thread Andrew Kluthe
I have been trying to implement the methods described in revUp's articles on the subject. The trouble that I am having is that some of the [[Placeholders]] don't get changed at all. Some are replaced and some are left as placeholders. I am getting so aggravated with not having a templatable repor

Re: [Really-OT] Rio is at a state of war

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
I think Brazil's countryside is jungle. I could be wrong, but if I am not, it probably is not a whole lot safer for anyone not accustomed to it. Bob On Nov 26, 2010, at 10:53 AM, Jonathan Lynch wrote: > It seems like people would move out to the countryside, under situations > like what is de

Re: [Really-OT] Rio is at a state of war

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
If I were you I'd leave for the conference now. Bob On Nov 26, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Eeek! the army just deployed 800 soldiers in Rio right now, things are about > to get ugly... > > :-/ > > Well, I will be at the next conference, it will be good to have some days of > thi

Re: [Really-OT] Rio is at a state of war

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
Actually, we have this on a smaller scale in Arizona, but the major media companies don't seem to think it newsworthy. There are large tracts of land along the Arizona border that are off limits to Americans because drug cartels have infested them. They are escorting slave labor through corridor

Re: Limiting numerical data entry

2010-11-29 Thread Devin Asay
Charles, On Nov 29, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Charles Szasz wrote: > How do I limit data entry to only three digits and no decimals in a data > entry box? See the LiveCode Resource Center (Help menu > Resource Center). Then look under Sample Scripts > Text. There are two sections there that will help

Limiting numerical data entry

2010-11-29 Thread Charles Szasz
How do I limit data entry to only three digits and no decimals in a data entry box? Charles Szasz csz...@mac.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscriptio

Re: Some free iPad & iPhone icons

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
Thanks for the tip, Chipp. (Ryhme intended). I liked it so much, that even though I am not developing an iPhone/iPad app at present, I bought it anyway. Bob On Nov 28, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Chipp Walters wrote: > http://glyphish.com/ > > Very nice. > > _

Re: [Really-OT] Rio is at a state of war

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
Wow. It never ceases to amaze me what really newsworthy stuff never gets past our liberal media. I am willing to bet that the major media outlets here in the US never puts this out, at least not until the internet blogs are all over it. But never mind that, may God watch over and protect you and

Cyber Monday is Today - Last Day to Save Big on Franklin 3D, Frankin Audio, Valentina

2010-11-29 Thread Lynn Fredricks
http://www.mirye.net/buy/black-friday-2010 Hello all, Yes, these great deals end today. Of interest to LiveCode users - 50% off of Franklin Audio, Franklin 3D 50% off new licenses of Valentina DB products - Valentina ADK for LiveCode, Valentina Developer Network, Valentina Office Server, Valent

Re: Data Grids Stop Working

2010-11-29 Thread Paul Looney
Trevor, Yes it was and, again, I thank you for your help. There have been other occasions where the only cure was replacing the grids - and that alone fixed the problem. It is rare. Will try to get a recipe on that one if it comes again. I have put the code you suggested into the script to t

Re: Live LiveCode code event (with chatrev)

2010-11-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi Randy. Please to note that the list address has changed. Thanks. use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Bob On Nov 26, 2010, at 4:27 AM, AndyP wrote: > > Hi Bjoernke, > > Sounds like a great idea... well done! > > Unfortunately I will be trying to get my two boys to bed..(always an > interesting

Re: file uploads and progress monitoring on on-rev(reposted )

2010-11-29 Thread Andre Garzia
Martin The problem is not checking the amount of bytes that arrived, this is easy. The hard part is informing back the browser and updating the web page. When you click "upload" the browser will stop receiving communication from the server such as xmlHTTPRequests and process your upload order. The

Re: file uploads and progress monitoring on on-rev(reposted )

2010-11-29 Thread Martin Koob
Andre Thanks for the clear explanation. Your quick answer 'no' will save me a lot of effort trying to figure out the impossible or at least the non-trivial. I have one other question. I found that I can use the shell command "du -h" in an irev script to get the file size of a file on the on-

Re: file uploads and progress monitoring on on-rev(reposted )

2010-11-29 Thread Andre Garzia
Martin, Lots of things happening here. $_SERVER variable is ONLY AVAILABLE for RevServer which is exactly what you are using. $_POST_RAW just means you are accessing the stuff in the standard input in its original form, you need this when you must recreate data on the correct order since $_POST

file uploads and progress monitoring on on-rev(reposted )

2010-11-29 Thread Martin Koob
(I posted this to the wrong forum and am reposting it in the Revolution - User forum. Sorry for the duplication.) I want to have a way of showing file upload progress on an on-rev page. I found a script for that on the on-rev forums by 'magix' that was supposed to show upload progress that but

Re: MySQL and open source

2010-11-29 Thread Trevor DeVore
2010/11/27 Björnke von Gierke > > So we'd all need to pay Oracle for using RunRev (which does not work with > MySQL databases unless one installs a version of MySQL somewhere)? I believe that RunRev pays a license fee to include the MySQL connector. -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Syst

Re: Data Grids Stop Working

2010-11-29 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Paul Looney wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion and the code. > I put the code into the script and it produced no error. > Everything else is running properly, vTheList contains the appropriate > information!?!? > > WAIT! > HOLD THE PRESSES! > There is an obscure c

Re: Logos for deployment

2010-11-29 Thread René Micout
;-) Le 29 nov. 2010 à 14:29, Medard a écrit : > René Micout wrote: > >> Je dirais même plus : "Bon sang, mais c'est bien sûr !" > > Always report the complete citation ;-) > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please

Re: Logos for deployment

2010-11-29 Thread Medard
René Micout wrote: > Je dirais même plus : "Bon sang, mais c'est bien sûr !" Always report the complete citation ;-) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscripti