Re: > Importing big JPEGs goes wonky

2011-03-12 Thread Björnke von Gierke
Unless you somehow got the data into a livecode image obbject, it was a different problem. I'm sure the result was not garbled, but you showing the result in livecode was then breaking them, or something similar? On a totally, completely, super duper unrelated note, you probably will want to ge

Re: > Importing big JPEGs goes wonky

2011-03-12 Thread Alejandro Tejada
In some strange way, this limitation is carried to command line image processing applications. Some time ago, when I was building an interface for the Tracing program named "Potrace", http://potrace.sourceforge.net/ the command-line image utility named "mkbitmap" produced distorted results when ca

Re: Having fits with the menu bar

2011-03-12 Thread Mark Wieder
Pete- Saturday, March 12, 2011, 3:27:08 PM, you wrote: > As noted in my earlier post in rely to Bob, if the OS doesn't > allow it so be it and Livecode has no choice. OTOH, you could request that Apple change its policy. I'm sure The Steve would recognize the wisdom of your arguments. -- -Ma

Re: Having fits with the menu bar

2011-03-12 Thread Peter Haworth
As noted in my earlier post in rely to Bob, if the OS doesn't allow it so be it and Livecode has no choice. Pete Haworth http://www.mollysrevenge.com http://www.sonicbids.com/MollysRevenge http://www.myspace.com/mollysrevengeband On Mar 12, 2011, at 3:15 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

Re: Having fits with the menu bar

2011-03-12 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/12/11 5:05 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: My comment wasn't about the menu bar but where the items on the menus go. LC moves the last item in your Help menu and the last two items in the Edit menu to different menus to accommodate the "guideline" as to where the About and Preferences menu items s

Re: Having fits with the menu bar

2011-03-12 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/12/11 3:17 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: No doubt the HIG police will jump all over me for this but it's not really about HIG, it's about Livecode providing ways for developers to do things the way they want to do things, not how LiveCode wants to. You'll have to take it up with Apple. As soon

Re: Efficiency question for list modification

2011-03-12 Thread Alex Tweedly
You're right. Sorry - I was misled by the docs, which describe the order of the combine following the description of the 'first' form of the combine command, and then go on to describe the second form, including the fact that the keys of the array must be all numeric. I put 2 + 2 together and

Re: Having fits with the menu bar

2011-03-12 Thread Peter Haworth
My comment wasn't about the menu bar but where the items on the menus go. LC moves the last item in your Help menu and the last two items in the Edit menu to different menus to accommodate the "guideline" as to where the About and Preferences menu items should appear. As you've found, you can b

Re: Having fits with the menu bar

2011-03-12 Thread Peter Haworth
You're right. If the OS doesn't allow it, then clearly Livecode has to enforce it. Pete Haworth On Mar 12, 2011, at 2:30 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I think the question is, would the OS actually allow it? It may not. I > remember years ago, while working with FoxPro for the mac, that because

RE: Having fits with the menu bar

2011-03-12 Thread John Dixon
How different do you want to change the menus ?... and really why ?... Apple's HIG have served dvelopers well over the years, users know just what to expect from an application and know where to go when they want to perform 'everyday' application functions like 'Open, New, Close' and 'Cut, Copy

Re: Having fits with the menu bar

2011-03-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
I think the question is, would the OS actually allow it? It may not. I remember years ago, while working with FoxPro for the mac, that because Microsoft wanted to have compete control over their menu structure, their menus were not actually "menus" at all. Because of that, any utilities that did

Re: Having fits with the menu bar

2011-03-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
This calls for a Livecode Newsletter article! Bob On Mar 12, 2011, at 11:43 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > Standard behavior. A preferences item under the app menu is put there by the > OS. There are funky ways to disable it, but its presence is standard and > expected by all Mac users. Your Edi

Re: Something wrong with "Livecode"

2011-03-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
We need a petition to make ALL web references case insensitive IT'S THE 21ST CENTURY! HELLO??!? ;-) Bob On Mar 12, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Robert Brenstein wrote: > On 12.03.2011 at 21:15 Uhr +0200 Richmond apparently wrote: >> Try typing 'livecode' into Wikipedia . . . > > You must type "Li

Re: Tooltips not closing with change of app focus on OSX - bug?

2011-03-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hmmm... Not a bug methinks. One of the "Features" with Tiger (I believe) and later, is that you can interact with windows that are not the frontmost window. I think this behavior is intentional. Bob On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:38 AM, Keith Clarke wrote: > Hi folks, > Does anyone else notice that o

Re: What's wrong with this picture?

2011-03-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
I think to do a comprehensive conversion between sqLite syntax and mySQL syntax, I am going to have to do a lot more research. Sad that the differences between all the SQL engine syntaxes are that much. I have a saying that the trouble with standards is that everyone wants one... their OWN. Bo

Re: What's wrong with this picture?

2011-03-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
Ah! I think I tested for just about everything BUT that! :-) Bob On Mar 11, 2011, at 10:01 PM, Warren Samples wrote: > On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 21:33 -0800, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that >> corresponds to your MySQL server version for the

Re: Efficiency question for list modification

2011-03-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
This has been a sore point for me concerning arrays. You should at least expect the array to be sorted by when the element was created. That way you could see the most recent items by looking at the last elements first, like Filemaker. Unsorted, you can always depend on seeing the last records a

Re: Scale Icon in a Button

2011-03-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
There you go. I think that is the ticket. Bob On Mar 11, 2011, at 10:46 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 3/11/11 11:07 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> That would work I guess. Since it's true I have the image in my >> LiveCode stack, should I employ some of the methodology for scaling >> graphics in L

Re: Having fits with the menu bar

2011-03-12 Thread Peter Haworth
I almost replied on this topic a couple of days ago when there was another user confused by this. I do agree that the way Livecode arranges menus for the Mac is standard behavior for OSX according to Apple's Human Interface Guidelines. My problem with what Livecode does is that "standard" and

Re: Something wrong with "Livecode"

2011-03-12 Thread Colin Holgate
On Mar 12, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Richmond wrote: > Try typing 'livecode' into Wikipedia . . . I see that there is another product that has "livecode", but LiveCode does at least own "liveCode" too. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runre

Re: Something wrong with "Livecode"

2011-03-12 Thread Björnke von Gierke
so fix wikipedia and add a disambiguity site... i don't know how to do that unfortunately. On 12 Mar 2011, at 21:13, Richmond wrote: > On 03/12/2011 09:45 PM, Robert Brenstein wrote: >> On 12.03.2011 at 21:15 Uhr +0200 Richmond apparently wrote: >>> Try typing 'livecode' into Wikipedia . . . >>

Re: Something wrong with "Livecode"

2011-03-12 Thread Richmond
On 03/12/2011 09:45 PM, Robert Brenstein wrote: On 12.03.2011 at 21:15 Uhr +0200 Richmond apparently wrote: Try typing 'livecode' into Wikipedia . . . You must type "LiveCode" -- Wikipedia is case sensitive (except for the first letter). So I see. But most "punters" will just type 'livecode

Re: Something wrong with "Livecode"

2011-03-12 Thread Robert Brenstein
On 12.03.2011 at 21:15 Uhr +0200 Richmond apparently wrote: Try typing 'livecode' into Wikipedia . . . You must type "LiveCode" -- Wikipedia is case sensitive (except for the first letter). Robert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.r

Re: Having fits with the menu bar

2011-03-12 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/12/11 12:25 PM, James Hurley wrote: But there are still some issues. In the OSX menu I now see 4 menus only 3 of which are of my doing. They are: LiveCode File Edit Help Those are standard OS X conventions. The first menu item is supplied by the OS and is always the name of the frontmos

Re: Live LiveCode Code Event #14

2011-03-12 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi, If you log in on ChatRev, the links are posted there. Logging in on ChatRev is inevitable. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 New: Download the I

Re: Live LiveCode Code Event #14

2011-03-12 Thread Matthias Rebbe
http://www.livecode.tv Am 12.03.2011 um 20:06 schrieb tbodine: > How does one find this event? I have Chatrev, but don't see where/how I > connect to this event? > > -- > View this message in context: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Live-LiveCode-Code-Event-14-tp3347249p335071

Something wrong with "Livecode"

2011-03-12 Thread Richmond
Try typing 'livecode' into Wikipedia . . . ___ 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-livecode

Re: Live LiveCode Code Event #14

2011-03-12 Thread tbodine
How does one find this event? I have Chatrev, but don't see where/how I connect to this event? -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Live-LiveCode-Code-Event-14-tp3347249p3350710.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _

Re: Live LiveCode Code Event #14

2011-03-12 Thread Björnke von Gierke
Event starts now On 11 Mar 2011, at 02:40, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Before making the announcement, I have an urgent request. For next week, we > have no presenters yet and if YOU don't speak up, Björnke's wonderful > initiative might die a silent death eventually. I'm sure

Re: Tooltips not closing with change of app focus on OSX - bug?

2011-03-12 Thread Keith Clarke
...thanks for the confirmation, Richard. Interesting, merely moving the mouse doesn't close it for me - I have to click in the tooltip. Still, the sparkling new QA bug report 9444 refers. Best, Keith.. On 12 Mar 2011, at 16:29, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Keith Clarke wrote: > > Does anyone else no

Re: Coding Challenge

2011-03-12 Thread Nonsanity
I'll drop my code in LC and actually RUN it now. If you want to collaborate closer on it, I'd be happy to help. My AIM/iChat is FluffAndSuch. (Other LCers are welcome to use that too.) ~ Chris Innanen ~ Nonsnaity On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 3:39 AM, Malte Brill wrote: > Chris, > > thanks for loo

Re: Having fits with the menu bar

2011-03-12 Thread James Hurley
Thanks Jacque. Now I'm marking some progress. > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:02:46 -0600 > From: "J. Landman Gay" > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Re: Having fits with the menu bar > Message-ID: <4d7b1a96.6040...@hyperactivesw.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;

Re: What's wrong with this picture?

2011-03-12 Thread Peter Haworth
Hi Bob, I think the problem is the sw_last_bootup_time definition. I don;t think you can specify a display length for DATETIME data types. Pete Haworth On Mar 11, 2011, at 9:33 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Hi all. I am having a problem with this sql and I do not know why. I am using > mySQL. Th

Re: Tooltips not closing with change of app focus on OSX - bug?

2011-03-12 Thread Richard Gaskin
Keith Clarke wrote: > Does anyone else notice that open tooltips fail to close when the > focus moves from LiveCode (IDE or a stand alone) to another app > on OSX? > Is this a new bug - I can't see anything obviously related on the > QA forum? Confirmed: If I hover the mouse over the LC IDE's To

Tooltips not closing with change of app focus on OSX - bug?

2011-03-12 Thread Keith Clarke
Hi folks, Does anyone else notice that open tooltips fail to close when the focus moves from LiveCode (IDE or a stand alone) to another app on OSX? Is this a new bug - I can't see anything obviously related on the QA forum? Best, Keith.. ___ use-liv

Re: [ANN} iOS UINavigationBar Kit V 1.4.2 Released

2011-03-12 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Jac, Those might be perfect for this. I will check them out today and start on the Android elements. Thanks... -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Mar 12, 2011, at 1:55 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 3/10/11 6:02 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: > >> The funny t

Re: Efficiency question for list modification

2011-03-12 Thread Alex Tweedly
"newer", but not "new" :-) 'split by column' and 'split by row' appeared somewhere around 3.5 (I think) -- Alex. On 12/03/2011 01:11, Bob Sneidar wrote: Wha?? There is a newer form of split and combine?? Bob On Mar 11, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: FlexibleLearning wrote: This i

Re: Coding Challenge

2011-03-12 Thread Jim Ault
Oe dynamic you need ot include is the clue sequence. if 'chris' is ranked 5 in the final configuration, but is ranked 1st until much later, then you need to install the higher ranked names later. If you feed the tree from the top down, the rules won't be as complex, but how would you know the t

Re: Efficiency question for list modification

2011-03-12 Thread FlexibleLearning
Summary: We are trying to divide pairs of comma-delimted items in a return-delimited list by two different numbers. >Use "split by column" to separate the two columns >Then use "split by row" to convert the columns into arrays >Then use "divide by " to do the maths >Then combine them back again.

Re: Coding Challenge

2011-03-12 Thread Malte Brill
Chris, thanks for looking into this again. After looking closer at Steffens version there indeed are some problems left. Using yours (and adapting it a bit) always returned true (but I think this is due to one or two typos I am looking at tonight) Alex: I think I was a bit overenthusiastic whe