Re: Long-term Planning UI Ideas

Very nice Chris. David, if you decide to go 'scrollable' and want to get more graphical with your timeline, your might get some inspiration from Timeline 3D from Beedocs. Their product timeline was built using their timeline product - how's that for "eating your own dog-food!" Best, Keith.. On

Re: GLXFramework [ad] SpiceKit

I've seen SpiceKit during the conference and I Like It! You have my [LIKE] facebook thing! On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Mark Talluto wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On May 2, 2011, at 12:49 AM, Todd Geist wrote: > > > > I have just started working with it as well, and I spoke with Trevor > about >

Please answer my survey on Social Network Libraries for LiveCode

Hi Folks, I am trying to sense the market for a set of Social Network Libraries for LiveCode. For those that were not at the RunRevLive.11 conference, I demonstrated some libraries working with Facebook and Twitter integration. For those with Twitter and/or Facebook accounts, I invite you to take

How to toggle play/pause the music in iOS?

Is there a way to pause the standard music player from a LiveCode app on iOS? I mean, lots of audio-playing apps need to make sure the (other) music pauses, right? So there should be a way to mute the iPod when my app starts to make its own sounds. Terry

Re: Staying on a field

Jim, I have a test stack that doesn't match what I see in my stack but this test stack doesn't work right either. Looks like it is going to take a bit to figure out. I'll send you one if I can figure it out. Thanks, Bill Vlahos On May 5, 2011, at 8:43 PM, Jim Ault wrote: > Since I don't know

Re: Staying on a field

Since I don't know how you are trapping, executing, and locking your messages, I cannot begin to answer your question. A sample stack from you would be the best bet, unless you are up for a cycle of many emails that dance around a possible solution. Looking forward to your sample stack. On M

Re: CustomProperties

These two lines should do it copy button "btnToStoreAsObjectFormat" set the cpsObjects["cpBtn2"] of this stack to the clipboarddata["objects"] Dictionary explains the clipboard array elements, one of which is "objects" Note special rules for stacks, cards, and groups. On May 5, 201

Re: CustomProperties

You can. You can even set a custom property to an entire stack. I use these all the time, they are incredibly powerful and convenient. But I do not understand what it means to set a property to an object, as opposed to a chunk of text (or maybe a video file?). So you can set the xxx of btn "b

Re: Staying on a field

Jim, How do I test for the "dialog" condition? I don't see anything in the dictionary for it. Funny thing is I always get the answer dialog after I go to the new card even though it should execute it first. Bill Vlahos _ InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) is about keeping y

Re: how-to link to a video

The crashing is probably not good, but I think we concluded that the link is machine specific, so would only work on my Mac. It did work well though! On May 5, 2011, at 9:52 PM, David C. wrote: > All I get (very consistently) is: > The RunRev revWeb plugin has crashed. __

CustomProperties

I thought it was possible to 'store' a button in a custom property? This cold is getting to me, I can't remember. I thought you could store all kinds of things into a custom property? Images, object, sounds, etc. -- Is this correct? Thanks, and apologies for my cold driven forgetfulness. -- T

Re: how-to link to a video

> This technique works for me: > http://netrin.on-rev.com/misc/playyoutube/playyoutube.html Jim, fabulous -- thank you! P.S. Player controls don't work. Nothing new, though. That's been my experience so far with revlet player objects. So, have had to make my own player controls. -- Nicolas Cueto

Re: how-to link to a video

All I get (very consistently) is: The RunRev revWeb plugin has crashed. No report available. Reload the page to try again. Note: revWeb apps built with later releases seem to crash with Firefox 4.0.1 on my Win 7 box every time. :( FWIW, I'm running LC version 4.5.1 Build 1130 and I do not get the

Pre-Beta Help

Folks, A couple of months ago, I did a Livecode Live presentation on an LC utility I'm working on that cuts out a lot of the coding work required to get SQL dbs working with LC. It's basically a library of behaviors and a couple of front scripts that link groups/datagrids and controls/datagrid col

Re: GLXFramework [ad] SpiceKit

> > > > > On May 2, 2011, at 12:49 AM, Todd Geist wrote: > > I have just started working with it as well, and I spoke with Trevor about > it. I think that the docs are bit out of date. So I would say yes that it > is probably likely. > > > However, I have managed to make some good progress

Re: Finding Tips

Thanks Jim. Björnke - Help! I might even be talked into doing a Livecode presentation of whatever I manage to cobble together! Pete Molly's Revenge On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Jim Ault wrote: > I believe he accesses xml files. > > Björnke von Gierke's "

Re: Finding Tips

I believe he accesses xml files. Björnke von Gierke's "BvG Docu" has gone through some updates over the years He did a Saturday Live Livecode presentation about 2 months ago. Hopefully he will chime in and give you a better view of the 'behind the scenes' from his perspective. I think he us

Re: Finding Tips

Thanks Scott, yes that was it. I just tried it out and, while it has some great features, I couldn't find the full text search I'm looking for. Pete Molly's Revenge On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Recently, Pete wrote: > > > I'm pretty sure

Re: Finding Tips

Recently, Pete wrote: > I'm pretty sure I remember someone posting on the list within the last > couple of months about an alternative dictionary viewer, perhaps html based? > Anyone remember that? Björnke von Gierke's "BvG Docu" might be what you're thinking of:

Re: Finding Tips

I hope not! If I do something, I'd be happy to put it out there as a plugin or something. But, that's why I wish I could find a way to have Google do it. Pete Molly's Revenge On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Randall Reetz wrote: > Should we all of us write the s

Re: Finding Tips

Yeah, thought of that. I had a quick search around the IDE stacks but I can't find the dictionary data in there. There are some xml and various other files inside the Livecode package contents but I haven't had time to track everything down. I'm pretty sure I remember someone posting on the list

RE: Finding Tips

Should we all of us write the same code? -Original Message- From: dunb...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 3:51 PM To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Finding Tips Pete. I see what you want. If you could get the dictionary file data, you could easily write this yourself.

Re: Finding Tips

Pete. I see what you want. If you could get the dictionary file data, you could easily write this yourself. Craig -Original Message- From: Randall Reetz To: How to use LiveCode Sent: Thu, May 5, 2011 2:44 pm Subject: Re: Finding Tips Yes, google has the code. Has published th

Re: GLXFramework

Marty, Thanks again for helping me as well. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On May 5, 2011, at 5:11 PM, Marty Knapp wrote: > I've been using the GLX Framework for the past year or so and it is a great > piece of software. Trevor has put a ton of work into t

Re: GLXFramework

I've been using the GLX Framework for the past year or so and it is a great piece of software. Trevor has put a ton of work into this and provides it to the community at no cost - a big thank you to Trevor. I don't use it for all my projects, but it's a vital part of my toolkit. Marty Knapp

Re: GLXFramework

As the OP I think that once you spend some time with GLX_Framework it meets all of these needs and then some. It is very powerful and can be daunting if you are not looking for 'all' of it's functionality at first. But once it is set up and you get used to what is what then it "ain't that bad".

Re: Long-term Planning UI Ideas

Nice. I just sent her some money. Bob On May 5, 2011, at 12:42 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > A very good calendar stack is available from Sarah Riechelt: > > > I've customized/used this in a couple of projects -- it's quite useful. > Hmm

RE: how-to link to a video

Nice ... > This technique works for me: > http://netrin.on-rev.com/misc/playyoutube/playyoutube.html > > Jim Lambert > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: how-to link to a video

This technique works for me: http://netrin.on-rev.com/misc/playyoutube/playyoutube.html Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: ht

Re: Finding Tips

Just widening the search parameters in the Dictionary to search all the content instead of just names (extra credt: move name matches to the top) is all that's needed. This shouldn't be hard to implement... ~ Chris Innanen ~ Nonsanity On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Pete wrote: > I'd be inte

Re: Long-term Planning UI Ideas

Glad you like it. :) A feature begged me to add it, so if you fetch the stack again (should be the same URL) I've added drift to the scrolling calculations so you can swipe through time, a la iOS. Also added a return-to-beginning button. If you are using it as a starting block and want it simple,

Re: Long-term Planning UI Ideas

A very good calendar stack is available from Sarah Riechelt: I've customized/used this in a couple of projects -- it's quite useful. Hmm... While thinking about it, I can't recall if I ever sent a donation for the stack. Maybe I did al

Re: GLXFramework

Todd Geist wrote: Frameworks exist for many other languages. PHP, Java, Groovy, Ruby, Python, all have multiple frameworks. Ruby simply would not be the big deal it is today if it had not been for Rails. It would be great if Live Code had one. And here you are, using one. :) Personally I pref

Re: GLXFramework

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Todd Geist wrote: > > When I say "App". I mean something far more than a Stack or a script. I > mean a maintainable, deployable, updatable application, that uses a > reasonable approximation of contemporary UI and Interaction. Something that > has a chance of maki

Re: can't copy off a text field in a standalone

Thanks Mark, that did the trick. on commandKeydown thekey if thekey is "c" then copy selection end if end commandKeydown > Well, Thomas, make sure to attend the Live LiveCode Code Event next time ;-) > > http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12034326 > http://livecode.tv > > In short, I th

Re: GLXFramework

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I dunno I think it's pretty dam easy out of the box! I mean, I don't have > to worry about creating windows or menus or buttons or fields from scratch, > someone did that for me already. I don't even have to think about how to get > text from

Re: Finding Tips

I'd be interested in trying this out against the dictionary but I'm having a hard time finding the Google code to do it. I did a search for Google Desktop Search and the hits all led me to the Google Quick Search Box. I tried that but all that appears to do is search for file names, not the conte

Re: Long-term Planning UI Ideas

I don't think the datagrid would be very good at calendar data. You would really need a good calendar object, and that is a lot of work for one person to create on his own. It would be awesome if we had a calendar object like the datagrid object, which was aware of all the various calendar issue

Re: GLXFramework

I dunno I think it's pretty dam easy out of the box! I mean, I don't have to worry about creating windows or menus or buttons or fields from scratch, someone did that for me already. I don't even have to think about how to get text from the user, manage memory, etc it all just works. I didn't th

Re: Finding Tips

Yes, google has the code. Has published the code. Gives out the code. Wants people to use the code. Makes it easy to use the code. Ect. Etc. Etc. And the code doesn't build content. It uses pre-existing content. It just builds an internal index much the same way that it builds an index o

Re: Long-term Planning UI Ideas

That is *very* cool. Almost exactly what I was envisioning, and definitely a great help! Thanks so much. :) On 05/05/2011 10:38 AM, Nonsanity wrote: David, I always like the occasional programming challenge to keep me fresh. So here's a little demo stack for you. See how it fits your needs.

Re:Finding Tips

Hi Craig, I guess I don't really consider myself a particularly experienced user - I'd put myself around about a 4 on an experience scale of 1 - 10. I know quite a lot about particular segments of LC's capabilities and practically zero about others. So when I need to start figuring how to do so

performance

Hello everyone is it possible with LiveCode 4.6.1 to perform a "revChangeWindowSize" or a "resizeStack" which works on the web ? thanks for any suggestion mario ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subs

Re: Long-term Planning UI Ideas

David, I always like the occasional programming challenge to keep me fresh. So here's a little demo stack for you. See how it fits your needs. http://db.tt/RFGMQp7 I only just made it after reading your email an hour or so ago, so it may be riddled with bugs... but at least there's only one scri

Re: GLXFramework

As a relatively new user (couple of years), I wholeheartedly agree with the framework concept. LC touts itself as being easy to use because of its English syntax but the reality is that its learning curve is extremely steep. I'm pretty sure there's a large number of people out there who have simpl

Re: Facebook and Twitter API

William, I am doing work on these specific libraries and am about to release them in dual license GPL/Commercial. Cheers andre On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 5:30 AM, William Waldman wrote: > Anybody do any work with these API's and Livecode? > I'd like to be able to set a status, as a first small ste

Re: how-to link to a video

Hi Colin, > That long link works for me too. I can't be the only one here able to view > video online! > Looking at it though, it seems to have a lot of parameters, so maybe it can > only play on my computer. yep, I also think this link is tied to your machine somehow. > It doesn't work on my

Re: how-to link to a video

That long link works for me too. I can't be the only one here able to view video online! Looking at it though, it seems to have a lot of parameters, so maybe it can only play on my computer. It doesn't work on my iPad. I'll dig deeper to see if I can get at the actual mp4 url. On May 5, 2011

Convert Packet decimals comp-3 and comp-6

Hi, I need to read a file from a Cobol application and import the data files. I have the file description but I don't have idea how convert the decimals fields. 01 NAME PIC X(30) --> This I guess is 30 chars 02 CODE PIC 9(5) COMP-6 --> This is five digits with packet decimal format. Comp-3 stores

Re: Long-term Planning UI Ideas

I'm not overly concerned with the actual data at this point, but rather the display, and I'm not able to envision how a datagrid would be able to display the data the way I have in mind. Most likely because I don't know enough about LC. On 05/05/2011 9:06 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: The actual d

Re: Long-term Planning UI Ideas

The actual data that a Datagrid displays is memory based, and so would have the same constraints as an Excel spreadsheet. One may argue that there is a LOT of memory to work with these days and so it is not really an issue, but if you are thinking in terms of unlimited data forwards and backward

Re: Long-term Planning UI Ideas

Yeah, that's probably the best way to handle the headings, although I don't have to go down to the individual day, thankfully. On 05/05/2011 5:53 AM, Ken Ray wrote: David, You could use multiple fields, stacked on top of each other and grouped together as a "year"; make ten copies of the grou

Re: Long-term Planning UI Ideas

Thanks! I'll take a look at it. On 05/05/2011 7:41 AM, Keith Clarke wrote: Hi David, Have you looked at the Flexible grid spreadsheet-style grid control from http://www.runrevplanet.com/ It might be better suited to your needs than a full-blown data grid control. You can try it for free with t

Facebook and Twitter API

Anybody do any work with these API's and Livecode? I'd like to be able to set a status, as a first small step... Thanks Bill Waldman This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately b

Re: Live LiveCode Code Event #22

Hello Mark, TidBits > http://www.tidbits.com (3w) and not (2w) ;-) René Le 5 mai 2011 à 17:09, Mark Schonewille a écrit : > Dear folks, > > It is a big pleasure to announce the 21st edition of the Live LiveCode Code > Event with two interesting presentations. This weekend's event is scheduled

Live LiveCode Code Event #22

Dear folks, It is a big pleasure to announce the 21st edition of the Live LiveCode Code Event with two interesting presentations. This weekend's event is scheduled for 7 May 2011 at 19:00h GMT (Sat. 22:00 in Moscow, Sat. 20:00 in Paris, Sat. 14:00 in New York, Sat. 11:00 in Los Angeles, Sun. 04

RE: how-to link to a video

Hi Colin... > > Are you on Windows? Do you have QuickTime installed? I'm on Mac, and have > > no problem playing the video. > > Is there any chance that where you are has YouTube blocked? > > It doesn't work in Chrome, and in Firefox you have to run in 32 bit. Not > > sure why, it works in Saf

Re: how-to link to a video

BTW. Colin, the tinyurl links you've included in emails don't work. But I'm pretty sure that's YouTube's doing, not LC's. -- Nicolas Cueto ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and ma

Re: how-to link to a video

> Are you on Windows? Do you have QuickTime installed? I'm on Windows, and QT is installed. -- Nicolas Cueto ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription prefe

Re: how-to link to a video

> Did it stay blue and 4:3, or turn black, and become 16:9? Neither. It stayed absolutely unchanged. Both in color and size. Am using LC 4.6. > Here's the revlet: > > http://xfiles.funnygarbage.com/~colinholgate/rev/lcvid.html Unfortunately, my Chrome browser doesn't work with the revweb plugi

Re: how-to link to a video

Hi Colin, > Are you on Windows? Do you have QuickTime installed? I'm on Mac, and have no > problem playing the video. > Is there any chance that where you are has YouTube blocked? > It doesn't work in Chrome, and in Firefox you have to run in 32 bit. Not sure > why, it works in Safari in 64 bit.

Re: how-to link to a video

Are you on Windows? Do you have QuickTime installed? I'm on Mac, and have no problem playing the video. Is there any chance that where you are has YouTube blocked? It doesn't work in Chrome, and in Firefox you have to run in 32 bit. Not sure why, it works in Safari in 64 bit. On May 5, 2011,

RE: how-to link to a video

Hello Colin... I am seeing exactly what Nicolas is sseing. The player object is blank. .. white... it doesn't likeit at all ..:-) Rev 4.0 & LiveCode 4.6.1 Dixie > On May 5, 2011, at 9:56 AM, Nicolas Cueto wrote: > > > Tried that too. But the player object stayed blank. Neither the copied >

Re: Long-term Planning UI Ideas

Hi David, Have you looked at the Flexible grid spreadsheet-style grid control from http://www.runrevplanet.com/ It might be better suited to your needs than a full-blown data grid control. You can try it for free with the developer's kit. Best, Keith.. On 5 May 2011, at 03:51, David Glass wrote:

Re: GLXFramework

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:35 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > > Just to play devil's advocate: I find that GLX is overkill for almost all > the apps I create. I prefer to use only code that actually applies to my > project. I have my own set of common handlers and functions that I insert as > needed, whi

Re: Long-term Planning UI Ideas

David, You could use multiple fields, stacked on top of each other and grouped together as a "year"; make ten copies of the group and set them end to end, then group all ten and resize the group horizontally down to the width you want. Turn on the hoizontal scrollbar of the outermost group and

Re: how-to link to a video

I did say you would need to scrape the page source, not the page URL. An easy way to go about that is to opt in to the HTML5 version of YouTube. Go here to do that: http://www.youtube.com/html5 Once you have done that, look at any video and then see what URL is being played by the player. It

Re: how-to link to a video

> Getting the URL of the video is one challenge, > though it is possible to scrape through the page source to find it. My understanding of the 11-character code that's visible in YouTube urls is that it is an index or reference number. Not the url to an mp4 file itself. But I'd welcome someone pr