HI I want to set the color of various lines in a datagrid (when it¹s
populated) according to a value in one of the columns. I got it to work by
adding a column behavior for each of the displayed columns in the datagrid
and then, in the FillInData handler, querying the value for the relevant
item
There still isn't a link on livecode.tv to the recording of my presentation
last Saturday, and I haven't seen any messages about event #23, so I guess the
guys are busy with something at the moment.
The recording did work though, and I found the link on my Ustream page. It's
here:
http://www.u
Yes, definitely something off about how/when stacks receive the focus.
Most don't always receive focus when clicking in their content area,
although sometimes they do.
Sometimes, clicking the Title bar will give the focus to the window, and
it is visually apparent (window widgets enable), som
I'll try to keep better track of exactly what is going on when it
happens, and report back.
Almost positive the script editor is open since I'm looking up syntax to
figure out the best way to write whatever handler/behavior I'm working on.
I don't think I've been debugging when it happens, bu
On 5/12/11 7:32 PM, David Glass wrote:
Sometimes, not sure what the trigger is, when I go to the search field
and start to delete my previous search term, it won't delete, and the
entire IDE becomes unresponsive. In order to clear this issue I have to
Force Quit LC, which obviously causes me to
Hello,
I am interested in displaying the mobile version of a website in LiveCode,
and when a mobile-specific URL is not available I am wondering if there is a
way to still force the mobile version to display in LiveCode on Mac/Windows.
For example, in Apple’s Safari you can use the usually hi
Here's an oddity that I haven't been able to narrow down yet, but it is
causing me a lot of lost work. Looking for any insights or thoughts on
why or what is happening.
OS X 10.6.7, LC 4.6.1
I have the LC Dictionary open almost constantly. Enough that it is
easier to leave it open than to c
Hi Bernd,
BNig wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> don't be afraid. It is an innouous stack.
> [snip]
> It definitely looks like homework.
>
Which school teach Livecode to their students?
This teacher could offer really useful insights
about teaching this platform in the classroom.
Some years ago, i made
Non members are supposed to write a bug report to support directly. RunRev
will file the report in bugzilla for you. That is my memory on the change.
Best regards,
Mark Talluto
http://www.canelasoftware.com
On May 12, 2011, at 3:20 PM, David Glass wrote:
> I sent customer service an email
Hi all,
don't be afraid. It is an innouous stack.
I opened it because Jyst posted the same question over in the forum
http://forums.runrev.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7507
without the stack.
Jyst had posted sometimes on the forum before so I was not really too
concerned about opening it.
On 5/12/11 11:16 AM, Keith Clarke wrote:
...hmm, is mouseOver an undocumented feature - it's not in the Dictionary?
It's not a keyword, I think Richmond had a thinko. :) I'm prone to those
myself.
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software
I sent customer service an email asking how to get access, and that was
the response I received.
Dear David Glass,
Thank you for your request. To access the Quality Center you need to have a
LiveCode Developer membership. You can read more about this here:
http://www.runrev.com/products/livec
David-
Thursday, May 12, 2011, 9:25:45 AM, you wrote:
> Just for completeness (and the archives), they've restricted access to
> this to those users with Developer Program ($199/year) memberships.
No, that was the original (and misguided) approach but it was changed
before rolling out the new RQ
Oh, proviso: I didn't try it using a property, just used a field reference
instead, but seems like it shouldn't make a difference, and should be faster
(I think) than the shell call, especially if the file is large since the
weird copy command actually does do a strange pseudo copy.
On Thu, May 12
Hey, heres another interesting method
If you put the following into a property
*Dim objShell, objFolder*
**
*Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")*
*Set objFolder = objShell.NameSpace("[[tFolder]]")*
*objFolder.Items.Item("[[tFile]]").ModifyDate = "[[the date && the
tim
Thanks Mike! I'll check it out.
Phil
On 5/12/11 2:20 PM, Mike Bonner wrote:
I believe you can do this
get shell("copy /b myfile.txt + , ,")
Should work, but i'd test it on non-critical files first, or have backups.
Seems to work from the bit of testing i've done.
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 2:56
Hi All,
on 12 May 2011
Chris Innanen wrote:
> NEVER open attachments from people you don't know,
> that you weren't expecting, or that seem suspicious
> in any way.
> Remember, it's possible to write a really NASTY Livecode stack, or ANY
> program for that matter. You take a risk whenever you lau
I believe you can do this
get shell("copy /b myfile.txt + , ,")
Should work, but i'd test it on non-critical files first, or have backups.
Seems to work from the bit of testing i've done.
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Phil Davis wrote:
> Is there a Windows equivalent to the Unix 'touch' comm
Is there a Windows equivalent to the Unix 'touch' command? I would like to
prevent the last-mod date of a Windows file from showing when the file was
actually last modified.
Thanks -
--
Phil Davis
PDS Labs
Professional Software Development
http://pdslabs.net
_
Could also use shortfilepath to make things less quote'ey
put "start" && the shortfilepath of "my really\long file\path.exe" into
tShell
get shell (tShell)
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Phil Davis wrote:
> Hi Graham,
>
> As you [and I] now know,"start" is a non-trivial command - it has lots
Hi Graham,
As you [and I] now know,"start" is a non-trivial command - it has lots of
choices you can make in running it. To see them all, enter this at a Windows
command prompt:
start /?
Or you can see them in a LC window using my 'Shell Command Help' plugin,
available in RevOnline.
Be
Thanks, all. I found the Custom Controls lesson directly after sending out my
initial question. I think I'm going to try doing that, it should work fine.
Thanks for the ideas!
~
Carly J. Born
Academic Technologies
Carleton College | 507-222-7010 | cb...@carleton.edu
http://apps.carleton.
Thanks for the kind words Andre. We are almost done with our v1 API. I will
get you a copy asap.
Best regards,
Mark Talluto
http://www.canelasoftware.com
On May 5, 2011, at 10:51 PM, Andre Garzia wrote:
> I've seen SpiceKit during the conference and I Like It!
>
> You have my [LIKE] faceb
Hi William,
We have received inquires from a variety of software developers that cover the
gamut with unique needs. Our business modal is very accommodating and tailored
to work with the needs of our clients. The service is free to setup and try
out. We only charge a reasonable percentage on
Well Michael Jackson DID own a monkey. But Bubbles wasn't very good at
Livecode.
(Not the frail attempt to make this on-topic for the list!)
~ Chris Innanen
~ Nonsanity
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
> The first thing I notices was that "monkey", "jackson" and "michael
Slight change, typo I think:
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
> Graham, in the form you used, Livecode passes the shell argument without
> the quotes. To Livecode, the quotes are string delimiters, so to speak.
> Try:
>
> put "start My Program.exe" into theWinApp
> put quote
Couldn't you also just show a small button or graphic at the mouseLoc,
overlying the default button, and tracking it with a mouseMove message?
Craig Newman
-Original Message-
From: Thomas McGrath III
To: How to use LiveCode
Sent: Thu, May 12, 2011 12:48 pm
Subject: Re: Customize S
Ken.
You just cannot test too much. The "mouseLine" returns empty when the cursor is
over space below data in a list field. This causes the selection to revert to
line 1. Not sure why.
The fix, if one pursues this solution, is:
on mouseWithin
if the mouseLine <> "" then select the mouse
Carly,
Not that I am aware of but you can create your own scroller.
Obleo has a video here
http://intkeystrokes.posterous.com/custom-scroller-for-livecode-ios-with-animati
And you can simulate a scrollBar using a groups scroll. If you group an item or
a series of items and then make the group
The first thing I notices was that "monkey", "jackson" and "michael" were 3 of
the choices. At first I thought this guy was pulling our legs, as if the app
was what I thought it was, then it would probably offend a lot of people. But a
school project sounds about right.
Bob
On May 12, 2011,
Graham, in the form you used, Livecode passes the shell argument without the
quotes. To Livecode, the quotes are string delimiters, so to speak. Try:
put "start My Program.exe" into theWinApp
put quote before word 2 of theWinApp
put quote after word 2 of theWinApp
get shell(theWinApp)
You *coul
Now that you purchased a copy, I feel ok about saying that all he does is
intercept the sort message and then not pass it.
Bob
On May 12, 2011, at 8:16 AM, Ray Horsley wrote:
> Ahh! I'll take a look. Right now I'm trying to stop the datagrid from
> resorting itself when I set the dgText of
"Unexpected behavior in app" is what software
developers like to call, "The Normal State Of Affairs". :-)
Bob
On May 11, 2011, at 9:53 PM, Terry Vogelaar wrote:
> Hi Jacque,
>
> Eureka! That helped. There was indeed a problem with my actual script. When I
> wrote this question, I made some
Just for completeness (and the archives), they've restricted access to
this to those users with Developer Program ($199/year) memberships.
On 05/11/2011 8:47 AM, Mark Wieder wrote:
David-
Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 8:02:52 AM, you wrote:
How do I get access to this? E-mail customer service di
...hmm, is mouseOver an undocumented feature - it's not in the Dictionary?
On 12 May 2011, at 16:37, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
> On 05/12/2011 03:52 PM, Keith Clarke wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> I've found mouseEnter, mouseLine and Highlight in the dictionary but can't
>> seem to get the syntax correc
...thanks Chris - I've added the screen lock/unlock (another first!), but I
don't need to worry about long lines, because the list text Card names need to
be visible in a fixed-width sidebar with no horizontal scrolling.
So, I have...
on mouseMove
lock Screen
set the hilitedlines of me t
Craig/John,
I'm not surprised that code that works elsewhere doesn't once I get my hands on
it!
Back in the day when I ran a consultancy practice, the developers used me as a
test case for 'idiot-proof'! ;-)
So, it's probably an interaction with some of the other code I've recently
bludgeoned
On 05/12/2011 05:18 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
Hi,
Usually, I open a stack in a text editor before opening it in LiveCode, if I
don't know whether the originating source of the stack can be trusted. By
looking at the scripts, I'm usually able to tell what the stack does.
--
Best regards,
Ma
Hello Carly,
Did you think "the thumb of a slider" or "the thumb of a scrollbar" ?
René
Le 12 mai 2011 à 17:32, Carly J. Born a écrit :
> Hello!
>
> I'm new-ish to this list (been hovering for a while), but it's my first post.
> Forgive me if I am missing something obvious.
>
> Is it possibl
On 05/12/2011 03:52 PM, Keith Clarke wrote:
Hi folks,
I've found mouseEnter, mouseLine and Highlight in the dictionary but can't seem
to get the syntax correct to highlight a line in a list field with a mouse
hover, rather than a click.
Any clues would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
Keith..
Hav
Hello!
I'm new-ish to this list (been hovering for a while), but it's my first post.
Forgive me if I am missing something obvious.
Is it possible to customize the thumb of a scrollbar to be an image of your
choice?
Thanks!
~
Carly J. Born
Academic Technologies
Carleton College | 507-
Craig, I'm not at my computer right now, but did you test your method with a
field that has less lines of data than the field will display, and then move
the mouse into the field over an "empty" line?
Perhaps that will generate the error...
Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
On May 12, 201
I'm the menu buttons guy -- whose problem remains unresolved. The menuhistory
solves one problem, but not another.
I decided to develop a workaround in which a button pops up a field that looks
line a pulldown menu.
The follwing script WORKS to hilite lines in a mouseover:
on mouseWithin
Shell in Windows is based on the "current working directory" if you don't
provide a full path to the "start" command.
Take a look at this tip for more info:
http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/shel002.htm
Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
On May 12, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Graha
Hmmm.
There is something else going on, because both approaches work identically for
me. As they ought to. Anyway, as John says, the good news is there is more than
one way to do almost anyting. I originally did it with a mouseMove as well, and
now that I think about it, this is likely slightl
Ahh! I'll take a look. Right now I'm trying to stop the datagrid from
resorting itself when I set the dgText of the group. I've purchased a copy
of zryip's Data Grid Helper which hopefully will help with some of these
things.
Thanks for the tip,
Ray
-Original Message-
From: use-livec
Graham,
To deal with those spaces, put quotes around the application name, just like in
my example.
--
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
Graham,
Maybe it would help if you pointed us to the actual DLL you're trying to
implement? That way we could see what functions and parameters are in the DLL...
Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
On May 11, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Graham Samuel wrote:
> I am still struggling with the most bas
select line (word 2 of the mouseline) of me
That should work regardless of list behavior being on or off. If you use a
mousewheel while hovering, the selection won't move until you move the mouse
a little. I was tempted to add the same line to a scrolldrag handler, but
that went crazy when the mou
Mark, thanks - your suggestion means that the example in the docs is just plain
wrong (not enough quotes - apparently you need an empty set of quotes before
the one with the program name). But I doubt if this will solve the problem of a
program name with a space in it. So I still want to know wh
Hi Ray,
The script has to be in the custom behavior for the column. If you haven't
used custom column behaviors, probably easiest thing is to take a look at
the link I sent in my earlier email - lots of lessons on how to use
datagrids there including setting up a custom column behavior. And I jus
> I just retried both John's and your scripts, to see if it was me...
> • John's does not affect the default list field behaviour - the highlight
> changes only on mouseDown.
Keith, the highlight does not change on mouseDown, it changes when the mouse is
over the line... the first line in the
Doesn't help with password protected stacks... But at least you can check
non-protected stacks that way, which most are. You have to be sensitive to
obfuscation however... :)
~ Chris Innanen
~ Nonsanity
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Mark Schonewille <
m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrot
Hi Craig,
By mouse hover, I mean equivalent to the html/CSS mouseover
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouseover.
So, the requirement is for each line in a list field to automatically toggle
its highlight to true as the mouse enters the line's UI area (perhaps a virtual
'rect') and false as the mou
Hi,
Usually, I open a stack in a text editor before opening it in LiveCode, if I
don't know whether the originating source of the stack can be trusted. By
looking at the scripts, I'm usually able to tell what the stack does.
--
Best regards,
Mark Schonewille
Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Soft
I also got this as a personal email and responded with some hints and tips,
but I didn't do the work for him/her for two reasons: 1) it DOES sound like
a school assignment, very much so. And 2) NEVER open attachments from people
you don't know, that you weren't expecting, or that seem suspicious in
Hmm.
Just so I understand, what does Klaus' script do that mine (or John's) does
not? What does "hover" require (or mean)?
I see no difference, unless that hover thing is the issue.
Craig Newman
-Original Message-
From: Keith Clarke
To: How to use LiveCode
Sent: Thu, May 12, 2
...it's lucky that that's what I'm using then ;-)
On 12 May 2011, at 14:11, Klaus on-rev wrote:
> Addendum:
>
> Am 12.05.2011 um 15:01 schrieb Klaus on-rev:
>
>> Hi Keith,
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>> I've found mouseEnter, mouseLine and Highlight in the dictionary but can't
>>> seem to get the synta
...thanks Craig, but it doesn't track the mouse hover - Klaus nailed it with
tracking mouseMove to set highlightedLines.
Best,
Keith..
On 12 May 2011, at 14:02, dunb...@aol.com wrote:
> How about:
>
>
>
> on mouseWithin
> select the mouseLine
> end mouseWithin
>
>
>
>
> Craig Newman
_
Addendum:
Am 12.05.2011 um 15:01 schrieb Klaus on-rev:
> Hi Keith,
>
>> Hi folks,
>> I've found mouseEnter, mouseLine and Highlight in the dictionary but can't
>> seem to get the syntax correct to highlight a line in a list field with a
>> mouse hover, rather than a click.
>> Any clues would b
on mouseWithin
if the mouseLine is empty then exit mouseWithin
select the mouseLine
end mouseWithin
> Hi folks,
> I've found mouseEnter, mouseLine and Highlight in the dictionary but can't
> seem to get the syntax correct to highlight a line in a list field with a
> mouse hover, rather
...great, thanks Klaus - that has fixed it!
Best,
Keith..
On 12 May 2011, at 14:01, Klaus on-rev wrote:
> Hi Keith,
>
>> Hi folks,
>> I've found mouseEnter, mouseLine and Highlight in the dictionary but can't
>> seem to get the syntax correct to highlight a line in a list field with a
>> mouse
How about:
on mouseWithin
select the mouseLine
end mouseWithin
Craig Newman
-Original Message-
From: Keith Clarke
To: How to use LiveCode
Sent: Thu, May 12, 2011 8:52 am
Subject: Highlight list line on hover?
Hi folks,
I've found mouseEnter, mouseLine and Highlight in th
Hi Keith,
> Hi folks,
> I've found mouseEnter, mouseLine and Highlight in the dictionary but can't
> seem to get the syntax correct to highlight a line in a list field with a
> mouse hover, rather than a click.
> Any clues would be greatly appreciated.
Use the "mousemove" message!
Put this into
Hi folks,
I've found mouseEnter, mouseLine and Highlight in the dictionary but can't seem
to get the syntax correct to highlight a line in a list field with a mouse
hover, rather than a click.
Any clues would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
Keith..
___
That did it! Many thanks to zryip theSlug and Trevor for this simple
solution.
setprop dgColumnWidth
hide graphic "ColHiliter"-- a graphic I use to highlight column
headings, needs to be put away when column widths are adjusted
pass dgColumnWidth
end dgColumnWidth
Ray
-Original M
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Ray Horsley wrote:
> Pete,
>
> Thanks for your response but I'm not having any luck with this. I've tried
> the following short script:
>
> on layoutControl param1
> put 1 into tmp
> end layoutControl
>
> in the group, the cd and the stack but none of these area
Pete,
Thanks for your response but I'm not having any luck with this. I've tried
the following short script:
on layoutControl param1
put 1 into tmp
end layoutControl
in the group, the cd and the stack but none of these areas catch the
layoutControl message. Could it be some other message ma
Graham,
Try this:
set the hideConsoleWindows to true
put "start" && quote & quote && quote & "myProgram.exe" & quote into myShell
get shell(myShell)
--
Best regards,
Mark Schonewille
Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering
Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com
Twitter: http://twitter.
Following the instructions for "launch" in the LC docs, I tried the substitute
method suggested:
get shell("start MyProgram.exe")
this didn't work using the name of the program in Windows Explorer, presumably
because there was a space in the name.
I also tried to get a path to the program, whi
...ah, OK - I hadn't realised that the Dictionary was so limited. Time to check
out your documentation project, methinks ;-)
On 12 May 2011, at 10:07, Björnke von Gierke wrote:
> there's no search, what you see in the documentation is a result of a
> "filter" on the extended list. That is why
there's no search, what you see in the documentation is a result of a "filter"
on the extended list. That is why (for example) you'll get a ton of results
when entering "the", but only one when entering "revxmlchildnames".
On 12 May 2011, at 11:04, Keith Clarke wrote:
> Thanks John, textShift w
Thanks John, textShift will solve my problem very nicely.
Strange that the Dictionary didn't return anything when I searched on
'superscript' or 'subscript' - as they're both in the description of
shiftText?!?
I don't see any Preferences settings to prevent the Dictionary from searching
all f
this sounds like a school assignment.
What part exactly do you have trouble with?
On 12 May 2011, at 10:55, nicekris2...@aol.com wrote:
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I am in need of assistance to solve the problems stated below. I have part of
> the program done but still having problem to solve the pr
Hi guys,
I am in need of assistance to solve the problems stated below. I have part of
the program done but still having problem to solve the problems stated as
below.
The link of the program that I've done part of it is here:
http://www.adrive.com/public/942c55beef0bb1557e01c8102796e9d43
Kieth...
have a look at textShift in the dictionary...
be well
>
> Hi folks,
> Is there any way to adjust the vertical alignment of specific text within a
> field - such as lifting a word by 2 pixels?
>
> I'm using a simple scrollable list to provide (static) navigate between cards
> on a
Hi folks,
Is there any way to adjust the vertical alignment of specific text within a
field - such as lifting a word by 2 pixels?
I'm using a simple scrollable list to provide (static) navigate between cards
on a stack. Each row comprises 3 space characters (the first space overwritten
using im
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