Re: Livecode for Digital Signage

2011-05-26 Thread Jim Schaubeck
Thanks Bill! For the first one, that may be a good alternative. I have not tested it but I do appreciate the idea. I'll try it. It complicates the process of updating the text a bit but I may have to figure out a way to automate that part if i can not get the text scrolling smooth. I've had som

Re: revUpdateGeometry

2011-05-26 Thread william humphrey
I thought maybe the standard editor just wasn't letting me know about the error since it only occurred when going to that one card. Thanks for the help. I will let Jerry know. On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:51 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 5/26/11 10:37 PM, william humphrey wrote: > > It seems to b

Re: revUpdateGeometry

2011-05-26 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/26/11 10:37 PM, william humphrey wrote: It seems to be impossible to get any of these rev variables to reveal their contents either. Since this error only shows when "Remo" is running and doesn't show in the regular liveCode script editor then maybe I should just leave it alone. I didn't

Re: revUpdateGeometry

2011-05-26 Thread william humphrey
This line of script: put the bottom of control ID tObjectRef + tDistance into item 2 of tObjectRect is in the button "revGeometryBack" there are no custom property sets in that button and therefor no revGeometry to delete. It seems to be impossible to get any of these rev variables to

Re: Question about "Send in" command for animation?

2011-05-26 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/26/11 9:22 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: His thing does collision checking of the missiles against a target. Can Move be set up to trigger collisions? I see. No, he needs "send" in that case. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software |

Re: Question about "Send in" command for animation?

2011-05-26 Thread Colin Holgate
His thing does collision checking of the missiles against a target. Can Move be set up to trigger collisions? On May 26, 2011, at 10:10 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > > I'm having trouble with revlets right now so I can't see what's on your page, > but in general, you might want to look at the "

Re: revUpdateGeometry

2011-05-26 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/26/11 3:44 PM, william humphrey wrote: What calls: revUpdateGeometry? I have a simple button that goes to particular card in a stack and I keep getting errors in revUpdateGeometry. revUpdateGeometry chunk: no such object Object btn "revGeometryBack" of grp "revLibraries" I don't use re

Re: Question about "Send in" command for animation?

2011-05-26 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/26/11 5:52 PM, John Patten wrote: Now for my next question, I am just getting around to using the send command for animations as recommended earlier on the list. I used Scott's demo projects. Obviously depending on the hardware that the stack is running on, there delays when more than one o

Re: revUpdateGeometry

2011-05-26 Thread Thomas McGrath III
set the lockLoc of control tObjectRef to true or set it manually -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On May 26, 2011, at 6:32 PM, william humphrey wrote: > If I comment out: > > " put the bottom of control ID tObjectRef + tDistance into item 2 of > tObjectRec

Re: Question about "Send in" command for animation?

2011-05-26 Thread Colin Holgate
It seems to work ok, other than the Script tab not doing anything. If I was doing the same thing I would have one script that moves all of the pieces, with a lock screen and unlock screen either side of the repeat look. Rather than have each object with its own send message and handler. On May

Re: revUpdateGeometry

2011-05-26 Thread Björnke von Gierke
--untested repeat for the number of cards add one to x repeat for the number of controls add one to y --add saveguards against deleting your own stuff set the custompropertyset of control y of card x to "" end repeat end repeat also check out the preferences general tab: "show livecode ui elements

Question about "Send in" command for animation?

2011-05-26 Thread John Patten
Hi All! Thanks Mike Bonner on the advice for using a behavior for assigning a script to an object in a standalone. That works like a charm. Another good use for behaviors besides hiding scripts :-) Now for my next question, I am just getting around to using the send command for animations

Job/Contract Opp

2011-05-26 Thread Todd Geist
Hello, I am looking for an experienced Lived Coder or two (or 3) to help me with a large MySQL backed Live Code application. The project will be ramping up immediately and will extend for at least two months, and maybe as many as 6 months. Although I would like to find people who could work at le

Re: revUpdateGeometry

2011-05-26 Thread william humphrey
If I comment out: " put the bottom of control ID tObjectRef + tDistance into item 2 of tObjectRect" it solves the problem but the next time I update LiveCode that will be back the way it was again. There must be some other way to turn off revGeometry. On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:27 PM, william

Re: revUpdateGeometry

2011-05-26 Thread william humphrey
How do you repeat through every control structure in a card and remove any revGeometry that it might have? On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:44 PM, william humphrey < b...@bluewatermaritime.com> wrote: > What calls: revUpdateGeometry? I have a simple button that goes to > particular card in a stack and I

Re: Web Plugin Question?

2011-05-26 Thread Mike Bonner
You might be running into a scriptlimits problem. Look up scriptlimits in the dictionary to see if it might apply to the script you're trying to set. MIght be able to do it using a behavior instead. set the behavior of image "yournewimage' to behaviorObjectReference -- behaviorobjectreference is

Web Plugin Question?

2011-05-26 Thread John Patten
Hello... I have a stack that creates a new image and then sets the script of that new image to a field. Something like: set the script of last image to cd fld 3 send mouseUp to last image The script that gets copied animates the new image. Everything works fine in the editor, so I save

Re: [ANN] LiveCode library for Gnome 3.0 notifications...

2011-05-26 Thread Bob Sneidar
How come you aren't ruling the world by now?? Lazy bastage! ;-) Bob On May 26, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Hey Folks, > > I am now a Fedora 15 user. One of the things that I think are really cool > about Gnome 3.0 (default in Fedora 15) is their new notification system. The > new s

[ANN] LiveCode library for Gnome 3.0 notifications...

2011-05-26 Thread Andre Garzia
Hey Folks, I am now a Fedora 15 user. One of the things that I think are really cool about Gnome 3.0 (default in Fedora 15) is their new notification system. The new system is not unlike the ones found in Android or WebOS phones (it is more like WebOS). I just created a minimal wrapper around thei

revUpdateGeometry

2011-05-26 Thread william humphrey
What calls: revUpdateGeometry? I have a simple button that goes to particular card in a stack and I keep getting errors in revUpdateGeometry. revUpdateGeometry chunk: no such object Object btn "revGeometryBack" of grp "revLibraries" I don't use revGeometry anywhere as far as I know so I wonde

Re: Importing Unicode text to a field .. How?

2011-05-26 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Sorry; overlooked this thread until now. - on mouseUp answer file "Choose an RTF file to import" if the result = "cancel" then exit mouseUp else set the useUnicode to true set the RTFText of fld "fRESULT" to URL ("fi

Re: How to replace just the first found space with tab for all lines in a variable?

2011-05-26 Thread Nonsanity
You are absolutely right here. I always forget about the "repeat for each" form because it wasn't in Hypercard back in the day. I'm just SO damn used to typing "repeat with a =" that I forget there's another option. Yes, the speed increase from that form of repeat FAR more than makes up for any sp

Re: What message reveals a scrollbar's position (change)

2011-05-26 Thread Keith Clarke
Brilliant - thanks Klaus. I had that in my script, but had managed to add a typo when adapting the dictionary example. Rather than check, I assumed that it needed to be passed something from 'up-stream' to work. Aargh! Still, solved now - thanks again ;-) Best, Keith.. On 26 May 2011, at 12:23

Re: Ken's Custom Control thingy

2011-05-26 Thread René Micout
:-) Bon souvenir de Paris René Le 26 mai 2011 à 05:29, Ken Ray a écrit : > >> I was watching Ken on the Simulcast, and he was showing a really cool little >> tool to make building custom controls easier. At least I think he was. Or >> maybe I was dreaming :>) >> >> Did that thing get release

Re: What message reveals a scrollbar's position (change)

2011-05-26 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Keith, > Hi folks, > I want to track when a field's vertical scrollbar has reached its maximum - > whether by dragging the scrollbar or moving within the text to force the > scrollbar to max. > > The dictionary shows ways to script setting the scrollbar position, (such as > set the vScroll)

Re: How to replace just the first found space with tab for all lines in a variable?

2011-05-26 Thread Jim Ault
On May 26, 2011, at 3:11 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote How embarrassing !! I tested this in my message box, and had a typo (almost invisible space) in the input data. Sorry Jim (and Keith). Nah, Alex, not embarrassing at all. This is how everyone learns some of the odd rules. This is probably only

What message reveals a scrollbar's position (change)

2011-05-26 Thread Keith Clarke
Hi folks, I want to track when a field's vertical scrollbar has reached its maximum - whether by dragging the scrollbar or moving within the text to force the scrollbar to max. The dictionary shows ways to script setting the scrollbar position, (such as set the vScroll) and responding to scroll

Re: How to replace just the first found space with tab for all lines in a variable?

2011-05-26 Thread Alex Tweedly
On 25/05/2011 16:48, Nonsanity wrote: And if this is a one-shot utility function, than any of these solutions that work for you are great. But if you will be doing this as a feature of a program, and the amounts of data you'll be pushing through are large, then modifying the data in-place saves t

Re: How to replace just the first found space with tab for all lines in a variable?

2011-05-26 Thread Alex Tweedly
How embarrassing !! I tested this in my message box, and had a typo (almost invisible space) in the input data. Sorry Jim (and Keith). -- Alex. On 26/05/2011 04:39, Jim Ault wrote: On May 25, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote: Beware this will get the (possibly) wrong result for some dat