Copy Files in the Standalone Settings

2011-06-26 Thread Slava Paperno
When I use the "Add Folder" button in the Copy Files tab of the Standalone Settings dialog, I see the path to the folder listed with an asterisk, like this: Fonts/* I thought that when the standalone is built, all files in folder Fonts would be copied to folder Fonts in the subtree that contains

ANN: WordLib 1.5 Goes Mobile with Document Import

2011-06-26 Thread Curry Kenworthy
Import Microsoft Word and Open Office documents in your iPhone and iPad apps! WordLib 1.5 brings iOS support to the LiveCode add-on library for document import. New users can get started easily with the included desktop and mobile examples, plus an extensive user guide. Existing users will be

Re: one way to crash the IDE

2011-06-26 Thread Chipp Walters
FWIW, resizeStack and mousemove handlers have always been a 'difficult' to debug. For this reason, I typically try and move my mouseMove handler to a mouseUp while debugging. And turn off liveresizing for the stack to help debug resizeStack. ___ use-live

Re: formattedheight and formattedwidth

2011-06-26 Thread Pete
Yep, that's what I was doing initially but was looking for a way to make it happen without actually knowing the height and width. I think I have this working now. I made sure that the topmost control on each card always had it's topleft set to 10,10 , then I add 20 to each of the formatted height

Re: formattedheight and formattedwidth

2011-06-26 Thread Robert Brenstein
On 26.06.2011 at 17:42 Uhr -0700 Pete apparently wrote: I think I will have to use the formatted height and width and be consistant about how much room is around the borders of the controls on each card. If your cards vary in size but are static, that is not changed dynamically by users, the

Re: formattedheight and formattedwidth

2011-06-26 Thread Pete
OK I see what you mean about the formatted versions of height/width. The straight height and width properties don't seem to come anywhere close to working even allowing for menu bar issues (I'm on OS X). They set the height/width to what they were for the previous card opened in the stack, not the

Re: formattedheight and formattedwidth

2011-06-26 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/26/11 2:52 PM, Pete wrote: Thanks. I guess the dictionary is misleading (yet again) when it says: If you specify a card or group, the *formattedHeight* reports the height of a rectangle that includes all objects in that card or group whose visible property is true. It seems accura

Re: one way to crash the IDE

2011-06-26 Thread Shao Sean
I thought it was CTRL+BREAK ___ 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: the object Type of me?

2011-06-26 Thread Slava Paperno
Tres cool! Just like Adobe Director... S. > getprop objectType > return word 1 of the name of target > end objectType > > you can use > > put the objectType of control 1 > get the objectType of me > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Enginee

Re: the object Type of me?

2011-06-26 Thread Mark Schonewille
Slava, If you put this in the stack script or in a backscript, getprop objectType return word 1 of the name of target end objectType you can use put the objectType of control 1 get the objectType of me -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Hom

Re: formattedheight and formattedwidth

2011-06-26 Thread Pete
Thanks. I guess the dictionary is misleading (yet again) when it says: If you specify a card or group, the *formattedHeight* reports the height of a rectangle that includes all objects in that card or group whose visible property is true. I tried this: set the height of this stack to t

RE: the object Type of me?

2011-06-26 Thread Slava Paperno
Thanks, Pete! Very helpful. S. > Finding out that a control is a button is often just the starting point > - I > needed to know what type of button it was - push button, default > button, > option menu button, combobox button, a popup menu button, checkbox, > radio > button, tab control, etc. If

Re: the object Type of me?

2011-06-26 Thread Pete
Finding out that a control is a button is often just the starting point - I needed to know what type of button it was - push button, default button, option menu button, combobox button, a popup menu button, checkbox, radio button, tab control, etc. If you need to be that specific, in addition to

RE: [[ SPAM ]] RE: one way to crash the IDE

2011-06-26 Thread Slava Paperno
Now that I know the answer, I was able to search for it :) There's a Tip in User Guide section 10.1.4 Interrupting Execution, but you must set allowInterrupts to true, first: control-period/command-period. Slava > -Original Message- > From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use

RE: one way to crash the IDE

2011-06-26 Thread Slava Paperno
Thanks, Colin. Ctrl+period doesn't do that on Windows. Nor Ctrl+Q, Ctrl+C, or Esc... maybe someone else can help us here. S. > Don't know about Windows, but on Mac command-period breaks into the > running script. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-li

Re: one way to crash the IDE

2011-06-26 Thread Colin Holgate
Don't know about Windows, but on Mac command-period breaks into the running script. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.run

one way to crash the IDE

2011-06-26 Thread Slava Paperno
In case anyone is interested, here is one way to crash the 4.6.1 IDE in Windows 7 so bad that you can't even switch to the running instance of Task Manager: add to your resizeStack handler a reference to a non-existing control, then in the Run mode try to resize the stack. Works every time. Which

Re: OS X Dock menu

2011-06-26 Thread Bill Vlahos
Bummer. Thanks for the info to Mark too. Bill Vlahos _ InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) is about keeping your important life information with you, accessible, and secure. On Jun 26, 2011, at 10:42 AM, Shao Sean wrote: > Page 28 of the release notes > > http://www.runrev.

Re: OS X Dock menu

2011-06-26 Thread Shao Sean
Page 28 of the release notes http://www.runrev.com/downloads/livecode/4_6_2/LiveCodeNotes-4_6_2.pdf the iconMenu is the old unsupported syntax and the new syntax is Windows only.. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: OS X Dock menu

2011-06-26 Thread Mark Schonewille
Bill, In the release notes. -- 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 Installer Maker Plugin 1.6 for LiveCode here http://qery.us/ce On 26

Re: OS X Dock menu

2011-06-26 Thread Bill Vlahos
Iconmenu doesn't show up in the dictionary. How can I find more information on it? Bill Vlahos _ InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) is about keeping your important life information with you, accessible, and secure. On Jun 23, 2009, at 4:12 AM, jim sims wrote: >> I was hopin

RE: the object Type of me?

2011-06-26 Thread Slava Paperno
Right! Thanks, man, S. >getProp controlType >return word 1 of the name of the target > end controlType ... ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: the objectType of me?

2011-06-26 Thread Shao Sean
You could always use a frontScript to add that functionality yourself.. getProp controlType return word 1 of the name of the target end controlType if (the controlType of me = "button") then # do button stuff else # do non-button stuff end if ___

Re: the objectType of me?

2011-06-26 Thread Sivakatirswami
On 6/25/11 7:06 PM, Slava Paperno wrote: Is that the way to do it? Seems a bit childish:) There's got to be a "controlType" property, no? Slava Sorry, I don't think so... using Claudi suggestion: by making a command/function put this in your object's script on mousewithin switchContr

Re: the objectType of me?

2011-06-26 Thread Web Admin Himalayan Academy
On 6/25/11 10:49 PM, Claudi Cornaz wrote: Hi Slava, You can use: word 1 of the abbrev name of me The abbrev name will return 'the type of control and the short name' like: button "myButton" or graphic "this grc" Claudi Slava... there is no "controlType" using Claudi suggestion: by makin

Re: [ANN] New custom control > Circular Slider

2011-06-26 Thread René Micout
What is your environnement ? Thank you René Le 26 juin 2011 à 02:21, SparkOut a écrit : > I'm getting the same behaviour as AcidJazz - click on a slider and it works, > but "never lets go" and have to Ctrl+Alt+Del to kill LC in order to get > anything else to respond. > > -- > View this message

Re: the objectType of me?

2011-06-26 Thread Claudi Cornaz
Hi Slava, You can use: word 1 of the abbrev name of me The abbrev name will return 'the type of control and the short name' like: button "myButton" or graphic "this grc" Claudi On 26 jun 2011, at 07:00, Slava Paperno wrote: > I'm looking for the name of the property that states the object'