I think both are really interesting.
I would be interested a bit more in Flash because so much (internet)
content today is produced with it.
An the other side my goal is focus to educational developing (for this
Director was made) and also I used Director earlier for a big Project,
for this I am
And "shelling out" was something you did at the store involving pictures of
dead presidents.
--Jerry
On Sep 30, 2011, at 4:57 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
> Let's remember, we aged, that there was a time that the synonym for "shell"
> was "your operating system".
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Sep 30, 2011, at
Let's remember, we aged, that there was a time that the synonym for "shell" was
"your operating system".
Bob
On Sep 30, 2011, at 3:19 PM, stephen barncard wrote:
> not my fear - I happily use shell all of the time!!
>
> but it's true - no "are you sure?' dialogs.. ha
>
>
> On 30 September
Perhaps you could have a radiobutton that is labeled "no opinion" and make it
hilited by default on opencard, then on mousedown in the slider, uncheck the
button? Then if the user changes his/her mind and wants to vote "no opinion"
s/he could check the button again and the slider could revert to
Hi Ron, Richmond:
Since we receive adequate scrolling feedback when a field has the scroll of its
associated scrollbars manipulated, could you, perhaps, connect a field to your
slider in some manner and set that field's scrolling to meaningful values? I'm
not sure how that might work and how vi
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:41:47 +0300
> From: Richmond Mathewson
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Subject: Re: Scrollbar/slider attributes
> Message-ID: <4e85ff5b.5070...@gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Better go for a mouseDown rather than
not my fear - I happily use shell all of the time!!
but it's true - no "are you sure?' dialogs.. ha
On 30 September 2011 14:33, Mark Schonewille <
m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote:
> I understand, Stephen. You fear great powers :-)
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Mark Schonewille
>
> Economy
On 9/30/11 4:45 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD wrote:
I've always been afraid of going to shell...
Just keep any handbaskets away from the computer and you'll be fine.
--
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HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On Sep 30, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> Do you actually realise that there was a time when shell was all we had? It
> is in no way different from the DOS or Unix command prompt from so long ago.
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Mark Schonewille
>
> Economy-x-Talk Consul
Hi Peter,
Do you actually realise that there was a time when shell was all we had? It is
in no way different from the DOS or Unix command prompt from so long ago.
--
Best regards,
Mark Schonewille
Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering
Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com
Twitter: h
I've always been afraid of going to shell...
-- Peter
Peter M. Brigham
pmb...@gmail.com
http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
On Sep 30, 2011, at 5:14 PM, stephen barncard wrote:
> FEAR OF SHELL()
>
> On 30 September 2011 13:39, Mark Schonewille <
> m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote:
>
>> Ric
Shell is easy to use.
Moreover, you can do the following.
1) Find an application that does what you want to pdfs, but does not require
a full installation. Many applications can run as an executable file without
having to have notations made in the windows registry.
2) Store that application wit
I understand, Stephen. You fear great powers :-)
--
Best regards,
Mark Schonewille
Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering
Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer
KvK: 50277553
See what you get with only a small contribution. All our LiveCode d
I guess I am shellophobic then. I am also Sheilaphobic but that is a personal
matter. :-)
Bob
On Sep 30, 2011, at 2:14 PM, stephen barncard wrote:
> FEAR OF SHELL()
>
> On 30 September 2011 13:39, Mark Schonewille <
> m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote:
>
>> Richmond,
>>
>> SuperCard a
Jacque,
Super helpful! Thank you for taking the time to respond. I'm looking forward to
this project but right now it seems a little daunting. I'm glad to know that
most code "just works".
Thanks again,
Chris
On Sep 30, 2011, at 2:22 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 9/30/11 1:25 PM, Chris Shef
Found it!
I left a "&" inside my quotes here: ¬
> --put "INSERT INTO norms " & "(" & tFields & ") & VALUES (:1, :2, :3, :4)"
Thanks!
John Patten
SUSD
On Sep 30, 2011, at 12:09 PM, John Patten wrote:
> I checked the data that is being posted via the
FEAR OF SHELL()
On 30 September 2011 13:39, Mark Schonewille <
m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote:
> Richmond,
>
> SuperCard and LiveCode and all other Mac-compatible platforms can display
> PDF files in QuickTime players. It might also be possible to use a browser
> control.
>
> HyperStudio
On 09/30/2011 11:39 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
Richmond,
SuperCard and LiveCode and all other Mac-compatible platforms can display PDF
files in QuickTime players. It might also be possible to use a browser control.
HyperStudio lets you drop PDF files onto the window and the first page of the
Richmond,
SuperCard and LiveCode and all other Mac-compatible platforms can display PDF
files in QuickTime players. It might also be possible to use a browser control.
HyperStudio lets you drop PDF files onto the window and the first page of the
PDF will be displayed as a picture.
As I wrote
I wonder if Supercard can read PDFs?
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On 9/30/11 1:25 PM, Chris Sheffield wrote:
What I'd be most interested
in hearing is what's the best way to do a cross platform mobile app?
Two separate stacks for the interfaces, with common code libraries to
perform the main functionality?
That's one way. I didn't choose it though, I use a p
I checked the data that is being posted via the stack it looks correctly
formatted.
I then checked to see what the data would look like when it went through the
first part of the irev code on the server, the: put $_POST["mymessage"] into
mymessage
When I ask the iRev/lc file to return mymessa
Well to be truthful I haven't set up MySQL on on-rev recently, but at
dreamhost (I am running my own copy of Livecode server) I have to use a
special subdomain for the SQL 'server' address - NOT localhost. I think
one can use 'localhost' at on-rev, but some other restrictions might be in
the way
Hi Stephen...
I tried it both ways. Originally it was .rev, but then with all the changes I
thought that may have been good for only existing code on the server so I
switched it to .lc
It didn't help though :-(
In terms of the MySQl account and IP and cross-domain restrictions, that would
Hi all,
I'm finally getting started on a new mobile app for my company. It's taken a
lot of time and a lot of convincing of the powers that be, but we're finally
going to take the plunge.
I was wondering if anyone has some "getting started" tips and/or tricks. This
app will be developed for t
Whoops! Sorry did not see the iRev and on-rev part. Try writing the contents of
the variables out to a log file.
Bob
On Sep 30, 2011, at 11:12 AM, John Patten wrote:
> Hi All..
>
> I duplicated a script that is working to send data to on-rev mysql database
> in another project. The new proj
Yes, wrap it all in a try/catch construct and then step through it to see which
line fails and why.
try
-- some code here
catch theError -- theError will contain detailed info on the error
answer theError as sheet
breakpoint -- so you can look at your variables here to see what they contai
Also check your MySQL account for any IP or cross-domain restrictions.
On 30 September 2011 11:20, stephen barncard <
stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote:
> how did you name the file? with a .lc or .rev suffix?
>
>
> On 30 September 2011 11:12, John Patten wrote:
>
>> Hi All..
>>
>> I dupl
how did you name the file? with a .lc or .rev suffix?
On 30 September 2011 11:12, John Patten wrote:
> Hi All..
>
> I duplicated a script that is working to send data to on-rev mysql database
> in another project. The new project keeps throwing up a server connection
> error.
>
> I've tried t
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Graham Samuel wrote:
> Thanks to all who replied. As the one who started this thread, I'd like to
> say that I pretty much despair of finding a solution. The current position
> seems to me admirably summarised by Paul Dupuis (see below). Suggestions
> that I use a
Hi All..
I duplicated a script that is working to send data to on-rev mysql database in
another project. The new project keeps throwing up a server connection error.
I've tried to boil it down to the most basic components to trouble shoot, but I
still get errors. I 'have looked for typos over a
I have a couple of suggestions (although I am not sure either will
work as smoothly as Graham wants, but my still be worth a try).
1. display the pdf in a browser control, snapshot the window, present
the snapshot to the user to crop to just the image.
2. assuming that there is a linux solution (
On 09/30/2011 09:04 PM, Colin Holgate wrote:
You mean, Dodo, as in an extinct OS?
On Sep 30, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
DouDou [muffled mirth; surely the
French should have realised how 'that' name would go down in the Anglophone
world].
_
You mean, Dodo, as in an extinct OS?
On Sep 30, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
> DouDou [muffled mirth; surely the
> French should have realised how 'that' name would go down in the Anglophone
> world].
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I am so sad about this. Over the last 3 or 4 years, this list has
lost some truly great people. Mark Smith was one of them. When I saw
the post to his wikipedia entry, I just thought "that's got to be the
wrong Mark". I had no idea he was a musician as well as a programmer.
I've probably made
On 09/30/2011 08:18 PM, Ronald Zellner wrote:
I am using scrollbars (sliders) to obtain ratings on a series of topics.
Obviously, I need to have the default position of the slider at zero or at
some mid point. Is there an alternative to that?
Also,
Hi Joe,
No one has suggested this, so... nothing like starting at the beginning.
Assuming I understand the problem correctly, does this work?
- In the Finder's "Finder" menu, select "Preferences"
- Click the "Sidebar" icon at the top of the resulting window
- Uncheck the items you want to remov
On 09/30/2011 08:37 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
On 9/22/11 8:59 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Impossible. I'm in a cabin in the woods where I have to drive to get
Internet access. Which is why I'm answering old posts by mistake,
btw. And no way there's enough power to run my time warp stack.
On the
On 09/30/2011 08:18 PM, Ronald Zellner wrote:
I am using scrollbars (sliders) to obtain ratings on a series of topics.
Obviously, I need to have the default position of the slider at zero or at some
mid point. Is there an alternative to that?
Also, a problem with sliders is you can't tell when
On 9/22/11 8:59 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Impossible. I'm in a cabin in the woods where I have to drive to get Internet
access. Which is why I'm answering old posts by mistake, btw. And no way
there's enough power to run my time warp stack.
On the other hand I'll be back tomorrow so maybe I di
http://www.doudoulinux.org/web/english/index.html
cripes . . .
does it never occur to all those people who produce "kiddy friendly
operating systems" from time to time that it might not be a bad idea to
sit some kids down in front of a computer
I got 90% negative feedback today from a "I
I am using scrollbars (sliders) to obtain ratings on a series of topics.
Obviously, I need to have the default position of the slider at zero or at some
mid point. Is there an alternative to that?
Also, a problem with sliders is you can't tell when people are simply satisfied
with the default
Hey Trevor,
It did occur every time, though I only tested on one Mac. I ended up
rebuilding the stack which eliminated this problem, but a couple of
times I've gotten another error when opening the datagrid stack (the
error was not consistent):
Line No:
Hint: 238'
354,6192,0,_StoreColWidth
35
A few weeks ago I showed Unity, and Mike balanced out the meeting by showing 3D
modeling tools, and the use of Franklin 3D. The next two tools I'll show are
Director and Flash, and I wanted to know if anyone here had a preference which
I showed first.
Director will have some interest to you bec
On 30 Sep 2011, at 17:02, Graham Samuel wrote:
> As a last remark, I'd be interested to know of the details of ANY
> implementation of adding functionality of any kind to LiveCode via a
> third-party application and 'shell'. I have never seen this in action and I
> can't remember it being demo
On 09/30/2011 07:23 PM, stephen barncard wrote:
THis is absurd for them to expect this to take off.
Well, I ALWAYS read the BBC website, but ALMOST NEVER TRUST what they
write . . . :)
And, certainly, the whole thing seems to be a load of people being paid
to sit
around in committee rooms
THis is absurd for them to expect this to take off.
What about security - not trivial
Is this proprietary? - if so, bound to fail
what processor is this based on?
Who coordinates development and support?
How is it paid for?
an OS of any kind is a big deal. I am very skeptical.
On 30 September 2
Rght. As though the Aliens don't show up every wednesday night for a round
of backgammon! I guess THEY might have enough power!
Bob
On Sep 22, 2011, at 6:59 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> Impossible. I'm in a cabin in the woods where I have to drive to get Internet
> access. Which is why I'm
Paul-
Thursday, September 29, 2011, 10:55:35 AM, you wrote:
> As some folks may remember, I have posted to this list a number of time
> on the need for being able to open and read PDF content (text and
> images) in LiveCode. We at Researchware have, I think, thoroughly
> explored this topic. It
Ken-
Thursday, September 29, 2011, 8:24:51 AM, you wrote:
> Are you looking at just extracting the images? Or other relevant
> parts of the PDF? The reason I ask is that it looks like binary data
> is always contained between two lines: "stream" and "endstream", so
> extracting just the streaming
I used to walk the aisles at a local Target every day at work as a break, so
I would find all the great deals and clearances. I got several all-in-one
inkjet printers at the $30 price point that way. So I was doing just what
you suggest.
HOWEVER, new printers don't usually come with fully-loaded i
Thanks to all who replied. As the one who started this thread, I'd like to say
that I pretty much despair of finding a solution. The current position seems to
me admirably summarised by Paul Dupuis (see below). Suggestions that I use a
command-line utility seem to me to come down to using Image
On 09/30/2011 04:21 PM, Admin wrote:
I like that. pdf works everywhere (except that dark corner of
windows) - oh, you mean the 98% of all computer users dark corner? Oops,
forgot about them.
Mike
As our house is completely non-Windows [mixed Mac, Ubuntu-Linux,
Mint-Linux],
and my wife has t
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15109403
http://cataspanglish.com/2010/07/26/urban-os-a-city-operating-system/
-
http://urbanlabs.net/index.php/UrbanLabs_OS_%28English%29
How good is your (err ?) C
I like that. pdf works everywhere (except that dark corner of
windows) - oh, you mean the 98% of all computer users dark corner? Oops,
forgot about them.
Mike
On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:12:43 -0600, Vokey,
John wrote:
> The problem (success?) with pdf is that it is, uniquely,
pdf: it is text,
On 09/30/2011 11:35 AM, Walt Brown wrote:
As I clear out old emails...
FYI, I recently ran into an old friend of mine from grade school. He tried
one of the prescription meds available for this purpose, once. It had a
warning "if you notice any changes in vision". He has permanently lost
complet
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Marty Knapp wrote:
> I have an application with a Datagrid that's been working fine but I'm now
> getting an error in the standalone (but it seems to work fine in the IDE):
>
Marty,
I know of at least one other instance where someone is experiencing a
similar er
As I clear out old emails...
FYI, I recently ran into an old friend of mine from grade school. He tried
one of the prescription meds available for this purpose, once. It had a
warning "if you notice any changes in vision". He has permanently lost
complete vision in both eyes.
-Original Messag
I see an ad for an HP color inkjet all in one printer for $90 - with my
current cartridges running around half that for a full replacement set, just
keeping extra printers on hand might be more efficient (sigh) if not
ecologically sound...
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From: use-livecode-boun...@list
Hi Alessandro,
It depends on what mean by "read". Do you want to display a page to the
user, or do you want to capture the content of the PDF file for use in
LiveCode?
Walt
-Original Message-
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[mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Beha
The problem (success?) with pdf is that it is, uniquely, pdf: it is text,
stylized text, bitmaps, vector graphics, and everything else. Covert eps, for
example, to pdf and all is fine (you can easily extract the eps from the pdf).
Add a second pdf (or another eps) to that same file, and the ep
http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=8419&sid=bf0fce69c0385b78e776bf617b2dc5b0
On 30/09/2011, at 4:58 PM, paolo mazza wrote:
> Hi all,
> I set up a finger scrolling text field for an iOS application taking
> into consideration that the content of the text field change according
> to the
I have had some success parsing PDF files for various purposes using the
shell command to access tools like pdftk, ghostpdl/ghostscript and the xpdf
suite of command line tools.
Walt Brown
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