Re: [UBUNTU] running LiveCode on 11.x

On 10/08/2011 05:20 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: Andre- Friday, October 7, 2011, 6:06:26 PM, you wrote: I did the same thing for Fedora 15 but doing that on my new Ubuntu BTW... I absolutely hate the new Gnome3 in FC15. I can't believe anybody thought this was a good idea. Cannot say I like eith

Re: iOS and Mac mini and App Store

On Oct 8, 2011, at 12:18 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: What processor does the Mac mini have? It would want to be Intel, and you would need it to update to Snow Leopard. It's $99 a year to be an iOS developer. Don't know how long it takes these days, but there is a chance it could be done befor

Re: iOS and Mac mini and App Store

What processor does the Mac mini have? It would want to be Intel, and you would need it to update to Snow Leopard. It's $99 a year to be an iOS developer. Don't know how long it takes these days, but there is a chance it could be done before Wednesday. When I signed up it took four months, but

Re: Object naming conventions

Thanks Mike, I'll be in touch in the next couple of weeks. Pete Molly's Revenge On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Mike Felker wrote: > That sounds like a great tool. I would love to help beta test it. > > Mike > > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 7, 2011, at 12:54 PM,

Re: Reading PDFs in LC (again)

Graham, I'm puzzled why you're using ImageMagick when even with ImageMagick you still need to install GhostScript. Why not only install GhostScript and run it from the command line (or process)? It can directly convert PDF's to PNG, BMP, JPG, etc.. which can then be imported into LC. On Fri, Oct

iOS and Mac mini and App Store

I haev a buyer for one of my Mac mini computers running Leopard. The buyer wants to build iPad apps with Livecode, but did not know about the developer requirements. I told him I would get the answers to How much is the Apple developer cost How long does it take to become one (hours, days)? Ca

Re: [UBUNTU] running LiveCode on 11.x

Andre- Friday, October 7, 2011, 6:06:26 PM, you wrote: > I did the same thing for Fedora 15 but doing that on my new Ubuntu BTW... I absolutely hate the new Gnome3 in FC15. I can't believe anybody thought this was a good idea. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net _

Re: UIWebView control flash

Hi Jacque, You could try to create the browser object before navigating cards. I don't know if this will actually work, but i did notice that UI controls stay on screen if they are not deleted the propert way. Another possibility is to show a card with a circular progress indicator in the midd

UIWebView control flash

I'm setting up a browser control in a preopencard handler. Normally preopencard doesn't display anything while it runs, but even if I surround the handler with lock/unlock commands, the card itself is briefly visible before the control appears. That means the user sees the underlying card for a

Re: New iOS App in Store

Tom, I made this app using the iPod screen size simply because I already had the photos that size from another project… that way I needed less time to prepare the photos. I have some ideas for how I could expand the for the iPad. I'll need to re-do the photos for the bigger size. The 2x option

Re: New iOS App in Store

That's a good question… I've always just left it at the default… whatever that is. I'll pay attention next time. On Oct 7, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: > What date did you select for when the app should be available? In my > experience it almost seems like they don't even start the re

Re: Object naming conventions

That sounds like a great tool. I would love to help beta test it. Mike Sent from my iPad On Oct 7, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Pete wrote: > Thanks for the thoughts Bob. > > For those who have replied, here's the reason behind the question. > > I'm about to ask for beta testers for an LC tool that gr

Re: [UBUNTU] running LiveCode on 11.x

Mark, I did the same thing for Fedora 15 but doing that on my new Ubuntu installation made the .runrev folder be owned by root for some weird reason, I had to revert it back to my user and group. I did not launched the app after installation. Now it works but it is the little things that the IDE

Re: Object Naming Conventions

Jacque- Friday, October 7, 2011, 10:39:26 AM, you wrote: > for me it makes my scripts harder to read. Well, that's the purpose of a scripting convention. If what you're doing makes it easier for you to read your scripts then you're doing things the right way. > We're all different. I really dou

Re: [UBUNTU] running LiveCode on 11.x

Andre- I've had that problem with Fedora Core all along. The installer is supposed to elevate its privileges to give the right permissions, but it doesn't. So I change the permission bit on the installer to allow execution, install from a terminal prompt as root for all users *without launching th

[UBUNTU] running LiveCode on 11.x

Folks, This may apply to anyone running under linux but I've experienced this only on Ubuntu 11.04 so far. If you're experiencing a problem that everytime you launch LiveCode it asks for authentication again, it is possible that your .runrev folder on your home folder has the wrong permissions or

Re: Windows Standalone Will Not Save Data to File

Hi Gregory, ("file://" & it) should be ("file:" & it) -- 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 Live

Windows Standalone Will Not Save Data to File

Hello everyone, I built a small utility app for my students. It was scripted on a Mac. It has the following handler to allow them to save their work to disk. It works on Mac stand-alones but not Windows. My PC-using students have shown me how it does not save. Is the problem the two forwar

Re: New iOS App in Store

Thanks for the info., Randy. Just bought a copy. Great job! Fun way to teach. Finger trace works great. (My daughter teaches Kindergarten... she'll love it.) Curious: was it a design decision or a technical constraint that made you choose to design for smaller screen and add the 2X button versus

Re: rev libraries of the late Mark Smith

How about menus? They are really buttons, but suppose you wanted to do something to all your buttons? You would want to exclude menus no doubt. Actually, what really makes prefixing all your objects a good thing is when it comes time to view them in some applications browser. Having all your lab

Re: Object naming conventions

Thanks Ken, looks like a very interesting document. Pete Molly's Revenge On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Ken Ray wrote: > > On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:54 AM, Pete wrote: > > > Thanks for the thoughts Bob. > > > > For those who have replied, here's the reason behind t

Re: New iOS App in Store

What date did you select for when the app should be available? In my experience it almost seems like they don't even start the review until the day you set for availability. It would be interesting to set an available date of tomorrow. On Oct 7, 2011, at 3:22 PM, Randy Hengst wrote: > Waiting

Re: Object naming conventions

On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:54 AM, Pete wrote: > Thanks for the thoughts Bob. > > For those who have replied, here's the reason behind the question. > > I'm about to ask for beta testers for an LC tool that greatly speeds up the > development of applications that use SQL databases. Part of the tool

Re: CBT using LiveCode - Computer Based Training

Hi Bob, On 10/7/11 9:35 AM, Bob Earp wrote: Phil, I'm not sure what you mean by "... a web version of the content delivery part, to free users from having to install software ...", particularly the latter part. One of the advantages of LiveCode is that you can deliver eLearning content as a s

Re: New iOS App in Store

Congratulations On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Randy Hengst wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Waiting for Review …. Oct 1st. > In Review …. Oct 6 at 11:26 a.m. > Processing for Sale …. Oct 6 3:20 p.m. > Ready for Sale …. Oct 6 4:30 p.m. > > This turn around time was a bit faster than "normal." Seven da

Re: New iOS App in Store

Hi Tom, Waiting for Review …. Oct 1st. In Review …. Oct 6 at 11:26 a.m. Processing for Sale …. Oct 6 3:20 p.m. Ready for Sale …. Oct 6 4:30 p.m. This turn around time was a bit faster than "normal." Seven days is common… and this was the shortest "In Review" time I've had with an app. My app

Re: rev libraries of the late Mark Smith

probably a message to Heather (supp...@runrev.com) would solve that... she could add them to his RevOnline space which lives on On 7 October 2011 10:35, Matthias Rebbe wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > because i am not sure, if it is allowed to upload files from others to my > rev-online space. > >

Re: Object Naming Conventions

On 10/7/11 6:37 AM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: Whatever you do, use a prefix to define ALL your objects, I never do, I don't see any advantage, and for me it makes my scripts harder to read. It's easy to see what type an object is if you forget. In fact, the only consistent naming scheme I

Re: rev libraries of the late Mark Smith

Hi Stephen, because i am not sure, if it is allowed to upload files from others to my rev-online space. Regards, Matthias _ _ Matthias Rebbe Bramkampsieke 13 D-32312 Lübbecke Tel +49 57 41 - 31 00 00 mobil +49 16

Re: New iOS App in Store

Congrats, Randy! How long and difficult was the App Store approval cycle? Thanks, Tom Bodine -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/New-iOS-App-in-Store-tp3882022p3883000.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___

Re: rev libraries of the late Mark Smith

and why not on Rev Online? On 7 October 2011 06:36, Matthias Rebbe wrote: > Hi, > > just want to let you know, that i mirrored all the rev libraries the late > Mark Smith put online. Just to keep sure they do not get lost. > > You get the libs at http://www.matthiasrebbe.eu/revstuff/marksmith > >

Re: Object naming conventions

Thanks for the thoughts Bob. For those who have replied, here's the reason behind the question. I'm about to ask for beta testers for an LC tool that greatly speeds up the development of applications that use SQL databases. Part of the tool is a palette of controls that you can drag and drop ont

Re: CBT using LiveCode - Computer Based Training

Phil, I'm not sure what you mean by "... a web version of the content delivery part, to free users from having to install software ...", particularly the latter part. One of the advantages of LiveCode is that you can deliver eLearning content as a stand-alone without the need to load anything.

Re: Object naming conventions

Bob Earp wrote: Personally I think there are really only three things one needs to follow; 1. Don't worry about what others do, just name everything in a format that really makes sense to you and your team today, and in the future. 2. Keep the names as short and uncomplicated as possible. 3. W

Re: Object Naming UnConventions

dunbarx wrote: > I rarely get to act like a pedantic jerk, especially towards a highly > respected and iconic personage such as Richard Gaskin. > > Not kidding about any of item 2 of line 1. > > But ordinal would be 'first control". Cardinal would be "control 1" > > That felt better than I though

Re: Object naming conventions

Pete, It's a great question, but the last time this was asked on the list I think the discussion went on for three lifetimes (in use-livecode list years) on what exactly should be the standard to use. It seems there's more and different naming conventions in the world than Tim Hortons has serve

Re: Reading PDFs in LC (again)

Graham Samuel wrote: I was scared of ImageMagick both because of the Windows-specific technical warnings on the download site and because of the license terms. The good news is that people on this list have persuaded me that I should not be scared. There is still some question over the licens

Re: CBT using LiveCode - Computer Based Training

Hi Phil and all of you who answer my questions in private messages! I will continue this conversation using private email. Many Thanks again! Al ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscrib

Re: Object Naming Conventions

Rene, I really like the idea of prefixes for handlers and functions that tell you where they are located. I'd probably add a prefix for handlers in a library as well. Pete Molly's Revenge On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 8:44 AM, René Micout wrote: > > Le 7 oct. 2011 à 16

Object Naming UnConventions

I rarely get to act like a pedantic jerk, especially towards a highly respected and iconic personage such as Richard Gaskin. Not kidding about any of item 2 of line 1. But ordinal would be 'first control". Cardinal would be "control 1" That felt better than I thought it would. I am sure I

Re: Object Naming Conventions

Le 7 oct. 2011 à 16:41, Richard Gaskin a écrit : > > So thanks for your post. It prompted me to learn something new, and if I get > time I may add a section to that article on object names. Hello Richard, This is my prefix : -- PRÉFIXES (types des objets) : -- ku = constante (unitaire) -

Reading PDFs in LC (again)

Folks, I have been reading all the responses I got on this issue that appeared under a number of different subject headings in the last couple of weeks. I thought people might be interested in my current position. First, my intention was to read PDFs as images (bitmaps) into an LC-authored app

Re: Object Naming Conventions

Richard- Friday, October 7, 2011, 7:41:27 AM, you wrote: > Somehow I'd gotten the idea that the "control" specifier was limited to > ordinal references, but apparently it's not. I do that rather extensively in PowerTools because I need an object oriented way to deal with any type of control. Sin

Re: Object Naming Conventions

Pete wrote: Thanks Mark, that's what I was looking for. Pete On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Phil- Thursday, October 6, 2011, 12:28:38 PM, you wrote: > Here is an excellent starting point: > http://fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/scriptstyle.html > Go to the "Namin

Re: how to compare 2 very large textfiles

Alex Tweedly wrote: So I tried the sort + compare version. It is slightly slower than the array technique up to around 10,000 lines, pretty much the same up to 20,000 lines and then (sometimes) starts to edge ahead after that. I gave up trying at 40,000 lines :-) But if the data had been sorted

Re: And now, a world without Steve Jobs

Mark Wieder wrote: Here's the best piece I've seen yet on Steve Jobs' passing: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/10/07/notes100711.DTL Thanks for that, Mark. The opening quote from the article says it best: "There may be no greater tribute to Steve Jobs' success than th

Re: How to boost LC sales

Hi Craig, Sure, this is very, very easy. Manufacturers are always willing to include your trial software with a new PC, be it in a box or on the pre-installed hard disk... ... if you pay enough! -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: ht

rev libraries of the late Mark Smith

Hi, just want to let you know, that i mirrored all the rev libraries the late Mark Smith put online. Just to keep sure they do not get lost. You get the libs at http://www.matthiasrebbe.eu/revstuff/marksmith Regards, Matthias Rebbe ___ use-liveco

How to boost LC sales

True for me, thanks be to Sculley and Atkinson. Why not have a 30 day free trial of LC bundled with every new Mac and PC? This is likely not as easy as it sounds. Craig Newman Original messages >From Colin: While this is true, it happened to be free during

Re: Photo album

Thanks a lot Gerry. I've tried opening directly the jpg images with a browser control and with the autofit option and the zoom works great. :-) The problem now is that the pictures are landscape orientated and bigger than the browser area, so when I open them they appear top-left aligned and I

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 97, Issue 15

Thanks a lot Gerry. I've tried opening directly the jpg images with a browser control and with the autofit option and the zoom works great. :-) The problem now is that the pictures are landscape orientated and bigger than the browser area, so when I open them they appear top-left aligned and I

New iOS App in Store

Hi All, I just had my latest app posted in the app store… Forest Alphabet. I had made a desktop version about 7-8 years ago and wanted to update it for iOS/iPod… and add the capability to draw on the screen. It's the app I was working on when I asked the list about brush tools in iOS…. I use

Re: Object Naming Conventions

Hi from Beautiful Brittany, Pete, there has been a thread on this subject several times, but I'm not against seeing it again. Whatever you do, use a prefix to define ALL your objects, but find a rule that suits you. Don't use a suffix, I'm sure you will regret it. I use a two-letter indicator (

Google maps with custom markers while moving

Hi, Cross-post from forum, but kind of urgent, sorry Any idea how to achieve this? Some toolkits have a MapView, but I am clueless on how to do this with LC for iOS. Any thoughts greatly appreciated! Cheers, Maarten ___ use-livecode mailing list u

Re: Object Naming Conventions

Mark, I do almost the same... René Le 7 oct. 2011 à 03:03, Mark Wieder a écrit : > Phil- > > Thursday, October 6, 2011, 12:28:38 PM, you wrote: > >> Here is an excellent starting point: >> http://fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/scriptstyle.html > >> Go to the "Naming Conventions" part. >

Re: And now, a world without Steve Jobs

YES ! Thank you Mark... René Le 7 oct. 2011 à 08:02, Mark Wieder a écrit : > Here's the best piece I've seen yet on Steve Jobs' passing: > > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/10/07/notes100711.DTL > > -- > -Mark Wieder > mwie...@ahsoftware.net > > > __

Re: Jobs Passed Away

Merci Pierre pour ce lien René Le 7 oct. 2011 à 01:00, Pierre Sahores a écrit : > > > A 2 mn video as a resume of Steve Jobs innovative creativity in about design, > logistics, marketing, ... > > + its Stanford's conference translated to fren