Jacque-
Thursday, December 15, 2011, 8:34:45 PM, you wrote:
> Aside from polling and re-opening the stack, I can't think of a way. But
> the cantdelete behavior sounds close enough to a bug that you might want
> to report it. If it isn't a bug, maybe it could be a feature request.
> Your expectat
The following is very verbose. I just want you to be able to follow one
possible method step by step. Read up on all the commands in the dictionary.
Put a breakpoint near the beginning.
on mouseup
convert the date to seconds
put "40892" & "," & it into baseLine
ask "Enter excel date"
p
Dates are displayed in numbers. (1/01/1900 = 1 so today = 40892)
Is there a script to convert it in a real date with livecode ?
I'm working on an Excel importer library, so I've been doing dates as
well. Date conversion and Excel-style date/number formatting options are
needed anyway behind
Ditto that... and, is it just a placebo effect or am I actually seeing
Fire Fox is even loading pages faster now that I blocked everything? It
feel like I'm not getting those delays as those widgets are downloading
their JS and talking to their motherships in the background.
On Tue Dec 13 15:3
Ditto that... and, is it just a placebo effec?t or am I actually seeing
Fire Fox is even loading pages faster now that I blocked everything.
It feel like I'm not getting those delays as those widgets are
downloading their JS and talking to their motherships in the background.
On Tue Dec 13 15:
On 12/15/11 8:11 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
All-
Am I missing something here? This might be one of those in-the-running
stupid moments. Does setting the cantDelete property of a stack
actually do anything?
I thought it prevented a mainstack from being removed from memory with
a delete command, but
On 12/15/11 8:28 PM, gmcrev wrote:
I am wondering whether it would be useful to request for a new command
that would set the number of pages per sheet for printing.
ie. 2 A4 pages would be reduced and printed on 1 A4 page. I can't seem
to find any livecode commands to do this.
You can use the "
Thierry,
That is an amazing website.
http://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais
Thanks for the heads up.
Mike
P.S.
I tried out "thanks for the heads up." Here's one result:
This matter has since been rectified, thanks to the heads up they got from the
Newsletter.
Il a donc corrigé le prob
Somethings to know:
The free Deluxe involves registering for their store.
Stuffit Expander continues to be free, and solves the support for opening old
archives. You can use the system to compress to zip going forward.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011, 7:11:17 PM, you wrote:
> Funny, just today I had to decompress a password-protected ZIP file, and
> while Apple's Archive Utility apparently doesn't understand passwords,
> Stuffit does.
Hee. Last week I had to unstuff a .sit file that was stored as an .hqx
fi
Funny, just today I had to decompress a password-protected ZIP file, and
while Apple's Archive Utility apparently doesn't understand passwords,
Stuffit does.
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Tactile Media, UX Design
Recently, Mark Schonewille wrote:
> Hi guys.
>
> Although this is a co
Hi guys.
Although this is a completely obsolete product nowadays, there may still be
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I am wondering whether it would be useful to request for a new command
that would set the number of pages per sheet for printing.
ie. 2 A4 pages would be reduced and printed on 1 A4 page. I can't seem
to find any livecode commands to do this.
This can be currently be done when doing any printing
All-
Am I missing something here? This might be one of those in-the-running
stupid moments. Does setting the cantDelete property of a stack
actually do anything?
I thought it prevented a mainstack from being removed from memory with
a delete command, but it doesn't do that. I've read the document
2011/12/15 Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from a very French Brittany,
>
> Thierry wrote :
>
>
> I hadn't heard the expression "tonic accent" before either.
>>>
>>
>> I've always used the expression "sentence stress" (or word stress),
>>
>>>
>>> In French we call it: "Accent tonique"
>>
>> So, guess i
Thanks to both Bob and Ken.
I think this explains why is see different behaviors when I double click on a
stack to start up vs opening the stack from livecode development environment.
Regards,
Mike
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Bob
On Dec 15, 2011, at 4:12 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 12/15/11 6:03 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
>> J. Landman Gay writes:
>>
>>> *new*
>>
>> LOL. A bit over three years ago.
>>
>
> Hey, when you're OUR age...
>
> --
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On 12/15/11 6:03 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
J. Landman Gay writes:
*new*
LOL. A bit over three years ago.
Hey, when you're OUR age...
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On Dec 15, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Michael Doub wrote:
> Can someone help me understand the proper usage of start using? I have a
> stack that contains a number of scripts that I would like to use as
J. Landman Gay writes:
> *new*
LOL. A bit over three years ago.
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On Dec 15, 2011, at 4:36 PM, Michael Doub wrote:
> Can someone help me understand the proper usage of start using? I have a
> stack that contains a number of scripts that I would like to use as part of a
> library. I keep running into a failure situation where the stack that I
> wish to "s
Oh! I was using send in lieu of dispatch! Dispatch does the trick.
Thanks so much for the input (still learning here!)... This list rocks!
Cheers from Florida,
- Boo
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From: zryip theSlug
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:06 PM
To: How to use LiveCode
Subject:
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 11:26 PM, Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab)
wrote:
> Hi All,
Hi Keith,
> A quick question for you. In the Data Grid Manual (i.e.,
> LiveCode_Data_Grid.pdf) it states regarding DeleteLines:
>
>
> Deletes the specified lines from the data grid. pLines is a comma delimited
>
Alex,
yes, because of that i told you that you can manually install it into your
account.
But i forgot, that you have to own a license for livecode-server. Please excuse.
But in the case that you own a license for LCS5 than you could manually install
it.
It´s pretty easy.
Regards,
Matthias
Can someone help me understand the proper usage of start using? I have a
stack that contains a number of scripts that I would like to use as part of a
library. I keep running into a failure situation where the stack that I wish
to "start using" can't be found. I have the main stack and the
If I believe that lesson, the latest version installed is always
available as simply "livecode-server", so it should "just work".
I tried specifying individual versions, but none of 5.0.0, 5.0.1 or
5.0.2 are there.
I guess it's time for an email to support.
Thanks for your help,
-- Alex
On
Hi All,
A quick question for you. In the Data Grid Manual (i.e.,
LiveCode_Data_Grid.pdf) it states regarding DeleteLines:
Deletes the specified lines from the data grid. pLines is a comma delimited
list of integers.
When I try this in one of my projects, only one line is deleted from the dat
Seems like it wasn't. I didn't get any note, afaik.
Any idea how to install it manually ? I can't see anything in cPanel,
or in any of the (brief) docs I've got about on-rev.
Annoyingly enough, cPanel tells me the version of PHP, but not of LC
Server - though as far as I can see, it doesn't
Hi Alex,
you can install LiveCodeServer 5.0 manually into your account.
There is a lesson at
http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4070/l/41105-How-do-I-choose-which-LiveCode-Server-engine-to-use-with-On-Rev-
Regards,
Matthias
Am 15.12.2011 um 22:57 schrieb Alex Tweedly:
> I'm afraid it's no
I'm afraid it's not that simple. ;-)
I expected .irev to be 4.6 and .lc to be 5.0, but in fact
.irev ---> 3.5.0
.lc ---> 4.6.4
//www.tweedly.org/t.irev and t.lc
Thanks
-- Alex.
On 15/12/2011 20:53, Andre Garzia wrote:
Alex,
What extension are you using? Try using .lc and check the version aga
Alex,
was version 5 installed on loki systemwide by runrev? Did you get a note about
that?
If not, then you have to install it manually to your account.
Regards,
Matthias
Am 15.12.2011 um 21:41 schrieb Alex Tweedly:
>
> I'm using on-rev (specifically loki.on-rev.com) for my website. It is
Alex,
was version 5 installed on loki systemwide by runrev? Did you get a note about
that?
If not, then you have to install it manually to your account.
Regards,
Matthias
Am 15.12.2011 um 21:41 schrieb Alex Tweedly:
>
> I'm using on-rev (specifically loki.on-rev.com) for my website. It is
I am using LC 5.0.2 and built a simple new stack with 1024x1024 with one
button. I build for iPhone,iPad,iPod and 3.2 with all orientations checked in
the standalone settings.
Anyway, If I launch on the iPad when I rotate the simulator the screen rotates
But not on the iPhone or Retina simulato
On 12/15/11 2:26 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
Jacque-
Thursday, December 15, 2011, 11:58:37 AM, you wrote:
On 12/15/11 11:17 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
Be advised that there are properties that still remain hidden using
this function (or so it was back when I last used it).
I think the "hidden" ones
This website is a more neutral sounding French accent, but it sounds a
little stilted. A french Canadian accent will not be appreciated by
the rest of the French speaking world as real French. I have lived and
worked in Quebec city and it has its own distinct accents right down
to the various neigh
Alex,
What extension are you using? Try using .lc and check the version again!
=)
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote:
>
> I'm using on-rev (specifically loki.on-rev.com) for my website. It is (to
> my surprise) still using 4.6.4 of LCserver.
>
> Is there any way in the script
I'm using on-rev (specifically loki.on-rev.com) for my website. It is
(to my surprise) still using 4.6.4 of LCserver.
Is there any way in the script (or anywhere else) to tell it to use a
5.0 version ?
Or any other way to do the equivalent of "start session", "stop
session", etc. ?
Thanks,
Jacque-
Thursday, December 15, 2011, 11:58:37 AM, you wrote:
> On 12/15/11 11:17 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
>> Be advised that there are properties that still remain hidden using
>> this function (or so it was back when I last used it).
> I think the "hidden" ones are just those that are already ava
Hi from a very French Brittany,
Thierry wrote :
I hadn't heard the expression "tonic accent" before either.
I've always used the expression "sentence stress" (or word stress),
In French we call it: "Accent tonique"
So, guess it was a word to word translation.
Merci, Thierry pour m'avo
On 12/15/11 8:36 AM, Ken Ray wrote:
Let's have a gathering at the next conference and confess our
stupid moments. I bet we'd draw a huge crowd. We could give a "Most
Stupid" award. I've got a really good entry.
Sounds like a *great* idea! Not only will it be humorous, but it will
also be very i
I vaguely recall back when I first began to use Remo before it was Remo, that I
wanted to expand the basic list of essential properties that Remo could insert
into the script of the object. While investigating, I used something to get the
properties of an object. It looks like the propertyNames
Well, I finally popped an old Apple-branded SCSI PCI card into my Linux
box and hooked up my fairly ancient Iomega ZIP drive; and, despite all
the negative stuff that seems to float around about Iomega stuff and
SCSI, was able to read all
of my ZIP disks. Of course the laughable thing about this
Thanks to all for the replies. From what I've discovered in the last couple of
days, you can make the French (or English) sound more realistic by using a
markup language. Without knowing the meaning of the text the program probably
just gives a flat generic rendition.
Here's some info:
http://
Hi from Beautiful (but very windy) Brittany,
Michael wrote :
Sorry to be a pest. Would it be a bother to compare these two websites
and let me know which one sounds better?
(1) http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php#top
(2) http://imtranslator.net/translate-and-speak/
Michael,
On 12/15/11 11:17 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
Be advised that there are properties that still remain hidden using
this function (or so it was back when I last used it).
I think the "hidden" ones are just those that are already available in
the others. For example, "top" is not included because it i
Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
Tim wrote :
But the voice can rise in pitch, stay flat, or drop in pitch for
each syllable. To foreign ears, it is a very, very slight change
There you have it Tim - a tonic accent, slight, but vital to many
languages.
I imagine that each speech synthesizer, to do
In Chinese it can be even worse. Mandarin has four different "tones"
for each syllable, Taiwanese has 8, and Cantonese has up to 11! Unlike
Japanese, if you don't get the tones right in Chinese, most likely they
will have no clue at all what you're saying even if you get all the
syllables ri
On 12/14/11 8:37 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
Cal-
Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 3:21:44 PM, you wrote:
How do I work around this misdirection? Simple in the scheme of things. I
built a dummy preopenstack in the substack and went no further.
Another approach is to put the preOpenStack handler in th
Le 15 déc. 2011 à 02:01, Michael Kann a écrit :
> http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php#top
3 / 5
>
> http://imtranslator.net/translate-and-speak/
4 / 5
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Hi Michael,
Works pretty good in using a french in french out test text, say 3.66 / 5 (1
word over 20 is not clearly understandable). But the result seems me serious
enough to use the service on a B2B dedicated web site.
HTH,
Le 14 déc. 2011 à 19:08, Michael Kann a écrit :
> I know there are
Ken Ray writes:
> You *can* set the location of any stack, but unfortunately modal stacks are by
default set to be centered
> over the stack that calls it (why? not sure…).
I'm not sure either, but in general I like it. It means, for example, that the
dialog that when you close a stack without s
Bob Sneidar writes:
>
> Maybe someone at Runrev will ask me to write up an article about it!
Why wait? Write up the article and send it to Heather for the newsletter.
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Bob Sneidar writes:
>
> Another way is to say:
> if the short name of me is the mainStack of me then
Yes, that's another good way around it. I've always hated that syntax, though...
it seems so not natural language and makes me think too much.
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On Dec 15, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Graham Samuel wrote:
> It seems I messed up my search of this list - when I did it again, I did find
> some correspondence about this and a possible workaround from Ken Ray for
> dealing with the problem as it occurs in 'standard' dialogs, such as the
> 'answer' o
Be advised that there are properties that still remain hidden using this
function (or so it was back when I last used it).
Bob
On Dec 15, 2011, at 5:53 AM, Michael Kann wrote:
> on mouseUp
> put the propertyNames into fld 1
> end mouseUp
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Search the archives. I think Sarah wrote a julian date converter, but the
problem is that the Julian date can mean several things depending on the
source. Can you have Excel display the date as international format? Otherwise,
I bet there is an Applescript you can use if you are doing this on a
Menu: Development/Suppress Messages
Bob
On Dec 15, 2011, at 7:29 AM, Graham Pearson wrote:
> Does anyone have a tip on how to not run the application upon opening
> the stack. I have typed something wrong on one of my stacks and upon
> opening it would max the processors out on my machine so it
On Dec 14, 2011, at 11:14 PM, FlexibleLearning wrote:
> If you want a modal progress bar that works independently (as in
> non-blocking) then open the modal invisible first and increment your own bar
> as required.
>
> Both will 'stall' if LC is performing a blocking and time-consuming
> operatio
It seems I messed up my search of this list - when I did it again, I did find
some correspondence about this and a possible workaround from Ken Ray for
dealing with the problem as it occurs in 'standard' dialogs, such as the
'answer' one, although I haven't followed it all up yet.
OTOH that co
Another way is to say:
if the short name of me is the mainStack of me then
Bob
On Dec 14, 2011, at 8:37 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
> Cal-
>
> Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 3:21:44 PM, you wrote:
>
>> How do I work around this misdirection? Simple in the scheme of things. I
>> built a dummy preope
2011/12/15 Dave Cragg
>
> On 15 Dec 2011, at 01:41, Tim Selander wrote:
>
> I hadn't heard the expression "tonic accent" before either.
I've always used the expression "sentence stress" (or word stress),
>
In French we call it: "Accent tonique"
So, guess it was a word to word translation.
On 15 Dec 2011, at 01:41, Tim Selander wrote:
> But the voice can rise in pitch, stay flat, or drop in pitch for each
> syllable. To foreign ears, it is a very, very slight change -- but of course
> a very obvious change to native speakers. And that slight change in pitch can
> completely chang
Hi Graham,
Turn off messages in the Development menu.
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Perhaps I missed this in the documentation, but it seems to be an anomaly:
If I have a mainstack with a substack "MyTest", then if I do
set the loc of stack "MyTest" to the screenLoc
open stack "MyTest"
sure enough the stack appears at the screenLoc; but if I change the statement
to:
Does anyone have a tip on how to not run the application upon opening
the stack. I have typed something wrong on one of my stacks and upon
opening it would max the processors out on my machine so it feels like
the computer is frozen. The only way I can get the computer back is to
kill the task thro
> Let's have a gathering at the next conference and confess our stupid moments.
> I bet we'd draw a huge crowd. We could give a "Most Stupid" award. I've got a
> really good entry.
Sounds like a *great* idea! Not only will it be humorous, but it will also be
very informative. I'm in!
:D
Ken R
On Dec 14, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Todd Geist wrote:
> More on this.
>
> you don't actually need the full Automator file to run it from the shell.
> You can rip out the document.wflow file from the contents of the automator
> package and use that.
>
> This comes in handy because some tools see the r
on mouseUp
put the propertyNames into fld 1
end mouseUp
--- On Thu, 12/15/11, Graham Pearson wrote:
From: Graham Pearson
Subject: Clearing Contents of Field
To: "How to use LiveCode"
Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 7:31 AM
In upgrading a previous project in 4.5 to 5.0, I am having a probl
put empty into fld "good_fld"
--- On Thu, 12/15/11, Graham Pearson wrote:
From: Graham Pearson
Subject: Clearing Contents of Field
To: "How to use LiveCode"
Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 7:31 AM
In upgrading a previous project in 4.5 to 5.0, I am having a problem
with a line of code that
Hi Graham,
For a complete list of properties, use the propertyNames function or look in
the dictionary. There is no simple way to get a list of all (possible)
properties of a particular object.
The content would be a custom property. If you look in the inspector of your
object, you will see th
In upgrading a previous project in 4.5 to 5.0, I am having a problem
with a line of code that would clear the contents of an email address
when no records were retrieved from the SQLite DB. I have changed the
line to read
set the content of field "Email Address Field" to ""
The field "Email Add
Rene,
Thanks to everyone for taking the time to test the voices.
Monoglot Mike
--- On Thu, 12/15/11, René Micout wrote:
From: René Micout
Subject: Re: French Ears
To: "How to use LiveCode"
Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 4:53 AM
Le 15 déc. 2011 à 02:01, Michael Kann a écrit :
> Dear F
Le 15 déc. 2011 à 02:01, Michael Kann a écrit :
> Dear Francophiles,
>
> Thank you very much for the feedback on the computer speech.
>
> Sorry to be a pest. Would it be a bother to compare these two websites and
> let me know which one sounds better?
>
> http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/
Thanks Mark and John. :-)
So, "file:" is not needed, and the solution is:
set the filename of image theImage to specialFolderPath("engine") &
"/media/img_01.jpg"
I've just tried it and works perfect !
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Hello,
I've a csv file created by excel.
Dates are displayed in numbers. (1/01/1900 = 1 so today = 40892)
Is there a script to convert it in a real date with livecode ?
Thanks !
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