RE: use-livecode Digest, Vol 103, Issue 3

2012-04-01 Thread Barry G. Sumpter
This was happening to me on a simple table. I had to copy the tab setting to the clip board. Close the stack. Open the stack. Paste into the tab settings (column widths) No matter how many time I changed the tab setting by hand afterwards It would was adjust. Kind of a paid but only needed to wor

Re: Location of iOS 5.0 SDK

2012-04-01 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/1/12 9:28 PM, Mark Smith wrote: Further observations: Where once my Library folder used to be (ie. /Mark/Library) there is now just an empty space. I checked my time machine backup and inside Library is Developer. And inside Developer is Xcode. Or should I say, was Xcode. Is this a case of

Re: Location of iOS 5.0 SDK

2012-04-01 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Mark, The new path is actually to the xCode.app in the applications folder and once pointed to the app itself LC will then traverse the package contents to the internal 5.1 SDK and not the 5.0 SDK. You don't really need the /Developer anymore since LC can now build the 5.1 in the xCode.app app.

Re: Location of iOS 5.0 SDK

2012-04-01 Thread Mark Smith
Further observations: Where once my Library folder used to be (ie. /Mark/Library) there is now just an empty space. I checked my time machine backup and inside Library is Developer. And inside Developer is Xcode. Or should I say, was Xcode. Is this a case of Lion thinking its safer for me not to m

Location of iOS 5.0 SDK

2012-04-01 Thread Mark Smith
I know I shouldn't have upgraded to iOS 5.1 on the iPad. Here's what I have done: 1. updated iPad to iOS 5.1 (first mistake) 2. this required update to xCode 4.3.2 (done) 3. this required update to Lion (OSX 10.7.3) (check) Livecode is now complaining that in order to build for iOS it needs to us

Re: Disabling a tab

2012-04-01 Thread Pete
Thanks Phil. I think the "(" is the standard char to disable menu items, so that makes sense. I did notice the "(" character in front of the lines that I disabled. Pete On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Phil Davis wrote: > Hi Pete, > > As usual in Livecode, there are multiple ways to disable a t

Fixed width table in LC5.5?

2012-04-01 Thread Graham Samuel
Using LC 5.5 on MacOSX Lion 10.7.3, I am trying very minimally to follow the example in the 5.5 Release Notes, where it says: > vGrid fixed width table mode (5.5 DP1) > When vGrid is in effect, if the final tabStop has 0 width the engine treats > the paragraph as a fixed > > width table, the wi

Re: Disabling a tab

2012-04-01 Thread Phil Davis
Hi Pete, As usual in Livecode, there are multiple ways to disable a tab. If you want to manipulate the button text directly, you can put "(" before the line of button text for the tab you want to disable. Or to enable all tabs, replace "(" with empty in text of btn 1. Best - Phil On 4/1/12

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Richard Miller
Yes, Colin. That works on my end as well, in the simulator. Quite cool. I'm going to keep working with this idea and see what kinds of issues I might run into. Thanks! Richard On 4/1/2012 5:16 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: Yes, I have the keydown handler in the card script, and that puts the key

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Colin Holgate
Yes, I have the keydown handler in the card script, and that puts the key into a second field, and does a pass keydown. The letters appear in both fields from the start, without me having to touch the screen, and without the software keyboard appearing. On Apr 1, 2012, at 4:05 PM, Richard Mill

Re: Disabling a tab

2012-04-01 Thread Pete
Thanks Marty. Sometimes the obvious just slips by me! Pete On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Marty Knapp wrote: > Hey Pete, > Using "disable menuItem 2 of btn "Tab Menu" seems to work. > > Marty Knapp > > I have a tab control and I'm using the method of revealing data on each >> tab >> by having

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Roger Eller
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Richard Miller wrote: > Thanks, but I'm not sure this keyboard sends any data to the iphone which > LC can intercept. And, for my app, the keyboard needs to be physically > separated in distance from the iphone by at least 5 feet. I have this bluetooth keyboard.

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Richard Miller
So Colin, you have en open text field to start. The app starts and the keydown message catches any keypresses, even though the onscreen keyboard is not showing. Is that about right so far? On 4/1/2012 3:26 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: New iPad, with my bluetooth keyboard paired to it. On Apr 1,

Re: Disabling a tab

2012-04-01 Thread Marty Knapp
Hey Pete, Using "disable menuItem 2 of btn "Tab Menu" seems to work. Marty Knapp I have a tab control and I'm using the method of revealing data on each tab by having groups with the same name as each tab which are hidden/shown when a tab is clicked. Depending on data conditions, I need to disa

Re: Peripheral support

2012-04-01 Thread Richmond
On 04/01/2012 10:31 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: But the bluetooth keyboard works fine. I had tried with my iPad, and I tried now with my 3GS. It works too. I think his only problem was that he didn't have a bluetooth keyboard to test with. Aha! However, that does not obviate my comment about Ru

Re: Peripheral support

2012-04-01 Thread Colin Holgate
But the bluetooth keyboard works fine. I had tried with my iPad, and I tried now with my 3GS. It works too. I think his only problem was that he didn't have a bluetooth keyboard to test with. On Apr 1, 2012, at 2:50 PM, Richmond wrote: > >In the light of the chap having a problem with a Blueto

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Colin Holgate
New iPad, with my bluetooth keyboard paired to it. On Apr 1, 2012, at 2:50 PM, Richard Miller wrote: > >Was this on an iphone or the simulator? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

RE: New google feature for business

2012-04-01 Thread John Dixon
Nice one...:-) > Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 13:10:38 -0600 > Subject: Re: New google feature for business > From: bonnm...@gmail.com > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Not to mention its in beta. While google betas are usually pretty good, > even a small margin of error would be a really bad thi

Re: New google feature for business

2012-04-01 Thread Mike Bonner
Not to mention its in beta. While google betas are usually pretty good, even a small margin of error would be a really bad thing. I'd hate for half a customer to show up on my doorstep. You can be sure it would be bad for business! On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 12:59 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 4/1/

Re: Button oddities -- LC 5.5 related? (Not a serious problem)

2012-04-01 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/31/12 9:21 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: What do I do with the little images I imported? Set the visible to false, hide them under a field, or can I delete them now, because they are used in a button? You can't delete them; they are the source of your icons. Just set them to be invisible.

Re: New google feature for business

2012-04-01 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/1/12 8:29 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: Google has a new feature.. Google teleport! http://www.google.com/adwords/extensions/teleport.html There is no way I will participate in this invasion of privacy. Can you imagine your customers teleporting into your home office and finding you with your h

Peripheral support

2012-04-01 Thread Richmond
In the light of the chap having a problem with a Bluetooth keyboard and an iPhone there is a need for Runtime Revolution to state what peripherals are supported by Livecode on which devices and with which operating systems. What is unclear (to me at least) is: whether peripherals that are reco

Adding row of numeric keys above default iOS keyboard

2012-04-01 Thread Mark Smith
Hi, any suggestions for how to add a row of numeric keys above the default keyboard in iOS? Ideally it would be nice to get a screen shot of the top row of the numeric keyboard and display that that with some hidden buttons for each of the numeric keys, but I am not sure how to go about getting a s

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Richard Miller
Was this on an iphone or the simulator? On 4/1/2012 2:31 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: I went back to see what your original need was, and with my tests I was able to do this. I could open the app and immediately be typing keys, that a keydown handler could intercept. It worked because LiveCode au

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Colin Holgate
I went back to see what your original need was, and with my tests I was able to do this. I could open the app and immediately be typing keys, that a keydown handler could intercept. It worked because LiveCode automatically selects the first field for input. On Apr 1, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Richard

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Richard Miller
Well, I know that works fine, but I need to make it work with an iphone. On 4/1/2012 2:06 PM, Richmond wrote: On 04/01/2012 08:36 PM, Richard Miller wrote: Thanks, but I'm not sure this keyboard sends any data to the iphone which LC can intercept. And, for my app, the keyboard needs to be phy

Re: near feature parity

2012-04-01 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond wrote: > That would be super for us Linux users. Or at least offer price parity. Right now RunRev sells the Mac version bundled with the Windows version for the same price as the Linux version by itself. This disparity is compounded by those versions having many more features than the L

RE: P

2012-04-01 Thread Lynn Fredricks
> mark.rauter...@gmail.com > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 6:21 AM > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Subject: P You don't need to ask permission Mark, please just go :-) Best regards, Lynn Fredricks President Paradigma Software http://www.paradigmasoft.com Valentina SQL Server: The Ultra-fas

Disabling a tab

2012-04-01 Thread Pete
I have a tab control and I'm using the method of revealing data on each tab by having groups with the same name as each tab which are hidden/shown when a tab is clicked. Depending on data conditions, I need to disable one of the tabs, meaning that clicking ion it has no effect. Right now, I'm doi

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Richmond
On 04/01/2012 08:36 PM, Richard Miller wrote: Thanks, but I'm not sure this keyboard sends any data to the iphone which LC can intercept. And, for my app, the keyboard needs to be physically separated in distance from the iphone by at least 5 feet. Have you tried LIvecode on a PC with a bl

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Richard Miller
Thanks, but I'm not sure this keyboard sends any data to the iphone which LC can intercept. And, for my app, the keyboard needs to be physically separated in distance from the iphone by at least 5 feet. On 4/1/2012 1:11 PM, Richmond wrote: On 04/01/2012 07:25 PM, Richard Miller wrote: I don'

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Richmond
http://www.iomnio.com/product_wowkeys.html available on Amazon for $50: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=wowkeys ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscri

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Richmond
On 04/01/2012 07:25 PM, Richard Miller wrote: I don't have a bluetooth keyboard. If anyone here does and can test this, that would be great. Why does it have to be a bluetooth keyboard? Doesn't your target device allow physical connexion of USB peripherals? This might be worth a glisk: http

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Colin Holgate
I just did a test. A keydown handler that puts the pressed key after a lock field does not work on my iPad, but, if the field is unlocked and I touch into it, I can then type away ok. However, if I have the keydown handler put the character after a second field, and also do a pass keydown, I ca

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Richard Miller
I don't have a bluetooth keyboard. If anyone here does and can test this, that would be great. On 4/1/2012 12:14 PM, Ken Ray wrote: On Apr 1, 2012, at 10:19 AM, Richard Miller wrote: Hi Ken, I tried this with a very simple app... only a keydown card script. The script puts the pressed key

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Ken Ray
On Apr 1, 2012, at 10:19 AM, Richard Miller wrote: > Hi Ken, > > I tried this with a very simple app... only a keydown card script. The script > puts the pressed key into a locked field on the card. Works as expected in > LC. Tried it in the iphone simulator, with a regular USB keyboard connec

Re: [OT] inter-Face

2012-04-01 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Peter, Am 01.04.2012 um 17:58 schrieb Peter M. Brigham, MD: > On Apr 1, 2012, at 8:36 AM, Klaus on-rev wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Am 01.04.2012 um 14:31 schrieb Gene Lambert: >> >>> Wow! I want one, or two. The lawyers are going to love this. If talking on >>> a cell phone while driving was a

Re: P

2012-04-01 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
On Apr 1, 2012, at 9:20 AM, mark.rauter...@gmail.com wrote: > > Sent from my BlackBerry® Q? -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this ur

Re: [OT] inter-Face

2012-04-01 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
On Apr 1, 2012, at 8:36 AM, Klaus on-rev wrote: > Hi all, > > Am 01.04.2012 um 14:31 schrieb Gene Lambert: > >> Wow! I want one, or two. The lawyers are going to love this. If talking on >> a cell phone while driving was an intense national issue, just wait until >> they get wind of people wan

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Richard Miller
Hi Ken, I tried this with a very simple app... only a keydown card script. The script puts the pressed key into a locked field on the card. Works as expected in LC. Tried it in the iphone simulator, with a regular USB keyboard connected to my Mac. No response to a key press. Even selected the

Re: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Ken Ray
On Apr 1, 2012, at 8:51 AM, Richard Miller wrote: > Not even sure this is possible. > > I want to create a simple app that can be controlled by an external bluetooth > keyboard. I realize there are no functions to support any > mouse/cursor-related operations, so this would need to be done dif

Re: Rumours about Livecode 6.0

2012-04-01 Thread Jim Kanter
Love the retro look! Seems so familiar somehow. ___ 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: ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Richmond
On 04/01/2012 04:51 PM, Richard Miller wrote: Not even sure this is possible. I want to create a simple app that can be controlled by an external bluetooth keyboard. I realize there are no functions to support any mouse/cursor-related operations, so this would need to be done differently. T

ios app... any ideas how to do this?

2012-04-01 Thread Richard Miller
Not even sure this is possible. I want to create a simple app that can be controlled by an external bluetooth keyboard. I realize there are no functions to support any mouse/cursor-related operations, so this would need to be done differently. The only idea I have is to use keyboard input. Fo

Rumours about Livecode 6.0

2012-04-01 Thread Richmond
Is it true that the Runtime Revolution people are completely redesigning the Livecode interface? I certainly began to wonder when a source "close to the throne" leaked this: http://lowendmac.com/ppclinux/02/art/mac1.gif notice "dv" in the top, right-hand corner. particularly glad to see that

Re: New google feature for business

2012-04-01 Thread Richmond
On 04/01/2012 04:29 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: Google has a new feature.. Google teleport! http://www.google.com/adwords/extensions/teleport.html Also google maps for NES. It is in closed beta for now but to try it in a simulator go to maps.google.com and click the "quest" button in the upper right.

[OT] GNOME 4

2012-04-01 Thread Richmond
This should solve all Linux users' problems: http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20120402 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://

New google feature for business

2012-04-01 Thread Mike Bonner
Google has a new feature.. Google teleport! http://www.google.com/adwords/extensions/teleport.html Also google maps for NES. It is in closed beta for now but to try it in a simulator go to maps.google.com and click the "quest" button in the upper right. Google has also developed an autonomous rac

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2012-04-01 Thread mark . rauterkus
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Re: [OT] inter-Face

2012-04-01 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi all, Am 01.04.2012 um 14:31 schrieb Gene Lambert: > Wow! I want one, or two. The lawyers are going to love this. If talking on > a cell phone while driving was an intense national issue, just wait until > they get wind of people wanting to drive around with a computer heads up > display in t

RE: [OT] inter-Face

2012-04-01 Thread Gene Lambert
Wow! I want one, or two. The lawyers are going to love this. If talking on a cell phone while driving was an intense national issue, just wait until they get wind of people wanting to drive around with a computer heads up display in their field of vision! Or, how about when your wife figures out

Re: Will Livecode 5.5 run 3.5 stacks?

2012-04-01 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Stephen, The best way to find out is to request a trial copy from RunRev and test your stack. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Get the extIco2Pn

Will Livecode 5.5 run 3.5 stacks?

2012-04-01 Thread stgoldb...@aol.com
I'm considering upgrading to the latest version of Livecode. I'm still using LIvecode (Revolution) 3.5.0 to run a stack that I use as an invoice program from year to year and would like to continue using that stack. Are there any problems with Livecode 5.5 opening and running the Revolution 3.

RE: LC error - no association for launch document pdf with launch document

2012-04-01 Thread Barry G. Sumpter
I use this format: launch url "file:/Users/ben/Desktop/test.pdf" -- Message: 24 Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 11:38:19 +0200 From: "Tiemo Hollmann TB" To: "'How to use LiveCode'" Subject: no association for launch document pdf Message-ID: <01cd0feb$2d67f010$8837d030$@de>

Re: field focused but why ?

2012-04-01 Thread Barry G. Sumpter
Thanks heaps Peter. This works for Android as well If you put the field into a group and set the group's traversalon to false, it will prevent the field from getting the focus on opencard, at least in desktop stacks. Don't know if this works in iOS too. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham __

near feature parity

2012-04-01 Thread Richmond
That would be super for us Linux users. ___ 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

[OT] inter-Face

2012-04-01 Thread Richmond
Kevin and Co. better give up any ideas of sorting out all those bugs that have been festering for years and get weaving before they are overtaken by this: http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/eyewear ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

no association for launch document pdf

2012-04-01 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hello, are there any known issues with "launch document" on windows? I have a simple: launch document (tPath & slash & "myPDF.pdf") which runs fine on most computers but fails on some computers, also on my main dev.machine with the result "no association" where it has run fine before. I can launc