Re: send command hiccups?

2012-05-16 Thread Scott Rossi
Are you delivering your stack on desktop? When playing an imported sound, any call to play the sound will immediately halt playback of any currently playing sound. One way to avoid clipping playback of a sound is to check if the sound is "done". You can use a repeat loop along with "if the sound

send command hiccups?

2012-05-16 Thread Nicolas Cueto
Hello All, For a spinning wheel-of-fortune effect, I want a "ding" sound to repeat at even intervals. And I'd like those intervals to be as short as audibly possible without the sound file being too cut-off. Using the script below, the "play 'ding'" audibly cycles at an even metre a few times, bu

Re: I want to be a flasher.

2012-05-16 Thread Scott Rossi
This seems to get pretty close, (but I ran into some intermittent [what seem to be] card caching issues): command flashThisCard put the effectRate into ER set the effectRate to 750 if version() < 5 then lock screen else do "lock screen for visual effect" unlock screen with vis

Re: I want to be a flasher.

2012-05-16 Thread Richmond
On 05/17/2012 02:30 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: Not too far off: on mouseUp visual dissolve very fast inverse --go to required card/stack end mouseUp It's all in the Dictionary. This is only for the card/stack in question, not the entire screen. That is all very well and good; but I am lookin

Re: A place for stack libraries in My LiveCode?

2012-05-16 Thread Dar Scott
I guess I'm thinking both, Jacque. I only recently noticed that there is a place in "My LiveCode" for externals. There is a folder where the externals for the current IDE are kept. There are folders used by the standalone builder for including externals in an app. That seems to be the stand

Re: A place for stack libraries in My LiveCode?

2012-05-16 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/16/12 6:46 PM, Dar Scott wrote: Do you then include 'start using' and 'stop using' in your scripts? Does that interfere with your plugin? Or am I confused about what the plugin does? I got a little lost -- do you mean loading libraries into the IDE or building them into standalones? I

Re: A place for stack libraries in My LiveCode?

2012-05-16 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Dar, You can call a start using command as often as you like. So, that won't affect the plugin. I have a standard script for finishing a standalone, which stops using the libraries, but I never call this script in the IDE. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Sof

Re: A place for stack libraries in My LiveCode?

2012-05-16 Thread Dar Scott
Do you then include 'start using' and 'stop using' in your scripts? Does that interfere with your plugin? Or am I confused about what the plugin does? Dar On May 16, 2012, at 5:11 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Dar, > > I add the libraries to the stack files in the standalone settings. I didn

Re: I want to be a flasher.

2012-05-16 Thread Kay C Lan
Not too far off: on mouseUp visual dissolve very fast inverse --go to required card/stack end mouseUp It's all in the Dictionary. This is only for the card/stack in question, not the entire screen. HTH On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:20 AM, Richmond wrote: > [Well, I guess it happens to all men

Re: A place for stack libraries in My LiveCode?

2012-05-16 Thread Mark Schonewille
Dar, I add the libraries to the stack files in the standalone settings. I didn't feel a need to automate that. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 We

Another "My LiveCode" question: Can I put iOS externals into the Runtime folder?

2012-05-16 Thread Dar Scott
I might be doing this the hard way. I currently put iOS externals into folder named "binaries" and use the standalone builder "copy files" tab to move those into the app. The general tab has inclusions all grayed out. So, using copy files might be the only way. However, it would be handy to

Re: I want to be a flasher.

2012-05-16 Thread Mark Wieder
Roger- Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 1:42:58 PM, you wrote: > I live LOVEcode! :) It's better than the typo I usually make, where it comes out LiceCode. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: A place for stack libraries in My LiveCode?

2012-05-16 Thread Dar Scott
Nifty, Mark! That inspires me. Does your plugin do anything with standalone building? Dar On May 16, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Hi Dar, > > I put my libraries into a folder Libraries inside the My Revolution > Enterprise folder, which I have set as the user extensions fold

Re: The browserClick message is currently only available on Windows

2012-05-16 Thread Pierre Sahores
Thanks for your report Bob. Seems that i need to explore the JS way to go a little more. Else, my users will have to manually click on the browser's image witch way is far to be as clean as a possible native interaction... Pierre Le 16 mai 2012 à 23:03, Bob Sneidar a écrit : > Pierre, I tried

Re: A place for stack libraries in My LiveCode?

2012-05-16 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Dar, I put my libraries into a folder Libraries inside the My Revolution Enterprise folder, which I have set as the user extensions folder in LiveCode. I have also a plugin in which I select the libraries that I want to use. This plugin looks in my libraries folder and lists all stacks in th

A place for stack libraries in My LiveCode?

2012-05-16 Thread Dar Scott
I know one can put desktop externals and IDE plugins into the "My LiveCode" folder. The externals can be loaded into the IDE or built into standalones. What about stack libraries? Can I do the same with those? Dar ___ use-livecode mailing list u

Re: CSV again.

2012-05-16 Thread Alex Tweedly
On 16/05/2012 00:35, Peter Haworth wrote: Thanks Alex. I ran the same data though your new handler and it seems to have worked fine. There was a recent discussion on some of these corner case issues on the sqlite list so I'll go grab their test cases and see what happens. As far as performance

Re: [ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics 1.2.0

2012-05-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
Yeah just going through the objects without stopping would make more sense I think, and going back up through the objects as well. That represents the whole hierarchy thing better imho. Otherwise I begin to think, "Wha? He's calling a function in the second group? Did I miss something??" Bob

Re: [ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics 1.2.0

2012-05-16 Thread Dar Scott
On the page named "Calls and the Message Path" a click on button B causes mouseUp in its script to run. That calls the custom command beta. The one actually executed is in group Y. The ball moves straight from the mouseUp code (red line) to the start of the code for beta in Y. It also moves

Re: The browserClick message is currently only available on Windows

2012-05-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
Pierre, I tried this before. I tried putting a button behind the browser. At the time what I discovered was, once you clicked the browser, you could not click anything else in the LC interface. I tried putting a transparent button in front of the browser, but then of course you cannot interact w

Re: I want to be a flasher.

2012-05-16 Thread Roger Eller
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I think you want the LOVEcode forum. > > Bob > I live LOVEcode! :) ~Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage you

The browserClick message is currently only available on Windows

2012-05-16 Thread Pierre Sahores
Hi All, I'm searching for a way to simulate a browserClick on a submit image included in a web page displayed in a mobile browser control (iOS and Android) with no luck at this stage after trying both the native and javascript ways to go. Should be doable indeed and any help would be greatly ap

Re: [ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics 1.2.0

2012-05-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hats off to you sir! I was afraid to use that one! ;-) Bob On May 16, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: > So long as there's a chance of a socket connection. > > On May 16, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > >> I suppose that depends on your code execution. ;-) > > ___

Re: [ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics 1.2.0

2012-05-16 Thread Colin Holgate
So long as there's a chance of a socket connection. On May 16, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I suppose that depends on your code execution. ;-) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, un

Re: I want to be a flasher.

2012-05-16 Thread Richmond
On 05/16/2012 10:00 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I think you want the LOVEcode forum. Ooooh; do tell! LOL! Bob [Well, I guess it happens to all men at a certain age] I don't know about the above, but I am beginning to think there is something wrong with my memory. I swear there was a "flash

Re: I want to be a flasher.

2012-05-16 Thread Richmond
On 05/16/2012 09:40 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: Richmond. Your memory may be both better and worse than you think. "Flash" was a Hypercard command. Aha! Well that gets me off the hook; mentally, at least. But it doesn't get me any nearer to performing flashes with my software. It also lay

Re: I want to be a flasher.

2012-05-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
I think you want the LOVEcode forum. Bob > [Well, I guess it happens to all men at a certain age] > > I don't know about the above, but I am beginning to think there is something > wrong > with my memory. > > I swear there was a "flash" command in RunRev/Livecode which would flash the > scr

Re: I want to be a flasher.

2012-05-16 Thread Keith Clarke
I thought this was another confession from your days as a (dirty) mac owner! How about using an overlaid object with varying opacity on a timer. Then you can flash, fade to black or white (or maybe a blush) - or reveal your 'underware' over time, to make the special moment last! :-) Best, Keith.

Re: I want to be a flasher.

2012-05-16 Thread dunbarx
Richmond. Your memory may be both better and worse than you think. "Flash" was a Hypercard command. Craig -Original Message- From: Mark Schonewille To: How to use LiveCode Sent: Wed, May 16, 2012 2:29 pm Subject: Re: I want to be a flasher. Hi Rchmond, Nope, there was no such

Re: I want to be a flasher.

2012-05-16 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond wrote: I swear there was a "flash" command in RunRev/Livecode which would flash the screen. However, having looked back at RunRev 2.2.1 I think I am wrong. SO . . . does anybody know how to do this sort of thing: on mouseUp invert screen colours, and/or flash the screen rapidly end

Re: I want to be a flasher.

2012-05-16 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Rchmond, Nope, there was no such command in LiveCode/Revolution, but I published an AppleScript solution on my blog http://qery.us/23c -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkpr

I want to be a flasher.

2012-05-16 Thread Richmond
[Well, I guess it happens to all men at a certain age] I don't know about the above, but I am beginning to think there is something wrong with my memory. I swear there was a "flash" command in RunRev/Livecode which would flash the screen. However, having looked back at RunRev 2.2.1 I think

Re: [ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics 1.2.0

2012-05-16 Thread Dar Scott
Yikes! At first I thought you were quoting somebody else; the "from" at the start of the line forced an email quote. LoveCode is the code of conduct for those under commandments of love or overwhelmed by love (or both). I intended to write LiveCode, of course. I will fix this soon. Dar O

Re: [ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics 1.2.0

2012-05-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
What I didn't get was the ball skipping past the first group. At least it should have passed THROUGH the group. Bob On May 16, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Dar Scott wrote: > Hi, Stephen! I hope the visual explanations work out well. Some people like > the ball rolling down the message path and othe

Re: [ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics 1.2.0

2012-05-16 Thread Dar Scott
Hi, Stephen! I hope the visual explanations work out well. Some people like the ball rolling down the message path and others find the illustration baffling. As people have come to recognize, Dar thinks weird. I accept the assessment. Dar On May 16, 2012, at 10:00 AM, stephen barncard w

Re: [Slightly OT]: How to find a UDID for iOS devices

2012-05-16 Thread Graham Samuel
Thanks Guglielmo, just what I needed! Graham Sent from my iPad On Wed, 16 May 2012 12:27:22 +0200, Guglielmo Braguglia wrote: > Very easy using iTunes also for people with "... zero knowledge of > XCode, no Mac" ... here : http://indude.com/find-iphone-udid/ > > Guglielmo

Re: [ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics 1.2.0

2012-05-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
I suppose that depends on your code execution. ;-) Bob On May 16, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: > Never mind that, would you get a callback? > > > On May 16, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > >> First, where pray tell, can I find and download this "LoveCode" of which you >>

Re: Externals

2012-05-16 Thread Peter Haworth
Hi Dar, One of the problems with the tutorial at the link I sent is that it's missing some text. There's a list of htree includes in that have to be inerted into the code but each one just shows the "#include" without the folloiwng text specifying what is to be included. I managed to figure it ou

Re: [ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics 1.2.0

2012-05-16 Thread Colin Holgate
Never mind that, would you get a callback? On May 16, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > First, where pray tell, can I find and download this "LoveCode" of which you > speak? Secondly, is it legal? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@li

Re: [ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics 1.2.0

2012-05-16 Thread JosepM
Thanks Dar!! Salut, Josep M -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/ANN-A-Primer-on-Message-Mechanics-1-2-0-tp4640749p4641631.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-live

Re: [ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics 1.2.0

2012-05-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
>From the first page of the updated Primer, I quote: "Are you wanting to use >LoveCode callbacks such as those used in sockets?" First, where pray tell, can I find and download this "LoveCode" of which you speak? Secondly, is it legal? Bob ___ use-l

Re: [ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics 1.2.0

2012-05-16 Thread stephen barncard
"Message Mechanics" -- REQUIRED READING FOR ANYONE USING LIVECODE!! thank you Dar! I have to go back again and again to pound the concepts into my brain... I respond to visual explanations sqb On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Hooray Dar! :-) I'll check it out. If it'

Re: tilde after .rev in file name

2012-05-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
Perhaps you didn't have grammar teachers like Ms. Gertrude. Bob On May 15, 2012, at 11:50 PM, Richmond wrote: >> Syntax error: Improper use of semicolon. > > Got me there! Obviously you are from somewhere in North America. During my > time in Illinois I did notice that > North Americans wer

Re: [ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics 1.2.0

2012-05-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hooray Dar! :-) I'll check it out. If it's all that, it should go up on RunRev's tutorial pages. Bob On May 15, 2012, at 10:24 PM, Dar Scott wrote: > I have dusted off and cleaned up the little booklet stack that works as a > primer on using the send command. I call that use, message mechan

Re: Windows Metro

2012-05-16 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
On May 15, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Richmond wrote: > On 05/15/2012 03:56 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD wrote: >> I'm still running Office 2004 (Mac) -- never saw a reason to move on. Doing >> the regular updates allows forward compatibility, so I can open newer Word >> documents fine. Of course, I'm not do

Re: Getting a single column of a datagrid

2012-05-16 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
Right, but what I want is to see the whole array and how it is structured. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On May 15, 2012, at 11:20 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > One way to do that is to filter the resultant text from Printkeys(). Lets say > you have an a

Re: [Slightly OT]: How to find a UDID for iOS devices

2012-05-16 Thread Guglielmo Braguglia
Very easy using iTunes also for people with "... zero knowledge of XCode, no Mac" ... here : http://indude.com/find-iphone-udid/ Guglielmo On 16.05.2012 11:47, Graham Samuel wrote: Another naive question about iOS development in the LiveCode context. I'm asking it here because so far I haven

Re: [Slightly OT]: How to find a UDID for iOS devices

2012-05-16 Thread William de Smet
Hi Graham, There used to be apps for that in the app store. Did you search there? Greetings, William - Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone! Op 16 mei 2012 om 11:47 heeft Graham Samuel het volgende geschreven: > Another naive question about iOS development in the LiveCode context. I'm > asking

[Slightly OT]: How to find a UDID for iOS devices

2012-05-16 Thread Graham Samuel
Another naive question about iOS development in the LiveCode context. I'm asking it here because so far I haven't found another source for the answer. I'm about to recruit beta testers for my iOS app, and I know I have to register the UDIDs of their devices within XCode so that they end up withi

Re: [OT] Was: Windows Metro

2012-05-16 Thread Igor de Oliveira Couto
On 16/05/2012, at 12:06 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > All the more reason to use duckduckgo.com. Ooooh, awesome search engine! Many thanks! :-) -- Igor Couto Sydney, Australia ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit t

Re: [ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics 1.2.0

2012-05-16 Thread René Micout
Thank you Dar ! Le 16 mai 2012 à 07:24, Dar Scott a écrit : > I have dusted off and cleaned up the little booklet stack that works as a > primer on using the send command. I call that use, message mechanics. > > This primer consists of over 80 pages. It starts from the very beginning but > t