lcTaskList Plugin 1.0rc2 Released

I've released the second open beta release candidate of the Task List plugin for LiveCode for download. What's New: Color banding in the list (thanks to Bernd Niggemann for this) Preferences for color banding and font size Preference to exclude specified stacks from being

Re: sending focus to next field

Sorry, this: put the number of flds of this stack into tMax should have read: put the number of flds of this CARD into tMax I have become too accustomed to using single card stacks. On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: > This should get you headed in the right direction > > In n

Re: sending focus to next field

This should get you headed in the right direction In normal fields: on closeField goNextUseableField the number of me end closeField on exitField goNextUseableField the number of me end exitField In the Card Script: (watch for line wraps) on goNextUseableField pNum put the number of f

Re: Newbie -- files are not showing on my WIN Vista desktop

On 6/17/12 8:57 AM, Mark Rauterkus wrote: Things work as long as I don't do SAVE AS or SAVE with the LC and direct it into the Comuter / Progams / RunRev / LiveCode 5.5 branches. You may be seeing the behavior described here: -- J

Re: sending focus to next field

On 6/17/12 10:15 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote: on closefield focus on fld x end closefield The catch, though, is that I don't necessarily know what fld X is at the time I write--fields get hidden and unhidden depending upon context. This is

Re: set tab widths on combo box

it's "gotchas" like this that have caused me to make my own custom controls. One can make those work exactly for the task at hand. here's a custom control I made back in 2007 in Revolution/Livecode. Inspired by a Ken Ray presentation at Revcon 2. http://houseofcubes.com/examples/trioPanel.png O

Re: set tab widths on combo box

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Klaus on-rev wrote: > Yes, sorry, I forgot to mention that "the tabstops of..." is a FIELD property > (only), > not a button property! See the dictionary. Yeah, but this is one that combo boxes *should* have for their field-like behavior . . . :) More seriously

Re: sending focus to next field

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: > Since you already have already have code to hide/reveal fields depending on > context, isn't it possible to detrrmine which field needs to have focus in > that same logic and use  a "focus on field x" command? If I went to a good-sized loop

Re: sending focus to next field

Since you already have already have code to hide/reveal fields depending on context, isn't it possible to detrrmine which field needs to have focus in that same logic and use a "focus on field x" command? Pete lcSQL Software On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Dr. Hawkins w

Re: set tab widths on combo box

You might read the article here. http://www.runrev.com/newsletter/march/issue87/newsletter4.php It details a custom built combo box. The link to the example is no longer valid, but a copy of it can be found at http://www.imksoftware.co.uk/JDCombobox.zip (I found this link at http://lists.runrev.c

Re: Where do you save preferences?

Hi Richard, It seems that the HIG and the Mac App Store requirements are at odds for some reason. Here's what the OS X Developer Library "Submitting To The App Store" document has to say. Note there's no mention of the Preferences folder. - *Your application may write to the following di

Re: set tab widths on combo box

Am 17.06.2012 um 18:02 schrieb Dr. Hawkins: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Klaus on-rev wrote: >>> Is there a way to set the tab widths on a combo box? I'm getting a >>> "no property specified" error when I try >>> >>>set the the tab widths of button exTyp to 3 >> the correct term is "

Re: Newbie -- files are not showing on my WIN Vista desktop

Just sounds like permissions from hell kinda problem. Have your administrators set up permissions for a LAN? Ar eyou running with an account that does not have administrative privs? In either of these cases, you need to figure out where you have permissions and only save there. I guess tha

Re: set tab widths on combo box

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Klaus on-rev wrote: >> Is there a way to set the tab widths on a combo box?  I'm getting a >> "no property specified" error when I try >> >>    set the the tab widths of button exTyp to 3 > > the correct term is "the tabstops of ..." set the tabstops of btn prt

Re: sending focus to next field

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > The catch, though, is that I don't necessarily know what fld X is at > the time I write--fields get hidden and unhidden depending upon > context.  This is why I'd like to have a tab sent somewhere (I liked > the "send tab to me in 1" approach,

Re: set tab widths on combo box

Hi Richard, Am 17.06.2012 um 17:01 schrieb Dr. Hawkins: > Is there a way to set the tab widths on a combo box? I'm getting a > "no property specified" error when I try > >set the the tab widths of button exTyp to 3 the correct term is "the tabstops of ..." But I doubt that buttons can hav

Re: sending focus to next field

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > on closefield >  focus on fld x > end closefield The catch, though, is that I don't necessarily know what fld X is at the time I write--fields get hidden and unhidden depending upon context. This is why I'd like to have a tab sent somewh

Re: sending focus to next field

Hi, on closefield focus on fld x end closefield on exitfield closefield end exitfield -- Kind regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Http://economy-x-talk.com Share the clipboard of your computer over a local network with Clipboard Link http://clipboardlink.economy-x-talk.com Op 16 jun

Re: sending focus to next field

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 7:07 AM, Richmond wrote: > Tried this and had NO JOY: > > > on mouseUp >  put the id of the focusedObject into fOB > repeat until control id fOB is a field > >  put (fOB + 1) into fOB > end repeat > >  focus on fld id fOB > on mouseUp was this an "end" > > the 'repeat' li

set tab widths on combo box

Is there a way to set the tab widths on a combo box? I'm getting a "no property specified" error when I try set the the tab widths of button exTyp to 3 of Error description: Properties: token is not a property The default stops are way to large for a 1 char hotkey, and there's enough va

Re: sending focus to next field

On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Richmond wrote: > I have just made a merry little stack with 3 fields all in a row. > > And a button containing this script: > > on mouseUp >  put the id of the focusedObject into fOB >  put (fOB + 1) into fOB >  focus on fld id fOB > on mouseUp > > and, oddly enou

Re: Unable to install livecode on Linux, why?

I'm posting from nabble, and that seems only to have whatever version of the list this is going to. Is there some other service that has the right new address? If so I will use it. On the install issue, it may well be 32bit libs. On a 32bit Debian install, it went in just fine. Is it possibl

Re: sending focus to next field

On 06/16/2012 11:02 PM, Richmond wrote: On 06/16/2012 10:49 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: OK, today's kindergarten question, to which I think I knew the answer once upon a time (but then, i thought that I used to use "send some message to every field in this card" . . .). I want to be able to leave a

Re: Newbie -- files are not showing on my WIN Vista desktop

Hi Ken and Others, (Happy Fathers Day too!) Thanks. Sorta fixed. What Ken wrote worked. I put the suggested code from Ken into the message box. Fine. File showed up in the desktop as expected. Next, with the same LC project open, do SAVE puts a visible LC project on the desktop too. Wonderful so

Re: LiveCode Meeting

Hallo Mark, Groeten uit frankrijk :) Succes met de meeting morgen. Ben benieuwd naar wat er uit komt. Groet, John On Jun 16, 2012, at 16:16, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Hi, > > Just a quick reminder. Tomorrow 17 June at 13:00, eHUG organises a meeting at > the King Arthur café, Oudegracht 10

Re: Newbie -- files are not showing on my WIN Vista desktop

On 17/06/2012 03:09, Mark Rauterkus wrote: With LC 5.5, within the application, I save files (LC stacks) but they are NOT visible when I surf the computer's hard drive from outside of LC. Furthermore, when I create a new folder from within LC, even the new folders are not visible when I browse th

[TIPS] Mouse-wheel field scrolling

Sometimes the tips posted here may be a bit intimidating to folks who are new to LiveCode, so here is a Back-to-Basics one. A simple stack or card script handler to help smooth field scrolling with the mouse-wheel... --| If you already have a rawkeyDown handler in a f