Re: Stack Version Comparison Tool

2012-06-22 Thread Dick Kriesel
On Jun 22, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > ... opening up a huge can of worms ... Hi, Peter. Significant differences between versions can happen at least a few more places: 1) multi-dimensional arrays stored in custom properties (for example, app settings) 2) the object hierarchy 3)

Re: Is there a serious garbage collection problem

2012-06-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/22/12 9:04 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: I haven't seen anything like this for several years. Is there a *serious* garbage collection problem with livecode? When I delete cards from my output stack, the response time is measured in seconds. For a half dozen cards, it's long enough for me to get

Re: Stack Version Comparison Tool

2012-06-22 Thread Peter Haworth
Thanks Bill - you're the first name on the list! Pete lcSQL Software On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Bill Vlahos wrote: > Pete, > > This sounds like a fantastic tool. It is difficult to track all the > little changes I make and if something gets broken I can roll back

Re: Stack Version Comparison Tool

2012-06-22 Thread Bill Vlahos
Pete, This sounds like a fantastic tool. It is difficult to track all the little changes I make and if something gets broken I can roll back to a previous version but recreating the changes I want to keep is hard. Sign me up. Bill Vlahos Sent from my iPad On Jun 22, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Peter

Is there a serious garbage collection problem

2012-06-22 Thread Dr. Hawkins
I haven't seen anything like this for several years. Is there a *serious* garbage collection problem with livecode? When I delete cards from my output stack, the response time is measured in seconds. For a half dozen cards, it's long enough for me to get annoyed, and actually launch another prog

Stack Version Comparison Tool

2012-06-22 Thread Peter Haworth
I've been working on a tool to compare two versions of a stack file and display the differences and plan to make it available as shareware. I'm interested in some ideas about what it could do. So far, the workflow is: - Define an Application (just a name) - Define a version of an application (a

Re: ANN: Stars

2012-06-22 Thread Ken Corey
Even better: several Turtle graphics libraries, bezier graphics, and more. Thanks for the link, I might never have found his website. This proves my point completely. RunRev shouldn't bother re-implementing the stuff Jim (and you) have done. They should make sure it's easier to share it in t

Re: The encryption (or is it?) of the saved stand-alone

2012-06-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/22/12 3:47 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: I started removing unused stacks, and the incorrect message on an "ask" stack went away. I've successfully exported. I can see from an editor that my scripts aren't dumped in plain text . Is this a one-way process, or is it possible for people to retrieve

Re: ANN: Stars

2012-06-22 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Ken, Look at this website published by Jim Hurley: http://home.infostations.net/jhurley/ Ken Corey wrote > > [snip] > Why should Mr. Miller and crew implement turtle graphics when it's quite > possible for an enterprising teacher such as yourself to provide a > library that does the same t

Re: Mobile Screen Design Without MobGUI

2012-06-22 Thread Thomas McGrath III
I certainly hope not. I bought and used MobGUI and had nothing but problems with it. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Jun 22, 2012, at 5:15 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > Be advised: My comments are only speculation, but here's what I think... > > Based on the

Re: Mobile Screen Design Without MobGUI

2012-06-22 Thread Roger Eller
Be advised: My comments are only speculation, but here's what I think... Based on the disappearance on John Craig, and RunRev posting demo videos that imply building for mobile is as easy as dragging OS-specific controls onto a canvas (and it looks like MobGUI being used), I think it is being abso

Re: Mobile Screen Design Without MobGUI

2012-06-22 Thread Thomas McGrath III
I use tmControl for ALL of my standard iOS controls. For the rest I roll my own. Excellent support and updates from Scott too. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Jun 22, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Chris Sheffield wrote: > Check out Scott Rossi's tmControl. Excellent

Re: Mobile Screen Design Without MobGUI

2012-06-22 Thread Mark Schonewille
Mikey, There are a few iOS elements available in the private section of Economy-x-Talk's homepage at http://qery.us/13b which might help you to get started with your own design. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-tal

Re: The encryption (or is it?) of the saved stand-alone

2012-06-22 Thread Bob Sneidar
There are always ways to decompile an application, if you have the right tools and expertise. If you are asking if the security is absolute, then no, but then neither is it for Microsoft Word or anything else. You can download cracked versions of major software on torrents all over the globe. Se

The encryption (or is it?) of the saved stand-alone

2012-06-22 Thread Dr. Hawkins
I started removing unused stacks, and the incorrect message on an "ask" stack went away. I've successfully exported. I can see from an editor that my scripts aren't dumped in plain text . Is this a one-way process, or is it possible for people to retrieve anything? If I understand this correctl

RE: Mobile Screen Design Without MobGUI

2012-06-22 Thread John Dixon
Roll your own designs... make use of graphic effects... after all that's what mobGUI does...:-) I do not think that the future of mobGUI is uncertain, I am sure John Craig will be in touch about what is happening with his product very soon. Dixie > From: mikeyt...@gmail.com > So since the f

Re: Mobile Screen Design Without MobGUI

2012-06-22 Thread Chris Sheffield
Check out Scott Rossi's tmControl. Excellent tool. And great support too! http://tmtools.tactilemedia.com/tmcontrol/ Chris -- Chris Sheffield Read Naturally, Inc. www.readnaturally.com On Jun 22, 2012, at 1:28 PM, Mikey wrote: > So since the future of MG seems to be completely uncertain, a

Re: LiveCode 5.5.1 Released

2012-06-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/22/12 11:22 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: I'm not sure I'm going to get to see any output from the conference, as I didn't take up any of the offers. I'm sure the info will be available afterward, possibly even on this list. :) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com

Mobile Screen Design Without MobGUI

2012-06-22 Thread Mikey
So since the future of MG seems to be completely uncertain, and I have not gotten a single one of my support requests answered since February, for those of you that were not using it to develop applications, what were you doing? How were you getting the gradients and the like to make your apps lo

Re: ANN: Stars

2012-06-22 Thread Bob Sneidar
Amen brother! Bob On Jun 22, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Ken Corey wrote: > Lovely analysis, and most accessible... > > ...but...you've provided great examples of turtle graphics in your stack. > > Why should Mr. Miller and crew implement turtle graphics when it's quite > possible for an enterprising

Re: ANN: Stars

2012-06-22 Thread Ken Corey
Lovely analysis, and most accessible... ...but...you've provided great examples of turtle graphics in your stack. Why should Mr. Miller and crew implement turtle graphics when it's quite possible for an enterprising teacher such as yourself to provide a library that does the same thing? (At le

Re: ANN: Stars

2012-06-22 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Jim, Recently, I posted about my experience teaching a spanish version of the course MetaTalk Programmer: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2012-June/173891.html Could you tell us about your experience teaching Turtle Graphics in the classroom? How old were your students? Did th

Re : Stars

2012-06-22 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from B - B, Jim Hurley wrote (amongst other things) : > A star may be viewed in two ways: My math (or rather the non-understanding of it) was the main reason for me dropping out of physics and becoming a telecommunications engineer. The road to atomic physics was for ever barred to me, but I

Re: Apply command at the head of a displayed Script in the IDE

2012-06-22 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from B B (you know where it is !) Mark Schonewille wrote : > There is a little triangle in a circle in the rop-right > of the script editor. This shows and hides the Apply > button and a few other controls. Mark, I knew you would know, simply because you have NEVER been unable to answer my

Re: ANN: Stars

2012-06-22 Thread François Chaplais
Your debate is pointless since you cannot do computer geometry without numbers, e.g. cartesian, or polar coordinates, or whatever. Besides, using angles requires a euclidian space, i.e. a space with an inner product, which is implemented in general by performing computations on coordinates. Now,

Re: ANN: Stars

2012-06-22 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Thanks Jim, More information than I thought I needed to know about stars, but now I'm better informed. Very nice. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Jun 22, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Jim Hurley wrote: > As LiveCode announcements go, this one is pretty low key. All

ANN: Stars

2012-06-22 Thread Jim Hurley
As LiveCode announcements go, this one is pretty low key. All "Stars" does is provide the code for drawing a star. But there is a lesson for LiveCode to learn from the lowly five-pointed star, the one on the US flag. A star may be viewed in two ways: 1) Analytical Cartesian Geometry: A collec

Re: LiveCode 5.5.1 Released

2012-06-22 Thread Graham Samuel
I'm not sure I'm going to get to see any output from the conference, as I didn't take up any of the offers. Although I attended just one conference (in Malta) and enjoyed it, since then I haven't been able to stretch my finances that far… maybe eventually there will be a reasonably priced DVD.

Re: Playing Sounds in iOS

2012-06-22 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks Peter, that works. Everything is right again in my world!! On Jun 22, 2012, at 4:04 AM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > Message: 11 > Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:25:03 -0400 > From: "Peter M. Brigham" > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Re: Playing Sounds in iOS > Message-

Re: iOS 6 Compile

2012-06-22 Thread Chris Sheffield
Brian, LiveCode 5.5.1 was officially released a couple days ago. It should include support for iOS 6, including testing in the simulator (if you have Xcode 4.5 installed) and a fix for apps that crash under iOS 6. Chris -- Chris Sheffield Read Naturally, Inc. www.readnaturally.com On Jun 2

Re: iphoneSetNotificationBadgeValue

2012-06-22 Thread Ludovic Thébault
Le 22 juin 2012 à 14:42, Mark Schonewille a écrit : > Colin, > > That was only a description of the built-in function. It wasn't part of the > specifications he needs. He should have been more clear about his > requirements. > Yes, i wanted to modify the notificationbadge, even if the app is

Re: iphoneSetNotificationBadgeValue

2012-06-22 Thread Mark Schonewille
Colin, That was only a description of the built-in function. It wasn't part of the specifications he needs. He should have been more clear about his requirements. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: h

Re: iphoneSetNotificationBadgeValue

2012-06-22 Thread Colin Holgate
You should have also quoted the few word earlier than the ones you did: "even if the app is closed. But i want to just change the value of the notificationBadge. " On Jun 22, 2012, at 8:36 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > > >Where did he write that? He wrote "But i want to just change the valu

Re: iphoneSetNotificationBadgeValue

2012-06-22 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Colin, Where did he write that? He wrote "But i want to just change the value of the notificationBadge" and what's what the external does. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xta

Re: iOS 6 Compile

2012-06-22 Thread Colin Holgate
Have you ever thought about signing up with one of the developer options for LiveCode? You get early access to some fixes, though I suppose that doesn't give you permission to tell others about the fix! So, I'll make sure not to do that. If your question isn't answered by Tuesday, then anyone a

Re: iphoneSetNotificationBadgeValue

2012-06-22 Thread Colin Holgate
He was asking for something to work even if the app was closed. How would your external change the badge, without opening the app that has the external? On Jun 22, 2012, at 3:40 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > >I made an external, which does what you want. It is listed here > >http://qery.us/2

Re: iphoneSetNotificationBadgeValue

2012-06-22 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Ludovic, If you write me off-list, maybe we can sort out what isn't working for you. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Use Color Converter to conv

Re: iphoneSetNotificationBadgeValue

2012-06-22 Thread Ludovic Thébault
Le 22 juin 2012 à 10:02, John Dixon a écrit : > > > Application icon badge support (p.50 iOS 5.5.1 release notes.) > > The badge is the number that appears on the top right of you applications > icon and is used to signify > the number of pending activities. To set the badge value, use the co

Re: can't check "behave like a background"

2012-06-22 Thread Mike Bonner
Its a bug in that version (think its in 4.6.1 also) setting it with the message box is the answer. Its fixed in later versions. On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > Hello, > > working with LC 4.6.2 I can't check manually the group property "behave > like > a background". Ac

iOS 6 Compile

2012-06-22 Thread Brian Wis
Made the mistake of moving to iOS 6, not realizing that my LC apps would not open. Fortunately I have some other iOS devices in the house that I can continue to work with, but can anyone point me to any news regarding when LC will be able to compile for iOS 6? Thank you, Brian __

Re: Apply command at the head of a displayed Script in the IDE

2012-06-22 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Francis, There is a little triangle in a circle in the rop-right of the scripti editor. This shows and hides the Apply button and a few other controls. I don't know of any user preference options to change this. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engin

Apply command at the head of a displayed Script in the IDE

2012-06-22 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from Beautiful Brittany, Recently during a endless loop in one of my scripts, I used my traditional "Panic Management" response, hitting all the keys on my keyboard with both hands (recently likened to a Booker T Hammond play sequence). I must have hit a combination, beacause the "apply" comman

Re: Works sometimes -- but not other times

2012-06-22 Thread Igor de Oliveira Couto
On 22/06/2012, at 3:54 PM, Ken Corey wrote: > But again, why can't this all be done in the keyDown handler? ...or, if you are using the current version of LiveCode, you can use a 'textChanged' handler on the FIND field, which may give you even less worries! :-) The algorithm, if I understood y

can't check "behave like a background"

2012-06-22 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hello, working with LC 4.6.2 I can't check manually the group property "behave like a background". Actually I can check the property, but with leaving the property panel the check is gone again. "set the backgroundbehavior of grp foo to true" works like expected What am I missing? Tiemo

RE: iphoneSetNotificationBadgeValue

2012-06-22 Thread John Dixon
Application icon badge support (p.50 iOS 5.5.1 release notes.) The badge is the number that appears on the top right of you applications icon and is used to signify the number of pending activities. To set the badge value, use the command iphoneSetNotificationBadgeValue passing an the integer

Re: iphoneSetNotificationBadgeValue

2012-06-22 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Ludovic, I made an external, which does what you want. It is listed here http://qery.us/2ae and you can access it after making a contribution. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com

iphoneSetNotificationBadgeValue

2012-06-22 Thread Ludovic Thébault
Hello, With the localnotification it is possible to display a recurrent message automatically on the device, even if the app is closed. But i want to just change the value of the notificationBadge. It is possible ? It seem we can just set manually the notificationBadge. Thanks. ___