Android & URLEncode & libUrlDownloadToFile

Hello. On the desktop, this works: put "http://ID:p...@url.com/cgi-bin/dog.jpg"; into tPath set the filename of image "img" to tPath On Android, it does not. Nor does this: put "http://ID:p...@url.com/cgi-bin/dog.jpg"; into tPath put urlEncode(tPath) into tPath set the filename of image "img" t

Re: breakdown of my book

Me too. I reordered. -- Scott Morrow On Jul 26, 2012, at 5:06 AM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel wrote: > I got this in my emal this morning... anybody else get this regards to > the pre-order of Colin's book? > > "We are sorry to inform you that your pre-order for the eBook of > LiveCode Mo

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

gave it 5 votes -- Scott Morrow On Jul 26, 2012, at 7:25 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Scott Morrow wrote: >> I'm glad that this is staying on list for now as I'm working through trying >> to create a scalable app rather than ones with different fixed layouts. >> >> Besides scaling the rect of o

Re: book support files

Colin, I suggest that you make a webpage for your book. In this page you can host a forum and your files. This way you can keep in contact with your readers and provide new material, errata and get feedback. I believe that most of your users will get digital versions or a bundle of digital and pa

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

Bought my copy OK, paid with CC, no WorldPay receipt so far, but the book download is good. Loaded the ePub version in iBooks on iPad and out of curiosity I also loaded the PDF in Acrobat, they look a little different in formatting so I'd recommend the PDF version to see the code correctly. Th

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

You can use PayPal at the same site, avoiding WorldPay entirely without having to find somewhere else that has the book in stock. On Jul 26, 2012, at 11:03 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: > On Jul 26, 2012, at 10:24 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > >> WorldPay sucks. Always has. >> >> I'll find someplace e

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

For what it's worth, when I paid I used the lower fields, because I don't have a WorldPay account, Things went fine, and at the end I was given a login for WorldPay for "next time". On Jul 26, 2012, at 10:24 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > WorldPay sucks. Always has. > > I'll find someplace else to

Re: Load local HTML file

For an exact answer to your question, read the dictionary entries for "open file", "read from file", and "close file". A simple case might like this: put "path to file" into f open file f read from file f until EOF close file f 'it' now contains the contents of that text file. You'll see in the

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

So I ended up re-ordering... no discount I hope the difference goes to the author and not the processor or the publishing company!!! SKIP On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > M.D.- > > Thursday, July 26, 2012, 12:32:31 PM, you wrote: > >> Colin > >> I did a preorder and it

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

M.D.- Thursday, July 26, 2012, 12:32:31 PM, you wrote: > Colin > I did a preorder and it appeared to go through at first but I > then I got an email saying "We are sorry to inform you that your > pre-order for the eBook of LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's > Guide” was automatically cance

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

I found a packt publishing coupon code online (bawdanu). It appears to be good for any title. On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: > There was a discount code? I just took the 20% off that they had going on. > > > On Jul 26, 2012, at 6:02 PM, Shawn Blc wrote: > > > I just or

Load local HTML file

It is times like this that I realize that my conversion from Director to LC thinking is not yet complete. This is probably a simple question with a simple answer. I am trying to load a local HTML file in my stack... How do you refer to it properly? Let's say that the LC file is in the same direc

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

Colin I did a preorder and it appeared to go through at first but I then I got an email saying "We are sorry to inform you that your pre-order for the eBook of LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide” was automatically cancelled as the pre-order process did not go through correctly. Plea

Endgame: Getting paid for the download (Amazon payments)

I'm getting to the endgame, and kickstarter turned down the problem. I'm waffling between appealing that or just starting to sell I already have the amazon business account set up from getting ready for kickstarter, so I figure I'll start with that until there's enough money flowing that I care ab

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

On 26/07/2012, at 5:06 PM, Pierre Sahores wrote: > Is't the working screenrect your best friend at this point ? Works fine > against both iOS and Android. Let's take a button as an example. If I design a button I will design it to be a usable size on screen. So if the screen density changes I

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

Is't the working screenrect your best friend at this point ? Works fine against both iOS and Android. Le 26 juil. 2012 à 02:59, Mark Wieder a écrit : > Scott- > > Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 5:42:57 PM, you wrote: > >> Looking forward, it seems you're right: being able to lay out a stack at a >>

book support files

I just downloaded the support files for my book, and the archive is somewhat confusing. But, in the Chapter 5 folder is a file named "2489_05_code.zip", that one file seems to have all of the needed files, without the confusing "old" empty folders. I'm not sure what the possibilities are for ev

Re: [ANN] EPS Import V05C

Hi Chipp, Chipp Walters wrote > > Thanks! I really appreciate the work you've > done with this library over the years. > Thanks, I am glad that it's useful. :-D Hopefully, Ian McPhail will update his stack SVGL to import gradients and transparency from SVG drawings. Only then, it will be poss

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

> With all due respect for the ambitious goals here, the further we look into > this the more clear it becomes that scaling must be handled in the engine if > we are to expect reasonable performance: > > Thanks Richard, I've voted for that now.

Re: can't save stack as 2.7 -- nevermind

Nevermind. I was not saving it where I thought. Dar On Jul 26, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Dar Scott wrote: > I'm trying to save a stack as a 2.7 stack but it is still 5.5. I'm using > LiveCode 5.5.0 and I'm trying to save with the IDE. The stack cannot be > opened in 4.6. The prefix is REVO5500.

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

Ok, scaling it is. I was just throwing it out there. -- M E R Goulding Software development services mergExt - There's an external for that! On 26/07/2012, at 9:40 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > My question would be, are 4 separate images for each control necessary? > > You're not going to change d

Re: breakdown of my book

Yup. I got that, too. I figured it was because I've had problems using my Visa card with WorldPay before when trying to buy Livecode itself. I accepted that it was true and went ahead and ordered the book today as soon as it became available--but I paid via PayPal this time. The payment went f

Re: breakdown of my book

Those paper versions can be troublesome! The ebook process went ok for me. ___ 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/ma

Re: breakdown of my book

Dave- Thursday, July 26, 2012, 4:22:51 PM, you wrote: >> I got this in my emal this morning... anybody else get this regards to >> the pre-order of Colin's book? > Yes, I received exactly the same. > Given that I'd already received a Transaction Confirmation > message from WorldPay, I was quit

Re: breakdown of my book

> I got this in my emal this morning... anybody else get this regards to > the pre-order of Colin's book? Yes, I received exactly the same. Given that I'd already received a Transaction Confirmation message from WorldPay, I was quite suspicious. I sent a please explain message to them. David

can't save stack as 2.7

I'm trying to save a stack as a 2.7 stack but it is still 5.5. I'm using LiveCode 5.5.0 and I'm trying to save with the IDE. The stack cannot be opened in 4.6. The prefix is REVO5500. What might I be doing wrong? Dar ___ use-livecode mailing l

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

Why not then on first run, ask the user? At least until there is a reliable automatic method. A simple "Is this a phone or a tablet?". You can figure the rest from the resolution. ~Roger On Thursday, July 26, 2012, Chipp Walters wrote: > > 5. I think I can make a case that it's pretty much imp

Re: breakdown of my book

I got this in my emal this morning... anybody else get this regards to the pre-order of Colin's book? "We are sorry to inform you that your pre-order for the eBook of LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide” was automatically cancelled as the pre-order process did not go through correctly. Pl

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

Scott Morrow wrote: I'm glad that this is staying on list for now as I'm working through trying to create a scalable app rather than ones with different fixed layouts. Besides scaling the rect of objects, what other properties will likely need consideration? A few that I'm puzzling over at the

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

There was a discount code? I just took the 20% off that they had going on. On Jul 26, 2012, at 6:02 PM, Shawn Blc wrote: > I just ordered it on Packt. Used a coupon code too ;) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

I preordered mine last November. And if I didn't, I'm willing to lie about it so that I keep my money! On Jul 26, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > > I hate to tell you this (actually I don't) but I beat you to it by > pre-ordering. > A wire transfer would be fine, and I'll email you a

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

I hate to tell you this (actually I don't) but I beat you to it by pre-ordering. A wire transfer would be fine, and I'll email you a receipt. Sadly, I don't know any exchange that deals in micro-payments. Oh...wait a minute...I'm thinking of *my* finances. Judging by the number of folks who've

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

I just ordered it on Packt. Used a coupon code too ;) On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Petrides, M.D. Marian < mpetri...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Colin > > I did a preorder and it appeared to go through at first but I then I got > an email saying "We are sorry to inform you that your pre-order

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

Colin Holgate writes: > > I decided to give out a special prize, of all of my money, to the first person to buy my book (which is now > available). But, don't get too excited, aside from it not being that much money, I went ahead and > artificially boosted sales by buying the book for myself! I

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

If you're using an iPad, then why bother with the Kindle for iPad app? iBooks is at least as good a choice for PDFs, probably better. A couple of alternatives for reading PDFs on the iPad are: iAnnotate PDF (which does VERY well at allowing you to highlight and annotate a PDF with either typ

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

Stanza isn't that much fun to use. You can take the PDF version and use that in iBooks, or email the PDF to your Kindle email address, and then you can download it in the iPad Kindle app. Well, in theory you can, it keeps getting stuck at 97% for me. On Jul 26, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Pierre Sahores

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

Hi Colin, I got your book in following the Packt announcement link i received this afternoon and really like to read it on my iPad 1 after having downloaded it as PDF to my laptop and copy it to the iPad in using the iPad's "Files Pro" app ;-) Need yet to test the "Stanza" app, is't ? Kind reg

special prize, all my money to the winner!

I decided to give out a special prize, of all of my money, to the first person to buy my book (which is now available). But, don't get too excited, aside from it not being that much money, I went ahead and artificially boosted sales by buying the book for myself! So, I'll write a check to me.

Re: Storing data on iOS

FlexibleLearning wrote: For those who have gone before those who have gone before... What sort of files does Apple allow to be downloaded? 'text' only files? Defined by type of file (video, pdf etc)? Is there such a list? I think I have established that 'executable' files will be rejected (i.e

Re: Drop Shadow in Text Field

You'd be surprised how often XCoders resort to workarounds, but I do agree with you to some extent. There are many things in LiveCode you'd expect to just work while they don't. -- Kind regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Http://economy-x-talk.com Share the clipboard of your computer over

Re: cancelling a load request on iOS?

Well ok. Just read the release notes for android. While this doesn't help with STOPPING a load in progress, it appears unload is not needed to clear cache since loaded data is not added to cache. Its the 3rd param sent to load. I need to stop trusting the dictionary to be accurate so much. As f

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

> First off, I would like to say there are a few things which are paramount > for me in any resizer library I would use. Please know these are only my > observations and requirements. Great. Id like it to meet as many peoples requirements and get as much input as possible :-) > > 1. Needs to be

Re: [ANN] EPS Import V05C

Thanks! I really appreciate the work you've done with this library over the years. On Wednesday, July 25, 2012, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > Hi All, > > Download this new version of EPS Import V05C: > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/Eps_Import_V05C.zip > > -- Chipp Walters CEO, Alt

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

First off, I would like to say there are a few things which are paramount for me in any resizer library I would use. Please know these are only my observations and requirements. 1. Needs to be unlocked and editable my me. If not, then I won't even look at it. We all know the problems with MobGUI a

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

My question would be, are 4 separate images for each control necessary? You're not going to change density in the middle of session, so only one "scaled" image for each control is needed at a time. While most of the controls I've been building are groups of graphics (no images), It seems to me

Re: Drop Shadow in Text Field

On 07/26/2012 01:57 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi Randy, You can put an opaque field of thesame size behind the transparent field and assign the same graphical effect to it. That way, you have one field that shows dropshadow behind the text and another field with a dropshadow following the o

Re: Drop Shadow in Text Field

Hi Randy, You can put an opaque field of thesame size behind the transparent field and assign the same graphical effect to it. That way, you have one field that shows dropshadow behind the text and another field with a dropshadow following the outline. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Econo

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

The other thing is any images that are used as icons would need to be found if they aren't on that stack. Probably in an icon/image library. What do people think about resizing images as Chipp has done compared to providing 4 sizes. My thought is that the framework could include a plugin that to

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

I'm glad that this is staying on list for now as I'm working through trying to create a scalable app rather than ones with different fixed layouts. Besides scaling the rect of objects, what other properties will likely need consideration? A few that I'm puzzling over at the moment… textSize mar

Re: iOS notification center external added to mergExt

LOL... am having a bad day. I thought that was off list and just replied again with a recompile ;-) For once I'm glad the list has the 15kb limit! version 1.0.1 is up on mergext.com Cheers Monte On 26/07/2012, at 6:41 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > OK, I'll check it out ASAP because I just relea

OT: Need somebody with Mountain Lion for testing

Hi, I am just before releasing a new version of one of my products and would like to know if my software runs on Mountain Lion without troubles to update the system requirements on the paperwork of the CD. Since I can't upgrade my MacBook to Mountain Lion and can't get a new one that quickly, I am

Re: iOS notification center external added to mergExt

OK, I'll check it out ASAP because I just released it ;-) On 26/07/2012, at 2:51 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > Hi LiveCoders > > There's still a few hours left of RunRev's 30% off SUMERSALE so I thought I'd > put another external out to make mergExt even more deliciously tempting > (sorry Andre'

AW: anyone with mountain lion yet?

I just wanted to upgrade to Mountain Lion, but my Mac Book (with Lion) from beginning 2008 is "too old" and not compatible. I ever thought that incompatibily thing was a windows issue, but in the last years it seems to turn around. That’s how they keep the economy running. Tiemo > -Ursprüngli

RE: Storing data on iOS

For those who have gone before those who have gone before... What sort of files does Apple allow to be downloaded? 'text' only files? Defined by type of file (video, pdf etc)? Is there such a list? I think I have established that 'executable' files will be rejected (i.e. stack files) which is a