Re: The little object that wasn't there

2013-04-05 Thread Peter Haworth
Some time ago, I experienced some unreliability when using "there is a" in conjunction with a control reference, never did figure out why. Now I always use "exists" when checking for Livecode objects and "there is a" for checking for files, folder. Pete lcSQL Software On

Re: Page 2 of a PDF

2013-04-05 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/5/13 8:33 AM, dfepst...@comcast.net wrote: I think this will work on a Mac: on pdfToPage n -- show page n of the pdf in player 1 put round(n) into n -- n as passed by scrollBarDrag doesn't seem to -- always be an integer put (n-1)*75 into t set the playSelection of player 1

Re: The little object that wasn't there

2013-04-05 Thread Geoff Canyon
if you aren't repositioning the buttons or changing their position, would it be possible to simply include them all in a single group, include that group on all the cards, and then hide/show them as appropriate in the preopencard handler? ___ use-livecode

Re: Page 2 of a PDF

2013-04-05 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Do you have more code or explanations about how this works? I am actually looking for a step for images in a scrolling group on iOS and Android but your email made me think that maybe a pdf might work. I need the images to 'land' fully in view even if the user has not scrolled all the way on a t

Re: Do we have to care about Windows RT?

2013-04-05 Thread Richard Gaskin
Tiemo Hollmann wrote: my knowledge about Windows RT is still very small. As far as I have understood it so far you only can run Apps from the Windows Store on RT and so we don't have to care about it from the LiveCode side so far. What I would like to know, is it possible, that a customer could

Re: Page 2 of a PDF

2013-04-05 Thread dfepstein
I think this will work on a Mac: on pdfToPage n -- show page n of the pdf in player 1   put round(n) into n -- n as passed by scrollBarDrag doesn't seem to   -- always be an integer   put (n-1)*75 into t   set the playSelection of player 1 to true   set the startTime of player 1 to t  

Re: Do we have to care about Windows RT?

2013-04-05 Thread Richmond
On 04/05/2013 04:08 PM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: On Apr 5, 2013, at 5:52 AM, Richmond wrote: "The only desktop applications officially supported by Windows RT are those that come with the operating system itself" Ha, Ha, Ha; the old trick of trying to lock out the competition rears its ugly h

Re: Do we have to care about Windows RT?

2013-04-05 Thread Richmond
On 04/05/2013 04:08 PM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: On Apr 5, 2013, at 5:52 AM, Richmond wrote: "The only desktop applications officially supported by Windows RT are those that come with the operating system itself" Ha, Ha, Ha; the old trick of trying to lock out the competition rears its ugly h

Re: Do we have to care about Windows RT?

2013-04-05 Thread Peter M. Brigham
On Apr 5, 2013, at 5:52 AM, Richmond wrote: > "The only desktop applications officially supported by Windows RT are those > that come with the operating system itself" > > Ha, Ha, Ha; the old trick of trying to lock out the competition rears its > ugly head again. "officially supported" means,

Open Source, slobber, slobber.

2013-04-05 Thread Richmond
I hope all is well in Edinburgh, and everything is on track for Tuesday. Just been out to stock up on extra-strong caffeine pills . . . LOL. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsu

Re: Do we have to care about Windows RT?

2013-04-05 Thread Richmond
On 04/05/2013 12:16 PM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: Hi all, my knowledge about Windows RT is still very small. As far as I have understood it so far you only can run Apps from the Windows Store on RT and so we don't have to care about it from the LiveCode side so far. What I would like to know, is

Do we have to care about Windows RT?

2013-04-05 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hi all, my knowledge about Windows RT is still very small. As far as I have understood it so far you only can run Apps from the Windows Store on RT and so we don't have to care about it from the LiveCode side so far. What I would like to know, is it possible, that a customer could (try to) instal

Limitations of the Open-Source version?

2013-04-05 Thread Michael Kristensen
Hi there I have not seen it explanied/discussed what limitations there is put on the O-S version. Can you point me to it? Thanks Mic ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and ma

RE:To those thinking of using LiveCode

2013-04-05 Thread Nigel Soden
For some reason I'm limited to the size of email I can send and seems rather limited ! command checkForFieldDataValidation global PLNListingDetailArray local tArrayElement put false into gFailedEntry repeat for each element tArrayElement in PL

To those thinking of using LiveCode

2013-04-05 Thread Nigel Soden
To those thinking of using LiveCode I thought it about time I contributed something of value. Life is filled with sufficient negativity that we are inclined to forget that there is an apposite too. Two magnets cannot work together unless they both be equal and they can only be equal if they con

Re: The little object that wasn't there

2013-04-05 Thread Thierry Douez
Hi Cal, Check : there is , there is not in the Dictionary Thierry 2013/4/5 Cal Horner > > How do I, programatically, check to see if the button exists, before I do > the standard thing? > > And how do I check for an existing button - programatically - before I > delete a button that isn'

Re: The little object that wasn't there

2013-04-05 Thread Scott Morrow
What about if there is a button "myButton" then or if exists(button "myButton" of cd "myCard" of stack "myStack") -- Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web http://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com office 1-800-615-0867