Re: Strange compile error

Hi Pete Did you try putting brackets around the variable? cheers Alan -- Alan Stenhouse alanstenho...@hotmail.com Check out our apps on the App Store: BeatSpeak - the multilingual talking metronome; EV-Point - Find your nearest Electric Vehicle Recharge Station.

Re: Going to school

Richmond, pending a better solution there is an offline license file and instructions. Drop me a line in support and I'll send it to you. Cheers Heather On 26 Apr 2013, at 07:15, Richmond wrote: > On 26/04/13 08:25, Peter Haworth wrote: >> Wasn't there a recent post that had instructions on ho

Re: Going to school

On 26/04/13 08:25, Peter Haworth wrote: Wasn't there a recent post that had instructions on how to do this by downloading the license file onto a USB stick then plugging the USB stick into each machine to be licensed? I have a feeling there was a post referring to this possibility, but not as f

Re: Going to school

Wasn't there a recent post that had instructions on how to do this by downloading the license file onto a USB stick then plugging the USB stick into each machine to be licensed? Pete lcSQL Software On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:13 PM, Richmond wrote: > So . . . here I am in

Going to school

So . . . here I am in my school, which has exactly 1 computer with internet access (via a slow USB dongle for wireless from my mobile phone company) and I want to install LC OSS on all 20 machines (mixed Debian-derived Linux and G3 PPC Mac). I still have not worked out how, once I have downloaded

Re: [COMPLETELY OT] More On Earth-Like Planets

On 04/25/2013 11:05 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Richmond writes: Any intelligent aliens (who, we hope, are not territorial and xenophobic) should be welcomed, and not at gunpoint. Au contraire... I think if aliens are more intelligent than we are then we should prepare a preemptive immigration str

Re: Scrolling Non-Focus Window

On 4/25/13 6:23 PM, Dan Friedman wrote: Jacqueline, The stack "main" is a lengthy report that the user fills out. I open a modal dialog when I have them type a narrative response (there are many tools and other options that are available to the user when typing a narrative - libraries of pre wr

Re: [ANN] Book. Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner

Well, I just ordered a copy. I just hope it gets here before I leave for Vermont for the summer. Can't wait to see it. Thanks for doing this Mark! > >> Mark Schonewille >> April 25, 2013 7:48 PM >> Hi LiveCoders, >> >> A new book about LiveCode, title

Re: [ANN] Book. Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner

Hi Mark, I do think that the community needs a book like this and was all ready to purchase a copy, only to find that it isn't going to be available as an ebook. Any chance you will be reconsidering that stance? I, and quite a few other people I know, don't really buy much in the way of paper

In App Purchases APPROVED!!!!

Just got approved for in app purchases on the iStore. Thanks again team for all the help along the way Now time to attack Android/PlayStore. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net Phone: 518-636-3998 Ex:11 Cell: 518-796-9332 ___

Re: [ANN] Book. Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner

It occurs to me that I should mention your book in the Preface of my book. Come the day that we're mass-market, and people are reading our books in Barnes & Nobles, and deciding which book is right for them, me mentioning your book could be good, it might be a beginner who isn't yet into mobile

Re: [ANN] Book. Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-04-25 19:48, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Hi LiveCoders, > > A new book about LiveCode, titled Programming LiveCode for the > Real Beginner, is now available at http://qery.us/3fr Congratulations, and best of luck with this! May I suggest that

[ANN] Book. Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner

Hi LiveCoders, A new book about LiveCode, titled Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner, is now available at http://qery.us/3fr In 2011, I started writing a book. The purpose was to write a book simple enough to get people started with LiveCode and advanced enough to elevate the reader b

Re: Strange compile error

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 3:43 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > Mark The RunRev would know, or maybe we can get Mark The Wieder to comb > through the source code and find out. In fact, keeping him busy might save > us from some of those bad puns. Don't think it needs anyone to spend any more time on it

Re: Strange compile error

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 3:37 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > In the meantime, there's no reason not to complain to me. But given the > way this week has been going, you'll have to stand in line. > But, but, but... I complained last week, before you sent the email :-) Pete lcSQL Software

Re: [ANN] More GPL MobGUI

I am doing a revision of the book I wrote, and I wasn't looking forward to having to strip out all the MobGUI parts, and perhaps even having to create a replacement. Can you say what the plan is for the Community Edition and MobGUI? Are you able to give a URL that I can put into print that peopl

Re: Scrolling Non-Focus Window

Jacqueline, The stack "main" is a lengthy report that the user fills out. I open a modal dialog when I have them type a narrative response (there are many tools and other options that are available to the user when typing a narrative - libraries of pre written texts, custom narratives they can

Re: Strange compile error

J. Landman Gay writes: > In fact, keeping him busy might save us from some of those bad puns. ...in your dreams... -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subs

Re: Scrolling Non-Focus Window

On 4/25/13 5:07 PM, Dan Friedman wrote: Craig, The message has to go somewhere. How about a backScript? No, a backScript didn't do the trick. I brought up the message watcher and unless the mouse is within the modal dialog, no message is sent – to anything! I don't think there is a way to

Re: [ANN] More GPL MobGUI

NavBar glitch fixed, iOS native scroller added. You can delete the rectangle and label from inside the scroller when you drag it on to your stack - they are there so that the group can be resized and moved around without being locked and not auto resize down to 0! When you are happy with the p

Re: Strange compile error

On 4/25/13 3:32 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: Hi Jacque, Yes, definitely abbrev name as in field "myField". However, there's no way for the compile process to know the contents of pitemname at runtime so I don't think that's what is causing the error. As mentioned, adding the word "control" before p

Re: Strange compile error

Peter Haworth writes: > I think all this talk of extra terrestrials and ESP is having some sort of > time warp effect on the internet. Not only that, but I think all this talk of extra terrestrials and ESP is having some sort of time warp effect on the internet. -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoft

Re: Strange compile error

On 4/25/13 3:59 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Peter Haworth writes: I'm experiencing some sort of weird time warp with your emails to the list. I just replied to Jacque's email which contained the text of yours BEFORE I received yours! If you start getting my emails before I send them, then I thi

Re: Strange compile error

On 4/25/13 3:53 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Peter Haworth writes: I'm experiencing some sort of weird time warp with your emails to the list. I just replied to Jacque's email which contained the text of yours BEFORE I received yours! Ah, that Jacque is such a joker! You should talk... -- Ja

Re: Scrolling Non-Focus Window

Dan Friedman writes: > No, a backScript didn't do the trick. I brought up the message watcher and unless the mouse is within the > modal dialog, no message is sent – to anything! I don't think there is a way to scroll a stack when a modal > dialog is open. Bummer. Oh, I see - you wan't to mov

Re: STATE OF ONLINE VIDEO AND HTML5 2Q 2013

"Meatball doens't work that way" -- R. Crumb On Apr 25, 2013, at 1:16 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > we must fight the creeping meatballism(Mad magazine) > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Ralph DiMola > wrote: > >> I just go to another site when I get a HTML5 rejection. >> >> R

Re: [COMPLETELY OT] More On Earth-Like Planets

I take it you haven't heard of the Fermi paradox then? ;-) On 26/04/2013, at 3:34 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Sure, open source LiveCode is pretty interesting, but hey, it's possible > alien lifeŠ > > [ from a local tech talk event here in the SF Bay Area featuring Jill Tarter > ] > > "Please joi

Re: Scrolling Non-Focus Window

Craig, >> The message has to go somewhere. How about a backScript? No, a backScript didn't do the trick. I brought up the message watcher and unless the mouse is within the modal dialog, no message is sent – to anything! I don't think there is a way to scroll a stack when a modal dialog is

Re: [ANN] mergMarkdown 1.0.0

On 26/04/2013, at 1:45 AM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: > I have been very interested for some time to try and figure out how to > write externals. It seems like this is a very good example of how to write > one. It's a fairly simple example yes. There's also a few other examples on GitHub. mergJSON,

Re: Strange compile error

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > If you start getting my emails before I send them, then I think complaints > to Jacque are in order. In fact, I think complaints to Jacque *before* you > receive them would be even more apropos. Don't wait until it's too late. > I think all t

Re: Strange compile error

Hi Mark, Jacque's suggestion of putting "control" before "pitemname" is working for me although, as mentioned in a prior email, I'm not sure why, but I'll take it. You're right, using IDs would require me to keep a list of the ids related to each abbrev name in a custom prop somewhere, not a big d

Re: Strange compile error

Peter Haworth writes: > I'm experiencing some sort of weird time warp with your emails to the list. > I just replied to Jacque's email which contained the text of yours BEFORE > I received yours! If you start getting my emails before I send them, then I think complaints to Jacque are in order.

Re: Scrolling Non-Focus Window

Hi. The message has to go somewhere. How about a backScript? Craig Newman -Original Message- From: Dan Friedman To: use-livecode Sent: Thu, Apr 25, 2013 4:53 pm Subject: Re: Scrolling Non-Focus Window Mark, Thanks for the help! The problem is if you put your mouse over the "mai

Re: Strange compile error

Peter Haworth writes: > I'm experiencing some sort of weird time warp with your emails to the list. > I just replied to Jacque's email which contained the text of yours BEFORE > I received yours! Ah, that Jacque is such a joker! -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net _

Re: Scrolling Non-Focus Window

Mark, Thanks for the help! The problem is if you put your mouse over the "main" stack, the modal stack doesn't catch the rawKeyDown message. Obviously, I can't dispatch it if it's not trapped. Any other thoughts? -Dan >> Now, I open a modal dialog. The rawKeyDown is now no longer trapped

Re: mergSettings

Ahh, The resources folder is missing in the current mergSettings download folder. There is no resources folder. Tom -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com mcgra...@mac.com On Apr 25, 2013, at 4:28 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: > Ok, I'm off to find it now. Thanks > > Tom > > -- Tom

Meetup - Greater Toronto Area LiveCode Users Group May 1, 2013

I have scheduled a Meetup for Greater Toronto Area LiveCode Users. It will be Wednesday May 1, 2013 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm For details check out the Meetup.com site for the group. http://www.meetup.com/Greater-Toronto-Area-LiveCode-Users-Group Please RSVP as I have limited space for the meeting

Re: Strange compile error

Hi Mark, Yes, as just confirmed to Jacque. I'm experiencing some sort of weird time warp with your emails to the list. I just replied to Jacque's email which contained the text of yours BEFORE I received yours! Pete lcSQL Software On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Mark W

Re: STATE OF ONLINE VIDEO AND HTML5 2Q 2013

stephen barncard writes: > Wouldn't China and Asia account for a lot of IE use with the rampant > copying there? China has some strange stuff going on... http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-CN-monthly-201203-201303 You can change the Region pulldown to get statistics for various areas. -- M

Re: Strange compile error

Hi Jacque, Yes, definitely abbrev name as in field "myField". However, there's no way for the compile process to know the contents of pitemname at runtime so I don't think that's what is causing the error. As mentioned, adding the word "control" before pitemname makes everything work but also cau

Re: mergSettings

Ok, I'm off to find it now. Thanks Tom -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com mcgra...@mac.com On Apr 25, 2013, at 4:08 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > Hi Tom > > Have you included all the resources correctly? I've got a YouTube video that > shows what to do for mergSettings. I'm on my p

Re: [COMPLETELY OT] Moron Earth-Like Planets

...sorry- forgot to change the subject line... -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://list

Re: STATE OF ONLINE VIDEO AND HTML5 2Q 2013

we must fight the creeping meatballism(Mad magazine) On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Ralph DiMola wrote: > I just go to another site when I get a HTML5 rejection. > > Ralph DiMola > IT Director > Evergreen Information Services > rdim...@evergreeninfo.net > > > -Original Message-

Re: STATE OF ONLINE VIDEO AND HTML5 2Q 2013

Wouldn't China and Asia account for a lot of IE use with the rampant copying there? On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > stephen barncard writes: > > > where do you see 40% market share ?? > > http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-US-monthly-201203-201303 > > -- > Mark Wieder

Re: Scrolling Non-Focus Window

Dan Friedman writes: > Now, I open a modal dialog. The rawKeyDown is now no longer trapped on stack "main". Is there a way to scroll a > group, via the mouse wheel on stack "main" while the modal stack is open? Can you trap rawKeyDown in your modal stack and then dispatch it to your main stack

RE: STATE OF ONLINE VIDEO AND HTML5 2Q 2013

I just go to another site when I get a HTML5 rejection. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of stephen barncard Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:03

Re: STATE OF ONLINE VIDEO AND HTML5 2Q 2013

stephen barncard writes: > where do you see 40% market share ?? http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-US-monthly-201203-201303 -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this ur

Re: mergSettings

Hi Tom Have you included all the resources correctly? I've got a YouTube video that shows what to do for mergSettings. I'm on my phone now so its a bit hard to get the URL but just search for mergExt on YouTube. Cheers -- M E R Goulding Software development services mergExt - There's an exter

Re: [COMPLETELY OT] More On Earth-Like Planets

Richmond writes: > Any intelligent aliens (who, we hope, are not territorial and > xenophobic) should be welcomed, and not at > gunpoint. Au contraire... I think if aliens are more intelligent than we are then we should prepare a preemptive immigration strategy to fortify our planetary borders

Re: STATE OF ONLINE VIDEO AND HTML5 2Q 2013

anyway, it's getting better On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:03 PM, stephen barncard < stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > where do you see 40% market share ?? > > IE 9/10 16%supports HTML5 > IE 6/7/8 10%still depressing... > > for my sites, HTML5 or get another browser... > > > O

Re: STATE OF ONLINE VIDEO AND HTML5 2Q 2013

where do you see 40% market share ?? IE 9/10 16%supports HTML5 IE 6/7/8 10%still depressing... for my sites, HTML5 or get another browser... On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > stephen barncard writes: > > > a good read, well prepared. > > It is both of those. I

Re: STATE OF ONLINE VIDEO AND HTML5 2Q 2013

stephen barncard writes: > a good read, well prepared. It is both of those. I'm suspicious of the statcounter statistics they're using, though, as they're worldwide and I'm not sure how they're weighted. For instance, if you look at just the US statistics you'll see that IE has a predominant (an

Re: Strange compile error

On 4/25/13 2:06 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: J. Landman Gay writes: The menu item will be something like "my item". There won't be an ID for "my item". There just may be an ID for control "my item". ;) Pete said that he's using the abbreviated name, which *does* contain the control type. My ESP

Scrolling Non-Focus Window

Greetings! I have a large stack open, stack "main". On that stack I have MANY controls that are grouped together. The group's vScrollbar is true so you can easily scroll the group up and down. I have trapped rawKeyDown and checking for 65308 and 65309 (the mouse wheel up and down). Works pe

STATE OF ONLINE VIDEO AND HTML5 2Q 2013

Longtail just published their report on the state of online video and HTML5 a good read, well prepared. http://www.longtailvideo.com/html5?utm_campaign=April2013-HTML5-Update-(html5-update-04-2013)&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Player-Download-List&utm_content=main-cta -- Stephen Barncard San

Re: [ANN] More GPL MobGUI

Thanks, Colin - if all is well with this version, the android controls should drop in nicely. The gap on the NavBar is on the list to be fixed - it fixes itself when you drag any handle. You can also double click it in edit mode to snap to the top of the card. On 25/04/2013 20:07, Colin Hol

RE: Strange compile error

Pete, As you said Shouldn't this be something that's checked at run time rather than compile time? I ran into this similar situation. put "W" & Index into pName -- Just the control name create field pName in group "pubs" -- Create the control in group. The pName var can't contain "field bl

Re: [COMPLETELY OT] More On Earth-Like Planets

On 04/25/2013 09:43 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 4/25/13 12:34 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Sure, open source LiveCode is pretty interesting, but hey, it's possible alien lifeŠ I welcome alien life because it's not only super cool, but I think it would solve world peace. Humans are territorial and

Re: Strange compile error

J. Landman Gay writes: > The menu item will be something like "my item". There won't be an ID for > "my item". There just may be an ID for control "my item". ;) Pete said that he's using the abbreviated name, which *does* contain the control type. -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net _

Re: [ANN] More GPL MobGUI

How are things with the Android native controls? The nav bar had a small gap above it when I double clicked, but that was with a stack that wasn't a valid iOS size. Once the stack was iPhone size the bar filled in correctly. On Apr 25, 2013, at 2:55 PM, John Craig wrote: > I've added some m

Re: Strange compile error

Peter Haworth writes: > What am I missing? The easiest way around this is the wordiest: getPropertyValues the long id of (word 1 of pitemname && word 2 of pitemname && "of group" && "TestControls") but in general you would probably be better off using the id rather than the abbreviated name. S

Re: Strange compile error

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:46 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > The menu item will be something like "my item". There won't be an ID for > "my item". There just may be an ID for control "my item". ;) > > getPropertyValues the long ID of control pitemname of group "TestControls" > Hi Jacque, Adding "co

[ANN] More GPL MobGUI

I've added some more controls to the new open source (rewritten for LC6) MobGUI, including the native iOS browser. If all goes well, the rest of the native controls should slot in pretty easily. Feel free to give it a poke with your sharpest LC stick and let me know if it behaves itself. ht

Re: [COMPLETELY OT] More On Earth-Like Planets

Wow, you nicely expanded what I've stated for years in more cynical words: The only thing that unites diverse people is a common enemy. :-) Maybe the aliens will have open source technology... Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 4/25/13 11:43 AM, "J. Landm

Re: Strange compile error

On 4/25/13 1:17 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: *on* menuPick pItemName buildPropertyGroups pitemname getPropertyValues the long ID of pitemname of *group* "TestControls" *end* menuPick (Apologies in advance for any strange formatting my mail client inserts) The above gets a compile error o

Re: [COMPLETELY OT] More On Earth-Like Planets

On 4/25/13 12:34 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Sure, open source LiveCode is pretty interesting, but hey, it's possible alien lifeŠ I welcome alien life because it's not only super cool, but I think it would solve world peace. Humans are territorial and we identify with the smallest group that oppos

Strange compile error

*on* menuPick pItemName buildPropertyGroups pitemname getPropertyValues the long ID of pitemname of *group* "TestControls" *end* menuPick (Apologies in advance for any strange formatting my mail client inserts) The above gets a compile error on the getPropertyValues line - Commands: miss

[COMPLETELY OT] More On Earth-Like Planets

Sure, open source LiveCode is pretty interesting, but hey, it's possible alien lifeŠ [ from a local tech talk event here in the SF Bay Area featuring Jill Tarter ] "Please join me Monday night at TechXploration to learn about our specific searches for technological civilizations that might occupy

Re: [ANN] mergMarkdown 1.0.0

I have been very interested for some time to try and figure out how to write externals. It seems like this is a very good example of how to write one. Thanks Monte. On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > Hi LiveCoders > > Today I'm announcing the release of a desktop/server e

Re: stack is corrupted when opening in version 6.01

I didn't use the AE for much in that stack anyway so it was an easy replace. Got some other stacks though that I'll look at the dual license stuff for. Thx for the tip, didn't know the dual was available. On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 8:11 AM, william humphrey < b...@bluewatermaritime.com> wrote: > N

Re: stack is corrupted when opening in version 6.01

Not yet. I think I have to pay $500 to use duel license AE for 6.0. I will have to eventually because I want to release one of my stacks public domain and the other one commercial. The locked stack is ListMagic and that has always given me trouble so I will delete it. On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:50

Re: stack is corrupted when opening in version 6.01

Mike, Did you try using the dual license AE??? That is no longer password protected and should work for you. Tom -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com mcgra...@mac.com On Apr 25, 2013, at 9:12 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: > Most likely thing is that you have a password protected substack

Re: mergSettings

Running the demo app on my device gives a crash report: Hardware Model: iPhone3,1 Process: mergSettings [8424] Path: /var/mobile/Applications/766E0FBE-E6E2-4696-861A-CE9594D8F7F0/mergSettings.app/mergSettings Identifier: mergSettings Version: ??? (???) Code Typ

mergSettings

Is anyone having a problem getting mergSettings to work correctly with Livecode 6.0 and iOS 6.1.3 When running the demo when I click "settings" the app closes and nothing happens. It seems like a crash. Tom -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com mcgra...@mac.com _

Re: stack is corrupted when opening in version 6.01

Most likely thing is that you have a password protected substack in there somewhere. I had the same issue, a stack that had animation engine attached to it. Removed AE and voila' works fine now. Course I no longer can use AE and am having to change some things around to work without it. On Thu,

stack is corrupted when opening in version 6.01

I have a stack which works fine in version 5.5.4 but when I try to open it with version 6.01 it refused to open and shows an error message: "stack is corrupted try backup versions". What do I do? IS there anything I can do in 5.5.4 which will fix the stack so it will work in 6.01? -- http://www.