Re: Ask for an answer...

2013-08-03 Thread Mark Wieder
Craig- Saturday, August 3, 2013, 6:32:56 PM, you wrote: > But apart from that, I do not see the ambiguity you mention. As for > how they are described and from what point of view, I do not > understand what you mean. I, on the other hand, understand quite well. After many years of xtalking, I st

Re: Ask for an answer...

2013-08-03 Thread Jacques Hausser
Dunbar and Roger, Thank for your replies, Le 4 août 2013 à 03:32, dunb...@aol.com a écrit : > Jacques. > > > "Reply" and "Request" are both reserved words, but I get your point. Oups, sorry, I know that, but I forgot … I should never post late in the evening. > But what really are your conc

Re: Ask for an answer...

2013-08-03 Thread Roger Eller
I suspect that ask and answer both starting with the letter A is no accident due to their similar usage. Prompt for... might be better. Prompt [for] choice with "this" or "that" or "the other" Prompt [for] input with "Please type your birth date." ~Roger On Aug 3, 2013 5:59 PM, "Jacques Hausse

Re: Ask for an answer...

2013-08-03 Thread dunbarx
Jacques. "Reply" and "Request" are both reserved words, but I get your point. But what really are your concerns? It is true that the two commands, which were born in 1987, are similar, in that they are both blocking, requiring user input to dismiss. One requires a choice among explicit answe

Ask for an answer...

2013-08-03 Thread Jacques Hausser
It's perhaps not a brand new topic, but I floundered again, being confused with "ask" and "answer" commands, so I let off some stream. I was always bothered - and I'm not the only one - by the semantic of these commands. In both cases, the script asks a question, and the user has to answer. But

Re: Data-Grid usage

2013-08-03 Thread André Bisseret
Le 3 août 2013 à 16:49, Vaughn Clement a écrit : > Hi Andre > > It appears that you have all of the basics data grid usage I am trying to > create for my project. Since I am so new to LC it will take a bit to fully > understand what your project is doing. > > I am going on a weeks business trip

Re: Data-Grid usage

2013-08-03 Thread Vaughn Clement
Hi All The project I am trying to develope is as follows: I created a stack where a user can edit normal fields and then I can either use the card id or a field as the reference field on the main stack card to send the user to whatever card they click on in the main card. It can be a list or a da

Re: Data-Grid usage

2013-08-03 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 8/2/13 1:26 PM, Vaughn Clement wrote: Hi (New to LiveCode) I would like to have a stack index or contents for each card where I determine the fields in the data-grid. I would also like to have a control in the row that would go to the card for the data in the row. I agree with Craig that r

Re: Scrolling on Mac OS X : groups vs fields

2013-08-03 Thread Randy Hengst
Got it, thanks. On Aug 3, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Randy Hengst wrote: > > >> On 02/08/2013 17:32, Mac Bennett wrote: > >>> This works for me, though you might need to adjust 'tStepsize': > >>> > >>> --in group script > >>> > >>> on rawKeyDown pKey > >>> if the short name of

Re: Data-Grid usage

2013-08-03 Thread Vaughn Clement
Hi Andre It appears that you have all of the basics data grid usage I am trying to create for my project. Since I am so new to LC it will take a bit to fully understand what your project is doing. I am going on a weeks business trip so I won't be able to really dig into the code until I return. I

Re: Scrolling on Mac OS X : groups vs fields

2013-08-03 Thread Richard Gaskin
Randy Hengst wrote: >> On 02/08/2013 17:32, Mac Bennett wrote: >>> This works for me, though you might need to adjust 'tStepsize': >>> >>> --in group script >>> >>> on rawKeyDown pKey >>> if the short name of me is not in the long name of target then >>> pass rawkeydown >>>else >>>

Re: Scrolling on Mac OS X : groups vs fields

2013-08-03 Thread Randy Hengst
Hi All, Any thoughts as to why my arrow keys don't show the rawKey numbers listed here? I'm on a MacBook Pro 13 in… I get 65361 -- left arrow 65362 -- up arrow 65363 -- right arrow 65364 -- down arrow be well, randy hengst - On Aug 2, 2013, at 8:29 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: > Thanks Devin an

A few words about Programming LiveCode...

2013-08-03 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi, Now that the second print run of my book is being shipped, I'd like to write a few words. This week, we have sent almost 20 books all over the world. If you confirmed your address in reply to our request, you will receive it soon. I would like to ask everyone, again, to make sure that yo

Re: Data-Grid usage

2013-08-03 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi Vaughn, Am 03.08.2013 um 01:06 schrieb Vaughn Clement : > Hi Craig > > I found the scrolling list and now reading how it is used. Also looked at > the inspector options. I will get back to you on what I find... please take a look at these stacks to get you started with the basics of Livecod

Re: Data-Grid usage

2013-08-03 Thread André Bisseret
Bonjour Clément, I am sending you a stack I made for my own use ; it concerns scirpting in data grid. On the first card the contents in a datagrid : when clicking on a line of this datagrid, you are directed to the corresponding card. Might be that would help you if I have well understand you