Re: I find this very odd

2014-02-02 Thread proth...@earthednet.org
Folks: Ok, its late here and I've been working on this all day. Even missed the SuperBowl, zowee! It's my bad. It does act like I thought it should. Sorry for wasting your time, and seeming to be ……. Best, Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org On Feb 2, 2014, at 7:31 PM, Peter W A Woo

Re: I find this very odd

2014-02-02 Thread Peter W A Wood
Bill I tried the following code in the message box in 6.5.1 and it gave the results that you are expecting: Code put "1" into tArray[1] put "2" into tArray[2] put tArray into tAnotherArray put tAnotherArray[1] & lf into tP put "6" into tArray[1] put tArray[1] & lf after tP put tAnotherArray[1] &

Re: I find this very odd

2014-02-02 Thread dunbarx
What Mark said. I has to be something, because there is no reason you cannot put an array into as many new variables one after the other.They will all be arrays. try it with a new DG that contains a little data. In a button: on mouseup put the dgData of grp 1 into myarray put myarray i

Re: I find this very odd

2014-02-02 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Bill, It looks like you put the array into myDatagridArray in one handler and try to read this variable in another handler. Another possibility is that you made a small spelling error in the variable name. It is also possible that you are check the value of the variable in the script edit

I find this very odd

2014-02-02 Thread proth...@earthednet.org
Folks: I am using LiveCode 6.5.1 and I find the following behavior very odd. I am working with datagrids and have the dgData of a datagrid, which is a normal array. put the dgData of group "DataGrid 3" into myDatagridArray Then I do: put myDatagridArray into newArray What's then in newArray i

Re: SSL + static IP with an on-rev account

2014-02-02 Thread PystCat
The link worked. > On Feb 2, 2014, at 4:44 PM, stephen barncard > wrote: > > crap. Bad link. > > *--* > *Stephen Barncard - San Francisco Ca. USA - Deeds Not Words* > > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 1:42 PM, stephen barncard < > stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > >> >>> On Sun, Feb 2, 20

Re: One step beyond

2014-02-02 Thread Richmond
On 03/02/14 00:19, Roger Eller wrote: I had to slow the movespeed down to 1000 so I could see the spinning action. It's a cool little game, Richmond! Thanks. ~Roger On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Richmond wrote: New version with daft remarks popping up when you hit the Jackpot. If you

Re: One step beyond

2014-02-02 Thread Roger Eller
I had to slow the movespeed down to 1000 so I could see the spinning action. It's a cool little game, Richmond! ~Roger On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Richmond wrote: > New version with daft remarks popping up when you hit the Jackpot. > > If you want to blame it on the "Hispaniola Effect" :)

[ANN] MS Excel Library 1.1 - First commands about Pivot Tables and More

2014-02-02 Thread zryip theSlug
Dear LiveCode and MS Excel Users, The Excel Library 1.1 is now available for our Registred Users. What we have for you in this version? 1. Pivot Table commands As announced in a previous RevUp article, we have added our first commands for supporting the MS Excel's Pivot Table object. In this

Re: SSL + static IP with an on-rev account

2014-02-02 Thread stephen barncard
On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 1:44 PM, stephen barncard < stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > crap. Bad link. contact me offline if you still would like it. I save everything. *--* *Stephen Barncard - San Francisco Ca. USA - Deeds Not Words* ___ use-li

Re: SSL + static IP with an on-rev account

2014-02-02 Thread stephen barncard
crap. Bad link. *--* *Stephen Barncard - San Francisco Ca. USA - Deeds Not Words* On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 1:42 PM, stephen barncard < stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 12:45 PM, PystCat wrote: > >> Has anyone used Amazon's cloud storage with LiveCode...? I woul

Re: SSL + static IP with an on-rev account

2014-02-02 Thread stephen barncard
On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 12:45 PM, PystCat wrote: > Has anyone used Amazon's cloud storage with LiveCode...? I would be > interested in hearing any success(?) or fail(?) stories... the 'other' and 'late' Mark Smith wrote a library just for that purpose a few years ago. One of the list members is

Re: One step beyond

2014-02-02 Thread Richmond
New version with daft remarks popping up when you hit the Jackpot. If you want to blame it on the "Hispaniola Effect" :) http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/PLOD/fruity.livecode.zip Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev

Re: FTP and File Paths

2014-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
With FTP, the home folder depends on the login. Each login can have a home (or root) folder. Make sure your path is not the full path for the file system the ftp server is on, but rather begins with the root of that particular user. Bob On Jan 11, 2014, at 08:00 , Gregory Lypny wrote: > Hell

Re: SSL + static IP with an on-rev account

2014-02-02 Thread PystCat
Has anyone used Amazon's cloud storage with LiveCode...? I would be interested in hearing any success(?) or fail(?) stories... > On Feb 2, 2014, at 3:40 PM, stephen barncard > wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Dave Kilroy > wrote: > >> Good question. My understanding is that Panca

Re: SSL + static IP with an on-rev account

2014-02-02 Thread stephen barncard
On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Dave Kilroy wrote: > Good question. My understanding is that Pancake and others servers are > based > in Paris (France) - they used to be in Texas - however RunRev have been > very > opaque as to what machines are physically where, mirrors (if any) etc so I > would

Re: [OT] Social Engineering against the common sense

2014-02-02 Thread stephen barncard
On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Slightly related is my feelings about cloud computing in general. agreed. But we as data peons ( on asymmetrical networks designed for consumers and downloads ) are stuck with slower upload speeds, changing IP numbers (otherwise pay more), th

Re: SSL + static IP with an on-rev account

2014-02-02 Thread Dave Kilroy
Bob Sneidar-2 wrote > ...what is the most optimal host for me in Southern California? Good question. My understanding is that Pancake and others servers are based in Paris (France) - they used to be in Texas - however RunRev have been very opaque as to what machines are physically where, mirrors (

Re: OT-ish warning: Apple is still using Mac Roman

2014-02-02 Thread Richmond
On 02/02/14 22:17, Bob Sneidar wrote: I recently was working on getting fields to accept unformatted text in a drag drop scenario. What I did was intercepted the drop, and then put the dropData [“text”] into the field. Something along these lines may be what you are looking for. As an aside,

Re: [OT] Social Engineering against the common sense

2014-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
Slightly related is my feelings about cloud computing in general. My gut told me when cloud computing was first put forward that it was a really, really bad idea. My primary objection was that people would invariably store their critical data on servers that neither I nor the company had control

Re: OT-ish warning: Apple is still using Mac Roman

2014-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
I recently was working on getting fields to accept unformatted text in a drag drop scenario. What I did was intercepted the drop, and then put the dropData [“text”] into the field. Something along these lines may be what you are looking for. As an aside, I was importing clipboard data from an

Re: mySQL disconnects

2014-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
hmmm… interesting idea. That would certainly isolate whether or not the problem was one with sqlYoga, if I used Livecode API to do a time query. If it succeeds and an sqlYoga query times out, that would give me a vector on the problem. If a simple query fails using the LC API, then I would know

Re: SSL + static IP with an on-rev account

2014-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
Wait, you are on pancake? Does that mean there are several on-rev hosts you can host your data on? If so, what is the most optimal host for me in Southern California? Bob On Jan 31, 2014, at 01:56 , Dave Kilroy wrote: > Hello all > > I'd like to get everyone's advice one getting SSL and sta

Re: LiveCode Server on OS X

2014-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
Sounds like someone has messed with the permissions. Try running permission repair before doing anything drastic. If there is a service that cannot access it’s own data, something got borked. AFP in and of itself does not create the permissions of a folder, although there are utilities that ca

Re: mySQL disconnects

2014-02-02 Thread stephen barncard
I've been told that RevChat is a good place to start… sqb *--* *Stephen Barncard - San Francisco Ca. USA - Deeds Not Words* On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Reposting my own post. I am looking at the socket API for Livecode and > wondering if I can do something along those

Re: mySQL disconnects

2014-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
Reposting my own post. I am looking at the socket API for Livecode and wondering if I can do something along those lines. Looks like I can manipulate the socket timeout, so that is promising. One thing that concerns me is that the dictionary says that code execution continues while the connect

Re: mySQL disconnects

2014-02-02 Thread stephen barncard
On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > What I need is a way to check for the availability of the database without > actually running a query. My gut feeling is that there is not without > invoking the dreaded 1 minute timeout, so the real question is, can I > adjust the amount of ti

Re: mySQL disconnects

2014-02-02 Thread stephen barncard
On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I do in fact close the connection each time. But for some reason, when I > attempt to reconnect, if it has been too long a time since the last > connection, I get that error. Also, I am developing on a laptop, and when I > take the laptop to an

Re: mySQL disconnects

2014-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi Mark. I’m a bit ahead of you on that one. I already ping before reconnecting to a database, but this will not ensure that the actual service is running on the server. Suppose the server is running but the database engine is crashed, or restarting for some reason, say a data backup for instanc

Re: mySQL disconnects

2014-02-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi Stephen. Thanks for the reply. I do in fact close the connection each time. But for some reason, when I attempt to reconnect, if it has been too long a time since the last connection, I get that error. Also, I am developing on a laptop, and when I take the laptop to another location, from w

Re: One step beyond

2014-02-02 Thread Richmond
On 02/02/14 21:12, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Hi Richmond, Really nice! :-D Could you add a prize, besides the blinking "Jackpot" image? For example, use a visual effect to display a random message: http://ming.tv/flemming2.php/__show_article/_a10-001643.htm Al Alejandro, Feel Free to mu

Re: One step beyond

2014-02-02 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, Really nice! :-D Could you add a prize, besides the blinking "Jackpot" image? For example, use a visual effect to display a random message: http://ming.tv/flemming2.php/__show_article/_a10-001643.htm Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nab

[OT] Computing at School Newsletter

2014-02-02 Thread Richmond
http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/data/uploads/newsletter-spring-2014.pdf Livcode is not mentioned . . . If you are involved in teaching with Livecode, even tangentially, please go here: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/ take their survey, and after the usual, fairly crappy clicky-click

Re: A complete and general index of handlers, commands and functions

2014-02-02 Thread Richard Gaskin
Alejandro Tejada wrote: > I have been looking (without success) in mail list's archives, > forums and within my own stack's archives a LiveCode's > implementation of Fast Fourier Transform. > > A FFT function was not found among math library's functions of > joneslib stack: > http://www.rsmas.mia

Re: One step beyond

2014-02-02 Thread Richmond
On 02/02/14 18:09, Colin Holgate wrote: I see the game has its own theme song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkOOCx8tT08 Well, some of us, approaching our 52nd birthday, would prefer to remember 1980 than the present :) Richmond. ___ use-live

Re: One step beyond

2014-02-02 Thread Richmond
On 02/02/14 18:02, dunb...@aol.com wrote: Richmond. I won $3,000,000. Who do I collect from? Aha; but they are virtual pieces of 8 that vanish as soon as you turn off your computer! Richmond. Craig -Original Message- From: Richmond To: How to use LiveCode Sent: Sun, Feb 2,

Re: One step beyond

2014-02-02 Thread Colin Holgate
I see the game has its own theme song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkOOCx8tT08 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runre

Re: One step beyond

2014-02-02 Thread dunbarx
Richmond. I won $3,000,000. Who do I collect from? Craig -Original Message- From: Richmond To: How to use LiveCode Sent: Sun, Feb 2, 2014 5:11 am Subject: One step beyond I lost control completely: http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=18905&p=95717#p95717 or as a direct

Re: 6.5.2 Doesn't Remember Script Editor Location

2014-02-02 Thread Ray
That's a good suggestion Jackie and it's the same way Kay, who also responded to this thread, works. I've actually got a few other work arounds which are kind of clunky. Basically a send or an idle handler picks up the window and moves it for me but I may well try to get use to the idea of si

One step beyond

2014-02-02 Thread Richmond
I lost control completely: http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=18905&p=95717#p95717 or as a direct download: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/PLOD/fruity.livecode.zip Have a load of gratuitous, silly fun! Richmond. ___ use-livecode m

Re: Keeping your scriptEditor in one place

2014-02-02 Thread Richmond
On 01/02/14 22:25, Richmond wrote: Well, here's a "go" at that one: http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=18978 Richmond. I've just uploaded a modded version to the same place as the 'EDIT OBJECT SCRIPT' was throwing a bluey. Richmond. __