Re: Trapping errors when a stack opens

Pete- Sunday, July 27, 2014, 8:28:26 PM, you wrote: > Hi Mark, > Not quite my situation. The try/catch isn't in the preOpenxxx Handler > which has the error, it's in the script of the stack that issues the open > stack command. Ah. Then the scripts are acting the way they're supposed to. You ha

Re: Trapping errors when a stack opens

Hi Mark, Not quite my situation. The try/catch isn't in the preOpenxxx Handler which has the error, it's in the script of the stack that issues the open stack command. Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

The latest incarnation is ready to try out, same URL. Do what Jacque said re the plugins folder. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Jul 27, 2014, at 4:37 PM, wrote: > OK, thanks Peter. > I'll wait for the improvements. > Larry > > - Original Mes

Re: Maiden speech from an old man

I'm amazed that there can be an RFC for this. As is evident from the posts, it's a matter of personal preference and which mail system you use. My personal preference is top posting but if someone prefers bottom posting, that's fine too/ It's like the whole forum vs email listing. Some people p

Re: Maiden speech from an old man

On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: > A good example of how poor software design interferes with usability. An > email client should have a preference for setting top or bottom posting in > replies I filed bug report [#11562437] Reply format encourages top-posting for gma

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

OK, thanks Peter. I'll wait for the improvements. Larry - Original Message - From: "Peter M. Brigham" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 12:31 PM Subject: Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary On Jul 27, 2014, at 2:21 PM, wrote: Hello Peter, I went t

Re: "...for neither" - really?

On 26/07/14 06:26, Kay C Lan wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 5:45 AM, Richmond wrote: Those are adverbs. When Richmond corrects our English I can't help but think of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc ___ Thanks for that: it is now

Re: Advice as to how to create a dialog

Hi Mike, You could lock messages before opening the dialog. That should keep the engine from firing the openField message. A better way probably is to not only lock messages but also select the text of the next field before unlocking the messages. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

On Jul 27, 2014, at 2:17 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > Whoops, pressed send too soon. > > How can I get this version to you/the list? > > Also, I think your array may need to have an extra level of key for the > entry type (command, property, etc) since there are multiple entries in the > dictionar

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

On Jul 27, 2014, at 3:05 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 7/27/2014, 1:31 PM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: >> On the Mac these days the plugins folder is within the LiveCode app >> package (LiveCode xxx.app/Contents/Tools/Plugins/). On Windows the >> plugins folder should be visible with no hassle. > >

Re: Advice as to how to create a dialog

On 7/27/2014, 1:21 PM, Michael Doub wrote: First time thru, the user clicks the field. As expected the openfield is called calendarWidget pops up as expected then openfield gets called again as the calendarWidget goes way and we are back on the stack with the field. Now I am in a loop. Anothe

Re: Trapping errors when a stack opens

Pete- Saturday, July 26, 2014, 12:05:02 PM, you wrote: > Unfortunately, this will be running on other folks computers so can't rely > on them having PowerDebug installed. OK - I did another test (without PowerDebug in the system) and it functioned as expected: runtime error in the preopenstack h

Re: "...for neither" - really?

On 7/27/2014, 11:22 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 5:52 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Adverb or adjective, I will continue to not make you any sandwiches if you add "ly". So if I'm reading this correct on my dim lit screen, if I refrain from habitual using words that end in "ly

HTML5 Pledge Campaign -- Funding Purchase Option

I only found this a few days ago and I believe it may be hidden from a lot of Livecode users. If you purchase a commercial license before the 31st. You get a big discount and your purchase goes toward the HTML5 pledge/campaign I am extending my Indy commercial license for all platforms (not h

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

On 7/27/2014, 1:31 PM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: On the Mac these days the plugins folder is within the LiveCode app package (LiveCode xxx.app/Contents/Tools/Plugins/). On Windows the plugins folder should be visible with no hassle. That folder is meant only for the plugins that ship with LiveCod

Copy-Paste from Dictionary

I am unable to do that [Linux], why? Richmond. ___ 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/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

Re: Maiden speech from an old man

On 7/27/2014, 1:23 PM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: An email client should have a preference for setting top or bottom posting in replies. It does, and I used to switch it every time I answered on the list. But it's a pain and requires multiple clicks into K9's dozens of prefs, so I stopped. I ne

Re: Maiden speech from an old man

On 27/07/14 21:49, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 7/27/2014, 12:37 PM, Richmond wrote: You should be careful with the sexual abuse police out and about: we wouldn't want our stalwart Lady of Xcode going to prison for bottom posting now would we! It would likely reduce sexual abuse proclivities for a

Re: Maiden speech from an old man

On 7/27/2014, 12:37 PM, Richmond wrote: You should be careful with the sexual abuse police out and about: we wouldn't want our stalwart Lady of Xcode going to prison for bottom posting now would we! It would likely reduce sexual abuse proclivities for anyone who saw it. -- Jacqueline Landman G

Scale an image proportionally

I just had a go at this; seems reasonably uncomplicated: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=21186&p=108255#p108255 Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and ma

Re: Advice as to how to create a dialog

This might also allow me to position control actually near the original data entry field rather than in the center of the screen. does having a big transparent background have an side effects? -= Mike On Jul 27, 2014, at 2:28 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:21 AM, M

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

On Jul 27, 2014, at 2:21 PM, wrote: > Hello Peter, > I went to your link below. > I see what appears to be a LiveCode stack. > Do I have to compile that before I put in the plugins folder? > Sorry, I'm a VERY newbie. No, just drop it into your plugins folder and restart LC. On the Mac these days

Re: Advice as to how to create a dialog

On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Michael Doub wrote: > How are other folks working with dialogs? > I sometimes avoid the hassles of another stack, modal limitations, etc. by using a GROUP with all the entry and controls. it can have a background that can be dimmed or invisible that obfuscates t

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

On Jul 27, 2014, at 2:17 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > Whoops, pressed send too soon. > > How can I get this version to you/the list? > > Also, I think your array may need to have an extra level of key for the > entry type (command, property, etc) since there are multiple entries in the > dictionar

Re: Maiden speech from an old man

On Jul 27, 2014, at 12:25 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > I prefer bottom posting too, but since I started answering occasionally from > my tablet (like now) I've found it's difficult to do. So now my style varies > depending on what kind of electronics I'm using, and I became more lenient > when

Advice as to how to create a dialog

I am trying to figure out how to create a dialog for data entry into a Date field. I want to use a date picker if the control key is not down, but allow normal entry if the control key is down. I thought that I would use the open field handler and I thought I would pass data to and from the

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

Hello Peter, I went to your link below. I see what appears to be a LiveCode stack. Do I have to compile that before I put in the plugins folder? Sorry, I'm a VERY newbie. Thanks, Larry > OK, here's a quick-and-dirty plugin called LCdictPlugin. Pop it into your plugins folder and restart LC. I

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

Whoops, pressed send too soon. How can I get this version to you/the list? Also, I think your array may need to have an extra level of key for the entry type (command, property, etc) since there are multiple entries in the dictionary for the same term in some cases (e.g hilite is a command and a

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

Thanks for this Peter, installed and working fine. I added a couple of things to it - saving the htmltext of the note into the array so simple formatting is maintained - An index of all the user notes in alpha order, accessible by shift clicking the "user note" pseudo button. Pete lcSQL Softwar

Re: Maiden speech from an old man

On 27/07/14 19:25, J. Landman Gay wrote: I prefer bottom posting too, but since I started answering occasionally from my tablet (like now) I've found it's difficult to do. So now my style varies depending on what kind of electronics I'm using, and I became more lenient when I see it from othe

Re: "...for neither" - really?

On 27/07/14 19:22, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 5:52 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Adverb or adjective, I will continue to not make you any sandwiches if you add "ly". So if I'm reading this correct on my dim lit screen, if I refrain from habitual using words that end in "ly", Jacq

Re: Adjusting the size of cards in a stack

Very nice, thanks for that. Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 9:43 AM, hh wrote: > I made a stack that demonstrates a bug with windowShape

Re: Maiden speech from an old man

My two cents worth, I love y'all and want to continue to communicate with you, but, let's face it, this is a VERY-busy mailing-list. So busy it is hard to keep-up, or even read most messages anymore. My webmail-client often puts our mail-list messages in my spam folder. For actively working on some

Re: Adjusting the size of cards in a stack

I made a stack that demonstrates a bug with windowShape for the quality center. Works for 6.6.2, minor bug with LC 6.7 (dp6), full bug with LC 7.0 (dp7). The stack has constant size (width x height) but the cards are switching their size (width and height) and shape by setting the windowShape. (L

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

On Jul 27, 2014, I wrote: > OK, here's a quick-and-dirty plugin called LCdictPlugin. Pop it into your > plugins folder and restart LC. I realized that with my original plugin it's impossible to tell if you have a user note for a given dictionary entry without checking each entry every time wit

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

On Jul 27, 2014, I wrote: > OK, here's a quick-and-dirty plugin called LCdictPlugin. Pop it into your > plugins folder and restart LC. I realized that with my original plugin it's impossible to tell if you have a user note for a given dictionary entry without checking each entry every time wit

Re: Maiden speech from an old man

I prefer bottom posting too, but since I started answering occasionally from my tablet (like now) I've found it's difficult to do. So now my style varies depending on what kind of electronics I'm using, and I became more lenient when I see it from others. I think our new electronics may have

Re: "...for neither" - really?

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 5:52 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > > Adverb or adjective, I will continue to not make you any sandwiches if you > add "ly". > So if I'm reading this correct on my dim lit screen, if I refrain from habitual using words that end in "ly", Jacqui will happi send gastronomical p

Re: Lock screen & layering of stacks?

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 3:57 AM, BNig wrote: > > could it be that what you see is related to an open "Project Browser"? > > Try your code without "Project Browser" open. If the Project Browser had > the > card(s) of the two stacks inspected and you just close it by dismissing it > via the red dot

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

On 27/07/14 18:00, Peter M. Brigham wrote: My stacks are not password protected, I just have an ask password barrier to accessing the data. I may be misremembering, so that may not have been the problem. I just recall being blocked at the outset and deciding not to bother running anything beyo

Re: Maiden speech from an old man

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: > > I like the way Gmail compress previously quoted text into a small > ellipsis button; very little wasted screen space, maintains continuity > of the thread very nicely and allows quick access if you need to > refer. *That* one is just a matt

Re: Maiden speech from an old man

On 27/07/14 18:03, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 3:31 PM, hh wrote: [Richard H. wrote:] Listserves and usenet on the one hand, and web fora on the other, are completely different creatures. No, some of the users are. It's sometimes just another kind of thinking, of being ready o

Re: Maiden speech from an old man

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 3:31 PM, hh wrote: > > > [Richard H. wrote:] Listserves and usenet on the one hand, and web fora > on the other, are completely different creatures. > > No, some of the users are. It's sometimes just another kind of thinking, > of being ready or not for changes. > > Change

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

My stacks are not password protected, I just have an ask password barrier to accessing the data. I may be misremembering, so that may not have been the problem. I just recall being blocked at the outset and deciding not to bother running anything beyond 5.5.1. At some point I'll try it again. -

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

On 27/07/14 17:38, Peter M. Brigham wrote: On Jul 27, 2014, at 10:27 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Peter M. Brigham wrote: (Sorry, like Richmond, I am not using LC 6.x for most of what I do, since that would involve updating 32,000 lines of script.) I must have missed something, as I've been hap

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

On Jul 27, 2014, at 10:27 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Peter M. Brigham wrote: > > > (Sorry, like Richmond, I am not using LC 6.x for most of what I > > do, since that would involve updating 32,000 lines of script.) > > I must have missed something, as I've been happily working away in v6 without

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

On 27/07/14 17:27, Richard Gaskin wrote: Peter M. Brigham wrote: > (Sorry, like Richmond, I am not using LC 6.x for most of what I > do, since that would involve updating 32,000 lines of script.) I must have missed something, as I've been happily working away in v6 without ever noticing that m

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

Peter M. Brigham wrote: > (Sorry, like Richmond, I am not using LC 6.x for most of what I > do, since that would involve updating 32,000 lines of script.) I must have missed something, as I've been happily working away in v6 without ever noticing that my old code wasn't supposed to work. Can

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

On Jul 27, 2014, I wrote: > OK, here's a quick-and-dirty plugin called LCdictPlugin. Pop it into your > plugins folder and restart LC. Forgot to say, make sure the plugin is set to open at LC startup. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig ___

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

On 27/07/14 17:01, Peter M. Brigham (Sorry, like Richmond, I am not using LC 6.x for most of what I do, since that would involve updating 32,000 lines of script.) That is slightly misleading: My commercial ventures (such as they are: gross income for 2014 = 20 Euros) are all made with LC

Re: RevOnline & User Comments in the Dictionary

On Jul 14, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Charles E Buchwald wrote: > I know this is just one more complaint about how broken RevOnline is... But > it would be _really_ nice if it worked again. > > I just spent 45 minutes figuring out that when you use the revZip external, > you sometimes have to enclose y

Re: Working with a DataGrid

Yes, Just tried hiding the field and on first testing it has worked. All the best Terry On 27 Jul 2014, at 08:10, Terence Heaford wrote: > This is "set the text of field 1 of me to pData”. I presume but have not > tried yet that this field could be hidden by modifying the row template. ___

Re: Working with a DataGrid

Thanks for your idea, will have a play. My experiments at the moment have resulted in this: 1. Place a rectangle graphic in the row template. 2. Create a column behaviour. 3. In the behaviour script there is a method "on FillInData pData” 4. pData is the value passed to the DataGrid for this c