Re: An Odd Problem Using Google Maps In Livecode

2014-10-01 Thread Nicolas Cueto
Not a solution, but, an Android app (Runtastic) that used to work, suddenly isn't. It crashes each and every time it tries to open up a Google map. And other Android users (at least, on Nexus 5, Android 4.4.4) have been recently describing this exact prome. Reading your description made me think th

Re: Merging PDF files through LC

2014-10-01 Thread Bruce Pokras
Distribute PDFTK??? My instructions for Patent Grabber simply tell Windows users where they can download it themselves. Much less complicated that way. Bruce Pokras Blazing Dawn Software www.blazingdawn.com On Sep 30, 2014, at 10:39 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Bru

Re: An Odd Problem Using Google Maps In Livecode

2014-10-01 Thread Colin Holgate
What do you get if you try the same URL in a browser, on and off wifi? ___ 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/mailma

An Odd Problem Using Google Maps In Livecode

2014-10-01 Thread TERRY HASS
Hi All, I have an iOS app that is having issues using Google maps. When the device is connected using WiFi, all is well and the map downloads and displays as expected. However, when WiFi is unavailable or turned off, all I get returned is the error icon. This app used to work fine and I haven't

Re: LiveCode startup

2014-10-01 Thread Mark Wieder
Mike- Wednesday, October 1, 2014, 5:41:10 PM, you wrote: > Is there any documentation on the engine and it's architecture? Now *there's* a glass half-full approach to things... However, in the questions below I think you're talking about the IDE rather than the engine. > I would like to get con

Re: Strip a ™ character

2014-10-01 Thread JB
Objective-C and GCD is a better way to go. It was nice to see Apple updated my Xcode today. Now I can use Swift too. John Balgenorth On Oct 1, 2014, at 5:20 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:01 PM, JB wrote: > >> >> Code for Program to convert binary to hexadecimal in C Pr

LiveCode startup

2014-10-01 Thread Mike Doub
i am trying to understand the start up sequence of livecode. Is there any documentation on the engine and it's architecture? I would like to get confirmation about how I imagine it works. I don't know C so reading the source code is not a big help so I would appreciate any incites. Here is wh

Re: Strip a ™ character

2014-10-01 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:01 PM, JB wrote: > > Code for Program to convert binary to hexadecimal in C Programming > \begin snivel{} It burns, it burns! -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.

[OT] LC Contractor for Hire?

2014-10-01 Thread Charles E Buchwald
I need some help finishing a medium-sized LC project. It's about 90% done, and I'm just too busy with other work to do some debugging, some customizing of a Windows versions, and a few other tasks. This is paid work. If you have suggestions about how I might find LC contractors, please share. I

Re: Frustrating: gettings the objects in a group

2014-10-01 Thread Jim Lambert
The dictionary says: "childControlNames Type: property Syntax: get the childControlNames of group Objects (or Types): group” But as I noted earlier you can use “controlNames” or “controlIds”. The short form is not mentioned in the dictionary entries for childControlNames or childControlIds.

Re: Strip a ™ character

2014-10-01 Thread JB
I just found this on the web. John Balgenorth Code for Program to convert binary to hexadecimal in C Programming #include #include void main() { int j=1,i=0; int k,num[100],n,sum=0; clrscr(); printf( "\n PLEASE ENTER VALUE N:" ); scanf( "%d" ,&n); printf( "\n PLEAS

Re: Outrageously slow AppleScript performance

2014-10-01 Thread Terry Judd
Hi Bill - I tried your script and while it was slow it took more like 10-15 sec rather than 1-2 minutes to run on my MacBook Air (OSX 10.9.4; LC 6.3.3) . I tried simplifying the script in a few places to see if that helped but the improvements were only incremental. The biggest slowdown seems to oc

Re: Strip a ™ character

2014-10-01 Thread JB
If someone wants to give me that part of the code I bet I could fix it. I wrote conversions for ascii-hex-binary in hypercard years ago and there is not that much to it. John Balgenorth On Oct 1, 2014, at 3:01 PM, JB wrote: > It looks to me the code is good. I guess > someone decided they c

Re: Frustrating: gettings the objects in a group

2014-10-01 Thread Jim Lambert
Without ‘child' also works put the controlnames of grp someGroup put the controlids of grp someGroup Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription p

Re: Strip a ™ character

2014-10-01 Thread JB
It looks to me the code is good. I guess someone decided they could Trade Mark ™ Binary to Hex. In Hex it shows up as either a A or AA. You would think it would always be AA since that is the Hex value for ™. It is easy to strip the ™ from the beginning of Hex code because Hex always starts wit

Re: Outrageously slow AppleScript performance

2014-10-01 Thread Bill Vlahos
Yes, I am on Mavericks. It does require authorization as you described but even that takes 20 seconds to be prompted and once I grant it permission it still takes 1 to 2 minutes to run. In looking at this command line steps I wouldn’t expect it to work because it is specifically looking for the

Re: Frustrating: gettings the objects in a group

2014-10-01 Thread William Prothero
Tnx for the help. It was my error, but in the process of fixing it, I noticed some document shortcomings. Both childControlNames and “the controls of group” work. For me, this demonstrates a trouble with the docs. For a relative newby, like me, what do I call the members of a group? Do I call t

Re: Frustrating: gettings the objects in a group

2014-10-01 Thread Scott Rossi
You can also reference the number of controls of a group: repeat with N = 1 to number of controls of grp 1 put name of control N of grp 1 & cr after theList end repeat put theList Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 10/1/14 2:07 PM, "William Prothero" wr

Re: Frustrating: gettings the objects in a group

2014-10-01 Thread Marty Knapp
I just tried it with v6.6.2 and it works, so maybe you found a bug! Marty Knapp BTW, I’m using Livecode V7.0 Rc2 on OSX Mavericks. I wonder if this is a bug?? Bill On Oct 1, 2014, at 2:07 PM, William Prothero wrote: Marty: I tried the childControlNames property and it doesn’t return the imag

Re: Frustrating: gettings the objects in a group

2014-10-01 Thread William Prothero
BTW, I’m using Livecode V7.0 Rc2 on OSX Mavericks. I wonder if this is a bug?? Bill On Oct 1, 2014, at 2:07 PM, William Prothero wrote: > Marty: > I tried the childControlNames property and it doesn’t return the images in > the group. > Tnx, > Bill > > On Oct 1, 2014, at 1:59 PM, Marty Knapp

Re: Frustrating: gettings the objects in a group

2014-10-01 Thread William Prothero
Marty: I tried the childControlNames property and it doesn’t return the images in the group. Tnx, Bill On Oct 1, 2014, at 1:59 PM, Marty Knapp wrote: > Hello Bill, > > put the childControlNames of group "MyList" into tList > > Best regards, > Marty Knapp >> This is extremely frustrating, but

Re: Frustrating: gettings the objects in a group

2014-10-01 Thread dunbarx
Hi. Loop through all the controls on the card. Extract those whose "owner" is the group in question. Craig Newman -Original Message- From: William Prothero To: Use-livecode Use-livecode Sent: Wed, Oct 1, 2014 4:56 pm Subject: Frustrating: gettings the objects in a group This is

Re: Frustrating: gettings the objects in a group

2014-10-01 Thread Marty Knapp
Hello Bill, put the childControlNames of group "MyList" into tList Best regards, Marty Knapp This is extremely frustrating, but ought to be very easy. I’m trying to get a list of the objects in a group. There are graphics, fields, and images in the group. I can’t find, in the docs, lessons, h

Frustrating: gettings the objects in a group

2014-10-01 Thread William Prothero
This is extremely frustrating, but ought to be very easy. I’m trying to get a list of the objects in a group. There are graphics, fields, and images in the group. I can’t find, in the docs, lessons, how to do this. Could someone post the syntax? Thanks Bill William A. Prothero http://es.earthed

Re: Outrageously slow AppleScript performance

2014-10-01 Thread zryip theSlug
Bill, On Maverick? I have no problem controlling MS Excel by executing AS scripts within LiveCode. I tried your script on Maverick and I can confirm it is very slow. The first time I executed it, iCal requested an authorization for the calendar to be modified by LiveCode. So, after a quick sear

Re: Strip a ™ character

2014-10-01 Thread dunbarx
Hi. This should work. Are you sure that all your data is 1's and 0's? The format you have set for the baseConvert function requires binary source data ONLY. (no 7's, for example, or anything hex like "1C") Craig Newman > replace return with empty in theData > repeat with x = 1 to t

Re: Strip a ™ character

2014-10-01 Thread JB
It could be I am writing the part below wrong. repeat with x = 1 to the len of theData -8 step 8 What I am trying to do is get 8 characters and process the eight characters and do it for the length of theData. Is that written wrong? John Balgenorth On Oct 1, 2014, at 8:35 AM, JB wrote: > I a

Strip a ™ character

2014-10-01 Thread JB
I am converting binary to hex and this code is giving me a problem. replace return with empty in theData repeat with x = 1 to the len of theData -8 step 8 put BaseConvert(char x to (x+7) of theData,2,16) into theConv put theConv after tData end repeat The first thing I do is

Re: File Walker

2014-10-01 Thread JB
The problem with that idea is the recursive loops and does not provide a file list. If it provided every file and folder then I would be able to filter out the ones I do not want. For instance I do not want the package and bundle files. Filtering is not an issue. I will just use the script from

Re: Merging PDF files through LC

2014-10-01 Thread Bob Sneidar
It works on Windows too. Just remember to save the PDF form as extended, otherwise Acrobat Reader users will not be able to fill the forms. I can send you some snippets so you can see how it’s done if you like. Contact me on private. Bob S On Oct 1, 2014, at 08:10 , Roger Eller mailto:roger.

Re: Merging PDF files through LC

2014-10-01 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel < s...@magicgate.com> wrote: > Getting it to work, probably not that hard. Distributing it with your > application, that's a whole other issue. > Actually, it's allowed and straightforward; I'm thinking of the mechanics. It's GPL

Re: Merging PDF files through LC

2014-10-01 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Roger... you are and I are both stuck in the Windows world... On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Roger Eller wrote: > That sounds like a pretty slick way to populate a form (hoping it works > x-plat). The OP wants a >Windows< solution to combine pages though. > > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 10:40 AM

Re: Merging PDF files through LC

2014-10-01 Thread Roger Eller
That sounds like a pretty slick way to populate a form (hoping it works x-plat). The OP wants a >Windows< solution to combine pages though. On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > The easy way to do this is to assemble an FDF data file. I have already > done this in my Forms Gene

Re: [BUG][SHELL] Could Others Please Test This OS X/Linux

2014-10-01 Thread Peter Haworth
Maybe shell has a different home directory than lc? Pete lcSQL Software On Sep 30, 2014 11:54 PM, "Kay C Lan" wrote: > Thanks gentlemen, that's enough to start the ball rolling. > > May I assume Scott and Tim that your LC resides in the System level > Applications folder. Mine resides in the Use

Re: Merging PDF files through LC

2014-10-01 Thread Bob Sneidar
The easy way to do this is to assemble an FDF data file. I have already done this in my Forms Generator application. First, I export the form data. To get all the fields even the empty ones you have to create a javascript action, because the built in data export only exports fields with data in

Re: File Walker

2014-10-01 Thread Bob Sneidar
How about getting the detailed files? There may be information in the details where you can discern whether or not a user would be able to see the files. Bob S On Sep 30, 2014, at 17:04 , JB wrote: > I understand there are things a normal person > cannot and should not access. My point was >

Re: [BUG][SHELL] Could Others Please Test This OS X/Linux

2014-10-01 Thread Richard Gaskin
Kay C Lan wrote: But then why is this not the case with Linux? I believe it is. And even if one sets up their paths so that LC starts with $HOME as their default directory, the default directory is changeable by any script at any time, so a note reminding users to explicitly set that path wh

Re: [BUG][SHELL] Could Others Please Test This OS X/Linux

2014-10-01 Thread Warren Samples
On 10/01/2014 08:09 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: But then why is this not the case with Linux? For Linux users who have installed "single user", in their HOME directory, the defaultfolder is their HOME directory.. Those who have installed for all users, in /opt, will run into these kinds of issues,

Re: [BUG][SHELL] Could Others Please Test This OS X/Linux

2014-10-01 Thread Kay C Lan
OK, I see now the relationship with the defaultFolder and I'll update my bugzilla report to reflect this. But then why is this not the case with Linux? Richard suggested a note in the Dictionary and that seems to be sensible. Currently the Dictionary suggests that if you are have trouble with shel

Re: [BUG][SHELL] Could Others Please Test This OS X/Linux

2014-10-01 Thread Håkan Lilegren
$PWD should start at the current working directory, and that is not the same if you run the command in the terminal or if you runit from your program. You will (and should) get different answers. Even if you run in the IDE compared to a standalone. If you want the home catalog you can use $HOM

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 133, Issue 3

2014-10-01 Thread bernd . gottwald
Bis zum 12.10.2014 bin ich nicht verfügbar. Ich werde meine Emails nicht lesen. In dringenden Fällen erreichen Sie mich über mein Mobiltelefon. I will be out of office until 12.10.2014. I won't read me emails. In urgent matter please call me on my mobile. __

Re: [BUG][SHELL] Could Others Please Test This OS X/Linux

2014-10-01 Thread Fraser Gordon
On 1 Oct 2014, at 04:17, Kay C Lan wrote: > Terminal enter the following: > > find $PWD > > The output will be on each line the full path of either a Folder or a file. > > I just copied and pasted the output into a Text editor which then > reports the number of lines - in my case it's 527579