Re: Javascript on mobile

It is! I’ve done it several times. What is it that is not working? :-Håkan > 19 nov 2014 kl. 22:50 skrev David Bovill : > > Is it not possible to execute Javascript in a mobile browser? I thought I > remembered it in one of the release notes? > ___ >

Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?

Thanks for the info, folks. Frankly, the field method seems better to me. I’ll use the “on mouse move x,y” method. I’ve already got it implemented, except that I was putting all of the action inside a repeat while loop, which was causing recursion limit problems occasionally. But, since the mous

RE: sendmail through On-Rev server

Has anyone got this script to work on diesel? The server script just seems to crash. No statements after the mail are executed. The return data is empty from the web service. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -Original Message- From: use-liv

Re: Markingdown The User Guide

+1 On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:56 PM, Richmond wrote: > Fantastic news: > > http://livecode.com/blog/2014/11/18/markingdown-the-user-guide/ > > Richmond. > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subs

Re: Running Apache Under Yosemite

Thanks, Peter, Mark, Richard, and all for your good suggestions regarding Apache on Yosemite. Gregory ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription pref

Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?

dunbarx wrote > [snip] > A field that tracks the mouseLoc is really much nicer, > since many "mouseMove" messages are sent in a > short time while the cursor is on the march. > Can you do that? > make it appear and disappear, > and track? > The toolTip handles that automatically, > but is no

Re: Meaningful and verbose error messages in LiveCode

On 11/19/2014, 3:17 PM, Richmond wrote: HOWEVER, when I tried this: put fld "ERRS" of stack "ERRORS" into cErrorsList of card 1 of stack "revErrorDisplay" Well, you can't "put" anything into a custom property, those have to be set. And you need "the": "set the cErrorsList of cd 1 of..." p

Re: Meaningful and verbose error messages in LiveCode

On 11/19/2014, 2:47 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: After my current headache dissapears, I will study how these error messages could trigger another stack with Custom notes and warnings. The easiest way is to write an errorDialog handler and trap the error that way. You'd need the handler in ever

Re: OAuth 1.1

Please do post it as I have been looking for this as well Thanks, Mike On Wednesday, November 19, 2014, David Bovill wrote: > Yes that would be great - in fact an oAuth 1.1 library on github would be > better? > > On Thu Oct 10 2013 at 12:55:21 PM Ben Rubinstein > wrote: > > > On 23/08/2013

Javascript on mobile

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Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?

Two things. First, jacque makes a point, in that even with a toolTipDelay of 1 the toolTip itself is jittery. I guess it is really a note gizmo that in intended to tell you something while the mouse hovers over an object, and does not move overmuch. A field that tracks the mouseLoc is really m

Re: Meaningful and verbose error messages in LiveCode

You can set up a stack called, for instance "ERRORS" with a field called "ERRS" and a button with this script: on mouseUp put the cErrorsList of card 1 of stack "revErrorDisplay" into fld "ERRS" of stack "ERRORS" end mouseUp what is interesting is that the resulting list contains quite a f

Re: Stripping Returns

Right. That was what I was trying to show. Jacque got different results because she was using LC 7, as we now know. LC7 extended the limit to just under 2^32. I was using LC 6.7 with its limit of just under 2^16. All is well. .Jerry On Nov 19, 2014, at 1:10 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > Jerry. >

Re: Stripping Returns

Jerry. The variable accum had a length of 110K, the field truncated that to 65-odd K, the reload just reflected what was in the field. Craig -Original Message- From: Jerry Jensen To: How to use LiveCode Sent: Wed, Nov 19, 2014 3:43 pm Subject: Re: Stripping Returns On Nov 19, 20

Re: Meaningful and verbose error messages in LiveCode

J. Landman Gay wrote > The error descriptions are stored in the cErrorsList of the first card > of stack "revErrorDisplay". You could edit those, but you'd need to do > it again for each new LiveCode version. Many Thanks, Jacque! I wrote in the message box: put the cErrorsList of card 1 of stac

Re: Stripping Returns

On Nov 19, 2014, at 12:32 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 11/19/2014, 2:14 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: >> The text is truncated, not simply not displayed: > > Mystery solved. I was testing in LC 7.0: > > http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13508 And I was testing using LC 6.7 end curiosit

Re: Stripping Returns

On Nov 19, 2014, at 12:14 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > Curiosity made me test: > > on setup > repeat until len(tStr) > 66000 >put any word of the colornames & space after tStr > end repeat > put last word of tStr -- for reference later > put tStr into fld 1 > end setup > > The field is a

Re: language syntax question

On 19 November 2014 20:14, Michael Doub wrote: > local savebuf, savedcallback, savedobj > On initialize_read @buf, obj > put (the address of buf) into savebuf -- How do I do this? > put obj into savedobj > open file serialport > end initialize_read > It depends on *where* you want t

Re: language syntax question

Here is the syntax that works. thanks goes to Scott Rossi get word 1 of line 1 of (text of obj) On 11/19/14 3:23 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: I've run into the first issue many times. It seems that if the property you are trying to get is a not a valid property of the referenced container, then

Re: Stripping Returns

On 11/19/2014, 2:14 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: The text is truncated, not simply not displayed: Mystery solved. I was testing in LC 7.0: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13508 -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://

Re: Stripping Returns

More info that is good to know. Thanks again. John Balgenorth On Nov 19, 2014, at 12:14 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 11/19/2014, 10:54 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: >> The text is truncated, not simply not displayed: >> >> >> >> on mouseUp >>put "1234567890 " into temp >>repeat 1

Re: language syntax question

I've run into the first issue many times. It seems that if the property you are trying to get is a not a valid property of the referenced container, then all works fine. If it is a valid property, then what you get is that property of the container. So in your example: Function something obj pl

Re: language syntax question

Thanks Sean, How would I go about saving the reference for use later? I am trying to pass in a buffer address to a library driver routine for a serial port. You must keep a read posted until data arrives. The allert the caller thru a callback. in a cardscript: local buffer On mouseup p

Re: OAuth 1.1

Yes that would be great - in fact an oAuth 1.1 library on github would be better? On Thu Oct 10 2013 at 12:55:21 PM Ben Rubinstein wrote: > On 23/08/2013 23:21, J. Landman Gay wrote: > > On 8/23/13 2:51 PM, Ralph DiMola wrote: > >> I'm going to be using http rest application interface to Twitter

Re: Stripping Returns

On 11/19/2014, 10:54 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: The text is truncated, not simply not displayed: on mouseUp put "1234567890 " into temp repeat 1 put temp after accum end repeat put accum into fld 1 -- 110,000 chars answer the length of fld 1 end mouseUp You get

Re: Calculate number of rows in a DataGrid

> On 19 Nov 2014, at 19:38, Trevor DeVore wrote: > > Ah, so you want to know how many rows could be drawn in the visible area of > the data grid. This should work: > > put the dgWorkingRect of group "MyDataGrid" into theVisibleRect > put item 4 of theVisibleRect - item 2 of theVisibleRect into

Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?

On 11/19/2014, 1:18 PM, William Prothero wrote: Ok, let me see if I’ve got it. on mouseMove put myText into toolTip —?? i.e. how do I get text that depends on the mouseLoc, into the tooltip contents? set the tooltip of me to the mouseLoc end mouseMove The mousemove message in

Re: Stripping Returns

Thank you for the reply and info. I was wondering about limits in variables and and the info everyone provided helps me a lot. John Balgenorth On Nov 19, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Jerry Jensen wrote: > A couple more points: > The space ending the "1234567890 " does wrap the line, but does NOT affect

Re: language syntax question

Thanks Scott. Of course now that I see the answer, it is obvious. Regards, Mike On 11/19/14 2:28 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: See if this works for you: on mouseUp put something(long ID of field 1,2) end mouseUp function something obj, pl return the formattedRect of line pl of obj

Re: Meaningful and verbose error messages in LiveCode

On 11/19/2014, 1:31 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Does exist a method to show our own custom warnings or messages when LiveCode display errors in our code? The error descriptions are stored in the cErrorsList of the first card of stack "revErrorDisplay". You could edit those, but you'd need to d

Re: Stripping Returns

A couple more points: The space ending the "1234567890 " does wrap the line, but does NOT affect the limit. I tried putting the field back into a variable, and it is still 65533 length. The data is truncated. JB note: The limit is only in FIELDS, NOT VARIABLES. You can read a long file into a v

Re: Calculate number of rows in a DataGrid

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Terence Heaford wrote: > > Imagine a data grid with 20 rows with each row empty. > > I want to return 20. > Ah, so you want to know how many rows could be drawn in the visible area of the data grid. This should work: put the dgWorkingRect of group "MyDataGrid" i

Re: language syntax question

Hi Mike Issue 1- Get is for parameters which 'word' is not. So you would use 'put' rather than 'get'. Get works well for formattedRect. To use 'get' for getting the word 1 of 'obj' you would do this: Get word 1 of line pl of the text of obj because 'the text' is a parameter of your 'obj' Issu

Re: Meaningful and verbose error messages in LiveCode

Hi Richmond, On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 Richmond wrote: > In an ideal world (which, in case you don't know; this is not) > an Open Source project should be 100% open; meaning > we can edit everything . . . Actually, this not really possible. Developers who do not understand how LiveCode works could ma

Re: language syntax question

See if this works for you: on mouseUp put something(long ID of field 1,2) end mouseUp function something obj, pl return the formattedRect of line pl of obj & cr & \ word 1 of line pl of (text of obj) end something Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI

Re: Stripping Returns

Thank you, Jacque. I thought things were not as they seemed and I was reading large files but the line limits would confuse me as to why some times they did not seem to matter like when reading a whole file and putting it in a field but if I converted the file I would need to save the converted te

Re: Find the scroll location in wrapped field

On 11/19/2014, 6:36 AM, Mike Doub wrote: Some one posted a summary sizing of all of the different parts of a character. Unfortunately I can't find it. Now that I know about formattedrect I will give that a try for each char in a line and see if I can simulate the word wrapping of a line to get

Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?

Craig: Ok, let me see if I’ve got it. on mouseMove put myText into toolTip —?? i.e. how do I get text that depends on the mouseLoc, into the tooltip contents? set the tooltip of me to the mouseLoc end mouseMove Tnx, Bill On Nov 19, 2014, at 8:32 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > W

Re: Stripping Returns

I knew there were limits for variables and if I am correct they are the same as field limits. I was not aware custom properties have no limits. It looks like reading in chunks is the way to go. Thank you. John Balgenorth On Nov 19, 2014, at 7:41 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > You only need to wo

Re: Calculate number of rows in a DataGrid

This: put the dgNumberOfLines of group "myGrid" works perfectly. 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/

Re: Calculate number of rows in a DataGrid

> On 19 Nov 2014, at 16:51, Trevor DeVore wrote: > > *dgVisibleLines* > - Returns the first and last line being displayed in the data grid as a > comma delimited list. Useful if you want to provide visual feedback as to > which lines are being displayed. Thanks for the suggestion but that is no

language syntax question

i have been struggling with a couple of language issues and I hope some one can set me straight. Issue 1). What is the syntax to get the contents of a field when you have the long IDE to the field. Put something ( long ID of field "foo", 2) into x ... Function something obj pl Get the forma

Re: Meaningful and verbose error messages in LiveCode

On 19/11/14 19:52, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Recently, Richmond wrote: Fantastic news: http://livecode.com/blog/2014/11/18/markingdown-the-user-guide/ This blog post describes the work in progress to include LiveCode User Guide in GitHub. Now, I wonder if, in the same way, Could we edit error

Meaningful and verbose error messages in LiveCode

Recently, Richmond wrote: > Fantastic news: http://livecode.com/blog/2014/11/18/markingdown-the-user-guide/ This blog post describes the work in progress to include LiveCode User Guide in GitHub. Now, I wonder if, in the same way, Could we edit error messages in Livecode IDE to make them more me

Re: Calculate number of rows in a DataGrid

On 19/11/14 19:33, Richmond wrote: On 19/11/14 19:03, Peter Haworth wrote: dgVisibleLines of the datagrid Pete lcSQL Software On Nov 19, 2014 3:59 AM, "Terence Heaford" wrote: How can I calculate the number of rows in a DataGrid. I don’t mean the dgNumberOfLines as this is just the number

Re: Calculate number of rows in a DataGrid

On 19/11/14 19:03, Peter Haworth wrote: dgVisibleLines of the datagrid Pete lcSQL Software On Nov 19, 2014 3:59 AM, "Terence Heaford" wrote: How can I calculate the number of rows in a DataGrid. I don’t mean the dgNumberOfLines as this is just the number of rows containing data. I actually

Re: Running Apache Under Yosemite

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Re: Calculate number of rows in a DataGrid

dgVisibleLines of the datagrid Pete lcSQL Software On Nov 19, 2014 3:59 AM, "Terence Heaford" wrote: > How can I calculate the number of rows in a DataGrid. > > I don’t mean the dgNumberOfLines as this is just the number of rows > containing data. > > I actually need the number of visible rows.

Re: Stripping Returns

Jacque. The text is truncated, not simply not displayed: on mouseUp put "1234567890 " into temp repeat 1 put temp after accum end repeat put accum into fld 1 -- 110,000 chars answer the length of fld 1 end mouseUp You get 65,533. Not sure where the last two chars w

Re: Running Apache Under Yosemite

On Nov 19, 2014, at 8:09 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Well isn’t that special? Good thing I am not currently using Apache > for anything… am I??... > > Bob S > > > On Nov 18, 2014, at 11:41 , Richard Gaskin > mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> wrote: > > If this is for personal use for testin

Re: Calculate number of rows in a DataGrid

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 6:59 AM, Terence Heaford wrote: > How can I calculate the number of rows in a DataGrid. > > I don’t mean the dgNumberOfLines as this is just the number of rows > containing data. > > I actually need the number of visible rows. The DataGrid can be resized by > script. > > I

Re: Selecting a line in a datagrid also selects a line in another (same card)

Le 19 nov. 2014 à 17:17, Bob Sneidar a écrit : > Do all the data grids have the same name? Did you copy/paste or clone them? I > had issues with cloning data grids in the past so I do not do that anymore. I > drag a fresh data grid from the tools pallet every time. Never had a problem > since.

Re: Running Apache Under Yosemite

Gregory Lypny wrote: > Richard Gaskin wrote: >> >> According to this blog the upgrade should allow you to use your old >> config, but it will replace it with a new one - this includes >> instructions on finding and restoring the old config: >>

Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?

Well, not quite. The toolTip is a property, and must be set directly. You might say it has no "text" property, being a property already. You might also say that the toolTip property is, already, its text. In other words, keep it simple. Just set it and go... Craig -Original Message

Re: Calculate number of rows in a DataGrid

dgNumberOfLines - Returns the number of lines displayed in the data grid. This is obviously a misnomer. If I have a piece of lined paper with nothing on it, and someone asks me how many lines are on it, I start counting blank lines. I don’t answer “Zero.” Barring that, you will have to do some

Re: Selecting a line in a datagrid also selects a line in another (same card)

Do all the data grids have the same name? Did you copy/paste or clone them? I had issues with cloning data grids in the past so I do not do that anymore. I drag a fresh data grid from the tools pallet every time. Never had a problem since. Bob S > On Nov 19, 2014, at 01:37 , André Bisseret

Re: Stripping Returns

Reading a file always gives you all the content regardless of the size, up to memory limits. Displaying a long line of text will truncate it after 62k but as I understand it, the truncation is visual only. If a script asks for the line it is all returned. (Better check that, but that was my und

Re: Running Apache Under Yosemite

Well isn’t that special? Good thing I am not currently using Apache for anything… am I??... Bob S On Nov 18, 2014, at 11:41 , Richard Gaskin mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> wrote: If this is for personal use for testing (local host only, no open ports) the security aspects probably don'

Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?

Edit the tooltip > On Nov 18, 2014, at 15:00 , William Prothero wrote: > > Folks: > I have a help field that I want to pop up and follow the mouse when it’s > within a specific rect. What I’m doing is showing the x,y values in a data > plot region. So, I do something like: > > on mouseEnter >

Markingdown The User Guide

Fantastic news: http://livecode.com/blog/2014/11/18/markingdown-the-user-guide/ Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lis

Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?

Craig wrote: > on mouseMove > set the tooltip of me to the mouseLoc > end mouseMove > Try this in your rect. You will want > to make sure to knock off the toolTipDelay. Really clever! :-) In Linux, the tooltip get stuck in one place and does not follow the pointer within the graphic rect.

Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?

Craig, Thanks for that! No, I didn't know I could use the tooltip for that. So I could do something like: "Set the text of the tooltip of me to mytext" as the mouse is moved? Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org > On Nov 19, 2014, at 7:34 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > > Hi again. >

Re: Stripping Returns

You only need to worry about that if you are loading all that data in a field. You might store it in a custom property, for example, and never know there was an issue at all. By the way, that might be useful for you, paging data in usable chunks as needed. But it would be a helpful hint, I gue

Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?

Hi again. Not sure what you mean. You do know that the tooltip is a property, and need not just be fixed text, right? on mouseMove set the tooltip of me to the mouseLoc end mouseMove Try this in your rect. You will want to make sure to knock off the toolTipDelay. Craig -Original

Re: Find the scroll location in wrapped field

I was hoping that the page ranges bug would get fixed. I am trying to do this myself but not being able to tell where soft line breaks occur has me blocked. Some one posted a summary sizing of all of the different parts of a character. Unfortunately I can't find it. Now that I know about form

Calculate number of rows in a DataGrid

How can I calculate the number of rows in a DataGrid. I don’t mean the dgNumberOfLines as this is just the number of rows containing data. I actually need the number of visible rows. The DataGrid can be resized by script. It is straightforward where the height of the header and the height of a

Re: Find the scroll location in wrapped field

> > I am trying to build a special purpose e-Book where the user can shrink and > expand the text as needed with everything scaling, looking really nice > with fluid page turning. > And this is why you want to locate the line. If I understand, you want the line that is positioned at the top of

Re: Selecting a line in a datagrid also selects a line in another (same card)

This is a bug. Yay! Report it my friend. quality.livecode.com Sean Cole Pi Digital -- This message was sent from an iPhone, probably because I'm out and about. Always contactable. Well, most of the time :/ > On 19 Nov 2014, at 09:37, André Bisseret wrote: > > Bonjour, > > I have a stack w

Re: Find the scroll location in wrapped field

> Are we referring to "spaceAbove" and "spaceBelow"? Proof that I rarely came across them :-) In my defense when I began doing what I was doing they had yet to be interpreted by the htmltext conversion. James ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livec

Re: Stripping Returns

Thank you. The logic is simple enough. Even so it should be noted in the read file that reading to the end of a file will fail to provide you the info if the file has more than 65,535 characters. John Balgenorth On Nov 18, 2014, at 8:35 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > Hi. > > > Did you try this

Selecting a line in a datagrid also selects a line in another (same card)

Bonjour, I have a stack with 12 cards. On each card I have 3 data grids (tables). First time I get the following problem : When I select a line in one of the 3 data grids, that triggers the selection of one line in the others data grids!!! I tried to trap the message "selectionChanged" without