RE: Crash when revCloseBrowser

Bill... I'm not too sure about your closeCard handler... I am not seeing crashes, but there again, I'm not running windows, but am not having any problems using OSX Yosemite, LC 7.0 local browserID .. on closeCard /* destroy the browser instance when the card closes */ if browserID

Re: [OT] Slow performance under Yosemite

Yosemite changed how the app package in the Applications directory can be accessed. from the Script Editor Themer FAQ http://2108.co.uk/faq/#yosemeti Q. I’m unable to install Script Editor Themer on Yosemite? The release of Yosemite changed how the app packag

Re: [OT] Slow performance under Yosemite

Thanks for sharing. I've been putting off Yosemite because of all the 'slow' reports. I run two external monitors so this would have surely bitten me. You may just have persuaded me to take the plunge. Are they up to 10.10.2 yet? I use to wait until .1 was out, but these days that seems to just add

Crash when revCloseBrowser

Folks: Is anybody using the browser window in Windows? I get a crash on revBrowserClose, in a standalone. It works in the IDE. The browser opens and loads the web page, a simple text page then crashes the app when I close it. I’m on Windows 7, 64 bit, Livecode 7.0.1, using Parallels 10 on Yosemi

Re: replaceText problem

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 8:22 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: > > [the]{3}\s(\w+)\s.*?(?=;) > > Using matchText in LC 6.5.2 it fails with error 301 pattern error. > Works fine in LC 7.0.1 on OS X 10.9.5 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.co

Re: Fields Have Labels

Ah. I see what you might mean. In a group the label appears as a, er, label in the upper left corner. I wonder if a more featured label field might use that to advantage. Craig -Original Message- From: Peter Haworth To: How to use LiveCode Sent: Sun, Jan 11, 2015 11:44 pm Subject

Re: Fields Have Labels

How about a ghostText property. An array style property for a data entry field. All the text properties + onEntry dim or hide; or onEmpty dim or hide; dimColor or dimBlendLevel. Or not an array at all, but labelFont, labelTextSize, labelAlign... It would be nice to not have to require a custom

Re: Repeat With Repeat

On Jan 11, 2015, at 5:05 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 9:04 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: > >> Note to runrev team: >> >> *Please* keep the extended language syntax out of the hands of Curry >> K. He's had too much to drink as is >> > > He's an amateur. Try the Whitespace langua

Re: Repeat With Repeat

Malte Brill: > One of the reasons why I always have strict compile enabled :-) > Saves me from shooting my foot (rhyming or not) quite a few times. > ;-) Good point! :) The "tLocal gGlobal etc" naming notation also makes it nearly impossible to commit such errors. In the last five years I pr

Re: Fields Have Labels

There isn't right now but this is an enhancement idea. I don't think it could use the label property because of its use elsewhere but the idea is similar to how the label of a group is used when showname is true. On Jan 11, 2015 7:24 PM, wrote: > Jim. > > > But how is this different from (or bett

Re: Repeat With Repeat

Richard E. Hawkins: > Try the Whitespace language, in which only space, tab, > and linefeed have meaning. All good ways of having fun while getting people to...yes...think outside the box, and hopefully think more effectively. To the compiler itself, none of these looks bizarre. Best wishes

Re: Repeat With Repeat

+1 Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net Original message From: Malte Brill Date:01/11/2015 10:19 (GMT-05:00) To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Repeat With Repeat One of the reasons why I always have strict compil

Re: Fields Have Labels

Jim. But how is this different from (or better than) a custom property, that contains any or all of those other values as an array or list? In other words, the "label" property has immense value in, say, a button, where the "shown" name may be separate from the actual button name. This extra l

Re: Fields Have Labels

That would ne nice. Sort of like the label/showname of a group but with more control over the appearance/position of the label. Would be nice to include the label of a group in this change, in fact any type of control. But doing that would require a new property I think since label has meaning f

Re: Fields Have Labels

> Craig wrote: > > If you could set the label property to actually change some aspect of a > field, what form would that take? Not the text, I assume. Hi Craig, I’m thinking the field’s label would have its own property set, such as font, style, fore/back colors, ‘iconGravity’ etc. These pro

Re: Crash-a-lot just became critical

On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > Since runtime errors in modal dialogs never show up, you might try opening > it in any other mode and put a breakpoint right after the open command to > stop your code continuing. > Tried that, just to get at the debugger. Never crashes, a

Long IDE pauses?

Are other people seeing *really* long pauses in the IDE of 7.0.1 while single stepping and editing? 10-30 seconds seems to happen at least once or twice an hour, and a couple of seconds to switch IDE tabs is the norm. -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___

Re: [OT] Slow performance under Yosemite

32 channels, plus coded communications from white sands and 3 aliens soap opera channels. I especially like it when I intercept a communique to Orson. On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Mike- > > Sunday, January 11, 2015, 2:54:03 PM, you wrote: > > > An image of the modified

Re: Repeat With Repeat

On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 9:04 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Note to runrev team: > > *Please* keep the extended language syntax out of the hands of Curry > K. He's had too much to drink as is > He's an amateur. Try the Whitespace language, in which only space, tab, and linefeed have meaning. And the

Re: Crash-a-lot just became critical

Since runtime errors in modal dialogs never show up, you might try opening it in any other mode and put a breakpoint right after the open command to stop your code continuing. That way, if there is an runtime error somewhere in the modal stack scripts, it will show up as a runtime error. It doesn

Re: Crash-a-lot just became critical

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > > > I remembered an address they have; livecode has a crashing stack. > I have it tracked down. It seems to occur between my code calling for a stack to open and the preOpenStack handler for that stack: I can't do any logging *within* live

Re: LiveCode Server on Yosemite - Changes to conf.httpd

Hi Gregory If you wouldn’t mind sending me your apache con.httpd file off list. I’ll take a look for you and see if I can spot something. Regards Peter > On 12 Jan 2015, at 06:28, Gregory Lypny wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I’ve tried, based on previous suggestions from list members, to make

Re: [OT] Slow performance under Yosemite

Mike- Sunday, January 11, 2015, 2:54:03 PM, you wrote: > An image of the modified mini. > https://www.dropbox.com/s/ftslrqjydkzsgza/IMG_0193.JPG?dl=0 LOL. How many channels can you get on that thing? -- -Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com This communication may be unlawfully collected and stor

Re: [OT] Slow performance under Yosemite

Mike, I am still trying to figure out why I get random screen flashes in all recent versions of LC since I upgraded to Yosemite. I seem to be the only one having this problem so it shouldn’t be of great concern to you. (BTW, these flashes occur randomly when using lock/unlock screen with visual

Re: [OT] Slow performance under Yosemite

First reply got nuked due to length, so here goes again. Yeah, think i'll try the try before you buy method. The machine itself should be fast enough, its the i7 server model, plenty of memory, and 7200 rpm drives. The negative side? A penchant for overheating since day one. Early on I had to fli

Re: Repeat With Repeat

Mark Wieder: > *Please* keep the extended language syntax out of the hands of Curry > K. He's had too much to drink as is. Ha ha, that's blaming the messenger! I didn't make the rules. :) No one would want to actually use code like the unbelievable > if if is then then ask ask with with exce

Re: [OT] Slow performance under Yosemite

I haven’t noticed any other issues with Yosemite as concerns LiveCode or any other app for that matter. I have gone back and forth on some of the eye candy (turning on an off transparency and the like) but other than that, things are working well now that I have fixed the Spaces issue. My mach

Re: Fields Have Labels

This doesn't entirely solve the problem but lcstackBrowser's controls palette allows you to create multiple objects in one drag/drop operation. In this case, you would option-click the label control, option-click the field control, then drag either one of them to your card. You get a prompt for h

LiveCode Server on Yosemite - Changes to conf.httpd

Hi everyone, I’ve tried, based on previous suggestions from list members, to make the necessary changes to the conf.httpd file to get LiveCode Server working under Yoesmite but nothing I do works. I have confirmed that Apache is running and can get non-LC pages to display. Be nice if the LiveC

Re: Fields Have Labels

I totally agree that the field "label" could be very useful, especially if it was paired with a "gravity" property similar to "iconGravity". Paul > On Jan 11, 2015, at 12:39 PM, stephen barncard > wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 11:43 AM, wrote: > >> It would be useful if LiveCode field

Re: [OT] Slow performance under Yosemite

Thanks for this. I'm thinking of "upgrading" to Yosemite on my mac mini.. Are there any other gotchas I need to watch out for? LC related especially, but any pointers are welcome. I'm also wondering if I can get my 2nd mac to run Yosemite the roundabout way. (its a core 2 duo, white) has anyone

Re: [Beginner] Launch URL from fld "fldTitle"

i'm wondering if you should urlencode things before the launch. %20 is a urlencoded space in the url, What else are you seeing? Can you give a more specific example of a url that doesn't work? On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Shawn Blc wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't believe th

[OT] Slow performance under Yosemite

This isn’t a LiveCode issue, but I thought it might effect others on the list. After updating my Mac to Yosemite,it slowed down noticeably and became frustrating to use. Granted my Mac is a bit long in the tooth (late 2009 27 inch iMac - lots of RAM and SSD with a second 2560X1440 monitor), bu

Re: [Beginner] Launch URL from fld "fldTitle"

Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't believe that helps my situation. The URL that launches has a bunch of garbled text, however if I copy the text from the text box and paste it into the browser it works. Something is garbling my text. Not just %20, but all kinds of characters are appearing in

Re: Fields Have Labels

On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 11:43 AM, wrote: > It would be useful if LiveCode fields did have a built-in label property Absolutely! How many times have developers made a series of fields for data entry and immediately have to make a corresponding series of labels, even for test stacks? Filemaker h

Re: 64 bit?

Tom: Just checked my Windows 7 (64bit) installation and 7.0.1 is also in the 32 bit programs folder. Tnx, Bill > On Jan 11, 2015, at 10:20 AM, tbodine wrote: > > Hi Bill. > I have several versions of LC installed on a Win 7 64-bit PC (the latest > being LC 6.7.1 rc3) and all of them installed t

Re: [Beginner] Launch URL from fld "fldTitle"

hi Shawn Are you trying to show a hyperlink? If so this lesson may help http://lessons.runrev.com/m/4071/l/7406-creating-hypertext-links-in-fields - "Some are born coders, some achieve coding, and some have coding thrust upon them." - William Shakespeare & Hugh Senior -- View this message

Re: Fields Have Labels

Jim. If you could set the label property to actually change some aspect of a field, what form would that take? Not the text, I assume. Craig -Original Message- From: Jim Lambert To: use-livecode Sent: Sun, Jan 11, 2015 1:44 pm Subject: Re: Fields Have Labels Interesting thread.

[Beginner] Launch URL from fld "fldTitle"

When I put a URL in a textbox and use the below script in a button, the button will launch, but I'll get a bad page. If I copy and paste the URL form the textbox I get the correct page. What am I doing wrong? I'm using this in on another mouseUp to put the URL into the fldTitle. *put* "http://w

Re: JSON output from a Livecode server

On 1/11/2015 10:23 AM, ethanl...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking to produce JSON output from a Livecode server. Is revigniter generated JSON output the best alternative? http://revigniter.com/userGuide/plugins/querytojson_plugin.html Are there other JSON output tools one can easily use as a add-o

Re: JSON output from a Livecode server

https://github.com/luxlogica/easyjson also works quiet well. On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 6:23 PM, ethanl...@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm looking to produce JSON output from a Livecode server. > > Is revigniter generated JSON output the best alternative? > http://revigniter.com/userGuide/plugins/querytoj

Re: Can't Move Backward

Hey, if you decide to try the object copy thing, you can use this: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11957935/mdbRevisionPlugin.livecode Heres the disclaimer though. If you have a stack and substacks (this includes having a datagrid substack) the results may be unpredictable. Meaning you might

Re: Can't Move Backward

Interesting... I'll add this to my list of things to try tomorrow when I have time and get back up and running. (My wife and I are in the middle of a move this weekend.) On 1/10/2015 2:39 AM, Brahmanathaswami wrote: Ray, I also was sweating it out yesterday with a very important project/stac

Re: Can't Move Backward

Mike I'll try this idea tomorrow first thing. I'll also try turning off messages before I save the stack. I just thought of that and I haven't tried it yet. And Jackie, thanks for your suggestion regarding RR support. I'll use that as a last resort. On 1/9/2015 10:56 PM, Mike Bonner wrote:

Re: Fields Have Labels

Interesting thread. It would be useful if LiveCode fields did have a built-in label property, which one could hide/show and manipulate the styling of the label itself. If I recall correctly Oracle Media Objects fields had such property. Very handy it was. Jim Lambert _

Re: 64 bit?

Hi Bill. I have several versions of LC installed on a Win 7 64-bit PC (the latest being LC 6.7.1 rc3) and all of them installed themselves in the 32-bit Program Files folder. So, not definitive, but it does support your assumption. Tom Bodine -- View this message in context: http://runtime-rev

Re: Fields Have Labels

Oh cool, thanks! Though, honestly I still wonder if the property doesn't exist as a built in, but the handling of setting a thing called "label" is earlier in the message path (in the engine somewhere), so the setprop you define is never seen, being caught earlier by the engine. (since the setprop

Re: Fields Have Labels

Yes, I thought it might be a Custom Property, but it is not. > On Jan 11, 2015, at 9:32 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: > > IF you set the label of the field, you're not setting a built in property, > you're creating a property named label. > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Roger Guay wrote: > >> Y

Re: JSON output from a Livecode server

How about mergJSON? http://mergext.com or https://github.com/montegoulding/mergJSON Ralf > On 11.01.2015, at 17:23, ethanl...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I'm looking to produce JSON output from a Livecode server. > > Is revigniter generated JSON output the best alternative? > http://revignite

Re: Fields Have Labels

If you: set the label of fld "testField" to "XYZ" and have, in the card script, say setProp label answer random(999) end label The control structure does not fire. If you: set the ZZTOP of fld "testField" to "XYZ" and have: setProp ZZTOP answer random(999) end ZZTOP It does. So the

Re: Repeat With Repeat

Sunday, January 11, 2015, 12:18:22 AM, Curry wrote: > put with before add > add add to add Note to runrev team: *Please* keep the extended language syntax out of the hands of Curry K. He's had too much to drink as is. -- -Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com This communication may be un

Re: iOS push notifications: why are they asked for?

Might look in standalone settings and make sure the checkbox for "push notifications" isn't checked. (requirements and restrictions section.) On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 12:58 AM, Gerry wrote: > Just for LC apps, or all apps? Because I've install LOTS of other apps and > never get this message from

Re: Fields Have Labels

IF you set the label of the field, you're not setting a built in property, you're creating a property named label. On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Roger Guay wrote: > Ya but you can’t set the showName of a field to true, so what good is the > label? > > > > On Jan 11, 2015, at 8:49 AM, Bob Cole

JSON output from a Livecode server

I'm looking to produce JSON output from a Livecode server. Is revigniter generated JSON output the best alternative? http://revigniter.com/userGuide/plugins/querytojson_plugin.html Are there other JSON output tools one can easily use as a add-on to a Livecode server? E _

Re: Repeat With Repeat

+1 On Jan 11, 2015 7:20 AM, "Malte Brill" wrote: > One of the reasons why I always have strict compile enabled :-) > Saves me from shooting my foot (rhyming or not) quite a few times. > > ;-) > > All the best, > > Malte > > > > ___ > use-livecode mailin

Re: Fields Have Labels

Ya but you can’t set the showName of a field to true, so what good is the label? > On Jan 11, 2015, at 8:49 AM, Bob Cole wrote: > > put the label of field 1 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscri

Fields Have Labels

Try this in a new stack with one field. It works: set the label of field 1 to "Label Test" put the label of field 1 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscriptio

Re: Repeat With Repeat

One of the reasons why I always have strict compile enabled :-) Saves me from shooting my foot (rhyming or not) quite a few times. ;-) All the best, Malte ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe

Repeat With Repeat

Here's another example that doesn't rhyme, but I was testing again how flexible the current LiveCode is with its keywords: on mouseUp put len(get) into put put put after with put with before add add add to add repeat with repeat=with to add add repeat to answer end

Re: iOS push notifications: why are they asked for?

Just for LC apps, or all apps? Because I've install LOTS of other apps and never get this message from apps that don't have a obvious need for notification permissions. g > On 9 Jan 2015, at 11:23 pm, Sean Cole (Pi) wrote: > > This is now the norm in iOS8 applications it would seem. _