Re: Describing LiveCode

On 12/08/15 05:55, Kay C Lan wrote: Richmond, My advise is similar to Peter, William and Jacque's, but more blunt! First ask how many of these parents know how to set up a Facebook page, send a Tweet, interact with Instagram, send a message on SnapChat, change the ringtone on their phone on a p

Re: Release 6.7.7 RC 2

On 2015-08-12 06:24, Mark Wieder wrote: The linux uninstaller no longer works for LC 6.7.7rc1 or rc2. http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15707 Thank you for filing the bug. ...also rather annoyed that 15575 still hasn't been fixed. Unfortunately, we weren't able to fix bug 15575 in

Re: Set Variable or CustomProperty Names with and expression

Use arrays: put x into myArray["set"]["life"] Arrays may be a little slow, but creating variables on the fly will be slow too. If speed really is an issue, please post a sample of your source data and the desired output. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Sof

Re: Release 6.7.7 RC 2

On 08/11/2015 09:17 AM, panagiotis merakos wrote: Dear List Members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 6.7.7 RC 2. I'm a bit less pleased. The linux uninstaller no longer works for LC 6.7.7rc1 or rc2. http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15707 ...also rather annoyed th

Set Variable or CustomProperty Names with and expression

I want to move data from one variable to several others by parsing one and passing them to another (s) In this scenario... the variable I want to pass them to needs to be named according to one of the search items like this: where I want variable based on category names like: lifeset godset

Re: Describing LiveCode

On 08/11/2015 12:21 PM, Richmond wrote: On 11/08/15 21:46, Peter M. Brigham wrote: May be conducting a parents' night in which you demonstrate something simple with livecode to show its ease of access and manageable learning curve, then rope the kids in to show off what they have done, and final

Re: Describing LiveCode

Richmond, My advise is similar to Peter, William and Jacque's, but more blunt! First ask how many of these parents know how to set up a Facebook page, send a Tweet, interact with Instagram, send a message on SnapChat, change the ringtone on their phone on a per individual basis and even block cer

Re: Get Modification Date of a Single File

I don’t have a mobile but on the older versions for desktops you use Files command. The detailed files form returns a list of files, one file per line. Each line contains the following attributes, separated by commas: * The file's name, URL-encoded * The file's size in bytes (on M

Get Modification Date of a Single File

can we check the modification date of a single file? use case: mobile; get date of local file resource; ping LC server check on mod date of the same resource, if latter is younger, then fetch it -- Swasti Astu, Be Well! Brahmanathaswami Kauai's Hindu Monastery www.HimalayanAcademy.com _

Re: MetaCard ftp site

Thank you! John Balgenorth On Aug 11, 2015, at 3:48 PM, Mark Talluto wrote: > >> On Aug 11, 2015, at 1:59 AM, Richmond wrote: >> >> Is this FTP site defunct? >> >> ftp://ftp.metacard.com/MetaCard >> >> and if it is not is there some reason it is password protected? >> >> Richmond. > > I

Re: MetaCard ftp site

> On Aug 11, 2015, at 1:59 AM, Richmond wrote: > > Is this FTP site defunct? > > ftp://ftp.metacard.com/MetaCard > > and if it is not is there some reason it is password protected? > > Richmond. I have a copy of the MetaCard files here: http://www.canelasoftware.com/metacard.html

Re: Describing LiveCode

Hi Richmond, I wrote this some time ago: http://www3.economy-x-talk.com/blog/2014/02/24/what-is-livecode/ Also, LiveCode really is a 4GL. Every 4GL has a specialisation. Some are for managing databases, others for instructing cutting machines, and again others for giving easy access to the API

Re: Release 6.7.7 RC 2

There seems to be an issue with visual effects in iOS in this build, specifically with the push left/right effects and navigating between cards. There’s a flash that occurs after the animation finishes, where you very briefly see the card you just came from. This does not happen with LC 6.7.6.

Re: Describing LiveCode

On Aug 11, 2015, at 12:20 PM, Richmond wrote: > I'm not that interested, as, at the moment, at least, LiveCode does almost > all that I require (let's leave communicating > back-and-forth between USB devices out of this discussion). > > What I am interested in is how to communicate adequately

Re: Describing LiveCode

On 8/11/2015 2:21 PM, Richmond wrote: On 11/08/15 21:46, Peter M. Brigham wrote: May be conducting a parents' night in which you demonstrate something simple with livecode to show its ease of access and manageable learning curve, then rope the kids in to show off what they have done, and finally

Re: Describing LiveCode

On 11/08/15 21:46, Peter M. Brigham wrote: May be conducting a parents' night in which you demonstrate something simple with livecode to show its ease of access and manageable learning curve, then rope the kids in to show off what they have done, and finally summarize the advanced projects tha

Re: Describing LiveCode

On 11/08/15 21:18, JB wrote: Hi Richmond, You covered a lot of information in your post. I know this message does not answer your question but when they mention C++ and object-oriented programming they are not talking about objects like fields & buttons. I am aware that object-oriented progra

Re: Describing LiveCode

Richmond: I have had pretty much the same history as you, but started with punch cards on a mainframe less powerful than my thermostat. But, perhaps if you break it down like the kinds of knowledge that a programmer needs: 1. the flow and logic of a program (which applies to all platforms) 2. o

Re: Choosing a database and LC tools

Tom and Peter: Also, please note that: Best practice involves NOT sending a complete query, which I use in the demo. It’s not so bad, since I require a password as a sent parameter, and since it is intended that the query be generated by livecode in a protected script (not in an input field that

Re: Choosing a database and LC tools

Tom and Peter: Here is a link to a working stack, that includes the php scripts, so you can see what’s involved. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zeldbpafcnno3x5/Db Access.zip?dl=0 This link won’t last forever, so I’ll plan on keeping it

Re: Describing LiveCode

May be conducting a parents' night in which you demonstrate something simple with livecode to show its ease of access and manageable learning curve, then rope the kids in to show off what they have done, and finally summarize the advanced projects that people have used it for. In my experience,

Re: Describing LiveCode

Hi Richmond You might be facing the same problem that I (as well as probably most of this list members) have been facing for years (if not decades) with students, teachers, colleagues and clients : a programming language HAS TO BE TOUGH to learn and use, otherwise it's considered as nothing but a

Re: Choosing a database and LC tools

Hi Bill. Thanks for those insights. I'm not sure which route I'll take yet, but I would welcome access to your php script collection. Thanks, Tom Bodine On 8/10/2015 8:12 PM, Wprothero [via Runtime Revolution] wrote: > Tom: > I use Navicat to manage my databases. It will access a variety of on

Re: Choosing a database and LC tools

Thanks guys for the information on this! Very helpful. Tom Bodine -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Choosing-a-database-and-LC-tools-tp4694777p4694818.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: Describing LiveCode

Hi Richmond, You covered a lot of information in your post. I know this message does not answer your question but when they mention C++ and object-oriented programming they are not talking about objects like fields & buttons. If you are interested in object-oriented programming you might want to

Re: Release 6.7.7 RC 2

Updated to xCode 6.4 and installed LC 6.7.7 RC2 (Mac OS 10.10.4). App runs fine in the iPad 8.4 simulator but when I compile and install onto an iPad running iOS 8.4, I run into the following: If I select 8.4 or later as the build for iOS version, when I try to install the app onto the iPad xCode

Describing LiveCode

I am having a problem with a load of belligerent parents who seem quite unable to understand what LiveCode is. These parents work at the local Non-Ferrous Metals factory and are highly skilled engineers, but learnt their programming when I did (i.e. when the dinosaurs were alive), and need to b

Re: Colouring words

On Aug 10, 2015, at 12:15 PM, Richmond wrote: > On 10/08/15 19:03, Mike Bonner wrote: >> oh. Assuming you're on a version of lc that supports truewords >> >> > > Mine all seem to support falsewords . . . > > Err, sorry, the mask slipped there a minute :/ > > I see that version 7.0.5 supports

Re: Jane Austen's peculiarity

On 11/08/15 17:31, James Hale wrote: This means none of the proposed solutions (including Richmond's own) will find the desired phrase if it falls across one of these line breaks. Wow! Very valuable point: thanks. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mail

Re: Android Status Bar?

Only possible on rooted devices, or in certain customized ROMs from XDA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94RrpzL_w6E ~Roger On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Is it possible to customize the appearance of the status bar, i.e. making > it transparent, so we can make the over

Release 6.7.7 RC 2

Dear List Members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 6.7.7 RC 2. This release is a maintenance release which contains regression fixes. The list of regressions fixed can be found in the Release Notes. *Getting the Release* To get the release please select "Check For Updates" f

Re: Table field colored rows question

Hi, some code to make alternating row colors for fields in LC http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/661/ListStripes_0_0_5 at least one of the attempts to improve on tableField is here. -- http://berndniggemann.on-rev.com/modTableField/modTableField_0_3_2.zip ---

Re: Table field colored rows question

On 8/11/2015 11:44 AM, j...@souslelogo.com wrote: > Hi list > > Is there a quick way, like a property, to have successive rows of a > table field in alternate colors, like white, grey, white, grey, etc ? > I checked the graphic effects, but didn't find anything of the sort... > I'm using LC communi

Re: Table field colored rows question

I guess you missed Scott Rossi’s announcement a few days ago… Paul >> I recently posted a little demo of a technique to customize a field with >> alternating colored lines, making a row-based table with no additional >> objects. You can download the stack from the forums: >> http://forums.liveco

Table field colored rows question

Hi list Is there a quick way, like a property, to have successive rows of a table field in alternate colors, like white, grey, white, grey, etc ? I checked the graphic effects, but didn't find anything of the sort... I'm using LC community 6.5.2 on OSX. Thanks in advance. jbv __

OSX About and Help menu issue under LC676

I have an application that when built into a standalone under LC665, under OSX the About and Help menu work fine. The same application built under LC676 for OSX results in the all menu item under the Help menu (except for Apple's default search) greyed out and About under the Application menu does

Re: Jane Austen's peculiarity

Of course I couldn't resist a tinker. I too am into text manipulation/searching and wondered how I would go about this. I looked at the repeat loops and realised they would run much faster if they were inverted as I am sure the list of verbs would be less than the lines of text being searched. I

Re: Can LC chat server run on the following platform?

It's basically a Raspberry Pi 2 running 32 bit Ubuntu - so I'd guess yes - will no more soon as I'm heading down that route and will be testing a server on a similar configuration. On 11 August 2015 at 13:42, Glen Bojsza wrote: > Hello, > > There is a Kickstarter project that is an interesting s

enable/disable menu doesn't find the object

Hello, I have two alternative menubars in my program. Most times when I am trying to enable or disable menus with: disable menu "Foo" I get the error "no such object" When using explicit: disable btn "Foo" of grp "Menubar1" of stack "myStack" the menu gets disabled. Any ideas, what could ca

Can LC chat server run on the following platform?

Hello, There is a Kickstarter project that is an interesting server in itself but I wanted to know if I could run a LC chatserver on it as well? It is called spreedbox ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spreed/spreedbox-the-most-private-video-chat-and-file-exc/comments ) But according to th

MetaCard ftp site

Is this FTP site defunct? ftp://ftp.metacard.com/MetaCard and if it is not is there some reason it is password protected? Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Codeweek?

I wonder why there is no LiveCode here: http://codeweek.eu/resources/ This IS just the sort of place where RunRev should be peddling LiveCode. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, u

Re: Jane Austen's peculiarity

On 10/08/15 23:51, hh wrote: Richmond, this was your last post to this thread before mine. My current version is here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ja47l87gg87sn0q/AAAIj99kEQVOb8ev3jz8C5ORa?dl=0 File : TA.zip play with it, rip it to pieces, improve it: go on, I dare you :) Richmond. So I downl