Re: Downloads Directory

2016-12-01 Thread Mark Wieder
On 12/01/2016 01:44 PM, Daniel Pierce wrote: Question, Last week when Livecode prompted me about the V8.1.2 RC2 release I declined because I was in the middle of a project and didn't have time for the new release. Now I want to download it, but the DOWNLOADS link is gone from the Livecode web

Re: Crash in LC related to regular polygon

2016-12-01 Thread Paul Hibbert
Randy, I will happily look at your stack. I also experienced a crash with polygons but couldn’t reproduce it. I’m on Mac OS Sierra 10.12.1 Regards. Paul > On Nov 30, 2016, at 3:28 PM, Randy Hengst wrote: > > Hi All, > > I’ve been able to reproduce a hard crash on two different Macs… one runn

Re: Clone graphic does not respect dimensions

2016-12-01 Thread Richard Gaskin
Michael Julian Lew wrote: > Richard Gaskin wrote: >> BNig wrote: >>> that is determined somewhat arbitrarily by the >>> revBackScriptLibrary in handler >>> >>> on newGraphic >>> if the width of the target < 9 and the height of the target < 9 then >>> use default values >>> >> Would that be

Re: Clone graphic does not respect dimensions

2016-12-01 Thread Michael Julian Lew
Seems to me that if the current restriction on the result of “clone” is intended to prevent possible problems when tools palette is being used then a very bad design decision was made. A solution should not affect what happens when the user clones an abject that is already in the stack. The scr

Re: live code seems to gratuitously unlock write permission for directories

2016-12-01 Thread Rick Harrison
Hi Dr. Hawkins, If you just want to prevent overwriting of older files, why don’t you just use a new name for the file. You can always track which file is the newest in a few different ways. For Example: File1, File2, or append a date and time to the file name. At the end of some larger time

Re: [ANN] XLSX Library ready for a test - Looking for testers

2016-12-01 Thread Bob Sneidar
I'll give it a go later. Bob S On Nov 30, 2016, at 15:36 , zryip theSlug mailto:zryip.thes...@gmail.com>> wrote: Dear LiveCode Users, We are working on a new Library capable to read / write / update xlsx files without the help of MS Excel. The Library is dealing natively with LiveCode (and th

RE: Downloads Directory

2016-12-01 Thread Livecode XAC
Thanks for the fast response. I'll book mark it as the link is gone. Dan -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Klaus major-k Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 3:47 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Downloads Directory Hi

Re: Downloads Directory

2016-12-01 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi Dan, > Am 01.12.2016 um 22:44 schrieb Daniel Pierce : > > Question, > > Last week when Livecode prompted me about the V8.1.2 RC2 release I declined > because I was in the middle of a project and didn't have time for the new > release. Now I want to download it, but the DOWNLOADS link is gon

Re: Downloads Directory

2016-12-01 Thread Matthias Rebbe
http://downloads.livecode.com lists all available downloads. Matthias > Am 01.12.2016 um 22:44 schrieb Daniel Pierce : > > Question, > > Last week when Livecode prompted me about the V8.1.2 RC2 release I declined > because I was in the middle of a project and

Downloads Directory

2016-12-01 Thread Daniel Pierce
Question, Last week when Livecode prompted me about the V8.1.2 RC2 release I declined because I was in the middle of a project and didn't have time for the new release. Now I want to download it, but the DOWNLOADS link is gone from the Livecode web site, or I can't find it. Is there any whay

Re: LC suddenly sending using library stack for script editor field calls

2016-12-01 Thread Dr. Hawkins
now *Bug 18954* - script editor uses user libraries and even behaviors -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url t

Re: live code seems to gratuitously unlock write permission for directories

2016-12-01 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > I'm trying to put in a failsafe that prevents overwriting older files. Do > I need to change the owner of the files for this??? > That doesn't do it either: get shell ("chmod -w " & oldFlDir && "; chown dhArchive " & oldFlDir) gets chown

Re: [ANN] XLSX Library ready for a test - Looking for testers

2016-12-01 Thread zryip theSlug
Roger, Thanks for your feedback. 1. In my experience, the is due to the column width. When the column is not large enough to display the content, instead of truncating the number, the are displayed. The app sample is only resizing the first column. I can apply a resize to the others col

live code seems to gratuitously unlock write permission for directories

2016-12-01 Thread Dr. Hawkins
livecode seems to be gratuitously unlocking directories. I launch live code, and then "chmod -w" the directory of the stack. On quit, it restores write permission! If I use shell (chmod -w someDir), it apparently unlocks it before returning from shell! I'm trying to put in a failsafe that preve

Re: LC suddenly sending using library stack for script editor field calls

2016-12-01 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > > The IDE and your stack are running in the same engine so if you add a > handler for a message sent to an IDE stack but unhandled or passed to a > library or backScript then it will get it. Having said that I think the IDE > should probabl

Re: Clone graphic does not respect dimensions

2016-12-01 Thread Richard Gaskin
Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote: > At 7:39 AM -0800 12/1/2016, Richard Gaskin wrote: >>BNig wrote: >>> that is determined somewhat arbitrarily by the >>> revBackScriptLibrary in handler >>> >>> on newGraphic >>> if the width of the target < 9 and the height of the target < 9 then >> > use

Re: tsNet docs/sample stacks

2016-12-01 Thread Ben Rubinstein
I see - thanks Paul and Skip. Ben On 01/12/2016 18:11, Skip Kimpel wrote: There was some discussion awhile back where I first started to get some information and some links. I had unresolved questions and issues so I went to LC tech support and they reached out to the creator of tsNet to creat

Re: tsNet docs/sample stacks

2016-12-01 Thread Skip Kimpel
There was some discussion awhile back where I first started to get some information and some links. I had unresolved questions and issues so I went to LC tech support and they reached out to the creator of tsNet to create that demo that I gave a link to. I was specifically looking for examples fo

RE: tsNet docs/sample stacks

2016-12-01 Thread Paul Richards
I originally found out about tsNet and the sample stacks here: https://livecode.com/tsnet-new-networking-capabilities-for-livecode/ From: Ben Rubinstein Sent: 01 December 2016 17:45 To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: tsNet doc

Re: tsNet docs/sample stacks

2016-12-01 Thread Ben Rubinstein
Thanks both of you... by my real question is how do you know about these sample stacks? Is their existence being revealed one by one on a need-to-know basis? On 01/12/2016 17:06, Skip Kimpel wrote: Here is a nice stack from the creators of tsNet that demonstrates some of the key functionality.

Re: tsNet docs/sample stacks

2016-12-01 Thread Skip Kimpel
Here is a nice stack from the creators of tsNet that demonstrates some of the key functionality. You can grab some code from this stack... I have put it up on my server so you can take experiment with it. http://magicgate.com/files/tsNet_Sample_Sync_Stack.livecode SKIP On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1

Re: Clone graphic does not respect dimensions

2016-12-01 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 7:39 AM -0800 12/1/2016, Richard Gaskin wrote: BNig wrote: Scott Rossi wrote It's wrong but it's always been like this. LC doesn't like graphics >> smaller than 9 pixels. > that is determined somewhat arbitrarily by the revBackScriptLibrary in handler on newGraphic if the width

Re: tsNet docs/sample stacks

2016-12-01 Thread Matthias Rebbe
There is at least one other stack available at that location https://downloads.techstrategies.com.au/tsnet/sample_async_post.livecode And there was a sample stack from Neill Roger somewhere. I cannot find the URL anymore

Re: Clone graphic does not respect dimensions

2016-12-01 Thread Richard Gaskin
BNig wrote: > Scott Rossi wrote >> It's wrong but it's always been like this. LC doesn't like graphics >> smaller than 9 pixels. >> >> Regards, >> >> Scott Rossi > > that is determined somewhat arbitrarily by the revBackScriptLibrary in > handler > > on newGraphic > if the width of the target <

Re: [ANN] XLSX Library ready for a test - Looking for testers

2016-12-01 Thread Roger Eller
Zyrip, The report looks similar in Excel 2010 (Win), and Libre Office 4.3 (Mac). Mac Preview didn't render any of the totals. I had to reduce the font size in Libre Office to have a similar appearance, otherwise the totals were shown as . There was one difference

tsNet docs/sample stacks

2016-12-01 Thread Ben Rubinstein
(I asked this at the end of a chain about email formatting libraries but I think it got lost.) When I asked that question, Matthias referenced this https://downloads.techstrategies.com.au/tsnet/LCMail.livecode which I didn't know about. Apart from entries in the dictionary, I've not found any

Re: Clone graphic does not respect dimensions

2016-12-01 Thread BNig
Scott Rossi wrote > It's wrong but it's always been like this. LC doesn't like graphics > smaller than 9 pixels. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi that is determined somewhat arbitrarily by the revBackScriptLibrary in handler on newGraphic if the width of the target < 9 and the height of the tar