Re: Behaviors and the message path

2016-12-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
Actually I got the idea from you. But so far it seems to hold. Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On December 9, 2016 8:27:18 PM Mark Wieder wrote: On 12/09/2016 03:15 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On

Re: Behaviors and the message path

2016-12-09 Thread Mark Wieder
On 12/09/2016 03:15 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 12/9/16 4:47 PM, mwieder wrote: But at any rate, I believe conflating "extending" a script with "concatenation" is the wrong way to think about behaviors. I think of them as private backscripts, available only the object to which they are attach

Re: AW: Installer software

2016-12-09 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Stephen Barncard wrote: > A widget you could create, Sir ! I could, but a the moment the project that I bought livecode for news my attention itself. This is kind of a basic functionality of a paid product . . . -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462

Re: AW: Installer software

2016-12-09 Thread Stephen Barncard
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > I simply find it odd that the commercial versions of livecode don't include > installers, myself . . . this is *basic* functionality for anyone looking > to sell the software . . . > A widget you could create, Sir ! -- Stephen Barncard - Seb

Re: Behaviors and the message path

2016-12-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 12/9/16 4:47 PM, mwieder wrote: But at any rate, I believe conflating "extending" a script with "concatenation" is the wrong way to think about behaviors. I think of them as private backscripts, available only the object to which they are attached. If the behavior doesn't catch a messages,

Re: Behaviors and the message path

2016-12-09 Thread mwieder
Tim Bleiler wrote > Maybe I didn’t explain what I’m actually doing correctly or we’re just > doing something different, but after I assign the behavior I do NOT get > the same result. Er...yes, you're right. That's what happens when I try to multitask and type without thinking. The other project I

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

2016-12-09 Thread zryip theSlug
Dear LiveCode Users, Last week some of you tested the capability of our XLSX library to write a xlsx file readable by the existing apps and solutions compatible with xlsx. Thanks for all your positives feedbacks. Today we are going far ahead with a more ambitious step by trying to open your exis

RE: Behaviors and the message path

2016-12-09 Thread Ralph DiMola
"Me Too"... Also, thanks to Tim for putting all these combinations in the lab and reporting the results back to the community. I learned something valuable! Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-

Re: Behaviors and the message path

2016-12-09 Thread Bleiler, Timothy
> On Dec 9, 2016, at 2:44 PM, mwieder wrote: > > I think it's wrong to consider behavior scripts as concatenated onto the end > of a script. If you rather think of the behavior script as a library or > backscript, then the message path becomes a little clearer. Thinking of behaviors as a libra

Re: Behaviors and the message path

2016-12-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 12/9/16 1:49 PM, mwieder wrote: ...and I want to echo your appreciation of Mr. Waddingham's stewardship of the xtalk legacy. I have argued (and will continue to do so) with him about fine points of interpretation and future direction of the language, but I always appreciate his constant conser

Re: [OT] mySQL Client

2016-12-09 Thread Tekne
SequelPro for sure! riccardo > Il giorno 09 dic 2016, alle ore 18:40, Bob Sneidar > ha scritto: > > Hi all. > > I am using mySQL as a database server, and MySQLWorkbench as the management > app. When I do dumps, I am warned that the version of msSQL is newer than my > version of mySQL serv

Re: Behaviors and the message path

2016-12-09 Thread mwieder
...and I want to echo your appreciation of Mr. Waddingham's stewardship of the xtalk legacy. I have argued (and will continue to do so) with him about fine points of interpretation and future direction of the language, but I always appreciate his constant conservative approach to making changes and

Re: Behaviors and the message path

2016-12-09 Thread mwieder
Tim- I think it's wrong to consider behavior scripts as concatenated onto the end of a script. If you rather think of the behavior script as a library or backscript, then the message path becomes a little clearer. In your example 2, the message "you are in Script 3" appears because that instance o

Re: AW: Installer software

2016-12-09 Thread Dr. Hawkins
I simply find it odd that the commercial versions of livecode don't include installers, myself . . . this is *basic* functionality for anyone looking to sell the software . . . -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: [OT] mySQL Client

2016-12-09 Thread Ton Kuypers
I love using Sequel Pro, use it on a daily base without any problems... Met vriendelijke groeten, Warm Regards, Ton Kuypers +32 (0) 477 739 530 Steenweg op Leopoldsburg 100 • B-2490 • Balen • Belgium www.publishingtools4u.com > On 9 dec. 2016, at 18:40, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > Hi all. >

RE: [OT] mySQL Client

2016-12-09 Thread Lynn Fredricks
> So does anyone have any recommendations for an administration > tool that is not going to give me problems at a later time? I > don't mind paying for it if it's not too expensive, but it > has to run on OS X. I can google it but I'd like a trusted opinion. Obviously am biased towards Valenti

Re: [OT] mySQL Client

2016-12-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
Thanks Bill. It dawns on me (and the dawn has been coming later and later these days) that I actually purchased Navicat some years back. I should check to see if my license is still good. Bob S > On Dec 9, 2016, at 10:44 , proth...@earthlearningsolutions.org wrote: > > Bob, > I've used Navic

Re: Behaviors and the message path

2016-12-09 Thread Bleiler, Timothy
On Dec 9, 2016, at 12:56 PM, Mark Waddingham mailto:m...@livecode.com>> wrote: Rule (2) preserves this semantic for behaviors and, indeed, codifies the fact that behaviors aren't really objects - they are script extensions (for want of a better term). Thank you Mark, your explanation is very

Re: [OT] mySQL Client

2016-12-09 Thread proth...@earthlearningsolutions.org
Bob, I've used Navicat for years. I like it a lot. Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org > On Dec 9, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > Hi all. > > I am using mySQL as a database server, and MySQLWorkbench as the management > app. When I do dumps, I am warned that the version

Re: Behaviors and the message path

2016-12-09 Thread Mark Waddingham
On 2016-12-08 21:23, Bleiler, Timothy wrote: I’m curious about what appears to me to be a confusing aspect of the implementation of behaviors. In short, behaviors have characteristics of an isolated, local extension of the message path AND characteristics of a concatenation of the parent control’

[OT] mySQL Client

2016-12-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi all. I am using mySQL as a database server, and MySQLWorkbench as the management app. When I do dumps, I am warned that the version of msSQL is newer than my version of mySQL server, and because of that there may be problems importing later. This makes me very nervous. So does anyone have

Re: Behaviors and the message path

2016-12-09 Thread Bleiler, Timothy
On Dec 8, 2016, at 10:31 PM, Mark Wieder mailto:ahsoftw...@sonic.net>> wrote: I think the best explanation of the message path is still Richard Gaskin's chart and web page. Although I have to give props to Dar Scott for his message primer as well. I tend to think of behavior scripts (and I know

AW: AW: AW: Installer software

2016-12-09 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Very interesting to know, thank you Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Peter TB Brett Gesendet: Freitag, 9. Dezember 2016 15:29 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: AW: AW: Installer software On 09/12/2016 09:

Re: AW: AW: Installer software

2016-12-09 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 09/12/2016 09:54, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: Hi Peter, thats interesting. Right now, I pack the 2 video files (total 8 GB) in 10 zip files on DVD and store them when installing in a users choice location on HD. I would have never thought it would be a good idea to create one big 8GB app b

AW: AW: AW: Installer software

2016-12-09 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Thats exactly, what I am doing and that’s why I was a bit puzzled that Peter recommended to put all 2 files into the bundle. Perhaps I've misinterpreted Peter Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Mark Schonewill

Re: AW: AW: Installer software

2016-12-09 Thread Mark Schonewille
Interesting discussion here. It is possible to make an 8GB app bundle, since the files inside the bundle are still individual files. It isn't a good idea to include 8GB of videos in a stack. I wouldn't include all 8GB of files in one installer, since the installer is basically one big stack (wh

Re: Installer software

2016-12-09 Thread Dave Kilroy
This may well be over-kill for your need for a Windows installer - but in the past I used SetupBuilder (http://www.lindersoft.com) a lot and found it excellent even for complex installation scenarios However starting at $169 it's not particularly cheap and there is a learning curve - but it does w

AW: AW: Installer software

2016-12-09 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hi Peter, thats interesting. Right now, I pack the 2 video files (total 8 GB) in 10 zip files on DVD and store them when installing in a users choice location on HD. I would have never thought it would be a good idea to create one big 8GB app bundle. Do you think this would be a good idea? Wou

Re: AW: Installer software

2016-12-09 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 09/12/2016 08:17, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: the main reason for me to use installer maker is the feature, to call a program after the installer has finished (which makes a second part of installation, extraction and copying 2 videos from 10 zip files). I don't know, how I could realize t

AW: Installer software

2016-12-09 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hi Paul, the main reason for me to use installer maker is the feature, to call a program after the installer has finished (which makes a second part of installation, extraction and copying 2 videos from 10 zip files). I don't know, how I could realize this with the classic "drag and drop fr