Re: WEIRD: code changes the code instead of a field

2017-03-21 Thread Quentin Long via use-livecode
Message: 13 Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 14:58:02 + sez Bob Sneidar > > On Mar 21, 2017, at 04:11 , Klaus major-k via use-livecode > > wrote: > > > > "numtochar" and "chartonum" have been deprecated since version 7.x of > > Liveocde! > > So please try again with "NumtoNativeChar" and maybe also

Re: rawKeyUp/Down give different keys for same char since LC 8

2017-03-21 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
This might be part of the Unicode conformity now present right across LiveCode. hex E4 ( 228 ) is the Unicode address for *ä* hex 27 ( 39 ) gives a single apostrophe Testing a German keyboard layout on Mac OS 10.7.5 with LC 7.1.4 I get 39 for *ä, 59 for ö, 45 for ß, 91 for ü with both rawKeyD

Re: Scrolling Menu

2017-03-21 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
dunbarx wrote: > So I made a stack that had a group of a dozen buttons piled up > vertically. ... > Now I make the stack a stack menu. The issue with a stack menu is > that very few messages are sent at all, but "mouseDown" is one that > is. The stack remains nice and still but the group scrolls

Re: Suggestions regarding a webgl problem

2017-03-21 Thread hh via use-livecode
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Re: rawKeyUp/Down give different keys for same char since LC 8

2017-03-21 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
Hi Tiemo, On 2017-03-21 17:40, Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode wrote: Testing on Win 10, IDE: up to LC 6.7 special chars, as German Umlaute gave the same key in rawKeyUp and rawKeyDown, e.g. ä = 39, ü = 59, ö = 96, ß = 91 in LC 8 and 9 the rawKeyUp are still the same, but in rawKeyDown I n

Re: 'effective' discovery

2017-03-21 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 03/21/2017 10:04 AM, Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode wrote: On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: I wonder if it is settable. That would seem to be *deeply* undesirable. The point of an "effective" property is that it can eithe

Re: 'effective' discovery

2017-03-21 Thread Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I wonder if it is settable. That would seem to be *deeply* undesirable. The point of an "effective" property is that it can either be the set property, or the inherited property. -- Dr.

Printing a formatted file from a LiveCode stack

2017-03-21 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon via use-livecode
Hi from Beautiful Brittany, I have often printed out data from liveCode stacks - in simple form, write to file …. etc, and got a file that I could print using Textedit, or Word. However, It was straight text - no tabs, no formatting, nothing. Now I want to build a file to print out with the the

rawKeyUp/Down give different keys for same char since LC 8

2017-03-21 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Hello, Testing on Win 10, IDE: up to LC 6.7 special chars, as German Umlaute gave the same key in rawKeyUp and rawKeyDown, e.g. ä = 39, ü = 59, ö = 96, ß = 91 in LC 8 and 9 the rawKeyUp are still the same, but in rawKeyDown I now get: ä = 228, ü = 252, ö = 246, ß = 223 Is there any plausibl

Re: WEIRD: code changes the code instead of a field

2017-03-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
IT IS when you are debugging! Do you have gRevDevelopment set to true? Bob S > On Mar 21, 2017, at 04:16 , Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Klaus, > it's not an issue of numToChar (happens similar with numToNativeChar) but > probably of the IDE/Debugger, who thinks that the

Re: WEIRD: code changes the code instead of a field

2017-03-21 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Bob, > Am 21.03.2017 um 15:58 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > : > say WHUUUT? WHUUT! > By deprecated, do you mean not part of the scripting language anymore?? I am not a native english speaker, so you should know better what "deprecated" means! :-D It it obviously still working but

Re: WEIRD: code changes the code instead of a field

2017-03-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
say WHUUUT? By deprecated, do you mean not part of the scripting language anymore?? I thought we didn't do that. Bob S > On Mar 21, 2017, at 04:11 , Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > "numtochar" and "chartonum" have been deprecated since version 7.x of > Liveocde! > So please try

Re: Password field code to share?

2017-03-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I also use a hidden field because the underlying password is encrypted, and the actual field being obscured has the hash. I have a little eyeball icon that when mouseDown'd decrypts the underlying password and hides the bullet field. I haven't taken the time to obscure the password AS it's being

Re: Hanging indents in LC fields?

2017-03-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
You need to set the indent to something positive (like 20) then set the first line indent to 0. Word and other text processors work the same way. Bob S > On Mar 20, 2017, at 16:55 , Terry Judd via use-livecode > wrote: > > Thanks Devin – the negative first indent works nicely on normal text

Re: 'effective' discovery

2017-03-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I wonder if it is settable. You could simply store the effective properties of an object along with it's script and behavior, as a template so that future new controls could be instanced from the definition. You could create a kind of object oriented system. The stored effective properties would

Re: WEIRD: code changes the code instead of a field

2017-03-21 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
There's a problem with the script editor losing track of the defaultstack during debugging. I see it when it tells me that it can't find a control on the card I'm looking at. It's applying all references to itself. I haven't been able to get a consistent recipe to report the problem but since

Re: Password field code to share?

2017-03-21 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I've used this simple technique for years: < http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/custom-password-dialogue-tp290635p290644.html -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On March 21, 2017 4

OT: are chars above ascii 126 allowed in system passwords?

2017-03-21 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Hello, I have not much knowledge in server administration. My LiveCode program establishes a http connection. In case there is a network proxy server, the user can enter the proxy server credentials in my program to get access to the internet. That works ok so far, but my password field can’t hand

Re: Password field code to share?

2017-03-21 Thread Trevor DeVore via use-livecode
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 7:46 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > thanks for sharing this smart solution. > You're welcome. > Did you ever had any issues loading the font on any platform or is that a > near 100% reliable approach? > I have been using

AW: Password field code to share?

2017-03-21 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Hi Trevor, thanks for sharing this smart solution. Did you ever had any issues loading the font on any platform or is that a near 100% reliable approach? Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Trevor DeVore via use-li

Re: Password field code to share?

2017-03-21 Thread Trevor DeVore via use-livecode
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 4:48 AM Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > there have been several solutions for password fields around the community > (Eric Chatonet, .), but all I have seen so far are not complete (e.g. no > copy/paste) or safe in handling or

Re: WEIRD: code changes the code instead of a field

2017-03-21 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Tiemo, > Am 21.03.2017 um 12:16 schrieb Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode > : > > Hi Klaus, > it's not an issue of numToChar (happens similar with numToNativeChar) but > probably of the IDE/Debugger, who thinks that the selectedChunk is my code. OK, that was just a shot in the dark, but ple

AW: WEIRD: code changes the code instead of a field

2017-03-21 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Hi Klaus, it's not an issue of numToChar (happens similar with numToNativeChar) but probably of the IDE/Debugger, who thinks that the selectedChunk is my code. Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Klaus major-k via

Re: WEIRD: code changes the code instead of a field

2017-03-21 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Tiemo, > Am 21.03.2017 um 11:49 schrieb Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode > : > > Hello, > > LC 9.0, dp4, Win10: Fiddling around creating a password field I am > encountering a very weird phenomenon. Stepping thru my code with the > debugger my code modifies my code instead of a field. Reci

WEIRD: code changes the code instead of a field

2017-03-21 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Hello, LC 9.0, dp4, Win10: Fiddling around creating a password field I am encountering a very weird phenomenon. Stepping thru my code with the debugger my code modifies my code instead of a field. Recipie: - Create a new stack - Create a new field - Put the code into

Password field code to share?

2017-03-21 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Hello, there have been several solutions for password fields around the community (Eric Chatonet, .), but all I have seen so far are not complete (e.g. no copy/paste) or safe in handling or not fully handling all chars. The most comprehensive solution I have seen is based on the input of "rawKeyDo