Re: Livecode Array Encoding / Decoding using other platforms?

2019-05-20 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hey Richard.. Thanks for that tip of undertanding about the array encoding. Explains why its really fast. Its not really the encoding / decoding speed i am thinking about. Lets see if I can explain better. I can try to read C code in the codebase to see if i can see how the data gets proce

Re: Livecode Array Encoding / Decoding using other platforms?

2019-05-20 Thread ambassador--- via use-livecode
Tom Glod wrote: Hi Friends, I love the convenience of encoding arrays into binary chunks for saving and transport. But while doing data processing ideally I'd like to be able to decode my livecode arrays in other more high performance languages. LC's arrays are encoded and decoded in machi

Livecode Array Encoding / Decoding using other platforms?

2019-05-20 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Friends, I love the convenience of encoding arrays into binary chunks for saving and transport. But while doing data processing ideally I'd like to be able to decode my livecode arrays in other more high performance languages. Is there some method by which this encoding happens that is standar

Re: [ANN] Release 9.5.0 DP-1

2019-05-20 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Hello Klaus, Thank you for spotting this. This is probably a bug in our release notes builder. I'll file a bug report about it once the conference is over. Regards, Panos -- On Mon, 20 May 2019 at 10:38, Klaus major-k via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Panos, > > "Rel

Re: How to terminate connection to SQL

2019-05-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Once again, belay my last. dbconn_disconnect DOES in fact close the database connection. What I was seeing was sleeping threads created by the very utility I use to monitor sleeping threads!!! Bob S > On May 17, 2019, at 16:10 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi all. > > I'm u

Re: LC and live video streaming

2019-05-20 Thread JJS via use-livecode
ok if i'm correct, these m3u files are text files which you could open and then use the links in it, in say a loop or something so it is not some kind of special file format, only the extension is different https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U see the examples of the wiki page how they could be

Reading a file from icloud on ipad

2019-05-20 Thread William Prothero via use-livecode
Folks: Is it possible to read a file from the iCloud drive, in iOS, using LC? I’m trying to read a csv file downloaded from my browser, into an application that will use that downloaded file. I can’t immediately see how to do this. If I use a browser widget, where will a downloaded file go? I c

Re: LC and live video streaming

2019-05-20 Thread jbv via use-livecode
I don't think I made myself clear : the links I mentioned are actually a TVIP m3u list, that's why it's different for each ISP. Le 2019-05-20 14:40, JJS via use-livecode a écrit : well best thing to do is, create a simple app with a browser widget and put the url that you have from one of the is

Re: LC and live video streaming

2019-05-20 Thread JJS via use-livecode
well best thing to do is, create a simple app with a browser widget and put the url that you have from one of the isp's into the URL input of the widget settings then see what it does, if the computer where you test on has access on their (intra) network then probably it could work Is the li

Re: LC and live video streaming

2019-05-20 Thread jbv via use-livecode
yes, that was my first guess, but unfortunately the live tv stream my client wants to display isn't available on youtube, only via a specific link (different for each ISP) and unless I'm wrong, can only be viewed with apps such as vlc, at least according to my google searches... Le 2019-05-20 14:

Re: LC and live video streaming

2019-05-20 Thread prothero--- via use-livecode
Folks, I need a bit of direction. I want to download a file with either Safari or the browser widget, then read the downloaded file into a LC app (iOS, latest version of LC). This seems straightforward. But where is the downloaded file stored on the iPad? Best, Bill William Prothero http://es.

Re: LC and live video streaming

2019-05-20 Thread JJS via use-livecode
Ok, i believe you can do that too with VLC as it can be used for streaming too. But you could create an app with the Browser Widget and set the URL of the browser to the MPEG file or the streaming URL I use the widget to stream some YouTube videos after selection, but one at a time Op 20-5

Re: [ANN] Release 9.5.0 DP-1

2019-05-20 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
I'm having a problem with my fingers and toes . . . leaping from 9.0.5 to 9.5.0 got my digits all mixed up Not that that doesn't get me all excited about 9.5.0 :) Richmond. On 20.05.19 20:04, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release

Re: LC and live video streaming

2019-05-20 Thread jbv via use-livecode
Thanks for the reply. Actually the difference here would be that the app would have to switch from an online tv stream to a local AVI or MPEG file and then back to the online tv stream... Le 2019-05-20 13:36, JJS via use-livecode a écrit : We did something similair with a simple HDMI-stick on w

Re: [ANN] Release 9.5.0 DP-1

2019-05-20 Thread JJS via use-livecode
Nice, Nice, Nice! We can test x86 Emulator now, superfast :) Too bad the Android Barcode reader is Business, on Indy would be great. I don't have that kind of money to spend for business unfortunately. But thanks! great that we now can play with it. Op 20-5-2019 om 19:29 schreef Bob Sneidar

Re: [ANN] Release 9.5.0 DP-1

2019-05-20 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Panos, "Release Notes" page 17 The big blue headlines reads: LiveCode Indy extension changes Then next line: PDF widget However the fineprint reads: PDF Widget A PDF widget ... is available in LiveCode Business. ... It should be made clear that the PDF widget is only available in LC BUSINESS

Re: LC and live video streaming

2019-05-20 Thread JJS via use-livecode
We did something similair with a simple HDMI-stick on which Android was running, with an auto-startup and then it run several AVI files from internal memory. I don't remember if a list can be made using VLC, but probably it could. Very cheap and simple to do. No need for LC, but if you want to

Re: [ANN] Release 9.5.0 DP-1

2019-05-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
These features look really nice! I'll play with it. Out of curiosity, has anyone addressed the nested behaviors for datagrids issue? The latest 9.0.4 does not seem to implement this. Bob S > On May 20, 2019, at 10:04 , panagiotis merakos via use-livecode > wrote: > > Dear list members, >

[ANN] Release 9.5.0 DP-1

2019-05-20 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.5.0 DP-1. Developer Preview Release = Warning: this is not a stable release. Please ensure that you back up your stacks before testing them. Getting the Release === You can get the r

LC and live video streaming

2019-05-20 Thread jbv via use-livecode
Hi list, I have a request from a client who needs an app that would play a streaming tv continuously in the lobby of his company, and the tv stream should be interrupted from time to time to display a short corporate video, and then back to the video stream. I am wondering if this could be done

Re: There is a file

2019-05-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I'm trying to see if a PDF file is already opened. I won't know what app has it open. Might be Reader, might be Acrobat, might be PDF Pro Office etc. Bob S > On May 17, 2019, at 18:26 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > Well, wait... what are you trying to accomplish? > Are you tryi