Re: Solved: Writing to Mac Application Support folder

Thanks again, Jacque. My solution for migrating preference files from the Preferences folder to the Container turned out to be quite simple but for some reason I spent a bunch of time pondering other more complicated methods. In the end I changed an existing function which returns a path to the

Re: Solved: Writing to Mac Application Support folder

What I found out is that the app container has permission automatically. That's the only place though. All other file access has to be initiated by the user. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On July 14, 2023 6:18:45 PM Bob

Re: Solved: Writing to Mac Application Support folder

I don’t think there is any way past this. Ultimately the permissions to write to any path must be authorized by the current user agent. If they accept, well and good. If not, there cannot be any way around it. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 14, 2023, at 16:07, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode >

Re: Solved: Writing to Mac Application Support folder

On 7/14/23 4:10 PM, scott--- via use-livecode wrote: If the file (say a preference.txt file) already exists in the Preferences or App Support folder, are we able to continue writing to it? In other words, is this an issue with the creation of the file or also of writing in general? How are yo

Re: Solved: Writing to Mac Application Support folder

Create file and write permissions are very seldom different. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 14, 2023, at 14:11, scott--- via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hello Jacque, I haven’t encountered this yet so I’m hoping to get some > advice about how to proceed. 2 questions: > > If the file (say a p

Re: Solved: Writing to Mac Application Support folder

Hello Jacque, I haven’t encountered this yet so I’m hoping to get some advice about how to proceed. 2 questions: If the file (say a preference.txt file) already exists in the Preferences or App Support folder, are we able to continue writing to it? In other words, is this an issue with the c

Re: Solved: Writing to Mac Application Support folder

Hello Jacque, I haven’t encountered this yet so I’m hoping to get some advice about how to proceed. 2 questions: If the file (say a preference.txt file) already exists in the Preferences or App Support folder, are we able to continue writing to it? In other words, is this an issue with the c

Re: Field highlited

On 7/14/23 11:14 AM, Mark Smith via use-livecode wrote: BTW, is there a way of determining the default highlight colour? The dictionary says: "By default, the global hiliteColor property is set to the system highlight color." I'd guess yours is blue. That's pretty standard on Mac. -- Jacque

Re: Search for an app in Google Play Store

On 7/14/23 7:16 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: I am looking for a support email at GOOGLE Dev. My problem is the search engine of Google Play Store. Just like the subject says. ;-) Oh right, I'm supposed to read the subject title. Oops. This is the closest thing I could find:

Re: Convert date

Because I’m not that good with regular expressions and the format function. :-) But you example has one too many close parens. Also, for SQL Date I do not thing UK or US matters. It’s -MM-DD everywhere, isn’t it? Also, I assumed that the localization of the LC engine would take into accou

Re: Convert date

On 14/07/2023 16:34, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: CASE "sql date" put item 1 of theDate & "-" & \ format("%02d",item 2 of theDate) & "-" & \ format("%02d",item 3 of theDate) into theDate break Why not just put format("%s-%02d-%02d",

Re: Field highlited

Use the effective keyword as in: put the effective hiliteColor of field X into tHiliteColor It will figure out the color by inheritance. If you just put the hiliteColor of field X  (without it being set specifically for field X) your get empty On 7/14/2023 12:14 PM, Mark Smith wrote: BTW,

Re: Check connection and timeout

Hi Ludovic. I use a simple method of sockets to determine if I have a connection to a host. I close the socket first: closeSocket 127.0.0.1:3306 Then I open the socket: Open socket to 127.0.0.1:3306 Put the result into tError If terror begins with “ERROR: “ then — your code here End if

Re: Field highlited

BTW, is there a way of determining the default highlight colour? When I select some text in a field it highlights to a light blue color, but I can’t find where that color is set. Thanks Mark > On 13 Jul 2023, at 11:01 pm, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 7/12/2023 6:21 PM, Paul

Re: Check connection and timeout

Oooohhh… code candy! Thanks again Ralph! Bob S > On Jul 14, 2023, at 9:04 AM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode > wrote: > > Bob, > > I use this function to return an array of the timeouts. > > function EIStsNetGetTimeouts > local tTimeouts, tTsNetTimeoutArray > put tsNetGetTimeouts() into

RE: Check connection and timeout

Bob, I use this function to return an array of the timeouts. function EIStsNetGetTimeouts local tTimeouts, tTsNetTimeoutArray put tsNetGetTimeouts() into tTimeouts put item 1 of tTimeouts into tTsNetTimeoutArray["DnsCacheTimeout"] put item 2 of tTimeouts into tTsNetTimeoutArray["Reque

Re: Check connection and timeout

Thanks Ralph, very handy, but is there a way to get the timeout to see if the command to set the timeout worked? I change networks frequently, and if I do not disconnect and reconnect to my SQL database, I run the risk of using a stale connection, and then I face the dreaded 60 second stall befo

RE: Check connection and timeout

Sorry, It was mine... function GetNetworkType local tLibUrlDriver try put the behavior of stack"revLibUrl" into tLibUrlDriver end try if tLibUrlDriver is empty then return "libURL" else return "tsNet" end if end GetNetworkType Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergree

Re: Convert date

Hmmm… I read the enhancement request. I’m still in the dark though on how to get to "2023-07-14 08:30:00" from “7/14/23” using format strings. Here’s my solution for those who do not want to download the masterLibrary. Given these, what else do you need? FUNCTION formatDate theDate, theFormat

Re: Convert date

We actually do with LCB libraries (Icon SVG Library is one example), but with the caveat that they are not as performant as LCS code in many cases (compare the LCS and LCB implementations of JSON for example). LCS libraries are doable too. Just make everything internal private/script local and

Re: Check connection and timeout

getNetwotkType() is not a valid function. Bob S > On Jul 14, 2023, at 8:14 AM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode > wrote: > > Ludovic, > > Make sure that tsNet is active: > > command NetworkType > if GetNetworkType() = "libURL" then > answer"tsNet is disabled(LibURL)" > else > an

Re: Check connection and timeout

I’m interested in this. But how do you GET the timeout? Bob S > On Jul 13, 2023, at 11:26 PM, Ludovic THEBAULT via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hello, > > I use this code to check is there is an internet connection : > > tsNETSETTIMEOUTS 60,0,2000,6,5,1000 > > put tsNetHeadSync("https://

Re: Convert date

I beg to differ. Again, Livecode is a way to build both the tools and the product made by those tools. Livecode is NOT a collection of every conceivable tool for everything everyone wants to do. No language is. I think the LC dev team is far more useful to everyone if they focus on completing

RE: Check connection and timeout

Ludovic, Make sure that tsNet is active: command NetworkType if GetNetworkType() = "libURL" then answer"tsNet is disabled(LibURL)" else answer "tsNet in use"&cr&"Version==>"& tsNetVersion() end if end NetworkType Did you initialize tsNet? ==> tsNetInit Disable tsNet ==> dis

Re: Search for an app in Google Play Store

Hi Jacques, > Am 13.07.2023 um 22:43 schrieb J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > : > > On 7/11/23 2:44 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: >>> You could try writing to support and see if they can tell you what's wrong. >> yes, worth a try, do you have the supports email address? > Sorry for

Re: Convert date

Which makes me think, it would be nice if we could have plug-in code modules. Essentially a faceless widget that could be called to perform some sort of action (with parameters). Completely encapsulated. Or is that “bat crazy” as Mike would say 😊 > On 14 Jul 2023, at 12:08 pm, Paul Dupuis via u

Re: Convert date

Yes to this. I have, lot so many developer, a set of functions to translate to and from this date format. We can all write our own or use ones others have provided, but it would be nice if this was built into the language. On 7/13/2023 10:59 PM, Neville Smythe via use-livecode wrote: Jacque

Re: Search for an app in Google Play Store

Hi Jacques, > Am 13.07.2023 um 22:43 schrieb J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > : > > On 7/11/23 2:44 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: >>> You could try writing to support and see if they can tell you what's wrong. >> yes, worth a try, do you have the supports email address? > > Sorry f

Re: Check connection and timeout

> Le 14 juil. 2023 à 08:26, Ludovic THEBAULT via use-livecode > a écrit : > > Hello, > > I use this code to check is there is an internet connection : > > tsNETSETTIMEOUTS 60,0,2000,6,5,1000 > > put tsNetHeadSync("https://google.com/";, tHeaders, tResult, tBytes) into > tRecvHeaders >