Re: How to detect a change in a global variable ?

2025-07-29 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
the 90s. > > 💾👴🏻📠 > > Best regards, > > Martin Koob > > On Jul 26, 2025, at 8:59 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > When I need to detect a change in another variable I use "wait until > variable_name is not

Re: How to detect a change in a global variable ?

2025-07-26 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
When I need to detect a change in another variable I use "wait until variable_name is not "x" with messages" ... obviously your condition has to match what you are trying to detect. no loop needed On Sat, Jul 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM Martin Koob via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote

Re: Signing a Windows app

2025-07-22 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
wrote: > OK I am trying that out. I created my first self-signed certificate. Not > sure where to go from here. Do I need to create a project, or can I just > download the certs, and then what do I do with them? > > Thanks for any assistance you can give. > > Bob S > > >

Re: Signing a Windows app

2025-07-22 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Bob, I think there were changes to this over the last few years, and now signing windows software requires hardware keys and etc. So yes I think the lesson is burnt toast. Which is why I use a signpath.io Their fee includes the hardware key and the user experience is great, you upload your

Re: Tracking requests in browser widget

2025-07-05 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Ben, PM me and I can send you some code that is likely going to work, On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 6:09 AM Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > We can use the browserDocumentLoadxxx and browserFrameDocumentLoadxxx > messages > to track requests for, in effect, HT

Re: Browser widget and javascript

2025-06-28 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Sometimes triggering the callback is tricky, here is a simple working example. The widget has a javascript handler called "ReturnPageHeight" which receives the result in its first parameter command getPageHeight pBrowser local tScript -- JavaScript code to get the page's scrollable height

Re: Choosing a vps hosting with GPU

2025-06-20 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Digital ocean just released a service where they offerGen AI models as a simple endpoint. https://www.digitalocean.com/products/gen-ai This looks like a good alternative to rolling your own with a vps. On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 6:52 AM jbv via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote

Re: Standalone Version

2025-05-12 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hey Bob, your message came in baseencoded. On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 1:15=E2=80=AFPM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > SGkgYWxsLiANCg0KVGhpcyBoYXMgcHJvYmFibHkgYmVlbiBhc2tlZCBiZWZvcmUuIEkgaGF2Z= SBh > > IHJlcXVlc3QgdG8gaW5jbHVkZSB0aGUgc3RhbmRhbG9uZSB2ZXJzaW9uIG9

Re: ChatGPT for LC scripting

2025-04-21 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
If you give me an example of where it has failed you, I can tell you how i would approach the task. On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 10:11=E2=80=AFPM Tom Glod wrote= : > Hey Guys, > > I'm not part of the team at MyGiantBrain. > > My experience of livecode is that Claude Sonnt is the

Re: ChatGPT for LC scripting

2025-04-21 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hey Guys, I'm not part of the team at MyGiantBrain. My experience of livecode is that Claude Sonnt is the best for error free livecode. its always best to give it some training data about how u want the script written. I should say that these results are on a specific project which required: Liv

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release of 10.0.1 STABLE and 10.0.2 RC-1

2025-04-17 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Thank you team Livecode! some clutch bugfixes in this one. On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 12:15=E2=80=AFPM panagiotis merakos via use-livecod= e < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Dear list members, > > We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 10.0.1 STABLE and > LiveCode 10.0.2 RC-1. >

Re: ChatGPT for LC scripting

2025-03-11 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Just FYI, For Livecode, Claude is THE BEST, by alot. It is often successful when the others fail. Cheers, Tom On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM Sean Cole via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Craig, > > For example, I needed to integrate the Docusign SOAP API into a curren

Re: Code signing on Windows

2025-03-05 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hey Martin.. I went with Signpath.com a saas for signing software. Its cheaper than doing what you are doing, and it works so nice, you upload your files and get back signed files with your cert from GlobalSign. I wish i could help, but this stuff was just beyond what I wanted to deal with. If

Re: Closing a tab in a browser widget

2025-02-11 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi jbv, there are no tabs that i know of in our browser widget, each tab would be its own widget .. you can delete or hide the widget to achieve this effect. On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM jbv via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi list, > > Is it possible to close a t

Re: Azure or AWS ?

2025-01-22 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM Tom Glod wrote: > Appwrite.io is also an option, I have an implementation forauth, crud, and > object storage. > I like it because its Open source, cloud or self host, and u can migrate > between the two with click of button. (ish?) > Venture backed wi

Re: Azure or AWS ?

2025-01-22 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Appwrite.io is also an option, I have an implementation forauth, crud, and object storage. I like it because its Open source, cloud or self host, and u can migrate between the two with click of button. (ish?) Venture backed with lots of devs working on it. On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM Mark Tall

Re: Help with Linux app built with LC on Mac

2025-01-01 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Paul, does your app have a browser in it ? if so, you need to build the linux build on a linux box. Perhaps this is true for some of the other necessary inclusions. Thats the only experience I've had with working linux builds vs not working. Let us know if you figure it out. On Tue, Dec 31, 2

Re: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

2024-12-25 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Same to you and yours Curry. Merry Christmas everyone! On Wed, Dec 25, 2024 at 5:24 PM Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > More properly - Merry 'Christ's Mass' and Happy Holy-days! > > More news after recuperating a bit > > Best wishes, > > Curry Kenwor

Re: [Ann] macOS Style ColorPicker designed for the Web

2024-12-21 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
nice job! On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 8:35 AM Rolf Kocherhans via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I’ve created a ColorPicker designed specifically for the web, perfect for > scenarios where a native ColorPicker isn’t available. > > You can find more informat

Re: [Ann] An accordion widget

2024-12-16 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Nice! Thank you, what license is this under? On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 6:03 PM Mark Smith via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Beautiful! A brilliant piece of work. Thanks for sharing Bernd. > > Mark > > > > On 14 Dec 2024, at 8:12 PM, Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode < > u

Linux Browser?

2024-11-15 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hello Folks, Not too long ago I had an exchange with Heather where she informed me that the browser widget works on Linux. I've made linux builds before and they all crash unless I remove the browser widget, which led me to think that browser widget does not work in linux. Does anyone have a distr

Re: LiveCode apps having full compliance with the iOS UI

2024-11-12 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Javier, I've not heard of such developments for Livecode. I think such compliance is up to us to achieve. But I can't be sure that this is true, as there are lots of things on the board for livecode create. Maybe ask the team at supp...@livecode.com to make sure. On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 8:18 P

Re: Read Binary heads up

2024-10-31 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Interesting, thanks . I think I ran into this before. WIll double check to default to text mode. On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 2:42 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I want to give everyone a heads up. I created a handler to convert a > Konica address book to

Re: DOM innerHTML equivalent ?

2024-10-16 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
try "get the properties of" and "get the customproperties of" or you can just "put" them into an array. On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 12:26 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > OIC I didn’t know he wanted to store the PROPERTIES of the objects. As I > have men

Re: Clipping a group by script

2024-10-12 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Klaus, its set the layerClipRect ... On Sat, Oct 12, 2024 at 2:16 PM Klaus major-k via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Randy, > > > Am 12.10.2024 um 20:09 schrieb Randy Hengst via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > > > What about something like this?

Re: New horizons for me...

2024-10-05 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
All the best Dar. Funny story Jacque! On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 12:40 PM J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Dar, I missed you while you were gone and was so happy to see you back. > Now > I'll miss you again. > > I'll never forget our proudest moment when Andre

Re: Resetting ids

2024-09-27 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
I've wondered about this for years But thinking about it the unsigned 32 bit limit is over 4 billion .. so you are 0.0093% of the way to the limit The new limit is probably 64 bit. Probably what happens when u hit the limit is it rolls over and starts at 0 or 1000 like a new stack, and the

Re: I came back and ... What?!

2024-09-19 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
The man, the myth, the legend. Welcome back https://future.livecode.com On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 12:14 PM Dar Scott via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I apologize for making waves when there has been much already. Before > bringing up more, I want to carefully study Create

Re: Export snapshot - is it usable on LiveCode web apps?

2024-08-08 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
just fyi If your cursor or another window is over the rect it will show up in the screenshot. On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 10:23 AM Andreas Bergendal via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > That’s good to know! Then it must have been something else I was struggling > with - perhaps i

Re: FAQ Clarification: Which end of 2027?

2024-08-05 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Maybe its your renewal date in 2027, whichever day it falls on. On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 7:52 PM Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > The current FAQ says: > > - 'When are you ending support for LiveCode Classic? ... we will > maintain compatibility with suppor

Re: unsubscribing

2024-07-30 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
We could make a compelling case for airing business and licensing details in public, or in private. For Livecode, as a company that is already poor on the spectrum of transparency and communication, and at times truth-telling. (though improving) I vote NO to taking the conversations private. If yo

Appwrite Cloud & Self-host Integration

2024-07-28 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hello Y'all... A couple of years ago I found the perfect solution for all my cloud hosting needs for now, and seemingly into the future. https://appwrite.io I am currently using appwrite cloud. for $15 a month to have scalable cloud infrastructure. They also have a free tier. The best part is

Re: Create Question...

2024-07-25 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
> > Kevin Miller ~ ke...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ > LiveCode: Build Amazing Things > > > > > On 24/07/2024, 20:58, "use-livecode on behalf of Tom Glod via > use-livecode" use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com> on behalf of > use-livecode@

Re: Websockets RFC 6455

2024-07-24 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Jul 24, 2024 at 1:04 PM Mike Kerner via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > what did you send to chatgpt to generate the LC expert model? > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 11:46 AM Tom Glod via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >

Re: Create Question...

2024-07-24 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Kevin, If I write you an email do you promise to read every single word? I want to take this opportunity to say everything there is to say, that is constructive, and not hold back. Thank you in advance. On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 2:55 PM Kevin Miller via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: Create Question...

2024-07-24 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
This is a good question, or if the license server goes down. I think in case of failure it has to allow the software to proceed. Otherwise EVERYTHING hinges on some droplet on digital ocean. On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 2:28 PM Dan Friedman via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

Re: Livecode Future

2024-07-24 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
I want to add a couple of points about my own case / stance. I have been with Livecode for about 11 years. While I have not yet shipped a whole lot ...yet I took all this time to work on my skills and to build tooling for myself so that I can create small niche products extremely quickly and also

Re: Websockets RFC 6455

2024-07-24 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
upply some lc source code in a similar universe (curious why you did > that) > * supply the rfc, not just referencing the rfc > anything else? > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 7:31 PM Tom Glod via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > Hey Mike, >

Re: Websockets RFC 6455

2024-07-23 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hey Mike, I describe how I did it on the GitHub page. I find all llms work better when they have a starting point if you ask them just to start from nothing the performance will be significantly worse. Examples of correct responses are key so in this case I provided the source code for the httpd

Livecode Future

2024-07-23 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hello All, I'll start. After reviewing Livecode's new direction and offer. I feel very positive about this change. Maybe in the future I will feel differently, but currently, as a solo dev, even 2 or 3 devs, as I expand, it all is kind of in the range of reasonable. The <= 5% tax hurts a bit, but

Re: Websockets RFC 6455

2024-07-19 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
10-4 On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 10:54 AM Mike Kerner via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > see the issue i posted on the repo > > On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 12:20 PM Mike Kerner > wrote: > > > cool > > > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 9:06

Re: Encrypted text files

2024-07-19 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
function Encrypt_This pEncryptWhat,pKey,pSalt,pCipher local tEncryptedResult if pCipher = "" then encrypt pEncryptWhat using "aes256" with password pKey and salt pSalt else encrypt pEncryptWhat using pCipher with password pKey and salt pSalt end if return it end Encryp

Websockets RFC 6455

2024-07-12 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Heyall, I wanted to test Anthropic's Claude Opus with Livecode on a real project. So I chose to worked with it to implement WebSocket's standard RFC 6455 Methodology is explained in github page. It only had issue with 1 or 2 things, most code compiled straight from the generation. Very impressed

Re: Mosquitto library.

2024-06-12 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
I was just viewitng the "livecode" tag on github. and saw this library. https://github.com/trevordevore/lc-mosquitto Trevor is prolific. Big respect. On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 7:33 PM Alex Tweedly via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 12/06/2024 18:26, Richard Gaskin via

Re: Mosquitto library.

2024-06-07 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
I think it might be time to solve this. On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 6:13 PM Tom Glod wrote: > websockets again. > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 3:46 PM Mike Kerner via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> * if you're on mobile, you can use push

Re: Mosquitto library.

2024-06-07 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
way for a message from a server to directly enter the message > path > > within LC? > > > > Or is this totally dependent on a plugin based on something like what > > Joseba is asking? > > > > Peter Bogdanoff > > > > > On Jun

Re: Mosquitto library.

2024-06-07 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
How are you trying to get it to work with Livecode? On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 11:06 AM JosebaTELUR via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hello: > > I'm trying to get the Mosquitto library to work and can't get it to work. > Any help from the forum? > (LiveCode 9.6.9 and Mojave S

oAuth in production?

2024-06-03 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Folks, Can anyone confirm that LCs oAuth works well in production and cross platform? Thanks, Tom ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Saving data in standalone

2024-05-21 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
restore method for Datagrids, but I > don’t think I back up ALL the properties, just the critical ones. > > Bob S > > > On May 20, 2024, at 5:58 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I have a plugin that is not complete which ca

Re: Saving data in standalone

2024-05-20 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
I have a plugin that is not complete which can save livecode groups and all of their properties, custom properties and scripts. If you'd like I'll send you some of the code. PM me. Should be super easy to find the code u need, and then inverse it. If you did that it would help me complete the plug

Re: Game of Life as LiveCode web deployment

2024-05-02 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hey Andreas, This is very cool, its a good demo for the web engine. I still don't plan on deploying to the web, but its nice to see that its getting better. Thanks, Tom On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 5:27 AM Andreas Bergendal via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > So, in my series o

Re: Websockets ... again.

2024-04-26 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
ms". Mike, I hear you on all that. On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 7:31 PM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Tom Glod wrote: > > Can we get a measure again as to the interest in web sockets > implementation > > in livecode? > >

Websockets ... again.

2024-04-26 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Folks, Can we get a measure again as to the interest in web sockets implementation in livecode? As far as I know we still do not have one that is available or able to be contributed to, I'd be willing to put in some engineering time if there was help from others available. Here are the full spe

Re: WebDeployHelper tool - the LC10 web app toolbox

2024-04-04 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
thank you for making this available to the community. On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 5:02 PM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > +1 > > Ralph DiMola > IT Director > Evergreen Information Services > rdim...@evergreeninfo.net > > -Original Message- > From: use-li

Re: Revisiting Lock Screen

2024-03-27 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Bob, Sorry I can't double check at the moment, but I was reading the release notes for 10 dp7 and there was some stuff about that in there (Its possible I am . mis-remembering.) Is that the version you are using? On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 7:02 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@list

Re: Code translation anyone ?

2024-03-16 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
I think its a great task for an AI with a greater context window. Don't give up yet. CHat GPT can be prompted to be less verbose. You can also use the openai playground, upload your php, and use the model with the bigger context window. ___ use-livecode

Re: Enhanced HTTPD - native HTTP 1.1 Livecode Socket Server

2024-02-06 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hey David, I am quite interested in this. Just last night I was working on setting up a Linux distro with Desktop, and Ubuntu with XFCE desktop. Everything seems to be running OK, except for some permissions issues. I have also beaten reworking my multi-core library, so I'd be super curious to te

Re: Browser widget in Windows has trouble playing videos in websites

2024-01-30 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hey Peter, this surely has to do with videos that are compressed using h264. that build of CEF does not support this codec. I am not sure if the updated browser in the upcoming windows version will support h264. I am surprised to find out that the apple version of the browser has support for h264,

Re: We lost an Angle

2024-01-11 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Super sorry to hear this Ralph, all the best to you and your family. On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 10:44 AM Heather Laine via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > So sorry to hear that Ralph. The thoughts of the team here at LiveCode are > with you. > > Heather > > Heather Laine > Cus

Re: unable to unfold arrays in debugger?

2023-12-15 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hmmm, I just discovered that while this state is occurring, unfolding Project Browser groups also does not work. On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 12:17 PM Tom Glod wrote: > Hey Peeps, > > I'm having a strange experience where while debugging, I click on the > arrow to unfold array

unable to unfold arrays in debugger?

2023-12-15 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hey Peeps, I'm having a strange experience where while debugging, I click on the arrow to unfold array variables in the debugger, and nothing happens. Once the debugger gets into this state, I must leave the card and come back. it begins as soon as the debugger starts, but remains after the debugg

APPWrite Integration

2023-12-09 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Folks, If anyone here is interested in a working APPWrite LC Integration, pm me. Authentication & JWT Token And document CRUD. Using TSNet If you've never heard of it, appwrite.io Cheers, Tom ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.

Re: Top things you are waiting for ....

2023-11-12 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
or Livecode Server. > >> Man, what do i miss the On-Rev client > >> > >> 2. Native MSSQL database support > >> > >> 3. tsNet to support HTTP/2 > >> https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23355 > >> According to CharlesW this sho

Top things you are waiting for ....

2023-11-11 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hey everyone Just a market research thread. What are the top 3 or 5 things you are waiting for in Livecode's feature set? This is my list. 1. Updated Browser 2. Compiler (its important because speed is important to the user experience) 3. integrated layering of native controls What are yours? Ch

Re: decrypt error junk

2023-11-02 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Mark, Thanks for your response. I understand. I will try to reproduce this in an empty stack and submit report. Thanks, Tom On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 2:20 AM Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 2023-11-02 02:06, Tom Glod via use-livecode wro

decrypt error junk

2023-11-01 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Folks, I'm having bizarre issues with livecode's decrypt command. strap in, its a weird one. I have found a "wrong decryption key" that does not return a bad decrypt error, but returns garbage into "the result". Every other wrong key correctly gives the usual error. The right key works to decr

Re: Deployment: a plea/opportunity

2023-10-13 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
100% the biggest problem I have in my business. Have been stuck on iOS for months. Android and Windows is kind of OK, but still more can be done. Agree. Would pay for a solution that just works. On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM Mark Smith via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >

Re: No progress updates on LC 10. Am i the only one who is concerned?

2023-10-11 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
On October 7th 2022, Kevin said that there would be a preview of the script compiler in the next few weeks. Thats the last update I found in the blog. Software is hard, and we all miss deadlines, but an update would be good. I tried to reach out to Mark W to get an update, but received no response.

Re: Clipboard Copy Troubles?

2023-09-15 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
ev.com> wrote: > Yes, often. LC loses most of the editing shortcuts. It got fixed some > versions ago and then lost them again. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On September 15, 2023 2:04:44

Clipboard Copy Troubles?

2023-09-15 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Heyall, Just wondering if anyone else has experienced issues where livecode stops being able to copy to the clipboard when using copy command from the menu or CTRL C or right click copy Specifically from within the script editor or a variable window. A LC restart seems to solve this temporarily. I

Re: UUID v7

2023-09-01 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
're actually going the other way, increasing entropy. > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 1:56 PM Tom Glod via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > Hi Mike, > > > > Sometimes you just don't need uniqueness across all bits, and if you do, > &

Re: UUID v7

2023-09-01 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
ntire space > * make it nearly impossible to guess an ID? > i would think that once you make the id's sequential, you have eliminated > the ability to stop an authorized user from randomly marching through your > data. > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 1:21 PM Tom Glod via use-liveco

UUID v7

2023-09-01 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Folks, Sharing this because its useful, and also, more eyeballs on the code makes sense. I implemented this with the help of chatGPT. This is a handler that can generate v7 UUIDs. v7 UUIDs work better in databases, because they are not so random, improving performance. And they are sequential.

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 9.6.10 RC-1

2023-08-22 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Interesting, when I tried to use them recently they didn't work. Will test again, maybe it was my bad, thanks Mark. On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 3:09 AM Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 2023-08-19 21:57, Tom Glod via use-livecode wr

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 9.6.10 RC-1

2023-08-19 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hello, Does this mean we have JSON support in SQLite? This is from the documentation.: In other words, the JSON functions went from being opt-in with SQLite version 3.37.2 and earlier to opt-out with SQLite version 3.38.0 and later. Are we keeping strict to the specifications of each SQLITE ve

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 9.6.10 RC-1

2023-08-18 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
There are a few big ones in this update for me. Thanks. On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 5:06 PM panagiotis m via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > Yes, the plan is to release LC 10 dp-6 before the end of the month, which > will include support for API 33 as well as al

Re: xavvi - temper your expectations

2023-08-17 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
If I was integrating AI into livecode, I would train it on a higher level api built for it, instead of letting it use Livecode Script willy nilly. That would prevent the kinds of hallucinations that it has while trying to write livecode script. I suspect that Livecode has thought of this and has wr

Re: Anyone with a new code sign certificate on eToken or in cloud would like to test my signtool.exe wrapper?

2023-07-29 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hmm, I'm going to look into this Matthias, I had not heard of etoken Certs. I wonder if this is the reason for the recent doubling of the price of signing certificates. On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 10:49 AM matthias rebbe via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi, > is there anyo

Re: Crazy question: is it possible/reasonable to use Python in LC?

2023-07-22 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
One way to do it would be running python "service" executable, and you send it the code via socket to execute. In python the "do" equivalent is "exec()" ... although obviously the service will need access to the data that is involved with the code. Then you return the result to lc in whatever way w

Re: android compute field height

2023-06-23 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Android font rendering is the stuff of nightmares. Important things to remember: The smaller the font the less control you have over how it renders in the field. it helps to have showborder OFF and it helpts to manually set the margins for each side. 4,4,4,4 instead of 4. You can probably wrestle i

Re: The Backdrop's Purpose In Life

2023-06-01 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
I think I had the same experience about 6 months ago. lolz "raiseWindows"? interesting. On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 12:12 PM panagiotis m via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > @Bob > You might want to have a look at the "raiseWindows" global property. > > Cheers,

Re: websockets...anything?

2023-05-23 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Check out this forum post. https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?t=37672&p=221502 On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 8:24 PM Tom Glod wrote: > Nope. > > I'm wondering how long it would take to go look at specs and implement it. > Anyone in for a team effort? and we get it don

Re: websockets...anything?

2023-05-23 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Nope. I'm wondering how long it would take to go look at specs and implement it. Anyone in for a team effort? and we get it done without waiting for someone else to do it? Or is there a reason why it hasn't been done in all the years that web sockets have been around? Shrug. On Sat, May 20, 2023

Re: Sockets (again)

2023-04-09 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Thanks guys, this was a very insightful thread. On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 1:31 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 4/5/23 08:13, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: > > Thanks Phil. Yes I learned the hard way with my SQL Agent to > base64encode anything over

Re: Training the AI to write better LiveCode

2023-01-20 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
oment. On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 1:02 PM Tom Glod wrote: > :mind blown emoji > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 9:39 AM Ludovic THEBAULT via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Can anyone verify that the corrections I reported to Ch

Re: Training the AI to write better LiveCode

2023-01-20 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
:mind blown emoji On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 9:39 AM Ludovic THEBAULT via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Can anyone verify that the corrections I reported to ChatGPT have been > taken into account? > I asked ChatGPT how to geolocate, but it gave me several bad sugg

Re: Anyone else experience this bug?

2023-01-06 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Thanks for that info Curry, there is more than one of them for sure. I sometimes get it when exiting group editing, but that one is rare. On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 1:21 AM Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > livecode process just goes poof > > Has any

Re: Anyone else experience this bug?

2023-01-04 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
ode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 1/3/23 20:22, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > I work with 2 completely different codebases every week. > > On both I and (we) experience hard crashes to desktop, where livecode > > process just goes poof > > U

Re: Anyone else experience this bug?

2023-01-04 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
n the stack or card script? This would be my first place to > look. > > > > Sean Cole > > *Pi Digital Productions Ltd* > > > > eMail Ts & Cs <http://pidigital.co.uk/emailTCs.rtf> Pi Digital > > Productions Ltd is a UK registered limited company, no. 52

Anyone else experience this bug?

2023-01-03 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Folks, I work with 2 completely different codebases every week. On both I and (we) experience hard crashes to desktop, where livecode process just goes poof Usually it is triggered by either a mouseUp or mouseDown ... most likely UP. The bug is not consistent and does not happen when clicking a

Re: OT - a new release of WinSignHelper for macOS

2022-12-26 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Thanks Matthias, great timing!!! On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 5:10 PM Mark Talluto via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > On Dec 23, 2022, at 8:44 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > i've upgraded my free tool Win

Re: Sad news about Brahmanathaswami

2022-12-26 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Rest in peace Swami. I did not have a long history with him, but I met with him about 6 months ago and he seemed like a lovely being who walked his talk. Andre, has he ever spoken to you about what should happen to his work after he passses? ___ use-livec

Re: What ever happened to LC blockchain?

2022-12-18 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hmmm. Currently LC will integrate with any blockchain that has a REST api. For those that don't have rest (most of them) we'll need websockets, or use livecode to build the interface for something running on NODE.js or something like it. Third option is to use something like GO, RUST or V to build

Re: fontNames woes

2022-10-28 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Thanks Neville, for doing this research, noting your results in public and putting together the library of corresponding font names. Your effort will make it easier for livecode to fix things up. I have some plans for doing some more advanced font work, so I'm sure down the road it will help me als

QR Code reader for desktop?

2022-10-20 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hi Folks, I hope everyone is doing great. I'm searching for a working solution for reading or scanning qr codes on the desktop? Windows and MacOS reading = open image and interpret qr code scan = open camera and detect qr code in the camera output I think on desktop I need to do a "read" instea

Re: RegEx to convert standard date to sql date

2022-09-30 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Regex is overkill for this . i would handcode the translation like Keith mentioned. On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 1:42 PM Keith Clarke via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > If it's always this standard string 'tDate' why not avoid Regex and just > set the delimiters of tDate to

Re: one field to rule them all

2022-09-30 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Mike, if you have the bundle and the appstarterstack, you can view the examples there. On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 4:36 PM Mike Kerner via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Is there any advantage to using the android widget vs. creating them > with the commands? I'd like to make

Re: PolyGrid

2022-09-23 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Thanks Klaus, Its strange that it didn't occur to me to check there, I assumed it was not updated. :D My bad. Thanks. Tom On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 11:47 AM Klaus major-k via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Tom, > > > Am 23.09.2022 um 01:32 s

PolyGrid

2022-09-22 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Hello Folks, I'm wondering if there is any official documentation for the polygrid and polylist widgets. Like a place that tells you what messages the grid listens to and etc. Something in written form? Thanks -- Tom Glod Founder & Developer @ MakeShyft R.D.A <https://www.makeshyf

Re: Cross-platform font handling, and why you don't want to do it

2022-09-05 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
It seems like you have an approach that can work well, despite being more work. Mainly shipping the fonts, which cancels out most of the issues, but requires handling each case. I don't know if any multi-platform dev tool deals with fonts without any extra hoops. If I recall correctly, flutter did

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