Re: $332 to go on Feature Exchange

I tossed in $100. On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 2:30 PM, stephen barncard < stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > To show team spirit.. I just pledged $50.00 - let's get a few more... > > -- > Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - Deeds Not Words > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Heather Lain

Re: adjacent objects

Richmond, I was trying to recreate "Boids" (but got distracted playing with the muckingabout stack at the same time, more on that later :-). I had each object post their position to a global list of objects when they stopped moving (or when a new recalculation cycle is declared). Then each object

Re: What is "Open Language"?

We've seen this before... https://sites.google.com/site/hoytssecretlair/resources/s-1 Walt On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Rick Harrison wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Whenever one deprecates code, it destroys someone’s code somewhere. > Don’t do it. > > I had a project I had worked on for 10 years o

Re: Soft hyphens in LC

I can tell you the HTML soft hyphen appears as a visible hyphen in both the text and the htmlText of a field in LC 7.0.3, ie does not wrap. I used the sample text that contains soft hyphens from the Wiki entry on "Soft hyphen". "Margaret­Are­You­Grieving..." Walt On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:50 AM

Re: help with timecode

You are using timescale? My assumption is that "interval" = "frame". "Use the timeScale property to convert internal movie or sound times into seconds. The timeScale is the number of intervals per second of a movie or sound. These intervals are used for the player's startTime , endTime , duratio

Re: Something like charIndex, but in a variable...

Sorry to be so dense but can you colorize text without a field? Or are you running through the text as an XML tree (either Rev's or your own) or manually editing HTML text behind the scenes and adding a colorization attribute? On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Malte Brill wrote: > Thanks for all

Re: Something like charIndex, but in a variable...

I'm not sure I get it Malte. If you already know which line your target is on, then just limit the chunk expression to that line. On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 10:51 AM, wrote: > Malte. > > > Just so. Too fast on keyboard, too slow in brain. How about this: > > > > on mouseUp >put fld 1 into temp

Re: Something like charIndex, but in a variable...

Best I could do is: *on* mouseUp *local* tVar, tStart, tEnd *put* fld "fData" into tVar *get* matchChunk(tVar, "(" & word 8 of tVar & ")", tStart, tEnd) *answer* tStart & comma && tEnd *end* mouseUp On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 4:07 AM, Malte Brill wrote: > Hi all, > > I need to find the start

Re: [OT} Why Computer Color Is Broken

Interesting, thank you. Walt On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > > http://digg.com/video/why-computer-color-is-broken?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit

Re: Cover the complete dual screen desktop with a stack?

Sorry, my new email client only showed me the first post... On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Trevor DeVore wrote: > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 7:51 PM, Paul Dupuis > wrote: > > > On 2/13/2015 7:37 PM, Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D wrote: > > > > > > I am looking for a way to cover the whole dual screen

Re: Cover the complete dual screen desktop with a stack?

Look at the "screenRects". It gives you the dimensions of all screens in use, one per line. The top left corner of your main screen is 0,0. Moving to the right and down the numbers increase, while moving above and to the left the numbers decrease as negative numbers. With that you can calculate the

Re: Download and Run Stacks - Can Do On Mobile?

Check out Novocard. It says it is HC like, and allows keeping and sharing stacks in the cloud, and runs on iOS. Walt On Saturday, September 13, 2014, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Brahmanathswami wrote: > > > I remember being "blown away" years ago in the late 90's when Scott > > Raney had a little de

Re: Who says LiveCode ain't English!

*if* the hunger of me is great *then* *ask* omelet with cheese, ham and potatoes *else* *if* the hunger of me is small *then* *get* pretzel box On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 8:11 AM, FlexibleLearning.com < ad...@flexiblelearning.com> wrote: > For fun, writing a story using LiveCode syntax without a c

Re: Conflicting paths

Sorry, I wasn't aware that attachments didn't follow thru. See if this works: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xxdfiuvzlblweoe/wbOvalOrbiter.zip On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 1:15 AM, Richmond wrote: > On 11/07/14 04:08, Walt Brown wrote: > >> Here's a quickie stack I wrote aft

Re: Conflicting paths

Here's a quickie stack I wrote after reading Richmond's email, which creates a set of points in an oval and then sends a planet around. The oval can be set to width (k), height (h), and angle (theta). Written in 5.5.5. Embedded in it is a stack script which contains the angled ellipse calculation x

[OT] On RegExp

This is a cool site. I'm not sure if it's been posted here. It's an interactive tutorial/tester of RegExp expressions you might find useful. http://www.regexr.com/ Walt Brown ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Pl

Re: Announcement: New Community Manager

Great! Good luck, Richard! On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Kevin Miller wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am delighted to announce the appointment of our new Community Manager, > Richard Gaskin. > > Read all about it in on the blog here: > > http://livecode.com/blog/2014/04/04/announcement-livecode-com

Re: "Be This Guy"

Richmond, Maybe they just hired an enthusiastic, fresh-out, naïve marketing person, for whom we should cut some slack :-) Or maybe the Scottish Valley Girls need to do SOMETHING to justify their expense to Inland Revenue... Walt On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Richmond wrote: > Why do I feel th

Re: completely OT, but you might want to know

I have visions of thousands gathered in period costume, every one with head bent down to their device mumbling and thumbing away, wandering aimlessly through the woods in the manner of crowd scenes in vampire movies, tending to clump up wherever the highest signal is, forming a blue and grey signal

Re: Walter Brown

Oops, sorry about that. So there, now that you all know, come by and have a beer sometime. On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > Dear Walter Brown, > > Please contact me off-list. It seems that the contact information you > provided me with

Re: Walter Brown

Hi Mark. My contact info is: Walt Brown 520 Lindbergh Ave Stroudsburg, PA, 18360 1 (570) 421-1267 (Home) 1 (570) 801-8801 (Cell) walter.h.br...@gmail.com On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > Dear Walter Brown, > > Please

Re: (OT) Software Patents and computer based instruction

Would a patent on time travel be retroactive? On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Scott Rossi > wrote: > > > Related: I have an illustrator friend who's done work for Marvel, Disney, > > and similar large media companies. When it comes to right

Re: Congrats to Colin

1) More congrats to Colin. 2) Will get the book. 3) Ralph, I'm game to get together anywhere in north New Jersey. - I'm on the I-80 corridor just inside PA. Walt On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Ralph DiMola wrote: > Skip, > > I'm in upstate NY(50 miles north of Albany), but have an office 10 mil

RE: [OT] Max-Gentleman

As I clear out old emails... FYI, I recently ran into an old friend of mine from grade school. He tried one of the prescription meds available for this purpose, once. It had a warning "if you notice any changes in vision". He has permanently lost complete vision in both eyes. -Original Messag

RE: PRINTING PROBLEM

I see an ad for an HP color inkjet all in one printer for $90 - with my current cartridges running around half that for a full replacement set, just keeping extra printers on hand might be more efficient (sigh) if not ecologically sound... -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@list

RE: how to read an specific page into pdf document?

Hi Alessandro, It depends on what mean by "read". Do you want to display a page to the user, or do you want to capture the content of the PDF file for use in LiveCode? Walt -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Beha

RE: Reading PDF - a cry for help

I have had some success parsing PDF files for various purposes using the shell command to access tools like pdftk, ghostpdl/ghostscript and the xpdf suite of command line tools. Walt Brown -Original Message- ___ use-livecode mailing list

RE: [TEASER] LiveCode <3 Facebook

Unless the computer made you the upgradee... -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Thomas McGrath III Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:18 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: [TEASER] LiveCode <3 Facebo

RE: What with all it's features and platforms I sometimes forget

I would love to see a list of published apps created with LC beyond the 2-3 poster children. Walt -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Richmond Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 4:22 PM To: How to use Liv

RE: Windows error 32 - SOLVED

I have run into many (non-LC) issues in Windows where various apps and OS components either take their time removing any flags on folders and files, or not at all. I think it has something to do with dynamic Registry settings and OS housekeeping - I am not an expert in that area, this is a hypothes

RE: Livecode's "almost english" syntax trips me up ..

But then you'll need antepenultimate and preantepenultimate... -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Colin Holgate Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 11:00 AM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Livecode'

RE: Crash the IDE Easter Egg

er 15, 2010 9:53 AM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Crash the IDE Easter Egg --- On Wed, 12/15/10, Walt Brown wrote: > I have entered bug 9245 for this for > 4.5.2 on x64 Vista. If anyone has the > bandwidth (its very fast to check) is this repeatable in other > environments? >

RE: Crash the IDE Easter Egg

g On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 06:35 -0500, Walt Brown wrote: > I have entered bug 9245 for this for 4.5.2 on x64 Vista. If anyone has > the bandwidth (its very fast to check) is this repeatable in other > environments? > Thanks, Walt > > 1. Go into menu -> Edit -> Preferences. &

RE: Crash the IDE Easter Egg

aster Egg --- On Wed, 12/15/10, Walt Brown wrote: > I have entered bug 9245 for this for > 4.5.2 on x64 Vista. If anyone has the > bandwidth (its very fast to check) is this repeatable in other > environments? > Thanks, Walt > > 1. Go into menu -> Edit -> Preferences

Crash the IDE Easter Egg

I have entered bug 9245 for this for 4.5.2 on x64 Vista. If anyone has the bandwidth (its very fast to check) is this repeatable in other environments? Thanks, Walt 1. Go into menu -> Edit -> Preferences. 2. Select Files & Memory 3. Click on the ellipsis button after User Extensions 4. Hit Cancel

RE: Set Angle Bug?

Thanks Klaus, I got back in to the QC center, I finally remembered what username I was there :-) -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Klaus on-rev Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 3:12 PM To: How to use L

RE: Set Angle Bug?

Thanks. I vaguely remember having had access to this a while ago, but none of my "standard" usernames and passwords work on it, so I guess not. Walt -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Klaus on-rev Sent:

RE: OAuth

Mark, I tried, but when I clicked "Click here to edit this menu" it sent me back to the How It Works page. I didn't see how to either create a new page or edit existing ones. Thanks, Walt -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runr

RE: Set Angle Bug?

I thought I didn't have access to bug reporting, as I didn't sign up for the new developer support package. What's the link? Thanks, Walt -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Klaus on-rev Sent: Tuesday, D

RE: OAuth

I'm still trying to read all the OAuth stuff already available (among all my other time sinks), and didn't have anything to contribute yet. Walt -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Richmond Sent: Tuesda

RE: Set Angle Bug?

be working with would then be the native size you wanted. On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Walt Brown wrote: > Thanks. What I was doing was using the angle function to make an image > visibly spin. I have to lock screen, change angle, resize, and unlock > for each step, which is not re

RE: Set Angle Bug?

... -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Richmond Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 5:43 AM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Set Angle Bug? On 12/14/2010 12:05 PM, Walt Brown wrote: > Thanks. That's what

RE: Set Angle Bug?

e rotating and restore them afterwards. Harald. Am 14.12.2010 um 10:43 schrieb Walt Brown: > Hi! > I created an image and used the Object Inspector to set it's graphic > file, a PNG. I cloned and resized the image programmatically. Then > when I went to spin the cloned image

Set Angle Bug?

Hi! I created an image and used the Object Inspector to set it's graphic file, a PNG. I cloned and resized the image programmatically. Then when I went to spin the cloned image using "set the angle of" it reverted to its original size. Is there a way around that? I vaguely remember this issue but c

RE: Dictionary back

Joe, check out Menu->Help->Release Notes. -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Joe Lewis Wilkins Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 11:33 AM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Dictionary back Incidentally, af

RE: Window Positioning

Ken was kind enough to add last position persistence to ssbk and it's subwindows when I presented him with a new multi-screen layout. Not all the components of LC though are so thoughtful. Walt -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@list

RE: ANN: glx2 is now open source

Maybe the observation was made mid-pour. Or mid-swallow. The glass was half full because I haven't finished yet. -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Bob Sneidar Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 5:21 PM To

RE: focus question

you send to me offlist? mark_sm...@cpe.umanitoba.ca Cheers, - Mark From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Walt Brown [walter.h.br...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:11 AM To: 'How t

RE: focus question

Interesting if useless discovery - LC accepts real numbers as Point values, ie "22.5,31.7", not just integers. I haven't discovered if it rounds or truncates them in use though. Walt ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please vi

RE: Code To Minick Control-A, Control-C, Control-V (Select All, Copy, Paste)

Yes, thanks Klaus, I figured that out when I started playing right after the exciting LiveCode TV episode. -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Klaus on-rev Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:51 AM To: How

RE: PDF ?

Richmond showing off prior political experience? -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Richmond Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 2:35 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: PDF ? On 12/04/2010 08:36 PM,

RE: [OT] Ucranian spam & other posts

Anyone have any worst sester shire sauce? I ask all over, no one has ever heard of it... -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of René Micout Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:30 AM To: How to use LiveCode S

RE: focus question

I have had to use "Select after char -1 of fld X". I was actually using it to place the cursor at various character positions in a field in a rawKeyDown handler - I was using predictive lookup in rawKeyDown as a field validation technique, playing around after David, Mark, and BvG's EXCELLENT LiveC

RE: Code To Minick Control-A, Control-C, Control-V (Select All, Copy, Paste)

Of interest, if "Select the text of me" is in the mouseUp handler of the field, it selects NOT all of the text, but all the lines from the mouse location down. Walt -Original Message----- From: Walt Brown [mailto:walter.h.br...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:44 AM T

RE: Code To Minick Control-A, Control-C, Control-V (Select All, Copy, Paste)

"Select the text of fld fFieldName" seems to work. Walt -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of stephen barncard Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 11:43 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Code To Minick C

RE: LineSize

Actually, that might be 3, since the points in the rect are inclusive (99 to 101 = 3)? Walt -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Jan Schenkel Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 1:05 AM To: How to use LiveCod

RE: PDF ?

I have had some success with documents by investigating their internal structure and adding or editing an appropriate object. The issue with many is that you may also have to recalculate length, checksum, signatures, internal pointer, etc. elements in the document file as well. Some elements may al

RE: How to make a square topped, round rect bottomed graphic?

That's only if you use RPN, Bob. -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Bob Sneidar Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 12:55 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: How to make a square topped, round rect bott

RE: [OT] Custom computers

Hi Richard. I buy name brand boxes for non-technical use, like research, email, presentations, etc, as I want them to be as vendor-standard as possible to reduce the chance I may have to do a hardware diagnosis in a middle of the row coach seat or standing on stage before a presentation. I also us

RE: [OT] Custom computers

Stephen, Search on "Hackintosh". Here's a pretty active community. Walt -Original Message- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of stephen barncard Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 12:24 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: