corrupted stack message

2014-11-03 Thread larry
got the same message. Any advice? TIA Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

Re: Valentina db

2014-10-31 Thread larry
Hi Bob, Thanks for the detailed info. I'll look into that. Larry - Original Message - From: "Bob Sneidar" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 9:06 AM Subject: Re: Valentina db Hi Larry. The simplest SQL database to my mind is sqLite.

Re: Valentina db

2014-10-30 Thread larry
Thanks very much Kay and Tiemo! - Original Message - From: "Kay C Lan" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 2:33 AM Subject: Re: Valentina db On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 3:42 PM, wrote: Hello, Has anyone used Valentina database with LC? Yes, for many years no

Valentina db

2014-10-30 Thread larry
Hello, Has anyone used Valentina database with LC? If so, what is your experience with it? Is it a product that a newbie (me) could reasonably learn how to use with LC? Thanks for any info, Larry P.S. If you have a recommendation for a database that is REALLY easy to use with LC, please let

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread larry
Amen, Richmond!! - Original Message - From: "Richmond" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 12:08 PM Subject: Re: Autosave ??? On 28/10/14 16:53, Richard Gaskin wrote: Mike Kerner wrote: > I would like some sort of versioning, similar to what we had with > tha

Re: how to disturb newbies

2014-10-28 Thread larry
Hi Peter, Just about the sanest thing I've read on here. I hope it happens. Larry One possible solution would be to build into the the native LC dictionary a userNotes feature, allowing the user to add comments or examples saved locally for her/his own reference, and within that fe

maximum lines?

2014-10-27 Thread larry
Hello, Can anyone please tell me the maximum number of lines for: a variable in LC a field in LC also I'd like to know how to find that info! Thanks, Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this u

Re: how to disturb newbies

2014-10-26 Thread larry
. Thanks, Larry - Original Message - From: "Earthednet-wp" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 9:33 AM Subject: Re: how to disturb newbies Folks, To me, allowing the entire LC user base to modify the dictionary that we all use, will cause m

Re: how to disturb newbies

2014-10-26 Thread larry
e body and notes of the Dictionary. If that is currently possible (in 6.1.1) I do not know how to do it. Thanks, Larry - Original Message - From: "Richard Gaskin" To: Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 9:24 AM Subject: Re: how to disturb newbies larry wrote: > I apprec

Re: hilitedline

2014-10-26 Thread larry
Thanks Terry, Sometimes I wish I wasn't so dense. Larry - Original Message - From: "Terry Judd" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 4:35 AM Subject: Re: hilitedline Larry - you need to delete the lines in reverse orderŠ put the hilited

Re: how to disturb newbies

2014-10-26 Thread larry
WANT to add my own notes to the Dictionary, edit the examples, etc. In short, I don't want to wait around for the LC Community to fix MY Dictionary. I do not think this is an unreasonable request. Larry - Original Message - From: "Jacques Hausser" To: "How to

hilitedline

2014-10-26 Thread larry
lines 1 and 4, but not 7. It always deletes all but the last line. Why? Thanks, Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://list

deleting lines in a field

2014-10-26 Thread larry
I have a field that allows non-contiguous selection of lines What is the easiest way to delete the selected lines? I've tried a bunch of things and I end up doing this big convoluted script to do it. It seems like it should be simple? Thanks,

Re: how to disturb newbies

2014-10-25 Thread larry
Hi Pete I had your previous plugin and now downloaded the updated one you listed below. GREAT!! Larry P.S. Why can't LC be as smart as you? - Original Message - From: "Peter Haworth" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2014 1:44 PM Su

Re: how to disturb newbies

2014-10-25 Thread larry
Richard, If that is the case, then apparently there isn't much being done in submitting notice, because I know of many, many Dictionary errors. Larry I don't like to keep being a pest about this, but it would be SO nice if LC allowed us to edit the Dictionary on our own - our own c

Re: Programming LiveCode with LiveCode

2014-10-16 Thread larry
ems." or 2) just develop for running in a browser and then no problem. Please tell me if I'm over-simplifying that. Thanks very much, Larry Jim wrote: That may be true with desktop software, but I respectfully disagree when it comes to mobile. There’s ever-growing fragmentation on An

Re: Programming LiveCode with LiveCode

2014-10-15 Thread larry
't know very much about the pecking order/politics whatever at Rev, I hope you more experienced list people will push for your idea. You have my vote! Larry P.S. As one example, I got a lot of kind help from this list in understanding how to build and implement a library stack. However, TO ME

enhancement request

2014-10-14 Thread larry
gnorant" or "unattentive" ? to make such a blunder, it would be really wonderful for LC to pop up a warning saying something like, "Hey Larry! Wake Up! You already have a field named "myInput"!!!" Know what I mean? Thanks, Larry ___

Re: problem with counting words

2014-10-13 Thread larry
Hi Richard, in a word... "I really enjoyed reading your post and I learned a lot!" Larry - Original Message - From: "Richard Gaskin" To: Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 9:03 AM Subject: Re: problem with counting words Good post, Kay. Each of the examples you p

summary question for functions and libraries

2014-10-12 Thread larry
h all my functions in it. Then just add (copy) that stack as a sub-stack to whatever application I'm working on - say stack "larryLibrary" That way all my functions are available to me as I develop and also available when I create the standalone. Have I got it right? Th

Re: lock screen question and detect field question

2014-10-12 Thread larry
hink about that. Thanks, Larry - Original Message - From: "Kay C Lan" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 8:14 PM Subject: Re: lock screen question and detect field question On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:05 AM, wrote: 1) I have a program w

Re: problem with counting words

2014-10-12 Thread larry
card or stack script? In other words, if I have one script that contains 10 commands within it that could be called up, is that counted as 1 script or as 10 scripts? Thanks, Larry - Original Message - From: "Kay C Lan" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Sunday, O

Re: problem with counting words

2014-10-12 Thread larry
Hello Kay, Mark gave me a short explanation of why it is good to see the words within quotes as one word and now you've given a longer and more detailed explanation. So I thank you and I will stop throwing rocks at my computer. Larry P.S. I still want to understand how to write m

lock screen question and detect field question

2014-10-12 Thread larry
oading..." going on? Like: on createMyFields lock screen create the fields update the "Loading." field with a new period -- AND DON'T LOCK THIS VIEW FROM BEING UPDATED unlock screen end createMyFields Thanks, Larry ___ use-liv

Re: problem with counting words

2014-10-12 Thread larry
how? Thanks, Larry - Original Message - From: "Robert Brenstein" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 7:15 PM Subject: Re: problem with counting words Larry, Change the first line of your function to function commaInsert thisFigure B

Re: problem with counting words

2014-10-12 Thread larry
how to do it, that will be great. I would say that an ability for me to write functions and have them available for scripting would be #1 on my wish list. Larry - Original Message - From: "Mark Wieder" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014

Re: problem with counting words

2014-10-12 Thread larry
ctions) could I call those functions up within a script? For example: put larryFunction(larryVar) into field "myLarry" If anyone knows how to do that for the IDE so that the function I write is now available to me for ANY script of ANY stack, I would love to hear about it. Larry

Re: problem with counting words

2014-10-12 Thread larry
>adding of functions to the dictionary as in the two line example in italics >above. Do you know if that is possible in LC? As far as I know, it is not possible. Larry - Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 4:53 PM Subject: Re: problem with countin

Re: problem with counting words

2014-10-12 Thread larry
f like this. The other thing I don't understand is this: Is there any way to search the dictionary on the text of the dictionary and not just on the keywords? If there is a way to do that, I don't know how. It would help a lot. Thanks, Larry P.S. That would be a cool thing if they added

Re: problem with counting words

2014-10-12 Thread larry
Easy to say, but how does one replace the quotes with curly-quotes? I can't find out where it says how to do that. Sorry I'm so lame. Larry - Original Message - From: "Jerry Jensen" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 1:26 PM Subj

Re: problem with counting words

2014-10-12 Thread larry
27;m very mystified where this stuff is to be found and how it is to be found. I'm just trying to understand how this information is found so I don't need to keep bothering everyone on this list. Thanks, Larry - Original Message - From: "Colin Holgate" To: "Ho

problem with counting words

2014-10-12 Thread larry
he said he'd never heard anything like that in the several programming languages he knows. Yes, I do know how to do a work around to count all the actual words, but that is not the point. The point is that I wasted over 2 hours of my time figuring out why

Re: LC 6.6.3 and 6.6.4 really slower than LC 6.1.2

2014-10-09 Thread larry
My (limited) experience: I found several bugs in 6.6.3 Without changing the code at all, I opened my stack in 6.1.1 and everything ran perfectly. Larry - Original Message - From: "Alain Vezina" To: "LiveCode How to" Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 9:41

quotes question

2014-10-08 Thread larry
In other words, which of the two examples below is the right way to do it? create field set the name of the last field to (myfield & x) OR create field set the name of the last field to ("myfield" & x) ?? Thanks Larry ___ use-l

reporting a bug?

2014-10-07 Thread larry
But if anyone was experiencing anything like that, then you now know what happened with me. btw, I'm using 6.6.3 on an XP machine. Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and ma

Re: from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread larry
I'm echoing John: Thanks Kay for the detailed explanation. That really helps us understand the LC syntax so much better! Larry - Original Message - From: "Kay C Lan" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 8:31 PM Subject: Re: from here

Re: from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread larry
Thanks Klaus and Dave, It is sort of strange to me that I want more than 1 word and so I used "words", but you guys are right of course. Just use "word" Larry - Original Message - From: "Klaus major-k" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Mond

from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread larry
Hello, Can someone please tell me the syntax for putting words x to y from one field/var to another? I tried: put words 1 to 40 of field fld1 into field fld2 but that doesn't work. I don't even know how to look up the syntax! Sorry. Th

Re: how to detect insertion point

2014-10-05 Thread larry
Thanks Craig, I learned a lot today from your post and Jacque's post. Larry - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 10:06 PM Subject: Re: how to detect insertion point Larry. It takes a while to learn the many LC commands, functions and properties

Re: how to detect insertion point

2014-10-05 Thread larry
Thanks Mike! Now I can keep the rest of my hair! Larry - Original Message - From: To: ; "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 8:47 PM Subject: Re: how to detect insertion point What about exitfield? Mike Original Message From: la...@significantplane

Re: how to detect insertion point

2014-10-05 Thread larry
hanged the contents of the field) So I'm just here tearing my hair out! Larry - Original Message - From: "Kay C Lan" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 8:35 PM Subject: Re: how to detect insertion point Maybe the focusIn messgae might hel

how to detect insertion point

2014-10-05 Thread larry
n the field while the stuff is being done. I hope that makes sense. Thanks for any help. Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: create a new label field

2014-10-05 Thread larry
Thanks Jacque, That note is actually very enlightening to me! Larry - Original Message - From: "J. Landman Gay" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 6:50 PM Subject: Re: create a new label field Just for reference, LiveCode has only one

Re: create a new label field

2014-10-05 Thread larry
Again, thanks very much. Larry - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 6:24 PM Subject: Re: create a new label field Make a label field the way you want it. Set the properties of the templateField to the properties of your label field. Craig -Ori

Re: create a new label field

2014-10-05 Thread larry
Hi Craig, Yes, but how do I do that? I cannot find any command that distinguishes from label or regular field. I do use templateField for other properties, but nothing I've tried will set the property of a label field. Thanks, Larry - Original Message - From: To: Sent: S

create a new label field

2014-10-05 Thread larry
I can use "create field" to create a new field, but it is a rectangular field with square corners. How do I create a new label field programatically? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubsc

position of field scrollbar

2014-10-02 Thread larry
Hello, I have a field with a vScrollbar Does anyone know how to set the position of the scrollbar to 0 ?? I'm sorry, but the LC dictionary is of NO help in this matter - at least not that I could see. Thanks, Larry ___ use-livecode mailing lis

Re: sort question for today

2014-09-29 Thread larry
Hi Paul, That is essentially what I did, but not as elegantly as your solution. But it works and it is very quick, so I'm happy. Thanks very much for helping me see an even better way. Larry - Original Message - From: "Paul Hibbert" To: "How to use LiveCode"

sort question for today

2014-09-28 Thread larry
Hello, I am trying to sort lines 7 through the last line of a field. This doesn't work: sort lines (7 to last) of field myStats by word 2 of each Does anyone know the code that will work? Thanks, Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-liv

Re: Replacing Characters

2014-09-26 Thread larry
My experience is that when doing string searching offset() is by far the fastest way. But I don't know everything. Larry - Original Message - From: "JB" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 10:26 PM Subject: Replacing Characters I wa

Re: searching for chars within a string

2014-09-26 Thread larry
functions was very helpful. So thanks again. Larry P.S. I'm using LC 6.6.3 on Windows XP with 4gb of ram. - Original Message - From: "Peter M. Brigham" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 11:53 AM Subject: Re: searching for chars w

Re: 6.6.2 or 6.6.3???

2014-09-26 Thread larry
Hi Bob, I had the exact same experience that you did. I just assumed it was a display bug with LC and ignored it. When I got the alert about 6.6.3, I just chose "Skip this version." Maybe you or someone will report it as a bug. Larry - Original Message - From: "Bob Snei

Re: searching for chars within a string

2014-09-26 Thread larry
Hello Kay, Good stuff. I did some time tests and offset() is about twice as fast as matchText(). Don't know why. Larry - Original Message - From: "Kay C Lan" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 12:54 AM Subject: Re: searching for c

Re: now a paste question

2014-09-24 Thread larry
THANKS Dave, I was going crazy trying to figure out the weird behavior. I guess I should have read the user guide! So I just put a return after every entry and, now, no problems! Thanks very much for your help. Larry - Original Message - From: "Dave Kilroy" To: Sent:

now a paste question

2014-09-24 Thread larry
all at once. I can do pieces and keep going until all of it is in the field. Thanks, Larry - Original Message - From: "Dave Kilroy" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 2:40 AM Subject: Re: re: sorting question Sounds like you've sorted it Larry :) For others won

re: sorting question

2014-09-24 Thread larry
Sorry, never mind! Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

sorting question

2014-09-24 Thread larry
alphabetically. I have a test button with: on mouseUp sort items of field "myField" end mouseUp However, the order of the items remains unchanged. I also tried: sort items of field "myField" text ascending but it didn't make a difference Th

Re: P.S. on searching for chars within a string

2014-09-24 Thread larry
ithin 30 chars. With the old way, I couldn't even search on more than 12 chars, because it just took too long. So I learned a lot today! Larry P.S. Yes, I am using arrays. - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 9:10 PM Subject: Re: P.S. on searching

Re: variable trouble

2014-09-24 Thread larry
t get anything to work - with the parenthesis in different places. Do you know the syntax for adding the bracketed thisKey ?? Thanks, Larry - Original Message - From: "Scott Rossi" To: "LiveCode Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:28 AM Subject: Re: v

variable trouble

2014-09-23 Thread larry
to theseKeys To me, this is just inexplicable and very frustrating. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscr

P.S. on searching for chars within a string

2014-09-23 Thread larry
Hello again, I know how to do it with brute force, but I want to know the FASTEST way to find the chars. Thanks ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription p

searching for chars within a string

2014-09-23 Thread larry
earching for. But if search string is: ABCDEKLLLMMOOPP, then YES the string I'm searching for is found in the search string. It is important to my program that I just find the 5 chars anywhere within the search string and they do not have to be sequential in the se

sort lines by length

2014-09-23 Thread larry
Hello, this line doesn't work: sort lines of field "myField" by length of each Can someone please tell me the code for sorting a field by length of line? Thanks! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subsc

Re: file size

2014-09-22 Thread larry
Hi Mike, good point, but actually my line is: put the length of URL tFile into field "myResult" because I want the actual number and not how many kb. Larry - Original Message - From: To: ; "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 6:28 PM Subject:

Re: file size

2014-09-22 Thread larry
Thanks Paul and Alex and Richard, I ended up using Paul's code: on mouseUp answer file "?" put "binfile:" & it into tFile put the length of URL tFile / 1000 & "KB" into fld "myResultField" end mouseUp It works just great! Larry --

file size

2014-09-22 Thread larry
Hello, I know I can use: put the files into field "Current Files" to get the size of a file (in bytes), but is there any way to use "answer file" or some other way to get the size of just one specific file? Thanks, Larry ___

repeat with each

2014-09-22 Thread larry
sWord end repeat sort items of field justOne end mouseUp It does not insert the commas. Supposedly the each form is a lot faster than using "put x + 1 into x" "put "," after word x of field justOne Thanks, Larry ___ use

Re: reading a file

2014-09-21 Thread larry
Thanks Alain, Why is it that if I explicitly want to open a file, I have to put quotes around the name, but if I put the name in a variable, I do not need the quotes? Thank you again, Larry - Original Message - From: "Alain Farmer" To: "How to use LiveCode

reading a file

2014-09-21 Thread larry
ile thisFile until EOF put it into field myOutput close file thisFile end mouseUp Thanks, Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http:

Re: Usng an image to "disable" a group

2014-09-20 Thread larry
Hi Peter, I'm not sure what you're exactly looking for in "looks" but I just now made a little test stack with colored buttons. You can adjust the blendlevel so that the group is as opaque or as transparent as you wish it to be. That's one idea. Larry - Ori

Re: large arrays

2014-09-19 Thread larry
soon I will get around to trying LC 7.0 or 7.1 or whatever is there and HOPEFULLY the issue will be solved. In the meantime, thank you and Jacqueline SO MUCH for your kind attention and offers of help. All the best, Larry - Original Message - From: "Richard Gaskin" To: Se

Re: large arrays

2014-09-19 Thread larry
sights, I sure would appreciate it. Thanks, Larry - Original Message - From: "Richard Gaskin" To: Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 10:18 AM Subject: Re: large arrays Just curious: How large is large? It would be interesting to know the number of elements. depth, and

Re: large arrays

2014-09-19 Thread larry
Thanks Fraser, I will try that. Larry - Original Message - From: "Fraser Gordon" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 5:51 AM Subject: Re: large arrays On 19 Sep 2014, at 12:46, wrote: Hello, I made a program some years ago with Rev

large arrays

2014-09-19 Thread larry
Does anyone know of this issue and if it ever was fixed in some later version of LC? Thanks, Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

trouble with 6.1.1 (rc4)

2014-09-18 Thread larry
! So please help me not have to start taking lots of drugs... How can this be fixed? Thanks, Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: browser app?

2014-09-15 Thread larry
Thanks Richard!! - Original Message - From: "Richard Gaskin" To: Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 11:30 AM Subject: Re: browser app? Larry wrote: > I came across this article: > http://newsletters.livecode.com/february/issue149/newsletter4.php > > It descr

browser app?

2014-09-15 Thread larry
Hello, I came across this article: http://newsletters.livecode.com/february/issue149/newsletter4.php It describes a browser app for mobile phones. Does anyone know if the app could be adapted for a Windows desktop environment? Thanks for the help! Larry

closing a browser tab?

2014-09-13 Thread larry
Hello, I use the following: launch url myUrl and LC opens a browser tab in my default browser - cool. My question is this: Is there any way to close that tab when I want to? TIA Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

url question

2014-09-12 Thread larry
Hello, I use the following: launch url myUrl and LC opens a browser tab in my default browser - cool. My question is this: Is there any way to close that tab when I want to? TIA Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: No WAV playback on Win in v6.6.2?

2014-09-12 Thread larry
Hello Richard, I had a problem once with playing .wav Turns out that I had the wrong "flavor" of .wav I had to convert my wav files from 32 bit to 16 bit. Apparently LC doesn't handle wav files above 16 bit. Anyway, that was my experience. Good luck! Larry - Original Mess

Re: player question

2014-09-12 Thread larry
Thanks Paul! That was all that was needed. Larry - Original Message - From: "Paul Hibbert" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 6:53 PM Subject: Re: player question Try adding the line: set the playSelection of player myPlayer to true

player question

2014-09-12 Thread larry
I have the following lines of code below: I put a number such as 10 into field myStart and then execute the code. The player still starts playing at the very beginning of the song. ? TIA Larry put field myStart * the timeScale of player myPlayer into tStart set the startTime of player

copying files in Windows 8

2014-09-11 Thread larry
and file management? I am completely mystified. Thanks for any insights... Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http

Re: Congrats LC 7.0! You finally broke my DB!

2014-09-09 Thread larry
Sorry that happened Mark. LC seems to be following the same rule of business as Microsoft - "Let's not worry too much about making our new stuff backward compatible with the old stuff. What do we care if people cannot run their old stuff anymore?" an emphathetic coder Larry

Re: 2 lines on a button

2014-09-08 Thread larry
Thanks Phil, In many cases that will be easier! ( and I checked; you can put as many \n as the space on the button will allow: First\nSecond\nThird, etc.) Larry - Original Message - From: "Phil Davis" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014

Re: 2 lines on a button

2014-09-08 Thread larry
ha ha (I only wish I could be fast all the time!) - Original Message - From: "Mark Wieder" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 5:47 PM Subject: Re: 2 lines on a button larry- Dang! You're getting way too fast at this! I was thinking

re: 2 lines on a button

2014-09-08 Thread larry
Never Mind! I was trying to do it in the property inspector and then I realized I can just say in the script: set the label of button myInstructions to "Show" & return & "Instructions" so simple, but in my defense, I

2 lines on a button?

2014-09-08 Thread larry
Hi All, I have a large button and I want the label to read either "Show Instructions" or "Hide Instructions" but I cannot figure out how to put the two words on two different lines in the label of the button. Is that possible to do? TIA Larry ___

Re: icon sizes

2014-09-08 Thread larry
Yes, Thanks Charles Larry - Original Message - From: "Charles E Buchwald" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 12:20 PM Subject: Re: icon sizes Hi Larry, Is this helpful? http://buchwald.ca/lc/Windows-Icons.png - Charles On 08 Sep 2

icon sizes

2014-09-08 Thread larry
does anyone know the sizes needed to include an icon in a Windows build? thanks p.s. why does LC make this information so difficult to find? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: copying files

2014-09-06 Thread larry
Thank you Kay - Original Message - From: "Kay C Lan" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 6:57 PM Subject: Re: copying files On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 6:00 AM, wrote: I need to copy some files from one folder to another in Windows. I have searched the dictio

copying files

2014-09-05 Thread larry
Hello All, I need to copy some files from one folder to another in Windows. I have searched the dictionary and cannot figure it out. Is there a way to have "thisFile.txt" in one folder and copy the file to another folder? TIA Larry ___ us

Re: how to stop mouse clicks from executing?

2014-09-02 Thread larry
Hi Peter, Thanks very much for the explanation. Larry - Original Message - From: "Peter M. Brigham" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 6:12 AM Subject: Re: how to stop mouse clicks from executing? On Sep 1, 2014, at 3:50 PM, w

Re: how to stop mouse clicks from executing?

2014-09-01 Thread larry
Hi Paul, As Richmond says, "That's a clever idea." However, I have no understanding of what a frontScript is and no understanding of how to trap those events. Perhaps you'd be willing to elaborate for me? Thanks, Larry - Original Message - From: "Paul Du

how to stop mouse clicks from executing?

2014-09-01 Thread larry
time. TIA Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

screen resolution

2014-08-28 Thread larry
e stack so it will display on the smaller monitor. TIA Larry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/li

Re: Helping newcomers anticipate that standalones can't save tothemselves

2014-08-15 Thread larry
ted programs. That's my opinion of what this list might want to think about. Larry - Original Message - From: "Paul Hibbert" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 9:28 AM Subject: Re: Helping newcomers anticipate that standalones can&#x

Re: sorting - THANK YOU Colin!!

2014-08-09 Thread larry
Hi Colin Thanks for clarifying! Larry - Original Message - From: "Colin Holgate" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 10:51 AM Subject: Re: sorting - THANK YOU PAUL!! I tried Craig’s approach, but with the correct syntax, not the condensed

Re: sorting - THANK YOU PAUL!!

2014-08-09 Thread larry
not tested and therefore often do not work. Thanks again, Larry - Original Message - From: "Paul Hibbert" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 9:57 AM Subject: Re: sorting Larry, If I understand right, just change the direction of the second so

Re: sorting

2014-08-09 Thread larry
ories about how to make it work, but nobody actually knows how to make it work. Thank you anyway, Larry - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 7:59 AM Subject: Re: sorting > Way back from 1987, and undocumented everywhere except in the user notes in >

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