Geometry Manager (was Screen Resolution for Desktop Apps)

< use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > The identity of Richard is not really that interesting. > > What is interesting is why the Geometry Manager is still inclided in the > IDE > when it just isn't up to scratch: it should be either completely rejigged > or >

Re: Geometry Manager on mobile?

> On 26 Jun 2016, at 8:17 PM, m...@jerrydaniels.com wrote: > > Hey, Monte! 'Will work on mobile' as of 8.1 or 8.0.2? 8.1 I believe. You can read about it in Ali’s blog: https://livecode.com/cross-platform-app-deployment-with-livecode-is-now-even-easier/ ___

Re: Geometry Manager on mobile?

think > things like the geometry manager and table library will work on mobile now. > > Cheers > > Monte > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 26 Jun 2016, at 1:55 AM, Richard Gaskinwrote: > > > > Anyone here use the GM for mobile work? > > > ___

Re: Geometry Manager on mobile?

I haven't tested it myself but Ali has done a considerable amount of work lately to make mobile and desktop standalone building more aligned so I think things like the geometry manager and table library will work on mobile now. Cheers Monte Sent from my iPhone > On 26 Jun 2016, at

Geometry Manager on mobile?

I don't use the GM myself; I've always preferred to have complete control over my layouts, and enjoy writing resizeStack handlers for every platform I deploy to. But I know some like the GM, but I have a vague recollection of it not being suitable for mobile. Is that correct? Given the sign

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager with DataGrid

Bug 17576 This sort of thing and my previous post about the NavBar are in my opinion getting beyond Bugs. All the best Terry > On 5 May 2016, at 20:36, Kevin Miller wrote: > > Deprecated? Did I miss the memo? > > I does not appear to be w

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager with DataGrid

I'm still sooo confused. GM doesn't work in mobile, right? Am I misremembering something? On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:35 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I love that word, "deprecated". > > By the way, I'd love to help with the open source project, only I know > nothing about coding in C++ or Objecti

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager with DataGrid

I love that word, "deprecated". By the way, I'd love to help with the open source project, only I know nothing about coding in C++ or Objective C or Java for that matter. And I may be one that has not been shouting, "Open Source!" I was happy with the old licensing scheme where I paid a yearly

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager with DataGrid

Well, my bad, Kevin, I thought you folks were not going to support it in 8. Maybe that had to do with an issue on mobile. On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > It has always worked fine for me on simple layouts (Desktop only). > However, for mobile it doesn't really make sense. >

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager with DataGrid

It has always worked fine for me on simple layouts (Desktop only). However, for mobile it doesn't really make sense. On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Kevin Miller wrote: > Deprecated? Did I miss the memo? > > I does not appear to be working with data grids for me either though. I > would file a

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager with DataGrid

ford >wrote: > >> >> The Geometry Manager does not work with a DataGrid? >> >> Not for me? >> >> >> All the best >> >> Terry Heaford >> >> ___ >> use-livecode mailing l

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager with DataGrid

I have previously created my own updateGeometry handler but as I had not used LC8 seriously before I thought this would be a good time to start. So far, disappointed. Replaced my own button bar with a NavBar and found it did not work as expected. Thought I would try the Geometry Manager again

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager with DataGrid

I believe the GM has been deprecated, unfortunately. You have to do it manually, or set up substacks with different layouts. If you use tmc, the job is a bit easier. What are you working on, T? On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Terence Heaford wrote: > > The Geometry Manager does not wor

LC8 Geometry Manager with DataGrid

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Re: 8.0 Wot, no Geometry manager

Speaking of which, has anyone thought about GM on mobile in 8, and that nifty thing that used to make mobile landscape layouts easier to generate like a certain mobile tool used to have? On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Richmond wrote: > On 06/11/15 20:10, Mark Waddingham wrote: > >> On 2015-11-0

Re: 8.0 Wot, no Geometry manager

On 06/11/15 20:10, Mark Waddingham wrote: On 2015-11-06 19:06, Richmond wrote: Well? Ali has been working on it - https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pull/632 It should reappear in DP9 :) Mark. Well; I suppose so, although I have never used it as when I played about with it it act

Re: 8.0 Wot, no Geometry manager

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8.0 Wot, no Geometry manager

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Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

Ali Lloyd wrote: > Can you submit enhancement requests for making the default large and > adding a size larger please? That way I won't forget about it :-) Done: > I don't remember having issues with the popping out of the menu before > (even

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

It won't be the only submenu for long - this pull request ( https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pull/564) has now been merged so you will be able to switch to text instead of icons in dp 8. Can you submit enhancement requests for making the default large and adding a size larger please? That

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

Ali Lloyd wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 10:02 PM Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> Ali Lloyd wrote: >> >> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:21 PM Richard Gaskin wrote: >> >> Mark Waddingham wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Which is precisely why you can configure the size of the tab >> >> > icons... >> >> >>

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

Well I'm at home as it's past 11pm. What happens when you try it on Ubuntu (in 8.0 DP 7)? On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 10:02 PM Richard Gaskin wrote: > Ali Lloyd wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:21 PM Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> Mark Waddingham wrote: > >> > > >> > Which is precisely why you

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

Ali Lloyd wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:21 PM Richard Gaskin wrote: >> Mark Waddingham wrote: >> > >> > Which is precisely why you can configure the size of the tab >> > icons... >> >> How? > > Cog icon top right -> Header / Footer Size -> Large What happens when you try that on Ubuntu? --

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

Cog icon top right -> Header / Footer Size -> Large On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:21 PM Richard Gaskin wrote: > Mark Waddingham wrote: > > On 2015-10-20 19:43, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> Adjusting the order of buttons prevents people from acquiring muscle > >> memory with the tool, already made surp

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

Mark Waddingham wrote: On 2015-10-20 19:43, Richard Gaskin wrote: Adjusting the order of buttons prevents people from acquiring muscle memory with the tool, already made surprisingly difficult with the small target area for the tab icons. After all, the whole point of moving from the option con

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

On 2015-10-21 20:03, Peter Haworth wrote: OK, thanks Mark. Was just checking whether to file a bug report or not. Someone beat you to it - http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16060 :) Mark. -- Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ LiveCode: Everyone can creat

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

Waddingham wrote: > On 2015-10-21 19:46, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> My first post on this thread was actually regarding the lack of Geometry >> Manager functionality in LC8. Is this a temporary situation or is there a >> plan to restore it? >> > > Your post

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

On 2015-10-21 19:46, Peter Haworth wrote: My first post on this thread was actually regarding the lack of Geometry Manager functionality in LC8. Is this a temporary situation or is there a plan to restore it? Your post prompted a discussion between Ali and I at the time (I perhaps should

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

ad was actually regarding the lack of Geometry Manager functionality in LC8. Is this a temporary situation or is there a plan to restore it? Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: > Table Tool not available for: Label and Field > Table Tool available for: Scrolling Field, Table Field and Scrolling List > Field > That's interesting, I don't see a Table icon for an scrolling list field here. Probably doesn;t matter in view

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

On 2015-10-20 19:43, Richard Gaskin wrote: Adjusting the order of buttons prevents people from acquiring muscle memory with the tool, already made surprisingly difficult with the small target area for the tab icons. After all, the whole point of moving from the option control to tab icons was fo

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

On 2015-10-21 08:08, Kay C Lan wrote: On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 4:45 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: Done - 16248. I've added the following to your Bug Report: I was the one who added the List post and my comment was wrong - as I based it on a working Stack which already had populated fields. Worki

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 4:45 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: > Done - 16248. > > I've added the following to your Bug Report: I was the one who added the List post and my comment was wrong - as I based it on a working Stack which already had populated fields. Working on a New Stack and moving new empty

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

On 10/20/2015 12:04 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Like the File -> New Stack submenu, the Inspector's shortcomings are obvious enough that I'm confident what we have now is merely a quickie prototype for a much better user experience to come as v8 moves closer to completion. Yeah. What worries me

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

Done - 16248. Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Mark Waddingham wrote: > This sounds like those properties have been keyed to some

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

Mark Wieder wrote: > Richard Gaskin writes: > >> Rather than the IDE try to guess what I'm going, perhaps it could >> simply provide options for the selected object and let me make my >> own choices. > > Now, Richard, runrev knows what's best for you better than you do. > Just let them make the

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

This sounds like those properties have been keyed to something being a 'Rev table field' which uses a front script to 'improve' table like behavior. Could you file a bug report? Sent from my iPhone > On 20 Oct 2015, at 01:19, Peter Haworth wrote: > > ..like wise the Table tab stuff - hgrid, v

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

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Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

+1 tabstops is another property I use quite a bit in scrolling list fields which is no longer available in the LC8 PI. Will the geometry manager appear at some point? I know it's a bit rough round the edges for complex situations but I've always found it to work quite well for simpl

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

Richard Gaskin writes: > Rather than the IDE try to guess what I'm going, perhaps it could simply > provide options for the selected object and let me make my own choices. Now, Richard, runrev knows what's best for you better than you do. Just let them make the decisions and stop Questioning Au

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

Kay C Lan wrote: It appears to be a 'smart' option. If your field is large enough and contains data that could be interpreted as a table then when you select the field the property inspector gives you an extra 'table' tool. So for me, a couple of one line fields I have when I select the propert

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

It appears to be a 'smart' option. If your field is large enough and contains data that could be interpreted as a table then when you select the field the property inspector gives you an extra 'table' tool. So for me, a couple of one line fields I have when I select the property inspector the thir

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

..like wise the Table tab stuff - hgrid, vgrid, tabstops Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > Am I just not loo

LC8 Geometry Manager

Am I just not looking in the right place or did the GM disappear from the LC8 Properties Inspector? Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin __

Re: Geometry Manager - Anyone?

>>> http://es.earthednet.org >>> >>>> On Sep 18, 2015, at 7:15 AM, Roger Eller >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> A few useful links: NOTE - These are somewhat dated. >>>> >>>> Source: LiveCode SuperSite < >>>

Re: Geometry Manager - Anyone?

Mike Kerner wrote: > I would like the GM to get some attention, because "writing your > own" is worse than tedious. Related, Rick Harrison wrote: > Thank you for your well put together answer on the subject. > > It does however bring up the point that all of us are probably > reinventing everyone

Re: Geometry Manager - Anyone?

> On Sep 17, 2015, at 4:06 PM, Rick Harrison wrote: > > Any advice? > >> On Sep 17, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Rick Harrison wrote: >> >> Hi there, >> >> I was wondering what the status of the Geometry Manager is currently. >> Does it work as expect

Re: Geometry Manager - Anyone?

hero >> http://es.earthednet.org >> >> > On Sep 18, 2015, at 7:15 AM, Roger Eller >> wrote: >> > >> > A few useful links: NOTE - These are somewhat dated. >> > >> > Source: LiveCode SuperSite < >> http://livec

Re: Geometry Manager - Anyone?

t; Source: LiveCode SuperSite <http://livecodesupersite.com/tutorials.html > > > > > > > > *The Official Geometry Manager:* > > http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4071/l/19026-geometry-manager > > > > *NativeSoft Geometry Manager (part 1):* > > > htt

Re: Geometry Manager - Anyone?

ful links: NOTE - These are somewhat dated. > > Source: LiveCode SuperSite <http://livecodesupersite.com/tutorials.html> > > > *The Official Geometry Manager:* > http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4071/l/19026-geometry-manager > > *NativeSoft Geometry Manager (

Re: Geometry Manager - Anyone?

A few useful links: NOTE - These are somewhat dated. Source: LiveCode SuperSite <http://livecodesupersite.com/tutorials.html> *The Official Geometry Manager:* http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4071/l/19026-geometry-manager *NativeSoft Geometry Manager (part 1):

Re: Geometry Manager - Anyone?

Hi Richard, Thank you for your well put together answer on the subject. It does however bring up the point that all of us are probably reinventing everyone’s wheel over and over. It might make sense to put together a routine that could be shared with everyone that is of a generic nature to help

Re: Geometry Manager - Anyone?

>> scaling. The general consensus is to code your own unless the layout is >> super simple. >> On Sep 17, 2015 6:06 PM, "Rick Harrison" >> wrote: >> >> Any advice? >>> >>> > On Sep 17, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Rick Harrison >> all-auct

Re: Geometry Manager - Anyone?

ution independent scaling. The general consensus is to code your own unless the layout is super simple. On Sep 17, 2015 6:06 PM, "Rick Harrison" wrote: Any advice? > On Sep 17, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Rick Harrison wrote: > > Hi there, > > I was wondering what the status of th

Re: Geometry Manager - Anyone?

Thank you Roger! Rick > On Sep 17, 2015, at 7:50 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > > My advice is don't use it on any complex layout. Also, it only works for > desktop. Mobile has a couple of other options for resolution independent > scaling. The general consensus is to code your own unless the layou

Re: Geometry Manager - Anyone?

: > Any advice? > > > On Sep 17, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Rick Harrison > wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > > > I was wondering what the status of the Geometry Manager is currently. > > Does it work as expected, or is it broken? > > > > Do any of you us

Re: Geometry Manager - Anyone?

Any advice? > On Sep 17, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Rick Harrison wrote: > > Hi there, > > I was wondering what the status of the Geometry Manager is currently. > Does it work as expected, or is it broken? > > Do any of you use it? Is it worth trying to make it work, or shou

Geometry Manager - Status?

Hi there, I was wondering what the status of the Geometry Manager is currently. Does it work as expected, or is it broken? Do any of you use it? Is it worth trying to make it work, or should I just write my own routines to handle stack resizing situations? Thanks, Rick

Re: Geometry Manager For Mobile

Binary stackfiles are available at mergext.com . Source in lcVCS format is at https://github.com/montegoulding/mApp Cheers Monte > On 18 May 2015, at 2:07 am, William Prothero wrote: > > Monte: > I don’t seem to be able to find a l

Re: Geometry Manager For Mobile

Monte: I don’t seem to be able to find a link to mApp. Could you post it? Best, Bill > On May 16, 2015, at 6:54 PM, Monte wrote: > > Yeah, actually it works fine on desktop too but the framework was originally > designed for mobile back when we had to script resolution independence. It's > pur

RE: Re: Geometry Manager For Mobile

@gaskin ; also have decided to use my own routines for scaling. Haven't been able to verify on all >7K devices running Android nor all of 6+3 iOS devices, though. Although the LC automatic scaling probably works for a good part of the shows one tends to do layout design outing the capabilities o

Re: Geometry Manager For Mobile

te: >Have you seen mApp? It's my open source mobile app framework that >includes a geometry manager designed for mobile. It uses a unique concept >in geometry management of layout rules that are executed in order so the >author has full control. You still occasionally write a resizeS

Re: Geometry Manager For Mobile

Fantastic! On May 16, 2015 9:54 PM, "Monte" wrote: > Yeah, actually it works fine on desktop too but the framework was > originally designed for mobile back when we had to script resolution > independence. It's pure LiveCode. > > -- > M E R Goulding > Software development services > > mergExt -

Re: Geometry Manager For Mobile

Monte did a presentation on it a RunRevLive 13. I've played with it, but I haven't done anything with it in a while. On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 9:54 PM, Monte wrote: > Yeah, actually it works fine on desktop too but the framework was > originally designed for mobile back when we had to script reso

Re: Geometry Manager For Mobile

Yeah, actually it works fine on desktop too but the framework was originally designed for mobile back when we had to script resolution independence. It's pure LiveCode. -- M E R Goulding Software development services mergExt - There's an external for that! > On 17 May 2015, at 11:20 am, Roger

Re: Geometry Manager For Mobile

When you say mobile, do you mean all LiveCode supported mobile platforms? On May 16, 2015 7:17 PM, "Monte" wrote: > Have you seen mApp? It's my open source mobile app framework that includes > a geometry manager designed for mobile. It uses a unique concept in > geome

Re: Geometry Manager For Mobile

Have you seen mApp? It's my open source mobile app framework that includes a geometry manager designed for mobile. It uses a unique concept in geometry management of layout rules that are executed in order so the author has full control. You still occasionally write a resizeStack handle

RE: Geometry Manager For Mobile

Richard Gaskin wrote: > Am I the only person who enjoys hand-crafting resizeStack handlers? I spent the first 6 months of using LC writing a generic resizing library with aspect ratio independence. I just make a few calls to it in my resizestack handlers and I'm done. On mobile there always a few

Re: Geometry Manager For Mobile

On 05/16/2015 09:45 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Am I the only person who enjoys hand-crafting resizeStack handlers? "Enjoys"? Probably. I do it, but it's not something I look forward to. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing

Re: Geometry Manager For Mobile

On May 16, 2015 11:45:02 AM CDT, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >Am I the only person who enjoys hand-crafting resizeStack handlers? I wouldn't exactly say I enjoy it but I always write my own for the same reasons you mention. And now that we have auto scaling on mobile, my code is far shorter than i

Re: Geometry Manager For Mobile

Mike Kerner wrote: > Interesting - I just started messing with Xojo, again, since I see > they're (finally) getting into the ios game (I didn't see anything > about Android). Their version of the Geometry Manager is implemented > on ios. I wonder if we're going to se

Geometry Manager For Mobile

Interesting - I just started messing with Xojo, again, since I see they're (finally) getting into the ios game (I didn't see anything about Android). Their version of the Geometry Manager is implemented on ios. I wonder if we're going to see it again in LC 8... -- On the first d

Re: Geometry Manager

Ah yes, should have thought of that. Was looking for an on/off checkbox in the GM. Thanks Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Paul Hibb

Re: Geometry Manager

Pete, You can turn off messages, or temporarily add an empty resizeStack handler to the top of the stack script. on resizeStack -- do nothing! end resizeStack Paul > On Jan 7, 2015, at 5:39 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > > I'm working on someone else's stack that uses GM. Is there some way to

Geometry Manager

I'm working on someone else's stack that uses GM. Is there some way to disable it so I can resize the stack without all the controls on it resizing? Other than removing all the GM settings for all the controls. Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser

Re: Geometry Manager

Someone had mentioned before that it will be important to record the baseline sizes of your controls and original stack size in a prop somewhere so you can use that in your calculations as opposed to the old size every time. Otherwise you will run into rounding errors, depending on your applicat

Re: Geometry Manager

This is actually turning out to be a lot simpler than I thought. I hadn't realised the resizeStack message passed the old and new height and width of the stack as parameters. With that info, it's trivial to resize or reposition a control releative to the stack coordinates by adding the difference

Re: Geometry Manager

You're right, that would work in this circumstance but I'm hoping I can do this thing in a way that makes it reusable, no doubt like many others before me! Pete lcSQL Software On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 2:02 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > I'd just look at the height of the stac

Re: Geometry Manager

On 8/31/12 3:54 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: Yes, a bit unusual. The situation is that I have a toolbar at the top of my stack that doesn't resize in any way, then the rest of my controls below it, most of which resize. There's a button in the toolbar that reuces the stack to a height just enough t

Re: Geometry Manager

Yes, a bit unusual. The situation is that I have a toolbar at the top of my stack that doesn't resize in any way, then the rest of my controls below it, most of which resize. There's a button in the toolbar that reuces the stack to a height just enough to still show the toolbar but none of the ot

Re: Geometry Manager

Can you lock messages prior to resizing and unlock them afterwards? Bob On Aug 31, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > Just came across a little problem with this. Assuming the dictionary is > correct, the resizeStach message is sent when a stack is resized via script > as well as when

Re: Geometry Manager

On 8/31/12 2:52 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: Just came across a little problem with this. Assuming the dictionary is correct, the resizeStach message is sent when a stack is resized via script as well as when the user resizes it. I have a circumstance where I resoze the stack by scriopt but do not

Re: Geometry Manager

Just came across a little problem with this. Assuming the dictionary is correct, the resizeStach message is sent when a stack is resized via script as well as when the user resizes it. I have a circumstance where I resoze the stack by scriopt but do not want the control resizing to happen. Stran

Re: Geometry Manager

Thanks Jacque. I figure out most of it but hadn't thought about the ratio idea. I feel like I'm pretty much duplicating what the GM does except for the ability to position controls relative to other controls. Pete lcSQL Software On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:54 AM, J. Land

Re: Geometry Manager

On 8/31/12 12:41 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: I'll write my own resize stack handler to take care of it. Any pointers as to good techniques to do this? I have 1 control that needs to be scaled horizontally and vertically and a couple of others that need to be re-positioned. With only three contro

Geometry Manager

OK, I bow to the advice all over this list that it's not a good idea to use the Geomerty Manager, should've listened in the first place. I'll write my own resize stack handler to take care of it. Any pointers as to good techniques to do this? I have 1 control that needs to be scaled horizontally

Re: Geometry Manager Problem

I hope Chipp posts that link. I will try a little more debugging to see what message is causing the problem. I hate debugging. On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 12:49 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 4/20/12 10:41 AM, william humphrey wrote: > >> I never use the geometry manager because I set

Re: Geometry Manager Problem

On 4/20/12 10:41 AM, william humphrey wrote: I never use the geometry manager because I set my stacks so they can't be resized. But I was getting errors in a simple handler like this: two stacks. Stack 1 with button go card 1 of stack 2 then get a function (which is in the background of st

Re: Geometry Manager Problem

I never use the geometry manager because I set my stacks so they can't be resized. But I was getting errors in a simple handler like this: two stacks. Stack 1 with button go card 1 of stack 2 then get a function (which is in the background of stack 2). The function only worked when stack

Re: Geometry Manager Problem

*very* sluggish. When I go back to using the geometry manager, sizing is much smoother and faster. As I mentioned, it works fine in the IDE, but in the standalone some objects don't move/scale while others do. I am using live resizing in both cases. I'm stumped. Marty K All of a

Geometry Manager Problem

All of a sudden I'm having trouble with the Geometry Manager. All works find in the IDE, but in my standalones, some object move/scale like they're supposed to and others don't. I'm using LC 5.0.2 and am not doing anything complicated - just moving a couple of buttons and

Re: Geometry Manager

Yes, want to remove them/add them back entirely, and I have that working now. Thanks, Pete On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 11:18 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > The scrollbars should automatically go blank if the group fully encloses > its contents, and draw the thumb if it doesn't. If you mean you want to >

Re: Geometry Manager

On 1/25/12 12:17 AM, Pete wrote: Hi Jacque, Setting lockloc to true fixed it, thanks! For some reason or other, I have a hangup about that property - always seems like it's the wrong way round, with "locked" meaning it will change dimensions and "not locked" meaning it won't. Think of it as "l

Re: Geometry Manager

; I've tried linking the group to different combinations of the edges of the >> card, other controls, absolute and relative links and no matter how I >> resize the card, the group never resizes. >> > > Is the group's lockLoc set to true? After the geometry mana

Re: Geometry Manager

On 1/24/12 7:25 PM, Pete wrote: I've tried linking the group to different combinations of the edges of the card, other controls, absolute and relative links and no matter how I resize the card, the group never resizes. Is the group's lockLoc set to true? After the geometry manage

Re: Geometry Manager

Thanks Colin. I read the lesson but still can't get the effect I want. Maybe I'm trying to use the geometry manager for something it's not designed to do? I have a group on a card that has a number of controls in it. If the user resizes the card, I want the group to resize in pr

Re: Geometry Manager

Someone made a better geometry manager called NativeGeometry. Check it out. It's supposed to be much superior to the Livecode one. Bob On Jan 24, 2012, at 3:07 PM, Pete wrote: > Are there any lessons/examples/hints anywhere re using up the Geometry > settings for an object? No b

Re: Geometry Manager

It is somewhat abstract. Try this lesson: http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4067/l/19026-Geometry-Manager On Jan 24, 2012, at 11:07 PM, Pete wrote: > Are there any lessons/examples/hints anywhere re using up the Geometry > settings for an object? No being a very graphically in

Geometry Manager

Are there any lessons/examples/hints anywhere re using up the Geometry settings for an object? No being a very graphically inclined person, I'm having a hell of a time trying to figure out how to make it work! -- Pete Molly's Revenge __

Re: A Question about Geometry Manager in LiveCode...

ent: Monday, July 25, 2011 4:26 PM Subject: Re: A Question about Geometry Manager in LiveCode... Are you intercepting any messages and not passing them in an attempt to control your object geometry? If so, pass the messages after you handle them and see what happens. Just a guess. Bob On Jul

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