Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

On Oct 27, 2014, at 10:24 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: > http://quality.runrev.com/ > > and report your findings and the simple steps required to see the > 'failure'. Attach (upload) both stacks so they can see exactly what you are > seeing. > > If your stack contains confidential information that you

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 5:18 AM, Timothy Miller wrote: > > Right, but these buttons always worked until I upgraded to version 7.0. > Why the change? A bug? A new feature? Or what? > Grab a copy of a 6.6.5 version of your stack that works as advertised; make two copies, appending '665' to one fil

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

On 10/27/2014, 4:18 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: On Oct 27, 2014, at 1:45 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On October 27, 2014 3:32:05 PM CDT, Timothy Miller wrote: The result from the failed sorts was empty. That's one of the reasons I suspect a bug. Your first idea was probably right. If the sor

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

I think you should report it as a bug. It's certainly a change in behavior so either ti's a coding bug or, if it was changed on purpose, it's a documentation bug. Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

On Oct 27, 2014, at 1:45 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On October 27, 2014 3:32:05 PM CDT, Timothy Miller > wrote: >> >> The result from the failed sorts was empty. That's one of the reasons I >> suspect a bug. > > Your first idea was probably right. If the sort field isn't on the current > ca

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

On October 27, 2014 3:32:05 PM CDT, Timothy Miller wrote: > >The result from the failed sorts was empty. That's one of the reasons I >suspect a bug. Your first idea was probably right. If the sort field isn't on the current card, the sort doesn't happen. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay |

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

On Oct 27, 2014, at 11:27 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 10/27/2014, 1:08 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: >> --Paste field "intakesecs" and field "patient name" onto card 1. I >> put dummy values into those fields, don't know what happens if they >> are empty. > > They should sort to the front. > >>

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

On 10/27/2014, 1:08 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: --Paste field "intakesecs" and field "patient name" onto card 1. I put dummy values into those fields, don't know what happens if they are empty. They should sort to the front. I have not exhaustively investigated the issue, but my hypothesis is t

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

On Oct 27, 2014, at 11:08 AM, Timothy Miller wrote: > The sort command seems not to be executing at all, judging by timing the > script when it is working, in version 6.5 vs. when it is not working, in > version 7.0 I meant version 6.6.5, not 6.5 ___

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

On Oct 25, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > > And weirder still, this behavior seems consistent in both 6.7 and 7.0. > > Tim, any chance you may have NULLs or other oddities in the data? When you > test across versions, is it with the same data? I've been able to replicate the pro

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

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Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0 -- troubleshooting bears fruit

On Oct 25, 2014, at 12:50 PM, Jerry Jensen wrote: > How about trying it without the "bg" in the latter one? Absent-minded me! You were right. Both scripts now work normally on card 1. Tim ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0 -- troubleshooting bears fruit

On Oct 25, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: > I tried pasting fields “intakeSecs" and “patient name” onto card 1. The > following odd result occurred, > > --sort cards numeric by field “intakeSecs” > > Now works from card 1. > > —sort cards text by bg field "patient name” > > Still

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0 -- troubleshooting bears fruit

On Oct 25, 2014, at 12:31 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > I think there may be something else going on than just an empty field. Absent field, not empty field. But it wouldn’t surprise me if something else going on. See my next message on this thread. Tim Miller __

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0 -- troubleshooting bears fruit

On Oct 25, 2014, at 12:13 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: > Card 1 of this stack is an index card. A pair of buttons appear on the card > 1, along with other stuff. “Sort cards by name” and “Sort cards by intake > date.” Their function is obvious. I just realized than neither sort command > works.

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0 -- troubleshooting bears fruit

Timothy Miller wrote: > IIRC, in ancient versions of hyperCard, this kind of sort didn’t > work right if the script encountered a card where the field > containing the sort key was absent. Apparently this anti-feature > has returned to 7.0. > > If I copy the buttons and paste then onto card 2, wh

Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0 -- troubleshooting bears fruit

On Oct 25, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: > I'm with Richard on this - I've never tried to sort cards numeric, and > I'm not even sure what I would expect if I tried it. What does or > doesn't work now, and what was the result previously? Does/did that > sort numerically on the names of th

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

Mark Wieder wrote: I'm with Richard on this - I've never tried to sort cards numeric, and I'm not even sure what I would expect if I tried it. What does or doesn't work now, and what was the result previously? Does/did that sort numerically on the names of the cards or the numbers of the cards? O

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

Tim- Saturday, October 25, 2014, 11:17:54 AM, Richard wrote: > Doesn't work as in doesn't sort the cards, leaving them in the original > order? > HmmI wonder if somehow card sorting didn't get the attention it > needs in the string comparison overhaul for Unicode. > > I suppose this migh

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

On Oct 25, 2014, at 11:17 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Really glad to hear that worked out, Tim. Your kindness is appreciated. > > The result is empty even when the script doesn’t work. > > Doesn't work as in doesn't sort the cards, leaving them in the original order? Precisely. Tim Miller __

Re: Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

Timothy Miller wrote: > Sorry about the panic yesterday. My “corrupted” stacks do open in 7.0 > and I was able to save a version in format 5.5. They open up just > fine in version 6.7. My precious data is retrieved... Really glad to hear that worked out, Tim. Phil Jimmieson submitted an excelle

Sort cards doesn't work in 7.0

Sorry about the panic yesterday. My “corrupted” stacks do open in 7.0 and I was able to save a version in format 5.5. They open up just fine in version 6.7. My precious data is retrieved and my backup negligence is forever cured. A tiny problem triggered my panic attack yesterday. That tiny prob