Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-02-19 Thread Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode
You are absolutely right Alex. Jacqueline had given me the correct handler and I made the mistake, and Panos corrected me. I have now corrected it but still same result. See forum post. https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=33678&p=188122#p188122 -- Kaveh Bazargan PhD Director River Va

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-02-17 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
H - you're doing that on 'standalonesaved'. Isn't that too late ?  Shouldn't it be on 'savingstandalone' ? (I've not made a standalone on years, far less ever used either of those handlers, but based on their names, that seems like a possible idea :-) Alex. On 17/02/2020 22:57, Kaveh Baz

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-02-17 Thread Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode
> > >> >> > Sounds great Jacqueline. I will give it a go. :-) > Hi Jacqueline I tried but could not make it work. I have posted a minimal stack on the forum in case you get time to comment. https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=33678&p=188122#p188122 Thanks. I have learnt a lot alread

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-15 Thread Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode
On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 at 19:27, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 1/15/20 10:56 AM, Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode wrote: > > I want to be able to build standalones often, and I cannot distribute the > > code. So from what I understand I have to convert th

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-15 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 1/15/20 10:56 AM, Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode wrote: I want to be able to build standalones often, and I cannot distribute the code. So from what I understand I have to convert these back into standard stacks every just before making a standalone, then load them thro the Stacks tab (not Fi

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-15 Thread Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode
On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 at 16:49, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > [...] > > I don't think the SB does that on its own, and I'm not sure it's > something it should do automatically all the time. In the delivered app > is there (or should there be) a difference

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-15 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 1/14/20 8:54 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Mark Wieder wrote: > On 1/14/20 7:52 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: > >> Is it a bug that script-only stacks can't be imported into the >> stackfile to become binary substacks? >> > > They can, but it's a one-way opera

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-15 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 1/14/20 9:25 PM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode wrote: I've only used Github so I can't offer up a comparison. I've been happy with Github for the most part and my company has been working with it for a number of years. Same here. We investigated moving some repos to gitlab some time ago i

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-15 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 1/15/20 8:24 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: I REALLY need to start using GIT. I am running into that constantly. Are database schema changes gitable, or would I need to create a separate schema? Export the schema - it's a text file, so it's a good candidate for archiving. You won'

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-15 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I REALLY need to start using GIT. I am running into that constantly. Are database schema changes gitable, or would I need to create a separate schema? Bob S > On Jan 14, 2020, at 20:36 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 1/14/20 9:46 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: > >

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Trevor DeVore via use-livecode
On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 10:36 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 1/14/20 9:46 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: > > > Beyond backup across versions (since that's widely available in most > > cloud storage for even binary files), that Git features

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Trevor DeVore via use-livecode
On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 4:14 PM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Thanks, Trevor. That's a helpful outline. > > I haven't had a business case to support so many branches, but I can see > where it might be useful down the road. > > Any opinions on Github vs

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mark Wieder wrote: > On 1/14/20 7:52 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: > >> Is it a bug that script-only stacks can't be imported into the >> stackfile to become binary substacks? >> > > They can, but it's a one-way operation. Once you've done that the > substack and the script-only text

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 1/14/20 2:13 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Any opinions on Github vs Gitlab? SCaLE is coming up soon. Gitlab always has a table set up. They're good at answering the hard questions. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-liv

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 1/14/20 9:46 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Beyond backup across versions (since that's widely available in most cloud storage for even binary files), that Git features do you find most valuable? As in Trevor's description, the advantage of being able to create new branches

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 1/14/20 7:52 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Is it a bug that script-only stacks can't be imported into the stackfile to become binary substacks? They can, but it's a one-way operation. Once you've done that the substack and the script-only text file are two different entities

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Thanks, Trevor. That's a helpful outline. I haven't had a business case to support so many branches, but I can see where it might be useful down the road. Any opinions on Github vs Gitlab? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Trevor DeVore wrote: On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 11:47 AM Richa

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Trevor DeVore via use-livecode
On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 2:35 PM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Trevor DeVore wrote: > > > I use SoS extensively but I had never tried using the SB to encrypt them > as > > I use Levure. The Levure packaging library automatically encrypts script > > only s

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Trevor DeVore via use-livecode
On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 11:47 AM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > ... > > Help me motivate to move my Git transition forward sooner: > > Beyond backup across versions (since that's widely available in most > cloud storage for even binary files), that Git fe

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Trevor DeVore wrote: On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 1:13 PM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote: Exactly. I was hoping the Standalone Builder would do that if you choose to include external SoS in the standalone. What I found instead is that it doesn't being th

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Trevor DeVore via use-livecode
On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 1:13 PM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Exactly. I was hoping the Standalone Builder would do that if you > choose to include external SoS in the standalone. > > What I found instead is that it doesn't being them into the standalon

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Exactly. I was hoping the Standalone Builder would do that if you choose to include external SoS in the standalone. What I found instead is that it doesn't being them into the standalone stack file as substacks, nor even convert them to binary stack files in place. It just refuses to allow a

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode
That’s a great idea. :-) On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 18:30, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > My thought was that you'd use the text files during development and then > save them as binary with encryption for the final build. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | ja

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
My thought was that you'd use the text files during development and then save them as binary with encryption for the final build. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On January 14, 2020 11:38:06 AM Kaveh Bazargan via use-liveco

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
I use Nextcloud with my work folders, so backup with versions is automatic, and it keeps everything synced across my Mac, Linux, and Win boxes along with it. But my needs are modest. Because I rarely work in teams larger than three to five developers, and we assign tasks by skill focus so we

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode
The benefits of SoS are so important that I would hate to have to go back to binary again. Nothing like having pure text files to version, back up etc. so I am also hoping for an elegant solution to encode these in standalone. On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 17:31, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-liv

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Sure, and with the extra benefit that you wouldn't have to expose your code to end-users. That is, unless there's a way to include SoS in a standalone that includes encryption, such as an automated method in the Standalone Builder. I couldn't find one, but it seems like such a pervasive issue

Re: encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Wouldn't a binary script-only stack be the library stack we already have now? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On January 14, 2020 9:55:01 AM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Since script-only stacks contain only a

encrypting script-only stacks

2020-01-14 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Since script-only stacks contain only a script with no properties, they have no password property, and thus cannot be encrypted. I had thought that including them in the Stacks pane of the Standalone Builder might convert them to binary substacks, where the password could apply. No dice. Is