Re: Best practice for creating a resizable HUD-style widget stack background?

2011-03-16 Thread Keith Clarke
Hi Scott, Thanks for the response, comprehensive clarification and the link to the newsletter and hence, your demo stacks - all really useful stuff. I see now that managing these custom stack window shapes is (without wishing to sound critical of LiveCode) very similar to managing rounded recta

MySQL vs Postgres for revignitor

2011-03-16 Thread Keith Clarke
Hi folks, I'm just about to install a database behind revServer to start building out a web app and experimenting with revIgnitor. Are there any major LiveCode, revIgnitor or other usability or toolset issues I should be aware of before selecting Postgres over MySQL? Best, Keith.. __

Is it possible to adjust the border corner radius of a native rounded rectangle graphic?

2011-03-16 Thread Keith Clarke
Hi folks, The title says it all really. I can't find anything in the dictionary or via Google - can we break into this object's attributes somehow? Best, Keith.. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subsc

Re: Is it possible to adjust the border corner radius of a native rounded rectangle graphic?

2011-03-16 Thread BNig
Hi Keith, -- on mouseUp set the roundradius of grc 1 to 20 end mouseUp --- Look in the property inspector way down for the roundRadius or Corner Radius. Kind regards Bernd -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Is-it-possible-to-

Re: Is it possible to adjust the border corner radius of a native rounded rectangle graphic?

2011-03-16 Thread Keith Clarke
Hi Bernd, Brilliant, thanks. Wow - I've never even noticed the border section on the basic properties tab before! I guess that's the problem of setting the preference for LiveTalk property names to force some learning - not all the property descriptions (such as 'corner') are in the Dictionary

Re: Efficiency question for list modification

2011-03-16 Thread Peter Brigham MD
On Mar 12, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: You're right. Sorry - I was misled by the docs, which describe the order of the combine following the description of the 'first' form of the combine command, and then go on to describe the second form, including the fact that the keys of the

OT OS9 as a Virtual OS on a MacPro using OSX

2011-03-16 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Has anyone successfully installed a MacOS9 on an OSX machine as a virtual OS? I'm trying to resurrect some Classic documents and if that can be done it would make my job much easier. Or can I install Rosetta on my MacPro? Sure would be nice. Joe Lewis Wilkins Architect & Director of Product De

Re: OT OS9 as a Virtual OS on a MacPro using OSX

2011-03-16 Thread Mark Schonewille
Classic on Mac OS X 10.4 and earlier, SheepShaver on Mac OS X 10.5 and later. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 New: Download the Installer Maker Plug

Re: OT OS9 as a Virtual OS on a MacPro using OSX

2011-03-16 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Hi Mark, I don't understand what you are saying and maybe I wasn't very clear with what I would like to do. I want to be able to run some Classic Mac programs on an OS X 10.6+ MacPro. I think you're saying that I can install SheepShaver and will be able to do that then? TIA, Joe Lewis Wilkins

Re: OT OS9 as a Virtual OS on a MacPro using OSX

2011-03-16 Thread Mark Schonewille
Joe, Yes, exactly. SheepShaver is a Mac PPC emulator. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 New: Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.6 for LiveCode her

Re: Best practice for creating a resizable HUD-style widget stack background?

2011-03-16 Thread Nonsanity
You can probably get away with drag-to-resize a round-cornered window by changing to a square-cornered window when they start to drag, perhaps a transparent one. The round-cornered graphics can still be visible and expanding live. When they let go of the drag, re-calculate the round-cornered mask f

Re: OT OS9 as a Virtual OS on a MacPro using OSX

2011-03-16 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Thanks Mark. Joe Lewis Wilkins Architect & Director of Product Development for GSI On Mar 16, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Joe, > > Yes, exactly. SheepShaver is a Mac PPC emulator. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineer

SHOW TABLES

2011-03-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
Someone was asking about the Show Tables command and not getting anything back from the query. I got this out of the mySQL manual: If you have no privileges for a base table or view, it does not show up in the output from SHOW TABLES or mysqlshow db_name. I cannot imagine that you don't have pr

Re: Best practice for creating a resizable HUD-style widget stack background?

2011-03-16 Thread Keith Clarke
Thanks for the ideas Chris. I'm now convinced that for this particular HUD, the window shape size should not be too flexible but resize automatically, based on its contents. The user shouldn't have to worry about resizing the HUD - and this approach will also mitigate any risk of problems caused

Sort of OT: mysql and select from two tables...?

2011-03-16 Thread John Patten
Hi All... Thanks for the previous help on the on-rev php/mysql question. I have a question about the mysql select command, session_register, and selecting from two tables. I have one database with two tables. The tables are teacher_user and student_user. Each table has a unique teacher-

Re: Sort of OT: mysql and select from two tables...?

2011-03-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
You can use "SELECT session_user()" to get the currently logged in user. It's a synonym for "USER()". That help? Bob On Mar 16, 2011, at 12:15 PM, John Patten wrote: > Hi All... > > Thanks for the previous help on the on-rev php/mysql question. I have a > question about the mysql select comm

Re: Sort of OT: mysql and select from two tables...?

2011-03-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
hmmm... maybe "SELECT current_user()" Bob On Mar 16, 2011, at 12:15 PM, John Patten wrote: > Hi All... > > Thanks for the previous help on the on-rev php/mysql question. I have a > question about the mysql select command, session_register, and selecting from > two tables. > > I have one dat

Re: [ANN] RunRevPlanet Search

2011-03-16 Thread Scott McDonald
Hi Bob, >Just wanted to point out that your web site has the same copy for RRP-Gradient Explorer.rev >as it does for RRP-Grid-Share-Price-Demo.rev. Do you mean you found the links on the download page were to the same file? I checked and they appear correct, but perhaps I have misunderstood your

Re: Sort of OT: mysql and select from two tables...?

2011-03-16 Thread John Patten
Hi Bob... session_user() appears to give me something other than the current logged in user. It returns: myaccount_nameofdatabase This is what I did to test it out: $result = mysql_query( "SELECT session_user() FROM teacher_user" ) or die("SELECT Error: ".mysql_error()); $num_rows = mysql

SQL Gotchas

2011-03-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi kids. Just a little info. Seems that DEFAULT can be used with text types in sqLite, but NOT mySQL! . Also sqLite allows a data length to be defined for DATETIME but mySQL does NOT! I am beginning to understand why a lot of software vendors will only support one engine. Because the SQL betwe

Re: Sort of OT: mysql and select from two tables...?

2011-03-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
session_register is not a mySQL function, it is php. It is also deprecated, so it may or may not work depending on the version of php being used. I thought you were trying to get Livecode to tell you who the current logged in user was? current_user() or just user() works for me. Bob on mouse

Re: Best practice for creating a resizable HUD-style widget stack background?

2011-03-16 Thread Jim Lambert
List, Sorry if this comes thru twice. JimL ScottR wrote: > For round-rect windows, you need create the mask as nine separate objects, > scaling top/sides appropriately, and generating the mask from that. I've > done it, and as I mentioned, it works best when you have fixed sizes you > expand or

Re: [ANN] RunRevPlanet Search

2011-03-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
I will email you a private message with a screen shot. Bob On Mar 16, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Scott McDonald wrote: > Hi Bob, > >> Just wanted to point out that your web site has the same copy for > RRP-Gradient Explorer.rev >> as it does for RRP-Grid-Share-Price-Demo.rev. > > Do you mean you fou

Re: Best practice for creating a resizable HUD-style widget stack background?

2011-03-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
Is that exercise for the liver? Bob On Mar 16, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Jim Lambert wrote: > you can set the windowshape to 0 while they liveresize ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

LC-using Educators

2011-03-16 Thread Judy Perry
I'm in a bit of a pickle... can LC-using educators please contact me off-list? TIA, Judy ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lis

Re: LC-using Educators

2011-03-16 Thread Nicolas Cueto
> I'm in a bit of a pickle... can LC-using educators please contact me > off-list? Yes? -- Nicolas Cueto ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferenc

More regex madness

2011-03-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi all. I read over the regex specifications, and I am more confused than ever. I want to find, say any text and "varchar" and any text and "default" and any text. I would think that: matchText("varchar(255) default `Yes`", "*varchar*default*") would return true, but no. I get: Message exec

Re: Best practice for creating a resizable HUD-style widget stack background?

2011-03-16 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Jim Lambert wrote: > You can also generate a rounded appearance with just one object. > > 1 - create a rounded rectangle graphic with the corner radii you want, say 30. > 2 - name it "myMask" > 3 - make it opaque & invisible > 4 - set its rect to the card's rect > 5 - set its geometry t

On-Rev mySQL-PHP

2011-03-16 Thread -=>JB<=-
I am trying to install a web development program named ExpressionEngine on my on-rev account and am having problems with mySQL and PHP. The software has a compatibility tester and it returns a problem with PHP. It needs MySQL (Version 4.1+) support in PHP They told me it might need an PHP exten

Re: [ANN] RunRevPlanet Search

2011-03-16 Thread Scott McDonald
Thanks very much. - -- Scott McDonald "Components, Controls, Tools and Resources for LiveCode" www.runrevplanet.com -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/ANN-RunRevPlanet-Search-tp3353007p3383550.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archi

Re: More regex madness

2011-03-16 Thread Mike Bonner
the * matches any number of chars matching the preceeding char. so *varchar*will try to match varcharrr To do what you want, use the period which stand for any char. So.. ".*varchar.*default.*" might be closer to what you want. Can be some weird results depending on whats in the string that is

Re: More regex madness

2011-03-16 Thread Mike Bonner
Oh, also, there is a regex builder plugin thingy that is pretty useful, and should be installed in the ide by default. On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: > the * matches any number of chars matching the preceeding char. > so *varchar*will try to match varcharrr > To do what

Re: est practice for creating a resizable HUD-style widget stack background?

2011-03-16 Thread Jim Lambert
BobS wrote: > Is that exercise for the liver? I'll drink to that! Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.c

Re: Sort of OT: mysql and select from two tables...?

2011-03-16 Thread John Patten
I was just trying to get this to work straight with php and mysql, at least first off. I remember hearing others say the revmobile does not allow for LiveCode 's mySQL commands to work from within a mobile app. I thought I had heard, if you can just call "post" commands from within your revmobil

Re: On-Rev mySQL-PHP

2011-03-16 Thread Peter W A Wood
JB > Who should be contacted to resolve this problem? I have used http://on-rev.com/support/contact-us/ or email to on-...@runrev.com to get assistance with on-rev. Peter ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this ur

Share this Stack

2011-03-16 Thread Thomas McGrath III
I seem to remember a way to 'remove' some special setting or tag from a stack that was shared on RevOnline. Does anyone remember how to remove that? -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use

Re: On-Rev mySQL-PHP

2011-03-16 Thread -=>JB<=-
Thank you for the info. I will give it a try. -=>JB<=- On Mar 16, 2011, at 8:03 PM, Peter W A Wood wrote: > JB > >> Who should be contacted to resolve this problem? > > I have used http://on-rev.com/support/contact-us/ or email to > on-...@runrev.com to get assistance with on-rev. > > Pet

secure comm between app and server

2011-03-16 Thread Phil Davis
I want to make the communication secure between my desktop app (and later a mobile app) and a LC CGI script on my server. I have HTTPS turned on and certificate in place, but don't know how much of that is needed. How do I do it? I have no clue. If it's easier to do it with revServer (aka "ire

Re: secure comm between app and server

2011-03-16 Thread Paul Looney
Phil, Would it suffice to encrypt the data? Paul Looney On Mar 16, 2011, at 9:51 PM, Phil Davis wrote: I want to make the communication secure between my desktop app (and later a mobile app) and a LC CGI script on my server. I have HTTPS turned on and certificate in place, but don't know how

Re: secure comm between app and server

2011-03-16 Thread Phil Davis
I dunno. I think I would still want to send the data through the SSL tunnel that HTTPS uses, or something like it. The data will contain commands that make things happen from remote locations. I'm just now reading a Wikipedia article about HTTPS - good stuff! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Https