Re: Lion problem report and fix

2011-07-22 Thread Ian Wood
On 22 Jul 2011, at 06:30, Mark Wieder wrote: > Sean- > > Thursday, July 21, 2011, 10:22:30 PM, you wrote: > >> where is your application's bundle identifier, its >> name, or your company’s name. This must exactly match what is in >> iTunes Connect for the application. > > Since when did iTu

[ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

2011-07-22 Thread Andre Garzia
Folks, It is with immense happiness that I announce a new plugin called AAG|LayerComps. For those that know Adobe Photoshop, this is a recreation of its Layer Comps palette for LiveCode. It allows you to record the visibility and rects of controls in a given card and switch between those recorded

[OT] SVG graphics

2011-07-22 Thread Richmond Mathewson
I remember a while back some questions about how to "get at SVG graphics"; this seems to be the best bet at the present: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/ Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: OT: It's Android Jim, but not as we know it (what CPUs does Livecode compile to?)

2011-07-22 Thread Roger Eller
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:43 AM, Bernard Devlin wrote: > Thanks Roger, that sounds like the first hurdle will be overcome. As > a machine that I might carry with me to run admin/monitoring apps > written in Livecode, the Transformer is looking better. I've never > tried to see how much could be

Re: Lion problem report and fix

2011-07-22 Thread Richard Gaskin
Pete Haworth wrote: I guess the question here is where on earth are you supposed to put an application's files if you want them to be available to all users? It seems like /Library/Application Support makes sense but apparently Apple have decided otherwise. I hope they have published a guideli

Re: Detecting Different Versions of Livecode

2011-07-22 Thread Bob Cole
Here is the result from revLicenseInfo for me: Bob Cole Commercial 1 Windows,Mac OS X,Linux,Web,iOS,Server Local Bob ---Original Message--- Message: 29 Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:26:49 -0700 From: Mark Wieder To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Detecting Different Versions of Liveco

Re: [OT] SVG graphics

2011-07-22 Thread Bob Sneidar
Isn't this the format that CAD software sometimes uses? This could have implications for apps who want to employ scrollable floorplans and such. Bob On Jul 22, 2011, at 4:52 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > I remember a while back some questions about how to "get at SVG graphics"; > > this se

Re: Lion problem report and fix

2011-07-22 Thread Bob Sneidar
Wha??? Root is no longer the Super User?? That is what this amounts to. I am ready to issue a ban on Lion on this network until I can determine the impact this will have on usability. I think this is a step in the wrong direction for Apple. Bob On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:13 PM, Shao Sean wrote:

Re: Lion problem report and fix

2011-07-22 Thread Richard Gaskin
Read-only is distinct from owner. Root can change the permissions to allow writing, and then write. But I wouldn't do it. If Apple feels those should be read-only, there's probably a good reason for it. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworl

Re: Detecting Different Versions of Livecode

2011-07-22 Thread Bob Sneidar
I also have an evil twin. Although I have never met him, my associates assure me he exists. You can always tell it's him however. Ask him to spell his first name. He always spells it backwards. ;-) Bob On Jul 21, 2011, at 11:38 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Pete- > > Thursday, July 21, 2011, 11:1

Re: Lion problem report and fix

2011-07-22 Thread Pete Haworth
I don't think the rules have changed at all if I understand things correctly. Apple have just made it more difficult for people to abide by their own guidelines. They say Application Support is the place to put certain types of user files (and I assume that applies to both the user and system loc

Re: Lion problem report and fix

2011-07-22 Thread Bob Sneidar
oic I misread. Bob On Jul 22, 2011, at 8:45 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Read-only is distinct from owner. Root can change the permissions to allow > writing, and then write. > > But I wouldn't do it. If Apple feels those should be read-only, there's > probably a good reason for it. > > --

Re: Detecting Different Versions of Livecode

2011-07-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 7/22/11 1:38 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: Pete- Thursday, July 21, 2011, 11:11:30 PM, you wrote: I guess your name is in uppercase to differentiate you from the other Mark "lowercase" Wieder (set the casesensitive to true). Doh! Of course! That guy's always making problems for me. I thought

Re: [ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

2011-07-22 Thread Andre Garzia
Folks, I've just made a little update to this... v0.4 :-) On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Folks, > > It is with immense happiness that I announce a new plugin called > AAG|LayerComps. For those that know Adobe Photoshop, this is a recreation of > its Layer Comps palette

Re: OT: It's Android Jim, but not as we know it (what CPUs does Livecode compile to?)

2011-07-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 7/22/11 6:58 AM, Roger Eller wrote: I don't have anything on the Android Market. Unlike iOS, you can easily install an APK that LiveCode has built, so I could email you a test app. You simply check the box in your security settings to allow an install from unknown sources, then go to the a

OT: Go see Google today

2011-07-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
Google has another neat logo today. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Report #9630 Android SQLite has stopped working in 4.6.3

2011-07-22 Thread Ralph DiMola
SQLite has stopped working in 4.6.3 (dp1,2,3,RC1,Public release). If you do a "revOpenDatabase("sqlite", tDatabasePath, , , , )" the app just quits on the Android HW. And the origin of the of the crash has scrolled off the old android plug-in log viewer history. The IDE still works fine. 4.6.2 work

Exit the app via a close stack on the Android platform Report# 9632

2011-07-22 Thread Ralph DiMola
Top of Form If you try to exit the app via a close stack on the Android HW the app freezes. If you start the app again you get a black screen. Then if you try to test a new version(via test button) the HW locks up and only a battery removal will get you running again. Running the IDE on Win

Re: Exit the app via a close stack on the Android platform Report# 9632

2011-07-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 7/22/11 2:48 PM, Ralph DiMola wrote: Top of Form If you try to exit the app via a close stack on the Android HW the app freezes. If you start the app again you get a black screen. Then if you try to test a new version(via test button) the HW locks up and only a battery removal will get you

Bug Report# 9633 Android keystore file

2011-07-22 Thread Ralph DiMola
Top of Form In desktop shortcut for LC, the "Start in" folder points to "C:\Program Files\RunRev\LiveCode 4.6.x\". This seems normal enough. But if you specify a Keystore file in the Android standalone applications screen the IDE can't find it when building the app it unless y

Re: Bug Report# 9633 Android keystore file

2011-07-22 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Ralph, Why are you posting this? Do you have a question? -- 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 LiveCo

Accessing mySQL DB from stack utilizing revserver/irev/on-rev?

2011-07-22 Thread John Patten
Hi All I'm trying to get a handle on using on-rev and irev files on the server in combination with post commands and mysql queries directly from within a stack. Here's what I have so far: 1. One card with two fields (username & password) and a button. 2. mySQL table with records consi

RE: Bug Report# 9633 Android keystore file

2011-07-22 Thread Ralph DiMola
Yes I have a Question. Am I a bone-head or do I have a legitimate concern? If I'm a bone-head the tell what I did wrong and help me out. If it is a legitimate bug then this is an FYI on the bug report. I thought the users would like to know. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services

Lion: 10 Things that Bug Me

2011-07-22 Thread FlexibleLearning
I read this and thought of all the posts here... http://www.tuaw.com/2011/07/20/lion-ten-things-that-bug-me/ Hugh Senior FLCo ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your s

Re: [ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

2011-07-22 Thread Pete Haworth
That sounds great! If I'm understanding it correctly, it will get round one of my pet peeves about changing card layouts in the IDE - many of the changes cannot be undone and even if you close the card and say you don't want to save, the changes are already saved. Pete On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at

Re: Lion: 10 Things that Bug Me

2011-07-22 Thread Pete Haworth
Wow! I think I want to see Lion running on someone else's computer before upgrading, at least until they EOL Snow Leopard. Pete On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:55 PM, FlexibleLearning < ad...@flexiblelearning.com> wrote: > I read this and thought of all the posts here... > > http://www.tuaw.com/201

Re: Lion: 10 Things that Bug Me

2011-07-22 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 07/22/2011 11:55 PM, FlexibleLearning wrote: I read this and thought of all the posts here... http://www.tuaw.com/2011/07/20/lion-ten-things-that-bug-me/ Hugh Senior FLCo Well that does confirm my suspicions that as Software giants get bigger they get more arrogant and care less about th

Re: Lion problem report and fix

2011-07-22 Thread Scott Morrow
In the case of a "splash screen" application where the executable "appears" to have the ability to update itself by deleting the old stack files containing the UI / logic and downloading and running new stack file(s), where would be the best place to put the UI / Logic files? I had come to the c

Re: Lion: 10 Things that Bug Me

2011-07-22 Thread François Chaplais
from the same blog http://www.tuaw.com/2011/07/21/the-perils-of-bashing-an-os-youve-never-used/ Le 22 juil. 2011 à 22:55, FlexibleLearning a écrit : > I read this and thought of all the posts here... > > http://www.tuaw.com/2011/07/20/lion-ten-things-that-bug-me/ > > > Hugh Senior > FLCo > > _

Re: Lion: 10 Things that Bug Me

2011-07-22 Thread Bob Sneidar
That is a big leap, from "I don't like the way they changed things" or "There seems to be a disconnect between the developers and the end users" to the purely moral judgement, "They are arrogant and don't care about end users". While I share some of your frustrations, I have to say, I would not

Re: Lion problem report and fix

2011-07-22 Thread Ken Ray
On Jul 22, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Scott Morrow wrote: > In the case of a "splash screen" application where the executable "appears" > to have the ability to update itself by deleting the old stack files > containing the UI / logic and downloading and running new stack file(s), > where would be the

Re: [ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

2011-07-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 7/22/11 4:04 PM, Pete Haworth wrote: That sounds great! If I'm understanding it correctly, it will get round one of my pet peeves about changing card layouts in the IDE - many of the changes cannot be undone and even if you close the card and say you don't want to save, the changes are alread

Rejoice: I have received the DVD from the san jose conference

2011-07-22 Thread François Chaplais
Shipped from Edimburgh to my Paris suburb home. The bindings inside the DVD box were broken, but the disks seems to be OK. Thanks, RunRev! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and man

Re: Bug Report# 9633 Android keystore file

2011-07-22 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Ralph, If you are a bonehead, then it is only partly :-) I would expect to see the full filepath to the key file in the Android pane of the preferences window. Apparently, only the file name is stored in the preferences. I can see that this causes problems. In your case, you might want to k

Writing to and from a binary file?

2011-07-22 Thread Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab)
Hello All, I am new to LiveCode and am continuing to explore the language. Quick question... Is it possible to write to and from a binary file utilizing LiveCode? For example, is it possible to take a graphic file (for example) and split it into several unequal parts, and then put the parts ba

Re: Lion problem report and fix

2011-07-22 Thread Scott Morrow
ForIf it is inside the application bundle and that is inside the Applications folder then users with managed accounts won't be able to allow changes, as in the case of an update. Perhaps this is an unusual situation. On Jul 22, 2011, at 2:22 PM, Ken Ray wrote: > > On Jul 22, 2011, at 4:12 PM,

Re: Writing to and from a binary file?

2011-07-22 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Keith, Unless I misuderstand you, you should be able to do what you want using byte and binfile (and the read and write commands or the put url command). -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://

Re: Writing to and from a binary file?

2011-07-22 Thread Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab)
Thanks Mark. Would you happen to know of any examples out there especially for binary files? The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge. Daniel Boorstin - Original Message - From: "Mark Schonewille" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Friday,

Re: Writing to and from a binary file?

2011-07-22 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Keith, This is standard stuff. on example answer file "Select a binary file..." if it is not empty then put it into myFile open file myFile for binary read read from file myFile until EOF put it into myData close file myFile // do something with the data below this

Re: [ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

2011-07-22 Thread Pete Haworth
OK, thanks for that info, that will definitely help. I tend to be wary of setting anything with "destroy" in its name to true! However Andre's plugin is still a hugely useful tool. I just watched the video on his web site and it appears that you can revert to previous layouts of any stack at any

Re: [ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

2011-07-22 Thread Andre Garzia
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Pete Haworth wrote: > OK, thanks for that info, that will definitely help. I tend to be wary of > setting anything with "destroy" in its name to true! > > However Andre's plugin is still a hugely useful tool. I just watched the > video on his web site and it appe

Re: [ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

2011-07-22 Thread Pete Haworth
Thanks Andre, I just purchased it and so far it's working great! Pete On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Pete Haworth >wrote: > > > OK, thanks for that info, that will definitely help. I tend to be wary > of > > setting anything with "des

Re: [ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

2011-07-22 Thread Andre Garzia
Pete, Thanks for the support! :-) I hope you like it! This is just one of the many things I have in the oven :-) If you have any feedback or request, just mail me! Cheers andre On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Pete Haworth wrote: > Thanks Andre, I just purchased it and so far it's working gre

Re: Lion problem report and fix

2011-07-22 Thread Shao Sean
More information from Apple in regards to the ~/library/application support directory and what it is used for.. The Library directory is where applications and other code modules store their custom data files. Regardless of whether you are writing code for iOS or Mac OS X, understanding th

Schema Admin

2011-07-22 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi all. A few days ago I stumbled upon a livecode developer's site which purported to have a kind of SQL Schema manager, which allowed you to build a database and it would create links between like named columns and such. I cannot for the life of me find that again. I sent the person an email

Schema Admin

2011-07-22 Thread Bob Sneidar
Never mind I found it. It's Mark Wieder. Mark, are you out there? Hullooo? Give me a holler off list. I'd like to try and maybe buy your db Schema Generator. Bob > Hi all. > > A few days ago I stumbled upon a livecode developer's site which purported to > have a kind of SQL Schema manager,

Re: Detecting Different Versions of Livecode

2011-07-22 Thread Mark Wieder
Jacque- Friday, July 22, 2011, 11:33:45 AM, you wrote: > I thought it was capitalized because you're so IMPORTANT. I think it's more like when I was a kid and my parents used to call me in CAPITAL LETTERS. You could tell they were capital letters from a block away, which is usually where I was a

Re: Detecting Different Versions of Livecode

2011-07-22 Thread Mark Wieder
Bob- Friday, July 22, 2011, 8:49:53 AM, you wrote: > I also have an evil twin. Although I have never met him, my > associates assure me he exists. You can always tell it's him > however. Ask him to spell his first name. He always spells it > backwards. ;-) I've gotten emails from that guy. Don't

Re: [ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

2011-07-22 Thread Mark Wieder
Jacque- Friday, July 22, 2011, 2:26:00 PM, you wrote: > You can set the destroystack property for newly-created stacks in the > Files and Memory section of prefs. Unless you create stacks by script, in which case the destroyStack preference is ignored... sad but true... -- -Mark Wieder mwie..

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Re: [ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

2011-07-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 7/22/11 7:49 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Jacque- Friday, July 22, 2011, 2:26:00 PM, you wrote: You can set the destroystack property for newly-created stacks in the Files and Memory section of prefs. Unless you create stacks by script, in which case the destroyStack preference is ignored... sa

Re: [ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

2011-07-22 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 7/22/11 5:45 PM, Pete Haworth wrote: OK, thanks for that info, that will definitely help. I tend to be wary of setting anything with "destroy" in its name to true! You aren't the only one. It was an unfortunate choice of terminology, and it's scared most everyone at some point. It should b

Re: [ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

2011-07-22 Thread Mark Wieder
Jacque- Friday, July 22, 2011, 7:49:28 PM, you wrote: > On 7/22/11 7:49 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: >> Jacque- >> >> Friday, July 22, 2011, 2:26:00 PM, you wrote: >> >>> You can set the destroystack property for newly-created stacks in the >>> Files and Memory section of prefs. >> >> Unless you create

Re: [ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

2011-07-22 Thread Mark Wieder
Jacque- Friday, July 22, 2011, 7:51:51 PM, you wrote: > On 7/22/11 5:45 PM, Pete Haworth wrote: >> OK, thanks for that info, that will definitely help. I tend to be wary of >> setting anything with "destroy" in its name to true! > You aren't the only one. It was an unfortunate choice of termino

Re: [ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

2011-07-22 Thread Pete Haworth
I just noticed on Andre's video, it's called something like "Purge this stack" in his inspector - maybe that's a 4.6.3 change. I guess "Purge" is marginally better than "destroy"! Pete On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 7:51 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 7/22/11 5:45 PM, Pete Haworth wrote: > >> OK, th

Re: Writing to and from a binary file?

2011-07-22 Thread Phil Davis
Hi Keith - welcome to the community! Here is a code snippet I shared on the use-revolution list almost 2 years ago. It shows how to cut an image up into 10 'frames': http://www.mail-archive.com/use-revolution@lists.runrev.com/msg124691.html HTH - Phil Davis On 7/22/11 3:17 PM, Keith (Gulf B

Re: Lion: 10 Things that Bug Me

2011-07-22 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 07/23/2011 12:21 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: That is a big leap, from "I don't like the way they changed things" or "There seems to be a disconnect between the developers and the end users" to the purely moral judgement, "They are arrogant and don't care about end users". While I share some of yo