AW: Lion snapshot trouble - solved

Just to give the list a feedback in case the next one stumbles over it. Taking a snapshot of a player object with video has changed from Snow Leopard to Lion. If it is the OSX or LC I don't know. In Lion I now have to set the alwaysBuffer of the player to true before taking the snapshot (and setti

Re: [livecodeServer] new header error

Anyone . . . ? Ralf On 15.08.2011, at 13:35, Ralf Bitter wrote: > > Hello, > > please, could anybody confirm that "put new header" > is broken with the latest version of the server engine? > > I get a "can't find handler (header)" error. > > "put header" still works, though. > > > Ralf

Re: [livecodeServer] new header error

Le 17 août 2011 à 12:17, Ralf Bitter a écrit : > > Anyone . . . ? >From the 4_6_4_dp_2-Server release Notes: >http://www.runrev.com/downloads/livecode/4_6_4/LiveCodeNotes-4_6_4_dp_2-Server.pdf > (page 15) : 4.6.4-dp-2 (2011-08-16) MM Fixed bug with put new header. Should it works now ? > >

Re: [livecodeServer] new header error

Pierre, thank you, I really should learn to read change histories from bottom up. Ralf On 17.08.2011, at 12:27, Pierre Sahores wrote: > > Le 17 août 2011 à 12:17, Ralf Bitter a écrit : > >> >> Anyone . . . ? > > From the 4_6_4_dp_2-Server release Notes: > http://www.runrev.com/download

Re: [OT] More Apple Foolishness

I have a cloud backed storage piece of software that has a WebDAV front end and multiple back ends. The idea was to make a PAYG service of that, but we thought there wouldn't be interest. It works with win/lin/osx/ios/androud clients. Are you telling me I should revisit this business decision? C

Re: Grabbing the Date and Time From a Time Server on the Internet

I too am scratching my head on that one, Bob. Gregory On Tue, Aug 16, 2011, at 6:46 PM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:31:13 -0700 > From: Bob Sneidar > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Re: Grabbing the Date and Time From a Time Server

Re: Retrieving Date and Time From The Internet

Folks, this thread made me curious... I present to you a simple SNTP stack go stack "http://andregarzia.com/stacks/libNTPToy.livecode"; It is a quick and dirty implementation with no error checking. It has one function getTime(), you pass the NTP server and it returns the current date and time

Re: Grabbing the Date and Time From a Time Server on the Internet

Folks, See the other thread... I created a simple NTP stack... go stack url "http://andregarzia.com/stacks/libNTPToy.livecode"; ;-) It is a silly implementation, really naive but it works... On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Gregory Lypny wrote: > I too am scratching my head on that one, Bob.

Re: Retrieving Date and Time From a Remote Computer

Hi Jacqueline, Yes, the date and time must be embedded in the file. An example would be that of subjects participating in an experiment where the client app is the vehicle running it. The app may be a simple questionnaire or a simulation that tracks their choices and activities. The response

Re: Using the Detailed Files Function to Get Info From a Remote Machine

Thank you, Roger. This ought to do the trick! Regards, Gregory On Tue, Aug 16, 2011, at 6:46 PM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > If all you need is the modified date/time of a file from an FTP site, the > MDTM command works well. > > put libURLftpCommand("MDTM " & pathToFile,

Re: Retrieving Date and Time From The Internet

Much obliged, Scott. Gregory On Tue, Aug 16, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > A fun challenge. Here's one option, limited to a single time (US Eastern), > with no guarantee of reliability (can any Web-based service truly claim > this?): > > function timeStamp > put url "http://www.ato

Re: Using the Detailed Files Function to Get Info From a Remote Machine

Folks, on the previous threads I shared a little NTP library :-) Cheers andre On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Gregory Lypny wrote: > Thank you, Roger. This ought to do the trick! > > Regards, > > Gregory > > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011, at 6:46 PM, use-livecode-request@lists.runrev.comwrote: > >

Re: LiveCode.tv event needs you

So no one actually wants those events to happen? On 16 Aug 2011, at 05:34, Björnke von Gierke wrote: > I mean you specifically. > > To continue the livecode.tv event, we need presenters. please consider doing > a tutorial, or introduce a stack that you made, or a commercial project where > you

Re: Using the Detailed Files Function to Get Info From a Remote Machine

Hi Andre, Sorry, I made a mistake: there are no timestamps for files that have never been modified. Gregory On Tue, Aug 16, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:08:02 -0300 > From: Andre Garzia > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Re: Using the Deta

Re: LiveCode.tv event needs you

Björnke, I think I can commit to organize one event per month. Will this help? Cheers andre 2011/8/17 Björnke von Gierke > So no one actually wants those events to happen? > > On 16 Aug 2011, at 05:34, Björnke von Gierke wrote: > > > I mean you specifically. > > > > To continue the livecode.tv

Re: LiveCode.tv event needs you

Björnke, people, I think people do appreciate the events, as long as they don't need to do anything for it. Some people think they have nothing to say, others are too shy or keep telling to themselves that they're too busy. Unfortunately, this isn't how it works, because these events don't just

Re: LiveCode.tv event needs you

Mark, I replied :-) I can help organize the event once per month, this is 25% help! :-) On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > Björnke, people, > > I think people do appreciate the events, as long as they don't need to do > anything

Ask Password and Login Screen

Hello everyone, I’m building a startup stack with a sign-in requiring a user ID and password. I would use LiveCode’s built-in Ask Password command but that provides only a password field. What I have so far is fine except that I’d like to be able to provide privacy for the entry of the passwo

Re: LiveCode.tv event needs you

Mark, I have not yet attended an event (new to livecode), but if I can help I will. Mike Felker Mark Schonewille wrote: >Björnke, people, > >I think people do appreciate the events, as long as they don't need to do >anything for it. Some people think they have nothing to say, others are too

Re: Another Docu question

Ah, there you go, you really should not insert the same stack twice in the plugin folder, with slightly different filenames :) On 15 Aug 2011, at 19:47, Pete wrote: > Thanks but still getting the same problem. the plugin does work after is > has rebuilt the database but it still rebuilds it eve

Re: Another Docu question

Oh right, if you're sure it still happens, after deleting the doubled stack, you could try to send me the stack, and the full path of the bvg docu folder (in the plugin folder), then i can look at the customproperties and see if there's a problem with how it saves the path internally. Or you ca

Re: Ask Password and Login Screen

Hi Gregory, I do this in an application. It requires an email address and a password to get access to data on a remote db served up through web services. Basically, I just have a form with a username and a password field control from http://droptools.sonsothunder.com/all.irev It has a checkbox t

Re: Ask Password and Login Screen

Gregory, I have a stack on Rev Online called "Password Field" that demonstrates a technique for password fields that use bullet characters instead of asterisks. It could easily be adapted to non-password fields. Devin On Aug 17, 2011, at 8:27 AM, Gregory Lypny wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I’

Re: Ask Password and Login Screen

Devin, Where can I download this password field example. Mike On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:42:11 -0600, Devin Asay wrote: > Gregory, > > I have a stack on Rev Online called "Password Field" that demonstrates a technique for password fields that use bullet characters instead of asterisks. It

Re: Retrieving Date and Time From The Internet

You guys never cease to amaze me. Well done! Now if a single developer can produce results like this overnight, I wonder why the very capable devs at RunRev cannot create a world time that does the same thing? Bob > Folks, > > this thread made me curious... > > I present to you a simple SNT

Re: Ask Password and Login Screen

Do the bullets show up as bullets in Windows as well as Mac? I know the option-8 ascii code on the Mac is not the bullet on the PC. Bob On Aug 17, 2011, at 8:42 AM, Devin Asay wrote: > Gregory, > > I have a stack on Rev Online called "Password Field" that demonstrates a > technique for pass

Re: Ask Password and Login Screen

On Aug 17, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Admin wrote: > > > Devin, > > Where can I download this password field example. > > Mike > Hi Mike, Launch LiveCode, then click on the User Samples icon in the tool bar. That will get you to Rev Online. In the left-hand search panel, click All or Stack then

Re: Ask Password and Login Screen

revonline seems to be down. I can log in but I cannot see any files. It hangs on retrieving information. Bob On Aug 17, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Devin Asay wrote: > > On Aug 17, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Admin wrote: > >> >> >> Devin, >> >> Where can I download this password field example. >> >> Mik

Re: Another Docu question

I downloaded bvg_docu_2.rev directly info my Plugins folder. Next time I ran LC, docu went through it's db creation process and the other stack (BvG Docu 2.rev) turned up in my plugins folder. I just removed the original stack (bvg_docu_2) from my plugins folder and now everything works fine agai

Re: Retrieving Date and Time From The Internet

Hi Stephen Barncard and Andre Garzia, Cool functions! Thank you for sharing. Never thought my original question was going to kick up so much dust! Gregory ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscrib

AW: LiveCode.tv event needs you

Hi Mark and Björnke, just to add my 2 cents. I appreciate your initiative and work, though I havn't participated yet at your great events. One of the reasons is a small internet line (which gets increased hopefully next month). I don't know, but probably you have done it, if you have discussed the

Re: Ask Password and Login Screen

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Gregory Lypny wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I’m building a startup stack with a sign-in requiring a user ID and > password. I would use LiveCode’s built-in Ask Password command but that > provides only a password field. What I have so far is fine except that I’d

Re: AW: LiveCode.tv event needs you

I like the idea, of changing weekdays and times. We thought about that at the beginning, but decided against it to produce a regular and dependable schedule. But then, there's always recordings, right? In general we're open to any date, format and even almost any topic. We allow most commercial

Re: Double byte trouble

On 08/16/2011 10:51 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi Richmond, I wrote this yesterday already. The availability of byte and char indicate that RunRev is aware of this problem. Unfortunately, RunRev hasn't actually taken action to solve it yet. For now, it is just a fact that fields who have the

Re: Ask Password and Login Screen

Thanks Devin, It’s exactly what I need. I’ll play with the handler in the behaviour button a bit so that it distinguishes between the user ID field and the password field. Regards, Gregory On Wed, Aug 17, 2011, at 1:00 PM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > Gregory, > > I hav

Re: Building external for iOS: No such file or directory

Hi Mark, What OS are you on? I'm running Lion, and LiveCode and Lion have been known to not play well together. I've just gotten into iOS externals development myself. I've seen the same issues you are seeing with building externals for iOS, in particular the "Startup error: failed to load exte

Re: referring to object names stored in variables

I'm now getting this image of Colin, (ever so slightly slurred and blurred)... "Waiter, another bottle of the Château La Code àpres-ligne 4.6.3 - this one is definitely corked!" :-) On 15 Aug 2011, at 02:30, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 8/14/11 5:42 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: > >> The problem ca

Re: Retrieving Date and Time From The Internet

Gregory, please give me feedback if you are able to query your ntp server with my stack! cheers andre On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Gregory Lypny wrote: > Hi Stephen Barncard and Andre Garzia, > > Cool functions! Thank you for sharing. Never thought my original question > was going to kick

DataGrid Allow Editing of Columns Only?

Anyone know if it's possible to restrict editing of datagrid cells by column? I would like to allow cell editing for specific columns in a datagrid, while keeping data in other columns locked so that a double click in the locked column triggers a mouseDoubleUp message. Is it possible to do this?

Re: DataGrid Allow Editing of Columns Only?

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Anyone know if it's possible to restrict editing of datagrid cells by > column? > > I would like to allow cell editing for specific columns in a datagrid, while > keeping data in other columns locked so that a double click in the locked > colum

Re: Ask Password and Login Screen

On Aug 17, 2011, at 10:18 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Do the bullets show up as bullets in Windows as well as Mac? I know the > option-8 ascii code on the Mac is not the bullet on the PC. > > Bob Yes, it has worked correctly for me in both mac and win, but it doesn't work right in Linux. Devin

Re: DataGrid Allow Editing of Columns Only?

Thanks Slug -- guess I didn't read far enough into the docs :-) Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design Recently, zryip theSlug wrote: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: >> Anyone know if it's possible to restrict editing of datagrid cells by >> col

Re: Exporting vector images

On 08/17/2011 03:02 AM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Hi Richmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote: [snip] HOWEVER; I am bu**ered if I am going to have an app with an accompanying directory full of, say, 5,000 EPS files; that is real monkey business. Actually, it's only 1522 letters that you could stor

Re: DataGrid Allow Editing of Columns Only?

I've found that dgcolumniseditable only seems to affect text columns. If you have customised a column to include, for example, an option menu, you can still select an option from it even if the dgcolumniseditable is set to false. The only difference that property seems to make on non-text columns

Re: Building external for iOS: No such file or directory

Hi Brent, I'm using XCode 4.0.2, LiveCode 4.6.3 and Mac OS X 10.6.8. I spent a lot of time building externals already and don't remember where the "no such file or directory" error came from (and you didn't quote the previous e-mail so I don't know the exact context but I assume you're addressi

Re: DataGrid Allow Editing of Columns Only?

Another DG question... Any way to disable sorting of a column or all columns? Ideally I would like to prevent the sort arrow from showing up at all in the column header, but I can live with it if necessary. Thanks & Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design Recently, zry

Re: DataGrid Allow Editing of Columns Only?

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Another DG question... So another answer. 8) > Any way to disable sorting of a column or all columns?  Ideally I would like > to prevent the sort arrow from showing up at all in the column header, but I > can live with it if necessary. It e

Re: DataGrid Allow Editing of Columns Only?

oh this one is going on my evernote... On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:36 PM, zryip theSlug wrote: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Scott Rossi > wrote: > > Another DG question... > > So another answer. 8) > > > Any way to disable sorting of a column or all columns? Ideally I would > like > > to p

Re: DataGrid Allow Editing of Columns Only?

Thank you again, Slug. :-) Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design Recently, zryip theSlug wrote: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: >> Another DG question... > > So another answer. 8) > >> Any way to disable sorting of a column or all columns?

Re: DataGrid Allow Editing of Columns Only?

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Pete wrote: > I've found that dgcolumniseditable only seems to affect text columns. If you > have customised a column to include, for example, an option menu, you can > still select an option from it even if the dgcolumniseditable is set to > false.  The only diff

Re: DataGrid Allow Editing of Columns Only?

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Thank you again, Slug.  :-) You're welcome 8) In addition, some interesting lessons about column sorting: http://lessons.runrev.com/spaces/lessons/manuals/datagrid/lessons/7330?resolve=true http://lessons.runrev.com/spaces/lessons/manuals/d

Re: OT: Slideshow Image CMS Best Practice

Thanks for the tip about Galleria; I currently use boring old HTML galleries, and am just about to convert to something more exciting for a couple of websites, so this tip comes at just the right time to save me some effort :-) Before I get to folder conventions, I should just mention the use

A library of image ids

I have several image ids referred to from buttons that I want to include in my application. Some of them are referred to from multiple stacks. Before I go charging down the wrong path, could someone enlighten me as to where and in what order LC searches for images. Is it possible to place them i

How To Edit Datagrid Column Template?

Continuing work on a datagrid and can't figure out how to edit the column template of a specific column... I'm looking at the RunRev lesson on editing the column template. Apparently the column whose template I want to edit already has a custom behavior associated with it, so I can't click the "A

Re: How To Edit Datagrid Column Template?

Yes, it's confusing! Have you already tried customising a column by clicking the column behavior button? That should be the only way it would be highlighted and the add button disabled. From the way you describe it, here's what I think you should see First click the Row Template button as you m

Re: A library of image ids

On 8/17/11 5:28 PM, Pete wrote: I have several image ids referred to from buttons that I want to include in my application. Some of them are referred to from multiple stacks. Before I go charging down the wrong path, could someone enlighten me as to where and in what order LC searches for image

Re: LiveCode.tv event needs you

Mike, As someone who is "new to livecode," what would you be interested in seeing? Judy On Wed, 17 Aug 2011, Mike Felker wrote: I have not yet attended an event (new to livecode), but if I can help I will. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-liveco

Re: A library of image ids

On Aug 17, 2011, at 7:28 PM, Pete wrote: > I have several image ids referred to from buttons that I want to include in > my application. Some of them are referred to from multiple stacks. Before > I go charging down the wrong path, could someone enlighten me as to where > and in what order LC s

Re: Praise for Screensteps Pro

On Aug 16, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Martin, > > I've built manuals for myself using Screensteps, it is a great product! Amen! I'm actually using it to create my web-based help for Stykz - it allows me to use the same content on the Stykz web site as well as locally in the app,

Re: LiveCode.tv event needs you

Judy, For one, I would like to see how to make applications that actually work using the web deloyment module (revlet player). Mike On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:53:51 -0700 (PDT), Judy Perry wrote: > Mike, > > As someone who is "new to livecode," what would you be interested in > seeing? >

Re: How To Edit Datagrid Column Template?

Recently, Pete wrote: > Yes, it's confusing! Have you already tried customising a column by > clicking the column behavior button? That should be the only way it would > be highlighted and the add button disabled. From the way you describe it, > here's what I think you should see > ... OK, wel

Re: How To Edit Datagrid Column Template?

I haven't looked at the online lesson for a while but I'm glad you got it figured out. The datagrid is a great tool but it takes a bit of getting used to! Pete Molly's Revenge On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Recently, Pete wrote: > > > Yes

Re: A library of image ids

Thanks Ken. Reads like a legal document! Pete Molly's Revenge On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Ken Ray wrote: > > On Aug 17, 2011, at 7:28 PM, Pete wrote: > > > I have several image ids referred to from buttons that I want to include > in > > my application.