OT: App Software Warranty?

2015-02-15 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hello, In former times at the end of last century and beginning of this century a software user was aware, that the chance that his software would run on a new system was against 0 and he had to care about new versions, drivers etc. before he migrated to a new system. Nowadays, with the new "app"

Passing control away and back again

2015-02-15 Thread Graham Samuel
This is probably very dumb, but I've got into a muddle thinking about " 'Go To' Considered Harmful", if anyone is old enough to remember that Dutch utterance... anyway: In LC, really everything is dealt with in handlers which begin, execute and end and can be nested within one another. So how d

Re: Passing control away and back again

2015-02-15 Thread Tore Nilsen
Why don’t you just register the missing parts in a variabel, go on with the preOpenStack script and then, depending on what is missing, go to a card where the user then can enter the information needed. When the information is registered the user will be taken to the application itself with all

Re: Passing control away and back again

2015-02-15 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 2/15/2015 7:14 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: > This is probably very dumb, but I've got into a muddle thinking about " 'Go > To' Considered Harmful", if anyone is old enough to remember that Dutch > utterance... anyway: > > In LC, really everything is dealt with in handlers which begin, execute and

Re: Reverse a list

2015-02-15 Thread Dave Cragg
Peter, I don’t follow. If I change the repeat portion of your code to use repeat n times as below, the speed doesn’t change. And the speed scales linearly in both cases if the size of the data set is increased. put the keys of pList into indexList put the number of lines of indexList into i put

Re: Reverse a list

2015-02-15 Thread Peter M. Brigham
My mistake. You are correct that the two are equally efficient. It was an error in my timing test handler. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Feb 15, 2015, at 7:56 AM, Dave Cragg wrote: > Peter, > > I don’t follow. If I change the repeat portion of y

Re: Passing control away and back again

2015-02-15 Thread Graham Samuel
Tore and Paul thanks for your ultra-rapid replies - and on a Sunday, too! Actually I don't understand Tore's solution at all, sorry. I simply can't follow what structure is being suggested. (As and aside, I don't want to use a 'preOpenStack' stack script because I want a script that is executed

Re: Passing control away and back again

2015-02-15 Thread Tore Nilsen
I’ll admit my explanation wasn’t as thorough as it should have been. I was thinking along the same lines as Paul though, splitting the startup procedure in appropriate parts as sub handlers which could be performed individually. Instead of opening another stack if certain criteria were met, you

Re: Passing control away and back again

2015-02-15 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 4:14 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: > 2. To get the user input, the script does a 'go to' (which is really an > 'open') to a special stack for this input. Eventually, the data is input > and checked, and the user clicks say an "OK" button to get back to the > startup process. >

[OT] Shumway

2015-02-15 Thread Richmond
I have been getting "odd" messages about Flash across about 10 devices running various Debian derivatives . . . Initially went for Pepper Flash Player [ https://wiki.debian.org/PepperFlashPlayer ], but as not very keen on Chrome as a browser (although it does work with Firefox), I am now playi

Re: [OT?] Legitimising a developer as a 'publisher' in Windows 7

2015-02-15 Thread Charles Szasz
Bob, I saw your posting on Rev listserv. I got my windows code signing certificate last Friday from Comodo. I tried using Ksoftware’s utility on the Windows XP partition on my Mac but it cannot access the certificates. Any suggestions? Charles Szasz csz...@mac.com _

Code signing Windows apps on a Mac Dilemena

2015-02-15 Thread Charles Szasz
I saw the posting on Rev listserv about code signing on Windows 7. I finally broke down and purchased a windows code signing certificate last Friday from Comodo. It took several days to complete the process. I tried using Ksoftware’s utility on the Windows XP partition on my Mac but it cann

Re: Passing control away and back again

2015-02-15 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 2/15/2015 10:02 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: > But I do understand Paul's, which was very near the approach I was thinking > of taking myself. I suppose I am still worried about the 'send'. Sending > isn't calling, is it? I mean, in principle, a handler like "dopart2" in > Paul's example will be

Re: Passing control away and back again

2015-02-15 Thread J. Landman Gay
On February 15, 2015 10:41:42 AM CST, Paul Dupuis wrote: >On 2/15/2015 10:02 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: >> But I do understand Paul's, which was very near the approach I was >thinking of taking myself. I suppose I am still worried about the >'send'. Sending isn't calling, is it? I mean, in principle

Re: Code signing Windows apps on a Mac Dilemena

2015-02-15 Thread tbodine
Hi Charles. Did you do the step of exporting your certificate out of Safari? (See http://certhelp.ksoftware.net/support/solutions/articles/17159-how-do-i-export-my-code-signing-certificate-from-safari-) I believe you'll need to copy the exported file to the Windows side of your Mac. I don't think

Re: Code signing Windows apps on a Mac Dilemena

2015-02-15 Thread Charles Szasz
Thanks for responding to my request. I used Safari on my computer. I will try your suggestion after church. Thanks again! Sent from my iPhone ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe an

Re: Passing control away and back again

2015-02-15 Thread Peter Haworth
The -1 trick is new to me, good to know. What's the problem with using a modal stack as suggested by Doc Hawkins? The initial code waits until the modal stack closes before continuing - isn't that the requirement? As for where to put the startup code, card 1 of the main stack has always worked fo

Re: Answer File DIalog

2015-02-15 Thread Peter Haworth
Added QCC report # 14615 On Sat Feb 14 2015 at 7:24:27 PM J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 2/14/2015 7:24 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > > What I'm looking for is a menu > > of encoding types (UTF8, UTF16, etc). If you're on a Mac, run Textedit > and > > choose Open from the File menu and you'll see what

Re: Filename of an image

2015-02-15 Thread Peter Haworth
Thanks Jacque, added my $0.02 worth but it's been around since 2013 so not holding my breath for it to be fixed any time soon. On Sat Feb 14 2015 at 7:17:32 PM J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 2/14/2015 6:32 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > > If I set the filename of an image, it correctly loads that file i

Re: Answer File DIalog

2015-02-15 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Haworth wrote: > When I select Open from the Textedit File menu, I see a dropdown menu > of encodings to be used when I select a file. > > Is there a way to have that menu appear with the LC answer file > dialog? This isn't a filter option, but merely a way for the user to provide additio

Re: Cover the complete dual screen desktop with a stack?

2015-02-15 Thread Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D
Hi, and thanks to all. You put me in the right direction… Matthias ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman

Re: Filename of an image

2015-02-15 Thread Peter Haworth
Found how to do this. Instead of setting the filename of the image, load the contents of the file into a variable then set the text of the image to the variable. On Sun Feb 15 2015 at 10:19:19 AM Peter Haworth wrote: > Thanks Jacque, added my $0.02 worth but it's been around since 2013 so not >

Re: Code signing Windows apps on a Mac Dilemena

2015-02-15 Thread Charles Szasz
Tom, I don’t know. But how do I recognize the certificate in my Keychain? Is in Certificates or My Certificates? I found the following in the Certificates folder: Comodo RSA Certification Authority Comodo RSA Code Signing CA Comodo SHA-256 Client Authentication and secure Email CA Is the last

Re: Code signing Windows apps on a Mac Dilemena

2015-02-15 Thread Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D
the 2nd one should do. Comodo RSA Code Signing CA. Matthias > Am 15.02.2015 um 22:01 schrieb Charles Szasz : > > Tom, > > I don’t know. But how do I recognize the certificate in my Keychain? Is in > Certificates or My Certificates? I found the following in the Certificates > folder: > > C

Re: Code signing Windows apps on a Mac Dilemena

2015-02-15 Thread Charles Szasz
Matthias, I am going to try it now. Thanks! Charles Szasz csz...@mac.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/

Re: Code signing Windows apps on a Mac Dilemena

2015-02-15 Thread Charles Szasz
Tom, I followed your directions. I exported using KeyChain to the Parallels applications folder. There I sent the file to my documents folder. The file already had a .pdx extension. I then launched the Ksoftware Utility and open my documents folder. However, it did not show up in the Open me

Re: Code signing Windows apps on a Mac Dilemena

2015-02-15 Thread Charles Szasz
Tom, I tried this process again. Using Safari, I downloaded the coding certificate to my download folder on the Mac. Now, how I export the certificate to my Windows XP using Safari? Charles Szasz csz...@mac.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-

Re: Code signing Windows apps on a Mac Dilemena

2015-02-15 Thread Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D
Hi Charles, i´ve done a little screen recording (about 12mb) which shows the steps from exporting from keychain to using it with the KSoftware signing tool. You can find it here: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/xn4dc4rtz8epcmo/index.html But in short: Just move the exported file to your windows pc or

Re: Code signing Windows apps on a Mac Dilemena

2015-02-15 Thread Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D
What i forgot. If your certificate is not listed in the keychain app, then you have to add it by double clicking on the downloaded file. That would open keychain and add it automatically to your certificates. After that you can export it again as .p12 to use it on other machines. > Am 15.02.2

Re: Long IDE pauses?

2015-02-15 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Bernard Devlin wrote: > I am currently working with 6.7, and I'm seeing the IDE freeze for maybe 30 > seconds at a time. I've got the message watcher open, and it's not like > there's lots going on. > Sometimes I see a small LC window pop up for a second then dis

Bill Gates, LiveCode and Education

2015-02-15 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Recently, I was reading this interview: http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/22/7870497/bill-gates-interview-future-verge-guest-editor and noticed how the same great ideas from the 80's about hypertext, education and the computer revolution will be fulfilled by smartphones. "Before a chil

Re: Code signing Windows apps on a Mac Dilemena

2015-02-15 Thread tbodine
According to K Software tutorial, "Open Keychain access, click on the *My Certificates* category and your certificate should be in the list shown. Just right-click and export and you're finished!" Checking my own certificate, it says the common name is "COMODO RSA Code Signing CA". HTH, Tom BOdin

Re: Stream Video in LC Player

2015-02-15 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
I’m playing audio off a server in a player. I noticed just today that this file will only play the first 10 seconds or so and always stop in LC 6.1.3 (uses QT) but play properly in Safari: http://artsinteractive.info//MITA/MITA_audio03/497-StraussR-Rosenkavalier-Act3Concl.mov Plays corr