Possible Change to Load URL?

2015-10-19 Thread Scott Rossi
Hi List: I'm trying to figure out why launching stacks using "load url..." and a status callback continues repeating the callback message after a "downloaded" status message is received. Calling "unload url..." doesn't kill the callback (checking the result shows empty as if it succeeded), and th

slow down of building standalone in 6.7.

2015-10-19 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hello, Probably this was already discussed, but I don't find the thread. There is a drastic slowdown in saving as standalone between LC 6.5 and LC 6.7 (didn't tested 6.6). Where one program took about 20 secs in 6.5, it takes almost 2 min in 6.7 on OS X. The "Removing development properties and s

[ANN] This Week in LiveCode 5

2015-10-19 Thread Peter TB Brett
Hi all, Read about new developments in LiveCode open source and the open source community in today's edition of the "This Week in LiveCode" newsletter! Read the issue #5 here: https://goo.gl/Blrc9J This is a weekly newsletter about LiveCode, focussing on what's been going on in and arou

Re: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 5

2015-10-19 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 19/10/2015 10:47, Peter TB Brett wrote: Hi all, Read about new developments in LiveCode open source and the open source community in today's edition of the "This Week in LiveCode" newsletter! Read the issue #5 here: I'm sorry, I used the wrong URL! The correct one is: https://goo.gl/

twitter in liveCode ?

2015-10-19 Thread John Dixon
Is it possible to display 'tweets' from someone in a mobile 'liveCode' app ?... and if so, how do you go about it ? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: twitter in liveCode ?

2015-10-19 Thread Mark Schonewille
The easiest way to display tweets in a LiveCode app is to use the browser control and a widget from the Twitter website. You can also use the Twitter API, but for reading tweets from a particular profile, this isn't necessary. Mark Schonewille http://economy-x-talk.com Buy the most extensive

RE: twitter in liveCode ?

2015-10-19 Thread John Dixon
Thanks Mark, I'll try and see what happens...:-) > Subject: Re: twitter in liveCode ? > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > From: m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com > Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:33:57 +0200 > > The easiest way to display tweets in a LiveCode app is to use the > browser control and

Re: twitter in liveCode ?

2015-10-19 Thread Mark Wieder
Mark Schonewille writes: > > The easiest way to display tweets in a LiveCode app is to use the > browser control and a widget from the Twitter website. You can also use > the Twitter API, but for reading tweets from a particular profile, this > isn't necessary. Also note that Twitter has bee

RE: twitter in liveCode ?

2015-10-19 Thread Ralph DiMola
The login credentials for both Twitter and Facebook will be remembered when using the browser control. I only tested on mobile. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runre

Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
Hi, I’m getting reports that users aren’t able to install Quicktime on their new Windows 10 machines. Any news or experiences with this? Peter Bogdanoff UCLCA ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscri

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread panagiotis merakos
Hi Peter, QuickTime is not officially supported on Windows versions > 7. However, you *may* be able to install it, even if it is not officially supported. See this bug report for more details: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16197 Best regards, Panos -- On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 9:46 PM

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
Thanks Panos, I’ll try it out. Peter On Oct 19, 2015, at 12:18 PM, panagiotis merakos wrote: > Hi Peter, > > QuickTime is not officially supported on Windows versions > 7. However, you > *may* be able to install it, even if it is not officially supported. See > this bug report for more details

Access to antenna signal data

2015-10-19 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Good afternoon LC'ers, Is it possible to access raw data from the antenna of the phone. I am trying to gauge incoming and outgoing signal strength at a precise level and immediately thought of using LC to accomplish this task. Having said that, I am not sure this is something that is available t

Re: Access to antenna signal data

2015-10-19 Thread Mark Wieder
Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel writes: > > Good afternoon LC'ers, > > Is it possible to access raw data from the antenna of the phone. I am > trying to gauge incoming and outgoing signal strength at a precise level > and immediately thought of using LC to accomplish this task. Having said >

Re: Access to antenna signal data

2015-10-19 Thread Monte Goulding
> On 20 Oct 2015, at 7:10 am, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel > wrote: > > Is it possible to access raw data from the antenna of the phone. I am > trying to gauge incoming and outgoing signal strength at a precise level > and immediately thought of using LC to accomplish this task. Having sa

Re: Access to antenna signal data

2015-10-19 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Yes Mark! Monte, I would like to have access on an iOS device, preferably. SKIP On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel writes: > > > > > Good afternoon LC'ers, > > > > Is it possible to access raw data from the antenna of the phone. I am > > t

Re: Access to antenna signal data

2015-10-19 Thread Monte Goulding
OK then so next question is whether your app is going into the app store? Looks like it’s private methods on iOS. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4954389/measuring-cellular-signal-strength Cheers Monte > On 20 O

Re: Access to antenna signal data

2015-10-19 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
It is more for internal use rather than going into the app store. I found an interesting method on the iPhone to get it into "field mode" but would love to be able to program around this data coming in via LC! http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-see-your-iphones-true-cell-signal-strength-2014-11

Re: Access to antenna signal data

2015-10-19 Thread Mark Wieder
Monte Goulding writes: > Looks like it’s private methods on iOS. Right - the api is available, but not public. Apparently some folks have been able to get apps into the store, but I wouldn't count on doing that. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com

Re: Access to antenna signal data

2015-10-19 Thread Monte Goulding
There’s this: https://github.com/valexa/VAFieldTest It’s GPL though > On 20 Oct 2015, at 7:57 am, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel > wrote: > > It is more for internal use rather than going into the app store. > I found an interesting method on the iPho

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 10/19/2015 2:46 PM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote: > Hi, > > I’m getting reports that users aren’t able to install Quicktime on their new > Windows 10 machines. > > Any news or experiences with this? > The Quicktime 7.7.8 installer will not let you install under Windows 8, 8.1, or Windows 10. Apple no

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi all, > Am 19.10.2015 um 23:13 schrieb Paul Dupuis : > > On 10/19/2015 2:46 PM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I’m getting reports that users aren’t able to install Quicktime on their new >> Windows 10 machines. >> Any news or experiences with this? > The Quicktime 7.7.8 installer will n

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 10/19/2015 5:44 PM, Klaus major-k wrote: > QuickTime is dead, I’m afraid, so hopefully we'll see a new crossplatform > audio/video widget in the near future. Well QT is not dead. It runs and works under Windows (XP to 10) and OSX (through El Capitan). It's just that Apple will not provide any

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
Thanks Paul!! On Oct 19, 2015, at 2:13 PM, Paul Dupuis wrote: > On 10/19/2015 2:46 PM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I’m getting reports that users aren’t able to install Quicktime on their new >> Windows 10 machines. >> >> Any news or experiences with this? >> > > The Quicktime 7.7.

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi Paul, > Am 20.10.2015 um 00:00 schrieb Paul Dupuis : > > On 10/19/2015 5:44 PM, Klaus major-k wrote: >> QuickTime is dead, I’m afraid, so hopefully we'll see a new crossplatform >> audio/video widget in the near future. > > Well QT is not dead. It runs and works under Windows (XP to 10) and

Building a standalone fails under LC6.7.8rc1 and LC6.7.7, but is fine under LC6.7.6

2015-10-19 Thread Paul Dupuis
I am looking for bug confirmation and troubleshooting help before I escalate this to LiveCode. I have a large project. It builds fine under LC6.7.6. I downloaded LC6.7.8RC1 for testing. The StandAlone build fails under LC678rc1. And, it fails under LC677, but can be repeatedly built under 676 (or

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
If QT stops working, I am dead in the water for my projects, the major one that requires interoperability among OSX and all modern versions of Windows for a classroom of college students—it has to work for all of them, or it’s $ refunds back to all. But this danger goes away if LC suddenly, mag

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Mark Talluto
Hi Peter, We have found that QT 7.7.6 works best with Windows 10. There are two newer versions. 7.7.7 will not install on Windows 10. 7.7.8 will install on Windows 10, but does not support .mp4 videos due to a security concern, according to Apple. -Mark Talluto On Oct 19, 2015, at 11:46 AM,

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 10/19/2015 6:03 PM, Klaus major-k wrote: > OK, QuickTime is not dead, but it smells funny :-D Indeed it certain does! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscript

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Bogdanoff wrote: > If QT stops working, I am dead in the water for my projects, the > major one that requires interoperability among OSX and all modern > versions of Windows for a classroom of college students—it has to > work for all of them, or it’s $ refunds back to all. > > But this dang

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
Yes, however my audio playback uses callbacks for interactivity—probably not available with Windows media playback? Peter On Oct 19, 2015, at 3:23 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Peter Bogdanoff wrote: > > If QT stops working, I am dead in the water for my projects, the > > major one that requires

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Bogdanoff wrote: Yes, however my audio playback uses callbacks for interactivity—probably not available with Windows media playback? Does Apple's CoreAV provide callbacks? Does the Win media player API? I had thought (perhaps mistakenly) that LC's timers in the post-QuickTime world we

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Monte Goulding
> On 20 Oct 2015, at 9:54 am, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > Peter Bogdanoff wrote: >> Yes, however my audio playback uses callbacks for interactivity—probably not >> available with Windows media playback? > > Does Apple's CoreAV provide callbacks? AVFoundation has callbacks. I don’t know about wi

Re: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
That is probably worth exploring… Thanks Richard. On Oct 19, 2015, at 3:54 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Peter Bogdanoff wrote: >> Yes, however my audio playback uses callbacks for interactivity—probably not >> available with Windows media playback? > > Does Apple's CoreAV provide callbacks?

Re: CSV again.

2015-10-19 Thread Alex Tweedly
On 19/10/2015 02:52, Mike Kerner wrote: Well, there goes that idea. There are tutorials right on Git, but it might be easier if you (and anyone else so not-inclined to Git) post here and those of us who are at least inclined to try will make do with doing that work for you. OK, OK, I know I n

RE: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Ralph DiMola
That's what Frank Zappa said about Jazz. "Jazz is not dead... it just smells funny" Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net >OK, QuickTime is not dead, but it smells funny :-D >Best >Klaus >-- >Klaus Major >http://www.major-k.de >kl...@major-k.de __

LC8 Geometry Manager

2015-10-19 Thread Peter Haworth
Am I just not looking in the right place or did the GM disappear from the LC8 Properties Inspector? Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin __

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

2015-10-19 Thread Peter Haworth
..like wise the Table tab stuff - hgrid, vgrid, tabstops Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > Am I just not loo

Re: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 5

2015-10-19 Thread Jim Lambert
Peter, I’ve been enjoying these weekly posts. Thanks! 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.com/mailman/list

Re: Building a standalone fails under LC6.7.8rc1 and LC6.7.7, but is fine under LC6.7.6

2015-10-19 Thread Roger Guay
I’m not sure if this helps, but I just built a Mac standalone of a 5 MB stack that uses the Copy Files tab to include assets in LC 6.7.7. Other than the scary amount of time it took ( a few minutes), I had no other problems. I am not using the Answer Dialog, but I am using the Ask dialog in my

Re: CSV again.

2015-10-19 Thread Kay C Lan
This topic reminds me of time. If you think CSV is a standard that has no standard, making it difficult to program around, then don't even bother attempting to work with time. Here's a good summary - make sure you watch to the very end where he discusses the Google approach to one of the vary many

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager

2015-10-19 Thread Kay C Lan
It appears to be a 'smart' option. If your field is large enough and contains data that could be interpreted as a table then when you select the field the property inspector gives you an extra 'table' tool. So for me, a couple of one line fields I have when I select the property inspector the thir

AW: Quicktime in Windows 10?

2015-10-19 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hi Peter, be aware that AVFoundation doesn't supports all video codecs as QT did. Same can happen, when a windows solution will come up. So even if you switch some time to the new LC media player, you might supply completely new coded videos. See the guidelines of AVFoundation. Tiemo -Ursprü