On 2017-05-24 19:14, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
On 05/24/2017 08:03 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
Anyway, I shall now get off my (small?) soap-box. Again this is a
discussion, there are lots of reasons why people don't choose LiveCode
and we try our very best to determin
On 2017-05-24 23:47, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
On 05/24/2017 08:03 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
Syntax is an emotive issue (I could beat Python to death with some of
the decisions they have made about syntax - but yet I still use it and
slightly enjoy doing so for the
Hi Alejandro,
Ali Lloyd is the LiveCode Technical Project Manager now.
Best,
Panos
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On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 10:26 PM, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> This Week in LiveCode Newsletter wrote:
>
> > Peter Brett has sadly left us for pastures new,
> >
On 2017-05-24 19:27, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
On 05/24/2017 08:11 AM, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote:
I agree that LiveCode script should become more English like as time
goes on
not only with english words but also with more natural(or intuitive)
grammar.
From your examples I
I always thought it would be nice to have a different type of connector in
SQL Yoga that would interface with a web API. I never had a project where I
needed to actually flesh out the idea to see if it was practical.
--
Trevor DeVore
ScreenSteps
www.screensteps.com
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 12:05
On 2017-05-19 18:02, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
I don't think it's a matter of programming standards. The methods used
to exploit systems are almost always something you could never have
guessed. Flaws in code can be extremeny difficult to see, as was the
case in the SSL Heartbleed bug.
On 24 May 2017, at 16:19, prothero--- via use-livecode wrote:
Or conversely, would people new to coding find htalk easy and
intuitive? These are two different questions and a rigorous answer
will most likely not come from knowledgeable livecode programmers.
Speaking as a university lecturer w
Hi
You might want to watch this 1 hour ish video by Bret Victor as you are
compiling.
I've seen a good few of his talks over the years and read a lot of his
stuff.
If you think it's too long just got to either 2:30 or 10:30 (that one is
mind blowing) but I'd suggest you listen to the whole lectur
Can you post the URL to that video, please?
Richmond.
On 5/25/17 1:13 pm, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote:
Hi
You might want to watch this 1 hour ish video by Bret Victor as you are
compiling.
I've seen a good few of his talks over the years and read a lot of his
stuff.
If you think it's t
OOPS!!
https://vimeo.com/36579366
On 25 May 2017 at 12:33, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Can you post the URL to that video, please?
>
> Richmond.
>
> On 5/25/17 1:13 pm, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> You might want to watch thi
Were would you use "box" as a synonym (if it were one)? Is it the same as
"rectangle" or "ask/answer". End users often tell me, "a box popped up on
my screen.", not a prompt, or a message. Next, they proceed to tell me
what it said. ME: "You're telling me, there was a _talking box_ on your
scre
If the "box" is just a rectangle then it is probably some sort of
modeless window,
if the "box" is 'talking' to me then it's an ask/answer thing (which
have always struck me as
labelled the wrong way round).
Personally I tend to go for "thingy", this is so polysemantic there is
absolutely no
Hi there,
After way too much wasted time - the answers ended up being:
Instead of using rename which throws a sysError 20 to move the file
from the /tmp/ folder to the destination folder use:
put URL ("binfile:" & tFilePath) into URL ("binfile:" &
VarNewPathAndFileToSaveTo)
Where VarNewPathAnd
James Hale wrote:
> In following them discussion on execution contexts Richard wrote:
>> The executionContexts is documented, though in all fairness that
>> Dict entry includes a note about not relying on the format of its
>> contents.
>
> ...this morning the printed dictionary arrived! 🎉
>
> So
To make matters even more interesting, even though the LC version is based
on Gerard's library, the syntax appears to be different, and the operation
is different as Monte made it asynchronous for paying customers.
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 10:02 PM, Mike Kerner
wrote:
> and unless I'm missing it,
William Prothero wrote:
> Thanks for the comments. I bet the linefeeds caused me the problem,
> since I just took the contents of a text field, put them in an array,
> and didn’t pay attention to linefeeds.
Linefeeds are common in data. Consider any user note, such as bug
reports at Bugzilla,
The T-shirt pricing policy connected to LC Global:
One has to pay 100% if one purchases LC Global nearly 'at once',
one has to pay 50% if one purchases LC Global a few days later,
one has to pay 0% if one answers the survey and buys LCG after that.
The next steps are probably
one has to pay -5
Rick Harrison wrote:
> After way too much wasted time - the answers ended up being:
>
> Instead of using rename which throws a sysError 20 to move the file
> from the /tmp/ folder to the destination folder use:
>
> put URL ("binfile:" & tFilePath) into URL ("binfile:" &
> VarNewPathAndFileToSav
Or, you can email support and magically get the discount applied,
retroactively.
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 11:29 AM, hh via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> The T-shirt pricing policy connected to LC Global:
>
> One has to pay 100% if one purchases LC Global nearly 'at once',
> Mike K. wrote:
> Or, you can email support and magically get the discount applied,
> retroactively.
That's even a bit more funny.
Email support after each new discount to get the discount applied,
retroactively? Why not the future discounts?
;-)
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I wonder if the file is being created read only (is it possible there is a
umask set on that folder that does this?) at which point renaming it,
deleting, or whatever wouldn't work, but reading it and creating a copy
(put url into url) would work. I'd be looking at the permissions of those
newly
I agree with this. I never use the fallthrough feature because it's backwards
from how I think. Trying to detemine where to put the conditions in the tree to
effect the correct fall through or breaks is challenging for me. But now it is
what it is.
Bob S
> On May 24, 2017, at 03:03 , Mark Wa
On 05/25/2017 07:47 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
James Hale wrote:
> In following them discussion on execution contexts Richard wrote:
>> The executionContexts is documented, though in all fairness that
>> Dict entry includes a note about not relying on the format of its
>> con
It appears that one cannot send a JavaScript message from the browser widget to
LC from a JS function initiated by a body onload event.
It works on mac, but not on iPhone.
It is most peculiar and I am wondering if anyone else has encountered anything
like this.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 25, 2017 3:03:01 AM Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
wrote:
On 2017-05-24 19:14, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
On 05/24/2017 08:03 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
Anyway, I shall now get off my (small?) soap-box. Again this is a
discussion, there are lots of rea
More specifically - this seems to happen after setting the htmltext by script.
It works fine if the browser widget already has the right htmltext when the
stack loads.
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 25, 2017, at 12:59 PM, jonathandly...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> It appears that one cannot send a Jav
In Jacque's Time Travel Stack, it's counter-clockwise, but only when you go
back in time.
Bob S
> On May 24, 2017, at 13:41 , Scott Rossi via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> @Mark — the sequence/direction is clockwise, if that helps. So top -> left…
> doesn’t work.
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative
Okay you copied that from an online encyclopedia!
Bob S
> On May 24, 2017, at 14:47 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> > Syntax is an emotive issue (I could beat Python to death with some of the
> > decisions they have made about syntax - but yet I still use it and slightly
> > en
I almost ace'd grammar in grade school, but I kept complaining that the English
language had more exceptions than it had actual rules.
Bob S
> On May 25, 2017, at 02:54 , Keith Martin via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> Speaking as a university lecturer who teaches LC to graphic design students
Technically, a box is a 3 dimentional object made of 6 rectangles each joined
at the corners to form a solid object. If there are one of those on your screen
and it's talking to you, I'd lay off the kimche for a bit and get some sleep.
Oh, and when drinking vodka, don't eat the worm!!!
Bob S
On 05/25/2017 12:08 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
Okay you copied that from an online encyclopedia!
A couple of them, actually. Pasted the most interesting parts together.
You didn't really think I got that out of my own head, did you?
--
Mark Wieder
ahsoftw...@gmail.com
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I was trying to find the page i had last fall that had the current codecs
supported on windows under livecode 7. Cant find anything now on the current
livecode site on the codecs supported or the video api used. Can anyone point
me to where the info is for lc 7.1?
thanks
jeff
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Boy howdy do I have one! Forms Generator currently connects directly to SQL
because if I had to write it using only the LC API, I would never have persued
it to the level that I have. As it is, it's a critical component of our
everyday workflow for my IT techs. I bet with a Web API, a LOT more p
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> mySQL for Windows is *VERY VERY DIFFICULT* to set up to run with SSL
Bob,
About running MySQL on Windows, a good choice would be using docker[1].
There are pre-made images for running MySQL u
why not? Coupons are always retroactive.
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 12:02 PM, hh via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> > Mike K. wrote:
> > Or, you can email support and magically get the discount applied,
> > retroactively.
>
> That's even a bit more funny.
> Email support aft
You have to go back in space too, it's the only way to make "top" turn
into "left".
On 5/25/17 2:05 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
In Jacque's Time Travel Stack, it's counter-clockwise, but only when you go
back in time.
Bob S
On May 24, 2017, at 13:41 , Scott Rossi via use-liveco
Quite.
I never drink vodka.
But a "box" is not a BOX, and more than a "button" on a computer screen
has anything whatsoever to do
with buttons on my radio.
If I drink Rakia (the Bulgarian homologue of Whisky) I can feel this
intuitively.
I was not so daft as to use the word BOX without quo
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 12:10 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> I almost ace'd grammar in grade school, but I kept complaining that the
> English language had more exceptions than it had actual rules.
>
And we like it that way!
:)
--
Dr. Richard E. Haw
Conjunctions should not be used as the first word in a sentence.
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 12:10 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> > I almost ace'd gr
Should read, "Forms Generator currently connects directly to SQL VIA SQLYOGA
because if I had to write it using only the LC API, I would never have persued
it to the level that I have.
>
> On May 25, 2017, at 12:27 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> Forms Generator currently connect
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Conjunctions should not be used as the first word in a sentence.
It was the type of grammar up with which I shall not put!
--
Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.
(702) 508-8462
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Can't believe the streaming events are being paywalled. Its really
backward. The idea should be to to entice the wider programming world IN,
not lock them out.
On 25 May 2017 8:42 pm, "Mike Kerner via use-livecode" <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> why not? Coupons are always retroactive
Agreed. I didn't mean to imply that because exploitable code is difficult to
sus out, we shouldn't do due diligence in designing things with that in mind in
the first place. I don't think Novell has ever been hacked into from the
outside. It was written ground up with security, especially networ
It's a developer conference, just an online one. If it was being held in a
hall or at LC HQ, you would have to pay to attend.
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Dan Brown via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Can't believe the streaming events are being paywalled. Its really
>
Jonathan,
Are we running? For the next person who is trying to solve the same
problem, it would be good to let them know how it ends.
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 10:03 PM, Mike Kerner
wrote:
> I'm pretty sure you can't do it while it's still in the applications
> folder. You have to command-drag i
On 05/25/2017 01:23 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote:
Conjunctions should not be used as the first word in a sentence.
You shouldn't put sentences in passive voice.
--
Mark Wieder
ahsoftw...@gmail.com
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Seriously. This is what most people who think they know about time travel do
not get. Given time travel backwards 4 hours, if you do not ALSO go back in
space, the first thing you will notice is how mind bogglingly cold it is, and
shortly thereafter that there is no air to breath, and if you sur
Oh right.
Bob S
> On May 25, 2017, at 13:14 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> making a container (but NOT a solid object).
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Developer conferences nowadays are more often than not available online,
for free http://pyvideo.org and are utilised to showcase ideas and concepts
to a wider audience. They're a great marketing asset, especially keynotes
On 25 May 2017 9:45 pm, "Mike Kerner via use-livecode" <
use-livecode@lists
Does anyone have any insight about this…. If you open a stack file on an
iPhone invisibly, the app crashes. For example:
open inv stack “/folder/folder/stackName.rev"
This works fine on windows, mac, and an iPad. But, on a iPhone (real device or
simulator) it crashes. Any thoughts?
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> On 05/25/2017 01:23 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote:
>
>> Conjunctions should not be used as the first word in a sentence.
>>
>
> You shouldn't put sentences in passive voice.
It's not
OK, you gotta tell me which private developer tool companies have free
admission to their conferences, so I can attend one and learn something
new. I just looked at 4D, Apple, FMP, Google, and Zoho's conference sites,
and all were charging for admission.
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Dan Brow
On 25 May 2017, at 20:10, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
I almost ace'd grammar in grade school, but I kept complaining that
the English language had more exceptions than it had actual rules.
Sounds like you *should* have aced it. :D
k
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It will become blindingly clear to you in a couple of years who I will
have tested it on.
On 5/25/17 3:51 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
Seriously. This is what most people who think they know about time travel do not get.
Given time travel backwards 4 hours, if you do not ALSO go bac
Assuming that you don't need to display the stack, you could use
start using stack “/folder/folder/stackName.rev"
and reference any objects and scripts in the stack.
Kind regards,
Mark Schonewille
http://economy-x-talk.com
https://www.facebook.com/marksch
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Li
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 2:24 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> It will become blindingly clear to you in a couple of years who I will
> have tested it on.
You forgot to gratuitously split an infinitive . . .
--
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(702) 508-
I have on several occasions propagated this list to my computer science
students. Now I wonder whether it had not been just as appropriate to tell my
English students that they would benefit from joining this list.
Tore Nilsen
> 25. mai 2017 kl. 23.35 skrev Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode
> :
>
Mark,
Good suggestion! But, I will need to display the stack at some point. There
must be a reason why this is failing. Perhaps someone at LC will see this post
and shed some light.
-Dan
>> Assuming that you don't need to display the stack, you could use start using
>> stack “/folder/fold
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 2:24 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> It will become blindingly clear to you in a couple of years who I will
> have tested it on.
>
and don't forget dangling participles.
sqb
--
Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA -
mixstrea
Hi All,
I’m trying to ftp and image from the photo gallery on iOS to my on-rev account.
I’m using the example:
on mouseUp
mobilepickphoto “library"
--upload to FTP
put the last image into url
("ftp://autoim...@jdoe.on-rev.com:xx...@jdoe.on-rev.com/autoimage/images/newimage.jpg”
It works for me on OSX 10.11.6
Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
-Original Message-
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
Of Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 10:04 PM
To: How to
On 05/25/2017 02:12 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote:
OK, you gotta tell me which private developer tool companies have free
admission to their conferences, so I can attend one and learn something
new. I just looked at 4D, Apple, FMP, Google, and Zoho's conference sites,
and all were charg
Doh! should have used a quick google search, found it!
sorry for the bother.
jeff
> On May 25, 2017, at 3:19 PM, Jeff Reynolds wrote:
>
> I was trying to find the page i had last fall that had the current codecs
> supported on windows under livecode 7. Cant find anything now on the current
>
John,
This works for me.
put MyVar into url
("ftp://FTPusername:ftppassw...@mydomain.on-rev.com/somepath/somefile.ext";)
I looks like your using your email address for the username. Create an FTP
account in cPanel FTP setup. Don't use the built in one or someone could sniff
the password to yo
Ralph DiMola wrote:
> This works for me.
>
> put MyVar into url
("ftp://FTPusername:ftppassw...@mydomain.on-rev.com/somepath/somefile.ext";)
Would that be "ftps://..."?
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
Were would you use "box" as a synonym (if it were one)? Is it the same as
"rectangle" or "ask/answer". End users often tell me, "a box popped up on
my screen.", not a prompt, or a message. Next, they proceed to tell me
what it said.
ME: "You're telling me, there was a _talking box_ on your scre
Hi John,
Certain characters in usernames and passwords need to be URL encoded if you
want to include them in a URL string. The @ character is one of them.
Try something like his:
put urlencode("autoim...@jdoe.on-rev.com") into tUser
put urlencode("x") into tPass
put the last image into UR
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
I understand that inside the Colonies, the punctuation goes inside the
quotation marks, and outside the Colonies, the punctuation goes outside the
quotation marks. Just because this thread is being read and replied to
from both inside and outside the Colonies does not
Here is the Java code to test args;
public class Arguments {
public static void main(String[] args) {
for(int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
System.out.println(args[i]);
}
}
}
After it has been compiled as Arguments.class you
can call it in liveCode like this:
On 05/25/2017 06:58 PM, JB via use-livecode wrote:
After it has been compiled as Arguments.class you
can call it in liveCode like this:
on mouseUp
put "Drink" into arg1
put "Hot" into arg2
put "Java" into arg3
put "/Users/THEUSER/Desktop/" & return & "java Arguments"into pFileP
Hi Mark,
Your way is much better!
I just started learning Java a few
days ago so the reason I did it
wrong was because I did not
know what I was doing.
THANK YOU!
JB
> On May 25, 2017, at 7:45 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> On 05/25/2017 06:58 PM, JB via use-livecode wrote:
On 05/25/2017 08:07 PM, JB via use-livecode wrote:
Hi Mark,
Your way is much better!
I just started learning Java a few
days ago so the reason I did it
wrong was because I did not
know what I was doing.
THANK YOU!
Nothing wrong with your java code.
Your LC script was calling the java app wit
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