Re: Script for finding duplicate accounts and identifying dups

2015-11-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
I'm wondering why not use filter? For each line, in the list, copy the list to a temp variable put tList into tTemp put item 1 of line tCurrentLine into tKey filter tTemp with tKey & "*" then check for duplicates: if the number of lines of tTemp > 1 then put tTemp & cr after tDuplicates If the

Re: [OT] For you Arduino fans

2015-11-23 Thread Bob Sneidar
I thot it was "Believe Like Elvis" Bob S > On Nov 21, 2015, at 17:31 , J. Landman Gay wrote: > > On 11/21/2015 6:30 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: >> >>> Only because I could control it with mergBLE ;-) >> >> >> "Belligerent Lifelike Evil"

Re: Handy LiveCode Keyboard Shortcut Cards

2015-11-24 Thread Bob Sneidar
I think the problem is that with a custom menu, the OS shortcuts do not work, so you need to emulate them. It's not a hijacking, it's more like getting a derailed train back on the tracks. Bob S On Nov 23, 2015, at 17:11 , Richard Gaskin mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> wrote: Mark Wieder

Re: Components not an IDE?

2015-11-24 Thread Bob Sneidar
I'm a Livecoder precicely because I didn't want to get involved in high level programming like C variants or java. I don't know what CMS is. I'm not entirely sure of what an "opinionated IDE" is. I am absolutely sure I do not know what NPM or Express is. Bob S On Nov 24, 2015, at 04:58 , Davi

Re: SQLite, keep connection open or close every time?

2015-11-24 Thread Bob Sneidar
IMHO always best to close after you are done. What if your computer crashes? What if the network goes down? Closing the connection ensures everything is tidied up. Bob S > On Nov 24, 2015, at 07:25 , Klaus major-k wrote: > > Hi friends, > > see subject, any PROs or CONs to keep a db connec

Re: Nice text adventure game to learn SQL for beginners

2015-11-25 Thread Bob Sneidar
Yeah I get to the part where it starts throwing errors in german and then I'm out. Bob S > On Nov 24, 2015, at 11:04 , G.W.Gaich wrote: > > I've found a nice text adventure game to learn SQL for beginners. > Have a look at www.sql-island.de > Would be great to have something like that for ou

Re: SQLite, keep connection open or close every time?

2015-11-25 Thread Bob Sneidar
A memory database won't time out and close the connection, so those you don't have to worry about closing. Also, a memory database can only be used by one person by the nature of what it is so you won't have concurrent write problems. A memory database is an exception, and for obvious reasons s

Re: [OT] Network load analysis

2015-11-25 Thread Bob Sneidar
First, if he has managed switches, he can find out which ports are generating the traffic. If he is getting traffic spikes all at once on all ports, he likely is suffering from a broadcast storm. Those are difficult to troubleshoot, but the short answer is monitor switch LED's and start unpluggi

Re: SQLite, keep connection open or close every time?

2015-11-25 Thread Bob Sneidar
Not sure, but the help desk system Spiceworks uses sqLite. They warn that the service needs to be stopped before opening and querying the database to avoid damaging it (I think they mean the data, not the structure). I think the point is that if someone has the DB open for write when it is read

Re: SQLite, keep connection open or close every time?

2015-11-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
(I'm pulling all this from memory when I read up on it a couple years back so if I am mistaken feel free to correct me). There are a few other reasons to think twice about sqLite. One that comes to mind is that there is no real typing. If you write text to an int column it will happily do so. N

Re: Java version

2015-11-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
Bastages! Thanks, this has been annoying me for some time on my home iMac. Now that I installed the Apple flavor of Java (that ought to be a contradiction in terms, but thanks to Microsoft there wil probably be many flavors of everything from now on) I am no longer getting that dialog (knocks on

Re: Google App Streaming

2015-11-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
The day that local apps die is the day we will all be paying through the nose for the "right" to use our own devices. And we will continue to pay too, because everything will be a subscription. It's already started, and while prices are not currently overwhelming, it's my belief that this is bec

Re: Gmail API and Oath 2 - How to access using LiveCode ?

2015-11-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
Just a quick note that may or may not apply to your situation: Gmail has recently implemented a new TLS 1.2 standard, as Microsoft did some 9 months or so ago, which requires AES256 encryption. Also, prior versions of TLS including 1.2 would fall back on SSL if TLS failed. This is no longer the

Re: Death of the Application Browser

2015-11-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
On Nov 26, 2015, at 12:07 , Scott Rossi mailto:sc...@tactilemedia.com>> wrote: I doubt anybody is arguing with you. Well... is. :-) Bob S ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe an

Re: [OT] For Peter B.

2015-12-04 Thread Bob Sneidar
That's normal for LA drivers! I drive for a living, doing copier installations. I see people driving in 30mph traffic doing over 60. I've seen close calls and full blown accidents because many people are simply so egomaniacly proud they cannot conceive of the possibility that they won't be able

Re: Invalid host address

2015-12-07 Thread Bob Sneidar
This interests me. We have clients (not livecode ones) whose print controllers begin to have the same issue. The print controller's network adapter start complaining that it cannot connect to the internet. Investigation has turned up that this is because DNS queries are failing. For some reason,

Re: Stress or Regression Testing System for LiveCode

2015-12-08 Thread Bob Sneidar
Yup. It's called, "A classroom of third graders." ;-) Bob S On Dec 8, 2015, at 15:24 , Todd Fabacher mailto:tfabac...@gmail.com>> wrote: Is there any system for proper testing that can "plug" into LiveCode? I think on mobile this would be even more difficult as there is no remote debugging cor

Re: [OT] Free pre-loaders

2015-12-10 Thread Bob Sneidar
Yes but with a caveat. Since Livecode is a single threaded process, if any activity is going on like your own scripts running, the animated GIF will pause until Livecode is idle. This makes animated GIFs a bad choice for progress indicators. Bob S On Dec 9, 2015, at 14:07 , William Prothero

Re: Probably a pointless question about using sort to search..

2015-12-10 Thread Bob Sneidar
You can get the keys of an array and sort them before accessing them. The array itself cannot be sorted, and there would be no benefit to doing so that I can see. Bob S On Dec 9, 2015, at 07:56 , Mike Bonner mailto:bonnm...@gmail.com>> wrote: I was just thinking how useful sort could be to f

Re: Search in arrays

2015-12-10 Thread Bob Sneidar
Sounds like data returned from a database query. SQL Yoga returns query data in this format. What I do is I populate a datagrid with the returned array data, then I use a selectionChanged handler in the data grid script to populate whatever I want. In my case I have distinct fields named "fld" &

Re: Why aren't large numbers limited to 64 bit values?

2015-12-10 Thread Bob Sneidar
Because the binary equivalent of a 40 digit decimal number is NOT 40 bits. It is many more bits. For example the binary equivalent of 1 (17 digits) is 1010101 (27 digits). You are thinking of each decimal digit as a binary bit. Bob S > On Dec 10, 2015, at

Re: Why aren't large numbers limited to 64 bit values?

2015-12-10 Thread Bob Sneidar
S > On Dec 10, 2015, at 10:17 , Bob Sneidar wrote: > > Because the binary equivalent of a 40 digit decimal number is NOT 40 bits. It > is many more bits. For example the binary equivalent of 1 (17 > digits) is 1010101 (27 digits). You are t

Re: Probably a pointless question about using sort to search..

2015-12-10 Thread Bob Sneidar
If the keys are numerical, you can just drop it into a datagrid and sort on the column you want. Bob S On Dec 10, 2015, at 09:47 , Peter Brigham mailto:pmb...@gmail.com>> wrote: Someone on this list at some point posted an array sorting function that might be relevant here for some applicatio

Re: Why aren't large numbers limited to 64 bit values?

2015-12-10 Thread Bob Sneidar
Looks like the largest decimal number that can be represented then is 4.50359962737E+15, or 450359962737 Bob S > On Dec 10, 2015, at 10:46 , Peter TB Brett wrote: > > On 2015-12-10 17:54, Geoff Canyon wrote: >> LiveCode works in 64 bit numbers, so why does >> put 100 * 100

Re: SQLite conundrum

2015-12-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
Copy the sql statement into an SQL utility and try to execute it there. See what you get. Bob S > On Dec 15, 2015, at 07:26 , James Hale wrote: > > I have an array of text values (actually book chapters) that I am adding to a > database. > The text is a mixture of alphabetic and numerals. >

Re: Stacks Losing their Size and Location

2015-12-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
Speaking of which, I have been having a problem for some time now. I have two monitors. I usually run LC on the large monitor, but if I have to leave for a job, I disaonnect the external large monitor after which everything rearranges itself on the laptop monitor. All well and good. But then I

Re: Stacks Losing their Size and Location

2015-12-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
By which I mean even palettes. Bob S On Dec 16, 2015, at 15:01 , Bob Sneidar mailto:bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com>> wrote: and I mean ALL WINDOWS in LC are unresponsive! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visi

Re: Take a look back through 2015

2015-12-21 Thread Bob Sneidar
Are you implying that Kevin is much more productive with a glass of scotch at hand? Bob S On Dec 18, 2015, at 15:03 , Richard Gaskin mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> wrote: > Nice to see that kilted Kevin has a glass of scotch close at hand ___ u

Re: [OT] Configure web server to parse php in .html files

2015-12-23 Thread Bob Sneidar
It's OK! We all have moments of doubt. It's good that you can express it here. ;-) Bob S > On Dec 23, 2015, at 11:59 , Peter Haworth wrote: > > Thanks Mark. Did you mean "It might be insecure" :-) > > Pete > lcSQL Software > Home of lcStackBrowser

Re: shell() vs terminal re. ssh

2015-12-23 Thread Bob Sneidar
Ick! It's secure, but so is throwing all my servers and backups into a vat of extremely caustic acid. Bob S On Dec 23, 2015, at 13:22 , Richard Gaskin mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> wrote: Monte Goulding wrote: > I'm no bash expert but I just wanted to check the user your cgi is > bing

Re: [OT] clever use of mask

2015-12-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
I should point out, (and forgive me if this was obvious) that the graphic is not 3D. It's two masked images going by in different directions, but on the left and right there is no "wrapping" so to speak. Bob S > On Dec 30, 2015, at 15:24 , Geoff Canyon wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 4:0

Re: Question about "that thing you key in that's not a user name when you're logging in"

2015-12-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
What I do (and I have seen this in other login systems apart from LC) is I have a User Name field and a Login button. When clicked it will check a database of user names and balk if it cannot find the user. It then uses Ask Password, encrypts it using a seed value only I know, compares it with t

Re: "fork" command?

2016-01-07 Thread Bob Sneidar
That would be a great addition, although I confess I am highly dependent on the "finish what you are doing and move on to the next step" model, or single threading as the less tech savy might call it. ;-) Bob S > On Jan 7, 2016, at 11:03 , Richard Gaskin wrote: > > I'm just far enough into R

Re: LiveCoders on Twitter - Are You There?

2016-01-11 Thread Bob Sneidar
@RobertSneidar > On Jan 9, 2016, at 10:57 , Lynn Fredricks > wrote: > > http://flockaflame.com/lists/LivecodeDevs&Tools/69 > > Are you posting about Livecode on Twitter? Reply with your @ and I can get > you added to this list. > > Best regards, > > Lynn Fredricks > Paradigma Software > http

Re: Does user have network connection?

2016-01-11 Thread Bob Sneidar
What I do is shell out and telnet to the server I am trying to communicate with. Unfortunately this is not reliable for Windows, as Microsoft no lonegr enables the Telnet client by default. Instead you can use ping to a known internet server. Google responds to pings, but it could change in the

Re: Figuring out if something is on the current screen, or getting the current screen rect

2016-01-11 Thread Bob Sneidar
There is no notion of a current screen in the OS itself. Do you mean which screen the frontmost window is in? And what do you mean by "In"? A window can overlap two or more screens. Typically if you double click the title bar of a window, the window will maximize on the screen the mouse is in.

Re: Figuring out if something is on the current screen, or getting the current screen rect

2016-01-11 Thread Bob Sneidar
works in 6.7.6 > On Jan 9, 2016, at 18:20 , Monte Goulding wrote: > > >> On 10 Jan 2016, at 10:55 am, Dr. Hawkins wrote: >> >> As I look through screenLoc, screenRect(s), etc., I'm not seeing *any* way >> to figure out which screen an object is on, short of manually comparing >> elements of i

Re: Does user have network connection?

2016-01-11 Thread Bob Sneidar
And I feel fine. Bob S > On Jan 10, 2016, at 09:38 , Peter M. Brigham wrote: > > Then that's the end of the world as we know it…. > > -- Peter > > Peter M. Brigham > pmb...@gmail.com > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig > > On Jan 10, 2016, at 12:24 PM, Ray wrote: > >> What if Google is out

Re: Does user have network connection?

2016-01-15 Thread Bob Sneidar
> For good or bad, Governmental organizations last forever... Tell that to the Huns. Or to Romulus Augustus for that matter. :-) Bob S ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and man

Re: important message (Spam)

2016-01-15 Thread Bob Sneidar
Wait, what? I didn't get that. Can you please resend that to my private email Mark? ;-) Bob S On Jan 11, 2016, at 13:25 , Richard Gaskin mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> wrote: Mark: If you're traveling in South Africa and intended to send me a link to illegal prescription drugs, sorry, b

Re: Does user have network connection?

2016-01-15 Thread Bob Sneidar
I wonder if there is a way to get Apple Mail to bottom post... then I can be different from almost everyone else on this list. ;-) Bob S > On Jan 11, 2016, at 18:00 , Mark Wieder wrote: > > Why top-posting doesn't work: > > ...drum roll, please > > On 01/11/2016 0

Re: Multi-platform development

2016-01-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
Adobe tried this years ago, with a feature that could take a regular magazine layout (for example) and format it to display nicely in a web browser or some other format. The idea was to design once then deploy in multiple forms. It was a good idea. But it always required some tweaking. Sometimes

Re: Multi-platform development.

2016-01-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
On Jan 12, 2016, at 11:26 , Mark Waddingham mailto:m...@livecode.com>> wrote: Simple things like not putting code in a mouseUp, but instead just get it to call an action function in the core part of the application (independent of UI) help immensely. This makes me a little sad, because one of

Re: Getting the clicktext from a browser control

2016-01-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
Well you can see how that would make the LC browser object horribly insecure. User clicks a link and you take him somewhere completely different? Or somewhere else in another browser object?? K! I don't think you can get that kind of control, and I would be very afraid if you could. Bob S

Re: Multi-platform development.

2016-01-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
On Jan 20, 2016, at 10:14 , Mark Waddingham mailto:m...@livecode.com>> wrote: For example, many document-centric apps will have a 'Save' function. On Mac this is typically 'just' in the File menu. However, on Windows it is usual to have it both in the File menu *and* as a button on a document'

Re: Multi-platform development.

2016-01-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
Well this is what happens in Apple Mail when I click AFTER the quoted text. It bundles my response into what the quoted post was. I will try that Appel Mail post fix someone linked. Bob S > On Jan 20, 2016, at 12:44 , Bob Sneidar wrote: > > > On Jan 20, 2016, at 10:14 , Mar

Re: putting binary data into a mySQL database

2016-01-22 Thread Bob Sneidar
I put it into a archer(50) column. I don't think you need to store it as binary data. I don't and haven't had any problems so far. Bob S > On Jan 21, 2016, at 03:20 , John Dixon wrote: > > How to I put encrypted data.. ie :- > > Salted__c¸≈úÿ9†∆YFòó∆ñU[∑ÉÑÅF > > into a record in a mySQL

Revmail won't work with Outlook (Really??)

2016-01-28 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi all. I issue the command revmail theHelpdeskEmail, theDispatcherList, theSubject, theServiceData and I get an error dialog: "Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. The command line arguement is not valid. Verify the switch you are using." The command works on the MacOS, but not in Windows. I haven

Re: Revmail won't work with Outlook (Really??)

2016-01-28 Thread Bob Sneidar
I'll give that a go. I shudder though at converting my stacks. Bad experience but I will make a backup. Bob S > On Jan 28, 2016, at 10:31 , Richard Gaskin wrote: > > Bob Sneidar wrote: > > I issue the command revmail theHelpdeskEmail, theDispatcherList, > > theSub

Re: beggars be choosers

2016-03-01 Thread Bob Sneidar
You'd just eat whatever was in it and then complain you still didn't have a tin. Bob S On Mar 1, 2016, at 09:57 , RM mailto:richmondmathew...@gmail.com>> wrote: In our current development process, "Release Candidate" builds are exactly what they say on the tin, i.e. once we release 8.0 RC 1, t

Re: Widgets' Use Cases and Bytes Added to App

2016-04-07 Thread Bob Sneidar
Some would call that an oxymoron. Bob S On Apr 5, 2016, at 09:49 , Richard Gaskin mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> wrote: thoroughly debugged ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscr

Re: The TSA Android app

2016-04-07 Thread Bob Sneidar
If anyone believes that the ones who approved these contracts didn't get huge kickbacks on that deal need to think again. In fact, if we were serious about cleaning up corruption in all levels of government, we would have to be prepared for the severe disruption of services, as the feds hauled s

Re: Widgets' Use Cases and Bytes Added to App

2016-04-07 Thread Bob Sneidar
> On Apr 6, 2016, at 06:16 , Peter M. Brigham wrote: > > On Apr 5, 2016, at 10:10 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote: > >> Oh No! I think I just lit a fire that will put me yet another learning >> curve. (smile) OH well... keeps the gray cells green! > > I have a bumper sticker on my car t

Re: Slash S in shortcut

2016-04-07 Thread Bob Sneidar
very likely a DOS switch. /s probably does something in terms of the secuity context it launches in. Bob S > On Apr 6, 2016, at 17:42 , Dan Friedman wrote: > > Hello! > > I have a client who says they are getting a "the socket is closed" error when > attempting to launch my LiveCode (7.0.1

Missing Functionality

2016-04-07 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi all. When compiling standalones, I am having difficulty with certain functionality. For example, I just compiled an app with a field that has this script: on closeField if not isTime(me) then answer warning "Please enter a valid time in hh:mm format." as sheet put empty into m

Re: Missing Functionality

2016-04-08 Thread Bob Sneidar
library and is pretty reliable. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > > On April 7, 2016 6:13:07 PM Bob Sneidar wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> When com

Re: UPDATE: Missing Functionality

2016-04-08 Thread Bob Sneidar
s for humoring me all. :-) Bob S > On Apr 8, 2016, at 08:39 , Richard Gaskin wrote: > > Bob Sneidar wrote: > > > For the revmail issue, I put a simple revmail one line handler in > > a button script in a new stack and compiled it as a standalone. In > > the IDE it

Re: UPDATE: Missing Functionality

2016-04-08 Thread Bob Sneidar
lone I put everything on one card. Bob S > On Apr 8, 2016, at 14:22 , Bob Sneidar wrote: > > Well with the time calculator I discovered I was calling another custom > function in my timeCalc function which I had NOT included in the card script > of the standalone. So that is solved

Re: Missing Functionality

2016-04-11 Thread Bob Sneidar
Thanks all for the replies. As it turns out, revMail is not having a problem. Prior to constructing my email data, I call a function that does a very simple thing. It sets the default folder to the path of the application. Trouble is, with OS X standalone, this cannot be done, because the stac

Indy Licensing

2016-04-13 Thread Bob Sneidar
Does the IDE functionality stop working once the indy license expires? In other words, do I have to pay each year to continue developing apps? Bob S ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscr

Re: Default tool on open stack

2016-04-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
I get an error with these. V 6.7.6 Bob S On Apr 12, 2016, at 11:35 , Mark Waddingham mailto:m...@livecode.com>> wrote: That being said, there are two IDE library APIs which handle the tool switch without going behind the IDE's back: revIDEChooseBrowseTool revIDEChoosePointerTool _

Multiple Threads

2016-04-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
So I think I've isolated why it is that virtually every post on this list ends up creating multiple threads in my email application. Lots of people are *STILL* using use-revolut...@lists.runrev.com. Because of this I start reading the replies to a post before I ever see the original issue. I k

Re: Multiple Threads

2016-04-21 Thread Bob Sneidar
I post this with a grin on my face. The proposition that one shouldn't try to get people to behave differently on the grounds that you can't succeed with everyone is like telling a fisherman that because he cannot catch all of the fish in the lake, that it's best he not even put the boat in the

Re: Bugs in 8.0.0 RC1 and trying to convince a colleague that LC is *not* flaky

2016-04-25 Thread Bob Sneidar
Better to move on to a guy named Jeff and get him to try Livecode. My experience is, if someone is looking for ways not to do something, you will never get them to try. Bob S On Apr 13, 2016, at 15:18 , RunRevPlanet mailto:f...@smpcsupport.com>> wrote: Steve, (a programming colleague) to who

Re: 8.0.0 RC1 - Where is the "Remove Group" option in menus

2016-04-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
Select the group on the card and hit delete. If you don't want it to be removed from the stack, and it's the last placed example, create another card and place all your persistent groups on that card, so there is at least one card with the group placed. Bob S > On Apr 14, 2016, at 19:35 , Sa

Re: Anyone have any LiveCode hooks to WordPress? And, are you following these Word Camp events

2016-04-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
On Apr 14, 2016, at 18:20 , Todd Fabacher mailto:tfabac...@gmail.com>> wrote: It addiction we have a complete and detailed wrap Wraps are good, especially the barbecue chicken wraps, but calling them an addiction may me overstating your case. ;-) Bob S ___

Re: Sending email over SMTP with STARTTLS (sending email via gmail)

2016-04-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
This comes up from time to time. I've attempted this with no success. SSL and TLS are fairly involved, and would require some kind of plug-in to be written which was capable of interacting with the security elements of modern OSes. I tried shelling this out, but the Windows CMD shell, specifical

Re: clear recent files list from the menu

2016-04-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
On Apr 19, 2016, at 07:22 , Richard Gaskin mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> wrote: If it doesn't work like it says on the tin it's a bug. If there's bugs in the tin, you may have a decent lawsuit on your hands. :-) Bob S ___ use-livecode mailing

Re: Multiple Threads

2016-04-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
On Apr 20, 2016, at 16:51 , Lyn Teyla mailto:lyn.te...@gmail.com>> wrote: Bob Sneidar wrote: So I think I've isolated why it is that virtually every post on this list ends up creating multiple threads in my email application. Lots of people are *STILL* using use-revolut...@lists

Re: Clearing local variables

2016-04-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
On Apr 22, 2016, at 13:04 , stephen barncard mailto:stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com>> wrote: you don't want to mess with the index variable in a repeat loop well... to be clear, you can in a repeat with x = 1 to n form. It's in the repeat for each form you want to avoid modifying the source d

Re: Sending email over SMTP with STARTTLS (sending email via gmail)

2016-04-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
have a similar setup. We get around this another way, namely by routing smtp connections through a local ISP, which gets rid of the need to do all the direct-to-google connections. On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Bob Sneidar mailto:bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com>> wrote: This comes up from

[OT] mySQL in Windows 7 with SSL

2016-04-28 Thread Bob Sneidar
Has anyone ever successfully gotten mySQL running in Windows 7 and properly implemented openssl? You would think that both of these products, being around for a long time and so widely used, would have a simple way to install/setup/use them. It isn't so. It is an unmitigated pig. I am at the pl

Re: Query for valid email

2016-04-28 Thread Bob Sneidar
I don't think so. If it is a single server, and you can manage the server, I'd export a list of email addresses and that you can script. If not, then I would have bounce messages ruled into a particular mail folder. That way you can at least find a way to compile the bounced addresses. For insta

Re: Query for valid email

2016-04-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
This advice in this article works if the mail server does not encrypt or use authentication, and almost all internet accessible servers do. After EHLO, you would need to enable TLS, then log in. If you did not do this the server would disconnect as soon as you used MAIL FROM:. Also, this only wo

Re: Query for valid email

2016-04-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
with SSL/TLS libraries built in. I use it to test whether the information provided to me by a customer for their copier is valid or not, and whether or not I can create a secure session from within their local area network. Bob S On Apr 29, 2016, at 08:03 , Bob Sneidar mailto:bo

Re: Clearing local variables

2016-04-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
Agreed, but then you need to be careful about what any of your variables contain. :-) As for tVar, I wasn't aware that you *could* modify it now. Last time I did this is when I started working with this repeat form, which I use religiously now, and ended up with scary nonsense in x. Apparently,

Re: Clearing local variables

2016-04-29 Thread Bob Sneidar
The best place to get C style scoping is to use a C style development environment. Really. The last thing I want is to make Livecode MORE like all the dev environments I simply do not have enough life left to master. Bob S On Apr 29, 2016, at 09:25 , Dr. Hawkins mailto:doch...@gmail.com>> wro

Re: Doing Maths in Hex

2016-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar
When I did my IP subnet calculator, there were some things that required binary, like determining what part of the IP address was the network address, and other operations required decimal. Of course, that was a unique problem as each octet is a discreet value, and not part of a *total* address.

Re: Endless discussion on licensing and pricing (was: Standalones on el Capitan?)

2016-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar
On May 2, 2016, at 05:56 , Paul Dupuis mailto:p...@researchware.com>> wrote: For every organization delivering a product, that organization has to make the product's cost vs value work for THEM. If they charge too little, they go out of business. If they charge too much, no one buys it. This ass

Re: Hexier and Hexier

2016-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar
With a little extra work you could make that work from any base to any base. Bob S > On Apr 30, 2016, at 08:18 , RM wrote: > > That's me, the ultimate Hex-object of 2016. > > However, as it is that time of the month I'm not really feeling Hexxy at all, > so I wrote a little something for tho

Re: Endless discussion on licensing and pricing

2016-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar
I'd like to remind everyone that there is another aspect to developing in livecode which probably keeps us all engaged, beyond the profit potential: It's damned fun! I doubt I will ever be able to produce a commercially marketable application, and yet I have writted a number of useful aplication

Re: Clearing local variables

2016-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar
I do the exact same thing Peter. I learned this when I was developing for a dBase accounting application. All their control structures and terminations were commented quite extensively, and I was able to learn dBase and their code specifically because they did. Bob S On Apr 30, 2016, at 06:31

Re: Doing Maths in Hex

2016-05-03 Thread Bob Sneidar
Don't do that. You'll break the universe. Bob S On May 3, 2016, at 11:53 , [-hh] mailto:h...@hh.on-rev.com>> wrote: Bonjour Thierry, Perfect. But now, of course, the question arises, how to do that in base 42 ;-) Hermann ___ use-livecode mailing l

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

2016-05-04 Thread Bob Sneidar
They were just waiting for me to finally pay for an indy license. Bob S On May 4, 2016, at 06:49 , Dave Kilroy mailto:d...@applicationinsight.com>> wrote: Very well done all of you :D And what a day to do it on! (the force strong with those people in Edinburgh) Dave

Re: [EOL] glx2 script editor

2016-05-04 Thread Bob Sneidar
Thanks for all the hard work you put into this product. I have benefited greatly from using this product, especially the clairvoyance feature, which would be a great addition to the LC script editor. LC devs would be well advised to look into some of the features in GLX2 and incorporate them.

Re: livecode.org [was: Release 8.0.0]

2016-05-05 Thread Bob Sneidar
As in Whack-a-mole as in you nailed it? Bob S On May 4, 2016, at 09:16 , RM mailto:richmondmathew...@gmail.com>> wrote: Whacko! Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe an

Re: Shell Fails on One Machine

2016-05-05 Thread Bob Sneidar
What your shell funtion would look like in this example is: get shell (open "/Volumes/Chola1/WWW/public_html") Might need to be: get shell ("open /Volumes/Chola1/WWW/public_html") > On May 4, 2016, at 21:51 , Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami > wrote: > > New iMac with clean install of El Capitan >

Re: Shell Fails on One Machine

2016-05-05 Thread Bob Sneidar
> On May 5, 2016, at 11:07 , Bob Sneidar wrote: > > What your shell funtion would look like in this example is: > > get shell (open "/Volumes/Chola1/WWW/public_html") > > Might need to be: > get shell ("open /Volumes/Chola1/WWW/public_html") >

Re: Shell Fails on One Machine

2016-05-05 Thread Bob Sneidar
I managed Apple Servers for years. Would not be the first time that a mount point went south, and when it does, yeah you get a lot of wierdness. It used to be you had to go to the folder that contained the dynamic links to the mount points and delete the bad ones. Now when you reboot it flushes

Re: LC8 Geometry Manager with DataGrid

2016-05-05 Thread Bob Sneidar
I love that word, "deprecated". By the way, I'd love to help with the open source project, only I know nothing about coding in C++ or Objective C or Java for that matter. And I may be one that has not been shouting, "Open Source!" I was happy with the old licensing scheme where I paid a yearly

Re: IPv6 for iOS??

2016-05-05 Thread Bob Sneidar
I got notice of this some months back. Over 6 months ago I think. Personally, I think it sucks. IPV6 is a sh*tstorm for IT Administrators. It is not at all needed for local area networks, and the doom of running out of IPV4 routable addresses has been going on for about the same time as globa

Re: VLC and GPL and LC on iOS (was: Re: MergEXT now included with Indy/Business IDE)

2016-05-06 Thread Bob Sneidar
This is why I am always leary of people who want to change the world. The devil is always in the details. Bob S On May 5, 2016, at 21:33 , Kay C Lan mailto:lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Monte Goulding mailto:mo...@appisle.net>> wrote: We worked hard with

A real stinker

2016-05-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi all. Here's a real stinker: I have a main card, and a Database Setup card. I have a function handler in the Database Setup card called getConnection(). All this function does is populate an array with the state and contents of certain fields and buttons on the Database Setup card and return

Re: A real stinker

2016-05-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
name of the card from the short name. I will say that in the hierarchy of commands and functions are backscripts and frontscripts and that may be messing with the name resolution in version 8. Bob S > On May 12, 2016, at 14:32 , Bob Sneidar wrote: > > Hi all. Here's a real stink

Re: Infinite LiveCode - Message from CEO

2016-05-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
On May 12, 2016, at 15:00 , Richard Gaskin mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> wrote: Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote: > But when I saw recently that something we've been begging for, for > 15 years… simple SFTP functionality from the engine.. Writing the word "simple" doesn't make it so. :)

Re: Infinite LiveCode - Message from CEO

2016-05-13 Thread Bob Sneidar
I'm in. I ain't rich but I can do what I can. Bob S ___ 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/listinfo/use-li

Re: Raising Money

2016-05-13 Thread Bob Sneidar
Well then, you must be completely confounded with American Politics! ;-) Bob S > On May 12, 2016, at 23:11 , RM wrote: > > I really wonder about asking people for donations > when one hasn't fulfilled all the promises one made > last time people gave you money. > > R. ___

Group not appearing in Project Browser

2016-05-13 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi all. I cloned a group that contained a label and a text field. I renamed the group, label and text field to something unique. I opened the project browser, expanded the stack, and then the card. The group and all of it's controls do NOT appear in the project browser! I close t he project br

Bug Report

2016-05-13 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi all. Just submitted a bug report involving windows becoming unresponsive when a dual monitor is unplugged and the windows rearrange on the main monitor. They will all align to the top of the monitor, and once there will no longer respond until moved below the toolbar. This affects IDE windo

Re: Bug Report

2016-05-13 Thread Bob Sneidar
On May 13, 2016, at 15:36 , Bob Sneidar mailto:bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com>> wrote: Hi all. Just submitted a bug report involving windows becoming unresponsive when a dual monitor is unplugged and the windows rearrange on the main monitor. BTW if there is a message sent to the IDE wh

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