Re: Sad truth about iOS apps

2020-05-15 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Graham, Why not get one of the hackintosh "modified" images for windows and run it inside virtualbox - probably s lot of hsrdwware wont work but |I bet xcode will. https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-macos-virtualbox/ https://www.hackint0sh.org/how-to-install-macos-on-virtualbox/ https://ww

Re: ProtonMail vs Apple

2020-08-14 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi People are missing something here. Apple allows programs from Argos, Sams, Amazon (not books) , Free software access for the yearly fee of $99. They take 30% the FIRST years and subsequently 15% - that second figure to me is the important one. You have access to that market and IF you have a

Re: ProtonMail vs Apple

2020-08-14 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Richard, I didn't mean no marketing - it's like the folks that buy books about the law of attraction and sit on their fata arses visualizing a BMW. You can sit in your chair visualizing all you want but the BMW, and bigger house won't come to you if you don't get off your ass and meet the uni

Re: Converting from unicode to ASCII

2020-09-23 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Assuming all the languages are latin type alphabets (no chinese, Japanese , Sanskrit ;-) ) (but see later for a fix?) I would replace the charactes like the E with umlout/cedilla and other dicritics with the "naked" character but for others that can't remove them BUT add to the end of the filenam

Re: Converting from unicode to ASCII

2020-09-23 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Jacq, Since you don't do Chinese then I think what I suggested would work except for bulgarian and other non latin alphabets. (which you could use a translation table for). It also is compatible with all the previous names as the extract and tagging on the end will only happen with new unico

Re: Slightly OT: downloading Xcode

2020-10-03 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Graham, How about using a download manager that does the chopping/zipping and unchopping for you so you can be sure that when you restart all the bits are ther. There are a coupler of free ones and some paid for http://www.flashget.com/en/download.html http://www.eagleget.com/download-eaglege

IOS Screen resizing /EXACT FIT not working as before

2020-11-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi, On an IOS app we have been using the setfullscreenmode of stack "XYZ" to exactfit. Although it isn't perfect in the sense it doesn't try to use the "notch" it has been working well. We have compiled with the latest livecode stable and the latest XCODE and now the there is a greater margin o

Re: IOS Screen resizing /EXACT FIT not working as before

2020-11-03 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
; at the sides or top/bottom on some devices depending on which mode you > > choose but the advantage > > is that it retains the stack ratio. At least one dimension will always > fit. > > > > You can obscure the black bars by setting the backcolor of the stack to a &g

Re: IOS Screen resizing /EXACT FIT not working as before

2020-11-07 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi I was told today that the App is unusable on smaller iphones on which it was originally designed - ny smaller I mean 6 and 7 It is usable on the bigger screens (albeit it looks "wrong") but a lot of people still stick with smaller screens. Lagi On Sat, 7 Nov 2020 at 14:18, Andrew at MidWest

Re: Design Question

2020-11-18 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi, I had 70 PS POS systems in the field and I saved the list of items and other info after each addition it worked 99.9% of the time. But when it failed (4 or 5 times a year) usually the same customer (same hardware same windows 7 )I had to log in and copy a blank livecode stack. In the end I

Re: LiveCode Advanced Application Architecture eBook price reduced

2020-12-30 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Andre, I have the version from leanpub which was last updated in August I believe. Is this a later one and will you be uploading to leanpub or do we have to buy it again. Regards Lagi On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 at 00:28, Andre Garzia via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hey Fri

Re: LiveCode Advanced Application Architecture eBook price reduced

2020-12-30 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi, Sorry maybe it's October 8th as I think you use American format dates. Lagi On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 at 00:28, Andre Garzia via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hey Friends, > > I've reduced the price of my LiveCode eBook to £9.99. This book will teach > you advanced techn

Re: [ANN] New Book: Development Oriented Development

2021-03-16 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI Andre, Didn't even read the whole post just went to the link and bought it - now for some bedtime reading Lagi On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 at 14:11, Andre Garzia via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Friends, > > I'm quite happy to announce the initial release of my new

Re: Problem with Script Editor in LC 9.6.2 (rc3)

2021-03-25 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI Henry, Tried it on windows LC 9.6.2 RC2 and it works fine. I still have the problem of very laggy text editor for a machine with 16G of Ram and SSD, there is no scrolling problem on a greater than 5000 line script so it looks like it's big Turd this time ;-) Lagi On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 at

Does anybody know if the Livecode Global happened yesterday?

2021-03-26 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI All, I purchase both the beginner and advanced courses (gotta have the set ;-) ) I filled in the questionnaire/registering email that was sent a few weeks ago, and since . nothing. -- KIndest Regards Lagi ___ use-livecode mailing list use-liv

Re: Does anybody know if the Livecode Global happened yesterday?

2021-03-26 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
ode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > >> Yes, it happened yesterday (and I enjoyed it, and as always learnt > >> something), and it will again today. > >> > >> I'd email Heather (support@...) - and maybe mark it urgent if you want > >> to

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.2 RC-4

2021-04-07 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi The unresponsiveness in Big Su is fixed and Ive only been asking for 3 or 4 years that the unresponsiveness in windows 10 (and probably 7) is fixed. I have a 10th generation core I7 with 16G of ram and it runs like molasses - especially when using the debugger. Ive tried EVERYTHING short of ru

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Trials of 14 days or even 30 days are a waste of time. I can install something and use it for a couple of days - then life / work gets in the way so It sits on the computer for 31 days and then times out. You then have to waste your time and the companies to get an extension, and by the time they

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
hose two things how is any new developer going to join the > platform? > > > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 5:34 PM Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > Trials of 14 days or even 30 days are a waste of time. I can install > > s

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
ame advice. those exact 2 > > points needing to be addressed. > > > > Give long trial, fix the most obvious IDE issues ASAP. > > > > Without those two things how is any new developer going to join the > > platform? > > > > > > > > On Thu

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-06 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Bernard, I could be called one of the whiners but I have paid my indy licence since the kickstarter and the business Upgrade (until a year ago - Incase I needed it - I didnt). My biggest "whine" is not the ending of the open source initiative - it's the fact that OUR biggest competitors (XOJO

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-06 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
, Perl, PHP, PowerBuilder, PowerShell, PureBasic, Python, Ruby, SQL, Swift, Tcl, VB.NET, VB6, VBScript, Xbase++, xHarbour, Xojo The question is why Livecode isn't there? Lagi On Mon, 6 Sept 2021 at 19:54, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >

Re: IDE performance (Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition)

2021-09-08 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Ben, I did some testing using the CPU% in the task manager - i was trying to do some more before sending in my results. It looks like if it has been running for some time but the time is not "quantified" at the moment as I have not been working on my project much these last few months. When I

Re: AW: IDE performance (Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition)

2021-09-08 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Also can I make clear that I dont think it is the size of the script. Originally I had a 2000 line library stack and 14000 line main stack When it works it works - I cut the main stack to 7000 lines and still get the slowdown. When it slows down its the same treacle/quicksand/molasses whether th

Re: IDE performance (Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition)

2021-09-08 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Curry, My Laptop is SSD and still the problems. , I have the problems with or without defender on.I don't use third party antivirus anymore as (especially with norton that customers still bloody buy) you get lots of eyecandy bloat and headaches - the best antivirus i have is the one between my

Re: AW: IDE performance (Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition)

2021-09-08 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
> > I've asked Erik to try with 8000 line comment on his 32GB rig, since he has > no problems. He might have to increase the size of the text in that field > to 12000 or 16000, but I suspect eventually he too will get your treacle. > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 4:52 PM Lagi

Re: Sorting text is *VERY* slow in LC9 on Windows (Re: Accumulating text is *VERY* slow in LC9 on Windows)

2021-09-11 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I thought Mark was misremembering Emmental when he said Edam (they do start with an E) but I believe Venezuelan Beaver Cheeses is probably a better analogy as it has many holes caused by the beavers' sharp incisors. and is a bit of a mystery (very difficult to acquire) as is the workings of win

Android SDK lesson

2021-09-18 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi I have not compiled for Android for nearly 3 years now and Ive had new machines. I want to install the SDK and I remember the problems I had originally - so to save my mental health Can someone (Panos?) point me to the LATEST lessons for the latest version that will install with 1 press of a

Re: Android SDK lesson

2021-09-18 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
ering that Google broke the later versions of their tool and Google > hide the unbroken versions (not to mention the lunacy of Google's > naming-numbering), you are not going to find a one button solution from LC > that works around all those issues. > > Regards, Bernard > >

Re: Android SDK lesson

2021-09-20 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
ard > > On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 8:17 PM Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > > I will look for a thread by you and expect that it should be the latest > > unless you say otherwise - you didn't say if it works on

Re: Scott Rossi and TactileMedia

2018-05-01 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi All, I too think Scotts stuff is a cut above. I bought tm1 and 2 with no usage in mind just because they looked so good - they were never used just played with, somewhere in that code there are going to be nuggets for the future. If you go to tactilemedia now it goes to scottrossi.design - (ta

Re: URGENT: MergGoogle no longer works on iOS: CLIENTS VERY UNHAPPY

2018-05-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Sean, I feel your pain really! Just a question wouldn't the Oauth2 that is built in to LC9 work - maybe that's the reason it wasn't updated but i'm sure Monty wouldn't be dismissive - he was once at the coal face (no pun intended). Regards Lagi On 2 May 2018 at 14:00, Pi Digital via use-liv

Re: URGENT: MergGoogle no longer works on iOS: CLIENTS VERY UNHAPPY

2018-05-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi All I just setup a gofundme site - Never done it before but Can anyone tell me do we have to put Sean's name on it - what shall I call the page? Talk like that makes me shiver. I have a mate in Canada - he had his card account and paypal compromised a week or so ago - rent was due no money

Re: URGENT: MergGoogle no longer works on iOS: CLIENTS VERY UNHAPPY

2018-05-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi All If I wasn't clear as to why I asked the question about gofundme - it's because people don't want their lives "on social media" and gofundme is probably as social as it get - lets keep it private between us. Regards Lagi On 2 May 2018 at 17:42, prothero--- via use-livecode < use-livecode@

Re: URGENT: MergGoogle no longer works on iOS: CLIENTS VERY UNHAPPY

2018-05-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
ill > > > William A. Prothero > http://earthlearningsolutions.org > > > On May 2, 2018, at 9:59 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Hi All > > > > I just setup a gofundme site - Never done it before but Can anyone tell > me

Seans GOFUNDME LInk

2018-05-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi All. Sean hasn't accepted the invitation yet but we have to do this. here is the link it is all anonymous - no mention of SEan on the site. https://www.gofundme.com/scemergency Kindest Regards Lagi ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.

Re: Emergency Help?

2018-05-03 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi I phoned a couple of times yesterday on gis mobile. Phoned today on his mobile and Landline - both no answer Also emailed him His contact details are here. 34 Victoria Road Chatham, Kent. ME4 5EL t +44 (0) 1634 402193 m +44 (0) 7702 116447 e s...@pidigital.co.uk r pidigital.co.uk/reels.html

SEAN'S GOFUNDME LINK

2018-05-03 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
The link is www.gofundme.com/scemergency I Didn't want to mention Sean by Name I will be posting a message in the beginners section of the forum - after my "prose" has been looked at by Mike. Just to reiterate only Sean or his family would be able to withdraw money from here. Best Lagi ___

Gofundme posted in the Forums

2018-05-03 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Please go here and read this in the forums if you are still on the fence. I have phoned 6 or 7 times both landline and mobile - no response - I hope he is just "thinking". I make no apologies for being pushy. I don't think Sean was being Flippant. We cannot know what his state of mind is. http

Re: Gofundme posted in the Forums

2018-05-04 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Dan messaged Sean's wife on Facebook yesterday - I found here on facebook last night and her last post was July of last year I think. But No News yet. Any updates Dan? Regards Lagi On 3 May 2018 at 22:18, Tom Glod via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > any update on this?

Re: URGENT: MergGoogle no longer works on iOS: CLIENTS VERY UNHAPPY

2018-05-04 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
That's superhuman Monte. The last time I remember a company making a fix this quick was when I posted a bug to the Foxpro people (before they were bought out by Microsoft). It logged on with a 2400 Baud Modem to there "BBS" to get a patched runtime file back just over 2 hours - probably took lo

Re: Gofundme posted in the Forums

2018-05-04 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
to the found raising campaign Lagi has started so > others don’t hesitate to donate. > > Regards, > Erik > > On 04/05/18 11:55, "use-livecode on behalf of Lagi Pittas via > use-livecode" use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Dan messaged Sean's

Re: Gofundme posted in the Forums

2018-05-04 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
ode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > No news I'm afraid > > the nature of the message was to the effect that Sean had expressed having > a difficult day and was he ok, there is a caring community of people that > are asking after him etc .. > > On Fri, May

Re: Sean?

2018-05-08 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I sent a Facebook PM to his Son last week - No Answer.. But to make it worse - no donation since last Friday. - come on people!!! Anyone got his house telephone number? Lagi On 6 May 2018 at 20:18, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Mark Wieder wrote:

Re: Sean?

2018-05-08 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
l who holds money on a whim. Regards Lagi On 5 May 2018 at 01:18, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 05/02/2018 11:14 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> I have set it up - but I want to have the money

Re: Sean?

2018-05-08 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Thanks Dan, And the donations are getting a boost as well Thanks to all who have donated - I've sent thank you messages via Gofundme - I hope I haven't missed anybody. For all those still on the fence or drinking Starbucks - Please do the right thing otherwise I might get into Bob Geldolf mode ;

Re: Active window and mouse location

2018-05-09 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Doug, Could this thread be helpful? http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=30984 and this lesson http://lessons.livecode.com/m/2592/l/125868-searching-for- an-open-window-by-title Only for Livecode "windows"/stacks though Failing that, using FFI with C would do it You need to get

Re: Splash-stack apps on Google Play

2018-05-21 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Jacque, If your app is for a specific client/company do you put it on the Play Store still? Or is it an app for a company who wants to sell it? - Lagi On 20 May 2018 at 21:06, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Has anyone released an Android app on Goog

To Sean - This was sent on Saturday but found the bit bucket

2018-05-29 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Sean, First I must say that I am relieved that you are ok - and didn't do whatyou hinted at. I also admit to being the perpetrator of the heinous crime of trying to help "one of us" in distress. But no, I didn't send the police. I did read your email to the end btw - we do care even if you t

Re: Is anyone using tsNet external with LCserver?

2018-05-29 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi There are more than a thousand links and there are more than server that are broken https://www.drlinkcheck.com/results/a9d513/47/ Lagi On 29 May 2018 at 18:40, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > I apologize, I had not realized that th

Re: Devawriter Pro: Fund Raiser Goes Live!

2018-05-31 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Richmond, I think peter was hinting at the same thing as me in the Forum. Crowdfunding campaigns of much more expensive products and aims come with token "We love to help but don't have a use for your product" https://stonemaiergames.com/kickstarter-lesson-113-why- every-project-should-have-a

Re: button action different on Android

2018-05-31 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Swami, How about using the mousestlilldown command and call the mouseup within that? Lagi On 31 May 2018 at 14:56, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Well, "rather Android ceding time for that sort of thing." > > While it may not be a LC

Re: Android APK sanity check

2018-06-01 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi I have had the same problem Using old and very new android devices, where the program will give a blank/black screen on different versions of Android with no ryme or reason. Sometimes it works on and older version of android with older hardware and fails on a phone or tablet with say the oreo

Re: Devawriter Pro: Fund Raiser Goes Live!

2018-06-01 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
What surprises me is you don't let us mental pygmies in on the in joke. (sorry if that is a hate crime against you Pygmies with internet access) Regards lagi On 1 June 2018 at 15:54, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > What surprises me is that I get it. :-)

Re: Devawriter Pro: Fund Raiser Goes Live!

2018-06-01 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Bob That should be Intellectual Pygmies - although sometimes mental is closer to the truth these days. Regards Lagi On 1 June 2018 at 15:54, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > What surprises me is that I get it. :-) > > Bob S > > > > On May 31, 2018, at

Re: THOUGHT: the [effective] [working] screenLoc

2018-06-05 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
" Windows taskbar can be resize to take up half the primary screen by the user (we have NOT had any one do that - YET)" Which reminds me of 3 variants of Murphy's law :- Nothing can be made foolproof because fools are so ingenious. Nothing is foolproof for a capable fool. Lagi On 4 June 2018 a

Re: THOUGHT: the [effective] [working] screenLoc

2018-06-05 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi here's the third one I missed "Make something idiot-proof, and they will build a better idiot." It's a losing battle Lagi >> Nothing can be made foolproof because fools are so ingenious. >> Nothing is foolproof for a capable fool. >> >> Lagi >> >> >> On 4 June 2018 at 20:51, Paul Dup

Re: Differences between Commercial and Community versions of LiveCode

2018-06-06 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
The code doesn't need to be available "in the clear" either in Community or Business in the executable. So there is nothing stopping us using something like https://www.pelock.com/products/pelock/buy or a free one here https://upx.github.io/ http://www.pazera-software.com/products/free-upx/ You

Re: Differences between Commercial and Community versions of LiveCode

2018-06-06 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Oh and for those who do want to make totally sure .. https://www.cybrary.it/0p3n/advanced-exe-multi-protection-reverse-engineering-free-tools/ shows you how to modify the UPX compressor so that someone with the source code (it's open source) will have difficulty. I don't use it - my copy protec

Re: Differences between Commercial and Community versions of LiveCode

2018-06-06 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
at 1:00 PM, Tom Glod wrote: > > > great suggestion Lagi... thats a great solution for anyone who needs an > > extra layer of obfuscation on the binaries. > > > > Yes indeed...the .livecode files must be made available. > > > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Lagi

Re: Best practise approach for artwork for iOS and Android?

2018-06-12 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi, I don't know what sort of images you have but take a look at xara ( xara.com/designer-pro/features) Scroll down to the intelligent scaling video - better yet they have a trial. I think the intelligent scaling might even give you the "safe Zone" that SB mentioned Regards Lagi Lagi On Mon,

Re: Need help with a project

2018-06-18 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI Peter, The fact that it is a subscription system is the best protection you have. Use the simplest protection that will tell you if the system has been "pirated" - simple encryption of the company/institution address/details for instance. Don't allow them to change the address/telephone number

Re: Need help with a project

2018-06-18 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Just to be clear - Time trials and demos are a good use of this program - It was the "copy protection" I was referring to Lagi On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 at 02:24, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Also, I want to add this: Yummy Interactive who is behind So

Re: Using stackoverflow.com

2018-08-17 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi, I'm sorry for the meandering, unfocused ran/stream of consciousness below but .. I agree with all the sentiments so far, and I can empathise with Mark and Todd about people who "Know" that everything must be written in C++ , Java or Python. - Livecode is a "baby language" according to th

Re: filter list_of_files with REGEX xyz?

2018-08-17 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I used (without the gif) .*\.jpj|jpeg|png|gif The above is not case sensitive - just tested it Lagi On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 14:45, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > (?i) turn off case sensitivity for everything after it in the regex > expression. (?-i) tur

Re: filter list_of_files with REGEX xyz?

2018-08-17 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I was going to send the whole line but Hermann has beaten me to it - and I will use his version from now on, thanks Hermann. Lagi On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 15:03, Klaus major-k via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Hermann, > > > Am 17.08.2018 um 15:58 schrieb hh via use-li

Re: Not many people know this.

2018-08-17 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I have a habit of saying "ish" and "odd" in that context , so I'm in very good company. And I'm jealous of your hairline ;-) Lagi On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 17:09, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 2018-08-17 02:56, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote

Re: For those who do not know lcTasklist

2018-08-21 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI Malte, I just bought it on your recommendation - I'm sure it will be very useful as I'm "refactoring" some old code at the moment (make it work THEN make it better). Lagi A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work. Steve McConell - Code Complete On

Re: For those who do not know lcTasklist

2018-08-21 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
ίας). ;) > But anyway. Good to know that the user base of lcTaskList increases. > > Regards, > > Matthias > > > Am 21.08.2018 um 11:48 schrieb Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: > > >

Where's Fraser?

2018-09-03 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
In the spirit of where's wally Can you spot Fraser in this Pic? https://www.dejero.com/about-us/profile Hint - there are only 2 that can be even considered. Regards Lagi ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: Where's Fraser?

2018-09-04 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
ode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 9/3/18 10:57 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: > > On 09/03/2018 06:53 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote: > >> In the spirit of where's wally > >> > >> Can you spot Fraser in this Pic? > >> > >> https:/

Re: This is disturbing!

2018-09-07 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi We had the same "problem" in Foxpro because of the Dbase legacy. Here is a partial list of comparisosn with the SET EXACT switch setting OFF ON OFF or ON "abc" = "abc" Yes Yes Yes -- 1 "ab" = "abc" No No No -- 2 "abc" = "ab" Yes No No -- 3 "abc" = "ab_"

Re: Livecode's CEF Builds

2018-09-10 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I have read a few articles about this - and I think Livecode doesn't have a problem with building it in - here is my take. Foe under 100,000 uses/sales/installs (whatever) there is no charge. 100,000 to 250,000 is $25000 I assume Livecode has NOT sold more than 100,000 copies of Indy or Busin

Re: Stacks whose names start with "rev"

2018-09-28 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Mark, Couldn't agree more. I name my stacks stkName, stkOthernMe cards are crdName etc fields used for lists are lstName - Got used to that using foxpro. One way out of this is without having to rewrite everything, is rename the stacks with stkRev (for instance) and wherever there is a displa

Re: Thanks to Hermann Hoch...

2018-10-04 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I'll second that emotion they're Smokin (pun intended) Thanks Hermann. Lagi On Wed, 3 Oct 2018 at 15:23, Tom Glod via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Though I haven't used them yet, I agree...its great for the community. > Thanks Hermann > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 8:

Re: OT: Seven Ineffective Coding Habits of Many Programmers

2018-10-13 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI Andre, Still waiting for your book - sent you at least 3 emails to be put on the mail list. Also the course you were gonna do before I think about MVC in livecode - is this all going to be rolled into this? Regards Lagi On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 at 16:29, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode

Re: Widget imageWidget_v110

2018-10-22 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi I'm Honoured Herman, and I was going to donate my self even though I have as yet no need for the Widget - but I have donated many times before when I think someone has done something that has to be acknowledged in some way. To be honest I was thinking of getting a gofundme type of theme and use

Re: What is LC's internal text format?

2018-11-21 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Mark, I can't see any reason why not - except for time (and money). The fact that the language has been "forked - livecode builder" means there is a precedent for changes into the way the language works. I cannot see why LCB could not be one of the "open language" variants that uses the liveco

Re: What is LC's internal text format?

2018-11-28 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
ard, we would end up with a java > development environment as the java people would dominate the demand and > direction of LC. > > Bob S > > > On Nov 21, 2018, at 09:00 , Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > How many

Re: hhPDFViewer v0.8.0

2018-11-28 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Brilliant stuff Hermann Thanks, Lagi On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 at 19:44, hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Sometimes one wishes to have a unique PDF display, independent of the > user's current internet-plugin. Or one wishes to have a feature that > these plugins don't hav

Re: BrowserSnapshot_v001

2018-12-18 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hermann, I have no use for this presently but I KINOW I will learn a lot just by looking at your code. Thanks for all your brilliant stuff - oh and if I don't thank you for future stuff (life gets in the way of living) take that as a thank you as well - I'll be the first to tell you when your stuf

Re: Get RGB color of a specific screen location

2019-01-07 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Seems like it was answered the same day by Phil Davis Lagi Phil Davis via use-livecode Mon, 31 Dec 2018, 17:51 (7 days ago) to Beat, Phil set the screenMouseLoc to globalLoc(tLocWithinMyStack) put the mouseColor into tTheColorAtThatScreenLoc Phil Davis On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 at 12:10, Beat Cornaz v

Re: windows defender issues? & other AV issues

2019-01-17 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
A POS system that I wrote saved a few arrays and text on exit. It worked beautifully in 99.9% % of the time but every so often the user would start up and the file was corrupted some how - I saw the tilde file (exactly as word does (used to do it?), when view extensions for known file type was en

Re: AW: Script Editor Performance

2019-01-30 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
#METOO ;-) On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 15:14, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Tiemo Hollmann wrote: > > > Beside of massive slowdowns, the 9er IDE has (at least on Win 10) some > > nasty behaviors. E.g. When using the scroll-bar, the line numbers > > don't

Re: Bug 20255 - Simple Loop Labeling

2017-08-11 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
+100 To Mark for that one In fact it could copy the complicated condition AND any comment after it - best of all possible worlds Lagi On 11 August 2017 at 02:38, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 08/10/2017 06:24 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode wrote:

Re: Bug 20255 - Simple Loop Labeling

2017-08-11 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Mark, I Beg to Differ about Next Repeat. "It's not wat you do it's the way that you do it" comes to mind Someone who writes spaghetti code can do it very well in any language but its much more difficult without the structure brought in by the Algol/Pascal/Modula. I have not used a Goto Since

Re: Bug 20255 - Simple Loop Labeling

2017-08-11 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
the system that I would like to thank you all again for LC (Other than the dot notation, the open language ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7tvauOJMHo ;-) ) Kindest Regards Lagi On 11 August 2017 at 12:16, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

Re: Forum: Waves of Russian Nonsense

2017-08-15 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
If Klaus and Richard can't be given Admin rights then the world is doomed. If it is data protection then surely you must have the some way of allowing a new employee/current employee of the company to have admin rights. But some of these nanny state laws that are totally ignored by the very peop

Re: Daybed 2.0 - A Library for Apache CouchDB

2017-08-22 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI Greg, I've just purchased your udemy course to say thank you. I'm sure somewhere down the line this will be very useful Thanks again lagi On 19 August 2017 at 14:20, pink via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > For experimentation, you can setup a free account with IBM f

Beacons and Bluetooth

2017-09-27 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi All, I thought I would post a link to a forum post I made -- Nobody seems to have a an answer even a simple yes/no or even a fully fledged Stack with Scott Rossi designed UI it seems ;-) Better men than me have done this "double posting" - Hi Todd https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=8

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

2017-10-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Regards L:agi OOPS!! https://vimeo.com/36579366 On 25 May 2017 at 12:33, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode>> wrote: >* Can you post the URL to that video, please? *>>* Richmond. *>>* On 5/25/17 1:13 pm, Lagi Pittas via use-live

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

2017-10-03 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Bob That's why I said the Function part would be good - basically a LIVE interactive debugger - the coding to do all the rest in a REAL programming language rather than an animation studio or a testbed is way out of my league - But given time and money anything is possible Except .. A

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

2017-10-03 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi, I am well up on the argument of secrecy and that article - falls down in the first few paragraphs with the vaccines - you probably haven't heard of the whistleblowers - Gus Grissom comes to mind http://info.cmsri.org/the-driven-researcher-blog/link-between-vaccines-and-african-american-boys-

Re: Where is LiveCode

2017-10-05 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Sean Maybe all the others but XOJO? Lagi On 5 October 2017 at 12:10, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Antti, > > I wouldn't class LiveCode along with these Low-Code apps as LC requires a > lot more code than these offerings mentioned. A different k

Re: Repeat For Each Iteration Order (was Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 169, Issue 18)

2017-10-13 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi All I feel my IQ goes up by at lest 10 points when I read some of Mark's detailed answers concerning Livecode internals - and the thought processes that go into them. Mark's and many others' answers are worth the price of admission to this list - thanks a lot Mark for such an erudite expositio

Re: Atkinson dither algorithm & 'for each' loop

2017-10-13 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI All Hoping I'm not teaching my granny to suck eggs ... Here is a great article I remembered reading from a few years ago. It's easy to find on google so you probably know of it ... http://www.tannerhelland.com/4660/dithering-eleven-algorithms-source-code/ In any case his projects and how he

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-05 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
I was going for PICTURE but now I think Richmond’s FRAME is better. It takes into account the newbies, encompasses the same thought process as Bernd’s BLACKBOARD and will stop Jacque killing Mark when there is no abbreviation, because BLACK is taken. Lagi On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 at 08:53, Richmond Ma

Re: Livecode Content Management System

2017-12-01 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Alex, As much as I think revigniter is brilliant at what it does I really think if this is going to be done it should be done in LC totally. 1. The first reason which you in the fact brought up that we could use the IDE to debug 2. If PHP can do it why not Livecode? 3. I'm really hating codi

Activation problem

2018-01-17 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI All Just tried to start work (using 6.7.11) and I got an activation box come up saying the sessiion has lapsed. Tried it also on my MAC just in case ... no go. So I went to my LC9 DP 11 and again "The session has lapsed - try again". and it wouldn't automatically activate. So I go to the liv

Re: Activation problem

2018-01-17 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
> Hi Lagi, > > We are working on that. As a workaround, turn off Internet access, launch > LC, and then turn Internet access on again. > > Best, > Panos > -- > > On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:53 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wr

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