Hooray Dar! :-) I'll check it out. If it's all that, it should go up on RunRev's tutorial pages.
Bob On May 15, 2012, at 10:24 PM, Dar Scott wrote: > I have dusted off and cleaned up the little booklet stack that works as a > primer on using the send command. I call that use, message mechanics. > > This primer consists of over 80 pages. It starts from the very beginning but > takes you to making message machinery with send. What you might do with > multiple threads in another environment, I show you how to do with send. > This covers everything from flashing lights to background tasks. > > The previous version was almost a decade old. This fixes a little menu that > does not work in current versions of LiveCode and makes the content up to > date. In particular, some LiveCode bugs and quirks have been fixed and those > references are now historical. This still is missing some elaboration on > callbacks and wait. And some things are a little archaic--remember modems? > > Feel free to use the core primer stack in part or with just the message > mechanics stuff ripped out. If you use it as a shell for your primers or > even for your product documentation and the look is basically the same, I > encourage you to leave the copyright in to help protect you and others who > use the stack. > > Feel free to use any of the examples. And be inspired to do something better > both as a booklet or as a tutorial. > > I kept the 1.0 version there in case some folks are using Revolution and > wonder whether the new stack will work. The download blocks clearly indicate > when the stack was last edited and what was the newest version of Revolution > or LiveCode that edited it. > > You can find the latest about half way down the page here: > > http://pages.swcp.com/dsc/revstacks.html > > This is FREE! > > Dar > > --------------------------- > Dar Scott > dba > Dar Scott Consulting > 8637 Horacio Place NE > Albuquerque, NM 87111 > > Lab, home, office phone: +1 505 299 9497 > For Skype and fax, please contact. > d...@swcp.com > > Computer Programming and tinkering, > mostly supporting those who develop with > LiveCode--usually by making > LiveCode libraries and externals, > sometimes by writing associated > microcontroller firmware. > --------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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-livecode _______________________________________________ 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-livecode
