Re: pirate version of my book...
The problem is, people are being caught in the middle of a massive technology change and consequent change in markets caused by no-cost untraceable easy anonymous replication, and its not going back to the way it was. Don't know the answer, but like it or not, there is obviously no going back to the old model of more or less guaranteed payment for every copy owned. Meanwhile, what's really interesting about the scale of piracy of Colin's book is that people see such a demand for it. Its a real compliment in a way, and the more the links proliferate, the more of a compliment it is. Will it translate into paid sales of LiveCode? Or simply an extension of piracy efforts to the language itself? Be interesting to see. But there is clearly a very substantial demand for simplet mobile programming IDE and manuals than the mainstream ones, and Colin certainly seems to have hit a sweet spot. There must be some way to exploit it with a Rev + Manual package directed at the people who are downloading the book, and are now in want of an IDE to go with it! -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/pirate-version-of-my-book-tp4654451p4654562.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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
Re: pirate version of my book...
On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.comwrote: Would anyone like to hear why somebody who doesn't know when and how to keep his mouth shut and his opinions to himself is running a hole-in-the-wall EFL school in a country at the bottom of the sack when he could have been something 'great and glorious'? No, I thought not . . . all too familiar. Been there, done that... Is that why this List is so nice, so many have chosen right and honesty over every other alternative. ___ 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
Re: Unicode in datagrid headers
You can do it easy with Data Grid Helper. It's very helpful tool working with DataGrids with a lot of futures. Marek ___ 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
Re: pirate version of my book...
On 09/02/2012 12:00 AM, stephen barncard wrote: Richmond: Maybe you find your adopted country enchanting, and its people honest and real, as I sense you have a mission of duty, service and goodness that is underneath your expressive and somewhat crusty exterior. Your self-depreciating comments aside, in my view, you have true integrity. Bless you! Bulgaria is NOT my adopted country. enchanting; hardly, but good in parts like almost everywhere else. And its people are, on the whole, thoroughly dishonest; although they are, in every sense of the word REAL - and maybe more honest than in certain other countries insofar as they are honest about their dishonesty; that is to say, unlike other countries where people labour long and hard to protest their honesty and good intentions while doing their best to stab you in the back, most Bulgarians are very straightforward in their dishonesty. 'integrity' . . . possibly; but that doesn't really do me much good when it comes to paying bills. However, the one advantage of living in a country such as Bulgaria is that after a while one can see that those countries that would tell you they are so much more superior are nothing of the sort, just, by being bigger and having more money, they can bully and strut, and make a good show. Notwithstanding the above, I am not a great fan of people stealing other people's work, and invest quite a bit of time and effort to minimise people pinching mine. ___ 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
LiveCode Apps Presentation Slideshow?
Hi there, In a month or so I have to give a 1 hour presentation to about 50 potential LiveCode buyers, about creating Apps in LiveCode. I can put together my own slideshow, but the thought occurred to me that someone out there must have done this before, and probably has a well-designed one ready to go! Something on the order of Apple's Keynote slick propaganda marketing campaign stuff would be fine. (I do have Keynote so I can design my own.) If LiveCode doesn't have such a presentation ready to go, then I'd like to suggest that perhaps we need one! Pointing me to the proper resources is always helpful too. Thanks, Rick ___ 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
Re: another display image question
As a Digest reader, I see that your question has been ably answered by the usual suspects… I just wanted to add that I have an app where a user is allowed to extract a rectangular area from a larger image, with the added twist that the original image may be too large to display, so that the extraction (a kind of cookie-cutter approach) is done on the scaled-down image, but what gets saved is the corresponding extract from the unscaled image, if you see what I mean. Turns out it can all be done fairly neatly in LC. If this is of interest I can explain more - if not, not much bandwidth lost. Graham On Sat, 1 Sep 2012 15:04:22 -0700, Timothy Miller gand...@doctortimothymiller.com wrote: Hello, This is a follow-up to another question on a similar topic, posted just a few minutes ago. I'm wondering how to crop the display of an image in an image area. The original is a .jpg or .png saved on the hard disk. I could do that with with overlying opaque fields, moving them around as needed, but that sounds cumbersome. There might be other ways. If so, would someone be so kind as to describe briefly how this is done? I'm vaguely aware that LC makes it possible to alter images pixel by pixel. I assume this would alter the displayed image not the original, but I'm feeling my way in the dark here. Presumably, one would change the color of rows or columns of pixels to black, white or some other background color, to simulate cropping. If that's accurate, does someone have a ready-made script I could adapt to my own needs? Finally, once an image is cropped, does LC offer a way to save the altered image? I suppose it could take a screen shot. Is there any other way? Thanks in advance, Tim ___ 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
Re: an ignored breakpoint
On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 12:07 AM, Kay C Lan lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com wrote: IMO the red dots are like the Geometry Manager - to be avoided because they are flaky. YEah, but they can be added to a running script. I've never had the debugger ignore a specifically written 'breakpoint' in a script, so that's what I ALWAYS use. I have yet to get one to work in preOpenStack (at least for the main stack) unless I precede it with an answer . . . -- The Hawkins Law Firm Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 hawkinslawf...@gmail.com 3025 S. Maryland Parkway Suite A Las Vegas, NV 89109 ___ 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
hotkeys for button choices in answer
I'm kind of surprised that I'm not tripping over them; it's been nearly 30 years since MS had these in word 1.0 . . . Anyway, in an answer dialog, is there any way to have accelerator/hot keys other then enter/escape? For example, Y for Yes when the default is no? Or do I need my own little stack to replace answer? -- The Hawkins Law Firm Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 hawkinslawf...@gmail.com 3025 S. Maryland Parkway Suite A Las Vegas, NV 89109 ___ 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
So you think your password is long enough?
A tip from Microsoft... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/276304 Hugh Senior FLCo ___ 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
Re: So you think your password is long enough?
Hi Hugh, Am 02.09.2012 um 18:40 schrieb FlexibleLearning ad...@flexiblelearning.com: A tip from Microsoft... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/276304 :-D :-D :-D Hugh Senior FLCo Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.com ___ 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
Re: another display image question
Generous, knowledgeable, clear and concise, as always. You are a gift from god, Jacque, Tim On Sep 1, 2012, at 8:25 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: There's a built-in crop command, see the dictionary. Basically you pass it a rectangle and the image gets cropped to that size. ___ 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
Re: pirate version of my book...
On 9/2/12 2:18 AM, Peter Alcibiades wrote: Meanwhile, what's really interesting about the scale of piracy of Colin's book is that people see such a demand for it. Its a real compliment in a way, and the more the links proliferate, the more of a compliment it is. I don't think we can correlate the number of places it appears and the actual demand for it. It seems to me that everything is being posted these days (the apparently complete Google Play library on androidpit surprised me, but I doubt Casey's Solitaire is getting much traction over there.) We don't really know how many times the items are actually downloaded. But like you I do hope it translates to both more legitimate sales of Colin's book, and additional sales of LiveCode. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ 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
Re: pirate version of my book...
Real numbers will be hard to come by obviously, but androidpit seems to claim that they provide for those in eastern europe and russia (and maybe down into the far east for all I know), as they claim to have set up deals with merchant providers in those countries. Android pit seem to be working all the angles. You must deposit money with them (in multiples of $5, I think), and purchase out of those funds...so there's a tidy profit in the tied-up funds sitting in their account. Incidentally, the app we released was on sale for $199.99, the max the Google play store will accept in the US. On AndroidPit it was available for $239.99. As if they needed even /more/ markup!?! Then, you must install an androidpit installer app, setting your device to allow apps from unknown sources. So, it's illegal there, and it's /easier/ and *cheaper* on Google Play. I guess that I'm saying they probably aren't taking a huge bite out of most people's earnings. Gads, I *hope* people aren't stupid enough to buy from them, at least in the markets Google Play inhabits. -Ken ___ 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
Re: pirate version of my book...
When immoral behavior becomes common, profitable, and more or less anonymous, it is no longer generally regarded as immoral. If the victim is distant stranger, or an abstraction, like a corporation, the sense of immorality diminishes further. When people find hundred dollar bills lying around outdoors, with no apparent explanation, how many will turn the money over to authorities, pending identification of the rightful owner? For that matter, how many of us would do that? My 24 year old son has a normal conscience -- he is not mean or selfish in other ways. He does not hesitate to download pirated music, he's got many gigs of it, and he's figured out some way to download a pirated version of almost any book he wants, to read on his Kindle. He would not hesitate to use pirated software, though he doesn't know how. His conscience is entirely silent on these topics. He thinks I'm weird because I prefer to pay for the music I listen to. By comparison, I once tried to publish a commercial application and I'm the author of a copyrighted book for which I received well-earned royalties. My son's behavior gives me pain. Yet he seems unable to conceive of the possibility that his actions are immoral or harmful. He seems to think I am an old-fashioned fuss-budget about copyrights. He is dismissive about the possibility that authors might stop writing or musicians might stop recording. Everyone he knows has the same point of view, except me and his Mom. Meanwhile, maybe we should zoom out and look at the bigger picture. About sixteen percent of the world's population consumes 80% of its resources. This is not exactly fair, either. Are we all pirates, squabbling among ourselves for a fair share of the loot? Maybe fair is an illusion, often self-serving. Dukkha. Tim ___ 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
Re: pirate version of my book...
On 09/02/2012 10:00 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 9/2/12 2:18 AM, Peter Alcibiades wrote: Meanwhile, what's really interesting about the scale of piracy of Colin's book is that people see such a demand for it. Its a real compliment in a way, and the more the links proliferate, the more of a compliment it is. I don't think we can correlate the number of places it appears and the actual demand for it. It seems to me that everything is being posted these days (the apparently complete Google Play library on androidpit surprised me, but I doubt Casey's Solitaire is getting much traction over there.) We don't really know how many times the items are actually downloaded. This is really a sort of infantilism, where the person(s) who pirates the software/pdf puts it in as many places as possible, not because they will benefit from people downloading it, or in any other way, but just as a way of saying 'nyah, nyah, nyah' to the person who did all the work. But like you I do hope it translates to both more legitimate sales of Colin's book, and additional sales of 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
Re: pirate version of my book...
On 09/02/2012 10:16 PM, Ken Corey wrote: Real numbers will be hard to come by obviously, but androidpit seems to claim that they provide for those in eastern europe and russia (and maybe down into the far east for all I know), as they claim to have set up deals with merchant providers in those countries. Not over here in Bulgaria. NO self-respecting Bulgarian will pay for anything is s/he thinks they can get hold of it for free; as a result no pirate software gets SOLD over here - just ripped-off, plain and simple. Android pit seem to be working all the angles. You must deposit money with them (in multiples of $5, I think), and purchase out of those funds...so there's a tidy profit in the tied-up funds sitting in their account. Incidentally, the app we released was on sale for $199.99, the max the Google play store will accept in the US. On AndroidPit it was available for $239.99. As if they needed even /more/ markup!?! Then, you must install an androidpit installer app, setting your device to allow apps from unknown sources. So, it's illegal there, and it's /easier/ and *cheaper* on Google Play. I guess that I'm saying they probably aren't taking a huge bite out of most people's earnings. Gads, I *hope* people aren't stupid enough to buy from them, at least in the markets Google Play inhabits. -Ken ___ 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
Re: pirate version of my book...
On 09/02/2012 10:17 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: snip My son's behavior gives me pain. That's what children are for; to cause their parents pain. Meanwhile, maybe we should zoom out and look at the bigger picture. About sixteen percent of the world's population consumes 80% of its resources. This is not exactly fair, either. Are we all pirates, squabbling among ourselves for a fair share of the loot? Maybe fair is an illusion, often self-serving. 'Fair' is fairly unfair. However the open-source movement exists for those who cannot pay. The simple fact is that thousands of programmers (squeaky Stallman among them) have given a lot of their time and effort to provide an alternative to expensive software. I have, in front of me, 2 computers that I paid about 100 Euros (for the 2 of them), a flat screen monitor I paid 100 Euros for, and another flat-screen monitor I inherited from an aunty who died. One is my main Linux work-horse, the other is my faux-Mac, running Mac OS 10.6.8 inside VMplayer. I don't feel that all you rich types out there have somehow cheated me, nor do I feel hard done by in that my 2 machines are 2-4 years out-of-date. I cannot afford Windows and the expensive virus-fuelled consequences of using it, nor can I afford Adobe programmes . . . (admittedly I don't like Windows very much anyway) . . . So Ubuntu, GIMP and Inkscape are there for the likes of me, as are Audacity, Fontforge and so forth. There really is no reason to steal software nowadays as there are a vast number of alternatives to Commercial software. I cannot afford a new Macintosh computer, but a while back I was able to buy an install disk of Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) so now I can run it in VMplayer on a Linux box - using, with the sole exception of RunRev Livecode, open source software. What is bad (quite apart from the moral problems associated with crap like border and immigration controls) is that Microsoft have so successfully got a grip on people's minds that they would far rather run pirate Windows, pirate Microsoft Office, pirate Photoshop, et al, than go for the Open Source Free alternatives. To a certain extent, until Microsoft stop shoving their product down people's throats in quite such a full-on fashion, while not condoning piracy, I find myself not really caring about the fact that a fat percentage of the world is merrily steaming along on pirate Microsoft and Adobe products; and, as they already make buckets of money from legitimate sales, I really wonder how much it fusses them. --- However, as we are all aware, stealing from a giant can lead to stealing from smaller people; and it is the smaller people who suffer more. I don't have a lawyer to push through thumping great legal cases when my stuff gets nicked! --- Richmond. ___ 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
Re: pirate version of my book...
Understand that availability is not the same as demand. I was curious about the extent of this thing and looked for 50 Shades of Pages and pages of them. Presumably that is at least partly demand, though it doesn't seem to be hitting sales. But do you think that there could be a case for a package of Colin's book with something like a Media for Android? Limited, but functional, and a real introduction? Because I found with relief that there seem to be no bootleg copies of Rev out there, at least not yet. Peter -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/pirate-version-of-my-book-tp4654451p4654579.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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
Re: pirate version of my book...
I have always had an inkling that the best way to beat piracy is 1) to give users a reason to keep contacting you (regularly upgraded content/capabilities). 2) making it /easy/, even automatic in your app, to contact you. Both of which Runrev has gotten fairly right, at least for those of us on the dev track. I wonder if that's why you didn't find bootleg copies out there? Either that or Kevin's got a crack-shot solicitor in his pocket. -Ken On 02/09/2012 22:17, Peter Alcibiades wrote: But do you think that there could be a case for a package of Colin's book with something like a Media for Android? Limited, but functional, and a real introduction? Because I found with relief that there seem to be no bootleg copies of Rev out there, at least not yet. ___ 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
images and path names
If I set the source of an image in its inspector by clicking on the little file icon and selecting the file from the dialog box, the source field in the inspector shows ./test.image.jpg Same thing happens with File menu: New referenced control: Image file... Yet if I write a script: import paint from file ./test.image.jpg I get an error, presumably because the path name of the image is incorrect. On the other hand, the script: import paint from file /users/Daddy/Documents/Rev Documents/project images/test.image.jpg does work. Yet, if I paste /users/Daddy/Documents/Rev Documents/project images/test.image.jpg Into the source field of the inspector for an image, the image doesn't display. This seems inconsistent. I don't get it. Is there a simple explanation? Thanks in advance, Tim ___ 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
Re: pirate version of my book...
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Timothy Miller gand...@doctortimothymiller.com wrote: My 24 year old son has a normal conscience ... His conscience is entirely silent on these topics. He thinks I'm weird because I prefer to pay for the music I listen to. Oh, then he could join the Facebook page my son started Hands Up If Your Dad's a Loser because not only do I pay for music and software, but if I discover my family have watched a movie 'online' whilst I'm a way, I go out and buy it. I'd give you the link so your son could sign up but I'm not on Facebook myself. For those who'd like an insight into another aspect of Chinese piracy, this current affair report on 'The People's Republic of Cheating' might be of interest: http://programme.tvb.com/news/pearlreport/video/739/133389?page=1 ___ 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
Re: hotkeys for button choices in answer
Richard. I think this has to be your own. I do not think any messages are sent when a blocking gadget is running. Craig Newman -Original Message- From: Dr. Hawkins doch...@gmail.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Sun, Sep 2, 2012 12:34 pm Subject: hotkeys for button choices in answer I'm kind of surprised that I'm not tripping over them; it's been nearly 30 years since MS had these in word 1.0 . . . Anyway, in an answer dialog, is there any way to have accelerator/hot keys other then enter/escape? For example, Y for Yes when the default is no? Or do I need my own little stack to replace answer? -- The Hawkins Law Firm Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 hawkinslawf...@gmail.com 3025 S. Maryland Parkway Suite A Las Vegas, NV 89109 ___ 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
Re: hotkeys for button choices in answer
On 2012-09-02, at 9:33 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: I'm kind of surprised that I'm not tripping over them; it's been nearly 30 years since MS had these in word 1.0 . . . Anyway, in an answer dialog, is there any way to have accelerator/hot keys other then enter/escape? For example, Y for Yes when the default is no? Or do I need my own little stack to replace answer? -- The Hawkins Law Firm Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 hawkinslawf...@gmail.com 3025 S. Maryland Parkway Suite A Las Vegas, NV 89109 ___ 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 The following script works fine for me, this is on a Mac, but I think you can just use ctrl instead on Win… One test button one field called resultField on mouseUp answer Press cmd+y for Yes, cmd+t for Test or cmd+c for Cancel with Yes or Test or Cancel as sheet put it into fld resultField end mouseUp Regards, Paul ___ 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
