Re: Jenkins Terry wants to chat

2011-09-17 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/18/2011 02:24 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Jenkins Terry wrote: --- Jenkins Terry wants to stay in better touch using some of Google's coolest new products. ... Gmail offers: ... - Powerful spam protection ... Appar

Re: Comma-Delimited Files on Macs

2011-09-17 Thread Roger Eller
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > That said, tab-delimited is a better choice. CSV must die: > > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzi

Re: Can LiveCode be used as an intermediary for two scripts?

2011-09-17 Thread Mike Felker
Thank you for your response. The data is ridiculously small. Just name and personal info and purchase data (monetary only - no cc info). Mike Sent from my iPad On Sep 17, 2011, at 6:17 PM, Michael Kann wrote: > Mike, using LiveCode you can complete this project faster than small town > goss

Re: Comma-Delimited Files on Macs

2011-09-17 Thread Gregory Lypny
Hi Matthias and Richard, Thanks for the tip Matthias. I’ll give it a try. Richard, I’m afraid that changing the extension does not cause the type to change. I’ve been saving them with the extension “csv” and even even changed them manually to “txt” and then back to “csv”. The Get Info window

Re: Can LiveCode be used as an intermediary for two scripts?

2011-09-17 Thread Pierre Sahores
Le 17 sept. 2011 à 22:32, Admin a écrit : > > > Hello all. > > Before I use LiveCode for this project, I am curious > if LiveCode can do it. > > I have two php scripts utilizing MySQL. One is > feature poor and can ONLY export data as a CSV (no other customization > is possible) LiveCode S

Re: how to add a file type and creator code to a binary file under mac os x

2011-09-17 Thread Matthias Rebbe
Thanks to both of you, Mark and Klaus. Matthias Am 17.09.2011 um 14:13 schrieb Mark Schonewille: > Matthias, > > set the filetype to "myAPMP4!" > > or whatever the code is supposed to be. The first 4 chars are the creator > code, the second 4 are the file type. Any file created after this l

Re: Comma-Delimited Files on Macs

2011-09-17 Thread Matthias Rebbe
Gregory, i had a similiar question today. Just put one of the following lines set the filetype to "CSV" set the filetype to "XCELCSV" in the script before you write the file. means the CSV file is opened in the default application set in the system´s preferences.XCEL means

Re: Jenkins Terry wants to chat

2011-09-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
Jenkins Terry wrote: --- Jenkins Terry wants to stay in better touch using some of Google's coolest new products. ... Gmail offers: ... - Powerful spam protection ... Apparently it's not bi-directional. ;) -- Richard G

Jenkins Terry wants to chat

2011-09-17 Thread Jenkins Terry
--- Jenkins Terry wants to stay in better touch using some of Google's coolest new products. If you already have Gmail or Google Talk, visit: http://mail.google.com/mail/b-cc3eab30d2-2dfa0f611c-mC39qSr5qELd2CDz2Tircinc9OE You'll

Re: Can LiveCode be used as an intermediary for two scripts?

2011-09-17 Thread Michael Kann
Mike, using LiveCode you can complete this project faster than small town gossip. >From your LiveCode script call up php_export_script to extract the data you >need. Write the data to a text file and format it the way php_input_script >likes it. For the middle database you can modify the php_

Re: Comma-Delimited Files on Macs

2011-09-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
Gregory Lypny wrote: When I create comma-delimited files with LiveCode by running handlers such as repeat with i=1 to 10 put i & comma & “something” & comma & “more stuff” & return after theData end repeat put theData into url (“file://“ & filePath) t

Re: Vibrate in iOS

2011-09-17 Thread Randy Hengst
Hi Dar, Yes, that was it. Thank you. I didn't think of that…. I copied the script straight from the LiveCode lesson and empty is quoted in the lesson. be well, randy -- On Sep 17, 2011, at 3:05 PM, Dar Scott wrote: > You quoted empty. A file named "empty" could not be found. Just take of

Re: Apple vs Android in the Enterprise

2011-09-17 Thread Ben Rubinstein
On 15/09/2011 23:51, Monte Goulding wrote: > My reading of it was your customer would need the enterprise license not you. I can confirm that an Enterprise license doesn't let you distribute to your clients (not even test builds, which is what I wanted to do with it). I recently applied for on

Comma-Delimited Files on Macs

2011-09-17 Thread Gregory Lypny
Hello everyone, When I create comma-delimited files with LiveCode by running handlers such as repeat with i=1 to 10 put i & comma & “something” & comma & “more stuff” & return after theData end repeat put theData into url (“file://“ & filePath) the file

Re: ANN: changes of the Economy-x-Talk website and a new external

2011-09-17 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Dar, You are not allowed to pass anything on to any other people, but you can freely use the free stuff in your own final products. You can't pass anything on to your customers if it isn't part of a final product. You'll have to ask them to make a contrbution and download the stuff themselve

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-17 Thread Peter Alcibiades
Richard - you say "Heck, you can't even deploy to Android Linux from LiveCode for Linux." Thanks for letting me know, I was about to buy an upgrade to my Linux subscription to allow me to do just that! Oh dear. Fortunately O'Reilly seems to be having a half price sale that includes several Andr

Re: ANN: changes of the Economy-x-Talk website and a new external

2011-09-17 Thread Dar Scott
Most of what I do is supporting other LiveCode programmers. Is some way I can use your libraries in that? That is, can I pass on a library that uses your library? Maybe if the customer also has contributed to this? I deliver a demo stack for every library I deliver and customers expect to b

Can LiveCode be used as an intermediary for two scripts?

2011-09-17 Thread Admin
Hello all. Before I use LiveCode for this project, I am curious if LiveCode can do it. I have two php scripts utilizing MySQL. One is feature poor and can ONLY export data as a CSV (no other customization is possible) and the other is feature rich and allows for php POST and GET and also al

Re: Vibrate in iOS

2011-09-17 Thread Dar Scott
You quoted empty. A file named "empty" could not be found. Just take off the quote marks. I do that kind of thing all the time. Dar On Sep 17, 2011, at 1:58 PM, Randy Hengst wrote: > Hi All, > > I've started playing with vibrate in iOS and ran into a problem right off the > bat. > > I'm

Re: Saving the status of Option using custom properties?

2011-09-17 Thread Dar Scott
Oh, I see. Sure, use a custom property in the preferences stack. Someplace in starting up set the option button. Someplace in shutting down, save the preferences. Set the custom property either when the option button changes or just before saving. Or you can save the preferences every time

Vibrate in iOS

2011-09-17 Thread Randy Hengst
Hi All, I've started playing with vibrate in iOS and ran into a problem right off the bat. I'm using 4.6.4 gm3 I'm following the lesson: How do I play sounds on an iOS device? In the lesson this script is given as a way to get the phone to vibrate… on mouseUp set the beepsound to "empty"

Re: LiveCode and Google Contact data

2011-09-17 Thread Keith Clarke
Hi Andre, Thanks but as the main challenge was extracting the Google Contacts list, I went with a manual 'save as CSV' for now. However, I have given my son the challenge to introduce 'Sempre Alerta' at his next Cub Scouts meeting! ;-) Best, Keith.. On 16 Sep 2011, at 19:20, Andre Garzia wrote

Re: Saving the status of Option using custom properties?

2011-09-17 Thread Charles Szasz
Hi Dar, The app stack is a separate stack from the launcher stack. I do have preferences substack that saves the name and other things of the user. If I do not use custom properties, how do I save the status of the Option button as a preference? Charles Szasz csz...@mac.com __

Re: Saving the status of Option using custom properties?

2011-09-17 Thread Dar Scott
Is the app stack then a separate stack from the actual program? Perhaps you can save that. Or you can save a file when the stack is closed and load it when the stack is opened. Save the menuHistory. Perhaps what you want is a preferences file. There are probably examples around on that.

Saving the status of Option using custom properties?

2011-09-17 Thread Charles Szasz
Is it possible to save the status of an option menu as a custom property? My project has two stacks: a launcher stack and an app stack. My option button of course is in the the app stack. I have looked in the rev archives and did not find an example on how to do this. Charles Szasz csz...@mac

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-17 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/17/2011 09:27 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Richmond- Saturday, September 17, 2011, 10:57:36 AM, you wrote: If I buy something, surely it it then mine, and I can do whatever I like with it? Silly boy. Haven't read EULAs in a while, have you? Here as an example is a snippet from Microsoft's ter

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-17 Thread Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab)
Too funny! -Original Message- From: Richard Gaskin Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 1:33 PM To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Unity on Windows 8 Mark Wieder wrote: or, so as not to play favorites, from Apple's EULA: "The Products transacted through the Service are lic

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Wieder wrote: or, so as not to play favorites, from Apple's EULA: "The Products transacted through the Service are licensed, not sold, to You for use only under the terms of this license" It's even better when Richard Dreyfuss does a dramatic reading of it:

RE: Something that makes Windows 7 look good

2011-09-17 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
> From: Mark Wieder > > ...don't get me started... let's see: the cartoony interface, > the use of the ribbon in the OS, the fact that I spent two > hours figuring out that I needed to use a generic network > driver instead of the correct one for my laptop's network > device, the LACK OF A DOS

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-17 Thread Mark Wieder
Richmond- Saturday, September 17, 2011, 10:57:36 AM, you wrote: > If I buy something, surely it it then mine, and I can do whatever I like > with it? Silly boy. Haven't read EULAs in a while, have you? Here as an example is a snippet from Microsoft's terms of service: "When you purchase softwar

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-17 Thread Roger Eller
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > >On 09/17/2011 08:50 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > > I think Apple has been borrowing/taking from Linux for even longer. > Where > > did spaces, widgets, and even iTunes originally come from? > > > > Now, they're into buying out the hack

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-17 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/17/2011 08:50 PM, Roger Eller wrote: On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Richmond Mathewson wrote: I really don't mind if software companies want to rip ideas from each other It's been going on a long time I think Apple has been borrowing/taking from Linux fo

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-17 Thread Roger Eller
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Richmond Mathewson wrote: > > I really don't mind if software companies want to rip ideas from each >> other >> > > It's been going on a long time I think Apple has been borrowing/taking from Linux for even longer. Where did spaces

Re: video grabber example

2011-09-17 Thread Todd Geist
Hello, No I am trying to do the built in iSight. But really I just want a simple example showing how to set this up. My attempts are coming up short, despite reading the docs and trying to follow them. The ultimate goal is not the iSight, but rather another video Source. But I thought I would

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond Mathewson wrote: I really don't mind if software companies want to rip ideas from each other It's been going on a long time Apple versus Microsoft: The top 20 stolen ideas of the OS wars

Re: Player and Alwaysbuffer = true

2011-09-17 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Alejandro, Am 17.09.2011 um 16:51 schrieb Alejandro Tejada: > Hi Klaus, > > Could you use a portable version of VLC? > > You could control vlc using the command line interface > and scripts like VBscripts on Windows and applescript > on MacOSX. > > http://www.videolan.org/doc/play-howto/en/c

Re: Player and Alwaysbuffer = true

2011-09-17 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Klaus, Could you use a portable version of VLC? You could control vlc using the command line interface and scripts like VBscripts on Windows and applescript on MacOSX. http://www.videolan.org/doc/play-howto/en/ch04.html http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=70391 http://grndlvl.com/c

Re: how to add a file type and creator code to a binary file under mac os x

2011-09-17 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Matthias, Am 17.09.2011 um 14:08 schrieb Matthias Rebbe: > Hi, > > i am creating a binary file (audio) with extension .mp4 with LiveCode. > GetFileInfo (from the Xcode SDK) shows the file type "TEXT" and the creator > code "ttxt". > Is there a way to addjust/modify this? Does anyone have

Re: how to add a file type and creator code to a binary file under mac os x

2011-09-17 Thread Mark Schonewille
Matthias, set the filetype to "myAPMP4!" or whatever the code is supposed to be. The first 4 chars are the creator code, the second 4 are the file type. Any file created after this line will have this creator and type. Works on Mac only. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consu

how to add a file type and creator code to a binary file under mac os x

2011-09-17 Thread Matthias Rebbe
Hi, i am creating a binary file (audio) with extension .mp4 with LiveCode. GetFileInfo (from the Xcode SDK) shows the file type "TEXT" and the creator code "ttxt". Is there a way to addjust/modify this? Does anyone have a clue? Regards, Matthias _

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-17 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/17/2011 11:41 AM, René Micout wrote: Le 17 sept. 2011 à 10:15, Richmond Mathewson a écrit : I really don't mind if software companies want to rip ideas from each other, but the fact that Microsoft seems to be shifting its attention to what is going on in the Linux world, and away from t

Re: Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-17 Thread René Micout
Le 17 sept. 2011 à 10:15, Richmond Mathewson a écrit : > I really don't mind if software companies want to rip ideas from each other, > but the fact that > Microsoft seems to be shifting its attention to what is going on in the Linux > world, and away > from the Apple world might mean that it i

Unity on Windows 8

2011-09-17 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Aaah. so Microsoft have given up ripping off Apple, and have started ripping off Linux: Hey: It's Compare & Contrast time again . . . :) 1. http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4117062526.html 2. http://allthingsd.com/20110601/exclusive-making-sense-of-what-we-just-learned-about-windows-

Windows 8 dumps Flash

2011-09-17 Thread Richmond Mathewson
http://windows8beta.com/ surprise, surprise. ___ 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-liv