Re: Visual effects delay...

2011-12-16 Thread Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab)
Thanks Klaus... -Original Message- From: Klaus on-rev Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 8:09 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Visual effects delay... Hi Keith, Am 17.12.2011 um 00:32 schrieb Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab): Okay... From the Dictionary: Description: Use the dontU

Re: problem building for Android on 5.0.2

2011-12-16 Thread Colin Holgate
I think that's one error I saw, when I was installing an app that was set to the default values, onto a device that already had an app made with the default settings. So, check the identifier field in the Android settings, to make sure it's different to other apps you've installed already.

problem building for Android on 5.0.2

2011-12-16 Thread Andre Garzia
Hey Folks, Anyone seeing an error like: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_INCONSISTENT_CERTIFICATES when building for android. I am testing on a real device and I can't. It used to work before. =/ -- http://www.andregarzia.com -- All We Do Is Code. http://fon.nu -- minimalist url shortening service.

Re: Visual effects delay...

2011-12-16 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Keith, Am 17.12.2011 um 00:32 schrieb Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab): > Okay... From the Dictionary: > > Description: > Use the dontUseQT property to test operation of a stack using the built-in > MCI video on Windows systems, or to use built-in visual effects rather than > QuickTime effects

Re: Visual effects delay...

2011-12-16 Thread Scott Rossi
All the stock visual effects should work without QuickTime, and basic effects like wipe/push should be ok.  Dissolve works without QT but looks very pixelized and dated. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design Original message Subject: Re: Visual effec

Re: FTP a file to the www directory

2011-12-16 Thread Alex Tweedly
On 16/12/2011 20:53, J. Landman Gay wrote: I need to upload a file to the public_html directory on a server. The file is fairly large so I don't want to use "put". LibURLftpUploadFile works, but using ftp always uploads outside the www directory. What do I need to do to get the file to upload t

Re: FTP a file to the www directory

2011-12-16 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 12/16/11 5:58 PM, Matthias Rebbe wrote: Hi Jacque, an ftp account normally has access to one folder and its subfolders. On on-rev for example the main ftp account points to the main folder in which the public_html folder and other system folders resides. In this case you would use ibURLftpU

Re: FTP a file to the www directory

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Jacque, Maybe you can use the RNFR and RNTO FTP commands to put the file into the www directory afterwards or use a PHP script to execute a shell command to move the file. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.c

Re: FTP a file to the www directory

2011-12-16 Thread Matthias Rebbe
Hi Jacque, an ftp account normally has access to one folder and its subfolders. On on-rev for example the main ftp account points to the main folder in which the public_html folder and other system folders resides. In this case you would use ibURLftpUploadFile "/mystuff/test.data","ftp://jacqu

Re: FTP a file to the www directory

2011-12-16 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 12/16/11 5:05 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Oh... sorry... now I realise that's what you tried already (LibURLftpUploadFile). What do you mean, outside the www directory? Isn't that always how FTP works? Otherwise, people would get very strange results when they try to access the file. I need

Re: Visual effects delay...

2011-12-16 Thread Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab)
Okay... From the Dictionary: Description: Use the dontUseQT property to test operation of a stack using the built-in MCI video on Windows systems, or to use built-in visual effects rather than QuickTime effects. Cool! For Windows, I will use: on preOpenStack if the platform is "Win32" the

Re: Visual effects delay...

2011-12-16 Thread Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab)
Thanks Scott... Yep, I have it working now. Just curious if the wipe effect will work without QuickTime when running a compiled Mac app. (On Windows at the moment and cannot test on a Mac.) -Original Message- From: Scott Rossi Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 5:02 PM To: use-livecode@l

Re: Visual effects delay...

2011-12-16 Thread Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab)
Hi Mark, That did it! Thanks! 8-) By the way... If setting "dontUseQT to true" in an app. for the Mac, will the wipe effect still work? Thanks again, - Boo -Original Message- From: Mark Schonewille Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 4:58 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Visua

Re: FTP a file to the www directory

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Schonewille
Oh... sorry... now I realise that's what you tried already (LibURLftpUploadFile). What do you mean, outside the www directory? Isn't that always how FTP works? Otherwise, people would get very strange results when they try to access the file. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk C

Re: FTP a file to the www directory

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Jacque, Try libURLftpUploadFile. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Become our partner in sales http://qery.us/1bq Start selling Color Converter t

Re: Visual effects delay...

2011-12-16 Thread Scott Rossi
The delay is likely due to the loading of QuickTime.  I believe there's an entry in docs about checking the qtVersion or similar in preOpenCard or stack to minimize the delay that can occur.  An alternate option is to set the dontUseQT to true to disable QuickTime, but only if you dont need QT f

Message path question working with iPhone Control Kit

2011-12-16 Thread Michael Doub
I am hoping that someone on the list is familiar with the Andreas Rozek's iPhone Control Kit. (http://87.106.227.245/LiveCode/iPhoneControlKit/index_en.html) I am trying to figure out why the scroller object is not responding to the mouseUp messages. Poking around I found that I can catch th

Re: Visual effects delay...

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Boo, Probably, QuickTime is loading the first time you use a visual effect. Getting the qtVersion before using a visual effect might fix this. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com

Visual effects delay...

2011-12-16 Thread Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab)
Hi All, I have a standalone (running under Windows 7) that has a problem... From the LiveCode IDE, everything works as expected. However, when I create a standalone .exe file and run it, there is a delay on the first screen when clicking on the Next button. The card transition is set to a "wipe

Re: Clearing Contents of Field

2011-12-16 Thread Bob Sneidar
Now I remember. My original post was because a long time ago I had read this, and that last part got me too. It's like the article in the UCMJ which says basically, if there's anything you did wrong that we did not specifically cover here, we can have you arrested for that and try you for it.

Re: Clearing Contents of Field

2011-12-16 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
>From the dictionary: --- Not every property is included in the properties property. The following types of properties are excluded: * Read-only properties * The script property and custom properties * Synonyms: Only one synonym for each property is included. * Duplicates: Properties that

Launch command changed in 5.0.2?

2011-12-16 Thread Graham Samuel
Some readers may remember my difficulties with the 'launch' command, where the dictionary entry for 'launch' says > When the launch command executes, the application being launched comes to the > foreground. When the user quits, LiveCode comes to the foreground. > > If the application is alread

FTP a file to the www directory

2011-12-16 Thread J. Landman Gay
I need to upload a file to the public_html directory on a server. The file is fairly large so I don't want to use "put". LibURLftpUploadFile works, but using ftp always uploads outside the www directory. What do I need to do to get the file to upload to the web site? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay

Re: Convert Excel date

2011-12-16 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
Simpler is this: put "1/01/1900" into d convert d to dateitems add 40892 to item 3 of d convert d to short date put d -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Dec 15, 2011, at 10:17 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > The following is very verbose. I just want yo

Re: Updating myApplication Inquiry

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Graham, I use a simple text file on my server, which contains the latest version number and the message I want to show, as htmlText, if people have an old version, and another message, also as htmlText, which I want to show if people have the new version. My script downloads the file, check

Updating myApplication Inquiry

2011-12-16 Thread Graham Pearson
As I get to the point in my application to send it to a few people to test, I have in the back of my mind how would I go about updating it when I release a new version. I would think the application would check a special XML Document online someplace each time the application is ran, and if the ve

Re: Pages per Sheet setting for open printing to pdf

2011-12-16 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 12/16/11 2:55 AM, gmcrev wrote: Thanks for the reply Jacquelin. However I was using revPrintText to print HtmlText via open printing to pdf. I would like to pdf print the equivalent of 2 A4 pages on 1 A4 sheet. Any ideas how this would work? I haven't done much with that command, but you cou

Re: Location of a modal stack

2011-12-16 Thread Phil Davis
Hi Graham, This isn't an answer to your question, but try setting the loc of the modal stack in a 'preOpenStack' handler in the modal stack's card 1 script. That works. You could probably 'conditionalize' it by saying on preOpenStack if the mode of this stack = 5 then set the loc of thi

Re: Location of a modal stack

2011-12-16 Thread Graham Samuel
It seems that the calling stack has to be open to influence the location of a modal stack, so my scheme of setting the location of my library stack before invoking a dialog box didn't seem to work - normally there is no reason to open a library stack if it's just a repository for a script put in

Re: [OT] StuffIt Deluxe for free

2011-12-16 Thread Richmond
On 12/16/2011 04:41 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi guys. Although this is a completely obsolete product nowadays, there may still be people who have some old .sit files laying around. If you do, you might be happy to know that StuffIt Deluxe is available for free until 18 December. Get it her

Re: Scripts for reading and writing binary files

2011-12-16 Thread Michael Kann
Alejandro, It might be helpful to extract any ASCII text which is embedded in the binary. Then you can see what kind of file you're working with. Example: Standard MIDI music files have the ASCII code for "MThd" (4D 54 68 64) Overview here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_number_%28progra

Broken

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi, Did anyone else notice that the menubar shortcuts in LiveCode 5.0.2 are broken? -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Become our partner in sales ht

Re: Convert Excel date

2011-12-16 Thread Ludovic Thébault
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Re: Scripts for reading and writing binary files

2011-12-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Michael, Michael Kann wrote > > Extremely useful. Thanks. > You are welcome! I received the request to include a function for alerting about the file size, before opening it. Additional ideas to make this more useful? Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.27830

Re: Scripts for reading and writing binary files

2011-12-16 Thread Michael Kann
Extremely useful. Thanks. Michael --- On Fri, 12/16/11, Alejandro Tejada wrote: From: Alejandro Tejada Subject: Scripts for reading and writing binary files To: use-revolut...@lists.runrev.com Date: Friday, December 16, 2011, 7:03 AM Hi all, Recently, I had to test and modify some binary f

Re: Scripts for reading and writing binary files

2011-12-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Paul, Paul Dupuis wrote > > Of course, now if you use these scripts, you should replace 'char' with > 'byte' for the eventual day the two are no longer synonymous. > That would be after RunRev change all text functions, commands and properties to work only in Unicode. Thanks for adding th

Re: Scripts for reading and writing binary files

2011-12-16 Thread Paul Dupuis
Of course, now if you use these scripts, you should replace 'char' with 'byte' for the eventual day the two are no longer synonymous. On 12/16/2011 8:03 AM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > Hi all, > > Recently, I had to test and modify some binary files, > so digging in my own stacks, I found these scr

Scripts for reading and writing binary files

2011-12-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi all, Recently, I had to test and modify some binary files, so digging in my own stacks, I found these scripts: [WARNING: The script on step 3, OVERWRITE the original file. If you do not want this, simply change the path and/or name of the file] 1) create a field to hold the converted binary

Re: Ann: Installer Maker Plugin 1.7 for LiveCode with 16 new features

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi everyone, I was notified today that the link to the full installer of the Installer Maker Plugin on the Economy-x-Talk website directed to an old version. The web installer directed to the new Installer Maker 1.7, but the full installer still contained version 1.6. If you downloaded the ful

Re: Location of a modal stack

2011-12-16 Thread Graham Samuel
Ken, it always amazes me how much you know! I have already incorporated a slightly earlier version of your solution (only difference was it didn't use a custom property) and it worked fine: the news to me was that > modal stacks are by default set to be centered over the stack that calls it My

RE: Pages per Sheet setting for open printing to pdf

2011-12-16 Thread gmcrev
Thanks for the reply Jacquelin. However I was using revPrintText to print HtmlText via open printing to pdf. I would like to pdf print the equivalent of 2 A4 pages on 1 A4 sheet. Any ideas how this would work? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@