[ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.6

2012-04-21 Thread Mark Schonewille
Dear LiveCode users, Economy-x-Talk is releasing Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.6 today. Installer Maker allows you to wrap your LiveCode standalones in an installer without additional software. This release is a maintenance release, which fixes 5 bugs reported by our customers. More information is

Help using Shell to open a file in Excel

2012-04-21 Thread Ian McKnight
Hi I have a stack which produces a set of tables which I want to export to excel. What I would like: User clicks a button in LC and excel opens with the tables in place. What I have: User clicks a button, saves the file to disc, double clicks the file on disc which opens in Excel I can get the

Re: Help using Shell to open a file in Excel

2012-04-21 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Ian, Why do you want to use the shell? There is a launch command, which lets you launch a document with an application: launch "path/to/document.xls" with "path/to/application" -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-t

Re: Help using Shell to open a file in Excel

2012-04-21 Thread Ian McKnight
Hi Mark You are quite correct - I just failed to read the dictionary entry carefully enough! Thanks On 21 April 2012 10:27, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Hi Ian, > > Why do you want to use the shell? There is a launch command, which lets > you launch a document with an application: > > launch "pa

Help finding an application path in windows

2012-04-21 Thread Ian McKnight
Hi I'm am able to launch a file in Excel directly from LC but I do not want to hard code the path to excel in my app. The following code works but is this the best way to handle this situation? What would happen if Office were upgraded for example? put $programFiles &"\" into tProgramFilesPath

Re: Help using Shell to open a file in Excel

2012-04-21 Thread Peter M. Brigham, MD
On Apr 21, 2012, at 5:19 AM, Ian McKnight wrote: > Hi > > I have a stack which produces a set of tables which I want to export to > excel. > > What I would like: > User clicks a button in LC and excel opens with the tables in place. > > What I have: > User clicks a button, saves the file to dis

Re: Can't Get Server Engine to Work on My Mac

2012-04-21 Thread Gregory Lypny
Hi Alex, Not a stupid question at all. I hang my head in shame. I was so focussed on working out server installation details and glitches that I forgot to change the filename on my test page. Sigh. Thanks. Gregory On Sat, Apr 21, 2012, at 1:00 PM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wr

Re: Can't Get Server Engine to Work on My Mac

2012-04-21 Thread Gregory Lypny
Thanks Alex, Mike, and Stephen, All great tips that have helped me iron out the glitches. Very much appreciated, Gregory ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subs

Code Security When Using LiveCode Server

2012-04-21 Thread Gregory Lypny
Hello everyone, In developing a site using LiveCode server, I’d be interested in your thoughts on keeping prying eyes away from LiveCode scripts. I imagine that keeping the scripts in files and stacks, as opposed to embedded in web pages, is the best thing. Gregory

Re: Code Security When Using LiveCode Server

2012-04-21 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/21/12 1:02 PM, Gregory Lypny wrote: Hello everyone, In developing a site using LiveCode server, I’d be interested in your thoughts on keeping prying eyes away from LiveCode scripts. I imagine that keeping the scripts in files and stacks, as opposed to embedded in web pages, is the best thi

Re: Problem with pasting from a Rev App to Pages..

2012-04-21 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/20/12 10:27 PM, Charles Szasz wrote: set the clipboardData["rtf"] to the rtfText of field "statements" copy character 1 to -1 of field "statements" Despite setting the font in the text field as Palatino I keep getting Times New Roman when it is pasted into the Pages document! How can I c

Re: Code Security When Using LiveCode Server

2012-04-21 Thread Richard Gaskin
Gregory Lypny wrote: > In developing a site using LiveCode server, I’d be interested in your > thoughts on keeping prying eyes away from LiveCode scripts. I > imagine that keeping the scripts in files and stacks, as opposed to > embedded in web pages, is the best thing. Why not? Jacque's right

Re: Code Security When Using LiveCode Server

2012-04-21 Thread Mike Bonner
Plus you can put any included library files or stacks outside the webserver document root so they can only be hit indirectly. Be careful if you use a library stack made with 5.5 and save it in the legacy format. I don't believe the current lc server can load up 5.5 stacks. On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at

Re: Code Security When Using LiveCode Server

2012-04-21 Thread Pierre Sahores
Conformed : LC server can handle stack's libs saved under up to the 5.0.2 version of LC Le 21 avr. 2012 à 20:24, Mike Bonner a écrit : > Plus you can put any included library files or stacks outside the webserver > document root so they can only be hit indirectly. > > Be careful if you use a l

Re: Problem with pasting from a Rev App to Pages..

2012-04-21 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Charles, Did you see my reply to your previous e-mail? Try setting the font of the text to one different from the font of the field. E.g. set the font of the field to Arial and the font of char 1 to -1 of the field to Time New Roman. Use set the clipboardData["rtf"] to the rtfText of field

Re: A problem with Font Menu in LC Resource Center

2012-04-21 Thread Charles Szasz
Mark, Thanks! I am sorry to be late in replying to your email. Sent from my iPad ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev

Re: A problem with Font Menu in LC Resource Center

2012-04-21 Thread Charles Szasz
Peter, Thanks! I am sorry to be late in replying to your email. I have been trying to figure a problem I am with using LC's clipboardData in pasting text from a LC created app to a Pages document. Sent from my iPad ___ use-livecode mailing list use

Re: Can Rev do this?

2012-04-21 Thread Charles Szasz
Rick, Thanks for the suggestion! That still leaves me with pasting into a Window's app. Sent from my iPad ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription prefer

Re: Problem with pasting from a Rev App to Pages..

2012-04-21 Thread Charles Szasz
Jacque, I have not tried using the following by itself. I will try it tomorrow. set the clipboardData["rtf"] to the rtfText of field "statements" Sent from my iPad ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to su

Re: Problem with pasting from a Rev App to Pages..

2012-04-21 Thread Charles Szasz
Mark, No, I did not see your comment. I will try your suggestion. Thanks! Sent from my iPad ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://li

Re: Livecode blows a Raspberry?

2012-04-21 Thread varvar
Re: Livecode blows a Raspberry? LiveCode does not currently support ARM/Linux (as opposed to (de facto) ARM/Android). OK, I had made the original request in January to LiveCode Dev for a ARM/Linux port, anticipating release of the Raspberry Pi. I have no idea what RunRev thinks of all of this, bu