Master Class Question

2013-10-05 Thread Cal Horner
This needs to happen within the IDE. When I open a stack that I have blessed with a suffix other than the LiveCode standard ones I have to select All Files in the Stack File dialog Where do I patch the IDE, so that it will recognize my file type on an Ask File dialog?

Re: Master Class Question

2013-10-05 Thread Richmond
On 10/05/2013 09:28 AM, Cal Horner wrote: This needs to happen within the IDE. When I open a stack that I have blessed with a suffix other than the LiveCode standard ones I have to select All Files in the Stack File dialog Where do I patch the IDE, so that it will recognize my file type on

Re: Master Class Question

2013-10-05 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from Beautiful Brittany, When you are unsure about the future, when all before you is bleak, when all questions loom ahead and no answers are forthcoming, when you do not know which way to turn, then Google it !! I remember zapping the IDE (some years ago) to accept .rev AND

Re: Master Class Question

2013-10-05 Thread Richard Gaskin
Cal Horner wrote: When I open a stack that I have blessed with a suffix other than the LiveCode standard ones I have to select All Files in the Stack File dialog This is motivation to write the code your app will need anyway in order to open the file. :) You can blame Apple for some of

Re: Master Class Question

2013-10-05 Thread Richmond
On 10/05/2013 02:24 PM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: Hi from Beautiful Brittany, When you are unsure about the future, when all before you is bleak, when all questions loom ahead and no answers are forthcoming, when you do not know which way to turn, then Google it !! I remember

Re: Strict compilation mode

2013-10-05 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: I'm a big fan of strict compilation mode. I find it critical. I can't call myself a fan, as it doesn't work properly . . . And it's so borked on 6 that I've had to stay with 5.5 . . . -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702)

Relative speed of types of storage

2013-10-05 Thread Dr. Hawkins
As I add and update, I keep wondering about relative speeds of ways of storing and retrieving data. It starts with the data in memory. I have about 500 text keys, and several fields for each. I coded these to a two dimensional array, and then to an in-memory sqlite database. At first I assumed

Strange standard button issues

2013-10-05 Thread Peter Haworth
Create a standard button in a stack with the default width and height of 83x23. Now change it's height to something greater than 24 - the rounded edges disappear and it becomes a rectangle button even though the Inspector palette says it's a standard button. Set the height back to 24 or less and

Re: Strict compilation mode

2013-10-05 Thread Peter Haworth
I haven't used v6 much so far but you're scaring me! What's the problem? I'm of course aware of the shadowing variable name issue; it happens infrequently enough for me that I'm willing to put up with it. Is it worse in v6? Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 8:43

Re: Strict compilation mode

2013-10-05 Thread John
I also find strict compilation mode critical. Without out it I would spend a lot of time fixing simple typos. I am also using 6.1.2 to develop an application that is reasonably large (the main stack has sub stacks, there are a fair number of cards, and probably something on the order of

Re: Strict compilation mode

2013-10-05 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: I haven't used v6 much so far but you're scaring me! What's the problem? I'm of course aware of the shadowing variable name issue; it happens infrequently enough for me that I'm willing to put up with it. Is it worse in

RE: FieldFormatter: Sample preview

2013-10-05 Thread Dave Kilroy
Good job! -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/FieldFormatter-Sample-preview-tp4670623p4670644.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Strict compilation mode

2013-10-05 Thread Mark Wieder
John- Saturday, October 5, 2013, 11:09:19 AM, you wrote: I guess I am lucky or there is some other, unknown, issue that is driving the shadow bug. I have occasionally messed up and redeclared a global as a local and received the error. In V5, as I recall, I would fix it and relaunch LC

Re: Strict compilation mode

2013-10-05 Thread Richmond
On 10/05/2013 09:18 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: John- Saturday, October 5, 2013, 11:09:19 AM, you wrote: I guess I am lucky or there is some other, unknown, issue that is driving the shadow bug. I have occasionally messed up and redeclared a global as a local and received the error. In V5,

Re: Strange standard button issues

2013-10-05 Thread Mark Wieder
Pete- Saturday, October 5, 2013, 10:04:46 AM, you wrote: Create a standard button in a stack with the default width and height of 83x23. Now change it's height to something greater than 24 - the rounded edges disappear and it becomes a rectangle button even though the Inspector palette says

Re: Motion Comics tutorial for LiveCode

2013-10-05 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, From this link, you could enter a public Google Drive folder with all files for this project: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ja3Yvw8cHLc2lVbWduV1VVUDAusp=sharing Now, I am preparing the files edited by Ender to upload them in the root of this folder. When all frames in a page

Re: FieldFormatter: Sample preview

2013-10-05 Thread tbodine
FieldFormatter will be a great aid! Do you have a release timeframe in mind? -- Tom Bodine -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/FieldFormatter-Sample-preview-tp4670623p4670651.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: Strange standard button issues

2013-10-05 Thread Peter Haworth
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: I believe you'll have to talk to Mr. Apple about that. It's built into the OS. Thanks Mark. Is that for the height AND the graphic effect problem? Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com

deleting line of a field causes crashes

2013-10-05 Thread tbodine
Hi LiveCoders. I'm writing an Open Recent Files feature that stores paths to the last 10 files opened in a field in a separate stack (AppPrefs). I consistently get crashes (LC 6.1.1 commercial) when I attempt to delete certain lines of that field, which is stored in a stack in the user's AppData

Re: Strange standard button issues

2013-10-05 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 10/5/13 5:08 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: I believe you'll have to talk to Mr. Apple about that. It's built into the OS. Thanks Mark. Is that for the height AND the graphic effect problem? I can't repro the graphic

Re: deleting line of a field causes crashes

2013-10-05 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 10/5/13 5:16 PM, tbodine wrote: Hi LiveCoders. I'm writing an Open Recent Files feature that stores paths to the last 10 files opened in a field in a separate stack (AppPrefs). I consistently get crashes (LC 6.1.1 commercial) when I attempt to delete certain lines of that field, which is

Player failures

2013-10-05 Thread J. Landman Gay
When a player fails to load a remote audio file, the result is always could not open video player. Is there a way to get more information about what exactly failed? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software |

Re: Strange standard button issues

2013-10-05 Thread Peter Haworth
I wonder what's different in our environments? I'm on OSX 10.7.4 and I've seen this issue with both LC 5.5.4 and 6.1.1 on buttons and fields. Removed all frontscripts but still the same. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 3:40 PM, J. Landman Gay

Re: Strange standard button issues

2013-10-05 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 10/5/13 6:55 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: I wonder what's different in our environments? I'm on OSX 10.7.4 and I've seen this issue with both LC 5.5.4 and 6.1.1 on buttons and fields. Removed all frontscripts but still the same. I'm not sure. I'm on 10.7.5 but I've never seen those settings

Re: Strange standard button issues

2013-10-05 Thread Peter Haworth
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 5:12 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote: I'm not sure. I'm on 10.7.5 but I've never seen those settings disabled ever since they were first implemented. What happens if you re-click on the effect you want to use? Sometimes the inspector gets confused about

Re: deleting line of a field causes crashes

2013-10-05 Thread Kay C Lan
Agree with Jacque that something is wrong. In the meantime, as a work around, and possibly help pinpoint the culprit; do you really need to store the data in a field? If no one is ever going to look at the raw full file path a custom property would be faster: set the prefRecentFiles of stack

Re: It is almost never safe to assume your code is perfect

2013-10-05 Thread Kay C Lan
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 10:48 PM, Geoff Canyon gcan...@gmail.com wrote: The switch to send in (1 - (the long seconds mod 1)) seconds was a very unexpected and exceedingly clever hack. Sorry, I still don't get it. In the msg box: the long seconds mod 1 always returns 0 --seems right.

Re: It is almost never safe to assume your code is perfect

2013-10-05 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 10/5/13 9:30 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 10:48 PM, Geoff Canyon gcan...@gmail.com wrote: The switch to send in (1 - (the long seconds mod 1)) seconds was a very unexpected and exceedingly clever hack. Sorry, I still don't get it. In the msg box: the long seconds mod 1

Re: Strange standard button issues

2013-10-05 Thread Kay C Lan
On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 5:12 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote: Gave that a whirl but no difference. The only one that gives access to the settings is dropshadow. Peter, I'm seeing exactly the same as you.

Re: It is almost never safe to assume your code is perfect

2013-10-05 Thread Kay C Lan
Ah ha, Now I do feel foolish. I'm sure I typed 'the long seconds mod 1' into the message box but when I went back with the history feature I'd only typed the seconds. Now that is very very clever. I'll defintely be storing that one away. On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 10:55 AM, J. Landman Gay

Re: It is almost never safe to assume your code is perfect

2013-10-05 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 10/5/13 10:11 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: Ah ha, Now I do feel foolish. I'm sure I typed 'the long seconds mod 1' into the message box but when I went back with the history feature I'd only typed the seconds. Nah, that's just muscle memory taking over. That doesn't count. Now that is very very

Re: Strange standard button issues

2013-10-05 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 10/5/13 10:01 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: I also checked 6.0 and 6.0.2 and it's the same. I'm also not sure that it makes sense, but then again I've never used these effects so I don't know their logic. Why are they check boxes and not radio buttons. Because you can select any or all of them.

Re: Strange standard button issues

2013-10-05 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 10/5/13 10:01 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 5:12 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote: Gave that a whirl but no difference. The only one that gives access to the settings is dropshadow. Oh,

Re: Master Class Question

2013-10-05 Thread Cal Horner
Gentlemen, When I asked this question I didn't expect a training session in Linguistics! Francis the patch you were looking for was posted by Mark Wieder back on Friday, October 8, 2010. But it just works with existing suffixes. Richard I've traced it Open file through the revBackScript

Re: Master Class Question

2013-10-05 Thread Phil Davis
On 10/5/13 9:42 PM, Cal Horner wrote: Gentlemen, When I asked this question I didn't expect a training session in Linguistics! Francis the patch you were looking for was posted by Mark Wieder back on Friday, October 8, 2010. But it just works with existing suffixes. Richard I've traced

Re: Strange standard button issues

2013-10-05 Thread Paul Hibbert
I use the Graphic Effects regularly and never really noticed that! Just tried it and was surprised to see what you mean, I guess I have always just clicked on the name and it worked as I expected, but yes the checkboxes and names can be out of sync and that could be really confusing. So