Re: Strange standard button issues

2013-10-06 Thread Scott Rossi
The logic is: activation is separate from configuration. To activate an effect, click a checkbox; to configure an effect, click the name. You can enable/disable each effect without necessarily configuring each one. In my work, I need to have effects available all the time instead of jumping

Re: Strange standard button issues

2013-10-06 Thread Peter Haworth
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 8:32 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote: Oh, and also, it is possible to tick a checkbox without actually selecting the name of the effect. Things only work if both the checkbox is ticked and the name itself is hilited. So sometimes you need to click both.

Re: Strange standard button issues

2013-10-06 Thread Peter Haworth
Ha! I wrote my last email before seeing yours Paul. Definitley a confusing UI! Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Paul Hibbert paulhibb...@mac.com wrote: I use the Graphic Effects regularly and never really noticed that! Just tried it and was

Re: FieldFormatter: Sample preview

2013-10-06 Thread FlexibleLearning.com
No release date is available at the moment, Tom. There is an on-going discussion about structural implementation at the moment (frontscript vs. behavior), and a few additional functionalities have been proposed that are being investigated. Best regards, Hugh Senior FLCo Tom Bodine wrote:

Re: Strange standard button issues

2013-10-06 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 10/6/13 1:15 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: The logic is: activation is separate from configuration. To activate an effect, click a checkbox; to configure an effect, click the name. You can enable/disable each effect without necessarily configuring each one. Okay, I get it now. I do use Photoshop

import snapshot - send to server

2013-10-06 Thread Jim sims
I'm trying to: import a snapshot -- which becomes last image then FTP that last image to a server I've tried with and without as JPG A file gets sent to the server but when I try to open it I get damaged or file format not recognized Any ideas on how to get it on the server as a jpg?

Re: import snapshot - send to server

2013-10-06 Thread Jim sims
I gotta start answering my own questions before I go to the List - sorry about that. Went with Export and changed according to the Dictionary. :-P sims On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Jim sims s...@ezpzapps.com wrote: I'm trying to: import a snapshot -- which becomes last image then

Re: import snapshot - send to server

2013-10-06 Thread Richmond
On 10/06/2013 11:21 AM, Jim sims wrote: I'm trying to: import a snapshot -- which becomes last image then FTP that last image to a server I've tried with and without as JPG A file gets sent to the server but when I try to open it I get damaged or file format not recognized Any

[OT] Vido Mini One - android tablet

2013-10-06 Thread Roger Eller
@scott.rossi Hey Scott, I was just wondering how you made out with your little Chinese tablet. How would you rate it (poor) 1 - 10 (great)? As a LiveCode test device? As a general use consumer device? Did you have to do anything special for the LiveCode IDE to see it? How does it compare to

Re: Strict compilation mode

2013-10-06 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: My experience is the same as yours, and has been for a decade or so. If anyone has a sample stack that illustrates the shadow bug, send it my way - I would love to see what's going on there. I'd love to see one too :)

My dirty mind and Open Source

2013-10-06 Thread Richmond
What made me wake up with this idea at 3 o'clock in the morning I don't know; probably a result of an odd conversation where I was trying to explain to my wife the idea of 'Copyleft' and not doing very well the day before. RunRev have been careful to remove the capability to password protect

Re: deleting line of a field causes crashes

2013-10-06 Thread tbodine
Thanks Kay and Jacque. I will definitely try the alternative approach suggested by Kay. -- Tom Bodine -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/deleting-line-of-a-field-causes-crashes-tp4670653p4670685.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list

Re: My dirty mind and Open Source

2013-10-06 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.comwrote: Would it not be a good idea to roll code into the Community edition specifically to prevent scenarios like the above? But having the code, master criminal simply removes that section. Or removes the tags from the

My wife's iPad

2013-10-06 Thread Richmond
I have just bought my wife an iPad 3 . . . . . . several things really stick between my teeth there . . . However I am not going to make my wife's life awkward by jail-breaking the thing (even if I did get it for her with somewhat suspect ulterior motives, ha, ha!). Now I can connect her

Re: My dirty mind and Open Source

2013-10-06 Thread Richmond
On 10/06/2013 06:19 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.comwrote: Would it not be a good idea to roll code into the Community edition specifically to prevent scenarios like the above? But having the code, master criminal simply removes that

Re: My wife's iPad

2013-10-06 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.comwrote: but what I cannot work out is how to install a roll-yer-own Livecode standalone without having to climb into bed with Apple. My understanding is that the only three ways to put an app on an iPad are: 1) itunes 2)

destructive SELECT query for SQL?

2013-10-06 Thread Dr. Hawkins
I have finally figured out how to make my read/write to the remote server UNION compatible for my various tables. And it was so obvious that I feel silly. Anyway, after handing over a block of UPDATE followed by a SELECT with UNION, I'll still have a bit of cruft in a particular column.

iOS 4-Inch screenRect

2013-10-06 Thread Dan Friedman
Greetings! So, I have this iOS project. I run this stack in the 4-inch iPhone simulator and the screenRect returns 0,0,320,480. How can that be? I have other projects that report the correct value (0,0,640,960) in the same version of LC (6.1) and Simulator (6.0). Is there some switch I

iOS snapshot - ftp to server

2013-10-06 Thread Jim sims
I thought i had it but n ;-P Using iOS - my goal is to take a photo from album and FTP it to a server (that part works) Then I set the filename of a smaller locked image to that photo, effectively reducing the size. Then I try to take a snapshot of that smaller image and FTP it to that

Re: deleting line of a field causes crashes

2013-10-06 Thread Peter M. Brigham
On Oct 5, 2013, at 10:06 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: 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

New install video for using Valentina Studio and Valentina server

2013-10-06 Thread william humphrey
I just heard this in the Valentina Forum. They made a youtube video which makes it easier to install their free server and free version of SQL studio. It goes well with the community edition of LiveCode (at least the part that they are free products). 1) How to Install Free Valentina Server and

RE: [OT] Vido Mini One - android tablet

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
I just keep wondering... When these Tablets needs servicing (fixing-replacing) what are the options? 1) Send it to the manufacturer (in China) 2) Give it away to an electronic hobbist 3) Dump it in the trash, without thinking twice... :( Al -- View this message in context:

RE: [OT] Vido Mini One - android tablet

2013-10-06 Thread Roger Eller
From my experience, the price point makes #3 an acceptable option/risk. However, I have owned three different models so far, and by the time I want to try another, I have found a friend willing to buy the older ones for half price. There is usually a 1 year warranty, and if you buy through

Re: destructive SELECT query for SQL?

2013-10-06 Thread Peter Haworth
On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Dr. Hawkins doch...@gmail.com wrote: But is there a way to do a SELECT sot that it wipes a field? INSERT/RETURNING doesn't seem to be compatible with having a subsequent SELECT (if I could, I could return the original argument as a string while setting the

RE: [OT] Vido Mini One - android tablet

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
I find the option #3 the most depicable of all. We should NOT reward manufacturers that produce electronics for the dust bin... Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Vido-Mini-One-android-tablet-tp4670682p4670702.html Sent from the Revolution -

Re: [OT] Vido Mini One - android tablet

2013-10-06 Thread Richmond
On 10/06/2013 08:46 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: I find the option #3 the most depicable of all. We should NOT reward manufacturers that produce electronics for the dust bin... Al The Stealing-from-the-People's Republic of China are not noted for their sparkling ecological track record . .

Re: [OT] Vido Mini One - android tablet

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote The Stealing-from-the-People's Republic of China are not noted for their sparkling ecological track record . . . as well as the way they treat their citizens and so forth. If History serves of any indication... in the future, China will have many

A Text file format for LiveCode

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, If LiveCode Community had, for default, a text file format for LiveCode stacks, How could this benefit developers and the platform at large? http://newsletters.livecode.com/october/issue158/newsletter1.php Thanks in advance! Al -- View this message in context:

Re: New install video for using Valentina Studio and Valentina server

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi William, Interesting enough, there is no similar video for Windows and Linux. :o http://www.youtube.com/user/ParadigmaSoftware?feature=watch Many Thanks for posting this video! I am just waiting for a LiveCode SQL/PostGRE/Valentina tutorial that employs as example a real useful database. A

Re: New install video for using Valentina Studio and Valentina server

2013-10-06 Thread Warren Samples
On 10/06/2013 02:36 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Interesting enough, there is no similar video for Windows and Linux. It would be very interesting to see instructions for installing Valentina products under Linux which are current and work reliably. The documentation provided with the

Re: New install video for using Valentina Studio and Valentina server

2013-10-06 Thread Ruslan Zasukhin
On 10/6/13 11:24 PM, Warren Samples war...@warrensweb.us wrote: Hi Warren, On 10/06/2013 02:36 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Interesting enough, there is no similar video for Windows and Linux. It would be very interesting to see instructions for installing Valentina products under Linux

Re: New install video for using Valentina Studio and Valentina server

2013-10-06 Thread Mark Wieder
Warren- Sunday, October 6, 2013, 1:24:36 PM, you wrote: It would be very interesting to see instructions for installing Valentina products under Linux which are current and work reliably. The documentation provided with the software seems always out of date and inadequate and has not always

Re: [OT] Vido Mini One - android tablet

2013-10-06 Thread Richmond
On 10/06/2013 09:49 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Hi Richmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote The Stealing-from-the-People's Republic of China are not noted for their sparkling ecological track record . . . as well as the way they treat their citizens and so forth. If History serves of any

How to detect swipe direction?

2013-10-06 Thread Roger Eller
I want a different action to occur based on the direction the user swipes a control. For example: on swipeLeft set the backgroundColor of me to red end swipeLeft on swipeRight set the backgroundColor of me to green end swipeRight Is there a one liner on mobile that

RE: [OT] Vido Mini One - android tablet

2013-10-06 Thread Camm
As a test device for LiveCode it's a cost effective option , powerful and fast. Does a great job for LiveCode Android development , so even if it's not a consumer best buy it will pay for itself at least. Regards Camm -Original Message- From: use-livecode

Re: [REQUEST] Code to slant, skew and distort images

2013-10-06 Thread As_Simon
Alejandro Tejada wrote Hi All, Did you have code to slant, skew and distort images? Hi Alejandro, Here is a mind blowing image manipulation stack: http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=10t=9490 Download Photo Room from the sig. Simon -- View this message in context:

Re: destructive SELECT query for SQL?

2013-10-06 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Not sure I fully understand but you can use the literal NULL in a SELECT statement, eg SELECT col1,col2,NULL FROM. I create a record in a sqlite :memory:, and give it a tentative id (a negative number). It is

RE: [OT] Vido Mini One - android tablet

2013-10-06 Thread Roger Eller
Camm, That is exactly my motivation for sharing info about these tablets from China. I am not politically motivated. I only thought it appeared to be a well designed testing device. I don't buy from Apple because honestly I don't value shiny more than I value function. I'm glad I helped you

Re: A Text file format for LiveCode

2013-10-06 Thread Monte Goulding
On 07/10/2013, at 6:20 AM, Alejandro Tejada capellan2...@gmail.com wrote: If LiveCode Community had, for default, a text file format for LiveCode stacks, How could this benefit developers and the platform at large? http://newsletters.livecode.com/october/issue158/newsletter1.php Thanks

Re: A Text file format for LiveCode

2013-10-06 Thread Monte Goulding
On 07/10/2013, at 8:52 AM, Dr. Hawkins doch...@gmail.com wrote: The format is probably pretty obvious, too . . . begin button myBtn owner: card buttonville of stack buttonland type: pushbutton label: My Favorite button loc: 823, 445 width: 92 height: 39 script: on

Re: How to detect swipe direction?

2013-10-06 Thread Scott Rossi
Hi Roger: Might be wrong, but I don't believe there's a built-in swipe monitor/property. I put together the following to detect course swipe direction and added the ability to track the swipe angle. You can set the swipe distance threshold to control when an event is triggered from a swipe.

Re: How to detect swipe direction?

2013-10-06 Thread Roger Eller
That's perfect Scott. Thanks. I wonder if mobileSwipeDirection will ever become a built-in. As common as swiping is for basic functionality, I would expect it to be a staple like mouseUp. ~Roger On Oct 6, 2013 7:27 PM, Scott Rossi sc...@tactilemedia.com wrote: Hi Roger: Might be wrong, but

Re: How to detect swipe direction?

2013-10-06 Thread Terry Judd
Thanks for the code Scott. On a related issue, I've tried a number of different approaches for implementing side-to-side swiping within a vertically scrolling group (a day-per-view calendar object) but haven't managed to come up with anything that works reliably - especially on iOS. A

Re: [REQUEST] Code to slant, skew and distort images

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi simon, As_Simon wrote Here is a mind blowing image manipulation stack: http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=10t=9490 Download Photo Room from the sig. Certainly this stack is amazing! Double Thumbs Up for the creator of this stack. First time that I see it. Only does Flip and Rotate.

Re: A Text file format for LiveCode

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Monte, But if you compress the text file with gzip or zip or any other compression scheme... Which size does have the compressed file? Text format will be useful in many ways, but not for storing or sending stacks in the web. Have a nice week! Al -- View this message in context:

Re: How to detect swipe direction?

2013-10-06 Thread Scott Rossi
I imagine you need to implement swipe detection before triggering scrolling, and scrolling needs to be triggered only after exceeding a distance threshold. The mail app is a good example. If you look carefully, scrolling doesn't begin until touch exceeds a small distance, so swipe to delete has

Re: A Text file format for LiveCode

2013-10-06 Thread Monte Goulding
On 07/10/2013, at 11:47 AM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: But if you compress the text file with gzip or zip or any other compression scheme... Which size does have the compressed file? The 6KB stackFile which is exported as text as 336KB comes back down to 70KB when zipped. Text format will be

Re: How to detect swipe direction?

2013-10-06 Thread Terry Judd
On 07/10/2013, at 12:23 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: I imagine you need to implement swipe detection before triggering scrolling, and scrolling needs to be triggered only after exceeding a distance threshold. The mail app is a good example. If you look carefully, scrolling doesn't begin until

RE: New install video for using Valentina Studio and Valentina server

2013-10-06 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Indeed. FWIW, I've never been able to install Valentina on linux and get it working. I know Ruslan's and Lynn's experiences are different, and I'd really like to see a corresponding video stepping through what's necessary on linux. Hi Mark, Which Linux distribution would you want such a