Re: Getting rid of Unicode characters

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 03:18, Robert Sneidar wrote: Plaintext will not remove characters, which is what he wants. What he REALLY wants is something to remove ann non-printing characters from a chunk. I cannot help but believe there is a regex way to do this. I have a stack that demonstrates how to

OT: Robyn Miller talks about Hypercard on Mac Power User

2014-02-19 Thread Dave Kilroy
Robyn Miller (joint creator of Myst) features for a big part the 'Mac Power User' podcast number 393. Starting around 0:41:39 he talks about Hypercard and I managed to jot down some of the things he said (no guarantee of accuracy, listen to the man yourself): It [Hypercard] was the tool that

Re: still error ITMS-9000 invalid Code Signing

2014-02-19 Thread Neil Roger
Hi Alain, Its great to hear that you are back up and running with iOS store uploads. Please keep us informed if you experience any other issues. Kind Regards,
 Neil Roger -- RunRev Support Team ~ http://www.runrev.com - On 18/02/2014 19:28, Alain Vezina wrote: You are right. I renewed my

Re: OT: Robyn Miller talks about Hypercard on Mac Power User

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 11:03, Dave Kilroy wrote: Robyn Miller (joint creator of Myst) features for a big part the 'Mac Power User' podcast number 393. Starting around 0:41:39 he talks about Hypercard and I managed to jot down some of the things he said (no guarantee of accuracy, listen to the man

Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
I am trying to do this: delete first char of $TEXT where $TEXT is a string and seem to be getting myself into trouble. Richmond ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

RE: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread John Dixon
as in something like this... put char 2 to (the number of chars of fld 1) of fld 1 into fld 2 Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:05:20 +0200 From: richmondmathew...@gmail.com To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Delete char in string I am trying to do this: delete first char of $TEXT

Re: OT: Robyn Miller talks about Hypercard on Mac Power User

2014-02-19 Thread Colin Holgate
It’s the Macworld podcast 393. You can get to it quickly by searching for Robyn Miller in iTunes. The whole episode is him being interviewed. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: OT: Robyn Miller talks about Hypercard on Mac Power User

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 14:08, Colin Holgate wrote: It’s the Macworld podcast 393. You can get to it quickly by searching for Robyn Miller in iTunes. The whole episode is him being interviewed. Thanks. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 14:09, John Dixon wrote: as in something like this... put char 2 to (the number of chars of fld 1) of fld 1 into fld 2 Exactly: nipping chars off strings in fields is dead easy: delete char 1 from field MYCRAPPYTEXT but I have a funny feeling that everything will move a

RE: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread John Dixon
It is really the same thing... put Hello into $MyCrappyText put char 2 to (the number of chars of $MyCrappyText) of $MyCrappyText into $MyCrappyText put $MyCrappyText Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:22:08 +0200 From: richmondmathew...@gmail.com To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject:

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 14:09, John Dixon wrote: as in something like this... put char 2 to (the number of chars of fld 1) of fld 1 into fld 2 Oddly enough THIS works: put fld INN into $INN delete char 1 of $INN put $INN into fld OWT BUT, BUT, BIG UNCOMFORTABLE BUT, this: put fld INN into $INN

Re: OT: Robyn Miller talks about Hypercard on Macworld podcast

2014-02-19 Thread Dave Kilroy
Sorry everyone, I meant to write Macworld (must have been thinking about Mac Power User...) - Some are born coders, some achieve coding, and some have coding thrust upon them. - William Shakespeare Hugh Senior -- View this message in context:

Re: OT: Robyn Miller talks about Hypercard on Macworld podcast

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 14:42, Dave Kilroy wrote: Sorry everyone, I meant to write Macworld (must have been thinking about Mac Power User...) - Some are born coders, some achieve coding, and some have coding thrust upon them. - William Shakespeare Hugh Senior -- View this message in context:

Re: OT: Robyn Miller talks about Hypercard on Macworld podcast

2014-02-19 Thread Warren Samples
On 02/19/2014 07:02 AM, Richmond wrote: Now, let me see how to do THAT on Linux :) From the Macworld podcast page, http://www.macworld.com/article/2094400/robyn-miller-from-myst-to-the-immortal-augustus-gladstone.html: You can subscribe to the Macworld Podcast by clicking here. Or you can

OT: how to restore my Mac?

2014-02-19 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hi, I've just messed up my Mac. I executed by accident chmod in my root and gave all users all permissions to all my files (what I actually didn't wanted). I am not used to Macs, so what is the easiest way to restore all file permissions? Is there any kind of reset to factory settings or what

RE: how to restore my Mac?

2014-02-19 Thread HO Mike Frampton
Hi Tiemo, I'm not sure if this will help but.. Under Utilities - Disk Utility there are buttons for Verify Disk Permissions and Repair Disk Permissions. Might be of use. Mike Mike Frampton MIAP Manager of Network Systems Tel: 01425 277661 Email: m...@hoburne.com Web: www.hoburne.com

Re: OT: how to restore my Mac?

2014-02-19 Thread Pascal Lehner
Hi Tiemo, I don't have my Mac in front of me right now but as far as I remember it does offer a reset permissions function. Just found this, which should work: http://macs.about.com/od/Troubleshooting/qt/Mac-Troubleshooting-Reset-User-Account-Permissions.htm or, as I do, you can give ONYX a

Right click (secondary click) not working in LiveCode IDE

2014-02-19 Thread Martin Koob
Working with LC 6.5.1 on Mac OS X 10.8.5, today the right click is not opening the contextual menu in the IDE. This has never happened before. I thought it may be something in my project that was intecepting it. I tried creating a new stack drag a button on it and then right click to show the

Re: Right click (secondary click) not working in LiveCode IDE

2014-02-19 Thread Martin Koob
Never Mind. It was a plugin that I had recently installed that was causing the problem. I am following up with the developer. Martin -- View this message in context:

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 17:42, Earthednet-wp wrote: What about: Replace char 1 of mystring with delete char 1 of $string works; that is not the problem. Richmond. Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org On Feb 19, 2014, at 4:28 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 19/02/14

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
Dunnit! The result may be downloaded here: http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=5t=19188p=96894#p96894 The secret if there is any secret at all, is that while I was working on the thing I did not unload each string variable between each go. Rather than repeat things endlessly here, I

AW: OT: how to restore my Mac?

2014-02-19 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Thank you for your hints, I tried both without success. I don't know what the reset user permissions actually does, perhaps permissions of some standard folders, but I think both tools can't restore the permissions of my personal folders, because they can't know, what they have been. So I restored

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/19/14, 10:11 AM, Richmond wrote: The secret if there is any secret at all, is that while I was working on the thing I did not unload each string variable between each go. An easy trap to fall into. My big question is why you're using system variables. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 19:35, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 2/19/14, 10:11 AM, Richmond wrote: The secret if there is any secret at all, is that while I was working on the thing I did not unload each string variable between each go. An easy trap to fall into. My big question is why you're using system

Facebook Like

2014-02-19 Thread Dan Friedman
Here's what I want to do: the user taps a Like button in my mobile app, they like a Facebook page, and a confirmation that they liked it is returned. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks in advance, -Dan ___ use-livecode mailing list

Ugly stack filename problem after Save as!

2014-02-19 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi friends, I am experiencing a very strange problem after I save a stack AS. Looks like LC remembers the original filename and insist on using it, EVEN after I quit and restart LC!? Today I made a little test and there is something rotten in the state of denmark :-) 1. I created a new stack

Re: Ugly stack filename problem after Save as!

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 20:07, Klaus major-k wrote: Hi friends, I am experiencing a very strange problem after I save a stack AS. Looks like LC remembers the original filename and insist on using it, EVEN after I quit and restart LC!? Today I made a little test and there is something rotten in the state

Re: Ugly stack filename problem after Save as!

2014-02-19 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi Richmond, Am 19.02.2014 um 19:23 schrieb Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com: On 19/02/14 20:07, Klaus major-k wrote: Hi friends, I am experiencing a very strange problem after I save a stack AS. Looks like LC remembers the original filename and insist on using it, EVEN after I quit

Re: Ugly stack filename problem after Save as!

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 20:31, Klaus major-k wrote: Hi Richmond, Am 19.02.2014 um 19:23 schrieb Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com: On 19/02/14 20:07, Klaus major-k wrote: Hi friends, I am experiencing a very strange problem after I save a stack AS. Looks like LC remembers the original filename and

Re: Page Turner

2014-02-19 Thread Jim Lambert
Mike K wrote: What I would REALLY like is a way to slide from one card to the next on mobile, but have the slide follow my finger, so that if I start to slide, but stop, the slide stops, at least until I start moving again, and if I remove my finger, I can decide, based on how far I've slid,

Re: New England area (US) user group?

2014-02-19 Thread Paul Dupuis
Once last call on this. I have had a number of responses. I fthere is any one else on the list who sees this note who is interested n a New England area LC users group, please contact me. -- Paul Dupuis Cofounder *Researchware, Inc.* http://www.researchware.com

Blank page at the top of pdf output

2014-02-19 Thread Terry Judd
I'm trying to print a couple of cards to a pdf file and am consistently getting an extra blank page included before the output from the cards. The card rect is the same as the printPaperRectangle minus the printMargins so everything sits on the page nicely. If I substantially decrease the size

Re: Ugly stack filename problem after Save as!

2014-02-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/19/14, 12:35 PM, Richmond wrote: That is entirely possible: it does seem that with new versions really odd bugs creep in: I don't quite understand why, because, for the sake of argument, all the software I have ever developed (and that means from FORTRAN, BASIB, PASCAL, ZILOG, Hypercard,

Re: Blank page at the top of pdf output

2014-02-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/19/14, 1:29 PM, Terry Judd wrote: I'm trying to print a couple of cards to a pdf file and am consistently getting an extra blank page included before the output from the cards. The card rect is the same as the printPaperRectangle minus the printMargins so everything sits on the page nicely.

Any Research Triangle Park, NC Livecode Users?

2014-02-19 Thread Michael Doub
Are there any Livecode users in the RTP area of North Carolina? I have see several queries for user groups in other locations, so I wondered if there was any interest in this area? Or am I the only one in this area that has seen the Livecode light? Mike

Random name lists

2014-02-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
I needed a list of random names for a prototype and found this handy page, which others may find useful: http://listofrandomnames.com/ It isn't half as good as Scott Rossi's company name generator, but it does the job. I generated 100 names of random people in two seconds. -- Jacqueline

Re: Blank page at the top of pdf output

2014-02-19 Thread Terry Judd
On 20/02/2014, at 06:39 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 2/19/14, 1:29 PM, Terry Judd wrote: I'm trying to print a couple of cards to a pdf file and am consistently getting an extra blank page included before the output from the cards. The card rect is the same as the printPaperRectangle minus

Re: Blank page at the top of pdf output

2014-02-19 Thread Terry Judd
I guess I should have said that this is on OSX (10.7.5) with LC 6.5.2 in case that makes a difference. On 20/02/2014, at 06:29 AM, Terry Judd wrote: I'm trying to print a couple of cards to a pdf file and am consistently getting an extra blank page included before the output from the cards.

Re: Random name lists

2014-02-19 Thread Scott Rossi
Or, you could use this LiveCode version, posted in 2006: go url http://www.tactilemedia.com/site_files/downloads/namegen.rev; :-) Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 2/19/14 11:44 AM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote: I needed a list of

Re: Blank page at the top of pdf output

2014-02-19 Thread Terry Judd
OK - I switched syntax from... print card cardNum to print card cardNum into cardRect with a print break between each page and the blank page has gone. Terry... On 20/02/2014, at 06:46 AM, Terry Judd wrote: On 20/02/2014, at 06:39 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 2/19/14, 1:29 PM, Terry

Re: Blank page at the top of pdf output

2014-02-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/19/14, 1:46 PM, Terry Judd wrote: On 20/02/2014, at 06:39 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 2/19/14, 1:29 PM, Terry Judd wrote: I'm trying to print a couple of cards to a pdf file and am consistently getting an extra blank page included before the output from the cards. The card rect is the

Re: Random name lists

2014-02-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/19/14, 2:14 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Or, you could use this LiveCode version, posted in 2006: go url http://www.tactilemedia.com/site_files/downloads/namegen.rev; :-) Oh geez, I wish I'd remembered that. I can't even recall what I had for dinner last night. I'm grabbing it now and

Re: Ugly stack filename problem after Save as!

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 21:37, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 2/19/14, 12:35 PM, Richmond wrote: That is entirely possible: it does seem that with new versions really odd bugs creep in: I don't quite understand why, because, for the sake of argument, all the software I have ever developed (and that means from

set the textStyle[box] of word x of line y to true is very fast

2014-02-19 Thread BNig
Hi all, I stumbled across a dictionary remark regarding setting textStyle -- As of version 5.0.2 a new array variant of the textStyle property has been added allowing for access to individual textStyles independently from the others by specifying the required

Re: set the textStyle[box] of word x of line y to true is very fast

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 23:04, BNig wrote: Hi all, I stumbled across a dictionary remark regarding setting textStyle -- As of version 5.0.2 a new array variant of the textStyle property has been added allowing for access to individual textStyles independently from the

Re: Ugly stack filename problem after Save as!

2014-02-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/19/14, 2:38 PM, Richmond wrote: You got me there! Can I keep you? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Kay C Lan
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.comwrote: Rather than repeat things endlessly here, I would urge interested parties to download the stack, mess around with it, and crack open the scripts of the 2 buttons. In line with Geoff's recent post about riding the

[OT] Paul Elio could change the world of transportation

2014-02-19 Thread Roger Eller
I drive to work every day, alone; and it really is such a drag, and a huge waste of fuel. Sometime in 2015, that is going to change for me, and for at least 10,000 other people. Why am I sharing this here? Well, we are a different breed of developers, not blindly following the mainstream. So I

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Bob Sneidar
Aren’t those constants? Can you edit constants like variables? Bob On Feb 19, 2014, at 04:05 , Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to do this: delete first char of $TEXT where $TEXT is a string and seem to be getting myself into trouble. Richmond

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Kay C Lan
I hate it when I post too quickly. 0 ms was just too good to be true so I investigated further and found 2 errors in my code. The real figures are 10,000 Unicode Repeat Until: 19 ms Repeat for Each: 3 ms 100,000 Unicode Repeat Until: 1823 ms Repeat for Each: 30 ms 1,000,000 Unicode Repeat

Encryption / Encoding Differences between IDE and OS X Standalone

2014-02-19 Thread Peter W A Wood
I've written a very simple stack to encrypt or decrypt some text. There are two fields (In and Out) and two buttons (Encrypt and Decrypt). When I encrypt test in the IDE and then paste the encrypted text from the Out field to the In field and then decrypt it, I get the back the original text.

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Kay C Lan
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Bob Sneidar bobsnei...@iotecdigital.comwrote: Aren't those constants? Can you edit constants like variables? No, they are variables. From the Dictionary: Use this technique to create your own environment variables.

Re: Encryption / Encoding Differences between IDE and OS X Standalone

2014-02-19 Thread Roger Eller
In standalone application settings, are you including ssl encryption? ~Roger On Feb 19, 2014 9:20 PM, Peter W A Wood peterwaw...@gmail.com wrote: I've written a very simple stack to encrypt or decrypt some text. There are two fields (In and Out) and two buttons (Encrypt and Decrypt). When I

Re: Encryption / Encoding Differences between IDE and OS X Standalone

2014-02-19 Thread Peter W A Wood
Roger I'm pretty certain that I did. The first time I build the standalone, I used the search for ... option. The second time I specifically included the ssl encryption lib. Regards Peter http://LiveCode1001.blogspot.com On 20 Feb 2014, at 10:23, Roger Eller wrote: In standalone

Re: Encryption / Encoding Differences between IDE and OS X Standalone

2014-02-19 Thread Roger Eller
I had that problem when testing 6.6 DP1 encryption on Android. For my situation, it was the platform specific ssl encryption checbox. Which version are you using? On Feb 19, 2014 9:28 PM, Peter W A Wood peterwaw...@gmail.com wrote: Roger I'm pretty certain that I did. The first time I

Re: [OT] Paul Elio could change the world of transportation

2014-02-19 Thread Colin Holgate
Looks fancy. I ride one of these to work every day: http://www.electricvehiclesnw.com/fbw/images/brompton/dec-08/S2L-X.jpg Not an electric version, which the URL may imply. On Feb 19, 2014, at 8:47 PM, Roger Eller roger.e.el...@sealedair.com wrote: Check out the new American Revolution:

Re: [OT] Paul Elio could change the world of transportation

2014-02-19 Thread Roger Eller
Colin, I couldn't open the url, but I believe I determine by googling that it is a folding bike. Is that correct? Looks cool, but I need to keep the weather outside of the vehicle. ~Roger On Feb 19, 2014 10:06 PM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: Looks fancy. I ride one of these to

Re: [OT] Paul Elio could change the world of transportation

2014-02-19 Thread Colin Holgate
Strange, the link opens even in the reply that you gave. Yes, I ride a Brompton foldable bike. I get about 10 miles a day of exercise, and save over $1000 per year in subway fares. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: Encryption / Encoding Differences between IDE and OS X Standalone

2014-02-19 Thread Peter W A Wood
Hi Roger On 20 Feb 2014, at 10:42, Roger Eller wrote: I had that problem when testing 6.6 DP1 encryption on Android. For my situation, it was the platform specific ssl encryption checbox. I can't see any platform specific lib checkboxes for OS X. Which version are you using? LiveCode

Re: Encryption / Encoding Differences between IDE and OS X Standalone

2014-02-19 Thread Roger Eller
Right. My tests were on Android, where the new encryption external must be checked. And again, that is in 6.6 DP1. So, I don't know what to suggest. May be a bug. ~Roger On Feb 19, 2014 10:40 PM, Peter W A Wood peterwaw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Roger On 20 Feb 2014, at 10:42, Roger Eller

Re: Encryption / Encoding Differences between IDE and OS X Standalone

2014-02-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
On February 19, 2014 8:42:18 PM CST, Roger Eller roger.e.el...@sealedair.com wrote: I had that problem when testing 6.6 DP1 encryption on Android. For my situation, it was the platform specific ssl encryption checbox. I've been waiting for encryption on Android for a very long time. Does

Re: Encryption / Encoding Differences between IDE and OS X Standalone

2014-02-19 Thread Jan Schenkel
Hi Peter, Fields are meant for the display of text, not binary data. You could 'base64encode' the binary data before you display it. Oh, and when treating binary data, you should the 'byte' chunk instead of the 'char' chunk. That way when LiveCode goes all-in Unicode, your script will continuye

Re: Encryption / Encoding Differences between IDE and OS X Standalone

2014-02-19 Thread Jan Schenkel
Hi Jacque, As long as the same encryption algorithm is available on both sides, it should just work. Though to avoid encoding issues when crossing platforms/architectures, it might be best to base64encode your encrypted data before sending it over the wire. Jan Schenkel. = Quartam Reports

SQLite revOpenDatabase() and Relative File Paths

2014-02-19 Thread Kay C Lan
This works put the defaultFolder /Folder Name/mySQLite.db into tPath get revOpenDatabase(sqlite,tPath,,,) But this doesn't get revOpenDatabase(sqlite,/Folder Name/mySQLite.db,,,) I thought the point of the defaultFolder was so you didn't have to continually build full file paths but could use

Re: Encryption / Encoding Differences between IDE and OS X Standalone

2014-02-19 Thread Peter W A Wood
Many thanks to Jan for the helpful suggestions with which I have improved the code. Unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem. I have cut down the code so that the encryption uses only a plaintext password, no sha1 hashing, no salt and no initial value. Thanks to Jan's Base64 encoding

Re: [OT] Paul Elio could change the world of transportation

2014-02-19 Thread Geoff Canyon
About 2000 mpg (equivalent): http://evolveskateboardsusa.com/products/street-carbon-series-electric-skateboard I also often ride my bike to work. My calculation has me at about 3000 mpg (equivalent) but that's at an average speed of maybe 10-12 mph (my efficiency drops substantially the faster I

Re: Encryption / Encoding Differences between IDE and OS X Standalone

2014-02-19 Thread Bill Vlahos
Peter, I don’t know why it would be different in the IDE vs a standalone but I wouldn’t expect it to work correctly working with fields. There are limitations of what can be in a field. I wrote the “Encryption Demo Stack” in RevOnLine that works both compiled and in the IDE. It puts the

Re: set the textStyle[box] of word x of line y to true is very fast

2014-02-19 Thread Thierry Douez
Hallo Bernd, set the textStyle[bold] of field 1 to true I tried it and it turned out to be a lot faster than set the textStyle of word x of line y of field z to bold and what about set the textStyle[bold] of field 1 to true against set the textStyle of field 1 to bold