J. Landman Gay wrote
> function getAllOffsets pData,pChar -- find all instances of a char
>put 0 into tSkip -- start at beginning
>repeat
> put offset(pChar,pData,tSkip) into tNextOffset -- chars since skip
> point
> if tNextOffset = 0 then exit repeat -- no more found
> add
Colin-
Sunday, February 23, 2014, 4:57:22 PM, you wrote:
> I tried opening several of the files, including the .CPT ones.
> They all decompress ok. If there are any in particular you want I
> can send them over.
Thanks, but no problem here. Just thought I'd check it out.
Personally, I'm just as
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Richmond wrote:
> Maybe open it in a text editor, or, heaven forfend, Hypercard running on a
> Mac running a 'Classic' system, or Sheepshaver doing the same.
Get it to run in System 9 in Classic mode, copy the scripts, take a
snapshot of the UI and get away.
sqb
On 23/02/14 23:34, Colin Holgate wrote:
Downloading those .hqx files leaves them as .sit, and those open ok with most
decompressors I think.
I tried renaming a file to .rev, and it opened in LiveCode. The card was blank,
and LiveCode crashed when I tried to look at the card script.
I have a
I love when that happens. Pat yourself on the back.
On February 23, 2014 9:13:35 PM CST, Earthednet-wp
wrote:
. I'm
>also amazed at the amount of discussion this topic generated.
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I always had trouble getting my students to read instructions. I used
formatting and hilighting to emphasize critical points, which helped a bit.
Anyway, I'll have to be more diligent about reading the docs. I'm also amazed
at the amount of discussion this topic generated.
Best,
Bill
William Pr
Gabriel-
Thursday, February 20, 2014, 11:07:59 AM, you wrote:
> Hey All,
> I am working on a program where I need to know the amount of available
> memory.
> I'm running on OS X and hasMemory() appears to return true/false for the
> same values regardless changes to free/available memory. Is th
I tried opening several of the files, including the .CPT ones. They all
decompress ok. If there are any in particular you want I can send them over.
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Sunday, February 23, 2014, 1:34:48 PM, you wrote:
> Downloading those .hqx files leaves them as .sit, and those open
> ok with most decompressors I think.
I think I've been rickrolled.
Archive Manager says "could not open this file type".
Apparently Aladdin used to have a linux unstuffer
Hi folks,
It seems that no matter the user’s localization settings {choice of interface
or keyboard language} are,
Livecode apps’ native-to-iOS controls use English.
Example:
User’s iPhone is set to Turkish but the mobile browser instance within my
Livecode app which loads a local pdf shows “2
I think the idea is to be able to preload a variable the first time a script is
accessed in a session, and by session I mean when the application is launched.
Quitting and re-launching the app would count as a second session. While the
app is running, you could change the variable and it’s value
What really made me give up on Hypercard and Supercard was the fact that stacks
with more that 2000 cards kept corrupting themselves, and the xcmd’s capable of
accessing dBase databases were sketchy at best.
What got me BACK into using a Hypercard-like environment was Runtime Revolution
which
Okay I just did a simple test. Given:
local sVar = "abc"
on mouseUp
breakpoint
put sVar
put "abc" into bVar
put "123" into sVar
end mouseUp
With Variable Preservation turned on, the first time through I get “abc” in the
message box. The second time through I get “123” in the messag
On 2/23/14, 2:53 PM, Earthednet-wp wrote:
Folks, Perhaps I missed it in the docs, but I didn't see where it
said the char count returned by offset was measured from the skipped
chars count. I do skim, so could have easily missed the fine print.
It's in the last paragraph in the "offset" entry:
I see that I have misunderstood the context of this 'feature' (if that's what
it is). It refers to a situation where one runs a script in the IDE, finds an
error, corrects it and runs it again. It's entirely an IDE thing, isn't it?
Compilation can happen outside the IDE, for example where a spla
Right, otherwise CONSTANT would just be another name for VARIABLE.
Bob
On Feb 23, 2014, at 11:14 , J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 2/23/14, 4:30 AM, Graham Samuel wrote:
>> I've just read that bit of the dictionary and I'm equally surprised.
>> I also think I must have completely misunderstood it
Haven't seen that behavior, it opens where it was positioned last time LC
closed down. This is on OSX 10.7.4
Related to that, I d rather not see the Tools palette open at all on
startup if it was'nt open when LC closed down. I believe that's the way
the Application Browser works.
Pete
lcSQL Sof
Downloading those .hqx files leaves them as .sit, and those open ok with most
decompressors I think.
I tried renaming a file to .rev, and it opened in LiveCode. The card was blank,
and LiveCode crashed when I tried to look at the card script.
On Feb 23, 2014, at 4:14 PM, Richmond wrote:
> >Y
On 23/02/14 21:58, Mark Wieder wrote:
Richmond-
Sunday, February 23, 2014, 11:07:08 AM, you wrote:
I am not sure how comprehensive that is; I found another version of that
here:
Sherman, set the wayback machine to 1995.
We're going to visit .sit.hqx.
Yeah, well, if like me, you have an iMa
Sorry, hit send too soon. Her's a more detailed version.
In a card script, I have
local sVar="xyz"
function getVar
return sVar
end getVar
command changeVar
put "abc" into sVar
end changeVar
In button A on the card, I have:
on mouseUp
put getVar()
end mouseUp
In button B on the card
Folks,
Perhaps I missed it in the docs, but I didn't see where it said the char count
returned by offset was measured from the skipped chars count. I do skim, so
could have easily missed the fine print.
The way that it's implemented means to get the char position of the found char,
you need to
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 11:14 AM, J. Landman Gay
wrote:
> I haven't tried it yet, maybe someone else can confirm.
Yes, you can change the value of a script local variable in the way you
described
What's really interesting though is that the value of a script local
variable assigned in this way
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 11:09 AM, J. Landman Gay
wrote:
> Don't think so, that was one of my first tests when I tried to reproduce
> the problem. I'm going with "script error" as the culprit for now.
I confirm that a script compile error wipes out the contents of any script
local variables in th
Richmond-
Sunday, February 23, 2014, 11:07:08 AM, you wrote:
> I am not sure how comprehensive that is; I found another version of that
> here:
Sherman, set the wayback machine to 1995.
We're going to visit .sit.hqx.
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On 2/23/14, 4:30 AM, Graham Samuel wrote:
I've just read that bit of the dictionary and I'm equally surprised.
I also think I must have completely misunderstood it, because I
can't see how it can work. The value of a script local variable
(unless it's predefined using an '=' construction) is und
On 2/23/14, 12:17 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
Could it be that editing the script resets the script local
variables? This is true in Applescript properties. Editing and saving
the script resets the properties to their defaults.
Don't think so, that was one of my first tests when I tried to reproduce
On 23/02/14 20:51, Bob Sneidar wrote:
Very cool Richmond! I should try to find my old Radio Station Manager app I created
a-whay back. It actually calculated money owed to stations that aired our program and
cut them checks! the good old days.
Bob
I am not sure how comprehensive that is; I
On 2/23/14, 11:47 AM, Peter Haworth wrote:
Have no idea whether that works in the Project Browser or rIDE. In
lcSTackBrowser, there's a preference setting for any custom control that
determines whether you can see its components or not irrespective of the
selectGroupedControls setting.
There'
On 2/22/14, 9:05 PM, David Epstein wrote:
Inspecting "the frontscripts", I discovered that the handlers governing
basic table fields are in the script of button "revTable" of group
"revLibraries" of stack "revLibrary."
1. Hoping to see table-editing in action, I set a checkpoint at the
beginni
On 23/02/14 20:48, Bob Sneidar wrote:
My problem is trying to get the cat to STOP dressing up in drag when I’m not
around.
Obviously it is trying to ASSERT itself, and OFFSET some of the negative
aspects of living with you:
Next thing you know it will be Skipping Characters :)
Bob
On F
Very cool Richmond! I should try to find my old Radio Station Manager app I
created a-whay back. It actually calculated money owed to stations that aired
our program and cut them checks! the good old days.
Bob
On Feb 23, 2014, at 09:56 , Richmond wrote:
> A Gold Mine turns out to be availa
My problem is trying to get the cat to STOP dressing up in drag when I’m not
around.
Bob
On Feb 23, 2014, at 10:10 , Richmond wrote:
> On 23/02/14 20:08, Bob Sneidar wrote:
>> But whatever you do, do NOT attempt to take the cat on a long walk after
>> getting him intoxicated while listening
Yes and I said as much in a prior post. Calling a handler a “script” is a bad
habit some of us have fallen into, but the human brain is wonderfully adept at
hearing what people mean, and not necessarily what people say, which by the way
is what makes for all the miscommunication between computer
Nope that is right. It’s “ignoring” the number of characters you are skipping
and treating the character after that as if it were the first character.
Honestly though, I would have liked to see this work something like the old
dBase function at() where the third argument was the instance of wha
Wow. I didn’t know you could do that with the Answer dialog!
Bob
On Feb 23, 2014, at 09:01 , Mark Wieder
mailto:mwie...@ahsoftware.net>> wrote:
on assertError a, b, c, d
answer a, b, c, d
end assertError
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Could it be that editing the script resets the script local variables? This is
true in Applescript properties. Editing and saving the script resets the
properties to their defaults.
Bob
On Feb 22, 2014, at 10:56 , J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 2/22/14, 12:17 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
>> I think
On 23/02/14 20:08, Bob Sneidar wrote:
But whatever you do, do NOT attempt to take the cat on a long walk after
getting him intoxicated while listening to a long symphony. First, the cat is
likely not going to go very far if you try to walk him, and secondly alcohol is
poison to cats. If you do
But whatever you do, do NOT attempt to take the cat on a long walk after
getting him intoxicated while listening to a long symphony. First, the cat is
likely not going to go very far if you try to walk him, and secondly alcohol is
poison to cats. If you don’t believe me and attempt this, your wa
Hi Zryip,
Am 23.02.2014 um 18:52 schrieb zryip theSlug :
> Klaus,
>
> Hum we must not use the same IDE. I can inspect each group of the
> datagrid by clicking on "Inspect" + "Groups"
>
> Is it possible for you to copy the datagrid and the template substack
> in a fresh stack and send me the res
Rev’s libraries are not debuggable in that sense. If I recall, any stack name
that begins with “rev” is considered a Livecode Library (which can be useful
for people building their own libraries).
You can still however, use the new assert statement to build logging, or just
simply use an answe
A Gold Mine turns out to be available, still:
http://www.umich.edu/~archive/mac/hypercard/
Richmond.
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Klaus,
Hum we must not use the same IDE. I can inspect each group of the
datagrid by clicking on "Inspect" + "Groups"
Is it possible for you to copy the datagrid and the template substack
in a fresh stack and send me the resulting stack off-list? That's way
I could have a look to this odd behavio
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Klaus major-k wrote:
> which is not possible in the IDE unfortunately. :-/
> A Datagrid appears as ONE object in the inspector, project browser and
> rIDE.
>
set the selectGroupedControls of to true
In the Application browser, right click on the right pane and
It's easy to construct similar extensions of the other offset functions:
lineoffsets(), itemoffsets() and wordoffsets(). They come in very handy. I do a
lot of text munching and I am continually using one or another of them. One
common situation is when you need not the first occurrence of a str
Hi Zryip,
Am 23.02.2014 um 18:14 schrieb zryip theSlug :
> Klaus,
>
> In the inspector, check each behavior id of groups named "row template 000x".
which is not possible in the IDE unfortunately. :-/
A Datagrid appears as ONE object in the inspector, project browser and rIDE.
> These groups on
Klaus,
In the inspector, check each behavior id of groups named "row template 000x".
These groups only appear when the datagrid is filled.
Best,
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Klaus major-k wrote:
> Hi Zryip,
>
> Am 23.02.2014 um 17:50 schrieb zryip theSlug :
>
>> Klaus,
>>
>> Do you have c
Richmond-
May be better to try a simple but real example.
Here's a test that can be run on each new build of the engine to make
sure that the random() function hasn't broken.
on mouseUp
test_random 5.3
test_random 10.7
end mouseUp
on test_random x
local y
put random(x) into
Richmond, I did your thing of creating a button with a script in it:
on mouseUp
assert 1 is 2
end mouseUp
on assertError
answer "It isn't, you know!"
end assertError
It worked entirely as expected - the object containing the command (the button,
in this case) received the assertError mess
Hi Zryip,
Am 23.02.2014 um 17:50 schrieb zryip theSlug :
> Klaus,
>
> Do you have cache controls turn to on for the datagrid?
no.
> Each row in the datagrid is linked to the template behavior button.
> I'm suspecting one or more of these rows are linked to the wrong
> template.
Does not make
Klaus,
Do you have cache controls turn to on for the datagrid?
Each row in the datagrid is linked to the template behavior button.
I'm suspecting one or more of these rows are linked to the wrong
template.
Best,
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Klaus major-k wrote:
> Hi Zryip,
>
> Am 23.02.20
Hi Zryip,
Am 23.02.2014 um 17:22 schrieb Klaus major-k :
> Hi Zryip,
>
> Am 23.02.2014 um 17:10 schrieb zryip theSlug :
>> Klaus,
>> Hum interesting information. In this case my previous description will
>> be in no help as the row tempate is not lost.
>> In the template substack, the group id 1
Jacque-
Saturday, February 22, 2014, 6:58:35 PM, you wrote:
> They must have changed it when you and I weren't looking. Variable
> assignments are even listed in the examples in the dictionary entry for
> "local". I may have to read the whole dictionary again to see what else
> I've missed.
OK -
Hi Zryip,
Am 23.02.2014 um 17:10 schrieb zryip theSlug :
> Klaus,
>
> Hum interesting information. In this case my previous description will
> be in no help as the row tempate is not lost.
> In the template substack, the group id 1006 of card id 1005 is the
> "row template". If you are editing
Yours includes the method of finding whole words. I left that out for brevity
but it's a common thing to need. So, not a waste.
On February 23, 2014 6:18:28 AM CST, "Peter M. Brigham"
wrote:
>Oh. Didn't see this before I sent off my version…
>
>-- Peter
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Klaus,
Hum interesting information. In this case my previous description will
be in no help as the row tempate is not lost.
In the template substack, the group id 1006 of card id 1005 is the
"row template". If you are editing its properties in the inspector,
what is it's the behavior id?
Best,
On 23/02/14 18:05, J. Landman Gay wrote:
I commented on it, I just didn't quote it. That handler is the one that counts
from the beginning of the text in each iteration of the loop. The speed of
execution will decrease as the size of the text grows. If your source text is
relatively short, yo
I commented on it, I just didn't quote it. That handler is the one that counts
from the beginning of the text in each iteration of the loop. The speed of
execution will decrease as the size of the text grows. If your source text is
relatively short, your repetitive counting handler will probabl
On 23/02/14 15:47, Björnke von Gierke wrote:
on mouseUp
assert 1 + "blah"
end mouseUp
Well that certainly threw up an error message.
But this:
on mouseUp
put 1 + "blah" into FUDGE
end mouseUp
also threw up an error message.
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Klaus,
A copy paste or a deletion of the datagrid can be an explanation.
We can fix this manually or call DGH to help. We have a tool ready for
this situation.
1. Activate DGH and double click on your datagrid form
2. In the Behaviors / Templates topic, click on the 3 dots button in
regard of th
Hi Zryip,
Am 23.02.2014 um 16:26 schrieb Klaus major-k :
> Hi Zryip,
>
> Am 23.02.2014 um 16:20 schrieb zryip theSlug :
>
>> Hi Klaus,
>>
>> Do you have really a data grid substack named "Data Grid Templates
>> 1362542789804", in your project?
>
> no, the substack containing the Row Template
Hi Zryip,
Am 23.02.2014 um 16:20 schrieb zryip theSlug :
> Hi Klaus,
>
> Do you have really a data grid substack named "Data Grid Templates
> 1362542789804", in your project?
no, the substack containing the Row Template and Behavior has the id
1393161990962!
Maybe that was a substack of a prev
Hi Klaus,
Do you have really a data grid substack named "Data Grid Templates
1362542789804", in your project?
Best,
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Klaus major-k wrote:
> Hi friends,
>
> strange problems here (as ususal).
>
> 1. I created a fresh datagrid FORM on a card.
> 2. I have a script
Hi friends,
strange problems here (as ususal).
1. I created a fresh datagrid FORM on a card.
2. I have a script that populates it with data.
All is working fine, but when I navigate to that card***, I get this in the
message box:
*** I do not populate the dg on open or preopencard or anything e
on mouseUp
assert 1 + "blah"
end mouseUp
on assertError dont, remember, amountOfParameters
put dont & remember & amountOfParameters
end assert
see release notes of 6.6 dp here: http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/
On 23.02.2014, at 14:31, Richmond wrote:
> Right; so here I am on a Sunda
I haven't seen it do that, but neither have I repositioned the tools. (OS
X 10.8.3).
~Roger
On Feb 23, 2014 7:02 AM, "Richmond" wrote:
> Is it only me (LOL), or is it a universal phenomenon that
> every time one starts up Livecode 6.6 dp1 the revTools stack opens
> centre-screen
> (or, center-s
>> So my suggestion would be to update errorDialog, maybe make a synonym for
>> people used to other languages. And then add an assert control structure (or
>> even just modify try to be able to use it in that way).
I would not like having this.; they are 2 different beasts and concepts.
( And
Right; so here I am on a Sunday afternoon feeling
suitably postprandial . . . and looking at the notes for 6.6 dp1
and playing around with ASSERT
Set up a stack with a button with this script:
on mouseUp
assert 1 is 2
end mouseUp
as per notes.
SO? Where is any sort of result
tried this
Alright I think I've said what I wanted on assert, so my next problem is with
the SQLite syntax changes. The "new" binary mode is in fact just the default
SQLite way to use binary.
Because of that, I strongly would prefer to make that the default, and
deprecate the LC way of storing binary in
On 21.02.2014, at 16:36, Björnke von Gierke wrote:
> So my suggestion would be to update errorDialog, maybe make a synonym for
> people used to other languages. And then add an assert control structure (or
> even just modify try to be able to use it in that way).
--
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Oh. Didn't see this before I sent off my version…
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On Feb 22, 2014, at 4:49 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 2/22/14, 1:35 PM, Richmond wrote:
>> Sorry: Neanderthal question time:
>>
>> I cannot see anything about charsToS
Here's a useful function that demonstrates the use of the third parameter for
offset(). It returns all the offsets of a string in a container:
function offsets str,container,includeOverlaps
-- returns a comma-delimited list of all the offsets of str in container
-- returns 0 if not found
Is it only me (LOL), or is it a universal phenomenon that
every time one starts up Livecode 6.6 dp1 the revTools stack opens
centre-screen
(or, center-screen) rather than where one parked it last time?
Richmond.
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On 23/02/14 13:43, Thierry Douez wrote:
I still think that adding an assert command (of all things) is a
completely wrong way to do that tho.
Well, everybody is entitled to their own opinion.
One of the things I really, really like about Livecode, is the way that
there are many ways to do the
>> I still think that adding an assert command (of all things) is a
>> completely wrong way to do that tho.
and Dilbert to the rescue:
http://dilbert.com/dyn/str_strip/0//000/20/1//900/210948/210948.strip.zoom.gif
Have a nice sunday :)
Thierry
I've just read that bit of the dictionary and I'm equally surprised. I also
think I must have completely misunderstood it, because I can't see how it can
work. The value of a script local variable (unless it's predefined using an '='
construction) is undefined until a script is run, and is then
On 22/02/14 23:49, J. Landman Gay wrote:
On 2/22/14, 1:35 PM, Richmond wrote:
Sorry: Neanderthal question time:
I cannot see anything about charsToSkip in the inbuilt (i.e. in the IDE)
documentation (6.6. dp1).
It's the third parameter in the "offset" function. See "offset" in the
dictionary
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