Re: Learning about server

2014-06-26 Thread John Craig
The regex I'm using to validate URL's isn't good enough yet - it needs a few tweaks - like the '=' ! On 26/06/2014 02:16, Scott Morrow wrote: FWIW… Although a “good” url probably shouldn’t have an equal sign… I’ve got one which appears to work in most browsers but gets reported as not valid

Re: Learning about server

2014-06-26 Thread John Craig
It copies and pastes OK on my android tablet (4.0.3). If the text is hilited, then that's what should copy... Were you on a device or emulator? On 26/06/2014 00:07, Roger Eller wrote: On Android, when I try to copy the shortened URL, this is what I get: You can now copy the shortened URL...

Re: Learning about server

2014-06-26 Thread John Craig
If it's valid ... it's valid :) I've replaced the url validation with a much looser regex On 26/06/2014 02:16, Scott Morrow wrote: FWIW… Although a “good” url probably shouldn’t have an equal sign… I’ve got one which appears to work in most browsers but gets reported as not valid when

LiveCode Server: start session problem

2014-06-26 Thread John Craig
I decided to add some session code to my server project, but the following command causes an error on 6.6.1 on Linux (community and commercial); start session LC 6.6.2 had another problem, which is why I rolled back to 6.6.1. I've now also tried 6.6.0 and 6.5.2 - 'start session' also bombs

Re: LiveCode Server: start session problem

2014-06-26 Thread John Craig
took a punt on 6.7.0 DP4 - same problem . On 26/06/2014 12:12, John Craig wrote: I decided to add some session code to my server project, but the following command causes an error on 6.6.1 on Linux (community and commercial); start session LC 6.6.2 had another problem, which is why I

Re: LiveCode Server: start session problem

2014-06-26 Thread Simon Smith
Hi John I am running the latest version - linux and windows and sessions are working fine for me. whats happening when you use start session ? Simon On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:12 PM, John Craig j...@splash21.com wrote: I decided to add some session code to my server project, but the

Re: Learning about server

2014-06-26 Thread Roger Eller
It's a real device... running 4.1.1, and I've tried a couple different browsers. Sent from my Android tablet On Jun 26, 2014 2:56 AM, John Craig j...@splash21.com wrote: It copies and pastes OK on my android tablet (4.0.3). If the text is hilited, then that's what should copy... Were you on

Re: LiveCode Server: start session problem

2014-06-26 Thread John Craig
Hi, Simon. It's encouraging that it's working on your system - hopefully there's just some misconfiguration on my machine. I get the following error when I add the start session line; file /var/www/vhosts/8up.uk/httpdocs/index.lc row 16, col 1: Row 16 is the line in question. Column 1 is

Re: Learning about server

2014-06-26 Thread Dave Kilroy
I think the issue might be uppercase letters - I've just tried this on a mac and an iPad - it is happy with runrev.com but borks at Runrev.com - Some are born coders, some achieve coding, and some have coding thrust upon them. - William Shakespeare Hugh Senior -- View this message in

Re: Learning about server

2014-06-26 Thread John Craig
My take#2 at the url validation caused the uppercase problem. I've just updated it to take#3 - uppercase letters are welcome! Problem is I don't use regular expressions that often, so I get rusty - may take another few tweaks yet, but fingers crossed :) On 26/06/2014 12:41, Dave Kilroy

Re: LiveCode Server: start session problem

2014-06-26 Thread John Craig
Thanks, Simon. Knowing that it worked elsewhere was enough to start me poking around again. Issue was resolved by specifying an alternative sessionSavePath. The original path '/tmp' is writable, etc. (and PHP uses it), but changing it worked for LC. :D On 26/06/2014 12:20, Simon Smith

Re: LiveCode Server: start session problem

2014-06-26 Thread Simon Smith
Hi John Might be easier for to email the script to me and I can take a look. What you can try though is: Ensure that start session is at the very top of your script (e.g. line 1 ) and that you also have end session at the very end of the script. If you output anything before calling start

Problem on Win 7 with an app compiled with LC 6.6 on Mac

2014-06-26 Thread jbv
Hi list, I am using LC 6.6 build 4003 on Mac OSX 10.5.5 to compile an app made years ago on LC 4.5.3 and constantly improved over the years, with each new version of the app compiled with a more recent version of LC... And suddenly today, some of the users of this app in various cities of the

Re: Problem on Win 7 with an app compiled with LC 6.6 on Mac

2014-06-26 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Thursday, June 26, 2014, j...@souslelogo.com wrote: So far I don't see what else I could do... Has anybody faced a similar problem ? Any wise tip about what to do ? 6.6 added high-res support for desktop. I would check your zoom settings on your Windows 7 install and see if it is the same

Error handling (was Re: nan v. try-catch for arithmetic)

2014-06-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
J. Landman Gay wrote: On 6/24/2014, 1:02 PM, Graham Samuel wrote: I get a result, nan, and the catch doesn't fire. Why not? Maybe someone can explain what the engine is doing here - or is it just an obscure bug? A catch only triggers when there is a script error. In this case there is no

Re: Problem on Win 7 with an app compiled with LC 6.6 on Mac

2014-06-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
jbv wrote: I am using LC 6.6 build 4003... And suddenly today, some of the users of this app in various cities of the country seem to encounter problems on Win 7... The current Stable version is 6.6.2, and the Release Notes for that version include mention of a great many fixes related to

Re: Image control in a Background

2014-06-26 Thread Vaughn Clement
Hi This morning I did some testing to address the image updating in the current card in the image control and did not come up with a solution that worked. I have the On OpenCard script that is working to add the image to the image control, and as before the on OpenCard script cannot update the

Re: Error handling (was Re: nan v. try-catch for arithmetic)

2014-06-26 Thread Peter Haworth
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: Is there a simple rule that would allow scripters to understand when try-catch is necessary and when the result should be checked instead? If not, should there be? Or perhaps better yet, could error handling

Re: Error handling (was Re: nan v. try-catch for arithmetic)

2014-06-26 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 6/26/2014 12:23 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: Is there a simple rule that would allow scripters to understand when try-catch is necessary and when the result should be checked instead? If not, should there be?

Re: Image control in a Background

2014-06-26 Thread Simon
Hi Vaughn, Still not clear on what you are doing because it looks like you are just repeating the openCard script from your original posting, so... on mouseUp openCard end mouseUp You should not see anything happen because it just loads the same image in. Unless I read this too quickly. Simon

Re: Image control in a Background

2014-06-26 Thread Vaughn Clement
Hi Simon I was testing to see what might work to finish adding the image without having to leave the card and return to trigger the openCard script again? I thought a button script Update Image button might trigger the update? I used a portion of the open card script thinking it would work.

Re: Image control in a Background

2014-06-26 Thread Simon
Hi Vaughn, You did see that I posted everything was working after a few small changes in your original script? I never received an answer that you tested it and it didn't work for you. Simon -- View this message in context:

non-Functional Mac PPC installers?

2014-06-26 Thread Richmond
I wonder what the point of stating that the Mac installer of Livecode 6.6.2 will install on a Mac PPC when it won't? I have just tried (again) to install this version on my G5 iMac running Mac OS 10.5.8: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6t=20611 Richmond.

Re: Image control in a Background

2014-06-26 Thread Vaughn Clement
Hi Simon Is this the email: Hi Vaughn, Aside from a spelling mistake just add parentheses around all the folder paths e.g. put (specialFolderPath(documents) /photos/ the short ID of this card) into thePath and then delete the current filename on mouseUp --/ the image from mobilePickPhoto

Re: Image control in a Background

2014-06-26 Thread Simon
Yep on mouseUp --/ the image from mobilePickPhoto uses the template image construct --set it off screen so we don't see ift flash / --set the loc of the templateImage to -1,-1 set the vis of the templateImage to false --NEWLINE --delete file

Re: Image control in a Background

2014-06-26 Thread Vaughn Clement
Hi Simon I aasume that the current stack script is replaced with your card script? On Thursday, June 26, 2014, Vaughn Clement vclem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Simon Let me try this to test my stack for errors. On Thursday, June 26, 2014, Simon si...@asato-media.com

Re: Image control in a Background

2014-06-26 Thread Simon
Vaughn Clement wrote Hi Simon I aasume that the current stack script is replaced with your card script? errr... you are confusing me, I don't have a card script. I posted a button script. Your original card script was ok. Simon -- View this message in context:

Re: Image control in a Background

2014-06-26 Thread Vaughn Clement
Hi Simon The original email had a on OpenCard Stack script and a script in the image control to manage the card image.. The button on the buyer's order Button is my script test. The black buttons are the main buttons. If you send me an email address I will send you the stack. Thank you Vaughn

compatibility between Android SDK and Livecode versions

2014-06-26 Thread Viktoras D.
Hi, is there a Livecode vs. Android SDK versions compatibility matrix available? Which SDK would work with Livecode 6.5 (on Windows 8)? Best wishes! Viktoras ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Name shadows another variable

2014-06-26 Thread Peter Haworth
The above error has been flagged intermittently and incorrectly when compiling a script with Strict Compilation Mode turned on for as long as I've been using Livecode. In the last couple of days, the error has been flagged every time I compile a script in one particular application. I restart

Re: Image control in a Background

2014-06-26 Thread Vaughn Clement
Hi Simon OK, thanks for the assistance. I will try the script in a button on the card. Thank you Vaughn Clement Apps by Vaughn Clement (Support) *http://www.appsbyvaughnclement.com/tools/home-page/ http://www.appsbyvaughnclement.com/tools/home-page/* Skype: vaughn.clement

Re: Image control in a Background

2014-06-26 Thread Vaughn Clement
Hi Simon I used the script in a button a aligned and edited as shown: The image was added from the button to the image control. But all the cards in the stack now have the last added image. This is where I was a few days ago where the script did this same thing? Did I edit it wrong? *on*

Re: Image control in a Background

2014-06-26 Thread Simon
Yes, if there is no file thePath And I think we've discussed enough why this happens. So to fix it so that it doesn't show an image at all if there is no file thePath: if there is a file the short id of this card then put (specialFolderPath (documents) /photos/ the short ID of this card) into

Re: Image control in a Background

2014-06-26 Thread Vaughn Clement
Hi Simon This is a real pleasure to say it is working as designed now. Your a real wizard at scripting. Looking at this from start to finish I can say I have learned a lot about the image control, but more over I have a better perspective on how to work to find solutions in scripting. Thanks for

On my way to the LiveCode meeting

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi guys, Just wanted to let you know I'm on my way to the LiveCode meeting in Switzerland. If you want to participate too, just send an e-mail to me to Bjoernke. More info is available at http://www3.economy-x-talk.com/blog/ . I hope to see you there. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille

Re: Name shadows another variable

2014-06-26 Thread dunbarx
Peter, Can you tell me more about what this error is and does? Craig -Original Message- From: Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Thu, Jun 26, 2014 5:12 pm Subject: Name shadows another variable The above error has been flagged

Re: Image control in a Background

2014-06-26 Thread Simon
Hi Vaughn, I'm glad to hear you got it working. The following is opinion and you may ignore it. I think you could benefit by going to Jacque's site and reviewing the stacks: http://www.hyperactivesw.com/revscriptconf/scriptingconferences.html There are also the forums:

Re: Name shadows another variable

2014-06-26 Thread Mike Bonner
Not sure i'd know WHERE to do it, guess it depends on the script, but.. could you use delete variable... to fix the problem without having to restart lc? Of course this would probably require you to understand the source of the problem. Another thing I wonder about is the variable preservation

Calculating age

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Smith
Hi, does anyone know how to calculate someones age in years from two dates? Currently I am doing something kludgy like: convert dateone from date to seconds convert datetwo from date to seconds put datetwo - dateone into age -- calculate the age in seconds -- divide by the number of seconds per

Re: Calculating age

2014-06-26 Thread Vaughn Clement
Hi In a database you use a date of birth and calculate today to get the number of days since birth div. by 365 Thank you Vaughn Clement Apps by Vaughn Clement (Support) *http://www.appsbyvaughnclement.com/tools/home-page/ http://www.appsbyvaughnclement.com/tools/home-page/* Skype:

Re: Calculating age

2014-06-26 Thread dunbarx
Hi. There would be a problem with certain date ranges. Think of thie variation of your script: on mouseUp convert 1/14/1951 from date to seconds put it into dateone convert 1/14/1956 from date to seconds put it into datetwo put datetwo - dateone into age -- calculate the

Re: Calculating age

2014-06-26 Thread Charles E Buchwald
Check out Sarah Reichelt's Date Time Library. It makes this easy, as well as several other useful time and date calculations. Cheers, - Charles On 26 Jun 2014, at 9:44 PM, Mark Smith mark_sm...@cpe.umanitoba.ca wrote: Hi, does anyone know how to calculate someones age in years from two dates?

Re: Calculating age

2014-06-26 Thread Mike Bonner
Since you only need straight years, subtract the birth year from the current date then a simple switch statement to adjust for whether the birthdate has been met for the year should work fine. Something like: switch case check to see if the month now month of the birthdate if so, subtract

Re: Name shadows another variable

2014-06-26 Thread Peter Haworth
Hi Mike, My workaround is to turn off strict compilation mode, compile and turn it back on again but that's fraught with dangerous consequences if I forget to switch it on again. Bottom line is, this shouldn't happen, there should be no need for any workaround. A recent thread talked about paper