[semi-OT] Distributing apps for iOs outside iTunes

2015-03-17 Thread jbv
Hi list One of my clients needs an app for his employees that will run on their iphones or itabs. Those employees are very few (less than 10) and no one else will be interested in the app because it's related to a very specific activity, therefore using iTunes doesn't seem relevant. I took a look a

Re: LC7 & Unicode

2015-03-17 Thread stephen barncard
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:13 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: > Some people believe the World Trade Centres were a controlled demolition > perpetrated by the US Gov. No matter how many times you show them videos of > planes crashing into WTC 1 & 2 they wont change their mind and the theories > and websites

Re: OT Wordpress installation on On-Rev server Diesel fails

2015-03-17 Thread Mark Wieder
Matthias- Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 3:59:54 PM, you wrote: > one of my customers has a On-Rev account on Diesel. HeŽs trying > to install Wordpress into it and is getting the following error Not sure. Diesel has an up-to-date WP installed already. It can be added via the control panel. Shouldn't

Re: Livecode's math precision

2015-03-17 Thread mikedoub
Thanks Peter.    Just the info I needed.   Regards,    Mike   Original Message   From: Peter W A Wood Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 9:55 PM To: How to use LiveCode Reply To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Livecode's math precision Mike This explanation from Mark Waddingham confirms that numbe

Re: Livecode's math precision

2015-03-17 Thread Jerry Jensen
They diverge at the 15th decimal digit. That is about where the 64 bit format runs out of mantissa precision. You only get about 7 with the 32 bit format. .Jerry > On Mar 17, 2015, at 6:55 PM, Peter W A Wood wrote: > > Mike > > This explanation from Mark Waddingham confirms that numbers are h

Re: Livecode's math precision

2015-03-17 Thread Peter W A Wood
Mike This explanation from Mark Waddingham confirms that numbers are held in IEEE 754 format - http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9349 I’m pretty sure it is 64-bit. I tried multiplying a value of Pi with more significant digits than a 32 bit number can hold in the message box: Code:

Re: Interfacing with web services - advice needed

2015-03-17 Thread Mike Doub
I'm on it. :-). There is one in there already, but David's adds a Bering.,, but there's always room for more good routines. David, if you have any others that you would like to share let me know. Mike On Tuesday, March 17, 2015, Richard Gaskin wrote: > David Epstein wrote: > > Graham Samu

OT Wordpress installation on On-Rev server Diesel fails

2015-03-17 Thread Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D
Hi, one of my customers has a On-Rev account on Diesel. He´s trying to install Wordpress into it and is getting the following error "Forbidden You don't have permission to access /wp-admin/install.php on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an Err

Re: Interfacing with web services - advice needed

2015-03-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
David Epstein wrote: Graham Samuel stipulated that he did not want to code a LiveCode algorithm to solve this problem, but in case it might be useful here is a function that I believe does so. function earthKM myLat,myLon,Lat0,Lon0, at aid -- return km distance on earth, load aid [angle in

Livecode's math precision

2015-03-17 Thread Michael Doub
Can anyone point me to a reference that discusses the precision of livecode's math calculations? Is it doing IEEE 754 64-bit floating point under the covers? Thanks Mike ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit t

Re: Interfacing with web services - advice needed

2015-03-17 Thread David Epstein
>> For those who want to know, my current case involves a succession of points >> on the Earth’s surface where I know each one's longitude and latitude: I >> want to convert the intervals between these points to distances in metres >> (say). Graham Samuel stipulated that he did not want to cod

Re: more menus oddities

2015-03-17 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > It wasn't reported until Paul Hilbert filed the report for someone else on > the 5th. It was fixed on the 10th, but was just outside the window for > 7.0.4 DP1, now expected for DP 2. > > I must have been in a hurry that day (or particular

Re: more menus oddities

2015-03-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
Dr. Hawkins wrote: > It used to be > > print otCd from 18,18,576+18,756 into 18,18,576+18,756 > > until that started crashing livecode a couple of months ago. > > Is that fixed? It seems to me that someone else was bit a couple > of weeks ago and posted here. It wasn't reported until Paul Hil

Re: LC7 & Unicode

2015-03-17 Thread TEDennis
You're right. Everybody has their own way of working. I have no reason to doubt they fixed it, considering the detailed self-validating script I submitted. However, I will most certainly verify it in my own app when I enhance that app. If it fails for some reason at that point in time, then the

Re: more menus oddities

2015-03-17 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 1:08 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > Don't try to adjust the menu group. I suspect you are issuing a "print > this card" command. > open printing to pdf outpath ... print otCd into 18,18,576+18,756 It used to be print otCd from 18,18,576+18,756 into 18,18,576+18,756 until

Re: LC7 & Unicode

2015-03-17 Thread Alex Tweedly
On 17/03/2015 18:19, TEDennis wrote: re: Have you submitted it? [the "eof" bug]. If not, do you have a sample script I might use to verify the issue and submit it for you? I submitted it, complete with a detailed script/recipe. It was accepted as a bug, and they [claim to have] fixed it. When

Re: more menus oddities

2015-03-17 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/17/2015 9:49 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: Exporting my first PDFs , I found another oddity: on a mac, the menubar appears on the exported PDF, even though it isn't visible on screen. This was easy enough to solve, with my script stashing, falsing and resetting the vis of the menu. However, the

[OT] Wifi, Bluetooth, WiFi Direct

2015-03-17 Thread Richmond
Interesting reading: http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/what-is-bluetooth-how-it-works-and-how-you-can-use-it-1141428/3 Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to su

Re: LC7 & Unicode

2015-03-17 Thread TEDennis
Richard: re: I thought Kay's post lent a welcome balance to the discussion. Good for you. It's all in perspective. The tone of Kay's post certainly didn't sound like a "welcome balance" to me. It sounded condescending, so I responded in kind. Trust me, that was far milder than what I felt lik

Re: Oops... I've made a mistake..:-(

2015-03-17 Thread Mike Kerner
Doing it this (airLaunch) way, I'm not having to fiddle with xc 6.2 at all. I just build as per usual and upload to dropbox On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Mike Kerner wrote: > You can also use Jacque's AirLaunch, which has become my new favorite way > to get apps onto devices that aren't mine

Re: Oops... I've made a mistake..:-(

2015-03-17 Thread Mike Kerner
You can also use Jacque's AirLaunch, which has become my new favorite way to get apps onto devices that aren't mine On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 1:57 PM, John Dixon wrote: > > > mmm I'll try :-) > > > > Correct. > > > > You should still be able to use Xcode 6.2 to install your apps on your > devi

RE: Oops... I've made a mistake..:-(

2015-03-17 Thread Ralph DiMola
I am using LC 6.7.3 and Xcode 6.1.1 to build. I then use Xcode 6.1.1 devices(or iTunes) to install on a 8.1.3 and 8.2 device. No problems although Xcode squawks that the "Developer Disk Image could not be mounted" for the 8.2 device. Other than that all seems to work OK. Ralph DiMola IT Director E

Re: stack not specified height (from using editmenus?)

2015-03-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bob Sneidar wrote: >> On Mar 6, 2015, at 14:51 , Dr. Hawkins wrote: >> It doesn't seem to make sense that a menu on the application/macos >> titlebar would affect the window layout (but if that's >> correct, it's easy enough to adapt to). > > I think it’s wiggy too, until you consider that someon

RE: Oops... I've made a mistake..:-(

2015-03-17 Thread John Dixon
mmm I'll try :-) > > Correct. > > You should still be able to use Xcode 6.2 to install your apps on your > devices running iOS 8.2, though, even though you’re using Xcode 6.1.1 to > build with. Just fire up Xcode 6.2 after building your app, open up Window -> > Devices, and install your

Re: How to add a new item into the end of an existing line?

2015-03-17 Thread Keith Clarke
I can’t be sure whether the SSD issue contributed to the stack crashing the IDE but I’ve created this bug report and attached the file. http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14984 Meanwhile, I can access the stack in developer mode, so can migrate the resources to a new stack and do a bit o

Re: Oops... I've made a mistake..:-(

2015-03-17 Thread Chris Sheffield
Correct. You should still be able to use Xcode 6.2 to install your apps on your devices running iOS 8.2, though, even though you’re using Xcode 6.1.1 to build with. Just fire up Xcode 6.2 after building your app, open up Window -> Devices, and install your app from there. You can also use Mont

RE: Oops... I've made a mistake..:-(

2015-03-17 Thread John Dixon
Chris... What is happening is this... I can build a standalone with LC & Xcode 6.1.1, no problem... but it will not load onto the ipad or iphone since they are running iOS 8.2 xCode 6.2 is not recognised as a valid SDK by liveCode Dixie > > John, > > You can download Xcode 6.2 in order to b

Re: Oops... I've made a mistake..:-(

2015-03-17 Thread Chris Sheffield
John, You can download Xcode 6.2 in order to be able to install your apps onto your devices. LiveCode does not support using Xcode 6.2 for development/building quite yet, but I’m sure it will soon. So just continue to keep Xcode 6.1 around for that purpose for now. Only fire up Xcode 6.2 when y

Oops... I've made a mistake..:-(

2015-03-17 Thread John Dixon
I updated my mini ipad and iphone 5s to iOS 8.2... now I cannot get an LC app onto these devices..:-( Does anyone know when liveCode will be able to deal with iOS 8.2 ? Dixie ___ use-livecode mailing list use-

Re: Interfacing with web services - advice needed

2015-03-17 Thread Graham Samuel
Thanks very much Devin - I’ll be studying this material. Looks like exactly what I was hoping for. Graham > On 16 Mar 2015, at 21:59, Devin Asay wrote: > > Graham, > > Here are some links to notes I use in my class for introducing students to > the concept of web services in general and for

Re: LC7 & Unicode

2015-03-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
TEDennis wrote: Kay C Lan: Well, I'm glad you got that off your chest. Feel better? It seems you have an emotional tie to somebody or something at RunRev. It could simply be that your years of Revolution/LiveCode usage has created a strong loyalty. Whatever ... It's likely your view is some

Re: LC7 & Unicode

2015-03-17 Thread Earthednet-wp
Cogent comments, all. One of the functions of this community, I believe, is to support and encourage the livecode dev team, and each other. Another equally important function is to provide honest feedback and a kick in the pants when it seems to be needed. I love the direction the team is going.

Re: LC7 & Unicode

2015-03-17 Thread TEDennis
Kay C Lan: Well, I'm glad you got that off your chest. Feel better? It seems you have an emotional tie to somebody or something at RunRev. It could simply be that your years of Revolution/LiveCode usage has created a strong loyalty. Whatever ... It's likely your view is somewhat biased towards

Re: How to add a new item into the end of an existing line?

2015-03-17 Thread Mike Bonner
Hope a flaky ssd hasn't munged your stack. That would be awful! On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 3:15 AM, Keith Clarke wrote: > Folks, > Thanks to Mike, Michael, Jerry & Peter for all the useful feedback. > > I’m keen to try some of these ideas but unfortunately my project file has > now become unstable

more menus oddities

2015-03-17 Thread Dr. Hawkins
Exporting my first PDFs , I found another oddity: on a mac, the menubar appears on the exported PDF, even though it isn't visible on screen. This was easy enough to solve, with my script stashing, falsing and resetting the vis of the menu. However, the adjustment in screen height apparently mean

Re: Valuable tip re. v7's Save As

2015-03-17 Thread Bob Sneidar
Nice. Bob S > On Mar 7, 2015, at 09:52 , Richard Gaskin wrote: > > I recently learned that the Save As option in v7 is even smarter than I'd > thought: > > Most of us already know it allows us save our stack files in any format we > like, using the current v7 format by default or any legac

Re: stack not specified height (from using editmenus?)

2015-03-17 Thread Bob Sneidar
I think it’s wiggy too, until you consider that someone developing for both platforms would want the same spacial look and feel for both Win and OS X. Having empty space at the top of an OS X window would almost always be undesirable. Bob S > On Mar 6, 2015, at 14:51 , Dr. Hawkins wrote: >

Re: How to add a new item into the end of an existing line?

2015-03-17 Thread Keith Clarke
Folks, Thanks to Mike, Michael, Jerry & Peter for all the useful feedback. I’m keen to try some of these ideas but unfortunately my project file has now become unstable in ‘run’ mode when I try to access the card containing the key scripted bits! :-( (And of course, this issue has also identif