RE: iOS not liking specialFolderPath("Preferences")

2015-06-20 Thread John Dixon
When an application is installed on a phone (or in the simulator) a number of initial folders are created for use by the application. You can locate the paths to these folders using the specialFolderPath() function with the following selectors: • home – the (unique) folder containing the applica

iOS not liking specialFolderPath("Preferences")

2015-06-20 Thread Dr. Hawkins
In the code sequence (in preOpenStack) *answer* "ck 28" *answer* specialFolderPath("Preferences") errorDialog produces Execution error 21,39,1 241, 39, 1 preOpenStack 353,0,0 stack "/var/moble/Containers/Bundle/Spplication/http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

advertising on mobile

2015-06-20 Thread Dr. Hawkins
Is anyone here doing an advertising-based mobile app with the livened partner? Does it work? Are there other/better options/ -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Re: POST command and "Previous Request Not completed"

2015-06-20 Thread Mike Bonner
I have a couple curiosity questions re: post. The dictionary (7.0.5) has the following Note: The Android and iOS engines do not support 'libUrl' but allow you to use post in the background. [...] Does anyone have an example of using post in the background on mobile? Is there a callback message i

Re: local variable being reset from outside of script

2015-06-20 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/20/2015 1:42 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 6/20/2015 1:00 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: The single-stepper simply didn't bother to follow code into the closeField handler in the same script. A closefield handler won't be called while stepping through a different handler, it's an independent messa

Re: POST command and "Previous Request Not completed"

2015-06-20 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/20/2015 1:06 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I believe Klaus is onto something, that POST is only blocking in some very specific ways that are difficult to identify and anticipate. There's someone on the forums with the same POST issue. They're trying to POST every few seconds and they're getti

Re: local variable being reset from outside of script

2015-06-20 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/20/2015 1:00 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: The single-stepper simply didn't bother to follow code into the closeField handler in the same script. A closefield handler won't be called while stepping through a different handler, it's an independent message (unless your handler specifically calls

Re: POST command and "Previous Request Not completed"

2015-06-20 Thread Richard Gaskin
Trevor DeVore wrote: > On Saturday, June 20, 2015, Klaus major-k wrote: >> >> Say we have some POST commands and fire them one after another. >> >> Now according to the docs, the POST command is blocking, so we should >> NOT see the error dialog "Previous Request Not completed“ any time, >> righ

Re: local variable being reset from outside of script

2015-06-20 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Could also be launching a palette stack from a behavior object. > It's possible that on return it launches a new behavior instance. > Dunno. It's a bug if so. > > I seem to have found it--it's one of the same-old IDE bugs that has been wasting

Displaying a jpg photo larger than my liveCode window ?

2015-06-20 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from Beautiful Brittany, To Mike Bonner and Brahmanathaswami, Many thanks to you both - two radically different approaches !! I will try them both and let you know which one I use. -Francis ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.c

Re: POST command and "Previous Request Not completed"

2015-06-20 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/20/2015 10:10 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On June 20, 2015 9:18:59 AM CDT, Klaus major-k wrote: Maybe i am just misunderstand „blocking“ here!? I thought this would be like firing an ASK or ANSWER dialog, no? It blocks libURL from accepting a new request but returns control to your script

Re: Drag and dropping images from a browesr

2015-06-20 Thread Richard Gaskin
David Bovill wrote: When I drag and drop an image onto LiveCode from Firefox I get the following data in the dropdata ["files"] 䕒佖〷〰⼀ U䠖汥敶楴慣丠略ⱥ湵捩摯ᥥ ഀ'ࠀ No idea what that is :) Which engine version are you using, and which OS version? This is a bug I had thought was fixed, and indeed on

Re: POST command and "Previous Request Not completed"

2015-06-20 Thread J. Landman Gay
On June 20, 2015 9:18:59 AM CDT, Klaus major-k wrote: > >Maybe i am just misunderstand „blocking“ here!? >I thought this would be like firing an ASK or ANSWER dialog, no? It blocks libURL from accepting a new request but returns control to your script after a brief time. So it isn't like an answ

Re: Do new Livecode 8 widgets work on mobile?

2015-06-20 Thread Richard Gaskin
Ali Lloyd wrote: If you do put true into gRevDevelopment in the message box you'll find break points are honoured and you can also use the contextual menu to find the function you're looking for. That breakpoints don't affect the IDE by default makes good sense, and the gRevDevelopment globa

Re: POST command and "Previous Request Not completed"

2015-06-20 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Saturday, June 20, 2015, Klaus major-k wrote: > > > Say we have some POST commands and fire them one after another. > > Now according to the docs, the POST command is blocking, so we should > NOT see the error dialog "Previous Request Not completed“ any time, right? > > But under some (mysterio

Re: POST command and "Previous Request Not completed"

2015-06-20 Thread Klaus major-k
Bonjour mon ami, > Am 20.06.2015 um 16:11 schrieb Pierre Sahores : > > Guten Tag Freud Klaus, > > Does it still occurs if each POST command is followed by a « put it into > mylocalVar » : > > Post ... > put it ... > Post ... > put it … > > etc… I am checking: if IT = empty then… Does that co

Drag and dropping images from a browesr

2015-06-20 Thread David Bovill
When I drag and drop an image onto LiveCode from Firefox I get the following data in the dropdata ["files"] 䕒佖〷〰⼀ U䠖汥敶楴慣丠略ⱥ湵捩摯ᥥ ഀ'ࠀ > No idea what that is :) Nothing usefull is returned in the other data fields: styles, rtf, unicode, text In Google Chrome the only data I get is for dropdata [

Re: POST command and "Previous Request Not completed"

2015-06-20 Thread Pierre Sahores
Guten Tag Freud Klaus, Does it still occurs if each POST command is followed by a « put it into mylocalVar » : Post ... put it ... Post ... put it … etc… Tchuss, -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.com > Le 20 juin 2015 à 14:35, Klaus major-k a écrit : > > Hi frien

Re: Do new Livecode 8 widgets work on mobile?

2015-06-20 Thread David Bovill
Thanks ALI - that helps - made a start on a patch :) On 20 June 2015 at 09:47, Ali Lloyd wrote: > Hi David, > > If you do > put true into gRevDevelopment > in the message box you'll find break points are honoured and you can also > use the contextual menu to find the function you're looking for

POST command and "Previous Request Not completed"

2015-06-20 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi friends, I have a little understanding problem. 8-) Say we have some POST commands and fire them one after another. Now according to the docs, the POST command is blocking, so we should NOT see the error dialog "Previous Request Not completed“ any time, right? But under some (mysterious) ci

Re: Do new Livecode 8 widgets work on mobile?

2015-06-20 Thread Ali Lloyd
Hi David, If you do put true into gRevDevelopment in the message box you'll find break points are honoured and you can also use the contextual menu to find the function you're looking for. Ali On Saturday, 20 June 2015, David Bovill wrote: > Isn't it crazy that given how easy it is to edit an