Setting Props of Multiple objects with behavior?

2015-09-24 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami
When in the design process… I frequently want to sync all the buttons on the UI (or fields) to a new size, color, look and feel etc. Is there a way to do this with behaviors, such that the parent button’s props are automatically passed to all buttons on the UI? How are you doing this, perhap

AW: AW: Platform-specific file path delimiters

2015-09-24 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hi Mark, thanks for your advice. I just don't have an example on hand. Perhaps it only got a wrong habit, because of some weird experiences in old days. Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Mark Waddingham Gesendet

Re: Two mobile audio issues

2015-09-24 Thread J. Landman Gay
Thanks. I'll save it this time. :) On 9/25/2015 1:31 AM, Main Google wrote: Jacque Replace this: UIApplicationExitsOnSuspend ${APPLICATION_EXITS_ON_SUSPEND} With this: UIBackgroundModes audio in the Settings.plist files at:

Re: Two mobile audio issues

2015-09-24 Thread Main Google
Jacque Replace this: UIApplicationExitsOnSuspend ${APPLICATION_EXITS_ON_SUSPEND} With this: UIBackgroundModes audio in the Settings.plist files at: /Applications/LiveCode .app/Contents/Tools/Runtime/iOS/ As noted you h

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 144, Issue 44

2015-09-24 Thread AndyP
Richard, Yes there is the proposed new features forum, but there is the problem that one is nether sure if what is discussed there is actioned by HQ? I was just looking at livecode.com to see if it's easy to find where to post enhancement requests to HQ ... and it is not. In fact Support is now u

Re: Feature Exchange Process

2015-09-24 Thread Kay C Lan
If you were to go to any of the FE Projects you'll see to the right of the big bold project icons it's all stated very clearly. In summary: 5 days from it's commencement. No money has been paid, you can't be charged now. You will only be charged if the goal is reached.

Re: Release 8.0 DP 5

2015-09-24 Thread Mark Wieder
On 09/23/2015 08:31 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: On 09/23/2015 07:25 AM, Ali Lloyd wrote: Warning: this is not a stable release. Please ensure you back up your stacks before testing them. No kidding. It's rare that a subsequent release is worse than a previous one, but this is completely unusable f

Re: Release 6.7.7 / 7.1.0

2015-09-24 Thread Richmond
On 9/24/15 10:53 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Richmond wrote: So, as "stable" is in double quotes are we to understand that it is not really stable When referring to a word as a word, rather than using it, it is properly double-quoted. Aha. Thanks. ___

[OT] Looking for ideas for a mobile App?

2015-09-24 Thread Kay C Lan
This app was rather popular in my neck of the woods but it appears that the nannies at Apple have decided to pull it: http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-new-chinese -phone-app-lets-you-hire-thugs-and-get-them-to-beat-people-up-for-you-904 Those looking for an App idea in your neck of the woods migh

Re: Two mobile audio issues

2015-09-24 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/24/2015 9:09 PM, Main Google wrote: Have you applied the background running plist hack for iOS? If you haven’t you won’t keep it playing when the device is put to sleep. Thanks, I haven't done that. I've read about it but didn't save the instructions, do you have a link? Also, is that al

Re: Two mobile audio issues

2015-09-24 Thread Main Google
I wrote a (personal) podcast app for iOS and faced some of the same issues you do. > The sound stops when the device sleeps. I see we can set the idle timer but > that prevents sleeping entirely (and I'm not sure how persistent it is.) How > would I keep the sound on during sleep? Have you ap

Two mobile audio issues

2015-09-24 Thread J. Landman Gay
I have a native mobile player playing audio files. There are two issues on Android and iOS: The sound stops when the device sleeps. I see we can set the idle timer but that prevents sleeping entirely (and I'm not sure how persistent it is.) How would I keep the sound on during sleep? I want

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 144, Issue 44

2015-09-24 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bruce Humphrey wrote: > I haven't come across a web-based page where all of us can interact > to propose/respond to new feature ideas. As Mark Waddingham said, they're working on a solution as complete as you described, but in the meantime we do have a forum for discussing proposed feature req

LiveCode Applescript Filemaker

2015-09-24 Thread ilivecode
Hi: Several LiveCode versions ago I created a stack and a Filemaker database that could exchange data. LiveCode could set fields in Filemaker, and Filemaker could set fields in Livecode, using Applescript. These scripts do not work now. Does anyone know what has changed and how to implement this?

Release criteria (was "Release 6.7.7 / 7.1.0")

2015-09-24 Thread Richard Gaskin
Sebastien Nouat wrote: > By "Stable", we mean that no reported regressions have been > introduced in 6.7.7 / 7.1.0, compared to the previous Stable > release. Which regressions count? Respectfully, a frequent concern cited here, in my local user group, in the forums, and elsewhere is the numbe

RE: non-breaking spaces in fields?

2015-09-24 Thread Ralph DiMola
The LC field object has always(since LC 5 anyway) respected non-breaking spaces (ascii 160). But in pre LC v7 the word chunk does not recognize non-breaking spaces. LC pre v7 (put word 1 of "abc"&numtochar(160)&"def") yields "abc def" LC 7.06 (put word 1 of "abc"&numtochar(160)&"def") yields "abc

non-breaking spaces in fields?

2015-09-24 Thread Dr. Hawkins
I have fields in which I need non-breaking spaces. I've found that a bunch of spaces can be omitted in rendering if they occur at the beginning of a line. (these are fixed fields, with another field holding a value). Is there a way without setting html text to do this? thanks -- Dr. Richard

Re: Release 6.7.7 / 7.1.0

2015-09-24 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Richmond wrote: > So, as "stable" is in double quotes are we to understand that it is not > really stable > When referring to a word as a word, rather than using it, it is properly double-quoted. -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___

Re: Release 6.7.7 / 7.1.0

2015-09-24 Thread Richmond
We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 6.7.7 Stable and 7.1.0 Stable. By "Stable", we mean that no reported regressions have been introduced in 6.7.7 / 7.1.0, compared to the previous Stable release. So, as "stable" is in double quotes are we to understand that it is not real

Re: Future crowdsourced features and priorities

2015-09-24 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
Amen. That’s where I am also. They are saying that the answer is the widgets of LiveCode 8. Come on LiveCode 8! Peter Bogdanoff > On Sep 24, 2015, at 12:52 PM, tbodine wrote: > > Yes, multimedia is Livecode's great weakness. Upgrading LC's multimedia to > modern times was among the stretch go

Re: Feature Exchange Process

2015-09-24 Thread Rick Harrison
Hi there, I have a couple of questions regarding the Feature Exchange Process. Sorry if the answers to these questions are posted somewhere, I didn’t find them when I looked. How long is this campaign running? What happens to money paid for a feature, if the feature doesn’t get fully funded? T

Re: Future crowdsourced features and priorities

2015-09-24 Thread Richmond
On 9/24/15 7:52 PM, tbodine wrote: Yes, multimedia is Livecode's great weakness. Upgrading LC's multimedia to modern times was among the stretch goals in the original Kickstarter campaign and many of us are awaiting that. Since it was promised and paid for as part of that campaign 2.5 years ago

Re: Future crowdsourced features and priorities

2015-09-24 Thread tbodine
Yes, multimedia is Livecode's great weakness. Upgrading LC's multimedia to modern times was among the stretch goals in the original Kickstarter campaign and many of us are awaiting that. Since it was promised and paid for as part of that campaign 2.5 years ago, I don't see how they can come back to

Re: LC 8 (DP4) widgets

2015-09-24 Thread Ali Lloyd
I have filed a bug: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16011 It's a slightly tricky one. If you want to continue trying out 8.0, you can avoid the error by using "255,255,255" instead of "white". Otherwise hopefully I can come up with a fix for that by next week. On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 11

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 144, Issue 44

2015-09-24 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Mark Waddingham wrote: > On 2015-09-24 15:47, Bruce Humphrey wrote: > > 2. Upgrade: the icon/graphic libraries in LC are embarrassing. Not >> being a graphic artist I find having such elements available go a long >> way toward interface presentability. We need LC

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 144, Issue 44

2015-09-24 Thread Mark Waddingham
On 2015-09-24 15:47, Bruce Humphrey wrote: Speaking as a noob but longtime hypercarder and now a new-minted Indy contributor I have a couple of thoughts: I haven't come across a web-based page where all of us can interact to propose/respond to new feature ideas. A description and priority assign

Release 6.7.7 / 7.1.0

2015-09-24 Thread Sebastien Nouat
Dear List Members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 6.7.7 Stable and 7.1.0 Stable. By "Stable", we mean that no reported regressions have been introduced in 6.7.7 / 7.1.0, compared to the previous Stable release. 6.7.7 Stable is a promotion of 6.7.7 RC 4, no change between th

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 144, Issue 44

2015-09-24 Thread Bruce Humphrey
Speaking as a noob but longtime hypercarder and now a new-minted Indy contributor I have a couple of thoughts: I haven't come across a web-based page where all of us can interact to propose/respond to new feature ideas. A description and priority assignment for said feature(s), which can then b

Re: Platform-specific file path delimiters

2015-09-24 Thread Roger Eller
On Sep 24, 2015 5:15 AM, "Mark Waddingham" wrote: > > On 2015-09-23 20:42, Roger Eller wrote: > > So, whilst it was (I believe) an entirely unintended behavior, it is one we will endeavour to still support... We just strongly recommend people don't use (for reasons I'll explain in another post). >

Re: AW: Platform-specific file path delimiters

2015-09-24 Thread Mark Waddingham
On 2015-09-24 13:21, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: Good to know! Though I knew, that I could have only used "/" for all platforms, I always put lots of effort in setting platform specific slashes in every case, because of "nicer" error messages for the end user. If you are building a path like spec

AW: Platform-specific file path delimiters

2015-09-24 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Good to know! Though I knew, that I could have only used "/" for all platforms, I always put lots of effort in setting platform specific slashes in every case, because of "nicer" error messages for the end user. If you are building a path like specialFolderPath("sdat") & slash & myFolder etc. and

Re: LiveCode V7-V8 compatibility

2015-09-24 Thread Pyyhtiä Christer
V7 < --- > V8 backwards compatibility is definitely not working. I just filed a bug on the following. 1. loaded my stack into V8 DP4 2. edited a comment line, and save in V8 3. loaded the stack into V7 (as I feel the UI in V8 is so cumbersome that it is not usable) The result: -

Re: Platform-specific file path delimiters

2015-09-24 Thread Mark Waddingham
On 2015-09-23 21:02, Richard Gaskin wrote: It's nice when it works like that. I started using MC on Mac Classic, and I ran into path issues early on because IIRC no such accommodation was made for the Mac-specific ":" delimiter. Rather than read the docs I wrote to Dr. Raney, who referred me t

SQL Select... the last 10 records from a table ?

2015-09-24 Thread Otto Kowalski
what about this one: SELECT * FROM intern_copy ORDER BY true DESC LIMIT 10 -- viro ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runre

Re: Platform-specific file path delimiters

2015-09-24 Thread Mark Waddingham
On 2015-09-23 20:42, Roger Eller wrote: Since I didn't have the good fortune of being personally tutored by the creator of MetaCard, and am primarily a Windows user, when I pasted a UNC path and "it just worked", I was like WOW, those runrev guys have really made this Revolution thing super ea

Re: Release 8.0 DP 5

2015-09-24 Thread sanke
Thu Sep 24 05:31:42 CEST 2015 Mark Wieder mwieder at ahsoftware.net wrote: No kidding. It's rare that a subsequent release is worse than a previous one, but this is completely unusable for me on linux. For specific features of Livecode - as in the case of imagedata processing - such deterio

Re: LiveCode V7-V8 compatibility

2015-09-24 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 24/09/2015 09:45, Pyyhtiä Christer wrote: If you edit your stack code using LC V8, is the saved stack backwards compatible with LC V7, provided that you have not used any functions / language constructs available only in V8? Yes, that's correct. The question arises from the fact that a

LiveCode V7-V8 compatibility

2015-09-24 Thread Pyyhtiä Christer
If you edit your stack code using LC V8, is the saved stack backwards compatible with LC V7, provided that you have not used any functions / language constructs available only in V8? The question arises from the fact that at a certain point there was a cutoff (V6 - V7) in compatibility. rgds

How to tweak a mov file with LC?

2015-09-24 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hello, I have 19000 old MOV videos, which were compressed with Sorenson squeeze. I used the “Sorenson Video 3” codec, which is “basically” a h.264 codec. The AVFoundation doesn’t supports the “Sorenson Video 3” codec, only a pure h.264. Up to now, I don’t know, if this “Sorenson Video 3” is only a