IOS Provisioning Profile... again

2016-06-19 Thread Randy Hengst
All, I’ve come to my year-end renewing of my provisioning profiles and certificates. I have new development and distribution certificates… I can see the certificates in Keychain. I can see the provisioning profiles in Xcode under Team/Agent/View Details. ….no duplicates that I can see. I can bu

Re: Re: (Re: Apply an SVG Widget as a single object in a st....)

2016-06-19 Thread James Hale
Firstly sorry about the subject less post and secondly for my double post (seeing I didn't see my first post due to it having no subject. Phew!) Anyway, rjd318 asked... > Ah! What's the library stack that does the svg path conversion? The latest version is included on the last post to this thr

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2016-06-19 Thread James Hale
My app had some 20 or so buttons, each with a carefully drawn and saved png (in multiple sizes) that sorted of looked ok in LC7. Once I moved over to LC8 I immediately went looking for svg icons, modifying them or making my own. Extracted the path (really not that difficult, there is even a libr

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread Devin Asay
This is an interesting discussion, but I’ll admit it has never been a source of confusion for me or my students. I announce on day 1: “Everything in LiveCode is an object.” And then: “Controls are objects that can be placed on cards to create a user interface.” Going forward I usually refer to o

Re: Slight annoyance from MacKiev

2016-06-19 Thread Matthias Rebbe
The functions of Hyperstudio Author are also very limited. But it´s still amazing what can be done with it. I´ve exported the default Homestack of HSA to a web app. If you want to test, here´s the URL http://shoutsoftware.eu/hsa-demo Regards, Matthias > Am 19.06.2016 um 23:06 schrieb Rick Har

Re: Slight annoyance from MacKiev

2016-06-19 Thread Rick Harrison
Let us know what you find out! Thanks, Rick > On Jun 19, 2016, at 4:12 PM, Richmond wrote: > > Still; I'm downloading the Demo to see what is going on there. > > Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit thi

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread Jim Lambert
“I object!”, he protested. “Control yourself!”, she replied. Later they agreed, “It was just one of those things.” Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your sub

Re: Slight annoyance from MacKiev

2016-06-19 Thread Richmond
Still; I'm downloading the Demo to see what is going on there. Richmond. On 19.06.2016 22:58, Tore Nilsen wrote: From what I can see on their website, it is not HyperStudio, but a new product called HyperStudio Author that produces HTML 5 files in the form of widgets for iBooks, which also c

Re: Slight annoyance from MacKiev

2016-06-19 Thread Tore Nilsen
From what I can see on their website, it is not HyperStudio, but a new product called HyperStudio Author that produces HTML 5 files in the form of widgets for iBooks, which also can be viewed in a browser, much like what you can do with Hype or iAD Producer. I guess it is a limited subset of Hyp

Re: Slight annoyance from MacKiev

2016-06-19 Thread Rick Harrison
Does HTML5 under HyperStudio Author work with external databases? If so, it would outclass our LC version now. Thanks, Rick > On Jun 19, 2016, at 2:38 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: > > sm is Service Mark. > > I tried a test, and if the LC HTML5 page is loaded and running on iPad, you > can go in

Re: Slight annoyance from MacKiev

2016-06-19 Thread Colin Holgate
sm is Service Mark. I tried a test, and if the LC HTML5 page is loaded and running on iPad, you can go into airplane mode and the page will still work. But, if you quit Safari and reopen it, the page won’t load. > On Jun 19, 2016, at 2:19 PM, Richmond wrote: > > Um: http://www.mackiev.com/hs

Slight annoyance from MacKiev

2016-06-19 Thread Richmond
Um: http://www.mackiev.com/hsa/ states: "Export your HyperStudio projects as HTML5 Web apps that can be run offline and be delivered to iPads and iPhones without going through the App Store℠." [ Hmm; does superscripted 'SM' mean 'sado-masochist? ] 1. Is that claim true (offline running)? 2. I

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread Richmond
On 19.06.2016 19:56, FlexibleLearning.com wrote: To me the terms "control" and "object" are synonymous. They may be synonymous to you; but all they do is cause confusion in the "tiny minds" of 9 - 14 year old children who haven't heard about Piaget's Formal Operational Stage, nor reached it.

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2016-06-19 Thread rjd318
Ah! What's the library stack that does the svg path conversion? Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 19, 2016, at 8:44 AM, James Hale wrote: > > My app had some 20 or so buttons, each with a carefully drawn and saved png > (in multiple sizes) that sorted of looked ok in LC7. > Once I moved over to LC8

RE: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread FlexibleLearning.com
To me the terms "control" and "object" are synonymous. When someone talks of "controls" I immediately assume they come from a C+ background, whereas if they refer to "objects" I feel more at home. On the other hand, "the number of controls" is standard syntax and "the number of objects" throws an

Re: Slightly OT: Exam results for students using LiveCode in Norway

2016-06-19 Thread Jim Lambert
Tore, Congratulations to you, your school, Livecode and mostly your students for excellent achievement. Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread Earthednet-wp
Richmond makes excellent points. I am an experienced programmer, but have often scratched my head (as a relative newby) about whether to call a livecode thingy an object, a control, or whatever. For the future of livecode, it is vital that the dictionary, and other documentation and tutorials,

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread Richmond
Or, put it another way: Maybe I'm just grasping for a consistent way to talk about things in Livecode to young children . . .. Richmond. On 19.06.2016 17:47, Richmond wrote: "My goal" is to get young children interested in programming computers, and so that those who have more than a passing

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2016-06-19 Thread Dr. Hawkins
That's longways from when I had to replace checkbox buttons with field scored for X because they insisted on printing at 72dpi with grainy scaling . . . On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 6:44 AM, James Hale wrote: > My app had some 20 or so buttons, each with a carefully drawn and saved > png (in multi

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread Richmond
"My goal" is to get young children interested in programming computers, and so that those who have more than a passing interest generated by the classes can continue by themselves. There are 3 things that have to be considered in "my goal": 1. Those kids who continue rely fairly heavily on wha

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread Mark Schonewille
If your goal is to teach computer science, you really should stop calling controls objects, but if your goal is to teach LiveCode, perhaps it would be easier for them to use the word object for now. -- Kind regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Http://economy-x-talk.com Share the clipboard

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread Richmond
So: Should I stop using the word 'Object' for Buttons, Fields and so on while teaching children, and make sure I refer to all of those things as 'Controls'; even if only for the simple reason that the menus keep referring to 'Controls'? Richmond. On 19.06.2016 10:19, Richmond wrote: I am curr

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2016-06-19 Thread James Hale
My app had some 20 or so buttons, each with a carefully drawn and saved png (in multiple sizes) that sorted of looked ok in LC7. Once I moved over to LC8 I immediately went looking for svg icons, modifying them or making my own. Extracted the path (really not that difficult, there is even a libr

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Schonewille wrote: In my book, I consistently distinguish objects and controls. This means that I almost always talk about controls and very rarely about objects, because it isn't really necessary to use objects in the LiveCode scripting language Sounds like a good approach, since as you

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond wrote: > So there is no question of 'reserved words'; there is a simple case > of a state of BAD confusion that needs to be sorted out, 2 words > being used for one thing, or, rather one set of things: > > either: > > 1. Dump the word 'object' and only use 'control', or > > 2. Dump the w

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread me
Well said, Mark! Best, Jerry On Jun 19, 2016, 7:23 AM -0500, Mark Schonewille, wrote: > Hi Richmond, > > The LiveCode documentation consistently talks about objects, where this > should be controls. The scripting language, however, mixes up the two > concepts completely. > > An object is a col

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Richmond, The LiveCode documentation consistently talks about objects, where this should be controls. The scripting language, however, mixes up the two concepts completely. An object is a collection of properties and instructions defined by a programming syntax (where one shouldn't limit

Re: use LiveCode list

2016-06-19 Thread dunbarx
This is why I prefer the forum, not the list. The categories there address exactly your issue, and the layout of topics is, for me, far easier to grok. Craig Newman -Original Message- From: Peter M. Brigham To: How to use LiveCode Sent: Fri, Jun 17, 2016 8:47 am Subject: use LiveCod

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread dunbarx
Whatever we might wish for, "objects" in and of itself does not exist in LC. It is just a mental construct, a remnant of HC days. I think that way, too, but also know that: You cannot: "answer the number of objects." though you surely can: "answer the number of controls" I doubt the team wo

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread Richmond
If 'Object' is a reserved word, then why is the Dictionary "we all know and love" full of 'objects': errorObject focusedObject menuObject objectSelectionEnded objectSelectionStarted selectedObjectChanged selectedObject selectedObjects selObj selObjs ? Looking up 'focusedObject' one can read:

Re: Does anyone see this message?

2016-06-19 Thread Terry Judd
I think whether you receive copies of your own posts or not is something that you can set in the mailing list preferences. Terry... On 19/06/2016 4:52 pm, "use-livecode on behalf of Richmond" wrote: >I use Thunderbird as my e-mail client: >https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ > >and my m

Re: Apply an SVG Widget as a single object in a stack to multiple buttons as icon?

2016-06-19 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi all, > Am 19.06.2016 um 07:03 schrieb Richard Gaskin : > > Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote: > > > With images we can import a raster "object" and then set the icon > > of a button to that image. > > > > Wouldn't it be nice to be able to do the same with a SVG file? > > We can't? No we can'

Re: Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread David Bovill
I have the same issue :) I started a long time ago to name handlers with the concept of "object" rather than "control" - it was more intuitive. The word "object" has associations for the new user which makes it easier to grasp the related concepts of "property" and so forth. Livecode is rooted in

Control? Object?

2016-06-19 Thread Richmond
I am currently teaching some children Livecode programming and ran into some difficulty on Friday when a child asked me why the menus were full of the word "Control" when I had been talking about "Objects". Well? How about changing every use of the word "Control" to "Object"? Enhancement Requ

Re: Apply an SVG Widget as a single object in a stack to multiple buttons as icon?

2016-06-19 Thread Richmond
Well: Let's start at the beginning (Yes, I know; that's oozing with originality; sorry.): 1. How does one import an SVG image in the IDE? [By that I don't mean "fekking around" extracting path data and so on]. 2. I popped the 'black star' SVG thingy on a stack and tried to set a button up so