Re: Refactoring is your friend / moving from 6.x to 9.x

2019-01-02 Thread Kay C Lan via use-livecode
On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 9:17 AM Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: > > Yes, it is definitely a change in behavior. I want to strongly disagree with your conclusion here ;-) > > This isn't the only place where the dictionary is wrong. My 9.0.2 Dictionary quite clearly states for the property

DataView and DataView Tree Levure Helpers

2019-01-02 Thread Trevor DeVore via use-livecode
Hi folks, Over the holiday break I took time to package up some UI controls I use in my own projects and make them available as helpers for Levure apps*. The controls are named "DataView" and "DataView Tree". The DataView is a leaner, more efficient DataGrid Form. It allows you to efficiently

Re: Navigator 7.0.1rc1 is available -- Multi-target windows!

2019-01-02 Thread Geoff Canyon via use-livecode
Glad to help. Let me know if there's anything still missing. On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 2:53 PM hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > This is (not only now) a real comfortable developer tool. > Especially when starting a project the new features are very effective. > Thanks

Re: Navigator 7.0.1rc1 is available -- Multi-target windows!

2019-01-02 Thread Geoff Canyon via use-livecode
On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 5:04 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 1/2/19 2:30 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: > > Ha, I knew that to a select subset of people this would be the most > > important feature of the update :-) > > Heh. Yeah, I've

Re: Navigator 7.0.1rc1 is available -- Multi-target windows!

2019-01-02 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 1/2/19 2:30 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: Ha, I knew that to a select subset of people this would be the most important feature of the update :-) Heh. Yeah, I've backburned for now a talk entitled "Global Variables and Their Discontents" -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com

Re: Whoops: Getting the name of the script only stack an handler is in

2019-01-02 Thread William Prothero via use-livecode
Bob: I tried it. Yes: put the name of me —returns the name of the control that hosts the behavior script put the name of this me —returns the name of the behavior script Best, Bill > On Jan 2, 2019, at 11:34 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Ah yes then, me refers to the object

Re: Navigator 7.0.1rc1 is available -- Multi-target windows!

2019-01-02 Thread hh via use-livecode
This is (not only now) a real comfortable developer tool. Especially when starting a project the new features are very effective. Thanks for that! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: Navigator 7.0.1rc1 is available -- Multi-target windows!

2019-01-02 Thread Geoff Canyon via use-livecode
Ha, I knew that to a select subset of people this would be the most important feature of the update :-) On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 2:28 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 1/2/19 2:25 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: > > I also got rid of all but one

Re: Navigator 7.0.1rc1 is available -- Multi-target windows!

2019-01-02 Thread Geoff Canyon via use-livecode
I forgot -- I made a video illustrating how the new features work. Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1_avMJnZ6k On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 2:25 PM Geoff Canyon wrote: > I also got rid of all but one of the global variables Navigator has used > since the very first version. I had tried in

Re: Navigator 7.0.1rc1 is available -- Multi-target windows!

2019-01-02 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 1/2/19 2:25 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: I also got rid of all but one of the global variables Navigator has used since the very first version. Yay! -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Whoops: Getting the name of the script only stack an handler is in

2019-01-02 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 1/2/19 8:01 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: And I replied before checking all my other emails. Seriously, at some point we need to develop a list system where emails remain threaded. I have over 40 from this list this morning, and reading through every one, then trying to go back

Re: Navigator 7.0.1rc1 is available -- Multi-target windows!

2019-01-02 Thread Geoff Canyon via use-livecode
I also got rid of all but one of the global variables Navigator has used since the very first version. I had tried in the past to do away with them, and failed miserably. But now they are vanquished! On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 2:17 PM Geoff Canyon wrote: > As usual, you can get Navigator here >

Navigator 7.0.1rc1 is available -- Multi-target windows!

2019-01-02 Thread Geoff Canyon via use-livecode
As usual, you can get Navigator here . Or grab it from GitHub . Navigator now supports multiple targets per window. You can still have as many Navigator windows as you like, but now each window can

Re: Livecode Server GoDaddy

2019-01-02 Thread Keith Clarke via use-livecode
It’s a few months ago now and I’m no linux expert so not good with logs, etc. Maybe the first check is whether the hosting is CentOS 6 or 7? When I hit these issues, I started a thread on this list “LiveCode Server on CentOS 6?” on 28 July, 2018. Warren Samples kindly confirmed that glibc

RE: Livecode Server GoDaddy

2019-01-02 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
Where did you see that error? The error log is empty. That's very depressing. I sold this based on the info I got from the GoDaddy sales team before I signed up. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -Original Message- From: use-livecode

Re: Livecode Server GoDaddy

2019-01-02 Thread Keith Clarke via use-livecode
Ralph, I gave up on getting LCS running on a GoDaddy VPS back in the summer as it was too old at CentOS 6 with dependencies on glibc failing - I was getting 500 errors IIRC. Good luck! Keith > On 2 Jan 2019, at 19:42, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode > wrote: > > I keep getting 500 errors. I

Livecode Server GoDaddy

2019-01-02 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
I keep getting 500 errors. I changed the htacces file to point .lc files to the livecode server executable. Log files have no useful info. The error log has nothing. Has anyone gotten LC Server working on GoDaddy shared hosting? Thanks Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services

Re: Whoops: Getting the name of the script only stack an handler is in

2019-01-02 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Ah yes then, me refers to the object the script belongs to. With behaviors, me refers to the *instance* of the script which is "owned" by the object being interacted with. "this me" refers to the actual behavior script. What you want is "this me". Bob S > On Jan 2, 2019, at 08:35 ,

Re: LiveCode 9.0.2 on Windows unable to build for Mac?!?!?!?

2019-01-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Bug report submitted to LiveCode: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21772 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Whoops: Getting the name of the script only stack an handler is in

2019-01-02 Thread prothero--- via use-livecode
Bob, Thanks for the response. You are probably right, the filename of me should work. I don’t know whether it’s old age or not, but several times I have worked on a problem until I felt I had exhausted my ideas, posted a question to this list, then a solution immediately came to mind. If this

Re: Refactoring is your friend / moving from 6.x to 9.x

2019-01-02 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I first saw this loop in a script by Brett Sher, who called it "unlockReally", so you're close. :) (I accidentally put this response in the wrong thread at first where it doesn't make any sense, sorry about that.) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software |

Re: Refactoring is your friend / moving from 6.x to 9.x

2019-01-02 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I first saw this loop in a script by Brett Sher, who called it "unlockReally", so you're close. :) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On January 2, 2019 5:26:09 AM Andre Garzia via use-livecode wrote: That loop is

Re: Video-Fun2

2019-01-02 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
CHEESE! Bob S > On Jan 1, 2019, at 10:07 , Richmond via use-livecode > wrote: > > If, however, you were to promote an automated bottom-washer > that played Donald Trump's "March on Moscow" you'd get so much money > you would know what to do with it. > > Richmond.

Re: Refactoring is your friend / moving from 6.x to 9.x

2019-01-02 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
only sqLite. Bob S > On Dec 31, 2018, at 13:32 , J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > I'm generally deficient when it comes to databases but curious how one > creates a memory based one. Is there a trick, and does it work with others > besides sql? > > This is probably a newbie

Re: Refactoring is your friend / moving from 6.x to 9.x

2019-01-02 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
put revOpenDatabase("sqlite",":memory:") into tDBID Bob S > On Dec 31, 2018, at 13:32 , J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > I'm generally deficient when it comes to databases but curious how one > creates a memory based one. Is there a trick, and does it work with others > besides

Re: Refactoring is your friend / moving from 6.x to 9.x

2019-01-02 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
What if you accidentally use the wrong name reference, then want to change it? Bob S > On Dec 31, 2018, at 10:38 , Geoff Canyon via use-livecode > wrote: > >> I wish we had better refactoring tools >> so that we could rename a handler and all code that called that handler >> was fixed, or

Re: Whoops: Getting the name of the script only stack an handler is in

2019-01-02 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Doesn't "the filename of me" work? Bob S > On Dec 31, 2018, at 14:48 , William Prothero via use-livecode > wrote: > > My question: > How do I get the name of the script only stack that holds the “Feature” code? > The above code gives me the name of the main stack, which is not useful for

Re: Whoops: Getting the name of the script only stack an handler is in

2019-01-02 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
And I replied before checking all my other emails. Seriously, at some point we need to develop a list system where emails remain threaded. I have over 40 from this list this morning, and reading through every one, then trying to go back and respond is a little more brainwork than I am used to

Re: Getting the name of the script only stack an handler is in

2019-01-02 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I don't mean to sound flippant, but what is the question? Bob S > On Dec 31, 2018, at 14:38 , William Prothero via use-livecode > wrote: > > Folks: > I’m trying to implement a structure where I can simply add script only stacks > that seamlessly add capability to my app. To do this, I have

Re: Refactoring is your friend / moving from 6.x to 9.x

2019-01-02 Thread Ali Lloyd via use-livecode
> Is there a way to "safely" add to LC contextual menu in the script editor? Yes! It is in a script-only stack behavior of the editor field: https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/blob/develop/Toolset/palettes/script%20editor/behaviors/revseeditorbehavior.livecodescript#L1024 There is also the

Re: Refactoring is your friend / moving from 6.x to 9.x

2019-01-02 Thread Andre Garzia via use-livecode
Bob, Yes but it is not as ergonomic. Let me tell an example from a different platform. I was working in WebStorm IDE in a JavaScript project. I was refactoring a ton of it. One of the functions worked better with a different parameter order than what I originally used. I could select the

Re: Refactoring is your friend / moving from 6.x to 9.x

2019-01-02 Thread Andre Garzia via use-livecode
That loop is briliant. I am tempted to place it into a command called "unlockScreenForReal" On Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 16:38 dunbarxx via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com wrote: > Not sure if this is still relevant in LC, but in HC, lock screen commands > were queued. So the fix, so that

Re: MouseDown on Enter

2019-01-02 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
On 01/01/2019 20:39, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: However - I'm not sure that's a very intuitive UI ("release to play"), so I'd probably go the extra mile and do the harder one that replicates the original UI. And that *is* harder, so I will try it out before I say any more about it

Re: Refactoring is your friend / moving from 6.x to 9.x

2019-01-02 Thread Paul Hibbert via use-livecode
Malte, I think the info you were probably looking for is buried within the dictionary entry for the “lockScreen” Property, maybe this should be referenced a little better in the dictionary entries for “lock screen” and “unlock screen”, see below: LiveCode keeps count of how many times the