Re: Why does this not work ?

2019-06-17 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
Because the point was to demonstrate different script lines, some of which work and one of which doesn't - but which to my simple mind should have all worked. (and a couple of kind people explained why that one was different :-) It was not a "real" fragment of code - in that case I would indeed

Using community to update text of a project distributed with Indy license?

2019-06-17 Thread Curt Ford via use-livecode
A client needs to make minor updates to the text in a number of modules I've created over several years. To eliminate the back-and-forth of corrections and proofs, he's asked about making the changes himself in LiveCode. (He's never used LiveCode and doesn't have a copy.) The question has aris

Re: Samsung app store -->categories samsung api

2019-06-17 Thread JJS via use-livecode
Thank you Matthias. I guess i did not read it/ or not carefully enough. , because there is the option to use InApp purchasing in the Android settings in LC, i thought it would be kinda easy to get a simple app up there. So i need to contact Samsung or we need to know how and which Samsun

Re: dragData["private"] is not Unicode aware

2019-06-17 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I had a similar problem with the merge command. Try using urlEncode to store the text and urlDecode to retrieve it. Both our issues should probably be reported as bugs, but I haven't had time. Feel free. :) On 6/17/19 3:09 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Folks (those who may have an

Re: math on widths doesn't add up

2019-06-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Heh! That reminds me, I knew a British professor once who used the illustration that a two dimensional being, confronted with a line would perceive it as impassible. He then went on to explain how it might be that a 3 dimensional being, when needing to see into the future might perceive it as im

Re: Samsung app store -->categories samsung api

2019-06-17 Thread Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
I meant to say I am not sure if this is still the case, but according to a forum entry. > Am 17.06.2019 um 22:38 schrieb Matthias Rebbe > : > > I am not sure if this is still the case, but without a > > according to a forum entry at > https://developer.samsung.com/forum/thread/possible-

Re: Samsung app store -->categories samsung api

2019-06-17 Thread Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
I am not sure if this is still the case, but without a according to a forum entry at https://developer.samsung.com/forum/thread/possible-to-upload-apps-that-are-not-galaxy-specials/201/285413?boardName=SDK&startId=z~ without a separate contract or partnership you are not able to upload your

Samsung app store -->categories samsung api

2019-06-17 Thread JJS via use-livecode
Hi, anyone ever putted an Android App on the Samsung app store? If yes, how did you get past the Categories that you have to choose on the binary page/tab? Choosing an category involves using a Samsung api, which we don't have. And without it you can't choose the correct category. And thus

Re: math on widths doesn't add up

2019-06-17 Thread Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode
Sure. I do it all the time and everybody knows how 1D I am. Some random thoughts: A Turing machine might be considered 1D. It can draw x,y. This past month, I was working in very high dimensions. I was not able to visualize that very well and used dimension reduction techniques such as PCA, U

dragData["private"] is not Unicode aware

2019-06-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Folks (those who may have an interest at least): I just filed a bug: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22192 Essentially, I discovered in LC905rc1 that: For years you could do: set the dragData["private"] to "Some English Text" and then put the dragData{"private"] and get "Some Eng

Re: Is there a way to use custom icons in the navbar widget?

2019-06-17 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
For sharing, I would suggest (possibly in addition to sample stacks) that people set up a GitHub repo.  Even though you can’t easily see changes in binary stacks, commit notes can explain the changes.  Be sure to use the livecode tag to make projects easily found there. If you want to expose th

Re: Box2D

2019-06-17 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
HI Bob, The problem here is that they keep adding stuff that they think we want now - yes the 64bit is needed they have to keep up-to-date with the compile time options etc. The problem is they put all resources into LCFM and forgot everything else. Now yes we are promised Jam tomorrow and I hop

Re: Box2D

2019-06-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Now Software, a stellar company in it's day, made promises it couldn't keep, and when they tried to keep them anyway, they went belly up because of lack of funds. That was a dark day for me because I had the whole organization running on the public calendar and contacts. Bob S > On Jun 9, 20

Re: math on widths doesn't add up

2019-06-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hmmm... I wonder if theoretically a one dimensional being could draw x,y. Bob S > On Jun 14, 2019, at 14:54 , hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > @Dar. > > Probably you wish with your post avoid the confusion between > > = a math-point (x,y) which has no dimension, so cannot be drawn and __

Re: Is there a way to use custom icons in the navbar widget?

2019-06-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Do you use the images as controls? If so should be no problem. If however you use buttons that reference the images, you will need to make sure that when pasting/cloning the group, you have code that re-associates the images with the buttons. Actually, now that I am thinking about it, this is

Re: stack can write to prefs-folder, and cannot!?

2019-06-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Sorry I've been out of town for a week and am tearing throught my emails. I didn't catch the part about creating a folder. Bob S > On Jun 17, 2019, at 09:01 , Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Bob, > >> Am 17.06.2019 um 17:39 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >> : >> >> I

Re: Is there a way to use custom icons in the navbar widget?

2019-06-17 Thread hh via use-livecode
> I wrote: > It is a "HTML5 Native Button", similar to the platform related "androidbutton" > or "iosbutton" widgets. Here is the source code > https://github.com/livecode/livecode/tree/develop/extensions/widgets > > This is good to know for people who give advices relating LC to Webdesign, > HTML

Re: stack can write to prefs-folder, and cannot!?

2019-06-17 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Bob, > Am 17.06.2019 um 17:39 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > : > > I assume you checked to make sure you have write permissions. I found this > article from 2017. Not sure if it is relevant: > https://eclecticlight.co/2017/07/09/last-week-on-my-mac-making-a-mess-of-preferences/ so

Re: [ANN]CRON - a library for Levure

2019-06-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Levurithans! I like it! Bob S > On Jun 12, 2019, at 13:38 , Mike Kerner via use-livecode > wrote: > > Calling all Levurithans and anyone who wants to break some code: ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Re: Why does this not work ?

2019-06-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Why aren't you setting the vis of tName? Bob S > On Jun 10, 2019, at 17:44 , Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > wrote: > > OK, this code produces an error - but I can't see why (and I worry about that > :-) > > I have a field inside a group inside a group , > > and the following code : >

Re: stack can write to prefs-folder, and cannot!?

2019-06-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I assume you checked to make sure you have write permissions. I found this article from 2017. Not sure if it is relevant: https://eclecticlight.co/2017/07/09/last-week-on-my-mac-making-a-mess-of-preferences/ Bob S > On Jun 10, 2019, at 07:12 , Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Ha

[ANN] This Week in LiveCode 182

2019-06-17 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Hi all, Read about new developments in LiveCode open source and the open source community in today's edition of the "This Week in LiveCode" newsletter! Read issue #182 here: http://bit.ly/2WTRU2s This is a weekly newsletter about LiveCode, focussing on what's been going on in and around

Re: Is there a way to use custom icons in the navbar widget?

2019-06-17 Thread hh via use-livecode
> Roland H. wrote: > (By the way, what is this HTML button widget meant to do? I searched 40 > minutes and still have no clue... Is this my fault to scratch my head?) It is a "HTML5 Native Button", similar to the platform related "androidbutton" or "iosbutton" widgets. Here is the source code http

Re: identifying macOS folders that are considered to be files?

2019-06-17 Thread Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/121147/determine-if-a-directory-is-a-bundle-or-package-in-the-mac-os-x-terminal Sean Cole *Pi Digital Productions Ltd* www.pidigital.co.uk +44(1634)402193 +44(7702)116447 'Don't try to think outside the box. Just remember the truth: There is no box!' 'For then y

Re: Is there a way to use custom icons in the navbar widget?

2019-06-17 Thread R.H. via use-livecode
To me the nav-bar is pretty much useless the way it is. It is a problem with widgets in general that they often do not allow fine grained customization as long as they do not give access to all properties and other settings and di what all other controls can do. And writing myself a nav-bar with L