Re: Is HTML5 really practical?

2019-08-31 Thread hh via use-livecode
> Is there a way to force a reload of the bit you want (need) to reload, > without reloading the engine ? A reload doesn't reload the engine at any rate. To the contrary, it usually just resets the standalone if the engine is (also on server) identical. So reloading a standalone or loading

Re: Is HTML5 really practical?

2019-08-31 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
On 31/08/2019 14:52, Pi Digital via use-livecode wrote: I absolutely agree with everything else Hermann states though. You must set up your server to speed up download. But if you reload the page manually you are effectively forcing it to ignore the cache and download everything again. If

Re: Launch vs Set in widget

2019-08-31 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Yes, I meant "launch url in widget" which says it opens a url in the widget, but that is what "set the URL of widget x" does too. I don't see any difference. I'm having a terrible time with both acceleratedRendering and the browser widget in LC 9.5. I can't fix acceleratedRendering but I

Re: Hactoberfest is coming...

2019-08-31 Thread Pi Digital via use-livecode
Good work, thanks Mikey. Sean Cole Pi Digital Prod Ltd > On 31 Aug 2019, at 22:27, Mike Kerner via use-livecode > wrote: > > OK, Mikey's 100% unofficial livecode hacktoberfest idea exchange repo is > now live. > https://macmikey.github.io/lc-hacktoberfest/ > > > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at

Re: Hactoberfest is coming...

2019-08-31 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
OK, Mikey's 100% unofficial livecode hacktoberfest idea exchange repo is now live. https://macmikey.github.io/lc-hacktoberfest/ On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 11:22 PM Brian Milby via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Yes, very good idea. I got my first shirt last year. > >

Re: Launch vs Set in widget

2019-08-31 Thread Pi Digital via use-livecode
Launch url is for opening an appropriate app for the url (text file, LiveCode stack, phone number etc) as associated by your OS. A phone number might open your phone app on a mobile device. A text doc might open MS Word. Launch in widget is intended to open a webpage in the browser. Depending

Re: Launch vs Set in widget

2019-08-31 Thread hh via use-livecode
> JLG wrote: > What is the difference between "launch URL" and "set the URL" in a > browser widget? You probably mean load url which caches non-blocking, contrary to set url. There is also load url in widget which also sends you a message, contrary to set url. Launch url leaves LC and launches

Re: Is HTML5 really practical?

2019-08-31 Thread Pi Digital via use-livecode
I would mainly only use HTML5 deployment for Web Apps rather than web pages. Much better to use some pre-made web template, Wordpress or learn and use native HTML5 & CSS3. I’m converting for my client two of his commercial desktop apps being used by sales agents over to Web Apps as he is

Launch vs Set in widget

2019-08-31 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
What is the difference between "launch URL" and "set the URL" in a browser widget? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Is HTML5 really practical?

2019-08-31 Thread Rick Harrison via use-livecode
Hi hh, I’m glad you are happy, and have found LC HTML5 useful for what you are doing. For my needs it was not up to the task, or simply just not the correct tool for the job. I can see how it can be good for small quick programs for learning examples, and I’m glad it works for you. Sorry, I do

Re: Is HTML5 really practical?

2019-08-31 Thread Rick Harrison via use-livecode
Hi Bill, You probably should have led with the fact that you are a Wordpress person. LC supposedly plays nicely with Wordpress. Maybe someone can point him to the Wordpress videos/resources from a couple years ago? (Is it a Wordpress plug-in or what? I don’t remember.) LC Server is much nicer

Re: Is HTML5 really practical?

2019-08-31 Thread JJS via use-livecode
I always like it when you give these well thought replies, Richard. Opposed to me, i flap some things out sometimes too quick. Op 31-8-2019 om 19:19 schreef Richard Gaskin via use-livecode: William Prothero wrote: > ...I’m wondering whether it might be easier and better to just use > the

Re: Is HTML5 really practical?

2019-08-31 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
William Prothero wrote: > ...I’m wondering whether it might be easier and better to just use > the engine as a cgi and do everything in css and html. Yes. On the sever, LC makes as good a choice for CGIs as nearly anything else. On the client there are many options, including browser-native

Re: Is HTML5 really practical?

2019-08-31 Thread hh via use-livecode
> Rick H. wrote: > LC HTML5 engine in my opinion isn’t practical for many of the > reasons other’s have stated... > ... What does work for making websites/webpages is: > Apache 2.x, LC Server, databases such as PostgreSQL, > non-LC HTML5, and CSS. I have made with nearly every progress in the

Re: Is HTML5 really practical?

2019-08-31 Thread William Prothero via use-livecode
Folks, Thanks for your thoughts on LC HTML5 for web pages. I use LC increasingly only for my own projects, even though I own a commercial license. I’m retired and give away any education applications that I create. For simple web page projects, though, I start with WordPress. There is a lot of

Re: Is HTML5 really practical?

2019-08-31 Thread Rick Harrison via use-livecode
Hi Bill, LC HTML5 engine in my opinion isn’t practical for many of the reasons other’s have stated. It wasn’t created with the idea that it was going to help you to create webpages. (That was what I originally thought it would be used for, so you are not alone in making that assumption.) It

Re: Is HTML5 really practical?

2019-08-31 Thread Pi Digital via use-livecode
> On 31 Aug 2019, at 10:01, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > The HTML5 deployment has its own problems. The biggest problem is > that people use it for free and are not willing to buy (at least > for a short period) the HTML5 license in order to support further > LC development in that field

Re: Checking the host OS

2019-08-31 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2019-08-31 04:41, Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote: No, I’m just toying with the idea of having a 32-bit launcher that would examine the host OS, then launch the proper executable based on whether it is 32 or 64 bit. Sort of like a poor man’s universal app like we used to create for MacOS.

Re: Native HTML5 field

2019-08-31 Thread hh via use-livecode
Just uploaded the source code to "Sample Stacks": [1] HTML5 Multi Windows (Focus-Move-Resize) v110 [2] HTML5 GoStackURL v100 [3] HTML5 Native Field v106 or use http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/945/ ... for [1] http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/947/ ... for [2]

Re: Is HTML5 really practical?

2019-08-31 Thread hh via use-livecode
The HTML5 deployment has its own problems. The biggest problem is that people use it for free and are not willing to buy (at least for a short period) the HTML5 license in order to support further LC development in that field (but then moan about missing features). So, also from that reason,

Re: Checking the host OS

2019-08-31 Thread JB via use-livecode
Below is some c code that will return the architecture on OS X. /* Determine the machine name, e.g. "x86_64". */ #include #include #include #include int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) { size_t size; sysctlbyname("hw.machine", NULL, , NULL, 0); // Get size of data to be