Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
You and my husband should go have a drink together. ;) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On May 2, 2023 5:58:07 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: I can attest that as an old timer, if I am not very careful, I can

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I can attest that as an old timer, if I am not very careful, I can provide a very wide pool. ;-) Bob S On May 2, 2023, at 15:52, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: Well, it works better for *you*. I want info to come to me, I don't want to search. My right hand doesn't like all that

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Well, it works better for *you*. I want info to come to me, I don't want to search. My right hand doesn't like all that clicking, I have a brace for that, and you can't navigate the forum from the keyboard. I want the digest to appear in my email where I can scan quickly and immediately jump to

Re: A spinner that keeps spinning

2023-05-02 Thread Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode
This is great, thank you! Peter Bogdanoff > On May 2, 2023, at 2:43 PM, Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode > wrote: > > Andreas Bergendal wrote: > >> Inspired by some comment over at the forum, I embarked on building myself a >> tool for crafting spinners animated in browser widgets, as

Re: A spinner that keeps spinning

2023-05-02 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That is pretty cool. I created a Spinner app which is a standalone that responds to AppleScript commands or Sockets. Since it is a standalone, it runs under it's own thread. I created internal commands to show or hide itself, as well as setting the displayed message. Using browser widgets seems

Re: Script widgets questions

2023-05-02 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
if you're reusing properties that are already defined, elsewhere, you might run into an issue with the panel, but if that's not the case, then i suspect you have another problem. the pi works. it's just not documented. On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 5:01 PM Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode <

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Craig Newman via use-livecode
Klaus. It is a works-much-better thing. Script samples and quotes can be separated from the main body of text. One can attach stacks and, for Richmond at least, silly photos and art layouts. One can edit past posts, or even delete them. One can search threads in many ways. MANY. I was going

Re: Script widgets questions

2023-05-02 Thread Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode
Thanks! The “user_visible" works with script_widgets also, so setting: case “htmlText” return { “user_visible” : false } … Will hide the property in the inspector. Unfortunately the “group” or “subsection” doesn’t seem to work. All my properties are still jumbled. > On 2 May

Re: A spinner that keeps spinning

2023-05-02 Thread Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode
Andreas Bergendal wrote: > Inspired by some comment over at the forum, I embarked on building myself a > tool for crafting spinners animated in browser widgets, as those would > continue > spinning in a heavenly layer of its own, no matter what traffic jams occur > down > on LC ground level…

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Craig, > Am 02.05.2023 um 19:17 schrieb Craig Newman via use-livecode > : > > Klaus. > > Come back from the dark side. I have no idea why you are so possessed by the forum, is it a fetish thing? :-D Here on the list I already see more than 10 postings to my question, try to outgun this

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Craig Newman via use-livecode
Jacque. Go to the forum. I did just that, and the “openCard” message appears in the message watcher exactly after the visual effect finishes. Craig > On May 2, 2023, at 1:08 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Jacque, > >> Am 02.05.2023 um 18:59 schrieb J. Landman Gay via

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Craig Newman via use-livecode
Klaus. Come back from the dark side. If you do I will send you the stack I made that seems to indicate that “openCard” is sent after the visual effect terminates. Craig > On May 2, 2023, at 1:08 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Jacque, > >> Am 02.05.2023 um 18:59 schrieb

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Jacque, > Am 02.05.2023 um 18:59 schrieb J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > : > > Open the message watcher and compare its report to what you see on screen. > That might help. I did and see this: ... preopencard 7:01:46 PM (0) opencard 7:01:46 (3) ... I may be a bit slow, but what does the

Re: Script widgets questions

2023-05-02 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
this is all going to be from memory from working with LCB widgets, and i haven't worked with lcb widgets in months because i'm still waiting for LC on several things. anyway: * i think that you are supposed to quote property names that are reserved or already in use * the way the property

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Open the message watcher and compare its report to what you see on screen. That might help. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On May 2, 2023 11:19:41 AM Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Someone knowing please chime

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Craig, > Am 02.05.2023 um 18:16 schrieb Craig Newman via use-livecode > : > > Klaus. > > Why aren’t you doing this in the forum??? this is a free country, I can do it whereever I like! :-D > I made a stack with two cards. Card 1 has a button on it: > > global tTime > > on mouseUp > put the

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi all, > Am 02.05.2023 um 18:07 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode > : > > Hi Håkan > >> Am 02.05.2023 um 17:56 schrieb Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode >> : >> >> AFTER! >> >> Create two cards >> Add a button or something on the first card with the code >> on mouseUp >> visual effect

RE: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
The rendering get done after preOpenCard completes. In preOpenCard you can set up your data and geometry before the card is displayed. Try timing from the start of preOpenCard to start the openCard handlers. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Craig Newman via use-livecode
Klaus. Why aren’t you doing this in the forum??? I made a stack with two cards. Card 1 has a button on it: global tTime on mouseUp put the ticks into tTime visual effect "checkerBoard" slow go cd 2 end mouseUp In the card 2 script: global tTime on openCard put the ticks - tTime into

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Håkan > Am 02.05.2023 um 17:56 schrieb Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode > : > > AFTER! > > Create two cards > Add a button or something on the first card with the code > on mouseUp > visual effect dissolve slow > go to next card > end mouseUp > > On the second card add a control and

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode
AFTER! Create two cards Add a button or something on the first card with the code on mouseUp visual effect dissolve slow go to next card end mouseUp On the second card add a control and the hide it and add the script to the card: on opencard show control 1 end opencard You will then

Script widgets questions

2023-05-02 Thread Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode
Dabbling with some script widgets. Fun, but a bit tedious at the moment, but here are some findings and some questions/proposals. === Findings: (Can be me missing something though…) === Don’t forget that you need to click the “Show Options” button in the file chooser and change the Format to

A spinner that keeps spinning

2023-05-02 Thread Andreas Bergendal via use-livecode
Hi all, It has long annoyed me that the spinner widget doesn’t actually spin when you need it to - during lockScreen or when a database fetch blocks everything. Animated gifs are no better. Inspired by some comment over at the forum, I embarked on building myself a tool for crafting spinners

Re: Creating 'read only' text files

2023-05-02 Thread doc hawk via use-livecode
And just to avoid the brainfreeeze that I’d probably absentmindedly implement: You have to create the file and do all of your writing, and then *change* the file to read only . . . Uihm, err, i never really make mistakes like that, or applying bus voltage to a whole bank of toggle switches, or

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Craig, > Am 02.05.2023 um 16:05 schrieb Craig Newman via use-livecode > : > > Klaus. > > I would guess that as soon as the card was navigated to, that is, before any > visual effect starts or finishes. > Not sure how to test this since I am not sure what messages or properties > might be

Re: Creating 'read only' text files

2023-05-02 Thread David Glasgow via use-livecode
Perfect. Thanks, Paul. > On 30 Apr 2023, at 1:43 pm, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > I don't know of a Livecode syntax per se to do this (i.e some syntax like: > set the permissions of file tFile to read-only) > > You can do this in Livecode using the shell() function (see the

Re: opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Craig Newman via use-livecode
Klaus. I would guess that as soon as the card was navigated to, that is, before any visual effect starts or finishes. Not sure how to test this since I am not sure what messages or properties might be set before, during or after a visual effect runs. Craig > On May 2, 2023, at 9:06 AM, Klaus

opencard and visual effect

2023-05-02 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi friends, quick question: Will "opencard" be sent to a card AFTER the card was navigated to with a visual effect or already during the effect? I cannot tell actually in my stack. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major https://www.major-k.de https://www.major-k.de/bass kl...@major-k.de