Writing ID3 Tags to files

2014-09-13 Thread Brahmanathswami
If you open any [*.aif, *.mp3,] file in iTunes, you go to the " info" tab and enter ID3 tags (artist, album, track, genre, year, etc) then when you switch to a different song you can see in the finder that the file is updated as the ID3 tags were written and saved transparently. Modification d

Download and Run Stacks - Can Do On Mobile?

2014-09-12 Thread Brahmanathswami
I remember being "blown away" years ago in the late 90's when Scott Raney had a little demo of go stack url "http://somedomain.com/somestack.mc"; and it downloaded and ran the stack. I later created a little desktop "CPU/Index" type app/splash screen engine. and users could download and run m

Re: Motion Graphic in LiveCode

2014-08-22 Thread Brahmanathswami
Alejandro Tejada wrote: These stacks show different ways to animate a sequence of images or vector graphics: http://www.tactilemedia.com/site_files/downloads/tutti3d.rev.zip Scott Rossi shows how to use custom properties to animate a vector graphic. So anything more sophisticated, I assume must

Sparkles at the end of a pencil point

2014-08-21 Thread Brahmanathswami
I was looking at some apps for Kids with a lady who may assist with creating functional specifications for edutainment apps. A lot of the do all kinds of "swirly stuff" with amazing colors. I haven't the faintest idea how to being to doing something like this in LiveCode and even if you create

Re: Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-21 Thread Brahmanathswami
I had a very obscure bug some time back where the style of the button was causing the pull down not to work... some GUI property of the button made if failtry the same thing in a different button.. J. Landman Gay wrote: On 8/20/2014, 8:08 PM, revolut...@duncansoftware.on-rev.com wrote:

Back to Stacks! New Text Properties

2014-08-20 Thread Brahmanathswami
After several years of being lost in the web world and LiveCode on the server (script only universe) I'm finally going to get back into building stacks. But I'm way behind... Is there a comprehensive doc on all the new text properties? like listStyle? These are not exposed in the IDE tools

Motion Graphic in LiveCode

2014-08-20 Thread Brahmanathswami
If one wanted to do some very short, but high quality motion graphics in LifeCode, what are the options? I assume that all we have is the ability to play small video clips in a player object. But then Quicktime is required -- or have we gone beyond Quicktime now... I'm not sure where media pl

Re: Missing digits when replacing single digit item with two digit item?

2014-08-03 Thread Brahmanathswami
John: I've had gremlins like this in the past where certain functions run before the "interior" expression. Or put another way: what is inside parentheses is not always evaluated as expected when running inside a function request. I have never been able to determine a recipe, but my solutio

Re: HTML5 Pledge Campaign -- Funding Purchase Option

2014-07-29 Thread Brahmanathswami
y just clicked into my last year of license from the last campaign; so if I do this funding purchase now, can it be applied when that ends, so that I'm covered for the next two years)? I'm guessing it will work like that, but it would be helpful to know for sure! Many thanks, Ben On 27/

HTML5 Pledge Campaign -- Funding Purchase Option

2014-07-27 Thread Brahmanathswami
I only found this a few days ago and I believe it may be hidden from a lot of Livecode users. If you purchase a commercial license before the 31st. You get a big discount and your purchase goes toward the HTML5 pledge/campaign I am extending my Indy commercial license for all platforms (not h

Re: Commercial Indy License for HTML5

2014-07-17 Thread Brahmanathswami
Kevin Miller wrote: given the complexity of it + obfuscation you won¹t realistically be able to make much sense of it. There is a whole world of difference between obfuscated/unreadable JavaScript protected by copyright and the GPL, which requires you to upload the stacks for your entire applicat

Commercial Indy License for HTML5

2014-07-17 Thread Brahmanathswami
Can anyone tell me what this actually get us? "The HTML5 license permits closed source deployment to HTML5 only, other platforms are not included " My naive understanding of HTML5 is "deployed in a web browser" why and where and in what contexts and also "how" would you need close source dep

Re: OT: Collaborative Diagramming Software

2014-07-03 Thread Brahmanathswami
Surprising that draw.io gets so little press. Free for up to 500 users with unlimited docs... made by http://www.jgraph.com/... which is a pretty advanced company... Lucid Chart and Giffy have other features but they charge https://jgraph.freshdesk.com/support/articles/57101-how-come-draw-

Can You Really Install an iOS App outside of Apple's App Store?

2014-07-02 Thread Brahmanathswami
Dumb, old question: Can You Really Install an iOS App outside of Apple's App Store? I'm reviewing again the differences between the Open Source "community" version and the Commercial license, which I thought I understood well... (See the faq http://livecode.com/support/ask-a-question/) But

Re: OT: Collaborative Diagramming Software

2014-07-02 Thread Brahmanathswami
Anyone using Diagramming software. Look for a free option that runs online and is collaborative. Draw.io Pro for Google Apps seems like the best option, but it is never mentioned anywhere in any of the Diagramming software comparisons. I have used this, and it seems to do the job: http

OT: Collaborative Diagramming Software

2014-07-02 Thread Brahmanathswami
Anyone using Diagramming software. Look for a free option that runs online and is collaborative. Draw.io Pro for Google Apps seems like the best option, but it is never mentioned anywhere in any of the Diagramming software comparisons. -- Swasti Astu, Be Well! Brahmanathaswami Kauai's Hind

Re: Learning about server

2014-06-30 Thread Brahmanathswami
Aum Yes, we are very familiar with Invading the Sacred. Western Academia is full of "idiots" who actually pose and are accepted as authorities. Then their Master/PhD students follow up with even more nonsense. Rajiv is doing good work on this front. Our approach is from a different, compleme

Re: Layout tools for LiveCode

2014-04-03 Thread Brahmanathswami
"Oh my Mangoes!" Sheesh, after all these years I did not know this? ha Thank you! hhhm me thinks a feature request is in order... a new IDE prop "show grid" as a default, locked layer 1 object behind everything else, that still functions the way the invisible one does. J. Landman Gay w

Layout tools for LiveCode

2014-04-02 Thread Brahmanathswami
Doing quality GUI is not easy Livecode... But I won't rant on too much about how easy it would be to ramp up the existing IDE to help "creatives" (graphic design types) build beautiful UI without so much pain... without having to do anything to the engine... Is there a layout grid tool that w

LiveCode Server on OS X

2014-01-31 Thread Brahmanathswami
I would like to use LiveCode server on our OS X Mavericks Server outside an http context. There seems to be issues on that box with running AFP file sharing, doing Web services and FTP mirros from our remote box in San Francisco all on the same machine. All kinds of permissions issues. The adm

Re: Augmented reality with LiveCode ?

2013-06-30 Thread Brahmanathswami
I think Augmented Reality may have a variety of implementations. So it probably depends on what you want to do. FWIW: Our printer for Hinduism Today magazine, Quad Graphics, has just done a major sales pitch (to me) to buy their augmented reality "product" which is based on a mobile app cal

Re: Another bizarre Apple patent troll case, in which Runtime Revolution plays a bit part

2013-06-02 Thread Brahmanathswami
Great publicity Mind-boogling that these software patents get approved. Wasn't this part of Hypercard? on mouseDown grab me end mouseDown Brahmanathaswami Björnke von Gierke wrote: Of large importance to this list is the third last paragraph, (last link on the first page of two): " ..

Best Practice (as of 2013) for Accelerator Keys

2013-05-27 Thread Brahmanathswami
I have an old app (build circa 2002) that still runs amazingly well. I have done a few small updates over time, but the basics remain the same. It is a transcription program that requires quicktime and functions like the old pedal deals where you stop and start the tape. I added other bells an

Re: [ANN] Book. Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner

2013-04-26 Thread Brahmanathswami
Aloha Mark: We would get this in "minute" for the newbies on our team, if you had it as an ebook. As a paperback, not so sure This past year we have and continue to get *all* our publications in al four mainl formats.. see e.g.see http://www.himalayanacademy.com/view/the-guru-chronicle