Re: Script Editor problem

2017-12-12 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
You know what would be really great? If we had a stack that opened at startup that had links to all those projects we're currently working on, and those utilities we need to run frequently, like collectMyStacks and a script to move and resize the script editor. It would be really helpful with

Re: Script Editor problem

2017-12-09 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
*set* the rect of stack "revNewScriptEditor 1" to the 50,50,900,900 On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 2:13 PM, dunbarx via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Actually tested, and though I can access the "revDebuggerLibrary" stack, I > cannot do much with it. I can get its properties,

Re: Datagrid 2

2017-12-05 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
here i can find mobTableField or more information > about it? > > Regards, > Matthias > > > > Am 05.12.2017 um 20:52 schrieb Mike Kerner via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: > > > > Tom, > &g

Re: Datagrid 2

2017-12-05 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Tom, The other option is to use mobTableField (I think Bernd is the author) if you don't need all the bells and whistles of the DG. I'm using both in different mobile apps. The original DG works fine even for large DG's with horizontal and vertical scrolling, but MTF is even more responsive. ETA

Re: [ANN] Release 8.1.8

2017-12-04 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
and don't update xcode... On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 10:24 AM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Dear List Members, > > We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.1.8 Stable. By > "Stable", we mean that no reported regressions have been

Re: macOS High Sierra Your Mac. Trashed (possibly)

2017-11-29 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
who own Macs as > well as those who know what they are doing, and as Apple > seems to be in the dumbing-down industry they should > be helping the prunes rather than . . . > > Richmond. > > > On 29/11/17 4:34 pm, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: > >&g

Re: macOS High Sierra Your Mac. Trashed (possibly)

2017-11-29 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
It's only if you have physical access to the machine and the preference isn't locked, and the password isn't set, and I think you also have to be an admin, because if you aren't, you won't be able to add a new user. On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 6:12 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <

Re: IDE breaks down over time

2017-11-28 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
There are a slew of PB QR's. That was one that I was suggesting we work on for LCG as a 'hacking the ide' multi-part project. On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 7:35 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > It’s likely you are encountering some execution errors in the

Re: New Books/Dictionary

2017-11-28 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
This sounds like a good LCG multi-part project - building a mobile app version of the dictionary that you can mark up similar to the way you can mark up pdf's and images. Maybe you have a paint/draw layer that overlays the dictionary for notes, illustrations, etc. On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 1:25

Re: sync LC applications

2017-11-25 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
on). On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 7:54 PM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > That would be a good thing for the community to maintain, I think, too. > > On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Jim Lambert via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > &g

Re: sync LC applications

2017-11-25 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
That would be a good thing for the community to maintain, I think, too. On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Jim Lambert via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Paolo wrote: > > > > I went through this tutorial about push notifications > > ... > > According to some comments,

Re: New Books/Dictionary

2017-11-25 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
have you tried tinydict? On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Pi Digital via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Coz it sucks at searching for one thing! For another, it’s nice to have it > on a device to the side of you rather than swapping on the pc desktop. > > Greg, I’m

Re: Apps or via browser using HTML5

2017-11-22 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
We have had this discussion multiple times, on both this list and in the forums, if memory serves. On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 3:32 AM, Pyyhtiä Christer via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > It might be this discussion has already been on this list. > > Recently I have seen and

Re: universal error catching/debugger dropping

2017-11-20 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
I didn't try a front script. Maybe I'll try that. On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 8:56 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > &g

Re: universal error catching/debugger dropping

2017-11-20 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
or every time a mobile script just aborts. On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > That doesn't catch every time we have a debugger drop, unfortunately. > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode < > use-live

Re: universal error catching/debugger dropping

2017-11-20 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
That doesn't catch every time we have a debugger drop, unfortunately. On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 8:31 AM Mike Kerner via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.ru

universal error catching/debugger dropping

2017-11-20 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Is there a "universal" error message that is called when something bad happens in LC? I don't really want to write try/catch blocks for every command that is dropping me into the debugger in scripts that are supposed to be running unattended (and on mobile, I'd like to see if I can come up with a

Re: sync LC applications

2017-11-18 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
I use dropbox for this purpose. I have a desktop/server process that is responsible for being the arbiter of truth (i.e. grabbing the updates the mobiles want to make and then deciding updating the data that the mobiles will use). The mobiles read and write files to and from dropbox. You can

Re: Specialty Fonts on Mobile -- OK? or Stay Away?

2017-11-15 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
We've bundled fonts in order to get various icons. So far no problems. On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: > We have a new UI/UX designer working in Sketch/Invision/Zeplin which is a > marvelous universe for

Re: Awful quiet around here

2017-11-14 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Well, I just got my LiveCode Global-branded iPhone X, so I've been busy. Thanks Kevin and Mark! That was so much better than those T-shirts! On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > :-) > > Bob S > > > > On Nov 14, 2017, at 08:46 ,

Re: Example Stack for MergAV (QR codes)?

2017-11-09 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Monte, Is that the original mergAV test stack? If not, I still have it. On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 7:09 PM, JOHN PATTEN via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Awesome…and... > > thanks for the quick response! > > John Patten > SUSD > > > > On Nov 9, 2017, at 3:55 PM, JOHN PATTEN

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-08 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
I was just reading an article, this morning, about the trainwreck of new gestures to accommodate the X's lack of a home button, and I guess what the author was saying is pretty much what I'm trying to say: If it isn't obvious and easy, then it's wrong. Keep the language on the level of what a

Re: using LC as an emulator

2017-11-08 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
In fact, the only binary files that ARE a problem are the forms and the dialogs. I would assume that both are relatively straightforward, but I haven't tried picking one apart to figure it out. On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 12:49 PM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > I

Re: using LC as an emulator

2017-11-08 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
e a way to get at the HPB tokens and emulate each of them > in LC. Also IIRC HPB uses a pretty simple symbol table for variables and > such. > > > > Do you know about HTBasic which emulated HPBasic under DOS (I think)? > The company was Trans-Era. I have no idea if they are still a

Re: using LC as an emulator

2017-11-07 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
I'll email you offline. On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 2017-11-07 17:42, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: > >> No, the ERP is written in HP BASIC, so I would want to emulate the >> lan

Re: using LC as an emulator

2017-11-07 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
, here, I thought I'd chase this idea, first. As for a spec for HP BASIC, yes, it is well documented. I have both paper and online manuals. On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 2017-11-07 04:00, Mike Kerner via use

Re: using LC as an emulator

2017-11-07 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
I know what it does. I own it. I've been working on it and in it since I was in grade school. I just don't like it. On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 11/06/2017 07:00 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote:

Re: using LC as an emulator

2017-11-06 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
for an environment called Eloquence, which is an HP 3000/HP250 legacy environment that now runs on your stock iron hardware and OS's. On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 6:24 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 11/6/2017 2:22 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livec

using LC as an emulator

2017-11-06 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Anyone write an emulator in LC? I've got an old ERP system that we own all the source to. I'd like to. The environment is interpreted, so if I could make an emulator/wrapper, I could in theory move the whole thing into LC and dump the old environments. -- On the first day, God created the

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-06 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
I hope not, because I was thinking the same thing. One of those properties could be "type" or "class", and that could be "svg", for instance. On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > This might be a stupid question, but might it

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-05 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
@mark when possible, I think it's better to keep the vocabulary simpler or more obvious in LC. It's one of the benefits of the environment and the tool - less mental effort around the tool and the language. When possible, I think it's better to make it obvious to non-nerds, which will also mean

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-04 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
The issue with art is that anything that I do will automatically be relabeled "areYouKiddingThatIsNotArt", and abbreviated "thatIsSoNotArt", with a synonym "hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha" On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 2:34 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-03 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Please, not "vi" On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 4:14 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 11/3/17 1:41 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: > >> As I said one of the goals of this control would eventually be to replace >> the image object - so at some

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-03 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
At least historically, paintings were bitmapped, not vector (think MacPaint vs. MacDraw) On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 3:40 PM, hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Look forward to the first release of . > > For the name, what about "painting"? > >

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-03 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
SVG's are not just standalone objects. They are also part of various widgets. On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 2:02 PM, Bleiler, Timothy via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > This is good news!! > > Is there any reason not to call the control “SVG?” > Why create another abstraction

Re: Call for Speakers 2018

2017-11-03 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
ri, Oct 27, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Sounds like my coding experience every single day. ;-) > > Bob S > > > > On Oct 27, 2017, at 11:23 , Mike Kerner via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-03 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
OOOH. Cool. So pretty soon maybe I can render interfaces in Sketch after applying themes from my favorite interface design houses... On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 9:19 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > My most recent talk at LCG (in

Re: iPhone X or "Apple is just the most annoying company of all time"

2017-11-02 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
If it's like the 5c and doesn't sell, this won't be a problem. On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > With the X Apple is suggesting that the status bar not be turned off in > most cases. That would eliminate the issue of the top

Re: Relative Paths in Property Inspector

2017-10-31 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
no I'm referring to the usernames on the machine. I'm using google drive (backup and sync and file stream). I use dropbox for app data storage and transfer. On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 10/30/2017 07:55

Re: Relative Paths in Property Inspector

2017-10-31 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
each machine. You only have to do it once, and > going forward it just works for any other LC versions you install since all > versions on a machine share the same prefs file. > > > On 10/30/17 9:55 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: > >> So what do you have for your

Re: Relative Paths in Property Inspector

2017-10-30 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
0/2017 01:51 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: > >> I've got my extensionos folder in Dropbox. All my machines have Dropbox >> installed and it syncs to all of them. >> >> On 10/30/17 3:20 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: >> >>> All I'm tryin

Re: Relative Paths in Property Inspector

2017-10-30 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
All I'm trying to "Get" is a simpler way to store the extensions folder on a network/sync so I get the exact same environment on every box. On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 10/30/2017 12:45 PM, Mike Kern

Re: Relative Paths in Property Inspector

2017-10-30 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
ation. This would mean that all of the Dropbox/Google > Drive/network share stuff would work as expected. You could also zip a > stack with the associated assets and as long as the structure was preserved > another user could unzip and use the stack. > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 2:12 PM Mi

Re: Relative Paths in Property Inspector

2017-10-30 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Yes, Brian. So I'm not sure what you're getting at. On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > ./ is current directory. ~/ is the user home directory. > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 2:00 PM Mike Kerner via use-livecode <

Re: Relative Paths in Property Inspector

2017-10-30 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
> > > On Oct 30, 2017, at 10:48 , Mike Kerner via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > If you use Backup and Sync (the old "Drive"), your folder is ~/Google > Drive/ > > If you use Drive Stream and do not map the mount point to

Re: Relative Paths in Property Inspector

2017-10-30 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
to Googles Drive File Stream… how that is > different? > > At any rate you do seem to have a different, though obviously related > issue. > > > > > On 10/30/17, 6:09 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Mike Kerner via > use-livecode" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.

Re: Relative Paths in Property Inspector

2017-10-30 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
On "b", I have three machines that I use. Two of them use Google's Backup and Sync service, and the other uses Google's Drive File Stream. So in for two of the machines, the answer is "mostly yes" - the difference is the username, as the "Drive" folder is in the user folder. For the the third,

Re: I Hate Full Screen!

2017-10-30 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Ya know, it would be neat if you could select fullscreen mode, and then all the palettes would become part of the border - so maybe on the left would be tools, on the right would be PI, and if I have other plugins open (think three palettes for tmc2) they would go left or right depending on need.

Re: Relative Paths in Property Inspector

2017-10-30 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Sure, but if you were to do that, then I should have an LC-wide preference that I can set so that I don't have to fix it for every project. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: Relative Paths in Property Inspector

2017-10-29 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
dangerous-pets/tiger.jpg > > and if you set the image filename to "img/dangerous-pets/tiger.jpg" > > it fails? > > -- > > Mike Kerner wrote: > > it is related. As soon as I saw your post I said "gee, that looks > familiar". > &

Re: Relative Paths in Property Inspector

2017-10-29 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
it is related. As soon as I saw your post I said "gee, that looks familiar". On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 3:02 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: > Backstory: > > Sometime back in a round with HQ we got the engine to "remember" relative > path

Re: Call for Speakers 2018

2017-10-27 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
That isn't to say it's a complete mess, but when I jump in to start looking at something, it feels like I'm in an escape room, because I'm trying to learn what the heck is what, why it works that way, and work on it at the same time. On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Mike Kerner <mike

Re: Call for Speakers 2018

2017-10-27 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 10/27/2017 04:36 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: > >> The main question is how do we make all of us more >> comfortable with the code so we all feel more comfortable diving in, doing >> things, a

Re: Call for Speakers 2018

2017-10-27 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
comfortable with the code so we all feel more comfortable diving in, doing things, and therefore expanding the IDE developer group. On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 12:08 AM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > On 26 Oct 2017, at 11:28 pm, Mike Kerner v

Re: LiveCode Windows Applications on Ubuntu

2017-10-26 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Which reminds me - I've never seen an email server that had the option to strip out all attachments and links. On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > They clicked the link, didn't they? I Told them! DON'T CLICK THE LINK!!! > > Bob

Re: Call for Speakers 2018

2017-10-26 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
I already asked Kevin to add a series on hacking the IDE. We could do a project as part of that, perhaps redoing the project browser - that would probably take long enough to require an hour each session... On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 5:31 AM, Heather Laine via use-livecode <

Re: Standalone Building for multiple platforms

2017-10-25 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
I have a similar issue when I even build for one platform, except with behavior stacks. After the build, all the behaviors unload and the stacksInUse is reset. Every time I build I have to preOpenStack to get the other stacks back in. On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Bob Sneidar via

Re: Autosaving stacks corrupted on network drives

2017-10-25 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
in the IDE. If my theory is correct, you > should have no problem doing so. > > I did this and sure enough, I was able to put the file in the trash, AND > THEN EMPTY IT! But when I saved again in the IDE, it recreated the file. > > Bob S > > > > On Oct 25, 2017,

Re: Autosaving stacks corrupted on network drives

2017-10-25 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Now if what you're suggesting is that the server OS should manage the access process so that you cannot have two simultaneous accesses, I would agree, but my experience has been that it doesn't always work that way. On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com>

Re: Autosaving stacks corrupted on network drives

2017-10-25 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
of creating the semaphore file does not happen? > > Bob S > > > > On Oct 24, 2017, at 16:01 , Mike Kerner via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Possible solutions: > > 1) Do what LibreOffice does. Create an invisible semaphore

Re: Autosaving stacks corrupted on network drives

2017-10-25 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Yes. Transactions are the individual operations, i.e. an audit trail. Then if there is corruption in the db, it is able to "play back" the transactions to recreate it. On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 10:31 AM, tbodine via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Thanks, Mark and Trevor,

Re: Autosaving stacks corrupted on network drives

2017-10-24 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Yes, this especially happens with simultaneous sync tools such as google drive (now backup and sync), microsoft ,oneDrive box, and dropbox. There are a variety of things that play into this annoying behavior, but the most common one is timing and latency/connectivity. It really gets to be bad if

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

2017-10-19 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Wasn't yesterday VisiCalc's birthday? If ever there was a case of IP ripoff, it was that one. On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Tom Glod wrote: > > Here is a great interview with Bill. in which he reveals > >

Re: Need Dropbox guidance

2017-10-19 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
what was wrong with the previous try? On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 9:36 AM, pink via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I did have a slash in the value of tFilePath > > I'm starting to understand my confusion, we're not uploading and > downloading > files, but putting and getting

Re: Clipboard pastes into single spreadsheet cell

2017-10-19 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
What I discovered when I was fiddling around with this was that when I copy text from a text editor (ST, atom, BBE, TW), and check the fullClipboardData in LC, the only key is "text". The rtf, html, etc. are all missing (put the keys of the fullClipboardData). When I put something into the

Re: Need Dropbox guidance

2017-10-18 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Well, I haven't been sending binary files, so check to see if what you get back is the same as what you sent up. The phx_dropbox library required encoding binary data. ALSO, don't you have to put a single slash after "binfile:"? I don't remember. On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 7:37 PM, pink via

Re: Need Dropbox guidance

2017-10-18 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
How are you getting the stack into pData? I just tried this, and it worked: on mouseup answer file "" put it into theFile put url ("binfile:/") into foo dropboxUpload oauthKey, "/foo.livecodescript", "add", true, false, foo answer "it:"&&&"the result:"& result end mouseup

Re: How to meet an integer

2017-10-17 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
golfclap for hh. bravo. ish. On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 7:36 AM, hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> Mike K. wrote: > >> On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > >> On the second day, God created the oceans. > >> On the third day, God put the animals

Re: Need Dropbox guidance

2017-10-17 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
I'm mostly converted to the LC library, and everything seems to be working. Best options to try: 1) Download Gerard's original stack, and see what works and what breaks (and what the responses are). https://github.com/macMikey/dropboxapi_v2. This is my default choice as I have learned a lot

Re: How to meet an integer

2017-10-16 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
you..one? On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 12:12 PM, hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > JLG wrote: > > Until I met my husband, ALL my dates were zeros. > > You won. > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: quicken dates

2017-10-16 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
gt; incorporate your method for all my date fields! Unfortunately there are a > TON of line wrapping errors introduced by your pasted code. I'll have to > sus it all out. > > Bob S > > > > On Oct 16, 2017, at 11:16 , Mike Kerner via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.r

quicken dates

2017-10-16 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Way back in the day, Quicken allowed all kinds of shenanigans with dates It allowed a variety of delimiters It allowed pseudo-dates: 20 -- 20th of the current month 10/20 -- 10/20/current year + -- tomorrow m -- first of this month h -- last of this month etc. I really like this, because it makes

Re: is a date

2017-10-16 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Did I miss someone checking if the allegedly valid date is really a valid date? I don't think 99/99/99 is valid. On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > HEY BOB COPYCAT! > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode &

Re: is a date

2017-10-16 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
HEY BOB COPYCAT! On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > May want to check out the MasterLibrary then. It's got a lot of great > commands and functinos, one of which will format a date any way you like, > including sql date. > > Bob

Re: is a date

2017-10-15 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
why not have the engine do it for you - use convert to convert the possible date to whatever format you're expecting. If it the answer isn't the same, then you don't have a date. On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 7:05 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Yeah.

Re: [ANN] Release 8.2.0 DP-2

2017-10-14 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
That, and the standalone settings are on my list of things I want to take a shot at when I get time. The PB is buggy, and I miss thumbnails. On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 5:41 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 10/13/2017 12:40 PM, J. Landman Gay via

Re: DG2 Question

2017-10-13 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Hopefully the scrolling especially will get some help. On tablets we have large tables that go both horizontally and vertically, and the response can be clunky, especially when compared to mobTableField. On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>

Re: libURLLast/xx/headers on mobile?

2017-10-13 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
-64 and the non-x-64 on win standalones for 32-bit machines, because you'll get an error. On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > Is there a QR, yet, on a better way to find inclusions that are missing? > I'm inclined to check everything for

Re: libURLLast/xx/headers on mobile?

2017-10-13 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Is there a QR, yet, on a better way to find inclusions that are missing? I'm inclined to check everything for desktop apps and be done with it so I don't run into weird debugging situations, since in standalone, LC scrips just terminate when they run into trouble. On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 8:43 AM,

Re: Handy behavior snippet

2017-10-11 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
In dp9, now, when you right-click on an object, the first line is edit script, the second is edit behavior script. On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 1:04 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I can't remember when it was added but I've been using v9 for a while so >

Re: Dropbox library in LC 9 - centralise the access token?

2017-10-11 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Most of the filestore apps, be they box, dropbox, google drive, oneDrive, etc. only operate on one account at a time. That's one of the nice things about the API's - you can operate on an unlimited number from your app. On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode <

Re: Dropbox library in LC 9 - centralise the access token?

2017-10-11 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
to deprecate this one, or we would have competing libraries. On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > so file a qr. since it's written in LC it should be doable by either of > us...or anyone > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Ben Rubinstei

Re: Dropbox library in LC 9 - centralise the access token?

2017-10-11 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
so file a qr. since it's written in LC it should be doable by either of us...or anyone On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > The new Dropbox library is (going to be) great. But while it's still only > in DP, can I suggest a

Re: Dropbox library (LC 9) - does dropboxGetCurrentAccount work?

2017-10-11 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Thanks for your help, > > Ben > > > On 11/10/2017 14:23, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: > >> And, curiously, as it turns out, the other endpoints that take a null post >> accept empty (and don't like getting "null"). It seems this only affects >> g

Re: Dropbox library (LC 9) - does dropboxGetCurrentAccount work?

2017-10-11 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
, Oct 11, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > And, curiously, as it turns out, the other endpoints that take a null post > accept empty (and don't like getting "null"). It seems this only affects > getCurrentAccount. > > On Wed, Oct 1

Re: Dropbox library (LC 9) - does dropboxGetCurrentAccount work?

2017-10-11 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
And, curiously, as it turns out, the other endpoints that take a null post accept empty (and don't like getting "null"). It seems this only affects getCurrentAccount. On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > What Gerard did in the orig

Re: Dropbox library (LC 9) - does dropboxGetCurrentAccount work?

2017-10-11 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
t;> > > How are you patching it to work? I can't see any way of issuing a POST > request in LC code (without using curl, which won't work on mobile) that > gets round this problem. > > > On 11/10/2017 11:58, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: > >> Feel like openi

Re: Dropbox library (LC 9) - does dropboxGetCurrentAccount work?

2017-10-11 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
t_id in the first place? >>> >>> I'm really only wanting to make this call because it looked liked the >>> cheapest way to find out if the app has a valid token for Dropobox; I can >>> either display the account it's logged in to, or a button offering to log

Re: Dropbox library (LC 9) - does dropboxGetCurrentAccount work?

2017-10-11 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
o take two, that would explain the 400 error! But how >> does one obtain the account_id in the first place? >> >> I'm really only wanting to make this call because it looked liked the >> cheapest way to find out if the app has a valid token for Dropobox; I can >> eith

Re: Dropbox library (LC 9) - does dropboxGetCurrentAccount work?

2017-10-11 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
> in. Is there another way? > > Many thanks, > > Ben > > > On 11/10/2017 01:49, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: > >> It works for me in both 8 and 9. >> The only way I get error 400 is if I enclose the arguments in parenthesis >> (which tells LC that a

Re: Dropbox library (LC 9) - does dropboxGetCurrentAccount work?

2017-10-10 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
It works for me in both 8 and 9. The only way I get error 400 is if I enclose the arguments in parenthesis (which tells LC that all of that goodness goes into the first parameter) Remember, this is a command, not a function, so the arguments are not enclosed: dropboxGetCurrentAccount oauthToken,

Re: Dropbox library (LC 9) - does dropboxGetCurrentAccount work?

2017-10-10 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
the same (with some exceptions). You can download it at my repo https://github.com/macMikey/dropboxapi_v2 Also, if you want to use LC's library in LC8, you can extract it, or grab it from my repo for that, too https://github.com/macMikey/LCDropboxLibrary On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 5:55 PM, Mike Kerner

Re: Dropbox library (LC 9) - does dropboxGetCurrentAccount work?

2017-10-10 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
I'll look later. On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > New dropbox library great... but when I try to use > dropboxGetCurrentAccount, I consistently get a 400 error code (i.e. Bad > Request). > > Is this working for anyone else

Re: Trying to use OAuth2 for Dropbox in 9 DP 9

2017-10-10 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Also, if you're migrating from the phx_dropbox library, if you're interacting with the base directory, you have to include the slash. On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 7:28 AM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > On 10 Oct 2017, at 9:53 pm, Ben Rubinstein via

Re: OAuth2 Status?

2017-10-09 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
I'm using it with the new dropbox library. On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 1:58 PM, pink via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Does OAuth2 currently work? I’m using LC 9 Indy DP9, I tried 3 different > APIs (Toodledo, Todoist, and Slack) > > In all 3 cases, an empty window pops up

Re: 60 years of the Space Age

2017-10-05 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
What about 34 years of Space Ace? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Ace On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > And that brings up an interesting point. Who is to say that artificial > intelligence will be any smarter than the

Re: mergZXing alternative

2017-10-03 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
There are barcode calls in mergav. There is also a sample stack that demonstrates how to use it for scanning barcodes. All the MergAV calls are documented in the dictionary. I believe the other reason why zx was deprecated was because av is faster and more accurate - at least it would appear to

Re: mergZXing alternative

2017-10-02 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Which platform are you going for? mergav is for ios and osx. You can't use "search for", you have to include it manually. it works fine for me in my apps. On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Andrew Bell via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I just got around to building a new

Re: Remote debugging - expected behavior

2017-09-29 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Even when I use breakpoint, I'm having issues with remote debugging, which is QR...something. On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 8:18 AM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 12:56 AM J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < >

Re: Remote debugging - expected behavior

2017-09-28 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
currently testing script errors, I'm testing other things and I > don't need remote debugging right now. It's getting in the way. > > > On 9/28/17 3:32 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: > >> Then why not remove remote debugger from the (cluttered) inclusions list >>

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