Re: How to check if a group contains a specific control ?

2024-08-23 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/23/2024 7:45 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi jbv, Am 23.08.2024 um 13:27 schrieb jbv via use-livecode : Hi list, Is there a quick way to check if a group contains a specific control, something like : if there is a fld "xyz" in grp "abc" of this cd I tried many things but it

Re: Extracting test scores from a PDF

2024-08-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/17/2024 12:24 PM, Charles Szasz via use-livecode wrote: I came a web app that can extract test scores from a PDF and insert them into an app. Can LC do the same thing? I assume you mean can a programmer write an app in Livecode to extract test scores from a PDF and do something with th

Re: Live LiveCode Create demo

2024-08-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Just speaking for myself. I use substacks for different windows (modal or nonmodal) in my application. A substack rarely has more than one card, which has the controls for that window laid out the way I want them. Also, substacks can just be script libraries or other sorts of libraries (icons,

Re: A Windows weirdness

2024-08-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I'm guessing here: Paths on local Windows systems are typically driveletter:folder\folder\...\file.extension Window scan use UNC paths, such as: |\\Server2\Share\Test\Foo.txt| || When we had our first customer who was extensively using UNC paths, our software broke until we updated it to allo

Cell colorization in a table in Livecode...

2024-08-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
My second color question of the day. We current have a analytical view in our app which shows a table of frequencies. The number of rows and columns are driven by user data and can becomes a large number (I've heard all the arguments that users should not ever view tables of hundreds of rows b

Re: Best way to convert color values

2024-08-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
pplies to the different color formats. Fairly simple to roll your own, depending on how comprehensive you need it. Craig On Aug 7, 2024, at 12:04 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: You have RGB colors (0-255,0-255,0-255), Hex colors (#00 - #FF

Best way to convert color values

2024-08-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
You have RGB colors (0-255,0-255,0-255), Hex colors (#00 - #FF) and named colors ("blue") in Livecode Any built in way (via some trick) to convert between color value formats? I can always write a routine to convert RGB to Hex and Hex to RGB, but I am wondering if there is some clever

Re: By popular demand - Extend access to LC Classic IDEs BEYOND 2027!

2024-08-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
+100 also On 8/2/2024 2:04 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Yup. +100 On Aug 2, 2024, at 10:45 AM, Heather Laine via use-livecode wrote: Please take this off list. This thread is not helpful and its time for it to stop. ___ use-livecode

Re: Proposed update to datagrid library

2024-07-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
My Datagrid skills are not great, but i thought the thedgIndexes ofgroup"DataGrid" The Dictionary says "Returns the internal list of indexes in the order in which they appear in the data grid" You also have the dgIndexOfLine[pLine] to get the index of the line (hilited line or next line or whate

Re: Date and time format question

2024-07-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 7/29/2024 6:14 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Simpler than that: on mouseUp put "Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:49:52 -0400" into tDateTime put word -1 of tDateTime into tOffset -- delete last word of tDateTime convert tDateTime to seconds put (tOffset / 100) *60 *60 into tO

Re: Date and time format question

2024-07-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
st word of tDateTime convert tDateTime to seconds put (tOffset / 100) *60 *60 into tOffset add tOffset to tDateTime convert tDateTime to long date and long time put tDateTime end mouseUp Bob S On Jul 29, 2024, at 3:02 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: dateItems does not contain th

Re: Date and time format question

2024-07-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
ormat("%2u",item 5 of it) &":"& format("%2u",item 6 of it) &"Z" after tTimestamp -- the time in new format   return tTimestamp end refiXMLTimestamp On 7/29/2024 5:37 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Convert it to dateitems, then back a

Re: Date and time format question

2024-07-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Follow up question/request: put the internet date into tTimestamp -- stores something like Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:49:52 -0400, where the -0400 is the time zone offset Anyone have some already written code to convert this to a time in GMT (i.e where the time zone offset is +, i.e. Mon, 29 Jul

Re: Date and time format question

2024-07-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Thank you all (and especially Curry for confirming what I though the Z was for) On 7/29/2024 3:44 PM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: ... 'Utc date and time values uses "Z" (which stands for zero offset) to represent UTC.' (MS) Best wishes, Curry Kenworthy Radically Innovative Chr

Date and time format question

2024-07-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I have an export routine I am writing and it expects timestamps in the following format: 2018-03-27T17:46:39Z I can output LC dates and times in any format, but I personally have not seen this format before. The "T" is obviously just a delimited between the data and time, but my question is t

Re: Community edition

2024-07-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Because of a change Apple made in Sonoma, only LC 6.9.11 and higher will work on that and future macOSes On 7/29/2024 9:45 AM, Heriberto Torrado via use-livecode wrote: Hi Tim, Yes, that could be the problem. All computers I've tested livecode run MacOs Sonoma. Best, Hery On 7/27/24 02:57

Re: fwGestalt() function

2024-07-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
With due credit to Richard for the original, you might want to update it for today's disk sizes, This adds GB and TB function Bytes2Size n   set the numberformat to "0.#"   if n < 1024 then     put n &" bytes" into n   else     put n / 1024 into n     if n < 1024 then   put n &" KB" into n  

Re: .mp4 support in browser widget--Windows

2024-07-08 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
l and required licensing. LAV Filters was reliable, functional, easy to install, and free. I'm not endorsing it for your application or anyone else's, just noting what worked for us. On 7/8/2024 1:28 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Paul Dupuis wrote: There ARE methods

Re: .mp4 support in browser widget--Windows

2024-07-08 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
filters install? On Jul 7, 2024, at 8:10 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Windows 11 will have the issue. Livecode on Windows 10 or 11 uses DirectShow. Try the LAV Filters to get the formats you want. .mp4 is fine, I am not sure about .mp5 support. See the LAV Filters read me and docume

Re: .mp4 support in browser widget--Windows

2024-07-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
, Paul. So, Windows 11 shouldn’t have this issue? On Jul 7, 2024, at 1:58 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Livecode on Windows (9.x.x and 10.x.x) still uses DirectShow for the video (vs the Microsoft Media Foundation (MMF), the current standard. DirectShow was always limited in the

Re: .mp4 support in browser widget--Windows

2024-07-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Livecode on Windows (9.x.x and 10.x.x) still uses DirectShow for the video (vs the Microsoft Media Foundation (MMF), the current standard. DirectShow was always limited in the number of codec for various audio and video formats it supported natively. I stringly recommend for macOS Windows parit

Re: url no longer working as expected

2024-06-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
wrote: Did you try that in the message box? Bob S On Jun 28, 2024, at 10:50 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I get a response from Yahoos that is an html page with a 404 information as part of it. This happens under LC 9.6.12 and 9.6.11 I think this is Yahoo Finance not being able t

Re: url no longer working as expected

2024-06-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I get a response from Yahoos that is an html page with a 404 information as part of it. This happens under LC 9.6.12 and 9.6.11 I think this is Yahoo Finance not being able to detect the browser type and intentionally returning a 404 as a method of deterring screen scraping. On 6/28/2024 1:

Re: eMail attachment: best practice?

2024-06-26 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
-using-the-tsnet-external Am 25.06.2024 um 22:35 schrieb Paul Dupuis via use-livecode : Under a specific condition, my app creates an email with some pre-populated information using revMail: revMail address, [ccAddress, [mailSubject, [messageBody]]] So, my call is: revMail tSupportEmail, , "

Re: eMail attachment: best practice?

2024-06-25 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I should have mentioned that my app is for macOS and Windows - no iOS or Android version. On 6/25/2024 5:46 PM, Mark Smith wrote: I’ve not used revMail but it’s certainly well documented in mobileComposeHtmlMail. If you need an example PM me. Mark On 25 Jun 2024, at 9:35 PM, Paul Dupuis

eMail attachment: best practice?

2024-06-25 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Under a specific condition, my app creates an email with some pre-populated information using revMail: revMail address, [ccAddress, [mailSubject, [messageBody]]] So, my call is: revMail tSupportEmail, , "Diagnostic Report Information", tEmailBody Where tSupportEmail contains a valid email addr

Re: Survey: Would you buy one or more widgets from the PRO PACK separately?

2024-06-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Of those listed, I would pay for (if I needed to, but I have the full LC that includes extensions) the PDF Viewer and, possibly, tsNet PRO I do not develop for mobile, so mobile widgets are not of any immediate interest. On 6/14/2024 2:19 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi friends

Re: Pop Combo Menu

2024-06-12 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 6/12/2024 3:01 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: *click*at(rightofbtn1- 5,topofbtn1+ 5) Sorry that line of code is: (paste of formatted text messed it up) click at (right of btn 1 - 5,top of btn 1 + 5) ___ use-livecode mailing list use

Re: Pop Combo Menu

2024-06-12 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 6/12/2024 2:20 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Hi all. I have a Combo Menu button. I want to have it “pop” open and show the options via script, but I cannot find a command to do that. Bob S ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists

Re: LiveCode on Social Media

2024-06-04 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I followed this one for a little while: https://www.reddit.com/r/livecode/ It was not very active, and, like many Reddit groups, prone to SPAM. Reddit, in general, does have a large developer community. On 6/3/2024 7:22 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: For LC support nothing beats t

Re: Place Phone Call MacOS

2024-05-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
FYI: launch url "tel:[phone number]" Works in LC on Windows 11 as well if you have paired your Android or iPhone with Windows. On 5/24/2024 12:28 PM, Andreas Bergendal via use-livecode wrote: There is. The url type is ”tel”. launch url "tel:[phone number]” (Works in the IDE at least, can’t

Re: somehow OT, but somehow not - no price information anymore on Livecode website

2024-05-23 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Pricing still seems to be available for Student and Educational plans: For example, at https://livecode.com/education-plans/ under the "Buy a LiveCode Subscription" there is a link for "View Pricing Options" (https://livecode.com/education-plans/#pricingoptions) It is just Pros & Business the

Re: Saving data in standalone

2024-05-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
ecode wrote: I did not explicitly mention that any and all of the attached stacks are savable. Craig On May 16, 2024, at 1:31 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: On 5/16/2024 12:58 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: save that stack under a customer file extension That should have sa

Re: Saving data in standalone

2024-05-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 5/16/2024 12:58 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: save that stack under a customer file extension That should have said "custom file extension" ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: Saving data in standalone

2024-05-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
My suggestion would be to have your Standalone create a new stack with the user's work and save that stack under a customer file extension for your app. You can not actually save data in a standalone. you must save it to some source outside of the standalone - and stack, a text file, a binary

Re: Livecode startup messages...

2024-05-08 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
ow does not crash but shows the messages. Could you try the following? 1. Open Windows Task Manager 2. Search for a process named "Spooler Subsystem app" or just "Print Spooler" 3. Force quit this process If this solves it, then it seems to be a regression in the new LC dp bu

Re: Livecode startup messages...

2024-05-03 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
; returns 38 screens of forum messages! Good suggestion though. Thank you. On 5/3/2024 1:43 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: I think this has come up before, but I forget the resolution. Did you search the forums? Bob S On May 3, 2024, at 10:40 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-liveco

Livecode startup messages...

2024-05-03 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
When LC 9.6.11 or 9.6.12rc1 starts up OR (more importantly to me) Standalones build with either of those versions starts up, on Windows 11, there is a dialog that appear stating "Waiting for printer connections..." This dialog may appear on earlier versions - I forget if I had seen it previou

Re: Help converting python one-liner...

2024-04-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
ome issue with raw base64 encoding in json? On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 at 19:26, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: On 4/24/2024 1:43 PM, David Bovill via use-livecode wrote: I'm trying to base64 encode an image and include it into a json file to post to an ap

Re: Help converting python one-liner...

2024-04-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 4/24/2024 1:43 PM, David Bovill via use-livecode wrote: I'm trying to base64 encode an image and include it into a json file to post to an api. The python code that accomplishes this is: image1_data = base64.b64encode(httpx.get(image1_url).content).decode("utf-8") When I try to follow the lo

Re: Windows on ARM...

2024-04-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
ARM. -- Paul On 4/10/2024 2:11 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2024-04-09 20:03, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Mothership people (or anyone in the community that may know this): Microsoft is expected to port and release Windows running on ARM chips (Surface lapto

Re: Windows on ARM...

2024-04-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
before we see a LC version that supports it? I know, this is probably way ahead of any practical answer, but I know we WILL have customers asking us if our app (built on LC9.6.11) will run on Windows on ARM on day one. Paul Dupuis Researchware ___ use-

Windows on ARM...

2024-04-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
bably way ahead of any practical answer, but I know we WILL have customers asking us if our app (built on LC9.6.11) will run on Windows on ARM on day one. Paul Dupuis Researchware ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: Revisiting Lock Screen

2024-03-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
In our app, we have a lot of handlers (internal APIs) that get called by other handlers and, as multiple developers are involved, knowing what is calling what takes some effort. To address the issue of screen locks, we adopted a coding standard as follows: If a handler should lock the screen,

Dropping file on an LC standalone...

2024-03-21 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
My question is what message is triggered when a file is dropped on a running LC standdalone on Windows On Windows, if the APP is started by dropping a file on it, the file name is available to any handler in the startup sequence via the $1 special variable. i.e. IF teh variable $1 contains a f

Re: PDF widget print quality

2024-02-21 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I'm not sure it is possible. Livecode's printing tends to be card based and at card resolution, typically 72 dpi. I recall seeing some efforts on the lists and forums to make an object 4 times bigger (75 dpi x 4 = 300 dpi) so that when it is printed to a 300dpi printer is is a higher resolutio

Re: polygrid formatted column width

2024-02-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
an object reference, so, if not, you may need a hidden field/button as teh object reference set to the same font and size as the polygrid. Anyway, that's how I would try to solve this :-) Paul Dupuis Researchware On 2/20/2024 3:49 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: alrighty, the

Re: Manipulating PDF's

2024-02-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
If you just need a person to view a particular spot in a PDF, using the PDF widget in Livecode would be easier than trying to manipulate an arbitrary PDF viewer. If there is a way to adjust the scroll, it is probably PDF viewer specific and you'd need to know whether the user is using Apple Pre

Re: Latest PolyGrid

2024-02-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
1_0_33 is the version I am running as well. I had not seen any announcement or email about a .34 release. Now I think I will try to avoid it and wait for .35! On 2/13/2024 11:45 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi all, yesterday I installed the latest version of "livecode_enhancement

AW: Re: macOS window maximization weirdness

2024-02-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
hy macOS should receive a desktopChanged message on window maximization when Windows does not? Paul Dupuis Researchware On 1/15/2024 6:16 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I have a standalone, built with Livecode 9.6.11 STABLE, where for some windows (stacks) on certain macOS versions, maximizing

Re: Mousedown in Application Menubar Messages

2024-02-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I've not experienced any problems with the menubar group receiving a mouseDown message to adjust the menus based on context before they appear (LC versions up to 9.6.11 on macOS and Windows) A long time back, I did have an unnecessary  'wait 0 with messages' in my mouseDown handler and had ins

Re: Regex brain failure...

2024-02-03 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
; to make it work just for test. On Sat, 3 Feb 2024 at 21:13, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Never mind. The correct pattern is: ^\d+?\t.\tnontraditional field\tText\t2,319\tInterview 1\.txt$ There is a column with a space in it between the number column (1st column)

Re: Regex brain failure...

2024-02-03 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
to figure out why that is! On 2/3/2024 1:36 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I have a (reduced) example set of data in a variable "tCaseCodes" that is tab delimited set of lines below: 1         I am making a high salary    Text    2,319    Interview 1.txt 2         nontraditi

Regex brain failure...

2024-02-03 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I have a (reduced) example set of data in a variable "tCaseCodes" that is tab delimited set of lines below: 1         I am making a high salary    Text    2,319    Interview 1.txt 2         nontraditional field    Text    2,319    Interview 1.txt 3         gets married and stays married    Text 

Re: macOS window maximization weirdness

2024-01-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
 That is probably (hopefully) going to be a good place to start since you have good and bad placement in the same handler. Brian Milby br...@milby7.com On Jan 19, 2024, at 1:30 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So , for any one interested, here are screenshots of what is happening

Re: macOS window maximization weirdness

2024-01-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
So , for any one interested, here are screenshots of what is happening. The "Autocode" window (stack) and the "Search Sources" window (stack) are two example of the windows that do NOT maximize correctly. Many other resizable windows do so just fine and windows with both fewer and more controls

Re: Bug 23507 - LC Clipboard Polling Failure

2024-01-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Ralph, Thanks for the tip. As I did into this problem, I'll give that a try. I'm just getting tired of Apple and/or Livecode changing things so that code that DID work is then discovered NOT working any more. I have very limited time and resources and I'd like to spend MORE of it making new

macOS window maximization weirdness

2024-01-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I have a standalone, built with Livecode 9.6.11 STABLE, where for some windows (stacks) on certain macOS versions, maximizing the window results in no controls being drawn or most controls being drawn incorrectly. It is not every resizable window (stack) in my app, just some. It is not every v

Re: Embedded PDFs in Windows Menu

2023-12-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I'm not sure exactly what you are talking about? Are you asking about launching a PDF from a menu item under a "Windows" menu? On 12/31/2023 9:41 AM, Charles Szasz via use-livecode wrote: I have found that a method I use (proposed by LC tech support a few years ago to embed PDFs in a Windows

Re: Message Sent when Resizing Widgets: Workaround

2023-12-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Bob, This is nice trick (and code) to use an overlayed button to get a widget to respond to standard messages. Impressive! I really think that Livecode Ltd. needs to prioritize adding a set of "standard" object messages to every current widget to address these 3 bugs (and their generalizatio

Re: Should I upgrade to Xcode 15.0 or 15.1?

2023-12-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
both 15 and 15.1? i've been holding off on updating to sonoma On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 1:55 PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: For the purposes of notarization of macOS apps, I have seen no difference between Xcode 15 and 15.1 under Sonoma on a ma

Re: Should I upgrade to Xcode 15.0 or 15.1?

2023-12-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
For the purposes of notarization of macOS apps, I have seen no difference between Xcode 15 and 15.1 under Sonoma on a macBook Air (M1 processor) I don't developer iOS apps though, nor do I use Xcode for anything other than code signing, notarization, and stapling of macOS desktop apps On 12

Re: Which is faster...

2023-12-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
And that is THE DEFINITIVE answer! Wow! Thank you. On 12/15/2023 10:00 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2023-12-14 21:22, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Which is faster or more efficient (from an engine performance perspective)? To retrieve an array from a property? As in

Re: Which is faster...

2023-12-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 12/14/2023 5:25 PM, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote: Anything to distract me from my day job. Glad I could help! And thank you for the confirming benchmarks! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to s

Re: Which is faster...

2023-12-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
, at 1:22 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Which is faster or more efficient (from an engine performance perspective)? To retrieve an array from a property? As in: command someHandler -- in an objects script get the cMyArray from me -- cMyArray is some multi-dimensional array ... end

Which is faster...

2023-12-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Which is faster or more efficient (from an engine performance perspective)? To retrieve an array from a property? As in: command someHandler -- in an objects script   get the cMyArray from me -- cMyArray is some multi-dimensional array   ... end someHandler OR To retrieve an array from a script

Re: Get rid of the remote debugger

2023-12-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
hat I have not figured out yet, where this error occurs, when you are just doing what I'd consider "normal" debugging. I just have not had time to pin it down. (To busy filing PDF Widget bugs and enhancements to get it to parity with the XPDF external). Paul Dupuis Researchware

Re: greying out columns in a dataGrid

2023-11-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/30/2023 4:41 PM, Hershel F via use-livecode wrote: sorry my mistake. does not have to be greyed out should be a gray color. or to rephrase the question properly, how the change the color to gray? Ah! I am pretty sure it can be done, but I do not know how to do it exactly. By guess is tha

Re: greying out columns in a dataGrid

2023-11-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Usually, you do not disable or grey-out columns in a Datagrid, but make them invisible (hide or show the column) if they are not applicable to some view you want. On 11/30/2023 4:04 PM, Hershel F via use-livecode wrote: Hi all how is it done to grey out a column or multiple columns in data gri

Re: resizeControl wishes...

2023-11-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/30/2023 2:20 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: Groups get the message when resize happens by script. Other objects only receive the message when resized by hand. Brian Milby br...@milby7.com Except, the "PowerButton" widget actually receives "resizeControl" just as a group does w

Re: resizeControl wishes...

2023-11-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Thank you Richard. I see what the issue for me was. Groups do indeed receive a resizeControl message automatically if the rect is changed by script. However, the message (resizeControl) use seems inconsistent. For example, while a group does received the resizeControl message, a field does no

resizeControl wishes...

2023-11-30 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
resizeControl is sent "only sent when the user resizes a control by dragging its handles. It is not sent if a handler changes the size of a control by changing its properties (width, height, and so on)." Does anyone else really really wish that resizeControl was set when the control's size is

Re: Possible enhancement request

2023-11-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/2/2023 11:20 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi friends, before I post an enhancment request to the "Qualtiy Center", I wanted to hear your opinions about this. Wouldn't it be great if ALL widgets would receive and handle at least a mouseup (and mousedown) meassage? I have alw

Re: Launch does not work in Windows

2023-11-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/17/2023 4:24 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Hi all. Given: tTextEditorPath = "C:/Program Files/Windows NT/Accessories/wordpad.exe” tFilePath = "C:/Users/bobsneidar/Documents/Installs/The Whole Child/Cerritos/25528/Old Copier Settings.txt” The command: launch tFilePath with tTex

What to set the clipboardData to for exchanging styled text with a 3rd party app

2023-11-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Hivemind, Recommendation as to what is best to set the clipboardData property to, when you want to copy styled text from a field to the clipboard for exchange with a 3rd party (any 3rd party) application that supports some form of styled text, that can include text in multiple languages (i.e.

Re: Top things you are waiting for ....

2023-11-12 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/12/2023 3:42 AM, jbv via use-livecode wrote: My top priority : "rev" libraries (revXML, revZIP, perhaps others) to be fully Unicode compatible. I'll add the shell() function, which is not Unicode compatible on Windows (https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22334) ___

Re: Windows maximization on desktops

2023-11-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/9/2023 5:38 PM, ambassador--- via use-livecode wrote: Paul Dupuis wrote: Is there a message sent when a user click the maximize icon (macOS and Windows) in the titlebar of a window? As others have pointed out, resizeStack is sent. And by definition, wouldn't the windowBoundingRe

Re: Finally success with code signing Windows standalones withe the new eToken certificates under macOS using jarsigner

2023-11-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/9/2023 4:25 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Phew, after searching, reading and trying many days i was finally able to code sign my first Windows standalone under macOS today with this new eToken certificates using jarsigner. Congratulations! Code signing on any platform appears

Re: Windows maximization on desktops

2023-11-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
t; message should be sent. Kind regards, Panos -- On Tue, 7 Nov 2023 at 18:08, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Is there a message sent when a user click the maximize icon (macOS and Windows) in the titlebar of a window? "iconifyStack" is

Windows maximization on desktops

2023-11-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Is there a message sent when a user click the maximize icon (macOS and Windows) in the titlebar of a window? "iconifyStack" is sent for minimization, and "unIconifyStack" is sent when a minimizaed stack is expanded (from the Windows taskbar or Apple dock). However, I can't seem to find an equi

Re: Subtitle and the future of the Player control

2023-11-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
There are a lot more details to really assess a best choice here (unless your questions is rhetorical). Is this a planned web app, desktop app (which platforms) or a mobile app? I assume from the javascript player comment that you are looking to build this as a web app? What video file formats

Re: Property Inspector bug for keys with commas in the key name

2023-11-03 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Hi Bernd, You do make a good point about the documentation regarding custom properties. Assuming people read the documentation. At the same time, you used to be able to use commas in custom property names. As Curry noted, Livecode even used to use them in the standalone setting properties, so

Re: Crashing on M2 Mac

2023-11-03 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode Date: Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 3:23 PM To: Paul Dupuis via use-livecode Cc: Peter Bogdanoff Subject: Crashing on M2 Mac A user is reporting crashing on his M2 Sonoma Mac. This was a build of LC 9.6.10, with both Intel and Apple chosen in the Standalone set

Re: Crashing on M2 Mac

2023-11-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 11/2/2023 6:33 PM, Dan Friedman via use-livecode wrote: Peter, I recently discovered (from one of my own apps) that a Mac app built with 9.6.10 running on Sonoma crashes when the convert command is called. I rebuilt the app in 10.0.0 (dp 6) and the app no longer crashes. Hope that helps!

Property Inspector bug for keys with commas in the key name

2023-11-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
This bug (https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23512) where a comma in the key name of an array prevents the Proerty Inspector from being able to edit the property just bit me again. I have a stack (for help) that extensively uses keys with commas (create prior to the Project Browser a

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 9.6.11 RC-1

2023-11-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
When I installed 9.6.11rc1 (win64) and launched Livecode, after accepting the terms of service, I got the license authentication box, but it did not have my email or password (from all my other installed versions of Lievcode) filled in and was set to manual activation Now, I did recently manua

Re: Direct editing of polygrid text cells and polylist text elements

2023-11-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
+1 I'd like to know this too as I can see no way in the Property Inspector or the pgColumns property to indicate a column is 'editable'. Nor can I find any property, message, etc. in the polygrid Dictionary entry that seems to suggest cell editing. On 11/1/2023 5:28 PM, Peter Thirkell via u

Re: Oddity in 'currentCard' function?

2023-10-26 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/26/2023 4:44 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: Basically, its [currentCard] main use was for changing card (i.e. as a settable property); rather than finding out what card was current (since that was already catered for via interrogating 'this card of this stack'). FYI - this

Re: Oddity in 'currentCard' function?

2023-10-25 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/25/2023 12:34 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: If you want to do stuff with the current card of a stack, then don't use the currentCard property - 'this card of stack ...' *is* a chunk reference and thus it doesn't care whether the card has a name or not. Okay, I get that

Oddity in 'currentCard' function?

2023-10-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I think I found a oddity in the "currentCard" property. The documentation states that the currentCard property return the short name of the current card of a stack: for example: put the currentCard of stack "Untitled 1" into tCardName You can then execute code such as: set the myProperty of c

Re: Mdiai Keys - volume / play/pause/next...

2023-10-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
When I try on Windows 11 using Livecode 9.6.10 a rawKeyDown or rawkeyUp message, the media keys on my HP laptop all return 0 as the keyCode, so I think this is a bug of some sort that should be reported to the Livecode Quality Center https://quality.livecode.com/ The keyDown or keyUp message d

Re: OS X document icon missing

2023-10-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/19/2023 5:37 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 10/19/23 3:29 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: The extension shouldn't have an initial `.` - I suspect that is the problem :) That was it. I had to "Get Info" on the file before Finder noticed, but then the icon showe

Re: OS X document icon missing

2023-10-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
f your app (an reader of .rbox files) is in the list and open one to get macOS to associate viewing .rbox files with your App, since it does not actually create .rbox files? On 10/18/2023 3:54 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 10/18/23 10:35 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wro

Re: OS X document icon missing

2023-10-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/17/2023 8:11 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: How do I force Finder to show a custom document icon? I've created .icns files for both the app and its documents. I entered a custom extension in standalone settings. In a built standalone the app icon appears normally but an associ

Another macOS Codesigning/Notarization issue

2023-10-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Help, I am trying to switch Notarization tools for the Apple November deadline. I was using macOS Mojave with Xcode 10.2.1 and not (to use the new mandated Notary tool) have to move to Sonoma with Xcode 15.0.0. I have signed, notarized, and stapled (all responses returned were what the lesso

Re: Deployment: a plea/opportunity

2023-10-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/14/2023 7:12 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Hi all, there is a way to export a Apple ID account including developer certificates and provisioning profiles at once using Xcode. See here https://dl.qck.nu/?dl=Transfer-Copy_Developer_Account_to_a_new_computer.pdf Regards, Matthi

Re: Deployment: a plea/opportunity

2023-10-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/14/2023 12:52 AM, Mark Smith wrote: Paul, just so I understand this problem better. Is there a reason why you can’t just download your certificates from the Apple Developer site to your MacBook Air? Do they specifically restrict downloading to only certain devices? If you download from

Re: Deployment: a plea/opportunity

2023-10-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I'd love to see versions of Livecode stacks that assist with code signing and notarization for as many platforms as possible (I am aware of stacks for Windows and macOS) built into Livecode. That said, for my two major problems (1 on macOS and 1 on Windows), I don't think there is anything Liv

Re: AW: Another (macOS) Code signing guidance question...

2023-10-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/10/2023 8:23 PM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: Hello all, Just downloading the certificate from your account in the apple dev website, and using it in a different machine from the one it was created will not work (you get identity not found), because you need the private key a

Re: Window code signing certificate source recommendations

2023-10-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/10/2023 9:56 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Paul, just googled a little bit... If you have a safenet USB Token, than there seems to be a way to disable the password pop up. https://www.finalbuilder.com/resources/blogs/code-signing-with-usb-tokens Thank you for this! We

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