Re: Lock screen and animated gif

Thank you. In a future Livecode Global you should do a series on "How the Engine Actually Works" :-) On 12/21/2022 8:00 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2022-12-20 18:27, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: If someone switches to another applications (so a suspe

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

Mark, Thanks for clarifying! On 12/20/2022 1:10 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: Finally click button B2 on stack S2 - the one which changes the defaultStack in a pending message... Then observe an error - this is the case Paul describes. I must have had some of the above going on

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

I'm just using this post to raise awareness on the list (if anyone reading this doesn't know this already) When using 'wait 0 with messages' any messages in the pendingMessages (who are not delayed in time) get processed. This includes (potentially) user clicks (mouseDown and mosueUp events).

Re: currentCard vs current card

Thank you. I may have to switch to TinyDictionary, or, perhaps, LC LTD should just license the work and include all 350 synonyms in the default Dictionary. IMHO, the Dictionary is the one part of the documentation (vs User's Guides, tutorial, release notes, etc.) that should be the most up to

currentCard vs current card

In LC968 or 969rc2 the Dictionary has an entry for the 'currentCard' used either as a property: put the currentCard of stack "X" -- put the short name of the currently displayed card in stack X It appears the following syntax is also valid, but slightly different: puttheshortnameofcurrent card

Re: ChatGPT

Another perspective on ChatGPT: https://www.sciencealert.com/chatgpt-could-revolutionize-the-internet-but-its-secrets-have-experts-worried ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe an

Re: Another LC9.6.9rc2 regression? This time with Datagrids

if i do (and, instead work on this app i'm working on), it will demonstrate the sort of self-control that i'm legendarily lacking. OOH! SHINY! On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 5:08 PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Hi Mike, I suspect some change wa

Re: Another LC9.6.9rc2 regression? This time with Datagrids

temptation to dive in might be too great for me... On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 4:20 PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Anyone else having problems with: set the dgProp["someProperty"] of grp "someDatagrid" under LC 9.6.9rc2 vs LC 9.6

Another LC9.6.9rc2 regression? This time with Datagrids

Anyone else having problems with: set the dgProp["someProperty"] of grp "someDatagrid" under LC 9.6.9rc2 vs LC 9.6.8? In bug https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24046 were seeing lines of script where we set the dgProp of a datagrid just stop (like it hit and 'exit to top'). The same

Re: Build in Answer Dialog

at that, they replaced the stack with an SOS. don't mind me. On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 10:20 PM Mike Kerner wrote: have you tried replacing Tools/Toolset/palettes/ask-dialog/revaskdialog.rev with the older version? On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 6:50 PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-

Re: Build in Answer Dialog

2022 at 19:08, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Does anyone know how to make a change to the built in Answer Dialog stack permanent (for a given instance of LC)? I can show IDE stack in the Project Browser and see the Answer Dialog stack and make the change

Build in Answer Dialog

Does anyone know how to make a change to the built in Answer Dialog stack permanent (for a given instance of LC)? I can show IDE stack in the Project Browser and see the Answer Dialog stack and make the change I want (unchecking the Fixed line height for the field to fix regression: https://q

Re: Lock screen challenge

I was also going to suggest just brute forcing it. Something like: (code not complete or syntax checked) repeat with i=1 to the number of stacks   repeat with j = 1 to the number of cards in stack i     repeat with k= 1 to the number of controls of card j of stack i   put the script of contr

Re: LC Date Conversions post 2035

The results on Windows may also depend upon whether you built a 32 bit standalone or a 64 bit standalone? Or using the 32 or 64 bit version of whatever release of Livecode is being used. On 11/7/2022 9:55 AM, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote: Hi This thread reminded me of some sci-fi show s

Export Snapshot (macOS) and XPDF External bugs?

Combining two unrelated topics in one message: 1) I am seeing a bug under macOS in the export snapshot (of a player object) command. This is under LC 9.6.7 (and I think 9.6.8). We have a routine that takes a list of time codes in a movie, loads the movie into a player object, set the currentTi

Re: Printing (Preview in LC/screen vs Printer/PDF)

22 4:52 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I know this topic has been covered previously, probably many many times, but my search skills are failing me. We have a "printing stack" in our app that, among other things, provides a "Print Preview" view. This takes t

Printing (Preview in LC/screen vs Printer/PDF)

I know this topic has been covered previously, probably many many times, but my search skills are failing me. We have a "printing stack" in our app that, among other things, provides a "Print Preview" view. This takes the printer margins, page size, orientation, etc and creates a stack with th

Re: revZIP library...

on. This should give the compressed size directly after compression. Sean On 20 Oct 2022, at 16:31, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: In addition to the revZIP library, whether building for 32 bit Windows standalone or 64-bit Standalones, still (as of LC 9.6.8) has a 2GB limit on archives

Re: revZIP library...

glitch or more likely my eyes playing tricks on me. -- Paul On 10/20/2022 12:04 PM, Pi Digital via use-livecode wrote: Do you have no success with the revZipDescribeItem() function. This should give the compressed size directly after compression. Sean On 20 Oct 2022, at 16:31, Paul Dupuis via

revZIP library...

In addition to the revZIP library, whether building for 32 bit Windows standalone or 64-bit Standalones, still (as of LC 9.6.8) has a 2GB limit on archives it can open and a 2GB limit on what it can save, there appears to be NO mechanism to get the compressed size of an item (file) in the archi

Re: Long shot question about OpenCV

On 10/17/2022 9:24 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 10/17/22 15:00, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Has anyone out there done any work at wrapping the OpenCV computer vision/image recognition open source library with LCB? See https://opencv.org/ I am particularly interested in

Re: Processing WAV file sample data

ffmpeg will do this. While a video tool, it has robust capabilities for manipulating audio track or just audio files. In one of the Livecode Global problem solving sessions this summer examples of using ffmpeg from LC was demonstrated and the sample stack is available if you subscribed to the

Long shot question about OpenCV

Has anyone out there done any work at wrapping the OpenCV computer vision/image recognition open source library with LCB? See https://opencv.org/ I am particularly interested in simple face and/or object recognition in images - something where I can pass the library an image file (like a PNG)

Re: RANT (Mild): revZIP library

On 10/12/2022 2:35 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2022-10-11 20:37, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: We just got bit by a 4+ year old bug (See https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20859) where the revZIP library on macOS can create and read ZIP archives over 2GB, BUT

Re: RANT (Mild): revZIP library

X but it got us out of a short term hole. I hope you can get a more long term solution. I’m sure you’re capable of building the shell script but let us know if not. All the best Sean On 11 Oct 2022, at 20:37, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: We just got bit by a 4+ year old bug (See h

RANT (Mild): revZIP library

Windows researcher, they can be opened OR do we just warn the Windows researcher if the archive is over 2GB that they will not be able to open it? Neither is a good option. This just makes us look bad. Paul Dupuis Researchware ___ use-livecode mail

Re: Charts widget.

Yes, I see it in LC10.0.0dp4. It must be a new widget for LC10, possibly only working in LC10 and not earlier versions? Thank you for directing me to 10. On 9/26/2022 5:11 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: well, i learned something new. i don't even see that widget in 9, but i do in 10.

Re: Charts widget.

Where the heck is the chart widget (com.livecode.widget.chart)? It is not among the widgets in LC 9.6.8 or added by the Summer Bundle? Is it from LC or a 3rd party? If so from where? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: Hacking LiveCode

On 9/25/2022 12:41 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: chasing all the things that aren't documented, but you need to know about LCB took me back into hacking liveCode. it's just getting started. if you have tools or pointers, the repo/wiki/issues/discussion are at https://github.com/macMikey

Re: Excel Lib fail

On 9/2/2022 10:50 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: /sigh Got all excited about using the Excel Library for a new spreadsheet project and then discovered it doesn't work on linux, *only* works with actual Excel, not LibreOffice. Yes, I do realize it says "Excel" and not "spreadsheet".

Re: Text to speech

o all, Yes, we discussed this topic in August's Problem Solving session. The stack presented supports text-to-speech in all platforms (including Linux and Web). Kind regards, Panos -- On Fri, 2 Sept 2022 at 00:36, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

Re: Text to speech

it was? It sounds like exactly what I'm looking for. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On September 1, 2022 3:44:56 PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: On 9/1/2022 4:33 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote

Re: Text to speech

On 9/1/2022 4:33 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: What library/commands do you use for text to speech? I see that revSpeak works on Windows and Mac, and the speech library ("speech*") works on android, iOS, and Mac. What do you use if you want to support all four platforms? Do you jus

Re: the script of with line numbers?

On 8/29/2022 6:58 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 8/29/22 14:36, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Is there a way (an existing function or command in the language or IDE) to get the script of an object WITH the line numbers as you see them in the IDE script editor? While some

the script of with line numbers?

Is there a way (an existing function or command in the language or IDE) to get the script of an object WITH the line numbers as you see them in the IDE script editor? OR Do I just have to do something like: put the script of tObject into tScript repeat with i=1 to the number of lines in tScri

Re: Sorting [was: Polygrid sorting]

So what if you use the column headers on a PolyGrid (or whatever) to give the user a UI for sorting by column (adding, or not, sort arrows to the header labels). Is it still more efficient to re-query the database with the new, user chosen, sort order and repopulate the PolyGrid? Or more eff

Re: Livecode performance problem

Thank you! The prior solutions have dramatically reduced the time - the WHOLE analytics process in its entirety because of the slowness of my old code was taking HOURS (like 6-10) - and is now down to 30-35 minutes with the prior solutions. I can't wait to tr the combine by columns method to s

Re: The use-livecode list.

No, THANK YOU! On 8/19/2022 7:53 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: I've had a pretty shitty day. A variety of things have happened, or not happened, that made it not one of the good days. So I was not happy, and rather grumpy. (My apologies to Panos for being ungracious in an earlier

Re: Livecode performance problem

On 8/19/2022 7:40 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 8/19/22 16:31, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: to trim about another 15% off the time (for my sample data, 24ms down to 20ms.) Nice. Note, of course, that we're all going on the assumption that all four fields contain the same

Livecode performance problem

current takes about 20 seconds for 2000 lines or about a second per 100 lines (very roughly, I was not using a timer in my code, just my wristwatch seconds in the IDE debugger between breakpoints) Thank you for any pointers in advance, Paul Dupuis Researchware _

Re: AW: Polygrid sorting (problems)

Yes, Livecode enhancements bundle 1_0_21 (with PolyGrid 1.1.3) On 8/18/2022 8:31 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: which version is that? 21? On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 7:21 PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: All, Bug 23886 has been fixed wi

Re: AW: Polygrid sorting (problems)

All, Bug 23886 has been fixed with the latest release of the Summer Bundle widget sets. Download from the store. On 8/17/2022 3:51 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: BTW the problem of: the text of widget X the csvData of widget X the tsvData of widget X AND (not in the Livecode 9.6.8

Re: Comparison chart for DataGrid, PolyList, PolyGrid, list fields....

On 8/18/2022 6:29 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: If a newcomer needs to display a list, how can they know what to use? Currently we have: - list field - Table field - DataGrid - PolyGrid - PolyList - others? Is there a chart listing the features of each that I can point new users

Re: the effective width of a stack?

On 8/17/2022 1:38 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I can across some old code where I an referring to if (the effective width of stack X > someValue) then This code produces no errors and works. However, I was just trying to look up 'effective width' to see exactly what it

AW: Polygrid sorting (problems)

=23886 On 8/15/2022 3:34 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So there is an example of sorting in the PolyGrid documentation under the entry for the MESSAGE "headerClick" and under the entry to the PROPERTY "text" (and in 'the text of me') The example code

Re: the effective width of a stack?

On 8/17/2022 1:58 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 8/17/22 10:38, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I'd appreciate any pointers to where effective width or effective height of a stack is documented. You can't use "effective" with custom prop

the effective width of a stack?

I can across some old code where I an referring to if (the effective width of stack X > someValue) then This code produces no errors and works. However, I was just trying to look up 'effective width' to see exactly what it was doing in the Livecode 9.6.8 Dictionary and struck out! Under the

Re: Polygrid sorting (problems)

On 8/15/2022 7:51 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: On 8/15/2022 7:22 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: On 15/08/2022 20:34, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So there is an example of sorting in the PolyGrid documentation under the entry for the MESSAGE "headerClick"

Re: Polygrid sorting (problems)

On 8/15/2022 7:22 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: On 15/08/2022 20:34, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So there is an example of sorting in the PolyGrid documentation under the entry for the MESSAGE "headerClick" and under the entry to the PROPERTY "text" (an

Re: Sorting [was: Polygrid sorting]

Perhaps some expansion of the column "pgContentTypeofColumn" property? The current possible values are: text|svg-lcname|imagedata|imagefile|color|boolean|autoincrement Allowing the addition of 'numeric' and 'datetime' would at least allow a mapping to sorts although sort support 'international'

Re: Polygrid sorting

On 8/15/2022 4:55 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 8/15/22 13:12, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So I see that the Summer Bundle of widgets in the store has a note that says "Latest update 1.0.19: 11 August 2022" However, the Download button says "Version 1.0.

Re: Polygrid sorting

FYI, I also just tested on a MacBook Air, M1, running Monterey with LC9.6.8 and the version 1.0.0 of the Summer Bundle widget packs and the PolyGrid and my sample stack displayed for me at 10, 100, and 500 columns and rows. On 8/15/2022 4:01 PM, Mark Smith via use-livecode wrote: Hi Paul,

Re: Polygrid sorting

I just tested on macOS Mojave (10.14) on an Intel MacBook Pro and the PolyGrid and my sample stack work as expected. Tried 10, 100, and 500 columns/rows. Now I have to find the MacBook Air with Monterey and see... 8/15/2022 4:01 PM, Mark Smith via use-livecode wrote: Hi Paul, I downloaded y

Re: Polygrid sorting

So I see that the Summer Bundle of widgets in the store has a note that says "Latest update 1.0.19: 11 August 2022" However, the Download button says "Version 1.0.0". Does anyone know how to update the widget set to 1.0.19 or how to update a single widget? On 8/15/2022

Re: Polygrid sorting

. Thinking it might be my laptop (apple silicon M1) I tried it on an Intel MacBook Pro and got the same result. I am a big fan of being able to lock top and left-most column/rows of any grid and would happily endorse your request. Cheers, Mark On 15 Aug 2022, at 7:29 pm, Paul Dupuis via use

Re: Polygrid sorting (problems)

e updating otherwise these properties require updating! On 8/15/2022 2:29 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So, I bought the Summer Bundle. Yes, it is a good deal. In my case it was primarily for the Polygrid widget. Our application uses a Datagrid to display customer research data. Th

Polygrid sorting

So, I bought the Summer Bundle. Yes, it is a good deal. In my case it was primarily for the Polygrid widget. Our application uses a Datagrid to display customer research data. The columns headers are text and the left most column ROWs are test and all other cells are numbers. Some customers ca

Datagrid and new Summer Bundle table/grid widgets

To anyone with the Summer Bundle: The Datagrid object has a practical limit on the number of columns that I just reported as https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23875 (about 327 columns at a default column width of 100px due to the Group objects 32767px width limit) Do any of the tab

Re: Datagrid internal error

On 8/10/2022 5:02 PM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode wrote: 32,767 is the max for width as well. If there are enough columns it is possible that the DataGrid is rendering a group that exceeds this limit and hence the error. The DataGrid works around the limit when rendering rows, but not when ren

Re: Datagrid internal error

On 8/10/2022 5:02 PM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode wrote: 32,767 is the max for width as well. If there are enough columns it is possible that the DataGrid is rendering a group that exceeds this limit and hence the error. The DataGrid works around the limit when rendering rows, but not when ren

Re: Datagrid internal error

I do appreciate the responses. My question was not about the number of records, but about the number of COLUMNS and whether there is any practical or known limit. When my code is setting the column names, that list comes from customer entered data. I know that each name is less than 255 charac

Re: Datagrid internal error

a property you set, after which you programmatically control the population of the datagrid. I am in a hurry so I can't look it up right now, but it is in the datagrid API in livecode lessons. Bob S On Aug 9, 2022, at 05:09 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I can only image that th

Re: Windows standalone settings

On 8/10/2022 4:14 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: Does anyone still build for Windows x86 or is x86-64 sufficient now? Also, what UAC execution level do you set? Default, highest avialable, etc.? I still build for 32 bit windows as it still works and is the lowest common denomin

Summer Bundle table/grid widgets....

I am in need of a control to display a table of numbers. The top ROW are column labels (text, sometimes up to 255 characters). The left COLUMN is row labels (text, sometime up to 255 characters). I'd like a widget that: 1) Can display this with the top row (or headers) fixed so they remain visib

Re: Datagrid internal error

ieve dgProp ["columns"] is a comma delimited list. Bob S On Aug 8, 2022, at 09:26 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: A customer encountered the following execution error (below) in our app (built on Livecode 9.6.7, MacOS 12.5). This error is occurring in the scrips for the Datagri

Re: Datagrid internal error

On 8/8/2022 12:26 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: A customer encountered the following execution error (below) in our app (built on Livecode 9.6.7, MacOS 12.5). This error is occurring in the scrips for the Datagrid itself, rather than our code. At the end, it is one of our handler

Datagrid internal error

A customer encountered the following execution error (below) in our app (built on Livecode 9.6.7, MacOS 12.5). This error is occurring in the scrips for the Datagrid itself, rather than our code. At the end, it is one of our handler, "populateMe", where line 139 is where the error starts. Line 1

Re: megabundle thoughts

On 8/5/2022 12:32 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: i have not seen much discussion of the megabundle, especially about the widgets, etc. i'm not sure if it's worth the $. thoughts? I think the widgets are great additions to Livecode. That said, I have not purchased the MegaBundle. My L

Re: wait 0 with messages (and the defaultStack)

the card script and then use the form 'field "myField" of me' to reference each field. Even better, if I reference the object repeatedly I will 'put the long id of of me' into a variable initially, then use the variable as a reference. Bob S On Aug 1, 2022, at

Re: wait 0 with messages (and the defaultStack)

On 7/30/2022 3:53 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: My understanding of 'wait 0 with messages' is that it will cause any pending messages, that are not scheduled for a time later than the current time, in the pendingMessages queue to be processed before continuing. Messages

Re: wait 0 with messages

On 7/30/2022 7:49 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 7/30/22 12:53, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: My understanding of 'wait 0 with messages' is that it will cause any pending messages, that are not scheduled for a time later than the current time, in the pendingMessage

wait 0 with messages

My understanding of 'wait 0 with messages' is that it will cause any pending messages, that are not scheduled for a time later than the current time, in the pendingMessages queue to be processed before continuing. Messages later than the current time (when the statement is executed) will not be

Re: Livecode Builder developer wanted

es as time permits. Paul Dupuis Researchware  On 7/28/2022 11:57 AM, harrison--- via use-livecode wrote: Hi Paul, I seriously doubt that anyone would be chomping at the bit for this task. First, you expect the person to spend their free time looking at the task to determine the effort and

Re: Livecode Builder developer wanted

On 7/28/2022 8:39 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: I don't know if I'm surprised or not surprised that the LCB takeup seems to be low. Actually, I am surprised. I have seen mentioned on this list dozens of LCB widgets and libraries, including those developed by others and licensed by

Re: Livecode Builder developer wanted

Still looking for a LCB developer to build/configure Trevor's wrapper for pocketsphinx for macOS also for Windows. On 7/14/2022 3:50 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I am looking to hire someone to take what Trevor DeVore started 3 years ago, for the Livecode conference, of maki

Livecode Builder developer wanted

contacted Trevor, but he is tied up with other work and unavailable. Paul Dupuis Researchware ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http

Re: macOS Ventura (13.x.x)...

On 7/10/2022 1:26 PM, Colin Holgate via use-livecode wrote: With 9.6.3 Community version, showing the message box, or the script window of a button, crashes LiveCode right away. Opening a stack made in 9.6.3 with Monterey, does show 10.16.0 when run in 9.6.3 in Ventura. Thank you. __

macOS Ventura (13.x.x)...

9.6.8. Thank you to anyone that can do this test in advance, Paul Dupuis Researchware ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Images and arrays...

I am drawing a blank: If I have the following code:   export snapshot from rect tRect of player "mediaConvert" of stack "libHrAPI" to tImage as PNG   put tImage into pRefArray[tRef] The actual image (not a reference, such as a long ID) is placed in the tRefArr

Re: Is Anyone on the list still using macOS 10.11?

I still have a system running High Sierra and one running El Capatan. I can test on either of those. On 6/27/2022 8:26 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Hi, is there anyone on the list still using macOS 10.10 and would be willing to test 2 or 3 sample apps for me. The apps are just w

Re: {OT} Are there any ffmpeg "experts" on this list?

entry for "mediaFoundationTranscode" - it has a detailed example for concatenating 2 media files. Hope this helps Kind regards, Panos -- On Fri, 24 Jun 2022 at 18:08, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: I am doing some work with Livecode script construct

{OT} Are there any ffmpeg "experts" on this list?

I am doing some work with Livecode script constructing calls (via shell()) to ffmpeg to perform some video/audio concatenation. I have barely learned a tiny bit of ffmpeg and and wondering if there are any people proficient with ffmpeg wh might be interesting in a small bit of paid consulting

Re: char as word boundary

On 6/13/2022 12:13 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: Hypercard and livecode 6.7:  the number of chars (numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)) = 2 livecode 9.67  :   the number of chars (numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)&

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

Never use octal. pretty much any entries theses days are decimal or hexadecimal. Even binary (bit shifting or masks) is exceedingly rare On 6/9/2022 8:44 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: So I'm currently sitting here about to embark on fixing

Re: HTML font size in percentages

On 5/20/2022 4:30 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: Thanks for verifying it Paul, that's what I was thinking too. I'm looking at replacing the sizes via the style runs, I have a handler Mark Waddingham gave me/us on the list last year that I think I can modify. But I'd be grateful to

Re: HTML font size in percentages

You have to do replacement of the size value in the field's htmlText (or perhaps styledText) I have code that does this. I can provide it to you if you like. I don't claim it is the bets or most effiecent. Unfortunately, I am gone for the rest of today, s tomorrow is the earliest I could send

Re: Maximum length of mySQL request ?

You can save some characters by the following: SELECT ... FROM myTable WHERE id IN (5523,7831,162814,34895,...) which is the same as using multiple OR equals in your example. If you need to break this up further, you can UNION the results of multiple queries, such as: SELECT ... FROM myTable

Re: Where is the pdf external in LC 9.6 and 10?

On 5/18/2022 4:55 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Paul, Am 18.05.2022 um 22:44 schrieb Paul Dupuis via use-livecode : It got removed from LC 9.6.6 and 9.6.7 and 10.0.0 dp 1 to 3. They (Livecode Support) said it would be back in LC 10.0.0 dp 4 and presumable and further

IDE Property Editor for Custom Properties error

This bug probably won't impact many people, but I just reported bug https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23712 In older versions of LC you could have custom property keys that had commas in them, such as a key like "topic,subtopic" for a online help system. The current (and recent) pro

Re: Where is the pdf external in LC 9.6 and 10?

It got removed from LC 9.6.6 and 9.6.7 and 10.0.0 dp 1 to 3. They (Livecode Support) said it would be back in LC 10.0.0 dp 4 and presumable and further releases in the 9.6.x series. You can copy it from the 9.6.5 of earlier to the ccorresponding folder for LC 9.6.7. For example, on Windows it

Re: Set HTMLText and Get Effective HTMLText

Instead of: set the HTMLText of VarHTMLText to URL VarURL Use: set the HTMLText of the templateField to URL VarURL And instead of: get the effective HTMLText of VarHTMLText2 Use: get the effective HTMLText of the templateField ___ use-livecode ma

Re: Movie text tracks

This is not any sort of immediate help, but a quick Google search suggests that both AVF (Apple Video Foundation) and MMF (Microsoft Media Foundation - the underlying framework for the player in Livecode 10) support classes and APIs to access multiple media tracks and metadata. I don't know abo

Re: Sqlite and Monterey on M1

On 5/12/2022 2:25 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Bob Sneidar wrote: > I don't think the latest Apple operating systems allow the writing > to the App Support folder, even if you have explicit write > permissions. Where are we supposed to write application support files if not to Ap

Re: LC subscription and special characters

On 5/12/2022 6:18 AM, panagiotis m via use-livecode wrote: Hello Paul, Does Alt+A9 work for you? Cheers, Panos -- No. Alt+A9 does not work. I checked my Registry (per https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18702#c15) and in Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Method there

Re: LC subscription and special characters

-972ee12e50e0) of type U+ such as U+B5 for µ and then pressing ALT-X does work in MS-Word, but not in TextPad! Neither method works in Livecode 9.6.7 So, not: ALT + 00A9 ALT 00A9 ALT X 00A9 U+A9 ALT X On 5/11/2022 5:10 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: According to Microsoft, for Windows

Re: LC subscription and special characters

stack with a new scrolling field. -- Paul On 5/11/2022 4:41 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: In Livecode 9.6.7 STABLE under Windows 10, I create a new stack with a single new scrolling field. I switch to run mode (pointer tool) and with a blinking insertion bar in the field, tried: ALT

Re: LC subscription and special characters

arlier versions of LC. So, could someone be kind enough to make a quick test with the most recent versions of LC, by typing text inside a field, if special characters can be used, like alt+144 for É, and possibly on azerty and qwerty keyboards ? Thank you in advance. Le 2022-05-10 17:53, Paul Dupuis v

Re: LC subscription and special characters

I thought I recalled a bug in the LC engine where using the keyboard method of typing the character code, press ALT, and then press X. For example, to type a dollar symbol ($), type 0024, press ALT, and then press X, didn't work in Livecode. However, I just tried searching the Livecode Quality

Re: Launch of multiple application instances (Mac vs Win)

Nevermind. I found the "Relaunch Sampler.rev" stack referred to in the Dictionary entry and it explains how the message is used further. On 5/8/2022 12:08 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: The LC 9.6.7 Dictionary entry to 'relaunch" states: It can be used in the

Re: Launch of multiple application instances (Mac vs Win)

The LC 9.6.7 Dictionary entry to 'relaunch" states: It can be used in the following three ways: |1. If the message is passed, then the new instance continues running. 2. If "background" is returned, then the new instance is terminated. 3. If nothing is returned but the message is not passed, t

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