Re: Catalina Entitlements or Permissions (was Possible Catalina problem)

2020-06-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
sary entitlements, and include it in the params passed to the codesign command. See this report for more details: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22660 Kind regards, Panos -- On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 14:56, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: We're ha

Catalina Entitlements or Permissions (was Possible Catalina problem)

2020-06-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
We're having some macOS Catalina permissions/entitlements issues We have applications that we deliver for Catalina where the application (LiveCode standalone) is code-signed. It is then packaged in an installers (LiveCode standalone) and the installer is code signed. That is then placed in a

Re: Possible Catalina problem...

2020-06-08 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
standalones created frome the IDE with no signing etc. If you like, I can test your apps on my MacBook with Catalina in order to check if the problems are replicable. CU, Torsten Am 08.06.2020 um 16:55 schrieb Paul Dupuis via use-livecode : We have run into a possible problem. Researchware makes

Possible Catalina problem...

2020-06-08 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
We have run into a possible problem. Researchware makes two applications, HyperRESEARCH and HyperTRANSCRIBE. We have new forthcoming versions of both built on LiveCode 9.5.1. These two applications are code signed and the DMG is code signed, notarized, and stapled for Catalina. They both work

Re: Unicode and languages

2020-06-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 6/5/2020 1:46 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2020-06-05 18:15, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I don't even know if language exists in the IBM Unicode engine as some exportable property a future version of LiveCode could expose. Any clever ideas or thoughts

Unicode and languages

2020-06-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
In all the added stuff the LC7 and higher Unicode engine includes, is there any way to determine the LANGUAGE of a range of text? USE-CASE We have a tool that helps researchers transcribe text from digital media. It is used internationally. We have added spell checking using lclSpell form

Re: ADA Compliency

2020-05-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 5/26/2020 6:56 PM, Dan Friedman via use-livecode wrote: Has anyone done anything in regards to ADA compliancy in mobile apps built with LiveCode? Using the apple or android accessibility tools such as Screen reading, for example. I have been periodically looking at assistive

AW: Drawing a blank on simple code...

2020-05-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 5/19/2020 6:46 PM, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: You're almost there Paul! On 5/19/20 2:18 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I have a set of custom properties in stack "X", a lot of which begin with "options_" So I assume these are members of a customPro

Drawing a blank on simple code...

2020-05-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I have a set of custom properties in stack "X", a lot of which begin with "options_" I want to loop through them and get the values, so I have:   local tDisplayList   put the customKeys of stack "X" into tProperties   filter lines of tProperties with "options_*"   if tProperties is empty then

AW: Re: I need some DataGrid performance help

2020-05-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Reduced to a consistent 1.5 to 2 minutes by revising the setting of datagrid column properties the columns themselves, widths, and alignments set all at one. Tooltips, sort type and sort direction set in a loop in revised code. I still do not understand why in the original code, when 1st set

Re: I need some DataGrid performance help

2020-05-06 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 5/6/2020 1:53 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: In reality, 'lock messages' is a sledge-hammer and like a sledge-hammer it can cause fallout if not wielded carefully. Slightly off topic, but I have run into time where I wish I could lock a specific message or set of messages.

Re: I need some DataGrid performance help

2020-05-06 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 5/6/2020 7:58 AM, zryip theSlug via use-livecode wrote: After each call to a column property such as dgColumnWidth, the datagrid is resized (header, column, rectangles, etc) This I did not know. Thank you. Instead of having them in the loop, prepare the column size, columns label, etc and

Re: I need some DataGrid performance help

2020-05-06 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 5/6/2020 6:55 AM, Pi Digital via use-livecode wrote: What handler do you have this code? From what you are saying it seems it’s deploying this formatting script every time it redraws which itself is very inefficient and unnecessary. It should only have to deal with the data itself ideally.

I need some DataGrid performance help

2020-05-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I have a datagid operation that should be fast that is taking a long time and I don't understand why. I use a datagrid to display a table of data as part of an analysis. The columns are file names and the rows are selected phrases found in those files. The first column is the list of phrases

Re: OT: How to graph a specific data set?

2020-05-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 5/5/2020 11:17 AM, Prothero-ELS via use-livecode wrote: Paul, The first question I have is: “what are you trying to communicate with your chart?” The answer to that question will point to a charting strategy. Bill I am trying to visually call attention to those intersections with high

OT: How to graph a specific data set?

2020-05-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
This is NOT a "How to do this in LiveCode" question. I have a data set (below), produced by a LiveCode program and the data is exported to Excel. I am trying to figure out: 1) What the "best" style of graph to visualize this data is? I thought perhaps a "Bubble Chart" but  - in Excel at

Re: What is a real?

2020-04-25 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 4/25/2020 10:40 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Apparently nothing is a real. Neither is anything strictly a real. I have never heard a more philosophical statement in all my life ;-) ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: LC equivalent of php utf8_encode and utf8_decode ?

2020-04-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 4/13/2020 9:07 AM, jbv via use-livecode wrote: Hello list, Suddenly I'm having a blank : what is the LC equivalent of utf8_encode and utf8_decode in php for a string ? Thanks in advance jbv ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Maximum field height?

2020-04-06 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 4/5/2020 10:48 PM, JB via use-livecode wrote: The question is why don’t they make them compatible? Is their some kind of FCC regulation that prevents Apple from using phone apps on the desktop? Back in the HyperCard days there was hyperDialer and I really liked it a lot but I think the

Re: Maximum field height?

2020-04-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 4/5/2020 1:16 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I have a field that reports a formattedheight of 125396. I want to extend it to full height for use inside an enclosing scrolling group. But when I try to set the height to the formattedHeight, I get an error: Value is not a number.

Re: DataGrid question: Suggestions for further enhancements

2020-04-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 4/2/2020 10:35 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: As far as I am concerned, datagrids make table fields obsolete. I agree. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

AW: Answer dialog enhancement...

2020-04-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
So I have a working mechanism to add a "Don't Ask Again" check box to the existing standard Answer Dialog on the fly. I offer it up to the community for anyone who needs it and for anyone who may want to improve the code. The scripts are below. There is a sample usage you can place in a

Re: Answer dialog enhancement...

2020-03-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/31/2020 7:12 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Seems like most if not all this code has been done already in the dialog itself. I’ll look into it because I wanted at one point to make an enhanced answer dialog as well. Bob S I'm thinking that if I need to roll my own, then my

Re: Answer dialog enhancement...

2020-03-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/31/2020 6:10 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: The answer dialog is simply a stack in and of itself if I am not mistaken. I’m wondering if you couldn’t find that stack and clone it for your own purposes… Bob S Yes. That is easy enough. Turn on "Show IDE Stacks in List" from the

Answer dialog enhancement...

2020-03-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Here is another attempt to not reinvent the wheel: We, like a lot of people, use: answer [/iconType/]/prompt/[with/button1/[or/buttons/]] [titled/windowTitle/] [as sheet] And we use the various iconTypes to who error, warning, or informational icons. We have a lot of these that are caution

AW: specialFolderPath, Microsoft Window, and 64 bits

2020-03-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
So, I think I may have answered by own question. IF my app is 32 bit THEN    specialFolderPath(38) returns the 32 bit app folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\)   and    specialFolderPath(42) returns the 32 bit app folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\) IF my app is 64 bit THEN    specialFolderPath(38)

Re: specialFolderPath, Microsoft Window, and 64 bits

2020-03-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/31/2020 1:13 PM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode wrote: Paul, I had a similar situation recently where I needed to get some DPI information about the monitors that wasn't available through my LC main application. I ended up writing a simple command line tool in Visual Studio that used the

Re: specialFolderPath, Microsoft Window, and 64 bits

2020-03-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/31/2020 12:54 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Well that certainly complicates things! :-) Yea! Our application is used by researchers in Academia, and more are shifting to served application for distance learning, especially with the pandemic. We know we work under Citrix

Re: specialFolderPath, Microsoft Window, and 64 bits

2020-03-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/31/2020 12:26 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: The Windows Registry uses HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths as the path to the installation folder for all installed applications. put

Re: specialFolderPath, Microsoft Window, and 64 bits

2020-03-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/31/2020 12:12 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2020-03-31 17:07, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: On 3/31/2020 8:37 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Under LiveCode 9.x.x (up to 9.6.0dp3) I can see no way to obtain the 64bit application installation folder using

Re: specialFolderPath, Microsoft Window, and 64 bits

2020-03-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/31/2020 8:37 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Under LiveCode 9.x.x (up to 9.6.0dp3) I can see no way to obtain the 64bit application installation folder using SpecialFolderPath? Does anyone know if this is correct or am I missing something? So answering my own question

Re: specialFolderPath, Microsoft Window, and 64 bits

2020-03-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/31/2020 11:24 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Isn’t the defaultFolder the app folder when you launch it? Yes, but I am interested in where OTHER applications have been installed (a specific other application that could have ts 32 bit OR its 64 bit version installed)

specialFolderPath, Microsoft Window, and 64 bits

2020-03-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On Windows, the SpecialFolderPath function can use Constant Special Item ID List (CSIDL) values, but since Windows Vista, developer were supposed to switch to using the Microsoft Known Folder ID system instead (I just learned this, so there's that!) (see

Re: Cross-platform Bluetooth and Speech to text

2020-03-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/27/2020 1:38 PM, R.H. via use-livecode wrote: Cross-platform Speech to Text Has anybody ever implemented "speech to text" (not TTS)? It should be possible with the browser widget using web API's: Microsoft Cognitive Serrvices, IBM Watson, Speechmatics...? But ideally, it would not depend

Re: Its very quiet

2020-03-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/27/2020 11:16 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: All I am doing right now is working in Livecode! Very refreshing. How about we all chime in on what we are currently working on? I'm working on implementing a frozen left column pane "Datagrid" based on the code zryip theSlug kindly

Re: DataGrid question...

2020-03-26 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/26/2020 4:31 PM, zryip theSlug via use-livecode wrote: The "Freeze pane" stack is available here: https://www.aslugontheroad.com/download/category/4-lab It demonstrates how to scroll, select and sort two datagrids synchronizaly.  Thank you. That is really a helpful time saver. All I need

Re: DataGrid question...

2020-03-26 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/26/2020 9:54 AM, zryip theSlug via use-livecode wrote: Paul, I have somewhere a stack demonstrating how to use a second datagrid with the columns to freeze and how to synchronize this second datagrid with the main datagrid when the rows are scrolled. If you may interested I can share it.

DataGrid question...

2020-03-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Has anyone come up with a way to configure a DataGrid (LC9) so that the left most column remains visible when the other columns are scrolled horizontally? Or is the only way to to do this is to have a separate field to the left of the DataGrid that holds the left column? Anyone solved this

Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file...

2020-03-22 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/22/2020 8:41 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2020-03-21 14:09, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So far the only person who has read my post and replied with what I was looking for was Peter - and although the routine was written in Rebol rather than LiveCode, he kindly

Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file...

2020-03-21 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Nope. The reason I refer to the routine as "guessEncoding" is that I absolutely know that it is a "guess" based on the presence of nulls and other bytes for UTF files and by statistical sampling for various characters for MacRoman vs CP1252. We also offer a optional way for the user to pick

Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file...

2020-03-21 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/20/2020 8:49 PM, peterwawood via use-livecode wrote: PaulI wrote a simple function to guess the encoding of a file but in Rebol not LiveCode. I'm not sure how it compares with your current function in terms of accuracy. It is being used by a company which does a lot of text processing.

Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file... [OT]

2020-03-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/20/2020 4:47 PM, doc hawk via use-livecode wrote: On Mar 20, 2020, at 12:51 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode wrote: Just for a laugh... one of the more esoteric codings I used in the quasi modern error (besides EBCDIC) was the 5 bit Quotron stock ticker system in the mid 90s. It used

Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file...

2020-03-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/20/2020 1:11 PM, doc hawk via use-livecode wrote: On Mar 19, 2020, at 1:31 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: “ASCII" Wait, you’re not going to distinguish between six and seven bit ASCII? :_) Okay, now you going for the low blow :-) Next, you'll be suggesting I need to

Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file...

2020-03-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/20/2020 1:44 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: I would be interested to learn more about the details of the subsequent refinements over the decade since, but also the ROI proposition for today: I'll try to remember to share the current code after this current review. I'm happy

Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file...

2020-03-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
To Sean and Bob, Thank you for your replies. I may not have been clear enough in my original post: We make and sell an App for macOS and Windows. It's uses around the world by researchers (not a lot of them as it is a niche product) on their computers. The research applications allows input

Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file...

2020-03-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Mar 2020, at 20:31, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: This has come up many times before, but I'll ask once again in case something has changed or someone new sees this. Does anyone have a routine that will take a filespec to a text file and return the guessed encoding of the text file

Guessing the encoding of a test file...

2020-03-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
This has come up many times before, but I'll ask once again in case something has changed or someone new sees this. Does anyone have a routine that will take a filespec to a text file and return the guessed encoding of the text file? First, please don't respond with your should know the

OT: Project Lasso

2020-03-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/16/2020 3:37 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 3/16/20 11:37 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Most time my Windows 10 laptop slows LC (IDE or SA) down it is due to some other process chewing up time. This is Off Topic, but does any know of a safe, reliable tool

Re: Windows Slowness

2020-03-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/16/2020 2:27 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Bob Sneidar wrote: > Not complaining just reporting. The same standalone on a Mac takes 3 > seconds to load all the data from a series of sql queries. The same > information on Windows standalone takes 13 seconds, both 32 bit and 64 >

Re: Where is André ? André says "goodbye"

2020-03-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
It s revXMLText (idID) that converts high ASCII characters to HTML entities, so I don't think file vs binfile will make much difference. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: Where is André ? André says "goodbye"

2020-03-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/14/2020 3:58 AM, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode wrote: revXMLPutIntoNode idID, "/identity/name", textEncode (field "name_source" ,"UTF8") -- fld contains "André" When I write the XML file: put revXMLText (idID) into URL **myFile.xml** … I don’t find André any longer, but Andr

Re: Philosophical questions about the fontNames

2020-03-12 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/12/2020 3:24 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: With more substantial content (web authoring, printed materials, etc.) the user cares very much, and the likelihood of ever wanting the OS-specific default font is low, so assigning your own default font explicitly would work well

Re: Philosophical questions about the fontNames

2020-03-12 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/12/2020 12:22 PM, hh via use-livecode wrote: Indeed, the current implementation of (Default),(Menu),(Message),(Styled Text),(System),(Text),(Tooltip) is not very useful. For example (System) at size 13 on MacOS 10.15 is on Windows 10 at about (System) at size 12. So one needs nevertheless

Re: Philosophical questions about the fontNames

2020-03-12 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/12/2020 12:47 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2020-03-12 15:53, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So here is the simple use-case I ran into. We have a field with an editor toolbar for rich content editing in an app. The field is set to (Text) upon start up, as in: set

Re: Philosophical questions about the fontNames

2020-03-12 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/12/2020 3:46 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2020-03-11 23:38, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I filled a bug report on this back in February: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22564 Mark Waddingham declared it was not a bug but a documentation issue, so I

Re: Philosophical questions about the fontNames

2020-03-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/11/2020 6:48 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 3/11/20 5:36 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Querying the fontNames includes: (Default) (Styled Text) (Menu) (Text) (Message) (Tooltip) (System) These are not font names, but constants the engine accepts so that we

Re: StackSize limit on iOS

2020-03-06 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
just a guess, but does "printingStack" have a maxWidth value set (other than the default of 65535)? On 3/5/2020 10:46 PM, Dan Friedman via use-livecode wrote: I am trying to produce a landscape PDF on a iPhone… open inv stack "printingStack" set the width of stack "printingStack" to (11*72)

Re: Powerpoint to LiveCode

2020-03-03 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 3/2/2020 4:04 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Out of curiosity, has anyone created a library that will import  - the parts of a Powerpoint presentation that can be recreated in Livecode -  into a LiveCode stack? Of course .pptx files are actuall just ZIP archives with assorted XML

Re: Powerpoint to LiveCode

2020-03-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
import your Powerpoint presentation to Keynote, make whatever changes you want and then Export it as HTML. It’s really cool how it works. Keynote can also Export to Powerpoint too, as well as PDFs. Then import into LiveCode? Just my 2 cents. Rick On Mar 2, 2020, at 4:04 PM, Paul Dupuis via use

Powerpoint to LiveCode

2020-03-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Out of curiosity, has anyone created a library that will import  - the parts of a Powerpoint presentation that can be recreated in Livecode -  into a LiveCode stack? Of course .pptx files are actuall just ZIP archives with assorted XML files inside, while there is a path to importing .pptx

Re: Progressive Web App (PWA)

2020-02-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
e-livecode wrote: Does anyone have a reply to Ingar’s original question? On Feb 18, 2020, at 6:16 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Aren't all discussions political? ;-) Bob S On Feb 16, 2020, at 13:33 , doc hawk via use-livecode wrote: On Feb 16, 2020, at 5:15 AM, Paul Dupuis via us

Re: Does any one know what Player "intervals" actually are?

2020-02-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Hi Martin, Thanks for you post/reply. As we are updating our application, all times are being stored in seconds (real number) and converted to and from intervals as needed. Just like you in your application. The old version of our application stored data in user document files. In these

Does any one know what Player "intervals" actually are?

2020-02-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Or even more specifically, does any one know what player object "intervals" (the values for currentTime, startTime, endTime, timeScale, and duration properties of a player) actually are? Are they frames? Something else? And does anyone know why they vary by Media Framework (i.e Quicktime vs

Re: Progressive Web App (PWA)

2020-02-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 2/16/2020 6:58 AM, Ingar Roggen via use-livecode wrote: Are there any examples around of PWA’s written in LiveCode? Would like to experience it! Wiipedia defines a PWA as: "A progressive web application is a type of application software delivered through the web, built using common web

AW the fontnames and special names like (Menu)

2020-02-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
A confirmed bug: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22564 On 2/4/2020 12:27 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: The fontnames() function returns certain special font names like: (Default) (Styled Text) (Menu) (Text) (Message) (Tooltip) (System) How do I find out what fonts

AW: LC9.6dp2 and the property inspector

2020-02-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On Feb 9, 2020, 12:22 PM -0500, Mark Wieder via use-livecode , wrote: On 2/9/20 7:46 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I may be slow to the party, but has someone already reported as a bug that you can not edit custom property sets  using the property inspector in LC 9.6dp2? It's been

LC9.6dp2 and the property inspector

2020-02-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I may be slow to the party, but has someone already reported as a bug that you can not edit custom property sets  using the property inspector in LC 9.6dp2? Any one know when 9.6dp3 will arrive with a fix for this as it make working in 9.6 to test it really hard with no ability to use the PI

Re: the fontnames and special names like (Menu)

2020-02-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I filed this as a bug: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22564 On 2/4/2020 12:27 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: The fontnames() function returns certain special font names like: (Default) (Styled Text) (Menu) (Text) (Message) (Tooltip) (System) How do I find out what fonts

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

2020-02-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Miller has a Linken-In profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rand-miller-6b00041/ if someone wants to try to contact him to mention LiveCode On 2/4/2020 9:12 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Ah yes, of course. I see that now. On Feb 4, 2020, at 7:07 PM, Mark Wieder via

Re: the fontnames and special names like (Menu)

2020-02-04 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
ich text - (System) - the font for controls not covered by another category - (Tooltip) - the font used for displaying tooltips - (Default) - selects one of the UI fonts automatically based on the control type -Original Message- From: Paul Dupuis via use-livecode To: How to

the fontnames and special names like (Menu)

2020-02-04 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
The fontnames() function returns certain special font names like: (Default) (Styled Text) (Menu) (Text) (Message) (Tooltip) (System) How do I find out what fonts these really are on a given platform. The effective textFont does not seem to work. For example the following code on Windows 10,

Re: Running LiveCode Standalones under Crossover on Linux

2020-02-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Could the "Hi-DPI Support" support in the Windows setting of the Standalone builder be the cause of this issue? I noticed that in LC6.7.11 it is unchecked by default and in LC9.0.5 it is checked by default ___ use-livecode mailing list

Running LiveCode Standalones under Crossover on Linux

2020-02-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Hivemind, I have a user who runs the Windows version of my software on Linux using Crossover. Our prior releases all have worked fine. Those releases were build under LiveCode 6.7.11 We just went to a new release built under LiveCode 9.0.5 and this user is getting menus and dialog boxes

Re: does this PNG have transparency?

2020-01-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
You should be able to use 'the templateImage' (see dictionary), and numToChar probably should be numToByte As in: on mouseUp answer file "Pick an image:" if it is empty then exit to top set the filename of the templateImage to it put numToByte(0) into tZero put (tZero is

AW: Tree Widget question...

2020-01-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Never mind. Answered my own question. You have to use the Keys, not the values, to get a true hierarchy. i.e. Top Level A Top Level B     Sub Level B 1     Sub Level B 2 Top Level C On 1/27/2020 10:31 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I need a hierarchical tree that looks like: 1 Top

Re: Tree Widget question...

2020-01-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
the tree. On 1/27/2020 10:31 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I need a hierarchical tree that looks like: 1 Top Level A 2 Top Level B     1 Sub Level B 1     2 Sub Level B 2 3 Top Level C etc. With the Tree Widget in 9.6dp2, all I can seem to get is: 1 Top Level A 2     1 Sub Level B 1

Tree Widget question...

2020-01-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I need a hierarchical tree that looks like: 1 Top Level A 2 Top Level B     1 Sub Level B 1     2 Sub Level B 2 3 Top Level C etc. With the Tree Widget in 9.6dp2, all I can seem to get is: 1 Top Level A 2     1 Sub Level B 1     2 Sub Level B 2 3 Top Level C i.e. is item 2 has sub levels, it

Re: Can't add substack

2020-01-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 1/17/2020 3:36 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: It has ever been thus. Substacks can't have substacks. It's an unfortunate feature of the architecture and would require some er... fixing... to change that. This is one enhancement - allowing nested stacks - that I would very much

Re: Display PDF on Android

2020-01-06 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 1/6/2020 11:28 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: You just need to have the appropriate licensed version of LC. Check with LiveCode, Ltd. This widget only comes with LC BUSINESS, not Indy! Okay, then this (https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22521) is not a really a

Re: Display PDF on Android

2020-01-06 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I though the XPDF widget works on all platforms, including Android? You just need to have the appropriate licensed version of LC. Check with LiveCode, Ltd. On 1/5/2020 11:17 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi all, I just filed an enhancement request to give us a way to display

Doc bug OR htmlText bug?

2019-12-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
LC List Hive Mind: See https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22517 - a reported discrepancy between teh Dictionary documentation on htmlText and what is actually returned by getting "the effective htmlText" of a field. I think for an attempt at consistency with HTML attributes, what

Re: Make LC fully localizable!

2019-12-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 12/18/2019 5:50 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi all (non-english) LC developers, FYI: I just filed an enhancement request to make LC fully localizable, which is currently not the case! Feel free to add a comment: Perhaps

Re: Missing keys in datagrid?

2019-12-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I am not 100% sure about the datagrid, but in regular arrays, if your d not set a key, it will not be present. So, if you never put a value into tt[1][statusstatus] then the key [statusstatus] will not be in the list of keys for tt[1]. If you want all keys to be present for each row, then you

Re: Table Text Livecode vs .....

2019-12-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
What version of LiveCode are you using. Older releases did not support the Retina display, but newer releases do. On 12/17/2019 12:05 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: I have a retina display laptop and I screen shot a table and a text field. The pixels from both seem abnormally

Re: Something wrong with LiveCode 9.5.1

2019-12-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
disk images couldn't be opened. Reason: image not recognized. From: use-livecode on behalf of Paul Dupuis via use-livecode Sent: Monday, December 16, 2019 6:06 PM To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Cc: Paul Dupuis Subject: Re: Something wrong with LiveCode

Re: Standalones and the defaultFolder

2019-12-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 12/17/2019 2:51 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2019-12-15 13:29, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Just a reminder that the files(,"detailed") (i.e. the detailed files) and the detailed folders are NOT Unicode aware. If you have any Unicode characters in path o

Re: Something wrong with LiveCode 9.5.1

2019-12-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Sierra OK OK    OK 10.14 Mojave  OK OK    OK 10.15 Catalina    *  OK    OK The divider is Sierra and above: Notarized DMGs are good. El Capatan and below, Notarized DMGs are bad. My bad memory. Sorry to cause unnecessary concern. On 12/16/2019 4:29 PM, Paul Dupuis via

Re: Something wrong with LiveCode 9.5.1

2019-12-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 12/16/2019 3:58 PM, Jerry Jensen wrote: This is the first time I have heard that anything notarized will not open in Sierra. I have been watching the whole notarization topic, but apparently not closely enough. Could you point me to some info from Apple about what is -not- supported in

Re: Something wrong with LiveCode 9.5.1

2019-12-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 12/16/2019 3:11 PM, Tore Nilsen via use-livecode wrote: I would suspect this kind of message for any dp or rc version of LiveCode, but not for a stable version. I think that was the point. LC, Ltd forgot to Notarize the 9.5.1 STABLE version. However, this turns into more of a problem that

Re: Standalones and the defaultFolder

2019-12-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 12/14/2019 8:33 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: On Dec 13, 2019, at 3:21 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Thanks for the confirmation Tom. I did see two places in my code that I have to set the default folder, so I just reset it when I am done. Same thing, getting list

Livecode field htmlText to HTML5/CSS

2019-12-12 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Does anyone have a library  to  - as fully as possible - convert LC9 Livecode htmlText to HTML5/CSS that I could use, beg, borrow, steal, or nominally license? I have bits and pieces - a handler to convert the tag to a style="..."> for font face, size, etc. and some other bits, but rather

AW: Re: OT: HTML img src and Windows problem

2019-12-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 12/11/2019 6:38 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: This is not directly related to LiveCode. I amwriting a bunch of html from LiveCode to a local .html file. In it there are image tags to images in the same location as the .html file, so an image tag in the HTML might

OT: HTML img src and Windows problem

2019-12-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
This is not directly related to LiveCode. I amwriting a bunch of html from LiveCode to a local .html file. In it there are image tags to images in the same location as the .html file, so an image tag in the HTML might be: Not matter what browser I open the HTML file in under Windows 10

Re: Copying cards from one stack to another

2019-12-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
dit >Paste, but at leats I can move on with my work. I just do not have time to further debug the IDE/engine. On 12/10/2019 4:33 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Holy Moly Batman! I was in LC9.5.1rc1 and needed to copy some cards from the substack of one mainstack stack to the su

Copying cards from one stack to another

2019-12-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Holy Moly Batman! I was in LC9.5.1rc1 and needed to copy some cards from the substack of one mainstack stack to the substack of another main stack. I was surprised to see there appears to be not GUI IDE option to copy a card form one stack to another, not via the clipboard or by any means I

Re: Groups in the message path: Trapping Mouseup

2019-12-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
So if I have a button X with a mouseDown handler in a Group Y also with a mouseDown handler and in my card script (or stack script) also have a mouseDown handler If I click on button X and I only want button X to handle the mouseDown, I do not 'pass mouseDown' in the button X mouseDown

Re: Groups in the message path: Trapping Mouseup

2019-12-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I use groups in use cases where I want a on mouseDown script in the group to respond to any mouse click anywhere in the rect of the group, so, no, groups should not ONLY respond to mouse messages passed though object contained in the group If you have groups where you need to pass a

Re: Script Editor disassociates - a lossy LC IDE bug

2019-12-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Windows 10 for me On 12/5/2019 8:11 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote: Are you all on Mac? This does not ring a bell. On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 8:02 PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: On 12/5/2019 6:38 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: On

Re: Script Editor disassociates - a lossy LC IDE bug

2019-12-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 12/5/2019 6:38 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: On Dec 5, 2019, at 15:04 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: On 12/5/2019 5:42 PM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: Wondering if this bug has already been reported? I've seen a wonderful LC 9 IDE bug: sometimes the Script

Re: Script Editor disassociates - a lossy LC IDE bug

2019-12-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 12/5/2019 5:42 PM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: Wondering if this bug has already been reported? I've seen a wonderful LC 9 IDE bug: sometimes the Script Editor window seems to disassociate from the object being edited. Thus after this bug is triggered, any typed script changes

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