Re: Am I Dreaming?

2018-02-20 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
and undoing (however many times necessary) to correct the > error. > > Bob S > > >> On Feb 17, 2018, at 07:58 , Roger Guay via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> In days of yore, didn’t the Script Editor remember where you were last >> working and open t

Re: LiveCode and iOS Simulator Set Up

2018-02-20 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
I’m having the same problem, John. Here’s is what I wrote to Dan just a few days ago: First off, I’m in Mac OS 10.13.3 so I’m not sure this will help. The simulator has been consistently giving me the message “The simulator seems to be taking a long time to launch….” I respond to this message

Re: Text to Speech

2018-04-06 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
> On Apr 6, 2018, at 3:45 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode > wrote: > > on mouseUp >revSpeak "Hello, How are you?" >end mouseUp Works here! OS 10.13.3, LC 9.0 Roge ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Pleas

Re: align object does not work with groups?

2018-04-11 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
> On Apr 11, 2018, at 10:27 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi friends, > > LC 9 on a Mac, selectgroupedcontrols = false > > Selecting two or more groups and trying to align these two groups > e.g. on the left side using the inspector palette, does not work in LC 9. > > Can s

Scott Rossi and TactileMedia

2018-04-28 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
I am a total fan of Scott and the many contributions he has offered to the LC community over the years. I particularly like his little plugins tmAlign and tmEffects and use them all the time. However, the title bars of these have gone from light on dark to light on light in V9 of LC, to such an

Re: Scott Rossi and TactileMedia

2018-04-28 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Thanks, Jacque. I will try. > On Apr 28, 2018, at 12:29 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 4/28/18 12:48 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: >> I am a total fan of Scott and the many contributions he has offered to the >> LC community over the ye

Re: Scott Rossi and TactileMedia

2018-04-30 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Hi Bob, If your problem with tmAlign was the same as mine, namely the title greyed out and no longer readable, I hacked/fixed it by adding "set the blendlevel of grc "header_base" of stack "tmAlign3" to 90” on OpenStack. I did a similar thing with tmEffects. Cheers, Roger > On Apr 30, 201

MouseMove and HTML5

2018-06-29 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
This is my first time with saving to HTML5 and I find that a simple stack I created with a mousMove script does not work. I’m simply trying to constrain the motion of a grc along the vertical axis with a mouseMove script.The dictionary seems to confirm that mouseMove is not compatible with HTML5

Re: MouseMove and HTML5

2018-06-30 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Huh, back to the drawing board. Thanks! > On Jun 30, 2018, at 2:09 AM, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > MouseMove works in HTML5 standalones, see for example > http://hyperhh.de/html5/RGBPuzzle-8.0.2X.html > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-

Re: Docker

2018-07-11 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Uh oh. And, how old are you, Bob? > On Jul 11, 2018, at 4:18 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > I'm in a strange mood. I got into my car last Sunday and discovered two of my > three radio programmable buttons had changed stations. I'm the only person > who drives my car, and I alwa

Re: [ANN] tinyDictionary

2017-03-22 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
I love it! Thanks!! Roger > On Mar 22, 2017, at 7:37 AM, BNig via use-livecode > wrote: > > I uploaded a compact version of the dictionaries for LC 8.1 and up to > Livecodeshare > > http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/825/tinyDictionary_0_7_7_7 > > this is also accessible via "Sample Stack

Re: ANN: Widget Wizard

2017-06-13 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
How Clever! I can’t wait to try it. Thank you Mark. Roger > On Jun 13, 2017, at 1:04 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > I just posted Widget Wizard to revOnline. > > Widget Wizard is a utility to help in the creation of LiveCode extensions. > You can define some simple parameters,

Division by Zero Error

2017-07-07 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
I often find that I have to deal with a division by zero error message in plotting functions, solving equation etc. Are there methods or techniques used to programmatically handle or work-around a possible division by zero? e.g. If I want to evaluate y= 1/(x-3), what can I do to deal with a poss

Re: Division by Zero Error

2017-07-08 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Thanks very much Mark, Herman and Mike. I am using the try/catch method you mention, but it doesn’t seem to work reliably. I’m probably doing something else wrong . . . I’ll keep trying. Thanks again for your time. Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list u

Re: Division by Zero Error

2017-07-09 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Yes, but first let me play with it to see if I am doing something else to cause my problem. Roger > On Jul 8, 2017, at 10:42 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 07/08/2017 08:26 AM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: >> I am using the try/catch method you menti

Re: I need a "slider" in a circle

2017-07-09 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
ode > wrote: > > Just to 'complete' this thread. > > Detected today a good solution by Roger Guay from 2012, still up-to-date > (this solution is in between a full gauge and a circular slider) > > http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/645/RadialDialOmatic >

Re: I need a "slider" in a circle

2017-07-10 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
I just uploaded the latest version of RadialDialOmatic to Rev Sample Stacks. > http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/838/RadialDialOmatic > <http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/838/RadialDialOmatic> All The best, Roger > On Jul 9, 2017, at 3:56 PM, Roger Guay via use-liv

Re: [ANN] TinyDictionary updated to display Synonyms

2017-07-18 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Brian and Bernd, thank you for this!! I use it all the time now and I love it. Cheers, Roger > On Jul 18, 2017, at 3:59 PM, BNig via use-livecode > wrote: > > Brian Milby contributed to tinyDictinary the extraction of synonyms. He also > submitted a pull request to add synonyms to the built-

Something Screwy about Scrollbars

2017-01-06 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
I have noticed that standard sliders/scrollbars seem to cause weird performance problems. What I think is happening is a severe performance hit after (and only after) saving AND quitting a stack with a new slider. Upon reopening the stack performance is severely degraded. This happened to me tod

Re: Fun with Windows 10

2018-08-14 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
FWIW, I thought it was extremely funny! I think you should consider stand-up comedienne as a second career. Roger > On Aug 14, 2018, at 4:53 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Oh dear, I wasn't trying to prove anything and I didn't really have you in > mind...it's a story I tel

Continual iOS Simulator Problems

2018-10-29 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Hi Folks, I’m on a Mac with OS 10.14 and using LC 9.0.0 Indy, and I have the green square indication in LC prefs with SDK 11.2. I can’t get the simulator to work with test target set to simulator 11.2. It simply takes too long to open and then crashes if I persist. In fact, it seems to me tha

Re: Continual iOS Simulator Problems

2018-10-29 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
de first and after it is fully > loaded then trying to test from LC? > > Thanks, > Brian > On Oct 29, 2018, 9:48 PM -0500, Roger Guay via use-livecode > , wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> I’m on a Mac with OS 10.14 and using LC 9.0.0 Indy, and I have the green >>

Re: Continual iOS Simulator Problems

2018-11-02 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
way can't remember but i did drag > it towards devices in Xcode > > But your Provisioning Profile is OK? > > > Op 30-10-2018 om 03:47 schreef Roger Guay via use-livecode: >> Hi Folks, >> >> I’m on a Mac with OS 10.14 and using LC 9.0.0 Indy, and I have the

Probably a No-Brainer

2018-12-26 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
As an example, I want to replace the contents of a field that contains x^n with x^1 or x^2 or x^3 as n= 1 or 2 or 3 etc. But I can’t seem to find find a script that works. Help please?? Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com P

Re: Probably a No-Brainer

2018-12-27 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
ha...@exformedia.se wrote: > > replace "x^n" with "x^" & n in field "formula" > > might do the trick… > > :-Håkan > On 27 Dec 2018, 04:34 +0100, Roger Guay via use-livecode > , wrote: >> As an example, I want to replace the contents of a field

Re: Probably a No-Brainer

2018-12-27 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
You are so clever, Herman! Yes, the idea is to write it out into a field. This is great for the Taylor series, but how would one generalize this so that we could expand any fctn of x and n in the “genFctn” field into the “expandedFctn” field Sorry to take up so much of your time. Thanks, Roge

Re: Probably a No-Brainer

2018-12-27 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
add 1 to m end repeat delete last char of fld "explFctn" end mouseUp Roger > On Dec 27, 2018, at 11:31 AM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > wrote: > > You are so clever, Herman! Yes, the idea is to write it out into a field. > > This is g

Re: Should I forget HC? Honestly?

2019-01-26 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
I’ll join this chorus as well and add that LC has become what I had hoped Hypercard would become back in the day. LC is Hypercard on steroids! If your goal is to simplify LC, then do as I believe Richmond has already done, and build a simplified (limited) tool palette in LiveCode and call it Ret

Shoutout to Bernd Niggeman

2019-01-31 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
This is to praise Bernd for his TinyDictionary! Especially since I find the standard dictionary in LC V9 is next to useless!! Find it here: http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/825/TinyDictionary Thank you, Bernd! Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list

Insert an Image into a Field

2019-01-31 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Could someone please remind me how to do this? I’m having a senior moment and can’t find anything in the archives. Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Insert an Image into a Field

2019-01-31 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
> > > > >> 31. jan. 2019 kl. 20:03 skrev Roger Guay via use-livecode >> : >> >> Could someone please remind me how to do this? I’m having a senior moment >> and can’t find anything in the archives. >> >> Thanks, >> Roger >>

Replacing GlobalNames with Global Values

2019-02-11 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Hi all, I can’t seem to come up with a succinct way of doing this: I have a mathematical expression such as gGlobal1*gGlobal2/cos(gGlobal3) = SomeValue and I want to replace the global names with the values previously saved to those Globals so as to show the entire expression with individual

Re: Replacing GlobalNames with Global Values

2019-02-11 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Granted, this may be too esoteric for me to understand, but I can’t seem to make this do what I want to do Let’s say that I have 3 globals: gGlobal1 = 10.1, gGlobal2 = 20.2 and gGlobal3 = 30.3 I have an expression like gGlobal1*gGlobal2/gGlobal3 I want to transform this to the express

Re: Replacing GlobalNames with Global Values

2019-02-12 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Of course!! I should have thought of this, but was making it too hard. Thanks, Herman! And thanks to Monte, Terry and Mark for teaching me something new. Roger > On Feb 11, 2019, at 9:08 PM, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > >> Roger G. wrote: >> Let’s say that I have 3 globals: >> gGlobal1 =

Preserving TabStops

2019-02-22 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Is there a way to put fld “Fld2" after fld “Fld1” and preserve the TabStops of fld “Fld2” ? Thanks very much, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscriptio

Re: Preserving TabStops

2019-02-22 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Thank you, Richard. That’s what I am doing and was hoping there was a more elegant and efficient way of doing it. Cheer! Roger > On Feb 22, 2019, at 5:18 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > wrote: > > Roger Guay wrote: > > > Is there a way to put fld “Fld2" aft

TabStops and Tab Spacings

2019-03-04 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
This is driving me crazy: I have a styled text field in the IDE called myFld for which I set the TabStops to 15,250,320 Is there any way to export myFld to URL and retain the Tab spacings 15,250,320 ? Thanks for your help, Roger ___ use-livecode ma

Re: TabStops and Tab Spacings

2019-03-04 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
This is what I am doing, Torre, but it’s not working! What is preserved is the number of tabs inserted but not the tab spacing. In the output document, I have to manually adjust the tabs in the tab bar of TextEdit. Thanks, Roger > On Mar 4, 2019, at 3:59 PM, Tore Nilsen via use-livecode > wro

Re: TabStops and Tab Spacings

2019-03-04 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Thank you, Herman. I’m going to have to study this to see if I can use it. I am not converting a "simple table field” but rather a simple field with tabStops (not sure if that makes a difference?). Also, I’m working with rtfText instead of HTMLText. (Again, not sure if that makes a difference or

Re: TabStops and Tab Spacings

2019-03-06 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Thank you, Håkan. I am working with rtfText and 4 or 5 tab-sizes, but this is very interesting and I will see what I can use. Is the Tab-size attribute an LC thing? If so, I don’t find anything about tab size in the dictionary. Roger > On Mar 6, 2019, at 1:16 PM, Håkan Liljegren via use-livecod

Re: Statistics-Distributions_v105

2019-03-12 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Herman, this is wonderful! I learn so much from you. Thank you! Roger > On Mar 12, 2019, at 7:18 AM, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > > > This tabulates and displays 20 distributions: > > binomial, hypergeometric, negativebinomial, poisson, > arcsine, beta,cauchy, centralF, chisquare, expon

Re: Statistics-Distributions_v105

2019-03-12 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Herman, I’m not sure what you mean ""Coup de Graph” is seen ,,,”, but my stuff is built with a chain saw and chisel compared to your fine work. I didn’t see fit to announce it. Thanks again, Roger > On Mar 12, 2019, at 8:15 AM, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > a side effect of my announcem

Saving Data in Mac Standalone via Splash Launcher

2019-03-14 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Back In the day, I used to use the standard method of saving data in a standalone via the standalone Splash/Launcher with LiveCode subStacks technique, but it does not seem to work anymore. What’s up with that? Sorry if I missed something in the archives. Mac OS 10.14.3, LC 9.0.2 Thanks, Roge

Remain on First Card Whilst Sending Messages to Second Card

2019-03-17 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Hi Folks, I have 2 cards with buttons on the first card sending message/handlers to the second card. The trouble is that when the message is sent to the second, the second card appears. What I want is to NOT leave the first card when the handler/message is exercised on the second card. IOW, I n

Re: Remain on First Card Whilst Sending Messages to Second Card

2019-03-17 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
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Re: Remain on First Card Whilst Sending Messages to Second Card

2019-03-18 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
What am I doing? Good question. I’m doing a lot of text editing and formatting in various fields of the second card from the first, and exporting them to rtfText files to the desktop. But there are definitely no scripts to navigate to the second card. Roger > On Mar 18, 2019, at 6:45 AM, dunba

Re: Remain on First Card Whilst Sending Messages to Second Card

2019-03-18 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
ote: > > I agree with Craig, somehow you are explicitly navigating to that card. > > If you want to, send me the stack and I’ll see if I can figure it out today. > > Kee Nethery > >> On Mar 18, 2019, at 7:56 AM, Roger Guay via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >

A Question about Ask File

2019-03-20 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
This should be easy, but I’m having difficulty with this: In the Ask File prompt, is there a way to make the “Where” field to always default to a specific folder? Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: A Question about Ask File

2019-03-20 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
ask file prompt [with *defaultFilePath*] [with filter *types*] [as sheet] > > > On 20/03/2019 16:13, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: >> This should be easy, but I’m having difficulty with this: >> >> In the Ask File prompt, is there a way to make the “Where” field

Re: A Question about Ask File

2019-03-20 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Thank you, Herman, but by providing this solution, are you saying that one cannot specify BOTH a defaultName and a defaultFilePathin a standard ask file prompt??? Roger > On Mar 20, 2019, at 2:21 PM, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > Create a *full* filePath. For example: > > ask file "Save

Re: A Question about Ask File

2019-03-20 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Mar 20, 2019, 9:42 PM -0400, Roger Guay via use-livecode > , wrote: >> Thank you, Herman, but by providing this solution, are you saying that one >> cannot specify BOTH a defaultName and a defaultFilePathin a standard ask >> file prompt??? >> >> Roger &g

Re: A Question about Ask File

2019-03-21 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Yeah, I know….. > On Mar 21, 2019, at 7:46 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > It is ALWAYS the developer's fault. ;-) > > Bob S > > >> On Mar 20, 2019, at 19:37 , Roger Guay via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> Yes, you are so

Re: Mobile slider control

2019-03-21 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
I have a utility called ScrollbarOmatic on LC Sample Stacks that might give you ideas. Roger > On Mar 21, 2019, at 4:34 PM, Devin Asay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi all, > > So native LiveCode scrollbars (sliders, progress bars, and little arrows) > look really bad on mobile devices. Has

Re: Saving a tab formatted field to a file and retaining its formatting

2019-04-07 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
I sent a similar message some time ago to no avail. Let’s see if you are more successful. R > On Apr 7, 2019, at 4:57 PM, Robert J. Earp via use-livecode > wrote: > > Dear all, we have a field that is formatted nicely with tabs and want to save > that as a file, retaining the tab formatting

Re: Saving a tab formatted field to a file and retaining its formatting

2019-04-08 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
That is a very clear explanation of what I think the problem is. Roger > On Apr 8, 2019, at 7:03 AM, dunbarxx via use-livecode > wrote: > > But that is a property of a field, not of text, and I do not think such > information can be similarly "transmitted", regardless of how that text is > for

Re: Dictionary

2019-05-24 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Ditto on the Dictionary! Cheers, Roger > On May 23, 2019, at 12:26 PM, R.H. via use-livecode > wrote: > > I agree that the dictionary often leaves guess work. > > The biggest problem I have with the dictionary is forgetting the name of a > function and trying to guess the name. If there were

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