Re: Livecode 10.0.0dp5 new reserved words

2023-07-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 7/11/2023 11:20 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Or… he could just go through his code using the find utility and replace every instance of tExt with tExtension. :-) Yes, I plan to: tExt = t Ext = TEXT  > tFileExtension pLayer = p Layer = PLAYER > tObjectLayer etc. __

Field highlited

2023-07-12 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I have a LC9 field object - just a scrolling field (not a list field) with a lot of text. The user selects some text and then click a button near the field. I want the selection to remain highlighted, but when you click outside the field the highlight goes away. Any simple solutions to this. S

Re: Field highlited

2023-07-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Thank your Bob, Craig, and William for the responses. It appears the way I have done it in the past is the "best" option. I was hoping there was some clever trick I don't know, but it is what it is. I'll do what I have done before. Thanks again. On 7/12/2023 6:21 PM,

Re: Field highlited

2023-07-13 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 7/12/2023 6:21 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I have a LC9 field object - just a scrolling field (not a list field) with a lot of text. The user selects some text and then click a button near the field. I want the selection to remain highlighted, but when you click outside the

Re: Convert date

2023-07-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Yes to this. I have, lot so many developer, a set of functions to translate to and from this date format. We can all write our own or use ones others have provided, but it would be nice if this was built into the language. On 7/13/2023 10:59 PM, Neville Smythe via use-livecode wrote: Jacque

Re: Field highlited

2023-07-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
, is there a way of determining the default highlight colour? When I select some text in a field it highlights to a light blue color, but I can’t find where that color is set. Thanks Mark On 13 Jul 2023, at 11:01 pm, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: On 7/12/2023 6:21 PM, Paul Dupuis via

Re: Workaround for regular Crash setting (audio) file of player?

2023-07-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Are you on a single monitor or do you have more than 1 display? It is a known bug that the player object freezes or crashes when petting properties on any monitor but the primary display: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20707 On 7/15/2023 9:07 AM, David Bovill via use-livecode w

What is your best practice for setting a script in a script?

2023-07-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
So in the instances where you have a script that creates an object and then sets the script of that object (example below), what is you best practice for having the script in a script and still be readable? Example: BUTTON "Make" on mouseUp   local tScript   create button "Sample"   put "on mou

Re: What is your best practice for setting a script in a script?

2023-07-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
le" to . On 7/15/2023 11:06 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: So in the instances where you have a script that creates an object and then sets the script of that object (example below), what is you best practice for having the script in a script and still be readable? Example: BUTTON

Re: What is your best practice for setting a script in a script?

2023-07-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
That's pretty good! On 7/15/2023 7:14 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: Custom properties would definitely be my go-to, similar to what others have said. That said, I think the merge command is your friend here. This script in a button does what you want: on mouseUp set the script

Re: What is your best practice for setting a script in a script?

2023-07-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Oh, another great solutions! On 7/15/2023 8:23 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: On 15/07/2023 21:29, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: All good suggestions so far, but not what I was after, which was whether there is any better way to have the script you are setting the newly

Apple Notarization changes...

2023-07-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I got an email from Apple Developer date 13-Jun-2023 that: "We’re reaching out because you recently used the altool command-line utility to notarize your macOS software with Apple. As announced last year at WWDC22, if you’re still using altool with the Apple notary service, you should transiti

Re: Apple Notarization changes...

2023-07-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Well, I'm glad the lesson and tool exists and thanks for the link. On the negative side, I just found the Apple developer Xcode page that shows that Xcode 13minimum OS version is  macOS Big Sur 11.3 So, no more Mojave. Huge bummer for me. We have a macBook Air with Ventura (latest version), s

Re: What is your best practice for setting a script in a script?

2023-07-21 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
As some people on this list and the forums have explored in the past, I have a interest in creating a Livecode application (stack) entirely from a (text only) single script. So there are initially no Livecode objects to place a behavior script in. There are initially no buttons, fields, cards,

charIndex property

2023-07-26 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
If I have some text in a field, I can use the "charIndex" property (see Dictionary) to obtain teh character position of the first character of a chunk. For example, if the field contains: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The lazy dog was named "Oz". The lazy dog was a great dog.

Re: charIndex property

2023-07-26 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 7/26/2023 1:13 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: OIC what that does. I suggest having a hidden field, setting the text of that field to your variable, then operating on that field. Bob S That is what I am currently doing. And I have a hidden field, hidden image, hidden player - all

Re: LC on Sonoma beta

2023-07-26 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 7/26/2023 4:20 PM, Marty Knapp via use-livecode wrote: Anyone have any input regarding LC apps running on the Apple Sonoma beta? I have not installed it but have some customers who have and saying my app crashes. Also, anyone using the Levure framework to build Universal apps with LC 9.6.9?

Re: charIndex property

2023-07-26 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 7/26/2023 8:00 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: actually, i have a couple of questions, which are maybe suggestions, but are actually questions, because maybe someone else will be curious enough to try to solve them * did you check the oss source to see if the function is available? No.

Re: charIndex property

2023-07-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 7/27/2023 4:31 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2023-07-26 18:02, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: If I have some text in a field, I can use the "charIndex" property (see Dictionary) to obtain teh character position of the first character of a chunk. Does anyone

Re: charIndex property

2023-07-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 7/27/2023 5:06 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: Oh those pesky chunks which don’t ‘cover’ the target string (which is actually all of them except codeunit/point/char come to think of it). I should have run through a few more examples in my head before posting…. Alternative attemp

Re: Reorder fields

2023-07-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
You can change the layer (order) in the Project Browser in the IDE by just dragging the objects up or down the list of objects on the card. On 7/28/2023 6:19 AM, Mark Smith via use-livecode wrote: How do you reorder fields? I have a form (prebuilt) with 3 fields (a,b,c) in positions 9, 15, 12

Re: charIndex property

2023-07-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
k and remain after deletion. The above puts in a sentinel char which can be searched for to find where the requested chunk started. Second time lucky? ;) Mark. Sent from my iPhone On 27 Jul 2023, at 21:23, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: On 7/27/2023 4:31 AM, Mark Waddingham vi

Re: charIndex property

2023-07-31 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I have no idea why pasting placed *'s all over the place! On 7/31/2023 11:54 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Bob, Here is a version of Mark's method, for trueWords, sentences, and paragraphs, with the added parameter of pDirection to get the char index of the start of th

Re: Snapshot of browser not working?

2023-08-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Exporting a snapshot of a PLAYER fails under Windows (see https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23694). Exporting the Browser widget may be related? If it is reproducible in a test stack, you shoud file a bug report with a test stack to demonstrate the error. I seem to recall other expo

Re: Rectangles on Windows?

2023-08-11 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
If you want to send me a link to your Windows standalone, I would be happy to download it (Windows 11 HP laptop) and see if I see the same thing. Or a link to your stack and I can see if it appears in the LC 9.6.9 IDE if you want. On 8/11/2023 10:19 AM, Dar Scott via use-livecode wrote: Hmmm

Re: Detecting when resizeStack is completed

2023-08-18 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/18/2023 12:03 PM, David Epstein via use-livecode wrote: How can I redraw objects after the user has resized the stack, but not continuously during the resize? Releasing the mouse at the end of a resize does not appear to send a mouseUp message. after resizeStack  -- actions you want t

Polygrid questions

2023-08-22 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I see I have the properties of a polygrid for: pgColumns -- an array of all column properties and pgColumnWidths -- a comma delimited list of widths There does not seem to be a distinct property just for alignments, such as pgColumnAlignments What I need to do is change the width and/or ali

Polygrid columns not fully clearing when pgColumns is set

2023-08-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Hi to any polygrid developers out there, Please see bug https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24315 I have run into an issue with the latest polygrid (as of this post) where if you set pgColumns to a new array that reduces the number of columns in the grid, some old columns are not clea

Re: Polygrid columns not fully clearing when pgColumns is set

2023-08-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Aha, I was setting pgColumns to the fewer columns and THEN pgData to the smaller data set to match the columns You need to clear the pgData (set to empty) first, then set the columns, then set the new pgData. Perhaps this is a documentation bug? On 8/24/2023 2:26 PM, Paul Dupuis via use

Re: Polygrid columns not fully clearing when pgColumns is set

2023-08-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
left over data in pgData, only the columns in the currently set pgColumns should be seen. On 8/24/2023 2:34 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Paul, Am 24.08.2023 um 20:30 schrieb Paul Dupuis via use-livecode : Aha, I was setting pgColumns to the fewer columns and THEN pgD

Re: Polygrid columns not fully clearing when pgColumns is set

2023-08-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
column(s), then set the pgColumns of the PolyGrid? Bob S On Aug 24, 2023, at 1:26 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Thanks Klaus. I may use this method rather than the overhead of clearing and setting the whole pgData property. Actually, the more I think about it, neither "m

Polygrid sorting

2023-08-24 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
The Polygrid, unlike the Datagrid, has no built in column sorting. You have to roll your own. Before I write my own, has anyone written a column sort (i.e click on a column header to sort by it) for a Poly grid they'd care to share? ___ use-livec

Re: Polygrid sorting

2023-08-25 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
ng by item pColumnNumber of each else sort lines of tText descending by item pColumnNumber of each end if set the text of me to tText end headerClick Kind regards, Panos -- On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 at 02:57, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: The

Re: Merging PDF pages

2023-08-25 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
The short answer is NO. There is nothing built into Livecode to take a set fo existing PDF files and append them to create a readable PDF that is them all stitched together. Neither the XPDF external nor the PDF widget will do this. You best option is to use some 3rd party command line utility

Adding and delete a row of data to the Polygrid

2023-08-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I ran into an inconsistency with the Polygrid The Polygrid property pgDataOfRow returns the data for the row indicated by what pgInternalPointer is set to. The pgData of the Polygrid is a 2D array of the form array[n][columnName]value and pgDataOfRow returns a 1D array of the form array[column

Re: Adding and delete a row of data to the Polygrid

2023-08-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/28/2023 7:28 AM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: The latest LC has the additional feauture of "automatic" sequences; i.e. Is that LC 10.0.0dp5 or LC 9.6.9 or 9.6.10rc1, which 'latest' version? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@list

Re: Adding and delete a row of data to the Polygrid

2023-08-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Alex, Thank you. On 8/28/2023 9:35 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote: Sorry, I meant 10.x In 9.x you could do put sColSubtotalArray into tA[1] set the addDataAfter of widget "rwTableview" to tA Alex Sent from my iPhone On 28 Aug 2023, at 13:33, Paul Dupuis via use-liveco

is strictly a name

2023-09-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I may just be experiencing a brain fart, but I have read the release notes several times, and I don't understand the purpose of the new: is strictly a name operator? Can someone explain its purpose in really basic terms or examples? ___ use-livecode m

Re: is strictly a name

2023-09-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Thank you Mark. I followed that explanation and now understand that - for all of my foreseeable applications - I can ignore 'is strictly a name' :-) Paul On 9/1/2023 1:23 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2023-09-01 17:44, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I m

Re: Pasting text and images together?

2023-09-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
If the App copying the mixed content places it on the clipboard as text and an image vs some mixed type, you may be able to do this Your have the on pasteKey message to trap CONTROL/COMMAND-V and if you have a "Paste" menu item, you control the script for that. the ClipboardData, the fullClip

Re: Pasting text and images together?

2023-09-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Since my method didn't work, I'd try Marks, namely to put the keys of the clipboard array into a variable to look at on mouseUp   lock clipboard   put the keys of the clipboarddata into tKeys1   put the keys of the fullclipboarddata into tKeys2   put the keys of the rawclipboarddata into tkeys3

Re: Pasting text and images together

2023-09-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Your right. Something about the rawClipboardData fails with an error. Trying the fullClipboardData (code below) works. My guess is that there may be something about the first key (on my Windows system that is "text/html" where the slash is causing an error?  I'd need to look at it further - per

Re: Pasting text and images together

2023-09-04 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Do you have access to the Apple Developer web site? A search didn't tell me much but I find the side terrible useless. Following a bunch of variable type definitions I wandered to this page: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsattributedstring/1530578-rtfd Which also seemed

Re: revXML and UTF-8

2023-09-17 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
There are a number of "rev" libraries (revXML, revZIP, perhaps others) that are not fully Unicode compatible. See: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18942 (revXML, revZIP) https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22202 (revZIP) ... and possibly others. There are no work-arounds f

Livecode 10dp6 and web fonts

2023-09-27 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I get the value of web font support in LC10dp6 for WEB based applications. However, if you making a multi-platform application, you still have the issue of UI consistency across platforms as web fonts can't be used in desktop standalones (or, I assume, phone standalones) So this is sort of an

Re: All Versions of LC crashing in Sonoma

2023-09-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I've not tested personally, but I have been told that STANDALONEs build on 9.6.9 work on Sonoma. Can any one running Sonoma test confirm this? (Perhaps again?) On 9/28/2023 10:22 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Hope to find help here. LC Versions 9.6.3, 9.6.9, and 10.0.0 all give me th

Re: Livecode 10dp6 and web fonts

2023-10-04 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/4/2023 2:57 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2023-09-27 15:49, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I get the value of web font support in LC10dp6 for WEB based applications. However, if you making a multi-platform application, you still have the issue of UI consistency

LC 9.6.10 standalone with Pallette issues under Sonoma

2023-10-04 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
We're just in the middle of testing, but we're seeing some issues where the contents of a palette window are not rendering (just an empty window) in a Livecode 9.6.10 standalone under macOS Sonoma. Anyone else see anything like this? ___ use-livecod

Re: LC 9.6.10 standalone with Pallette issues under Sonoma

2023-10-04 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/4/2023 5:12 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: We're just in the middle of testing, but we're seeing some issues where the contents of a palette window are not rendering (just an empty window) in a Livecode 9.6.10 standalone under macOS Sonoma. Anyone else see anything

AW: LC 9.6.10 standalone with Pallette issues under Sonoma

2023-10-05 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/4/2023 5:12 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: We're just in the middle of testing, but we're seeing some issues where the contents of a palette window are not rendering (just an empty window) in a Livecode 9.6.10 standalone under macOS Sonoma. Anyone else see anything

Re: Can't codesign Mac app

2023-10-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/9/2023 5:46 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I'm using Matthias' mrSignNotarizeHelper V3.1 with xCode 13.2.1 on Mac OS 12.6.9 (Monterey) but get a script error. The same thing happens in both LC 9.6.9 and 9.6.10 dp 6. So then I tried notarizationHelper V4 but keep getting "no i

Window code signing certificate source recommendations

2023-10-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
To any with a recommendation: I have been getting my Windows Code Signing Certificates from Comodo. I have been able to get certs in file formats like .pfx or .p12 that allows me to code sign using a single command line with the password as part of the command. This lets me script code signing

Re: Window code signing certificate source recommendations

2023-10-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/10/2023 8:38 AM, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: While not directly applicable, you may be able script it similar to using a CAC. DOD uses Smart Cards for authentication and you can have command line tools use the card for authentication (runas /smartcard program). What happens is th

Re: Window code signing certificate source recommendations

2023-10-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/10/2023 8:53 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Hello Paul, unfortunately this is the "new" standard. Since 1st June 2023 private keys has to be stored on a Token. https://www.sslpoint.com/new-private-key-storage-requirement-for-standard-code-signing-certificates/ There is no way

Another (macOS) Code signing guidance question...

2023-10-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I am looking at https://developer.apple.com/support/xcode To meet Apple's Nov 1 deadline of switch from the old Notarization tool (which I current use on Mojave) to the new one, I need to get set up on macOS 14 Sonoma. To me, from the Apple page, it look like I need xcode 15 (deployment targ

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

2023-10-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/10/2023 11:43 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I am looking at https://developer.apple.com/support/xcode To meet Apple's Nov 1 deadline of switch from the old Notarization tool (which I current use on Mojave) to the new one, I need to get set up on macOS 14 Sonoma. To me,

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

2023-10-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 10/10/2023 12:36 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I got that far at least. I couldn't notarize on Monterey but my client on Sonoma had no problem using mrSignNotarizeHelper on Sonoma with Xcode 15. My issues happened after that. So I think you're safe using the tool on Sonoma.

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

2023-10-10 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Under macOS 14.0 Sonoma on a M1 macBook Air,  I have set up the Command Line Tools for XCode 15.0 and have successfully signed, notarized, and stapled a Livecode Standalone using the new Apple notarization command that goes into effect on November 1, 2023 Effect 1-NOV-2023, the notarization co

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

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: 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: 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

2023-10-14 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

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: 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

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

2023-10-19 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: 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

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: 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

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: 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: [[ 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

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: 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!

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: 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: 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

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: 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

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

2023-11-09 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 windowBoundingRect be th

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) ___

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: 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

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

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: 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

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: 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: 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: Get rid of the remote debugger

2023-12-09 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
For what it's worth, I sometime get these errors. I develop on Windows 11 (x64) using LC 9.6.11 and do not develop for mobile or web, so no remote debugging. I do not want to get rid of (remove) or turn off script debugging. I use the script debugger all the time. There is some recipe, that I

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: 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

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...

2023-12-15 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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