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by labrat
Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:50 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: video streaming from IP camera
Replies: 3
Views: 5407

Re: video streaming from IP camera

Well, I have been unable to display the streaming video from an IP camera using the player object. Though I can (as mentioned previously) display it with a browser (and browser object), I have found a problem displaying the video with a browser object, namely, it depends on the browser object that I...
by labrat
Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:21 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: size / efficiency question
Replies: 4
Views: 3718

Re: size / efficiency question

Thank you all very much!
by labrat
Tue Feb 24, 2015 4:02 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: size / efficiency question
Replies: 4
Views: 3718

size / efficiency question

I'm starting to write a "flash card" app for my kids to use for school studies. I could design it to use two cards and simply go back and forth between the two for the question and answer; or I could have as many cards as there are questions and answers and simply move through the stack of cards. I ...
by labrat
Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:59 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: video streaming from IP camera
Replies: 3
Views: 5407

video streaming from IP camera

I have a wireless network camera that I am trying to connect to with the player object. I can access the camera via a web browser, but so far, not using the LC player. I've looked at this lesson: http://lessons.runrev.com/m/4603/l/44283-using-players and noticed at the bottom of the lesson it says t...
by labrat
Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:56 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: why is "replace" grayed out on "Find and Replace" dialog?
Replies: 4
Views: 6923

why is "replace" grayed out on "Find and Replace" dialog?

I click on Find and Replace in the menu and I get a find and replace dialog but the replace buttons are grayed out. How can I activate the replace buttons?
by labrat
Sun Feb 08, 2015 4:35 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: variable checking has me mystified ...
Replies: 2
Views: 2389

variable checking has me mystified ...

I used VB and VB.net for years. I always declared my variables. I've been learning LiveCode because I love the multi-platform support and I naturally turned on Variable Checking. But it has me completely mystified. For example, This code works when variable checking is NOT active: on mouseUp set the...
by labrat
Sat Feb 07, 2015 12:45 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: error creating hyperlink in field
Replies: 6
Views: 4981

Re: error creating hyperlink in field

Sorry if I am being dense but I can't get past

button "Make Link": compilation error at line 3 (set: missing 'to'), char 28
by labrat
Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:49 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: error creating hyperlink in field
Replies: 6
Views: 4981

error creating hyperlink in field

I am trying to create a hyperlink on a word selected in a text field. Here is the code: on mouseUp put the selectedText of field "note" set the linkText of the selectedText of field "note" to "http://revolution.byu.edu/textfind/TextandFind.php" end mouseUp The first line successfully outputs the sel...
by labrat
Sun Feb 01, 2015 12:06 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Bug when working with Shell command
Replies: 3
Views: 2900

Re: Bug when working with Shell command

Well, I guess my definition of "bug" would include any scenario in which the answer dialog went "bezonkers" regardless of the inelegant coding that caused it.

But, it is hardly a critical bug as it is only likely to be encountered by newbies like me experimenting with unfamiliar commands. :D
by labrat
Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:37 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Bug when working with Shell command
Replies: 3
Views: 2900

Bug when working with Shell command

Though I am relatively new at LiveCode, I am pretty confident this is a bug. Nevertheless, I am posting here in the beginners forum because I am a beginner and I could be missing something. I am experimenting with the Shell command to run another application using the command line (on Mac OS X 10.9....
by labrat
Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:57 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: link to particular page of pdf file?
Replies: 1
Views: 1945

link to particular page of pdf file?

I want to link to a particular page of a pdf file. This link: http://blogs.adobe.com/tcs/2011/01/tcs-specific/linking-to-a-page-within-a-pdf-and-more.html says that all I need to do is append #page=3 (for example) to accomplish this. However, it does not work. I can launch the document with this cod...