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Effectively matchtext() seems to be the closer function to scanf at least for what concern the result, even if it uses regex.

No, the scanf equivalent shoud fill a number of variables taking the values from partes of a string according to a template (look at the "format" Livecode function to have an idea, it makes to opposite).

Hi, is there a Livecode equivalent to scanf C function? It should be the opposite of the Livecode Format function.

Oh, thanks Bernd!

Hi Fred, no, nothing to do with socket closes or screen locks (anyway, the screen lock should only freeze the screen refresh, not the other activities under the hood). If you move the cursor over the program window, without clicking and focusing it, the program suddenly starts to receive messages, a...

From some LC version on (7?) the callback handler specified in an instruction like: accept datagram connections on port xxx with message callbackMessage is only called when the application is the frontmost window or if you move the mouse on its window (at least on MacOs X). Is there a solution to th...