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by berndg
Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:54 pm
Forum: Feature Proposals
Topic: Run RevTalk from QR codes
Replies: 2
Views: 2387

Re: Run RevTalk from QR codes

Point your phone somewhere and have it execute code "just so?"
I think the security implications render the idea nil and void.
by berndg
Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:52 am
Forum: Feature Proposals
Topic: good enough?
Replies: 9
Views: 7514

Re: good enough?

Most typical bashing and complaining smacks of frustration, as if a miracle was expected but failed to deliver; these are lost souls that either did not spend enough time to reach a "eureka" moment, or just aren't built that way. Not a miracle exactly, but it is true that expectations were raised h...
by berndg
Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:38 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: spinbutton
Replies: 9
Views: 6335

Re: spinbutton

Thanks for the info. I figured that much. I take it that there is no way to create reusable custom controls? I figure I can assign the name of the text field to a custom property of the scrollbar control ("little arrows"), which the scrollBarLineInc and scrollBarLineDec handlers could query. This wo...
by berndg
Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:12 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: spinbutton
Replies: 9
Views: 6335

Re: spinbutton

Well, I'm glad that I contributed to your amusement. I should have explained. By spinbutton , I refer to a text field designated for entry of numeric data, which is accompanied by a pair of up / down arrows for keyboard-less entry. Click the up button to increase the number shown in the edit field, ...
by berndg
Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:42 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: cREVStandaloneSettings & Co
Replies: 1
Views: 2048

cREVStandaloneSettings & Co

You can also get at the standalone builder's strings to set up the uRIP properties during development if you need to: put the cREVStandaloneSettings["Windows,productversion1"] of this stack into tVersion1 Where would one find out those things? cREVStandaloneSettings isn't listed in the dictionary o...
by berndg
Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:38 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: version info
Replies: 3
Views: 3052

Re: version info

Thanks. I fully appreciate that Livecode may do things different to other tools, and supporting multiple targets has its challanges. The uRiP convention - fine. Is this written up somewhere, or does it only exist in an endless message trail of a Yahoo group?
by berndg
Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:33 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: spinbutton
Replies: 9
Views: 6335

spinbutton

Looking at the toolbox: am I right in thinking that I must create spinbuttons myself, from a text entry field and a vertical scrollbar?
Also not sure if there is a way to create one such control once, in a re-usable fashion.
by berndg
Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:55 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: version info
Replies: 3
Views: 3052

version info

When defining properties of the Windows standalone application target, I can specify file and product version numbers as is common for this platform. Not all targets seem to support this. I was hoping for a mechanism that a) supports at least one major.minor.build version number tuple on all deploym...
by berndg
Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:11 am
Forum: Feature Proposals
Topic: good enough?
Replies: 9
Views: 7514

Re: good enough?

... Give it a chance, if you have problems you will certainly get the answers you need, either here on the forum, or on the use-list… but please, don't run it down until you are more than a little 'au-fait' with the syntax and how to employ it… Fair point. I am investing time and money into giving ...
by berndg
Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:22 pm
Forum: Feature Proposals
Topic: debugger
Replies: 4
Views: 2591

Re: debugger

The whole thing seems to be hugely over-advertised. Fact seems to be that LC runs in some browsers on some platforms and under certain conditions, with the wind behind. That's fine, but not really impressive, let alone convincing. I was hoping for the web aspect when I licensed LC, because that woul...
by berndg
Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:06 pm
Forum: Feature Proposals
Topic: debugger
Replies: 4
Views: 2591

Re: debugger

Well, mwieder, this is all nice and great. I think you are offering an advance debugger, and that's great, but then, I browse this forum with Chrome, click on your demo link and - nothing. Chrome isn't supported. (I'll check your stuff out using Firefox when I have a moment, tomorrow.)
by berndg
Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:04 pm
Forum: Feature Proposals
Topic: diagnostics
Replies: 8
Views: 3613

diagnostics

Anyone who ever wrote a compiler or interpreter knows that the easiest error recovery tool reports "an error occurred at line X," and knows that meaningful error messages aren't cheap and aren't easy. I think LiveCode has lowered the standards to a new level though. Just try a simple mistake of decl...
by berndg
Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:57 pm
Forum: Feature Proposals
Topic: good enough?
Replies: 9
Views: 7514

good enough?

I am pretty new to LC (not new to programming), and enjoy it mostly because LC is different . What I don't enjoy is the immature nature of the runtime code, or engine. This forum alone is full of reports about things that should work but don't. Based on my -so far- limited experience, there're a lot...
by berndg
Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:40 pm
Forum: Feature Proposals
Topic: debugger
Replies: 4
Views: 2591

debugger

I'd really like to see a "grown up" debugger. Functions like show callstack, dedicated watches, conditional breakpoints, set next point of execution, run to cursor are common among modern debuggers, and I miss them dearly. It's a real shame LiveCode's debugger is so lamentably underpowered.
by berndg
Sat Mar 24, 2012 4:15 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: button not redrawing w/ icon
Replies: 2
Views: 2610

button not redrawing w/ icon

Following an earlier inquiry (http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11469), I can now cut a snapshot from a hidden image, apply the new image to the icon of a button, and apply some simple graphic effects to the snapshot. I find that I can set the button's icon first, then apply the graphic f...