mobilepick

[marksmithhfx]

Hi, updating some code from 5.5 to 7.1 and running into a bit of a problem with iPhonePickDate. In particular, this line does not appear to do anything anymore.

iPhonePickDate "date",defaultdate,,,,"canceldone"

Has it been replaced? I did a quick check of the dictionary and found neither iPhonePickDate nor MobilePickDate listed. A check of the release notes for 7.1 Indy does not contain any discussion. I missed a few versions inbetween so possibly this has been discussed elsewhere.

I did find this Livecode lesson

http://runrev.screenstepslive.com/s/352 ... -on-mobile

But before I forge onwards, I was wondering if this is the extent of documentation on these commands?

Thanks
Mark

[Klaus]

Hi Mark,

not sure when this happened, but they obviously replaced all "iphonexxxx" commands to "mobilexxxx".
But I see "mobilepickdate" in the dictionary in LC 7.1.1!


Best

Klaus

[quailcreek]

They didn't replace iPhoneDatePick you can use either one and they both work. I tend to use mobile so I don't get hicups with Android.

[Dixie]

iphonePickDate still works on iOS... as in..

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on mouseUp
   iphonePickDate "date",0 ,0 , the seconds,1,"Cancel"
   put the result into theDate
   convert theDate to long date
   answer theDate
end mouseUp

I use this to choose a date of birth... the maximum limit being today's date

[marksmithhfx]

Thanks everyone. Turns out my dictionary was on "Library" not "All" which is why I was not seeing iPhonePickDate or MobilePickDate. But that leaves me with another problem. Code that worked fine in 5.5 is not working in 7.1 (or 7.1.1) and I am not sure why. I should point out that the version of iOS has been upgraded as well and they DID change the way they handle specifying dates in the iOS settings. I don't remember how it was before, but with the current version there is a new Time Zone Override and before it was something else (and setup differently). So, as such I have too potential issue to debug... potentially one in LC, potentially one in iOS.

Long story short, this code used to invoke the pick wheel for dates every time and no longer does. I've attached a screen shot so you can see what it does (reports an error in the field "invalid date") and it never did that before. The data it is pulling is from the upper right hand corner (that is the date_selected field) and whatever was read from there before was always interpreted as a valid date, and now it is not.

Can anyone see a reason why? Thanks

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on openfield
   if the environment is "mobile" then
      if edc is empty then
         put date_selected into defaultdate
         convert defaultdate from long system date to seconds
      else
         put fld "edc" into defaultdate
         convert defaultdate from system date to seconds
      end if
      iPhonePickDate "date",defaultdate,,,,"canceldone" 
      put the result into temp
     if temp <> "cancel" then
         set the forecolor of me to black
         convert temp  to system date -- from seconds does not appear to work here
         put temp into me
      else
         -- put empty into me
      end if
      closefield
   end if
end openfield

[quailcreek]

This works in every LC version 6, 7 and 8. Maybe your error comes from foreColor... should be foregroundColor.

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on mouseUp
   local tFldName, tPicked
   
   if environment() is not "mobile" then exit mouseUp
   
   put the short name of the owner of the target into tFldName
   put fld tFldName of me into tSelected
   if tSelected is a date then
      convert tSelected to seconds
   else
      put empty into tSelected
   end if
   
   mobilePickDate "Date",tSelected,,,,"CancelDone"
   put the result into tPicked
   
   if tPicked is "Cancel" then
      set the foregroundColor of fld tFldName of me to 150,150,150
      put tFldName into fld tFldName of me
      set the uTextChanged of this cd to true
   else
      set the foregroundColor of fld tFldName of me to 0,0,0
      put formattedDate(tPicked)  into fld tFldName of me
      set the uTextChanged of this cd to true
   end if 
   focus nothing
end mouseUp

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function formattedDate pDate
   if pDate is empty or pDate is not a date then put the short english date into pDate
   
   convert pDate from short english date to dateItems
   put item 3 of pDate into theDay
   put item 2 of pDate into theMonth
   put item 1 of pDate into theYear
   put theMonth & "/" & theDay & "/" & theYear into tFormattedDate
   return tFormattedDate
end formattedDate

[marksmithhfx]

Thanks everyone, I did get it working. I feel like I owe you an explanation, although to be honest I am not really sure what the solution was exactly. I do know it was not code. The code is the same and the pick wheel now appears. It appears it was due to some odd combination of external factors. I have several versions of LC (7.1 and 7.1.1) and Xcode (6.4 and 7.1) on my system. When I use LC 7.1 it wants one config of SDK and Xcode and when I use 7.1.1 it wants a different config. This has been a problem for me in the past, typically triggered by an upgrade to iOS and then nothing works for awhile until I (accidentally it appears) discover the right combination of tools to use. In this case I am now using LC 7.1.1, Xcode 7.1 and whatever SDK that is and things are working.

Thanks for all your help (and patience - it can be frustrating sometimes tracking down elusive "ghosts in the machine")

Mark