Off-Topic • Re: Hardware section / Operating system section
Hello, everyone! I've been programming in Livecode for the last several years but am new to the forum, as my programming skills are certainly limited! Wondering if there was any resolution to running...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Re: (destroyStack) Ok, Maybe I know that What, but not the...
Hi.I always do, because if I close a stack I invariably want it to actually go away. But others may close a stack and yet want to keep it close by, in a sense. Possibly to access handlers in their...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers • KeyDown and RawKeyDown
Hello.Doing some tests with a BT keyboard and iOS/Android devices, I found the following:The dictionary states that the messages "KeyDown" and "RawKeyDown" works on "mac, windows, linux, ios,...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Take Screenshot on other monitor (Solved)
Hello LC specialist.For me it is afternoon so good afternoon .Does anybody know how to make a snapshot of a screen on another monitor than my main monitor.My application is placed on a second monitor...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Re: Take Screenshot on other monitor
I am sorry, I am not near my computer at the moment but I vaguely remember something about screenrects (with an 's').Statistics: Posted by richmond62 — Sat Jan 25, 2025 3:52 pm
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • LiveCode Create Licensing for Open Source Developers
Hi Everyone,I'm potentially contemplating a switch from my current Standard Plan to a Create Standard Plan but wanted to know what the state of licensing is for open source developers, the intention...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Re: LiveCode Create Licensing for Open Source Developers
To be sure, ask Heather: support@livecode.comStatistics: Posted by Klaus — Mon Jan 27, 2025 2:36 pm
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Dictionary error for "lineOffset"
The lineOffset function returns the line that contains a specified string. All well and good, I use it all the time.But the dictionary says:The value returned by the lineOffset function is the number...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Re: Dictionary error for "lineOffset"
I think lineToFind is the needle and stringToSearch is the haystack.So you can't search for"Something Iwant to getthe line number for" in the haystack, because it can't return a single line for a...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Saving and reading txt file
Hey everyone,Working on allow general saved data to be retrieved in my app, both for game saves and storing whether the in-app purchase has been made.I am following the guidlines here...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Re: Saving and reading txt file
Fixed it, not sure why but its failure in executing 'on openstack'. I put the 'loading' part into a button and then it worked. Shame that on openstack isn't working but I can work around that for...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • How to put a list into a...
I have a .txt file that is a list of items.I want to put this list into a field on a card when the card is opened and as characters are typed into a search field only items in the .txt file that match...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • Re: How to put a list...
Hi Tom,Here is a stack that shows one way to do this. It uses the "colorNames" as an example.It uses a display field "fList" for the filtered list and the whole list is stored as a custom property of...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Windows copy paste does not work as it should (bug?)
Hi everyone,I have the issue on Windows with LiveCode 10.0.1 (rc 2) that Copy and Paste (CTRL-C and CTRL-V) does not work if I want to copy something e.g. code from the LiveCode environment into e.g....
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers • Re: KeyDown and...
I had forgotten my old own post on the quality center!! (bug https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23783)This confirmed bug is almost 3 years old.Posting and reposting a serious (in my opinion)...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Re: Windows copy paste does not work as it should (bug?)
I'm curious Paul, and I don't have Lc 10 to test with. If you create a blank stack, and put this (card or stack level): CODE: on mouseUp answer the clipboardDataend mouseUpThen highlight some code...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers • Very slow launch of...
I am using, for mobile, the Splash method for my standalone. A splash stack that launches the real stack (named "ReferiTOP").On the very first launch of the standalone, the splash stack copies the...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers • Re: Very slow launch...
At the risk of telling you something you both know and have already thought about I'll tell you a short story:I got fed up with Splash stacks and opted for something else:An image on the main stack...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • LiveCode throwing up...
Hello everybody, hope you all are doing well. When I run LiveCode in visual studio the following is returned "No installed Python found!Print Output:"I have already checked that Python is in fact...
View ArticleAndroid Deployment • Match varialbes with case sensitivity.
Hii Guys!!I'm wondering how to match 2 variables with case sensitivity. For example, AlPhA123 will currently match Alpha123. How do I match these variables with Case Sensitivity?Many...
View ArticleAndroid Deployment • Re: Match varialbes with case sensitivity.
Use caseSensitive.Statistics: Posted by richmond62 — Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:05 am
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • Re: LiveCode throwing up...
When I run LiveCode in visual studio...Could you please first explain this? Statistics: Posted by Klaus — Fri Jan 31, 2025 9:59 am
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers • Set Accept language...
Hi,I have a stack with a browser widget and want to access a webpage. This webpage should think that I have a browser which accepts english language only (i am german). If you want to do this with a...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Problem with revCopyFile
I am trying to replace a Mac app with a higher version. I have successfully used revCopyFile in this script elsewhere. But, here, it doesn't.t work. The if statement is true.Yes, I know there is...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Re: Problem with revCopyFile
Hi Robert,please use the CODE tags above (5th button from the left) after pasting your script.That will keep the formatting and makes the script better readable_CODE: ... if tAppExeVersionUpdateCheck...
View ArticleMac OS • Current advice for building stand-alone?
It's been quite a while since I built a standalone, and the reason is 99 (.999) % because of the weird and complex hoop-jumping required to get these things working on macOS (and then Windows, etc.) I...
View ArticleMac OS • Re: Current advice for building stand-alone?
KeithMay I assume your question is all about Mobile? I do not develop for mobile, rather I develop on a Mac and distribute to both Mac and Windows desktops.Know that there is almost no issue with what...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • MouseColor working incorrectly in standalone
I have a very simple LC tool that uses mouseColor to tell me the precise RGB colour (and then works out the hex value) of what I point at. This works as expected running as a stack in LiveCode (9.6.13...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Re: MouseColor working incorrectly in standalone
Hi.I am not sure what you mean.How is the mouseColor function invoked? What changes or fails in the standalone? I made a stack with some colored controls, and used the "mouseMove" message to track the...
View ArticleLinux • Re: Farewell Livecode...?
To resurrect a thread, I can confirm that a paid for LiveCode Professional 10.0 install still doesn't run on Arch Linux, it stalls at the same -E warning regardless of whether you choose All Users,...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers • dateItems show wrong...
Hi,Where I live it is Saturday, 8 February 2025. When I do this in the message box:put the short date into d ;convert d to dateitems ; answer dI get "2025,2,8,0,0,0,7" The last item (7) says it is...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers • Re: dateItems show...
The Jewish week starts on Saturday night as soon as it gets dark. Statistics: Posted by richmond62 — Sat Feb 08, 2025 4:44 pm
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Support and Resources for LiveCode Beginners?
Hi everyone,I'm new to LiveCode and am very interested in its visual programming capabilities. However, I still have many questions about how to use this tool effectively, especially in developing...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Re: Support and Resources for LiveCode Beginners?
Hmmm.Real?CraigStatistics: Posted by dunbarx — Tue Feb 11, 2025 2:56 pm
View ArticleOff-Topic • Wistia: a word of warning to the wise.
I have previously used a plugin in Brave to download a few Wistia videos from LiveCode.This morning when I turned on my machine (macOS 12 Monterey) I got a warning that the Wistia download plugin...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • Barcode Widget
Hi everyone,I’ve been looking for a barcode widget and came across the following:https://www.aslugontheroad.com/41-barco ... -beta-testHas anyone tried this widget (and perhaps still has it?)? I ask...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers • Polygrid data...
Has anyone else seen data corruption when using the Polygrid when deleting/adding rows and/or modifying the columns? I had some weird issue with multiple new empty columns being added. After deleting...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers • Re: Polygrid data...
The commonest error with polygrid I've encountered is that data is a) not numerically indexedb) indexes do not start from 1 and are not sequentialLook at the data within the inspector to ensure this...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • Click doesn't register...
I have a text input field and a couple of list fields.When I edit the value of the input field, it puts that value into the first list field and selects the line, e.g.:CODE: on closeField updateTitle...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • What's the difference...
I'm able to set the highlighted line of a list field with either of these:CODE: select line 6 of fid myFieldset the hilitedline of old myField to 6I've searched lo and hi, but can't find the...
View ArticleOff-Topic • Re: Serfing USA
I paid for Serf circa 2020 as an unreleased product but if I recall it never actually shipped.And since we're getting nostalgic, I went to Dallas circa 1987 to hear Bill Atkinson speak about...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • Re: What's the...
Well, this:CODE: on mouseUp select line 6 of fld "ff"end mouseUpworks, while this:CODE: on mouseUp set the hilitedlines of fld "ff" to 6end mouseUpdoes nothing.- selected.livecode.zipStatistics:...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • Re: Click doesn't...
Hi Michael,Your current code in the input field takes the focus away from the second list field because of the CODE: select line 4 of fld listField1You can avoid setting the focus to listField1 with...
View ArticleOff-Topic • Re: A Create area in the forum?
Please help me, I am not receiving the registration confirmation email in that new forum.Statistics: Posted by lauralordelaure — Mon Feb 17, 2025 5:20 am
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • Re: Essential Tips for...
I am also a new member of the forum and new to LiveCode. I am very happy to meet such positive help from you guys.Statistics: Posted by barkerxavierr — Mon Feb 17, 2025 7:35 am
View ArticleAndroid Deployment • Re: Android Studio LadyBug 2024.2.1
I have a different problem with Android Studio. I keep getting the same error. Here is what I have installed. And this What am I missing?Statistics: Posted by macrhino — Mon Feb 17, 2025 2:22 pm
View ArticleInternet • tsneterr: (28) Operation too slow
I am using the API maker "Twidget" I am having one problem with one specific endpoint: "forgot-password"tData is just a JSON with an email address: {"email":"123@abc.com"}tHeader is "Content-type:...
View ArticleInternet • Re: tsneterr: (28) Operation too slow
Does this work outside of LC? (eg in Postman)Does the synchronous TSNetPost work and it's just the asynchronous call that has issues?Statistics: Posted by stam — Tue Feb 18, 2025 11:07 am
View ArticleDatabases • How to Prevent SQL Injection and Other Attacks
SQL Injection is a common security issue that allows attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting malicious SQL code. To prevent this, always use prepared statements and parameterized queries...
View ArticleDatabases • Re: How to Prevent SQL Injection and Other Attacks
Is this relevant to LiveCode?Statistics: Posted by richmond62 — Tue Feb 18, 2025 2:03 pm
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