Talking LiveCode • Re: Determining if menubar is visible
In the IDE or standalone?Mac or Windows?While a (system) menubar is always visible on a Mac, you may want to check for the RevMenubar in the IDE:CODE: put the visible of stack "revmenubar"Statistics:...
View ArticleMac OS • SAVING DATA TO STANDALONE APPLICATION ISSUE
Two stacksBEAKEREXPEDITESLAUNCH4 (splash stack)BEAKEREXPEDITES3 (main app)Tried the splash card method using a button with the script below to launch the main app in the stand alone application. The...
View ArticleMac OS • Re: SAVING DATA TO STANDALONE APPLICATION ISSUE
Hi,Is the "splash stack" in its own stack file? And is the "main" stack in its own stack file as well? And now is the main stack then attached to the splash stack via the "Standalone Settings" of the...
View ArticleAnnouncements • Live LiveCode Created Demo Tomorrow
Hello All,Just to make you aware, we are holding an open webinar tomorrow, at 4pm UK time, where we will be demo'ing LiveCode Create and taking questions. If you'd like to take part please go here to...
View ArticleAnnouncements • Re: Live LiveCode Created Demo Tomorrow
Fantastic.As I will be on an aeroplane I will miss it: I do hope it will be available later as a video to view.Statistics: Posted by richmond62 — Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:16 pm
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Forum wide naming convention for Livecode Create?
I am making this post having just searched for "Livecode Create" using the forums built in search engine. It returns the standard message that the two terms are too common. So I wonder if during the...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Re: Forum wide naming convention for Livecode Create?
That might be a good idea.But there’s also the complication that Create has its own forum: https://discourse.livecode.com/Statistics: Posted by SWEdeAndy — Mon Aug 12, 2024 5:36 pm
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Open driver "COM1:" fails
While this is my first forum post, I have been using LiveCode for decades (SuperCard and HyperCard) and love the product!I am usually able to sort out problems with the help of this Forum which is the...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • Re: Get File Type/Creator?
I know this thread is ancient now but several things to note...Doesn't 'detailed files' that include creator/type codes in the output on macOS LC engine?If not then:On macOS you could always use...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Re: Open driver "COM1:" fails
I have been using LiveCode for decades (SuperCard and HyperCard) and love the product!I am usually able to sort out problems with the help of this Forum which is the most amazing resource available...
View ArticleGames • Building a Story Maker App - "Mr. McDonegal"
Hi,I had a project on the back burner I decided to work on a bit today. The goal is to create a story making application template, so I began with getting the core stuff going for fictitious tales...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers • Key lock
Is there a code that causes them not to be able to press keys on the keyboard? (by pressing them the computer will not respond)Statistics: Posted by liveCode — Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:23 pm
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers • Re: Key lock
Hi.You can trap "rawKeyDown" and "rawkeyUp".That should prevent anything the user does. CraigStatistics: Posted by dunbarx — Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:08 pm
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Latent red dots?
In writing a code snippet, as one types, the SE will usually present a red dot. This since the syntax for a half-built line of code is unlikely to be "error" free. But once that line is complete and...
View ArticleTalking LiveCode • Re: Latent red dots?
It's not a red dot - it's a red dot with an "x" in it (not to be confused with the red dot that sets a breakpoint, which is what I though you meant on first reading your post).It just means you can't...
View ArticleGames • Re: Building a Story Maker App - "Mr. McDonegal"
That looks really good!Only comment would be there is something funky with the typewriter speed slider... changing it back and forth has weird results and it probably needs a narrower range of...
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Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • Fitting Text: the spades...
*Richmond was on holiday for 9 days and is somewhat out of the loop*There was a recent post (which I now cannot find) where some people were being "very clever' to ensure that text in a field was 100%...
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Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • Re: Fitting Text: the...
Cunningly authored using LiveCode 8.2 DP 2 on an iMac running MacOS 10.7.5, proving, if nothing else, that middle-aged tech still rocks. Statistics: Posted by richmond62 — Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:18 am
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • Datagrid Confusion
The current dataGrid is popularly known as 'DataGrid 2', so I would be grateful if someone could tell me in which versionof LiveCode this was introduced and replaced the pervious dataGrid?Statistics:...
View ArticleGetting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners • Re: Datagrid Confusion
IIRC most of the enhancements in DG2 were for mobile, like slide-to-delete. There was also a refinement to internal control references which allows one to effectively subclass the DG with behavior...
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