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by TerryL
Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:21 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Only New Bugs Fixed?
Replies: 2
Views: 1644

Re: Only New Bugs Fixed?

All is not doom and gloom. If quality control could make 25 fixes per month then a majority of old and many incoming new bugs could be knocked down in 24 months. I suggest categorizing 1-3, Cat1 = crashes, easies like dictionary/sqlite/android/ios updates, and urgent fixes affecting many. Cat2 = mos...
by TerryL
Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:44 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Only New Bugs Fixed?
Replies: 2
Views: 1644

Only New Bugs Fixed?

1) Bug fixes in last 12 months: engine=113, ide=13. Stable releases in last 12 months: 3, LC v9.6.1 to LC v9.6.3. (Aug20:v9.6.1 e=30/ide=1, Sep20:0, Oct20:0, Nov20:0, Dec20:0, Jan21:0, Feb21:0, Mar21:0, Apr21:0, May21:v9.6.2 e=39/ide=5, Jun21:0, Jul21:v9.6.3 e=44/ide=7, Aug21:0.) Is Quality Control ...
by TerryL
Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:27 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Implementing Placeholder Text
Replies: 25
Views: 9818

Re: Implementing Placeholder Text

One method for placeholder text in data entry fields: 1) Drag a scrolling field and resize height to show one line, width as desired. In properties inspector untick vertical scrollbar, and tick dontWrap, autoTab. 2) Place in field script: --placeholder text in data entry flds: place in fld script, f...
by TerryL
Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:36 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Best extensions for my word/excel based needs.
Replies: 11
Views: 4559

Re: Best extensions for my word/excel based needs.

Hi njt. Maybe this stack will give you some ideas. It imports a text.csv spread and exports a text.txt, filters and sorts lines, and replaces items. Includes undo using a custom property. Colors won't transfer, but adding a flag column in the original spread, like "red" or "alert" or "!", could be i...
by TerryL
Tue Jan 05, 2021 8:05 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Does RevPrintText Support A Page Break?
Replies: 19
Views: 8259

Re: Does RevPrintText Support A Page Break?

@ Richard. I've been able to add a forced page break feature to the revPrintText handler in the revPrintLibrary stack. Someone else will have to take it from here. It needs testing on all platforms, critical review, and <%formfeed%> update to the Dictionary's revPrintText and revPrintField pages. I ...
by TerryL
Mon Dec 28, 2020 7:35 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Does RevPrintText Support A Page Break?
Replies: 19
Views: 8259

Re: Does RevPrintText Support A Page Break?

Thanks to all for the comments.
@ Jacque. I saved your detailed description of printing with print break for another project. Thank you for your efforts.
@ Richmond62. The special paragraph tag <p...> for page break may be for printing a cascading style sheet web page from a browser.
by TerryL
Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:03 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Does RevPrintText Support A Page Break?
Replies: 19
Views: 8259

Re: Does RevPrintText Support A Page Break?

@ hpsh and Dunbarx. You were right on track with numToChar(12), but the short answer appears: no, LiveCode doesn't support a formfeed char. There is a workaround. You can force a page break in a .txt plain text file. LiveCode's value(formfeed), ASCII numToChar(12) [v6.7.11-], or Unicode numToCodePoi...
by TerryL
Sun Dec 20, 2020 8:50 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Does RevPrintText Support A Page Break?
Replies: 19
Views: 8259

Re: Does RevPrintText Support A Page Break?

Hi all. Thanks for the suggestions. 1) The "formfeed" in text idea didn't force a page break. Interestingly <%formfeed%> printed an upArrow but no page break. 2) The open/close printing with print break idea didn't work either. LC throws an error on second revPrintText : execution error at line 16 (...
by TerryL
Sat Dec 19, 2020 7:45 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Does RevPrintText Support A Page Break?
Replies: 19
Views: 8259

Does RevPrintText Support A Page Break?

Merry Christmas. I'm making a report using revPrintText but can't force a page break other than an exact number of returns. Print break works with printing cards so I tried variations of <%print break%> and <%break%> added to the text but no luck. There is an html tag <p style="page-break-before: al...
by TerryL
Fri Apr 19, 2019 7:05 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: SQLite Foreign Key Constraint
Replies: 6
Views: 4974

Re: SQLite Foreign Key Constraint

I updated the attached stack to v1.1 fixing errors while creating tables with foreign keys activated. I found buried in the SQLite documentation, https://sqlite.org/foreignkeys.html "It is not possible to enable or disable foreign key constraints in the middle of a multi-statement transaction (when ...
by TerryL
Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:44 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: LC Buddy collaborative coding
Replies: 22
Views: 13499

Re: LC Buddy collaborative coding

Hi AndyP. Another thought. This would be useful where teacher demonstrates to students in computer lab, or where software startup coworkers interacting around a table include flex-hour worker at home, or a regional LC usergroup demonstrates a lesson or topic to members at home. Terry
by TerryL
Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:10 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: SQLite Foreign Key Constraint
Replies: 6
Views: 4974

Re: SQLite Foreign Key Constraint

Hi Bogs. Thank you for the BLOB links. Yes I will look into it. For now I've concluded its too difficult for me to implement, so I'm posting the stack. Stack "DB SQLite" for personal use or create an SQLite database for your client's use as a front-end. I recommend the Splash Screen standalone metho...
by TerryL
Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:37 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: SQLite Foreign Key Constraint
Replies: 6
Views: 4974

Re: SQLite Foreign Key Constraint

Hi Dunbarx. This project was a front-end for any SQLite db. It would have been much easier hard coding for one SQLite db. I agree that a flat-file LibreOffice spreadsheet with some validity cells, or a flat-file all LC solution would be easier still. I just wanted to try my hand at SQLite. I'm not c...
by TerryL
Wed Mar 27, 2019 7:00 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: SQLite Foreign Key Constraint
Replies: 6
Views: 4974

SQLite Foreign Key Constraint

Hi all. Given three therapists Beth, Nancy, and James, the user wants to enter a therapist name assigned to a patient. The db wants the therapist primary key id integer. I invented a gadget to show the three names for the user to choose but put the corresponding primary key integer into the data ent...
by TerryL
Wed Mar 27, 2019 6:48 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: LC Buddy collaborative coding
Replies: 22
Views: 13499

Re: LC Buddy collaborative coding

Hi AndyP. This is a great idea and I encourage you to continue. I'm surprised no one has commented. I see two difficulties. There might be collaborators in different time zones that make real-time interaction awkward. If a collaborator could post comments and suggestions then the principal could rev...

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