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by paul@researchware.com
Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:27 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: background color of text with metadata
Replies: 35
Views: 1218

Re: background color of text with metadata

The real issue is that there is no native LC property that defines the botRight of a selection. The "selectedLoc" does the topLeft. 'the formattedRect of chunk of field; where the check reference is the selectedChunk will get you the rect of the selection. We do it in our app allthe time. The forma...
by paul@researchware.com
Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Connecting AirTable and LiveCode
Replies: 4
Views: 688

Re: Connecting AirTable and LiveCode

In addition to the AirTable API reference (already mentioned) at https://airtable.com/developers/web/api/introduction I believe there are some lessons or tutorials on using LiveCode to access REST API available somewhere at Livecode.com, such as this one: https://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/132531...
by paul@researchware.com
Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:23 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: multiline field Polylist Tabs?
Replies: 2
Views: 2582

Re: multiline field Polylist Tabs?

I don't think so for tabStops. You might be able to do colored text by setting the column of array that hold the data to already styled livecode text (such as using the templateField to style the text and then setting the array element to the text of the templateField. I'd like to see the multi-line...
by paul@researchware.com
Sat Oct 14, 2023 2:44 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: How does a datagrid achieve almost unlimited rows?
Replies: 24
Views: 38235

Re: How does a datagrid achieve almost unlimited rows?

The issue with the polygrid is does not appear to be an inbuilt method of editing text fields. It may be possible to use a second field as a field editor or just have a hidden field / form that gets displayed to allow text editing. Yea, this is probably THE biggest reason to still use a datagrid vs...
by paul@researchware.com
Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:07 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: How does a datagrid achieve almost unlimited rows?
Replies: 24
Views: 38235

Re: How does a datagrid achieve almost unlimited rows?

For what it's worth, I have replaced a few instances where I used Datagrids to display table data with Polygrid widgets. In my case all the table data is text or numbers, the dictionary entry for the pgColumns property of the polygrid suggests it can display all the following data types: columnIndex...
by paul@researchware.com
Fri Oct 13, 2023 12:29 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: How does a datagrid achieve almost unlimited rows?
Replies: 24
Views: 38235

Re: How does a datagrid achieve almost unlimited rows?

The basic approach is to display only the visible rows of data and so render only the enough custom controls to hold the visisle rows). As for how you figure and calculate the visible rows, I don't have an algorithm to offer you. I would assume it would neeed the following elements: 1) Get the total...
by paul@researchware.com
Sat Sep 30, 2023 12:37 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: [ANN] Release LiveCode 9.6.10 STABLE
Replies: 24
Views: 54824

Re: [ANN] Release LiveCode 9.6.10 STABLE

My concern is how one might ensure that standalones one might produce on, say, macOS 11 Big Sur would run on next year's macOS 15 'Cannery Row', as a slew of end-users might be 'silly bananas'. Unfortnately, that is impossible. Regardless of whether you are building an app in Livecode or C++ or Jav...
by paul@researchware.com
Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:59 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: [ANN] Release LiveCode 9.6.10 STABLE
Replies: 24
Views: 54824

Re: [ANN] Release LiveCode 9.6.10 STABLE

richmond62 wrote:
Fri Sep 29, 2023 12:52 pm

1. Standalones built for Mac on pre-Sonoma versions of MacOS RUN on MacOS 14, Sonoma.
Thank you for confirming.
by paul@researchware.com
Fri Sep 29, 2023 12:29 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: [ANN] Release LiveCode 9.6.10 STABLE
Replies: 24
Views: 54824

Re: [ANN] Release LiveCode 9.6.10 STABLE

Repeating what I just reported on the List, LC Versions 9.6.3, 9.6.9, and 10.0.0 all give me the “LiveCode quit unexpectedly" on launch after upgrading to Sonoma v14.0 on my Mac, And no, Reopen does not work either. I subsequently downloaded 9.6.10 and indeed it does work in Sonoma. My question now...
by paul@researchware.com
Thu Sep 28, 2023 5:31 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: [ANN] Release LiveCode 9.6.10 STABLE
Replies: 24
Views: 54824

Re: [ANN] Release LiveCode 9.6.10 STABLE

A long time ago (the 1990's) I used to visit Apple in Cupertino almost annually. I worked at Boston College at the time, which was a founding member of the Apple University Consortium (AUC) and Apple hosted an annual convention for AUC schools. We'd often visit Apple corporate before the convention ...
by paul@researchware.com
Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:57 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: [ANN] Release LiveCode 9.6.10 STABLE
Replies: 24
Views: 54824

Re: [ANN] Release LiveCode 9.6.10 STABLE

Thank you Panos. It is sometime hard for my tiny company to keep up with Apple's changed. Just knowing what seems to work and what to watch for is very helpful. Our current app is built on LC 9.6.9. With the dates being the only issue (and we don't do much with dates), we'll just wait for 9.6.11 to ...
by paul@researchware.com
Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:11 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: [ANN] Release LiveCode 9.6.10 STABLE
Replies: 24
Views: 54824

Re: [ANN] Release LiveCode 9.6.10 STABLE

I'd also like to hear about LC 9.6.10 (and 9.6.9) vompatability with Sonoma. Anyone find any issues. A search of Bugzilla shows https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24345

Does anyone know if this impacts LC 9.6.9 as well? I do not have a Sonoma machine to test on currently.
by paul@researchware.com
Wed Sep 20, 2023 5:38 pm
Forum: Made With LiveCode
Topic: HyperRESEARCH from Researchware
Replies: 0
Views: 107273

HyperRESEARCH from Researchware

HyperRESEARCH is a tool for macOS and Windows for conducting qualitative research. Originally built in HyperCard in the late 1980's, Researchware, Inc. was formed in 1991 to sell he tool commercially. The research tool has moved from HyperCard (macOS) and Toolbook (Windows) to SuperCard (macOS) and ...
by paul@researchware.com
Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:45 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Polygrid questions...
Replies: 5
Views: 4891

Re: Polygrid questions...

That is what I was essentially asking. The only way to set column alignments (for example) is to get the entire pgColumns array from the widget, modify the alignment you want and then set the pgColumns of the widget to the modified array, which is what your setColumnAlignment handler does. That's fi...
by paul@researchware.com
Wed Aug 23, 2023 12:44 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Polygrid questions...
Replies: 5
Views: 4891

Polygrid questions...

I see I have the properties of a polygrid for: pgColumns -- an array of all column properties and pgColumnWidths -- a comma delimited list of widths There does not seem to be a distinct property just for alignments, such as pgColumnAlignments What I need to do is change the width and/or alignment of...

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