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by FourthWorld
Sun May 19, 2024 5:36 pm
Forum: Databases
Topic: Database using only native Livecode?
Replies: 6
Views: 442

Re: Database using only native Livecode?

Determining the fitness of a given solution will depend on the problem. What does the app do? How much relationality is needed? Would simple lookups suffice, or do you need multiple types of joins? Maximum data size per record and per collection? Will the data need to include binary types? Single or...
by FourthWorld
Sun May 19, 2024 5:14 pm
Forum: Databases
Topic: Which database
Replies: 6
Views: 163

Re: Which database

LC comes with a build-in SQLite engine, so this might be the best option for a single user DB. However LC supports MySQL, postgreSQL and many other database engines. Non-SQL database are suitable? There is a CouchDB library available in these forums. https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t...
by FourthWorld
Sat May 18, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Reliable IOS and ANDROID pdf viewing
Replies: 3
Views: 101

Re: Reliable IOS and ANDROID pdf viewing

The current one that comes close to working is having a google embed which works on both platforms but only 80% of the time. Is there a way to make this option consistent? Possibly, if we can determine the difference between the working and non-working instances. Do you find patterns to the failure...
by FourthWorld
Wed May 08, 2024 4:26 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: What is up with "lock Cursor"?
Replies: 41
Views: 1205

Re: What is up with "lock Cursor"?

dunbarx wrote:
Wed May 08, 2024 2:43 pm
It seems that changing the cursor is meant for running handlers, not just general cursor "styles".

But is there no way to simply have ones own cursor for general use?
See the defaultCursor global property.
by FourthWorld
Tue May 07, 2024 2:54 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: OpenCard to control?
Replies: 37
Views: 1601

Re: OpenCard to control?

Behaviors can also be nested.

The most complete representation is a vast spiderweb of connections, less instructive than a simplified model designed for learning core concepts.
by FourthWorld
Fri May 03, 2024 6:29 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: ChatGPT and LiveCode
Replies: 33
Views: 268873

Re: ChatGPT and LiveCode

What about the posting of new user TJF above? I don't even understand what the script does, or might do if the syntax was correct. :-) Whether that relatively new account's one post is spam or not would require someone running it. This may be a good moment for the new account to clarify their earne...
by FourthWorld
Fri May 03, 2024 5:55 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: ChatGPT and LiveCode
Replies: 33
Views: 268873

Re: ChatGPT and LiveCode

To evaluate potential bot activity, clicking an account name will being up a summary profile, with a link to the account's posting history. mrcoollion has written more than 700 posts here, often quite good and as far as I can tell all with apparently good intention. The Internet is overrun with bots...
by FourthWorld
Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:01 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Palettising a main stack.
Replies: 9
Views: 475

Re: Palettising a main stack.

Yes, it's good to have options.
by FourthWorld
Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:39 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Palettising a main stack.
Replies: 9
Views: 475

Re: Palettising a main stack.

stam wrote:
Fri Apr 26, 2024 5:58 am
I’ve always used

Code: Select all

Set the style of this stack to “palette”
and it always works fine in preOpenStack
Best of all, the style property is persistent. Set it once, save it, and that's the mode it'll open in forever.
by FourthWorld
Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:36 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Exporting SVG images?
Replies: 9
Views: 745

Re: Exporting SVG images?

So is this worth an enhancement request, to add a sixth format to the "export" command? It would take quite a while for the team to work through their current queue to get to it, so we have time to draft a good actionable spec. Unlike raster formats, SVG isn't limited to bitmaps. Indeed, it's most ...
by FourthWorld
Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:27 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Palettising a main stack.
Replies: 9
Views: 475

Re: Palettising a main stack.

Use the stack's style property and you'll need no code at all.
by FourthWorld
Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:30 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Exporting SVG images?
Replies: 9
Views: 745

Re: Exporting SVG images?

stam wrote:
Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:41 pm
is SVG not just a text file? (albeit a specially formatted one?)
Web applications are also "just" text.

The work of generating the output lies beyond the encoding of the file format.
by FourthWorld
Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:56 pm
Forum: Databases
Topic: DataGrid column truncating string
Replies: 2
Views: 572

Re: DataGrid column truncating string

Is your DataGrid set to use the Form option, or the Table option?
by FourthWorld
Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: get name of flashdrive.
Replies: 20
Views: 1281

Re: get name of flashdrive.

Most software problems have been encountered by other publishers over the years. Before attempting novel solutions it's often useful to see how others have solved what we're facing, and do what they do. With license enforcement, if you have a web server you can require the user to register the produ...

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