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Why does the data need to be in an array structure specifically?

dunbarx wrote: ↑

Tue May 24, 2022 8:05 pm

I am starting a new thread

Seems related. Why a separate thread? How will people know where to post replies?

We've had this conversation a lot, Jacque. And we've always agreed on the best way to handle every case where we've seen the UI and understand the design and business goals. If you have a new work we haven't discussed that you'd like some help with let me know, I'd be happy to see what I can do. Sam...

Richard. 89??? I thought you were an old-timer. I prefer the local East LA moniker "veterano". ;) I had done some small contract work with HyperCard, but for me serious work began with the release of SuperCard in June 1989. Later that year I was hired to make a prototype of a new tomography techniq...

Thanks guys, I will look into the GM. I was a little naive about how big a job this will be :) Maybe. There may be ways to use groups well to cut down on the coding. Can't say without seeing the interface, but having scripted resizing windows since my first contract in '89 I've found most take a fe...

Besides, recursion is often slower than iteration anyway, in addition to taking more memory.

Historical tidbit: sprite masking was implemented as a built-in engine feature for SuperCard 2.0 circa 1995 under the feature name of "filmstrips".

richmond62 wrote: ↑

Thu May 19, 2022 7:26 am

What I object to is this: "is punctuated and spaced like human languages" because a very large amount of written
languages are neither punctuated nor spaced (and all human, i.e. spoken, languages are neither punctuated nor spaced).

Yeah, I can see that. Thanks.

1. Is that Apple tutorial for Swift or LiveCode? 2. Does swift's localization extend to being able to program in Sanskrit? 3. See 1. 4. Parentheses are the notation most languages use to contain parameters. A notable exception is Pascal, which is among the few languages which have two handler types,...

The message passes normally, it's the origin trigger that differs. From the callout box at the bottom of the Dictionary entry for mouseStillDown: Note: If there is no mouseStillDown handler in the target object's script, no mouseStillDown message is sent, even if there is a mouseStillDown handler in...

"fall apart"?

If MW's solution doesn't do what you need, I'd just put a poly and a rect in a group and keep moving forward.

dunbarx wrote: ↑

Tue May 17, 2022 9:40 pm

@Sparkout

The problem with a polygon graphic is that if I set its opaque then LC closes the shape into a rectangle.

Mark Waddingham provided a nifty trick for creating polygons that avoid the closed shape:
https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.p ... 06#p215281

Font corruption can sometimes exhibit odd behavior. It may be a useful diagnostic measure to replace the file of the font that was used when the issue was evident. Also take note of its mod date. I suppose before doing that it may be helpful to check this premise by setting the font back to the one ...

Great work, Gerrie.

That'll tide us over well until Microsoft switches to the Linux kernel. Once they complete that the Unix philosophy of "everything is a file" will give us a path to the Recycle process that can be used with normal file I/O calls, like the Linux /proc folder provides. #DayDreams