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by Sherlab
Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:02 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: Some really newbie questions
Replies: 7
Views: 6225

For the record, i have spent more than a couple of days attempting to understand how revolution works; but frankly for someone who isn't a programmer already the tutorials are worthless

That being said; the first approach suggested seems much more simple; and I'd like to avoid getting into code ...
by Sherlab
Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:34 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: Some really newbie questions
Replies: 7
Views: 6225

Hi Sherlab,

It seems that you can make your entire programme on one card. This card needs an image object, one or more fields, and a few radio buttons.

To load an image:

on loadImage
put "Hard Disk/Documents/Folder" into myPath
put the directory into myOldDir
set the directory to myPath
put ...
by Sherlab
Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:03 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: Some really newbie questions
Replies: 7
Views: 6225

1) So for this use, how would I clarify the order to import teh paint file?

import paint file "Directory/????"

1.1/2) How do I export directly to a cell in an Excel file? Can I get Runrev to create teh excel files, or will I have to make them in advance?

What I really want is to run 150 sets in ...
by Sherlab
Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:33 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: Some really newbie questions
Replies: 7
Views: 6225

Some really newbie questions

Well, I'm definately not the most computer saavy guy in the world, so don't be surprised at how stupid these questions might sound.

1) I want my program to load a random image file from a given folder; is this possible?

1.1) If this is possible, would I be able to export the name of teh file ...