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by dave_syntax
Sun May 30, 2010 10:10 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: Data Grid - what to use: XML, lists or SQLite
Replies: 8
Views: 6876

Data Grid - what to use: XML, lists or SQLite

Hi there,

A simple question:

I need to display a datagrid with the follow data for each record

number, name, author,section, chapter, thumbnail, unique id

There will be between 20-200 records (these won't change once it is saved as a standalone)
I need to be able to use UTF-8 to display extended ...
by dave_syntax
Wed May 26, 2010 2:14 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: Newbie Question: Standalones and the Message Box
Replies: 2
Views: 2988

Re: Newbie Question: Standalones and the Message Box

Thanks for the reply - I'll take a look!

I did find out my issue - my setup:

Running Windows XP through VMware Fusion on my Mac and the files were on a mounted shared mac volume.
As soon as I burnt a disc of the files and tested that it worked!

So I am now using iso images for testing - which ...
by dave_syntax
Mon May 24, 2010 5:52 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: Newbie Question: Standalones and the Message Box
Replies: 2
Views: 2988

Newbie Question: Standalones and the Message Box

Hi Guys & Girls

I'm trying to debug a standalone, which runs fine in the IDE on my mac and as a standalone, but when testing on a PC the .exe fails to find the linked QT files and displays a white QT box.

Rather than post the code - which is a tutorial on runrev lessons. I would rather try and ...
by dave_syntax
Mon May 10, 2010 10:20 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: Lingo to RevTalk - what is the on beginSprite equivalent
Replies: 1
Views: 2205

Lingo to RevTalk - what is the on beginSprite equivalent

Hi there,

I'm trying to switch from Director to RunRev, but have hit a newbie problem!

I have a text field called EULA, which has HTML text in it.
I right clicked the field, edited script and used:

set the displayedFormat of field "EULA" to "HTML"

This does nothing.
In Director I would have used ...