How do I change the icon of a button in livecode, using code and not the inspector tool?
set the icon of button "abc" to 1044 or set the icon of button "abc" to the id of image "source image" In both cases you are setting the icon property of the button to the id of an image object....
Can't play video from url - Livecode
The correct syntax for that is set the filename of player "Player" to "http://elanorb.on-rev.com/lessons/MalteBrill.mp4" Marks example contains the keyword URL before the url. But this will not work. At least here in LC 6.6x....
Place Text to Many Label Fields Using Loops and Arrays in Livecode
Try this: repeat with i = 1 to 10 set text of field ("label" & i) to "Me" end repeat ...
Detect if the Button is Enabled or Disabled in Livecode
First of all, I notice that you start all your script lines with capitals. I'd recommend starting your lines with lower case characters. That will give you more flexibility with regard to camel-caps syntax that is so typical of LiveCode scripts. You can't compare a control to a constant. A...
Moving editable items between two lists?
It isn't clear to me why you save that much data in properties. Once data is in a field, you can just keep it there. When you need to move data from a field on one card to a field in another card, you can do so directly. For example,...
How to delete Line in the datagrid?
Daatgrids have more properties than normal controls, see: http://livecode.wikia.com/wiki/Datagrid_API I suggest you to use the dgText property, like the following code: put the dgText of group "DFP" into temp delete line 1 to 2 of temp set the dgText of group "DFP" to temp ...
My LiveCode stack size is too large for my display. Is there away to adjust it so that it fits on my screen?
As of the latest stable release, 6.6.1, there is a scaleFactor property that you can use to scale the visual size of the stack to a percentage of its actual size. set the scaleFactor of stack "hugeStack" to .75 ...
How to adding and append code on runtime ? - livecode
Here's an example. Best to save your stack before testing! on mouseUp local tScript, tLine put the script of card "MyCard" into tScript put lineOffset("end opencard", tScript) into tLine if tLine > 0 then put format("put \"test\" into TestV") & LF before line tLine of tScript set the script of...
Generate Unique Random Numbers in Livecode
Here's one way: put "1,2,3,4,5" into theList sort items of theList by random(10000) repeat with N = 1 to 5 set label of button ("button" & N) to item N of theList end repeat ...
How hide multiple lines using Livecode
Check out the 'wordsToSkip' parameter of wordOffset in the LC dictionary. If you don't manage this and have several sets of equation text to find then your code will always find, and stop at, the first match it finds. You have two ways you could handle multiple instances of equation...
Livecode Datagrid Copy and Paste
Yes, if cell editing is enabled, you will find that a DataGrid acts very much like a spreadsheet. Just pretend you are in Excel, and use the DataGrid the same way. So if you copy some portion of data in a "cell", you may set the insertion point at any...
Prevent SQL Injection in Livecode
LiveCode does sanitisation and uses parameters in queries as described here. So, if you are building your query like this, LiveCode is not helping, and you do need to escape your own query: get revDataFromQuery(tab, return, gConnectionID, "SELECT * FROM users WHERE email LIKE '%" & theSearchString & "%'") However,...
How to count the sum of numbers in a field in Livecode
on mouseUp if the field "CC" is not empty then//here "CC" is an Scrolling field and it's containing the content put 0 into aa put fld "CC" into myData split myData by CR put the number of lines of (the keys of myData) into myArraylength repeat with i = 1...
Compiled iOS app automatically opens keyboard on start
Apparently, when the card opens, there is a field that gets focus. Perhaps you think a field is locked but it isn't. It can also be a combobox or datagrid that gets focus. Probably, the best way to test this is to run the following script before compiling your app:...
Repeat in array with subselection
Not the way you have written it. If you are in array mode, you must stay in array mode. If in the clear, stay in the clear. You have a mixed bag. I would do this fully in the clear. After deconstructing the array variable with the "combine" command, and...
How to find out the rarkey value for delete key
If you capture the rawKey value in a rawKeyDown handler, you must pass the message if you want any of the key presses to be handled by the engine. This is the case with any of the key messages you want to handle (e.g., rawKeyUp, keyDown, keyUp); if you do...
How to colour a specific word in datagrid
locate the word and use its position with chars similar to this set the backgroundColor of char 20 to 22 of fld 1 to orange or since it is a datagrid: set the htmltext of field 1 of group "datagrid 1" to "<font bgcolor=""e&"#FF0000""e&">test text"...
How to search hyphenated words
Please use this code if myWord contains the words of myData then instead of if myWord is among the words of myData then ...
Controller of player doesn't show after touch done by using a native video player in Livecode
I see the question is tagged as ios, so this might work ... on playerLeaveFullscreen mobileControlSet pID,"showController" , true end playerLeaveFullscreen (you may have to declare pId to make it available!)...
How to get list card of stack ? - livecode
Here's an example that creates an array with the stack card names as keys. Each array element contains a list of the controls for the card. on mouseUp local tCurrentStack, tCards, tCurrentCard, tControlsA put "MyStack" into tCurrentStack put the cardNames of stack tCurrentStack into tCards repeat with tCardIndex = 1...
Moving editable items between two separate lists?
With all the code here, it's difficult to tell what you're trying to accomplish, and there doesn't appear to be any picture to reference. It's not clear what constitutes an "item": A title? A description? A line of text? Generally, an "item" refers to a comma-delimited element of a line...
Escape HTML text
Often, people use functions like function q theText replace "'" with quote in theText return theText end q which can be used as write q("<div id=hidden-'" & myKanton & "' style='display:block;'" & "class='popuptable'>" & LF) to file tOutputFileCH You can use a string like in above example but you can...
Livecode: Sort an Array and Display It
How about: sort lines of it numeric descending by tNum[each] By the way "num" is reserved in LiveCode as a short for number so you need to change num[1] etc to something else to get your code working....
How to get picture current frames from video file in Livecode?
video-capture,snapshot,livecode
One way to achieve this would be to assign the video to a player object, set the visible of the players controller to false and then use the following script- import snapshot from player "name of your player" What this does is take a snapshot of the current frame of...
Searching word in a text file
Try to avoid the repeat with syntax as much as possible. Instead, use the repeat for eachsyntax: put 0 into myLineNr repeat for each line myLine in myData // update counter add 1 to myLineNr if myLine contains mySearchString then // store data in new variable put line myLineNr -...
How to hide menu bar in second card in livecode
The menubar is a group, which by default is created with its backgroundBehavior property enabled, and is probably added to all cards. To remove the menubar from a card, select the menubar group, use the Inspector to disable the group's backgroundBehavior, and then choose Remove Group from the Object menu....
Pass Variable and Value from One Card to Another Card Livecode
I think you should be able to do put cd fld "textField" into cd fld "otherField" of card "Card2" to do that. If that doesn't work, you can instead do put cd fld "textField" into theFieldText go to card "Card2" put theFieldText into cd fld "OtherField" or alternately, you could...
How to get a word under cursor in Livecode
Try "the mouseChunk" function. In the field script: on mousemove put the value of the mouseChunk end mousemove Should be just the ticket. Craig Newman...
How do you find the sum of all the numbers in an array in Livecode?
The "sum" command is what you need. Check out the dictionary; arrays are supported, though the function is generally used with a comma delimited list. You can also extract the keys of the array, if they are purely numeric, and apply the function. Otherwise, you may have to extract the...
Problems in substack
You need to tell where the field is: on mouseUp find "Work" in field "text" on stack "mainstack" -- your stack's name, or use stack id XXXX end mouseUp ...
How to Find a word with spaces in livecode
In LiveCode, the space character delimits words -- a single word doesn't contain spaces. If there's only one instance of the string of characters you're searching for, you could use the offset function: put "X1 X2 X3" into theString put the text of fld "f4" into temp put offset(theString,temp) into...
SELECT * FROM giving other result then SELECT 2010,2011 FROM
This part of your code SELECT 2010,2011 From the manual http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/identifiers.html "Identifiers may begin with a digit but unless quoted may not consist solely of digits." wrap those column names in ticks. SELECT `2010`,`2011` Since you didn't post your error message. Sidenote: Copy/paste it from this answer. Ticks and regular...
How i write file into home(In linux system)
As your last1 variable is enclosed in quotes, it's getting treated as a literal string rather than a variable. The following would work: put field "bash1" into URL ("file:" & last1 & "/dic.sh") Note that you do not have to refer explicitly to the text property when putting texts from...
How to get data from grid
put the dgHilitedLines of group "Datagrid" into mylist put the dgText of group "Datagrid" into myText repeat for each item tItem in mylist put line tItem of myText & CR after myselctedlines end repeat answer myselctedlines see http://livecode.wikia.com/wiki/Datagrid_API...
Can LiveCode recognise the characters that I draw?
android,gesture-recognition,livecode
I did some basic character recognition for my 'Spell With Kyle' app. It currently only recognises one character at a time, but the idea could be worked on if you need something more complex. There's an explanation of the technique and an example stack at http://splash21.com/Gestures.html HTH :D (It's just...
Create a new color from two RGB values
It isn't exactly clear how you want to combine the colours. If you want to blend the colours, you might simply add them. put 255,0,0 into myRed put 0,0,255 into myBlue put 0,10,100 into myGreen repeat with x = 1 to 3 put min(item x of myRed + item x...
Livecode Responsive UI Android App
android,user-interface,responsive-design,livecode
Let's assume that you have a card with one field and one button. When you open the stack, you can set the rect of the stack to the screenRect. This triggers the resizeStack message, which lets you rearrange the controls on the card. on preOpenCard set the rect of this...
How to delete a row in datagrid
Did you try using the index instead of the line? put the dgHilitedIndex of me into theIndex DeleteIndex theIndex The line is always the current display order, say A = 1 B = 2 C = 3 Thus if you delete line 2, the next line C will become line...
Return an Array Length in Livecode
arrays,livecode,variable-length-array
you can try: "item 2 of the extents of YourArrayName" will show you the last element number, which is in some cases the length of an array. item 1 will shoe you the first element number. Elements are sometimes also called indexes. MyArray[1],MyArray[2] etc. or put the number of elements...
How i copy the content of selected row
Set the global clipboarddata property to set the clipboard: on mouseUp put the dgHilitedLines of group "data" into myLine set the clipboarddata["text"] to line myLine of the dgText \ of grp "data" end mouseUp ...
UI from Livecode is not the Same as on Android
android,user-interface,text,livecode
If you're not including a font in your APK file, chances are that Android chooses a font different from the font chosen by iOS. Either set the textFont of the field to a font that is available on both platforms or include your own font. If you include a font...
Get a Value from One Cell in Sqlite to Livecode
You can use any of LiveCodes database functions. First you need to open the database via: revOpenDatabase("sqlite",filepath[,sqliteOptions]) Then you can query the database via one of the query commands: revQueryDatabase(databaseID,SQLQuery[,{variablesList | arrayName}]) There is also a function called revDataFromQuery([columnDelim],[rowDelim],databaseID,SQLQuery[,varsList]) that you might use for your query. Look them up in...
Livecode: Detect cursor position inside the field
Use the selectionChanged message to detect changes in the cursor position. Use openField to find out when the user clicks in an unlocked field. The selectedChunk tells you exactly where the cursor is. If no text is selected, the first number in the selectedChunk is higher than the last number....
How to count occurance in livecode?
Try using offsets, which should be faster than examining every word: put fld "MytextField" into tText set the itemdel to colon repeat for each element e in myArrayL put item 1 of e into searchStr put 0 into tSkip repeat get wordOffset(searchStr,tText,tSkip) if it = 0 then exit repeat add...
How to replace a string in the first occurrence
Use the wordOffset function: on mouseUp set the wholeMatches to true -- OPTIONAL put wordOffset("Malayalam",field "text") into N if N <> 0 then put "English" into word N of field "text" end mouseUp The optional line will cause replacement to occur only for an exact match of the source word....
MergJSON LiveCode External for iOS standalone setup
You only need to include the lcext file in the copy files section of standalone settings. No need to setup a runtime folder for iOS etc.
How to upload file to a server with php - Livecode
I do not know, if your php code is correct, but your livecode part isn´t. To post files to a webserver you need the libUrlMultipartFormData function. Below you find a sample from the libURL documentatin. I adjusted it a little bit using your values put empty into tFormData put "http://www.someserver.com/cgi-bin/form.cgi"...
Login form have some problems
One simple method is to use the keyDown message along with a custom property to store the clear text. Place the following code in the password field's script: on keyDown theKey -- RESTRICT THE ALLOWED KEYS TO SOME DEFINED CHARACTERS if theKey is not in "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890" then exit keyDown put...
Data Grid with native Android scroller gets stuck or does not show the whole list
OK, I figured it out. I added this line: send "delete_scroller" to cd "main" in 0 sec in each handler (at the beginning of it) that creates new view in the data grid and this one: send "create_scroller" to cd "main" in 0 sec in the same handler at the...
Is it possible to have a user draw a graphic in livecode?
Check out the choose command. This should get you started. To start out drawing your line: (This could be in a a button script, for example. However you want to trigger the user drawing.) if there is a graphic "userLine" then delete graphic "userLine" end if set the style of...
Get Unicode Text from SQLite DB
put textDecode(MyVariable,”UTF8”) into NewVariable ...
How to refresh item in a popup menu in Livecode
First create a pop-up menu and give it a name, e.g. "List A". Now create a control with a mouseDown handler or add a mouseDown handler to the card script. on mouseDown theMouseButton if theMouseButton is 3 then put "One item,Another item,A third item,The last item" into myList replace comma...
How to set rect on using a native video player when set fullscreenmode to “exactFit” in Livecode?
android,ios,iphone,video,livecode
Maybe this is what you're after... mobileControlSet pID, "rect" , the rect of img "poster" on second thoughts - it looks like that's already in your code - maybe try... set the lockLoc of img "poster" to true it could be getting resized to the images original dimensions at some...
How do you move an object in LiveCode by a given amount of pixels?
There are a variety of methods you can employ depending on how smooth you want the animation to be. At the simplest level you need to move the objects in script by setting their position related properties: top, left, right, bottom, loc and rect. set the top of button 1...
How to Run the Card Script Without Switching to that Card in Livecode?
You could move the code from the openCard handler to a different handler, e.g. initializeCardand call that handler from both the openCard and the openStack handlers. However, if a card executes a script and refers to objects on that card, you may get the object not found handler. Therefore, you...
How do you use a range of numbers in an if statement in livecode?
It looks like you're trying to determine whether an object's location (its center point) falls within a rectangular area. Try using the is within operator: if the loc of image "yellowdisk.png" is within the rect of graphic "targetRect" then # do true stuff else # do false stuff end if...
answer file dialog not recognizing cancel
Just replace "the result" with "it" and it should work. The user response of an answer dialog is stored in the variable "it". Btw, pressing "cancel" in an "answer file" dialog does return nothing to the variable "it" So you could change your script like this answer file "Bitte Bild...
How to create a custom dialog box in LiveCode
The simplest example of a dialog box is this. Make a new substack of your mainstack and call the substack "Dialog". Add a button to the substack, call the button "OK" and give it the following script: on mouseUp set the dialogData to "OK" close this stack end mouseUp Make...
How to play videoClip by Quicktime player in Livecode?
Link to the video file in the standalone application settings: Open the standalone application page from the file menu Go to the copy files tab Add your video file or a folder containing your video file Build your standalone The standalone will be build with the video file in your...
How to create button to another stack - Livecode
Here's one way to do what you want: on createDigits set the defaultStack to "BB" create button "test" end createDigits ...
Does the mergMK module for LiveCode require an internet connection to function?
mergMK is just Apple Maps/MapKit so it will behave the same way as the Apple Maps app while offline. In a quick test I did it appears to render maps that are already cached and show a blank areas elsewhere.
Log in page does not work properly
You haven't mentioned what the exact problem is -- are you getting an error somewhere? One issue might be mismatched variables: you have global Username and script variable sUserName. Also, is this all your code? If yes, you're not calling the loginCheck handler anywhere, so no comparison is taking place....
Get the Highest Value in Livecode
This is quite standard in any programming language. put max(var1,var2,var3) into myMax ...
How to create player and set autoplay with code at runtime?
You just need to start the player after copying it. set the filename of player "Player" of card "object" to "myurl" copy player "Player" of card "object" to stack "stack2" put the number of players of card "object" of stack "stack2" into myNumberOfPlayers start player myNumberOfPlayers of card "object" of...
how to refresh the favorites selection automatically in data grid
I've got it working OK, thanks to TerryL on LC Forum Created another command, deleteFavorites which is identical with refreshFavorites except the 1 line: answer "Sorry, but you must select at least..." and that new command I have put in the Row Behavior of the data grid: on mouseUp pMouseBtnNum...
Creating a handler to increase font size
Change your handler to use the selectedChunk instead of the selectedText. on txtSizeUp set the textSize of the selectedChunk to the textSize of the selectedChunk + 1 end txtSizeUp And for good measure, of course: on txtSizeDown set the textSize of the selectedChunk to the textSize of the selectedChunk -...
Is it possible to have a command last only while the object is moving?
The answer to this depends on how you move the object. If you use the built-in move command to move an object, the movingControls function will return a list all objects that are in motion. If you use your own repeat loop to move an object, you'll need to continually...
Livecode standalone program takes 30 seconds to load
windows,performance,batch-file,cmd,livecode
If you call the program from the prompt directly, e.g. using C:\program files (x86)\your_standalone.exe the app is treated as a command line app. I have also noticed that a LiveCode app can sometimes close if the invoking command line prompt is closed, while it may sometimes continue to run. Perhaps...
How to select a word with special characters in LIvecode
If you don't have a huge text in your field you might use: on mouseMove if the mouseLoc is within the rect of me then put the mouseChunk into tChunk # Check if chars before or after is a "spacing char" put word 2 of tChunk into tstart put word...