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Hi richmond62,

Although I am trying different condensed fonts to find one that will work, that import snapshot function is VERY cool! I didn't know that LC could do anything like that! I have filed that one away for future use. Thank you for sharing!

Best regards,
Jon

Hi kdjanz,

Unfortunately, the text changes

Thank you though!
Jon

Well poop!

Thank you,
Jon

Hi all, Does LC have any way of changing the width of text characters in a text box? In page layout applications, this is called horizontal scale. The following image shows what I mean: https://creativepro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/unequalscaling.png I'm already using a condensed font in the te...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone might have an idea on how a LiveCode stack could be scripted to monitor a "hot folder". For anyone who might not know what a hot folder is, a hot folder is simply a folder on a computer that when a file is put into said folder, software that monitors said folder the...

Awwww man!

But ok. So, does this mean that I must also code what happens when someone right clicks a text field and chooses, "Paste"?

Thank you,
Jon

HI all, Thank you for the replies. As it turns out, the culprit was a preOpenCard handler on card 1. Although the answer dialog was NOT called by the this handler but by an openCard handler also on card 1, when I removed the preOpenCard handler, the answer dialog displayed all 4 buttons as programme...

Hi all, I have a compiled app for Mac and Windows. When the app opens, the answer dialog is displayed with 4 buttons. On the Mac, I see 4 buttons, but in Windows, I only see 3. I am happy to build a custom dialog/sub-stack in lieu of the answer dialog if needed but wanted to check here first to see ...

Hi all,

In my compiled app for Windows, right-clicking within a text field does not display the usual Windows context menu that includes copy/paste functions. Is there a way to get the contextual menu to display?

Thank you,
Jon

Hi everyone, Thank you all so much for the all the replies :) Since LC/Apple currently offers no way to do a multi-selection dropdown style menu, I have decided to go with creating a sub stack interface with checkboxes. This option ultimately will make life easier for both me and my end users. Best ...

Hi all,

I would like to use a drop down menu style control that allows multiple selections. Is there a control that allows this? I've tried all of the 'menu' controls and none seem to be able to do this?

Thank you,
Jon

A quick thank you to @liveme for his help! He provided the SQL statements I needed to get my app working which it is now.

Best regards,
Jon

Hi liveme, This will be built for Mac/Windows and never for a web browser or mobile device. Theoretically, once built, it should work anywhere in the building provided that it can "see" the server where the DB resides. I intend to add a ping routine to a preOpenStack handler and if the server can't ...

Hi liveme,

Yes, everything is stored on a local server in-house. Unfortunately, we have no control over which DB technology the software developer uses. This was the DB of their choice. We bought their system, the DB it uses was part of their designed configuration.

Thank you,
Jon

Hi FourthWorld,

The DB is on an in-house server so no internet necessary.

Side question: when you said, "LiveCode includes a PostgreSQL...", does this mean that I don't have to use the 3rd party ODBC driver I installed? If so, that would be awesome.

Thank you,
Jon