The 'For Vaughn' stack...

[Vaughn Clement]

Hi Pete

That would be great. For all to know the My CodeBook Pro will be available
soon online. I will want to add all of the comments in the subject
"Formatting Number Fields & Handlers"

Thank you

Vaughn Clement

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On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:

> Somewhere tucked away I have a handler that formats currency values with
> various options - currency symbol, whether the currency symbol comes before
> or after the value, various negative value formats, the decimal separator
> character, and the group separator character.  I think there was also an
> option to define the number of characters in each group since apparently
> some countries have a convention other than 3.
>
> The script was written for me by someone on this list but I don;t recall
> who.  I'll dig it out and post it.
>
> Pete
> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 1:04 AM, FlexibleLearning.com <
> admin at flexiblelearning.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Jacque,
> >
> > I wrote it to demonstrate to Vaughn exactly what you said ("We have some
> > terrific building blocks and we can make almost anything out of them"),
> > more
> > to assist his 'learning curve' than a 'final solution'.
> >
> > Beginner's luck to choose this as his first foray into LC! It is a
> > challenging problem, and I am by no means convinced that I have found a
> > generic solution, let alone a truly elegant one. What would be really
> cool
> > is if others could collectively improve on it, but I'm not sure how we
> > could
> > do this in real time.
> >
> > The starter stack is here: www.flexiblelearning.com/currencyfields.zip
> >
> > cc'ing the list in case anyone else wants to chip in. Am happy to upload
> > improvements/alternatives but, as above, not sure how we handle version
> > control unless by judicious commenting.
> >
> > Best and hugs,
> >
> > Hugh Senior
> > FLCo
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/14/13 1:34 PM, Vaughn Clement wrote:
> >
> > > I am starting to see a
> > > trend in the conversation in the How To email that is out to defend LC
> to
> > > protect the standards of usage. I am not saying this is good or bad,
> but
> > I
> > > wonder if this will impede the future growth of what was once a very
> > simple
> > > product named HypeCard?
> >
> > I think it's more that we know how the engine works and why it works
> > that way, and what would break if it were changed. The stack you
> > received shows what can be done with the primitive elements that
> > LiveCode offers -- that's "primitive" in the sense of "basic", not
> > "undeveloped." We have some terrific building blocks and we can make
> > almost anything out of them.
> >
> > By the way, the mailing list doesn't allow attachments, so you probably
> > received that stack in private mail. It sounds like a good candidate for
> > the User Samples area if it isn't in there already, maybe the author
> > will consider uploading it there.
> >
> > --
> > Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> > HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
> >
> >
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