NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual

Fri Sep 9 13:03:51 EDT 2022

Weird. I thought you could just toss it in the extensions folder.

On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 10:33 AM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Yes, And after the install you will the widget folder in your "My
> LiveCode"==>Extensions folder. It will appear the the tool palette and in
> the inclusions pane of the standalone settings.
>
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On
> Behalf Of Brian Milby via use-livecode
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2022 9:54 AM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Cc: Brian Milby
> Subject: Re: NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual
>
> You have to use the IDE to install widgets.
> Tools… Extension Manager… + (icon, top right)
>
> Brian Milby
> brian at milby7.com
>
> > On Sep 9, 2022, at 9:40 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > Throwing NavRAD into my extensions folder doesn't seem to install it.
> > I wonder why.
> >
> >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 4:19 PM Mike Kerner
> >> <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> by the way, isn't it crazy how much overhead is required with lcb
> widgets?
> >> there is so...much...stuff you have to put on top just to get to the
> >> heart of the thing.
> >> and i'm never going to like the way lc embeds the comments in the
> >> source of anything.
> >> or the way they spell "favourites", or pronounce "Aluminum". Do you
> >> see an extra "i" in there? No? It's invisible, that's why.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 4:00 PM Brian Milby via use-livecode <
> >> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I think the user is going to need to code the width adjustment in
> >>> the resizeStack handler.  Widgets can’t change their rect on their
> >>> own.  It has to happen from the LCS side.
> >>>
> >>> Brian Milby
> >>> brian at milby7.com
> >>>
> >>>> On Sep 6, 2022, at 3:29 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
> >>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike,
> >>>>
> >>>> For future reference the source is in the .lce file. The .lce is in
> >>>> zip
> >>> format. Temporarily change the extension to .zip. You will see the
> >>> lcb file in there. Also when you install it the source will be in
> >>> the extension folder. But since I posted .lce I have put in comments
> >>> starting with "RAD Change" to show where I have made changes. Here
> >>> is the link to the updated
> >>> source==>https://www.dropbox.com/s/bv930usovpruo5e/navrad.lcb?dl=0
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for taking a look!
> >>>>
> >>>> Also I found that after I updated the docs that the docs are
> >>>> generated
> >>> from the lcb file. I re-built the widget and boom my doc changes
> >>> were destroyed. No problem I just had redo the docs for my changes
> >>> in the lcb file. So many unknowns. I am trying to find a way to
> >>> resize it to the card width with a user setting for height percent
> >>> of card width. But the docs are so scant and confusing I feel the
> giant headache coming on again.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Ralph DiMola
> >>>> IT Director
> >>>> Evergreen Information Services
> >>>> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com]
> >>>> On
> >>> Behalf Of Mike Kerner via use-livecode
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 3:00 PM
> >>>> To: How to use LiveCode
> >>>> Cc: Mike Kerner
> >>>> Subject: Re: NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual
> >>>>
> >>>> Ralph,
> >>>> got the source, somewhere? i'd like to learn from it.
> >>>> testing to begin...now.
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 1:32 PM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
> >>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I took a major stab at LCB and created a new widget based on the
> >>>>> navbar widget. I have made 2 changes to the navbar and call it
> navrad.
> >>>>> It does not modify the stock navbar. With almost no docs it was a
> >>>>> challenge. There were so many unknowns I got a few giant
> >>>>> headaches. It adds 4 new
> >>>>> properties(iconFill,autoRADHilite,preHilitedItem,
> >>>>> preHilitedItemName) and 1 new message(preHiliteChanged). I updated
> >>>>> the documentation so the new properties and message show in the
> >>>>> dictionary with example(search for "navrad" or just "rad").
> >>>>> One thing I ran into was that I had to call the "autohilite"
> >>>>> property autoRADHilite because using any existing property causes
> >>>>> a confilict that I could not get around without sufficient docs.
> >>>>> It does show in the property inspector as "auto hilite". These
> >>>>> changes allow 1)enlarge/center the icon if there is no label
> >>>>> 2)intercept a selection before it is hilited and make a choice to
> >>>>> hilite and send the stock hiliteChanged message (or not). Why no
> >>>>> label? For one social media
> >>> icons don’t need labels. Why a pre message?
> >>>>> Someone suggested it and I thought it was a great idea. Backwards
> >>>>> compatible with existing navbar LCS code. The was an auto sizing
> >>>>> to card width request. I will look to see if I can do it without
> >>>>> more
> >>> docs(or help).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If anyone would like to try it and find any bugs it's at ==>
> >>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/51zm4m8dip49jov/com.livecode.widget.navr
> >>>>> ad.2
> >>>>> .0.0.lce?dl=0
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ralph DiMola
> >>>>> IT Director
> >>>>> Evergreen Information Services
> >>>>> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."