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  • Creating User Interfaces 22
    • Using Tab Buttons
    • How to create a rollover button with icon images
    • How to apply the new graphics effects to an object
    • How to make a stack with a window shape
    • How do I Send Messages During A Drag Operation?
    • How to show the progress of a download
    • How do I populate a field when an option menu is changed?
    • How do I scroll a card that is taller or wider than the window?
    • Creating Hypertext Links in Fields
    • How do I use the same controls on multiple cards?
    • Pinning Drag-and-drop to the mat: a primer
    • Detecting changes in a field
    • How do I use a Progress Bar?
    • How to manage and position objects when a stack is resized
    • How do I move between cards in my stack?
    • Play Sounds
    • How do I display a PDF in Rev?
    • How do I Create an ANSI Font Menu?
    • How to make a simple line graph
    • How to build an interactive plotter with a polygon
    • How To Create a Custom Cursor
    • How do I use Relayering?
  • Text 9
    • How Do I Use UTF-8 Text With Fields?
    • How do I Display Tab Delimited Text in a Table Field?
    • How can I search delimited data for a matching string?
    • How do I use Unicode in Rev?
    • How to count upper and lower case characters
    • Using the flagged property in a field
    • How do I style paragraphs in a field in LiveCode 5.5?
    • How do I display a table in a field?
    • How do I use hierarchical list support?
  • Working with files 9
    • How to list the files in a folder
    • How to read in data from an XML file
    • File Input/Output
    • How do I import a text file?
    • How Do I Process a Binary File?
    • How do I export a csv file?
    • How do I get the content of a URL on a web server into Revolution?
    • How do I rename the headers on a text file?
    • Uploading a file using FTP
  • The LiveCode Message Path 2
    • How to call a function or command in another object?
    • How to send messages to an object using the send command
  • Custom Properties 3
    • How do I save custom properties in a standalone application?
    • How do I define my own properties for an object?
    • Grouping custom properties in a custompropertyset
  • LiveCode tips 18
    • How to communicate with other applications using sockets
    • Opening a Stack from the Server
    • How do I Locate Scripts or Custom Properties in my Project?
    • How to relayer grouped controls
    • Setting toolTip and toolTipDelay
    • How do I get the path to common folders on my computer?
    • How can I get the path to the folder a stack file resides in?
    • Message box tips and tricks
    • What Are The Alternatives To Using Global Variables?
    • How to use date and time in Rev
    • How to create simple lists in LiveCode
    • How to create PDFs using LiveCode
    • How do I Create an HTML E-Mail?
    • How do I Attach a File to an E-Mail?
    • Dropping System Folders on Fields
    • How to Quickly Edit a Palette Stack in the IDE
    • Visual Basic-to-revTalk cheat sheet
    • How to create an application that opens when you drag a file onto it
  • LiveCode Arrays 9
    • How do I display an array in a table field?
    • How do I convert tab delimited data into an array?
    • How do I sort an array?
    • How do I add keys to or delete keys from an array?
    • How do I rename a key in an array?
    • How do I store an array in a text file and then retrieve it again?
    • How do I Search an Array?
    • How do I Display an Array in Human Readable Form?
    • How do I Store an Array Variable Inside of Another Array Variable?
  • Using Behaviors 3
    • How To Assign A Behavior
    • How to Override a Behavior
    • How To Create Field Placeholder Text Using Behaviors
  • LiveCode and Databases 5
    • How do I Create and set up a Database?
    • Converting a Database Cursor to a Data Grid Array
    • Connecting to a MySQL database
    • How to connect Database using ODBC
    • How to create and use an SQLite database
  • Creating an 8-puzzle game 3
    • How do I Create an 8-Puzzle Game?
    • How do I Tell the Computer to Solve the 8-Puzzle Game?
    • How do I Tell the Computer to Solve the 8-Puzzle Game Using A*?
  • Groups 0
  • Using Graphics 3
    • How do I Create Animated Overlays?
    • How do I add Motion to Animated Overlays?
    • How to create a scrolling group using the improved graphics architecture
  • Using Images 9
    • How to Create a Thumbnail Image
    • Vision: How do I Threshold an Image?
    • Vision: How do I Blur an Image?
    • Vision: How do I Edge Detect an Image?
    • How to proportionally resize an image
    • Vision: How do I Convert a Color Image to Grayscale?
    • How do you embed an image in a stack so a path reference is not needed?
    • Screenshot with Effects
    • How do you display an image by dragging it on to a stack?
  • LiveCode Plugins and Externals 5
    • How To Install 3rd Party Externals For Use in the IDE and Standalone Builder
    • How To Install a 3rd Party Plugin In the Revolution IDE
    • How to safely attach an external to your stack
    • Linking an OSX external bundle with a .dylib library
    • How to install custom user plugins
  • LiveCode revLets and the Web plugin 7
    • How to build a revlet
    • How do I communicate with the browser from a plugin?
    • How do I determine which permissions a revlet has?
    • How do I create a web-based revlet that references assets such as videos?
    • How do I pass data from a webpage to a plugin?
    • How do I Pass Variable Data from a Webpage to a Plugin?
    • How to build a revLet without a security prompt
  • Using dialogs 7
    • How do I Create a Color Picker Swatch?
    • How can I restrict an answer file dialog to just applications?
    • How Can I Pass Data To and Get Data From a Dialog Window?
    • How do I Create a Modal Dialog?
    • How to control where the answer file/folder dialog starts
    • How do I use the Project Browser?
    • How do I create a scalable UI using graphics?

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Total articles found: 4
  • Updated on: Feb 03, 2010

    How do I import a text file?

    This lesson shows how I create a simple stack, which imports a text file and shows it in a field.

    Manual How To - Step-By-Step Guides To Tasks In LiveCode
    Tags answer file, dialog, file, text, txt, URL
  • Updated on: Jun 18, 2012

    How Do I Process a Binary File?

    This lesson will show you how to open a binary file, process binary data and write binary data to a file.

    Manual How To - Step-By-Step Guides To Tasks In LiveCode
    Tags binaryDecode, byte, close file, open file, put, read from file, URL, write to file
  • Updated on: Jul 26, 2010

    How do you display an image by dragging it on to a stack?

    This lesson will show you how to display an image file that is dragged on to a stack, for example from the desktop.

    Manual How To - Step-By-Step Guides To Tasks In LiveCode
    Tags dragAction, dragData, dragEnter, URL
  • Updated on: Apr 16, 2010

    How do I create a web-based revlet that references assets such as videos?

    One of the great features of Rev is that you can reference images, sounds and movies from external files and use them in your stacks. But can you do this with a revlet? Well yes, you can and this lesson will show you how.

    Manual How To - Step-By-Step Guides To Tasks In LiveCode
    Tags filename, player, revlet, URL
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