Re: [Gambas-user] [Bulk] Off-line help is not working

2014-09-13 Thread ISS Boss
I get this all the time and asked about it months ago. Nothing happened. I can get help, but I have to go out of the IDE to get it. Cumbersome, at best. Bill Jørn Erik Mørne wrote on 09/13/2014 14:27: Off-line help is not working. Tested in both Manjaro and Ubuntu 14.04 -

Re: [Gambas-user] Rules for Application Repository?

2014-07-28 Thread ISS Boss
Thank you, Julio. It is very much appreciated. Bill Julio Sanchez wrote, On 07/28/2014 05:27: ISS Boss , T Lee Davidso and Benoit: [1]http://jsbsan.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/arduino-y-gambas3-lectura-y-graficos-d e.html [2]http://jsbsan.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/gambas-y-arduino-moviendo

Re: [Gambas-user] Rules for Application Repository?

2014-07-27 Thread ISS Boss
Well, I just attempted to get a download from the site mentioned by T. Lee and I am appalled at what happened. The first link ("Programa en Gambas3 (Nueva versión 2)" produced an otherwise blank page in a new tab that said, in effect, for XXX bucks you can advertise here. Nothin

Re: [Gambas-user] Discourse?

2014-07-06 Thread ISS Boss
As Rob says, I get my email using Thunderbird (either on my Ubuntu machine or my Win7 machine) I haven't used a mailing list in a very long time. I like the interface I have now. Bill Rob Kudla wrote, On 07/06/2014 16:59: On 07/06/2014 02:21 PM, Jørn Erik Mørne wrote: bit too

Re: [Gambas-user] System.TimeZone Error?

2014-05-18 Thread ISS Boss
Benoît Minisini wrote, On 05/18/2014 08:38: Le 17/05/2014 21:55, Benoît Minisini a écrit : Le 17/05/2014 21:32, Benoît Minisini a écrit : Le 10/05/2014 17:32, Wolfgang, dl7nb a écrit : Hi, System.TimeZone is defined as follows: Return the system timezone. The returned value

Re: [Gambas-user] Somehow I lost my Help pages.

2014-05-12 Thread ISS Boss
A neat trick, Gianluigi. I'll give that a try also. Bill gian wrote, On 05/12/2014 19:27: Hello Jussi, thanks for the help...and sorry for the confusion. Regards gianluigi Hello ISS Boss, I use a trick: in addition to the GTK or GUI project (Ubuntu is still using GTK ) op

Re: [Gambas-user] Somehow I lost my Help pages.

2014-05-12 Thread ISS Boss
u can wait for release of next version. Or maybe you can download trunk source and compile only the new IDE (not 100% sure it's compatible). It's made with Gambas and so it doesn't require any additional skills. Right now I don't have other options. Jussi On Tue, May 13, 201

Re: [Gambas-user] Somehow I lost my Help pages.

2014-05-12 Thread ISS Boss
That is exactly what I see also, Gianluigi. The directory "/comp/gb.gtk/." does not exist (as the error tells us). Bill gian wrote, On 05/12/2014 16:02: Because I do not see my previous sending photos in gambas-user, attach them for the third time, the firs

Re: [Gambas-user] Somehow I lost my Help pages.

2014-05-12 Thread ISS Boss
Sorry, I am not familiar enough with Linux to even attempt to actually compile Gambas. It appears as if there should just be SOMETHING in the directory pointed to by the light grey text immediately above the small window where the descriptive text should appear. In fact, the dir

Re: [Gambas-user] Somehow I lost my Help pages.

2014-05-12 Thread ISS Boss
t 7:57 PM, ISS Boss [3] wrote: Here's a screen shot of what I mean. The error is circled in red. Bill Jussi Lahtinen wrote, On 05/12/2014 11:57: OK, now I'm not sure I understand the problem. Can you send some screenshots? Jussi On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:30 PM, ISS Boss [1][

Re: [Gambas-user] Somehow I lost my Help pages.

2014-05-12 Thread ISS Boss
)? [1]http://www.gambasdoc.org/help?v3 If you can, then try to clear documentation cache. Tools --> Preferences --> Help & Applications. Jussi On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 4:24 PM, ISS Boss [2] wrote: Hi, Jussi: My system: [System] Gambas=3.5.3 OperatingSystem=Linux Ker

Re: [Gambas-user] Somehow I lost my Help pages.

2014-05-12 Thread ISS Boss
d be entered into a text area like 'Tooltip') and now there isn't. Bill ISS Boss wrote, On 05/12/2014 09:57: I'll see what I can do. More later. Bill Jussi Lahtinen wrote, On 05/12/2014 09:48: Can you connect to this site (maybe you use OpenDNS and may

Re: [Gambas-user] Somehow I lost my Help pages.

2014-05-12 Thread ISS Boss
ferences --> Help & Applications. Jussi On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 4:24 PM, ISS Boss [2] wrote: Hi, Jussi: My system: [System] Gambas=3.5.3 OperatingSystem=Linux Kernel=3.5.0-49-generic Architecture=x86_64 Distribution=Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS Desktop=GNOME Theme=Q

Re: [Gambas-user] Somehow I lost my Help pages.

2014-05-12 Thread ISS Boss
is still up and running. Here is the new documentation site: [1]http://gambaswiki.org/wiki Jussi On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 3:55 AM, ISS Boss [2] wrote: Repeat email: Back again with another question. Somehow, my help pages for each and every one of the elements of a given entity (like a

[Gambas-user] Somehow I lost my Help pages.

2014-05-11 Thread ISS Boss
Repeat email: Back again with another question. Somehow, my help pages for each and every one of the elements of a given entity (like a window, textbox, combobox, label, etc) has the following notification below where the help or description would normally show: /comp/gb.gui/label This page does

[Gambas-user] Lost my help pages (?)

2014-05-10 Thread ISS Boss
Back again with another question. Somehow, my help pages for each and every one of the elements of a given entity (like a window, textbox, combobox, label, etc) has the following notification below where the help or description would normally show: /comp/gb.gui/label This page does not exist

Re: [Gambas-user] Ubuntu 14.04 update and Gambas executables

2014-04-30 Thread ISS Boss
done the same thing? Keith On 14-04-30 05:29 PM, ISS Boss wrote: Give this a try: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nemh/gambas3 sudo apt-get update duso apt-get install gambas3 I got bit by the same thing when 12.04 came along. My original install of Gambas apparently came f

Re: [Gambas-user] Ubuntu 14.04 update and Gambas executables

2014-04-30 Thread ISS Boss
Give this a try: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nemh/gambas3 sudo apt-get update duso apt-get install gambas3 I got bit by the same thing when 12.04 came along. My original install of Gambas apparently came from a different source. When i did this, I got Gambas updated and my o

Re: [Gambas-user] Downgraded to Gambas 3.5.2 with Ubuntu LTS 14:04

2014-04-27 Thread ISS Boss
If I may butt in for a second. That is exactly what I had to do when my Ubuntu updated to 12.04. When I tried to "check for updates" the Update Manager told me that Gambas was "unauthorized" and refused to install it or upgrade it. I ran the commands you mention and upgraded mysel

Re: [Gambas-user] Repeat: Severe problem with update...

2014-04-14 Thread ISS Boss
4/14/2014 16:01: On Sun, 2014-04-13 at 22:35 -0400, ISS Boss wrote: New information on my problem. I went to the GambasWIKI site and followed these three instructions under the "Gambas3 Stable" header (which is how I installed it the first time): sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nemh/gamb

[Gambas-user] Repeat: Severe problem with update...

2014-04-13 Thread ISS Boss
New information on my problem. I went to the GambasWIKI site and followed these three instructions under the "Gambas3 Stable" header (which is how I installed it the first time): sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nemh/gambas3 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gambas3 What I have now when I

Re: [Gambas-user] Repeat: Severe problem with update...

2014-04-13 Thread ISS Boss
ly due PPA changing it's gpg key not sure. Jussi On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 3:34 AM, ISS Boss [98] wrote: I installed it using the PPA given on SourceForge. It installed just fine, and I am using it now. If it didn't give me warnings when I installed it, why get them now f

Re: [Gambas-user] Repeat: Severe problem with update...

2014-04-13 Thread ISS Boss
e a way to get that PPA?)? Bill Jussi Lahtinen wrote, On 04/13/2014 20:20: How did you install Gambas in the first place? What repository you are using..? Maybe these warnings are from PPA you are using? Jussi On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:36 AM, ISS Boss [1] wrote: Can anyone help me here.

[Gambas-user] Repeat: Severe problem with update...

2014-04-13 Thread ISS Boss
Can anyone help me here. I am very new to Linux and haven't a clue how to fix this error. I have 76 updates -- ALL from Gambas. I am currently running Gambas 3.5.2 and apparently that is as far as I can go unless someone can tell me how to get past this error from the Update manager: "Requires

[Gambas-user] Severe problem with update...

2014-04-13 Thread ISS Boss
I have 76 updates -- ALL from Gambas. I am currently running Gambas 3.5.2 and apparently that is as far as I can go unless someone can tell me how to get past this error from the Update manager: "Requires installation of untrusted packages." "This action would require the installation of packa

Re: [Gambas-user] Annoying automatic comment creation...

2014-03-31 Thread ISS Boss
+1. It is annoying to me also. Stephen wrote, On 03/31/2014 14:04: When creating a new comment line, after pressing [ENTER] the editor assumes that the next line is also a comment and helpfully puts in the single quote to make it so. Now I can see how some might like this, and thats

Re: [Gambas-user] Create directory with ftpclient

2014-03-17 Thread ISS Boss
He already has a space between them. Check the quoted strings closely. RICHARD WALKER wrote, On 03/17/2014 04:32: Do you need a space between "mkdir" & "example"? -- Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly

Re: [Gambas-user] FileChooser Filter

2014-02-21 Thread ISS Boss
Wouldn't that be just putting "GPR*.jpg; GPR*.jpeg", "Photo Files" in the filter box? bill-lancaster wrote, On 02/21/2014 08:34: I have a list of files including some .jpg. Setting FileChooser1.filter to ["*.jpg;*.jpeg;", "Photo files"] is fine. But can I exclude certain files from the

Re: [Gambas-user] FileChooser Filter

2014-02-21 Thread ISS Boss
Never mind. Senior moment. I read "exclude" as "include". (Stupid trifocals) bill-lancaster wrote, On 02/21/2014 08:34: I have a list of files including some .jpg. Setting FileChooser1.filter to ["*.jpg;*.jpeg;", "Photo files"] is fine. But can I exclude certain files from the dis

Re: [Gambas-user] Key.Enter and Key.Return

2014-02-13 Thread ISS Boss
Didn't we have this conversation not too long ago? Just saying... :-) Randall Morgan wrote, On 02/13/2014 10:19: FYI: Historically, the return key was used to return the carriage on a teletype or typewriter to the home (left side) position. The enter key was taken from mechanical 10-key

Re: [Gambas-user] Gambas Future or what kind of Gambas we want.

2014-01-23 Thread ISS Boss
Hi, Tom. I have to take a small issue with your last few sentences. I an definitely NOT knowledgeable in LINUX (Ubuntu) and definitely cannot compile all the new changes in Gambas as they come hot off the press, but I did manage to install Ubuntu in under an hour and create my first

Re: [Gambas-user] Cotrols don't show.

2014-01-02 Thread ISS Boss
Ah. I wasn't aware of that. I've only newly arrived from VB.NET VonZorch wrote, On 01/02/2014 15:23: This line "lblHt[Loop1] = New Label(Me)" tells the program where to put the control in Gambas. In this case it puts the control on the calling form. Oddly on my main form I can display c

Re: [Gambas-user] Cotrols don't show.

2014-01-02 Thread ISS Boss
Are you telling the Labels WHERE to show? In VB you'd have to do something like: With frmMainForm ' put your loop here End With VonZorch wrote, On 01/02/2014 15:00: "lblHt[Loop1].Visible = True" that was the first thing I tried, didn't help. Thanks for the quick reply. --

Re: [Gambas-user] Cotrols don't show.

2014-01-02 Thread ISS Boss
Would a "lblHt[Loop1].Visible = True" help? VonZorch wrote, On 01/02/2014 14:41: Running Gambas 3.1.1 on Mint Linux 16. The code ' Gambas class file Private lblHt[11] As Label Public Sub _new() Dim Loop1 As Byte For Loop1 = 0 To 10 lblHt[Loop1] = New Label(Me) lblHt[Loop1].x = 2

Re: [Gambas-user] Centering problem

2013-12-28 Thread ISS Boss
be nice also. Either way you choose I can work with. Bill Benoît Minisini wrote, On 12/28/2013 14:25: Le 28/12/2013 20:20, ISS Boss a écrit : I've mentioned this before, but only in passing on other comments. Now, I've created a tiny project that illustrates what I've been

Re: [Gambas-user] Application quit running

2013-12-23 Thread ISS Boss
Even more information, Benoit: I discovered what happened. When the attempt to arrange all those valueboxes blew up, it also made the form itself go "Enabled = False". I didn't catch that until just about twenty minutes ago. Very embarrassing. I corrected that and the project is back running

Re: [Gambas-user] Application quit running

2013-12-23 Thread ISS Boss
enoît Minisini wrote, On 12/22/2013 20:44: Le 23/12/2013 02:24, ISS Boss a écrit : More information: This unresponsive behavior all takes place in the IDE under Debug->Run. Thinking back to just prior to this happening, I lassoed four ValueBoxes which were off-center and use

Re: [Gambas-user] Application quit running

2013-12-22 Thread ISS Boss
ter! All four boxes were slapped willy-nilly across the form in no order whatsoever. From that point onwards whenever I tried to run the app in the debugger it was totally unresponsive. Am I going to have to rebuild this entire project? Bill ISS Boss wrote, On 12/22/2013 16:07: So

[Gambas-user] Application quit running

2013-12-22 Thread ISS Boss
Sorry. Used an old email and forgot to change the Subject... ISS Boss wrote, On 12/22/2013 15:58: Hello: I had a completely working project that suddenly quit running. It was as if the contents of the entire form went Enabled = False. Nothing clicks, nothing works. It runs in the IDE

Re: [Gambas-user] Gambas 3.5.1 in Debian Testing (Jessie) official repository

2013-12-22 Thread ISS Boss
Hello: I had a completely working project that suddenly quit running. It was as if the contents of the entire form went Enabled = False. Nothing clicks, nothing works. It runs in the IDE, and I can click the 'Close' "X", but the rest of the form is dead. I can also hit a breakpoint in the f

Re: [Gambas-user] Line continuation

2013-12-06 Thread ISS Boss
I agree with John, Benoît. There really should be a specific character to continue a line; if only to keep from confusing anyone maintaining the code. Put it on the 'nice to have' list, anyway. Bill Benoît Minisini wrote, On 12/06/2013 14:37: Le 06/12/2013 20:17, John Rose a é

Re: [Gambas-user] A little article on Gambas on Phoronix

2013-11-27 Thread ISS Boss
re than one way to access them, such as paper records and charts, and there usually is... ISS BOSS, I've heard of NELIAC but never used it. Thought it was just the Navy's version of ALGOL. VAX and iRMX, and DR CP/M... I think we're showing our age. I'd bet you ran some Z80 mach

Re: [Gambas-user] A little article on Gambas on Phoronix

2013-11-26 Thread ISS Boss
Very well put, Randall. I also learned my programming skills back in 1962 when I entered the programming shop of the US Navy. I spent 20 years there using some pretty esoteric languages but BASIC was still used in my home right at first. It was BASIC that Heathkit provided for the

Re: [Gambas-user] Source Code can't be reached

2013-11-15 Thread ISS Boss
There are also no scroll bars on the main page so you can not scroll down the instructions. Benoît Minisini wrote, On 11/15/2013 18:12: Le 15/11/2013 23:29, Karl Reinl a écrit : Salut, from [1]http://gambas.sourceforge.net/en/main.html, Source Code can't be reached. Yes, I have not

Re: [Gambas-user] New to Gambas3 - and have questions

2013-10-27 Thread ISS Boss
Another question: The 'valuebox' used to have a method called 'valuebox.Clear' in V2, but in V3 that seems to have gone away. Was there a reason? Bill Bill wrote, On 10/27/2013 13:08: I am very new to Gambas. I had 2 and then upgraded to 3. There are several differences