On the heels of Jacque's announcement, I'm pleased to announce that the
newest release of the MetaCard IDE, Version 4.1, is now available for
download.
This release has *a lot* of changes and additions to it, and a list of these
changs/additions is included at the bottom of this post and as part of the
download.
If you already downloaded a copy using Jacque's MC Setup stack right after
she made her announcement, you should download a new copy... the IDE changed
slightly and the MC Setup stack did not download a copy of Richard's
standalone builder stack; this is all included in the MC IDE download.
You can get it from the Yahoo Group's "Files" area, or you can download it
directly from this url:
http://metcard.livejournal.com/files/mc_ide_4.1.zip
If you have any issues with the new IDE, please post them to the list or
send me an email, whichever you feel is most appropriate.
Enjoy!
Ken
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Version 4.1 - June 2011
General
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- Added support for a new 'mcomponents' folder with the first component
being Richard's new Standalone Builder. This folder will be used for other
components later on down the line.
- Added "mcGetPref", "mcSetPref", and "mcPrefsList" handlers to the
backscript to work with new preferences model (see Preferences for more
info).
- Added "mcStackPath" function to backscript to help developers deal with
the multiple MC/Rev/LC extensions. (To use, pass it a path to a stack file
minus any extension; it will check for .mc, .rev, or .livecode versions of
that stack path and return the path, including extension, or "not found" if
there isn't a stack file with any of those extensions.)
- Added "mcLoadStack" and "mcPurgeStack" handlers to backscript to help
developers manage memory.
- Added Richard's "mcStandaloneBuilder.rev" stack which is currently IN
BETA - so if you run into any issues or have any suggested changes, please
send a message to the MetaCard List or contact him directly at
"ambassa...@fourthworld.com".
Menus
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- [File] Added support for listing .livecode files in the Open dialog
- [File] Modified "New Stack" to set the following properties on by
default: destroyWindow, destroyStack, liveResizing, alwaysBuffer, width=640,
height=480, loc=screenLoc. NOTE: This does not change the current state of
the templatestack.
- [Edit] Added support for pasting image data; it creates a new image
object with the image data in it
- [Text] Added "Gray", "Orange" and "Purple" to text colors menu (we
already had the secondary color "Green", but we didn't have the other two
secondary ones)
- [Window] Fixed bug in Window menu creation where button reference was
inaccurate under certain circumstances
- [Window] Supercharged the "Window" menu:
(a) Shows hidden windows with surrounding brackets
(b) Puts a diamond in front of the menu item for the topmost window
(c) If you pick a hidden (bracketed) window from the menu, you have an
option to show it (shows a confirmation dialog unless you hold down Option
when making the selection)
(d) Added a "Center Offscreen Windows" menu item
(e) If you hold down Option when invoking the menu, the windows in the
menu are not sorted (i.e. they are listed in stacking order)
(f) If you hold down the Shift key when invoking the menu, the
substacks of the main stacks in the menu are listed in a submenu that you
can select from (if you want to open the substack) or just view.
Message Box
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- Removed 4W-specific code from card script
- Fixed bug where you couldn't use parentheses to execute a command in the
Message Box (i.e. "DoMyThing (the short name of this stack)" would think you
were trying to execute a function)
- Fixed bug where message box wouldn't work under Windows without
tinkering with the Message Box Field script to exclude "(x86)" globals
Preferences
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- Modified layout of Preferences window; made upper/lower case labels
consistent across all tabs
- [Look and Feel] Added option to turn off message box scrollbars in
Preferences window
- [Look and Feel] Added option to completely hide the Home stack on launch
if you don't want to see it
- [Look and Feel] Added checkboxes for setting the default value of
destroyStack, destroyWindow, and alwaysBuffer for new stacks
- [Script Editor] Added "Cmd-option edits scripts in browse mode" option
(defaults to false for backwards compatibility)
- [Script Editor] Added "Preserve script-local Variables" option (defaults
to false for backwards compatibility)
- Added "LiveCode" tab to the Preferences window that allows you to store
the location of your LiveCode app bundle or folder to aid with standalone
building, etc.
- Converted preferences throughout IDE to use a separate preferences file
on disk through the use of the "mcGetPref", "mcSetPref", and "mcPrefsList"
handlers in the backscript (thank you, Richard!).
Properties Palette
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- [All] Added "Visible" property to al
