Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-21 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
Sorry i was not clear enough. When using Ali's steps creating the widget using the message box i also get only an empty widget. When i try to install it using the extension builder then LC is crashing. Maybe there are some steps missing in Ali's description. I have plenty of ideas what i could

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-21 Thread Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode
For me following the steps it doesn’t crash but I get an empty widget without any visible label when I am supposed to create a new widget. If I follow through with the code still nothing is visible. If I create a new script only stack and copy the code of the Square widget. I can create a

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-21 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
Here LC is also crashing to Desktop. Tried now the steps of Ali's lesson, but LC still is crashing. But maybe there is an typo in one of my scripts, so they are not identical to the ones in the lesson. Will wait with a bug report until Ali is adding the final stack to the lesson or at least the

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-21 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
> Am 21.04.2023 um 22:10 schrieb Håkan Liljegren : > > Thanks for the input. I thought I had done everything until I finally > realised that the file dialog that comes up had a button in the lower left > corner that said: “Show options”. =-o So then I could select “LiveCode > Script” as

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-21 Thread Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode
Thanks for the input. I thought I had done everything until I finally realised that the file dialog that comes up had a button in the lower left corner that said: “Show options”. =-o So then I could select “LiveCode Script” as format. And tada. Well, LiveCode crashed… …but still. Can now work

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-21 Thread Mark Smith via use-livecode
Thanks Heather and Ali. So exciting to see this development. Mark > On 21 Apr 2023, at 5:29 pm, Heather Laine via use-livecode > wrote: > > Ali has now written a lesson on using Script Widgets, you can find it here: > > https://lessons.livecode.com/m/98525/l/1672543-creating-a-script-widget

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-21 Thread Heather Laine via use-livecode
Ali has now written a lesson on using Script Widgets, you can find it here: https://lessons.livecode.com/m/98525/l/1672543-creating-a-script-widget Best Regards, Heather Heather Laine Customer Services Manager LiveCode

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-21 Thread Mark Smith via use-livecode
Thanks Matthias for shedding some light on this new feature. I read the blog post as well and it references something called a “widget chunk”. I couldn’t fine anything on it. Do you know what it is? Mark > On 21 Apr 2023, at 1:02 pm, matthias rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > To build

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-21 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
Hakan, as far as I know you have to create a script only stack and name it for example se.eformedia.widget.MyButton Then add a openControl handler to the script and put the part of your script into it that creates the internal widget controls. Create a resizeControl handler in which you put

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-21 Thread Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode
This caught my eye as I have several “controls” already that could be turned into "script widgets”. But after “scriptifying” a “group widget” how can I turn it into a script widget. I can’t add the file in the extension builder so how can I create the needed .lce file? Or is this a “not

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-20 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
if you want to throw those at the hacking the ide repo, that'd be great https://github.com/macMikey/LC-HACK/issues On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 3:02 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 4/20/23 07:20, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: > > > Heh - well if

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-20 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 4/20/23 07:20, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: Heh - well if there is a Linux specific issue that we haven't seen but you do - then its not likely to be fixed in dp-6 unless we know what it is :D Well, I've coded around two problems already. I'm currently working on a crashing one

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-20 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2023-04-18 20:58, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: I would so like to like this release: script widgets expression constants (finally!) etc... but it's so wonky on linux that I'd have to write up a slew of bug reports. Essentially unusable for me in ways that dp4 behaves. I'm looking

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-18 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
I would so like to like this release: script widgets expression constants (finally!) etc... but it's so wonky on linux that I'd have to write up a slew of bug reports. Essentially unusable for me in ways that dp4 behaves. I'm looking forward to dp6. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-18 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
wupz. nevermind. https://livecode.com/account/all-livecode-downloads On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 3:53 PM Mike Kerner wrote: > anyone try to download this version? i don't see where to do it > > On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 3:11 PM Mike Kerner > wrote: > >> i'm curious to hear if script widgets perform

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-18 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
anyone try to download this version? i don't see where to do it On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 3:11 PM Mike Kerner wrote: > i'm curious to hear if script widgets perform better than grouped controls > did. > one of the things that lcb widgets had was better performance and > responsiveness. > > On

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-18 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
i'm curious to hear if script widgets perform better than grouped controls did. one of the things that lcb widgets had was better performance and responsiveness. On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 1:20 PM panagiotis merakos via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Dear list members, > >

[[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-5

2023-04-18 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 10.0.0 DP-5. LiveCode 10.0.0 DP-5 comes with some amazing new features, such as: - The initializing value for constant and local declarations can now be any constant expression - The suspend and resume messages are now