Re: Standard Icons for buttons in version 8.1 Standalones

[Bob Sneidar]

e discovered that graphics can be tricky in standalones. What I do is group a 
graphic with a button or object that uses it. I also reference the file I 
imported the graphic from in the graphic properties. I then include the folder 
with the graphic files (I keep them all in one folder for this purpose) in the 
Copy Files tab of the standalone settings. 

This has the neat effect that I can swap out button icons and background 
graphics with others of the same names as a kind of skinning feature. 

Bob S


> On Sep 11, 2016, at 18:03 , Richard Burkett  
> wrote:
> 
> When I build a standalone using LiveCode 8.1 (any version so far) the icons 
> that I have selected from the “Standard Icons” tab for button icons don’t 
> show up in the standalone. They’re there when I’m using LiveCode to open and 
> edit the stacks. Is this a bug, or are the non-resizable icons now deprecated 
> and being replaced by SVG images?
> Just wondering before I go to a lot of trouble to build new icons for a bunch 
> of things.
> 
> Richard Burkett
> richard.burk...@sbcglobal.net
> 
> 
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Re: Standard Icons for buttons in version 8.1 Standalones

[J. Landman Gay]

On 9/11/16 11:47 PM, Roger Guay wrote:

How does one include the required icons in standalones using v8?
Where is this “icon library” you speak of?


I misspoke, I meant the Image Library which is no longer available in 
the menus. We can still import images manually as before.


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Re: Standard Icons for buttons in version 8.1 Standalones

[Roger Guay]

I’m confused. It used to be that one had to place icons into one’s stack with 
the Object Library, if I remember correctly. But apparently that’s not the case 
with v8. How does one include the required icons in standalones using v8? Where 
is this “icon library” you speak of?

Thanks!



> On Sep 11, 2016, at 7:08 PM, J. Landman Gay  wrote:
> 
> On 9/11/16 8:15 PM, Monte Goulding wrote:
>> I’ve got to admit the icon picker needs a rethink. It probably should
>> just allow you to pick any loaded stack that has 1 or more image
>> objects.
> 
> It does allow you to choose from "this stack". I agree that it needs a 
> rethink, but I'm leery of having it accept any open stack. If you happen to 
> have stacks open that are unrelated to your project, it would be easy for 
> users to assume the icons would always be available, which wouldn't be true.
> 
> That's the idea behind the icon library, which does let you move images to 
> the current stack. But that one requires you to create your own libraries for 
> your images, which presents a different kind of problem.
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Re: Standard Icons for buttons in version 8.1 Standalones

[Monte Goulding]

> On 12 Sep 2016, at 12:08 PM, J. Landman Gay  wrote:
> 
> It does allow you to choose from "this stack". I agree that it needs a 
> rethink, but I'm leery of having it accept any open stack. If you happen to 
> have stacks open that are unrelated to your project, it would be easy for 
> users to assume the icons would always be available, which wouldn't be true.

Yes we really need the concept of an open project to do this properly
> 
> That's the idea behind the icon library, which does let you move images to 
> the current stack. But that one requires you to create your own libraries for 
> your images, which presents a different kind of problem.

Indeed… I think image libraries are deprecated now. At least the menu item is 
no longer there. It could be it just needs some work. I think the object 
library probably shouldn’t come back (or only come back when we have something 
much better that covers widgets and custom controls) but there’s some 
reasonable use cases still for image libraries. 
http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17485 

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Re: Standard Icons for buttons in version 8.1 Standalones

[J. Landman Gay]

On 9/11/16 8:15 PM, Monte Goulding wrote:

I’ve got to admit the icon picker needs a rethink. It probably should
just allow you to pick any loaded stack that has 1 or more image
objects.


It does allow you to choose from "this stack". I agree that it needs a 
rethink, but I'm leery of having it accept any open stack. If you happen 
to have stacks open that are unrelated to your project, it would be easy 
for users to assume the icons would always be available, which wouldn't 
be true.


That's the idea behind the icon library, which does let you move images 
to the current stack. But that one requires you to create your own 
libraries for your images, which presents a different kind of problem.


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HyperActive Software   | http://www.hyperactivesw.com


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Re: Standard Icons for buttons in version 8.1 Standalones

[Monte Goulding]

Sounds like a bug to me (could you please open a report) although I’ve got to 
admit the icon picker needs a rethink. It probably should just allow you to 
pick any loaded stack that has 1 or more image objects.

Cheers

Monte

> On 12 Sep 2016, at 11:03 AM, Richard Burkett  
> wrote:
> 
> When I build a standalone using LiveCode 8.1 (any version so far) the icons 
> that I have selected from the “Standard Icons” tab for button icons don’t 
> show up in the standalone. They’re there when I’m using LiveCode to open and 
> edit the stacks. Is this a bug, or are the non-resizable icons now deprecated 
> and being replaced by SVG images?
> Just wondering before I go to a lot of trouble to build new icons for a bunch 
> of things.
> 
> Richard Burkett
> richard.burk...@sbcglobal.net
> 
> 
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Standard Icons for buttons in version 8.1 Standalones

[Richard Burkett]

When I build a standalone using LiveCode 8.1 (any version so far) the icons 
that I have selected from the “Standard Icons” tab for button icons don’t show 
up in the standalone. They’re there when I’m using LiveCode to open and edit 
the stacks. Is this a bug, or are the non-resizable icons now deprecated and 
being replaced by SVG images?
Just wondering before I go to a lot of trouble to build new icons for a bunch 
of things.

Richard Burkett
richard.burk...@sbcglobal.net


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