Hi Richard, Since you come from a SuperCard background could you answer a question for me?
I am a registered owner of SuperCard 4.6 and SuperEdit 4.6. The Xtend section allows you to export externals. I contacted SuperCard Support and they said I could use the SuperCard externals in other programs that use externals as long as I abide by the EULA. That is not a problem. I exported a external and tried to use it in Revolution and could not get it to work. The next thing I was going to try is to make a empty external for LiveCode naming it the same as the external I want to use and from SuperCard install it into the resource by changing the type from .bundle to .txt and then change the type back to .bundle. I have done that without making the empty external so I have not actually tried it yet. Is that the proper way to install a SuperCard external in Rev or is it not possible at all to use them in Rev? thanks, John Balgenorth On Aug 13, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > Trevor DeVore wrote: > > If the externals property is pointing to the property external file on > > disk, you can make sure the "destroyWindow" property of the stack is > > set to true, close the stack, and then open it again. This will > > attempt to reload the external. > > That's a helpful tip and I appreciate it, but it also reminds me why I sorely > dislike using externals in LiveCode. > > Coming from a SuperCard background, I'm accustomed to a simpler world where > we just import the external file and never have to think about it again - > from that moment on it's as good as a library, with its handlers always > available whenever the stack is running. > > The whole loading thang with LC is, IMNSHO, rather FUBAR when compared to any > other xTalk. > > Of all the things that excite me about the Open Language initiative, it's the > hope that I can write most of the things I used to use externals for in code > that's far simpler and robust to initialize. ;) > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode