Hi, it was the comment by Dr. Hawkins : "as well as the inability to actually put a pdf or eps on a card (just a bitmap of it won't do); livecode just doesn't seem to me doing towards such a direction.
Sorry for causing confusion. > On 27 Feb 2017, at 16:10, Mike Kerner via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I don't understand the last question, on PDF's > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 4:47 AM, Simon Knight via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> I’m curious how do the likes of Swift, C# store details of their GUI ? >> >> As to display of PDF what is it you want to do that can’t be achieved >> using the browser ? >> >> best wishes >> Simon >> >> Simon Knight >> s...@anvic.net >> Telephone : 01427 325911 >> Mobile : 07963 077071 >> Skype : jtidsskids >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 26 Feb 2017, at 21:06, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Dr. Hawkins wrote: >>> >>>> More commonly, until and unless livecode can save such that such >>>> standard tools or comparable can be applied, multi-person development >>>> will remain a fantasy and/or novelty. >>> >>> And yet here we are, using an IDE written in LiveCode by a team >> comprised of dozens of company and community developers working together on >> a single code base. >>> >>> >>>> I've come to accept that the next major rewrite of my software is >>>> going to have to be in something else (Swift?) so that I can add >>>> developers, as well as the inability to actually put a pdf or eps >>>> on a card (just a bitmap of it won't do); livecode just doesn't >>>> seem to me doing towards such a direction. >>> >>> The Business Edition has already gone that direction: >>> https://livecode.com/products/livecode-platform/pdf-viewer/ >>> >>> Probably at least an order of magnitude cheaper to upgrade to Business >> than to rewrite the whole thing in Swift from scratch. And with LC you get >> a cross-platform solution, while even if you did find a GUI framework for >> Swift for Windows you'd likely be writing a lot of forked code for each >> platform. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > On the second day, God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > _______________________________________________ > 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