This Week In LiveCode 170
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Updates from the LiveCode open source community
Interesting discussions
- Format text data records for processing in Livecode
- SVG icons in buttons
- PDFViewer_v100
- Go in Window on Mobile / Not Obeying Purge?
- Standalone Linux X64 place word Standalone behind name
- Force a redraw or refresh of the screen
- could not locate device support files
Updates in the LiveCode open source project
9 pull requests were merged since the last issue.
Notable changes
- Ensure launch url can open a document on Android 6+
- Ensure mobileComposeMail attachment is not lost when Gmail app is used
Help needed!
Want to get involved in the LiveCode open source project but don’t know where to start?
First read these posts from Trevor DeVore for detailed instructions on:
Then try one of these:
- (Easy) Docs: Mention that drawingSvgCompileFile() cannot read from resources folder on Android
- (Easy) Docs: Mention that mobile player controller does not show if video file is missing or invalid
- (Easy) Docs: Describe the behavior of stack title/label property
- (Easy) Dictionary entry of the menu keyword is incorrectly formatted
- (Easy) Docs say fullclipboarddata[“image”] can be gif, png, or jpeg but BMP data can be present on Windows
- (Easy) Docs: Livecode dictionary entry for videoClip
- (Easy) Docs: specialFolderPath(“resources”) for stacks with empty filename is not documented
- (Easy) Docs: Datagrid Deleteline and Deletelines commands are no longer synonymous in DG2
- (Medium) Add info on manipulating field contents to the User Guide
- (Medium) Applescript “do script” missing from standalone
- (Medium) Make guide outlines in the Dictionary expand/collapse with repeated clicks
- (Medium) Dictionary: The LiveCode Script Guide cannot be searched
- (Medium) Relayer control crashes livecode
- (Medium) Datagrid not protected for drag and drop in project view (labels can get inserted into the DGgrp itself)
- (Hard) Create a LiveCode Community build for Raspberry Pi
- (Hard) Case insensitive matchText returns incorrect result
Contributors this week
Other LiveCode News
This section brings you other interesting news from across the LiveCode universe over the last week. This section may include non OSS projects.
- iOS Rejection (app uses the HealthKit or CareKit APIs but does not indicate integration with the Health app)
- Bundling the tsNet external on Windows…
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