Re: How to manage user alerts from apps when in the background

2012-02-20 Thread Gerry Orkin
I think the LC team were going to look into push notifications. So you might have this ability in the future. Gerry On 20/02/2012, at 6:49 AM, Keith Clarke wrote: > Can LiveCode alert the user of things such as inbound message when the app is > in the background? ___

Re: How to manage user alerts from apps when in the background

2012-02-20 Thread Keith Clarke
...thanks for the clarification, Ken. Unfortunately, the file downloads for STSTraty don't seem to be working at the moment (from either the download or product page sidebar) Were you aware? Best, Keith.. On 20 Feb 2012, at 01:18, Ken Ray wrote: >> For Windows, I've found STSTray >> http://w

Re: How to manage user alerts from apps when in the background

2012-02-19 Thread Ken Ray
> For Windows, I've found STSTray > http://www.sonsothunder.com/products/ststray/ststray.htm but I'm not sure if > this works beyond Vista - is anyone using it on Windows 7? It works on Windows 7, but the icon in the tray is stuck at 256 colors at the moment… I just tested the demo on Win 7 and

Re: How to manage user alerts from apps when in the background

2012-02-19 Thread Keith Clarke
...thanks Todd. I wasn't aware that any apps could run in the background in iOS - so I was assuming notifications 'to' iOS 'for' the registered app there. I didn't find any non-iOS notification entries in the dictionary, so I assume this means OSX and Windows don't support generic notifications

Re: How to manage user alerts from apps when in the background

2012-02-19 Thread Todd Geist
Hi Keith, Just a note about iOS... As of this moment LiveCode apps running on iOS aren't capable of running in the background. They quit. Todd Keith Clarke February 19, 2012 11:49 AM Hi folks, Can LiveCode alert the user of things such as inbound

How to manage user alerts from apps when in the background

2012-02-19 Thread Keith Clarke
Hi folks, Can LiveCode alert the user of things such as inbound message when the app is in the background? I'm guessing this is all about OS-specific features - notifications on iOS, maybe Growl for OSX and whatever those system tray icons and 'tooltips' are on windows. If it's possible, wher