crap...I hope I didn't blow my NDA... I thought it was a feature announced/added for 4.6.2 gm1
but yes... that would change things. That would be incentive for me or anyone else to cram and to learn enough Obj-C to put these suggested xcmds to work. xcmds would be a solution to keep up with the rapidly changing and platform specific UI components. However this is accomplished with the cost of losing cross-platform compatibility. Since what we are talking about is tapping the very specific 'furniture' of the OS, it should be noted these objects do not stand alone, they build on libraries deep in the gut of the OS and cannot be cross-compiled. Also there would be copyright issues here. So it's clear that if one is considering deployment on a number of platforms in Livecode, that constructing *custom controls* is still the way to go. I know it's possible to create customs that look and work *exactly *like the native controls ( the amazing datagrid comes to mind) - but many of us (myself included) get carried away with custom controls and make "improvements" to the look which gives it away. Sometimes there is just too much complexity in the information needed for a dialog to use the stock dialogs, and one has to break the rules. Custom controls are *cool*. One can make any UI gadget work just the way one wants and clone hundreds of them and run them from a single behavior script. And make a Droptool™ to share with others. On 11 July 2011 10:06, René Micout <rene.mic...@numericable.com> wrote: > > Le 11 juil. 2011 à 18:46, stephen barncard a écrit : > > > Perhaps with the new externals interface we can get access to these > directly > > from the OS. > > Thank you Stephen... > I am not informed about "new externals interface"... What is it? and where > can I find information about that? > > > I"d like to use the system font and size menu panel like the one that's > used > > almost everywhere like TextEdit and TexEdit. > > YES !!! > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ 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
