and it is also 100% possible that there is something that can happen during the building/testing/installing process that would explain the behavior i have seen, but without knowing the expected behavior...
On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 2:11 PM Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > How's this: the expected behavior is not documented (as far as I can > find), so I don't know what the expected behavior is. I have tested > modifying a widget, rebuilding it, and re-adding it to LC. That does not > seem to cause existing widgets to update. Is that a bug in my code, and am > I doing something wrong that is leading me down this path? 100% absolutely, > positively, maybe, and then I'm just chasing a phantom...again... > I also don't think there is a documented way to see what version each > widget is in a particular...widget, but I think we might be able to. We can > certainly tell which version of a widget is installed in LC (bug report > 23952, whose code is going to go into the hack repo, soon). > > If I am write, and it is not a bug in my code, then it absolutely is a > disadvantage to using widgets...until this hack is complete. > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 12:59 PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> On 9/25/2022 12:41 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: >> > chasing all the things that aren't documented, but you need to know >> about >> > LCB took me back into hacking liveCode. >> > it's just getting started. if you have tools or pointers, the >> > repo/wiki/issues/discussion are at https://github.com/macMikey/LC-HACK >> > Project 1: extracting all properties of a widget (because "export" does >> not >> > export the "base" LC object properties) and applying those properties >> to an >> > updated version of the widget (because LC is releasing updates to the >> > megabundle widgets almost weekly) >> > Project 2: documenting the LC IDE API's? >> > >> >> A clarification please: Are you saying that if I have version 1.1.2 of >> PolyGrid (as an example) installed and I have made a stack using 1 or >> more Polygrids and I now download and install version 1.3.1 (or some >> newer version) of PolyGrid, that when I open my stack the PolyGrids in >> that stack do not update from 1.1.2 to 1.3.1? >> >> If so, this is a terrible disadvantage of any use of widgets. I feel I >> must be misunderstanding why exporting properties to re-apply them is >> needed for updates. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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." > -- 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
