Given that Livecode is supposed to be a cross platform development tool, I would hope I NEVER have to have different card layouts per platform ( except when crossing over from desktop to mobile of course).
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > Maybe a better approach would be to have separate card layouts for the > different OS'es? > > Bob > > > On Jun 26, 2012, at 12:38 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > > > I finally tracked this down by using good old fashioned answer dialogs as > > suggested by Ken. > > > > In addition to being the first build I had done under Lion, it was also > the > > first build I had done with 5.5 and it seems that the problem was related > > to 5.5. > > > > At startup, I have a handler that goes through my stacks and sets fonts > > according to platform. There were no changes in that handler between the > > stack version I used to make the problematic build and the prior stack > > version which built fine under 5.0. > > > > What I had omitted to to take into accoun was that the substacks > > property can included some rev stacks in the standalone, for example "ask > > dialog", "answer dialog", and most significantly in my case > > "revDatagridLibrary". There are no doubt other stacks that can end up in > a > > standalone depending on which libraries it uses > > > > My debugging showed that the setting of fonts was causing the standalone > to > > abort silently when processing the revDatagridLibrary stack. This did > not > > happen when the application was built using 5.0, only when built with 5.5 > > so some change in the datagrid library brought this issue to light.. > > > > I changed my code to exclude the rev stacks that are copied into the > > standalone from the font setting handler and the standalone now runs > fine. > > > > I still don't understand why setting the font of an object would cause a > > silent abort, seems like there should be an error message of some sort. > > > > I am also questioning whether I really need to set fonts like this. It > > feels like setting the font of the main stack would cause any other > > substacks and controls to inherit the main stack's font, except for > > controls that have a font explicitly defined. Is that correct? > > > > > > Pete > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Ken Corey <k...@kencorey.com> wrote: > > > >> Does your code get a chance to run at all? If so, you can put alerts in > >> to announce how far the app gets before it's crashing. > >> > >> on preOpenStack > >> answer "preOpenStack" > >> [...regular code...] > >> end preOpenStack > >> > >> on openStack > >> answer "openStack" > >> [...regular...] > >> end openStack > >> > >> and so on. If LiveCode is running at all before crashing, you get a > >> chance to find the bug. > >> > >> I'm finding with my stacks is that the preOpenCard and openCard handlers > >> get run much less in the IDE during development. I'd start by taking a > >> hard look at those. > >> > >> Richard, I don't think it's the executable bit, as the problem seems to > be > >> on both platforms, and the computers both are *trying* to run the > >> standalone. That wouldn't happen if the executable bit weren't set. > >> > >> -Ken > >> > >> > >> On 25/06/2012 02:24, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> > >>> Update to this. I created the standalone on my Windows computer and > >>> neither the Mac nor the versionswill run so looks like there's a > problem > >>> with my stack file. It runs OK in the IDE though. > >>> > >> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> 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< > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
