Paul: Yeah. I have started to spend a bit more time with it. But, it still isn’t ready for me to use, and I’m a pretty basic user who just discovered how much custom properties can help me.
But then, I know the platform has so many features that it is hard to get all of them, and it’s up to us to help with the testing. I’ll report a bug on this one. Best, Bill > On Nov 15, 2015, at 11:41 AM, Paul Hibbert <p...@livecode.org> wrote: > > Same problem here, can’t even set the custom props by message box or script, > this is on Mac OS X 10.11.1. > > DP9 does seem to be quite buggy, lots of problems with the script editor, the > re-introduced geometry manager, the tools palette, the effects palette, the > list is getting longer each time I try something else. It seems to me that > relying on auto-testing isn’t revealing all the issues, because I’m sure if > anyone at LiveCode Ltd. tried these basic things manually they wouldn’t have > released this version so soon. > > I would submit bug reports, but right now I have way too much going on and > not enough time to file so many reports, If I get some free time later I’ll > see what I can do, I don’t like complaining to the list and not doing > something positive to help LC Ltd. to address the problems. > > LC8 does seem to be on a downhill trend as far as bugs are concerned, I > really hope that changes soon, I’ve had to go back to LC7 to continue my > projects with any form of reliability, but, on the positive side, I do like > the way LC8 is developing with new features/widgets etc.. > > Paul > >> On Nov 15, 2015, at 10:47 AM, William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> >> wrote: >> >> More info. When I mess around with the object inspector, I can get it to >> start showing some of the keys I put in. But, to duplicate my situation, I >> first create a new stack, then drag the “Label” field onto the stack, then >> try to set a custom property. It doesn’t work. >> Bill >> >>> On Nov 15, 2015, at 10:30 AM, William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I’m just getting used to the new object inspector in LC8 DP9. I’m trying to >>> set a custom property. In older versions, there was a diamond shaped button >>> to press, a dialog came up to name the custom property, then you put in a >>> name. A value was set in the field below the list of propertynames. >>> >>> In V8DP9, the custom properties are accessed in the object inspector, by >>> clicking on an icon along the top. That’s fine. But, I can’t get it to >>> either display or accept a custom property that I enter. The dropdown menu >>> only has “customProperties” listed. If I click the little diamond symbol, I >>> get the dialog, but it is asking for a “custom property set”. I only want >>> to enter a single custom property. Then, it never displays the property >>> that I put in. >>> >>> This seems like a bug to me, or at least a very user unfriendly interface. >>> >>> What am I doing wrong? >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> William Prothero, Ph.D. >>> University of California, Santa Barbara, Emeritus >>> proth...@earthednet.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
