Reported bug: 145269 Seems like some of this would be found by just testing each action individually, by the developers. Bill
> On Nov 15, 2015, at 1:22 PM, William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
