Hmm. It also is referring to the "contents" property which is now in a different place than it was, so it kinda horks things. (But I go to the second tab and fill in the styled text box anyway, and it lets me proceed)
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Graham Samuel <livf...@mac.com> wrote: > Thanks - doesn’t always work for me. The thing has actually got into a > loop now… telling me to edit some script but not apparently letting me do > it. I’m tired of this. I REALLY want to understand LC8 and my next step was > to see if I could adapt an old desktop app of mine to HTML5, but right now > there are too many concepts I haven’t grasped so I can’t start. Grrr. > > Graham > > > On 7 Jun 2016, at 17:54, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The secret for me (which shouldn't be necessary) is to drag whatever > > control/palette/whatever is being referred to by the tutorial and it > forces > > a redraw of the tutorial part itself, at which point I can get to the > next > > step. > > > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Graham Samuel <livf...@mac.com> wrote: > > > >> Hmm - looks like confirmation that the example (well the guidance > really) > >> is not robust. Since writing my email I did get a bit further by what > >> amounts to a process of random clicks, but now I’ve reached “resize and > >> position the graphic as shown” when nothing IS shown, so stuck again… > very > >> frustrating. > >> > >> Graham > >> > >>> On 7 Jun 2016, at 17:25, j...@omnia.on-rev.com wrote: > >>> > >>> Graham... I've been away from RunRev and LiveCode for quite a while and > >> wanted to reorient myself to the new features. I didn't get to the end > >> either... Jim > >>> > >>> On 2016-06-07, at 11:57 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: > >>> > >>>> I’m still trying to get a handle on LC8, and I now have LC 8.0.1 on my > >> Mac, which AFAIK is the latest stable release. But I still can’t get the > >> BMI Calculator example to work all the way through - the guidance has > >> abandoned me at the first field, and the ‘fast forward’ arrow doesn’t do > >> anything. > >>>> > >>>> Has anyone got to the end, and if so, how did they do it? I know I am > >> very much behind compared to all you LC 8 aficionados, but I am not yet > >> convinced that I really understand what a widget is, so I need to see a > >> whole working example to understand how widgets have changed the LC > that I > >> have been using for so many years. > >>>> > >>>> Can anyone help, or maybe suggest an alternative practical learning > >> strategy - or shall I just tinker around until the fog clears? > >>>> > >>>> TIA > >>>> > >>>> Graham > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
