Special thanks for the detailed documentation of changes in the release notes and also the compact listing here.
> Panos/LCTeam wrote: > > 1. New libraries added: > > - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Library > - Android Audio Recorder Library > - Android Background Audio Library > - Command-line Option Parser (getopt) Library > - Dropbox Library > - HTTPD Library > - Message Authentication Library > - MIME Library > - OAuth2 Library > - Object Repository Library > - QR Code Generator Library > - Time zone Library > - Toast Notification Library > - Unified Diff Library > - Remote Debugger Library (available in the Business Edition) > - Script Profiler Library (available in the Business Edition) > - Secure Key Storage Library (available in the Business Edition) > > 2. New Widgets added: > > - Spinner Widget > - Android Native Button Widget > - Android Native Field Widget > - iOS Native Button Widget > - Mac Native Button Widget > - Mac Native Field Widget > - HTML5 Native Button Widget > - Signature Widget (available in the Indy and Business Edition) > - Map Widget (available in the Indy and Business Edition) > > 3. Added support for foreign function interface (FFI) in LCB, which can be > used to access native APIs on all supported platforms. With FFI, you can > bind to foreign handlers, so in other words you can wrap functions in C, > Objective C and Java and call them directly from LiveCode. Moreover, it > gives you the ability to include dynamic libraries in extensions and bind > to their functions. > > 4. New IDE features added, in various IDE components, for example: > > - Enhanced contextual menus, allowing you to access and edit behaviors > - Extended drag-and-drop support to stackfiles > - Enhanced resizable Property Inspector, allowing to access more properties > - SVG support > - Enhanced DataGrid object with native scrollers, edit mode swipe actions > and drag reordering > - Enhanced Script Editor with autocomplete, live errors, bracket completion > and more > - Optimised Search in Script Editor > - Enhanced Project Browser with many keyboard shortcuts, ability to flag > scripts that have errors, as well as showing up to 10 nested behaviors. > - New HTML5 deployment library, allowing you to test your HTML5 standalone > directly from the IDE, using the "Test" button of the LiveCode menubar. > > > 5. New engine features added, including: > - Added missing create syntax forms > - Expanded range of 'random()' to 53-bits > - Added new set ops and into form > - Added a recordFormats function > - Added messageDigest() function with SHA2 and SHA3 support > - Enabled NFC tag reading on Android > - Added maximum text length property for a native iOS field > - Implemented "do ... as javascript" in html5 engine > - Removed size limitation for creating graphics > - Added support for showing widgets in HTML5 standalones. > - Added support for HTML5 windowing: This allows tooltips, dialogs, and > pop-up menus to work within the HTML5 engine. This also allows multiple > stacks to be opened on the HTML5 page. > - Added support for basic libURL commands in HTML5 > - Windows cameraControl new properties: exposure, focus and white balance > mode > > > 6. Updated some of the prebuilt / thirdparty libraries we use: > - New version of Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) > - New version of OpenSSL > - New version of Skia Library _______________________________________________ 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
