Okay, it has been so long since i used the backdrop, I forgot where to turn it off!
Backdrop all okay now. And, it is still the case that if I associate LC files to another version (like 6.7.11 or 8.1.9) and then launch LC9 the Splash stays on if I say no to the association request. Thank you for you help. On 4/4/2018 4:09 PM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: > @Paul > > ok this might be useful (the fact that clicking "yes" in the associations > dialog causes the splash to hide as expected in subsequent launches) > > You are getting the gray backdrop as this is the default after clearing the > Prefs. You can change that by unchecking "View"-> "Backdrop" in the LC > menubar > > Best, > Panos > -- > > > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 8:54 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> On 4/4/2018 1:51 PM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: >>> @Peter >>> One more thing to try before filing a bug report: >>> >>> 1. Clear Prefs again >>> 2. Open LC, you should see the revFileAssociation dialog ("LiveCode files >>> are not currently associated with this version. Would you like to make >> this >>> association?") >>> 3. Choose "Yes" >>> >>> Does the splash screen close after that? >>> >>> BTW if you want to close this stack manually, you can try that: >>> >>> - type in the msg box "close the mousestack" but do NOT press Enter >>> - place the cursor on the splash stack >>> - press enter >>> >>> I am wondering if an error occurs on startup, so LC stops execution, and >>> the line of code in the IDE startup scripts that closes this stack is >> never >>> reached. >>> >> I cleared the livecode7.rev prefs file (the only one I now have), >> restated Windows 8.1 (64bit). Launched LC9.0.0 and responded "Yes" to >> the revFileAssociation (which I had not previously been doing as I have >> been working in 8.1.9 recently). No luck. The Spash remains and I have >> the grey backdrop on. When I open Options in LC9 and click Reset to >> Default, the backdrop clears, but the splash remains. I have to close it >> by the message box trick. If I then quit LC9 and launch it again, the >> slash goes away appropriately, but despite having reset the Options to >> Default, the gray backdrop appears every time I launch LC9. >> >> If I launch another version of LC (say version 6.7.11) and click Yes to >> the file associate and then quit LC 6.7.11 and then launch LC9 and do >> not say Yes to the file association, then the splash and grey backdrop >> remain. >> >> If I launch LC9 and say Yes to the file associate and then close the >> splash manually and quit and launch again, the splash closes as it >> should. However, if I change the file associate I am back to a always on >> splash window in LC9. >> >> So, summary: >> Launching LC9 and answering No to the file associate leaves the splash >> screen visible even when exiting and restarting LC9 multiple time as >> long as you answer No to the file association. >> Launching LC9 and answering Yes to the file associate leaves the splash >> screen visible, but exiting and restarting LC9 resulting in the splash >> going away normally after LC9 is up and running. >> Again all under Windows 8.1 (64) >> I have no idea why I am now getting the grey backdrop. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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