Great to hear Trevor! Looking forward to diving into Levure and the Sparkle updater is very needed.
Marty > On Jun 19, 2018, at 7:06 PM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've been doing quite a bit of work with the Foreign Function Interface > (FFI) in LiveCode Builder (LCB) lately. As I make the shift to a 64-bit app > on macOS I want to convert most of the custom externals I use to LCB. I > think they will be easier to improve going forward. > > Today I finished a first pass on wrapping the Sparkle updater framework for > macOS applications. I've used Sparkle successfully for years as an external > thanks to Monte and I plan on swapping that external out with this > extension. > > If anyone who is already familiar with using the Extension Builder is > feeling brave and wants to play around with it here is the URL: > > https://github.com/trevordevore/lc-sparkle > > You would need to download the ZIP file from the Github site and then use > the LC 9 Extension Builder to compile the .lcb file into an .lcm file that > you can load. Make sure and keep the .lcm file alongside the "code" folder > in the repo. That is where the Sparkle.framework file is. > > If everything goes smoothly with this macOS version then I will venture > into the Windows version of Sparkle and see if I can get that working. > Ultimately I will be including this in an app_updater helper for Levure. > > -- > Trevor DeVore > ScreenSteps > www.screensteps.com > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
