A widget in a stack is just a reference until an application is built where the compiled LCB and resources are packaged with the app*. Opening a stack with a different version of the IDE will use the included widgets from that version of the IDE. User installed widgets will remain constant as long as a compiled version is present for that particular version of the IDE (you can create a package that contains versions compiled for both 8 and 9).
Widget versions are distinct from the overall IDE version. I have looked briefly and am not entirely sure why the versions don’t appear in the dictionary. The metadata is available. * It is possible to embed a widget inside a stack and have it install but I have not looked into how that is done. Thanks, Brian On Nov 16, 2018, 3:14 PM -0600, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > Hmm. I just seem to have answered my own question. It seems that it is > the latter. I think we need to have a discussion with LC about widget > versions. > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 4:11 PM Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> > wrote: > > > Brian, > > So walk me through this: Is the LCB code for the widget a component of > > the widget itself or of LC - i.e. is the widget in a stack just a reference > > to the widget in LC (which would mean that the code changes with each > > version of LC, until you do a build), or is it dependent on the version of > > LC that was used to build the stack that contains the widget, i.e. the way > > to update the widget in my project is to open the stack with the RC, delete > > the widget, reinstall it with the new version, and then the changes to the > > widget code base apply to all 9.x versions (if that's the case, we need to > > have a discussion with LC about being able to see which version of a widget > > is installed in a stack...) > > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 11:23 AM Brian Milby via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > > It would not work with 8 unless compiled with 8. It should work with any > > > release of 9. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Brian > > > On Nov 16, 2018, 9:06 AM -0600, Mike Kerner via use-livecode < > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > > > > Brian, > > > > The widgets are backward-compatible, right? I can include the new > > > version > > > > of the widget and it will work in any version of 8 or 9? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > > On the second day, God created the oceans. > > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > > and did a little diving. > > And God said, "This is good." > > > > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > On the second day, God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > _______________________________________________ > 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
