2 Releases: Deployment Begins With DP-7

We are delighted to bring you 2 new LiveCode releases today. We are releasing LiveCode 10.0.2 Stable, and LiveCode Create 1.0 dp-7. As well as a raft of significant enhancements, this Create release has the first iteration of standalone deployment. You will be able to press a button from Create Native to Publish your stacks for Web, Mac or Windows.

LiveCode Create 1.0 dp-7

This release brings the ability to use LiveCode Create Native to build standalone applications. This is an early iteration, at present it is possible to deploy to Web, Mac and Windows only. Currently there is no progress indication when building a standalone so it may take a few minutes during which time it may appear nothing is happening. Please be patient! An answer dialog will pop up confirming the build is complete. Standalone app connections to the cloud data source will expire after an hour, so they are suitable for limited testing only and not yet suitable for distribution.

Other features and improvements in this build include:

• dropdown button widget text properties applied to menu
• checkbox widget background circle no longer visible on mobile
• navigate action replaces window content
• controls with fullsize responsive layout property are now centered relative to owner
• tabs hilitedItemName no longer throws error when no tab is highlighted
• classic projects in Native no longer enforce single visible user stack
• button widget no longer sends resizeControl when size is changed programmatically
• script editor no longer brought to front when changing selection
• prevent constant script errors showing when scripting
• prevent IDE error when inspecting card in project browser
• ensure database library is loaded in Native
• ensure tsNet is loaded in Native
• add missing syntax from button widget documentation
• ensure theme preview is updated when text style changed
• return from run mode to edit mode when dragging from tools palette
• correct saving and loading of input field opaque property
• All Create widget properties now appear in the Classic property inspector
• The tsNet libUrl driver is now loaded in the Classic IDE on startup
• iOS 18 support
• The mobilePickPhoto album and library options on iOS will now contain all the EXIF data when picking a JPEG image.
• The mobile player control on iOS will no longer cause intermittent crashes
• Accessing the properties of a cloned widget inside the newWidget message will no longer cause the engine to crash
• The pdf printer on macOS will now work correctly for characters requiring multiple glyphs
• The timezone library now works correctly on Android
• Widgets can now declare child widget type ids as standalone dependencies via requires metadata
• The keys function no longer ignores runtime errors generated by evaluating the target
• The is among the keys operator no longer ignores runtime errors generated by evaluating the target
• The mouseChar, mouseText, mouseLine and mouseCharChunk functions will no longer cause the engine to crash when the mouse is not within a stack’s window
• The value of lockMessages is no longer affected by opening or closing a card with a script widget.

LiveCode Classic 10.0.2 Stable

This release has the following fixes and features:

• Support for iOS SDK 18.2
• When building for iOS, the standalone builder will now search the new (Xcode 16+) location for provisioning profiles
• The launch url command will now work correctly on iOS
• The map widget now works correctly on macOS, both Apple and Intel architectures
• Using the popup widget command no longer causes unexpected messages to be sent
• On Windows and macOS, focus will now switch between fields and browser widgets correctly
• Highlighting a button and moving the mouse across it will no longer cause the hilite to flicker
• Setting tabStops to negative values will no longer cause the engine to crash
• Styles in fields are now correctly preserved when styled text formats are explicitly used with the clipboardData on macOS
• Grouping controls no longer causes a crash when controls were previously ungrouped on a now-deleted stack
• Non-image paint on a card is no longer lost when switching cards
• Choosing the object library menu will no longer cause the engine to crash when certain objects are present in a new library
• Printing an non-opaque empty field with a blendLevel set and no border will no longer cause a crash on macOS
• The standalone builder will now build universal Mac standalones by default
• 12-hour time formats now work correctly on Linux
• The mouseRelease message is now sent instead of mouseUp when a mouse button is released outside of a stack on Web
• The group command now works correctly when explicitly targeting grouped controls
• Widgets implemented using LiveCode Builder now render right to left text correctly on Android
• Widgets will now always receive an initial OnMouseMove event when the mouse pointer enter’s their bounds
• Using the in-app purchase features on iOS will no longer cause instability and crashes
• The rtfText of a field now correctly preserves the link style when the linkText is empty
• The iOS native field’s keyboard will now close correctly when the card is clicked
• Right to Left text will now render correctly on Web

Getting the Releases

Log in to your account to download the latest LiveCode 10 stable release and LiveCode Create Native. If you have Create Cloud access, visit your preview link to access the latest version, which has already been deployed to the web. Not yet got LiveCode Create? Buy a license here.