LiveCode Newbie questions

[Richard Gaskin]

Welcome aboard, Calvin.

Calvin Waterbury wrote:

> In regard to the end product, the user doesn't even have to install
> anything?  Simply zip the exec and the "externals" folder and send it?
> Am I understanding you correctly?

Yep.  I understand that's sometimes shocking to VB devs, and more so to 
folks who've used TookBook, which throws DLLs and .tb files all over the 
system (I liked many things about ToolBook, but their installation 
complexity wasn't one of them).

The LiveCode engine packs a lot into its modest 2.5MB size, and has no 
dependencies on anything else except for any optional DLL externals you 
may choose to use.

The most frequent tech support question I get from the institutional 
customers I support is from IT staffers who can't believe that 
installing our LiveCode-based app is as simple as we describe it.  When 
I tell them it has no dependencies on any DLLs, and runs on every Win 
system from 2000 through 7, they still keep asking, "What else does it 
need to install?"

When I finally convince them to to just try using the simple 
instructions we provide, most of the time they write me back with 
something like, "Wow, so simple.  Never seen anything like that."


This is one of the benefits of cross-platform computing, at least with 
LiveCode.  While multiple DLL dependencies are common in Windows apps, 
Linux handles things differently and Mac users have no patience with 
that sort of thing.

Yes, using LiveCode is definitely weird, but in the literal sense:  of 
or pertaining to the supernatural. :)

It can be a mind-bender to get used to, but once you do I suspect you'll 
find a lot of things surprisingly easy.

--
  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World
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