"Badge" in answer modal?

[Richmond]

On 11/21/2012 03:53 PM, Klaus on-rev wrote:
> Hi Richmond,
>
> Am 21.11.2012 um 14:42 schrieb Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>:
>
>> On 11/21/2012 02:18 PM, Klaus on-rev wrote:
>>> Hi Richmond,
>>> Am 21.11.2012 um 13:14 schrieb Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>:
>>>> On 11/18/2012 08:04 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
>>>>> Hi Richmond,
>>>>>   You need to set the gRevAppIcon and the gRevSmallAppIcon to an existing ID number of an image control. You can also use the commands answer error, answer information, answer question and answer warning.
>>>>> --
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark Schonewille
>>>> That works very well indeed in Macintosh
>>>> Is there a way to do the same sort of thing for Windows and Linux?
>>> Yes, sure, just do the same sort of thing on Windows and Linux :-D
>>> Come on, Richmond! ;-)
>> Presumably that is why the Built-In Documentation says that this is a Mac OS X only feature?
> how embarrassing, of course you are correct, Richmond!
>
>> Also, distrusting the Documentation to a certain extent, I just made a wee stack called "Dachs"
>> [that's a special cross-linguistic joke for Klaus]
> Got it: We don't need no stinking Dachse! :-D
>
>> containing a stackScript:
>> on openStack
>>    global gRevAppIcon
>>    put 1003 into gRevAppIcon
>> end openStack
>>
>> one image, ID 1003, and a button:
>> on mouseUp
>>   answer "does this work?"
>> end mouseUp
>>
>> Try it . . . works on Mac, doesn't on Linux, and, doesn't with Wine (aka Fake Windows).
>>
>> Come on, Klaus! ;-)
> Yes, beat me, I'm so ashamed...
>
> I think my presumption that this does work crossplatform is caused in the fact that I don't see any
> reason why this should not work on Win and Linux, because this is PURE Livecode!?

"PURE Livecode" is a contradiction in terms:

Every time Sancho Panza rides his donkey he thinks "I could go far 
faster on Don Quixote's horse."

Every operating system puts limitations on whatever "floats on top of it".

>
> But maybe I am overlooking some platform specific facts?
>
>
> Best
>
> Klaus
> --
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> http://www.major-k.de
> klaus at major.on-rev.com
>
>
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