RELEASE LiveCode 6.6 DP1

[Andrew Kluthe]

Im sure there are some people very excited about the sqlite update. Very
cool.


On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Benjamin Beaumont <ben at runrev.com> wrote:

> Dear List Members.
>
> We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 6.6 DP1.
>
> Warning, this is a pre-release with new features which have the potential
> to cause issues. Please ensure you backup your stacks before testing this
> release.
>
> *Important Changes*
>
>    1. *Tiger support dropped*. As of version 6.6-dp-1, OS 10.4 (Tiger)
>    support has been dropped from LiveCode. This is primarily for technical
>    reasons: In order to support the latest OS X features (e.g. Cocoa -
>    LiveCode 6.7 - coming soon) as well as include the newest versions of
>    thirdparty libraries (e.g. LibSkia, LibSQLite), dropping 10.4 support
> was
>    required. Users wishing to produce 10.4 compatible executables can
> still do
>    so using LiveCode version 6.5.x (and earlier).
>
> *Release Contents*
> This development release contains the following changes:
>
>    - 'assert' command (experimental)
>    - New **showAll** fullscreenmode.
>    - Hi-DPI support for Windows 7/8 and OSX.
>    - Image Filtering Updates
>    - Graphics Library Update
>    - OpenSSL & Encryption Updates
>    - '#!' now recognised by server
>    - SQLite support updated and improved
>    - Stack scaling
>    - OS 10.4 (Tiger) Support dropped
>    - 14 bug fixes:
>       - 11754 - Error (invalid bundle) on uploading app to iOS App Store
>       - 11751 - After selecting an item in an option menu containing
>       unicode, the label is corrupted (Mac only)
>       - 11732 - <> operator is different from \'is not\' operator for
> arrays
>       - 11721 - Crash when taking a snapshot of the template graphic
>       - 11720 - SQLite FTS feature doesn't work on iOS or Mac.
>       - 11703 - iPhoneSetRemoteControlDisplay crashes
>       - 11462 - Failing to set image data to the image data of self
>       - 11124 - No error message when external not found when deploying to
>       simulator
>       - 11069 - mobileComposeMail attachment missing in Android
>       - 10910 - \"Crop image\" command crashes LiveCode application
>       - 10467 - Indenting of scripts can go wrong
>       - 10280 - SQLite binary entries are non-standard.
>       - 8044 - setting a cprop with quotes loses data
>       - 5331 - Mac live window resizing is off by default.
>
> *Planned changed for DP2*
> - Proxy support
>
> *Known Issues*
> - Text scaling/clipping on Linux with stack scale set
>
> *Sample Stacks*
> We have included 3 sample stack demonstrating some of the new
> features/improvements in this release:
> - Stack showing effect of changes in image quality
> - Stack showing effect of fullscreenmode on desktop
> - Stack showing effect of stack scale on desktop
>
> *Getting this release*
> To upgrade to this release please select "check for updates" from the help
> menu in LiveCode or download the installers directly at:
> http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/
>
> *Reporting Bugs*
> If you encounter an issue with this release please submit a bug report to
> our quality centre: http://quality.runrev.com/enter_bug.cgi
>
> Warm regards,
>
> The LiveCode Team
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-- 
Regards,

Andrew Kluthe
andrew at ctech.me