RELEASE LiveCode 6.5.2 RC1

Benjamin Beaumont ben at runrev.com
Wed Jan 22 13:28:36 EST 2014


Dear List Members,

We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 6.5.2-rc-1.

This a maintenance release containing bug fixes only.

*Warning, there still may be bugs in this pre-release. It is always good
practice to back up your stacks before testing.*

*Release Contents*
33 bug fixes:
11695 - Dashes of length 0 not drawn
11684 - prepare image file crashes LiveCode when file does not exist
11678 - arrow constant returning 29 instead of 1
11677 - Slider with a width < 3 x height loses its thumb
11675 - Application freezes when importing certain PBM image files
11673 - Setting the fillRule of a polygon graphic stops it rendering
11672 - long system time yields empty on linux in various locales
11671 - Dashes are not drawn with rounded caps when the graphic includes
arrows
11664 - Text sometimes renders with decreased opacity on Windows.
11656 - Slider renders white box under Linux
11653 - Visual effect in rect shifted on iOS
11641 - 'the mouse' doesn't work on Android (it always returns \'up\').
11632 - Taking a snapshot of a non-buffered player doesn't work.
11628 - Spaces after a style-run boundary are not skipped when wrapping
text.
11627 - Paragraph formatting incorrectly applied when setting the rtfText
11624 - Click command clicks at wrong location on OSX when stack has menubar
11623 - Android apps crash on restart
11605 - Popup menus where the button has a unicode label but native items
do not build the menuPick string correctly.
11594 - LiveCode cannot resolve path to Android Runtime folder when
building Android standalone
11589 - Default font in standalones causing PDF to render badly
11576 - Field does not re-wrap if visiblity (or width) of vertical
scrollbar changes.
11570 - Referenced image doesn\'t draw stippled background when file missing
11546 - Script editor line numbers are not displayed
11482 - iOS control scroller doesn\'t scroll on iOS7
11459 - Internal Livecode image with ID 1105 creates ID problem
11419 - The cantSelect property of a graphic can prevent creation of new
graphics
11412 - Certain unicode characters are not rendered correctly on Android
11363 - Prevent crash when destroying stack if a popup menu is open
11343 - mouseStillDown and mouseWithin don\'t pass while using behavior
11286 - messagebox syntax for invoking functions is broken
11270 - menu/Text: size does not work
11094 - Script Editor doesn\'t include hash symbol in token delimiters
9940 - Stepping through \"open printing\" forces a crash

*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/6_5_2/

*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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