RELEASE LiveCode 6.6 RC1

[Chris Sheffield]

Strange. I just tried again (for the 3rd or 4th time) and it worked this time. So all is well. Not sure what the issue was…

On Mar 5, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Chris Sheffield <cmsheffield at icloud.com> wrote:

> Anybody else having trouble activating this build? I’ve already sent an email to support, but thought I’d ask here. Curious if it’s just me or not.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
> 
> 
> --
> Chris Sheffield
> Read Naturally, Inc.
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> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 5, 2014, at 8:36 AM, Benjamin Beaumont <ben at runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> Dear List Members.
>> 
>> We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 6.6 RC1. This release is
>> now considered feature complete.
>> 
>> *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.
>>  - HTTPS through proxy
>>  - Image Filtering Updates
>>  - Graphics Library Update
>>  - OpenSSL & Encryption Updates
>>  - Proxy automatic configuration support
>>  - 'secure socket' command
>>  - '#!' now recognised by server
>>  - SQLite support updated and improved
>>  - Stack scaling
>>  - OS 10.4 (Tiger) Support
>>  - 31 bug fixes:
>>     - *11874 - BinaryDecode wrong on Android*
>>     - *11858 - Hidden stacks don't update their position when re-shown*
>>     - *11844 - Stack height limited to screen height*
>>     - *11841 - The effective revAvailableHandlers of an object sometimes
>>     contains duplicates*
>>     - *11836 - MouseLoc returns wrong value if pixelScale set to value
>>     other than 1*
>>     - *11816 - Native Android control rects not scaled when set from
>>     preOpenStack handler*
>>     - *11814 - Accelerated rendering causes cards to be rendered in the
>>     bottom left of the screen on iOS Retina devices*
>>     - *11811 - Cannot take screen snapshot at high resolution.*
>>     - *11789 - mobileComposeMail only blocks the first time on Android.*
>>     - *11785 - Option menu with height > 22 draws incorrectly on OSX with
>>     Retina display.*
>>     - *11783 - Setting the fullscreenmode on Windows when not fullscreen
>>     causes text to change.*
>>     - *11781 - Visual effects can display in the wrong place on iOS on
>>     Retina devices.*
>>     - *11778 - averageDeviation returns incorrect result on Mac, Linux,
>>     iOS, Android*
>>     - 11754 - Error (invalid bundle) on uploading app to iOS App Store
>>     - 11753 - Cannot play some video streams on Android
>>     - 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.
>>     - 11715 - LiveCode crashes if dragsource object is closed during
>>     dragEnd handler
>>     - 11703 - iPhoneSetRemoteControlDisplay crashes
>>     - 11617 - acceleratedRendering will clip the end of long scrolling
>>     groups
>>     - 11462 - Failing to set image data to the image data of self
>>     - 11442 - Can't quit LiveCode after setting the securityPermissions
>>     to "network"
>>     - 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 crop with quotes loses data
>>     - 5331 - Mac live window resizing is off by default.
>> 
>> 
>> *Known Issues*
>> - Text scaling/clipping on Linux with stack scale set
>> 
>> *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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>> 
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