RELEASE LiveCode 6.6 RC1

Chris Sheffield cmsheffield at icloud.com
Wed Mar 5 11:33:02 EST 2014


Thanks, Neil.

On Mar 5, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Neil Roger <neil at runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
> 
> Activation should be working now. Please let us know if you continue to experience any issues during the activation process.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> 
> Neil Roger
> --
> RunRev Support Team ~ http://www.runrev.com
> ——
> 
> On 05/03/2014 16:10, Chris Sheffield 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.
>> www.readnaturally.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> _____________________________________________
>>> 
>>> Benjamin Beaumont . RunRev Ltd
>>> 
>>> LiveCode Product Manager
>>> mail : 25a Thistle Street Lane South West, Edinburgh, EH2 1EW
>>> email : ben at runrev.com
>>> company : +44(0) 845 219 89 23
>>> fax : +44(0) 845 458 8487
>>> web : www.runrev.com
>>> 
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