RELEASE: LiveCode 6.7 DP1

[Benjamin Beaumont]

Dear LiveCode User,

We are pleased to announce the preview release of LiveCode 6.7.0 DP1.

The primary focus of this release is cocoa support. This required us to
re-port LiveCode to the newer Mac platform API's (cocoa). As a result,
there may be some instabilities on Mac OS. Once again, thanks to those who
helped with alpha testing to iron out the major bugs. 6.7 has now passed
all automated tests and a first pass community test. We are aware of a
sporadic crash related to audio which we've been unable to replicate or
trace.

*THERE ARE INSTABILITIES IN THIS RELEASE* so please take care to use
backups of your stacks when testing.

*Release Contents*

   - Cocoa Support
   - New revBrowser WebKit external (Windows, Mac) with new bi-direction
   javascript to LiveCode communication.
   - Mobile In-App Purchasing support extended to Amazon * and Samsung
   stores
   - Clipboard data 'styledText' array accessor
   - OS 10.5 (Leopard) Support dropped
   - 4 bug fixes:
      - 11975 - "import snapshot from rect ..." only imports part of the
      screen on Windows
      - 11946 - iOS 7.1 Simulator doesn't remember device type when
      launching using 'Test'
      - 11917 - Setting the label of an option or combo-box does not update
      the menuHistory.
      - 11808 - pixelScaling not enabled on Windows Commercial edition

* Our in-app purchasing implementation for the Amazon AppStore is
unfortunately restricted to commercial license holders only. This is due to
the Amazon PML license being incompatible with the GPL. If you wish to use
the Amazon in-app purchasing features of LiveCode you will need to be a
valid commercial licence holder.

For full details of features and fixes please see the release notes:
http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/6_7_0/LiveCodeNotes-6_7_0_dp_1.pdf

*Known Issues*

   - We are yet to implement an AVFoundation version of the player object
   and switch the engine to weak link to Quicktime. This is expected for DP2.
   - Performance on High DPI system slow from 6.6 onwards. Our head of
   technology posted about this on our blog last week. We plan to refine his
   prototype and include during the 6.7 cycle. For those of you who missed the
   post you can read it here:
   http://livecode.com/blog/2014/03/18/hi-speed-hidpi/.
   - Sporadic crash related to audio (not reproducible at present).
   - Field navigation with arrow keys in WebKit browser input fields.
   http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12047.


*Testing*
As always we appreciate very much all those who help us refine these early
releases.

   1. If you are a browser object user, we would appreciate you testing
   your projects with the new revBrowser external. You can create both old and
   new WebKit browser instances. Please see the release notes for details of
   how to create the WebKit variant. The original revBrowser object remains
   unchanged.
   2. If you are a mac users please test all your projects by opening them
   and seeing how they behave in the new windowing system. Your apps will now
   be rendering entirely in the cocoa windowing framework so you'll notice
   subtle differences.
   3. If you have a mobile app that uses in-app purchases please see the
   release notes for details of the new in-app API. You will need to make some
   minor changes to your projects to ensure that your in-app purchases remain
   functional with LiveCode 6.7. The new API is cleaner and simpler as well as
   supporting the two additional stores and subscriptions.


*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

*Get the 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/

*Resources*
For lessons related to the new in-app purchasing api please see:
http://lessons.runrev.com/m/19606

*Future Release*

   - We plan to put out a 6.6 RC1 maintenance release on Monday with fixes
   to the stabilities issues in that build.
   - We also plan to put out a 7.0 DP2 build on Thursday which addresses
   many of the issues report as well as optimisations to improve performance.

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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