RELEASE: LiveCode 6.6.2-rc-6

Fri May 30 13:08:48 EDT 2014

That seems to have dealt with the new issues from yesterday, and the other
bugs that I tested also seem to have stayed fixed.

On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Michael McCreary <
michael.mccreary at runrev.com> wrote:

> Dear List Members.
>
> We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 6.6.2 RC 6.
>
> This release is largely the same as RC 5. We've included a fix for bug
> 12563, a regression introduced in RC 5 that was causing a few issues for
> users.
>
> This is a maintenance release for the 6.6 series and contain 63 bug fixes.
> We are now approaching final release so please test this release thoroughly
> to ensure your projects run correctly.
>
> *Bug Fixes*
>
> 12443 -  import snapshot crashes LiveCode
> 12434 -  iOS device builds rejected from app store due to XCode version in
> plist
> 12418 -  Mail attachment from app file fails
> 12414 -  Setting usePixelScaling causes infinite window reopening loop on
> Mac.
> 12408 -  Encryption commands do not work for iOS device builds
> 12382 -  Normal resizeQuality is slow
> 12365 -  After "putting" return into a Field, a visible residue is left
> from the cursor
> 12350 -  The fontStyles is incorrect on iOS
> 12341 -  Fix vGrid rendering for non-fixed-width table field mode.
> 12319 -  Drag and drop going wrong when Display switched to 150%
> 12294 -  Crash and flaky behavior at certain points.
> 12286 -  Maximizing a window where only the title-bar is on-screen causes
> a crash on Mac.
> 12265 -  Rounded rects are drawn incorrectly when using the image editing
> tools with a linesize 1
> 12241 -  Formatted width of a field should take dontwrap into account
> 12239 -  Magnification window shows corrupted image.
> 12237 -  Attempt to attach to the launching console on Windows (if any) in
> standalones.
> 12236 -  Dropdown menus are clipped on Windows when text scale > 100%
> 12235 -  Tooltips clipped on Windows when text scaling > 100%
> 12227 -  When Windows screen display is set to 125% popups sometimes break
> 12223 -  Windows backdrop doesn't cover the full desktop area when
> displayed on a high-dpi screen.
> 12210 -  revBrowserSnapshot not working on Windows with IE9+
> 12206 -  Buttons of menu type can't be inspected if first created object
> 12200 -  Some filesystem entries in the root of a volume on Mac report as
> files when they are really folders.
> 12185 -  Standalone engine crashes when -ui specified on Linux.
> 12183 -  Clicking in the scrollbar well doesn't work if the click is too
> short.
> 12182 -  'the pageRanges' doesn't work on fields with more than 64K chars.
> 12175 -  Setting the usePixelScaling property doesn't update all windows
> on Mac.
> 12173 -  Styling does not work for certain iOS fonts
> 12170 -  Non-existant command line parameter variables ($<n>) behave
> strangely with split.
> 12146 -  setting tabstops to 2 equal numbers and then turning vGrid on
> hangs LC
> 12125 -  put the executionContexts crashes LiveCode server
> 12107 -  exit causes livecode server to crash
> 12105 -  Livecode server crashed if you call paramCount()
> 12101 -  Graphics missing from imported Hypercard stack
> 12099 -  On awakening Android device from sleep, part of app is blacked out
> 12088 -  The script editor doesn't scroll horizontally as text is entered
> 12058 -  The backdrop on Windows is always black
> 12044 -  Opaque groups do not completely draw their backgrounds when
> acceleratedRendering is enabled
> 12037 -  Slow-down in setting contents of fields on Windows since 6.1.3.
> 12027 -  On Retina Mac's scrollbars with small thumbs render smaller than
> they should.
> 12020 -  Caret is too thin on Retina displays.
> 12010 -  Windows engine hangs after multiple stack redraws.
> 12008 -  import screen snapshot on iOS creates image of incorrect size.
> 12006 -  HTTP (HTML) URLs encoded with anything other than a native
> character set are returned incorrectly
> 11975 -  "import snapshot from rect ..." only imports part of the screen
> on Windows
> 11964 -  Spacing is incorrect for Windows scaled text
> 11933 -  effective textColor returns empty value for styled text
> 11920 -  Memory leak in bitmap effects with spread of non-zero radius
> (e.g. spread 100%, radius 1; spread 50%, radius 2).
> 11904 -  Italic characters with underhang are clipped on Windows
> 11895 -  mobileComposeMail missing attachment in Android (Android Mail)
> 11884 -  Stoked graphics clipped when printed
> 11860 -  uuid and randomBytes functions don't work on iOS when Encryption
> support is not included
> 11748 -  Crash when putting an empty string into an XML node using
> PutIntoXMLNode.
> 11708 -  Anroid apps only partially drawn after rotating device during
> lock sreen
> 11690 -  Once large scripts start scrolling the script editor, it won't
> stop for a long time on Windows.
> 11689 -  ResizeControl is not sent when resizing images
> 11662 -  Round buttons are drawn incorrectly
> 11603 -  Backdrop not displayed on Linux
> 11370 -  Anti-aliasing inconsistent for 1 pixel lines and curves
> 11072 -  magnify and edit image crashes LC
> 8041 -  Only allow interaction with scrollbars on groups in browse mode.
> 6400 -  On Mac, a tab button with a single item does not draw correctly.
> 2627 -  The machine() function returns "unknown" under Mac OSX
>
> *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
> --
>
> *Michael McCreary . Runtime Revolution Ltd
> LiveCode - Unleash Your Killer App*
>
> mail : 25a Thistle Street Lane South West, Edinburgh, EH2 1EW
> email : michael.mccreary at runrev.com
> company : +44(0) 845 219 89 23
> fax : +44(0) 845 458 8487
> web : www.runrev.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> use-livecode mailing list
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your
> subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
>

-- 
On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."