Externals in Objective-C

[JB]

For anyone who is interested in writing objective-c externals
in LiveCode and Revolution here is a link to some code that
might work.  I am still pretty new to c++ and objective-c and
have not tried it yet.  If you get it working please post some
code.

c++ wrapper for objective-c link;

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7132755/wrapping-objective-c-in-objective-c-c

John Balgenorth



On Sep 11, 2014, at 8:45 PM, JB <sundown at pacifier.com> wrote:

> n theory any language that can build shared libraries and allows you to link with the provided glue code
> could be used. However, in practice, some languages will require extra glue-code in order to provide an
> environment in which their code can run. For example, to access Objective-C you will need to ensure you
> set up its memory/exception environment in C wrapper functions before calling any Objective-C code.
> 
> Does anyone have a  copy or example of a C wrapper functions for memory/exception environment?
> 
> I want to write a external using Objective-C instead of C++.  Does anyone have example code of how
> to write a external for Revolution using Objective-C?  It appears that even Swift might be able to be
> used for writing externals in LiveCode and Revolution.  Does anyone have some example code that
> will allow the writing of externals with objective-C or Swift?
> 
> John Balgenorth
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>