HTML5 "Features" Library Substacks and "send ### in time"

[Peter TB Brett]

On 07/02/2016 01:59, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote:
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> Yikes… ! I just read this today… after seeing the newsletter and then looking in the guide in LC 8 dp 14
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> "The HTML5 engine in this release of LiveCode has a limited range of features. You can:
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> deploy single-stack applications with embedded resources"
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> BR: Does this mean you cannot include a libraty stack such as Animation Engine?

You can definitely include the Animation Engine as a library stack. 
Simply add it to the "Copy Files" list.

> "Two important unsupported features are unlikely to be added in the near future:
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> operations that need to pause the script while something happens (e.g. wait 10)"
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> BR: Ouch! no “wait” ? OK, all is fair in love and war and if “wait” is a performance beast, so be it.
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> But will html5 support  “send in time?
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> send “scene1Scenario2” to this card in 2 second?
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> ??

Yes, "send in time" should work just fine -- indeed, most of the HTML5 
demo stacks on the forums make heavy use of it.

                                         Peter

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Dr Peter Brett <peter.brett at livecode.com>
LiveCode Open Source Team

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