MergPop error on iOS 11.2 & LC 8.1.8

[J. Landman Gay]

If only one selection causes the crash, the problem is more likely to be 
the handler it calls than the external itself. I'd look at the actions that 
occur during the "save image" handler.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com



On December 9, 2017 2:41:19 AM William de Smet via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> Like I said MergPop works fine in my app except the fact that the app quits 
> after choosing 'Save Image' from the  popover sheet.
> Can you confirm this?
>
> It's a brand new iPad (2 days old) with no other apps installed.
>
> Greetings,
>
> William
>
>> Op 9 dec. 2017 om 03:26 heeft Paul Hibbert via use-livecode 
>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> het volgende geschreven:
>>
>> William,
>>
>> Just did a quick test and to make this work I had to go to Standalone 
>> Application Settings > General and choose “Select inclusions for the 
>> standalone application”, then under Standalone Application Settings > 
>> Inclusions scroll down and make sure “MergPop” is selected along with any 
>> other inclusions necessary.
>>
>> It seems MergPop is not being found when allowing LC to search for the 
>> required inclusions. This may be a bug, but I can’t find anything on LCQC 
>> for it right now, although I’m sure I remember it being discussed on this 
>> list previously (that’s how I knew what the fix was), but I don’t remember 
>> the conclusion.
>>
>> FYI, I checked this by adding a catch tError command within the try - end 
>> try handler then used answer tError, it told me that LC couldn’t find the 
>> handler “mergPopActivity”, so it confirmed that the library was missing, 
>> fixing that made it work.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>> On 8 Dec 2017, at 12:00, William de Smet via use-livecode 
>>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I am seeing an error on using MergPop with iOS 11.2 /LC 8.1.8 when saving a
>>> PNG with the 'Save Image' button on the popover sheet.
>>> It quits the app immediately.
>>> 'E-mail, Copy, Print, Save Files App' all work fine. Even Airdrop works
>>> fine.
>>>
>>> I do this:
>>> --------
>>> try
>>> put specialfolderpath("documents") & "/" & "cars.png" into tPath
>>> export snapshot from group "cars" to file tPath as PNG
>>> mergPopActivity "",tPath,"",""
>>> get the result
>>> end try
>>> ----------
>>>
>>> Anyone else seeing this?
>>> Is there something I can change in my script?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> greetings,
>>>
>>> William
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