MergPop error on iOS 11.2 & LC 8.1.8

[Paul Hibbert]

Monte is on the LC team now, so you can post a bug report here: http://quality.livecode.com <http://quality.livecode.com/>

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Paul

> On 9 Dec 2017, at 10:37, William de Smet via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jacqueline and Paul,
> 
> I had the same thing with MergPop with iOS 7 and then MergPop needed an
> update which Monte released the next day.
> Thanks for checking Paul.
> 
> Where do I file a bug report?
> 
> 
> 
> greetings,
> 
> William
> 
> 
> 
> 2017-12-09 18:44 GMT+01:00 J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> --
>> 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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