The coming of SVG

[Bleiler, Timothy]

Oops, I guess we can’t send attachments to the list.

Here is a link to the file I tested.  

https://lovesvg.com/2018/01/cat-5169/



Tim Bleiler, Ph.D.
Instructional Designer, HSIT
University at Buffalo



> On Jan 5, 2018, at 11:21 AM, Bleiler, Timothy via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> I’ve been testing this a little and I’ve run into some files that don’t render correctly. 
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> I’ve attached a simple example I found on the internet  that contains this info about how it was created - Generator: Adobe Illustrator 22.0.1, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0).  
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> When I tried to display this in the image control as described, I get just an outline of the drawing filled black. I’m using Mac OS with Livecode 9.0.0 (dp 11)
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> Have I missed a critical part of the process or should this be filed as a bug?
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> Tim Bleiler, Ph.D.
> Instructional Designer, HSIT
> University at Buffalo
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>> On Jan 5, 2018, at 10:03 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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>> On 2018-01-05 15:58, Dave Kilroy via use-livecode wrote:
>>> Hi - anyone got news on 'VectorIcon' or whatever it's going to be called? I
>>> was thinking it would arrive with LC (dp11) but it didn't
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>> It did - but not in widget form.
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>> There is a script library which compiles an SVG file into a metafile format called a 'drawing'.
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>> Then the image object has been prodded so you can set the text of an image to said metafile data and it will render the SVG represented by it.
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>> Take a look in the dictionary under drawingSvgCompile().
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>>> When using Mark's external that he shared on LC Global I can get it working
>>> in the IDE but it's a no-show on an iOS device (amongst other errors I get
>>> "864,7,1 unable to load sag compiler")
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>> Yes - there was an issue with inclusions in extensions - that should be fixed in dp11. However, the support for rendering drawings is in the engine - so you only need to include the drawing SVG compiler library if you want to compile SVGs on the fly.
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>> Warmest Regards,
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>> Mark.
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>> -- 
>> Mark Waddingham ~ mark at livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
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