Unable to load Preferences LC 9.6.9rc3 and Levure 9.0.5

[Mark Smith]

Hi Marty, this worked like a charm. I was trying to open Trevor's dataview_demo and was getting the same “An error occurred while initialising the application…” msg. This fixed it. Thanks

Mark


> On 14 Apr 2023, at 10:35 pm, Marty Knapp via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> I don’t have an “M” chip Mac here to test at the moment but here’s something to try:
> 
> In the Levure framework open the helpers folder and then the preferences folder
> Modify the helper.yml file by deleting the section under externals so the file just contains the following
> 
> externals:
> libraries:
>  - filename: preferences.livecodescript
> extensions:
>  - filename: nsuserdefaults.lcm
>    engine version: ">=9.0"
>    platform: macos,ios
> 
> Then try a build and see how that works. I just tried it on my Intel iMac and preferences are working OK without the previous content.
> 
> Please let me know how it works on your “M” mac
> 
> 
> Marty
> 
>> On Apr 10, 2023, at 3:23 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 2023-04-08 14:58, bob--- via use-livecode wrote:
>>> I'm wondering if anyone might be able to help me out. I’m trying to
>>> use LC 9.6.9rc3 with an app built with Levure. With LC 9.6.9rc2 I am
>>> able to open the app in the IDE with no issue.
>>> When I try to open the app with LC 9.6.9rc3 I get “An error occurred
>>> while initializing the application [unable to load external
>>> Preferences]”. I’m tracing through the Levure script now and can see
>>> in fact the Preference stack is not being loaded. I’ve confirmed
>>> Preferences.bundle is at the location referenced in the script.
>>> Can anyone steer me in a direction for a fix to this?
>> 
>> So you'll need to (for now) use `Get Info` on LiveCode.app in Finder, and ask it to 'open in rosetta'... Then when building any standalones, disable generating a the arm64 slice (you can do this in the MacOS pane of standalone settings).
>> 
>> The reason is isn't working is that the preferences external included in Levure does not have a ARM64 slice - so won't load when the engine is running using that architecture.
>> 
>> The preferences external will need to be rebuilt with an arm64 slice and included in Levure.
>> 
>> (When looking at this the other day, I did notice that Levure has an LCB extension which can do preferences stuff on macOS - bypassing the need for an external, but I couldn't see how you opt to use that instead of the external).
>> 
>> Warmest Regards,
>> 
>> Mark.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Mark Waddingham ~ mark at livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
>> LiveCode: Build Amazing Things
> 
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