Rev 2.8.1 NOT Leopard ready!

Andre Garzia andre at andregarzia.com
Tue Oct 30 12:40:30 EDT 2007


Only in Revolution we can solve this issues using our own language itself! :-)

try that in a glitch with something like RB...

On 10/30/07, Kevin Miller <kevin at runrev.com> wrote:
> On 30/10/07 15:41, "Klaus Major" <klaus at major-k.de> wrote:
>
> >> Its not really surprising that Rev 2.8.1 doesn't run perfectly on
> >> Leopard
> >> given that it shipped many months before that OS.
> >
> > ...which came out surprisingly last friday?
>
> Right, 4 days ago.  There are dozens of applications that do not work
> correctly on Leopard yet, including Apple's own FileMaker.  As ever, we will
> be among the first to release an upgrade.  You won't have long to wait.
>
> >> Mostly it does run ok,
> >> but there are some cosmetic issues, in particular with metal.
> >
> > Empty and thus completely unusable stacks are more than a cosmetic issue
> > to us (and our customers).
>
> *If* you use metal - which has been completely changed in Leopard - then
> there is an issue.  Apple now redraws metal when a window is in the
> background, but does not use the same method as before to notify the app
> that it needs redrawn.
>
> Its trivial to work around this to the extent that it is not unusable but
> rather just a glitch.  Something along the lines of the following will keep
> you going for now:
>
> on suspendStack
>   send "redrawStack" to me in 10 milliseconds
> end suspendStack
>
> on resumeStack
>   send "redrawStack" to me in 10 milliseconds
> end resumeStack
>
> on redrawStack
>   lock screen
>   unlock screen
> end redrawStack
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Kevin
>
> Kevin Miller ~ kevin at runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/
> Runtime Revolution - User-Centric Development Tools
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