RELEASE: LiveCode 6.6

[Michael McCreary]

Dear List Members.

We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 6.6.

Release Contents
*  'assert' command (experimental)
*  New **showAll** fullscreenmode.
*  Hi-DPI support for Windows 7/8 and OSX.
*  HTTPS through proxy
*  Image Filtering Updates
*  iOS 7.1 Support
*  Graphics Library Update
*  OpenSSL & Encryption Updates
*  Proxy automatic configuration support
*  'secure socket' command
*  '#!' now recognised by server
*  SQLite support updated and improved
*  Stack scaling
*  OS 10.4 (Tiger) support dropped

Bug Fixes
* 11946 -  iOS 7.1 Simulator doesn't remember device type when launching 
using 'Test'
* 11927 -  LCInterfaceQueryViewScale returns incorrect scale values
* 11925 -  revBrowser does not use retina resolution on retina Macs.
* 11924 -  matrixMultiply crashes if given non-arrays as input.
* 11915 -  Fullscreen mode not preserved when using 'go in window'.
* 11914 -  Popping up a stack or using a stack as a menu causes strange 
problems.
* 11908 -  Images with best resizeQuality print at low resolution.
* 11903 -  Ensure large XML files (those with large text nodes) still parse.
* 11893 -  Attaching an empty stack panel to a combo or option menu 
causes a crash when opened.
* 11892 -  Image blending only works for srcOver inkMode
* 11888 -  Malformed htmlText can cause an infinite loop.
* 11885 -  Memory leak in iOS causes app to exit
* 11882 -  textStyle box has missing pixel in topleft.
* 11880 -  Tiles with a constant color blend incorrectly when 
acceleratedRendering is in OpenGL mode.
* 11874 -  BinaryDecode wrong on Android
* 11867 -  Union and intersect commands can give erroneous results if 
source array is empty or not an array.
* 11858 -  Hidden stacks don't update their position when re-shown
* 11844 -  Stack height limited to screen height
* 11841 -  The effective revAvailableHandlers of an object sometimes 
contains duplicates
* 11836 -  MouseLoc returns wrong value if pixelScale set to value other 
than 1
* 11823 -  SQLite enhanced query syntax not enabled.
* 11819 -  Windows with no decorations don't redraw on first open.
* 11816 -  Native Android control rects not scaled when set from 
preOpenStack handler
* 11814 -  Accelerated rendering causes cards to be rendered in the 
bottom left of the screen on iOS Retina devices
* 11813 -  'go in window' doesn't work on mobile
* 11811 -  Cannot take screen snapshot at high resolution.
* 11789 -  mobileComposeMail only blocks the first time on Android.
* 11785 -  Option menu with height > 22 draws incorrectly on OSX with 
Retina display.
* 11783 -  Setting the fullscreenmode on Windows when not fullscreen 
causes text to change.
* 11781 -  Visual effects can display in the wrong place on iOS on 
Retina devices.
* 11778 -  averageDeviation returns incorrect result on Mac, Linux, iOS, 
Android
* 11771 -  Pasting HTML containing BR doesn't copy into LiveCode 
correctly from Safari on Mac.
* 11769 -  Copying from a field with paragraph-level metadata causes 
incorrect RTF output (thus meaning it pastes incorrectly into other apps 
on Mac).
* 11754 -  Error (invalid bundle) on uploading app to iOS App Store
* 11753 -  Cannot play some video streams on Android
* 11751 -  After selecting an item in an option menu contaning unicode, 
the label is corrupted (Mac only)
* 11732 -  <> operator is different from 'is not' operator for arrays
* 11728 -  Changing the backdrop color doesn't update properly on Mac.
* 11721 -  Crash when taking a snapshot of the template graphic
* 11720 -  SQLite FTS feature doesn't work on iOS or Mac.
* 11715 -  LiveCode crashes if dragsource object is closed during 
dragEnd handler
* 11704 -  Patterns cannot be applied to lines.
* 11703 -  iPhoneSetRemoteControlDisplay crashes
* 11654 -  import snapshot doesn't finish until keypress on Lion.
* 11649 -  Android app name can't contain unicode text
* 11617 -  acceleratedRendering will clip the end of long scrolling groups
* 11462 -  Failing to set image data to the image data of self
* 11442 -  Can't quit LiveCode after setting the securityPermissions to 
"network"
* 11124 -  No error message when external not found when deploying to 
simulator
* 11069 -  mobileComposeMail attachment missing in Android
* 10910 -  "Crop image" command crashes LiveCode application
* 10467 -  Indenting of scripts can go wrong
* 10280 -  SQLite binary entries are non-standard.
* 8044 -  setting a cprop with quotes loses data
* 5331 -  Mac live window resizing is off by default.

Getting this release
To upgrade to this release please select "check for updates" from the 
help menu in LiveCode or download the installers directly at: 
http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/

Reporting Bugs
If you encounter an issue with this release please submit a bug report 
to our quality centre: http://quality.runrev.com/enter_bug.cgi

Warm regards,

The LiveCode Team
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*Michael McCreary . Runtime Revolution Ltd
LiveCode - Unleash Your Killer App*

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