LC 8.0 DP16 Failed to load external

Monte Goulding monte at appisle.net
Wed Mar 30 06:11:43 EDT 2016


For standalone builder support you need to add externals to the runtime folder for each platform. The standalone builder won’t pull the external from the externals folder. 

http://lessons.livecode.com/s/lessons/m/4071/l/6347-how-to-install-3rd-party-externals-for-use-in-the-ide-and-standalone-builder <http://lessons.livecode.com/s/lessons/m/4071/l/6347-how-to-install-3rd-party-externals-for-use-in-the-ide-and-standalone-builder>

> On 30 Mar 2016, at 9:02 PM, Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolbook at kestner.de> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> after a long break I am testing LC 8.0 DP16, because I wanted to answer the
> latest LC survey, if I still need LC 6
> 
> I am using two externals, which work in the IDE. For building the
> standalone, these externals are selected in the standalone settings under
> "script libraries" and the externals are in a folder "Externals", which
> resides in the standalone directory.
> 
> When starting the standalone I get an "Initialization Error - failed to load
> external". After OK the startup quits. No information, which external
> couldn't be loaded.
> 
> With LC 6.7.8 and 7.1.1 the standalone is loaded without error and works.
> 
> Has there something been changed with loading externals in 8.0? Any idea
> what is going wrong here, or what I could check for?
> 
> Thanks for any ideas
> 
> Tiemo
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