[ANN] Release 9.5.0 DP-1

Tue May 21 13:04:41 EDT 2019

Possibly I'm going gyte as I work my way towards 60 (57 and counting),
but I seem to remember something floating around about modularisation
and the ability to choose which modules to buy . . .

Richmond.

On 21.05.19 19:57, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> I meant the barcode scanner only in this case because i think that is / can
> be used for less "businessy" things (depending on what Businessy means)
>
> I think if they brought out a couple of widgets every few months and added
> some to Indy - for instance beacons in indy , fingerprint for business
> that sort of thing.
>
> I still think they should have a donation type page for the free community
> we might bring in a few shekels from the open source comminity - but what
> do I know?
>
> We paid for MVC in business and got the Free Levure in community and
> business,  which is probably better anyway it was designed by somebody who
> had to scratch an itch.
>
> What Business should really be is a dedicated person who helps projects
> along and answers emails and chats in hours not days - fgets the team to
> fix showstoppers
> basically support not "knobs and Knockers"
>
> look at the pricing here - the free version has everything the enterprize
> version has at $98,000 less.
> https://haxe.org/foundation/support-plans.html
>
> Xojo's pricing is roughly teh same but it doesn't run out only the updates
> do
> https://www.xojo.com/store/
> same for nearly all the others - only stop updates -
>
> <pissing in the wind>
> I will say it again and again and again and again and .........
>
> Forget about community plus as such - bring out separate versions for
> mobile that are £99 pounds and they don't run out but  updates do
> Apple and Google are your best friends they keep moving the goal post  so
> anybody serious will need the update to the latest version to compile.
> Bring out a version that can only connect to sqlite not Mysql - that does
> not deactivate after a year - if you bring out worthwhile upgrades they
> they will come ......
>
>   </pissing in the wind>
>
>
> Lagi
>
>
> On Tue, 21 May 2019 at 17:24, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> Although i am on business i was also thinking that it might be good for
>> Indy license holder to be able to use these widgets. But i understand that
>> the LC company added this just to Business.
>> If every new addition will be added to both license types then for many
>> there is no reason  anymore to subscribe to business.
>>
>> But why not offer these new widgets as additional subscriptions for Indy
>> licenses. This would allow Indy developers to use the new widgets, but
>> would grant LC some extra revenue for these great new additions.
>>
>> Matthias
>>
>>
>>> Am 21.05.2019 um 17:44 schrieb Lagi Pittas via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>:
>>> It SHOULD be in INDY even though I am personally paying for the Business
>>> upgrade.
>>> LC should rethink this - there are fewer people on Business (educated
>>> guess) so you at least want a few more people on Indy.
>>> This might be what makes them upgrade - get them to Ben Nevis THEN they
>>> might climb Everest.
>>>
>>> Just my 5p worth (inflation)
>>>
>>> Lagi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 21 May 2019 at 12:54, Sphere via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>
>> wrote:
>>>> Oopsa, dis i read this wrong? and is the barcode library available for
>>>> Indy?
>>>> Looks like it in the releasenotes (sometimes i read to quickly)
>>>>
>>>> JJS schreef op 2019-05-20 17:40:
>>>>> Nice, Nice, Nice!
>>>>>
>>>>> We can test x86 Emulator now, superfast :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Too bad the Android Barcode reader is Business, on Indy would be
>>>>> great. I don't have that kind of money to spend for business
>>>>> unfortunately.
>>>>>
>>>>> But thanks! great that we now can play with it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Op 20-5-2019 om 19:29 schreef Bob Sneidar via use-livecode:
>>>>>> These features look really nice! I'll play with it. Out of curiosity,
>>>>>> has anyone addressed the nested behaviors for datagrids issue? The
>>>>>> latest 9.0.4 does not seem to implement this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob S
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On May 20, 2019, at 10:04 , panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
>>>>>>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Dear list members,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.5.0 DP-1.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Developer Preview Release
>>>>>>> =========================
>>>>>>> Warning: this is not a stable release.  Please ensure that you back
>>>>>>> up your
>>>>>>> stacks before testing them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Getting the Release
>>>>>>> ===================
>>>>>>> You can get the release at https://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/
>> <https://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/>
>>>>>>> or via
>>>>>>> the automatic updater.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Release Contents
>>>>>>> ================
>>>>>>> LiveCode 9.5.0 DP-1 comes with more than 80 bugfixes. Moreover, more
>>>>>>> than
>>>>>>> 100 bugfixes, including several memory leak fixes, that were fixed in
>>>>>>> LiveCode 9.0.x, are now merged into LiveCode 9.5.0 DP-1.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In addition, LiveCode 9.5.0 DP-1 includes several amazing new
>>>>>>> features:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Windows 64 bit IDE & deployment support
>>>>>>> - Static linked code libraries for iOS device builds
>>>>>>> - Real boolean constants, Infinity constant
>>>>>>> - Math operation refactor
>>>>>>> - New Android Architectures
>>>>>>> - New container layer mode
>>>>>>> - New log command and logMessage property
>>>>>>> - Implement filter where clause
>>>>>>> - Progress, isSecure and allowUserInteraction features added to
>>>>>>> browser
>>>>>>> widget
>>>>>>> - New returnKeyType & keyboardType field property
>>>>>>> - Improved sort international to support lots of additional locales
>>>>>>> - Updated SQLite lib to the latest version (v3.28.0)
>>>>>>> - Added support for URI filenames and JSON storage/retrieval in
>>>>>>> SQLite DBs
>>>>>>> - Implemented modifier key state access for LCB (e.g. “key is down”)
>>>>>>> - Implemented clip to path for LCB
>>>>>>> - Several enhancements to Tree View Widget
>>>>>>> - New mobileSetKeyboardDisplay and mobileGetKeyboardDisplay handlers
>>>>>>> - mobileSetKeyboardReturnKey on android
>>>>>>> - PDF Widget (Business Edition)
>>>>>>> - Android Barcode Scanner widget (Business Edition)
>>>>>>> - Mac status menu library
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Known issues
>>>>>>> ================
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - The Browser widget's native layer is not shown in some Linux
>>>>>>> distros with
>>>>>>> Cinnamon window manager.
>>>>>>> - The use of the Browser widget is not supported on Ubuntu 18.04 64
>>>>>>> bit LTS
>>>>>>> yet.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The full release notes are available from:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>> http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/9_5_0/LiveCodeNotes-9_5_0_dp_1.pdf
>> <http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/9_5_0/LiveCodeNotes-9_5_0_dp_1.pdf
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Feedback
>>>>>>> ========
>>>>>>> Please report any bugs encountered on our BugZilla at
>>>>>>> http://quality.livecode.com/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We have a forum available for discussing LiveCode Builder at
>>>>>>> http://forums.livecode.com/viewforum.php?f=93
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have fun!
>>>>>>> The LiveCode Team
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>> Matthias Rebbe
>>
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