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Thanks Bernd ... this is very helpful indeed!

OK well as Martin said, some of this discussion is above my pay grade! I have however been playing around in earnest with widgets since DP 3 was released, and have a couple of observations to make. Firstly, it is probably obvious to the experienced among you, but I've just discovered that widgets su...

I am very excited about Widgets in LC 8 and dp 3 is a great advance for people like me just learning the ropes. When I open the Tools -> Extension Builder window, and then click on the "extensions" pop-up, nothing happens and I therefore can't see any listed of the extensions already loaded. Is this...

You might be on to an interesting idea here. True you can't bundle LC onto every Mac machine out there. But it could go into the app store perhaps? It would potentially fit within the "productivity" - "Developer Tools" - "Education" categories. And I like the suggestion that 2 or 3 "levels" could be...

OK well I know I'm only one voice - but north american airfare sale has begun in New Zealand covering the period mid August to end November. Sale ends April 28. Any advice on at least the intended conference city would be gratefully received

I would endorse this quiet plea to settle the conference venue and timing as soon as is practical please. For those of us who travel from this part of the world (Australia and New Zealand) it is important to tie in a conference with one or two other events and visits to fully justify the journey. We...

Have you checked out Monte's MergZXing external at mergext.com?

I think that browserNewUrlWindow pInstanceId, pUrl is intended to handle right-clicking on a link in a browser window to open a new window and display the clicked link. The handler does work (right click on a link and a browserNewUrlWindow handler placed in the card script will fire). The problem I ...

Does browserNewUrlWindow help? The browserNewUrlWindow message is sent to the current card of a stack containing a browser object when the browser object has opened a url in a new window.

on browserNewUrlWindow pInstanceId, pUrl
go stack (the owner of me)
end browserNewUrlWindow

In the stack script include this handler or similar: on shutdownRequest answer "Do you want to save changes made?" with "No" or "Yes" if it is "Yes" then closestack pass shutdownRequest end shutdownRequest Also check out the "Quit" command in the dictionary. You will also probably need to ensure tha...

Thanks Klaus for prompt reply. I became confused after reading the very good Embedded Web article as part of the recent 7 Benefits of 7 piece in the October Livecode Newsletter. The article leads off by saying that "the new implementation of the CEF Browser Object means that developers can create hy...

I remain somewhat confused about which function to use to initiate a browser instance on desktop. The Dictionary says to use revBrowserOpenCef() to initialise a new Chrome-based browser, but when I try this it has some issues. If I use revBrowserOpen() under Livecode 7.0 it works, but is it (automat...

Thanks Craig and Thierry. I love the creative solutions proposed, and they helped me to think more laterally about the issue and setting the scene for a more generalised approach. Sticking with the simple (three variable) example provided, I found that a combination of "do" commands and a value call...

I am building a simple formula calculator where I want the result to be evaluated using the "do" command. The user types several variable names into fields provided, along with a value for each variable in a matching field. Then the user creates a formula in a field (called say "Formula") using LC s...

It was the prospect of match funding that really encouraged me to contribute more than I might have otherwise, given that my contributions are essentially a personal donation (for now at least). Like all good Scots (well half a Scot anyway; my mother was born in Glasgow) ... the prospect of doubling...