Livecode Server

[cbarnhart]

I have a really stupid question. I have been working with Livecode for desktop and mobile for over a year now and I am now looking at also using livecode server. Am I able to utilize complete stack I have already build as a complete package? For example when a web page opens can I start a stack and the whole program will run, or do I need to learn enough html to execute each routine separately and also use html to format from the ground up?

[FourthWorld]

Web browsers have no understanding of the LiveCode file format or its language. The only things browsers can handle themselves are HTML for layout and JavaScript for interactivity.

LiveCode Server lets you use the LiveCode language for tasks on the server, which often includes generating HTML for delivery to the browser. But the execution of LiveCode with that build will be on the server only, so if you need interactivity in the browser you'll need to include that JavaScript yourself.

[splash21]

I have a really stupid question.

Not a stupid question at all
Happily, you can utilise all the logic and functionality from your stack's code, but not the the user interface. You can't show the cards and their content 'as is' - instead you'll have to generate HTML content to display in the browser. This browser UI can also collect information and pass it to your stack to perform the required tasks.

The following web page uses a LiveCode library stack to generate QR codes - the exact same stack can be used to generate QR codes on the desktop or on mobile;
http://splash21.on-rev.com/

The basic user interface on this page gathers the data needed to create the code, calls a library function in the stack (passing the information), then creates the HTML output to send to the browser - including the result from the stack (which is the data for the QR code).

I'm not sure if there's another platform that can do all of this across server/desktop/mobile