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Commands
Message Handlers are commonly called Handlers or Commands. LiveCode has many built-in Handlers, a list of them is found at the end of this article. A programmer can create their own Handlers, called Custom -
Repeat
in Livecode, Repeat is the king of looping structures, learn to master it in order to realize any repetitive task in Livecode. Repeat has many forms, each form suited to a special programming strategy. Don -
Arrays
An array is composed of a group of elements all having the same name, with each element of an array having a different set of keys. For every element of an array, a set of -
Livecode Wiki
Linux users - please read about this bug on some distros and how to solve it This wiki is a collaborative community project to document all aspects of LiveCode It is not created, owned or maintained -
Visual effect
Adds a visual effect transition. Syntax: visual [effect] effectName [speed] [to finalImage] [with sound audioClip] [and param_1 value_1 and...] -
Widget
A widget is a new control inside the IDE, instead of using groups of existing controls, you can create your custom control with you properties and share it with other livecode programmers. The advantage is -
Datagrid API
This page is based on http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/datagrid/l/7344-data-grid-api and other pages, since they are difficult to reach, I have added all them here. Index and -
Working with DLL
In an ideal world you would be able to solve any computing problem without leaving the confines of LiveCode. Unfortunately, though, there will always be things that very-high level programming is not suited for -
Error codes
When transforming the program in a standalone application, any error code has this form: error number code,line number, column number, suggestion These are the error typical error code meanings: 1 Handler: Running low on -
Object Oriented Programming - Inheritance
LiveCode is an object based language. It uses many different types of objects - buttons, windows, cards, stacks, fields, graphics, etc. But all of those are User Interface objects, each with its built-in properties and -
HTMLText
Specifies the contents of a field, including all text styles and paragraph formatting, represented as HTML tags and special characters represented as HTML entities.Syntax: get the [effective] HTMLText of [chunk of] field Examples: set -
SpecialFolderPath
Returns the names and locations of system-related folders. Syntax: the specialFolderPath of folderIdentifier specialFolderPath(folderIdentifier) -
Amazon purchasing
Here is the procedure to use the Amazon store with Livecode In order to use the in-app purchase with LiveCode, we must first create it in the Amazon Appstore Developer Portal. From the front -
MobileControlSet
Sets a property of a native iOS or Android control. Syntax: mobileControlSet idOrName, propertyName, value Examples: local tControl mobileControlSet tControl, "visible", true mobileControlCreate "input", "nameInput" mobileControlSet "nameInput", "visible", true -
Android set up enviroment
Check if the following menu items are available (not gray), otherwise install the missing components showed in the bottom of the Android studio. Then probably you want to test you app with a "virtual phone -
Working with shared libraries
In this article, we will introduce an updated version of the External Creator and show how to use it to produce a simple external that can be used on Linux. As with the other platforms -
Field
A Field object is used for many purposes in LiveCode, it has many options that can be used for text, scrolling fields, and much more. One type of Field can be changed into another type -
MySQL
LiveCode has set up a sample database which these scripts will use, but to use them for your own database, you will need to know the address of the database, the port number (if different -
Standalone Application Settings
You can export your program to any operating system using File - Save as standalone application. Before you do so, you should set your application setting using the File - Standalone application setting menu: Every icon on -
Messages
Messages are part of the internal workings of the LiveCode language that are not readily seen. However they are very important because they determine which handlers are executed. Many of those messages are generated by -
Viewing a PDF with the internal PDF viewer
At the present (22/April/2016) the internal PDF viewer is available only for business commercial edition. It works like the revBrowser. -
Button
In LiveCode, a Button object comes in many different styles: Push, square, round buttons, check boxes and radio buttons. In reality, there is only one button control, with many different properties. Which properties are set -
Functions
Function handlers are commonly called functions. LiveCode has many built-in Functions, a list of them is found at the end of this article. A programmer can create their own Functions, called Custom Functions. This -
Find
Find is a useful command to search through all fields in the current card or in a particular field. To search in all fields, except those fields with property dontSearch set as true: find "example" -
Mac App Store
Overall the process is not very hard. There really just some minor adjustments you have to make to your standalone build to allow you to move from deploying to Apple's Mac App store. These
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