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by bd525
Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:01 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: "Enabled of menuitem" doesn't work on Windows standalone
Replies: 6
Views: 7337

Re: "Enabled of menuitem" doesn't work on Windows standalone

Thanks, Sparkout. I'm using option menus. I tested with a pulldown menu and it worked as advertised. The problem is I don't want to use pulldown menus, which are meant to be used in the menubar. I considered putting my row of menus (see attached) in the menubar but chose not to because for clarity I...
by bd525
Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:08 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: "Enabled of menuitem" doesn't work on Windows standalone
Replies: 6
Views: 7337

Re: "Enabled of menuitem" doesn't work on Windows standalone

I haven't used menuItems much but I don't think each menu item has individual properties because they exist in a list. Try changing your code to look something more like this: CODE: SELECT ALL if demoRunning then disable menuItem i of button "someButtonName" else enable menuItem i of button "someBu...
by bd525
Sun Oct 15, 2023 4:56 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: "Enabled of menuitem" doesn't work on Windows standalone
Replies: 6
Views: 7337

Re: "Enabled of menuitem" doesn't work on Windows standalone

Well, it's embarrassing I didn't see that. The Mac version working fine despite the error misled me into not looking for such a cause.

Alas, though: Fixing the oversight made no difference. The problem still exists on the Windows standalone.
by bd525
Sun Oct 15, 2023 3:12 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: "Enabled of menuitem" doesn't work on Windows standalone
Replies: 6
Views: 7337

"Enabled of menuitem" doesn't work on Windows standalone

I develop on Mac. Everything is fine with standalones of my main app for both Mac and Windows. I'm ready to "go live" on my website and publicize my app and website by email blasts and other means. Just one problem remains: The plan is to include Mac and Windows demo versions of my app with only cer...
by bd525
Thu Oct 05, 2023 2:51 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Menubar on Windows
Replies: 18
Views: 25658

Re: Menubar on Windows

I hate to be one of those "RTFM" dudes, but this is a good case where reviewing the User Guide on menus would help. The short version: To accommodate the differences between Mac and everything else, the last two items of an Edit menu should be a separator line ("-") followed by "Preferences...". On...
by bd525
Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:51 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Menubar on Windows
Replies: 18
Views: 25658

Re: Menubar on Windows

Oops, I should have noted that the problem just noted only occurs on Mac. Both menu items show on Windows.
by bd525
Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:47 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Menubar on Windows
Replies: 18
Views: 25658

Re: Menubar on Windows

I FINALLY have the menubar working properly on both Mac and Windows. A huge thanks to all posters for the helpful guidance! No doubt the process would have taken MUCH longer working without assistance. This forum is a really great resource! As long as I have this expert attention, though, a final (f...
by bd525
Tue Oct 03, 2023 11:58 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Menubar on Windows
Replies: 18
Views: 25658

Re: Menubar on Windows

Mac OS requires a File, Edit, and Help menu and those can't be removed. In my original post I mentioned that my custom menubar on Mac was at first working properly. Here's a closeup of the upper left corner of an earlier standalone, showing File and Help menus in the Mac menubar but no Edit (which ...
by bd525
Tue Oct 03, 2023 9:21 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Menubar on Windows
Replies: 18
Views: 25658

Re: Menubar on Windows

I appreciate the further input from Richard and Jacqueline. The info in your note and website, Jacqueline, helped me understand the processes better. I'm still befudddled by two issues, though: The first attachment shows Menu Builder status with "Set as stack Menu bar" checked. This is how a Mac sta...
by bd525
Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:57 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Menubar on Windows
Replies: 18
Views: 25658

Re: Menubar on Windows

Yes, in Menu Builder I had my custom menubar designated as such, and "Set as stack Menu bar" checked. As I mentioned that was working fine on Mac--in both development and run-time modes--but not on Windows. And now, out of nowhere it seems, that has switched! On Mac my custom menubar is being ignore...
by bd525
Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:44 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Menubar on Windows
Replies: 18
Views: 25658

Re: Menubar on Windows

Thanks for the reply, Craig. I work on Mac, so the graphic I posted is a mockup on Mac of what needs to be accomplished on Windows, namely, creating a strip at the top of the app window for the menubar menus, in my case just File and Help. So a Windows window needs to have greater height. I can code...
by bd525
Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:24 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Menubar on Windows
Replies: 18
Views: 25658

Menubar on Windows

I'm aware of the difference in placement of the menubar Mac vs. Windows, and have come across that factor in reading through various LIvecode online user instruction materials, but it isn't clear to me yet how to deal with it. The "set the menuBar of this stack to <groupname>" command works fine. On...
by bd525
Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:00 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: Baffling script error
Replies: 3
Views: 1914

Re: Baffling script error

Well, that's a bit embarrassing. I had gotten into the habit of not declaring local variables because Livecode allows that when Strict Compilation--which I knew nothing about--is not chosen in Preferences. It's a mystery how that got checked, but hey, there are plenty of mysteries in life. Thanks fo...
by bd525
Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:47 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: Baffling script error
Replies: 3
Views: 1914

Baffling script error

My stack of many hundreds of hours work was working just fine, then a script error has popped up that I can't make sense of. The error message is "compilation error at line <number> (Chunk: can't create a variable with that name..." (see attached) If I comment out that line the error goes to the nex...
by bd525
Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:05 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: Mac code signing difficulty
Replies: 5
Views: 1878

Re: Mac code signing difficulty

I installed that certificate, but it didn't help.

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