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by FourthWorld
Mon Jan 12, 2026 6:18 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: 2026
Replies: 3
Views: 387

Re: 2026

jacque wrote:
Sun Jan 11, 2026 7:20 pm
Saw this on the interwebs :

Thank you for the free 7-day trial of 2026. I'd like to unsubscribe from whatever the hell this is.
♥️
by FourthWorld
Thu Dec 11, 2025 6:50 am
Forum: Made With LiveCode
Topic: Secure Text
Replies: 14
Views: 1479

Re: Secure Text

Emily-Elizabeth wrote:
Thu Dec 11, 2025 2:26 am
Got reviewed on Softpedia https://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-to ... t-LC.shtml
And a very nice review at that. Congrats.
by FourthWorld
Wed Dec 10, 2025 8:11 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Looking for Best Practices to Improve Performance and Code Optimization in LiveCode
Replies: 4
Views: 543

Re: Looking for Best Practices to Improve Performance and Code Optimization in LiveCode

Once in a while an authentic new user shows up. I ask for details because it's generally useful, with the bonus of weeding out bots.
by FourthWorld
Wed Dec 10, 2025 10:29 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Looking for Best Practices to Improve Performance and Code Optimization in LiveCode
Replies: 4
Views: 543

Re: Looking for Best Practices to Improve Performance and Code Optimization in LiveCode

Oh so much to write. Let's start at a starting point most relevant to you: what part of your app are you writing right now, what does it do?
by FourthWorld
Wed Dec 10, 2025 10:27 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: Saving an application from an application?
Replies: 13
Views: 1119

Re: Saving an application from an application?

But the size. Oh lordy that's a lot for an app with one feature. Yeah fSekrit is only 47 KB whereas Secret Text is 15 to 20 MB, but is cross-platform (thanks Livecode!) With modern download speeds 16 megs isn't the barrier it used to be. Been meaning to tell you,, glad to see you posting here again...
by FourthWorld
Tue Dec 09, 2025 8:25 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: Saving an application from an application?
Replies: 13
Views: 1119

Re: Saving an application from an application?

Thanks. A purpose-built engine written in compiled object code makes that a more practical option. LC is a great solution for many things, but as a generalized scripting language with a broad feature set, the engine size alone would make it undesirable for this purpose. It's technically possible, of...
by FourthWorld
Tue Dec 09, 2025 8:19 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Forum unable to deal with spam
Replies: 8
Views: 1219

Re: Forum unable to deal with spam

Bad actors online are one of the biggest threats we face, not just here but across the Internet. Bot and troll farms are destroying the utility of all social media, exacerbating social divisions to dangerous levels, and spreading mis- and disinformation of a nature and scope that literally kills peo...
by FourthWorld
Tue Dec 09, 2025 11:44 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Forum unable to deal with spam
Replies: 8
Views: 1219

Re: Forum unable to deal with spam

Hosting is a cheap commodity. The cost of spam management isn't the fixed cost of hosting (US$6-$10/mo), but the variable cost of the human effort to mitigate. Right now most of it's done by volunteers, so there's no cost to the company.
by FourthWorld
Tue Dec 09, 2025 11:40 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: Saving an application from an application?
Replies: 13
Views: 1119

Re: Saving an application from an application?

Emily-Elizabeth wrote:
Mon Dec 08, 2025 8:54 pm
The use case in my example: On another forum, the end user asked if Secure Text could save out as an executable so the encrypted file could be opened by someone without the program.
I'm missing the benefit in that use case. What is gained by opening in one application rather than another?
by FourthWorld
Sun Nov 16, 2025 8:10 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Back To The Future request
Replies: 8
Views: 2015

Re: Back To The Future request

I have, and I suspect there is now code blocking Community versions from accessing LiveNet. None in LiveNet itself. It makes no distinctions about which edition it's running in. Back when I was community manager for the LiveCode Community Edition I tested it there at least as often as in the propri...
by FourthWorld
Sun Nov 16, 2025 8:37 am
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Back To The Future request
Replies: 8
Views: 2015

Re: Back To The Future request

richmond62 wrote:
Sun Nov 16, 2025 8:15 am
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Curious. I tested here before posting

Have you tried it from within LC?
by FourthWorld
Sat Nov 15, 2025 8:43 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Back To The Future request
Replies: 8
Views: 2015

Re: Back To The Future request

The MetaCard installer was a collaboration between Jacque and myself, AFAIK untouched for nearly a decade. Just the same, I've dropped the most recent copy I have into LiveNet. In the IDE see Development -> Plugins -> GoLiveNet To be clear, the only engine change it makes is to the executable name w...
by FourthWorld
Sat Nov 15, 2025 5:42 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: Issues Deploying LiveCode Stacks on Linux (File Permissions & Library Dependencies)
Replies: 2
Views: 3090

Re: Issues Deploying LiveCode Stacks on Linux (File Permissions & Library Dependencies)

The general guidance that a system configured to run a browser can usually run LC is often sufficient, but if you're running into specific errors on a system that has a working browser installed we'll need to see details to help with those.
by FourthWorld
Tue Nov 04, 2025 9:01 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: LC IDE Stacks Analyses: the QR library
Replies: 7
Views: 2143

Re: LC IDE Stacks Analyses: the QR library

How do you determine WHICH stack scripts are copyrighted, and which are not? In all nations which are signatories to the Berne Convention (about 90% of UN-recognized nations, which includes the US and UK), all original creative works are granted the copyright protections of the local jurisdiction a...