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Hey Klaus, Thanks, that worked. The first time I tried to retype it all I got the same error, but I realized I was not putting "the" before "lastSavePath". Apparently that's important. Why did you put "it" into "tFile" after the user closes the dialog? The "save" button never compiled, so I never go...

I'm trying to put together a simple text editor. There's a field, a "save as" button and a "save" button. The "save as" button works: on mouseUp ask file "Please name the file:" put field "Text" into URL ("file:" & it & ".txt") set lastSavePath of button "Save As" to ("file:" & it & ".txt") end mous...

Mark, Thanks, I think that clarifies things :-) So GAE works by interpreting Java, Python or Go programs, and only those programs, which means its services can only be used if you write something in pure Java, Python or Go. If you start from scratch in one of those development environments, then you...

Hi Mark, So the engine is pre-compiled (I guess that's got something to do with the "compileless" workflow) and it gets extended by the stacks I write. What do you mean by the engine is programmed in C++, Objective-C or Java ? Does that mean there are three different version of the engine? If so, wh...

I can find a lot of stuff saying that LiveCode compiles into executables that run on lots of different operating systems, and that it has ways of talking to lots of different languages. What I can't find is what languages LiveCode actually compiles into. What are the executables written in? For exam...