Standalone Hangs on Startup.

[ThatOneGuy]

Just thinking...

I hate DLL files. I dislike most everything about them. The fact that they exist is simply annoying.

I would STRONGLY prefer LiveCode simply hard-coding all required libraries into the executable when it does its search for required inclusions as it does with a few other libraries, such as for geometry, cursors, dialogues, fonts, etc., or it should at least provide the option to do so.

I wouldn't care if the executable is slightly larger. It would make no difference to disk usage or loading time since the libraries take up space as well and still must be loaded on startup.

Any portable program should NOT require lugging around an externals folder or writing out files only to have them read back in an instant later. I want my executable to ALWAYS work by itself without needing to access ANY external scripts to function.

It can be done. All it would really take is to make LC include all of the "external" functions in the program headers instead of just making pointers to the external functions.