Plugins and Windows 8

[Josh]

So, I moved onto Windows 8 and have not had any problems with the transition. However, I tried to embed my AnimationEngine and Scrapbook plugins into LiveCode and they're not being detected. Any suggestions? I've tried placing them in the native LiveCode/Plugins folder as well as My Documents/My LiveCode/Plugins, but neither has worked. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[doc]

Hey Josh,
This works for me on Windows 8:

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C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Roaming\RunRev\Components\LiveCode_Whatever_Version_Number\Plugins

I believe that the "AppData" part of the path is actually a hidden folder, so you may have to setup windows to accommodate as required.

Regards,
Doc

[jacque]

You can put plugins anywhere and then tell LiveCode where to find them. Create a folder named "Plugins" and put the plugins into it. Create another folder named "My Livecode" (or anything you want) and put the Plugins folder into that.

Then in LiveCode Preferences -> Files & Memory, point the User Extensions path to the folder that contains all your extensions. In the above example, that would be the "My Livecode" folder. Restart LiveCode and it should work.

I keep my LiveCode extensions folder on Google Drive and point every copy of LiveCode I use to that. That means no matter which computer I'm on, my plugins are always in synch and the latest versions. They're also backed up to the cloud automatically.

[Josh]

Thanks guys. That advice worked for the Scriptor's Scrapbook. Unfortunately, it has not worked for the animation engine which Livecode isn't even recognizing as a stack file when I try to open it directly. I've tried redownloading, but no success. Any ideas for that?

[jacque]

Are you running an older version of LiveCode? It sounds like AE has been saved in the new file format and your copy of LiveCode can't read it.

[Josh]

For whatever reason, I grabbed the old copy off an old machine and it worked. No idea why, but I won't look a gift horse in the mouth. Thanks for the attempt (and the previous advice!).