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Create a stack. Add a stack script: on startUp answer "Hello" end startUp The stack works fine in the dev environment. However, if you make a standalone from this stack, it will crash on launch, as described above. There must be something about the way that the answer dialog is implemented that mea...

richmond62 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 07, 2026 1:44 pm

Oh, we've had 'reassurance' many, many times before . . .

Reassurance is not what's needed: what is needed is legally binding undertakings that are adhered to.

Such as releasing ALL the open source components (which has not happened).

You're running make files these days?

There are two opportunities here: - Focus on options for improving performance concerns specific to Linux - Explore general performance improvement options which affect all platforms. Do either the OP or the recent follow-up have examples of performance issues on Linux that run without such concern ...

Richard? LC remains among the best tools for making native desktop apps, and I have clients using it for that. For the web, I've come to appreciate the separation of concerns with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and the browser engine is pretty great, so I prefer to work with it directly. As for the sta...

Hi Norman. What are you paying monthly for hosting, and what are you LC system's requirements?

Both VPS and shared hosting are cheap these days, so unless you need the expensive elasticity of public cloud services like Amazon you should be able to host many types of apps for under $10/mo.

Yes the Menu Builder works well - thank you. It's just modifying the Application menu that is elusive. The Application menu is not directly addressable in LiveCode. What items you see there from your application are put there by the engine. The Hide item is automatically added, while About is moved...

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.

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.

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.

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?

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...

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...

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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.