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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...

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...

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.

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?

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...

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?

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...

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.

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...

katyperry wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:59 am

Hello everyone, I'm new to LiveCode and want to save data from a field to a text file. I'm not sure which command to use and how to reopen saved data. Can someone share a basic example for me to refer to?

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Hello everyone, I am making an app using LiveCode with quite a lot of controls (buttons, fields…). When the number of controls increases, the app shows signs of slowing down, especially when resizing the window. Does anyone have experience optimizing performance or best practices in this case that ...