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- Thu Jul 17, 2025 3:26 am
- Forum: Android Deployment
- Topic: Sort files by date/time.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 44
Re: Sort files by date/time.
Hi Googie, you can get the LONG files of a folder, which will return an item delimited list with detailed infos. ... ## From the dictionary: 1 Name. The file name is URL-encoded. To reliably obtain the name use the detailed-utf8 outputKind and decode using the URLDecode function followed by textDeco...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 10:47 am
- Forum: Android Deployment
- Topic: Animation Effect on Group.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 164
Re: Animation Effect on Group.
Great! 
You could even leave out the IF THEN clause:


You could even leave out the IF THEN clause:
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on animate
lock screen for visual effect
set the visible of group "Review" to NOT (the visible of grp "Review")
unlock screen with visual effect "dissolve" very fast
end animate

- Tue Jul 15, 2025 9:31 am
- Forum: Android Deployment
- Topic: Animation Effect on Group.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 164
Re: Animation Effect on Group.
Hi Googie, just tested the script here with an example group named "review" and works as exspected!? You can also save some typing: on animate lock screen for visual effect if the visible of group "Review" = true then set the visible of group "Review" to false else set the visible of group "Review" ...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 9:02 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
- Topic: How to move an object from one card to another?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 143
Re: How to move an object from one card to another?
Hi Charles, welcome to the forum! Hm, I would probably use a couple of BUTTONs, one on each card where neccessary, with the image you need as the ICON for the button. This way, you can show/use your imge on many cards, but the image is only "physically" present ONCE in your stack. Know what I mean? ...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 8:57 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
- Topic: Global Variable Not Working Between Cards?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 175
Re: Global Variable Not Working Between Cards?
Hi Lucas,
welcome to the forum!
Could you please post the complete script(s) where you put the text into the global?
Your example here SHOULD work as advertized!
Best
Klaus
welcome to the forum!
Could you please post the complete script(s) where you put the text into the global?
Your example here SHOULD work as advertized!

Best
Klaus
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 8:54 am
- Forum: Android Deployment
- Topic: Animation Effect on Group.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 164
Re: Animation Effect on Group.
Hi Googie85, please use the CODE tags above after pasting your script(s): </> That way the formatting will be preserved, see below. 1. DISSOLVE does NOT need the extra parameter "close" or "open"! 2. Use the example in the divtionary below the one you used for hiding the image. :-) on show_the_image...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 8:58 pm
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
- Topic: Modifier Keys?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 262
Re: Modifier Keys?
Ah, yes, sorry, I'm a bit Mac-centric. 

- Mon Jul 14, 2025 7:53 pm
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
- Topic: Modifier Keys?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 262
Re: Modifier Keys?
What about CTRL and CMD?
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 10:32 am
- Forum: Made With LiveCode
- Topic: how to manage data in LiveCode when working with multiple cards?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 310
Re: how to manage data in LiveCode when working with multiple cards?
Hi mallwrithing, welcome to the forum! :-) Well, it depends on how you want to save user input resp. how your users will input their erm. input? If it is a "simple" text field on the (first) card, you can simply script: ... put fld "user input on card 1" OF CD 1 into fld "big display of user data on...
- Fri Jul 11, 2025 7:28 pm
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
- Topic: Multiple instances?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 267
Re: Multiple instances?
Hi Richmond,
1. from within LC?
2. No idea.
Best
Klaus
1. from within LC?
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## Maybe you need to supply the full path to your LC installation
put "open -n -a LiveCode" into tShell
get shell(tShell)
Best
Klaus
- Fri Jul 04, 2025 9:40 am
- Forum: Android Deployment
- Topic: Google Play Console: new requirements
- Replies: 3
- Views: 915
Re: Google Play Console: new requirements
Bongiorno trevix,
I already mentioned this on the LC mailing list, but no reaction from the mothership so far.
But I'm sure they will (HAVE TO) publish a new version in the near future.
Best
Klaus
I already mentioned this on the LC mailing list, but no reaction from the mothership so far.
But I'm sure they will (HAVE TO) publish a new version in the near future.

Best
Klaus
- Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:07 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
- Topic: send "end mouseUp"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2582
Re: send "end mouseUp"
Nope, I already answered that about two weeks ago, see my first answer here! 

- Wed Jun 25, 2025 10:49 am
- Forum: Android Deployment
- Topic: Can't find the Android SDK
- Replies: 1
- Views: 13329
Re: Can't find the Android SDK
Hi mcrhino, sorry for being so late for the party, but I found the solution, at least for me for the same probem, just today. Actuyll this is in the LC tutorial, but obviously I overlooked this somehow. Open Android Studio Open "Settings" -> SDK Manager Click on "SDK Tools" UNCHECK "Hide Obsolete Pa...
- Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:41 pm
- Forum: Games
- Topic: cutting irregular pieces from image for puzzle game
- Replies: 62
- Views: 18587
Re: cutting irregular pieces from image for puzzle game
Craig,
no need to ZIP images, just attach them to your posting!
This eliminates the need to download and unzip them before being able to see them.
Best
Klaus
no need to ZIP images, just attach them to your posting!
This eliminates the need to download and unzip them before being able to see them.
Best
Klaus
- Tue Jun 17, 2025 8:44 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
- Topic: Dumb Question -- Copying/Moving substack between stack files
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1964
Re: Dumb Question -- Copying/Moving substack between stack files
Yes, setting the mainstack to another stack will definitively MOVE that substack, see screenshot.
"substacka" was a substck of stack "stacka"
Hint: Both mainstacks need to be open for this!
Best
Klaus
"substacka" was a substck of stack "stacka"
Hint: Both mainstacks need to be open for this!
Best
Klaus