A few questions about plug-ins...

[AtoZ]

I'm working with the 30-day trial version of LiveCode 5.0 using Windows XP.

I just activated the revSmartSave plugin from the Development menu. (I saw it recommended elsewhere in the forum.) It seems like it ought to be a useful thing, but the interface doesn't appear to be working for me.

Nothing happens when I click anywhere on it's window, so I can't select how often to save. I've tried restarting LiveCode, but that didn't help either.

Do I need to do something beside just select it from the menu to activate it? Are there perhaps some restrictions on using plugins during the free trial?

[jacque]

There are no restrictions in the trial that prevent using plugins. It's always activated for me so I'm not sure what's wrong. Did you have a stack open when you choose it from the plugins menu? Maybe it needs that.

[mwieder]

Jacque-

I just tried the SmartSave plugin and it doesn't seem to do anything. I don't remember actually trying it out before, but it looks like I should be able to select a time period (I can't) or possibly move what looks like a slider (I can't). It just sits there.

[jacque]

Odd. Mine works okay, I can move the slider and (presumably) it tracks the time and saves. I don't actually use it myself, but when I open it, it's functional. I'm on OS X though, maybe it fails on a different OS?

[mwieder]

I'm not at my OSX machine right now, but I tried it with linux (Fedora Core 16) and Win XP and it does nothing on both those platforms.

[jacque]

Might be worth a bug report. The plugin is pretty old and hasn't been updated for years. I know some people do use it though, so RR should probably take a look.

[mwieder]

OK - just had a chance to try this on OSX - the plugin looks and works fine on Snow Leopard. There's a nice looking scrollbar to pull down. That's more than I can say for the other two platforms, where there's this gray area on the screen that I suppose you're supposed to recognize as something that can be dragged. But it's *behind* the text field next to it, so you can only grab it off to the left of the text. And there's no indication of where that is.

I don't care enough about it to write up a bug report, but you're welcome to do so.