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LiveCode is periodically force closing on my. When it does, it doesn't save the work I've done. The first time (before I learned my lesson about saving frequently) I lost several hours of work. Just a warning to my fellow noobs.

Do you have a recipe for this?

Dear lithium630,

I'm sorry to hear of the issue you are experiencing.

As Richard mentioned, if you are able to replicate the issue with a recipe please contact us via support@runrev.com and we will be able to advise further.

Kind Regards,

Neil Roger
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RunRev Support Team ~ http://www.runrev.com
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Thanks for the replies. Two times that I recall was while I was creating buttons with images. I'm not sure exactly what point it closed. I'll try to replicate it.

This is so true!!!

Just lost a couple of hours work. This was after I set the layer of a graphic object to 1. Running 6.1.1-rc-2
There should be an autosave option to a temp file.
I am so @%§lo!j# with myself and a little bit with Livecode also.
Ah well, second time always takes less time they say.

Regards,
Marc

There is a plugin in the Development->Plugins menu called "revSmartSave". If you keep that running, it will auto-save for you at an interval you set.

Thank you Jacque. Found it. Is there anyway I can set it to start with LC?

Regards,
Marc

Not by itself. You'd need to have a script in a custom library that opens it. You can make your own plugin stack that contains a script that is inserted into back that does it, then set it up in the Plugin Settings to start automatically when LiveCode launches.

That's probably a bigger topic for another thread.

Marc,

if you choose Plugins from the development menu at the bottom of the list there is a menu item "Plugin Settings"
go there

at the top choose revSmartSave

then click "Open Plugin when" -> "Revolution starts up"

That way it will start right away when you start LiveCode. At start revSmartSave reverts to "never" so you have to choose your saving interval.

Kind regards
Bernd

hmmm... I probably misunderstood but.
From the plugin dropdown select "Plugin Settings" (at the bottom) from that window use the dropdown to select revSmartSave and then select "Open plugin when: Revolution starts up"

Simon

OK, thanks

got it. Working now. Every 10 seconds.


Marc

Oops. Thanks Bernd. I forgot about that setting and it's much easier than my solution.