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LiveCode 8.1.4 crash with File\Open Stack ... in Windows XP

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 5:22 am
by peterbill
LiveCode 8.1.4 crash with File\Open Stack ... in Windows XP.
After install LiveCode 8 and upper, I have problem with open stack (File\Open Stack... Ctrl-O) - LiveCode close all windows and exit.
OS: Windows XP SP3. LiveCode is Community Edition 8.1.4
But in Linux (Ubuntu 16.04) it's OK.
Please help me.

Re: LiveCode 8.1.4 crash with File\Open Stack ... in Windows XP

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 9:29 am
by FourthWorld
What is the script that's crashing?

Re: LiveCode 8.1.4 crash with File\Open Stack ... in Windows XP

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 10:37 am
by LiveCode_Panos
Hello peterbill,

Windows XP are no longer supported by Microsoft and thus have security vulnerabilities, so LiveCode stopped supporting this version too.

What you describe was reported as a bug, but it only affected Windows XP, so the report is closed.

https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20737

Kind regards,
Panos
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Re: LiveCode 8.1.4 crash with File\Open Stack ... in Windows XP

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 11:15 am
by bogs
Peterbill isn't getting that far, Richard, they are saying it is crashing when they try to open a stack. I wonder if it is one particular stack, or if it is all stacks, which isn't clarified.

Unless, of course, that is what you meant, hard to tell from what I see in the answer :oops:

@peterbill,
I have a vm of xp running 8.1.8, while it crashes on using 'open', you *can* open a stack by selecting the stack and clicking on it (if 8.x is associated as default) or using right click on the stack and open with if it is not.

Using "Open Recent" will also work. Open, as you point out, crashes it immediately on XP.

It is definitely a bug, and likely not something we can fix.

Video of the problem.