Re: Livecode with Window 7

2019-02-22 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Richard, good advice! Brahmanathaswami On 2/20/19, 9:20 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Richard Gaskin via use-livecode" wrote: Best to proceed as though the machine is compromised. It may not be, but eight years without updates is dangerously long so better to err on the

Re: Livecode with Window 7

2019-02-20 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote: > One of our volunteers uses Window 7, (2009 his last update). Best to proceed as though the machine is compromised. It may not be, but eight years without updates is dangerously long so better to err on the side of prudence: Deliver no software that provides

Re: Livecode with Window 7

2019-02-20 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
I keep a machine around with Windows 7 on it (disconnected from monitor, keyboard, mouse and internet); and drag it out about once a month to test Windows standalone builds. It was worth the price of a Windows OEM licence just for that as it has caught me once or twice in quite surprising ways.

Re: Livecode with Window 7

2019-02-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I don't have an answer for the general problem, but the "as sheet" option is OSX only. Windows doesn't support that. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On February 19, 2019 9:05:40 PM Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via

Livecode with Window 7

2019-02-19 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
One of our volunteers uses Window 7, (2009 his last update). He says it the best windows version there ever was. I tried to make a standalone for Windows that would work for him. But the ask and answer dialog do not appear on screen, I tried them "as sheet" but they still are missing. Clicking