where is the prompt in answer folder?
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where is the prompt in answer folder?
A little help, please...
On my Mac ...
answer folder "this prompt does not appear in the dialog box"
Thank you very much in advance.
On my Mac ...
answer folder "this prompt does not appear in the dialog box"
Thank you very much in advance.
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Re: where is the prompt in answer folder?
It should be in the window title.
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Re: where is the prompt in answer folder?
Thank you, FourthWorld, and that's what I expected but don't see it. However, it does appear with the command 'answer FILE' but not with 'answer FOLDER'.
Re: where is the prompt in answer folder?
It does appear with [set the systemFileSelector to false] but it is not a good solution for me.
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Re: where is the prompt in answer folder?
If no prompt appears at all, neither in the title bar not the content region heading, that would be a bug, one worth reporting.
I'm not in a position to verify it across mac, win, as Linux this morning, but if you're certain no prompt appears it would be useful to know the platform scope of the issue when filling the bug report.
I'm not in a position to verify it across mac, win, as Linux this morning, but if you're certain no prompt appears it would be useful to know the platform scope of the issue when filling the bug report.
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Re: where is the prompt in answer folder?
Works as advertised on 'nix, maybe it is a Mac bug?
LOL Richard answered just as I did this answer. I must be getting slow -
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Re: where is the prompt in answer folder?
macOS 11.2 beta / LC 9.6.1
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Re: where is the prompt in answer folder?
I'm working with an iMac 27 from the end of 2013. The OS is also old (MacOS Sierra 10.12.6) but I don't think that has any influence.
LiveCode is 9.0.0. I tried 8.1.0 and the same thing happens.
LiveCode is 9.0.0. I tried 8.1.0 and the same thing happens.
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Re: where is the prompt in answer folder?
I tried another iMac with Mojave macOS version 10.14.6. and the same thing happened. The prompt does not appear
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Re: where is the prompt in answer folder?
I'm sorry Fermin, I can't reproduce any Mac environments past Snow Leopard (10.8.6), and the newest IDE I can use there is 8.1.8, however, with that configuration, I certainly see the answer folder dialog with the prompt, without changing the systemFileSelector property.
So since Richmond and I have no problem displaying it, a few questions come to mind...
1.) have you tried this from the message box, if so what was the result?
2.) have you tried it from a new blank stack with no other code?
If the answer to either of the above is "it works doing this..." then I would suspect either something is going on in your code, or you have found a bug in relation to something else in your code.
So since Richmond and I have no problem displaying it, a few questions come to mind...
1.) have you tried this from the message box, if so what was the result?
2.) have you tried it from a new blank stack with no other code?
If the answer to either of the above is "it works doing this..." then I would suspect either something is going on in your code, or you have found a bug in relation to something else in your code.
Re: where is the prompt in answer folder?
Thanks, Bogs, but following your suggestions it seems that the result is still the same.
New blank stack from the message box.
New blank stack from the message box.
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Re: where is the prompt in answer folder?
Something 'funny' going on on your computer.
How about flushing your Message Box records and trying again?
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set the IDESingleLineMessageHistory of stack "revpreferences" to empty
Re: where is the prompt in answer folder?
Just to be sure, you are starting with Lc just opened and your other stacks not loaded or in memory, right?
Re: where is the prompt in answer folder?
Right, I have two iMacs and in one of them (macOS Mojave) I have installed liveCode to do this test and only using that stack.
I would not dare to say that is a LiveCode Bug, although it would not be the first I have identified in the more than five years I have been in this forum ...
Anyway, it's not something serious for me since the apps I make are for personal entertainment and in this specific case the prompt is just a little help.
If later I discover that the problem is solved and I check that it has been due to an error of mine I will communicate it immediately.
I would not dare to say that is a LiveCode Bug, although it would not be the first I have identified in the more than five years I have been in this forum ...
Anyway, it's not something serious for me since the apps I make are for personal entertainment and in this specific case the prompt is just a little help.
If later I discover that the problem is solved and I check that it has been due to an error of mine I will communicate it immediately.