mergExt suite of LiveCode externals
The mergZXing project has evolved into a suite of externals for LiveCode. The externals are currently only for LiveCode iOS but long term plans involve all platforms. The suite is called mergExt...
View ArticlerevUP features mergExt LiveCode Externals
The first in my series of articles demonstrating the creation of an iOS app using a number of mergExt externals and MobGUI has been published. To celebrate the release there’s half price off mergExt...
View ArticleExternal accessory framework LiveCode external
A client needed their sales staff to be able to print to a mini bluetooth printer from a LiveCode iOS app. The solution was to create another external for the mergExt suite called mergAccessory. With...
View ArticlePDF reader added to mergExt
mergExt has grown again with a new external called mergReader to show a modal PDF reader using the vfrReader open source project. As this wasn’t on the poll I haven’t reset that but don’t forget to...
View ArticleSettings app integration added to mergExt
A new external called mergSettings that integrates your LiveCode iOS app with the Settings app and also presents a matching modal settings dialog using InAppSettingsKit has just been added to the...
View ArticleDropbox, AES encryption and camera control added to mergExt
Today I have released two new externals and a huge update to an existing external. Now the suite contains a total of 15 iOS externals and 1 custom control (DropTool). The new externals are: -...
View ArticlemergSocial released – post to facebook. twitter and sina weibo
Today I have released a new external for iOS called mergSocial. This one allows you to present a modal dialog for posting to facebook. twitter and sina weibo using the standard iOS 6 interface. The...
View ArticleThe AppIsle Project
This week I started a new project teaching youth from in and around the small rural town I live in how to build apps with LiveCode. Read more about what we are doing on the AppIsle website.
View ArticleHuge mergExt update
Today we have a massive update to the mergExt suite of externals. NEW: mergGK ($49) has been released. This is the first crowd sourced external developed for the LiveCode community. The external...
View ArticleFull screen scripting in LiveCode for Lion/Mountain Lion
When using LC on my ML MBPro I long for an immersive full screen scripting environment just like I use in Xcode. I thought that Jerry Daniels new Glass project might help but just like GLX it’s just...
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