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Reports That Steal The Show - Part 1
Create a LiveCode application that uses the SpecialFolders Path, CustomProperties and revBrowser to render charts

by William Roger Moseid

This article, the first in a series (Part 1 of 3), shows how to create a LiveCode application that uses the SpecialFolders Path, CustomProperties and revBrowser to render charts in LiveCode. In this article I’ll show, step by step, how this file was created to generate charts in a Mac and Windows environment.

FusionCharts (swf, css, js and html files) are used to enable you to “bolt on” charting functionality to your LiveCode solutions. To create reports in LiveCode using these components, you need to have LiveCode 4.5.0 (or above). These components use the revBrowser object of LiveCode to render charts, graphs and maps that are driven by data present in your LiveCode solution.

SpecialFolders and CustomProperties were dealt with in previous articles, in this article we show how to use them to import the files from a folder, then CustomProperties are used to store the imported files. Subsequently, SpecialFolders will be used to export these files from their CustomProperties storage to a temporary storage area. i.e. Folder.

I’m new to LiveCode , with some FileMaker (FMP) charting experience) This same methodology is used in LiveCode to obtain the path to temporary storage on Mac/Win, during a given session. During a session, chart files can be imported, which need be done only once. Then, during each subsequent session, these imported files are automatically exported to a temporary folder. Next, when requested, report information is assembled and a URL string is created for chart rendering. The first part of the URL string, points to the location of the chart files followed by the chart report info. This URL string is passed to a revBrowser and the chart is rendered.

So, I’m on a mission to show you how to replicate this charting functionality in LiveCode.

A special thanks to Mark Weider, showing this LiveCode newbie how CustomProperties work. Mark has recently finished a CustomProperties lesson, which can be found here. Another big thanks, to Chipp Walters who gave me the revBrowser tip which allows revBrowser usage in the same stack with other cards. Simple, but powerful: closeBrowser when navigating to other cards in the same stack. Chipp also wrote:

“This is due to the fact that revBrowser is actually an evolution of the altBrowser external created years ago by Altuit. Because of this, there are several limitations as to how it works as an external interface for LiveCode and can only 'do so much.'

For instance, revBrowser actually opens a window OVER a stack. The window tracks the stacks movement, but not the card to card movement, this is why it continues to show when you go from a card to card. But, you can easily close it using a preOpenCard command. Many of the other refinements you mention, while very good and interesting as a native control, can not happen with an external such as revBrowser and so must be explicitly coded by the developer.”

Another special thanks to Zyrip of DataGrid Helper fame. Zryip performed beta testing when the file was in Rev and subsequently migrated to LiveCode. Zryip was responsible for illuminating the code aspects required when rendering charts on the Mac. He reported that the Mac revBrowser “chokes” when the chart URL string contains “cr” and/or spaces, i.e., “%20”. This condition is not present when the revBrowser is in a Windows environment. The Mac solution he recommended, which works, is to filter the removal of these characters from the URL string. Zyrip also recommended stricter object parameters which improved those GUI objects positioning and characteristics.

While learning LiveCode revBrowser functionality, I created a stack that shows the LiveCode developer “how to”

Employ the answer folder technique to identify, the location of the FusionCharts folder
Use the SpecialFolders technique to obtain these files, then store them as compressed binary files in a CustomProperty
Export these files (uncompressed) from the CustomProperty, using the SpecialFolders function, to a temporary area folder.
Assemble the data used for a chart report which enables the revBrowser how to render the selected chart type.
Skin designated buttons with specific images (Blue or Gold for highlight icons, and White for icons)
Employ a Ben Beaumont script which gathers all the Project Info of your stack, displayed in the Message Box. This script is in the Show Project Info button on each of the 7 stack cards.
Screenshots were taken using HyperSnap 6 then saved as png images,
Some assembly of images, etc. was done using FileMaker then subsequent image snapshots were obtained using HyperSnap6. These images were copied from HyperSnap 6 and pasted, I’m happy to report, on the desired LiveCode card. Some screenshots were obtained from LiveCode cards using HyperSnap6. In some cases this was an iterative process in order to obtain the desired “look & feel” for that image.
Further assembly of additional objects was done in LiveCode using some objects which had been created in FileMaker, snapshots were then taken using HyperSnap, then pasted directly onto the respective LiveCode cards:

Buttons
Icons
Images
GUI Elements and FusionCharts for LiveCode - Cards 1 through 7

FusionCharts for LiveCode How Does It Work?

Click the above image to see FusionCharts in action - opens swf in new window

FusionCharts Architecture
The purpose of the FusionCharts for LiveCode.livecode file is to show the developer the technique of using SpecialFolders, CustomProperties, revBrowser and FusionCharts files which are imported into CustomProperties for storage, then exported to a Temporary Folder during that session or a subsequent session as the first part of chart creation. This process shown in Figure 1 was created on the Mac using Omnigraffle.

Figure 1 - FusionCharts Input/Output Overview

FusionCharts for LiveCode Cards

Figure 2 - Chart Start

Figure 2 – Chart Start

Start Card, navigate to any card

Figure 2 - Card Chart

Figure 3 – Chart

revBrowser & Controls Selections
Chart Type (drop down list)
Radio Buttons (Chart Characteristics)
Hidden Buttons: Set BrowserAddr, Browser Close, Browser Open , Test Chart

Figure 4 – Chart Fields

Figure 4 – Chart Fields

URL, chart type, selectable chart behavior

Figure 5 - Chart ImportExport

Figure 5 - Chart ImportExport

Get/Erase FusionCharts FileName List, Chart
Import/Export FusionCharts Files,
Erase Number of Files Imported/Exported

Figure 6 – Button OverLay Images

All button and image skins: Blue, Gold, White

Figure 7 – GUI Architecture I

Selection Button Composition (3 buttons)
- Chart Type List: 1st Laye (List Via ToolTip)
- Chart Type Selected: 2nd Layer
- ShowChartsMenu: 3rd Layer (Via DropDown Button)
  - Area2D, Bar2D, Column2D, Column3D, Doughnut2D, Doughnut3D, Funnel, Pie2D, Pie2D, Pyramid
Radio Buttons
- Automation
- ToolTips
- Slice Funnel/Pyramid
- Separate Funnel

Slice Funnel/Pyramid and Separate Funnel Groups

Figure 8 – GUI Architecture II

Composition Info For Tabs, Buttons, Bars, Icon Groups,
and color types Gold and Blue for card GUI

Stack Architecture

The FusionCharts For LiveCode file is composed of one stack with 7 cards which are named:

Chart Start (Startup Stack Face)
Chart (revBrowser & Chart Controls)

o Charts List, Animation, ToolTips, Funnel & Pyramid Chart Slice/No Slice and Funnel Chart Segment Separation/No Segment Separation Selections

Chart Fields

URL Header, Chart Type, Static and Variable Chart Configurations

Chart ImportExport (Chart File I/O Handled Here)

Get FusionCharts Names; FusionCharts FileName List; Erase FusionCharts Name List, Set Highlights of Get FusionCharts Files Buttons To True/False & Set ToolTips

o Import FusionCharts Files, # of Pro Files Imported; Erase # of Pro Files Imported, Set Highlights of Import FusionCharts Files Buttons To True/False & Set ToolTips

o Export FusionCharts Files, # of Pro Files Exported; Erase # of Pro Files Exported & Set Highlights of Export FusionCharts Files Buttons To True/False & Set ToolTips

Button Overlay Images

o All Images & Button Used For Card Objects Buttons and Image Skinning

o The Blue & Gold Tabs When Clicked, Run A Script Which Sets Their Blue/Gold GUI Color Of The Objects In All Cards

GUI Architecture I

o GUI Architecture Overview

GUI Architecture II

o Graphic Representation Of The Various Objects & GUI Used In This File

Card: Chart Start

This Card and all the other cards, have a Navigation Tab and Bar near the top of the card.
The LiteBar, DarkBar, FusionCharts In Action Logo, Field Bar4_Footer and the Footer CopyRights field are also standard objects on each card.

Figure 9 – Card: Chart Start

The Tab and Bar are images. Over the Tab image is a Pulldown button which displays that card name. The Menu Items in this button are the names of the stack’s 7 cards: Chart Start, Chart, Chart Fields, Charts ImportExport, Button OverLay Images, GUI Architecture I and GUI Architecture II. When the Tab Pulldown button is clicked and a card name is selected from the list, navigation proceeds to that card. A Navigation Tab and Bar are in the same location near the top of each card.

Figure 10 - Tab and Bar (Show Project Info Button)
Figure 10 – Tab and Bar (Show Project Info Button)

On each of the 7 cards, the bar under the Navigation Tab contains a ToolTip and a script (Thanks to Ben Beaumont). When the mouse is hovered over that bar, a ToolTip appears. If you respond to the ToolTip’s advice, namely that “ . . . on the top of each Bar is a hidden button containing the “Show Project Info” button, when the Bar is clicked, the “Show Project Info” button appears. Clicking that button opens the Message Box which displays the Project Info for the stack and each card in that stack, as shown in the following figure. I’ve used this technique for many things, including finding and deleting or renaming objects to identify their type/purpose.

Figure 11 – Message Box

Card: Chart
This card manages chart demographics and rendering.

Figure 12 – Card Chart, Show Project Info Button

The following script is located in each of the seven Show Project Info buttons, which are on each of the 7 cards in this stack:

/-- Author: Ben Beaumont
-- Creation Date: 04/03/2010
-- About This Script:
--Collects Stack & Card Info & Displays The Result In The
-- Message Box Window
-- History
-- Modifier: William Roger Moseid
-- Date: 08/16/2010
-- Added Code To Automatically Run:
-- The showStackScriptsAndCustomProperties Script
-- This script was found here:
--
-- http://lessons.runrev.com/spaces/lessons/buckets/784/lessons/12625
-- The output of running this Script is Displayed In The
-- Message Window. You Will See
-- Stacks, Cards, Controls & Custom Properties Details.
-- The Code Iterates Through The Mainstack And Substacks And
-- For Each Of These
-- Goes Through The Cards, Then Controls On The Cards.
-- At Each Stage, It Also Looks For Custom Properties.

-- All Output Is Sent To The Message Box.

--/

on mouseUp
   -- Prepare To Empty Message Box
   hide message box
   -- Clear Message Box Results Window
   put ""
   -- Display It
   show message Box
   -- Get & Show Project Info
   call "showStackScriptsAndCustomProperties" of btn \
          "Show Project Info"
end mouseUp

on showStackScriptsAndCustomProperties
    local tStack, tCard, tControl, tScript, tStacks, tSubStacks, \
          tKey, tPropertyKeys
   put the name of this stack into tStacks
    put the substacks of this stack into tSubStacks
    repeat for each line tStack in tSubStacks
        put return & the name of stack tStack after tStacks
    end repeat
    put empty into msg
    repeat for each line tStack in tStacks
      
         put the script of the stack tStack into tScript
        put tStack && the number of lines of tScript & \
             " line(s) of script" & return after msg
        put the customKeys of stack tStack into tPropertyKeys
        repeat for each line tKey in tPropertyKeys
         put tab & "Custom Property" && quote & tKey & quote & return \
                after msg  end repeat
           put 0 into tCard  repeat for the number of cards in the stack \
                tStack
         add one to tCard
         put the script of card tCard of stack tStack into tScript
         put tab & the name of card tCard of stack tStack &&\
         the number of lines of tscript & " line(s) of script" & return \
                after msg
         put the customKeys of card tCard of stack tStack into \
                tPropertyKeys
         repeat for each line tKey in tPropertyKeys
             put tab & tab & "Custom Property" && quote & tKey & quote & \
                   return after msg
         end repeat
         put 0 into tControl
         repeat for the number of controls of card tCard of stack tStack
             add one to tControl
            put the script of control tControl of card tCard of stack \
                   tStack into tScript
             put tab & tab & the name of control tControl of card tCard of \
                   stack tStack && \
                   the number of lines of tscript & " line(s) of script" & return \
                   after msg
            put the customKeys of control tControl of card tCard of stack \
                   tStack into tPropertyKeys
             repeat for each line tKey in tPropertyKeys
                 put tab & tab & tab & "Custom Property" && quote & tKey & \
                      quote & return after msg
                end repeat
            end repeat
        end repeat
    end repeat

Figure 12 - Show Project Info Script

/-- Author: William Roger Moseid
-- Creation Date: 07/05/2010
-- About This Script:
--   Process FusionCharts Type Selection
-- History
  -- Modifier: <First, Middle, Last Name>
  -- Date: mm/dd/yyy
--/
on menuPick pItemName
      set the label of Btn "ChartType" to pItemName
      If pItemName is "Funnel"
      then send "mouseUp" to grp "FunnelPyramidBtns"
   else If pItemName is "Pyramid"
     then send "mouseUp" to grp "FunnelPyramidBtns"
   -- Chart Type Is Not Funnel Or Pyramid
   If pItemName is "Area2D" or pItemName is "Bar2D" or pItemName \
          is "Column2D" or pItemName is "Column3D" or pItemName is \
"Doughnut2D" or pItemName is "Doughnut3D"  or pItemName is
 \ "Pie2D" or pItemName is "Pie3D"
    then hide btn "FunnelPyramidIcon"
     then hide grp "FunnelPyramidIcon"
     then hide grp "FunnelPyramidBtns"
     then hide grp "FunnelIcon"
     then hide grp "FunnelBtns"
     then hide Fld "SliceFPLabel"
     then hide Fld "SeparateFLabel"
end if
  put label of btn "ChartType" into fld "ChartType" of card \
       "Chart Fields" of this stack
  call "setbrowserAddress" of card "Chart Fields" of this stack
-- Display Selected Chart
  call "makeChart"
end menuPick

Figure 13 - FusionCharts Type Selection Script

/-- Author: William Roger Moseid 
-- Creation Date: 07/05/2010 
-- About This Script: 
--   Chart Animation: Manages The AnimationBtns Group 
--   Sets The Group ToolTips Based On The Radio Buttons Set By
-- The User 
--   Calls The "setbrowserAddress" Script of This Card 
-- If The Radio BUtton Settings Change The MakeChart Script Is
-- Called 
-- History 
-- Modifier: <First, Middle, Last Name> -- Date: mm/dd/yyy

--/on mouseUp

If the hilitedButtonName of group "AnimationBtns" is \
       "AnimateOff"
      then set label of group "AnimationBtns" to "0" 
      then set ToolTip of btn"AnimationIcon" to "Click Yes" & \
       cr & "To Select" & cr & "Animation"
      then set ToolTip of btn "AnimateOn" to "Click Yes" & cr & \
       "To Select" & cr & "Animation"
      then set ToolTip of btn "AnimateOff" to "Click Yes" & cr \
       & "To Select" & cr & "Animation"
      then set ToolTip of fld "AnimateYesNo" to "Click Yes" & \
       cr & "To Select" & cr & "Animation"
   else if the hilitedButtonName of group "AnimationBtns" is \
       "AnimateOn"
      then set ToolTip of  btn "AnimationIcon" to "Click No" & \
       cr & "To DeSelect" & cr & "Animation"
      then set ToolTip of btn "AnimateOn" to "Click No" & cr & \
       "To DeSelect" & cr & "Animation"
      then set ToolTip of btn "AnimateOff" to "Click No" & cr & \
       "To DeSelect" & cr & "Animation"
      then set ToolTip of fld "AnimateYesNo" to "Click No" & cr \
       & "To DeSelect" & cr & "Animation"
      then set label of group "AnimationBtns" to "1" 
  end if 
   put label of group "AnimationBtns" into fld "Animate"  of \
       card "Chart Fields" of this stack
   put label of btn "ChartType" into fld "ChartType" of card \
       "Chart Fields" of this stack
   call "setbrowserAddress" of card "Chart Fields" of this stack 
-- Display Selected Chart 
   call "makeChart" 
end mouseUp

Figure 14 – Chart Animation Script

/-- Author: William Roger Moseid
-- Creation Date: 07/05/2010
-- About This Script:
--   Chart ToolTips: Manages The ToolTips Btns Group
--   Sets The Group ToolTips Based On The Radio Buttons Set By
-- The User
--   Calls The "setbrowserAddress" Script of This Card
-- If The Radio Button Chart ToolTips Settings Change The
-- MakeChart Script Is Called
-- History
-- Modifier: <First, Middle, Last Name>
 -- Date: mm/dd/yyy
on mouseUp
      If the hilitedButtonName of group "ToolTipsBtns" is \
          "ToolTipsOff"
         then set label of group "ToolTipsBtns" to "0"
         then set ToolTip of btn "ToolTips" to "Click Yes" & cr & \
          "To Select" & cr & "ToolTips"
         then set ToolTip of btn "ToolTipsOn" to "Click Yes" & cr \
          & "To Select" & cr & "ToolTips"
         then set ToolTip of btn "ToolTipsOff" to "Click Yes" & cr \
          & "To Select" & cr & "ToolTips"
         then set ToolTip of fld "ToolTipsYesNo" to "Click Yes" & \
          cr & "To Select" & cr & "ToolTips"
         else if the hilitedButtonName of group "ToolTipsBtns" is \
          "ToolTipsOn"
         then set label of group "ToolTipsBtns" to "1"
         then set ToolTip of btn "ToolTips" to "Click No" & cr & \
          "To DeSelect" & cr & "ToolTips"
         then set ToolTip of btn "ToolTipsOn" to "Click No" & cr & \
          "To DeSelect" & cr & "ToolTips"
         then set ToolTip of btn "ToolTipsOff" to "Click No" & cr \
          & "To DeSelect" & cr & "ToolTips"
         then set ToolTip of fld "ToolTipsYesNo" to "Click No" & \
          cr & "To DeSelect" & cr & "ToolTips"
   end if
   put label of group "ToolTipsBtns" into fld "ToolTip" of card \
       "Chart Fields" of this stack
   put label of btn "ChartType" into fld "ChartType" of card \
       "Chart Fields" of this stack
   call "setbrowserAddress" of card "Chart Fields" of this stack
-- Display Selected Chart
    call "makeChart"
end mouseUp

Figure 15 – Chart ToolTips Script

/-- Author: William Roger Moseid
-- Creation Date: 06/05/2010
-- About This Script:
--  Process Chart Slice Funnel/Pyramid Selection
-- History
-- Modifier: <FirstName> <LastName>
-- Date: nn/dd/yyyy
-- <Changes>
--/
on mouseUp
      If the hilitedButtonName of group "FunnelPyramidBtns" is \
          "SliceFunnelPyramidOff"
        then set label of group "FunnelPyramidBtns" to "0"
         then hide group "FunnelBtns"
        then hide group "FunnelIcon"
        then hide fld "SeparateFLabel"
         then set ToolTip of btn "FunnelPyramid" to "Click Yes To" \
          & cr & "Select Slice" & cr & label of btn "ChartType"
         then set ToolTip of btn "SliceFunnelPyramidOn" to \
          "Click Yes To" & cr & "Select Slice" & cr & label of btn "ChartType"
         then set ToolTip of btn "SliceFunnelPyramidOff" to \
          "Click Yes To" & cr & "Select Slice" & cr & label of btn "ChartType"
        else if the hilitedButtonName of group "FunnelPyramidBtns" \
          is "SliceFunnelPyramidOn"
         then set label of group "FunnelPyramidBtns" to "1"
         then show grp "FunnelPyramidIcon"
         then show grp "FunnelPyramidBtns"
          then hide group "FunnelBtns"
         then show grp "FunnelIcon"
         then show grp "FunnelBtns"
         then show fld "SliceFPLabel"
         then put "Slice Funnel" into Fld "SliceFPLabel"
         then show fld "SeparateFLabel"
         then set ToolTip of btn "FunnelPyramid" to "Click No To " \
          & cr & "DeSelect Slice" & cr & label of btn "ChartType"
         then set ToolTip of btn "SliceFunnelPyramidOn" to \
          "Click No To " & cr & "DeSelect Slice" & cr & label of btn "ChartType"
         then set ToolTip of btn "SliceFunnelPyramidOff" to \
          "Click No To " & cr & "DeSelect Slice" & cr & label of btn "ChartType"
   end if
   
   If label of btn "ChartType"  is "Pyramid" 
     --then show btn"FunnelPyramidIcon"
     then show grp "FunnelPyramidIcon"
     -- Hide these Groups
     then hide grp "FunnelIcon"
     then hide grp "FunnelBtns"
     then hide Fld "SeparateFLabel"
     then put "Slice Pyramid" into Fld "SliceFPLabel"
     then show Fld "SliceFPLabel"
end if
    put label of group "FunnelPyramidBtns" into fld "Sliced"  \
       of card "Chart Fields" of this stack
   --put label of btn "ChartType" into fld "ChartType" of card
-- "Chart Fields" of stack "FusionCharts for Rev"
  call "setbrowserAddress" of card "Chart Fields" of this stack
-- Display Selected Chart
   call "makeChart"
end mouseUp

Figure 16 – Chart Slice Funnel/Pyramid Script

/-- Author: William Roger Moseid
-- Creation Date: 06/05/2010
-- About This Script:
--  Process Chart Separate Funnel Selection
-- History
-- Modifier: <FirstName> <LastName>
-- Date: nn/dd/yyyy
-- <Changes>
--/
on mouseUp
      If the hilitedButtonName of group "FunnelBtns" is \
          "SeparateFunnelOff"
         --Hide grp "FunnelBtns"
         then set label of group "FunnelBtns" to "0"
         then set ToolTip of btn "Funnel" to "Click Yes" & cr & \
          "To Select" & cr & "Separate" & cr & label of btn "ChartType"
         then set ToolTip of btn "SeparateFunnelOn" to "Click Yes" \
          & cr & "To Select" & cr & "Separate" & cr & label of btn "ChartType"
         then set ToolTip of btn "SeparateFunnelOff" to \
          "Click Yes" & cr & "To Select" & cr & "Separate" &\
 cr & label of btn "ChartType"
         then set ToolTip of fld "FunnelYesNo" to "Click Yes" & cr \
          & "To Select" & cr & "Separate" & cr & label of btn "ChartType"
         else if the hilitedButtonName of group "FunnelBtns" is \
          "SeparateFunnelOn"
         then set label of group "FunnelBtns" to "1"
         then set ToolTip of btn "Funnel" to "Click No" & cr & \
          "To DeSelect" & cr & "Separate" & cr & label of btn "ChartType"
         then set ToolTip of btn "SeparateFunnelOn" to "Click No" \
          & cr & "To DeSelect" & cr & "Separate" & cr & label of btn "ChartType"
         then set ToolTip of fld "FunnelYesNo" to "Click No" & cr \
          & "To DeSelect" & cr & "Separate" & cr & label of btn "ChartType"
         then show grp "FunnelBtns"
   end if
   put label of group "FunnelBtns" into fld "SepFunnel"  of \
       card "Chart Fields" of this stack
   call "setbrowserAddress" of card "Chart Fields" of this stack
   -- Render Chart Selection
   call "makeChart"
end mouseUp

Figure 17– Chart Separate Funnel Script

/-- Author: William Roger Moseid
-- Creation Date: 06/05/2010
-- About This Script:
-- Chart Processing Scripts
-- History
-- Modifier: <FirstName> <LastName>
-- Date: nn/dd/yyyy
-- <Changes>
--/
 global setBrowserAddress
--------------------------------------------------------
on makeChart
      --Put The URl In The browserAddress Field Into The
   -- revBrowser To Render The Chart
      put label of btn "ChartType" into fld "ChartType" of card \
          "Chart Fields" of this stack
      call "setbrowserAddress" of card "Chart Fields" of this stack
      replace space with "%20" in fld "BrowserAddress" of cd \
          "Chart" of this stack
      replace cr with empty in fld "BrowserAddress" of cd "Chart" \
          of this stack
      browserSetURL fld "browserAddress" of cd "Chart" of this stack
end makeChart
-------------------------------------------------------
global sBrowserId, tWinID, tBrowserID
on openCard
      browserOpen
      makeChart
end openCard
   ------------------------------------------------------
on closeCard
      browserClose
end closeCard
   ------------------------------------------------------
on browserOpen
       -- We Pass The Windowid Of The Stack To Revbrowser
       -- So That It Can Determine In Which Window To Place The
       -- Browser Object
       put the windowID of this stack into tWinID
       -- Open The Browser, Using The Windowid And Initial Url
       put revBrowserOpen(tWinID,"") into sBrowserId
       put sBrowserId into tBrowserID
       -- Set Some Basic Properties For The Browser
       revBrowserSet sBrowserId, "showborder","true"
       revBrowserSet sBrowserId, "rect",rect of image \
          "browser image"
end browserOpen
----------------------------------
-- Setup To Close The Browser
on browserClose
      If tBrowserID is not empty then
         --revBrowserClose sBrowserId
         revBrowserClose tBrowserId
         put empty into tBrowserID
      end If
end browserClose
----------------------------------
on browserSetURL pURL
       ## Set The URLTo Be Displayed To The Given URL
      revBrowserSet sBrowserId, "url", pURL
end browserSetURL

Figure 18– Card Chart revBrowser Scripts

Conclusion

The SpecialFolders, CustomProperties and revBrowser features in articles 1-3,will enable LiveCode developers to quickly and easily modify their stack files in order to take advantage of this charting

Currently there are 46 Trial/Pro swf chart files. This stack uses 10 of the Trial swf files and 9 css, js and html files. The only difference between the Trial and Pro swf files is, Trial swf files have a watermark.

In article 2, I’ll continue the discussion of cards Chart Fields and Charts ImportExport (With SpecialFolders and CustomProperties. Article 3 will cover cards Button Overlay Images, GUI Architecture I and GUI Architecture II.

About the Author

William Roger Moseid is president of fmpsolutions, and a "newbie" LiveCode developer. More articles will follow.

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