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This is pretty strange. I can open MMF 2.5 and work on projects. But the Workspace Toolbar is frozen. When I click on the frames, nothing happens. I can get to the frames from the frame editor but this is not as convenient.

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I've been porting an application called Cryptogrammer to HTML5 and have been having trouble getting the HTML5 version working. I originally thought that there was a problem saving and retrieving the array file. But I've since tracked down a bug in the list object. In HTML5, the list object is not sorting which is what I used to get a list in order of size. Is this a known bug and if so, is there a work around?

You can see the previous post and file in the recent post:
Saving & Loading Array Files in HTML5

Steve

Looks like my intuition was wrong. I've traced the bug to the list object. Seems like the list object is not sorting in HTML5. Is this a known bug? And if so, is there a work around?
Steve

Just in case the problem is in the code and not with the saving of the file (which I think is the problem), I've uploaded the file. The MFA works fine until I port it to HTML5.

Steve

During app run time, I want to add data to an array object, save the array file, then retrieve the data from the array object. I've read all of the posts that I could find and tried various combinations of trying to add the file as a data element or saving and loading the file with various names etc. Nothing has worked.

Is this even possible and if so, HOW???? I would really appreciate it if someone answers to give detailed instructions so I can finally solve this.

Thanks in advance,

Steve

Perry,
Thanks for the info. I tried to follow your directions, but ran into problems. I was able to install the software and API 24. That did not work, just gave me a different error when compiling the Android app. I then downloaded the Android studio which was a mistake - did not help at all.
Thankfully I remembered I went through all of this on my old computer and was able to compile the app their - it runs Win 7 instead of Win 10. I wonder if the problem is with Win10?
I do need to get this working on my new computer but can wait a while to tackle it later.
Thanks again,
Steve

When I try to build an Android application I get the following error. What does it tell me to do?

C:\Users\steph\AppData\Local\Temp\AndF71C.tmp\build.xml:84: Cannot find C:\Users\steph\Desktop\Cryptogrammer\tools\ant\build.xml imported from C:\Users\steph\AppData\Local\Temp\AndF71C.tmp\build.xml

Thanks,
Steve

Two questions. Let's say I'm in the middle of a fast loop and I want to that loop and start the next loop from the beginning.
And at the end of a fast loop how can I have something happen, like opening another group? I've tried always, but the always happens before the loop finishes. I've tried if the loop index is equal to the final value, but that does nothing.
Any help appreciated.
Steve

I have ported many of my science applications to HTML5 and have then all tied to buttons in a large menu. For myself, I just have a text object in the main frame where I input the path to where ever I have stored all of the files and this ties in to the path for each button. Now I want to potentially sell these apps to schools that could put the files up on their servers. Of course, I have no idea what path the end files will end up in. I wanted to create a txt or ini file which the buyers could type in the path and this txt file would be loaded with the rest of the other HTML5 files that I have provided. The new path would be read into the text object and everything would work as before. I've been working on this but have not been able to get it to work. So far I have:

Loaded the file as a data file.
Loaded the tile path into the text object using the INI object.

This works fine when I run it outside of being on a server. I found I had to add Apppath$ to get this to work.

Then I uploaded it all up to the server and included the path file in the directory with the index.hml file, in the src and resources folders, and in the folder with the rest of the software. But the new path will not load into the text object.

Any ideas on how to get this to work?

Any better ideas on how to accomplish the overall goal?

Any better ideas on how to market HMTL5 applications?

Thanks in advance.

Steve Hughes
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That's the problem. I'm having trouble getting the active system boxes to respond properly using Android and am trying to replace them. The active system boxes are large and have complicated text attached. I'm trying to find a way to duplicate them. I also want to enable and disable them. It's a pain.
Steve

I've been trying to get text, active objects, or active system boxes to appear above / on top of buttons. Nothing I've tried has worked. Another solution would be for buttons to work while they are invisible. This also did not work. Is this possible?
Steve

Whenever I try to build an Android app with the Chartboost object, the build fails giving an error message (see below). This happens with numerous applications, even those that just worked yesterday. Anyone else having a similar problem or know what is going on.
Thanks,
Steve

error code:

Buildfile: C:\Users\SRH\AppData\Local\Temp\And5442.tmp\build.xml

-set-mode-check:

-set-release-mode:

-release-obfuscation-check:
[echo] proguard.config is ${proguard.config}

-pre-build:

-check-env:
[checkenv] Android SDK Tools Revision 24.4.1
[checkenv] Installed at C:\Users\SRH\AppData\Local\Android\sdk

-setup:
[echo] Project Name: RuntimeAndroid
[gettype] Project Type: Application

-build-setup:
[getbuildtools] Using latest Build Tools: 23.0.2
[echo] Resolving Build Target for RuntimeAndroid...
[gettarget] Project Target: Android 6.0
[gettarget] API level: 23
[echo] ----------
[echo] Creating output directories if needed...
[mkdir] Created dir: C:\Users\SRH\AppData\Local\Temp\And5442.tmp\bin
[mkdir] Created dir: C:\Users\SRH\AppData\Local\Temp\And5442.tmp\bin\res
[mkdir] Created dir: C:\Users\SRH\AppData\Local\Temp\And5442.tmp\bin\rsObj
[mkdir] Created dir: C:\Users\SRH\AppData\Local\Temp\And5442.tmp\bin\rsLibs
[mkdir] Created dir: C:\Users\SRH\AppData\Local\Temp\And5442.tmp\gen
[mkdir] Created dir: C:\Users\SRH\AppData\Local\Temp\And5442.tmp\bin\classes
[mkdir] Created dir: C:\Users\SRH\AppData\Local\Temp\And5442.tmp\bin\dexedLibs
[echo] ----------
[echo] Resolving Dependencies for RuntimeAndroid...
[dependency] Library dependencies:
[dependency]
[dependency] ------------------
[dependency] Ordered libraries:
[dependency]
[dependency] ------------------
[echo] ----------
[echo] Building Libraries with 'release'...

nodeps:

-set-mode-check:

-set-release-mode:

-release-obfuscation-check:
[echo] proguard.config is ${proguard.config}

-pre-build:

-check-env:
[checkenv] Android SDK Tools Revision 24.4.1
[checkenv] Installed at C:\Users\SRH\AppData\Local\Android\sdk

-setup:
[echo] Project Name: facebook
[gettype] Project Type: Android Library

-build-setup:
[getbuildtools] Using latest Build Tools: 23.0.2
[echo] Resolving Build Target for facebook...

BUILD FAILED
C:\Users\SRH\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools\ant\build.xml:597: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\Users\SRH\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools\ant\build.xml:538: Unable to resolve project target 'android-22'

Total time: 1 second

Can you set this by clicking on the system colors option?

When I port my apps to Android, the buttons do not look the "normal" color but are dark and hard to read. Anyone have a solution?
Steve

I have been using system boxes as buttons for people to click on. They don't seem to work consistently in my Android apps. Sometimes they work with one click. At others, it takes two, three, or many clicks to work. Is this a known problem and is there a fix?
Thanks,
Steve

I have gotten a question from a potential customer whether my applications will play on a Chromebook. I don't have a Chromebook readily available for testing. So, does anyone know what MMF2.5 apps will work on a Chromebook?
1) exe files
2) exported flash files
3) HTML5 files
Any help appreciated.
Steve

I can see the hardware seeing the location of the touch / mouse and highlighting a mouse over. That is not a but. But when a click or touch is detected that did not happen when the frame was changed seems like a bug.
Steve

ratty,
It's been a long complicated road. Perhaps you could tell me what problems you have been having and I can tell you what I've learned that might help.
Steve

I've been porting apps using MMF 2.5 Dev from exe to HTML5. In a number of ported apps I have come up with a problem of touches being applied or stored until after the event has ended and even after moving to a new frame.

In one particular annoying example, buttons are selected and if correct, a sound is played. Each frame has a similar set of buttons. When one goes to the next frame, the button disappears and the sound plays just as if the button was clicked.

These bugs are driving me crazy since they are not easy to patch over. I've seen previous posts about these problems. I assumed they have not been solved? Any workarounds?

Thanks,
Steve

I often use ASBs with up and down arrow to allow users to change counter values. When touched, the ASB do not consistently update the counter. You can see the arrow moving, so you know it has been clicked, but no counter response. I've tried using the multiple touch object, but the same thing happens. I've been moving to active objects, but it's a pain to make all of the changes.
Steve