Creating Extensions

The IDE provides an "Extension Builder" tool to help make development and packaging of extensions as easy as possible.

> Note: LiveCode Builder is a different flavor of LiveCode so it is not possible to edit LiveCode Builder scripts in the main LiveCode Script IDE. Extension Builder

Open the "Extension Builder" from the tools menu:

1. Shows the currently selected extension. 2. Data that the builder was able to parse from the directory such as icons, resources, API's the user guides. 3. Console: Shows status, error and log messages. 4. Test: Creates a stack, compiles the extensions and creates an instance. 5. Script: Opens the lcb script in an external default editor. 6. Install: Installs the extension into the IDE 7. Uninstall: Uninstalls the extension from the IDE 8. Package: Creates a .lce package which can uploaded to the extension store. It is placed in the extension directory

Using the selection dropdown (1), you can select the extension you wish to develop or click the "open" icon in the header back to locate an extension you've not loaded before.