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AppGameKit Classic Chat / [SOLVED] platform = GetDeviceName ( ) is returning an error

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BHoltzman
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Hi Guys,

This seems like a bug. I copied the line

platform = GetDeviceName ( )

from the documentation Home->Examples->0_core.htm in AppGameKit Studio into my project main.agc right before the do loop. Compiling returns main.agc:24:Error: Cannot assign String to Integer.

I've tried changing the lvalue name to dn and DeviceName just in case there was already a variable in scope with the same name, but there was not change in the error message from the compiler. Let me know if you think this is a bug that should be reported.
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BHoltzman
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Thanks for the help. I haven't used AppGameKit basic for a while. I eventually found that putting platform$ = GetDeviceName() got past the error. But then a message box popped up showing the following message:



So I guess that means that the documentation needs to be updated?

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The very first line of the documentation states that the command is deprecated. So no, it is not a bug and no, the help files do not need updating.
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Posted: 9th Sep 2019 12:37 Edited at: 9th Sep 2019 12:39
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Quote: "So I guess that means that the documentation needs to be updated?"


https://www.appgamekit.com/documentation/Reference/Core/GetDeviceName.htm

It already tells you that in the documentation,

Quote: "
GetDeviceName
Description

This command is deprecated, please use GetDeviceBaseName and GetDeviceType instead. Returns a string containing the name of the current platform. e.g. "windows" or "bada". When dealing with iOS more information is returned e.g. on iPad 1 "ios|iPad1,1" and on iPod 2nd gen: "ios|iPod2,1" and on iPhone 3G: "ios|iPhone1,2". The first number is the major model number, the second is the minor model number. "


OOPS, posted this the same time as Scraggle. lol

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