Wow, very very cool. Thanks you for taking the time to pass this along. Being able to keep the stacks inside the OSX application bundle will/would be fabulous.
-- Mark (PS Its going in my RunRev er Livecode Gold folder!) ________________________________________ From: Sivakatirswami [via Runtime Revolution] [ml-node+2768466-1431577482-120...@n4.nabble.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 5:23 PM To: Mark Smith Subject: Re: loading another stack from splash On 9/28/10 5:11 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > Also, it would be real nice not to have to "hard code" the path in case I > want to change its location. Having to manage two stacks instead of one does > seems like an added burden. > > Stumped. Any help appreciated > > -- Mark We meaning many of us here... do this all the time. I love keeping stacks inside the OSX application bundle, you can develop them from inside there and ship as as single binary.. There are two common approaches These scripts may help on loadFromDisk -- Setting the default folder. set itemdel to "/" set the defaultfolder to item 1 to -2 of the effective filename of this stack -- Check for application if there is not a file "MyNoteBook.rev" then if checkNet() then checkNetworkAndDownload #If you don't have it locally then get it from the web server exit loadFromDisk else answer error "Please connect to the internet to install this application" exit loadFromDisk end if end if go stack url "binfile:MyNoteBook.rev" hide stack "MySplashEngine.rev" end loadFromDisk --------- on preopenstack go stack url (getPath("MyNoteBook.rev") end preopenstack function getPath tStack set the itemdel to "/" put the effective filename of this stack into tPath put tStack into item -1 of tPath return tPath end getPath By separating the function you have the interesting option of offering the user the option to open any number stacks you might bundle into the same folder: On the splash screen you can have a pull down menu like this on mousedown set the defaultfolder to item 1 to -2 of the effective filename of this stack put the files into tFiles filter tFiles with ("*.livecode") put tFiles into me end mousedown on menuPick pStack go stack url (getPath(pStack)) hide this stack # hide the splash screen now... end menupick Now you can put what ever stacks you like into that folder. Don't forget to include quit handlers in all the stacks so that you don't leave a hung process Hidden splash screen still running. HTH aloha Mark assuming that you will always put the data stacks in the same folder as the splash-engine stack _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [hidden email]</user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=2768466&i=0> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ________________________________ View message @ http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/loading-another-stack-from-splash-tp2547155p2768466.html To unsubscribe from loading another stack from splash, click here<http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/template/TplServlet.jtp?tpl=unsubscribe_by_code&node=2547155&code=TWFya19TbWl0aEBjcGUudW1hbml0b2JhLmNhfDI1NDcxNTV8MTc4NDM5NjU4NQ==>. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/loading-another-stack-from-splash-tp2547155p2952707.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution