Dan,
Ok, one final correction.
That should be on closeStackRequest
not shutdownRequest (which does not work properly).
Also a few refinements to the handler
on closeStackRequest
Answer "Save stack first" with "No" or "Yes"
--creates a dialog with yes as default answer
If it is "Yes" then
save this stack
exit
Else
exit
End if
end closeStackRequestYou piqued my curiosity, so I put together a very simple address book stack to test this method and it works fine. Email me off list if you would like me to email you the Address Book Demo I put together along with the uncompiled version of the starter standalone (when compiled to standalone it becomes 3.4 meg in size).
Marian On Jun 23, 2004, at 3:34 PM, Marian Petrides wrote:
Ah, good point, Jim. I had momentarily forgotten the inability to save to standalone when I suggested using doMenu.
Okay, Dan. Try this:
1) Modify your address book stack as mentioned in my previous email--incorporating doMenu-- and save it. Say it is named AddressBook.rev
You will also have to create some way to SAVE the stack once modified. Simplest way to do this is to create a prompt as whenever you try to quit (by clicking the close box):
Add a line to the stack script which says
on shutdownRequest Answer "Save stack first" with "No" or "Yes" --creates a dialog with yes as default answer If it is "Yes" then save this stack Else close this stack End if end shutdownRequest
You may have to put a similar handler in other locations if you have alternative ways to quit from the stack (e.g. command-key equivalent). For commandKey equivalents, the handler would be on commandKeyDown (or on ControlKeyDown --if you are on a PC.
Save this modified AddressBook stack. Do not make it a standalone.
2) Create a very simple stack named SplashScreen which has one card that simply says "Loading AddressBook"
3) Put the following into the Stack script of SplashScreen:
On OpenStack
go to card 1 of stack "AddressBook.rev
close stack "SplashScreen"
--assuming you have no need for SplashScreen to stay open once AddressBook is launched
End OpenStack
(could also be done as an openCard handler in the card script instead)
4) When done, build SplashScreen into a standalone.
Now, when you double-click on SplashScreen, it will briefly display the "Loading AddressBook" card, then open AddressBook and quit itself. The button you created in step 1, when pressed, should execute the doMenu command and create a new card. Whenever you try to quit, the Answer dialog should get evoked, giving you an opportunity to save the stack with the new card(s).
I think this should do the trick.
Marian
On Jun 23, 2004, at 3:11 PM, Jim MacConnell wrote:
Dan
I assist a professor at my university and have imported his old HyperCard Address Book stack into Revolution. I then saved it as a standalone application. I need to figure out how to add a "add new card" button, like his old HyperCard stack had.
Everyone else will probably chime in soon with numerous ways to clone cards,
create cards, etc.
The thing that I still struggle to remember though (as a relative newbie) is
that you can't save changes to a standalone. So if you make a new card
(however you like) then quit.. The card won't be there when you open the
standalone next time. The easiest answer is to make a little stack (splash
screen) that opens the address book stack for you (or your professor).
So.. build a nice little stack that can even have a single field saying
"Opening Address book for you...". In that stack have a script handler that
says "open stack "Address Book" or whatever you've called it. Then when you
close/quit the address book standalone, it will properly save changes (after
asking you of course?).. Or do you need to say Save stack(?).. Now I'm
getting confused...
Doesn't matter.... Again someone will chime in soon on the various ways to
do this also. I just wanted to let you know that you may be doing everything
fine from a HyperCard perspective and yet not getting what you expect.
Jim
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