On Tuesday, Oct 19 1999, Geoff Canyon wrote:
(snip)
> Question #1: is this the best way to do this? I think I remember someone
> saying I should name the external something other than *.mc so it won't
> be double-clickable; anything else?
I can't think of a better way offhand - seems pretty smooth to me. The only
thing you might want to consider is that its usual to store the preferences
in the Registry on Windows and in the System Folder on the MacOS. But the
Registry is often not as convenient (and you need to be very careful using
it and include an uninstaller to clean it up if the user removes the
application), so including a stack is what I often do if the preferences are
complex.
> Question #2: if I'm creating the external for the first time, I want it
> to start in the window of the splash screen. However, despite the lock
> screen message, I still see the clone stack appear offset from the splash
> screen, before it hops into the splash screen's position. Is there any
> way to do this better, without the shifting window bit?
You're already using "in the window of stack", so I assume you're seeing the
stack for that moment its opened after you clone it. Try:
hide stack "prefsTemplate"
clone stack "prefsTemplate"
set the name of it to "prefs"
close stack "prefs"
show stack "prefs"
save stack "prefs" as theStackFile
go stack theStackFile in window of this stack
Regards,
Kevin
> Thanks
>
> gc
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