On 17/5/00 5:41 pm, Scott Raney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> You need to set the directory property of the stack to on preOpenStack to
>> match its fileName. I think there is a good argument for making relative
>> paths (images, players) work like stackFiles has just been changed to work:
>> i.e. relative to the fileName rather than the current directory? Scott?
>
> We considered this, but rejected it because I've seen many stacks that
> change the current directory to select different sets of images or
> movies (e.g., to support multiple languages), something that wouldn't
> work if you hard-wired the image/player paths to be relative to the
> stack path. This isn't an issue with stackFiles AFAIK, probably
> because using separate *stacks* for the different languages isn't a
> good design. Any other suggestions?
I get it. I do have another suggestion: search the directory first as is
done now. If (and only if) that results in file not found, search relative
to the current stack?
Regards,
Kevin
> Regards,
> Scott
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