On 12/8/00 8:56 pm, Michaael Walas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm getting a message "Can't save stack, error was: Can't open backup
> file" I tried doing a "Save as" and the dialog said my stack was not a
> mainstack(it is!) so I said make it a mainstack ,renamed it, and saved
> it. It saved properly.
>
> I then quit, restarted and opened the "New" stack I just saved. When I
> tried to save IT, I got the same message. The can't modify is not
> selected in the stack properties stack. What have I screwed up?
When you save a stack, MetaCard builds a new file with the changes you have
made. In order to do that safely, it must first duplicate the stack. So
during a save, it creates a file with a ~ on the end, e.g. "myStackName~".
If your machine crashes or something else goes wrong during the save
process, your original stack (before saving) is still safe in this file.
Once a save is complete, the backup file is deleted.
The message you are getting says it can't open that file. That typically
means: either the save failed before - so that file is left behind; or there
isn't write permission to create such a ~ file; or the number of characters
in your file name is too long to create a file with ~ on the end; or there
isn't enough disk space or other similar error. You need to check through
these possibliites to find out what the problem is.
> While I'm at it, I have some animated gifs that display fine in MetaCard
> on Windows 98 (Via Virtual PC on a G4) but won't display properly on
> MacOS system 9, MetaCard 2.3.1 The gifs are "optimized" but Windows
> MetaCard can display them.and the Mac MetaCard can't (properly). The
> gifs display properly on the Mac in the shareware program gifbuilder.
> Do I have to take apart the gifs and reassemble them as "unoptimized" to
> get them to play on the Mac in MetaCard? I'm talkin' 75-100 animations
> so that doesn't sound like something I want to do.
Hm - sounds like an anomoly or possibly a bug. At least worthy of
investigation: I recommend sending a sample GIF that shows this problem to
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Regards,
Kevin
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