Because in my expeience I was never able to get data saved to a standalone.
If a field is empty when the stack was built it will be empty the next time
you load the standalone, regardless if the user put something in it.
My solution was an external file. But then again, I have been working with
SuperCard and MetaCard for 13 years.
What's that saying? "you can't teach a monkey nothin', but soapy water
always gets in yer eyes..."
Something like that...
--
Cheers,
Simon
Graphic Development: http://www.amigo-3.com
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"The great discoveries in science are not punctuated by 'Eureka! I've found
it!' but rather "Hmmm,that's funny...." Isaac Asimov
> From: Xavier Bury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 11:53:50 +0200
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Standalone Configuration Utility
>
> but why use an external file when the stack is a file?
> you have a native and super easy way to store info
> in the cards, no need to mess around with and parse a file
> let alone adapt to go cross platform... create a card for the
> current stack, it remembers the stack's last use info, then
> for windows' prefs, same thing... i'll try to make a working
> stack or a procedure...
>
> Xavier
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Simon Lord
>> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 5:07 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: Standalone Configuration Utility
>>
>>
>> I just write as prefs file to the system folder like any other
>> app but it is
>> a pain for me to read it etc. I'd also like to see your SAC Scott (and
>> please forgive the way that sounded :^)
>>
>> --
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>>
>> Graphic Development: http://www.amigo-3.com
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> "The great discoveries in science are not punctuated by 'Eureka!
>> I've found
>> it!' but rather "Hmmm,that's funny...." Isaac Asimov
>>
>>> From: Scott Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 15:58:15 -0700
>>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Subject: Standalone Configuration Utility
>>>
>>> Hello MC People:
>>>
>>> Those of you who repeatedly deliver your stacks in standalone
>> format might
>>> be in interested in this -- a small utility for saving and
>> recalling your
>>> standalone configurations.
>>>
>>> For some time now, SuperCard has had a great feature of being
>> able to save
>>> and recall the settings used to create your standalone
>> applications. I've
>>> often wished MC had something like this, so I created SAC (StandAlone
>>> Completer). SAC is an MC stack that allows you to do the
>> above: enter your
>>> standalone configuration info and save it on your drive for later use,
>>> sparing you the tedium of entering and re-entering your filenames, path
>>> names, version numbers, etc.
>>>
>>> This stack requires that you use the standard MC editing
>> environment, but
>>> it's built to be completely separate from the editor -- you can open and
>>> close it at will without any issues.
>>>
>>> It's optimized for Windows and Mac users, but unless UNIX requires
>>> additional info for standalones, it should work just the same.
>>>
>>> If any of you are interested, please message me off list.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> _____________________________________________________________________
>>> Scott Rossi Tactile Media - Multimedia & Design
>>> Creative Director Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Web: www.tactilemedia.com
>>>
>>
>>
>
