Yes, I noticed that a lot had changed when I compared the library scripts in your viewer.ijs and the ones in the current J library.
On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Norman Drinkwater <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, I'm working on updating that guide and will have the files uploaded > within a few days. Jqt has changed significantly since that guide was > written. > > > On Jul 20, 2014, at 1:51 PM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Trying to figure out how to prevent the ijx window from appearing for > > making standalone applications. I found an example in Wiki Guides/ J8 > > Standalone. But the zip file of the project build for the application > > missing -(http://www.mcardle.wisc.edu/mprime/download/viewer-1.zip). > > > > I downloaded the installer of it for Windows and it ran; however, it is > for > > an earlier version of J (5/14/2013) and browsing viewer.ijs is rather > > difficult and it crashes the current version of J. > > > > So I have a few questions. > > > > Obviously, what happened to that zip file? > > > > Is there a way to tell if the development environment is displayed? I can > > use (wd 'ide hide') to hide it and (wd 'ide show') to hide and show it. > The > > viewer.ijs used a name "IDE" to tell, but that name is no longer defined. > > > > A test script below which runs a simple form does not show ijx until the > > form closes. > > > > The script _________________ > > > > wd 'pc test closeok;pn "Test"' > > > > wd 'cc xx static; cn "Text here"' > > > > wd 'pshow' > > > > > > wd 'ide hide' > > > > End of Script __________________ > > > > > > I went into Windows Associate a file type and told it that file type .ijs > > should run jqt.exe to run the above as standalone. If I remove the "ide > > hide" the IDE shows up immediately, so the hide helped. But then the IDE > > pops up when the form is closed. I could put "exit 0" in a close event > for > > the form, but that doesn't seem like a good way to solve the problem. J6 > > had an option that when the last window closed J closed. That doesn't > seem > > to be J8 works. > > > > Next question: > > The viewer description also mentioned using "fixed" to help control the > > size of something. > > cc editname edit;set editname fixed 60; > > It isn't in the current J. > > > > There is a new wd command and verb not documented - "smact". It simply > runs > > the wd command with the argument "smact". It is not documented in "Driver > > Command Reference". What does it do? In the viewer.ijs script the verb > > "smact" was defined quite differently as a cd call. > > > > I am not trying to build apps for distribution and to run on all > systems. I > > am trying to find a way to make standalone J apps to be used on a system > > with J8 already installed. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
