Re: StackFiles
On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Signe Marie Sanne wrote: Hello, I need help to solve a problem. The scenario is as follows: A main stack called "Veloxdat" in a file called "Veloxdat.mc" is a template/authoring tool to help teachers create their own language exercises. I have placed it inside a folder called "VelDat1". A standalone called "Velox.exe" states the correct path in its StackFiles and starts "Veloxdat". So far so good, but I have imposed a limit of 12 exercises for the stack. (This both for reasons of space for the exercise menu, but also in case the teacher should do something completely irrational and lose his/her data.) When the teacher has developed 12 exercises, I naively thought he/she could just make a copy of both files, rename them for instance Velox2.exe and Veloxdat2.mc and start working on the next 12 exercises. But, there is no "VelDat1/Veloxdat2.mc" listed in the Stackfiles of "Velox.exe"... I would be grateful for any tips on how to solve this problem. The fileName property of the main stack in a standalone will have the path to the application in it. You could use that to change the strings in the stackFiles property, or probably even better, to build a full path to the stack you want to open instead of relying on the stackFiles property (which is mostly useful when going directly to a substack). Regards, Scott Thanks to you and Phil Davies who put me on the right track. In the standalone I anticipate 10 different stack files named Prog1 to Prog10 (each containing 12 exercises). These are listed in the StackFiles of the standalone. Luckily MC does not care about whether these files exist or not. When the teacher starts from scratch there exist only 2 files (mainstacks) in the folder VelDat1, one which should be left untouched (OrigProg) and only used for copying later on. The other one is named Prog1. When the standalone opens it searches for the files in the folder: if there is a file and pops up a menu list for the existing files. When a file is selected, I use 'open file (full path name)' The mainstack of each file carries the same name, whereas each file is named as listed in the StackFiles. When the teacher has developed the 12 exercises he/she just makes a copy of OrigProg, renames it Prog2 etc. I do not know if there are other ways of doing this, but at least it seems to have solved my problem, even though there is a limit of 12x10 exercises. And for the first time I have understood why it is useful to be able to have different names for the mainstack and the file! --- 1. amanuensis Signe Marie Sanne e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Romansk Institutttel: +47 55 58 21 27 Oysteins gt. 1 5007 Bergen http://www.hf.uib.no/hfolk/mlab/default.html Norway --- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
StackFiles
Hello, I need help to solve a problem. The scenario is as follows: A main stack called "Veloxdat" in a file called "Veloxdat.mc" is a template/authoring tool to help teachers create their own language exercises. I have placed it inside a folder called "VelDat1". A standalone called "Velox.exe" states the correct path in its StackFiles and starts "Veloxdat". So far so good, but I have imposed a limit of 12 exercises for the stack. (This both for reasons of space for the exercise menu, but also in case the teacher should do something completely irrational and lose his/her data.) When the teacher has developed 12 exercises, I naively thought he/she could just make a copy of both files, rename them for instance Velox2.exe and Veloxdat2.mc and start working on the next 12 exercises. But, there is no "VelDat1/Veloxdat2.mc" listed in the Stackfiles of "Velox.exe"... I would be grateful for any tips on how to solve this problem. --- 1. amanuensis Signe Marie Sanne e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Romansk Institutttel: +47 55 58 21 27 Oysteins gt. 1 5007 Bergen http://www.hf.uib.no/hfolk/mlab/default.html Norway --- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: StackFiles
If the new stacks reside in the same directory as the currently running copy of Velox.exe, and assuming the script of Velox has not changed the directory to something else, Velox should be able to "see" them as stacks OK and use them as needed. Phil Signe Marie Sanne wrote: Hello, I need help to solve a problem. The scenario is as follows: A main stack called "Veloxdat" in a file called "Veloxdat.mc" is a template/authoring tool to help teachers create their own language exercises. I have placed it inside a folder called "VelDat1". A standalone called "Velox.exe" states the correct path in its StackFiles and starts "Veloxdat". So far so good, but I have imposed a limit of 12 exercises for the stack. (This both for reasons of space for the exercise menu, but also in case the teacher should do something completely irrational and lose his/her data.) When the teacher has developed 12 exercises, I naively thought he/she could just make a copy of both files, rename them for instance Velox2.exe and Veloxdat2.mc and start working on the next 12 exercises. But, there is no "VelDat1/Veloxdat2.mc" listed in the Stackfiles of "Velox.exe"... I would be grateful for any tips on how to solve this problem. --- 1. amanuensis Signe Marie Sanne e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Romansk Institutttel: +47 55 58 21 27 Oysteins gt. 1 5007 Bergen http://www.hf.uib.no/hfolk/mlab/default.html Norway --- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list. -- Phil Davis days: (503) 986-1215 eves: (503) 557-5656 Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: StackFiles
On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Signe Marie Sanne wrote: Hello, I need help to solve a problem. The scenario is as follows: A main stack called "Veloxdat" in a file called "Veloxdat.mc" is a template/authoring tool to help teachers create their own language exercises. I have placed it inside a folder called "VelDat1". A standalone called "Velox.exe" states the correct path in its StackFiles and starts "Veloxdat". So far so good, but I have imposed a limit of 12 exercises for the stack. (This both for reasons of space for the exercise menu, but also in case the teacher should do something completely irrational and lose his/her data.) When the teacher has developed 12 exercises, I naively thought he/she could just make a copy of both files, rename them for instance Velox2.exe and Veloxdat2.mc and start working on the next 12 exercises. But, there is no "VelDat1/Veloxdat2.mc" listed in the Stackfiles of "Velox.exe"... I would be grateful for any tips on how to solve this problem. The fileName property of the main stack in a standalone will have the path to the application in it. You could use that to change the strings in the stackFiles property, or probably even better, to build a full path to the stack you want to open instead of relying on the stackFiles property (which is mostly useful when going directly to a substack). Regards, Scott --- 1. amanuensis Signe Marie Sanne e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Romansk Institutttel: +47 55 58 21 27 Oysteins gt. 1 5007 Bergen http://www.hf.uib.no/hfolk/mlab/default.html Norway --- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list. Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metacard.com MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that... Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: stackFiles on a remote server
On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Leston Drake wrote: Hey all, I'm trying to use a stack on an internal (intranet) server as a stackFile. So I've got something like myStackName,http://192.168.0.10/myDir/myStackFile.mc as the stackFiles. When I try to access stack myStackName, it says it can't find the stack. I've double checked that the file is actually there on the server and that the path is correct. Since it doesn't work, I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, or if this functionality isn't even supported. Anybody enlighten me? This is not supported (though it does sound like it'd be a nice feature). You can only "go" to a stack using a URL. Regards, Scott -- Leston Drake LetterPress Software, Inc. http://www.lpsoftware.com -- Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metacard.com MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that...
