Sivakatirswami wrote:
Aloha, Chipp and Mark:
Excellent, thanks... I have copied Chipps scenario to my own knowledge
base.
Two questions:
1) How do you handle the Splash Screen-Engine-Player after the
MainStack is opened... set it to invisible? Just let it sit in the
background behind
On 22 Oct 2005, at 20:44, Sivakatirswami wrote:
Aside query about Windows systems... why are two different ones for
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data
and
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\)
The first one, specialFolderPath(26), may be
Chipp:
up to you right.. we have the same thing going on now on the Mac with
/HD/LIbrary/Application Support/
# better, I think, for the mainstack.rev than preferences, though I
could be wrong...but on the Mac the big boys seem to have some
criteria (which not everyone follows by any
What is the best strategy to auto update standalones.
I've never done this in Rev, but have in other languages
on Windows.
What I did was to execute a shell command to run a utility
program (the updater) followed by an application close
command (exit, quit). Then the updater ran, updates the
Hi Sivakatirswami
That's an excellent topic...
I like the simplicity and safety of many programs I use
- auto-watch web updates - with an option to turn it off
- downloadable improvements, selectable in a list. keep old versions
available - for old client (filter out the inaplicable or
Chipp-
Friday, October 21, 2005, 10:56:24 PM, you wrote:
Check out
http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2003-August/021590.html
The only things I would add to Chipp's excellent writeup are:
I have an aversion to apps that phone home on their own at startup,
so I leave this as an
Aloha, Chipp and Mark:
Excellent, thanks... I have copied Chipps scenario to my own
knowledge base.
Two questions:
1) How do you handle the Splash Screen-Engine-Player after the
MainStack is opened... set it to invisible? Just let it sit in the
background behind everything? I would
Sivakatirswami-
Saturday, October 22, 2005, 12:44:33 PM, you wrote:
1) How do you handle the Splash Screen-Engine-Player after the
MainStack is opened... set it to invisible? Just let it sit in the
background behind everything? I would guess the former, which is more
normal UI behavior (I
Sivakatir,
Check out
http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2003-August/021590.html
best,
Chipp
Sivakatirswami wrote:
I've searched through the email lists but it's huge and so I'll ask an
old question (good candidate for an entry in the RevWiki Cookbooks
section):
What is the
