...thanks for the tips Jan. I'll design my revlet workflow accordingly - and check each specific add-ons for any signs of potential externals dependencies.
On 24 Jan 2011, at 21:35, Jan Schenkel wrote: > --- On Mon, 1/24/11, Keith Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks to Jaque and Lynn for the >> clarifications. I knew about the server-side revServer stack >> limitation but it's good to know that revlets support >> stacks, sub-stacks and multiple stacks. >> >> This corrects a misunderstanding I have held from early in >> my learning curve, when an add-on developer led me to >> believe that revlets didn't support stacks. :-(( >> >> Still, I'm more than happy to be corrected on this, if it >> means I can start creating :-) >> >> So, how does one tell whether an add-on uses/requires the >> externals specification? >> > > Revlets support a mainstack with substacks - but not multiple separate > stacks. In addition, Revlets cannot currently use multiple windows - though > you can use 'go in the window of this stack' or multiple revlets on the same > webpage to achieve most goals, this does complicate add-on support. Not to > mention the security sandbox constraints. > > As for add-on externals requirements, that's harder to guess. Sometimes they > rely on an external that ships with LiveCode (except on iOS, which currently > has no externals support at all) - so it's best to look around the product > website and send an email to the author if it's not clear. > > Jan Schenkel. > ===== > Quartam Reports & PDF Library for LiveCode > www.quartam.com > > ===== > "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." > (La Rochefoucauld) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
