Understood. That is why I have the compiler separate the substacks out as individual stacks. I just need to make all my stacks and substacks, substacks of the splash stack.
Bob S > On Jun 2, 2015, at 17:46 , J. Landman Gay <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you set all the stacks as substacks of the splash, they can't be modified > either. The only way they can be modified is if they're separate stacks (or a > mainstack with substacks) on disk. Basically everything in the standalone > file is permanent. > > On June 2, 2015 6:47:38 PM CDT, Bob Sneidar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> The problem is, then the mainStack cannot be modified, and it needs to >> be. I set properties in the mainStack. I have settings cards in the >> mainStack. And besides, I want to eventually have a cool splash screen >> with a custom shape. It’s called Forms Generator, and I envisioned a >> generator or maybe something like a grinder with large PDF, Word and >> Excel icons coming out of it. >> >> Bob S >> >> >>> On Jun 2, 2015, at 16:15 , J. Landman Gay <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 6/2/2015 4:47 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: >>>> I was thinking about how to proceed, and I realize that what I need >>>> to do is have both stacks open, then set the mainstack of each of >>>> what are now substacks of my app stack, to the splash stack, then >> set >>>> the mainstack of my primary app stack to the splash stack. >>> >>> I'm not sure there's much point in using the splash method in this >> case since it's all just one file anyway and changes can't be saved -- >> unless, maybe, you just want a splash image on startup and you don't >> want that card in the way later on. But if you don't care about a >> startup screen, I think I'd just compile the main stack into the >> standalone. >>> >>> -- >>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected] >>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected] > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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
