on 19/1/02 11:28 AM, Richard D. Miller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What you say is true...if you use the Distribution builder. If you try > running a stack by simply launching it first without Rev running, the Answer > command is not available. I understand what is happening now, but it should > either be pointed out or corrected. I like to think I can launch the stack > first and test it that way without going through the Distribution build > process. But maybe that's the only way with Rev.
(Caveat; I've not started using 1.1b1 on Windows yet - you may be getting special problems with that.) That caveat aside, Rev works fine on Windows; I mostly work on Mac, but I distribute my work cross platform, always take it over to either VPC or a real PC, and do final testing there - before building a standalone. There is a particular gotcha, which exists in a lesser form on Mac but is worse on Windows. On the Mac, if you double-click a stack before Rev is launched, it launches the basic engine (which opens your stack) but doesn't load the Revolution environment. In consequence you are severely restricted. Solution is either to launch Rev first, then double-click the stack in the Finder; or open the stack from within Rev. On Windows, it's similar but worse. If you double-click on the stack when Rev isn't running, you get the engine opening the stack, without the IDE - just like on Mac. If you launch Rev, then double-click on the stack - you get the same thing! (actually Windows launches a second instance of the engine, which opens the stack without the IDE). This is actually then very confusing, because you still have Revolution running; and you have the stack open; and it's not immediately obvious that they aren't connected. On Windows the only way to open the stack in the IDE is to open it using Revolution's commands. Summary: three ways to launch a stack (double-click before Rev launched, double-clicked after Rev launched, open inside Rev): on the Mac, only the second and third allow you to work properly in the IDE; on Windows, only the third. This may be nothing to do with the problems you're experiencing - but it might be relevant. Ben Rubinstein | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cognitive Applications Ltd | Phone: +44 (0)1273-821600 http://www.cogapp.com | Fax : +44 (0)1273-728866 _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
