James Hurley wrote:
Actually, I had recalled that the splash screen was the way to go.
My question is really quite primitive. When the user quits, or just
wants to save the substacks, what is the action plan, specifically,
what is the code? Save.....the substacks name. Is a file path
required? Like I said, my question is quite primitive.
Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote:
Depends on what your stack does. If you've changed the
defaultfolder, then you'll need to calculate a file path back to
your satellite stacks I don't like the word "substacks" in this case
because those are stacks embedded in the mainstack, and they can't
save data. Separate stacks opened by a splash app need a different
name.) The default location when your splash starts up is the same
folder as the splash app is in. You can handle this several ways:
1. Reset the defaultfolder to the one where your splash exists, if
you've changed it. Refer to satellite stacks by their relative path.
2. Calculate file paths to the satellite stacks and use those as
stack references.
3. Set the stackfiles property of your splash so that it points to
relative path locations for the satellite stacks. Then you can just
refer to them by their short names and Rev can still find them. This
is perhaps the easiest way to manage it.
However you determine the stack paths, the rest is the same. Loop
through the names of your satellite stacks when the user requests to
quit, and save each one. You can ask the user if they want to save
each of them, if that fits your app better.
Assuming three stacks in the same folder as your standalone, with
the defaultfolder set to that directory:
on shutdownRequest repeat for each item i in
"stack1.rev,stack2.rev,stack3.rev" save stack i close stack i end
repeat pass shutdownRequest end shutdownRequest
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com HyperActive
Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
Thanks Jacque. That is VERY helpful.
Things I didn't know:
1) I thought I would be saving to a substack.
2) I was unaware of the "shutDownRequest" handler.
Another question or two.
1) How would "StackRunner" differ from using my own splash screen?
2) How would "Revolution Player" differ from using my own splash
screen?
3) If I use "save" verses "save as..." can I assume that the
satellite stack will be saved and the user will not be asked if he or
she wants to overwrite the existing file?
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