Gregory Lypny wrote: > I suspect this has come up before. I just built a standalone > version of a stack that allows users to import data into fields. > Custom props are set during a user's session and various other > changes occur. I have the following save handler in the stack > script, but when I quit the standalone and reopen it, none of > the changes has been kept! > > on closeStack > save this stack > end closeStack > > What am I doing wrong?
As the others have noted, you're fine and Rev's fine, it's just that OSes don't let executables modify themselves.
This comes up often enough that Sarah Reichelt wrote a wonderful contribution to revJournal.com on the subject, outlining strategies for saving data outside the executable:
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