Hi David, > Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:27:34 -0600 > From: David Squance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: How to save text in a stack > I have just found the little demo stack "Save2Splash" on the RR website, > and thought it was just what I was looking for. However, when I turned it > into a standalone, any text I entered was gone when it was reopened. Am I > missing something? ---------- Yes, you're indeed missing something. RR stacks can't save to themselves like HyperCard does. The reason follows. This stack was created to show one of two basic methods for saving data, but I think you did it backwards, sort of. ----------snip > but my current project has a > lot of fields on several cards and writing and reloading to and from text > files would be very cumbersome. ---------- In your circumstance, perhaps so. What you need is for the splash screen to be the standalone, which has the engine. You just kick it offscreen, but it still runs the show. You can't save anything to it, and don't need to. The other stack(s) with your cards and fields is what you'll see and save, but you have to provide for that. You can make an autosave routine that will cause the engine to save your changes on closing if you like, but it would probably be better to get away from that procedure and have the deliberate "Save/Don't Save/Cancel" thing like virtually all other software has today. ---------- > I guess what I want is it to work like HC > does, but I want to be able to build a Windows standalone eventually. ---------- I understand, but that won't happen unless you deliberately script it to do so, like I mentioned above.
Windows programs can't save to themselves. Macintosh OS' have a resource fork which allows programs to save to themselves, which is why HC can do that, i.e., save to itself on closing, but PC OS' cannot. RR uses the MetaCard cross-platform engine, which means that, in order for there to be consistency for distributing like software on all platforms, the ability for programs to save to themselves on Macs has been eliminated. I hope that sheds some light on your situation. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
