If I read you correctly my "Splash Screen" is built and has the Rev engine built into it. I then put my non-built rev stacks into the distribution folder were they will be called by the "Splash Screen" app. OK that makes sense to me. But all of the rest of my stacks in this case are in the Main stack so I would have a built "Splash Screen" app and a Main stack with substacks in it. Is this OK?
I worry about the filePath for my Main stack being 'changed' by the "Splash Screen" apps location IE:
Distribution Folder
Splash Screen.app
Main.rev
Images Folder
img1.png
img2.png
etc.OR
Distribution Folder
Splash Screen.app
Needed Files Folder
Main.rev
Images Folder
img1.png
img2.png
etc.It is hard enough keeping track of folder path in development and then keeping it right in standalones.
Thanks for your insight Rob
Tom
On Dec 5, 2003, at 10:08 AM, Rob Cozens wrote:
Hi Tom,
I created a stack with a lot of substacks and NOW decided that I will need a splash screen before the Main stack loads.
I have two questions:
Three, actually; but that's OK. :{`)
Q3: When Building the standalone how would I deal with these two stacks? Should they be separate builds? If not How/What should I do about it. Should I use the "Files for inclusion" in DB? How will that affect the MAIN mainstack? What about the "Make mainstack" in DB? How will that affect my MAIN main stack?
The "traditional" approach is to identify the splash screen as the mainStack to the Application Builder, identify all other stacks to be included, and specify a folder to contain the "auxiliary" stacks.
As a practical matter, I personally find this cumbersome and difficult to maintain--especially with the advent of Mac OS 10 application bundles and for standalones that utilize files that are not stacks.
I create a distribution folder containing everything the application needs (except Revolution items which are bundled into the standalone). I identify ONLY the splash screen stack and any needed Revolution resources to the Distribution Builder, and drag the finished standAlone or application bundle into my distribution folder. Note that this approach also facilitates easy updates of component files & stacks: just drag the new version into the distribution folder.
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Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company http://www.oenolog.net/who.htm
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