Rob Cozens wrote:
At least half of the Revolution stacks I created on Mac platforms before
switching to Windows XP TPC Edition as my development platform will not
open in Rev 2.6.1 for Windows.
<snip>
Question 1: Has Revolution stack file format changed between v2.1+ and
v2.6+? If so, where is this documented and where is a format converter?
The file format changed somewhere in there, but I think it was with
version 2.0. At any rate, it didn't affect opening the file. The only
difference was that once saved, you couldn't open the stack with a
previous version. So this shouldn't be the problem regardless of when
the format change occured.
Question 2: How do I debug the problem short of:
* deleting each control in a stack and seeing if it will then open, or
* control-by-control comparison of a stack that opens and one that
doesn't
Not sure about that. Since you are getting such weird results, I kind of
think there is more wrong than just the controls themselves. So this
probably isn't a way to debug. It sounds like the file format itself is
hosed.
I second the suggestion to make sure you have zipped the stack before
moving it to the PC. I have often seen corruption happen when stacks are
emailed or copied without compression.
Question 3: Could this be happening because my Studio license is
Windows-specific and the stacks were last saved on Mac OS X? If so,
what does this imply for developers providing stacks to other developers
licensed for a different platform?
No, any stack can be opened by any engine. The restrictions are entirely
on the authoring end. The stacks themselves hold no information about
which license authored them; they are completely portable anywhere.
I'd say try the zipping thing and let us know if that works.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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