I have had a strange problem with "splash screen" standalones not
saving data for some time now. This only happens on Macs. Windows
standalone apps, created from the same stack files as the Mac
standalones, work just fine. The problem is not in the standalone
setup dialog; the settings have been checked by both Sarah Reichelt
and Jacqueline Gay. My Mac standalones save data on other people's
Mac's.
This problem started months ago. My Mac standalones used to save
data, and I’m not sure when this problem really started. It might
have been during the time of Rev 2.5, or 2.6. It also seemed to start
at different times on my two Macs, ( a G4 tower and a G3 iBook, both
currently runing System 10.4.5.), but within a short time of each
other. I have also tried all the versions of Revolution I own:
2.1.2, 2.2, 2.5,2.5.1, 2.6, 2.6.1 and the latest version of
Revolution: 2.7. I get the same behavior in all the different versions.
In an effort to figure out what is going on I have been using the
following script for saving:
ON mouseUp
save this stack
IF the result is not empty THEN
put the result into resultVar
answer resultVar
ELSE
answer "save confirmed"
END IF
END mouseUp
When I can not save data I always get the same result: “Can’t open
stack file”.
This problem seems to be related to folders. I can take a standalone
that does not save data and drag it to the desktop and it will save
data. The problem seems to happen in both system 10.2.8 and 10.4.5.
Below is an experiment I did:
Running 10.2.8:
Standalone recreated while running 10.4.5 -- does not save data.
“Can’t open stack file”. Then copied the same standalone to another
dirve and it does save data.
On my laptop-iBook G3- I copied a standalone to the desktop -- it
saved. I then moved it to a floder -- can’t open stack file. Moved it
back to the desktop-- and it would save again.
Running 10.4.5
Standalone in original folder -- will not save
The same standalone dragged to the desktop - will save
The same standalone dragged back to it’s original folder - will not save
copied to another drive - will not save
Then dragged to another folder on that new drive - will save
Then copied to yet another dirve - will save
So, it is a bit confusing, but I'm thinking it must have something to
do with permissions. The owner and permissions of the standalones
that save data are the same as those that do not.
Anyone have any idea about how I can fix this problem?
Thanks,
Rich Lague_______________________________________________
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