Hi Jim,
Thanks to your advices, my app is working nicely now (at least on
this point :-))
Changes in "userName" and location of the app'file on his/her disk
are taken into account automatically when setting the fileName(s) by
script.
I thank you very much
Best regards from Grenoble
André
Le 1 nov. 06 à 17:08, Jim Ault a écrit :
On 11/1/06 9:30 AM, "André.Bisseret" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
I have an app a substack of which is a model. This model is clone in
ordre to create other stacks. These created stacks are main stacks
(not substacks) because they are populated with data which have to be
saved. They are accumulated in a folder (say « theFolder »).
So, for each created stack, I must set its fileName in order to place
it into « theFolder » ; also I must use the fileName in order to be
able to re-open on such stack from «theFolder ». (in each of these
cases, if I simpy use the stack name, that does not work).
Ex : stack « /Users/user’name/desktop/theFolder/oneStackName »
My problem arises when I want to give my app to another user who will
use it with stackRunner (or as a standalone if I save it under this
form) :
then, in several scripts I must change the fileName ; specifically ,
the « user’name ». But also, possibly the destination (« theFolder »
or even « desktop/theFolder », depending on where the user want to
put this folder).
If I want several users get my app., this change becomes
unacceptable (even not possible).
Is it a way to get rid of this constraint ?
First,
the stack filename contains the path to its location. Use that as the
'home' or 'root' folder name.
Second, on starting the app, get a list of the folders in that same
folder
your stack is currently in. If there are none, then ask the user
for a
folder name (or create a "defaultHome" folder)(or
set the itemdel to "/"
put item 3 of the filename of this stack into tUser
creae folder tUser&"Data"
Third, use the defaultHome folder until the user chooses to do it
differently and names the folder to his liking. At this time, move
all of
the files from the defaultHome to the new folder, then delete the old
defaultHome folder. On start, this will be the only folder that
contains
the dataFile you need. Now your stack startup routine will get a
list of
folders, then look inside until it finds the 'userData.txt file you
saved
previously.
Fourth, in your defaultFolder, save a text file with the names of
the stacks
the user may choose in the future, but use default names in case
they don't
make the effort.
Hope this helps.
Jim Ault
Las Vegas
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