RCS wrote: >> What is the benefit of parsing an event rather than handling them > directly? > > I need to be able to update a stack/card script in a standalone, and I > cannot because of the limit imposed.
Actually, you can't because of OS restrictions in Win and UNIX which prevent a running EXE from being modified. (The Mac version of Rev follows suit for consistency). > The stack script contains (mostly) > typical handlers (i.e. openStack, resumeStack, etc.) for handling messages > that are sent to the stack. If I had a 'single' handler in the script that > could handle 'all' stack messages, I 'might' be able to update the script > because the size of the script would be greatly reduced. I really wish > RunRev would allow 'some' things in a stand-alone for licensed users, or a > special license for increasing the script limit 'just a litlle'. Write them. In a discussion on this subject last summer they noted that they can be quite flexible in crafting licenses for special cases. But considering that even a special license will not allow a standalone to write to itself, why not simply include a Components folder with your app and put stack files in there? You could load those with "start using" to have them act as libraries. See <http://www.fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/revolution_message_path.html> for more info on using libraries. Alternatively you could move everything out of your stack except for the splash screen into a Components folder for easy updating. >> You could, for example, have a frontScript > > Since I already have a few 'idle' handlers running, I really did not want to > add another...especially one that parses 'everything'! Things are a little > sluggish as it is... Idle should not be related to other events -- how are you using it? Use idle with caution: it's a CPU hog, with timers providing wha you need in most cases but much more efficiently. >> That's an invalid address, requiring hand-editing. Odd. >> Who's the list mom for this list? > > I am starting to feel like an 'abandoned child' on this list (or at least > the uncle that everyone is ashamed to talk about)...also, (maybe it is just > me though) any message I post to the 'RunRev' list does not go through. > > I can take a hint ;-) I don't think it's you, I think it's something with the list configuration. This oddness seemed to start when the Rev mail server was updated. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation ___________________________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard