Klaus Major wrote:
Hi John, hi Jaqueline,
John Vokey wrote:
MetaCarders,
Maybe it is just me and my ageing brain, but how does one actually
get a working version of MC IDE 2.7.3? I followed the instructions
at the web-site, but they are (for me) woefully incomplete. I tried
adding the two MC IDE 2.7.3 files to a copy of my functioning MC
2.6.1 And then copying over and renaming the executable file from the
Revolution.app bundle contents. That runs, but gives me only the
Metacard menu and a resourceless Home card (no buttons). Clearly
some resources are missing.
This was the right way to do it. It sounds like the engine can't find
the mctools stack. All the missing resources you mention are stored in
there. Make sure that file is named right and in the same folder with
the app.
problem is, you need to add a little handler to the "home" stack of MC
to make it run with the Rev 2.7.x engine.
...
if the version >= "2.7" then
start using stack "mctools.mc"
open stack "mctools.mc"
set the defaultStack to "home"
reset cursors
end if
...
But:
1. You can do this only with a PRE 2.7.x version of the engine!
2. In that case you need a license because adding this little handler
will exceed the "script limits" so yu cannot close and save the script!
A vicious circle! I have no idea on how to solve this one...
Yes, difficult to do. One way would be to rename Home to something
else, then make a script to set the name back when you're done.
I've just made the mods to my own Home stack, and have never touched the
one that shipped with MCv2.5.
All of this points to a solution like FlipsIDE, where you can drop into
MC from Rev with one click, no need to modify the app or anything else.
But FlipsIDE is a drag in that it first launches Rev -- why bother with
Rev's initialization if all you're going to do is purge it and use MC?
For this reason I started working on DarsIDE, a plugin which would do
the following:
- Download MC to your hard drive
- Copy the Rev app, modifying it as needed
- Launch the new installation
- Quit
That way, in one click you'd get the latest of everything, set up and
ready to go with no fuss.
Ah, but time has been my enemy. If DarksIDE seems useful let me know
and the moral support may help me reprioritize it....
--
Richard Gaskin
Managing Editor, revJournal
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