Hi Chipp, Thanks for the suggestion. However, where can I obtain documentation about how to set up "libraries or special biz logic windows" in order to save data in that way, instead of including a substack in the standalone? Thanks. Steve Goldberg
In a message dated 8/17/05 11:06:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > From: Chipp Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Can a substack icon in a standalone be rendered > invisible? > To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution@lists.runrev.com> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Steve, > > If I were you, I'd just not include the subStack in the Standalone build > process, then just open it when you need if from your standalone. I > never use the 'put substacks in separate folders' feature of standalone > builder. My substacks are always either libraries, or special biz logic > windows, never data storage stacks. IMO, it's important to keep content > and biz logic separate, which is about 180 degrees off of what standard > card based stack databases do. When you mix them both, you risk a whole > new level of possible bugs which can be introduced. > > You can always get the filepath to the standalone by using the address > function. > > best, > Chipp > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Once again I'd like to approach the great minds on the Revolution forum. > > Hopefully, someone can offer a suggestion for the following issue: > > Mime-Version: 1.0 > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > > > I used Revolution in Mac OS X to create a standalone in which I'd like > > the user to be able to save data. Since standalone's do not normally > save > > data, I included a substack and checked off the "Move substacks into > individual > > stackfiles" checkbox in the File Standalone settings. This works fine, > except > > that the standalones for Windows and for Mac OS 9 show the substack on the > > hard drive. (The standalone for OS X is no problem since it is built as > a > > single icon) I'm concerned that the presence of two icons on Windows and > OS 9 may > > confuse the user, since it may not be obvious which icon to click on, the > > mainstack icon or the substack icon. > > > > Is there a way in which the substack icon can be made invisible in both > the > > Windows and OS 9 versions? I tried putting the substack in a separate > folder > > by checking off the "Create folder for stackfiles" option in the > Standalone > > Application Settings, to get the substack out of view. Also, I renamed > the > > substack to something utterly boring that would not induce the reader to > click on > > it. (I tried checking off the "Rename stackfiles generically" option but > > this caused an error message in trying to save as a standalone). It > would be > > nice if the substack icon could just be invisible. Is this possible? > > Thanks. > > Steve Goldberg > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution