Saving data in standalone

2024-05-16 Thread jbv via use-livecode
Hi list, I am working on an app for a client who will use it as a standalone. Basically users will be able to import data such as images, text and even html from various sources. All these data will self organize in different groups that the user will be able to select, move around and organise in

Re: Saving data in standalone

2024-05-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
My suggestion would be to have your Standalone create a new stack with the user's work and save that stack under a customer file extension for your app. You can not actually save data in a standalone. you must save it to some source outside of the standalone - and stack, a text file, a binary

Re: Saving data in standalone

2024-05-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 5/16/2024 12:58 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: save that stack under a customer file extension That should have said "custom file extension" ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, u

Re: Saving data in standalone

2024-05-16 Thread Craig Newman via use-livecode
There is much discussion about this on the forum. The contents of the executable, the actual standalone you make from a stack, cannot be saved by any OS. I use what is know as the “Splash Stack” method, alluded to by Paul above. In the Application Builder of the stack you are making the actual

Re: Saving data in standalone

2024-05-16 Thread Craig Newman via use-livecode
I did not explicitly mention that any and all of the attached stacks are savable. Craig > On May 16, 2024, at 1:31 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 5/16/2024 12:58 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: >> save that stack under a customer file extension > > That should have

Re: Saving data in standalone

2024-05-16 Thread Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode
Craig, Saving: the stacks within the MacOS package and the Windows Applications folders can be saved—within that location? Can new stacks/files be written to those same folders? Peter > On May 16, 2024, at 4:26 PM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > wrote: > > I did not explicitly mention that

Re: Saving data in standalone

2024-05-16 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
You can save external stacks or created on the fly stacks where ever you have *write* (and read) permission on your OS. Increasingly, whether macOS or Windows, that is not the Applications (macOS) or Program Files/Program Files (x86) (Windows) folders. I find the SAFEST place to save something

Re: Saving data in standalone

2024-05-16 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
this is also how levure operates, so if you build with levure, you can just do this with stacks in the project On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > You can save external stacks or created on the fly stacks where ever you > have *wr