Re: Best Update Standalone Scenario

2005-10-23 Thread Sivakatirswami
Chipp: "up to you" right.. we have the same thing going on now on the Mac with /HD/LIbrary/Application Support/ # better, I think, for the "mainstack.rev" than preferences, though I could be wrong...but on the Mac the "big boys" seem to have some criteria (which not everyone follows by any

Re: Best Update Standalone Scenario

2005-10-23 Thread Dave Cragg
On 22 Oct 2005, at 20:44, Sivakatirswami wrote: Aside query about Windows systems... why are two different ones for C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data and C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\) The first one, specialFolderPath(26), may be stor

Re: Best Update Standalone Scenario

2005-10-23 Thread Chipp Walters
Sivakatirswami wrote: Aloha, Chipp and Mark: Excellent, thanks... I have copied Chipps scenario to my own knowledge base. Two questions: 1) How do you handle the Splash Screen-Engine-Player after the MainStack is opened... set it to invisible? Just let it sit in the background behind e

Re: Best Update Standalone Scenario

2005-10-22 Thread Mark Wieder
Sivakatirswami- Saturday, October 22, 2005, 12:44:33 PM, you wrote: > 1) How do you handle the Splash Screen-Engine-Player after the > MainStack is opened... set it to invisible? Just let it sit in the > background behind everything? I would guess the former, which is more > normal UI behavior

Re: Best Update Standalone Scenario

2005-10-22 Thread Sivakatirswami
Aloha, Chipp and Mark: Excellent, thanks... I have copied Chipps scenario to my own knowledge base. Two questions: 1) How do you handle the Splash Screen-Engine-Player after the MainStack is opened... set it to invisible? Just let it sit in the background behind everything? I would gues

Re: Best Update Standalone Scenario

2005-10-22 Thread Mark Wieder
Chipp- Friday, October 21, 2005, 10:56:24 PM, you wrote: > Check out > http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2003-August/021590.html The only things I would add to Chipp's excellent writeup are: I have an aversion to apps that "phone home" on their own at startup, so I leave this as

RE: Best Update Standalone Scenario

2005-10-22 Thread MisterX
UIs and Code all have options... Don't forget backups can be important too... cheers Xavier http://monsieurx.com/taoo > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Sivakatirswami > Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 6:4

RE: Best Update Standalone Scenario

2005-10-21 Thread Scott Kane
> What is the best strategy to auto update standalones. I've never done this in Rev, but have in other languages on Windows. What I did was to execute a shell command to run a utility program (the updater) followed by an application close command (exit, quit). Then the updater ran, updates the

Re: Best Update Standalone Scenario

2005-10-21 Thread Chipp Walters
Sivakatir, Check out http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2003-August/021590.html best, Chipp Sivakatirswami wrote: I've searched through the email lists but it's huge and so I'll ask an old question (good candidate for an entry in the RevWiki Cookbooks section): What is the

Best Update Standalone Scenario

2005-10-21 Thread Sivakatirswami
I've searched through the email lists but it's huge and so I'll ask an old question (good candidate for an entry in the RevWiki Cookbooks section): What is the best strategy to auto update standalones. I'm finding some users are happier if every app we deploy is a standalone and then there