Re: Corrupted Stack!

Thanks Jacqueline, I don't have any imported images in the stack. I do have some image controls on a few cards but their file name is set at runtime and never saved with the stack. All of the controls in the stack have customProperties and I've started saving arrays into some of them. May

Re: Corrupted Stack!

Tim Bleiler wrote: Hi, I've used Rev/Metacard for years and I've never had this happen before. I've got a corrupted stack. When I try to open the stack I get the following message "Unable to open stack: stack is corrupted, check for ~backup file." I do have a backup but I've been through tha

RE: Corrupted Stack

ROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Richard Gaskin > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 17:41 > To: How to use Revolution > Subject: Re: Corrupted Stack > > David Burgun wrote: > > Is the Structure of a Stack File published anywhere? > > Not to my knowledge,

Re: Corrupted Stack

David Burgun wrote: Is the Structure of a Stack File published anywhere? Not to my knowledge, as with most commercial formats it's considered proprietary. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation __ Rev tools and more: http://www.fourthw

Re: Corrupted Stack

Is the Structure of a Stack File published anywhere? Thanks Dave KOPP Ed wrote: I searched the archives, but didn't find the silver bullet I was looking for. I've distributed a standalone stack (Windows) that calls another in the "splash screen" style. The second stack is my data stack and it's co

Re: Corrupted Stack

KOPP Ed wrote: I searched the archives, but didn't find the silver bullet I was looking for. I've distributed a standalone stack (Windows) that calls another in the "splash screen" style. The second stack is my data stack and it's corrupted. It can no longer be opened by my standalone app. When I t

Re: Corrupted Stack

Try opening the stack in a text editor. You might see the scripts & field text there and be able to rescue most of it. Sarah On 4 May 2005, at 1:03 PM, KOPP Ed wrote: I searched the archives, but didn't find the silver bullet I was looking for. I've distributed a standalone stack (Windows) that

RE: Corrupted Stack

2005 10:07 PM To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re: Corrupted Stack --- KOPP Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course, there's no backup file. Is there any > way to ignore the scripting > and just retrieve the data that's stored in the > various fields on the

Re: Corrupted Stack

--- KOPP Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course, there's no backup file. Is there any > way to ignore the scripting > and just retrieve the data that's stored in the > various fields on the cards? see if this works: put the text of field 1 of cd 1 of stack "myCorruption" into msg if it work

RE: Corrupted stack

When a stack starts to crash runrev or becomes corrupted, there's only one satisfactory solution. Rebuilt it from scratch. Dont even think of copy pasting the controls (if you can) because the corrupted part might creep in. If you didn't password lock your stack, you can find your scripts back by

Re: corrupted stack

On Nov 21, 2003, at 12:43 AM, Frans Schoffelen wrote: Hi Alex, I may have missed the original posting here but the word "corrupted" anywhere within a mile of "project" or "stack" brings back nightmare nights of yonder SC and HC years. If you have already covered this could you please let me know

Re: corrupted stack

>Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:49:31 -0700 >From: Alex Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: corrupted stack > I've run into a couple more instances of my project getting corrupted > recently. Hi Alex, I may have missed the original posting here but the word "corru

Re: corrupted stack

On Nov 20, 2003, at 3:51 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Weird. If the stack is corrupted how is Rev able to be open it? I guess Rev itself that corrupted it, after it was opened up, and Rev just continued to work with it open. After I purged the stack, or quit out of Rev, then it could not open the s

Re: corrupted stack

Alex Rice wrote: > > On Oct 30, 2003, at 10:27 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> I would bug it. The engine itself seems generally reliable in this >> regard, so it may be something in the interactions with the IDE. >> As an additional data point, since 1997 I've only had one corrupted >> stack wi

Re: corrupted stack

On Oct 30, 2003, at 10:27 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I would bug it. The engine itself seems generally reliable in this regard, so it may be something in the interactions with the IDE. As an additional data point, since 1997 I've only had one corrupted stack with MC, and in all cases where a s

Re: corrupted stack

On Oct 30, 2003, at 11:06 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: That raises a good question: could there be anything unique to the stack file in question or its scripts that makes it more prone to corruption? Yes and no. It's my project stack I've been working on for 18 months. I work on the project every w

Re: corrupted stack

On Oct 30, 2003, at 10:27 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I would bug it. OK folks it's bug# 857. Please add your observations to it. summary: corrupted stacks are never accompanied by a ~ backup file. Alex Rice <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: corrupted stack

On Oct 30, 2003, at 11:00 AM, Chipp Walters wrote: Hi Alex, I've similar experiences as Richard with this. Since using Rev, I've (knock on wood) *never* experienced a corrupted stack --and I've crashed Rev a bunch ;-) I figured Richard is still using Metacard most of the time & hence the good t

Re: corrupted stack

Chipp Walters wrote: > I've similar experiences as Richard with this. Since using Rev, I've (knock > on wood) *never* experienced a corrupted stack --and I've crashed Rev a > bunch ;-) That raises a good question: could there be anything unique to the stack file in question or its scripts that m

RE: corrupted stack

Hi Alex, I've similar experiences as Richard with this. Since using Rev, I've (knock on wood) *never* experienced a corrupted stack --and I've crashed Rev a bunch ;-) On those rare occasions when I couldn't get a stack to open, I lock messages and open the stack, then comment out all the on preO

Re: corrupted stack

Alex Rice wrote: > On Oct 30, 2003, at 10:03 AM, Alex Rice wrote: > >> This "~" file is starting to take on mythic proportions for me. I've >> had stacks get corrupted several times, and not once have I been able >> to see a "~" backup file. > > continuing that thought... > > So is there, or sh

Re: corrupted stack

On Oct 30, 2003, at 10:03 AM, Alex Rice wrote: This "~" file is starting to take on mythic proportions for me. I've had stacks get corrupted several times, and not once have I been able to see a "~" backup file. continuing that thought... So is there, or should there be a bugzilla bug for "stac

Re: corrupted stack

On Oct 23, 2003, at 6:50 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Is there a copy of the stack in the same directory with a tidle after its name? (e.g., MtStack.rv~) if so, that's a backup created bythe engine as a temp file when doing saves -- if you have such a file you should be able to just remove the t

Re: corrupted stack

John mnic wrote: > There was a problem opening that stack. > file is not a stack > > I am not able to go to the stack. > > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to retrieve my data lost in this > stack? Is there a copy of the stack in the same directory with a tidle after its name? (e.g.,

Re: Corrupted stack

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello, I tryed to open a Revolution Stack with BBEdit Lite. Then, when I want to open this stack with Revolution, I have the message : this is a corrupted stack file. Is there a possibility to repair corrupted stack file ? Thank you. Edouard == Ed

Re: Corrupted stack

Message: 2 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:08:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Jan Schenkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Corrupted stack To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Pierre Sahores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 17:06, Jim Hurley wrote: > [s

Re: Corrupted stack

--- Pierre Sahores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 17:06, Jim Hurley wrote: > > [snip] > > > > I am pessimistic however. I did something > profoundly stupid. (I am a > > recovering Catholic; hence this need for > confession.) I lost the > > stack in question while I was workin

Re: Corrupted stack

On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 17:06, Jim Hurley wrote: > >__-- > > > >Message: 9 > >Subject: Re: Corrupted stack > >From: Pierre Sahores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Organization: > >Date: 2

Re: Corrupted stack

__-- Message: 9 Subject: Re: Corrupted stack From: Pierre Sahores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Date: 22 Jul 2003 23:43:05 +0200 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 23:12, Jim Hurley wrote: Ouch! I lost a stac

Re: Corrupted stack

On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 23:12, Jim Hurley wrote: > Ouch! I lost a stack while working in 2.0 > > The stack still appears on my hard drive and is 572 K in size. So > there is something there. > > I tried to open it in RR 1.1.1 and I got a message "Stack corrupted; > check for ~ backup." > > I