How, exactly do you implement Load? I need to get a stack file from the server on to the local machine. I seem to be able to load it into memory, but can't actually see the stack or save it to disk.
I've done both methods for storing data; both times for "books" with a lot of text, pictures, and audio/video. Working with internal data is just a LOT faster and simpler for this sort of thing. For this update, I need to save out and restore the user's "magic marker" hilites of the text--it's a textbook app. On Oct 28, 2011, at 9:06 AM, Mark Powell wrote: > I do this kind of auto-loading with almost all my apps, but to date I have > never written changes to the stack itself. I always save data in files > external to the stack and have that data pulled in at preopenstack. So I > never have to do a stack to stack transfer of data or stack renaming. Not > saying this is the best way, it is just the way I do it. Yes, load is what I > use. Works well for me, though recently have encountered IT policy that is > quarantining updates. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com > [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Peter Bogdanoff > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:45 PM > > Hi, > > I'm making a stack updater that downloads a LC stack to the user's hard drive > and replaces a stack there. > > I plan to: > 1. Have the user download a small updater stack and run it > 2. The updater gets essential data from the user's old stack and writes > it to a file > 3. The updater then downloads a new stack, reads the data into the new > stack > 4. The old stack is deleted from memory and the hard drive > 5. The new stack is renamed to the old stack name. > > Is this a good method? > > What are the commands for downloading the replacement stack to the user's > hard drive? I've not got anywhere with "load." > > Many thanks for any help! > > Peter Bogdanoff > UCLA > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
