If you set all the stacks as substacks of the splash, they can't be modified either. The only way they can be modified is if they're separate stacks (or a mainstack with substacks) on disk. Basically everything in the standalone file is permanent.
On June 2, 2015 6:47:38 PM CDT, Bob Sneidar <bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com> wrote: >The problem is, then the mainStack cannot be modified, and it needs to >be. I set properties in the mainStack. I have settings cards in the >mainStack. And besides, I want to eventually have a cool splash screen >with a custom shape. It’s called Forms Generator, and I envisioned a >generator or maybe something like a grinder with large PDF, Word and >Excel icons coming out of it. > >Bob S > > >> On Jun 2, 2015, at 16:15 , J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> >wrote: >> >> On 6/2/2015 4:47 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: >>> I was thinking about how to proceed, and I realize that what I need >>> to do is have both stacks open, then set the mainstack of each of >>> what are now substacks of my app stack, to the splash stack, then >set >>> the mainstack of my primary app stack to the splash stack. >> >> I'm not sure there's much point in using the splash method in this >case since it's all just one file anyway and changes can't be saved -- >unless, maybe, you just want a splash image on startup and you don't >want that card in the way later on. But if you don't care about a >startup screen, I think I'd just compile the main stack into the >standalone. >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _______________________________________________ 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
