It occurs to me: since we can now use text-only stacks, the launcher app
could simply download the latest version on launch and start using it. That
way you wouldn't even need to build a new app when changes are needed.
Our project was set up before that option was available, but I'm tempted to
switch over to it. It seems cleaner and more convenient.
Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected]
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On July 4, 2016 2:37:38 PM "J. Landman Gay" <[email protected]> wrote:
On 7/3/2016 10:29 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote:
GOAL: have a object/group (think navigation bar at the bottom of the
screen or some other elements you may want to be common across all
the stacks….) that can be displayed in all the stacks.
This is exactly the setup I needed for the big project I've been working
on for some time. We solved it by creating a one-card template stack
that is used to create all new subsidiary stacks. The template has all
shared groups placed on its single card. In our case we had several of
those on each card that needed to appear everywhere.
All new content stacks are created from this one-card template. As new
cards are made they automatically inherit and place the shared groups.
Having these already on every card eased layout as well, because the
available space for new controls was readily apparent.
The shared groups contained only the most basic scripts, usually a
one-liner that called a handler. For example, each button has a "doX"
handler call such as "doLookup" or "doNavFwd".
The "doX" handler itself was in a backscript loaded by the main launcher
stack, the one that becomes the app. This script is always in use and it
controls virtually everything no matter what stack is currently loaded
from the server.
This has been working very well for us for some years now. To make
changes, all you need to do is edit the backscript and release a new
launcher app version. The content stacks never need to change.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected]
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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