Marian, Yeah, i know :-)
I too have issues with the E-docs (I have the printed docs to help me there). So asking questions is a good thing and I encourage that. But again, 'Some' reading (perusing) is always going to be necessary especially coming from another language.
I hope I wasn't rude but rather just trying to point him in that direction. I think he came from C(C++) and Rev has an intro that describes just what he wanted to do for C(C++) programmers new to REV.
In His and my defense, there are a lot of things that are not clear in the docs no matter how much we read them. And for that I empathize with Dave, completely.
Tom
On Apr 14, 2004, at 4:18 PM, Marian Petrides wrote:
Tom
In Dave's defense, I too have trouble finding what I need in the dox sometimes. Lack of an index is one issue, lack of a comprehensive book like Danny Goodman's that takes you from start to finish in words of one phoneme is another. Dan's book may eventually address the second issue, but we only have part 1 right now. The material may be there, but if you don't know where to look, it might as well not be there.
This is NOT a flame about the dox. It is a statement that the blind (me) sometimes need some direction in finding the correct door to enter--which is a vital function of this list.
And, I for one am very glad Dave asked his questions because I learned about things I never would have thought to explore --in the form of suggested solutions to the problem he posed.
Marian
On Apr 14, 2004, at 4:04 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:
Dave,
This is all written down in the docs. Creating a standalone and then how to save it is using a splash screen app is documented.
You have to do 'some' reading to get up to speed in any new programming tool and the same applies here with REV. I too am learning and have been pointed to the docs time and again 'until' I too started reading them.
I only say this because it will cut down on your frustration and make your questions easier to answer on the list.
HTH
Tom
On Apr 14, 2004, at 2:37 PM, David Burgun wrote:
Hi All,
You could have a two stack system: the app. stack and the interface stack.
If the user clicks on the app., it goes to the interface stack.
If the user clicks on the interface stack it "starts using" the app. stack.
No matter what the user does he/she ends up in the interface stack, which can
be changed and saved.
Paul Looney
Ahhhh, this sounds more like what I want!
But how do I set this up? At the moment I have a "Stack" that contains all my GUI elements. From what you are saying I assume that's I'd need a shell that forms the standalone, this could just display a Splash Screen and then issue the "start using" command on the Main GUI.
Question:
Do I just locate the GUI stack in the same folder as the Standalone and if so can I use the "Copy Files" panel of the "Standalone Application Settings" to do this or do I have to move/copy it manually each time?
However they get there, I am assuming that I will have the following files in the Standalone folder:
StandaloneApp InitialGUI.rev
So the user double clicks the Standalone which displays it's splash screen and then checks for a file called "NewGUI.rev" (which won't exist the first time) and if the file doesn't exist, copies the file "InitialGUI.rev" into "NewGUI.rev".
Either way, it then issues a "start using NewGUI.rev" command".
The copy code is to allow the user to reset back to the factory settings if need be, all that need be done is for the "NewGUI.rev" to be moved or renamed or deleted and upon the next launch, the factory defaults are back in place.
More questions:
Does the NewGUI.rev Stack I create have a main stack and sub-stacks as normal?
If not, how do I set it up?
If so, when I issue a "save this stack" command does it save all stacks and the mainStack?
Thanks a lot for your time, this looks like the best approach for what I want to do. I just want to be sure it can do what I want before I start re-arranging my stack files again!
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