Hi all,
I am teaching a trial course in developing instructional applications
using Revolution to 14 university students. We're two weeks into the
course and all is going smoothly.
I am giving an assignment today in which each student opens a class
album stack that is stored on a file server, accessible to both Mac
and Windows users. Each student is to open the stack for editing,
create a new card, import a scanned photo of themselves onto that
card (Import as Control > Image File), and fill in some fields with
information about themselves on that same card.
Here is my question:
I know that a stack can be opened for editing simultaneously from
more than one workstation--I've tested this. What will happen if
more than one person save the stack after having read the stack into
Rev and edited it? Will it corrupt the stack on the server? Is Rev
smart enough to manage multiple editors simultaneously? Is there a
way to make a stack only editable by one person at a time? (Somewhat
like unlocked HyperCard stacks behave when opened from a server--if
one person is using it no one else can open it because it's reported
as busy.)
The ideal would be for all students to be able to work on the stack
and not have to worry whether someone else is working at the same
time.
Thanks in advance for any pointers.
Devin
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Devin Asay
Humanities Research Center
Brigham Young University
