Automated setup file uploaded

[Tariel Gogoberidze]

On Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:08:47 +0200  Klaus Major wrote:

>> 1) what should be the trigger to write IDE stack positions to
>> file?  shutdownRequest in Home stack? )
>
> I think "mctools" will be the candidate for writing prefs.
> The user might close the home stack to gain screen space before
> quitting MC.
>
>> 2) What should be the trigger to read external file ? (preOpenStack
>> in "McTools.mc" and "home" stacks?
>
> "home" sounds good, since this will be loaded first anyway.

and later answering  Robert Brenstein ..

>> Do we really want to modify Home stack?

> No, we don't :-)
> That was just a (obviously too) quick idea, since many folks will use
> their own and probably modified "home" stack...

OK Klaus, I'll leave write / read triggers and saving place for you to 
decide. You are the list Poobah after all :)

As for script I posted yesterday which is using OpenStacks to register 
stack locations on ShutDown, it's no good because during the session 
developer may open, position and then CLOSE any of IDE stacks and 
querying OpenStacks on shutDownRequest would not allow to register all 
changes in stack Locations.

The script below has more general approach. It takes about 0.5-1 sec to 
register ALL IDE stack positions and about 1-1.5 sec to restore them. 
If you guys can leave with such delay,  the script below may be 
considered....

on RememberIDEstacksPositions
  -- put the milliseconds into tTime
   lock messages
   put "McHome.mc" & cr & the substacks of stack "McHome.mc" & cr & \
       "McTools.mc" & cr & the substacks of stack "McTools.mc" & cr & \
       "McHelp.mc" & cr & the substacks of stack "McHelp.mc" into 
tIDEstacksList
   repeat for each line L in tIDEstacksList
     put L &","& the rect of stack L & cr after tPositionsList
   end repeat
   unlock messages
   put StoragePositionsPath () into FL
   put tPositionsList into url ("file:"&FL)
--  put the milliseconds - tTime
end RememberIDEstacksPositions



on RestoreIDEstackPositions
   put StoragePositionsPath () into FL
   if there is a file FL then
   --  put the milliseconds into tTime
     put url ("file:"&FL) into tPositions
     put the windowBoundingRect into tMonitorRect
     lock messages
     repeat for each line L in tPositions
       put item 1 of L into tStack
       if there is a stack tStack then
         set the rect of stack tStack to (item 2 to 5 of L)
         -- if user changed resolution or monitor
         if (the left of stack tStack) + 10 > item 3 of tMonitorRect then
           set the left of stack tStack to the left of stack tStack - 
100 -- to make it accessable
         end if
         if the top of stack tStack > item 4 of tMonitorRect then
           set the top of stack tStack to item 4 of tMonitorRect - 100
         end if
       end if
     end repeat
     unlock messages
  --   put the milliseconds - tTime
   end if
end RestoreIDEstackPositions


function StoragePositionsPath
   set the itemDel to "/"
   return item 1 to -2 of the effective fileName of stack "home" & 
"/IDEstackPositions.txt"
end StoragePositionsPath

best regards
Tariel