Saving stuff in a standalone

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Timothy Hart <Timothy_Hart at umit.maine.edu> wrote:
> Sorry to keep bugging about this but I just don't
> have it yet.  I do have the documentation even in
> print form.  I can't even get rev to write to a test
> file.  I guess that would work.  What I guess I
> would really like to do is have other stacks
> linked to my stand alone that would be able to be
> saved.  I am not sure how to do this though.  Any
> help would be appreciated.  Thank.
> 
> -Tim
> 

Hi Tim,

When you build a stand-alone, you decide which stacks
are bundled into the application, and which remain
outside of the bundle (usually inside that 'data'
directory proposed by the Distribution Builder).
>From within your application, you can _not_ save
changes to the internal stacks ; this is not permitted
by the operating systems.

However, you can save changes to the external stacks
by using the 'save stack' command (look that one up in
the dictionary).
Moreover, these external stacks are not saved
autmoatically when your application closes, so you
_have_ to use the command.

Hope this helped,

Jan Schenkel.


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