Arrays and custom properties

Jan Schenkel janschenkel at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 5 12:46:01 EDT 2003


--- Steve Gehlbach <steve at nexpath.com> wrote:
> Jan Schenkel wrote:
> 
> > When using custom properties to store data in a
> stack,
> > I usually follow this strategy :
> > - 1 table = 1 custom property set
> > - each record is broken up into its fields
> > - 1 field = 1 custom property within the above set
> > - the key of the custom property is composed of
> the
> > primary key and the field name
> 
> > "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more
> foolish at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)
> > 
> 
> The last sentence may be the most important.  At the
> risk of asking a 
> really dumb question, are you saying that the user
> data, when entered, 
> is saved to the .rev file?  Is this also true for a
> distribution file? 
> Which means that RR is modifying an executable file?
> I am struggling a 
> little with this concept; maybe I have completely
> missed the point.
> 
> -Steve
> 

Hi Steve,

You can't save data inside a stand-alone. However, you
can save the data in a separate stack that you don't
include in the stand-alone.

Hope this clarified it,

Jan Schenkel.

=====
"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)

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