revGoURL help

[Roger Guay]

Thanks to all for your help on this.  I think Tereza has given me what 
I need to know to proceed, but need to digest it to make it work for 
me.  Please stand by and thanks again.

Cheers, Roger


> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:48:54 -0600
> From: Tereza Snyder <tereza at attainmentcompany.com>
> Subject: Re: revGoURL help
> To: "use-revolution at lists.runrev.com"
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> Message-ID: <BBD00FD6.CFC4%tereza at attainmentcompany.com>
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> on 11.06.03 2:22 PM, Roger Guay wrote:
>
>> I now understand what Klaus and others are saying about file path
>> problems, but how can I package my standalones (Mac and PC) with a 
>> file
>> "GenHTML"  and have them able to locate and open this file?
>
> I solve the problem of packaging files, resources, and auxiliary 
> stacks with
> a RunRev/metaCard standalone by using a MacOS X bundle format for ALL
> platforms. Of course, it works AS A BUNDLE (that is, a folder that 
> looks to
> the user like an application they can double-click) only on MacOS X 
> (and
> Classic).  I put auxiliary stacks, graphics files, sound files, etc. in
> appropriate folders inside the "resources" folder, which is inside the
> "contents" folder, which is inside the bundle.
>
> In Windows, the bundle looks like a folder named "MyApp.app". I 
> install a
> shortcut for the user to click somewhere outside the bundle (maybe in 
> the
> "programs" folder). The shortcut points to the application which lives
> inside the bundle folder, in a "Win32" folder inside the "Contents" 
> folder.
>
> What this gets me is a straightforward and consistent way to calculate 
> paths
> to everything I need, on all platforms, AND a way to put the 
> application on
> a mixed Mac/Windows LAN or dual-platform CD without duplicating 
> resources.
>
> While I'm developing, I keep all the resources that will go into the 
> bundle
> in a folder named "resources" next to my to-be-made-into-a-standalone 
> stack.
> When that stack opens - in development or as a standalone - it checks 
> to see
> whether it's in a bundle (by looking for a "contents" folder) then 
> sets its
> path variables appropriately.
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> Message: 11
> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:52:33 -0500
> From: Roger.E.Eller at sealedair.com
> Subject: RE: revGoURL help
> To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
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>> on mouseUp
>>    set the itemDelimiter to "/"
>>    put (item 1 to -2 of the effective fileName of this stack)&"/" into
>> myFolderName
>>    get "file:"&myFolderName&"gen.html"
>>    revGoURL it  --- This works in Runtime but not in standalone
>> end mouseUp
>
> on mouseUp
>    set the itemDelimiter to "/"
>    put (item 1 to -2 of the effective fileName of this stack) & "/" 
> into
> myFolderName
>    put QUOTE & "file://" & myFolderName & "gen.html" & QUOTE into tUrl
>    revGoURL tUrl --- Try it this way
> end mouseUp
>
> Roger Eller
> roger.e.eller at sealedair.com
>