Unusual occurrence - An OS X prob not a Rev prob

Devin Asay devin_asay at byu.edu
Thu Jul 22 14:10:32 EDT 2004


On Jul 22, 2004, at 9:41 AM, Marian Petrides wrote:

> On Jul 22, 2004, at 11:25 AM, Marian Petrides wrote:
>>
>> Also, in the process of trying 2.5 out I had the following unusual 
>> (but reproducible) occurrence.   Run 2.5b1 in Mac OS X 10.3.4.  
>> Create a new mainstack with one field and one button. Verify that the 
>> only stack present in Application Browser is the new stack (call it 
>> TestStack). Save Test Stack.  Then save TestStack as standalone. Quit 
>> Rev.
>>
>> Run standalone:  works fine, one field one button AOK
>>
>> Double-click on TestStack.Rev (non-standalone file).  IDE opens with 
>> TestStack in foreground and an entirely different stack (the main 
>> stack for the project I just completed) behind it.  What gives??? Why 
>> is this happening?  A bug or something I missed doing when I created 
>> the
>
> Figured this out at last.  It isn't a Rev thing, it's an OS X thing.  
> Somehow the default app for Rev files got set to be my splash screen 
> standalone and not Rev 2.x.  Bizarre, since I KNOW I never set it up 
> this way, but... this is a non-issue (phew!).

This reminds us how important it is to choose a unique Creator Type for 
Mac applications of all flavors (Classic and X.) Assigning a unique 
creator type to each standalone app should prevent this, ehm, feature 
from happening. Don't forget to register your creator type with Apple 
to avoid conflicts with other apps.

Devin

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University



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