new plugin...altCleanStack Clean Up Your stacks and save up to 58%!

[Chipp Walters]

Hey all,

Monte just poked his head in from Australia, and found a bug in 
altCleanStack which can delete custom profiles (if you use them). I'm 
fixing it currently and will post the fix in a few...

chipp

Chipp Walters wrote:

> New AltCleanStack plugin...
> 
> I've run this on many of my existing stacks to reduce the filesize and 
> have saved up to 58%. Running it on Hemingway alone saved over 640K (46%)
> 
> Of course, like all existing altPlugins...it's free.
> 
> http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/altPluginDownload/Downloads.htm
> 
>  From the website:
> 
> This plugin allows you to remove custom Rev properties in order to 
> reduce the filesize of stacks which are not to be included in 
> standalones. The distribution builder automatically does these things 
> for standalones.
> 
> Answers to Frequently Asked Questions:
> 
> What does this really do?
> 
> Rev creates a custom property set called cREVGeneral for each stack, 
> card and control. This set contains property values used by the IDE. 
> When a developer builds a standalone, this property set is 
> systematically removed as the standalone no longer needs access to IDE 
> property sets. One of the properties in cREVGeneral is "the script" and 
> it contains the htmlText of the script for that object. This is done so 
> that users who choose to colorize their scripts, can quickly access them 
> later. The size for this property is greater than the actual script 
> size, so if you have a stack with many lines of code, this property can 
> dramatically increase your stack size.
> 
> Can I still edit my stack in the RunRev IDE?
> 
> Certainly! If you altClean your stack and remove the cREVGeneral prop 
> sets, you can still edit you stack and run it in the IDE as you normally 
> would. Rev will just add the cREVGeneral to any control you edit -- 
> eventually growing the stack in size until it is back where you started.
> 
> If the Distribution Builder already deletes the cREVGeneral prop set, 
> then why do I care?
> 
> Some people distribute stacks outside of the standalone. These stacks 
> don't need the cREVGeneral prop set and can be reduced in size 
> significantly. In my case, I use a splash screen standalone which 
> downloads the latest version of a stack from the web. The size of the 
> stack on the web is reduced condsiderably by 'altCleaning' it.
> 
> Will AltClean remove any other RunRev custom prop sets which may effect 
> my project?
> 
> No, it doesn not affect other custom prop sets or other profiles. The 
> Geometry Manager and other RunRev features still work as planned.
> 
> Why did it take you so long to write this plugin?
> 
> Actually, I first learned of this issue while talking with Richard 
> Gaskin and Geoff Canyon at the Revolution Conference in San Francisco 
> MacWorld. Then Monte Goulding filled me in on exactly how to clean a 
> stack. Thanks to all of them, this plugin is now freely available.
> 
> As usual with any of our plugins, please back up your stacks! I use 
> altPluginArchive to do this. It also makes a serialized copy of a stack 
> each time it is invoked.
> 
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