"Save" on Linux, not on Mac, Win

Ken Ray kray at sonsothunder.com
Mon Dec 5 21:09:19 EST 2005


On 12/5/05 7:38 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:

> Alex Tweedly wrote:
>> Jerry Muelver wrote:
>> 
>>> My first Rev app, being developed on Linux with Rev 2.2.1, saves and
>>> reads a data file. On Windows XP, with Dreamcard Player running the
>>> stack, the program goes through the motions of saving when called to,
>>> but nothing gets saved. On Mac, with Player, the file gets saved, but
>>> can't be opened by the program -- "answer file" dialog shows the file
>>> grayed out, and not selectable. I use "ask file" to SaveAs originally,
>>> direct "open file" for in-progress saves, and "answer file" to open or
>>> re-open the file.
>>> 
>> Doesn't seem likely, but ...
>> 
>> In the Player, are you sure you are running in non-secure mode ?
>> 
>> The Player, by default, is in secure mode, and cannot write to the disk
>> or access the network. The preferences are available by clicking the
>> RunRev logo at top right of the window.
>> 
> 
> It's very likely, actually. Player ships with secure mode turned on by
> default, for the protection of the user. I was about to suggest exactly
> what you said.

If you want to avoid all the secure mode stuff, you can use StackRunner
instead of DreamCard Player for Mac and Windows (sorry, I don't have a Linux
version ready yet).

More info at:

http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/downloads/StackRunner.htm

HTH,

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com




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