using stacks on multiple computers

[J. Landman Gay]

John Vokey wrote:
> Jacqueline,
>   I routinely use dynamic path allocation (i.e., relative to the  
> stack).  For example, to set the path to the folder "data" in the  same 
> folder as the stack, I routinely use (in Metacard/RR):
>   --
>   --  Get/Set Paths
>   --
>   put the filename of this stack into thePath
>   set the itemdelimiter to "/"
>   delete the last item of thePath
>   put thePath&"/data/" into datapath
> 
> But, although this approach works with Metacard and RR, it doesn't  work 
> with DreamCard (at least, not DreamCard Player); I believe the  archives 
> of this list document this fact.

Seems to work here okay. I just made a test stack and copied your script 
into it, with this addtion at the end:

put datapath into fld 1

That way I could see what path was constructed. Wen I dropped the stack 
onto DC Player and executed the script, I got the right path.

Maybe what you are experiencing is the inability of DC Player to 
read/write files when secure mode is turned on (which is the default 
setting in Player.) Even though the path is correct, no files can be 
read from or written to until that setting is turned off. Could that be 
what is happening?

You can turn off secureMode by launching Player and clicking the Rev 
icon at the upper right of the window. Then quit and relaunch, and you 
should be able to read/write to files. However, this doesn't help anyone 
you may send your stacks to -- until they perform the same action on 
their copy of Player.


> On 1-Feb-06, at 2:17 AM, use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:
> 
>> John Vokey wrote:
>>
>>> A common problem with DreamCard is that the file paths are not  the  
>>> same
>>> as MetaCard/RR.  So, if your stack loads images or other stacks,  it
>>> will fail to locate them if you use dynamic path allocation.
>>
>>
>> I haven't had any trouble so far...how are they different? Is there
>> something I should be watching for?
>>
>> -- 
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
> 
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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com