Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

[simplsol at aol.com]

Mark,
What if the developer wants to use his own Creator code, so that stacks 
open with a standalone. It appears that this code is being overwritten 
when that stack is edited in Rev.?
Paul Looney
PS Thank you for responding so promptly.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Waddingham <36degrees at runrev.com>
To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:26:33 +0000
Subject: Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

   Hi Paul, 
 
 Thank you for bringing this to our attention. 
 
  I've just looked at this and it would seem that the cause is that the 
'stackFileType' global property is being inadvertently set to 'MacOS' - 
rather than 'RevoRSTK' or 'MCRDMSTK'. The 'stackFileType' global 
property (which is readable and writeable) determines the creator and 
file type codes that stacks are saved with. 
 
  (The reason for existence of this property is so that developers 
producing systems in Revolution that base their file-format on 
Revolution stacks can tie their files to their environment, rather than 
the Revolution or MetaCard IDE) 
 
 If you do: 
   set the stackFileType to "RevoRSTK" 
  in the message box on startup all stacks saved in that session should 
then have the appropriate file type and creator code set. (Of course, 
we will fix this underlying default issue - this is just to help make 
life easier for you in the mean-time). 
 
  In terms of opening stacks, then do remember you can choose to display 
'All Files', instead of just those identified by either a '.rev' 
extension, a '.mc' extension or a 'RevoRSTK', or 'MCRDMSTK' 
file/creator type. 
 
  Also, Revolution itself does not use either the extension nor the 
creator or file-type to determine whether a file is a Revolution stack 
or not. Instead, it checks the header to see if it conforms to the 
file-format. This means that the engine will attempt to load any file 
you give it as a stack file - and it will return an appropriate error 
message if it finds that it is not. 
 
 Warmest Regards, 
 
 Mark. 
 
 On 18 Feb 2006, at 02:41, simplsol at aol.com wrote: 
 
 > Jacque, 
 > My pleasure: 
 > It is now bug 3336 
 > Paul Looney 
 > 
 > -----Original Message----- 
 > From: J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> 
 > To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com> 
 > Sent: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:56:42 -0600 
 > Subject: Re: Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup 
 > 
 > simplsol at aol.com wrote: 
 > 
 > > The original 2.6.1 Type and Creator are 
 > > RSTK and Revo 
 > > After opening a stack in 2.7 the Type and Creator are converted to 
 > > STK and MacO 
 > 
  > This has got to be a bug. The plist for Rev 2.7 still lists "RSTK" > 
as the proper file type, and the creator code is still "Revo". 
 > 
  > I looked at a newly saved stack and saw that the creator was > 
"MacO" and the file type was "ST<littlebox>K". It is the incorrect > 
file type that will prevent stacks from opening, but the creator > code 
needs to be fixed as well. 
 > 
 > Can you bugzilla this for us? 
  > -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com> HyperActive 
Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com 
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