Disabled files in 2.7 - Followup

[Mark Waddingham]

Hi Paul,

As stated:
   "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"

The issue with 2.7 is that it has, by default, got its  
'stackFileType' property set to 'MacOS' - this is a bug - it should  
be (as it has been in previous versions) either 'RevoRSTK' or  
'MCRDMSTK'. As this is a global property, once it has been set to a  
different value, the IDE will use that for all stacks saved in the  
remainder of the session.

The filetype/creator code of a particular stack is not remembered by  
the IDE - instead it will replace it with the setting of 'the  
stackFileType' at the time it is next saved.

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

On 18 Feb 2006, at 17:05, simplsol at aol.com wrote:

> 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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