use-revolution Digest, Vol 29, Issue 58

[Alan Gayne]

Peter.
 My most sincere thanls for pointing me in the right direction on this one, and of course great genuflection to Chipp for actually creating the solution that saved my butt.

Warmest regards,
Alan Gayne

On Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 09:10PM, <use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 26
>Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:44:28 -0600
>From: "Peter T. Evensen" <pevensen at siboneylg.com>
>Subject: Re: 2.7 "corrupts" 2.6.1 stack - Help!
>To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20060221174346.16aaa2a8 at exchange.slg.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>
>The 2.7 format is different, so 2.6 won't read a stack created in 
>2.7.   Chipp created a plugin (for 2.7) to go back to the previous version:
>
>>As many of you have read, the file formats are no longer backwards 
>>compatible with the new 2.7. Thoughtfully, RunRev provided many of us beta 
>>testers with a way to force a stack to revert back to an old file format 
>>using an undocumented and unsupported global property.
>>
>>This of course is fraught with potential problems. If you use a newly 
>>introduced token in a script, chances are your new stacks would break when 
>>opening in a previous version even when using this plugin.
>>
>>But, if you're like me, and you have to go 'back and forth' (for instance 
>>our plugins must work in both environments), you really need to be able to 
>>do this. So, I wrote this plugin and thought I'd share it with the community.
>>
>>I'm not sure the reason why RR won't publish the global property to make 
>>this possible. But, in the meantime, I've written a plugin, which you can 
>>place in your 2.7 plugins folder, which will do this. I've password 
>>protected the stack so that Rev's secret global prop is still secret, and 
>>of course I provide no warranties it will work all the time, but it can be 
>>a lifesaver if you're toggling back and forth between apps.
>>
>>I also recommend using our altArchive plugin as well to maintain 
>>serialilze archived versions of your stack each time you save.
>>
>>To get the StackFormat plugin, just type into your 2.7 message box and hit 
>>return the following:
>>
>>go URL "http://www.gadgetplugins.com/altplugins/StackFormat.rev"
>
>
>
>At 05:39 PM 2/21/2006, you wrote:
>>So here I was, playing with my newly downloaded copy of 2.7.
>>
>>Stupidly, I used it to open the latest version of a very complex project 
>>on which I have been working on a long time, and for which I haven't made 
>>a recent backup.
>>
>>The mainstack opens up with only a few visual anomalies, but after closing 
>>it, it refuses to open in 2.6.1, telling me that the stack is corrupted 
>>and to try the backup.  Nor will it run in the 2.6 Player.
>>
>>Interestingly (or perversely if you view it that way), the stack WILL 
>>reopen in 2.7, but with the same few visual anomalies.
>>
>>But even a copy "saved as" will not open in 2.6.1, where I really need to 
>>continue the project.
>>
>>Has anybody experienced this, and is there any way to get back to where I 
>>can use the stack in 2.6.1?
>>
>>A positive solution will save me MANY hours of additional work, and would 
>>really be appreciated.
>>
>>I'm on a Mac Powerbook G4, running 10.3.9
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>Alan Gayne
>>_______________________________________________
>>use-revolution mailing list
>>use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>>Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your 
>>subscription preferences:
>>http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
>
>Peter T. Evensen
>http://www.PetersRoadToHealth.com
>314-629-5248 or 888-628-4588 
>