Crashes with 2.8.1 dp4

[Bill Marriott]

Joe,

>I had pasted a very small picture into my last email and it was  deleted 
>before being posted, so what I said won't make much sense.  I'm coming very 
>close to giving this whole thing up as a lost cause.

Almost all mailing lists do not allow attached files. I think that extremely 
small attachments actually do have a chance of making it through on this 
one, but the "best practices" for mailing list discussions in general are 
that you link to your image after uploading it to a web server. Alternately, 
you can post a bug in the Quality Control Center, attach an image to that, 
and link to the bug report here. Another option is to use the web-based 
RunRev forums, which allow image attachments.

>> I'm not working with a beta, but 2.8.0 the latest release, and was 
>> having an error in attempting to build a standalone. I've reverted  back 
>> to an earlier copy and started rebuilding the stack, and it  seems to be 
>> working again; though now I'm having a problem creating  a path for my 
>> external files.

I notice that you are not on the Rev Open Beta distribution list. This is a 
very useful way to see how the software is progressing and to make sure 
you're up-to-speed on any changes before they reach retail production. (Of 
course there is the change you'll encounter new bugs, as well.) Since the 
retail release of 2.8.0, we've already fixed more than 100 problems. I 
invite you to apply at:

http://support.runrev.com/beta_test.php

The reason why this particular beta test initiative is so important is that 
Rev is preparing version 2.9, which it will release as a no-cost update to 
everyone who purchased/had a maintenance agreement on or after February 1, 
2006. The goal is to have the best-performing, most-robust release of 
Revolution ever. Joining the beta test and reporting the issues you 
encounter is the best way to ensure those can be addressed.

- Bill