Standalone - Using stack as DB
Richard Gaskin
ambassador at fourthworld.com
Thu Jul 31 11:03:06 EDT 2008
Bert Shuler wrote:
> I have a main stack with 2 sub stacks.
> I use the sub stacks as a db, flipping through the cards and saving
> them on changes.
> Now when making a standalone, the save does not save the sub-stack data.
> What is the best way to use substacks for data?
As Eric noted, applications cannot modify themselves at runtime, so
you'll want to break out any savable data stacks into a separate stack file.
For more info on saving data in standalones, Sarah Reichelt has written
a very helpful tutorial on this at revJournal.com:
<http://www.revjournal.com/tutorials/saving_data_in_revolution.html>
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Richard Gaskin
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