Message path and standalones

[François Chaplais]

Le 4 août 09 à 01:35, stephen barncard a écrit :

> The 'splash screen method' is indeed a wonderful feature of Runrev,
> especially in a Macintosh standalone. And yes 'start using' works  
> fine in a
> standalone.
> But the path strategy is different for a standalone than working in  
> the IDE.
> The paths have to be specified in relation to the stack engine, not  
> the IDE
> engines and externals in their normal places on your drive.
>
> I won't run down the exact sequence of how to do it, but  a couple  
> of clues:
>
> use the 'effective filename of this stack' to get your standalones'  
> location
> (from within the running standalone code)
> and set the location of the stacks to include relative to that.  
> Relative
> addressing works.

I have tried the "insert" command (in back) in place of "start using"  
and it seems to work OK on my lil' test stack.

>
> ALSO
>
> remember you can
> open up the .app package and WORK DIRECTLY with those stacks in the
> IDE,   You don't have to rebuild the standalone each time,
> unless you add externals or need to add features from a newer  
> version of
> Runrev that wasn't there before.
>
> Not only can you edit, compile and run, you can also FIX stuff. And  
> you can
> leave the IDE idling while you test in the standalone.
>
> It's the speediest, easiest way to work.... for me at least...
>

yes, I have used it to check the attached stack in the IDE.

Thanks for your quick answer.

Cheers,
	François