Saving/importing custom controls to/from file

[Richard Gaskin]

Terry Judd wrote:

> On 9/11/10 11:51 PM, "Richard Gaskin" <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
>
>> Terry Judd wrote:
>>
>>> Seems like it might be a bit simpler if I can suck an object
>>> straight out of a networked database onto the clipboard and paste
>>> it when and where I want it. Easier to update/maintain and less
>>> hassle than loading stacks, making sure the right stack has focus
>>> and fiddling with object names and ids and the like.
>>
>>    copy <objLongId> to <destObjLongId>
>>
>> Takes any object from any stack and puts it where you want it, leaving
>> the user's Clipboard intact.
>>
>>> There are undoubtedly some interesting implications for RevMobile!
>>
>> Many uses - you can copy between standalones, for instance.  I copy
>> between Rev and MC regularly since native object persistence in the
>> public Clipboard was implemented.
>>
>> But why especially useful for RevMobile?
>
> It seems like a simple and fairly robust method for customising/modifying an
> existing application.

Maybe.  While LiveCode makes a lot of things like that easy, it remains 
to be seen exactly what Apple means by forbidding apps that modify 
themselves.

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