Standalone Build Problem

[Mike Bonner]

Also, you can have your stack with its logic in a web server and pop up the
stack from there too, then have the splashstack save it wherever, as well
as check for updated stacks on the server.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yep, a substack can't be a mainstack too.
>
> To make this work, its simple enough to just add the stack that has all
> your logic and substacks to the files pane, and add code to your
> splashstack stack that looks for and loads it. (go stack "path/to/stack")
>
> Somewhere around here I have a launcher stack that I have used that I can
> drag and drop stack files on.  It adds their path to the list, and from
> that point I can use it to run whatever stack I wish. The same logic
> applies. As long as your splashstack knows where to find a stack, and as
> long as it has the right inclusions for whatever you are doing with your
> stack, it should be able to open it.
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> So I am creating a standalone for the first time, and I am trying to use
>> a splash stack. Taking the advice of others I have added a data grid to the
>> splash stack so that the data grid library get added. Now when I attempt to
>> set the mainstack of the actual stack that contains all the business logic,
>> it fails. I think I might know why, but I’ll ask to be sure.
>>
>> The actual application stack has a number of substacks already. I am
>> thinking that a substack cannot itself contain other substacks. If this is
>> true, I will have to break out all of my other stacks as single files, then
>> add them as substacks to the mainstack.
>>
>> If this is true, I can see why new users have problems creating
>> standalones at first. It is a rather convoluted way of going about things.
>> If not, then I am at a loss to know why I cannot set the mainstack property
>> of a given stack.
>>
>> I have also tried using the message box:
>> set the mainStack of stack "Forms Generator" to "Forms Generator Splash”
>>
>> I get:
>> Script compile error:
>> Error description:
>>
>> Bob S
>>
>>
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