Standalone Build Problem

[Mike Bonner]

http://lessons.runrev.com/m/4071/l/17375-how-do-i-save-custom-properties-in-a-standalone-application

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 6:46 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
wrote:

> If you set all the stacks as substacks of the splash, they can't be
> modified either. The only way they can be modified is if they're separate
> stacks (or a mainstack with substacks) on disk. Basically everything in the
> standalone file is permanent.
>
> On June 2, 2015 6:47:38 PM CDT, Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com>
> wrote:
> >The problem is, then the mainStack cannot be modified, and it needs to
> >be. I set properties in the mainStack. I have settings cards in the
> >mainStack. And besides, I want to eventually have a cool splash screen
> >with a custom shape. It’s called Forms Generator, and I envisioned a
> >generator or maybe something like a grinder with large PDF, Word and
> >Excel icons coming out of it.
> >
> >Bob S
> >
> >
> >> On Jun 2, 2015, at 16:15 , J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
> >wrote:
> >>
> >> On 6/2/2015 4:47 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
> >>> I was thinking about how to proceed, and I realize that what I need
> >>> to do is have both stacks open, then set the mainstack of each of
> >>> what are now substacks of my app stack, to the splash stack, then
> >set
> >>> the mainstack of my primary app stack to the splash stack.
> >>
> >> I'm not sure there's much point in using the splash method in this
> >case since it's all just one file anyway and changes can't be saved --
> >unless, maybe, you just want a splash image on startup and you don't
> >want that card in the way later on. But if you don't care about a
> >startup screen, I think I'd just compile the main stack into the
> >standalone.
> >>
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> >> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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> >>
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