Updating Data Substacks

[Chipp Walters]

Dan,

You could also store your data as XML outside or in a stack property. Use
one of the available XML libraries to read it. This has the added benefit of
being a 'portable' file format.

just a suggestion,

Chipp

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> [mailto:use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Dan Shafer
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 12:07 AM
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> Subject: Updating Data Substacks
>
>
> It just occurred to me that the RR model which requires me to create
> a separate stack to hold the data for my app might be an obstacle to
> product upgrades.
>
> My mainstack is a splasher. My substacks are a palette (which can
> change) and the primary data stack (which will change). If in my next
> rev of the product, I wish to add features (e.g., a menu or even a
> button on that stack with some new functions), I would expect to ask
> my users to replace their current stack with the new one. But that
> will, obviously, result in the loss of all their data.
>
> How should this work? What am I missing?
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