Standalone Problems for OSX and OS9 apps

[Stephen Barncard]

Thanks Sara,
no, this is not a file path problem. The files are selected by the 
standard file dialog.

And by 'template' I mean that one stack is strictly a 'template' for 
printing with no controls and fields that are stripped down with no 
scrollbars, focus or border so it will print correctly. Data are 
inserted by script prior to printing. Both platform apps print the 
text if it's already in the field.

EVERYTHING works great in the IDE in OSX.

The application builder downloaded any missing engines. But right now 
the app is useless in both platforms, for different reasons. Damn.

sqb


>>1. App is created in 2.5, using no externals, etc, all Transcript. 
>>Simple loading in of text files, parsing data to send to a second 
>>stack window for printing. There are grey cutting guide lines on 
>>the printing window (this is for simple CD labeling) and also table 
>>boundary lines which show up properly on screen and print just fine 
>>on a Laserwriter printer. Everything works in the IDE. OS 10.3.4. 
>>I'm using tab-delimited text inserted into table fields from files 
>>loaded with open and read.
>>
>>2. OSX standalone works great, except that all the greyed lines 
>>don't appear in the printed output but yet are there in the 
>>template stack. Huh?
>I don't have any great ideas about this one. Do you create a new 
>stack based on a template stack? If so, it will be it's own 
>mainStack and not inherit any properties from the original's 
>mainStack. Could this be the problem?
>>
>>3. The OS 9 stanalone is worse - the grey lines show up in print, 
>>but no text gets loaded into the table field for editing. Another 
>>button that loads text from the clipboard works, but loading from a 
>>file doesn't - only on the OS9 standalone.
>This is almost certainly a file path problem as OS 9 operates 
>differently to OS X. Does the app locate the text files itself or do 
>you use answer file to find them? if it is locating them itself, 
>then I would expect that the file path is incorrect. Build an OS 9 
>app that uses the answer file command and you will be able to see 
>exactly what the file path should be.
>
>Cheers,
>Sarah
>
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