Standalone cuts off stack

[J. Landman Gay]

On 12/20/04 4:56 PM, Martin Baxter wrote:

 >>I have a bug report in about this, but it would be helpful if anyone
 >>knew the answer while I wait for it to be addressed.
 >>
 >>I have a stack with a menubar. When I try to build a standalone from it,
 >>the bottom of the stack is cut off by the height of the menubar. This
 >>does not happen if I build in MetaCard, so the problem is apparently
 >>with the distribution builder.
 >>
 >>I have added a command line in a preopenstack handler to reset the stack
 >>size, but that doesn't work either. The stack consistently displays with
 >>the bottom edge missing. There are no scripts in the standalone that set
 >>the stack dimensions otherwise.
 >>
 >>Anyone know what causes this or how to fix it? For now, I am building in
 >>MetaCard.
 >>
 >>--
 >>Jacqueline Landman Gay
 >
 >
 > Another bug report to add to all the others :-)
 >
 > I have seen this ad nauseam with substacks that have menubars on Mac, and
 > it is a problem that has come up periodically on this list. Is your 
problem
 > with a substack or a mainstack? I have never seen this happen to a
 > mainstack.

I have seen it before with substacks too, and have submitted reports to 
Bugzilla about it. But this one is a mainstack, which is why I am 
surprised. The stack does have several substacks of its own, but they 
are not open when the standalone is made, of course.

I do not allow the distribution builder to add anything, as the stack 
does not need any of Rev's resources or libraries. It should be a very 
straightforward build. The stack has only a single card and a menu group.

 >
 > If it's the same old problem I'm thinking of. There are some workarounds,
 > but I don't think anyone has ever pinpointed the cause.
 >
 > I'm not sure about other people's workarounds but I think I've read 
in this
 > list that some people hide the menubar or else put it physically in 
another
 > stack or something.
 >
 > My workaround is more involved, but does work.
 > It involves prepping the stacks before build by opening all stacks at 
once,
 > setting the heights, saving, closing. (I then quit, relaunch and 
build but
 > that may not be relevant)

The stack was saved and closed before building. It's a puzzler.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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