Standalone Builder Error Dialog

[Richard Gaskin]

Monte Goulding wrote:
> I'd just like to make a quick announcement about the standalone builder 
> error dialog. When you see the dialog (the frustrating one that doesn't 
> tell you what the problem is) it means that there was an execution error 
> in the standalone builder code. At the moment I think there is only one 
> issue in 2.5.1 so I'll state the workaround below and if anyone follows 
> this workaround and still has an error please contact me directly at 
> either monte at sweattechnologies.com or monte at runrev.com.
> 
> If the filename of your stackFile is the same as the standalone name 
> entered into the standalone builder dialog it causes a conflict during 
> the build process and one file overwrites the other. This will be 
> resolved in the next version of Rev but for now there is a simple 
> workaround. Always use a .rev extension on stackFiles or have some other 
> difference between the stackFile name and the standalone name. The 
> problem would not be seen on Windows because of the .exe extension on 
> the standalone.
> 
> Cheers
> Monte Goulding
> Sweat Technologies

Thanks for the tip, Monte, and for being proactive in posting it here.

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  Richard Gaskin
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