Re: Can a substack icon in a standalone be rendered invisible?

[Stgoldberg at aol.com]

Hi Chipp,
Thanks for the suggestion.   However, where can I obtain documentation about 
how to set up "libraries or special biz logic windows" in order to save   data 
in that way, instead of including a substack in the standalone?   Thanks.
Steve Goldberg

In a message dated 8/17/05 11:06:49 PM, 
use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com writes:


> From: Chipp Walters <chipp at chipp.com>
> Subject: Re: Can a substack icon in a standalone be rendered
>     invisible?
> To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> Message-ID: <4303D5B9.2090105 at chipp.com>
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> Hi Steve,
> 
> If I were you, I'd just not include the subStack in the Standalone build
> process, then just open it when you need if from your standalone. I
> never use the 'put substacks in separate folders' feature of standalone
> builder. My substacks are always either libraries, or special biz logic
> windows, never data storage stacks. IMO, it's important to keep content
> and biz logic separate, which is about 180 degrees off of what standard
> card based stack databases do. When you mix them both, you risk a whole
> new level of possible bugs which can be introduced.
> 
> You can always get the filepath to the standalone by using the address
> function.
> 
> best,
> Chipp
> 
> Stgoldberg at aol.com wrote:
> > Once again I'd like to approach the great minds on the Revolution forum.  
> > Hopefully, someone can offer a suggestion for the following issue:
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> > I used   Revolution in Mac OS X to create   a standalone in which I'd like
> > the user to be able to save data.   Since standalone's do not normally 
> save
> > data, I included a substack and checked off the "Move substacks into 
> individual
> > stackfiles" checkbox in the File Standalone settings.   This works fine, 
> except
> > that the standalones for Windows and for Mac OS 9 show the substack on the
> > hard drive.   (The standalone for OS X is no problem since it is built as 
> a
> > single icon)   I'm concerned that the presence of two icons on Windows and 
> OS 9 may
> > confuse the user, since it may not be obvious which icon to click on, the
> > mainstack icon or the substack icon.
> >
> > Is there a way in which the substack icon can be made invisible in both 
> the
> > Windows and OS 9 versions?   I tried putting the substack in a separate 
> folder
> > by checking off the "Create folder for stackfiles" option in the 
> Standalone
> > Application Settings, to get the substack out of view.   Also, I renamed 
> the
> > substack to something utterly boring that would not induce the reader to 
> click on
> > it.   (I tried checking off the "Rename stackfiles generically" option but
> > this caused an error message in trying to save as a standalone).   It 
> would be
> > nice if the substack icon could just be invisible.   Is this possible?  
> > Thanks.
> > Steve Goldberg
>