Standalone saving

[Jim Bufalini]

Hi Craig,

> I cannot save a standalone.

This is true ;-)

> In Rev, I have a mainstack "A" with two substacks "B", and "C". I am
> trying
> to make a standalone of this file, and be able to save stuff on "B".
> The file
> seems correct, both "B" and "C" give "A" as their mainstack if I ask,
> and the
> file is definitely "A".
> 
> I make the standalone. I get a file "A". No dialogs, nothing fancy.
> 
> I use the stack "A", as recommended, as an introductory screen and go
> right
> to "B". I add data to a field on "B". Nothing I do seems to save the
> data on
> "B". If I close the standalone and then reopen, all my data is lost. I
> invoke
> all sorts of "save" commands all over the file, especially in "B".
> Nada.
> 
> Dammit.

Don't make stack B a substack of A because then it is part of the
standalone. Make it a separate mainstack and then from stack A go invisible
to stack B when your standalone launches. Now you can save stack B. Don't
forget to close stack B on exit of stack A.

Aloha from Hawaii,

Jim Bufalini