on standalonesaved

Jim Bufalini jim at visitrieve.com
Mon Feb 22 09:00:26 EST 2010


BTW, if your standalone names have spaces in them, be sure to use
*URLDecode(item 1 of line 1) or you won't get the exact name you expect.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Jim Bufalini
> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 3:47 AM
> To: 'How to use Revolution'
> Subject: RE: on standalonesaved
> 
> Mathias,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> > Jim,
> >
> > thanks for your answer. Maybe you know also how I can get the
> > standalone name from the standalone settings?
> >
> > Then i could create acommon script and do not have to adjust it
> > according to the standalone name.
> 
> I am not sure I understand because building a standalone is a "manual"
> process and the standalone settings are in the stack you built the
> standalone for. But, if you just want to know the name of the last
> standalone you built and using the example I gave below then...
> 
> Again set the defaultFolder to *MyRevPrograms*. This time use the
> *detailed
> folders* function to return into a variable all directories under
> MyRevPrograms. Sort the variable descending by item 4 (the Julian
> creation
> date and time of the folder) in the variable.
> 
> Now line 1 of the variable will contain something like:
> *MyLastProgramName12* in item 1 of the line. Strip off the trailing
> numbers
> of the directory name in item 1 of line 1 and you will have the
> standalone
> name of the last standalone you built.
> 
> Aloha from Hawaii,
> 
> Jim Bufalini
> 
> > Am 22.02.2010 um 13:49 schrieb "Jim Bufalini" <jim at visitrieve.com>:
> >
> > > Mathias,
> > >
> > > You wrote:
> > >
> > >> Dear all,
> > >>
> > >> i need to process the standalone files  after they were created.
> So
> > i
> > >> thought i could use 'on standalonesaved pFolder'. But pFolder only
> > >> contains the target path, which was selected in the standalone
> build
> > >> process.
> > >>
> > >> I am working under Windows. Under Windows the standalone is not
> > >> created
> > >> in that target folder directly. The standalone builder creates an
> > >> additional folder in this target folder. If i create the
> standalone
> > >> multiple times, the name of this automatic created folder is
> > numbered
> > >> consecutively.
> > >>
> > >> Is there any way to process the files in this automatic created
> > >> folder
> > >> by script?
> > >
> > > As you note, the standalone builder creates a directory under the
> > > directory
> > > you select and appends a number each time you build. Also,
> depending
> > > on if
> > > you are building for just Windows or other OSs, the EXE file you
> are
> > > looking
> > > for could be directly under this numbered directory or in a
> "Windows"
> > > subdirectory. So...
> > >
> > > Let's say the directory you select to save in is called
> > > MyRevPrograms and
> > > the name of the standalone is MyProgram. Set the defaulFolder to
> > > MyRevPrograms. Use the *folders* function to return a list of
> > > folders under
> > > MyRevPrograms into a variable. Use the *filter* command to filter
> the
> > > variable with only folders with the name "MyProgram*" (note the
> > > asteric).
> > > Sort the variable descending. Line 1 of the variable will now
> > > contain the
> > > last build directory name. Append this directory (with a slash in
> > > front) to
> > > the defaultFolder.
> > >
> > > If you built for multiple OSs then you would have to append
> /Windows
> > > to
> > > this. This is where your EXE and stacks you included in the last
> > > build will
> > > be. So you should end up with something like:
> > >
> > > C:/MyRevPrograms/MyProgram8/Windows/
> > >
> > > Aloha from Hawaii,
> > >
> > > Jim Bufalini
> > >
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