Saving datagrids
dunbarx at aol.com
dunbarx at aol.com
Fri Feb 18 17:58:09 EST 2011
Bob.
The DG is in a substack of the splash (main) stack. The field data saves just fine.
Craig
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com>
To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Fri, Feb 18, 2011 4:57 pm
Subject: Re: Saving datagrids
Hi Craig.
If you mean that the datagrid is in the mainstack of the standalone, I think you
will find that NO data ANYWHERE is saved in that stack. The mainstack becomes a
part of the standalone, and as such is read only. No way around this. Not for
LiveCode standalones, not for Microsoft Word docs (if they were made into
standalones that is).
The ONLY way to have data in a stack persistent between standalone sessions is
to make the stack either a substack of some other mainstack (like a splash
stack) or else a supporting file, in which case it will get put in a folder
inside the standalone bundle (for mac) and I don't know where Windows will put
it, but the upshot is, the standalone will act like a runtime engine when it
opens your now editable substack.
Bob
On Feb 18, 2011, at 11:28 AM, DunbarX at aol.com wrote:
>
>
> This came up in the forum, trouble saving a datagrid in a standalone. I
glibly told the original poster that there should not be any issue.
>
>
> To test I made a splash stack and a substack; the usual. The substack has a
datagrid, a field and a button. The button put random numbers
> into both the datagrid (via setting the dgText) and the field. The stacks are
saved on closeStack.
>
>
> After making the standalone, clicking the button loads data. But only the
field data is saved. I checked back in the standalone
> settings, and wonder if either I am missing something there, or datagrids do
not save at all. The forum thread had evolved to having to save the
> datagrid data in an external file, and reloading next session. That seems
unfair.
>
>
> Craig Newman
>
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