Android: custom prop vs. .txt?

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Fri Jun 1 17:04:22 EDT 2012


On 6/1/12 1:46 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> J. Landman Gay wrote:
>> On 6/1/12 12:30 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>>
>>> My tip on the value of using stack files for data storage assumes that
>>> the stack file has had its filename property set to an appropriate
>>> location for writes.
>>
>> I just thought of an interesting possibility: if the stack is included
>> in the engine folder and a script sets the filename to the documents
>> folder, will that copy it there?
>>
>> If someone gets a chance to try this before I do, I'd like to know. Not
>> that it would be any faster than just using the copy or "save stack as"
>> command.
>
> I imagine it would. I often just clone a template stack and set its
> filename to whatever destination I need, then use the save command.

I was wondering if it would work without the "clone" part. I.e., since 
the engine folder can't be changed, would it just make a copy or would 
we get an error? Have to try it I guess.

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