Launcher Stack and Saving

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Tue Mar 8 00:51:44 EST 2016


You'd think it should work since you followed the lesson exactly. But 
try putting the launcher stack in use before you close it. That will 
keep its resources available. Closing a stack generally removes it from 
the message path.

On 3/7/2016 3:26 PM, Randy Hengst wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I’m working for the first time with the “launcher” stack process to be able to save in a livecode stack.
>
> OSX 10.10.5 and LC 7.1.1
>
> I’ve followed this lesson:
> How do I save custom properties in a standalone application?
> http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/17375-how-do-i-save-custom-properties-in-a-standalone-application
>
> And have created a “launch” stack and “main” stack as outlined. So, this code is in the launcher:
> on openStack
>      open stack "Main Application.livecode"
>      close stack "Launcher"
> end openStack
>
> And, in the main stack I have this code
> on closeStack
>     save this stack
>     pass closeStack
> end closeStack
>
> The “main” stack opens just fine…  But, I’ve run into a couple bumps for which I haven’t found an answer in the lists or forum.
>
> First, my “answer” calls don’t work when I open the “main” stack from the launcher. They work just fine in the IDE. Nothing appears at all. The script does run as if the “answer” call isn’t there… no error, etc.
>
> Second, when I “quit” the launcher the changes made to the “main” stack are not saved. However, when I close by clicking the “red” dot of the “main” stack, the changes are saved.
>
> Finally, is it possible to place the “main” stack in the OSX package rather than having the stack in the same folder as the launcher standalone?
>
> be well,
> randy
>
> Randy Hengst
> www.classroomFocusedSoftware.com
>
>
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