Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-06 Thread Gregory Lypny
Thanks for the heads-up, Mark. I’ll look into the plug in. Gregory On Tue, Sep 6, 2011, at 1:00 PM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > Hi Gregory, > > You need to send the entire Windows folder to your users. This includes the > separate stack files, referenced files if there are

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-06 Thread Gregory Lypny
Thanks everyone, I get it. Windows builds pretty much need the whole thing. I don’t like the stack files sitting there though. I think I will turn them into sub-stacks and have users save their data to text files. Regards, Gregory ___ use-livecode

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-06 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Gregory, You need to send the entire Windows folder to your users. This includes the separate stack files, referenced files if there are any, and the externals folder. You might leave out the externals folder if you really want to. If you prefer to send just one file, you could use the Insta

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-06 Thread Ian Wood
On 6 Sep 2011, at 13:05, Roger Eller wrote: > As I mentioned before, an app bundle on a Mac is really just a folder filled > with subfolders. If you copy one to either Windows or Linux, you can easily > look around. On a Mac, right-click and choose 'View package content' to see the folder con

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-06 Thread Roger Eller
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:24 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > On 09/06/2011 09:00 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > >> On 9/5/11 10:20 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: >> >>> Björnke, >>> >>> Excuse my ignorance. I guess it's a matter of terminology. So what are >>> they called? >>> >> >> Externals are like H

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/06/2011 09:00 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 9/5/11 10:20 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: Björnke, Excuse my ignorance. I guess it's a matter of terminology. So what are they called? Externals are like HyperCard XCMDs. They are usually written in a lower-level language, and add a specific

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-05 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/5/11 10:20 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: Björnke, Excuse my ignorance. I guess it's a matter of terminology. So what are they called? Externals are like HyperCard XCMDs. They are usually written in a lower-level language, and add a specific functionality to the LiveCode engine. The zip

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-05 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Björnke, Excuse my ignorance. I guess it's a matter of terminology. So what are they called? TIA, Joe Lewis Wilkins Architect On Sep 5, 2011, at 6:53 PM, Björnke von Gierke wrote: >> the app may create externals that need to be saved in that folder in the >> course of its being used > > tha

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-05 Thread Roger Eller
2011/9/5 Björnke von Gierke > > the app may create externals that need to be saved in that folder in the > course of its being used > > that is not how externals work. > I think Joe may be thinking this folder is for the app to write its own "external data", which is not that folders purpose at

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-05 Thread Björnke von Gierke
> the app may create externals that need to be saved in that folder in the > course of its being used that is not how externals work. -- Watch live presentations every Saturday: http://livecode.tv Use an alternative Dictionary viewer: http://bjoernke.com/bvgdocu/ Chat with other RunRev devel

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-05 Thread Roger Eller
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: > Roger, I agree, but I suppose that the app may create externals that need > to be saved in that folder in the course of its being used, so I would leave > it alone and include it even though it is empty. > > Joe Lewis Wilkins > Architect

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-05 Thread Roger Eller
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Gregory Lypny wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I’m am Mac user who doesn’t know much, if anything, about Windows. I’ve > just built a standalone for Mac and Windows and I’d like to confirm what it > is I need to provide to Windows users. The Standalone Builder produce

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-05 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Roger, I agree, but I suppose that the app may create externals that need to be saved in that folder in the course of its being used, so I would leave it alone and include it even though it is empty. Joe Lewis Wilkins Architect On Sep 5, 2011, at 5:31 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > On Mon, Sep 5, 20

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-05 Thread Roger Eller
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: > Hi Greg, > > Since you need everything in the Window's Folder to make your standalone > run on Windows, you're going to have to give the users the whole thing. As I > recall, this has always been one of the gripes about Windows apps. They'

Re: Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-05 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Hi Greg, Since you need everything in the Window's Folder to make your standalone run on Windows, you're going to have to give the users the whole thing. As I recall, this has always been one of the gripes about Windows apps. They're just not very "neat". (smile) Sometimes the Mac versions may

Question About Windows Standalone

2011-09-05 Thread Gregory Lypny
Hello everyone, I’m am Mac user who doesn’t know much, if anything, about Windows. I’ve just built a standalone for Mac and Windows and I’d like to confirm what it is I need to provide to Windows users. The Standalone Builder produced a folder called Windows. Inside of it is a folder called