Re: save data on cards in standalone app

On 2/19/11 8:23 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: But it's OK to use a hair dryer in the bathtub in the IDE, that's the problem! Okay, I laughed. :) But actually, it isn't. The IDE opens all your files as document stacks. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive So

Re: save data on cards in standalone app

Wow, I never thought of that! That's a big problem. Fortunately for me, I made the decision to use SQL databases to store all my data once I ran into these issues so they're not a problem any more. I'll be showing off some of the tools I've developed to link LC and SQL in the Livecode Live v

Re: save data on cards in standalone app

But it's OK to use a hair dryer in the bathtub in the IDE, that's the problem! Pete Haworth On Feb 19, 2011, at 6:00 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 2/19/11 12:41 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> Having been bitten by this myself, I will admit that it's a pet peeve >> of mine that this while issue

Re: save data on cards in standalone app

On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 3:00 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 2/19/11 12:41 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> Having been bitten by this myself, I will admit that it's a pet peeve >> of mine that this while issue of the inability to save data in a >> standalone isn't emphasised a hell of a lot more in t

Re: save data on cards in standalone app

On 2/19/11 12:41 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: Having been bitten by this myself, I will admit that it's a pet peeve of mine that this while issue of the inability to save data in a standalone isn't emphasised a hell of a lot more in the LC documentation. Possibly because it's one of those things t

Re: save data on cards in standalone app

On Feb 19, 2011, at 6:40 PM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: > I have seen several replies to your post which seem totally > confusing, as a response to your question. > > You cannot save data in a stack which you have compiled > into a standalone .exe or .app (PC or Mac). > > However, you CAN save

Re: save data on cards in standalone app

Hi from Beautiful Brittanny, Hi John, I have seen several replies to your post which seem totally confusing, as a response to your question. You cannot save data in a stack which you have compiled into a standalone .exe or .app (PC or Mac). However, you CAN save data in a stack with the suffix

Re: save data on cards in standalone app

Thanks for all the great answers. I think I understand but still have some reading and experimenting to do :) Send from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2011, at 19:41, Peter Haworth wrote: > > > On Feb 19, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> This may seem like a curmudgeonly distinction, but

Re: save data on cards in standalone app

On Feb 19, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > This may seem like a curmudgeonly distinction, but we see this often enough > that it's a source of confusion: I don't think it's curmudgeonly at all Richard! Having been bitten by this myself, I will admit that it's a pet peeve of mine

Re: save data on cards in standalone app

On Feb 19, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Klaus on-rev wrote: > please keep in mind that only users with admin rights are allowed write (save > stacks) > in the "Application" folder (or where apps get installed by default)! The part in the article about saving to the user's documents folder is handy to kn

Re: save data on cards in standalone app

Hi Colin, > > On Feb 19, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> That said, it's still easier to work with this in LiveCode than it is in >> nearly any other RAD tool - Sarah Reichelt has you covered here: >> >> > >

Re: save data on cards in standalone app

Colin Holgate wrote: > As best I can tell, and it seems to work, you would go into the > application settings, Stacks area, and check the box that says > "Move substacks into individual stackfiles". Having done that, > you can then do a save of any substack. > > In my quick test of that, I have a

Re: save data on cards in standalone app

On Feb 19, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > That said, it's still easier to work with this in LiveCode than it is in > nearly any other RAD tool - Sarah Reichelt has you covered here: > > I was about to point to t

Re: save data on cards in standalone app

John Allijn wrote: I created a stack, just the way I used to do it in hypercard. Basic cards with a next and a prev button and a few text-fields to enter text into. All looks nice and I can tunr it into a mac/win application. Entering text in the standalone also works great, but when I exit the

save data on cards in standalone app

Hi, I created a stack, just the way I used to do it in hypercard. Basic cards with a next and a prev button and a few text-fields to enter text into. All looks nice and I can tunr it into a mac/win application. Entering text in the standalone also works great, but when I exit the application an