This is great. I joined the yahoo group. The files section has lots of stuff, nice. There is a database of image ID's and a database of namespace prefixes also but I don't see any easy way to add new things to those databases.
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com>wrote: > william humphrey wrote: > >> Has anyone built a preferences stack which can be used in any livecode app >> and which checks on start-up specialfolderpath("preferences") to see if >> the >> file is there and creates it if not? I just noticed an app in Apple's new >> app store which views the preferences file for any application (they are >> all >> xml files with .plist) and wondered if someone has built a stack which >> adheres to this standard that everyone can use in their applications? >> > > One of the slow-but-ongoing projects at the Rev Interoperability Group is > stdLib, a library of common handlers and functions needed by most apps. > > stdLib includes handlers to get and set prefs, both of which use a function > that returns the path to the prefs file in an appropriate place on both OS X > and Windows (needs to be extended to include Linux too). > > That function first checks if the prefs stack already exists, and if not it > creates it. > > The RIP home page is: > <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/revInterop/> > > I'll take this opportunity to draw attention to another intiative there > that's very valuable IMO but has so far garnered little active support: > > - the creation of a behavior script for fields to handle data input > validation and masking. > > The goal of RIP is to identify needs for components and tools that are > useful enough to be worth doing, and focused enough in scope that they could > actually get done. > > If you can spare any time to contribute to such things, the aim is to > release anything made there under the ultra-flexible terms of either the MIT > license or public domain, so all can benefit without concerns about > licensing for use in commercial work. > > I hope to see some of you there. Most of the current members have been so > busy on other projects that we could sure use some fresh blood. :) > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- http://www.bluewatermaritime.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode