> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:39:07 -0600 > From: "J. Landman Gay" <[email protected]> > To: How to use LiveCode <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: standalones and external files > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 2/23/11 4:59 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: >> On 2/23/11 2:59 PM, edward cawley wrote: >>> I'm still having problems with the standalones. I have tried it >>> setting my stack "KTRiver" as a standalone directly and by way of a >>> Launcher stack. In both cases the resulting apps do not access the >>> files in a Resources folder which is in the same folder with the >>> standalone app.The Launcher standalone works fine but my "KTRiver" >>> livecode stack is present and will run but none of the images , audio >>> or text fields which are in the resources file show. It acts as if >>> they can't find the "filename". >> >> I'm not sure I understand how you've set things up. Have you embedded >> all these resources into a stack? If so, your standalone needs to >> specifically open that stack so it is in the message path. >> >> But it's usually better and more reliable to just make your resources >> stack a substack of the main one before you build a standalone. Then you >> don't have to worry about it, everything is always available. You don't >> have to open anything or even show the substack. >> >> Another way is to forget about a resources stack, and move all the >> resources into files on disk. Then reference them by path in your >> scripts. For images, you'd set the filename of the image object to the >> path on disk. For audio and video, set the filename of a player object. >> That's often the best way to handle it, and is usually less memory >> intensive. >> > > On second thought, maybe you are already loading files from disk. If so, > it's most likely a path problem. How are you referencing the files? Are > you using relative paths? > Yes I am using external paths and I figured out that the standalone included a folder in the bundle but did not transfer the files into the folder. I changed the name of the folder from "resources" to "MisippFiles" and copied the files into the folder in the bundle of the standalone. It works fine now. I am testing the windows app in VM Fusion, it is working fine with the exception that the movie in a player does not run in windows. Do I have to install the quick time player into VM Fusion or use the windows media player? Thanks for the help, I was getting frustrated since it seemed that some of the files were being transferred but not all > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected] > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > > ------------------------------ > >
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