Mark, Thanks for commenting.
This behavior changed between version 7 (and earlier) and version 8 (and later). When I am in LC version 7 or earlier and go File menu/Open Stack I am able to select my stack named “LicenseKey.IW” without specifying “All Files”. When I am in LC version 8 or 9 on the same computer opening the same “LicenseKey.IW”, file it is grayed out on the Mac when Open Stack. On Windows the file is not visible until I select All Files. My program is correctly setting the defaultFolder but is getting the same result of not recognizing the file as a LiveCode stack when I build using LiveCode version 9.5.1. Any idea what might have changed between version 7 and 8 and how I can get the old behavior when I’m referencing the stack? Thank you, Bill Vlahos > On Dec 30, 2019, at 9:21 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 2019-12-27 22:51, Bill Vlahos via use-livecode wrote: >> List, >> Version 9.x of LiveCode doesn’t recognize stacks unless the file name >> ends with either .rev or .livecode. Previous versions (I don’t know >> when this changed) were able to. > > Nothing has changed here in any recent version. > >> I use a stack file as the Preferences file for InfoWallet but the file >> name is “LicenseKey.IW”. When I execute the following command to read >> custom properties in the stack it fails with an error. Type: Chunk: >> can't find stack >> put the uDefaultWallet of stack "LicenseKey.IW" into vDefault > > This is most likely because you haven't got the stackFiles property set up, > or the defaultFolder is not what you are expecting it to be - i.e. the engine > cannot find the stack with filename "LicenseKey.IW" relative to the current > folder. > >> I can also see this when opening a stack from LiveCode. the >> LicenseKey.IW file is greyed out unless I look for All Files when then >> opens it correctly. > > The IDE still uses the form of 'answer file' which specifies a > creator/filetype and an extension. I suspect either one of: > > A) the creator/filetype is actually recognised by more recent versions of > macOS (i.e. they are ignored completely - I don't recall a report against > Mojave, but it is entirely possible Catalina no longer supports them) > > B) The file has just lost its creator/filetype and thus is being filtered > out (this can happen if a file is archived via a format which doesn't support > these attributes, or has transmitted through an FS which doesn't). > >> How can I open the stack file in LiveCode 9.5.1 without changing the >> name of the file? > > Use All Files and select it that way, as you have been doing :) _______________________________________________ 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
