I think I missed the original post of this thread, but perhaps a "start using" command would take care of all this?
Pete On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:28 AM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > On 7/24/11 9:42 PM, Nicolas Cueto wrote: > <snip> > >> To do the above, here are my steps: >> >> STEP 1) place the following script in card 1 of AllMightyStack.exe: >> >> on openCard >> setUpFoundation >> end openCard >> >> on setUpFoundation >> put "Index-stack,Index-stack.rev"& cr& "game1,game1.rev"& cr& \ >> "game2,game2.rev"& cr& ....& cr& "animationEngine,**animationEngine.rev" >> \ >> into tStackFiles >> set the stackFiles of stack "Mainstack.exe" to tStackFiles >> ... >> open stack "Index-stack" >> hide stack "Mainstack" >> end setUpFoundation >> >> >> STEP 2) in Livecode open the property-inspector for stack >> "AllMightyStack.rev" and then in the "Stack files" panel add >> Index-Stack and all the game-stacks. After which, I save as a >> standalone. >> >> STEP 3) repeat the above two steps for Index-stack.rev >> >> Anyway, I'm guessing I don't need to do STEP 3. But now I'm also >> guessing STEP 2 is superfluous. Or is it? >> > > Stackfiles are a permanent property of a stack, so you don't need to set > them more than once. If they don't change, just set them up in the inspector > and save the stack. I think I'd only set them by script if they were > dynamically determined at launch; for example, if a script reads a folder to > determine which files are available. > > I'm not sure whether the inheritance hierachy applies to stackfiles, I > don't use them too much. It seems like it should. But if all your navigation > is done in the mainstack, then that would be the only one that needs to have > stackfiles set. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > _______________________________________________ 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
