Thanks Bill - you're the first name on the list! Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Bill Vlahos <bvla...@mac.com> wrote: > Pete, > > This sounds like a fantastic tool. It is difficult to track all the > little changes I make and if something gets broken I can roll back to a > previous version but recreating the changes I want to keep is hard. > > Sign me up. > > Bill Vlahos > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 22, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > > > I've been working on a tool to compare two versions of a stack file and > > display the differences and plan to make it available as shareware. I'm > > interested in some ideas about what it could do. > > > > So far, the workflow is: > > > > - Define an Application (just a name) > > - Define a version of an application (app name, version string, path to > > stack file) > > - Specify an app version and have the tool load info about it > > - Repeat previous step for other app versions > > - Request comparison of two versions of the same Application > > > > The compare tool allows selection of differences of objects, scripts, and > > properties. In each case you can request things in V1 that are not in > V2, > > things that are in V2 that are not in V1, or things that are in both > > versions but different in each one. For properties, you can further > select > > either built-in or custom properties, or both. > > > > For scripts, I'm just listing the objects whose scripts qualify. When a > > scipt is present in both versions, I plan to allow selection of an > object's > > script, display both versions of it , and also hand them off to a diff > run > > to list the differences. I know I can make that work on OS X, not sure > how > > to do it on Windows or Linux. > > > > For datagrids, I ignore all controls (but record the dgProps of the > > datagrid) but record the the objects, scripts, and properties of the > > datagrid's row template. > > > > It handles password protected stacks by givingh you thr choice of > ignoring > > them or prompting for the password. > > > > If you have any ideas about other things I could implement, please let me > > know. I have a feeling it would be possible to recreate a stack file > but I > > also have a feeling that would be opening up a huge can of worms so not > > planning on going down that road just yet! > > > > I'll be looking for a few folks to do some beta testing on it for me > soon. > > > > Pete > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
