Currently, if you save a stack with version 7 of LiveCode and try and open it with version 6.6.1 (for example) you get the message:
"Unable to open stack: Stack is corrupted, check for ~ backup file." Could Rev not get LiveCode to read the version number off the stack when it tried to open it and report back a different message if you're trying to open a stack that appears to come from a later, incompatible version of LiveCode. This is especially important when we have so many versions of LiveCode that are current and it is easy to make a mistake and save the stack with a test version. Of course they can't retro-fit version 5 et al, but all the currently in progress versions and any future versions could have this feature. The message you get could be something along the lines of: "This stack cannot be opened by this version of LiveCode. It was most recently saved by a version of LiveCode newer than this one." That would help people figure out what the problem was… What do people think? On 28 May 2014, at 14:54, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > Paul Foraker wrote: >> When I opened a couple of large stacks I use every day in the "stable" >> version of 7.0 CE, both stacks got corrupted on the first save. This >> happened twice in a row, so I've now gone back to 6.5.2. > > I had a client recently refer to a "stable" build of 7.0, but everything I > can find refers to it as "DP", with "Stable" used only for final versions, > the most recent of which is 6.6.1: > <http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/> > > Where are people seeing any pre-release build labeled "stable"? > > Stack file corruption has historically been extremely rare, esp. compared to > other xTalks - I'd like to see it stay that way. I hope anyone experience > what appears to be corruption has filed a bug report so the team can be > alerted to this most critical issue. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Phil Jimmieson p...@liverpool.ac.uk (UK) 0151 795 4236 Computer Science Dept., Liverpool University, Ashton Building, Ashton Street Liverpool L69 3BX http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~phil/ I used to sit on a special medical board... ...but now I use this ointment. _______________________________________________ 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
