save content of field [SOLVED]

[Klaus]

Hm, not really...

Add this line right after save... and tell us what you will read, if at all:

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save this stack
answer the result
...

[jacque]

Where is the script that does the save? If it is in the splash stack then "this stack" might be the splash. Change it to

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save stack "<stackname>" 

See if that works.

[Samuele]

Hm, not really...

Add this line right after save... and tell us what you will read, if at all:

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save this stack
answer the result
...

the result is blank:

[Samuele]

Where is the script that does the save?

it's on a button that's on a card that's on the "working" stack

[jacque]

Where is the script that does the save?

it's on a button that's on a card that's on the "working" stack

I'm having some trouble with "this stack" too in some cases. Try using the actual stack name instead of "this stack".

[dunbarx]

What Jacque said:

Try using the actual stack name instead of "this stack".

ALWAYS be explicit, and this applies elsewhere, as, for example in referring to controls. That way it does not matter where you are when you want to do something.

Craig

[Samuele]

ok thanks to all, now it works, i think that the problem was that i forgot to delete the first script that saved without the splash stack so it put something else in the folder i called in the splash stack and so all the splash stack didn't work.

[Samuele]

Hi, this is the script in the splash stack and it's creating me a problem on the PC because when it goes to the "working stack" it saves me a copy of the stack in the documents folder of my PC, so sometimes i make changes on that and sometimes i make changes on the original and that creates a problem because then i have 2 stacks of the same project but none of them is entirely upgraded.

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function isBuildingStandalone
   return (the environment is "development" AND there is a stack "revStandaloneProgress" AND the mode of stack "revStandaloneProgress" > 0)
end isBuildingStandalone

on openstack
   if isBuildingStandalone() then
      exit openstack
   end if
   ## Neccessary so all opened stacks can access the inclusions of stack "SPLASH"!
   start using this stack
   
   ## Prepare filenames:
   ## Stack in RESOURCES
   put specialfolderpath("resources") & "/clickMe.livecode" into tSourceStack
   
   ## Stack in DOCUMENTS folder
   put specialfolderpath("documents") & "/clickMe.livecode" into tTargetStack
   
   ## check if we already opened the app = the WORKING stack is already in DOCS folder
   if NOT (there is a stack tTargetStack) then
      
      ## Now copy the stack to the DOCS folder
      put url("binfile:" & tSourceStack) into url("binfile:" & tTargetStack)
   end if
   ## NOW we can open that "new" stack that NOW can be saved
   go stack tTargetStack
   hide stack "SplashSource"
end openstack

thanks!

[Klaus]

... and it's creating me a problem on the PC because when it goes to the "working stack" it saves me a copy of the stack in the documents folder of my PC...

Well, that was the goal of this 5 pages long thread, wasn't it?

... so sometimes i make changes on that and sometimes i make changes on the original and that creates a problem because then i have 2 stacks of the same project but none of them is entirely upgraded...

This is definitively NOT LCs problem!

I would create the standalone only after I had made all neccessary changes to the original stack.

[Klaus]

You could also prevent this "problem" via script:

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on openstack
   if isBuildingStandalone() then
      exit openstack
   end if
   ## Neccessary so all opened stacks can access the inclusions of stack "SPLASH"!
   start using this stack
   
   ## Prepare filenames:
   ## Stack in RESOURCES
   put specialfolderpath("resources") & "/clickMe.livecode" into tSourceStack

  ## Only copy in the runtime and NOT while in the IDE:
  if the environment = "development" then
    go stack tTargetStack
    hide stack "SplashSource"
    exit openstack
  end if
   
   ## This will now only be executed in a runtime!
   ## Stack in DOCUMENTS folder
   put specialfolderpath("documents") & "/clickMe.livecode" into tTargetStack
   
   ## check if we already opened the app = the WORKING stack is already in DOCS folder
   if NOT (there is a stack tTargetStack) then
      
      ## Now copy the stack to the DOCS folder
      put url("binfile:" & tSourceStack) into url("binfile:" & tTargetStack)
   end if
   ## NOW we can open that "new" stack that NOW can be saved
   go stack tTargetStack
   hide stack "SplashSource"
end openstack

[Samuele]

Thank you!

[Klaus]

Instead of opening your "splash" stack, you could also only open your "clickme" stack and work on it!