Almost ready for RunRev...

[Klaus Major]

Hi Jaqueline,

> Klaus Major wrote:
>
> >> I'm not sure about the extension when building standalones; I  
> haven't
> >> tried anything other than ".rev".
> >
> > THAT was what I was referring to, see above ("... but then...") ;-)
> >
> > Demanding the "*.REV" suffix is a very strange limitation of the  
> STAB in
> > my opinion.
>
> The limitation is because the standalone builder must copy your  
> stack and rename it when making the new engine standalone. It names  
> the engine the same name as your stack. The build will fail if your  
> stack doesn't have an extension, because then you have two files  
> with the same name, which of course isn't allowed. The ".rev"  
> extension allows your stack to be copied and renamed without  
> getting a file naming conflict.
>
> I don't think the stack must have a ".rev" extension -- any  
> extension at all will do, because the standalone builder strips off  
> the extension when creating the new stack. So in theory, you should  
> be able to build with .mc stacks as long as they have the  
> extension. I haven't ever tried it, but I think it should work.

unfortunately it MUST be "*.rev"!

"*.mc" does not work, then you get this meaningful message
"There was an error building standalone..." :-)

> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Best from germany

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de