splash screens & stand-alones that save/update

[Ron Zellner]

Is there a good source of splash screen fundamentals or a tutorial?

I have a stack that I want the user to be able to save updates in a stand-alone. This stack has several substacks.
I made a splash screen and set it as the master but in some versions the other substacks don't appear properly, or the splash flaashes but the real stack never appears.
I'm sure it is something I'm doing wrong in the standalone settings for the SS or the other stack, or both.

I'm learning more about the Extrernal References, etc. and it looks like it makes sense. A guide to the basics will probably give me what I need.
Does the original stack get copied into the SS, or remain separate?

Can the path be set to allow the large stack to be in a folder so the user doesn't need to figure out what file to use in the PC stand-alone?

[ale870]

Basically speaking, you CANNOT save data in a standalone application ("exe" in Windows), but you can use some "tricks".
Here you can find a good article about it:

http://www.revjournal.com/tutorials/sav ... ution.html

I hope this could help you!