Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 08:03:49 -0700 From: Steve Misek <misek@boulder.openware.com> To: avraad@nyqsdsn1.eq.gs.com Cc: oi-users@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: my modifications to the .cf file are lost Message-ID: <199503091503.IAA02004@marvin.boulder.openware.com>
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:: :: How are other people dealing with these two common needs? :: 1) using non-default colors with dialogs where you can't get access :: to the internal widgets :: 2) putting resource settings in the .cf file that uib doesn't :: understand, and thus, doesn't preserve across saves. :: well, personally, I deal with these problems in one of two ways: auxilliary config files that I add to my application *after* loading the primary config file, or before calling build_from_configuration_file() cp->add_resources( OI_translate_filename( whatever_the_filename_is )); as well as the following, UNDOCUMENTED, UNSUPPORTED, EVIL feature within the builder and I'm sure mentioning this in such a public forum will quickly come back to haunt me :-) When saving config files, the builder automatically saves, and prepends anything found before a line containing the words End of Protected Thus, if your config file looked like ! ! normal header ! special resources ! !End of Protected ! application config then all of the special resources will be ported forward every time you save your application. I added this feature to the builder in late 1991, so every builder currently in use will probably support it... it was in response to a problem posed by a customer (and sent to customer support with a SMALL TEST CASE -- to paraphrase toml :-). The caveats: **EVERYTHING** in the config file is taken into account when your application is loaded into the builder, so you *WILL* see some of the resources specified at the top of the file in the Protected region slowly *bleed* into the bottom of the file. In most cases this is irrelevant, however you Must be aware of the problem if you are going to play games with the protected region. This is an unsupported feature of the builder. I'm guessing that either of these options will solve your problem. steve misek misek@boulder.openware.com
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