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CUBE
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10th November, 2006 at 07:51:13 -
Is it possible to open an array in the main window of my game, and have the same instance of that array open in a Sub-App? Because I don't want to save the array until the user wants to save, so I can't just save and load when switching between the windows.
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DeadmanDines
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10th November, 2006 at 08:46:54 -
You could perhaps save and load to a temp file (in case the user doesn't want to keep the changes to the actual file).
If you tell the array to save, but you DON'T give it a path (so you only enter a filename, like "arrayfile.arr"), it'll automatically save it in the temp folder of the application.
You can then reload it again by doing the same thing. Do a 'load' action, but just type the filename without specifying a path.
MMF will automatically delete the temp files when you close the application, so you don't need to worry about cleaning them up afterwards. 
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Werbad
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10th November, 2006 at 15:13:08 -
Can't you make the array object global then? I'm not sure if it works over Sub-apps
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DeadmanDines
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10th November, 2006 at 17:04:48 -
I tried it and it didn't seem to.
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CUBE
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10th November, 2006 at 19:23:16 -
The temp thing didn't work, because it saved the array in the directory of the EXE and didn't delete it once the program ended.
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Del Duio
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10th November, 2006 at 20:41:01 -
I've done something similar to what Dines is talking about before, where you have a temporary gamefile that the player uses for the game's entirety. Only when it's save / load time does it actually save to the real gamefile. I find it works well.
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CUBE
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11th November, 2006 at 05:26:07 -
Ah ok, I've got it working that way now. Thanks for the help
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