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Re: Disable save in player pro

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  • Subject: [mg111474] Re: Disable save in player pro
  • From: John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com>
  • Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 07:07:23 -0400 (EDT)

After you make the edits, you should open and re-save them in Mathematica. Then
they'll work in Player Pro.

Sincerely,

John Fultz
jfultz at wolfram.com
User Interface Group
Wolfram Research, Inc.


On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:38:33 -0500, Nate Dudenhoeffer wrote:
> The issue I was running into with editing was the cache, and John's
> suggestion of deleting this in the text editor worked for Mathematica,
> but not for Player Pro.
>
> It seems that if there is no cache Player Pro will not open the notebook.
> Have others had the same experience, or is there another reason it will
> not open?
>
> Nate
>
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 1:51 AM, John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com> wrote:
>
> If the file is open in Mathematica at the time that you're doing your
> external edits, then you should close it.  Editing files in two different
> environments simultaneously is a recipe for disaster, regardless of what
> software you're doing it in.
>
> If you're not, then you're probably just running into the issue where
> you're invalidating the cache information.  If you look at the top of the
> notebook file, you'll see some information embedded in Mathematica
> comments.  Just delete these comments, and Mathematica will no longer try
> to validate the file cache.
>
> The reason for these comments and the cache are that, if they're in
> place, it can make reading the file seem considerably more efficient.
> Mathematica doesn't need the cache, but it will warn you if there's an
> inconsistency between the cache and the actual state of the file.
>
>
>> Sincerely,
>>
> John Fultz
> jfultz at wolfram.com
> User Interface Group
> Wolfram Research, Inc.
>
>
>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:14:15 -0500, Nate Dudenhoeffer wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the response John. The dilemma you mention of saving the
>> notebook while still in development brings to mind another question,
>> which is somewhat off-topic.
>>
>> I would like to be able to edit a file just before deployment using a
>> script outside of Mathematica.  Perhaps an expression search in
>> Workbench, or maybe just using grep in a text editor.  The option you
>> mention would be nicely applied with this method, I also might like to
>> apply Editable->False in some cases.  I also often edit stylesheets in a
>> text editor.
>>
>> The problem with this is that then I get the error message about the
>> file being edited outside of Mathematica.  Is there a way to prevent
>> that error dialog?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nate
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:44 AM, John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:53:11 -0400 (EDT), Nate Dudenhoeffer wrote:
>>>
>>> I am deploying several notebooks using player pro.  Is there a way to
>>> prevent the user from getting the "Save Changes" dialog on exit?  I
>>> want to ensure that every time a user opens the file it looks exactly
>>> the same.
>>>
>>> I suppose this could be accomplished by locking the file, but I also
>>> would like to avoid confusing the user with a save dialog.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nate
>>>
>>
>> You can set the Saveable->False option on the notebook (this can be done
>> in the Option Inspector).  This brings up the dilemma of how you save a
>> notebook once you've done this, of course.  You can still save it using
>> File->Save As, or by using the NotebookSave[] kernel command.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> John Fultz
>> jfultz at wolfram.com
>> User Interface Group
>> Wolfram Research, Inc.



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