Re: Disable save in player pro
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- Subject: [mg111896] Re: Disable save in player pro
- From: John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:22:46 -0400 (EDT)
You can omit the cache at save-time by setting the
PrivateNotebookOptions->{"FileOutlineCache"} option to False. This can be done programmatically or in the Option Inspector.
You can set this option on individual notebooks, which I strongly recommend
instead of setting it globally.
Sincerely,
John Fultz
jfultz at wolfram.com
User Interface Group
Wolfram Research, Inc.
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:53:51 -0400 (EDT), Simon wrote:
> Hi Nate,
>
> If you delete all the cache information at the beginning and end of
> the notebook file, then Mathematica can't figure out that anything has
> changed
> and does not complain. This is also useful if you want to version
> control a notebook and is basically what is done by the perl script at
> http://www.itwm.fraunhofer.de/as/asemployees/wichmann/nbcache.html
>
> Simon
>
> On Jul 28, 4:55 pm, Nate Dudenhoeffer <ndudenhoef... at gmail.com> 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
>> scr==
> ipt
>> outside of Mathematica. Perhaps an expression search in Workbench, or =
==
> maybe
>> just using grep in a text editor. The option you mention would be nice=
==
> ly
>> applied with this method, I also might like to apply Editable->False in
>> s==
> ome
>> 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 er=
==
> ror
>> dialog?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nate
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:44 AM, John Fultz <jfu... 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
>>>> sam==
> e.
>
>>>> 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
>>> don==
> e in
>>> the
>>> Option Inspector). This brings up the dilemma of how you save a note==
> book
>>> 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
>>> jfu... at wolfram.com
>>> User Interface Group
>>> Wolfram Research, Inc.