Matthew_Whalen@uunet.uu.net (Matthew Whalen) (05/21/91)
Date 5/20/91
Subject Automatic Version Numbering
From Matthew Whalen
To comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Time:3:07 PM
OFFICE MEMO Automatic Version Numbering Date:5/20/91
I am hoping that this question I have will have an easier answer that I am
expecting. I am in charge of developing a means of configuration control for a
new project involving FoxBase (yes I know it sucks) and we need some way to
automatically update version numbers. We are currently looking at three
options:
1) Keeping track of versions by their date. In my opinion this is the
worst of the options.
2) Writing an Init (oh - sorry - system extension) that will
automatically update the version in the resource. A disadvantage to this is
that major version changes will have to be done by hand - but that's not really
a concern.
3) Writing an Init (system extension) that will prompt the developer for
a new version number every time he tries to save a file into certain
directories.
I think that number 2 or 3 are by far the better choices. If there is an
init out there that already does this excellent - can someone tell me what it's
called and where to get it (via ftp or mail). If not, could someone point me
in the right direction on how to find out when a file is being saved. (maybe
just using patching to standard file stuff?) Unfortunately I cannot use any
7.0 specific things now as we are not upgrading for a while . I am familiar in
writing applications, but have no clue how to do inits. Any help at all is
greatly appreciated.
Oh yeah - we don't actually get news - we only can send to it, so please e-mail
any responses.
Matthew_Whalen@tsg.com