Loading a .e file from a read-only directory?

[rowbearto]

I have a .e file of macros I want to share with my colleagues. Our standard distribution method places it into a read-only directory.

When I try loading this .e file from the read-only directory I get an error:'

Unable to create output file: <macro>.ex

Does this mean I have to instruct my colleagues to copy this file to a writable directory where they can load it?

[Clark]

Yes, that's the only work around.

[Graeme]

You could distribute the ex file as well as the *.e file, or maybe make the directory temporarily writable.

[rowbearto]

How to get a user to load a .ex file? Would I need 2 different .ex files due to some users running the previous SlickEdit release?

Can't make the directory writable.

[Dennis]

You could use the hotfix mechanism using the create-hotfix command, it takes a list of macro files as arguments.

Code: [Select]

   create-hotfix work/mymacro.e work/yourmacro.e work/ourmacro.e work/theirmacro.e

Clark might give you instructions on how to create a plugin.

[Graeme]

xretrace help has some information on how to create a plugin.
I didn't test the plugin much with slick V25.

[Graeme]

How to get a user to load a .ex file? Would I need 2 different .ex files due to some users running the previous SlickEdit release?

Can't make the directory writable.

Yes you would need two different ex files.  If the ex file has a newer time/date than the source then slick won't recompile it.  You could get some undesirable behaviour if the wrong ex file is used.  You can check the version at compile time like this
#if __VERSION__ < 25

and at runtime like this
   if (_version_compare(_version(), "23.0.0.0") > 0)  {
      // version 23 onwards have a built in command
      load_named_layout();
      return;
   }