preOpenStack question

[andu]

--On Friday, August 02, 2002 10:41:30 -0400 Richard MacLemale 
<rmaclema at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> Maybe a simple question...
>
> MetaCard stacks by default always open up to card 1.  I want to script a
> stack so that it will open to a different card - say, the last card a user
> visited.  I put this in the stack script:
>
> on closeStack
>    put the short name of this card into field "starting card" of card 1
>    save this stack
> end closeStack
>
> And that works well - when you leave the stack it remembers the last card
> you were on, in field "starting card."
>
> Then I did
>
> on preOpenStack
>    go card (field "starting card" of card 1)
> end preOpenStack
>
> But that does not work.  if I change the handler to openStack instead of
> preOpenStack, it works fine, BUT the stack initially goes to card 1 and
> then jumps to the desired card... Which is ugly and confusing to the
> user.  I've played around with locking the screen (didn't work) and
> setting the visible to false on preopenstack, then setting it to true
> after the go card line in openstack, and that didn't work either - still
> had the jumping problem.
>
> What is the best, easiest way to open a stack to a card other than card 1?
>
> As usual, thanks in advance...

I'd use card 1 as a splash screen and just dissolve (or other effect) to 
the last card used.

>
>
> --
> :)
> Richard MacLemale
> Network Administrator
> J. W. Mitchell High School
>
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Regards, Andu Novac