Order of execution

[Ray Horsley]

Shari,

Did you try locking messages just in case something else is catching 
your handlers?  Also, are other stacks like the menubar or McTools 
maybe the culprit?

Good luck,

Ray

On Nov 4, 2005, at 3:02 PM, Shari wrote:

> I am trying to find out why there is a long delay.
>
> The following command is issued from a stack:
>
> go invisible stack "Felix" as toplevel
>
> In the preOpenStack handler of stack "Felix" I've put the following to 
> help debug the delay:
> answer "preOpenStack Felix"
> This is at the very beginning of the preOpenStack handler.
>
> There is a very long delay between the "go" and the "preOpenStack" 
> commands.  I've put various "answer" commands into other preOpen- and 
> open- handlers of various stacks in an attempt to see what the trouble 
> is.
>
> Nothing seems to happen in between the two.
>
> The only theory I have is that I recently added a large number of 
> hidden objects to the main card of stack "Felix".
>
> I've tried setting the alwaysBuffer of stack "Felix" to ON and OFF. 
> There is no difference.  Still a very long delay.
>
> Is there anything that can happen with a stack before preOpenStack? I 
> would have assumed this to be the first thing that would happen.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Shari
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