modal dialog/handler placement?

[Klaus Major]

Hi Andy,

> Day 3.
>
> My lotto program has a main stack with buttons on it for mouse clicking
> lotto numbers instead of typing them into the gamelist field.
>
> I have a sub-stack "Prefs" which is modal. This stack is where you set 
> up
> the lotto rules: maxLottoNumbers, maxBonusNumbers, etc.
>
> I have a handler "resetboards" which shows or hides buttons on the main
> stack according to those sub-stack field values. They are declared as
> global. I can run it successfully from the message board. I'd like to 
> have
> resetboards run

> !!! after the "Preferences" sub-stack is closed !!!

looks like you gave the answer to yourself ;-)

> so upon return to the main stack, the buttons are reconfigured in 
> advance.
> Where should I call resetboards from???

Stack "Prefs":

on closestack
    ...
    resetboards
    ## or: send "resetboard" to xxx
   ## in case the handler does not reside in that stack...
end closestack

> Thanks for your help.

Yo :-)

> Andy

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
www.major-k.de