Newbie - MainStack Question

Brian K. Maher plsntbreez at mac.com
Sat Jul 26 08:47:00 EDT 2003


I sent this via the wrong email account so I am resending ...

> Hi Folks,
>
> I am new to Revolution (but have done development for a long time in 
> many languages).
>
> I am trying to understand the best way to design a database 
> application using Revolution.
>
> I have noticed that handlers in the main stack (i.e. in the Stack 
> script) are automatically seen by all sub stacks.
>
> For example, an openStack handler in the main stack will be invoked 
> when a sub stack opens and has no openStack handler of its own.
>
> This is leading me to question whether I should (or want to) use the 
> main stack for anything other than generic handlers that my 
> application needs.  I am thinking about simply making the main stack 
> invisible and using only sub stacks for my applications windows.
>
> Can anyone give me any insights on this?  Am I missing something here?
>
> Thanks, Brian Maher




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