How do I close a Stack (Window)

[Thomas McGrath III]

Dave,

Try putting that in the on StartUp handler. It is being run twice your 
way. Once in the splash screen stack and again in the MainWindow stack. 
Using StartUp will make it work just once.


HTH

Tom

On Apr 8, 2004, at 4:13 PM, David Burgun wrote:

> Hi Dave (easy name to remember!),
>
> I think there is something very weird going on! This is how I have my 
> project setup:
>
> Main Stack, just a splash screen, it has this script attached:
>
> Stack Script:
>
> on openStack
>
> wait for 2 seconds
>
> hide stack "Splash"
> go stack "MainWindow"
>
> end openStack
>
> Which waits for 2 seconds as expected and disappears, the "MainWindow" 
> stack appear as the frontmost window, then (I think 2 seconds later), 
> the "MainWindow" gets de-selected!
>
> I've just tried it again and now it seems to work as expected!
>
> Bet here's something else that is weird. In the "MainWindow", I have a 
> button that just has this script on it:
>
> on mouseUp
> modal "PageSize"
> end mouseUp
>
> The "PageSize" Stack apprears, but if I click it's OK button, there is 
> a delay before the button gets actioned. I'm not sure if it's just the 
> RunRev IDE overhead or if it's related.
>
> It's really hard for me to know what's going on here! I'm new to 
> RunRev and I'm not sure if I am doing something wrong somewhere. 
> Anyway, I'm taking a break now, I've been at it all day, I'll come 
> back to it later or tomorrow.
>
> Thanks for your help
> Dave
>
>
>> This is not clear to me.  What does the  button script say?  Is this 
>> the
>> one that includes "go StackPageSize"?  I'd use toplevel rather than 
>> go.
>> Assuming that StackPageSize is a substack of your main stack, it will 
>> be
>> available.  If it's not, then you'll need to use open.  To be 
>> certain, you
>> can use open on one line and toplevel on the next.
>> Dave
>>
>>> More on this.
>>>
>>> I have the Main Stack on the second screen and I press the button.
>>> The new stack appears on the main screen and it active for a short
>>> while, then it goes inactive and the Main Stack goes active again!
>>>
>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help
>>> Dave
>
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