Works on Mac OS X, Why Not on Win XP? II

[Sarah Reichelt]

> on mouseUp
>    put "select a db" into answerPrompt
>    switch the platform
>    case "MacOS"
>      answer file answerPrompt of type "sdb0"
>      play audioClip "click.au"
>      break
>    case "Win32"
>      answer file answerPrompt with filter "Serendipity
> Database--Binary" & return & "*.sdb"
>      play audioClip "click.au"
>      break
>    default
>      answer file answerPrompt with filter "*.sdb"
>      play audioClip "click.au"
>    end switch
>    if it is empty then return false
>    else put it into sdbFileName
>    set the sdbFile of this stack to sdbFileName
>    answer "there is file"&&sdbfilename&&(there is a file
> sdbfilename)  -- last word in answer is "true"
>    answer "there is stack"&&sdbfilename&&(there is a stack
> sdbfilename) -- last word in answer is "true"
>    get the sdbEditPassword of stack sdbFileName
>    put "i got the password"
> end mouseUp
>
> On Windows XP, RR v2.6.1, "(there is a stack sdbfilename)" resolves
> to "false", and the next statement returns a "can't find stack" error.


Hi Rob,

I don't know why it is different on Windows, but I would guess that
the "play" command is putting something into "it". I make it a rule
always to grab the value of "it" immediately and never to do another
command before putting "it" into another variable.

HTH,
Sarah