handling command line parameters

[Jon]

Brian:

Excellent: works like a champ!  Thanks!

Too bad the Help on command-line parameters recommended Startup, with no 
discussion of these timing problems.

:)

Jon


Brian Yennie wrote:

> Jon,
>
> Try starting your player in an "openStack" handler- the player object 
> is probably not yet loaded at startup.
>
> HTH,
> Brian
>
>> I've managed to handle command line parameters with my stack, but 
>> something is strange.  The script looks like this:
>>
>> on startup
>>  if $1 <> "" then
>>    OpenTheFile $1
>>    start player "myPlayer"
>>    call "trackPlayer"
>>    end if
>>  end startup
>>
>> The problem is that, while the file is indeed opened (by my 
>> OpenTheFile routine), the Player does not start.  Is there something 
>> about not running the Player "too early" in the life of a stack, 
>> before it has "woken up"?  When I run the same routine at any other 
>> time, the Player does start up.
>>
>> :)
>>
>> Jon
>>
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