handling command line parameters

[Chipp Walters]

Jon,

Try:

send "startPlayer" to me in 100 milliseconds

then

on startPlayer
   start player "myPlayer"
   call "trackPlayer"
end startPlayer

This gives your stack a chance to open, load in everything it needs, and 
then run what you want.

Jon wrote:
> 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.


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