defaultfolder

[Klaus Major]

Hi Iden,

> It is Dreamcard 2.7 on OS X 10.4.5
> The code goes:
>
> on makeNewStack
  setdefaultpath
## See below...

>   -- makes a new stack out of the marked cards
> ...
>   unlock messages
>   go first card of stack newStackName
>   set the script of stack newStackName to newStackScript
>   delete this card -- the first card of a create'd stack is blank
>
>   unlock screen
>   reset the templateStack
##  setdefaultpath
###!!!!!!

## At this point the new created stack is the DEFAULTSTACK
## which does NOT have a filename yet!
## In this case the defaultfolder is reset to "/"

## Just place this handler into another place, maybe in first line of  
the handler
## and everything should work fine :-)

>   beep 3
>   answer "Created new stack " & newStackName & " with " & count & "  
> cards."
>
> end makeNewStack
>
> and setdefaultpath is :
>
> on setdefaultpath
>   put the filename of this stack into fullpath
## !! See above
## THIS STACK refers to the new created stack, which has no filename yet

>   set the itemDelimiter to "/"
>   put item 1 to (number of items in fullpath - 1) of fullpath & "/"  
> into SoulGuidingFolder
>   set the defaultfolder to SoulGuidingFolder
>   set the itemDelimiter to ","
> end setdefaultpath
>
> It would appear that setdefaltpath returns "/" which would seem to  
> mean that item 1 to the number of items in fullpath - 1 is  
> returning empty. So why would filename return empty? Is it because  
> the stack that has been created has not been saved yet? Is there a  
> way around this?

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de