start using and standalones??

[David Burgun]

Hi,

This was just a test, if I were to do this for real, I'd return  
gLibStackUsageCount so that the caller would know if the Stack was  
still available or not.

All the Best
Dave


On 25 Mar 2006, at 18:59, Mark Smith wrote:

> I don't see why it wouldn't work, but I have to ask: why are you using
> functions rather than handlers when no values need to be returned? Not
> that it matters, I'm just curious.
>
> Mark
>
> On 25 Mar 2006, at 18:10, David Burgun wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Yes, I think you are right from my experimenting.
>
> I would like to be able to to only stop using a stack when the last
> stack that did a start using calls stop using!
>
> Do you think that this would work?
>
> global gLibStackUsageCount
>
> function UtilStartUsing()
> add 1 to gLibStackUsageCount
> start using "LibStack"
> end UtilStartUsing
>
>
> function UtilStopUsing
> subtract 1 from gLibStartUsageCount
>
> if gLibStackUsageCount <= 0 then
>   stop using "LibStack"
> end if
> end UtilStopUsing
>
> Thanks a lot
> All the Best
> Dave
>
>
> On 25 Mar 2006, at 17:59, Mark Smith wrote:
>
> I believe 'start using' puts the script of it's object at the back of
> the message path, so is effectively global.
> 'Stop using' removes it again, so it should only be necessary to
> 'start using' once, at start up.
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 25 Mar 2006, at 17:52, David Burgun wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have been experimenting with "start using" in the IDE:
>
> If I have 2 stacks (mainStacks), Test1 and Test2.
>
> If I do: start using "LibStack" in Test1, I can then access functions
> in "LibStack" from either Test1 or Test 2.
>
> If I do: stop using "LibStack| in Test1 or Test2 then I cannot access
> functions in LibStack from either stack.
>
> Is this the same if I had a standalone app?
>
> I usually ship my RunRev apps as a number of discrete .rev files and
> use a Dummy Splash Screen Stack which I build into a Standalone and
> launch this to get the ball rolling.
>
> In this case would I need to perform the start using in all stacks
> that use the library or just once?
>
> Thanks a lot
> All the Best
> Dave
>
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