Problem with more than one open stack

Dave dave at looktowindward.com
Mon Nov 12 21:12:12 EST 2007


HI,

i tried
go stack "Progress Window"
set the defaultstack to "Original Stack"

And it's works fine in the IDE, but in a standalone, it fails to open  
the progress window.

Any ideas why this might be?

Thanks a lot
All the Best
Dave


On 12 Nov 2007, at 02:27, Mark Schonewille wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> A quick fix is to set the defaultstack before using "this".  
> Naturally, you can also change "this stack" into the name of your  
> stack.
>
> I don't know whether your script currently allows it, but the  
> "correct" way of doing this would be to go back to the original  
> stack after opening the progress window:
>
> go stack "Progress Window"
> go stack "Original Stack"
>
> and if this causes a problem, try
>
> go stack "Progress Window"
> set the defaultstack to "Original Stack"
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mark Schonewille
>
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> Op 12-nov-2007, om 3:07 heeft David Burgun het volgende geschreven:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a stack that runs a task that takes a about 2 mins to run.  
>> While it's working I want to display a simple Progress window,  
>> this works ok, except the when I Go to the Progress stack, the  
>> calling stack loses it's context so that references to fields on  
>> the stack don't get resolved, e.g. "this" stack refers to the  
>> Progress Stack, not the Driving Stack.
>>
>> How can I display one stack (e.g. the Progress Stack) have have it  
>> update, but have code running in another Stack? I am "Sending"  
>> messages to the Progress stack to set the thumb position every N  
>> cycles.
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>> All the Best
>> Dave
>>
>>
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