Setting paths to Externals

Sivakatirswami katir at hindu.org
Sun Nov 25 03:32:07 EST 2007


Ken Ray wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:38:52 -0600, J. Landman Gay wrote:
>
>   
>> Sivakatirswami wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> b) I tried everything "under the sun" to load an external by script. 
>>> but I'm doing something wrong
>>>       
>> You can only load externals in a startup handler; it is the only time 
>> during a launch that the engine can do it. Move your loadExternals to 
>> a startup handler and you should be good to go.
>>     
>
> Actually, it turns out you can also load externals from a stack that is 
> put into use with 'start using' (see my previous post and 
> http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/ext003.htm).
>   

excellent! thanks ken


> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
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