Card Script Not Firing

[Len Morgan]

Thanks to Mark and Eric.  I went the resumeStack route and it worked the 
first time!  I might give Eric's method a try too just so I can add it 
to my back of tricks!

Thanks!

len morgan

Eric Chatonet wrote:
> Hi Len,
>
> If your stack is open yet, openStack or openCard have been already 
> sent and a simple navigation or changing stack's visible property 
> *does not* open the stack or the card.
> Probably you could write an <update handler> in the script of your 
> dialog and use:
>
> send "UpdateFromDB" to stack "IMS Configuration"
> go stack "IMS Configuration"
>
> Le 18 mars 08 à 15:52, Len Morgan a écrit :
>
>> I feel so stupid today!  I have a stack that I use like a dialog that 
>> brings up several configuration fields in my app.  It is called from 
>> the menu button at the top of the app with:
>>
>> go stack "IMS Configuration"
>>
>> There is only one card on this stack.  I have just added a couple of 
>> fields that I need to query the database and get two numbers to put 
>> in the fields when the config stack is displayed.  I tried an 
>> "openStack" message (in both the stack and in the card scripts), I 
>> tried an "openCard" script.  None of them are getting called.
>>
>> I changed my "call" to go to card 1 of stack "IMS Configuration" and 
>> got the same result.
>>
>> What handler to I need to put and where so that every time the stack 
>> is opened, it can get the most up-to-date info from the database 
>> (actually, made visible - it's always open, just hidden)?
>>
>> I know this is Rev 101 kind of stuff but I'm a little stumped right now.
>
> Best regards from Paris,
> Eric Chatonet.
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