"set the externals" question

[Richard Miller]

Thanks Jim and Thierry,

Seems to be working. I've got a bit more testing to do, but so far, so good.

Richard


Jim Bufalini wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> Have one stack that sets the externals. Then *start using* that stack from
> anywhere (the preOpenStack of your standalone is fine). This makes available
> the externals of that stack to other open stacks.
>
> Aloha from Hawaii,
>
> Jim Bufalini
>
>   
>> I have a standalone, which opens several other stacks. Is there a way
>> to
>> have any of these other stacks access an external WITHOUT having to
>> "set
>> the externals" of the standalone?
>>
>> It's much easier for me if I need only modify one of the stacks. I'd
>> like to avoid modifying the standalone.
>>
>> I've tried:
>>
>> 1. using the "set the externals" command in the preopenstack handler in
>> one of the stacks (i.e. not the standalone app), but this didn't work
>> during runtime;
>>
>> 2. setting the externals of one of the stacks in the development
>> environment (so I can see that the external is being referenced in the
>> stack property inspector). This didn't work during runtime.
>>
>> I'm testing this under Windows, but any solution would need to work on
>> a
>> Mac as well. It's the videograbber.dll (in the Rev Externals folder)
>> that I'm trying to access during runtime.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Richard Miller
>>
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