quiting and close stack message

[FlexibleLearning]

Bob,

As I said, 'quit' is non-negotiable. Trap a closeStackRequest in the main
stack's card script and offer the option to abort...

--| Main stack, card script
on closeStackRequest
  checkQuit
end closeStackRequest

--| Main stack, stack script
on checkQuit
  answer "Are you sure you want to quit?" with "Yes" or "No"
  if it="Yes" then quit
end checkQuit

You can use the same handler in your File menu...

on menuPick which
  if which="Quit" then checkQuit
end menuPick

and in your shortcuts handler thus...

on commandKeyDown pKey
  if pKey="Q" then checkQuit
end commandKeyDown


Hugh Senior
FLCo



Hi Hugh. CloseStackRequest does not prevent quitting in the IDE. It appears
nothing does. I suspect however that it would work in a standalone. I will
test that shortly.

Bob


On Dec 8, 2010, at 11:25 AM, FlexibleLearning wrote:

> 'quit' cannot be terminated once issued. See 'closeStackRequest' instead
of
> 'closeStack'.
>
> Hugh Senior
> FLCo
>
> How do you get an answer dialogue to halt the quit process? If you have a
> "close stack" handler and it has a "do you really want to quit?" dialogue
> and you quit the livecode application you see that answer message flash
for
> a second but it doesn't halt the quit process.