Finding the main stack

[Jim Ault]

Is  'the effective filename of this stack' of any use?
or  the long id of this stack ?

Jim Ault
Las Vegas


On Jul 7, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Pete wrote:

> Got a slightly convoluted situation where I need to get hold of the  
> main
> stack for an application.
>
> When the app starts up, I issue a "start using" command to bring in my
> library handlers.  I have a libraryStack handler which needs to get  
> hold of
> the value of a custom property in the main stack of the handler that  
> issued
> the "start using" command.
>
> I tried using "me" and "the target" but they return the main stack  
> of the
> library stack, not the calling stack.  Right now, I'm getting around  
> this by
> getting hold of the mainstacks property, filtering out the rev  
> stacks and my
> library stack and hope that the result leaves one stack - the  
> calling stack.
> However, if there happens to be more than one application's stack in  
> memory
> in the IDE, I end up with two or more stack names.
>
> Is there some way to discover the correct main stack in this  
> situation?
>
> Pete
> Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>