"can't find handler" error in script that worked before

[Bob Sneidar]

OIC I have had problems also where a script stopped dead in it's tracks because something was wrong but it didn't visibly throw an error. Certain sqlYoga commands will do this, for instance if you use sqlquery_set on a query object that doesn't exist yet. 

Bob


On Mar 4, 2012, at 7:30 PM, Sieg Lindstrom wrote:

> Thanks, Kay. This was running in the IDE. I tried starting the IDE, then opening the stack. Still didn't work OK.
> 
> Then I tried saving as a standalone and that revealed the apparent problem, which was two lines of code in another handler in the stack script. This handler also ran OK previously under RunRev.
> 
> The two lines were these; not contiguous in the script.
> 
> put "; . {}" into findString
> 
> put "; . {w, w, w}" into findString
> 
> Seems the compiler didn't like the semi-colons (keyword) at the front of the literal.
> 
> FYI, two interesting things about this:
> 
> 1) there were other put commands in the script in which a semi-colon led a literal, and they compiled OK.
> 
> 2) Eventually, simply retyping the lines solved the problem.
> 
> Sieg Lindstrom
> 
> On Mar 3, 2012, at 9:29 PM, Kay C Lan wrote:
> 
>> Is this in a standalone or a stack you are running in the IDE.
>> 
>> There is a know problem with the start-up sequence of 5.0.2 that effects
>> some stacks when run in the IDE. To figure if this is effecting you, start
>> the IDE, then open your stack and see if it works OK. If it does, then this
>> was the problem. If so you just can't open your stack by double clicking
>> it. Hopefullly this will be resolved in the next update.
>> 
>> HTH
>> 
>> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Sieg Lindstrom <sl at trackandfieldnews.com>wrote:
>> 
>>> My second post tonight while I'm thinking of it. I have an app that ran
>>> flawlessly under RunRev. Now, using LiveCode 5.0.2, a handler in a button
>>> script  that calls another handler in the stack script returns a "can't
>>> find handler" error.
>>> 
>>> It was easy to fix by moving the "unfindable" handler into the button
>>> script, but shouldn't a button be able to call a handler in the stack
>>> script? It worked before, hasn't been modified and all variables are
>>> properly made global. ????
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Sieg Lindstrom
> 
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