Edit the script of a stack without opening it

[Mike Kerner]

I didn't even think of that in the panic that I had as LiveCode was
crashing over and over and over.  I like your idea even better.

On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 7:00 PM, <dunbarx at aol.com> wrote:

> Jacque.
>
>
> "Messages button in the toolbar"
>
>
> Where is this? Did you mean "Suppress Messages" in the menubar?
>
>
> Craig
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Sat, May 23, 2015 9:11 am
> Subject: Re: Edit the script of a stack without opening it
>
>
> It usually works for me to click the Messages button in the toolbar (to
> turn off
> messages) before opening the stack. That prevents a crash if the problem is
> script related. You can still use the editor and other IDE stacks, and you
> may
> also be able to turn messages back on after the stack has opened.
>
> On May 23,
> 2015 10:32:48 AM CDT, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> >For me
> the next time I have to be able to do this...
> >
> >I had a stack that was
> causing LC to hard-crash at startup.  THAT is
> >really
> >inconvenient when
> you're trying to recover your stack and when you're
> >trying to fix it, since
> you can't actually get the stack to the script
> >editor, so
> >
> >1) Create
> another stack
> >2) put a button in that stack
> >3) script of the
> button:
> >
> >*on* mouseUp
> >   *answer* file "Please select a stack" with *type*
> "LiveCode
> >Stacks|rev|RSTK"
> >   *if* it is empty *then* *exit* mouseUp
> >
> *edit* the script of stack it
> >*end* mouseUp
> >
> >DON'T FORGET, YOU HAVE TO
> SAVE THE STACK WHILE YOU'RE STILL IN THE
> >SCRIPT
> >EDITOR
> (COMMAND/CTRL-S)
>
> --
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |
> jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |
> http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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