open stack

[Mike Bonner]

If you're working in the ide, chances are the defaultfolder is not set to
point to the correct place, which would mean you'd need to provide a full
path to the stack you want to open, or set the default folder to point to
the right place.

the line "if there is a stack tFilename then open stack tFilename"  would
not cause an error. It would either open the stack if it sees it (see the
sentence above) or do nothing.  If you want to go that route for better
information, do this..

if there is a stack tfilename then
open stack tfilename
else
answer information "No such stack"
end if

Alternatively, when you try to open the stack, check to see whats in "it"
and "the result"  Often one or the other will provide useful information.

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 2:03 AM, Matt Maier <blueback09 at gmail.com> wrote:

> What's up with this not working?
>
> http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/17375-how-do-i-save-
> custom-properties-in-a-standalone-application
>
> This is a really simple tutorial that I followed, but I get an error at the
> "open stack" statement.
>
> I tried replacing it with this, but even though it doesn't error it also
> doesn't open the "Main Application" stack.
>
> if there is a stack tFileName then open stack tFileName
>
> I tried replacing it with this, and the try statement does trigger the
> catch, but there's nothing in the error variable.
>
> put "Main Application.livecode" into tFileName
>    try
>       open stack tFileName
>    catch tError
>       answer tError
>    end try
>
> The go command doesn't work either.
>
> Both stacks are in the same folder.
>
> The open command isn't even in the dictionary, although it is in the online
> documentation.
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