The 'startup' message not working in IDE

[Monte Goulding]

Hi Paul

This is as intended. Startup goes to the first stack the engine runs not other stacks that are opened. Use preOpenStack for that.

Cheers

Monte

Sent from my iPhone

> On 9 Jun 2016, at 6:09 AM, Paul Dupuis <paul at researchware.com> wrote:
> 
> In LiveCode 6.7.11 and 8.1.0rc1 the startup message is send to your main
> stack when the mainstack is built as a standalone. However, if you open
> your stack in the IDE, the startup message is never received
> 
> You can test this by making a new stack with the following script in the
> stack script:
> on startup
>  answer "Startup message received"
>  quit
> end startup
> 
> save the stack and build it as a standalone
> 
> Open the stack in LC and notice no answer dialog appears. Run the
> standalone and the answer dialog appears and then the app quits when the
> answer is responded to.
> 
> I assume the IDE is receiving the start up message since the
> documentation says 'startup' is send only once to the first start that
> is opened.
> 
> I think this should be a "bug". In general, any message a standalone
> could receive should be presented in the IDE for effective debugging. I
> think the IDE should pass the startup message to the first NON-IDE stack
> being opened.
> 
> Having a message like 'startup' that is sent only ONCE is pretty handy,
> but if it can't be debugged in the IDE, it reduced its value.
> 
> Before I submit this as a bug, especially since this "bug" seems to be
> the behavior that has been in place for some time, i want to poll the LC
> community and see if other agree it is an IDE bug and 'startup' should
> be received by your first stack opened?
> 
> 
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