LC Server & Server Based Stack?

[Mike Bonner]

The biggest problem I see is that you can't use "answer."  Answer is a gui
dialog box that requires action (click ok.)  If you want the text to show
up, use put.  (a put with no target container goes to stdout IE to the web
page)

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> I was able to get your example to work fine,
> so it proves that I’m touching the stack Ok,
> but when I try to send a message to a
> handler script in the stack it doesn’t execute
> the handler.
>
> Example:
>
> send “executeThis” to stack “teststack”
>
> In the stack script of “teststack” the contents of
> “executeThis”:
>
> on executeThis
>
>    answer "This is the script in the teststack”
>
> end executeThis
>
> I looked at the stack..
> ..and the stack did nothing.
>
> What am I not doing properly here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rick
>
>
> > On Jan 20, 2017, at 2:26 PM, Mike Bonner via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > What jacque was referring to is a different animal. An executable set up
> as
> > a cgi, that (if I recall correctly has a startup script and that after
> > script completion, exits)
> > The lc server itself runs in cgi mode (as apposed to as a module I
> believe)
> > and unless you're using the earliest version (you're not) can access and
> > use stacks "out of the box."
> >
> > A very simple example:
> >
> > My lcserver script..
> > <?lc
> >   start using stack "teststack.livecode"
> >   put "<pre>" & the script of stack "teststack" & "</pre>"
> >   randomize
> > ?>
> >
> > Starts using a very very simple stack.
> > Shows the script of that stack.
> > executes the command "randomize" that is in the stack.
> >
> > You can see it work here: http://guidezone.info/stackuse.lc
> >
> > You can of course also "go" to a stack.
> >
> >
>
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