Quit Command corrupts standalone (stack called by standalone splash)

[Phil Davis]

Let me improve this a bit.


On 2/23/18 4:19 PM, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote:
> Roland,
>
> I believe Tom is exactly right. I would restructure your two closing 
> handlers like this:
>
>
> local sMyFilename
>
> on closeStack
>     put the filename of me into sMyFilename
>     saveMe
>     send "quitMe" in 1 second
> end closeStack

on closeStack
     put the filename of me into sMyFilename
     send "quitMe" to me in 1 second
     saveMe
end closeStack


"quitMe" should be sent before 'saveMe' is executed, because the 'save' 
command is blocking. It would prevent 'quitMe' from being sent until (in 
this case) 1 second after 'saveMe' has finished.

Thanks -
Phil

>
>
> command saveMe
>    lock cursor /* Tested with and without locking and showing cursor */
>    set the cursor to watch
>    save this stack /* auto save, takes a long time, between 10-30 secs */
> end saveMe
>
>
> command quitMe
>    if there is a file sMyFilename then
>       unlock cursor
>       lock messages
>       quit
>    else
>       send "quitMe" to me in 0.5 seconds -- or in your preferred time
>    end if
> end quitMe
>
>
> The above was not tested but it should solve the problem.
>
> HTH -
> Phil Davis
>
>
>
> On 2/23/18 3:20 PM, tbodine via use-livecode wrote:
>> Hi Roland.
>>
>> The "~" file is the original  (uncorrupted, unsaved) version of your 
>> stack
>> before LC executed your Save cmd. If you remove the "~" from the 
>> filename,
>> you'll probably find you can open that. LC creates the "~" file at 
>> the start
>> of the save operation and, if all goes well, removes that file when 
>> save is
>> complete.
>>
>> My guess is your problem is rooted in the lengthy save time in the quit
>> routine. Here are a couple ideas of how you could deal with that:
>>
>> 1) Do the save within a try/catch statement so you can deal with any 
>> error.
>>
>> 2) If you are just saving some user data like prefs or fairly minor 
>> stuff,
>> then why not save that into a separate substack outside of your main
>> application stack? That should greatly shorten the time it takes to 
>> save.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> Tom Bodine
>>
>>
>>
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Phil Davis