Quit Command corrupts standalone (stack called by standalone splash)

[Phil Davis]

Hi Roland,

This is the only reply of yours that I see.


On 2/26/18 4:13 AM, R.H. via use-livecode wrote:
> Thanks, Phil and Tom
>
> I already replied, but I cannot see my first reply to your answers.
>
> Did it appear in the list?
>
>
> Phil:
>>> "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.
>
> Well, it is blocking. Issuing "quit" just quits if messages are locked.So,
> to quit before save would require not to force a quit. Right? I will test.

You're right, but that's not what my code does. It sends 'quitMe' (which 
contains the 'quit') 1 second after 'saveMe' has started. As you may 
know, 'send in x seconds' adds 'quitMe' to the pendingMessages queue, so 
it will execute as soon as the designated time has passed AND no other 
handler is running.

For what it's worth, the correction I made to my own code is still not 
correct. The whole thing should look like this:


local sMyTildeFilename

on closeStack
     -- create a path to the 'tilde' file (which doesn't yet exist)
     put (the filename of me & "~") into sMyTildeFilename

     -- add 'quitMe' to the pendingMessages
     send "quitMe" in 1 second

     -- save this stack
     saveMe
end closeStack


command saveMe
    lock cursor
    set the cursor to watch
    save me -- creates the tilde file at beginning, deletes it at end
end saveMe


command quitMe
    -- wait until tilde file is gone, then quit
    if there is a file sMyTildeFilename -- 'save' has not completed yet
    then -- try again later
        send "quitMe" to me in 0.5 seconds
    else
        unlock cursor
        lock messages
        quit
    end if
end quitMe



Phil

>
> The main problem is that the IDE is ok, even though saving takes a long
> time, but no errors I can see. The standalones are the culprit, and I have
> limited to access to other peoples computers using my standalones. And on
> my machine the problem does not appear regularly.
>
> // I hope this message appears, otherwise I will have to check what is
> wrong sending messages to the list. //
>
> Thanks
> Roland
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Phil Davis