Can I still change LC code?

Tom Glod tom at makeshyft.com
Tue Jan 11 09:38:53 EST 2022


Alright, I'll have to add that to my list.  Thanks for the hints Jacqueline.

On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 7:16 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Just roll your own. Any mod to the IDE goes away next time you update.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jan 10, 2022, at 14:48, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > I agree with Craig that you're better off making your own. There is a
> built-in mechanism for this: the dialogData. It's a generic global
> property, always available, specifically for moving data between a modal
> stack and your scripts. You don't need to declare it as a global, it's
> always there.
> >
> > Create a stack with the controls you need, and open it as modal. When
> the user hits the OK button (or whatever dismisses the stack,) use a
> closeStack handler to put the data you need into the dialogData. Your
> script will pause when the modal opens and resume when it closes, so you
> just get the dialogData in the line after the one that opened the modal.
> >
> > Be sure to grab the data in the same handler that opened the modal
> stack, because a lot of things use it and it can change often.
> >
> >
> >> On 1/10/22 12:13 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote:
> >> Hi Folks,
> >> Am I allowed to modify the answer and ask dialog stack to be what I
> need it
> >> to be? and build my standalones from the modified version?
> >> and can those modified stacks be shared with others?
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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