Windows Standalone strands windows tasks

[Eller, Roger]

I primarily develop for Windows, and haven't experienced this since my early rookie years.  I believe the secret is to have the line "set destroyStack to true" in every stack so that when it closes, nothing lingers in memory.  Then, when you actually quit, it all goes away.


~Roger

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Thanks I'll give that a try. I think I am already quitting the splash stack, because my MacOS works properly, but the second part I never knew about. Unfortunately my Apple laptop is in the shop so I won't be able to test until Monday.

Bob S

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Subject: Re: Windows Standalone strands windows tasks

Hi Bob,

> Am 12.10.2023 um 17:36 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>
> Hi all.
>
> I have a standalone that uses a splash stack, which upon launch displays a startup graphic, then hides itself and opens the mainstack of my project. On MacOS when I "quit" the entire application quits. On Windows however the splash stack (which is the stack the standalone is built from) keeps running, and if I re-launch the standalone it creates a second instance of the app in memory.
>
> How do I get the standalone to quit when I close the mainstack in Windows?

add this to the script your mainstack:
-------------------------
on closestack
  close stack "your splash stack here"
  ## do more closestack stuff
end closestack
-------------------------
That should do the trick.

Hint:
To avoid this "Windows feature:
>> if I re-launch the standalone it creates a second instance of the app in memory.
add a dummy handler to your standalone/splash stack script:
-------------------------
on relaunch
   ## NADA!
end relaunch
-------------------------

> Bob S

Best

Klaus

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Klaus Major