path of a 'closeStackRequest'

[Vikram Singh]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Ray" <kray at sonsothunder.com>
To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:37 AM
Subject: Re: path of a 'closeStackRequest'


> Graham,
>
> One of the simplest approaches I've used in mainstacks is this:
>
> on openStack
>   if the owner of the target is me then
>     -- it's just the mainstack
>   else
>     -- it's a substack
>   end if
> end openStack
>
> Of course, this can be used with preOpenStack, openCard, etc...
>
> Have fun!
>
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Graham Samuel" <livfoss at blueyonder.co.uk>
> To: "Revolution user discussion" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:47 PM
> Subject: Re: path of a 'closeStackRequest'
>
>
> > Thanks to all who replied: I think I know where I am now. Pity there
> > is no clear documentation of the message path... still there are so
> > many helpful people on this list that I guess it doesn't matter all
> > that much.
> >
> > On 16 Jan 2003 08:15:04 -0800 Richard Gaskin
> > <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
> >
> > >The mainstack in Rev acts as the project script in SuperCard,
accessible
> to
> > >all substacks.
> > >
> > >If your mainstack has only one card consider putting its unique scripts
> > >there. Or you could leave it at the stack level and put an "if" in the
> > >relevant handlers to check the short name of the stack.
> >
> > Yes, as an old SuperCard hand I had never noticed that the
> > 'openWindow' message for any window would pass to the project script.
> > I guess that's because I used a startUp handler for my
> > initialisation, and realising that I wouldn't get one in the
> > Revolution Development Environment, I switched my initialisation to a
> > preOpenStack handler in the mainstack script. However, if one does
> > this, it's necessary to check that the target of the handler is the
> > actual mainstack, as several people have pointed out. On to the next
> > problem...
> >
> > Thanks again to all
> >
> > Graham
> > --
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >           Graham Samuel / The Living Fossil Co. / UK & France
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