Re Problem with counting numbers of groups in a stack

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Thu Jan 1 13:19:32 EST 2004


Stephen King wrote:

>> Stephen King wrote:
>>> I have a small stack that has 20 groups (listed in the App browser). It
>>> has a main and sub stack with no groups on the substack.
...
>>> When I use "put the number of groups into NumF"
>>> 
>>> In the IDE I get 20, as expected and the App runs fine, but when built I
>>> get 21 groups reported. This crashes my App as there is no group 21 for
>>> it to reference.
...
>> I think what's happening is that the Distribution Builder is adding a
>> hidden group for Rev libraries, so if this is the first card of the
>> maintStack there is very likely a 21st group.
...
> I know its the 21st group thats the problem because part of the code
> randomises the order of the groups and I traced via a log file the location
> of group 21 in the order and the point at which that button script stopped
> working. It always stopped when it hit the position of group 21. It is the
> first card of the mainstack.
> 
> If it's normal for dist builder to add a group for libraries, then my
> workaround is robust. My concern was whether this added group was always
> added.

Yes, when including Rev libraries the addition of the hidden group is
normal.

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